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2007 Grammy Weekend Review
Fusicology on February 14, 2007with 0 comments
So I, Thoth, took some time off from Egyptian godhood to spend some time with the "little people." In this plain most refer to them as celebrities. Anyhow…moving along I kicked off the weekend, Friday, at the Fusicology-Puma-J*DaVeY shindig at the Wilshire Royale. It was a tribute to the late great James "J Dilla" Yancey. DJ House Shoes' set dedicated to Mr. Dilla was simply amazing. Also DJs Garth Trinidad and Supreme One were on the wheels that night, both making a major contribution to the art of DJing. A few up incomers in the music biz were also present. J*DaVeY of course hosting and mingling with the crowd and free wine (courtesy of Beaujolais). Aloe Blacc, N'dambi, Ilyas of Tanya Morgan and various industry folk were also present. The setting was classy yet not overly swanky. It was cozy and there was a nice balance of both sexes present…who collectively looked great if I must say so. There are advantages to being an Egyptian God…we always know the right parties to attend and usually get the VIP treatment.
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The next night, on Saturday, I attended the ever-popular Annual "Roots Jam Session." Upon entering I saw a queen as powerful as Cleopatra named "Latifah." Shortly afterwards the jam session was flooded by queens like Sanaa Lathan, India.Arie, Nia Andrews (who the next day sang backup for Mary J Blidge) and one of the greatest queens of all Anita Baker. Prince's band "The Family" opened up the night. Dave Chappelle introduced a few people. Talib Kweli did his thing. Matisyahu rocked out. Black Thought showed us what it means to be an emcee. Skillz summed up 2006. They were serving free Tanqueray in VIP. Anita jammed with India onstage. India played her flute. Maimouna Yousef and Chrisette Michelle hit the stage. Black Eyed Peas was in the place relaxing. A star-studded night indeed. I felt right at home.
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Next was Grammy Day and I put on my Godly garb and my favorite Goddess took my arm and we were off. I knew it was going to be good or "funny" day when the weather forecast suddenly was "sunny and clear" after being "rainy" all week. Like I told you being an Egyptian God has its advantages. For example, we were seated in a "high up" place in the room. How Godly! This event was comical to say the least. Tony Bennett started off the night with accidental hilarity. Tony Bennett is a legend indeed, and one of his most recent exploits was his advertising campaign with Target. With award in hand for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" with Stevie Wonder for "For Once In My Life", Tony made an extra special thanks to Target for being the best sponsor he's ever had. With Target being one of the major contributing sponsors to the Grammy Awards, and with that the awards commended.
Next, was a priceless moment in Hip Hop history. Common and Kanye West took the stage as presenters. They then ran a generic dialog that poked fun at Kanye's arrogant outbursts as of late. It was hilarious but probably not in the way Kanye had hoped. I know this was a feeble attempt at him wiping his slate clean, but it seemed like too little too late at this point. Shortly afterwards they presented Ludacris with the "Best Rap Album" award in which he ended his acceptance speech sending a shout out to Bill O'Reilly and Oprah Winfrey. The crowd roared in laughter. Good One Luda! Good One! And last but not least….in tribute to James Brown…they had Christina Aguilera sing "It's a Man's World"….yup..You heard right….sigh…this wasn't as funny as it was confusing..and they say the Gods must be crazy…well we aren't THAT crazy. Overall it was a Mary J and Dixie Chicks dominating the eventing and the rest like they say is..HIS-STORY!
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Every social media platform and online media outlet has been re-branded as a David Bowie tribute/fan site this past week, and rightly so. As such, this year's Pazz and Jop rollout was mostly an afterthought next to the far bigger news story of the week. The VV is already disadvantaged by being the last major publication to release a year-end list, and barring mid-December surprises like last year's winner, Maxwell's "Black Messiah", that's not going to change anytime soon. The poll still performs an important function by being the largest of its kind and by far the most well-archived. Long after the shrugging has stopped in reaction to yet another website ranking Kendrick Lamar at #1, the wealth of information contained in each yearly P&J list will make it (in my view) an invaluable reference source for a long time to come. Speaking of which, there was even a David Bowie/P&J article published this week too -- specifically, in reference to Bowie's historically poor showing in the poll, even in his 70's heyday.
Some randomly organized thoughts:
-- The mid-January publication date (which is in itself relatively new, a few years ago they moved up the date by a couple of weeks to bring it closer to the publication of every other major media outlet's year-end list) doesn't lend itself to surprise results, save for the rare mid-to-late December bombshell (Beyonce and Maxwell in recent years). But I can't recall seeing Carly Rae Jepsen ranked so high on other year-end lists, so I must ask ... what the hell? I invested way too much time with that album this year, subjecting myself to multiple spins in an attempt to understand even 1% of the hype that had deemed it the smartest and most underrated pop release in forever. I never heard anything other than your basic bubblegum pop dance album, which is a perfectly fine thing to be, and does not the least bit resemble something that deserves to be ranked as the #3 album of the year. Maybe 2015 was a worse year for music than I thought ...
-- There's an interesting run from #43 to #49 which includes Low, Deerhunter, and Wilco, three indie darlings who didn't get much publicity this year presumably because of their familiarity after 15-20 year careers. Nonetheless, there always seems to be a bedrock of critics who pay close attention to what they do because they never fall below a certain level in a large multi-generational poll like P&J. That also applies all-time rock heavyweights like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen ... and how about that, there's Bob Dylan at #49!
-- Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" was the most dominant #1 album in the history of P&J, seeing as it was named on over 40% of the ballots -- the highest percentage ever. The real #2 album should have been Maxwell's "Black Messiah". Why, you ask? Since I've been voting (not sure about before that), the singles lists has always used carryover votes from previous years, against all discernible logic. The poll is trying to recognize music in the year it made the most "impact", which is defined by the poll editors, not the voters. So if I vote for "Habib Galbi" this year (which I did, and I was the only one) and it somehow breaks through and becomes a worldwide hit in 2016, then my vote will be counted toward the 2016 poll as well. Thus, a song's standing is routinely boosted by double counting the votes of the first adopters. This is usually the pattern, where a song takes a long time to catch on, a very small number of people vote for it in the year of its release, followed by a deluge of votes in the next year (the "impact year").
Of course there's no reason to assume that the song had an "impact" on the first adopters in the year after they voted for it. It's more likely that they've moved onto newer, and for them, more current songs. Why assume (in this hypothetical example) that I liked "Habib Galbi" as much in 2016 as I did in 2015? Because a bunch of other people decided to start liking it too? Wouldn't I vote for it again if that were the case? And assuming that I vote for ten different songs in 2016, doesn't that give me an unfairly expanded ballot with eleven songs instead of ten?
Oh but what's the harm with adding in a few extra votes as long as the poll gets the big picture right? If five people vote for a song in 2014, and another fifty discover it in 2015, then let's forget about the calendar quirks and give the song its fifty five total votes for 2015, i.e., the year that it'll forever be associated with. The bulk of the votes came in 2015, and the carryover votes are a small correction that don't impact the main results of the poll. Well, except this year, when "Uptown Funk" got 44 votes, a majority of which (24) were carryover votes from last year. Most of those voters were probably sick of it by mid-February and wouldn't even dream of voting for it again. Or maybe they did and their votes were double counted!
And Maxwell? I have no idea why that carryover rule should apply to songs and not albums, whose "impact" can equally well be spread over multiple years. So Maxwell's 2008 points from last year should add with his 190 points from this year (18 mentions), boosting him from 42nd to 2nd place. Anyone out there remember when CFNY named Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" their #1 album in both 1995 and 1996? I still enjoy laughing about that one.
I'm just looking for some consistency in these polls, that's all.
-- There was no token top forty techno-related album this year, presumably because Philip Sherburne had better things to do than rally the troops. The highest was Arca's "Mutant", which is a great record that I may have unfairly passed on for too much of the year, especially judging by the list of like-minded voters who did. Other electronic-ish albums turn up in the 70's, including those by New Order, Holly Herndon, and Floating Points.
-- The Christgau, Tate, Powers, and Levy end of year verbal jam session didn't live up to my high expectations, unfortunately. Possibly because I don't know a thing about country and didn't learn anything new about Kendrick Lamar that I haven't read in a hundred other places. Yes, it's an album dealing with black issues and primarily intended for a black audience. At least they do acknowledge -- the white critics anyway -- that the debate leaves them on the outside looking in to some extent.
-- As I expected, I was further from the consensus this year than ever before. By far. Glenn McDonald, as always, has the numbers to prove it.
In Centricity, I was #432 out of 480, or bottom ten percentile. My score was 0.058 (the higher the score, with one being the absolute maximum, the closer you are to the critical consensus). My average over the previous seven years was 0.273. The albums in my top 10 earned only 47 other votes in total. In most previous years I listed at least one album with more than one hundred other votes.
Going back to 2008, only in 2012 did I submit a ballot where no album earned more than 50 other votes. That year, 50 other critics voted for Swans' "The Seer", and 39 voted for Beach House's "Bloom". This year, my most popular albums, Beach House's "Depression Cherry" and New Order's "Music Complete", earned just 19 and 11 votes respectively. Five of my albums were voted on by nobody else but me, a personal record. One of those was Howling's "Sacred Ground", which is not a shock because nobody else (literally, besides one other critic who liked the 2009 Moderat album) ever votes for Modeselector, Moderat, or anything on their label(s).


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Last Sunday morning over 220 people took part in the 3rd annual Angela Burns Memorial 10k Fun Run/Walk, which was kindly sponsored by Harvey Travel, Gladstone St. Ferrybank GAA club would like to thank Sean Power of Harvey Travel for the kind and generous sponsorship of the race.
With weather conditions ideal for all, Brian Murphy from Carrick AC was the overall winner for the third consecutive year, 2nd man home was Craig O' Brien, with Brian Cuddihy in 3rd place. The 1st Lady home was Evelyn Haran, with Nicola Harte in 2nd place. Brian and Evelyn received their fantastic trophies after the race. In the juvenile race, Jay Bagge was an impressive winner, with Aine O' Callaghan the 1st girl home. All the Juvenile racers received Angela Burns medals and enjoyed the Choclate Moojou milk that was kindly supplied by Glanbia after their run.
Once again a huge thanks to the people for coming along and enjoyed this day, it was great to see so many smiles on their faces coming back, sharing their stories on how they fared during the race, and tucking into the fine spread of food that was laid on by the Ladies committee, which received excellent compliments.
Thanks to Pat O' Meara for organising the stewarding in a professional manner, which also received positive comments. Also, many thanks to all the helpers on the day; Fintan Walsh for his excellent MC during before and during the race, Kieran O' Mahoney from Total Timing for his professional work leading up to the big day, Jim Farrell for the use of the car park facilities in the shopping centre and Fiona Kavanagh & Penny Horan for the Water stations. Also to the people who contributed the food on the day, Rosie Joyce for the physio, relieving the aches and pains from the runners, and Rachel Beckett for doing the warm up, putting the runners/walkers to their paces prior to the start.
Ferrybank Intermediate hurlers begin their 2017 Gerry Kennedy Crash repairs sponsored championship campaign this coming Saturday April 29th at 3:45pm Walsh Park where they will face Erin's Own. A stern test awaits the side, so let's hope the lads can open up with a win. Your support will be welcomed on the day.
Our Intermediate Camogie side made the trip to play An Rinn last Sunday evening and despite leading by two points entering the closing minutes; the homeside staged a late late show with a flurry of scores, and took the points on offer.
Best of luck to Neil O' Sullivan and the Waterford U17 hurlers in tomorrow's (Tuesday April 25th) Munster Final against Cork in Fraher Field, Dungarvan; throw-in is at 7pm.
Hard luck to Marty Freeman (selector) and the Waterford Minor Footballers that were defeated by Clare in the Munster Minor Football championship last Wednesday night in Ennis.
No joy for the Under 14 Footballers last Saturday afternoon as they went down to a bigger Clan Na Gael side. They lads competed well for the opening half, and were very much in the game, but as the second-half went on, Clan Na Gael got on top, and ran out clear winners. Next up for the lads is a home game v St. Mary's this coming Wednesday April 26th at 6:45pm.
A good win for the Under 12 hurlers last Friday night in the City League when they defeated De La Salle. Ferrybank were quick out of the traps with some fine points, and scored some excellent goals during the game, getting the rewards for the hard work they have put in. Well done lads.
Our Féile hurlers are back in action this coming Thursday night April 27th with a home game against Bricky Rangers at 6:45pm.
Our Under 11 hurlers are back in City League action this coming Friday night with a trip away to Ballygunner at 6:30pm.
Our Under 13 Footballers play away to Roanmore this coming Saturday April 29th at 3pm.
Our Under 16 Footballers play away to St. Mary's away on Monday 1st May at 3pm.


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The long out of print 1996 breakthrough album from UK deviants PITCH SHIFTER, 'Infotainment?', is to be made available again on September 24.
Marking the band's evolution from underground notables to mainstream success, 'Infotainment?' perfected the Pitch Shifter sound, merging a caustic industrial backbone with a growing interest with drum n' bass and techno influences. Tracks like 'Underachiever' and 'Virus' connected with rock fans of all persuasions and paved the way for even greater success, as the band went on to record major label records for both Geffen and MCA, with much commercial and critical acclaim.
'Infotainment?' was produced by Simon Efemey who also worked with UK rock giants Paradise Lost, The Wildhearts and Napalm Death. Pitch Shifter memorably created chaos during their appearance at the UK's Phoenix Festival with a legendary stage invasion, and went on to tour the UK, USA & Europe on Ozzfest and Warped Tours, playing with bands such as Deftones, Quicksand, Tool, Fugazi, Static X, Black Sabbath, Incubus, Taproot, Hundred Reasons and Limp Bizkit. Members of the band recently resurfaced with the This Is Menace project featuring a variety of guests including Matt Davies from Funeral For A Friend, Jeff Walker of Carcass and Casey Chaos of Amen.
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It may be "ridiculous" to suggest a future in which Prime Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg starts trampling all over devolution, but it also makes a lot of sense. It just depends on your point of view.
If you are Nicola Sturgeon, raising the spectre of a British leader from the right wing of the Conservative Party issuing diktats to Holyrood from south of the Border is canny politics. She could hardly wish for a better scenario to further the cause of Scottish independence. Rees-Mogg's political views – his support for a hard Brexit chief among them – are at odds with those of many Scottish Conservatives, let alone Scots in general.
READ MORE: Paris Gourtsoyannis: Ruth vs Jacob is battle for Tory soul
The Eton-educated multi-millionaire is probably canny enough to realise the dangers of such actions, so Scottish Secretary David Mundell may well have been right when he dismissed the vision in Sturgeon's crystal ball. The idea that Rees-Mogg, if he did indeed become Prime Minister, would "start imposing regulations and rules in Scotland" was "frankly ridiculous", Mundell told MSPs yesterday.
What is plausible, however, is that Rees-Mogg and like-minded Tories could either force Theresa May into a hard-Brexit or oust her to prevent a deal with the European Union that would keep the UK in the Single Market or allow relatively frictionless trade. The hard-Brexiteers have been ramping up the pressure on May in recent days and, assuming she does not give in to their demands, there will be a reckoning. Moderate Conservative MPs and those from other parties will have a decisive role to play in deciding the outcome of one of the most important political battles in modern UK history. They will need to take into account the effects on the economy, relations with the European Union, peace in Northern Ireland and, being politicians, their particular party's own interests. But to this list they must add the effect on Scotland and the state of the Union.
READ MORE: Ruth Davidson says Brexit and Indyref have left people 'bitter'
Scotland voted decisively in favour of remaining in the EU so it's reasonable to suggest the majority would be unhappy if the UK Government does decide on a hard Brexit. If its champion, Rees-Mogg – whose support among rank-and-file Conservatives has been dubbed 'Moggmentum' in a nod to the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting Momentum movement – was installed in 10 Downing Street, the discontent would only increase.
Members of the 'Conservative and Unionist' party might want to bear that in mind.


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The BakerTweet Box sends updates on every fresh tray of cakes and pastries as they come out of the oven, so you'll know when to time your visit to the bakery. Proving once again that necessity is the mother of invention, the team at POKE's London office built BakerTweet for the Albion, their favorite bakery across the road from the office.
Everyone knows the best time to get your baked goods is when they're fresh out the oven. So we figured that this could be a killer use of Twitter. Letting followers know that fresh goodies are ready right now. But bakeries don't want laptops or phones lying around in the kitchen. Flour, eggs and technology don't mix so well.
The prototype was built using open-source electronics platform Arduino and the interaction is minimal, to send a message to local customers following the twiiter feed, you turn the dial to select what's just been baked and press the button. Simple. POKE will publish a 'how-to' in the next days if you want to make one. Given the popularity of the Tweet-a-Watt in the recent Greener Gadgets competition, we're sure there's going to be a lot more single-purpose twitter powered devices in the coming year.
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UFC on FOX 7 takes place this evening click here at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and is headlined with a lightweight title fight between current UFC 155 pound champion Benson Henderson and former Strikeforce winner Gilbert Melendez. In the co-main event Strikeforce heavyweight GP tournament victor Daniel Cormier takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir.
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Round 4 – Tournament rounds. Body punch from Gil, body kick from Ben. Roundhouse to the body from Ben. Large leg kick inside. Gil pressing forward lands a left after a brief clinch. I wonder if Ben has his toothpick in? Gil being really patient, catches another kick. Catches a knee. They reset. Leg kick at Bendo. Knee from Gil to body. Ben shoots, stuffed. Elbow from Ben. Directly left. Gil fires back. Two minutes to go. Side kick to leg from Ben . Ben sweeps the leg of Gil, Gil goes down and Ben tries to jump on his back but Gil pops up and free. Leg kick from Ben. Made hook from Gil. Right to body. Two hooks to the body and a right hook to the face from Gil. Left hand on the rest. Close man. I really don't understand who to give it to. I'll say Ben 10-9. But unconfident with that.
A pressure evaluation is able to help you pinpoint those flows and seal them off. Attempt to conduct this test in a time when the outside temperature is low but the house is warm. Follow the 5 measures below to check for air leaks at your home.
Go through every single other IP camera which you have left and you may now have to unplug the very first camera you did this with and do the same, while making sure to assign each of them their own unique IP address. You might want to take notes or mark to which IP address during this process, which camera is assigned.
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For the Teacher
This page is a resource for teachers to get ideas on how to create spaces in their classrooms that are ideal for learning and also ideal for efficiency and organization. The ideas written here are intended to be technology and environmentally friendly (saving paper and using, with purpose, the best of technology). Tools should only be a supplement and complement to teaching, not a replacement.Technology and other tools can enhance your teaching if used purposefully and strategically. It is not meant to replace your teaching because as the teacher, you know your students best and know how to manipulate different tools to best suit the needs of your students.
I highly suggest . . .
Making Your Own Website
Be in control and updated on the types of new technology / software out there. Keep parents, students, and families informed of what is happening in your classroom.
How to create your own website:
If you do not want your own domain name, please go to step three. All hosting services listed here are free.
1. Choose a domain name (e.g. your name--www.shielalee.com, etc.)
2. Go to www.godaddy.com and type in your domain name in the DOMAIN SEARCH
5. Begin editing your own website and publishing it!
In this digital age, there are so many website / blog sites that can help you communicate and express yourself more creatively. Why not reach out to students using what they know best? Computers. Now, go be innovative!
Creating A Digitized Classroom Library
For this suggestion and explanation, I thank Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Dunbar at MS 67 who gave a presentation on Classroom 2.0: Teachers Share Tips on Developing Electronic book Check-Outs, iPad Conferring, and PowerPoint in Mini-lessons at the Teachers College, Reading and Writing Project Saturday Reunion, a free conference for educators in the area. Please contact me if you would like additional help in setting this up and I will direct you to Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Dunbar.
Step 1) Buy or ask someone to fund you to get a Barcode Scanner + Software
Usually, they cost about $100. It will save you so much money and time when you realize what you can do with creating a digital database of what books you have in you classroom and who has checked out what book from you. Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Sweeney suggested this barcode scanner + software: http://barcodereaders.com/Phoenix/default.html
Step 2) Plan how you will organize your library
Do you want to organize it by genre? Series? Title? Author? Difficulty? Book bins? Once you create several lists of how you want to organize your library, use the Quick Track Start software to begin creating your database.
Step 3) Scan Book Barcodes into your library! So simple and easy :)
To input books into your library, simply scan the barcodes into your computer. The software will automatically put in the Title, Author, Publisher, Year, etc. For duplicate books, create new barcodes for them using the software.
Step 4) Create Library cards for your students and begin checking out!
You can use the software to generate barcodes for your students. You can either create library cards forthem, or you can keep a class list of barcodes to quickly scan their name and what book they are checking out. For students to take library cards out of their wallets or pockets takes time and sometimes they lose them, which takes even more of your time.
Using Google Products (Free)
For Google Products, all you need is to create a username and password and you have access to all their products. If you have a gmail account, just use your gmail account to access these products.
Create your own library, especially once you have set up your own labeling, scanning, and categorization system (see above, scroll to the top). You can set up your own search able library for students to use. Click on "My Library"
Increasing Productivity, Efficiency, and Organization
Get a Label Maker
Get a label maker from Amazon.com so that you can quickly and easily label everything. Label stickers and felt pens also work. I like to encourage my students to know where everything is in the classroom so everything must be labeled. Students should know how to navigate the classroom to find their own materials.
Easily share files between colleagues on multiple computers. This saves your email from being burdened my tons of attachments and saves you time from attaching and sending files. Watch the video; it's good.
Helps with categorizing quickly and efficiently your student's work. Make folders online to store student's works. They have a free and pro version of the site.
Having a Variety of Resources for Curriculum Content to Draw Upon...
Jump Math
A math program based on step-by-step breakdown of problems is highlighted in these two New York Times articles (The data is pretty interesting):
A Better Way to Teach Math
When Math Makes Sense (To Everyone)
"The key to Jump is a balance between step-by-step guidance and encouraging inquiry and problem solving"
Singapore Math
Math textbooks and workbooks from Singapore. I like using some of their workbooks as challenge packets for my students. See the NY Times Article on this type of math here.
The Wilson Language Program, Fundations
For K-3, this program emphasizes sensory and sound stimulation. The Wilson Program teaches beginning and emergent readers phonemic awareness (the ability to blend sounds together to form spoken words and the ability to break spoken words into sounds) and phonological awareness (general term to describe awareness about sounds of language--rhyme, syllable, etc.)
Teachers College, Reading and Writing Project
The Saturday Reunions are great and they are free! They happen twice annually and I would definitely recommend going, even if your schools do not implement the TCRWP.
Integrating Multimedia Tools into Lessons (Software)
Record your student's voices as they narrate images you upload, either of their work or of other images you want to include their commentary on. This service is free. Kids can comment by phoning it in, recording their voice onto the computer, writing it on text, or uploading the pre-written text. Once all students have commented, you can share your class piece(s) with parents and families as a web link. Teachers have used this media source to compare archetypes, compare character development, and to allow students to comment on differences in perspectives of an image. Furthermore, juxtaposing different paintings of different perspectives can generate discussion about, for example, how Thanksgiving is presented. Student commenting gives the teacher an idea about what they know and moves away from a teacher led approach to something that taps into a student's funds of knowledge.
Obtaining Technology Hardware that is $$$, but worth the investment. . .
Get a Class Digital Camera
Get a class digital camera that you can use to snap pictures and then use Google Picasa (Free, scroll above) to help you edit. This will become very useful for learners who are primarily visual learners. It helps students to see themselves doing the action you want them to do (when you ask to snap a picture of them) and quickly make a poster out of it, or have it hanging in the classroom somewhere. There's no need to get a new digital camera; an old digital camera with at least 7 mega pixels will do. As teachers, we've got to scrimp and save.
I also think a digital camera is better for you to use for your classroom because older students can then learn how to snap their own pictures. It certainly is better than using your iPhone, Android, or other Smart Phone because it keeps your personal devices and files separate from work related uses. Also, for those who are interested, here's a good article on tech consolidation for your own personal use.
Elmo or a Document Viewer
Example: This is what it looks like
These are super expensive, but so useful. I would highly recommend trying to get your school to purchase one for your classroom or for your grade / subject.
Chromebooks are more useful than iPads I've discovered for teaching students coding and for teaching them how to use the Google Suite of Docs, Spreadsheets, etc. They're inexpensive and if you write a DonorsChoose grant for them, you can have them in your classroom for many uses.


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Apple doesn't provide the "Print Screen" button on their keyboards. So macOS users can't take screenshots or print their screens on the go. So, is that the end? No, that's not the end. Apple keyboards do have shortcut keys to capturing screens. We will take a look at two methods to take screenshots on macOS.
Method 1: Capturing The Entire Screen
Step 1: Go to the screen. First, go to the screen of which you want to take a screenshot. This screen will be captured just the way it appears.
Step 2: Press Command + Shift + 3. Now press command key. Holding it, press shift key. And then holding both these keys, press 3. Your screen is captured.
Step 3: Locate the screenshot. This captured image is stored on your desktop. You can access it from the desktop.
Method 2: Capturing the Selected Area of the Screen
Step 1: Go to the screen. Go to the screen or the page you want to take a screenshot of. You will be able to select the area you have to capture.
Step 2: Press Command + Shift + 4. Now press command key. Keep holding it, press shift key. Now holding both these keys, press 4.
Step 3: Select the area. A handy selection tool will appear on your screen. Drag it and select the region you need to take the screenshot of. Once done, let go of the selection tool. It will save the selected area as a screenshot on your device.
Step 4: Locate the screenshot. The screenshot of the captured area is stored your desktop as an image file. You can access it from the desktop.
And we are done. You can take screenshots any time of any screen, using these shortcut keys. Just remember, command + shift + 3 to capture the entire screen. Command + shift + 4 to capture a selected area. Now that's the end.


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A South Carolina jury has awarded a sum of $14 million dollars to the family of a man who died from mesothelioma and subsequently filed an asbestos exposure and mesothelioma lawsuit against a polyester manufacturing company.
The defendant in the case, Celanese Corp., reportedly owns and operates a polyester fiber manufacturing plant where the victim, Dennis Seay, worked for a nine year period from 1971 to 1980.
The jury in this case reportedly found that Celanese Corp. was, in fact, negligent in their alleged failure to provide cautions about the dangers of asbestos exposure. The company is also accused of failing to offer protection to its employees, including Dennis Seay.
The jury awarded a total of $14 million dollars — $2 million in punitive damages and $12 million in actual damages — to Seay's surviving family members. But according to a spokesperson for Celanese Corp., the company reportedly plans to file an appeal.
According to a press release issued about the jury verdict, the victim, Dennis Seay received a pleural mesothelioma diagnosis in 2013 (More on pleural mesothelioma here). Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that has been linked to asbestos exposure. Seay reportedly passed away the following year in 2014 at 70 years old, following nearly a dozen incidences of collapsed lungs.
These repeated incidences of lung collapse, combined with lung draining procedures, reportedly caused the man a great deal of suffering — a point that the jury presumably took into consideration as they arrived at their ruling.
Other Significant Jury Awards in Mesothelioma Lawsuit Cases
This jury award in an asbestos exposure and mesothelioma lawsuit is quite significant for its amount, which surpasses the $13 million Colgate-Palmolive asbestos lawsuit jury award in April 2015. In that case, a woman alleged that asbestos-contaminated talcum powder manufactured by the company caused her mesothelioma diagnosis. A jury agreed and awarded the plaintiff a sum of $13 million, after finding Colgate-Palmolive held 95% of the responsibility in that mesothelioma lawsuit. A total of four other defendants were found responsible for the remaining 5% of liability.
Notably, there was a second company named in the Seay family's lawsuit. The John Crane Inc. company manufactures a gasket that contains asbestos, but this company was not found to be liable in this particular case. John Crane Inc. was found liable in another recent mesothelioma lawsuit case involving a $1.42 million jury award.
Are You Considering an Asbestos and Mesothelioma Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one were diagnosed with mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, you may have a viable case for a mesothelioma lawsuit. Mesowatch has experience in a range of different cases and their asbestos lawyers and mesothelioma attorneys are now available to accept new cases.
Mesowatch works not only with asbestos exposure and mesothelioma victims. The law firm also provides assistance to family members of mesothelioma victims and others who've passed away from asbestos diseases.
It's essential that you take legal action immediately, though, because the law limits how long you have to file a mesothelioma or asbestos claim.


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Neeterball is a game ran by Neeter, over in the Pawvillion. This game requires some creative thinking and precise timing!
How to Play
Use your mouse to aim the marble shooter at the top of the screen. Click the mouse to shoot a marble. Try to hit all the green marble objects with the least amount of shots. Once a marble object is hit, it will turn red and be cleared. When your marble goes below Neeter and out of bounds each hit marble object will disappear. You'll then get to shoot again providing there are marbles remaining in the stack on the left.
Level Objects
Some of these objects may appear in the levels. They can be helpful or they can be a hindrance; try to use them to your advantage if possible.
Hit these objects with your marble to collect and activate them.
|BOMB - produces a shockwave that will hit marble objects.
|TIRE EXTENDER - extends the bouncy tire Neeter is pushing.
|MULTI BALL - instantly adds 2 more marbles to the level for that shot.
|FREE BALL - adds an additional marble to the stack.
Hints and Tips
Try to hit all of the green objects using as less balls as possible!
This game guide was written by: Ally


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1. Squat, Press or Deadlift 3 x 3-5 reps*
*Whatever lift you did not hit last week
2. 10 minutes of Hang Power Clean skill work with empty Barbell
3. EMOM 12 minutes
2 Box Jumps (as high as possible)
30 Single-unders
Fitness and Performance:
1. Squat, Press or Deadlift 3 rep max*
*Whichever lift you did not re-test last week
or if you test all 3 lifts last week -
Work on gymnastics skill of your choice.
2. In 10 minutes work-up to your heaviest 3 rep Power Clean or Hang Power Clean
3. EMOM 12 minutes:
2 Power Cleans or Hang Power Cleans*
10 Double-unders
*80% of today's heaviest 3 rep Power Clean


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