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You could say, "I hope you'll let me be your exclusive personal tour guide," or "I'd like to sign up as your tour guide." Or you could just ask her for a date while she's in town.
"Do her special guide" is incorrect--I'd write "be her special guide" or "give her a special tour." But "without any other guy in my way" is correct and crystal-clear :)
Are you thinking about/ Are you planning to come and visit my town?
Yes, I'm gonna come there in September.
That's great! I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Me too.
You aren't engaged any more, are you?
Nope, I'm single now. [Single really means not married rather than not engaged; she'd probably be more likely to say, "We broke up."
I see. So, since you're single, I want to sign up to give you a personal tour. [But---would you not have offered your services as a friendly tour guide if she were still engaged?]
All right. I'll look forward to it. ["it will be my pleasure" is usually said when you are going to be the one providing the service. "Thanks for saying you'll pick me up at the airport next week." "No problem, it will be my pleasure."
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Crimson men's water polo team concluded its annual trip to California and slate of five consecutive games against ranked opponents with a pair of losses Sunday. Harvard fell to No. 5 Pepperdine, 20-2, and tournament hosts Santa Clara, 13-4, who is ranked No. 15 by the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
Pepperdine started the opener with seven consecutive goals prior to Harvard getting on the board. Freshman Evan Ramsey and William Roller tallied back-to-back scores before the Waves added its eighth goal just before halftime. Pepperdine blanked the Crimson 12-0 in the second half.
It was the fifth time in the last six games that Ramsey netted a goal.
A slow start doomed the Crimson against the host Broncos. John Holland-McCowan scored in the first and Max Murphy added a goal in the second but Harvard faced a 13-2 deficit entering the fourth quarter.
Evan Zepfel scored in the fourth and Murphy culminated the scoring as the Crimson outscored Santa Clara 2-1 in the final frame.
Harvard returns home for the Ivy Championships Oct. 29-30 at Blodgett Pool. The Crimson is the varsity third seed in the tournament and will face the fifth seeded club team at 1 p.m. Oct. 29.

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Select an iPad App for Taking Class Notes
Teachers and students both need a good note taking iPad app for classroom use. Many note taking apps exist for the iPad, but a good note-keeping app should satisfy the following requirements:
Simple and quick: A good note taking app needs to be quick to open and get to the point at which you can start taking notes. You don't want to always be leaning over, asking the person next to you to repeat what was just said.
Typing should be simple, without the need to work out complex margin settings, hanging paragraphs, line spacing, and more. You need to get that text down quickly and easily.
Organized: Most people take notes as part of some ongoing process. Ideally, the system or app you use has a built-in format and flow for organizing your notes.
Set up one folder for Biology and another for English. Set up a folder for one class and subfolders for individual projects. Notes should easily fit in the right category and have a simple flow so that everything you need is there in sequential order.
Always available: Apps that have an accompanying website service and interface are always a good choice. It helps to know that your notes are available in a common location that every device supports. These days, every computer and device has a web browser, so an app that provides secure web access to your notes is a plus.
Cloud storage and backup: Back in the day, if you lost your folder with months of notes, you'd more than likely start hyperventilating. Digital storage is simple these days.
Don't use an app that uses the iPad as its primary storage location and relies on you to synchronize your files in order to create a backup. Select a solution that allows simple and automatic cloud storage.
Search: A bonus is the capability to tag your notes with keywords and an effective search function to find whatever you need easily.
Images, sketches, sharing and more: You're using an iPad! Your note-taking app should take advantage of the capabilities it provides. It's helpful to use that camera to add a quick picture of a document or a whiteboard to your notes.
Sketch something in your note with your finger or stylus. Record a snippet of important audio. E-mail your note to someone else who needs it, or even better, share it so that groups of people can have access.
Following are two of the best apps for note taking:
Evernote: Evernote has all the features you might want from a note-taking app. It excels in organization, storing notes in notebooks that you can create and share, while allowing you to add all types of digital content within your notes, including audio, images, and even websites. Your account is also available from any device and through the Evernote website itself.
iA Writer: iA Writer is a fantastic app for simple text editing but it's text and only text. One huge feature is a much-needed extended keyboard (hello, Apple?) that adds keys for those simple functions such as moving through text letter by letter or skipping through it word by word. Dropbox and iCloud integration is provided as well, but organization of notes is not very intuitive.
If you prefer creating handwritten notes, then you should take a good hard look at Notability. Notability allows you to create notes using your finger or a stylus, actual typing, drawings, audio, and images.


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Federal Documents
Federal Documents Task Force (FDTF) of the Government Documents Round Table provides a forum for discussion of problems and concerns, and establishes and maintains open links of communication between documents librarians and others involved in the life cycle of Federal government information. FDTF goals are to initiate, design and support programs that will increase the availability and use of Federal publications and government information; improve the bibliographic control of Federal publications and technical reports in all formats; improve the management of documents collections; improve the education and training of documents librarians; and increase communication between documents librarians and other librarians.
Due to dissatisfaction among GODORT web managers with the American Library Association's content management system, GODORT membership has given approval for new content for the FDTF to appear on the wiki and 'not' on the "main" FDTF website.
What is FDTF?
The Federal Documents Task Force (FDTF) initiates, designs and supports programs that will increase the availability and use of Federal publications and government information. We improve the bibliographic control of Federal publications and technical reports in all formats as well as the management of documents collections. FDTF implements programs to improve the education and training of documents librarians. We increase communication by working with the Government Printing Office (GPO), documents librarians and other librarians. To learn more, please see Chapter 9 of the GODORT Policies and Procedures Manual.
This committee consists of a Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator/Coordinator-Elect, and Secretary. These are elected positions and are one year terms that begin at ALA mid-winter.
The Coordinator appoints liaisons between the Task Force and various GODORT Committees. This person also plans the GODORT Update that takes place at all conferences and meetings. The Assistant Coordinator/Coordinator- Elect assists the Coordinator in the implementation of the work of FDTF. The Secretary is responsible for recording the minutes at ALA mid-winter and annual. After the meetings are held, a brief synopsis of the meeting is typed and distributed to the Steering Committee. The minutes are sent to the Coordinator to be reviewed, and then placed on the FDTF web page. The Web Manager is a voluntary position filled by the Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator/Coordinator- Elect or Secretary.
Representatives from the following committees make up the FDTF Appointments to the Standing Committee: Cataloging, Education, Government Info., Technology (GITCO), Legislation (3 liaisons), Program and Rare and Endangered Gov't Publications. The Standing Committee reports to FDTF during ALA mid-winter and annual meetings. These positions are appointed by the Coordinator.
FDTF Conference Agendas
- Mid-Winter Agenda, Boston, MA 2010
- Annual Agenda, Chicago 2009
- Annual Agenda plus Unapproved Mid-Winter Minutes
- Mid-Winter Agenda, Denver, CO 2009
- Mid-Winter Agenda plus Unapproved Annual Minutes
FDTF Meeting Minutes
- Unapproved Mid-Winter Minutes, Denver, CO 2009
- Approved Annual Minutes, Anaheim, CA 2008
- Approved Mid-Winter Minutes, Philadelphia, PA 2008
- Previous Meeting Minutes
Resources of Interest to FDTF Community
- GPO Study of Regional Depositories Final Report
- Resources Link
- Transcripts of Federal Depository Library Council Meeting, April 20-22, 2009
- ARL's White Paper on Strategic Directions for the Federal Depository Library Program
Federal Documents Task Force Agency Virtual Liaison Program
The Agency Virtual Liaison Program has begun. More information on the progress will be coming shortly.


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Learning is the act of acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, plants and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow a learning curve. It does not happen all at once, but builds upon and is shaped by previous knowledge. To that end, learning may be viewed as a process, rather than a collection of factual and procedural knowledge. Learning produces changes in the organism and the changes produced are relatively permanent.
Human learning may occur as part of education, personal development, schooling, or training. It may be goal-oriented and may be aided by motivation. The study of how learning occurs is part of educational psychology, neuropsychology, learning theory, and pedagogy. Learning may occur as a result of habituation or classical conditioning, seen in many animal species, or as a result of more complex activities such as play, seen only in relatively intelligent animals. Learning may occur consciously or without conscious awareness. Learning that an aversive event can't be avoided nor escaped is called learned helplessness. There is evidence for human behavioral learning prenatally, in which habituation has been observed as early as 32 weeks into gestation, indicating that the central nervous system is sufficiently developed and primed for learning and memory to occur very early on in development.
Learning is the act of acquiring knowledge.
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2014 Spring Updates
New Reporting Link Location
Struggle to find the SLO Reporting Link? It's now located on theMyCCSF page where you
log into Web4 and all email systems. Thanks to Annie Mayer's great
suggestion at Get It Done Day. As always you can also find the
Reporting Form in the right hand column of the CCSF
Outcomes and Assessment page. Don't forget, all reports are due
June 2nd.
The last issue of SLO HIGHLIGHTS is out. Read about the exciting stackable degrees created in the Department ofAutomotive/Motorcycle Technology, Construction, and Building Maintenance. Also, below, or in SLO HIGHLIGHTS, our Outcomes Assessment Year in Review! Just reading about all we accomplished makes you more than ready for summer break.
Outcomes Assessment Year in Review
Assessment activities during the past academic year were strong, progressive, and supported campus wide! Congratulations to the entire community for achieving so much in one year. In this article, we look back at assessment activities during the academic year, marking important milestones.
AUGUST: The CCSF campus community did not allow the disheartening news over the summer stand in the way of progress. Spring 2013 Assessment progress reports were due in late August. We had unprecedented response. 93% of courses, 94% of programs, 100% of counseling, and 93% of student services reported assessment activities.
SEPTEMBER: The entire campus community came together for Positive Pathways to Accreditation: College-wide Robust Dialogue. The scope of the day extended past outcomes assessment work; however, important SLO dialogue occurred, including campus-wide dialogue on the preliminary GE Area C results. Over 450 evaluations were received after the event, filled with ideas to share with presenters and college leaders and input on the GE-Area C results. The median satisfaction score for the event was 8 out of 10.
OCTOBER: Work on assessing the Critical Thinking and Information Competency ILO began in earnest. The SLO Committee of the Academic Senate conducted its first validation of instructional assessment reports. The college released its Annual Assessment Plan, setting benchmarks for the frequency of outcomes assessment. The college received a Feedback Memo for the ACCJCverifying that we meet the Proficiency standard!
NOVEMBER: The SLO Coordinators created an SLO Scorecard to better inform the community about the on-going progress made in assessment since the March 15th report was submitted to the ACCJC. SLO Workgroups for GE Area A & GE Area E were formed and discussed procedure for the spring semester.
DECEMBER: The final GE Area C Assessment Report was released to the college and discussion, still on-going, about implementation of the recommendations began.
JANUARY: The campus community immersed itself in professional development activities including assessment, teaching, and learning sessions at the January FLEX Day.
FEBRUARY: The SLO Committee released its Summary Report of Fall 2013 reporting. Over 80% of student services and counseling were at SCQI and 62% of instructional courses--showing that we are steadfastly marching forward. The campus community demonstrated that it maintain robust reporting as a matter of course. The ILO Assessment Work Group concluded data collection for ILO#1. A vigorous vetting process for new assessment software concluded and a generous donor purchased CurricUNET META for the campus. This integrated software will be used for curriculum development, SLO reporting, and Program Review. Many faculty members of the SLO Committee attended the Accreditation Institute in LaJolla, CA.
MARCH: Professional development opportunities continued and the SLO Faculty Leaders and the Assessment Planning Team met to discuss the Institutional Set Standards for the college.
APRIL: The SLO Committee released the 2013-2014
SLO Impact Report, demonstrating connections between assessment
and program improvement. The report was discussed in various
participatory governance committees. The Student
Service Outcome Team was formed and met to validate student
service assessment reports.
MAY: The final report for the Critical Thinking and Information Competency Institutional Learning Outcome was released and discussions are happening campus-wide about the findings. Course, program, service, and unit coordinators participated in Get It Done Day, a day of collegial assessment reporting.
LOOKING AHEAD: When we return to campus in fall 2014, the process of training faculty and staff on CurricUNET Meta will begin. GE area E & A workgroups will conclude their assessment activities and assessment of the Communication ILO#2 will begin.
Most importantly, we will all work together to create meaningful change at the college.
IMPORTANT NOTE on SLO Reporting : The SLO reporting is on the same server as curriculum. As many know, that server was viciously hacked. SLO data is intact! As a security precaution; however, SLO reports are not viewable unless you are logged onto a CCSF computer. This is temporary! You can still access the reporting form and submit reports from any remote location.
Get It Done Day is nearly here. The news above may give you even more reason to use Friday as a time to be on campus knocking these reports off your to-do list. Below is the list of locations where you can seek help, camaraderie or commiseration, and an opportunity for dialogue. These are extended drop-in help labs for course, program, student service, counseling, and admin SLO coordinators. Work together to get your SLO reports complete well before the June 2nd deadline
Get It Done Day starts May 15th:
Evans Center, Room 220C 4PM-6PM
Get It Done Day continues May 16th at the following locations:
Ocean Campus TLC Lab (L313) 9AM-3PM
John Adams Rm 231 9AM-11AM
Downtown Rm 515B 11:30AM-1:30PM
Mission Rm 476 2:30PM-4:30PM
Critical Thinking ILO Final Report
The ILO workgroup (aka the SLO Committee) has completed the assessment and analysis of the fall 2013 Critical Thinking and Information Competency ILO Assessment. The final report, complete with mapping analysis, data and analysis, and recommendation may be found here.
May 21st the SLO Committee will be hosting an open forum on the ILO results from 3:00-4:00 in Sci 45.
Hope to see you Friday,
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
Get It Done Day starts in one week! For a 24 hour period, we will see a surge of assessment reporting. Drop into any of the GIDD locations, at any time, with all the information you need to complete the reports AND your CCSF google mail username and password.
Get It Done Day now starts on May 15th on the Evans campus. Come from 4-6PM (looks for signs). If Friday does not work for you, swing by Evans.
The rest of Get It Done Day will take place May 16th at the following locations:
Ocean Campus TLC Lab (L313) 9AM-3PM
John Adams Rm 231 9AM-11AM
Downtown Rm 515B 11:30AM-1:30PM
Mission Rm 476 2:30PM-4:30PM
Let's Get It Done together!
If GIDD doesn't work for you, remember that June 2nd is the deadline for assessment reporting.
Kristina Whalen, SLO Coordinator
We are nearly one month away from the June 2nd deadline for assessement reporting. All units, services, programs, and courses offered this semester must submit a report. If assessment was not scheduled for this semester, it will not take long to complete. Here are some important links:
Assessment Reporting Form. Please note that Area E and A GE
assessment results need to be reporting in a separate form. It is on
reporting main page above (4th bullet down).
Instructions for completing form, including how to apply for a username and password.
Archive of last semester reports
May 16th! May 16th! May 16th! What's happening on May 16th? It's Get It Done Day. From 9-3 PM you'll find SLO leaders in the TLC computing lab (L 313). They will help you connect to the reporting form, fill out the form, provide clarity on questions, converse about student learning, help you with other aspects of assessment, including reporting area E & A GE assessment results. You'll complete your assessment "check in" in a supportive environment. Our goal is to have 70% of the reporting for outcomes complete by the end of the day. If you plan to attend as a group, please RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com so that we will be prepared. Are you located at a center? See schedule below:
Ocean Campus TLC lab (L 313) 9:00AM-3:00PM
John Adams Room 231 9:00AM-11:00AM
Downtown Room 515B 11:30AM-1:30PM
Mission Center Room 476 2:30PM-4:30PM
Come to Get It Done Day and check it off your to-do list.
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
The SLO Committee has completed the 2013-2014 Program Review Summary, also called the SLO Impact Report. This report allows the college to chart improvements, based on outcomes assessment, embedded in Program Review (Question #4). Moreover, it provides the community a non-atomized picture of data driven planning. Each section has analysis on the challenges facing organizational areas, strengths, and areas where improvement and future growth could occur. Want to hear more? The report is on the agenda for tomorrow's Planning Committee Meeting in L108 from 3-4:30.
More information on Get It Done Day on May 16th! On the Ocean campus, the TLC Computer Lab, on the third floor of Batmale Hall, will host Get It Done Day. SLO Committee members have reserved computer stations to help you navigate the reporting form, provide clarity on the form's questions, dialogue about assessment challenges, and provide friendly support. Assistance provided from 9AM-3PM. Mission employees should visit room 476 from 2:30-4:40PM. We will try to secure places for Get It Done Day at the other major Centers. Fingers crossed! Use this day to check assessment reports off your to-do list before final exams and end-of-the-year tasks overwhelm. Be sure to come to Get It Done Daywith a google mail account and known password. Don't have an account, apply now!
It's your last chance this year to hear how Insight might make your assessment work run smoothly. The last repeat performance ofInsight Assessment Modules, is on April 29th, 2:00 PM in MUB 398:
New HIGHLIGHTS
The new issue SLO Highlights is live! Frisco Day is this Friday. Read how assessment practices in Matriculation have been shaping the approach to this important day of outreach. Also, enjoy a thematic analysis of Highlight submissions from the fall 2013 assessment reports. Not surprising, themes of profesionalism, collaboration, student improvement, and empowerment dominate the entries.
Get it Done Day
On May 16th computer labs around the various campuses and centers will have SLO Committee members on hand to assist, motivate and support you through the assessment report submission process. If you have reports to submit, make it fun and team up with a colleague and Get It Done! More information on labs and times forthcoming. Our goal is to have 70% or more of the reports complete before heading into the bulk of final exams.
Update on the Alphabet Soup of Assessment
ILOs. Data for the Critical Thinking Institutional Learning Outcome has been compiled and the SLO committee is in the process of interpreting the data and writing a final report. A large portion of the report will cover "mapping" and the problems the committee encountered. The ILO assessment process revealed that appropriate mapping is an area of growth for the college. Second, the wording of the Critical Thinking ILO was quite redundant (and perhaps contributed to mapping errors) and the committee has sent a revision to the Academic Senate. It will be discussed today.
GELOs. Area E and Area A work groups meet regularly and faculty teaching courses in those areas have been contacted. If you teach an Area A or E class this semester and haven't received instructions, please contact Nathan Steele (Area A) and/or Stephan Johnson (Area E). A separate form for GE Area A & E results is available on the reporting form page. It is short. Hopefully the process of folding assessment results into a common rubric (proficient, developing, no evidence) is becoming comfortable.
PSLOs. Please remember that you must submit an assessment
progress report for all programs as well. At present, only 33% of our
programs have closed the loop on assessment. With your diligence, I
know we can quickly strengthen those numbers. Need help? I am happy to
meet with you or a group of faculty to help plan and chart a timeline
for program level assessment. The SLO Impact Report has been completed
by the SLO Committee and it is headed to the Planning Committee for
review. Once vetted, be on the look out for this report as it both
celebrates the massive strides we've made toward integrated planning
and suggests pathways for future improvements in program review
assessment integration.
SLOs. We continue to see great assessment work at the course level. Keep up the inspiring and fantastic work! The June 2 nd deadline is fast approaching. If you have already completed all the assessment work that can reasonably done this semester (in other words, anything else will occur after grades are due) then please fill out the form now. As many learned in January, these are not soft deadlines. In every session I've held this semester, I've worked with faculty on charting a sustainable assessment calendar. Most recently I've worked with single-section course coordinators. Workshop notes here. If you can't submit the report now, submit it on Get It Done Day!
Thanks for your tireless efforts!
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordnator
As those of you learned if you attended the Accreditation Institute
Forum last Friday, California colleges are asked to
set institutional standards for achievement. The ACCJC Annual
Report asks colleges to report on these "set standards" for
transfer, course and program completion. In an effort to include as
many voices as possible in the selection of these standards, the Assessment
Planning Team, a working group under the Planning Participatory
Governance committee, will meet Tuesday, March 25 from 11-12PM in MUB
140. The meeting will be task driven but is open to all. Please come
if you are able.
Please join Cynthia Dewar and Diana Markham for a repeat of the wildly popular workshop on the Insight Assessment Module. The workshop is this Tuesday, March 18th, at 2:00 PM in MUB 388.
Reminder: Spring 2014 Assessment Progress Reporting forms are open and ready for use. If you have completed any assessment activities this semester for your service, course, or program (such as reviewing data from Fall 2013), jump in now and record your work. Avoid the end-of-semester rush.
For those participating in GE-Area A and E coordinated course SLO
assessments, please be sure to report this semester on the methods you
used to assess your students. But feel free to take Fall semester to
conduct your data review and analysis.
Slow and steady. We don't have to do everything in one semester. Just keep moving forward! Goal: assess each SLO for every course and program and service at least once every 3 years. How's your progress?
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
Are you "Tuning" your outcomes? The concept of 'Tuning" is gaining traction in the U.S. Educational circles. At CCSF, we see identifiable aspects of this process when departments or units use Advisory Boards. In the March issue of SLO Highlights read how the Broadcast Electronic Media Arts Department recently, after a successful advisory board session, honed learning outcomes and crafted an exciting new curriculum program.
According to Brad C. Philips at the Institute for Evidence Based
Change, Tuning as a process [. . . ] by which Tuning work groups
identify what students earning a given degree in a given discipline
know and are able to do. The process grows from the assumption that
faculty, those who know a discipline best, should be the party
responsible for determining the discipline's core. Because other
stakeholders have an interest in the discipline, the work groups
solicit feedback from them. The work groups document their thinking
and revise it based on the feedback."
The five components are to:
- define the discipline core;
- map career pathways;
- consult stakeholders;
- hone core competencies and learning outcomes;
- draft degree specifications.
Visit www.tuningusa.org for more information
Also, read how Honors Coordinator Sami Kudsi brings stakeholders together at Roundtables and Consortiums to both identify and actualize core competency in CCSF's Honor's Program.
Need "tuning" or other help, visit the Drop-In Help lab each Tuesday from 1-2 in Cloud 208B or contact Kristina Whalen for Outcome Assessment related queries or workshops.
It's not too late to RSVP for tomorrow's SLO workshop entitled, All Alone? Assessment Strategies for the Single Section Course. The workshop starts at 3:00 Feb 27, in MUB 271. I expect the workshop to last an hour.
How will the new ACCJC standards impact SLO assessment? Come to the faculty forum on March 14, 11-1PM (location TBA) to hear answers from faculty members in attendance at the Accreditation Institute in La Jolla on Feb 7-8. The focus of this joint venture between the ACCJC and the ASCCC was, in part, to kick off the public comment period for the revised standards. Look for details about the sessions in President Teti's emails.
A repeat performance: Insight Assessment Modules. Use Insight to make your assessment data collection far less labor intensive. March 18th, 2:00 in MUB 388. For those that couldn't make the engaging workshop hosted by Cynthia Dewar and Diana Markham last semester, put it on your calendar now!
As always, the Drop-in Help Lab is open each Tuesday from 1-2 in Cloud 208B. Workshop I host may be repeated at any Center. Contact me for details.
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
Due to the high volume of SLO Reporting at CCSF, we knew our current "home grown" system was not a sustainable method for our increasingly vital SLO Reporting. In fact, during the last round of reporting, we began to receive file size errors! For the last year, one of the primary goals of our SLO efforts has been to research the best SLO software package for CCSF, among a competitive market. Most colleges half our size have either implemented TracDat, eLumen, or a similar assessment-activity-reporting system. Our goal was to find a new software that would add extra time-saving functionality (requiring us to input less repetitive information each semester), integrate as seamless as possible with our existing processes (thus not feel like everyone has to learn something totally different), affordably allow us replace our current system and grow upward as we improve our processes, and integrate with our curriculum and course outlines (so we don't have to enter SLO information in a multitude of different places).
After a vigorous vetting process, and taking into consideration
other needs across the college, including curriculum development and
program review, together with the Office of Instruction and the
Research and Planning Office, we chose CurricuNET Meta. With the help
of generous donors we were able to purchase the software and begin
implementation in January. Progress is happening! Our new software is
under build, and our implementation team is ensuring regular steady
process. (Our team is headed by Katryn Wiese and combines experts from
Instruction, Student Services, Research & Planning, Curriculum,
and IT, with faculty, department chairs, SLO Coordinators, and
articulation and curriculum experts.)
This software package, when completely installed, will not only help our college community report on assessment activity, but aslo help create, store, and manage course outlines effectively, track SLO assessment progress and synthesize data across programs, AND integrate with annual Program Review reporting.
On February 5th, the implementation team had its first review of the beginning module for the new CCSF CurricuNET software. CurricuNET developers started the build of our new software with a module on creating a new credit course outline. During our review we were able to discuss and refine the functionality, before moving forward with noncredit courses and programs. After the curriculum functionality is completed, we'll add in modules for reporting on student learning outcomes assessment and program review. All of the CCSF staff on the implementation team are VERY excited to see what has been a tedious, exhausting, manual process to date leverage existing technology (and best practices from some of the other 77 California Community Colleges using this software) to streamline and automate much of the process. We'll be saving a lot of time and stress/frustration for a lot of faculty and staff across the college.
Of course we'll also have some growing pains as we implement new technology and deal with the hiccups that always accompany such a task. But we are hopeful everyone will be able to experience the improvements as we move forward.
We are hopeful that the new curriculum module will be live by April, with the SLO module ready by May/June, and the Program Review ready by September of this year.
Fingers crossed and patience in abundance,
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
ILO Data
Last call for ILO Data: The SLO Committee will begin to analyze data
from the ILO Critical Thinking Coordinated Assessment shortly. In an
earlier SLO Updates we asked that all data be submitted by
Feb 17th. If you cannot meet this deadline, but have data
for the assessment, please alert Kristina Whalen ASAP. We appreciate
everyone meeting this important deadline. Data may be submitted in
the Spring
Progress Report.
Upcoming Forums/Workshops
SLO Professional Development Session: Feb 27
, 3:00 PM in MUB 271: All Alone?: Assessment strategies for
the single section course.
Faculty members Wendy Kaufmyn, Rosario Villasana, Karen Saginor, Lillian Marrujo-Duck, Simon Hanson, Andrea Noisi, Cynthia Dewar, and Kristina Whalen, attended the Accreditation Institute Feb 7-8 in La Jolla, CA. The yearly Institute, sponsored by the Statewide Academic Senate and the ACCJC, was primarily focused on educating the college community about the new (forthcoming) accreditation standards. Chancellor Tyler has asked the attendees to organize forums to share what we learned. We are eager to do so--especially since the public feedback period for the standards is in full swing. Look for more information on these upcoming forums--probably early March.
Accreditation Committee Self-Evaluation
Finally, I'd like to put in one last plea for FACULTY to join the
Self-Evaluation being coordinated by the Participatory Governance
Accreditation Committee. Administrative and Classified employees have
been appointed but several evaluation teams (organized around
standards) show missing or scant faculty voices. Here's why this
exercise is important:
- We learned from people with Visiting Team experience and
from colleagues at the Accreditation Institute that this exercise is
a common and helpful mechanism for evaluation.
- New perspectives guard against group think
- Your critical thinking skills will help answer important questions like, "do the actions plans adequately address all aspects of the standards?"
- You should and could have a voice in
building the next set of action plans.
If you would like to help build a path forward and prepare us a potential site visit, please contact Gohar Momjian.
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
New issue of SLO HIGHLIGHTS
The February issue of SLO
HIGHLIGHTS features departmental SLO webpages and assessment
reflections from webmasters. Read how the English Department's SLO
practices have progressed and how the department's SLO website is a
source of accountability and pride. Also, how the Biology webmaster
uses the department's assessment site to guide faculty to innovative
teaching practices designed to improve student outcomes.
Fall 2013 SLO Activities Summary Report now available
Fall 2013 SLO/SSO/AUO progress reporting ended in January. Progress reporting declined, modest in some places but sharp in others. Nonethless, assessment activities on campus are active, rigorous, and steadily closing the loop! Read the full Fall 2013 Outcomes Assessment Activities SUMMARY Report . Some key information:
85% of instructional courses reported (1354 reports)
- 93% are at stage 2 or higher (undergoing assessment – PROFICIENCY minimum)
- 62% are at stage 5 (closed-loop ongoing assessment – SUSTAINABLE CQI minimum)
65% of instructional programs reported (218 reports)
- 88% are at stage 2 or higher (undergoing assessment – PROFICIENCY minimum)
- 33% are at stage 5 (closed-loop ongoing assessment – SUSTAINABLE CQI minimum)
73% of counseling programs reported (21 reports from 8 programs)
- 100% are at stage 2 or higher (undergoing assessment – PROFICIENCY minimum)
- 81% are at stage 5 (closed-loop ongoing assessment – SUSTAINABLE CQI minimum)
40% of student service programs reported (17 reports)
- 94% are at stage 2 or higher (undergoing assessment – PROFICIENCY minimum)
- 88% are at stage 5 (closed-loop ongoing assessment – SUSTAINABLE CQI minimum)
8% of administrative service programs reported (4 reports)
- 68% of existing outcomes have been assessed, with the rest planned. (Ensuring that all outcomes are assessed at least once every three years is our college-wide goal. We are on pace to have all outcomes assessed soon even though our processes developed late.)
- Our process continues to move forward and achieve two goals: regular progress report submissions, thereby maintaining momentum, and continued training on benchmarks, definitions, and overall good practices for assessing outcomes.
- The Spring 2014 progress reporting forms were made available on the first day of the semester, making continued adherence to semester reporting easier.
- Transition to new software (expected launch fall 2014) that is more robust, better able to support the volume of reporting, and maintains its own archive and longitudinal review of a particular course/program/service is being implemented.
- Keep moving forward and progressing towards closed-loop CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) in all courses, programs, and services with high-quality activities and reporting.
- As we transition to a 3-year assessment cycle minimum for all SLOs/AUOs/Service Outcomes, alerts will be sent to coordinators who have failed to log in and update regularly.
- Completion rates must rebound. Changes in deadlines and oversight responsibility resulted in an anticipated drop, but with continued training and a transition to a new software system, momentum must continue. Missing Fall 2013 reports should immediately be incorporated into the Spring 2014 reporting form (available now)
Thanks for all your focus on student learning,
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
June 2nd is the reporting deadline for Spring 2014 Assessment Progress Reports. But, the form is open now! This is important for a couple of reasons.
1. If you didn't meet the Jan 2nd deadline, you can add fall 2013 information in the spring form, save the editing link, and return to it towards the end of the semester if you want to add additional data.
2. You may not have indicated in your Jan. 2 reports that you planned to submit your program level data for the Critical Thinking ILO assessment in the Spring reports after you'd spent time processing and discussing the data (maybe during the Feb. 6 FLEX). As soon as are ready, the forms are open for you. The SLO Committee plans to move forward on collating these data on February 17th – so anything entered by then will be part of the college-wide assessment.
3. If you have a course, program, service or unit that is not scheduled for assessment this semester, go ahead and knock back the report early and cross it off the crowded end-of-the-semester task list.
Let keep the momentum going but also pause to reflect on the quality of our reporting. Last October, The SLO Committee released its Summary Report for spring 13 reporting and assessed a sample of the SLO reports for their ability to convey detailed, evidence based summaries of assessment activities and provide detailed and concrete explanations of improvements made to courses and programs. The results were good. As you consider the quality of your reporting, use the following checklist:
- I've carefully read the descriptions of the stages and have correctly staged my course, program, service, or unit. I understand that once I move up a stage I never move back!
- I know where to find the archived reports for the course/program/service/unit I am reporting on my department's SLO/SSO/AUO website (everyone has one) and my work builds on past reports.
- I am able to articulate knowledge on how often assessment of SLOs/SSOs/AUOs happen for my course/program/service/unit because timelines and schedules are developed.
- I effectively but briefly describe my assessment methods and I only describe methods for the data I plan to report.
- My assessment summary provides details on 3 things: 1. Specificity of data collected. 2. Criteria used to determine success. 3. Analysis of the data.
- I understand
that the most important part of an assessment report is the concrete
and detailed plans made for improvement.
- I am the coordinator so that's why I am submitting the report. I know that only one report is submitted for each course/program/service/or unit and I have talked with my colleagues and coordinated a single report.
- My report's conclusions resulted from rich dialogue with my colleagues.
- I have sent myself and copy of the form in case I want to edit the report
- I've stored my password and can locate it!
If parts of this checklist leave you scratching your head, contact your SLO Coordinator or stop by the drop-in help lab on Tuesdays from 1-2PM in Cloud 208B.
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
SLO professional development opportunities abound. First, the upcoming Feb 6th FLEX Day has time built into the schedule for departmental assessment work.
9:00AM - 12:00PM Keynote address and Workshops centering around the FLEX Day theme:
Culture Shift: Innovation, Engagement, Achievement
Keynote with Darrick Smith, Assistant Professor of Educational
Leadership, University of San Francisco
12:00PM - 12:45PM: Lunch
12:45PM - 1:45PM: School/Division Meetings
1:45PM - 2:45PM: Department-Based SLO Work
Following school/division meetings. The SLO Committee hopes that departments will use this time to work on any of the following:
- discussion of data and results collected by assessment measurements
- implementation of course or program improvements
- discussion of any Critical Thinking ILO data collected at program level
- assessment work related to GE Area A or E
- scheduling assessments so SLOs are measured at least once every 3 years
- preparing now to meet the June 2nd deadline for SLO reporting
- any discipline specific SLO work
Additionally, the following professional development workshops will be held throughout the semester:
Feb 27th, 3:00 PM in MUB 271: Going it Alone: Assessment strategies for the single section course.
March 18th, 2:00 in MUB 398: Insight Assessment
Modules. Use Insight to make your assessment data collection far
less labor intensive.
March 20th,4:00 PM in MUB 271: Map it! Why does mapping matter? How do you make mapping determinations? And, how to map ILOs/GELOs to PSLOs, PSLOs to SLOs, and mapping out assessment strategies for each course SLOs as part of revising curriculum.
April 24th, 4:00 PM in MUB 271: Non-Credit Assessment Techniques Explored.
April 29th, 2:00 PM in MUB 398: Insight Assessment Modules, Repeat performance.
May 15 at 4:00 PM in MUB 271: ILO Critical Thinking Assessment Tentative Results Explored.
The above workshops are on the Ocean campus but any session may be repeated elsewhere if center deans, site supervisors, departmental chairs, or faculty are willing to schedule a time/place and have 7 particpant RSVPs in hand.
Drop-in Help lab is going strong! Every Tuesday 1-2PM in Cloud 208B.
Kristina Whalen
SLO Coordinator
Impact of GEO C Assessment
The assessment of General Education (GE) Area C outcomes was the first institutional-level assessment to take place since the College made a commitment to the outcomes and assessment model for course and program evaluation and improvement. The implications of the findings go beyond the GE Area C Natural Sciences courses.
The assessment process followed by the GE Area C workgroup served as a model for future institutional GEO and ILO assessments. The process involved developing a common rubric that the many disciplines involved in the institutional-level assessment could adapt to the course level. The rubric has three levels of achievement: proficiency; developing; and no evidence. Each participating instructor developed criteria for how students meet each level of achievement for their course assessment(s). Instructors at the course level conducted SLO assessments then converted their findings to the common rubric. The common rubric was an overall success and will be applied to other institutional level assessments in the future. The GE outcome assessment of Area C resulted in the following overall results: 64.6% proficiency, 25.6% developing and 10.8% showing no evidence. Assessment results, analysis and dialogue led to outcome revision.
Additionally, the workgroup reviewed the pass and withdrawal rates for GE Area C classes. The overall pass rate for GE Area C students is 60.8% and the overall withdrawal percentage is 17.4. Not surprisingly, the assessment data and the pass/withdraw rates were similar and provided validity to the assessment practices being employed at CCSF.
The workgroup decided to investigate why the proficiency and pass rates were low. They reviewed Math and English placement tests and correlated them with the pass rate for GE Area C. The number of students passing a class (a grade of C or higher) correlated with higher level Math and English levels. For example, "students enrolled or placed into lower level math (which correlates to pre-algebra and earlier) had only a 24.8% pass rate, compared to a 48% pass rate for upper level (algebra 1 or 2 or geometry), and a 68.7% pass rate for collegiate level (beyond algebra 2). Lower math placement also shows a strong correlation with higher withdrawals. The workgroup findings suggested that English and Math placement tests are an important indicator of student success and more emphasis and dialogue between teachers, counselors and students needs to take place so that students have the right prerequisites to achieve at proficiency levels.
At the end of the report the committee provided additional recommendations for the College community, natural science departments, and course instructors with the ultimate goal of increasing student proficiency levels.
Next steps
At the Jan 9th FLEX day program entitled College-Wide Dialogue Continued, faculty, department chairs, and counselors discussed how to move these recommendations forward. The workgroup and SLO coordinators are asking more members of the college community to read the full report, identify decision makers that may implement the recommendations, and talk with decision makers and colleagues about the path forward.
Please direct any feedback to the report to SLO Coordinator and SLO Committee Chair Kristina Whalen (email@example.com).
Welcome back!
The first SLO Update of spring 2014 covers spring 2014 reporting, GE Assessment, assessment professional development opportunities, and spring drop-in help lab sessions.
Spring 2014 Progress Reports
The fall 2013 Assessment Progress Report deadline has passed and our attention turns to spring 2014. Next week, the spring 2014 progress reporting form will be available at the now familiar location on the SLO webpage (upper right hand corner of both SLO homepage and department/unit SLO webpages). The form's early availability means you may complete it at any time throughout the semester and well before the June 2nd deadline.
General Education Assessment
The GE Area C workgroup released a final report at the conclusion of last semester. The workgroup seeks input on the report's important findings and recommendations. Attend the College-wide Dialogue Continued FLEX session from 4-5Pm on January 9th in MUB 250 and join the conversation! As the GE Area C workgroup moves into the final phase(s) of the assessment processes, GE Area work groups E and A are beginning their work. If you are the coordinator for a GE Area A or E course, look for communication from the workgroup explaining how your assessment activities may be integrated into college-wide assessments. These processes will refine our GE outcomes and reveal important learning trends. GE Area A work group information and courses are here. GE Area E workgroup and course information is here.
Assessment Specific FLEX workshops
Many FLEX Day work shops provide important professional development on assessing student learning. From 1-2PM in SCI 136, participants are introduced to Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs). From 2-4 in Rosenberg 304, learn more about Program level Assessments. During the 4-5 hour choose between the Institutional Level Assessment work shop in MUB 250 or the Mapping Assessments to Course SLOs session in Science 136. Many other sessions make strong connections to student learning data. The Spring 2014 FLEX program is here.
This semester the Drop-in help lab will move both its time and location. Drop-in help lab is now on TUESDAYs from 1-2 PM in Cloud 208B.
Happy New Year!
Kristina Whalen
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This year, on the occasion of International Women's Day, IUCN is celebrating gender equity and equality in the environmental sector through recognition of male colleagues who support women's empowerment and announcing the international initiative of the Women Environmental Entrepreneurs Fair during the World Conservation Congress.
Dear Colleagues and friends,
This year on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March IUCN is celebrating gender equity and equality in the environmental sector through recognition of male colleagues who have realized that gender relations are not always fair to women and strive to create more equitable societies. These men are real warriors empowering women to participate in environmental initiatives, to make visible their inputs to conservationist efforts and to poverty reduction.
The gender equity and equality approach means analyzing and understanding, the different roles and responsibilities, the levels and quality of participation in decision making, the needs and visions of women and men. It is precisely thanks to gender-sensitive initiatives in the environmental sector that it has been possible to identify that men and women experience poverty in a differentiated way, that their contributions are both valuable and crucial to environmental conservation and that sustainable development can be achieved when they are actively participating.
IUCN recognizes that gender equity and equality, or "creating fair opportunities according to gender differentiated needs, will require measures to redress the historical and social disadvantages experienced by women" (IUCN Gender Policy). Subsequently, this year at the World Conservation Congress, we will be launching the International Women Environmental Entrepreneurs Fair.
The Fair will present the contributions of women entrepreneurs to poverty reduction and to the promotion of sustainable development, in order for these entrepreneurial efforts to be valued and enhanced at national and international events. The Fair targets the female business sector that works with biodegradable products and sound use of biodiversity resources (i.e. non timber products, medicinal plants, land and marine fauna), recycling of wastes and sustainable tourism, among others.
We encourage women and men warriors worldwide supporting women's entrepreneurial initiatives to send us their contributions for the fair so we can display at the Congress the entrepreneurial spirit of women who care for the environment.
IUCN hopes that by carrying out this, and many other, international initiatives in all parts of the world, we will shorten the time to achieve equitable societies in which women and men live in harmony with nature.
Best regards,
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General Lorena Aguilar, Senior Gender Adviser


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I Like – Tripoli
Modern restaurant with International and Lebanese cuisine
Food:International, Lebanese
Location:Tripoli, North Lebanon
Price:Between 13$ and 24$
Review by Souad
"I like" opened his doors during summer 2010. The restaurant has two floors, the ground floor is very modern and trendy while the first floor is more serene.
The menu offers a wide variety going from mezze to pizza, the quality of the food is OK and the service is friendly.
The restaurant is worth to try especially with a bunch of friends.Write a Review
International and Lebanese menu: starters, soup, salad, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, pizza, platters in addition to mezze and grills
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Good to know
Recommended for friends.
On the boulevard, from Noor square towards Bahsas, after the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
3 Reviews
Feb 23, 2011 at 13:10I Like the food, I Like the service, I Like the dessert but I never like the valet parking... When I parked my car near to the restaurant but never beside, the valley asked me to get my car's key!!! Why??? He said it's a parking!!! but it's a public parking and not a restaurant's parking.
May 3, 2011 at 16:28I went to this place once and left in 5 minutes.. I wonder how Souad (the reviewer) said so :) Needs another eye guys
Oct 2, 2011 at 23:40I like " I like".
Call them
Phone Number: 06 412 810
This restaurant makes delivery.
Get there
On the boulevard, from Noor square towards Bahsas, after the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Home-made Lebanese and Western Cuisine in a Warm Atmosphere
Geeks - Saida(5 votes)
International Diner
Nostra Casa - Tripoli(9 votes)
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(UPI) -- President Barack Obama was discussing the Affordable Care Act in the Rose Garden on Monday when a pregnant woman standing behind him began to faint.
"I got you. You're ok," Obama said as he turned around and put his arm around her.
"This is what happens when I talk too long," the president joked as she was taken away for medical care.
Media reports later identified the fainting woman as Karmel Allison, a pregnant diabetic woman from San Diego.
"I'm ok world- just got a little lightheaded," she tweeted. "Thanks, @BarackObama for catching me!"
Allison has Type 1 diabetes, a disease insurers often considered a pre-existing condition before the Affordable Care Act made it illegal for them to do so. In a conversation with Business Insider, Allison said she had always stayed on the same insurance plan, despite rising costs.
"I had never actively looked for other coverage, because what I had was working, and the message I was getting from all the other insurance companies was, 'Why would we cover a Type 1 diabetic? There's no obligation for us to do that. And we're not going to do that for anything remotely close to affordable,'" she said.
When the American Diabetic Association noticed Allison's October 7 blog post, "What Obamacare Feels Like To A Diabetic," they invited her to the president's Monday address.
"I'm just very grateful to the president for all the work he's done to get this law enacted, and I'm very grateful to the ADA for all they did to allow me to be here, and for all they do on a regular basis," she added.


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One of the highflying stocks from a couple of years ago was Renren (RENN). It was supposed to be the Facebook (FB) of China when it IPO'ed on the heels of Youku (YOKU) and Dangdang (DANG), which had recently held successful IPOs.
Of the three, Youku is the only one trading around its offer price. Dangdang and Renren have both stumbled badly.
After getting to $20 on its initial trading day, Renren is now trading around $3. That's very close to a 52-week low for the stock.
Renren has recently made a big shift in focus to mobile. Although revenue has been holding steady, the losses have as well.
Many analysts are expecting Renren's advertising revenue in 2012 to have totaled about $60 million, about the same as that of 2011 ($59.6 million).
For fiscal 2012, Renren's advertising revenue for the first through third quarters accounted for about 29%, 34% and 34% of total revenue. So total revenue for the year is expected to be $180 million to $190 million; this would represent year-on-year growth of 60%.
However, even though the total revenue is growing quite fast, Renren still had a loss from operations of about $20 million for the past two consecutive quarters.
According to the stats in the third quarter 2012, Renren's cash, term deposits and short-term investments are now $890 million, which is 20% below its market cap of $1.14 billion.
If it reports another $20 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2012, and if it decreased its cash, the cash would be about $870 million, which would be around $2.30 per share.
Therefore, in the short term, the floor price for the stock could be the company's cash-per-share price of $ 2.30.
There could be a time after that when Renren becomes very attractive as a short-term turnaround play, but I don't think we're quite there yet.


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Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
Word of the Day
Scuttlebutt SKUTT-ul-butt (noun) Rumor, gossip - www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
"SpongeBob Squarepants" made its Nickelodeon debut on this day in 1999. Visit the official site to watch videos, play games and check to see when you can catch episodes on TV. There's even a blog from the character's creator.
Number to Know
15.9 million: Number of visitors to Disneyland in 2009, the second highest amusement-park attendance in the world. Disneyland was dedicated on this date in 1955.
This Day in History
July 17, 1999: The popular kid's animated television show "SpongeBob SquarePants" makes its official series premiere on Nickelodeon.
Today's Featured Birthday
Actor/musician David Hasselhoff (58)
Daily Quote
"I anything can't do right since because pickles!" – SpongeBob SquarePants


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Developing Stay.com 2.0 - an app post-mortem/
You're only as good as your last app. And the last one we've developed here at Cutehacks is Stay.com for Android and iOS. We developed the Android version and helped finalize the iOS version. Here is a small write-up of some of our experiences developing and launching Stay.com 2.0. Overall it was a great success, but as you'll see - we learned a few things along the way.
A short intro to Stay.com
If you don't already know Stay.com here is a small introduction: Stay.com lets you create your own personal travel guides which you can download to your phone and use while offline. This saves a lot of money as roaming fees are still ridiculously high around the globe. Here are some screenshots:
The app is available for Android and iOS, and if you want to know more check out this short video explaining the service.
What went wrong
We spent about five and a half months developing Stay.com for Android. We were two full time developers. We learned a lot along the way and I've selected three areas where we met problems.
Wrong#1 - Ignoring the Android look
Stay.com was developed for Android and iOS in parallel. At the start of the project we were asked by the designers what kind of modifications were needed to adapt the design, which was iOS focused, to Android. We estimated that no big changes were needed and promised we could make the iOS inspired design work on Android as well. We delivered on the promise, and launched a great looking app that handled the different resolutions of Android and followed the design close to pixel-perfection.
What we, or I guess I should say I, didn't expect, was the negative reviews this provoked from some of the users downloading and rating the app on Google Play. I honestly didn't know there were Android fanboys out there that cared. Some excerpts:
- "...a converted iOS app on Android is an insult..."
- "...it's just an iOS app..."
- "...iOS look on Android is not cool..."
Clear and honest feedback right there. And looking at things as they are now with Ice Cream Sandwich in use, updated fonts and proper design guidelines, I'd say they have a point. In my defense, the guidelines were not published when we started the project.
However, we've seen the errors of our ways and have have released several updates of the Android app that fixes most of these issues. Here are a few screenshots that shows some of the design changes:
Wrong#2 - Memory and performance
Another area that took us by surprise was the memory handling on Android. In short: the maximum heap size allowed for each app is limited and device dependent. If you try to allocate memory above this limit, your app is killed - just like that. This is clearly not the way to do it, and I was surprised to find this behavior on a modern mobile OS like Android. We ended up having to rewrite some of our caching algorithms for images, databases, and offline maps in order to run Stay.com on inferior Android devices. If you're wondering how to do memory profiling on Android I recommend you watch this video - several times.
We also experienced performance issues with the default Android database. Every app can easily create a database where it adds, edits and retrieves data in a sensible manner. It turns out that inserts are really slow. If you want any sort of adequate performance you need to pay special attention to how you manipulate the database. For example, when inserting multiple rows in the same table make sure you do bulk inserts and not one row at a time.
Wrong#3 - Facebook SDKs
I'm not a big Facebook fan. In truth, up till we developed Stay.com I didn't even have an account. Yeah, I know. One of the things we discovered during the implementations of some of the more advanced features of Stay.com and its Facebook integration was: the Facebook APIs suck. For the Android app we use both the official Facebook SDK for Android, as well as some of the REST APIs. We found them poorly documented, unstable, broken, non-compliant and confusing. Especially the REST APIs. Odd! The only tip I can give you are to keep an eye out for changes mentioned on the developer pages and search for tips and tricks on Stack Overflow.
What went right
Right#1 - Crash logger ACRA
A few days before we were ready to launch in Google Play, after we were done with most of the testing and debugging, I came across a post where someone mentioned this crash logger tool called ACRA. And just as an afterthought, we added it to the build. This turned out to be a great idea.
ACRA works in a very simple way. When the application crashes the user is given the chance to report back what just happened. If the user sends a report, a lot of debug data ends up in a Google spreadsheet of our choosing. ACRA is easy to integrate and has helped us expose a lot of bugs in our code. I highly recommend ACRA.
Right#2 - Trello, Git and GitHub
We use a lot of tools, but I'd like to focus on three of the ones we used when developing Stay.com.
Trello is a low-impact collaboration tool. It's free, simple and online. You create a board for your project, you add some lists to the board, and in each list you add some cards. We used two boards when developing Stay.com - one for the Android client and one for iOS. We're using Trello for all our projects now. We love it.
Git is a version control system. If you're still using something like Perforce, Subversion or CVS, you need to get out more. Here are two reasons for using Git:
- branches cost nothing
- it works offline
Now, if you like being sysadmin it's fairly easy to setup and maintain your own server where you can host your repositories. But if you just want something that works, go with GitHub. We've now upgraded to their business plan and I have to say that makes administrating different repositories, teams and access control very easy. Thumbs up!
Right#3 - Small teams, small companies
Developing Stay.com 2.0 for iOS and Android involved teams in different companies:
- Unfold / Design
- Morten H / iOS app
- Cutehacks / Android and iOS app
- Faster Imaging / Maps
- Stay.com / All the rest :)
Somehow, this all went great. I think the combination of small teams in small companies really melded well together. Weekly meetings, IRC and Skype, shared source code, Basecamp, Trello and a mishmash of other tools helped collaboration.
Overall the development and launch of Stay.com 2.0 was a great success. The user feedback has been great and we're proud of what we developed. The app has a 4 star rating on Google Play and 4+ on iTunes. Although the initial launch was in mid-June 2012 - we're still working full-time on the Android and iOS versions, continuously fixing bugs and adding new features.


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When adding a new topic
When logged into the forum and creating a new TOPIC, you should see the option to attach a file at the bottom of your post content area.
Once you've chosen and attached the file you want to use, you then have the option to Add to Post.
This will place the image in the actual post wherever your cursor is. If you choose not to Add to Post, the file will show below your post as a file attachment.
When adding a post in an existing topic
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Clicking More Reply Options will take you to a new screen with the same set up for adding an image as when creating a new post.


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This holiday season I am so very grateful for the hard working team I have at my office. It's amazing the amount of time you spend with the people you work with- and I'm just lucky to have these bright women in my life. I haven't introduced them on the blog yet so I thought I'd include fun facts about each of them as well as things they would like to find in their stocking this year.
And it just so happens you can tell alot about someone by looking in their stockings...
1. the book 2. the clarisonic-i'd like to clarify to anyone that may be stuffing her stocking: she only needs replacement brushes. 3.the socks 4.the candle 5. random glitter owl 6. iphone charger
1. the book 2. the coffee mug 3. hair ties 4. the candle 5. the nano 6. the calendar; the ornament
We also have Leslie, my fabulous accountant who spends a couple days/month with us and Katherine who just started interning some afternoons. Needless to say it's a full house. And I don't know where I'd be without their hard work and support.
Thanks to Sarah, Mary and Marguerite for helping me with this post.... and with everything else.
Oh, and one more thing girls-
Cousin Eddie called..... he wants his christmas ornaments back.


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So, feeding the starter once and letting it sit for 48 hours would produce more sourness? Or would I need multiple feedings during that time?I'll have to give it a try.
No, that is not what I am saying. The 48 hours I refer to is after the activated starter is mixed in with the dough. For the Italian starters, I don't do multiple feedings.
Bill,I don't do multiple feedings either, but not sure why I don't and why would I do so with other starters besides Ischia or Camaldoli?I just started using Ischia and found it to be rising my dough much faster than Camaldoli. Do you find that to be the case or is it possible that it is just in the minute differences of the way I have activated it over Camaldoli. The Ischia has started off with a much more sour profile than the Camaldoli has ever shown.PNW
Bill,I also have been using the Camaldoli for a couple months now. I feed it until it's fully activated - which means it's a bubbling and rising to top of my bowl - that' when I know it's ready. Do you get this same effect with just one feeding? Doesn't it depend upon how long it's been dormant in the fridge.Also, I'd be very interested in how much starter you use in proportion to your other ingredients. I am currently using quite abit (maybe 1 cup) and then 2-3 cups of flour and no addition of any IDY. (using Jerry Mac's recipe)I'd love to see your recipe.
Bill, just curious, what temp are you fermenting at these days. I just had 2% island starter dough almost go too far in 24 hours at 72 degrees. thanks -marc
Volume increase is a convenient measurement, but I haven't found a correlation between it and the final crust texture. Still trying to figure this one out, but many of my best pies run the full range of volume increases during fermentation and proofing.
Bill,I think you need to get a Chopin Rheofermentometer to get the right peaks of gas production and gas retention, as discussed at http://www.theartisan.net/fermentation_control.htm .Peter
Bill,I'm new to the forum and greatly appreciate your insight and all your contributions. I am having trouble with my Ischia in that it seems to be on the acidic/sour side. I noted from reading your posts that time and temp are keys to controlling acidity. Could you possibly expand on this? The pizzas I've made lately seem to have some sourness to the crust. I believe some sourness is normal, but in reading the posts it seems Ischia is the preferred starter, if so, I would suspect that I am experiencing more sourness than what the norm seems to be. I also read in Marco's posts about ph levels being in the 4.1-4.4 range. is this something you actually measure? if so how and what effect does this have on the sourness?
Hi Bill,When you say your doug needs 1-2 days - do you mean on the counter or in the fridge. I'm assuming the fridge but I just wanted to be sure. It sounds like you use 5-6% with adding any yeast to your recipe. I've only been using a starter for a few weeks now and I've been trying to use it with JerryMac's same day recipe - and it's turning out OK but nothing spectacular. I'm wondering if starters, if it's advisable to not go 'same-day'.


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Currently there is no menu available for Ocean City in Devizes. We are continuously adding menus, so check back soon!
In the meantime feel free to browse our other menus within Devizes below.
|Lees Fish and Chips
|Seafood, Fish & Chips
|Ocean City
|Seafood, Fish & Chips
|Eastleigh Fish Bar
|Seafood, Fish & Chips
|Cod & Chips
|What would the UK be without fish and chip shops! Everywhere in every town you will find this ubiquitous eatery. Cod and Chips is probably the most well known eat-in or takeaway dish, served with huge pickled onions, gherkins and mushy peas! Lashings of salt and vinegar are the usual accompaniment, although all other sauces are provided. The fish is always in batter, not in breadcrumbs and served with a mound of big fat chips, are all deep fried. Eat in or takeaway available at most restaurants.
|Fish & Chips, Takeaway Food
|Scampi and Chips
|If you don't like batter, scampi and chips is a good option, as this is normally cooked in breadcrumbs, but still deep-fried. Scampi tails are generally used and vary in size but do taste nice and juicy. Accompanied by big fat chips, lemon, tartare sauce and a side salad, it is quite a filling meal.
|Fish & Chips, Takeaway Food
|Gambas Aioli
|One of the most popular dishes in seafood restaurants are garlic prawns, or garlic and chilli prawns. The prawns are sliced down the back and butterflied, cooked on a griddle or in a frying pan, after being marinated in olive oil, garlic, herbs or chilli. Served with a garlic mayo dip or sometimes a sweet chilli dip. Not normally served with anything else other than a side salad or salad garnish.
|These are still popular in the UK, particularly in designated oyster bars, where you can get a deal on champagne and oysters through some of the chain restaurants. Also served at major sporting events where there are oyster bars (particularly horse racing). Served just as they are in the shell for you to throw back and swallow! Decorated with lemon and parsley on a bed ice. Sometimes served Rockerfeller style (baked with butter, spinach and seasoning, topped with breadcrumbs).
|Very popular in the UK as long as your wallet can afford it! Tends to be expensive most of the year but people still love them. There are now restaurants selling lobster and lobster rolls at a far cheaper rate than previously known most of which are part of a chain. Usual way of serving is just simply grilled and covered in garlic and herb butter, but lobster salad with baby potatoes is also popular, and even lobster and chips has become a UK trend. Quite often only the tail is served and accompanied by prawns or scallops.
|Moules Mariniere
|Very popular mussel dish, where the mussels are put in a huge pot containing white wine, shallots, garlic and herbs, and are simply steamed until they are cooked. Served in a big bowl with a delicious aroma emanating from the dish, the mussels are usually accompanied by crusty bread to mop up the juices, or sometimes garlic bread.
|Steak Pie
|Pie shops generally tend to be takeaway venues, with a selection of pies ready for you to choose from heated cabinets above the counter. Fish and chip shops will also serve a variety of pies. Often served with chips to takeaway and a selection of sauces such as tomato, brown or barbecue, and even mustard. The steak is casseroled before being put into a puff pastry to form the pie and can come in varieties such as steak and ale, peppered steak, steak and mushroom.
|Pies, Fish & Chips
|Plaice and Chips
|Another great favourite of the British nation, plaice is a much softer, flatter fish but with a lovely delicate flavour. Interestingly, plaice is always cooked to order, whereas other fish is seen sitting in the hot cabinets above the fryers, so if you are having a takeway, there will be a wait! Served with fat chips, lemon, peas and tartare sauce.
|Fish & Chips, Takeaway Food
|A bright reddish coloured sausage,similar to a large hot dog, but with a much spicier taste but quite soft interior. Very delicious and served with chips as normal. Some fish and chip shops offer a soft long roll with the meal. Sometimes the saveloy is dipped in batter and fried as well, and is called a 'battered sausage' on the menu.
|Fish & Chips, Takeaway Food
|Homemade fishcakes are part of the menu in most fish and chip shops, either cod or salmon in breadcrumbs. Mixed with potatoes and herbs such as chives or parsley, they are pretty tasty. Usually served with chips and a side portion of coleslaw. Ideal for children and quite often at a reduced price for young diners.
|Seafood, Fish & Chips
|Homemade fishcakes are part of the menu in most fish and chip shops, either cod or salmon in breadcrumbs. Mixed with potatoes and herbs such as chives or parsley, they are pretty tasty. Usually served with chips and a side portion of coleslaw. Ideal for children and quite often at a reduced price for young diners.
|Seafood, Fish & Chips
|Seared Scallops
|Another very popular dish are scallops, which are seared for only a minute or so on either side, and then served on a bed of cauliflower puree or roasted cauliflower, and often with the very English black pudding and crispy bacon bits. They are also served with seaweed and a soy dip, following the oriental style. Usually a starter size portion, and can sometimes feature crisped pan fried chorizo instead of bacon.
|Fizzy Drink
|Most of the drinks served in fish and chip shops are the usual carbonated ones like coke, lemonade etc. A cup of tea is also traditional with your fish and chip supper, as it's fondly called.
|Fish & Chips
|Champagne and lobster go hand in hand at most of the seafood bars in the UK, with more and more bars opening serving only seafood and champagne. Each restaurant will have their own house champagne, usually priced around £30 a bottle, but offering top class vintage champagnes as well such as Crystal and Louise Roderer.
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ARCADIA >> Gary Stevens won his first Breeders' Cup race since 2000, winning the $2 million Distaff aboard 5-2 third choice Beholder at Santa Anita Park on Friday.
Beholder, third for much of the way, moved up to second behind pacesetter Authenticity on the turn for home, took the lead and then drew off from runner-up Close Hatches to win her fifth race in seven starts this year and eighth in 12 lifetime races.
The 3-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes ran the 1 1/8 miles over the main track in 1:47.77.
Royal Delta, bidding to win her third consecutive Distaff, could do no better than fourth under Mike Smith. Princess of Sylmar, a Horse of the Year contender going in finished last in the field of six after breaking poorly from the six hole.
Beholder returned $7.60 for the victory.
MARATHON: Jo Hughes, based in England, became the first European female trainer to win a Breeders' Cup race Friday when 9-1 shot London Bridge won the $500,000 Marathon in come-from-behind fashion under Mike Smith.
Hughes joined Diane Alvarado, Jenine Sahadi, Laura de Seroux and Carla Gaines as the only females to train a Breeders' Cup winner. She remained in England this week and assistant Mikael Magnusson saddled the New York-bred London Bridge.
"This is absolutely fantastic," he said. "It's been our plan all along. We sold the horse prior to this race and he will now go and race in Australia."
Taken back early by Smith, London Bridge closed stoutly from eighth in the middle of the track to overtake Blueskiesnrainbows and Martin Pedroza in the final eighth of a mile and win by one length while running the 1 3/4 miles on the main track in 2:58.32.
Worldly, with David Flores up, finished third.
Ever Rider, the 9-2 favorite, did not finish the race because of exhaustion, according to the stewards.
JUVENILE TURF: With a half-length victory by Outstrip (paying $14), U.S. jockey Mike Smith kept up his Breeders' Cup domination and Europe-based horses continued to treat the Santa Anita grass like home turf.
Smith's victory was his second Friday and the 19th of his career in Breeders' Cup races, extending his record. Smith has ridden at least one winner at five of the past six Breeders' Cups. He didn't win at the 2010 event, the year he and Zenyatta finished a close second to Garrett Gomez and Blame in an unforgettable Classic.
"There's no better jock around here," winning trainer Charles Appleby said of Smith.
The gray Outstrip, a British-bred 2-year-old colt by Exceed and Excel out of Asi Siempre, and a winner of two of four starts in England for Appleby and owner Godolphin Racing, made it five European winners in the seven years the $1 million Juvenile Turf has been run.
Eleventh in the 13-horse field early in the fast-paced 1-mile race, Outstrip rallied on the outside to beat Ireland's Giovanni Boldini, who battled 6-5 favorite Bobby's Kitten into the stretch. Bobby's Kitten finished third.
DIRT MILE: Goldencents overcame the outside No. 12 post and sizzling fractions of 22.12, 44.75 and 1:08.64 to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park on Friday in gate-to-wire fashion for Rafael Bejarano.
"We felt we had the best horse and we felt we had the best jockey," winning trainer Doug O'Neill said.
Goldencents, this year's Santa Anita Derby winner, ran the final quarter-mile in a slow 26.48 seconds but comfortably held off second-place finisher Golden Ticket and Joel Rosario to win by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:35.12.
Brujo de Olleros finished third under Alan Garcia.
The victory was O'Neill's fourth at the Breeders' Cup and first since 2007. He was scheduled to saddle nine horses this year at the two-day World Championships.
Goldencents was the 7-2 second choice behind 5-2 favorite Verrazano, who finished fourth with John Velazquez aboard.
Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino is a part owner of Goldencents.
JUVENILE FILLIES TURF: Chriselliam and jockey Richard Hughes scored a $15.80 upset and improved co-owner Willie Carson's memories of the Breeders' Cup.
Carson, 70, a five-time British champion in his years as a jockey, made his previous mark in Breeders' Cup lore as the rider of Dayjur, the 1990 Sprint favorite who lost a heartbreaker to Safely Kept after jumping shadows in the Belmont Park stretch. Carson was winless in three Breeders' Cup races.
Carson said the win Friday softened the blow: "That (1990 race) would've been worse a hundred thousand (dollars). This is a lot more."
Hughes was winless in seven Breeders' Cup starts before getting aboard Chriselliam, an Irish-bred 2-year-old filly by Iffraaj out of Danielli who won a Group 1 mile at Newmarket for trainer Charles Hills. It was the second year in a row a Europe-based horse won the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Testa Rossi finished 2 1/2 lengths back in second, Colonel John third. Vorda, a 5-2 favorite after winning a Group 1 sprint at Newmarket, finished seventh.


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