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Il predominio dei dispositivi portatili nell'ultimo report ComScore il 60% del tempo speso sui media digitali avviene su smartphone e tablet
A lot of talk about the future of the internet sounds almost hippie-spiritual or faux-philosophical. The Internet is not the same as the world-wide-web. But th…
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15 Essential Netiquette Guidelines to Share with Your Students ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
"Netiquette ( net + etiquette) is the code of proper conduct applied to virtual online spaces. This code is dictated by common sense rules ( manners ) and social conventions. Teaching students about netiquette is just as important as teaching them to use technology in their learning. Crafting a netiquette memo for your class and informing your students about the importance of these rules will definitely help you create an engaging, respectful, and meaningful learning environment where collaboration and diversity of opinions are celebrated."
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Sally Tilley's curator insight, June 12, 2014 6:15 PM
Always good to remind ourselves and others about appropriate behavior online, thanks for sharing!
We have an early look at some of the interesting data coming out of a larger report on teacher attitudes around the use of games in the classroom. The numbers hint at wider use of games in the classroom and indicate teachers see the real benefit of games in helping low-performing students.
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Beth Dichter's curator insight, June 9, 2014 8:17 PM
Do you think games have a place in your classroom? This newly released data is from a survey of 694 K-8 teachers in the U.S. that the Joan Ganz Cooney Center conducted in 2013 to see how teachers are using digital games in their classrooms.
* 74% of teachers are using games in their classroom
* 55% of students play games at least once a week
* 72% of students access games on a PC or a Mac, and 41% of teachers use a white board to share games
* The two greatest barriers are the time it takes to implement games (45%) and the cost of the games (44%)
This post from Games and Learning provides the current data in both a visual and written form. There is much more to be found on the website. You may also want to check out the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. They have also published an article on this which may be found at http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/2014/06/09/digital-games-in-the-classroom-a-national-surevy/
Cari utenti di Articulate Studio '13, è uscito il secondo aggiornamento, che potete scaricare gratuitamente da questo link. Articulate Studio '13 Italia. Ecco i changelog ufficiali per i rispettivi software: Articulate Presenter '13.
As I move in to a role where I will be working with other colleagues on a more formal basis when it comes to e-learning, I have been reflecting upon different Apps. I was thinking about SAMR and which Apps can have transformative learning linked to them, if used properly. The list started growing quite …
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Based in the UK, Maria Tiurina took six months to complete this ink drawing on an A1 sheet of paper.
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Sometimes you're just stuck in a creativity rut. Check out these 27 simple ideas to boost your creativity!
#"Storytelling is a powerful way to inspire students, build community and give children a voice. There are a few great apps that help students of all ages write and tell their own stories (Shadow Puppet, Toontastic) and a new app that I absolutely love is Adobe Voice. This free iPad app is very user friendly and makes the storytelling process simple for children young and old. Kids can add pictures, text, and even choose from different icons to bring their stories to life. Adobe Voice has an easy recording feature for students to add their voice as narration. There is a music library and a selection of themes for users to pick out and include in their final product."
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Anica Petkoska's curator insight, May 27, 2014 10:48 AM
Adobe Voice: A Powerful Storytelling App - Class Tech Tips |
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gita anindya's curator insight, April 10, 2014 4:34 AM
wow! now we can connected quiet-easily. how come? it's great!
Papyrus is a simple online editor to create ebooks.You can edit the cover using a simple drag and drop cover editor, import content from the web, or create new content as easily as writing a blog post.If you want to sell your ebook, all you have to do is set a price and click publish.
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Catherine Wooller's curator insight, April 24, 2014 7:04 PM
This looks really useful. Free to create books for up to 5000 words. Can also be created collaboratively which might be useful. You can also create an ebook from your blog.
Curatorially Yours's curator insight, May 2, 2014 4:09 AM
Looks interesting - I'll be checking this one out when I get a spare moment!
Alfredo Corell's curator insight, May 3, 2014 1:05 PM
An awesome web based ePub & PDF creator. Create & edit online & it will generate ePub & PDF of your book for download.
Teachers Visual Guide to Blended Learning ~ Educational Technology and #Mobile #Learning | #elearning
Blended learning , like BYOD and Flipped learning, is an educational concept that has gained much prominence with the massive uptake of web 2.0 technologies.
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Sue Walsh's curator insight, March 15, 2014 4:21 PM
This is very good. As it says, start from the bottom. Academic vision, resourcing and strong unwavering sponsorship are key.
Tom Nixon's curator insight, March 15, 2014 11:06 PM
If you build it, they will come. This is how to build it!
The Top eLearning Blogs! eLearning Feeds ranks and scores hundreds of Top e-Learning blogs, while helping eLearning oriented readers to answer the question "What's happening in the e-Learning industry" on a daily basis based on the Top eLearning Blogs. Check out the Top eLearning blogs to stay updated on what people are talking about in the eLearning Industry. If you are the owner of a Top e-Learning blog feel free to submit your Top eLearning Blog's RSS Feed.
Video Preview: http://bit.ly/digitalhuman There is no one pedagogical strategy that works for all students and teachers or in all situations. The space of the …
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You've got every device under the sun in front of you. Now what apps are you going to use? Here are the apps or app categories that I recommend you test for your school. There are lots of apps, and t
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Blogging should not be an add-on, not an isolated project, but should be seen as PEDAGOGY. Ann Davis shared a definition of Pedagogy beyond a simple "method of teaching" (unfortunately I was not a...
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Sherri Wilson's curator insight, June 9, 2014 8:27 AM
Love this definition of pedagogy. Makes total sense!
Mónica Silakowicz's curator insight, June 9, 2014 8:58 AM
Pedagogía: "Las estrategias, técnicas y enfoques que los profesores pueden utilizar para facilitar el aprendizaje."
Tina Jameson's curator insight, June 19, 2014 6:53 PM
If you are looking at 'blogging' as a possible classroom tool / strategy to use with students - then this infographic and accompanying 'blog' advice could be useful.
Learn how to get the best of Gamification and MOOCs approaches to improve your training programs!
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10 Years of Educational Technology Trends in Online Learning Infographic: Looking Back to Move Forward.
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The ways learning happens in the US are shifting rapidly. We're out to capture learning in its natural habitat, from soccer fields to science labs, boardrooms to bedrooms. Welcome to NPR Ed.
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The historical reasons and the purpose beyond the appearance of CLT and its principles
Via TeachingEnglish, Yuly Asencion
A list of most creative, award-winning print ads for books, bookshops and libraries.
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Anna Rauvenpoor's curator insight, May 29, 2014 10:44 AM
I will be shamelessly stealing some of these great ideas.
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Marijke Trienekens's curator insight, March 17, 2015 4:27 AM
Blended learning vs Flipping the classroom Infographic
Jane Boothman's curator insight, February 21, 2016 3:35 AM
Blended or flipped. Nice clarifying infographic for those who still couldn't make out one from the other.
In the last year I have been working toward building up our district e-curriculum. With this emphasis comes the need to also provide classroom educators and students with resources regarding proper learning and citizenship on the internet. In the next few posts I wish to not only share resources, but also information I have either created or found in assisting teachers and students in promoting an e-learning environment that promotes learning, academics, safety, and 21st century learning.
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Feature articles, app reviews, curriculum app guides and unique interviews with educators and app developers.
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DBliton's curator insight, May 1, 2014 7:12 PM
"Who Moved My Classroom is the first in a four part series where we will take an in-depth look at how you can gamify learning and instruction in your professional development program and help all educators adapt to change"
"Learning through play. Self-directed learning. Flipped learning. Mobile learning. Collaborative learning. Social learning. It's all here. Alone, none offer the turn-key approach to education that textbooks have traditionally turned to, but that's part of the strength. As education technology grows, we can adapt to new learning models that take advantage of the fragmented but enormous potential of self-directed, creative, collaborative, and almost entirely mobile learning."
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Look at that friggin' pothead up there. That's Bob Arum, founder and CEO of Top Rank, which has promoted fighters from Muhammad Ali to Ray Mancini to Butterbean. Hey Bob, you with us, buddy? Or are you too busy getting stoned on grass to be a productive member of society? Are you too busy going to pot parties with unruly teens? Are you too busy shooting "skunk" weed straight into your eyeballs to pay attention to what's happening around you?! Hey Bob, come back!
This week, after last week's exciting fight against Sergio Martinez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for marijuana. He's managed by Top Rank, so Arum had a comment for ESPN:
"The commission let (Top Rank's Carl) Moretti know (Tuesday) night that he tested positive," Arum said. "I can't really get excited about it. There's no promoter in boxing who could pass the marijuana test, including myself.
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He's 80 years old, lives in Las Vegas, has had many public feuds with Don King, and apparently allows all business at his boxing promotion company to be conducted through a thick cloud of weed smoke. Bob, you're alright. Incidentally, we now know why boxing has slid precipitously into the periphery of American sports: Pot parties—possibly attended by unruly teens. It actually sort of explains a lot.


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Preparation time: 20 minutes
Servings: 3 ( 2 wraps each)
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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½ cup lowfat lemon yogurt
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1 ½ cups seedless red grapes, cut in half
1 stalk celery, diced
¼ cup chopped dates
2 tablespoons minced red onion
2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
6 large green or red leaf lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry
1. In a medium bowl, combine first three ingredients, mix well.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients except lettuce. Mix together well.
3. Place about 1/2 cup of tuna mixture into center of each lettuce leaf and roll up. Garnish with additional red grapes, if desired.
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Calories: 326
Carbohydrates: 35g
Total Fat: 7.4g
Cholesterol: 50mg
Saturated Fat: 1.6g
Dietary Fiber: 3.5g
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There is a piece of software called Belarc Advisor that can spec out your PC super-quick and seems incredibly helpful. Unlike Magic Jelly Bean Keyfinder, which is a good tool to have as well, Belarc Advisor not only gets the keys for various pieces of Windows Software, but also checks out the status of your (Windows-only) machine's security hotfixens and displays your system specfications.
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French toast
I believe in food recycling, i.e. when something is still edible, and there is a delicious and healthy way to eat it, then why not? We should never let our food spoil, even when there's overabundance of it! :-) Enjoy these delicious, savory French toasts, which make a perfect weekend breakfast.
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Fourteen things you might not know about the Hamptons.
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Kathleen's Cookies were as good in the 1980s and 1990s as Tate's Cookies are today. Whatever happened to Kathleen's Cookies? They are one and the same, sort of. Kathleen King, the local girl who founded Kathleen's Cookies, went through a hard time in the 1990s. In 1998, Kathleen entered into a partnership with brothers Kevin and Robert Weber. Tensions ensued, and as the Webers sought to sell the cookies nationwide, they ousted Kathleen from the very business she had started and founded a bakery in Virginia.
The brothers failed, however. Many people said the nationwide Kathleen's Cookie didn't taste as good. They produced an inferior product to the one everyone had come to love.
In 2000, though Kathleen couldn't use her own name, she re-started her bakery making the cookies as she used to, but with a new name. Tate's Cookies are named after Kathleen's dad Tate King, the owner of North Sea Farms. Kathleen now oversees her own wholesale bake plant in Moriches and using her same recipe, competes nationwide while still selling her cookies in Southampton. Last November, Consumer Reports named Tate's Cookies the best tasting cookie in America.
There's a moral here. I think it's Kathleen King.
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When fast food joints began showing up all over America 30 years ago, the Town of East Hampton passed a law saying there shall be no McDonald's, no Burger King, no Taco Bell and no other drive-thru or fast food restaurants within its borders.
During the years that followed, fast food joints came to Riverhead Town and Southampton Town. The Dan's Papers office on County Road 39 in Southampton is, in fact, just a cheeseburger throw from Burger King and McDonald's and a donut throw from Dunkin' Donuts. In East Hampton, however, the citizenry stood fast. There isn't a bucket o' chicken from Montauk to Wainscott nor is there a drive-thru Taco Bell. I might add, however, that the chains have tried. But they've been turned away.
Last year, a 7-Eleven franchise was proposed for Main Street in Montauk, which is part of East Hampton. And guess what? There is no law against fast food joints. Never was. It was just part of the Town's legends.
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As you enter downtown Southampton, you see signs by the side of the roadsides that read PLEASE OBSERVE OUR DRESS CODE LAWS. Turns out this is for real. Southampton Village (which is a separate entity from Southampton Township,) passed this law many years ago when people, particularly women, dressed in a more modest fashion.
There are oil paintings made during that time that show wooden "bathing" wagons down at the beaches in Southampton inside which women could change from their bustle dresses and big floppy hats into modest bathing gear to take a quick dip in the sea.
The rules—I have read the rules—say that you must keep covered the parts of your body between the top of your nipples to halfway between the hip and the thigh at all times while in the village. The only exception to this is for the first 100 feet of and coming ashore from the ocean, which would include the beach and your wagon.
This law has never been repealed.
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All the towns and villages out here hold weekly council meetings to go over what's up. A member of the board in the Town is called a Councilman. A member of a board in a village is called a Trustee. Villages, which are small municipalities carved out of the towns and which generally lie within the borders of the town, consider the job of Trustee to be part time and holders of the job are paid accordingly ($15,000 a year in Southampton Village.) On the other hand, Councilmen (and women) work full time at their jobs and are paid accordingly. Towns are generally 10 times the size of the Villages in population. There's more to do. Mayors run villages (and are paid very little.) Supervisors run towns (and are paid for full time.)
But if village boards are populated with Trustees who consult with a Mayor, the Towns also have Trustees. And they have no relationship with the Village Trustees (who ARE related by job with the Town Councilmen.)
The Town Trustees are a group of local men and women who are elected every two years to oversee the care and maintenance of the town's wetlands, marshes, bay bottoms, harbors, ponds and lakes, the creatures that live in them and the wetlands that surround them.
The job of Town Trustee was created by Governor Thomas Dongan in 1686.
You have now completed your crash course on how this part of the world is administered.
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The eastern half of Sag Harbor Village has been carved out of East Hampton Town. The western half of Sag Harbor Village has been carved out of Southampton Town. The line inside the Village of Sag Harbor demarking the place where the two town jurisdictions meet is a road named Division Street. There is a three inch wide white line down the center of it. The very center of this white line, where it's one and a half inches on either side, marks the boundary.
There should be quite a story about how this came to happen, but apparently whatever it was, back in 1707, it was never written down.
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The 11 historic old English windmills still standing are the largest collection of these mills in America. These particular ones, and many more, were built between 1790 and 1820 to grind grain into flour. All are protected historic properties. This year, 2012, the Montauk Lighthouse, built by order of President George Washington in 1792, was declared a National Historic Landmark.
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The youngest and second youngest women to become First Ladies to American Presidents were both from East Hampton.
Julia Gardiner was 24 when she married President John Tyler in 1844. She was married while John Tyler was in the White House, and so when Tyler slipped a ring on her finger, she became a first lady.
Jackie Bouvier was 24 when she married Jack Kennedy in 1953. She became first lady seven years later when he was elected President in 1960.
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There is a road in the Northwest Woods section of East Hampton called Northwest Road that runs straight as an arrow for one mile, then veers off to the right for about 100 feet as if it is going around something and then comes back to continue on once again straight as an arrow for another mile.
I have no idea why it does that. If you know why email me at [email protected].
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After the Hurricane of 1938 hit the Village of Westhampton Beach, downtown was flooded, almost all the mansions out on Dune Road were destroyed, all the glass showroom windows on Main Street were shattered and the Village records were nowhere to be found.
A day later, they were found floating down over a village in New Hampshire where they were gathered up and returned.
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The village of Montauk holds more salt water fishing records than any other village in the world.
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Hildreth's Department Store in Southampton is the oldest department store in America, founded in 1842.
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In the War of 1812, the British tried to land soldiers in waterfront towns along the eastern seaboard of America for the purpose of setting them on fire. They were successful in many cities, including most of New York City, Savannah and Charleston. Here in the Hamptons, the redcoats rowed longboats to Long Wharf in Sag Harbor one dark night, but were confronted by militiamen who had been alerted by lookouts, and in a brisk one hour battle, were driven off.
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Albert Einstein summered in Southold in 1939. Marilyn Monroe summered in Amagansett in 1958.
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Two enormous granite sculptures of seated women flank the entry doors of Home Sweet Home Moving and Storage in Wainscott. They were put into storage there about 30 years ago by someone who never came back for them. Years later, the woman who sculpted these objects, now elderly and living in Maine, tried to get the storage facility to return them to her, but Home Sweet Home said come get them if you want them, but you have to pay the storage bill. They remain there today.


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A potential problem for a pre SSX wife for Liu Bei is either Liu Bei and SSX are flirting while he is married or she suddenly marries him soon after he became a widower having had no flirting before. Whereas right now they have both get time to build a romance (and then she vanishes off the face of the earth once they marry)... Having said that, acknowledging 3kingdoms China wasn't full of one true love (bar Xun Can and Lady Cao!) wouldn't hurt.
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Anti-Doping Update November 22, 2012
By Erin Greene on 22/11/12 at 11:24 am
Several announcements were recently made after the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Foundation Board meeting. According to WADA "WADA's Foundation Board was presented with the second draft of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code at a meeting in Montreal during which it also confirmed a zero-percent funding increase for WADA in 2013.
In accordance with the ongoing Code Review Plan, the Foundation Board discussed the revised draft Code and acknowledged changes which had been reviewed by WADA's Executive Committee a day earlier.
The present draft substantially strengthens the sanctions for serious violations, increasing from two years to four years the penalties, for example, for the use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, masking agents, trafficking and prohibited methods.
Consequently, Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter has not been included in the draft version of the Code. Also known as the Osaka Rule, it was part of the Olympic Charter until last year when it was ruled non-compliant with the Code.
It had been originally drafted to allow the IOC to prevent athletes who had received a doping sanction of more than six months from competing in the next Olympic Games.
"It is clear from the number of submissions we received, that there is a strong desire in the world of sport, from governments and within the anti-doping community to strengthen the sanction articles in the Code," explained WADA President John Fahey.
"This second draft has done that, doubling the length of suspension for serious offenders and widening the scope for anti-doping organizations to impose lifetime bans.
"The Code review is intended to increase the effectiveness of anti-doping, and athletes must know that there is a heavy price to pay for intentional doping, that the risks are high. I am confident this draft will deliver that message loud and clear, and that our own stakeholders will agree."
Prohibited List criteria
Remaining in the next draft is the proposal on the criteria for a substance or method to be included on the Prohibited List.
It is proposed that for any substance or method to be on the List it must first have the potential to be performance enhancing, and second be either contrary to the spirit of sport or contrary to the health of athletes.
Among submissions that did not result in amendments to this draft were suggestions to remove the B sample, and to change the sanction process for teams should there be positive cases for two members. These remain the same as the existing Code.
Stakeholders to the Code will have another opportunity to comment on the latest draft version during the third and final consultation phase of the Code Review Process. This starts on December 3 – when the second draft will be published – and runs through to March 1, 2013.
Funding freeze
For the second year in succession, WADA's Foundation Board confirmed that the Agency would not be receiving additional funding, and would have to continue to operate in 2013 with the same level of income it received in 2011. With the continuing economic conditions worldwide, representatives from Governments did not agree to provide any additional funding for WADA, which has an annual income of approximately $28 million.
"This is the second year in a row that we have received a zero-percent increase, and while we appreciate that economies across the world continue to struggle, this freeze is not ideal for the fight against doping in sport," explained Mr. Fahey.
"It is widely accepted that doping is a major issue no longer restricted to the sporting world, and that it must be addressed by society as a whole.
"WADA has dipped into reserves over the last two years to cover shortfalls for its operating costs, but if funding continues to remain the same then the Agency will be forced to cut back its activities."
Data Protection
Following the Foundation Board meeting in May, WADA's Legal Counsel again gave an update on the status of data protection in Europe with regards to the submission of athlete information to anti-doping databases.
It was again explained that the data protection regulation proposed by the European Commission could be an impediment to the fight against doping in sport. WADA's Athlete Committee also raised concerns on an issue that is a major matter for sport in general to deal with.
"It is important to acknowledge the impact this legislation will have, and it is essential our representatives from Europe report back to us on the steps that are being taken to resolve this potential issue," added Mr. Fahey.
Ankara Laboratory
Executive Board members agreed that the Ankara Laboratory's application for reaccreditation proceeds with an immediate accelerated process. Ankara's accreditation was revoked on June 27, 2011 after a WADA review confirmed that the Laboratory had reported false positives for the stimulant Modafinil."


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The Houston Dynamo experienced their first Dynamo Charities Cup loss in the challenge's three-year history on Wednesday night, dropping a 2-0 result to English Premier League side Bolton Wanderers at Robertson Stadium. The game did, however, draw a record crowd for the annual event, as 13,612 were on hand to see Ivan Klasnic and Bolton captain Kevin Davies score for the English side.
Both teams held their own in a match that saw the Houston Dynamo run out just two starters from last Saturday's game against Kansas City. Houston battled Bolton for the possession and equaled the EPL side with 12 shots on the night. While the run of play was close, the difference in the game was Bolton's ability to create quality chances. Bolton bested Houston 6-2 in shots on goal to test Houston reserve goalkeeper Tyler Deric.
The scoring started in the 32nd minute when Klasnic beat Houston defender Eddie Robinson in the box. Davies — who finished the night with a goal and an assist — flicked on an attacking throw that found Klasnic's head, giving the EPL side a first-half lead.
Davies then added the winner in the 58th minute when he took advantage of an open-net opportunity. Deric came way off his line but failed to get to a through ball that released Martin Petrov into space. Petrov played a strong ball through the box, and after Robinson was unable to make a clearance across his body, Davies was waiting to tap in Wanderers' second.
Houston's best chance came in the 77th minute. Brad Davis — who came on in the 75th minute for an injured Robinson — sent one of his patented left-footed crosses through the 18-yard box. After being knocked around, the ball found its way to Danny Cruz, who fired a low, left-footed shot to the near post to force Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen to make a diving save — one of only two on the night for the Finnish international. Jason Garey also had a goal disallowed for an offside decision.
The win caps Bolton's U.S. tour with two wins and a loss. Houston continues MLS play on Saturday night when the Dynamo travel to Los Angeles for the second of their series with Chivas USA, whom they beat 2-1 in Houston on June 11.
Bolton Wanderers vs. Houston Dynamo
July 20, 2011 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Dynamo Charities Cup
Scoring Summary:
BOL -- Ivan Klasnic (Kevin Davies) 32
BOL -- Kevin Davies (Martin Petrov) 58
Bolton Wanderers -- Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson (Mark Connolly 80), Gary Cahill, Zat Knight (David Wheater 46), Paul Robinson (Tope Obadeyi 81), Chung-Yong Lee (Marcos Alonso 67), Ricardo Gardner (Fabrice Muamba 61), Darren Pratley (Mark Davies 46), Martin Petrov, Kevin Davies, Ivan Klasnic (Robbie Blake 61).
Substitutes Not Used: Adam Bogdan, Rob Lainton.
Houston Dynamo -- Houston Dynamo -- Tyler Deric, Hunter Freeman (Kofi Sarkodie 60), Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Brad Davis 72), Andre Hainault (Corey Ashe 60, Francisco Navas Cobo 78), Alex Dixon, Je-Vaughn Watson (Josue Soto 67), Bjorn Lindemann (Danny Cruz 61), Colin Clark, Cam Weaver (Jason Garey 46), Will Bruin (Miler Castillo 61).
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Alvaro Sanchez.
Misconduct Summary:
BOL -- David Wheater (caution; Reckless Foul) 50
Referee: Alex Prus
Referee's Assistants: Adam Garner; Greg Boles
4th Official: Armando Villarreal
Attendance: 13,612
Weather: Clear-and-89 degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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Considering China
The surge of activity and Chinese government investment today is similar to the thrust of science and technology in the 1950s that made the United States the world's superpower.
Not all that long ago, when I wrote something for AD&P I knew with a high degree of certainty that (1) it was being read in the pages of the physical magazine and (2) it was being read, by and large, in North America, and in the U.S. for the most part. But since there has been autofieldguide.com, which contains both the content of the physical magazine as well as materials written specifically for the website, I'm not certain how you are seeing this information or where you are. (Yes, yes, we know who gets the magazine and we can see the various web stats that indicate where hits are coming from. But you get my point.)
So, with that preface, let me make a point that is particularly germane to designers, engineers, and executives in the U.S., as well as to those who are in other western countries, especially people who work for companies that have been on a real roll of late when it comes to selling cars in China. Even with the decline in the Chinese auto market, comparatively speaking it is still hot. Contrast it with the European market (where many of the non-U.S. designers, engineers and executives who will find this exceedingly pertinent work, because their companies—like Audi and BMW—have huge sales in China) and it is absolutely incendiary.
The point comes from an observation in China's Design Revolution by Lorraine Justice (The MIT Press; 2012), who spent seven years as the director of the School of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and who is now dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. Professor Justice provides some context for understanding some of what's occurring in China today, with her obvious subject and bias being design. She points out, "Over the past sixty years, [the] Chinese had little experience being consumers. And whereas the United States and Europe took hundreds of years to develop capitalism, consumerism, and the accompanying Western expertise in branding, design, and marketing, China is compressing that time frame to achieve its goal of creating an economy that combines communist and capitalist elements." This time compression of creating a consuming class explains the heated markets for everything from smart phones to luxury cars.
This is the observation from Professor Justice that needs to be considered long and hard by anyone who thinks that the Chinese demand for Western products is going to continue on and on and on: "The surge of activity and Chinese government investment today is similar to the thrust of science and technology in the 1950s that made the United States the world's superpower. Unlike the United States, however, China is focusing on design and innovation and supporting culture and creativity on a massive scale. The national and provincial Chinese governments are supporting design and creative activities in first-, second-, and third-tier cities in order to stimulate economic growth."
The U.S. investments in science and technology in the '50s allowed the U.S. to land a man on the Moon in the 1960s. And there were all of the knock-on technological benefits that came along with Neil Armstrong's ride. And now the Chinese are working to create consumer products with the designs and the characteristics that not only will have domestic appeal, but presumably international appeal, and they're doing so with a zeal and a commitment that is probably hard for those who aren't on the ground in China to recognize. So what does this mean? Let's use Professor Justice for some data points:
• "Although Coach and Louis Vuitton bags may sell well, these companies cannot expect repeat sales over many years. China is on its way to developing its own brands and may prove to be highly competitive in coming years, especially if there is cultural pressure to 'buy China.'"
• "Now that China has approximately forty car companies, the future trend may be to purchase high-end Chinese along with Chinese-designed high-end fashion. It [may] also be that these products will become attractive exports to a Western world always looking for something new." Sure, everyone has seen the miserable Chinese car crash tests on YouTube. Do you really think that hasn't changed significantly since that's happened?
• ". . . as China positions itself to create its own products for its own internal market, it will become less reliant on external product orders."
• And I could go on with other examples that she provides in her excellent book.
It comes down to this: China is not only a huge market, but it is going to become a strong competitor. Anyone—and any company—in the West that fails to recognize this is going to wish that they suffered the fate of those in industry who underestimated the Japanese.
It has been pointed out I misstated Newton's Second Law of Motion in the last column, which is actually F=ma. I'd like to blame that error on the Third Law of Thermodynamics.
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Detroit's Villanueva ejected for flagrant foul
Charlie Villanueva has been ejected from Detroit's game against Sacramento for a flagrant foul in the second quarter.
Isaiah Thomas drove the lane and was knocked hard to the floor by Villanueva. Thomas then got up appeared to swing his right arm quickly at Villanueva.
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There are plenty of reasons to not like risk these days: the condition of the global economy, for instance, and Europe's sovereign saga.
While European investors, according to a survey conducted by Fitch Ratings, have reaffirmed their belief in the eurozone (33% of respondents expect some sort of a fiscal union will occur and 31% expect Europe to muddle through), the jury is nevertheless still out on that situation, hoping policymakers will continue to make a concerted effort to put in place lasting reforms that address deeper fiscal, financial and political union.
Then there's the 2008 financial crisis, still fresh in many minds. The memory of the losses they suffered is painful four years later, exacerbated by the disappointment from investment strategies that promised to deliver and didn't.
It's normal, therefore, for investors to look for strategies that minimize risk and protect on the downside. With government bonds yielding next to nothing, they're hoping, of course, to make something on the upside without risking any major loss.
The managers profiled in this story are the first to admit that their low risk/low volatility approaches to investing may not have the same appeal in a better world that they have now. After all, memories are short when the going gets good. But, they maintain, even if things go back to the way they were, innovative investment strategies that minimize downside damage while capturing something on the upside should always be part of an overall investment portfolio.
Managed Futures, Part One: A Focus on Risk Management
"When it comes to managed futures, you don't just have to have a strategy for why you're getting in—why you're getting out is even more important."
—David Kavanagh, Grant Park Funds
For most investors, the words "managed futures" conjure up images of a volatile asset class subject to suffering huge losses. Either they stay away from managed futures totally, said David Kavanagh, president of Chicago-based Grant Park Funds, or they go by the old non-correlation adage and buy them when the broader markets are in turmoil.
While it's true that these instruments do work well in rocky markets, having exposure to managed futures in any market cycle is the way to go for investors who always want a "seat belt" around their investment portfolios, he said.
Consider that since 1990, the Barclay BTOP50 Index of managed futures has had a correlation of monthly returns of 111% with the S&P 500. During the same period, the average return of the S&P 500 for its worst 15 quarters of performance was -11.7%, compared to 5.1% for the BTOP50.
"Although the diversification benefits of managed futures become even greater in times of poorly performing equity markets, it makes sense to include them in a portfolio under any market conditions," Kavanagh said.
Because of the 23 years he spent on the Chicago Board of Trade, Kavanagh bases his entire approach to the managed futures market on the mantra "live to trade another day."
"When it comes to managed futures, you don't just have to have a strategy for why you're getting in—why you're getting out is even more important," Kavanagh said.
That's why the core of his approach to the asset class centers on risk management and selecting a team of best-of-breed managers who trade in a broad range of futures contracts and who are known for having a stringent and robust risk management mechanism in place to preserve capital and control downside risk with strict volatility limits.
"When we sit down and talk to the managers who come through our door, most of them will show us good track records of varying lengths, but one of the most important questions we have is, 'How much have you lost and how do you handle drawdowns?'" Kavanagh said. "Once a manager comes out of a drawdown, how is he going to put his trades back on? That's what we're interested in."
Kavanagh is only interested in managers who know how to manage risk holistically.
"I want to know whether a manager reduced from 10% to 8% because he got out of losing trades and wanted to live to trade another day," he said. Similarly, "I'd be alarmed if he went from 12% to 13% without knowing why."
Diversity is another important factor, since it allows investors to get exposure to areas they might not have in their overall portfolio through managed futures. At any given time, trading happens in 150 individual futures contracts in currencies, energy, equity indexes, domestic and global fixed income, grains, and precious and industrial metals, among others.
As such, "a traditional investor who owns equity and fixed income would be getting exposure to markets he would not usually get exposure to," Kavanagh said. "We never really know where the next best trade is going to come from, so for the most part, we will diversify across all market sectors to take advantage of everything."
Using Fixed Income for Downside Protection Against Equity Risk
"We're constantly looking at changes in the direction of earnings streams, for example, and the multiples of changes in earnings streams."
—Mark Mowrey, Innealta Capital
If investors have become increasingly conscious of risk, Innealta Capital has made risk—predicting and minimizing it—the central theme of its investment philosophy.
"The idea is to win by not losing," said Mark Mowrey, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Innealta, which specializes in the active management of two mutual funds, the Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Fund (ICSNX) and the Innealta Capital Country Rotation Fund (ICCIX), both of which contain ETFs.
Risk, he said, should be as relevant to the construction of a portfolio as returns are, which is why the Innealta funds are constructed upon a solid fixed income base. Fixed income is Innealta's bedrock, and it is the best way to protect on the downside, Mowrey said, because "fixed income gives an investor a significant portion of their returns in a definable income stream. Given the changes in risk that can impact fixed income markets, investors can also get capital gains in fixed income markets. Because fixed income classes are, in general, less volatile than the equity markets, we ensure that our portfolios have a base level of stability."
However, there are times when, from a quantitative standpoint, the environment is more favorable for equity or industry sectors as well as geographies. Innealta seeks to determine those times by leveraging the strengths of a proprietary, quantitative framework that takes into account a range of fundamental and macro variables, and illustrates whether the equity markets present a return opportunity that validates the extra risk they might pose. In the firm's view of the world, equities are not worth the while unless they can meet that expectation.
"If our review of the framework results in a favorable risk-relative return outlook for the equity market, we may choose to invest in that market at equal weights in each fund, meaning 10% slices in the sector portfolio and 5% slices in the country portfolio," Mowrey said. "Otherwise, investments in these funds are allocated to a fixed income portfolio, which is identical across the two strategies, excepting for any proration to account for different equity holdings."
Currently, the model's risk metrics have highlighted Russia as a good equity opportunity, Mowrey said.
"We saw Russia getting attractive before the [2012 presidential] election, but we decided to hold off and see the results of the election," he said. "We still saw risks in the market, but they were not so onerous, and more importantly, we saw the fundamentals of the market as very attractive. So balancing the risk environment with the fundamentals, we put Russia on."
Mowrey will be constantly monitoring Russia, though, to make sure that it continues to present the characteristics deemed appropriate by Innealta's quantitative model.
"We're constantly looking at changes in the direction of earnings streams, for example, and the multiples of changes in earnings streams," he said. "Usually when stock prices go up and the market gets choppy, the risk metrics go up, too. We will exit if the risk comes on too strong."
Both the country and the sector strategy might be, at any given time, invested 100% in equity or 100% in fixed income. Regardless of which way the equity markets go, Innealta guarantees a stable investment base that is enhanced by tactical asset allocation, but never undermined.
Managed Futures, Part Two: Safety, Transparency Through an Index-Based Approach
"Because you know exactly what's under the hood at all times, you know what positions you're in at any given time."
—Ed Egilinsky, Direxion Funds
Ed Egilinsky, managing director of alternative investments at Direxion Funds, has worked in the alternative investment space for 20 years. In February, he launched the Direxion Indexed Managed Futures Strategy Fund (DXMIX), a product that, since its inception, has elicited enough interest from a range of advisors and investors to raise $50 billion in commitments.
Managed futures perform great in bear markets, Egilinsky said, particularly when equities have underperformed, and that's the premise of the Direxion fund. More and more investors are becoming familiar with this idea, he said. Egilinsky also firmly believes that an index-based approach to investing in the asset class is the best way to ensure that it works well in all kinds of markets.
"We feel an index-based approach is the most low-cost, transparent and effective way to get the best from the managed futures market at all times," Egilinsky said. "Because you know exactly what's under the hood at all times, you know what positions you're in at any given time. Since we're index-based, our institutional share price is also low enough for the retail investor to afford."
Based on the Auspice Managed Futures Index from Canadian firm Auspice Capital Advisors, which aims to capture both upward and downward trends in the commodity and financial markets while carefully managing risk, the Direxion Indexed Managed Futures Strategy Fund is invested in 21 exchange-traded futures in the energy, metal, agricultural, interest rate and currency sectors. Metals are also a part of the package, Egilinsky said, but equity indexes are not because "we feel you can get exposure to those through other investments."
The index upon which the fund is based incorporates dynamic risk management and contract-rolling methods, and it allocates risk and size positions based on the historical volatility of each of its components. These are also rebalanced monthly if their current risk exceeds a predetermined threshold.
"Our fund can go long or short depending on price trends," Egilinsky said. "While a lot of managed futures funds look at long-term price trends, we look at short-term price trends so that we can be more dynamic, and we can be short or long in shorter windows of time."
Blending a managed futures fund like the Direxion fund into an overall investment portfolio can help to enhance its returns and mitigate risk. The greatest advantage the asset class offers is its historical low correlation to stocks and bonds. In an approach like Direxion's, which uses short-term price trends as its guide and aims to be quick and nimble, that is true in any kind of market, bull or bear.
A Multi-Asset-Class Strategy For All Markets
"We have a real willingness to shift the mix according to our view of the world."
—Bill McQuaker, Henderson Global Investors
The last decade has been extremely disappointing for investors who bought into the idea that good things come to those who wait.
Contrary to conventional wisdom that a buy-and-hold strategy with respect to equities would ultimately pay off, many people have come to realize that equities do not always outperform in the long run, said Bill McQuaker, head of multi-asset products at Henderson Global Investors. Add to that today's challenging markets and it's clear that investors are looking for something that can give them equity-like returns without enduring the volatility of the equity markets.
"Many investors want to invest in products whose managers are sensitive to the idea of minimizing downside risk," McQuaker said.
Henderson's answer is a multi-asset-class fund, the Henderson All Asset Fund (HGAIX). Launched at the end of the first quarter of 2012, the fund relies on both qualitative and systematic measures to blend asset classes to produce a robust, all-weather portfolio. McQuaker and co-manager Chris Paine use a flexible approach to scout out investment opportunities across the globe, shifting nimbly between these as opportunities present themselves.
"Our product rests on the notion that benefit comes with diversification. However, that isn't the whole story, because we have seen that correlation does head toward one and the benefits of diversification do disappear," McQuaker said. "That's why giving fund managers the freedom to shift the mix of assets allows for more dynamic asset allocation."
The fund, which invests in a swath of asset classes including equity, inflation-linked bonds, emerging market debt, gold, oil and government bonds, is managed actively and underpinned by stringent quantitative analysis.
"We have a real willingness to shift the mix according to our view of the world," McQuaker said.
The portfolio is founded upon a core scenario, but McQuaker and Paine believe in forecasting for all situations, so portfolio selection is also based on different risk scenarios.
"The core portfolio is now exposed to risk assets, based on the view that people want yield. Alongside that we have a very consciously chosen hedge portfolio, which reflects a scenario in which the world economy may not pull through and that there may be a recession," McQuaker said. "That section of the portfolio contains U.S. government bonds and is quite a bit in cash in order to protect on the downside."
The All Asset Fund was launched with $25 million and now has around $36 million in assets under management.


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Summer is here and if you're like most families, summer camp will most likely be part of your summer plans. But summer camps today are way different from those your parents attended. Now instead of making leather bracelets, kids and teens are making technology.
Digital Media Academy's classroom at Stanford—air conditioned and decked out with brand new iMacs and Mario pixel art.
"I Will Create the Next _______"
Learning app development for the Apple iPhone and Video Game Design camp is a different kind of "screen time" and can be a great way to inspire young imaginations. At DMA, campers aged 6 to 17 choose their area of interest during week-long or two-week courses. They all create technology while meeting other young people like themselves and forging lifelong friendships.
This year Digital media Academy has added exciting brand-new tech camps to all twelve university locations across the United States and Canada:
DMA's Adventures in Science & Engineering program brings kids age 8 through 12 face to face with science and some of its coolest applications. Campers construct buildings with CAD technology, learning about concepts such as structural stress. Junior inventors also get to build water rockets and solar race cars while grasping key principles about aerodynamics and how machines work. Kids even use Scratch to make their own 2D video games. This is hands-on science coupled with the summer camp experience of a lifetime.
Meanwhile, PS3 & Xbox 360 Game Development with Unity is perfect for the youngster (age 13 to 17) who wants to design and build a next-generation game for the Xbox 360 or PS3. Campers use the industry-standard Unity game engine to help them put together a playable first- or third-person game. Topics covered include game-development work flow, asset preparation, integrating animation, controlling characters, collision detection and weapon interactions. This summer camp experience is ideal for the dedicated gamer.
Another new program debuting at DMA's Stanford location is the Academy for 3D Modeling, Animation and Visual Effects, for ages 12 through 17. Campers in this program get to go behind the scenes of Hollywood's coolest blockbusters and find out how special-effects artists are able to work their special visual magic. And by using cutting-edge software like Maya and After Effects, students are exposed to animation basics, motion tracking, color correction, green screen technology and 3D rendering. Learn how the pros do it…by doing it yourself.
At Digital Media Academy's tech camp (located at Palo Alto's scenic Stanford University) a teen learns to create a Web site.
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This summer DMA celebrates more than ten years of delivering the finest technology summer camp experience around. It is the only tech camp founded at Stanford University by Stanford technology educators—and it's grown. The company now operates programs at locations across the country, hosted by some of the nation's most prestigious college and university campuses. It's no wonder Digital Media Academy was ranked the world's best technology summer camp by Worth.com in 2011.
With world-class industry-based instruction and the best in today's latest software, a DMA summer can deliver lasting benefits and inspire kids and teens to get moving on their career dreams. Make summer vacation count…with Digital Media Academy.
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Body of foreigner found in Rawai yet to be identified
PHUKET: Police have yet to identify a male foreigner whose body was discovered near Baan Krating Phuket Resort in Rawai two weeks ago (story here).
The body was found near an empty bottle of alcohol, and had a wound on one leg resembling an animal bite.
"We have done our best so far. We have used social media to share a picture of the man hoping someone would recognize him. However, we still have not received any calls from relatives or clues from the public," Lt Veerayut Thanyasiri Sukawarakul of the Chalong Police told Phuket Gazette today.
Police are still awaiting results from Vachira Phuket Hospital to confirm the cause of death.
"I will go to the hospital tomorrow to see if they have finished the examination. If it is found that he died from the animal bite, we will close the case. If not, we will continue on with our investigation," Lt Veerayut said.
Police also plan to elicit help from the Phuket Immigration Office.
"I will send his picture to immigration as soon as possible. They may be able to find someone who knows him," Lt Veerayut added.
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Approval sought for multi-billion-baht Phuket medical hub
Industry officials are seeking the go-ahead for a project to transform over 140 rai of government land in Phuket into a world-leading medical hub. The project is budgeted at 3 – 4 billion baht, depending on which report you read. Kitkong Tantijaraswarodom, from the Federation of Thai Industries, believes the development of a medical and wellness hub in the sub-district of Mai Khao, north Phuket, will help revive the southern island's battered economy. Phuket has become increasingly reliant on a steady flow of tourists over the past 2 decades.
The southern division of the FTI covers Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Patthalung, Surat Thani, Ranong, Satun, Chumphon, and Songkhla.
"The FTI will ask the government to green-light the project during the scheduled mobile cabinet meeting on the island on November 3."
Kitkong says businesspeople in the south are anxious for the government to approve the project, which will provide both locals and foreign medical tourists with state-of-the-art medical care. The facility is expected to include long-term care, hospice and rehabilitation services, in addition to a dental hospital, sports therapy centre, and a medical training school for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical laboratory scientists.
The chair of the FTI's southern chapter is also calling on officials to provide small and medium-sized businesses with additional support, in the form of access to loans, in order to deal with cash shortages.
"In the short term, the FTI wants the government to help SMEs, especially those in the tourism sector."
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Man's body discovered hanged in a Phuket Town apartment
A man has been found hanged in Phuket Town apartment yesterday. Police are treating the cases as a suicide at the moment.
The man was found hanged from the apartment's ceiling fan. His lifeless body was discovered around 11am after neighbours complained to the manager about the smell coming from the man's room.
Police and the local Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers attended the scene. Police later confirmed the incident happened in room on the 3rd floor of an apartment lock in Soi Phoonphol Soi 1, Talat Nuea in Phuket Town. Police said the man was 35-45 years of age and had a 29 year old girlfriend from Chumphon. He was paying 1,000 baht a month and had been renting the room for 2 months. Police estimate that the man had been dead for at least 3 days.
Police told media that the man had used, what appeared to be a dress, tied around his neck and then to the room's roof fan. The apartment manager told police that he had been late on on his recent rent, speculating that the man may have been suffering financial hardship.
The man's identity has not been released at this stage.
His body was taken to Vachira Hospital for an autopsy.
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Bangkok Airways add 3 new local routes to their schedule
Some domestic routes are being added as local routes continue to expand. This time Bangkok Airways has announced it's resuming its Samui-Phuket, Phuket-Hat Yai and Phuket-Pattaya/Rayong (U-Tapao) flights.
The first additions to the schedule will be the Phuket-Samui flights resuming this Sunday, October 25, and the Phuket-Pattaya flights start again next Tuesday, October 27. The Phuket-Samui flights will be operating on Sundays and Wednesdays only on the airlines' ATR72 turbo prop regional planes, same as before.
A casual search on the Bangkok Airways website, for a return flight from Phuket to Samui on November 1, then back to Phuket on November 8 indicates the cheapest fare (promo) is 2,430 baht. Coming back, the cheapest fare we found, again labelled 'promo', was 2,630 baht. Bangkok Airways operate as a "full service" airline and don't compete with the country's discount airlines. But they operate these three routes exclusively – like it or leave it.
Bangkok Airways say that the flights will be operated "with the highest preventive measures and standards". Around the country the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand have eased a few of the onboard restrictions, including the start of catering services which were originally banned under the initial flight rules when domestic routes started flying again at the start of July.
The daily direct services between Phuket and Hat Yai are also being operated on the ATR72 aircraft. The flight to Ha Yai leaves Phuket at 8.40am and arrives at Hat Yai at 9:.45am. The return flights leave Hat Yai back to Phuket at 10.25am each day. The route was very popular for the airline before the 'disruption' when airlines had their fleets grounded in April.
The service between Phuket and U-Tapao, linking the party city with the party island, will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, again with the ATR72. Phuket to U-Tapao will leave at 12.10pm and then from U-Tapao to Phuket at 4pm on the three days. U-Tapao is about a 50 minute drive from Pattaya and the airport also serves the greater Rayong area.Keep in contact with The Thaiger by following our Facebook page.
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"Koh Samui is still safe," Covid-19 measures in place – Health Minister
Royalists rally at US Embassy, call on Americans to stop interfering with Thai politics
Pattaya – fighting to survive its Covid crisis
3 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, all asymptomatic
6 face extortion charges after allegedly posing Thai immigration police officers
145 more on Special Tourist Visa arrive in Bangkok
3 Chinese casino workers arrested with 8 million baht after illegal crossing from Myanmar
Both rallies outside German Embassy broke the law – deputy police chief
Thai PM: Do you know what will happen if I resign?
Son of Sultan of Brunei dies at the age of 38
Thanathorn, other former Future Forward Party officials, are facing criminal charges
In, out, in: human rights lawyer Arnon arrested, released, then arrested again
Education ministry says curriculum revamp will promote analytical thinking over rote learning
From Bangkok to Berlin – protesters deliver letter to German Embassy
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10 international airlines now offer flights to Thailand
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Anti-Corruption Commission official sentenced for pointing loaded gun at taxi driver
2 Thai protest leaders immediately re-arrested after being released on bail
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First UN Global Road Safety Week (23 - 29 April 2007)
The proposal to organize a Global Road Safety Week was first made by the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in March 2005. The WP.1 proposed to extend its road safety week concept, which had been limited to the UNECE region, to the global level. Furthermore, it proposed to hold the next one in 2007 rather than 2008 to sustain the momentum of international road safety activities started on World Health Day organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 7 April 2004. This was endorsed by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration shortly after.
On 26 October 2005, the United Nations General Assembly officially expressed its support for the organization of a global road safety week in resolution A/RES/60/5 on Improving global road safety. The latter invites the United Nations Regional Commissions and the World Health Organization (WHO) to jointly organize the First United Nations Global Road Safety Week to serve as a platform for global and regional, but mainly national and local, activities to raise awareness about road safety issues.
The Week was modelled on previous road safety weeks organized by the Economic Commission for Europe and on World Health Day in 2004, which was devoted to "Safe Roads".
The theme chosen for the First United Nations Road Safety Week was "young road users, including young drivers". Why young people in particular? Because as statistics clearly show, young people are overrepresented in road crashes. 18-24 year olds represent about 10% of the world's population but 25% of those killed in crashes. However, while the focus of the Week was young road users and young drivers, it is expected that it will benefit road users of all ages.
The slogan chosen for the Week, was "Road Safety is No Accident" .


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'American Hustle' and 'Gravity' lead this year's Academy Award nominations. Both films are up for 10 awards, while '12 Years a Slave' follows closely behind with nine nods.
David O. Russell's crime caper starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence and Alfonso Cuaron's breathtaking space thriller both have 10 nominations at the 86th annual film awards, while '12 Years a Slave' follows closely behind with nine nods.
'American Hustle' is up for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, as well as acting nominations for all four main cast members including Christian, Jennifer, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper.
'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' are also in contention for Best Picture alongside 'Captain Phillips', 'Dallas Buyers Club', 'Nebraska', 'Her', 'Philomena' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
'12 Years a Slave' has yielded a Best Actor nomination for leading man Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Fassbender and Best Supporting Actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong'o.
Sandra Bullock has earned an Oscar nod for 'Gravity', as has the film's visionary director Alfonso Cuaron.
Golden Globe Award winners Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett continue to rack up award nominations as they are up for Best Actor and Best Actress for 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Blue Jasmine', respectively.
Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep earns a record 18th Oscar nomination for 'August: Osage County' and her co-star Julia Roberts, who is also a past Best Actress winner, is up for Best Supporting Actress.
The nominations were announced in Los Angeles today (16.01.14) by 'Thor: The Dark World' actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
The 86th annual Academy Awards take place on March 2.
2014 Academy Awards - selected nominations:
Best Picture
'American Hustle'
'Captain Phillips'
'Dallas Buyers Club'
'12 Years a Slave'
'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Best Animated Feature
'The Croods'
'Despicable Me 2'
'Ernest & Celestine'
'The Wind Rises'
Best Actor
Christian Bale, 'American Hustle'
Bruce Dern, 'Nebraska'
Leonardo DiCaprio, 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Chiwetel Ejiofor, '12 Years a Slave'
Matthew McConaughey, 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Best Actress
Amy Adams, 'American Hustle'
Cate Blanchett, 'Blue Jasmine'
Sandra Bullock, 'Gravity'
Judi Dench, 'Philomena'
Meryl Streep, 'August: Osage County'
Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, 'Captain Phillips'
Bradley Cooper, 'American Hustle'
Michael Fassbender, '12 Years a Slave'
Jonah Hill, 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Jared Leto, 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, 'Blue Jasmine'
Jennifer Lawrence, 'American Hustle'
Lupita Nyong'o, '12 Years a Slave'
Julia Roberts, 'August: Osage County'
June Squibb, 'Nebraska'
Best Adapted Screenplay
'Before Midnight'
'Captain Phillips'
'12 Years a Slave'
'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Best Original Screenplay
'American Hustle'
'Blue Jasmine'
'Dallas Buyers Club'
Best Original Song
'Alone Not Yet Alone' from 'Alone Not Yet Alone'
'Happy' from 'Despicable Me 2'
'Let It Go' from 'Frozen'
'The Moon Song' from 'Her'
'Ordinary Love' from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'
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