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Elementary Schools Are a Good Fit For Blended, Says Horn
While many educators expressing an interest in blended learning may have middle or high school students in mind, some blended learning models may represent an easier transition for elementary schools than their secondary school counterparts, said Michael Horn at the 2012 Virtual School Symposium here in New Orleans on Monday.
Horn, the executive director of the education practice at the San Mateo, Calif.-based Innosight Institute, has led efforts to define and classify blended learning as a practice during the last two years, most recently co-authoring a paper published in May that named four basic blended learning models.
On Monday, he said the rotation model, described in that paper as any setup in which students rotate in groups between online and face-to-face modalities, represents only a slight shift for many elementary school cultures.
"Station rotations have been alive and well in those classrooms forever," Horn said. "It's just that (until recently), one of the rotations was not online learning."
While Horn said he wasn't discouraging the formation of rotation model middle and high schools, he said the structure of the class day, in which students typically rotate from teacher to teacher for each subject, generally would make it more difficult to transform an already operating secondary school.
Rob Darrow, the director of member services for the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, agreed.
"If you're rotating a group of kids, what subject do you decide to rotate out?" asked Darrow, who joined Horn as a co-presenter in Monday's discussion. "Working with a schedule at a high school is a lot harder than at an elementary school, and working a schedule that has had a fixed schedule for the last five years is a lot harder than at a brand new school."
Instead, students at secondary schools are sometimes more likely to participate in a self-blend model, Horn said, where a student supplements his or her face-to-face coursework with a course taken entirely online.
While some educators might not think that model feels as legitimately blended from an educator's point of view, Horn said from a student's perspective, it does include the same range of experiences he or she would encounter in other blended models.
Horn also held to his prediction, now a few years old, that blended learning rather would have the greater impact on education than fully virtual learning. And if headline presenters so far at the symposium are any indication, that impact is showing up.
Monday's opening keynote featured a presentation from Stacey Childress, the deputy director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that focused on the foundation's Next Generation Learning Challenges grant program, which devoted its third wave of grants to blended learning programs.
Meanwhile, all four of the "featured sessions" on the first day of the symposium, per the convention guide, focused at least partly on blended trends and practice.
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning is host of the symposium and sets the program, including selecting "featured sessions."


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Is it better to compete in the marketplace or in the courts? I would tend to vote for competing in the marketplace. But if you're going to compete in the courts, one way that tech companies have been battling is over the differences in the enforcement of non-compete agreements -- California does not enforce them while New York and Massachusetts do.
In Massachusetts, big tech companies like EMC get employees to sign agreements that keep them from working for a competitor for two years after they leave. This makes it hard for startups to get going but it also helps protect big technology companies from training employees who leave and compete with them.
By contrast, California does not allow non-compete agreements – which is another element of its strategy to lure startups. To be sure, California has many other advantages over Massachusetts – the most notable of which are its much bigger pool of venture capital – in 2013 startups there received $12.3 billion in capital almost four times the Massachusetts total.
This comes to mind in considering the legal battle between Islandia, N.Y.-based CA Technologies and San Francisco's AppDynamics -- which provides application monitoring (APM) software as a service. Like its rival, New Relic, which I wrote about in December 2011, both companies sprang out of Wily Technologies -- which CA acquired for $375 million in 2006.
In April 2014, I interviewed CEO Jyoti Bansal, who in April 2008 founded AppDynamics. Bansal told me that by 2024, CA would no longer be a public company -- instead it would be broken into pieces and sold to private equity.
But a series of claims and counterclaims between CA and AppDynamics since June 2013 reveal that in addition to a he-said, she-said war of words being waged in the courts, there is a broader public policy issue at stake here -- whether a New York company can impose that state's more restrictive non-compete rules to impede the growth of a California-based startup.
On July 21, 2014 CA sued AppDynamics, alleging that its founders developed its product while working for CA and asking a court for financial damages and an injunction to stop the company from misusing CA's intellectual property. AppDynamics claims that for years, its executives had been developing separate technology from CA's and telling CA about it all along from 2008 to 2014.
AppDynamics "strongly believes that these claims are untruthful and intentionally misleading. All AppDynamics code was written independently by its founders and is clearly protected under California law and public policy, including California Labor Code Section 2870," according to a July 21 press release.
AppDynamics believes that CA failed in its patent infringement case in New York so it tried a different path in California courts. According to AppDynamics, "It is telling that CA first attempted to add these claims to its patent infringement lawsuit in New York, and that this attempt failed miserably when its motion was soundly thrown out by the court. AppDynamics then promptly filed a lawsuit in California to determine once and for all that CA's claims are without merit. Last Friday, CA filed its answer to AppDynamics' complaint, which prompted CA's latest press release."
Before getting into the details of CA's latest complaint, let's take a look at the business over which the two are battling -- APM. Gartner estimated that APM software -- that helps companies keep track of how well their applications and websites are running and diagnoses problems -- is a $2.9 billion market.
Gartner referred to AppDynamics as a leader in the APM space and Bansal told me that the company was growing. In its fiscal year ending January 31, he said that AppDynamics customer count more than doubled from 500 to over 1,000 — among them are DIRECTV, NBC Universal, StubHub, Union Pacific, and Weight Watchers.
Moreover, AppDynamics was adding to its bookings and employee base at fast clips. Noted Bansal in April, AppDynamics' bookings grew at 175% with "an annualized bookings run-rate of more than $100 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. Our employee base grew from 150 to 450 in the last 15 months and we've raised $90 million from leading VCs such as Greylock Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers."
These two companies have been filing claims and counterclaims against each other since April 2013 when CA alleged that AppDynamics had violated three patents that it had obtained from Wily -- which employed Bansal and AppDynamics' Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice-President of Product Management, Bhaskar Sunkara.
In June 2013, AppDynamics answered CA's claims by denying that it had violated the patents.
And in an April 28, 2014 complaint for declaratory relief, AppDynamics argued that CA's claims had expired under California's statute of limitations and that certain provisions of Bansal's and Sunkara's employment agreements violated California public policy.
"CA's threatened claims are meritless. Furthermore, CA's proposed claims are time-barred under California's statutes of limitations. Finally, certain provisions at issue in the agreements alleged to be breached are in violation of California public policy and are void," noted AppDynamics's April 28, 2014 complaint.
But in its July 21, 2014 complaint, CA alleges that Bansal and Sunkara, were both CA employees when they developed the software for AppDynamics.
Moreover, that complaint alleges that they had signed employment agreements with Wily in 2005 in which they agreed that they would not use Wily trade secrets during their employment at Wily and for five years after they left. CA asserted that it was Wily's "successor-in-interest" to these agreements.
CA's complaint alleges that Bansal and Sunkara started AppDynamics while they were CA employees -- and after CA's 2006 acquisition of Wily, which made Introscope -- a leading APM product which Bansal and Sunkara helped build.
CA's complaint argues that Bansal and Sunkara misused its intellectual property and violated their employment agreement because they concealed that they were developing AppDynamics' product while they were CA employees.
But in its April 2014 filing, AppDynamics claimed that CA was aware that Bansal and Sunkara were working on the technology for their new company on their own time and using their own equipment.
Moreover, "on information and belief, CA has known that any such work was not performed for CA and was unrelated to its business or any actual or anticipated research and development at CA," according to AppDynamics's April 2014 filling. Nor did Bansal and Sunkara believe that had an obligation to assign their AppDynamics work to CA.
That same filing asserted that between 2008 and 2014, CA was aware of the work Bansal and Sunkara were doing and never asserted that they had misused CA's intellectual property or violated their employment agreement until that March 2014 complaint.
While it is unclear whether these legal skirmishes will have a material impact on AppDynamics, they do highlight a big competitive disadvantage of East Coast tech companies -- too often they do what CA is doing: use the courts and enforcement of non-competes to block upstarts rather than reinventing their business.
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But in three days, would I have seen and known He was not dead?
He from the grave triumphant rose, my ever-living Head.
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Did the blackout cost Super Bowl XLVII from scoring record numbers?
Sunday's Baltimore Ravens-San Francisco 49ers showdown was watched by 108.41 million viewers, making it the third most-watched program in history behind last year's Super Bowl (111.3 million viewers) and the 2011 Super Bowl (111 million viewers).
Watch all the Super Bowl ads right here!The game also earned a household rating/share of 46.3/69 to become the second highest-rated Super Bowl in 27 years.The numbers do not include the period of the power outage, from 8:45-9:15 p.m. ET, during which viewership dipped. Ratings peaked during the final 15 minutes of the game, from 10:30-10:45 p.m. ET.
Lights out! Power goes out during the Super BowlCBS' post-Super Bowl broadcast of Elementary scored 20.8 million viewers and a 7.8 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down from the 37.6 million viewers and 16.3 The Voice nabbed last year. Although those are the freshman series' best numbers ever, it's also the third lowest post-Super Bowl broadcast since 2003. Only Alias (17.4 million, 8.2) in 2003 and Family Guy (15.2 million, 7.6) in 2005 were lower. Thanks to the power outage that delayed the game by 34 minutes, Elementary didn't start until 11:15 p.m./ET.


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Those of you who have been following us on Facebook will already be aware that this blog has been hacked and I no longer have access to it through any other device than my phone. Unfortunate as this is I've decided to take this opportunity to start heading in a fresh direction, as things on the Bean front are changing and I'd like a new space to write about our journey. I will still be focusing on play based learning activities and natural parenting, and now also chronicling our journey into starting our own family day care along with my husband (and Bean, of course!). Its called The Bean Patch and I hope you'll join us over there:
I can't wait to share all our adventures with all our new little beans, and I hope you'll enjoy them too :-)
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I2P dev meeting, March 4, 2016 @ 15:00 UTC
Quick recap
- Present:
EinMByte, orignal_, sadie, str4d, xcps_, zzz
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15:00:05 <zzz> 0) hi
15:00:23 <zzz> 1) structure for these meetings
15:00:32 <zzz> 2) roadmap discussion
15:00:37 <zzz> 0) hi
15:00:41 <zzz> hi
15:00:54 <str4d> hi
15:01:02 <xcps_> hi!
15:01:27 <orignal_> what's up?
15:02:18 <zzz> please review the thread at http://zzz.i2p/topics/2021 and the current roadmap at http://i2p-projekt.i2p/en/get-involved/roadmap
15:02:27 <zzz> 1) structure for these meetings
15:03:22 <zzz> should we go straight into the roadmap or should we talk about high-level priorities first?
15:03:53 <str4d> I'd go with the latter first
15:04:41 <zzz> ok, so in the thread, I threw out two priorities - grow the network, and increase security
15:04:55 <zzz> how do those sound as high-level principles?
15:05:25 <zzz> let's first decide what's important
15:05:32 <EinMByte> They sound as expected, I think
15:05:48 <EinMByte> "grow the network" should be in the broad meaning, though
15:05:57 <str4d> I think those are great as broad themes
15:06:03 <zzz> anonimal threw out a whole bunch more in the thread, but that wasn't really what I was going for
15:06:13 <xcps_> increasing security should be always the most important imho
15:06:28 <zzz> other principles we should consider as we review the roadmap?
15:06:28 <str4d> What IMHO we need to do here is figure out what those actually mean in terms of potential deliverables
15:06:40 <EinMByte> So "grow the network" should also mean "increase research attention"
15:07:00 <zzz> grow the network means a huge variety of stuff - see the thread
15:07:09 <str4d> EinMByte, yah, I think I might have mentioned that in the thread
15:07:36 <zzz> we'll figure out what these mean shortly. at this minute let's agree on whats important.
15:07:58 <str4d> Usability is of big importance to me, and IMHO feeds into the above two areas
15:07:58 <zzz> everything is possible if we keep growing. once we stop growing we are dead
15:08:05 <zzz> agreed str4d
15:08:41 <str4d> More immediately in terms of increasing our userbase, and more long-term in terms of increasing our public exposure, ease of use by researchers etc.
15:09:11 <EinMByte> Note also that growing is the only way to attract researchers
15:09:25 <zzz> more users bring more devs and more researchers and more content and and and
15:09:37 <EinMByte> Large networks are generally more interesting to study
15:10:05 <EinMByte> So I think we call all agree on those 2 priorities
15:10:16 <zzz> the bulk of our growth in the last year has been from vuze. Which is great but I'd love to have more 'native' growth also
15:10:43 <zzz> but maybe growth in embedded apps, or focusing on applications in general, is the easiest path to growth
15:10:48 <str4d> Yep
15:11:04 <EinMByte> zzz: For a lot of people, it's easier to use an application that runs I2P in the background and handles the configuration for them
15:11:12 <sadie> hi - a little late to the party
15:11:20 <zzz> hi sadie glad you made it
15:11:23 <str4d> That IMHO will come from usability improvements for both the UI and APIs
15:11:42 <str4d> The latter we have already been working on in various threads
15:11:48 <zzz> in some ways, it's the apps that are the UI experts, let them bundle i2p and expose (or hide) it as they see best
15:11:58 <str4d> Mmm
15:12:08 <EinMByte> str4d: That's a different solution to the same problem, yes. And I like it more because bundling I2P with everything doesn't scale IMHO
15:12:30 <str4d> That is kinda the approach I was taking with Android
15:13:04 <EinMByte> There needs to be a way to ensure that people don't have an I2P instance for every application
15:13:12 <zzz> ok, anything else on 1) or should we move on to looking at the roadmap itself?
15:14:00 <str4d> I think everyone here appears to be in rough agreement
15:14:08 <str4d> (no dissent at least :P)
15:14:14 <zzz> let me copy in the lines from the thread. Not as gospel, just for reference
15:14:25 <zzz> Grow the Network
15:14:25 <zzz> Includes: Marketing, joint projects, bundling more stuff, helping others bundle i2p, usability, website improvements, more translations, talks and presentations, articles and stories, UI, Android, Android apps, better GFW evasion, orchid, more libs and tools for client devs, better support for huge websites, supporting alternative router dev, alliances, speedups and efficiency, capacity, increasing limits, getting in
15:14:25 <zzz> to Debian, ...
15:14:25 <zzz> Increase security
15:14:25 <zzz> Includes: Crypto migration, subscription protocol, new transport protocols, pluggable transports, LS2, NTCP2, new DH, key revocation, key storage, code review, sybil, bug fixes, naming, SSL, ...
15:14:46 <zzz> ok, let's move on to 2) the roadmap itself
15:15:10 <zzz> url is http://i2p-projekt.i2p/en/get-involved/roadmap
15:15:50 <zzz> .25 is pretty much done, release in about 10 days, so let's look at the next 4 releases 26-29 for this year
15:16:00 <zzz> which should carry us thru to ccc
15:16:15 <EinMByte> If something is under 2017, e.g., does that mean we start looking into it only then, or does that mean we start the implementation at that point?
15:16:41 <str4d> In terms of things we *need* to do, I'd rank the crypto migration and sybil work as high up there
15:16:42 <zzz> 1mb, we certainly do want to get started on big 2017 things now, like new crypto/dh, ntcp2, etc
15:17:04 <EinMByte> Also, eclipse attacks are a problem right now, IMHO
15:17:05 <zzz> so the roadmap could include prepatory work for those
15:17:23 <str4d> EinMByte, yah, I was bundling that under Sybil
15:17:36 <EinMByte> The whole midnight rotation idea doesn't work and there should be better alternatives, I suppose
15:17:52 <zzz> agreed
15:18:05 <EinMByte> str4d: Sure, it's reasonable to classify them as the same type of attack
15:18:44 <str4d> EinMByte, I discussed this with a few people at RWC
15:18:48 <str4d> Got some thoughts, but hard to discuss right here
15:18:51 <EinMByte> zzz: So if we want to get started on NTCP2/... by 2017 we will need to plan preliminary work
15:18:58 <zzz> right 1mb
15:19:02 <str4d> Yep
15:19:20 <str4d> I want to have planning and research on the roadmap :)
15:19:28 <zzz> here's the issue. I should be working on 26 right now and I don't know what's in it
15:19:39 <orignal_> is it possible to add random padding to existsing NTCP?
15:20:01 <str4d> orignal_, not that I recall, but check the NTCP2 thread
15:20:02 <zzz> so let's spend 10 minutes planning 26, then we can move to the longer term
15:20:13 <str4d> k
15:20:14 <zzz> tell me what I should be doing today
15:20:30 <EinMByte> True, let's focus on that first
15:20:34 <zzz> ok let's see what's on the 25 list that didnt happen
15:20:50 <zzz> wrapper didnt happen, kytv is awol
15:20:54 <EinMByte> "crypto enhancements" is pretty broad
15:21:12 <zzz> what actually happened on crytpo enhancements were some 25519 speedups
15:21:34 <zzz> so the .25 list all actually is in there except wrapper
15:22:00 <zzz> but there's more to do on sybil so lets keep that on the 26 list
15:22:08 <str4d> Great
15:22:25 <str4d> We bumped GMP 6 to .26 because of the need for more testing
15:22:35 <zzz> what else on the 26 list now should be in there or moved
15:23:05 <EinMByte> Eventually preventing sybil will probably be a lot of work, so it seems long-term to me
15:23:10 <EinMByte> (in the sense that we need a good literature review first)
15:23:15 <zzz> orignal, yeah, ntcp w/ padding is ntcp2
15:23:21 <str4d> EinMByte, the Sybil detection tool isn't used for anything yet, that is where more planning is needed :)
15:23:49 <zzz> hottuna4 is unavailable for a month, not sure when that month is up, so gmp6 may or not make it into 26
15:24:02 <str4d> K
15:24:37 <str4d> Subscription protocol improvements for addressbook: that is something that would be very good to add in ASAP, so old Dest owners can migrate to Ed25519
15:24:37 <EinMByte> I think CRLs don't really need a question mark
15:24:47 <str4d> But how long will that actually take to do?
15:25:14 <zzz> we'll need some status update from tuna soon, I expect the deadline for propping big stuff for 26 would be late march / 1st week of april
15:26:10 * str4d still doesn't quite understand the CRL stuff, could zzz expand?
15:26:14 <zzz> 25 will have ability to read crls from disk, so we can include in the update
15:26:35 <zzz> but thats not so helpful because in an update we can just remove the cert and that does the same thign
15:26:56 <zzz> so to get crls out to ppl w/o having to do an update, we would put them in the feed
15:26:57 <str4d> I'm just trying to figure out the use case
15:27:09 <zzz> use case is somebody gets compromised
15:27:20 <str4d> Do we still not do cert pinning?
15:27:30 <zzz> no
15:27:56 <zzz> so i've done 90 % of it and just need to stick the crl into the namespace
15:28:46 <zzz> pinning is tricky and dangerous
15:29:05 <zzz> crypto cat did the 'pinning suicide'
15:29:17 <zzz> where they were pinned but an intermediate changed
15:30:49 <zzz> i don't think pinning replaces cls
15:30:51 <zzz> crls
15:31:21 <zzz> crls not just for ssl, there's reseed and update keys
15:31:58 <zzz> can we keep crls on the list for 26 then? it's almost done
15:32:20 <str4d> What I'm concerned re: pinning is that someone could do e.g. a Quantum Insert-like thing to redirect a reseed domain name, and just put up any valid SSL cert satisfying the domain name requirement, and the routers will accept it
15:33:05 <str4d> And re: CRLs, if we use that to disable a particular certificate, what does that certificate get replaced with?
15:33:25 <zzz> nothing. in the next release there would presumably be a replacement
15:33:45 <str4d> This is getting a bit far into the weeds
15:34:07 <str4d> I think where I was going is we need to think this over a bit more
15:34:24 <zzz> ok so let's keep crls for 26 but let's discuss the details on it in the next week or two
15:34:30 <zzz> as it's not 100% clear
15:34:38 <zzz> moving on
15:34:42 <zzz> what else ont he 26 list
15:34:43 <str4d> mmk
15:34:50 <EinMByte> ok
15:35:08 <zzz> subscription protocol
15:35:28 <zzz> this is the key for crypto migration of sites
15:35:40 <EinMByte> hosts.txt replacement or what do you mean?
15:36:22 <zzz> yes this is the hosts.txt as a feed thing, with like foo.i2p=b64#sig=b64#cmd=alt ...
15:36:26 <str4d> EinMByte, amending the addressbook subscription protocol with signed key-value metadata
15:36:49 <zzz> proposal is pretty set, but on hold for 18 months or so
15:37:07 <EinMByte> Sure, although wouldn't the size of the hosts file grow too large
15:38:02 <EinMByte> Maybe add a since parameter, to exclude all hosts inserted before some given time
15:38:07 <EinMByte> (to avoid downloading the whole list even if it's not required)
15:38:22 <zzz> this was originally part of the crypto migration plan but it was hard and wasn't the most important part
15:38:49 <zzz> but it's the main thing remaining on crypto migration of signatures
15:39:26 <str4d> EinMByte, we kinda have that already with etag
15:39:28 <zzz> this is another one of those things that's proposed with a lot of specifics, but haven't quite got agreeement and so havent started
15:39:42 <EinMByte> str4d: Is it used, though?
15:39:46 <str4d> EinMByte, yes
15:40:00 <EinMByte> Oh, nvm. in that case
15:40:03 <str4d> This would be no different to the current setup
15:40:20 <zzz> so we'll on the 26 list and start on it asap. not sure if we can get far enough into it for 26 but I'll try. we need to review the thread on zzz.i2p
15:40:22 <str4d> but instead of domain name entries never repeating, they would now repeat in the "stream"
15:40:42 <EinMByte> Is there a particular reason why we need to keep the weird format, though?
15:41:05 <EinMByte> It would seem easier to me if we just used something standard
15:41:06 <zzz> maybe. compatibility with old clients. but we should review and decide for sure if that's important
15:41:20 <zzz> none have us have looked at this in maybe a year
15:41:28 <zzz> so we'll dust it off and take a looko
15:41:32 <EinMByte> zzz: Compatibily could be handled by also providing the old hosts.txt file for a while
15:41:41 <str4d> There's also the broader issue of what to do with e.g. all the "lost" names
15:41:53 <str4d> But that is outside the current discussion
15:41:57 <zzz> yup. we would also need to get the other impls involved
15:42:18 <EinMByte> str4d: I think that's something to decide on when we get a new naming system (if we ever do)
15:42:26 <str4d> For now, I want some way for currently-active domains to update their dests
15:42:26 <zzz> ok, it's staying on the list for 26 for now. next on the list - sybil stuff
15:42:45 <zzz> can we make sybil be automatic? Have you all read the philip winter paper I hope????
15:42:50 <str4d> And the sooner we get the core code in, the sooner we can turn it on in a year or so
15:43:50 <EinMByte> zzz: What paper? I missed something clearly
15:44:27 <zzz> check @__phw on twitter for link
15:45:02 <zzz> we are working with him thanks to a sadie introduction at ccc
15:45:03 <EinMByte> zzz: this: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.07787v1.pdf?
15:45:27 <zzz> if it was published in the last coulple weeks, thats it
15:45:59 <EinMByte> Well, it's an eprint from February this year
15:46:09 <zzz> i don't think we're ready for automatic. they arent really either
15:46:22 <zzz> they just spit out an email once a day to the dirauths
15:46:36 <zzz> it's all heuristic and magic on both sides
15:46:49 <EinMByte> So he probably put the eprint online after it got published
15:46:57 <zzz> so I'd like to push automatic stuff out to later in the year
15:47:07 <str4d> EinMByte, 25 Feb is the version I have
15:47:14 <EinMByte> zzz: So how exactly would that work in a decentralized setting?
15:47:44 <str4d> We need to do things from the bottom-up instead of the top-down
15:48:06 <str4d> ie. each router would need to include "potential Sybil candidates" in the peer profiles
15:48:13 <zzz> EinMByte, I don't know. it's hard
15:48:20 <str4d> based on e.g. online times etc.
15:48:30 <EinMByte> Detecting sybil attacks is doable I think, preventing them based on that detection is very hard in a decentralized network
15:48:30 <EinMByte> But I like the challenge
15:48:34 <zzz> we also need gravy who is working on a centralized redo of his setup
15:48:43 <str4d> There is also the possibility of having some kind of more centralized setup
15:48:45 <str4d> Yah, that
15:48:45 <EinMByte> str4d: At that point you need to start assigning trust to each router
15:48:52 <EinMByte> which itself would be a whole anti-sybil system
15:49:07 <str4d> And having routers subscribe to a list of potential sybils
15:49:07 <zzz> kinda like the dagon proposals
15:49:09 <str4d> EinMByte, that is basically what peer profiles are now though
15:49:31 <str4d> where "trust" is currently defined as "reliably routed well for me in the past"
15:49:42 <EinMByte> str4d: Yes, and they've caused a few attacks so far :)
15:50:15 <str4d> Yep
15:50:23 <EinMByte> Also, peer profiles don't really allow you exclude a peer from the network
15:50:31 <EinMByte> Sybil prevention would sort of allow that
15:50:35 <str4d> Peer profiling and peer selection is another of the things I think needs prioritisation
15:50:46 <str4d> EinMByte, they *can*
15:51:01 <zzz> so i propose to change the 26 sybil item to 'continued improvement' but move the 'automatic' part to later
15:51:01 <str4d> Not right now
15:51:11 <str4d> I'm just saying that is where we would put it
15:51:34 <EinMByte> str4d: Yes, that's possible.
15:51:37 <str4d> (in terms of putting Sybil detection and more advanced techniques into I2P's lexicon and architecture)
15:51:53 <EinMByte> In any case, I would not drop the decentralization. It's the nicest part of I2P imho
15:52:14 <str4d> Yep
15:52:27 <EinMByte> (and centralization also leads to various practical attacks anyway)
15:52:43 <zzz> lets move on. streaming improvements? not sure what that is, maybe just perennial 'make it better' item
15:52:49 <str4d> zzz, yep, we can continue to work on that routerconsole page, and then hook it into the peer profiles and selection once we decide on a strategy
15:53:00 <zzz> i can't think of what there is to do specifically on streaming. anybody?
15:53:01 <EinMByte> Sometimes adding a central authority can make your security proof easy, but cause security failure in practice
15:53:20 <str4d> Research and optimizations would be nice
15:53:28 <EinMByte> zzz: Any obvious improvements we could make there?
15:53:30 <str4d> That would be a good candidate for external research
15:53:46 <zzz> we really need a better test setup
15:53:51 <EinMByte> str4d: I agree.
15:53:55 <zzz> add delays / drops, reorder, etc
15:54:04 <EinMByte> We should probably extend our "open research questions" page with that and other stuff
15:54:40 <zzz> i don't have much blue sky things on my list of streaming stuff. it needs to to be test-result-driven
15:54:50 <EinMByte> There may be more improvement in the allocation of tunnels?
15:55:05 <str4d> zzz, there's some GH project that simulates "The Internet" with containers that can do that IIRC
15:55:08 <zzz> so how about we make this item be 'streaming test harness'
15:55:17 <str4d> Dunno how easy it would be tho, we would need a new JVM per container :P
15:55:25 <str4d> EinMByte, mmm
15:55:48 <EinMByte> str4d: shadow could be used, I think. Not sure if it could be integrated with Java but it's on the kovri TODO list
15:55:52 <str4d> That's not really streaming tho, that is at the datagram level
15:56:22 <zzz> the tunnel allocation thing is psi's idea to have the client pick tunnels
15:56:34 <EinMByte> str4d: Yes, I suspect there's more to optimize this
15:56:46 <EinMByte> zzz: I don't really think users are the best optimization algorithms, but maybe
15:57:10 <zzz> it's a violent corruption of our layering, and I don't see any way to do it. but that's what psi is proposing
15:57:19 <EinMByte> ... or probably "client" does not mean user
15:57:32 <zzz> client == client-side of i2cp
15:57:44 <str4d> The thing there is
15:57:54 <str4d> Tor does provide this ability via their Control Socket
15:57:58 <EinMByte> Ok so it does mean that
15:57:59 <str4d> And it is very useful for researchers
15:58:10 <str4d> But they also have a much flatter architecture
15:58:19 <str4d> Whereas we silo different clients from each other via I2CP
15:58:31 <EinMByte> zzz: I'd expect the router to have more relevant information. The client could pass any additional requirements
15:58:41 <zzz> we also have psi's lua hooks for researchers, that never got merged (either in java or kovri), but is still an option
15:59:14 <zzz> see right now the client side doesn't even know about tunnels, so it certainly doesn't have any ability to pick them
15:59:16 <str4d> Speaking to nickm at RWC, he said it was much easier for Tor to maintain a Control Socket interface than a plugin system
15:59:17 <EinMByte> I know that shadow is being used in practice by researchers
15:59:22 <EinMByte> Lua, I don't know
15:59:55 <EinMByte> zzz: So probably the same thing can be achieved by passing the relevant information over I2CP?
16:00:17 <zzz> 1mb, yes, but it would be really fugly
16:00:44 <str4d> We could always restrict it with a -research flag or something
16:00:54 <str4d> (in router.config)
16:01:06 <str4d> That way most users are not exposed to the fugly
16:01:13 <zzz> kovri/i2pd don't have those rigid API barriers between client/router yet, it's easier for the
16:01:20 <zzz> *them
16:01:28 <str4d> And we can define ".research" from the start to mean "We reserve the right to change these APIs"
16:01:44 <str4d> ie. researchers would need to use the .research flag along with a particular version
16:01:57 <str4d> Back to the actual topic of discussion:
16:01:59 <EinMByte> zzz: Re: tunnels. It depends. I think it would make sense to pass information about the intended usage of the tunnel.
16:02:20 <zzz> (FYI this meeting will go 25 more minutes max, to be continued sunday)
16:02:33 <EinMByte> zzz: It's mainly easier for us because shadow is written in C, I think
16:02:42 <str4d> I think this should be pushed into the "needs more research" category
16:02:44 <zzz> the trouble is its not just your tunnels that need to be picked but the far-end's tunnels
16:02:48 <EinMByte> Ok. Let's move on then.
16:03:08 <zzz> ok that's all that's on the 26 list now. What should be added?
16:03:11 <EinMByte> zzz: Doesn't the far-end handle that
16:03:36 <zzz> no, we source-route (i.e. pick the far-end lease out of it's leaseset for his inbound)
16:04:08 <zzz> look at the 27-29 list. what should be pulled in to 26 if anything?
16:04:44 <str4d> I want to start getting the prep work done for new LSs and the netdb
16:04:46 <zzz> here is where all the 'initial work on xxx for 2017' is, but also lots of 2016 stuff
16:05:23 <EinMByte> zzz: I misunderstood what you meant with far-end, nvm
16:05:31 <str4d> The sooner we get that settled down and into the codebase, the sooner the network will have broad support for it
16:06:42 <EinMByte> Note that we (kovri) want specifications
16:06:52 <EinMByte> Otherwise it will be hard to keep up with the implementation
16:07:31 <zzz> sure. anything that's a new specification, we need to all work on together
16:07:36 <EinMByte> str4d: Let's start by listing what LS2 should actually support
16:07:53 <EinMByte> (if that hasn't already been done)
16:09:40 <zzz> basically ls2 is only a couple of things
16:09:59 <zzz> add some space for flags
16:10:09 <zzz> and enable future crypto
16:10:52 <zzz> but i have all those proposals about better multihoming, plus grothoff-like service lookup
16:11:00 <zzz> anycast
16:11:01 <EinMByte> Do we have specific list somewhere for reference?
16:11:11 <zzz> it's pulled together on zzz, sec
16:11:23 <str4d> EinMByte, I'm slowly working on pulling all that together on the website
16:11:41 <zzz> can we make that faster str4d ? like next week or two?
16:11:47 <str4d> That should go into the .26 list
16:11:50 <str4d> Hmm
16:11:53 <str4d> Possibly
16:11:59 <str4d> I need moar eyes on it
16:11:59 <zzz> without the proposals on a simple list this is way too hard
16:12:08 <EinMByte> str4d: Great. Actually for some of these things a wiki-functionality would be useful
16:12:24 <EinMByte> (idea is that it would go faster)
16:12:48 <zzz> for starters we need a list
16:12:50 <str4d> EinMByte, exactly
16:12:56 <zzz> lets not boil the ocean here
16:13:11 <str4d> I'm trying to move from requiring backend HTML to (currently) rST
16:13:31 <str4d> I need people to look over what I have to check that a) it is usable and b) it doesn't lose anything we currently have
16:13:39 <str4d> Currently it is applied to the spec docs only
16:13:40 <zzz> let's put the proposal thing on the list for 26 and we'll talk later about what that means. But we need forward progress on it asap.
16:13:55 <str4d> But the moment that is solidified, extending it to proposals is trivial
16:13:56 <zzz> i want them on the website. i don't care what form.
16:14:46 <EinMByte> I'm willing to review proposals, but it happens sometimes that I just don't find any text
16:15:10 <EinMByte> (some things on the website are sort of hidden, I think)
16:15:37 <zzz> right
16:16:05 <zzz> we need to move stuff from zzz.i2p to the website in some sort of organization
16:16:13 <EinMByte> str4d: Moving from HTML to something which can be easility converted to various formats is a good thing
16:16:28 <EinMByte> zzz: Yes, absolutely
16:16:35 <str4d> EinMByte, what I need reviewed is in i2p.www.str4d
16:16:36 <EinMByte> Maybe a fixed process for all proposals
16:16:57 <zzz> ok. it's on the list for 26. details to follow. str4d get to work. i wouldn't expect a lot of feedback. Just come up with a new system and we will all fall in line
16:17:02 <str4d> and on http://vekw35szhzysfq7cwsly37coegsnb4rrsggy5k4wtasa6c34gy5a.b32.i2p/
16:17:04 <str4d> EinMByte, if you want to work with me on nailing that down, I could get that finished maybe by .25
16:17:23 <zzz> what else for 26? we gotta wrap this up
16:17:36 <str4d> ( EinMByte, http://vekw35szhzysfq7cwsly37coegsnb4rrsggy5k4wtasa6c34gy5a.b32.i2p/spec specifically)
16:18:14 <zzz> this is very short term stuff. I need to know what to do on monday
16:18:27 <zzz> last call for 26
16:18:41 <str4d> I think the subscriptions stuff will take a while
16:18:49 <str4d> So I'd be happy with that being the main thing
16:18:52 <zzz> agreed.
16:19:54 <zzz> ok. meeting on sunday same time. we will start with vrp/h1. please review ticket 1119 in advance. after that we will talk about 27-29, time permitting.
16:20:06 <EinMByte> str4d: Any of those that you think require most attention?
16:20:27 <zzz> we can also briefly circle back to 26 on sunday if necessary
16:20:43 <str4d> EinMByte, basically deciding whether the format for writing proposals is usable, and whether it limits what ends up on the website (in either HTML or TXT format)
16:20:45 <zzz> so agenda on sunday will be 1) vrp/h1/1119; 2) 26; 3) 27-29
16:20:57 <zzz> thanks everybody
16:21:25 * zzz *bafs* the meeting closed
16:27:50 <EinMByte> str4d: It is probably OK as long as it can be coverted to most other formats :)


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Profile for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Congestion Control ID 2: TCP-like Congestion Control
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Network Working Group S. Floyd Request for Comments: 4341 ICIR Category: Standards Track E. Kohler UCLA March 2006 Profile for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Congestion Control ID 2: TCP-like Congestion Control Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). Abstract This document contains the profile for Congestion Control Identifier 2 (CCID 2), TCP-like Congestion Control, in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP). CCID 2 should be used by senders who would like to take advantage of the available bandwidth in an environment with rapidly changing conditions, and who are able to adapt to the abrupt changes in the congestion window typical of TCP's Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) congestion control. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Conventions and Notation ........................................2 3. Usage ...........................................................3 3.1. Relationship with TCP ......................................3 3.2. Half-Connection Example ....................................4 4. Connection Establishment ........................................5 5. Congestion Control on Data Packets ..............................5 5.1. Response to Idle and Application-Limited Periods ...........8 5.2. Response to Data Dropped and Slow Receiver .................8 5.3. Packet Size ................................................8 6. Acknowledgements ................................................9 6.1. Congestion Control on Acknowledgements .....................9 6.1.1. Detecting Lost and Marked Acknowledgements .........10 Floyd & Kohler Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 4341 DCCP CCID2 March 2006 6.1.2. Changing Ack Ratio .................................10 6.2. Acknowledgements of Acknowledgements ......................11 6.2.1. Determining Quiescence .............................12 7. Explicit Congestion Notification ...............................12 8. Options and Features ...........................................12 9. Security Considerations ........................................13 10. IANA Considerations ...........................................13 10.1. Reset Codes ..............................................13 10.2. Option Types .............................................13 10.3. Feature Numbers ..........................................14 11. Thanks ........................................................14 A. Appendix: Derivation of Ack Ratio Decrease ....................15 B. Appendix: Cost of Loss Inference Mistakes to Ack Ratio ........15 Normative References ..............................................17 Informative References ............................................18 1. Introduction This document contains the profile for Congestion Control Identifier 2 (CCID 2), TCP-like Congestion Control, in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) [RFC4340]. DCCP uses Congestion Control Identifiers, or CCIDs, to specify the congestion control mechanism in use on a half-connection. The TCP-like Congestion Control CCID sends data using a close variant of TCP's congestion control mechanisms, incorporating a variant of selective acknowledgements (SACK) [RFC2018, RFC3517]. CCID 2 is suitable for senders who can adapt to the abrupt changes in congestion window typical of TCP's Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) congestion control, and particularly useful for senders who would like to take advantage of the available bandwidth in an environment with rapidly changing conditions. See Section 3 for more on application requirements. 2. Conventions and Notation The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. A DCCP half-connection consists of the application data sent by one endpoint and the corresponding acknowledgements sent by the other endpoint. The terms "HC-Sender" and "HC-Receiver" denote theShow full document text


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For the sixth straight season, Mendon's football team hoisted a district championship trophy.
It seemed business as usual on Saturday, as the top-ranked Hornets beat No. 10 Climax-Scotts 28-6.
"I thought our kids played well defensively and we were more physical than they were," Mendon coach John Schwartz said. "They have a lot of speed in that backfield, but we were able to keep to our assignments and play well."
The win for Mendon ensures they will have a rematch with Muskegon Catholic Central this week in the regional finals.
Last season, the Hornets were able to take down the Crusaders in the district finals 28-21.
MCC, like Mendon, is always a tough team. Schwartz said they, like Climax, have a lot of speed.
"They don't have as much size as we've seen them have in the past, but they have kids in the backfield that are quick," Schwartz noted of MCC. "We'll certainly have our hands full next week."
In Saturday's game, Mendon was able to corral the Panthers speed for the most part.
Climax head coach Kevin Langs said he was proud of the way his team played.
"There were a couple of mistakes we made and we weren't able to score," Langs said. "I thought our kids fought hard all the way to the end. We gave ourselves some chances but weren't able to capitalize on them."
The Panthers did have four drives end in Mendon territory, but only one of them ended in points
"We didn't care of business inside the red zone," Langs said. "We had four chances and didn't score."
Climax-Scotts finished the game with 179 yards of total offense. Nearly all of that came on the ground, with 43 carries for 140 as they run a wing-T style offense.
Mendon uncharacteristically committed nine penalties in the game for 104 yards. One of those penalties proved to be costly as it neglected a 92-yard touchdown run by QB Nick Eberstein.
Schwartz said his team will continue to work on that this week, playing well and not forcing the issue.
The Hornets also turned it over twice, but Schwartz said his team will look to minimize that this week.
"We'll get that squared away, we'll eliminate those mistakes this week," Schwartz said. "We had a lot of big plays called back. We'll look at film and see what's going on."
Mendon scored on its first possession, which ended in an Eli Klepper 1-yard TD plunge into the end zone. Robert Riley made the extra point and Mendon led 7-0. That would be the only score of the opening quarter.
In the second, Climax missed a field goal that would have chipped into the Mendon lead.
The Hornets got the ball back and fueled by a 40 yard Eberstein run, drove deep into Panther territory. Eberstein would fumble the ball on the 2-yard-line a few plays later, but was able to pick the ball up and find the end zone, eliminating what could have been a bad result. The Riley kick made it 14-0 Mendon.
On the next Panther possession, Klepper forced and recovered a fumble.
Senior tailback Tyler Harris would find his way into the end zone on a 12 yard TD run as Mendon pushed their lead to 21-0 overall.
"This was the first he's been able to run all week, he sprained his ankle early this week in practice," Schwartz said of his running back. "Mitch Ulrich (Mendon assistant) taped it up as soon as it happened and kept the swelling down. I'm surprised that he played."
Harris said there was no way he was missing the game, but that he wasn't sure how many plays he'd see on the field. He finished with 30 carries for 250 yards.
"I didn't think I'd get that many carries," Harris said. "Coaches told me I'd play 'X' amount of plays and I thought 10-11 carries would be the most. But I guess I was able to show them it wasn't hurting me that much."
Harris, who is a very shifty back that moves laterally causing nearly everyone to miss-tackle him, thought he might have to change up his style because of the ankle.
"I thought I was going to have to run straight and try and run people over," Harris said with a smile. "That's not exactly my specialty. But I thought our offensive line blocked very well."
Up 21-0, Mendon took a comfortable lead into the locker room. In the second half, Mendon focused on continuing to run the ball.
"We've come a long way this season and we like to be aggressive up front," senior lineman Kevin Kuhlman said. "You have to be aggressive on the front line. No one likes to get hit, so if we fire out on every play, it gives us an advantage. Plus we have great backs that get the ball downfield."
Mendon finished with 341 yards rushing on the day.
Midway through the third quarter, the Hornets went up 28-0.
Harris found his way into the end zone on a 6 yard run and a Riley extra point put the Hornets in business.
Climax would finally get on the board late in the third quarter, a 15-yard touchdown pass from Zach Nabozny to Kirk Gibson.
In the fourth quarter Climax had the ball several times, but was unable to score again.
"We've made a lot of movements and adjustments throughout the year on defense," Kuhlman said. "I thought we did well by allowing our backers to come up and make plays."
Outside of Harris, Eberstein had 100 yards on 11 carries.
Gibson finished with 111 yards on 14 carries for Climax, who ends the season with a 10-1 record.
Mendon got 12 tackles from Klepper, including one sack and one tackle for loss.
Danny Cleveland and Derek Zagon both had 11 stops while Kuhlman, Andy Brueck and Kyle Weswell all had eight tackles.


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Ever since taking over the Drowned in Newcastle column just shy of a year ago, I've frequently been faced with a dilemma over where to draw the line geographically. It's probably the same for a lot of cities, but Newcastle's scene is no longer (ahem) black and white in definition. There's plenty of bands from Sunderland, Middlesborough and elsewhere who are just as much a part of our musical landscape as any NE1-dwelling bands. And with the boundaries becoming ever more blurred, it feels only right that we widen the scope of Drowned in Newcastle to reflect more of what's going on across the whole North-East region, in the process (hopefully) sharing the credit out much more fairly.
Welcome, then, to the first edition of Drowned in the North East. Since Drowned in Newcastle #7, perhaps the biggest event in the area has been the announcement of the full line-up of Evolution Emerging, the fringe event to Evolution Festival which showcases bands from the area. This year saw 364 bands apply, a staggering number which was eventually whittled down to the 25 who will take over the Ouseburn Valley on the 1st of June. Having been on the selection panel, I can vouch for how tough it was to narrow down the longlist, and it's really not an exaggeration to say could have been at least four times that size without diluting the quality.
2012's line-up features strong representation from all corners of the region. Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny feature as guest headliners, topping a diverse bill at the Cluny which also includes Lulu James and Deerhart.The Tyne Bar is home to what is likely to be the most unhinged stage, featuring the likes of We Are Knuckle Dragger, Nately's Whore's Kid Sister and Acrobatic Society, and an impossibly young and talented group of artists are taking over Cluny 2. Full line-up details as well as streaming tracks can be found at www.generator.org.uk/evolutionemerging. All venues are free entry, which I think seals the deal in making this the ideal way to spend the Friday of an extended Bank Holiday weekend.
The Evolution Emerging class of 2011 aren't retreating quietly in the background this year, by the way. The Sage Gateshead will play host to Evolution Emerged which will feature four acts whose stars who shone increasingly brighter since playing Emerging last year, including Hyde and Beast, Vinyl Jacket, Shields and the Union Choir. In addition to that, two of last year's Emerging acts in the shape of The Lake Poets and Mausi will open the main stage of Evolution Festival.
If for any reason Evo Emerging/Emerged aren't for you, there's a pretty rich selection of gigs to pick from elsewhere, including the following:
11/4/12 Cluny (Newcastle) - Teen Daze/Brothertiger/Francophilippe
12/4/12 Independent (Sunderland) - Clock Opera
14/4/12 Independent (Sunderland) - Field Music
19/4/12 Head of Steam (Newcastle) - Ajimal/Bridie Jackson/Winter Hill Transmission
20/4/12 Independent (Sunderland) - Chased by Wolves/Lilliput/Blank Maps
24/4/12 Cumberland Arms (Newcastle) - Laish/Richard Dawson/Martha Rose
28/4/12 The Empire (Middlesbrough) - The Chapman Family
8/5/12 Cluny (Newcastle) - Blood Red Shoes/The Cast of Cheers
12/5/12 Cluny (Newcastle) - A Place to Bury Strangers/
12/5/12 Sunderland Minster - Natasha Haws/Reckoner/Arbeia
14/5/12 Head of Steam (Newcastle) - The Heartbreaks/Brilliant Mind/Retriever
26/5/12 Head of Steam (Newcastle) - This Many Boyfriends/Maps Are Fiction/Hollywood & Vines
In terms of releases, the one I'm most looking forward to in coming months is the debut EP by South Shields native Natasha Haws. Haws is a scarily precocious musician, whose songs are as delicately beautiful as her voice. One of the best things about her is how natural and unforced her songs seem, resulting in an almost uncomfortable level of emotional impact. The EP is released on May 14th, and is launched with a suitably intimate show at Sunderland Minster two days before that.
The last few months have seen some great bands emerging from Teesside. I've already mentioned Weird Shapes in previous columns; Bird Island are making waves after a great EP recently; Eeves are also coming along nicely, and the latest Teessiders to turn heads are Collectors Club. Their new single 'First to Know' is a gloriously carefree piece of indie-pop, which feels unequivocally summery.
Sunderland duo Let's Away feel like the wintry antidote to the sugary charm of Collectors Club, but they're just as accomplished as their Boro counterparts. The band recently recorded four songs with Hyde and Beast's Neil Bassett. The strongest of the collection is probably 'The Art of Self Control' which somehow manages to feel both gloomy and hopeful all at the same time.
One of my favourite bands in the area are Pale Man Made, so I'm delighted that their second album Red Box Secrets, which has been ready for a while, is finally emerging into the light on Odd Box Records in June. It's preceded on April 16 by free download single 'In Your Bed'. The song is a typically powerful chunk of fuzzy-pop, the sort of thing with which the album is liberally sprinkled.
As ever, we can only ever really hope to scratch the surface of what's going on round these parts, such is the extent of the increasingly fertile period the region's musical community is enjoying. If you're looking for a snapshot of the best and brightest North East bands, April's Narc. magazine comes with a great 17 track compilation which I recommend wholeheartedly to anybody with an interest in North-East music. And if there's anything you feel strongly about which I haven't covered, then why not add your own input in the comments section below?


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4 Ways To Style Animal Prints
The new year is often viewed as a fresh start, a clean slate or an opportunity to try new things. I personally strive to try new things in one way or another, whether it be through food, travel or fashion!
As we head into the new year, there is a particularly exciting fashion trend that has inspired me to step a little out of my comfort zone: animal prints! Cheetah, leopard and snakeskin seem to be in every store, yet many people still feel intimidated by the bold trend. Through experimentation, I've found that this trend can be easily wearable and can bring lots of confidence when fully embraced! So try on some leopard print and strut into the new year with confidence!
Today I will be sharing some of my favorite ways to style animal prints that you can easily rock at school!
Outfit 1: A Classic Style
Opting for an animal print in the form of a classic piece, such as this bomber jacket, is the perfect way to test out whether you enjoy wearing the trend!
For this look, I decided to go with a chill and casual look. Graphic tees look super cute layered underneath animal print. Another great quality of an animal print jacket is its surprising versatility; you can pair just about any wash of jeans with this look!
Overall, this is the perfect look to try if you enjoy being comfy (me!!) and want a casual way to wear animal print!
Outfit 2: Get Sporty!
While snakeskin is one of my favorite animal prints, it can feel a little formal at times. When I bought this skirt, finding ways to dress it down for school posed a challenge. Luckily, I figured it out and now you don't have to struggle like I did!
Pairing a casual polo sweater, like this bold red, can bring in a really youthful and sporty vibe to counteract the sophisticated snakeskin. Adding some white sneakers and throwing your hair into a high ponytail can make the perfect sporty snakeskin look!
Outfit 3: Denim on Denim
Layering a denim jacket over an animal print shirt and a denim skirt (could be black or light wash!) is a super fun style. Similar to the first look, the animal print is styled in a really casual and comfy outfit, so you won't feel too out of your comfort zone and you'll still be looking super cute!
Despite being a simple outfit, the leopard print adds a little interest and detail to the outfit! If you live somewhere cold or your dress code is strict, the skirt could easily be swapped for some jeans!
Outfit 4: Stylish Kicks
This look is for all you shoe fanatics out there (I'm right there with you!) Shoes are a great way to wear animal print because they are subtle yet still make a statement in a simple outfit.
If you don't feel comfortable wearing heels like the ones above, there are so many cute styles of animal print shoes such as sneakers, mules or loafers!
I hope these outfit ideas gave you some inspiration on how to incorporate this trend into your everyday looks. As you venture into 2019 and try new things, just remember that you can rock any style with confidence and a smile!
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Restaurants, cafes and bars reopened on 8th June, and can stay open until 1am (at the latest). Safety measures are in place including having a secure distance between tables, providing a waitered table service for food and drink only, allowing a maximum of 10 persons per table and waiters are obliged to wear a mouth mask.
Daytrips and travels within the country were also made possible on 8th June. As from 15th June, Belgium will open its borders for travel to and from the European Union, and other European countries including the UK and the four Schengen countries (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway). Decisions about travelling outside Europe will be taken at a later stage.
From 1st July onwards, cultural activities and performances are allowed again with social distancing remaims in force a maximum of 200 persons will be allowed to gather and wearing a mouth mask is recommended. Amusement parks and cinemas are also entitled to reopen their doors from that moment on, also under strict conditions.
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If you are planning a trip to Flanders in the near future, please consult your local government's advice or contact your tour operator for the most up-to-date information, relevant to your stay. If you require more in depth information on the Covid-19 situation in Belgium, please click here to consult the official website of the Belgian federal government.
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We hope to welcome you soon, with twice the heart, love and hospitality. You are most welcome!
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PS: We are delighted to share with you the new Flanders Classics' race calendar for this autumn. Gent-Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Ronde van Vlaanderen will be ridden in the week of 11 until 18 October! So please, save this dates (and keep in mind that they remain subject to the Covid-19 measures, determined by Belgium's Federal Government). Fingers crossed!


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Alright, I take back what I said about trashcan luge and moped biathlon. The X-Games are a strangely watchable sports spectacle, and a good platform for Codemasters to launch its official DiRT 3 trailer last night.
The trailer obviously showcases the changing environmental conditions you race under when the game releases next year. That last bit with the exploding tractor-trailer seems a bit overdone, but it seems to reference gymkhana, an extreme rally sport where course memorization is key and there's usually a major obstacle to navigate somehow.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 16, 2013) – A day after being placed on the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List, senior right-hander Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) continued adding to his record-breaking season.
The Buccaneer hurler tossed his 11th complete game of the year and fellow senior Alex Reynolds (Johnson City, Tenn.) drove in two runs as ETSU hung on to defeat Jacksonville, 3-2, on Thursday night at Thomas Stadium.
Doane improved to 12-1 after allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five en route to joining fellow Buccaneer Matt Baber (1999-2000) with the most complete games in one season. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native also moved one win shy of tying Caleb Glafenhein (2004-07) for the single-season ETSU wins mark, while Doane is the first Atlantic Sun hurler to reach the 12-win plateau since former Stetson and current Cleveland Indians pitcher Corey Kluber accomplished the feat back in 2007.
Meanwhile, to add to his impressive season, Doane has now won his last nine starts since suffering his lone setback at USC Upstate on March 16, and the right-hander finished the home season 7-0 with a 1.43 ERA (11 ER/69.0 IP) in eight starts (nine appearances).
Following the win, ETSU moved its mark to 30-22, 15-10 in A-Sun play and guaranteed itself at least the fifth seed in next week's conference tournament. The Blue and Gold are currently tied with Stetson, which is the only team the Blue and Gold can jump in the league standings. The Dolphins – who are still holding onto the eighth and final spot in the A-Sun Championship – dipped to 17-36, 8-17.
After Doane worked the first of four 1-2-3 innings in the first, the Buccaneer offense rewarded the sensational starter with a run in the bottom of the frame to take a 1-0 lead. Jeremy Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) led off the inning with a single to right, advanced to third on Dylan Tritsch's (Boca Raton, Fla.) single through the right side, and scored when Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) hit a sacrifice fly to center, giving ETSU an early one-run advantage.
The lead held intact until the fourth, as Jacksonville pulled even at one when Braddock Rowe reached on a two-out throwing error by Reynolds and scored on Ethan Loosen's double to the gap in left-center.
From there, the Dolphins took their first and only lead of the night when Dylan Dillard's two-out solo home run in the fifth put Jacksonville ahead, 2-1, marking just the second round-tripper allowed by Doane on the year and the first since Feb. 22 against Seton Hall.
Reynolds redeemed himself in the fifth and sixth innings when his RBI singles put the Blue and Gold back on top, 3-2. In the fifth, the Buccaneer third baseman ripped a single to center to bring home Derek Niesman (Wellington, Fla.), while his second RBI single up the middle an inning later scored Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.).
Jacksonville threatened in the eighth and ninth innings, but Doane got solid work from his defense to secure a 30-win season for the Bucs.
In the eighth, the Dolphins had runners on first and second with one out, but Doane forced Drew Luther to hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play. Then, in the ninth, Jacksonville had the tying run at second, but Green robbed Jake Huxtable of an RBI hit when his diving catch in center ended the game.
Sophomore right-hander Jeff Tanner took the loss (0-3) after allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits in 5.2 innings of work. Loosen led the Jacksonville offense with a two-hit night.
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Black Friday is now Thursday, for retailers seeking an extra holiday boost in sales
Some retail workers are singing the blues this year as the industry's "Black Friday" -- the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest shopping days of the year -- has begun to encroach on family gatherings for the holiday.
It's not that this is the first year that stores have been open on Thanksgiving: The nation's largest retailer, Walmart, has been open on the holiday since 1998, according to Debbie Wishon, a company spokeswoman.
But in a difficult economy in which retail competition has become more cutthroat than ever, industry experts say the number of stores looking to lure shoppers away from the Thanksgiving dinner table has reached a critical mass.
"It just wasn't big enough until now to register with people," said Kurt Jetta, chief executive officer and founder of TABS Group, a Shelton-based firm that analyzes consumer behavior and trends. "Retailers are basically on the borderline for hitting their profit objectives and since they were not getting any profits on that day before, anything they get on Thanksgiving going forward is an improvement."
David Cadden, who is a management professor at Quinnipiac University's School of Business, likens the Thanksgiving store openings to a retail version of the nuclear arms race.
"It's like if one side does this, you not only have to meet their threat, you have to go beyond it and do one better," Cadden said.
Given the delicate nature of the economy, retail workers are faced with a tough choice, Cadden and Jetta agree.
Many retail employees are not union members and have little choice about working if they want to keep their jobs, Jetta said.
"A lot of restaurants are open on Thanksgiving, so I'm not sure why retail employees would not be expecting to work," he said. "But who it really puts pressure on is the unionized retailers."
But Cadden said he is surprised at the number of retailers who are complaining about having to work on Thanksgiving.
"It's interesting given the economic climate," he said. "You're getting more and more widespread protest."
With the help of the United Food and Commercial Workers, some Walmart employees who are not members of the union will be doing information leafleting all weekend at selected locations of the 4,000 stores that the retail giant has nationwide. A Richmond, Va., Walmart will be the first place that the picketing strategy gets tested, according to the UFCW web site, which does not show any protests planned for the retailer's Connecticut locations.
Walmart will have 1 million people working on Thanksgiving between the associates in its stores and at its various corporate offices around the country, Wishon said.
"We're there to take care of our customers," she said.
One California-based Target employee, Casey St. Clair, started a petition on the web site Change.org urging the Minnesota-based retailer to abandon Thanksgiving Day hours. As of Wednesday evening, more than 370,000 people had signed the petition.
While no employees of Connecticut retailers open on Thanksgiving responded to efforts by the New Haven Register to get their opinions on having to work on the holiday, several residents said they think it's a bad idea.
Alicia Barone of Meriden, who was shopping at the Wallingford Walmart on North Colony Road Wednesday, said the increased emphasis on shopping on Thanksgiving "ruins the holiday.
"People should be able to spend time with their families," Barone said.
Others, responding to social media inquiries made by the New haven Register, agreed.
"I think employees should get the day off with pay," Cici Ray of Hartford wrote on Facebook. "Go home and enjoy their families, not put money in shop owners pockets."
A New Haven resident named Bill tweeted, "Why aren't commentators speaking out against this. This isn't 'family values' or traditional America."
Some retailers agree with that philosophy.
P.C. Richard & Son, which has six Connecticut stores, including locations in North Haven and Milford, and upscale department store chain Nordstrom, which has store in the Westfarms Mall in West Hartford -- have taken out newspaper advertisements explaining their position about not opening on Thanksgiving.
"Retailers who choose to open on Thanksgving Day or night, show no respect for their employees or their families," the P.C. Richard ad says in part.
The posting on Nordstrom's Facebook page about its decision to remain closed on Thanksgiving had attracted more than 26,000 "likes" as of noon on Wednesday.
"We won't be decking our hall until Friday, Nov. 23," the retailer's Facebook posting reads. "Why? We just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time."
But some of Connecticut largest malls and outlet centers are extending their hours to accommodate their tenant stores.
Shopping malls in Danbury, Meriden, Milford, Trumbull and Waterbury are all opening at midnight on Friday. Many stores at Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets are opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, while Tanger Outlets in Westbrook will begin its sales an hour later.
Westfarms General Manager Kevin Keenan said the Thanksgiving openings "are both consumer and retail competition driven." Westfarms has about 50 of its 170 retailers opening at midnight, Keenan said.
"The mandatory opening for all of our stores is 6 a.m. on Friday," he said. "The retailers that are opening at midnight based their decision on customer response. They count their proceeds on an hour-by-hour basis and at the end of the day, if the consumer is not reacting favorably to the change, retailers will react accordingly."
Westfield's Connecticut Post Mall is mandating all retailers that are among the mall's 165 tenants be open at midnight Thursday, said Suzanne Johnson, the assistant general manage of the shopping center.
Jetta said that while there may be some initial resistance to more stores being open on Thanksgiving, he doesn't expect it change.
"Deal searching is a deeply ingrained American value," he said. "There have been other retail barriers that have been broken and this is just one more."
Maggie Bodds and her friend Jan Mul, both of Wallingford, said Thanksgiving Day shopping hours don't bother them.
"The people that want to shop will," Bodds said. "The people that don't want to, don't have to."
"Just as long as nobody gets hurt," said Mul.
A quick look at some Connecticut retailers open on Thanksgiving:
--Walmart locations are open all day with in-store holiday specials beginning at 8 p.m.
--Sears, Toys 'R' Us open at 8 p.m.
--KMart will be open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., close for four hours and then reopen from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.
--The craft store chain Michael's will be open from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
--Target opens at 9 p.m.
--Most of the stores in the Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets open at 9 p.m.
--Tanger Outlet in Westbrook opens at 10 p.m.
--The Westfield Connecticut Post and Trumbull malls open at midnight with all retailers open.
--Also opening at midnight with a smaller number of retailers are Brass Mill Center in Waterbury, and Westfield's Meriden Square Mall. The Danbury Fair Mall will also open at midnight, but information was not immediately available on how many stores would be open.
--Schedules of Old Navy and Gap stores vary according to location.


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As you know from our DINOSAUR TRAIN backpack giveaway post yesterday, my family enjoys watching the DINOSAUR TRAIN series on PBS. My kids love exploring the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic time periods with Buddy and the Pteranodon family as they travel on the Dinosaur Train. In the new "Under the Sea" episodes, the dinosaurs travel in a glass tunnel to different under water stations and learn about marine creatures. We had the chance to preview four of the new under water episodes:
• "Elmer Elasmosaurus" - The Dinosaur Train's new Aquacar gets its first passenger when the Pteranodon family helps transport Elmer back to his home in the ocean. This long-necked, giant marine reptile is a deep-sea diver with a special talent for holding his breath. (Cretaceous time period)
• "Carla Cretoxyrhina" - On their underwater excursion, the Pteranodon family meets up with a young shark named Carla Cretoxyrhina and her father. Both sharks turn out to be much nicer than their reputations suggest. Kids learn that the prehistoric Cretoxyrhina is similar to the great white shark. (Cretaceous time period)
• "The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers" - Buddy and his family continue their underwater adventure by traveling deep underwater on the Dinosaur Train to view two backwards-bounding brothers named Max and Mitch Michelinoceras. (Triassic time period)
• "Paulie Pliosaurus" - The Pteranodon family view the "T. rex of the Ocean," a marine reptile called Paulie Pliosaurus, one of the largest-ever marine predators known. The group gets to meet his very large mother as well. (Jurassic time period)
Cowabunga! These ocean themed episodes feature a fun and catchy beach music song sung by the conductor and my kids love to sing along. Before watching the episodes we had never heard of these prehistoric creatures of the ocean. The kids especially enjoyed watching the shark episode and my daughter was surprised that the shark species has been around for such a long time. They also loved comparing Buddy to Paulie Pliosaurus, the "T-Rex of the Ocean." Later on we researched the Pliosaurus and learned that a large plesiosaur fossil measuring 50 feet was discovered a couple of years ago on an Arctic island. That's the beauty of DINOSAUR TRAIN - it appeals to a wide audience. Younger kids can watch the show and check out the corresponding website, while older dinosaur-loving kids can further research and learn more about the dinosaurs and creatures introduced in the episodes.
DINOSAUR TRAIN: Dinosaurs Under The Sea DVD contains the four episodes mentioned above plus four others (eight total) and runs 120 minutes.
• Elmer Elasmosaurus
• Carla Cretoxyrhina
• The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers
• Paulie Pliosaurus
• Elmer Visits the Desert
• Shiny's Sea Shells
• Jess Hesperornis
• The Old Spinosaurus and the Sea
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Thanks to The Jim Henson Company for sending us a review screener DVD of the Dinosaur Train: "Under the Sea" special for review purposes. (View my full disclosure statement for more information about my reviews.)


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Video Appears to Show Richfield Officer Hitting Teen
RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - A Somali civil rights group is asking for a meeting with the Richfield Police Department after a video appears to show an officer pushing and striking a teen.
Omar Jamal, chief executive of the Somali Human Rights commission, says the incident is horrible and the commission wants the use of excessive force to stop.
The incident happened Saturday night. Nineteen-year-old Kamal Gelle says he was pulled over and given a citation for careless driving. Gelle says he then got out of his car to talk on his phone.
He says that's when the officer pushed him and hit him in the side of his head. Gelle says his friends then approached the officer -- but that's not on video.
Deputy Chief Mike Koob says police are looking into the matter.