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(09-03) 09:43 PDT OAKLAND -- A new Raiders stadium offer worked out by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's development people calls for giving free land to the team and for city and Alameda County taxpayers to pay off $120 million they still owe for the 1990s overhaul of the Coliseum - which would be demolished.
For months, Quan has been predicting that a broad agreement for a new Raiders stadium, costing $900 million to $1.2 billion, would be worked out by the summer's end.
Now, Zach Wasserman, an attorney representing backers of a hoped-for sports, housing and retail complex called Coliseum City, says the "basic terms" of a financial deal have been worked out among his group, the city's negotiators and the Raiders.
"I expect it to be executed soon," he said.
In other words, everyone's waiting for the thumbs-up or thumbs-down from Raiders owner Mark Davis - who has been very publicly looking at other cities.
Even as Davis thinks it over, questions are being raised about whether the proposed deal will fly.
The idea is that the public wouldn't be on the hook for construction costs - those would be paid for by revenue generated by the project, the NFL and other private sources - but taxpayers would contribute the land and infrastructure improvements.
The city and county would also have to come up with the $120 million to pay off the Coliseum expansion that lured the Raiders back from Los Angeles. City and county taxpayers now pay $20 million a year in general-fund money for debt service.
Where would the $120 million come from? "That's a great question that we will probably not say anything about," Quan spokesman Sean Maher said - at least not until a deal is reached and made public.
County officials, who share oversight of the Coliseum, say Quan has kept them in the dark about the city's plan.
"I am still skeptical about the whole Coliseum City deal and if it's going to materialize," said Supervisor Nate Miley, chairman of the city-county Coliseum Authority, which operates the complex. But he said he's keeping an open mind.
Oakland City Councilman Larry Reid, another member of the Coliseum Authority, said the proposal for the city and county to pay off the debt on the old Coliseum took him by surprise. "I have asked that the (Coliseum City) item be scheduled for closed session for an update at our next (council) meeting," he said.
Another big question is how the Oakland A's - who just signed a 10-year lease extension at the stadium that would be demolished - fit into the picture.
Sources close to the Coliseum City negotiations tell us that if the A's won't play ball with the project's backers, part of the land could be turned over to team owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher for their own privately developed ballpark.
Immigration shift: California's growing Asian American population appears to be ambivalent at best toward the surge of children fleeing Central America, a new Field Poll shows.
The poll - which was done in six languages to better gauge the feelings of the state's minority populations - found that 45 percent of Asian American respondents said the U.S. should "offer shelter and support" to unaccompanied migrants while it sorts out their immigration status.
That was the lowest of any racial group surveyed and well below the 58 percent overall total who felt that way.
Karthik Ramakrishnan, a professor at UC Riverside who studies Asian American voting trends, chalked up the finding to a feeling among Asians that they're being left out of the immigration debate.
"Most of the debate has been over border control and the pathway to citizenship, while most Asians are concerned about family reunification, which can take years," Ramakrishnan said.
Another factor may be the lack of coverage about the Central American surge in Asian-language media, Ramakrishnan said.
Whatever the reasons, Ramakrishnan said the numbers present a challenge for the Democratic Party if it wants to hold onto the emerging Asian vote on immigration and other issues.
Fine by us: No sooner did a pair of administrative law judges levy $1.4 billion in San Bruno disaster-related fines and other penalties against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. than the tug-of-war began over where the money should go.
Consumer activists at The Utility Reform Network and San Bruno's mayor said that not enough would go into pipeline safety and too much would go was being classified as fines - money that would go straight into the state's general fund.
The $950 million in fine money isn't exactly small change. In fact, it's roughly equal to what California spends on 74,000 K-12 students annually.
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|UNEP Environment Library No.10 - The Pollution of Lakes and Reservoirs (UNEP, 1994, 36 pages)
|The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of Its Large Cities (UNU, 1997, 628 pages)
|Urban Development - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 12 (NORAD, 1996)
|The Use of Effluents from Biolatrines in Tanzania (ADF, 1996, 38 pages)
|The Use of Organic Residues in Rural Communities (UNU, 1983, 177 pages)
|Using Water Efficiently - Technological Options (World Bank, 1993)
|Vacuum Freeze-Drying, a Method Used to Salvage Water-Damaged Archival and Library Materials: A RAMP Study with Guidelines (UNESCO, 1987)
|Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line against Erosion (BOSTID, 1993)
|Waste Management - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 11 (NORAD, 1992)
|Water and Sanitation Technologies: A Trainer's Manual (Peace Corps, 1985)
|Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges (IDRC, 1996)
|Water Purification, Distribution and Sewage Disposal for Peace Corps Volunteers (Peace Corps, 1984)
|Water Supply: Water Supply, Wastewater, Irrigation - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 7 (NORAD, 1994)
|Who Participates? The Case of Rural Women, an NGO and Joint Forest Management in Gujarat (IRMA, 1995)
|The World Map Project (Peace Corps, 1995)
|World Resources 1996-97 - A Guide to the Global Environment - The Urban Environment (WRI, 1996, 384 pages)
|World Resources 1998-99 - A Guide to the Global Environment (WRI, 1998, 386 pages)

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No, the headline isn't a mistake. At least one of California's revenue streams is beginning to look up.
According to the most recent data, state personal income tax revenues increased by 32 percent the last quarter of 2010 from the same quarter in 2009.
That's big news, and it could mean an easing of our fiscal constraints in the months to come.
Three taxes in California account for financing about 95 percent of the state's general fund. Of those, by far the largest is the state income tax, which accounts for about 53 percent (sales taxes and bank/corporation taxes account for 32 percent and 10 percent respectively.)
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The surge in the October-December 2010 collection period means something in the neighborhood
of two to three billion dollars more than the state expected, which could mean a reduction in the anticipated $25 billion shortfall through June 30, 2011.
Revenues can just as easily dip during this quarter, but the signs look hopeful for recovery, albeit at an incredibly slow pace.
The bad news is that the state has become so dependent upon income taxes that surges and declines in this one revenue stream can really send California's budget making into a tizzy. That's why some people believe that California needs to restructure its tax system so that revenues come from several sources in a more balanced manner.
To that end, some experts have suggested lowering state income tax rates and broadening the sales tax. Others have suggested splitting up property tax schedules, with the post-Proposition 13 formula continuing for homeowners but higher taxes for businesses. Several other ideas are now under consideration as well.
The bottom line is this: As long as California relies disproportionately on the income tax, the state treasury will soar when the economy thrives and go empty when the economy dives. It's a problem that must be addressed through a redistribution of revenue streams.
For now, however, let's enjoy a little good news. These extra revenues won't cure our current budget crisis, but at least they may give the state a bit more breathing room than most people expected.


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Team building and staff incentives provide opportunities for businesses and organisations to get the most out of their teams.
Here at Bluestone we take that to the next level, ensuring you not only maximize your best assets – your employees – but they enjoy it so much they take what they learn back to the workplace. Use our spectacular 500 acres and numerous activities to take part in a team build day with a difference. Why not try coracle racing or raft building? Attempt our 300ft zip wire or test your nerve on our high ropes course that's some 60ft up in the air.
Based on your key objectives we will create a bespoke itinerary just for you, anything is possible, we will make it happen. We can even theme your event; Country retreat, Harry Potter, Spy School or maybe for the environmentally aware The Green Team. We love a challenge! From your first call to make an enquiry, we will ask all the right questions to understand your objectives, needs, budgets & expectations. We will do our best to ensure you have a memorable corporate event at Bluestone.
For more information and to check availability please email email@example.com.
Sample itineraries – as a guide only, we can offer a variety of team development programmes to help achieve our clients goals and objectives.
Overnight breaks and day package examples.
• Finishing the day with a themed ceremony or or your own choice of theme.
Are you brave enough to negotiate the high ropes course and zip wires, do you have the communication skills and instinct to lead your team to glory in laser combat?
Whether you want a programme of staff incentives or a day or two for your team to get know each other
strengths and building trust,we can organise it.
The activities were brilliant for team bonding. The High Ropes activity was the best I have ever participated in!
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What if it's taken you a long time to get established in your career, or you've delayed having children for other reasons, and then suddenly you meet the partner of your dreams, and you want to start a family. You are now 37 years old…and it takes you a while to get pregnant, or you need fertility treatments to get there. You're now 41 and your doctor tells you to have an amniocentesis, a test that diagnoses age-related genetic problems in the baby but could also lead to a miscarriage of your pregnancy?
Or what if you had a 25% chance of having a baby with a genetic condition… and what if this genetic condition was untreatable and severe enough that your child would become seriously ill by the time she was 3 years old?
Perhaps this is the stuff of soap operas or late-night cable TV but these are real-life scenarios. The physicians and genetic specialists at Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine (PCRM) are more than familiar with such cases but, up until recently, have been unable to help women in these clinical situations. Genetic screening has recently been revolutionized by the application of new technologies which permit detection of chromosomal and genetic disorders through testing the mother during pregnancy (called prenatal screening) or even testing the developing embryo before a mother is pregnant (called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis or PGD).
With non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), the next generation of prenatal genetic screening has arrived. Prenatal genetic screening searches for clues about the mental and physical development of the fetus. Ultrasound evaluation is perhaps the most common screen used today; with the use of sound waves, images of the baby's anatomy can be examined. Ultrasound helps detect birth defects and can monitor fetal growth and development throughout a woman's pregnancy. At its most sophisticated, ultrasound looks for unique findings between 11-14 weeks (called First Trimester Screening, or FTS) and is the best possible way to identify common chromosome problems (such as Down syndrome) in pregnancy. FTS isn't yet widely available in all of Canada as it is in most of the developed world. While FTS is 96% accurate, the new horizon in prenatal screening is NIPT.
NIPT uses something called cell-free fetal DNA. Since the 1990s, scientists have known that when a woman is pregnant, DNA from the baby can be seen in the blood of the mother. In the last year, NIPT has become available in prenatal clinics across Europe, Asia, and America. NIPT's results come as close to a diagnostic answer as we can come without putting a pregnancy at risk from invasive testing. NIPT is not invasive and provides an almost 100% chance of identifying a chromosomal problem. Prenatal tests like amniocentesis require taking a sample of fluid from around the baby; this type of testing has risks for the pregnancy. Today forward, the use of cell free DNA technology will completely change how we look for genetic disorders.
What about testing an embryo before a woman gets pregnant? The majority of women embarking on parenthood have the luxury of imagining their future children as concert pianists, rocket scientists, or NHL stars. However, some couples must consider the chance that an inheritable disease will be passed down, causing developmental disabilities or physical problems in their children.
At the fore of genetic testing is a technology called preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD. At the moment of fertilization, when an egg and sperm create an embryo, genes from the mother and the father join together. While other factors may influence the developing embryo and fetus, the complete genetic code is determined at the start.
In combination with fertility treatments, PGD allows couples a chance to detect genetic syndromes in embryos before the pregnancy begins. How is PGD done? It's not something you do after a large latte. Highly-qualified scientists trained in infertility lab technologies first create an embryo. Then, when the embryo is roughly three days old and 8 cells big, they can, with special instruments, remove a single cell from it. The cell is analyzed for the genetic problem. The embryos without the disease-causing mutations are identified; these are the embryos physicians would place into the woman's uterus to conclude the in vitro fertilization process, required to accomplish PGD.
PGD is never applied to get the genetically perfect baby, but rather to minimize the chance that the developing baby, or the newborn could suffer from a catastrophic illness. It's always applied where the intended parents have some genetic mutation that they don't wish to pass on. While there are pitfalls to PGD, it can provide not only critical information to at-risk couples but also the reassurance to move forward in pregnancy, knowing they'll very likely deliver a healthy baby.
PGD and NIPT are at the cutting edge of genetic testing before and during pregnancy. Access to these technologies is limited in Canada but both are available at the Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine. The expertise of the PCRM physicians is broad, covering the scope of early life - infertility care through early pregnancy. What is more, their professional experiences make them particularly attuned to ethical and social issues at the crossroads of genetic and prenatal testing.
These new technologies are making prenatal genetic determination more accurate than at any time in medicine. But the technology has a defined use –the derived information should always be tempered by informed and ethical conversations between a woman and her care provider.
Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
Ursula Durland, MS, CGC
Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine


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When you enjoy the best September/October-weekend opening in box-office history, the studio will typically be eager to get a sequel out to the masses.
And wouldn't you know it, the big brains at Paramount already have another helping of "Jackass" in the can and are prepared to unleash it upon the masses beginning in March 2011.
"For 'Jackass 3-D' we shot enough footage for two movies, so a lot of great stuff didn't make it in the film," Jackass ringleader Johnny Knoxville told MTV. "Luckily you will get to see those bits in '3.5.' We also shot some additional footage in Europe specifically for '3.5.' I have staples in my head right now to prove it. Woo hoo."
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Clips will be released piecemeal each week before the whole thing is bundled together into an online feature-length film before release on platforms like Blu-0ray and DVD.
"Jackass 3D" earned $50.4 million in its first weekend, before going on to take in more than $150 million worldwide.


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FLEFF Intern Voices
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from the interns' point of view
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The closer we get to FLEFF, the more excited I get! It also helps that more and more events are being announced everyday. It's exciting to guess what new films and guests will be at FLEFF, and what new experiences this year's FLEFF will offer.
I already posted about the Cinemapolis FLEFF films I can't wait to see, but the FLEFF on-campus schedule was released earlier this week...


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In the late twentieth century, the Secret Security Force was formed to stop the actions of the communist terrorist group known as the Red May. Angel, a beautiful, yet cold woman, has recently joined the small anti-terrorist group. But her first mission will be a true test of skill, for members of the Red May are being found dead, murdered by gruesome methods. Who is causing these murders? And why?
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League of Nations. (1921). League of Nations publications.
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League of Nations. League of Nations publications. 6A, Mandates 1921
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League of Nations. 1921, League of Nations publications. 6A, Mandates
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TRUTH TIME: There are many wonders in this world, but there is perhaps no wonder equal to seeing an eleven-pound pumpkin hurtling with speed and force through the air, briefly, before it smashes seedily upon the ground. Cars may one day hover and time travel may be possible and people a thousand years in the future will still gather on the edges of a field each and every fall in order to witness this one-of-a-kind sight. So beloved is the autumnal pumpkin launching fandom that events spring up across the country, many with cute names like "punkin chunkin" or similar. Southern California has its own, and the two forces behind it are brimming with brain power. On the one hand you have the Cal State, Fullerton College of Engineering and Computer Science, and on the other hand you have the Discovery Science Center of Santa Ana. Oh yeah, with this team-up you know the chunkin of punkins shall be extreme. Intrigued? Then be at CSUF on Saturday, Nov. 2 for the 6th Annual Pumpkin Launch.
LAUNCH LOGISTICS: It really is all about the trebuchet, and its offbeat, pumpkin-ready engineering, when it comes to sending squash high into the air. You'll see plenty of "homemade" machines, all handles and launchers, and you'll witness a number of pumpkins in flight. Visiting kids might be inspired, and, if so, they'll be able to build small trebuchets, the kind that can launch marshmallows and candy and such. And, of course, they'll leave with a most excellent souvenir: the spirit of science and innovation. One of the goals of the day is to inspire young people and show them the fun behind engineering and the scientific pursuits. But, yeah, there are many laughs to be had, and pictures to be taken, and a lot of pumpkin guts to mop up. Leave that to the CSUF students and Science Center volunteers, though; your role is simply to enjoy a wacky but big-brained fall tradition, in all of its chunkin glory.


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Matt Moulson scored the game-winner 2:15 into overtime, as the Minnesota Wild downed the Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, in the finale of a home-and-home set Sunday at Joe Louis Arena.
Just over two minutes into the extra session, Minnesota's Jonas Brodin threw a low shot on net from the right point that a cutting Moulson redirected past Jimmy Howard to snap the Wild's two-game losing streak.
Charlie Coyle added a goal and an assist, while Zach Parise and Jason Pominville potted a goal apiece for Minnesota, which received 13 saves from Ilya Bryzgalov.
Gustav Nyquist tallied twice and Tomas Tatar recorded a goal and an assist for the Red Wings, who picked up a point to move into a tie with Toronto for seventh in the Eastern Conference. Washington, which was idle Sunday, sits one point back of Detroit.
Howard stopped 21 shots in the setback, which snapped Detroit's three-game win streak.


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Flora (Heater) Maynard Pulfrey of Port Charlotte, Florida is the great-granddaughter of Lorenzo Dow Heater (1848-1923) and Emily (Cox) Heater (1854-1888). Although Flora grew up in Burnsville, her paternal grandparents lived on Route 2, Orlando in the Indian Fork area.
Flora sends us a story of yesteryear and a home remedy for colds and lung congestion.
When the skunks were skinned, some of the carcasses had the scent glands removed, after which, several skinned skunk carcasses were placed in a oven roaster and roasted until very well done. Some people ate the roasted skunk meat and other house wives discarded the roasted carcasses. During the roasting process the oil contained in the skunk fat melted and was collected in the bottom of the roaster pan. This skunk oil was then poured into a jar and could be kept indefinitely without any preservatives. When children had congestion in their lungs, mother spread the skunk oil all over the sick child's chest and then usually covered it with a piece of cotton flannel. It was presumed that the skunk oil cured the congestion in the child's lungs.
This was a very common and widespread medical treatment in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Helen Jeffries remembers that when one of her children was heavily congested with a cold in the late 1940's, her mother-in-law, Clora Henline, gave her a jar of skunk oil and instructed her to apply the skunk oil to her child's chest and cover it with flannel. To demonstrate variations on the" skunk oil cure," Helen also recalls that her friend Lura (Barnett) Williams was visiting her brother Bill Barnett in Orlando and arrived with a cold. Bill gave her a cup of "skunk oil tea" which he guaranteed would break up the congestion.


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S01:E01 - Season 1, Episode 1
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A legend that a vampire resides alongside the royals in the palace are proven true. Sung-yeol is chosen to fight against the evil controlling the throne.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Season 1, Episode 1
A legend that a vampire resides alongside the royals in the palace are proven true. Sung-yeol is chosen to fight against the evil controlling the throne.
S01:E02 - Season 1, Episode 2
Sung-yeol, after 120 years, is still in search for Prince Jung-hyun's private journal, and asks for the help of Yang-soon. Yoon sees a resemblance in Yang-soon of a childhood friend, and goes out of his way to meet her.
S01:E03 - Season 1, Episode 3
Gwi uses Yang-sun as bait to lure Sung-yeol to him. Yang-sun finds a clue to the original Forbidden Quest at a bookstore. Yoon catches the spy who was following him and gets a confession in front of the King and his council.
S01:E04 - Season 1, Episode 4
After searching the bookstore, Sung-yeol runs into a woman that resembles his first love, Myung-hee. Yang-sun decides to help Sung-yeol despite the disapproval from her father. It is revealed that Prince Yoon was behind the threats, fliers and books regarding Forbidden Quest.
S01:E05 - Season 1, Episode 5
Prince Yoon tells Lord Hong the story behind his father's death. Yangsoon decides to not work for Sung-yeol anymore for the sake of her father. Gwi sends out guards to capture all book merchants.
S01:E06 - Season 1, Episode 6
Yang-sun and her family prepare to leave to Tamna. Gwi and Sung-yeol finally meet after 120 years of hiding.
S01:E07 - Season 1, Episode 7
Yang-sun tries to help Sung-yeol tend to his wounds from his fight with Gwi. Prince Yoon decides to reveal his identity as Forbidden Quest to prevent more people from suffering.
S01:E08 - Season 1, Episode 8
Hye-ryeong helps Gwi lure Sung-yeol to become queen. Sung-yeol tells Prince Yoon about his intentions of ending Gwi. Yang-sun and her father get arrested and tortured for being associated with Forbidden Quest.
S01:E09 - Season 1, Episode 9
Sung-yeol puts Yang-sun's life at risk to push her father into revealing where Prince Jung-hyun's journal is hidden.
S01:E10 - Season 1, Episode 10
Yang-sun's father sacrifices himself for his daughter's release. Sung-yeol finds Prince Jung-hyun's private journal and tries to find the answer in destroying Gwi.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E11
Sung-yeol gets caught snooping around the late Lord Seongjeongdo's place. The prince seeks Baek In-ho for help.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E12
The prince finds out that Yang-sun is actually Seo Jin. Sung-yeol agrees to join the battle against Gwi at the wedding celebration.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E13
The crown princes desperately searches for Seo Jin before sunset. Seo Jin finds out that Sung-yeol is a vampire.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E14
Sung-yeol, Ho-jin, and Hunter Baek try to hide Yang-sun from the prince. Gwi orders the queen to steal Sung-yeol's black garb.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E15
The king and queen hide Kim Sung-yeol's black garb from Gwi. Seo Jin finds out that she is one of the secret keys to destroying Gwi.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E16
Sung-yeol finds out that Yang-sun isn't they key to ending Gwi.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E17
The people are ordered to search for Yang-sun. The queen returns to Gwi's side in order to save the king's life.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E18
Gwi takes the throne as King. Yang-sun writes the sequel her "The Night Scholar" novel.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E19
Gwi uses the Queen as bait to have the King come to the palace. Sung-yeol orders Soo-hyang to secretly buy explosives.
Scholar Who Walks The Night - E20
Yang-sun and Ho-jin follow the King to the palace. The Chief Counselor is caught lying to Gwi.
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Tributes: World football hails Manchester United's Ryan Giggs
The footballing world have paid tribute to Ryan Giggs, who is set make his 1,000th appearance.
Last Updated: 02/03/13 2:38pm
We look at the tributes past and present paid to Giggs, who has just agreed a new contract at Old Trafford which will take him beyond his 40th birthday.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter told Sky Sports: "It is amazing, exceptional, something I as a footballer have difficulty in believing not that somebody can play 1000 [games], but over 600 are with the same team - this is great, this is the club and you play for the club with your heart, you belong to this club."
His manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "What can I say about Ryan that hasn't already been said? He is a marvellous player and an exceptional human being. He has fantastic energy for the game and it is wonderful to see.
"To think that he now has 23 unbroken years of league goals behind him is truly amazing in the modern-day game. His form this year shows his ability and his enjoyment of the game are as strong as ever and I am absolutely delighted that he has signed a new contract."
Former Chelsea star and now Watford boss Gianfranco Zola: "He has been an unbelievable player. The only problem I saw in him is that he played for the wrong team, from my point of view. He should have played for us (Chelsea)."
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini: "Ryan Giggs for me is one of the best players in the world, and now he is old but he continues to play well and he was a fantastic player."
Juventus and Italian legend Alessandro Del Piero: "Only two players made me cry when watching football, one was Diego Maradona and the other Ryan Giggs."
Dutch maestro Johan Cruyff: "Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs."
United team-mate Paul Scholes: "There have been so many outstanding players I've had as team-mates, but if I had to choose I'd choose Giggsy, he can do anything."
Former England striker Gary Lineker: "His record is absolutely unbelievable. Not only longevity-wise, but the amount of things he's won, the amount of brilliant games, the amount of goals he's scored and created. He's just a brilliant professional and he's defying Father Time to play how he does at the very top level in club football."
And the man who many people rank alongside Giggs as United's greatest, George Best, once said: "Maybe one day people will say I was another Ryan Giggs."


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Last Updated: Aug 03, 2016
This article helps troubleshoot email issues on your Apple iPhone 4.You may have email issues if you're unable to:
These steps help identify and resolve the underlying cause. After completing each step, test to see if the issue is fixed. If not, continue to the next step.
Be sure mobile data is enabled. Email requires a data connection to work properly.
If your Apple iPhone 4 is still unable to connect to data, troubleshoot data connectivity.
Using Safari, navigate to your email provider's website and try to sign in to your email account.
If you're unable to sign in, double-check that you entered the correct username and password.
If you recently updated your email account password, you also have to update the email settings on your Apple iPhone 4.
Be sure that you've entered the exact settings for each email account you want to access. The instructions are different depending on the type of email account you're trying to set up.
This is the most common scenario and includes all major public email providers such as Yahoo!®, Hotmail®, Gmail™, and AOL®.
This step doesn't delete any of your emails. It only removes the link to your account for now. Remove an email account from your Apple iPhone 4.
Many companies provide a Microsoft Exchange email address to their employees.
Sprint recommends that you contact your IT department for the correct setup information. You'll need your server address, domain, username, and your corporate password.
After you have this information, set up the Microsoft Exchange account.
If your Exchange account still doesn't work, contact your corporate IT department for more help.
A soft reset reconnects your Apple iPhone 4 to the Sprint network.
Note: To optimize device performance, be sure your Apple iPhone 4 is running the most recent device software. Check for software updates.
If you're still having issues, please try the Sprint Community pages or contact Sprint Customer Care for more help.


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The Faculty Senate honored five exemplary SMU staff members with 2012 Faculty Senate Outstanding Staff Awards at its last meeting of the academic year May 2.
In addition to the award, each honoree received a tote bag containing items ranging from stationery and season tickets to memberships and logo sportswear. The gifts were donated by Barnes & Noble, Meadows Museum, the Meadows School of the Arts Ticket Office, SMU Athletics, SMU Development and External Affairs, and SMU Dining Services.
This year's winners are:
- Lucy Cobbe, Graduate Religious Studies, Perkins School of Theology
- Brooke Guelker, English, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
- Pamela Carter Hogan, Anthropology, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
- Martha Starke, President's, Dean's and International Baccalaureate Scholars Programs, Provost's Office
- Mary Varela, Biological Sciences, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences


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About ORT France
ORT France, a Jewish institution of education and training, created in 1921 and recognized as a charity since 1961, is an active member of World ORT. World ORT is a leading NGO for education and vocational training. Represented in more than 100 countries, World ORT has a permanent seat on the European Council as an NGO. In France, more than 500 collaborators (8 centres, Ile de France, East, South, South-East, South-West) devote their skills and professionalism to serve schools, vocational training centres and apprenticeship training centres. ORT schools subscribe to a vision and to the values which respect the historic Jewish identity.
Our Vision
The phrase, "We are proud of the success of our students" means that we are not solely devoted to maximum performance. For us, what is important is that a student receives the qualification he has studied for and passes the examination, not the time it takes him to get it. Whatever the length of the course, it is essential that the student obtain their professional BAC, their general and technological BAC, (BAC = Baccalauréat, taken typically at age 18, at the end of secondary education), their BTS or that they are accepted into one of the major Engineering schools, even if they take a long time to achieve this goal.
Our Values :
An education for life is the common value of all ORT schools worldwide. It has two meanings:
It is both about providing a solid education and training which best integrates the professional world, and also about providing an education for life through the teaching of universal values such as: tolerance, solidarity, fraternity, humanity etc.
Innovation :
ORT is at the forefront of providing training using the latest innovations in techniques and technology (Information Technology, Dental Implants, Optics) and in making the latest technology and equipment available to students (Computers, interactive whiteboards etc.), thereby providing them with a quality education.
Quality Education:
ORT strives to have teachers of great value who hold diplomas recognised by the State (Agrégation , CAP S etc.). In addition, these teachers undertake regular training programs in order to be more effective. Most of these teachers are so attached to the Institution they work for that they don't even count the time they spend with students outside of their working hours.
Jewish Identity :
ORT respects the fundamentals of Jewish schooling, namely:
- Its respect of the Jewish calendar
- its kosher canteens and restaurants
- its methods of teaching Hebrew
- its innovative programs of Jewish history and culture.
Living together:
In confirmation of its identity, ORT is a school open to all, which welcomes the exchange of cultures and histories based on the experiences of all. It helps forge strong friendships and fights against prejudice.
The investment of our staff and the educational mission of all stakeholders are fully and actively supported by professionals and public authorities (State, Regions, Departments), by an associative network (Local Committees, Female Committees, Foundations) and by the thousands of companies who commit their annual Apprenticeship Tax to ORT. (This is a French specification that requires companies to pay a tax of 0.5% of the wages of their employees to the school of their choice).


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So maybe Joaquin Phoenix isn't quite ready to go back to work just yet.
Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper are signing on to star in "Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," reported Variety. Cooper will be taking the role of Henry Sturges for which Phoenix had been in negotiations, while Mackie is believed to be playing a character named Will, who is essentially Abe's vampire-killing sidekick.
The title role of our 16th president was awarded two weeks ago to Benjamin Walker, most recently seen playing our seventh president in the Broadway musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson."
U.S. & World
In the book, Sturges saves young Lincoln from a vampire attack, nurses him back to health and teaches him how to combat the evil scourge of bloodsuckers terrorizing America.
The film, which is being directed by Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") and produced by Tim Burton, is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, which he'll be adapting himself.
Cooper, so good in both "History Boys" and "An Education," can next be seen in "The Devil's Double," about the man forced to be Uday Hussein's stand-in, though the film is still awaiting a release date. Mackie's "The Adjustment Bureau," with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, comes out March 4.


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Layoffs spark 'symbolic' strike at Test Drive Unlimited dev Eden
Members of French developer Eden Games are on a "symbolic" one-day strike today, protesting layoffs that'll see over half the studio cut.
Eden Games, developer of the Test Drive Unlimited series and Alone in the Dark reboot, is on a "symbolic day strike" today to protest parent company Atari's plans to lay off a whopping 51 of the French studio's 80 employees.
"Eden Games pays now for Atari mismanagement," charges a statement posted by one of the strikers on the Test Drive Unlimited 2 forums.
The statement claims that "We had anticipated the problems faced by the company last year... For several years we are witnessing multiple leader changes at its head, they did not hesitate to get rich despite financial difficulties."
An anonymous Eden member has told Gamasutra that the studio decided yesterday to strike after making no progress in two weeks of talks with Atari, and that the layoffs are expected to occur "around June."
The unnamed employee claims that the compensation being offered "is basically half" of one that was offered to victims of a 2009 restructuring at Atari. One of the striker statement's wishes is to "be sure that an employee of Eden Games is compensated the same way as an employee of Atari."
Curiously, Eden also wishes to receive mysterious "financial records" its accountant has requested. The Eden employee mysteriously told Gamasutra that "Unfortunately we cannot give you the detail of the missing documents, this would break the confidentiality agreement." Missing, you say?
Eden's latest game, Test Drive Unlimited 2, received a lukewarm response from critics but the mystery employee told Gamasutra the studio expects it will sell 900,000 copies--an estimate, as Atari won't reveal numbers. "We believe it can be a long-time seller," said the Edenite, as "players continue to play and enjoy the game" even though "there were several issues at TDU2's launch."
Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Layoffs spark 'symbolic' strike at Test Drive Unlimited dev Eden.
Members of French developer Eden Games are on a "symbolic" one-day strike today, protesting layoffs that'll see over half the studio cut.


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gamespot score:n/a
my score: 7.0
(+)pros:- extremely fun and funny with friends to play with,- multiplayer co-op works well, - choice making during certain parts of the game give different results,- allows play as dante and issac.
(-)cons:- gameplay is quirky and repititive, - boring as hell to play alone, -little replay value.
gameplay time: below 10 hours ( short)
Army of two......didnt think this would be released on the PSP. Anyway, the 40th day is actually a sequel to the original army of 2 game for the PS3, wonder why they didnt create it for the PSP back then. Still, kinda weird to review this game, cause I tot it would majorly suck, well, it was actually a good game, I mean it, that is if you have someone to play it with. If you wanna get this game, make sure someone you know is getting it too, cause if you get it alone..... it would pretty much mean bad news. Ah well, lets get it on man, you wif me bro?
Salem and rios are brothers in arms, they are counted as an army of 2, well because...they are only 2 people....but well I guess they can take on an army. Anyway, the 40th day takes salem and rios into shanghai, where they begin thier next job/ operation. The game starts with them taking orders from their .... reception person, murray, telling them to do a few couple of jobs which leads them event after event for a survival fight in shanghai itself, where they face tons and tons of soldiers which want to kill them.
The PSP's army of 2 is a simply easy game to play. The game itself works alot like killzone, you get a top view of the characters on screen, then enemies spawn left and right, then you shoot them all up until they all die, then move to the next screen, rinse and repeat. It kinda gets old, but in every screen theres probably different stuff and types of enemies coming your way, you know, to add a little variety, since the game would be hell as ass boring if everything was the exact same thing.
In army of two, the game focuses heavily on co-op. Since it IS army of two, supposed to be played by 2 fellows. The game is great when you have a friend to play it with, it has some pretty solid co-op features. For one, in battle, one character can take point while the other watches the back, or both go for the rush. Plus, each character can take specific weapons to make battle more stragetic, also, having one person sneak through the vent to backstab some assholes while having the other once take the damage as decoy is pretty cool. Also, you can have one person kill enemies while the other save hostages or take cash. If 1 person dies, the other can go get help him up and revive him....so unless both characters are down you cant lose the game, which makes it rather hard to lose the game.
Now on the PSP this game gets a lot of hate, I kinda understand why but it doesnt deserve THAT much hate, its flaws aint that bad and can still be overlooked. For one, gameplay is super repititive, though you get to rescue people, earn money and shit, killing enemies over and over gets reallllyyyy boring, though the game spices things up by letting the players make moral options that affect storyline abit, the main gameplay remains quite repititive. Whats more, if you play this game alone....oh my, imagine the repititiveness...alone. *shudder*. And lastly, it has little replay value, once you clear it, you probably wont touch it again, unless you want to diehard play as issac or dante (which is awesome).
This game isnt bad, its just heavily underated, I believe if people actually give this a chance( and play it with friend), it will give you some enjoyments and laughs. Though I give this game credit, remember it must be played with a friend.
Happy gaming.


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St. John's Wort Tea (1lb/454g) BULK - Maria Treben's Authentic™
Hypericum perforatum
Directions: Make a tea by pouring approximately 2 cups of boiling water over 2 heaped tsp of herb. Let steep for 3-5 minutes, strain and drink to your health. It's good for you. In general, sip a cup before breakfast, and another 2 hours after dinner.


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Was your car scraped on Harefield Road?
BC's ray of sunshine, Happy Brockers writes:
I was on the 484 on the way back from Lewisham, at about 11.35am, and a Blue, (slightly electric in colour) Citroen (I think it was a Xsara) insisted on squeezing past the bus, and several parked cars on the road.
I was unable to get the number plate of the car, the bus was crowded and I was sitting on the wrong side. But I imagine the bus driver will have got it, as the car scratched his bus. His reg was 'YX11 AHG.'
I just wanted to let you know, in case any of the reader's cars on Harefield Road were damaged, and they wanted to follow it up with the insurers?


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I'm kind of proud and maybe a little bit embarrassed to admit that I've been working on this design for at least two years!! And it's finally done! I've always loved intricate, lacy designs and always find myself doodling these kind of starburst patterns, so it's hard to say exactly when this idea started. There was one very slow craft fair a few years ago, where I had lots of time for sketching and dreaming (that's the last time I sign up for a craft fair in May! I think it's just not the right season) and I started sketching up this idea for a scarf or...


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Miss EGSC Crowned Saturday Evening at the College
East Georgia State College was the site of the 2013 EGSC Scholarship Pageant on Saturday evening, February 2, at 7 p.m. in the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center. This year's theme was "Cowgirls & Crowns." EGSC President, Dr. Bob Boehmer welcomed a full house to the pageant. Dabney Edenfield, emcee for the pageant, was introduced by EGSC's Pageant Director, Vicki Sherrod.
Miss East Georgia State College 2013 is Austin Carruth of Swainsboro and her platform is childhood cancer awareness. Members of her court are first place runner-up Jemaria Jenkins of Sylvania and Ann Marie Hendley, second place runner-up. The outgoing Miss EGSC 2012 is Rachel Frederick.
Entertainment was presented by Will Gay and Rachel Frederick. The Miss East Georgia State College Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary for the Miss Georgia Scholarship Pageant.
The newly crowned Miss East Georgia State College will compete in the Miss Georgia Pageant, June 19 - 22, 2013, at the River Center in Columbus, Georgia. The Miss Georgia Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss America Pageant and has evolved well beyond being focused on beauty.


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Hop Break/Clumping Question
General brewing information, questions and discussion. Topics that do not seem to fit elsewhere.
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Hop Break/Clumping Question
I just brewed a Big Pale Ale, and experianced what I thought to be excessive clumping in the wart. My procedure was mash for 50 min at 150-160, raise temp to 175 for 10 min, and sparge out with 160 degree all F. I brought the wart to a boil which took probably 10 min and let it go for another 15-20 min before I added bitter hops. During the boil before hop addition, there was a bunch of clumps and there was alot of foam, I reduced the heat to get the foam down, but the clumps remained. The total boil was about 120 min so I could reduce the 6.75 gallons down to 5.00, and because I am under the impression that 120 min is a good range for heavy all grain brews. If there is a problem with this clumping let me know, or is this normal hop break action.
120 minutes seems a little long unless the beer is pretty !@#$ big, but a lot of break (protein break, actually, nothing really to do with hops.) is normal for a big AG beer and is a good thing.
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Bega's Jason Apps back surfing thanks to good friends and a modified board | Video, Photos
Bega's Jason Apps, better known as 'Appsy', has proved anything is possible with a little help from friends.
Three years ago, the 23-year-old was left a C4 quadriplegic after a snowboarding accident in Canada and has needed full time care since.
He is left with no movement to his hands or wrists as well as his legs. But for Appsy, "anything is possible with commitment and good friends".
On a trip to California in July last year, an adaptive surfing organisation had given Appsy the opportunity to hit up the surf for the first time since his injury.
"When I went for a surf in California, I was like 'oh wow, I want to keep doing this'," he said.
"If I can do it a lot of other people can, with positive thinking anything is possible if you set your mind to it."
When Appsy was in hospital after his accident, he became friends with big wave surfer Mark Mathews, who was also in hospital suffering a serious leg injury.
"He had messed up his leg pretty bad from surfing a big wave. He kept telling me we were going to go for a surf together one day," Appsy said.
In September last year, Appsy called Mathews to see if he was up for a surf at Snapper Rocks. The pro surfer was quick to reply and was keen and ready.
"He [Matthews] brought all this gear for a makeshift board and took me out for a surf – it was pretty cool," he said.
The makeshift board was a soft top rigged up with pool noodles drilled to the rails which kept Appsy's limbs from splaying outward on a wave.
"The board only worked for a couple of waves and then the screws all popped out and it became a little dangerous," he said.
I saw no-one was on the wave with me or close by so I started panicking – which is the worst thing to doJason Apps
Unfortunately, his surf was cut short.
However, Appsy said he'd got his "froth back for surfing" and was determined to keep at it.
"I got home and met Jed Done who shapes boards, he had a few ideas for me and we went from there," he said.
A new and improved custom shaped board was soon on its way, Jed Done of Switchfoot Boardstore in Pambula whipped up an 8ft2 fish with specific modifications to suit.
"It has heaps of volume and rocker to stop me from nose diving when I go down a wave," Appsy said.
"It also has handles for my elbows to stop them from splaying out and help me prop up when I'm on my stomach."
The board also has two fins at the back on the deck facing upwards to stop his legs from sliding off.
Last Tuesday, February 5, Appsy took his new board out at Tathra for a spin "with the boys".
Things didn't quite go to plan. Appsy was unexpectedly pushed on to the first "good wave" which had rolled through.
"The boys weren't ready or expecting it, they were out there cruising and didn't get on the same wave," Appsy said.
He had rolled off his board and was face down in the water unable to take a breath of air for 10 seconds.
"I saw no-one was on the wave with me or close by so I started panicking – which is the worst thing to do," he said.
Appsy isn't one to be defeated.
"Now I have done that, it has made me overcome my fears and I will have it down pat next time," he said.
Since being back in the surf, Appsy has been motivated to try out for the Australian adaptive surfing team to compete in the ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championships.
His focus is on breath training and the ability to roll on to his back after a wipe-out.
"I haven't mastered rolling on to my back yet, and from my injury I have lost a fair bit of my lung capacity and my breathing plays up a bit," he said.
"My goal is to hopefully make the Australian team."


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Has HHS gone from the CGI Federal frying pan into the Accenture fire? A month ago, the HHS unit responsible for Healthcare.gov dumped its original prime contractor and awarded the project to Accenture in a no-bid assignment, a move that raised eyebrows especially considering how little time was left in the enrollment cycle to get the web portal problems resolved. Now, a new Washington Post report raises even more eyebrows about the decision, given Accenture's troubled history with federal contracts:
Accenture, the contractor urgently tapped to help fix the federal health-insurance Web site, is a favorite of corporate America but has a record that includes troubled projects and allegations of ethical lapses, a review of the consulting giant's history shows.
At the University of Michigan, students and faculty members are protesting the school's use of Accenture to help cut costs, citing a report by a committee of alumni and graduate students that said the firm has "a disturbing pattern of problematic past performance." In North Carolina, glitches in an Accenture-configured computer system contributed to massive backlogs for food-stamp recipients, leading the Obama administration last month to threaten to withdraw the state's food-stamp funding. …
"Past performance was a key criteria when evaluating Accenture's potential to serve as the new contractor,'' said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal decision making.
But during the past decade, nearly 30 Accenture projects in the United States and abroad have encountered problems, including technical malfunctions and cost overruns, according to interviews, media accounts, government audits and other records.
Those aren't the only problems Accenture created, nor the most recent. In June of last year, just seven months before HHS would grant them the no-bid contract for ObamaCare, the Inspector General of the US Post Office recommended canceling all of Accenture's contracts for "an absence of business ethics":
The U.S. Postal Service should consider suspending or debarring one of its largest contractors, information technology firm Accenture, from future work because of the risk of fraud, the agency's inspector general said in a newly released audit.
Accenture "has demonstrated an absence of business ethics, a lack of transparency and insufficient internal controls in its business dealings with the Postal Service," according to the audit, which also cited Accenture's $64 million settlement two years ago with the Justice Department to resolve kickback allegations stemming from its hardware and software recommendations to other agencies. Besides potentially cutting off future business to Accenture, the Postal Service should consider ending existing contracts, the IG said.
The audit comes six months after the inspector general concluded in a separate review that Accenture wasn't attempting to fix its system for tracking actual contract costs in comparison with estimated costs and hadn't fully addressed an earlier recommendation to periodically review its estimating system.Under a suspension, the firm would be barred from USPS contracting and subcontracting for one year; a debarment could last up to three years.
Several sources tell the Post's Jerry Markon and Alice Crites that Accenture was "probably" the best choice to rescue Healthcare.gov, and that "past performance was a key criteria" in their selection. If that's the case, then we're in a lot more trouble than we think. The best option that the government had was a firm so ethically challenged and dogged with failure that the US Post Office wanted them fired? And how exactly does a no-bid process ensure that there were no better options, anyway?
If that's true, then we have yet even more evidence that the federal government is uniquely incompetent to manage anything on this wide of a scale.


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'Snitch' review: The Rock acts civilized
Dwayne Johnson may not be ready for an all-beef "Hamlet," but the ex-wrestler/box-office magnet is a pretty good actor -- better than director Ric Roman Waugh deserves in "Snitch," a fairly formulaic, shabbily scripted tale about a respectable suburbanite named John Matthews bringing down a Mexican drug cartel, in order to convince the feds to free his (sort-of) falsely imprisoned son. Laugh if you will; no one buying a ticket to "Snitch" will be expecting a documentary.
In fact, the documentary has already been made: Last year, Eugene Jarecki released "The House I Live In," a scathing indictment of the War on Drugs, and "Snitch" follows the same line of reasoning in (almost) easily digestible form. The point of both is that U.S. drug laws have become so onerous and the process so politically polluted that something must be done, and what John tries to do is meant as emblematic of the desperation engendered by the laws themselves.
With his son Jason (Rafi Gavron) facing a 10-year mandatory sentence and refusing to incriminate anyone else, John is driven toward an elaborate scheme to bring down a local drug distributor. When his efforts lead instead to an international drug kingpin (Benjamin Bratt), the federal prosecutor (Susan Sarandon) pushes John into a far more dangerous situation than he ever gambled on. His son is the carrot, and Sarandon is the stick.
That Johnson is the size of an apartment building is never part of the equation (although it is a bit distracting). Matthews is not ex-military, or even an ex-wrestler; he never physically dominates anyone, and this marks something of a shift in the career of Johnson, the charismatic screen personality. Unfortunately, and despite some pretty solid acting -- John Bernthal of "Walking Dead" is great as the ex-con who's trying to go straight until Waugh's plotline ruins his life -- the movie embraces too many action tropes, and ultimately goes haywire with a protracted truck chase replete with high-caliber weapons and a rather blithe attitude toward various laws of physics.
Ultimately, the social-issue element of the movie gets buried in the wreckage, but it's comforting to know it's there.
PLOT A father goes undercover for the government in order to free his son, unfairly imprisoned over a drug deal. RATING PG-13 (drug content and sequences of violence)
CAST Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal
BOTTOM LINE Surprisingly low-key action film with a commendable criminal-justice agenda, and pretty solid Rock.
Four more wrestlers-turned-actors
Besides Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson -- arguably the most successful of the lot -- here are four other WWE/WWF wrestlers who have transferred their acting skills from the ring to the big screen:
ANDRE THE GIANT -- His most notable role was as the heartwarming Fezzik the Giant in Rob Reiner's cult fave "The Princess Bride" (1987).
JOHN CENA -- The 10-time WWE champ's movie career includes three produced by WWE Films: "The Marine" (2006), "12 Rounds" (2009) and "Legendary" (2010).
HULK HOGAN -- The Hulkster first appeared as Thunderlips in "Rocky III" (1982), filmed before he actually joined the then-WWF. He soon went on to star in such classics as "No Holds Barred" (1989), "Suburban Commando" (1991) and "Mr. Nanny" (1993)
JESSE "THE BODY" VENTURA -- The future governor of Minnesota's credits include "Predator" (1987), "The Running Man" (1987), "Demolition Man" (1993) and "Batman & Robin" (1997).
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Game of Thrones Season 3 Epsiode 1 Valar Dohaeris: EMMY®- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES
As Blackwater Bay cools, the victors consolidate their power and rebuild King's Landing. But new challengers for the Iron Throne rise from the most unexpected places. Characters old and new must navigate the demands of family, honor, ambition, love and – above all – survival, as the Westeros civil war rages into autumn.
Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning series returns for its ten-episode third season SUNDAY, MARCH 31 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.
As season three begins, the Lannisters hold absolute dominion over King's Landing after repelling Stannis Baratheon's forces. Yet Robb Stark, King in the North, still controls much of the South as well, and has yet to lose a battle. In the Far North, Mance Rayder has united the wildlings into the largest army Westeros has ever seen. Only the Night's Watch stands between him and the Seven Kingdoms, but nobody knows what happened to its Lord Commander and the force he led beyond the Wall.
Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen – reunited with her three growing dragons – ventures into Slaver's Bay in search of ships to take her home and allies to conquer it.
Returning series regulars on GAME OF THRONES this season include: Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Richard Madden (Robb Stark), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon).
Additional returning series regulars this season include: Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Rory McCann (Sandor "The Hound" Clegane), Conleth Hill (Varys), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), James Cosmo (Commander Jeor Mormont), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Sibel Kekilli (Shae), Rose Leslie (Ygritte) and Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell).
Returning recurring cast members on GAME OF THRONES this season include: Natalia Tena (Osha), Joe Dempsie (Gendry), Oona Chaplin (Talisa Maegyr Stark), Julian Glover (Maester Pycelle), Kristian Nairn (Hodor), Finn Jones (Loras Tyrell), Esmé Bianco (Ros), Gemma Whelen (Yara Greyjoy), Hannah Murray (Gilly) and Art Parkinson (Rickon Stark).
New cast members for the third season include: Ciarán Hinds (Mance Rayder), Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna Tyrell), Mackenzie Crook (Orell), Clive Russell (Brynden "The Blackfish" Tully), Nathalie Emannuel (Missandei), Kerry Ingram (Shireen Baratheon), Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed), Ellie Kendrick (Meera Reed), Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Philip McGinley (Anguy), Tara Fitzgerald (Selyse Baratheon), Tobias Menzies (Edmure Tully), Anton Lesser (Qyburn), Ian McElhinney (Barristan Selmy), Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton) and Noah Taylor (Locke).
Episode #1: "Valar Dohaeris"
Debut: SUNDAY, MARCH 31 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
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Jon is brought before Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, while the Night's Watch survivors retreat south. In King's Landing, Tyrion asks for his reward. Littlefinger offers Sansa a way out. Cersei hosts a dinner for the royal family. Daenerys sails into Slaver's Bay.
Written for television by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; directed by Daniel Minahan.
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This story appears in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine.
Most every morning at nine, the emergency responders assigned to the Seine pull on their wet suits and swim around the Île de la Cité. In the course of their circuit around this teardrop-shaped island in the middle of the river in the middle of Paris, the firemen-divers scour the bottom, retrieving bikes, cutlery (which they clean and use in the nearby houseboat where they live), cell phones, old coins, crucifixes, guns, and once, a museum-grade Roman clasp.
By the Pont des Arts, where lovers affix brass locks inscribed with their names ("Steve + Linda Pour la Vie"), they retrieve keys tossed in the water by couples hoping to affirm the eternal nature of their padlocked love. One bridge upriver, at the Pont Neuf, near the Palace of Justice law courts where divorces are decreed, they find wedding bands, discarded when eternal love turns out to be ephemeral.
As the central artery of Paris, the Seine naturally accrues the detritus of human civilization and relationships. Through centuries it has served as highway, moat, water tap, sewer, and washtub. Its scimitar arc slices the city, dividing it into Left and Right Banks. Historically, Left was bohemian, Right, aristocratic, but distinctions have blurred over time.
On the Île de la Cité itself, in front of the Gothic tracery of stone that is the Cathedral of Notre Dame, is a bronze compass rose set into paving stones. From here—point zéro—all distances from Paris are measured. The Seine centers Paris; it is its liquid heart. "For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are," says Marina Ferretti, an art historian and curator.
It is also, as the French say, fluide, a word with philosophical implications. Surrender to impermanence and flux, it whispers. Nothing stays the same. No use commanding the Seine to sit still. A river stilled is no longer a river. It changes with the time of day and season. Its currents carry the jetsam and flotsam of life and death—lost plastic toys, escaped balloons, cigarette butts (Gauloises, naturally), empty wine bottles, sometimes even a corpse—as they swirl, churn, flood, and flow past the monumental architecture of Paris. You cannot step into the same river twice, Heracleitus tells us. C'est fluide.
The Impressionists distilled its light into quicksilver. Claude Monet kept a floating studio on the river near Argenteuil. Henri Matisse, a post-Impressionist, had a studio on the Quai Saint-Michel. The flat, gray ribbon of water painted by earlier artists danced with opalescence through the lens of the Impressionists. Their art reflected the flow of not just the Seine but the world as well.
"The Impressionists watched the world change and painted in a way corresponding to that new world," says Ferretti, curator at the Giverny Museum of Impressionisms. The industrial revolution had arrived. Electricity hung pearls of light against the black night. Construction of the Paris Métro was imminent. The rhythm of the world was accelerating. "It was rapid and fluid," she explains. And so was the brushwork of the Impressionists.
With a nod to them, let us sketch the river that flows in and around the lives of Parisians and serves as a stage for dramas of love and loss. There is the occasional gentle jest, as well, in the guise of vendors who sell cheap, made-in-China copies of the Eiffel Tower. Sometimes the buyer is a Chinese tourist who brings the trinket home, completing an unwitting circuit. The Seine is witness to irony, as well as joy and sorrow.
A coup de foudre is to fall in love suddenly, fiercely. So it is with men and their boats.
One day 34 years ago Claude Tharreau, a young market researcher, was walking along the Seine near the Quai de Conti, when he saw the Cathare, a 70-foot-long Dutch barge built in 1902, for sale.
"I had been actually looking for an apartment," he says. It was Sunday. On Wednesday he signed the contract.
"It was only afterward I noticed it was a boat with no electricity or water."
There are 199 houseboats moored in Paris and, undoubtedly, 199 stories of infatuation. In the 1970s, when the economics of transport favored trains and trucks over barges, a boat could be bought cheaply. The lifestyle was inexpensive and unregulated until 1994, when the city instituted a housing tax, a mooring fee, and rules requiring a contract of occupation.
Frédéric Chaslin, a conductor and composer, has a Steinway grand piano in the living room of his boat, Caracalla, and in the kitchen, a trio of espresso machines that whistle the same note in unison when brewing.
"I loved it," he says of the first boat he bought. "My wife did not. I thought, wife, boat, wife ...
"... Boat," he finishes.
"It is something out of the ordinary to buy a boat," says Eric Piel, a retired psychiatrist and the owner of Orion, a barge moored opposite the Eiffel Tower. "It is not the same as buying an apartment. There's an element of risk. But … to own a place and have mobility too! It is the best of all possible worlds."
Piel, who has a wiry frame and a face flushed with tiny riverine capillaries, framed by graying curls, continues. "An apartment is a shoe box, and so you spend your whole life working so you can live in a shoe box? Do you think that is a sign of good health?
"At least I am not trapped in a shoe box," he muses. "There are other traps, though."
At 10:58 p.m. on July 19 a flatbed truck with 36 palm trees, escorted by four policemen on motorcycles and a squad car, inched its way down the Champs-Élysées from the Bois de Boulogne, where the trees had spent the winter, and pulled up at the Pont Neuf, which despite its name is the oldest bridge in Paris.
Twenty-six minutes later a crane lifted the first 25-foot-high tree and set it down onto the beach that had materialized in three days on the banks of the Seine in front of City Hall. The palms (Trachycarpus fortunei) are the crowning touch of Paris Plages—an annual tour de force that takes place in summer when three full-blown beaches are installed along the river.
The sandbox-on-the-Seine was initiated 12 years ago by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. To accommodate the beach, the Georges Pompidou Expressway flanking the Right Bank of the river is blocked off for four weeks. It is as if the mayor of New York blocked off FDR Drive on Manhattan's East Side to allow New Yorkers to unfold beach towels in the shadow of the United Nations.
"It's not rocket science," says project manager Damien Masset. He ticks off the ingredients for an instant beach: 5,500 tons of sand, 250 blue umbrellas, 350 deck chairs, 800 chairs, 250 chaise longues, 40 hammocks, 200 tables, four ice-cream stands, eight cafés, 875 yards of wooden fencing; 250 people to put it up, 450 to run it.
For one summer month in Paris the Seine becomes an urban Riviera, an ebb and flow of beach-volleyball players; sand-castle engineers; samba, tango, and break dancers; rock, jazz, soul musicians; and sunbathers—who demonstrate the infinite variety of the human form.
"When you have clouds, for a few minutes it is white as salt," says Jean Esselinck, a retired diplomat who lives on the barge Soleil. "But then it turns black. Look at the river, for now it's green."
"Transparent," says Marie-Jeanne Fournier, then mayor of Source Seine, a village in Burgundy 180 miles from Paris, near where the river originates. Despite the distance, the Seine can be said to begin in Paris, because the fir copse where it bubbles up and starts its 482-mile journey to the sea became the property of Paris in 1864 by order of Napoleon III. Here, in its infancy, the Seine is transparent: clear as eau-de-vie and located in Paris. Technically.
Monet's river in "Banks of the Seine, Island of the Grande Jatte" is pink, white, and blue; Matisse's Seine in "Pont Saint-Michel" has red in it, but, cautions Doris Alb, an artist who lives on the Sun Day, by the Pont des Arts, you must take care when referring to colors in French. "In German red is red. But in French red could be ... well, perhaps it is red ... but with a bit of yellow ... or verging on pink ... or perhaps only the illusion of red." Alb is a sturdy woman who stands on sturdy shoes, with yellow hair that flies around as if painted by Botticelli. Her eyes are forced into a squint by the sun. She will not wear sunglasses. "It would dull the colors of the world."
What color is the Seine?
"C'est compliqué. The Seine reflects life and everything around. So its colors are infinite."
In the 1960s Prime Minister Georges Pompidou delivered the coup de grâce to Paris's relationship with the Seine. He built expressways on both sides of the river. "Paris must adapt to the car," he said with "let them eat cake" ease. In truth the disconnect dates back to the 18th century. Until then the riverfront was a vibrant commercial and social space, historian Isabelle Backouche explains. After 1750 the royal administration and the city began to clear out markets, laundry boats, and workshops from the banks to make the Seine more hospitable to navigation. The high embankments engineered in the 19th century cemented the estrangement. "The river was abandoned as a lively space and transformed into a museum unconnected to the everyday life of Parisians," Backouche says.
Fast-forward to 2013. Enter Socialist Mayor Delanoë, initiator of Paris Plages, city bicycle and electric car share systems, and a pilot program employing four "lawn mower" sheep to clip grass at the city archives. Last June, after years of political bickering, Delanoë closed nearly a mile and a half of expressway on the Left Bank and opened Les Berges—a riverside walk with floating gardens, restaurants, and playgrounds. "The road's stale air is being blown away, creating an open-air environment where everyone can ... enjoy themselves," he announced happily.
Not everyone was as happy. "I opposed it," says Rachida Dati, mayor of the affluent 7th arrondissement. Dati, daughter of a Moroccan bricklayer, is a maverick on the political right. She looks defiant behind her desk in the 17th-century town hall where she presides, dressed in skinny jeans, a short black jacket, and impossibly high heels.
"The Berges cost 40 million euros [$55 million]," she argues. "Perhaps instead we could have taken care of the 27,000 children unable to attend a crèche or developed public transport. Three-quarters of Parisians ride the Métro, but there's been no investment in its infrastructure in years."
Doesn't the new space make life in Paris more pleasant?
"Paris is not about pleasure. We need to work."
On the transformed riverbank in front of the Musée d'Orsay, many seem happy to indulge in its pleasures.
"We are Parisians but don't feel like we're in Paris," enthuses Bertine Pakap, a beautician who lives in Batignolles, in an outlying arrondissement. She has come for a family reunion. Her daughter Elohina raptly watches two mimes perform, while her mother sits at a picnic table. "Normally we wouldn't come to a chic neighborhood like this," she says. "It's almost inaccessible for us. Now it's more democratic. Also free—we don't need money to have a good time."
By 6:20 p.m. three men have lined up in front of the gangway leading to the Fleuron St. Jean, a light green barge moored on the city's outskirts. The men are about to embark on a one-night voyage that will not entail travel—simply a warm meal and comfortable bed.
"We call them passengers out of respect," says Adrien Casseron, manager of the floating homeless shelter funded by the Order of Malta in France and 30 Million Friends Foundation, an animal welfare organization (the men are allowed to bring their dogs). The voyage is an interlude in a life that has stalled in the vise of unemployment and poverty.
"In a village if you lose your job, your neighbors help. In a big city you are alone. You lose your job, your family, and you find yourself in the street.
"Don't imagine the boat holds just the French," he adds. "If there is a conflict in Mali or Afghanistan, we see it here."
The men, some with backpacks, some with only the clothes they wear, are greeted with a handshake and shown their bunks. At 7:45 they sit down for dinner. The day's menu: green beans, fish, cheese, yogurt, and fruit, served "as you would in your own home," Casseron says.
"I came from Martinique," says René, who is 58 and wears a gray T-shirt and jeans. In a voice full of wistful sadness, he explains how he lost his most recent job building cabinets for electronics. "They outsourced my work. I lived in my sister's flat for two months. She threw me out.
"Family stories can be complicated," he adds ruefully. He will not elaborate.
There is little conversation at the dining table. The men eat hurriedly, reaching eagerly for a second, third, and fourth piece of bread. After dinner three men settle down to a game of Scrabble. Others play cards. René fills his pipe. "During the day I go to exhibitions or the library. But I never give up. You have to be strong. It's easy to let go. Two beers, a joint. That's it. You sink."
Patrick Declerck, anthropologist and author of Les Naufragés (The Castaways), estimated the number of homeless in Paris to be between 10,000 and 15,000 in 2001. According to the National Institute of Statistics, the number has increased by 50 percent since then. No one keeps exact statistics; the total could be much higher.
Casseron goes to greet a late arrival. "There are never enough places for everyone," he says. "The work is rewarding, but I always ask myself if I am doing enough.
"This"—he means the shelter the boat provides—"is a drop of water. Pure. Unpolluted. But just a drop of water in the river that is the Seine."
On one of those wilting summer days when heat rises from the asphalt in visible waves, the river outside the office of the chief of the police who patrol the Seine looks inviting and cool.
Can you swim in the Seine? I ask Sandrine Berjot, the crisp, no-nonsense police commandant who heads the Brigade Fluviale.
Non, she says flatly. "Thirty-eight euros." The fine for violation.
What about wading? Dangling your feet?
"Not so much as a toe."
Other infractions: Waterskiing in certain zones. Tying your boat around a tree with a rope. Protesting or putting up banners. ("That is for the street," Berjot says.)
More serious is failure to aid someone in distress. The penalty: up to 75,000 euros ($103,000) and five years in jail.
"If someone is drowning, you don't have to jump in. You do have to call the police," Berjot explains. Just as well—the lifesaving rings formerly mounted on every bridge are gone. Collectors snitched many. Now the deployment of the Gallic sense of fraternité is enabled by a sign displaying a number to call in an emergency. In France, to be a Good Samaritan is a moral imperative.
"Naturally," a Paris lawyer once told me, "that doesn't obligate us to simpler civilities, like giving you the time of day."
Street fishing—casting a lure in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower or Louvre—has become a popular sport. A festival last year attracted 100 fishermen, but, says Damien Bouchon of the Maison de la Pêche et de la Nature, a nature center at Levallois-Perret, "fishing the Seine is difficult because the embankments are so high. The fish are educated. They've seen lots of lures."
In postwar decades, pollution reduced the species count to five, but French water regulations starting in the 1960s revived the tally to 32, including perch, pike, and the silure—a Quasimodo of a beast (a seven-footer is the record) with a vacuum cleaner mouth, mud-colored skin the texture of rubber, and small, beady eyes. The silure is an opportunist; it eats fish, ducks, and pigeons that have the misfortune to alight for a drink near its lurking jaws.
"But they are exciting sport," Bouchon hurries to add, lest I think unkindly of them. "To catch one is a moment of adrenaline."
At three in the morning the Seine is quiet and dark as India ink. A resolute line of barges files past the Quai de Conti. The blue umbrellas on the Paris Plage in front of City Hall are furled like morning glories awaiting the sun.
The traffic light on the Right Bank by the Pont Neuf turns red, though there are no cars to heed its warning. The hazard buoy off the tip of the Île de la Cité flashes a Morse code of emerald green. Houseboats rock gently on the wake of the barges; mooring lines creak in protest.
A light winks in a window on the top floor of the Louvre above the Quai du Louvre. A guard checking to see that the Old Masters are safely tucked into their frames, perhaps?
There is no one to ask.
Like the motto of Paris—"Fluctuat nec mergitur, tossed by waves but unsinkable"—there are those tossed by waves who remain tenaciously unyielding. René Ballinger, 87, lives on the Siam by the Port de Grenelle with his wife, Nenette, 86. His grandfather built the boat. He was born on it; so was his son, Marc. During its working life, the barge crossed Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland, carrying grain, coal, and steel.
Nenette, who wears gold-rimmed glasses and has skin like parchment and short, feathery, white hair, was not born into a mariner family. "I worked as a secretary in northern France," she says, seated at her dining table. "I lived beside the water. One day he arrived on a boat."
"I saw her," René interjects. His glance said the rest. They married in 1947. She calls him "old scamp." He says she is his best friend. Their daughter says they argue too much.
"We argue," Nenette told her, "because we are still alive. When we are dead, we will be quiet.
"He was a mariner. I was of the land. When I married, I asked myself, What kind of tribe have I joined?"
She learned a mariner's life. She helped paint the boat, pilot it; she tolerated stowaway mice and living in less than 100 square feet of space. The adventure of an unfixed, fluid existence compensated for lack of comfort. Every day brought new towns, landscapes, and a freedom unknown to those shackled to an office chair. "We worked as if we were on a holiday," she says.
Twenty-seven years ago they retired.
"We could have moved to land. He refused," Nenette says.
"I'd feel trapped," he replies.
Their son and daughter have their own lives and children. The Siam is not in their plans.
What, then, will become of the boat when they are gone?
"Perhaps when we die, our children won't be able to do anything with it. The navigation authority will say, You cannot leave it here. It must go," René says.
He means it will be taken to a shipyard in Conflans, 20 miles northwest of Paris, and scrapped. The word he uses is déchirer. To tear apart.
Can you describe how that is done? I say.
"I cannot. I will not," he answers. Tears well.
"To imagine destroying my boat is like pulling my heart out. There are too many memories. My whole life is in that boat.
"Suppose we decide to buy an apartment? We clear everything out. The suitcases are on the embankment. The mariner sees his boat and knows it's all over. Like death."
He wipes his eyes.
A recent illness has left him with a limp. His wife has health issues too. Their daughter worries they are too old to manage.
"You are 87," I say. "How much longer can you stay?"
A hard stare.
"They will have to take us out feet first."
"The Seine is the most beautiful avenue in Paris," says Eric Piel, the retired head of psychiatry for the hospitals of central Paris, who lives on the Orion. "I thought, Why shouldn't others experience it, especially the mentally ill, who are the most excluded in everyday life?" He envisioned a floating psychiatric clinic: open yet protected. Doctors, nurses, and patients collaborated with an architect, and four years ago the Adamant—a structure with walls of glass—was launched. Patients come for coffee, a snack, to confer with the medical staff, create art, or simply enjoy the view.
From the first day aggression evaporated. Why? No one can explain, clinic director Jean-Paul Hazan says.
"Perhaps," suggests Jacqueline Simonnet, the head nurse, "it's the rocking of the boat."
"Traditionally the psychiatric hospital was hidden away," Hazan says. "You disappear behind locked doors. Here instead of closed, all is open. These are very sick patients, but there has been no violence." He pauses. "I think it has changed us too, but I can't say how."
Four mulberry trees on the quay mark the seasons. Yellow in fall, bare in winter, pale green in spring, dark green in summer. A cormorant swims by, hinting of nature's grace. The river's reflected light dapples the interior. The layout is open. The space, Simonnet says, is fluide. Glass erases the divide between inside and out.
It also, metaphorically at least, blurs the boundary between them and us—between the marginalized mentally ill and the presumably normal. "We are all in the same boat," Gérard Ronzatti, the architect who designed it, told me.
Space, like water, is mutable, changing with the flow of time and events. "After the revolution, many monasteries were used as jails," he said quietly. "In the same space you can have freedom. Or confinement." A building, a room, can confine or release, allowing the spirit to expand into the space provided and beyond. In designing the floating clinic, Ronzatti opted for the latter. The Adamant is as beautiful and fluid as the river it floats on.


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7. Where Next?
The newly developed threshold concepts approach provides a framework for learning that has implications for teaching, learning and assessment. The aim of the approach can be encapsulated as getting students to 'think like economists'. It may help lecturers in Higher Education who are grappling with two widely reported problems:
- students who acquire formal knowledge of a discipline but who seem unable to use this knowledge when making sense of experience in work or their everyday lives
- students who struggle with underpinning theory and resort to verbatim learning of isolated aspects of the subject that they seem unable to use effectively in conjunction with each other.
In the approach 'deep' rather than 'surface' learning is not just related to the student's approach to learning. Students who want to 'deep' learn may initially resort to 'surface' learning because deep understanding requires an integration of knowledge they have yet to acquire. The threshold concepts approach is concerned with how students can be helped to acquire integrating ideas. Within the discipline of economics, a three-way classification of concepts has been proposed which link to criteria for teaching, learning and assessment.
More details of our approach are available on our website at www.staffs.ac.uk/thresholdconcepts. The website, as well as providing general information on the Embedding Threshold Concepts' project, includes:
- our newsletters
- working papers from our conference presentations
- discussion notes from the meetings of the project that present how our thinking progressed during the three years of the project.
More detailed reading is also available from the bibliography section below. This gives the seminal readings on threshold concepts as well as the published articles and book chapters from the project. In addition, it gives some wider reading on conceptual change both in general and in economics which have links to our approach.
Exemplars of the three types of activities discussed in this handbook are available from the project website. These have been revised from feedback and new exercises are added in September of each year. There are currently 12 reflective, eight problem focused and six threshold network activities that cover many aspects of the level one curriculum in economics (12 in microeconomics, five in macroeconomics and seven in international economics).
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This is the full exercise, with feedback and lecturer's notes (including information on timing and prerequisites) and is available in word and PDF format. You are welcome to adjust the materials to the needs of your module.
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This version allows students to try the exercises online as part of their independent learning. Each exercise has its own URL which can be given to students as part of the module information (either via hardcopy or through linking from a module website). After each individual part of the task is completed the student is given feedback before progressing on to attempting the next part of the task.
Lecturers new to threshold concepts may find that some of the activities may provide a useful way into the approach. The materials developed require active learning and can be used independently of the adoption of a full threshold concepts approach.
In addition many ideas for active learning that can be used in a threshold concepts approach are available on the Economics Network website at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/. This site also gives access to the International Review of Economics Education which promotes research into effective learning and teaching in economics in higher education.
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