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Erik Huggers on Intel's Move Into Web TV
Intel's Erik Huggers took the stage with Walt Mossberg at D: Dive Into Media on Tuesday to talk about the company's forthcoming TV device that he describes as revolutionary.
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Intel makes chips right ... all of them ... and this a media conference ... the rumor is you're going to do something with television and consumers ... in a company that makes chips so when she ... they need help are ... happy to sell you that it's true we have been working for a bounce the euro now ... to set up a new group called Intel Media ... it's a completely new division with that with new people ... so the mix of existing Intel people but a lot of people from outside the company ... given example the fire people from from Apple from jawbone from Eicher soft the BBC ... and the list goes on even Netflix who so ... it's a new group focused on ... developing ... an Internet TV platform ... and and it's can ago but there's ... no other Internet TV ... and there's quite a few out there but I think ... my opinion is that ... not many happy and actually cracked it ... not many have truly deliveries have any crack in your opinion ... now actually ... arriving in search just to clear you are talking of becoming a pay TV service to deliver video over the web like instead of paying cable company for video to you ... that's right ... and so for the first time we will do his will actually ... deliver couple things to consumers we will deliver ... a new consumer electronics products that consumers buy directly from us where for retail under new grants ... this is obviously associated with Intel brand Aleppo pepper and this may be left to weigh ... in on the wall ... he got nowhere to sell about ... two to sell the poem is Set Top Box or Roku box or Apple bought its chemical be Intel was about Intel citizen Intel powered defines yes it is a consumer electronics products ... with beautiful and Austral design powered by obviously an Intel chip ... um but that's not where it ends its not just the divine swear really gets interesting as ... are working with the entire industry ... to figure out how to we get proper TV ... delivered via the Internet to consumers this is an over the top service ... where we will deliver both live television ... broadcasts cable that's ... another ... output but also half catch up TV and introduced a properly to this market ... I personally think catch up TV still really doesn't exist here not as it exists in Europe today ... and will have ... on the man and a host of application ... but catch up TV we mean ... so Netflix ketchup Taleb while the pens I mean where I come from ... I joined Intel recently from the BBC right ... and so ... at the BBC we launched its product in two thousandseven called BBC fine play a prank me I play here is the promise to consumers to audience is ... that we would make the admissible truly aam visible and so what does that mean ... basically pull the BBC output everything on radio and television networks ... is available for transmission points ... plus seven days ... are over six hundred and fifty different devices ... and so this is not a cherry pick ... up a variety of products for output this is literally everything so if you missed something ... you don't have to record it because it's already there it's a cloud based service ... that offers you catch it ... in the UK with the BBC what happened was that white player became so that synonymous with on demand ... just like Xerox's copying Hinkley next Tuesday's tissues and so ... I think that in this market ... we have yet to see a proper catch up TV service ... like the one that I just this right now I can stitch together ratify that service I can watch box stuff aam who for seven days ... I'm working with its artwork it's it's you have to truly ... be passionate and call the little idea ... I wanna start watching some which ... I really should have watch ... but beginning last season ... maybe Netflix will have that or I can ... certainly buy from iTunes ... very likely to buy from iTunes or Amazon ... for certain now in a one time now ... rented maybe in some cases ... apps which are going to put that all men them when you say proper TV I was struck by the term of of that ... proper TV ... um ... is that you know ... you talking about ... what I get to my cable box ... and this is the key ... because my I have a rival Roku Ivan Apple TV ... on my ... the TV or home ... they give me a lot of interesting things ... but they don't get me Cable Isla said the cable box right up to pay a lot of money ... to the cable company and the effect of three picks your tell me you're going to be one thing that would do almost three things are ultimate vision is now in uni one of ... the ultimate edition that means is thought to be there along sure what will have quite a bit at launch but let me tell you that feel the tension ... ultimately we think there is an all in one solution ultimately the Apple event in our Rome wasn't built in the day it takes time sometimes but where we will start to be clear is we will have live TV ... catch up TV consistent ... will have on demand ... we'll have a set of applications but the proper TV piece is something ... that I wanna just a ... pause for second why do I say that ... I think that what we've seen so far in the industry ... are sort of ... now ... it's like the interface is that you have to date on all these variety of of of TV connected devices ... they all look like ... Web pages from the nineteen nineties blown up ... to ten ft ... and so that that Apple TV or Roku now if you try about the so-called smart TV does this action as October I agree with ... they're pretty and they're pretty clumsy to use their car to use and ... when I say proper TV ... the other thing I think about is I think about how my mind on fuel came to me over the weekend literally ... and he is like probably every of the five year old a wizard with eye pads Android devices he is completely self sufficient ... it comes to me on Saturday morning and gives me two remote controls and says Daddy ... you please put up some PBS you forgot what it was ... because he literally doesn't know how to use is it is impossible here and offer me a TV with a better interface ... better DVR and better access but still though the pay TV rights are still going to be an empty stomach was just in response to the tothe area and a paid program ... we are partnering with the program a ... partnership of programming deals ... we are working with everyone right now and we are very confident that by the time that the launch will have a very compact ... the written the checks mean you're getting done ... I think that will be very confident to have fantastic cross always competent in the ultimate future ... what's ... yours is in a duet rates a year are no other wire little bit when winning a launch ... Dish ... this year so this year to deliver a TV in linear TV to me why some of the people who look this good lotta money water resources included ... this is too expensive ... or I can't deliver something is fundamentally different with then when people are getting a TV it's the same set of bottles ... so are you doing something different or are you going to ... do what I party getting ... anywhere into a lot of things that I mean first of all ... you know in the pay TV space today ... now when you get from experience perspective is now let's talk about the PG for ... for for for justice can buy electronic program the electronic program guide exactly ... PPG today is equivalent to a spreadsheet it's basically columns and columns and rows and rows ... back to go through and through and through it ... until you're blue in this case ... it is not very friendly it is not very ... easy to use ... it sorta feels like ... you know it reminds me of my days of my first computer the Commodore sixty four ... and I think there's a lot of room for improvement there I mean if you look at what people are used to today ... on my path so I Phones Apple TV Zune other devices out there ... indeed there is a massive gap so I think that's the one incredible ... user experience that is completely easy to use in the people that we brought over an hour from the UK and the people that get on Twitter you want ... so we've got a team that really know how to do this stuff ... I think the second thing is that ... we'll have a Sanaa Rio where ... you don't need ... a lot of different inputs ... or you know you do not needs to have ... all these different team on HDMI inputs me today in my home I had to buy an HDMI switches into ... because I have too many devices so you're you're basically going to turn the sum of money to ... save me from switching inputs Senate and the view I like that but I mean I know how much money now one of pay to save ... me from switching inputs hopefully delights you in this in the process make sure that the experience you have with finding playing sharing media ... is vastly superior to what you talk about something ... Peter said I think that ... obviously there's a lot of pieces to this puzzle ... of ... how to deliver TV in a better way ... and what we considered ... to be TV ... I made sure the word TV friends these can be around fifteen years your ... your your child you were talking about ... clearly ... that to him it doesn't mean a thing oblivious he knows but Video ... knows about Gaudio but he doesn't think about radio or TV say now ... but um ... the bundle thing that Peter mentions really really important it's a piece of the problem ... there's loads of people who deeply resent their ... cable and satellite company ... for a number of reasons but one of them is this bundle ... after by all these channels I watch all channels I want all channels ... you ... are you better be able to view revolutionize TV or to reduce this box ... but thought a minute ago I heard you say ... you're still going to have ... these bonds is ... that right is anything about bonds ... Peter didn't you ... I didn't think that what I pick and choose the channels ... on the ticket I've taken what I what I but I think I might go ... Tuesday I want ESPN ... him and maybe NBC and I want ... you know ... I like that man be so I want PBS ... whatever the hell I agree with you that title don't and don't get me the ... whole package like when you go buy a car ... he was that they heated seats which data by sixteen have to ... get them ... I agree with you that what consumers want his choice ... control and convenience ... I do believe that there is value in bundles actually ... bundles you know the whole world talks about to ration care rationed because there's such a ... ham mass of information out there ... in a way to fumbles are dumb writes ... bundles are dumped on his arm on the rights of lack of a better way to explain it ... I think there's real value that ... I think you're opportunities to create ... a much more flexible environment an environment where the end user has more control ... what they have today ... I don't believe ... that the industry's ready for pure luck ... so though all year ... so does your say in a real vacation channels ... but you are saying ... and what you find it somewhat Weil said Walters ... you can have ESPN you gonna have to take his knee in ESPN one through six as well ... but if you don't want Viacom maybe you don't have to take that ... is that they're offering attractive ... now I think the offering who were talk we're not talking about any offering today in particular all I'm talking about Peter is the fact that ... I believe there's value in him aam was I believe it is a form of cure rate ... flexibility right so that's ... one thing in between but we have now on all or parts of his that's right ... it's summer ... so it still boggles ... more intelligent bubbles are smaller bundles or it's a great way to do things that are more logical to me is that as a consumer bright lights so we don't I may be so glad to not see the bundle Comcast makes me by ... that all say well these guys the street giving me a better set of choices that's how it's not purely on what part of the beast to better serve its way towards more control more choice for the oh so to save money ... now I think what this is not about for sure Peter ... is ... it's not about value ... now ... in spend is an honest to me now from an ATV you're gonna get instant Comcast or time were cable ... I wouldn't put it that way but ... I think what I what I believe is that if you get a vastly superior experience where the Delta literally when you ... get to see him ready to show you ... this thing looks like you know I'm the and in time spent twenty years compared to what you have today ... is much more person all ... that learns about you that actually cares about who you are ... verses being just you know of boxes to be a caring box ... we hope so that we do know air about her audience in selling ads airing chips that can go in there ... Intel has immediate invasion that care is I believe you care I'm that's for sure but the box for them ... not even your sauces mean that visited us ... a ... positive way to spin that the Kerry boxer and is the box and watches what you are watching ... and targets you with advertising and uses one or you don't know they are sitting on the couch and not me not Walter it's my wife and I will ... too we think is real value in the ability to actually identifying ... the various users today ... TV doesn't really know anything about it and it's it's the same TV service for everyone in the house ... sells all see what the idea but I want to wait until little creepiness here ... though I don't think so because you know one of the features that you know the going on there ... is in order to to actually recognize who was there and to offer you ... your personnel ... in our experience rather than having to log in or which are fingerprinted in directness Ghana whatever ... time to make it completely steam this kid needs in a TV camera but if you don't like the idea of a camera you think it's creepy ... the nice little shoulder he disclosed the camera and off your uncle ... ok but her uncle to um ... so I just wanna ... there's even a camera on the box and know that it looks at me while I'm watching TV ... if you want to ... don't you think that a lot of important piece you've done but I don't think so at all ... I don't think said all I think can you tell me one devices in the ... in town ... that has a new modern smart device that doesn't ship with ... this ... picture follow it up but way ... way way below what I don't really care most cameras are not at least unless somebody acts that we all have read stories about your ... people hacking them and turn the cameras ... but that but it all every one of those laptops and eye pads in the front row there ... has a camera Dapto scammers are are are for those people to turn on if they wanna have a chatter take pictures something with it ... it's not looking at them for the purpose of serving up and down ... based on ... what we do know ... we know when the cameras I'm not ... which ... have your phone will watch it ... but there is value let me let me talk about the value ... of four of the camera I mean if we have to explain that ... imagine this Sanaa read ... where you are watching your favorite TV show whenever that the richer paper challenge ... my favorite authors ... it's just it's down to the ... Anchorage ... down sadly anyone who wants that together ... with Peter and you're not in the same city now ... get your TV back when I grow at least was that it was truly a social experience of family expenditure together in a living ... what if you could actually watch that episode completely synchronized across the country ... and have a real social experience it Eric ... first of all ... this the first time I've heard that idea and there is the first time you've heard that idea now and secondly to switch me ... a switch that Peter Weir Italian but the camera watching you ... the purpose of targeting ... and that's not the same as they had ... voluntarily ... Peter Knight turning the camera I didnt on about the social I didn't talk about that we will use the camera for Target when I talked about what he did it wise to watch me it's gonna watch you because imagine the pulling ... I'll ... get another example ... I have a Netflix account and how ... am I find the nine year will use that Netflix account ... all the time ... when its my time to use that Netflix account with my life ... the recommendations that I can't ... are usually ... cartoons ... they are not relevant to me because it's a household accounts ... this is a personal care ... I got so that the informant of living ... but if I can just ... what your kids a separate account I come cheap non Dutch ... oven ... um I'm not touching that ethnic stereotype ... I ... I didn't ... know but ... but I think if you have the ability ... to actually distinguish ... that it's too ... early or Peter or before the kids or me and the kids ... and you can create an environment where you can recommend me ... actually relevant you understand the they kept going after overcome a lot of skepticism super duper ... totally clearer Privacy Ina ... privacy well we're very aware of that ... what what ... what you guys doing this was Intel getting into the consumer business ... I think it the ended the day now over and ... over the weekend I visited the and the Intel museum for the first time that if rates ... to say after being there for two years and I was a quote on the wall that actually stuck with me ... is that one of our founders Robert points ... he said ... the ... don't be encumbered by history ... you go off into something wonderful ... and so ... I think you know that's what we're trying to do we're trying to get closer to the end user we understand ... that the end user audience is half that much bigger ... in our control the state over the direction ... of the term in use are ... then you're not all the way there yet arrogance is ... like when you're at the BBC are probably the news term and user opinion inside the walls of Intel be is that we're all time why ... would they sell their stuff to people or intermediaries that make something ... everyone knows ... that every one of the I pad but most those devices were looking at ... have Intel chips ... we talk about sold Apple ... are not talk about one thing back of our card of the anton Media Carr ... says the audience is that the heart does everything we do ... that and so we really care about on his this is it ... just because Robert nice and toward pessimism wonderful present because ... Intel principal business in making chips for PCs been flat or down ... now I think Intel is very interested in getting into ... consumer businesses having a direct relationship with those consumers ... and Intel is a company ... is making a big shift towards becoming one ... with Intel calls inexperienced or company ... and so if you think about it ... what better way to learn what experienced driven is all about them through digital media through a service that directly ... relates to audiences directly deliver is experiences ... to audiences ... this is a ... pastor I he ... was fishing around aseptic women are resources out at ... other Rio to sell boxes of Mini marketing um you're getting a new CEO ... sometimes your pre baby before you launch a top of that person's gonna sign off on this well ... I'm very confident that an Ark Chairman and our boards ... are going to ... pick the right candidates ... and I think that with the support that we have for Intel media ran into me is governed by ... the small board some of the most senior people in Utah so while while are CEO is certainly a very important proponent of what we're doing here with anton Media ... Aries very broad support for though ... well ... why are you going to be better ... at having that kind of ... resonance with the consumer ... and ... big companies ... that happened to have a lot of ... consumer wealth to read ... Apple ... Micra soft ... you know they were appear tight about their ... immediate device which happens to be morphing from a gaming device aam ... cool ... has stumbled but they clearly have ... relation with with consumers ... these are not companies that have to come from someplace different they are right here in the consumer space ... look at this room and look at the lows of the devices ... and they don't say Intel so ... E-mail Intel somewhere in the device but ... point is one each thinking compete with these ... I think it the ended the day all comes down to people ... people people people and so ... count on spent the last twelve months putting together ... an incredible leadership team ... now we have a lady from Apple ... who's been there for literally twelve years ... launched most of their on products she's our head of marketing ... we have a gentleman from jawbone who put job I had the Bluetooth that company in a good job running twenty thousand retail outlets around the world ... we have a gentleman ... from Eicher soft built the media room platform ... now that the team T you'll first runs on ... the list goes on and on and on we have gone out of our way to bring a completely new ... class ... new type of skill sets ... into this cruel ... week said the group up in such a way that it is wrong in its own building ... complete home building with their own security we have our own ... now Coulter were still proud to be part of Intel don't make any mistakes but this is ... a new effort ... in and in many ways am I so to compare it with ... him when I'm back in the day when I was that Micra soft many years ago there was this moment when Micra soft ... indeed got into the gaming console is this a lot of people said ... what are they do when you make enterprise software you don't know anything about expects get ten years later or maybe more ... it's the enormous success to make it a price separating the data giveth separate company units and a ... separate unit with its own culture and different version of ... the waltz question um always consumer companies that are relationships again like a set of books that TV and they haven't got a why in hell seem like they're interested in who was someone test in Kansas City ... what you think no one else to step forward ... or ... I'm now frankly it's it's it's hard to tell I mean the company should speak for themselves as to why but they are trying to get ... that run ... he is running at ... the Eddy Cue from Apple is running around ... trying to go sit something it sounds a little bit like ... Huerta Kim I know what what he's doing I know inside is a great tailwind ... you can tell us ... you have some ideas ... bank ... they were not that's probably call each other and to the same you know ... office suites in Hollywood New York so ... busy with the messaging Apple to the public that we don't want to do this until we can do something it's fundamentally better so others can add or interface or the programming ... it will be changing in you that sound like a single the problem is that this or to stay as it is going to make a veteran of we've taken the leap of faith that time is here I mean rock band capability is here ... it works ... compression of video is completely changing landscapes again I mean ... are moving to a new Kodak HP PC which again compresses fifty percent better than age six for so the ability to deliver super high quality video ... via the Internet lines and on demand ... is here today ... we have the silicon and software and knowledge and know how to create ... an incredible product with an incredible you why ... with the new user paradigm ... am rather than wait for others to jump into that market and see it take off ... were jumping and we're going to try and make ... a quick just repeat ... what ... what you said one Peter after ... a month to save money and smell like it better ... a lot ... oh and ... and a ... Ugandan not creep me out too much or use them to be worshipped the shutter on the camera but much of the above statement ... fuel will not know what you pay today for your way to much but to the cable which two top half ... and it's not a value play this is not cut our cable bill ... is not a value play it is a quality play it is a play where we will create a superior experience for the end user ... what's any when you want else the name ... on ... by now ... it's just us ... the term was too awful to the cameras also I mean really ... could open the shutter over the camera ... don't want to get one ... it's a curious questions of the mice must of somebody ... who's curious about this ... Steve wilds ... I is cheese have been of moving from reasonably rapidly toward usage caps ... on and fairly expensive cheered services ... while ... exempting the row over the top ... services from the apps ... can ... Europe right people to be consuming all of their video ... um over the top didn't run into these camps pretty quickly ... can you ... make this war without something to guarantee the trail ... I think we are analysis says that with the service that we are building with the quantity that than the amounts of its that we will come into people's living rooms ... we think that we can live with in this caps but longer term we're certainly betting that those caps are actually gonna rise I mean ... if you talk to ... for sample people like Cisco ... they will tell you that over the next two or three or four years ... broadband access speeds will go up ... three full ... with that ... new ... technologies like docs is to read the world technologies like factoring being were allowed to sell world ... to my expectation is that this is the long-term expectations ... that the caps will either go up significantly or alternately go away ... but that takes a pretty job makes a pretty generous assumption that the highest fees ... are willing to play the role of dumb pipes ... not necessarily because if you think about it today ... ISP is actually their most profitable if you look of the people providing Internet access country and ... the most profitable line of business is actually their broadband high speed data services and so ... I think that that is an incredible ... in a lucrative business and is in an exciting business and it's not just relevant for a service like the Intel Media surface it's frankly for the entirety ... of of services out there on the web ... I will retain its character stepped the question ... we talk about the service not you not looking to actually save consumers money ... aam ... sports today sports rights are probably the biggest driver of PTT rates ... really not looking at retirement flexible bundles are you not considering ... a service that might be targeted to entertainment only type subscribers ... that aren't interested in sports ... that would effect the new lower priced type of service ... were looking at all the options is this that ... I see ... we believe the real value in bundles ... and bundles as I said is a form of pure rage so you can imagine a world ... where you have different types of packages today ... most of the service provider packages that are out there ... are all about pulling in ... the top one hundred the top two hundred the top three hundred ... and that's about the choice you hafta law one hundred two hundred that's accurate ... no ... not necessarily won't get hurt breakthrough for very very crude grind to me ... we think we can do a much better job there and in partnership with programmers ... we think we can create something so anyway I told him ... because if you are going to be intelligent decoration there is a group of people the world ... who value sports highly he might have a bundle for them ... so the group that doesn't really care about sports were certainly exploring ... that need even happen even if you want to go for that approach write a mean ... it ... there are some sport specific program of this DirecTV ... alright the most the sport is below the progress he was saying no ESPN you not to get Disney to write ... um if you wanted not if Fox Sports night it was all the facts of ... of naturally constrain Dubya was strip those out ... I think there's opportunities that come with their how foreigners opportunity goes time will tell but I think there is an opportunity to cure rate packages ... that give consumers more flexibility in Europe are finding ... some willingness on the part of the media owners ... to be more flexible than they have traditionally been with the cable guys who pay them huge amounts of money I don't know how flexible they are with the cable guys are ... so I went on a high tailed it you can see it that we can all see it and see what the bubbles are with the cable guys ... the big giant Bible teaches that based on volume that map reflects ... my thing here is an opportunity to create a smarter bungle your crippled by my point is in our previous say that ... there must be something about what you've discovered ... talk and the media guys that there's some willingness to try this ... welcome ... to ... the ... front ... a ... remote in TechCrunch ... you talk about this or teamwork this mystery ... Intel devise but we haven't said anything about this or this ... bull type of former world that we live in where we have eye pads and Android app let sin ... connected TV is ... um can you ... talk will the Tiger plans for reaching all those devices and it's I mean ... other than that why you bother with ... in Intel devise ... new teachers have chips flying around the TT use over that ... you know you've got all these connected devices already why does ... my matches build ... apps for them ... so in the air and when we started the discussion we talked about the fact that I built this thing called life player ... in the UK ... and we make that service available to over six hundred and fifty different devices everything from phones tablets to game consoles a smart Eebee's two Blu ray but ... we literally anything that plays back audience video as I lay on it ... I think it's fair to say that with the experience that we've had over there in the UK ... that this is definitely a direction that we're going to follow this is well ... know why why build the device thing it's an excellent question ... I happen to believe that if you ... walk ... if we want to deliver ... the experience that we have in mind for the living room ... that there is no platform out there today ... where we can do that ... and in order to deliver on our vision ... of that new experience ... you need to control everything you need to control the chip ... you need to control the operating system you need to control the app players ... you need to control the sensors etc that separates after ... now ... that sort of ... the reason why were there and ... if there were platforms out there where we could deliver exactly what we have in mind there would be a need to do it but there ... isn't ... I just on the Roku box ... and then you can just go just on the I pad but ... as an example but think registered Tuesday ... you are ... aren't standing ... next to be on something like the I pad as well as you or your bets ... and at the end the day I believe in the world we have a good better best experience in the best experience that we have in mind ... we will deliver on that ... device that we will shift and sell to ... on one one more quick question consumed with better wrap it up but ... they'll bump start ... but I ... don't know ... if you will hurt my question to you will be cheaper ... than where Wallace a minute ago ... the programmers all taking billions and billions of dollars from the cable companies ... what incentive do they have to you ... on bundling and work in different ways no matter how beautiful your devices in the ... country ... what incentive do they have to break their established business models and YouTube some of their content no matter how much are in ... our first of all I can say that we will on the ... right so ... what I said we will create new couples to get support what's your question is a very valid question ... let's take a look at history we went from ... over the air television ... to cable TV ... satellite TV ... to telco trip and tell if I'm constantly ... were new forms of distribution out there ... for programmers to get new distribution ... is a good thing he and the day ... and so I believe that this is just another step in the evolution ... of distribution the internet has finally gotten to a point where you can deliver ... a true TV experience where channel zapping ... becomes ... the same experience that we've lost twenty years ago when we went digital ... and in the analog days ... when you zap to channel it was ... instant ... in today's digital world of the Zappa channel you have to read seconds of nothing in your waiting and it's ... I think we can bring ... incredible TV experience ... via the Internet to consumers and that ... is a real opportunity for progress on my thing at say is that ... the model that we are not envisioning is a model where ... live ... TV and catch up TV ... all live in the same paradigm these are not different applications and so if you're a programmer ... why would you want your catch up programs to live ... in ... in in in and out somewhere else why doesn't that live under your breath if you wore on and lets people ... if your an NBC or something like that ... why do I need to go to the service provider catch up service to find the NBC programs and actually I wanted ... to find it through late ... July see branded app on ... your eye to eye my head or on Your TV that does mean is that ... right ... um can ask one other thing that we have to shut the stamp ... use this is something that we were ten met yesterday and I wanted to hear thoughts on it from the stage ... um ... the bid the ability to wireless the beam things from these devices to TV ... which Apple brands AirPlay and ... other companies have something like it but I think Apple's is the ... only one that's really taken off and a lot people use so far ... aam ... is that can be a feature of what you do ... this wireless beaming from my other devices certainly something that we're looking for show it is an important use case where consumers have obviously a multitude of media capable of ICE's whether it's photos audio or video ... the ability to display that ... on another screen a certain something I'm ... off intense interest ... it's a bit intense interest you up to ... receive this year ... thank you when their team ... take your IRA you


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I'm sorry, I just had to draw this, it's been on my mind for days =="
Mike has a black nose.
Sandy looks pretty freaking hot. Mike could go gay for that.
Then again it probably wouldn't take much to tip him into that ball park.
Feels like something I would of saw in the funny pages.
is it me or does Sandy look really manly?
she looks manly
Let your imagination fill in the rest of the story. It's like choose your own adventure!
This reminds me of thundercats:D


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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
With the new school year just around the corner, all eight elementary schools are ready to welcome new students to the first full-day kindergarten program.
Assistant Superintendent Karen Smith said all school administrators and staff members are excited for the first year of the program to begin on August 29, especially since the curriculum will be more extensive than the previous one.
"The enthusiasm on part of the staff is extraordinary," Smith said. "The pressure is off to know that [teachers] only have a half hour to get [one subject] done."
Board of Education Chairman Brian Goralski said he is thrilled for the new program, calling it the result of hard work that Smith and other school administrators accomplished in order to turn full-day kindergarten into a reality.
"I'm excited about this new initiative," Goralski said. "It didn't come as a surprise."
The new curriculum for kindergarteners will allow teachers to "dig deeper" in math, reading, phonics and other subjects. Smith said more time in the classroom means more activities that involve language development and the strengthening of fine motor skills like handwriting.
"That's creativity we weren't able to tap into before," Smith said.
Each kindergarten class will have a maximum of 18 students. Smith said all the preparations for each classroom are settled, including supplies and furniture. Transportation to and from the schools is also settled, but buses will be available for students in grades one and up on Thursday, August 29, so parents of the kindergarteners will have the opportunity to say goodbye to their children on the first day of school.
Kindergarteners will be able to start taking the bus August 30. Smith said this arrangement is a great way for five-year-olds and their parents to start a new transition.
"We found that most parents will take time off from work because they want to see their child go into their new school," Smith said. "It's a nice way for parents to bring their children in and take videos…and pictures."
Back in May, The Board of Education was able to save its proposed full-day kindergarten program, even though reductions were made during the budget process. The Board of Finance and the Town Council left the school board with $1.1 million less than what they asked for.
Administrators did not want to eliminate planned improvements in technology upgrades, school safety and the full-day kindergarten program, and this reduction led the school board to sacrifice its SOAR enrichment program for gifted students. Although two full-time positions associated with the SOAR program were eliminated, these staff members will now serve as full-time kindergarten teachers this year at Hatton Elementary School, reported Smith.
Schools prepare for full-day kindergarten
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The Public High School Special: A Real Education
With millions in federal funds given to Delaware based on its potential to improve public schools, there's a lot on the line. Is this another case of the government throwing money at a problem? Here's a look at the schools' performance now, and a survey of how they intend to reform education. Plus, find out how your school rates in our High School Ranking chart.
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Click here to download the High School Ranking - The following chart ranks schools from best to worst based on the number of AP courses offered, student-teacher ratios, graduation rates, dropout rates and academic performance. Each category is ranked individually, then totaled for an overall school score. Academic performance is based on combined DSTP scores because they were, until this year, the state standard for all students. SAT scores are included in the chart, but they are not factored into the ranking because they are not mandatory. Cost-per-student is also provided as a point of information. It is not included in a school's overall performance.
Education reform is the stuff of recent headlines, editorials and, in some cases, advertisements by groups lobbying for change. Keeping track of the legislation and initiatives is hard enough for administrators, let alone parents.
Most parents know about No Child Left Behind, which supports standards-based education reform in schools that receive federal funding. What they may not realize is that No Child is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
No Child enhanced teacher accountability, which is why most parents equate it with the state's basic skills test, which measures student performance against state-created standards. Here's the rub: This school year, the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System has replaced the Delaware Student Testing Program.
With the DSTP, a paper-and-pencil test given in March, educators waited at least a month for results. "You could not make adjustments during the school year, but it was helpful in looking for patterns of achievement," says Anne Lambert, principal of Concord High School.
DCAS, taken on the computer, is given three times a year, allowing for a more immediate response to the scores. Another difference: the performance levels. The DSTP had five. The new test has four, which are based on higher student proficiency standards. Parents may notice this year that their school skews lower than it did with the DSTP, and that may put the school in a different category, perhaps slipping from Academic Progress, for instance, to Academic Watch.
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Stingy defenses set to meet in St. Louisby Tal Pinchevsky
COYOTES (13-10-3) at BLUES (14-10-2)
TV: FS-Arizona+, FS-Midwest
Last 10: Phoenix 5-4-1, St. Louis 5-4-1
Season series: This is the second of three matchups this season between two teams that will wrap up their season series in St. Louis on April 18. Just last week, the Blues topped the Coyotes 6-3 in Glendale, with Chris Stewart registering a goal and three assists in the win. St. Louis went 3-1-0 against Phoenix last season.
Big story: Two of the League's stingiest defenses appeared to be springing leaks lately, but the Coyotes are coming off two impressive division wins while the Blues may have momentarily recaptured their early-season form despite a slate of injuries.
Team Scope:
Coyotes: With the Coyotes embarking on a crucial four-game road swing that will end with back-to-back contests against the Kings at Staples Center, they wrapped up a modest three-game homestand with an impressive performance against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Following a 2-1 win against Dallas on Saturday, the Coyotes hosted the Kings on Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena. In an important Pacific Division matchup, the Coyotes came out flying, eventually opening the scoring midway through the opening period when Mikkel Boedker took a perfect pass from Raffi Torres before firing a wrister past Jonathan Quick. Boedker would earn his second of the game on the power play early in the second period, part of four unanswered goals the Coyotes scored to begin the contest.
Mike Richards and Dustin Brown would reply, both with the man advantage, to cut into the lead, but Rob Klinkhammer scored midway through the final frame to wrap up the 5-2 Coyotes win.
Blues: After going 2-3-0 on their recent season-long five-game road trip, the Blues hosted San Jose on Tuesday night to play the Sharks for the second time in three days. After pulling out a 4-3 overtime victory in San Jose on Saturday, the Blues wanted to be sure they wouldn't require extra time to knock off the Sharks this time around.
Stewart opened the scoring in the latter half of the opening period and David Perron and Chris Porter sandwiched a Brent Burns goal for San Jose in the second to put the Blues firmly in control. Chris Stewart sealed the 4-2 victory with an empty-net goal and Jake Allen gave his finest performance of the season, stopping 39 of 41 shots for the win.
"He played a tremendous game," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said of Allen, who also beat San Jose on Saturday. "Your goaltending has to do that for you throughout the season. He's got to be able to steal games."
Who's hot: Coyotes captain Shane Doan has scored in each of his last three games and five of his last seven contests. David Moss has five points in his last six games while Keith Yandle has five points in his last seven games. … For the Blues, Stewart and Alex Pietrangelo have been on fire, registering nine and six points respectively in their last five games. Patrik Berglund has six points in his current five-game point streak.
Injury report: Defenseman Zbynek Michalek (ankle) and forward Matthew Lombardi (lower body) are both unlikely to play Thursday while forwards Radim Vrbata (foot) and David Schlemko (shoulder) are on injured reserve. … With wing T.J. Oshie now questionable with an upper-body injury, the Blues are suffering with a slew of injuries to their forwards as Alex Steen (upper body), Vladimir Tarasenko (concussion), Andy McDonald (knee) and Jamie Langenbrunner (hip surgery) are all on IR.


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MovNat®: Explore Your True Nature™
I worked with Erwan to recreate MovNat's website. I believe that it is the place to keep up-to-date with what is happening with MovNat and to learn a lot more about MovNat's founder, Erwan Le Corre and his upcoming retreats and seminars and soon to be announced level 1 MovNat certification courses.
Erwan Le Corre encourages us to celebrate and affirm our being, our true nature; to celebrate and affirm our connections to the universe and the natural world and to become strong, healthy, happy and free in the process. I couldn't agree with him more.
His message is spreading and is sure to have a major impact on how the world sees the natural movement of humans...or lack thereof.
Enjoy your journey and check out the updated www.MovNat.com
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Introducing our cute little Dash to you all! Can you tell we are utterly obsessed with this little guy? I asked Braun the other day if it were normal to look at him and instantly become baby hungry?! He said no..and that he was now worried we would have 10 kids! ;)
His stats: 6lbs 9oz 18.5 inches long. Born on February 13th at 2:01PM.
Birth story coming soon!


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President Jefferson Davis proclaimed his strategy to be one of "offensive-defensive." The strategy in fact was one of defending all resources, stockpiling supplies and taking the offensive when the supply situation warranted or the opportunity was provided by the enemy. With the exception of a few notable offensive forays his strategy would evolve into one of passive defense. Whether intentional or not President Davis, with his statement on strategy, acknowledged two of the eminent military theorists of the nineteenth century. There can be no doubt that Prussian General Carl Von or French General Antoine Jomini would not have endorsed the evolved defensive strategy of the Confederacy. They agreed that a passive defense was doomed to defeat.
Graduates of West Point and V.M.I. in the early and mid-nineteenth century would not have been familiar with Clausewitz's great work "On War" as it was not translated into English until after the Civil War. Jomini's works were translated prior to the war and some if not all of the graduates should have been familiar with his theories. Many of the theories of Clausewitz and Jomini originate from the Napoleonic Wars and we know for a fact the graduates were familiar with Napoleon. Jomini is considered the offensive minded of the two theorists though it is definite that he concurs with Clausewitz that offense must emanate from solid defense.
Clausewitz emphasized that military success would be measured by, "the political object of the war." The South's political objective was independence. Militarily this goal did not require the total defeat of Union forces or the occupation of large areas of Northern territory. The North's political goal was the preservation of the Union. This goal did require the total defeat of Confederate forces and the occupation of large areas of the South. At the onset of hostilities Confederate Secretary of War, George Wythe Randolph, wrote, "There is no instance in history of a people as numerous as we inhabiting a country as extensive as ours being subjected if true to themselves." The North's ambitious political goal and the vast land area of the South, suggest a defensive strategy of Jomini's, which has been labeled the space and time defense.
In the space and time strategy the defending forces will execute a retrograde movement drawing the attacking forces with them. The mission of this movement is to continually lengthen the attacking forces lines of communications. In the military sense time means the simultaneous movement or attack of two or more forces in two or more separate locations. The defender will employ simultaneous raids or attacks against the attacker's line of communications. The initial mission of these raids and attacks would be to disrupt these lines but not to cut them. The goal of the defender is to force the attacker to guard as much of his lines of communications as possible, thereby reducing the man power of the main attacking force. This strategy does not call for large armies such as the Army of Northern Virginia or the Army of Tennessee. If the defending commander had 40,000 troops, his dispositions could be 25,000 in the main defensive force, with the remainder being allotted to three or even four raiding units.
In order to employ the time and space strategy effectively are there requirements that must be met. The area of operations must be large. With the exception of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the South was the largest field of continuous operations to date. The ground within the area of operations must be defensible. The South's topography, with its mountain ranges, rivers, wide streams, heavily wooded areas, swamps and marshes, was conducive to defense. The commanders of the raiding units must be intrepid and innovative. The commander of the main defensive force must be well versed in maneuver and defensive tactics. The Confederacy had officers that would have excelled in this strategy. Perhaps the most important and most necessary factor to this strategy lies with the civilian population. The strategy does not call for the active participation of the civilians in the military aspect. Loss of home territory, whether by force or by the strategy employed, can adversely influence the morale on the home front. Resistance to the loss of morale and passive resistance to the attacker are crucial to the success of the space and time strategy. The spirit and determination of the Confederacy's civilians made up for many military deficiencies that the South suffered. This spirit and determination would have been fully sufficient for the employment of the space and time strategy.
Effective space and time defensive
An example of how effective the space and time defensive strategy could have been during the Civil War is William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. Sherman's forces were totally dependent on the Western and Atlantic railroad. As General Joseph E. Johnston's forces retreated towards Atlanta they took or used all the forage and supplies along their line of march, forcing Sherman to be even more dependent on his one railroad. No one was more aware of his precarious lines of communication than General Sherman. At the start of his campaign he had assigned no less than 20,000 troops to defend this single railroad line. On May 5, as the Army of the Tennessee prepared to move through Snake Creek Gap, Sherman stressed to McPherson, "Strike hard as it may save us what we have most reason to apprehend, a slow pursuit, in which he gains strength as we lose it." Sherman may have been referring to the possible reinforcement of Johnston and the prepared defensive fortifications ahead of which the Confederates would surely make use. The weakening of his own forces could only have come from attrition, as reinforcements were readily available. In any movement that a force undertakes attrition is a natural occurrence. The remedy for this natural attrition is found in the availability of supplies. As he moved toward Atlanta, Sherman knew his line of supply was being stretched, resulting in difficulty supplying his troops at the front.
As General Johnston retreated he was executing part of the equation of the space and time strategy, albeit unknowingly. The strategy does not dictate if the retrograde movement is forced or planned. It does stress that the defender does not allow the attacker to draw them into a major engagement. General Johnston was successful in this. In his memoirs he wrote that, on June 13, he requested President Jefferson Davis to have all available cavalry not assigned to his army, placed under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest's mission would be to fall on Sherman's one line of communication disrupting and if possible destroying it. Johnston maintained that he wrote six letters to Davis on the subject. Two letters were sent directly and four routed through General Braxton Bragg. Richmond turned a deaf ear to Johnston even though his plan was endorsed by Polk and Hardee, Johnston's corps commanders. At a later date General Robert E. Lee urged the implementation of the plan but Richmond still did not act. Did Richmond's indifference to this plan cost the Confederacy Atlanta and subsequently the war?
Had Forrest been ordered to execute Johnston's plan, the second part of the space and time defense equation would have been met. To finish the equation, Forrest would have to attack the railroad at more than one location simultaneously. Forrest had made use of this tactic in previous raids. Sherman's greatest apprehension for the success of his campaign was Forrest receiving the very orders that Johnston's request had asked to be issued. General Forrest's record shows that he was successful in these types of operations and there is no reason to believe he could not carry this mission to success. If Sherman's lines of communication, his one railroad, had been consistently disrupted or even destroyed what options could Sherman entertain?
Jomini's theory of the space and time strategy allows for three possible courses of action open to the attacker in response to his threatened lines of communication. General Jomini believed that these three courses were inclusive of all variations. The first, likely the least viable for Sherman, is the drawing of reinforcements from areas outside the immediate theater of operations. This response requires time to concentrate and organize a new force to defend or open the lines. Sherman had over 100,000 men and 35,000 animals in his force. He wrote home in June, "I wish we could make an accumulation of stores somewhere near, but the railroad is taxed to its utmost to supply our daily wants." The disruption of Sherman's railroad would not have to have been of long duration for his forces to be in jeopardy. There would not have been time enough for the first response to be employed. The second option allows for the attacker to draw troops from his main attacking force in an attempt to defend or reopen his lines. This course weakens the main attacking force and subjects the second force to consistent attacks by the defender. The third course of action, the most desirable for the defender, is the retreat of the attacking force along its lines of communication. This virtually guarantees the reopening of the attackers lines but at the least delays his attainment of his primary goal. It is quite possible, through the defender going on the offensive, that the attacker's campaign could be altered or even negated. The offensive tactics available to the defender, when the attacker opts for the second or third response, are material for another article.
Had the Confederacy employed the space and time defense against General Sherman's invasion, it is quite probable that the fall of Atlanta would have at the very least been delayed. It is even possible that Atlanta's capture could have been prevented. Many credit the fall of Atlanta for the re-election of President Lincoln in 1864. How many "what ifs" exist if McClellan had won the election?
The Confederacy had no coordinated defensive strategy. Given the tremendous handicap in manpower and resources that faced the South, I believe this lack of any such strategy was a fatal flaw. The "offensive-defensive" strategy of Davis was in fact one of dispersed defense. By attempting to defend widely dispersed areas, Davis weakened the overall defensive ability of the Confederacy. General Jomini's space and time defensive strategy was seemingly tailored for the Confederacy. The strategy does not require large armies, a benefit to the manpower-short South. The defensive typically does not require the resources of the offensive, an aid to the South's supply situation. The ground of the South, being extremely advantageous to the defense, would have been utilized fully for that purpose. With their lack of a coordinated defensive strategy, any such strategy would have been an advantage to the Confederacy. Though there may be other defensive strategies that the South could have employed, I submit that Jomini's space and time defensive strategy is the best of these alternatives. I will not state unequivocally that Jomini's strategy would have changed the fortunes of the Confederacy in the war. I will, however, say that if the strategy had been employed from the beginning the possibility exists.


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One of the best parts about sharing ARKive with educators from around the world is learning how educators are using the collection in unique and creative ways to engage students in science learning. So when we learned how one teacher was inspired by ARKive to create a series of comics about Adaptation that encourage STEM-based inquiry learning, we were all …
you guessed it – EARS!
Laura Balliet is a science & math teacher at a school for at-risk youth in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She often struggled with engaging her students in reading about science concepts and as a result, her students were often missing important information in their science curriculum. She decided to make short, colorful, one-page comics that addressed specific topics that she knew were going to appear on the Ohio State Achievement Assessment and then handed the comics out to her students.
As it turned out, her students couldn't get enough of her comics and requested new comics to read daily! In her search for new ideas and inspiration for her educational comics, Laura turned to ARKive and even started included research on ARKive as part of the learning process in her comics. Over time, she has organized her comics into a collection called the Cool School Rap.
We caught up with Laura to ask her a few questions about her comics and how ARKive has helped inspire her. Here's what she said!
What first inspired you to draw comics?
I have always doodled cartoon characters, but it wasn't until last year, a few weeks before the achievement tests, that I figured out how to channel it. The initial intent of the comics was to help my students prepare for the test by reviewing key science topics, but their responses were so positive, I felt inspired to continue drawing and developing the idea.
How do your comics help to teach science to a variety of student ages and learning abilities?
As a teacher of at-risk youth, I face a wide variety of learning abilities, especially low reading skills and short attention spans. My comics deliver content with illustrations, word bubbles and diagrams making them less intimidating to struggling readers and engaging to those who are turned off by lengthy passages.
What has been your most rewarding experience using comics in the classroom?
I think the most rewarding aspect of my comics is my students' reactions when I present them with a new comic. They are always excited and eager to read, and when I overhear them conversing about the illustrations and the concepts, I get butterflies because it is apparent they are engaged and learning.
How has ARKive played a role in your comics?
I have been using ARKive as a resource for information for some time now, but recently, I began incorporating this site directly into The Cool School Rap's inquiry activities. The adaptation inquiry is a great example. My students utilized this site to research a specific animal of interest and gather information to build a model of their animal's habitat. My students find the site easy to navigate and enjoy browsing through the pictures and videos.
Laura shared that her ultimate goal with Cool School Rap is to reach as many learners as possible and we are more than happy to help share Laura's talent and passion with the world! She has created an Adaptation comic series specifically for ARKive that you can download from the Cool School Rap website. Laura will also be volunteering at the ARKive booth at the upcoming National Science Teachers Association Conference in Boston, MA on April 3-5. Hope to see you there!
Liana Vitali, Education & Outreach Manager, Wildscreen USA


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Rarely does a major league roster go unchanged from Opening Day to the end of the season and the 2013 New York Mets are no exception. The roster Terry Collins will be playing with this weekend in Pittsburgh and taking into the All-Star break barely resembles that of the one that left Port St. Lucie.
Less than a month ago the Mets were 15 games below .500, and with a sweep of the Pirates could be five games under. Nobody expects a sweep, but nobody thought they could go 5-0-2 in their past seven road series, either.
Think about it, the Mets are playing their best ball of the season and the Pirates are cooling. It can be done. But, if not, that still leaves the Mets with two weeks before the trade deadline. Should they be buyers or sellers?
Next winter is when the Mets tell us they could be active in the free-agent market, but who wants to wait that long? History tells us the Mets came from behind in 1969 and 1973 to reach the playoffs, so why not at least be thinking along those lines now, even if the odds are long?
A Mets executive recently told me a successful season would be defined as finishing .500, which would be a 14-game improvement over 2012. That is not unrealistic and should be ownership's commitment to its fan base. The mantra should be: There will not be a fifth straight losing season.
The Mets are where they are because:
* An All-Star first half from David Wright. Even if he's not hitting a lot of home runs, he's driving the ball, getting on base, playing a strong third base and producing with runners in scoring position.
* A strong first half from Matt Harvey, who could start the All-Star Game despite ten no-decisions. With a little support, .500 would be even more realistic.
* The acquisition of Eric Young, who as the tenth option, became the leadoff hitter the Mets have sought. Young is the kind of player the Mets, if they got creative again, could add. The Giants won two of the last three World Series with mid-season acquisitions such as Cody Ross, Aubrey Huff and Angel Pagan. None were marquee players, but pushed the Giants over the top. Proof the Mets don't have to splurge to make second-half noise.
* Marlon Byrd has become the productive outfielder the Mets have been seeking. Why trade him now? Maybe he'll cool, who knows? But, he's produced and there are others like him out there.
* John Buck had a monster April. After a prolonged cooling off period, Buck is hitting again. He's also been a stabilizing influence for Harvey.
* Josh Satin gave the Mets production they lacked from Ike Davis. While Davis will get most of the playing time, the Mets can't afford to ignore Satin. Collins said he wants to get a look at Satin at second and the outfield. He's waffled before, but needs to see what Satin can do.
* If Ruben Tejada hadn't been hurt, he would have been demoted to the minor leagues. Omar Quintanilla is hitting and playing the kind of shortstop the Mets hoped from Tejada, who doesn't deserve to have his old job handed to him.
* Jeremy Hefner and Dillon Gee rebounded from slow starts to become reliable starters. Hefner, especially, has been terrific, even better than Harvey over the past month. There's the temptation of dealing Hefner now with the thought this is a fluke, but why not ride him out and see what you have over a full year?
* When the Mets become serious contenders they will need a closer, so trading Bobby Parnell, as I suggested yesterday, would be counterproductive.
Yes, we've been here before, seduced by a good run from the Mets. However, this is a season we never expected much from them. They are giving us more than we could have envisioned despite adversity.
In each of the past four seasons the Mets have gone into the All-Star break thinking they would be sellers at the break, only to have them do nothing but let talent slip away during the winter.
This year has a different feel to it. After a miserable start, they have stabilized and are playing competitive, aggressive baseball. There are still holes, but this time management should reward its players and fan base and give us something to watch after the national attention goes away following the All-Star Game.
Stay intact and give us a reason to come out in the second half.
As always, your comments are greatly appreciated and I will attempt to answer them. Please follow me on Twitter @jdelcos


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Hood by Air
New York brand, Hood by Air debuted in 2006 with a line of t-shirts printed with the word "HOOD." Head designer Shayne Oliver, of the GHE20 G0th1k creative collective, has continued to bring an experimental and visionary approach to streetwear as we know it, offering high-concept reinterpretations of skinny jeans, work boots, button-downs, and oversized t-shirts and hoodies. After winning the inaugural LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, Oliver has placed a renewed focus on innovations in cut and tailoring: sculptural zipper trim, convertible constructions, avant-garde shapes.
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Get the FAFSA Right, from the Get-go.
Don't miss out on financial aid! Making an error can affect your eligibility for need-based aid. The errors can also delay the processing of your FAFSA at DU.
If the federal government finds any application errors (including incomplete or missing information), you will be notified in writing. You must respond quickly to each request. Awards cannot be made until all information is complete and accurate. When in doubt, call us right away. We can help.
Social Security Numbers
The federal government checks all social security numbers you enter on the FAFSA. Double-check the numbers! Click on this link to find out how resolve any social security number issues.
Divorced/Remarried Parental Info
If you have divorced parents, you should be including information for the parent that you live with the majority (more than 50%) of the time. If that parent is remarried you should also be including stepparent information. Check the FAFSA help section for more information about who is considered to be a "parent" for purposes of completing the FAFSA.
Income Earned by Parents/Stepparent
Be sure to use the actual adjusted gross income (AGI) from your tax form. Generally AGI is different from the total of income earned from work.
U.S. Income Taxes Paid
A common error is to input the amount of tax withheld for the year and not the amount of taxes you were held liable for. The FAFSA form will direct you to the specific line number on your Federal 1040 tax form. As a general reminder: the taxes paid are not the amount of your refund and are usually found on your tax form within a few lines of calculating your AGI minus deductions and exemptions.
Household Size
Should be listed as everyone living in the household and is supported by yourself or your parent(s). This number can be different than the exemptions claimed on the tax return.
Number of Household Members in College
For dependent students do not include your parent(s) in this total. See FAFSA for more details.
Real Estate and Investment Net Worth
Do not include the value of the house in which you live. See FAFSA for detailed information on what should/shouldn't be included in investment net worth.
Saving FAFSA data on the web does not mean that you have submitted the form. You must submit by signing your FAFSA with a PIN or printing and sending in the signature page. Dependent students need sign along with one parent. It's also important to note that if you need to make a correction to an already processed FAFSA, you and, if required, your parent must resign the FAFSA.
"As of Today" Questions
These questions must be answered with data as of the date that you are submitting the FAFSA and cannot be updated once the FAFSA has been submitted for the year.
E-mail Address
Be certain to provide an accurate, up-to-date e-mail address on your FAFSA application. The Department of Education will be using e-mail to notify you of the results of your FAFSA application.
Student Aid Report (SAR)
Once your application is accepted and processed by the FAFSA processor, you will receive an acknowledgement.
Tax Returns
In order to ensure the accuracy of your application information, you may be required to forward a signed copy of your, and/or your parents' complete 2010 federal tax return(s) to the Davenport Financial Aid Office. A prompt response to this request will enable us to more quickly process your application. Awards will only be made when all required information is received, reviewed and found to be correct and accurate. This includes eligibility for all federal loan programs.
Did Not File Taxes
The IRS publishes income thresholds so that you may determine if you must file a tax return. If you are not sure if you are required to file a tax return, please review the 2011 Federal Income Tax Return Filing Requirements.


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Few exceptions aside, the most compelling, challenging, absorbing literary art is being produced by small presses and their respective writers. I asked a number of writers, editors, and publishers to send me a list of small press books to look out for in 2016. Below you'll find my own list, which is informed by Kate Angus, John Cayley, Lauren Cerand, Samuel R. Delany, Rikki Ducornet, Andrew Ervin, Lily Hoang, Sean Lovelace, Scott McClanahan, Hubert O'Hearn, Jane Unrue, and Curtis White.
Below you'll also find lists from Jeff Bursey, Tobias Carroll, Gabino Iglesias, Janice Lee, Dawn Raffel, Nick Francis Potter, John Reed, Adam Robinson, Michael Seidlinger, Terese Svoboda, Jason Teal, Angela Woodward, and Jacob Wren. All the abovementioned people are small press heroes and great writers in their own right. My thanks to all of them.


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2010-10-13 / Schools/Sports
Little League Roundup: Massapequa Coast wins 4 District 31 Titles
Each summer, local little leagues enter tournament teams in the Williamsport International Tournament. There are 5 levels of play for age groups, 10, 11, 12, Juniors(13&14) and Seniors(15&16). Each level competes in a do or die double elimination tournament.
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Author Interview & Book Review: Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel
I'm not a huge fan of YA, but I cannot get enough of Lia Habel's Gone With the Respiration series. It's addicting! This is a series that I absolutely inhale. It is so different from anything that I've ever read. It's refreshing and a breath of fresh air.
We see deeper into our favorite characters: Nora, Bram, and Pamela; as well as new characters: Laura, Dog, and Smoke. There are also characters that get a bigger role in this book which was very exciting to see: Michael, Vespertine, and Coalhouse.
Nora is still getting herself into trouble because she can't not help someone in trouble. We see deeper into Michael's past and his family, learning why he acts the way he does. We see his father and his work for a few chapters.
The second installment of this series leaves Company Z disbanded. The living are now fighting back. Things are falling apart. There is a new strain of the Laz virus that is spreading throughout New London. This time around, they have the zombie source in custody.
With everything falling apart, this book is darker than the first one… which I thoroughly enjoyed. Peoples homes are being attacked, anxiety is rising high, and thoughts of suicide are being debated.
A group called The Murder has sprung up. They are living humans that go after and kill zombies. They wear black masks that disguise their faces and distort their voices.
With Company Z is no longer active, the soldiers are scattered. Some are staying at Nora's house to help Dr. Dearly. Others, like Hagen, formed a group called The Changed. This group is supposed to be a sanctuary for zombies so they can live peacefully, but with Hagens in charge things don't turn out even the way she expected.
Pamela is having anxiety attacks and dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder with everything that has happened to her in these two books. I would like to give a huge thank you to Lia Habel for writing about Pamela and her anxiety issues. Growing up with and still battling General Anxiety Disorder, it really hit home for me. It is an exhausting disorder to live with, and does get extremely tiring to hide pretending like everything is alright.
I definitely recommend this book, especially if you've read Dearly, Departed. It takes the entire story to a whole new level of craziness and I can't wait for more!
The fabulous Lia Habel is always so sweet and generous, as well as ever so glamorous. She was kind enough to do an interview to go along with this book review. Hope you enjoy it!
The Obscured Vixen: How many books will there be in the series?
Lia Habel: I recently sat down to work on the proposal to continue the series, and came up with the idea of five books. The rough outlines of the final three are now sitting in a Word file on my computer, waiting to see what happens on the business side of things. Bram is the lynchpin of the series, and the measuring stick by which it's plotted — I have to give him a solid, exciting story arc and conclusion, and I think three books will work for that.
At one point I said that I could imagine myself writing about the characters forever, but now I realize that isn't the case. Aside from the fact that I've found that I struggle with writing series (which I didn't know before I sat down to write Beloved, my first-ever sequel), zombies are monsters with a limited shelf life, and I think that dragging the characters out would ultimately negatively impact their stories and voices.
TOV: When will the next book be released? I need more!
LH: It hasn't even been written yet! I can tell you that the working title is Dearly, Betrayed (ooh, foreshadowing), and that we'll finally, hopefully get across the Border and start looking at things from a Punk perspective. The plot will also start to get really heavy — I had no idea where Departed was going when I started writing it, and quite innocently said, "Sure, I can do that!" when my agent suggested expanding the book into a series. I've found, though, that it's a very complicated, generational plot — that Nora, especially, will be dealing with things that happened long before she was ever born. I think Lopez solidified that for me, when I sat down to flesh him out for book two — I realized how far back a lot of my characters' issues go. This isn't shaping up to just be a "zombie apocalypse" story; it's a story that talks about the turns you make in your life, how you handle your past, and how you have to pick yourself up and keep marching on.
TOV: Without giving too much away, how did you come up with the story line for Laura? Especially her green thumb?
LH: Laura was inspired by all the zombie movies I've watched, actually! I really like it when zombies are presented almost as earth elementals; when they're accompanied by such metaphorical cues as dead plants, moss, grave dirt, etc. Think of the zombies that claw their way out of the ground and come out streaked with earth, or are covered with mold. I've even watched movies that use plants as a means of infection! So I wanted to take that idea and run with it, and I came up with the idea of a zombified Victorian flower girl. (Fact: Right up through line edits, her name was actually Sofia — I don't watch Walking Dead, so I had no idea there was a pivotal character named Sophia on that show. I changed it at the last minute!)
TOV: Love seems to be in the air! Do we eventually see other characters besides Nora and Bram falling in love: Pamela? Vespertine? Coalhouse?
LH: Pamela is so not in the market for romance right now! I think she's focused on overcoming her own issues — and maybe getting a little revenge? I am really excited about Vespertine, though; she's a really interesting character to write. I'd love to do more with her and Ren…mainly because I think the other boys underestimate Ren. Protip, girls: Nerds like to be the best at EVERYTHING they do. Failure is not an option.
TOV: If you had the choice, would you rather have a Rolls Royce or a motorized stage coach?
LH: Oh gosh, do I have to pick? I'm going with the coach. Mostly because it might actually have room for all my dresses.
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You we're at stage right diba? Kami sa left... It was the blue Nighthawk that was set up there. I think the drumkits came from JB mismo. Kaya nakaparada sa likod yung container van with the picture of Vic . Exile was the one who provided the sound system. Nagpahiram lang ng konting gamit yung PMX. I believe the Gretsch kits that PMX has are all Renown kits (Natural Maple and Green Marine Pearl)... and a Vinnie Colaiuta Signature kit!!! (which can be seen used by Mark Escueta in their 'Bandila' video)Nung Muziklaban 3 days before Myx Mo!, the two Gretsch Renown kits were set-up at the Marikina Sports Complex... Grabe... Nabugbog yung mga yun... The whole day binabakbak e...Naawa ako...
Eto lang advice ko sa mga bibile ng kit. 1. Consider the Brand. Trip mo ba yung Brand? Or nagustuhan mo lang kasi sha lang yung swak sa budget mo? Kasi actually you're buying the brand name. Your buying the quality and craftmanship. Will you buy a much cheaper no name brand over Catalina Maple? If so are you confident with your purchase? So choose the brand you like. It's like you're wearing a Michael Jordan Jersey over a Purok kwatro Jersey when playing basketball.2. Consider your Budget. Study the Margin.Example a generic kit with brass cymbals costs 14k then a sonor 505 with brass cymbals 18k. Do you think the 4k margin is worth it? Kung malapit lang eh bakit hindi na lang yung Sonor kunin mo diba?3. Your purchase should be for long term. Hindi ba dapat ganun?Anu paba?
the sound..... which i believe is most important... (I can still hear the sound of my dream drums in my ears and keeps me awake at night wondering when I'll be able to justify buying it )as for clothes, i guess medyo weird ako kasi i always go for comfort than brand (at the risk of being baduy)... usually, sa akin, function over form... pero syepre, iba ang "comfort" sa drums one more thing to consider -- which is also very important -- after sales support for the product... yung tipong kapag nagkaproblema ka eh alam mong may mapupuntahan ka at matutulungan ka...
You're right bro but come to think of it, you can't have the full sound of the drum kung sa store mopa sha kukunin so what's possible is check the components 1st then read reviews about it.Anyways watch out guys coz Sir Jecster might get a Gretsch Virign Bass Drums!! Saya nun!
Gretsch virgin bass drums, sana sooner than we expect! Gretsch Drums is really proving their worth, I saw last Saturday the Myx Mo Concert on cable, Gretsch Kits nga ginamit, Catalina Birch and if I am not mistaken a Blackhawk EX, though I'm not sure, sabi ni Sir Dindin Nighthawk daw. The point is more than 50 acts played that night and surely binakbakan nila yung dalawang kits, and it sounded really good!
OT virgin bass drum question:bakit kailangan maging virgin yung bass drum kung bubutasan mo rin naman yung front head? para di naman OT masyado: i used a blackhawk sa gig last friday its surprisingly easy to tune at open sounding kahit stock heads. happy ako sa tunog. comment ko lang, masyado ata mahal dahil di naman kagandahan yung hardware na kasama but still impressive sound-wise
Ganda ng New Classics, may sample dati sa site ng MD nung nireview nila! At mura pa benta ng JB dito! Tapat nila mga online stores sa US pagdating sa price ng new classics
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The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was perhaps the biggest and most terrible defeat that British forces have ever suffered.
Singapore, described as 'the Gibraltar of the East', had been identified as a crucial point in the British Empire that was vulnerable to Japanese attack as early as the 1930's. But in the style of France's Maginot line, the only defences built were some formidable gun emplacements built facing out to sea, to protect the Dockyard. It was thought impossible that the Japanese would come overland.
But come overland they did. The Japanese invaded further up the Malay peninsula on 8 December 1941, almost simultaneously with their attack on Pearl Harbour. Their 30,000 troops were easily outnumbered by the 50,000 British defenders, however the Japanese troops took well to fighting in the Jungle environment, and could call on strong air and naval support, particularly after HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse had been sunk off the coast. The few British aircraft in Singapore were obsolete.
Given these handicaps the British commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, could not have done much better. By 15 February 1942 the Japanese had broken through the last line of defence and the British forces were running out of food and ammunition. Percival opted to surrender.
2,000 men were killed in the fighting. From Portsmouth, Gunner Gordon Drew (20, Cosham), Sergeant Ernest Bacon (30, Portsmouth), Sergeant Victor Cole (27, Milton), Private Henry Aldridge (36, Landport), Private Frank Cockles (31, Southsea) and Lance Corporal Harold Bravington (23, Southsea) were killed. They have no known graves, and are remembered on the Singapore Memorial.
Almost 50,000 British servicemen were captured at Singapore. Their fight for survivial was only just beginning. The Japanese kept Prisoners of war in barbaric conditions, and many were used for slave labour.Gunner Arthur Denmead (22, Fratton) died in June 1943, and is buried in Thailand. He had been working on the infamous Burma Railway. Lieutenant Cecil Edwards (41, Southsea) died on 24 September 1943, in Singapore. Gunner Walter Cottrell (19, Southsea) died 22 October 1943, also in Thailand. As did Lance-Corporal Derek Foster (29, Southsea) who died on 27 November 1943). Gunner Stanley Bannier (31, Southsea), Gunner Eric Donachie (25, Southsea) and Corporal John Karmy (23, Southsea) died in Singapore in September 1944.
We cannot even begin to imagine the kind of suffering and brutality that these brave young men endured in their years of captivity.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT softball team hosted Smith College in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader and came away with a sweep, winning 9-1 and 3-1 at Briggs Field on Saturday afternoon. Jessica Iacobucci threw a pair of complete games, allowing just a pair of runs while striking out 13, to help the Cardinal and Gray improve to .500 in the NEWMAC at 3-3 (4-11 overall).
Keri Dixon broke open game one with a grand slam in the second, as part of a six-run inning that put Tech on top 7-0. Michelle Dion singled to lead things off and Emily Creedon and Nydia Ruleman drew walks to load the bases with no one out. Anna Christensen brought home a pair of runs with a base hit down the left field line. Jessica Oleinik would then walk to set up Dixon's bases-clearing blast to left-centerfield.
Smith threatened in the fourth with a pair of singles by Kristie Beaton and Tessa Clark, who moved into scoring position on a passed ball. Iacobucci would quickly erase the threat though, by striking out the side.
Oleinik, who put MIT on the board in the first with an RBI single, doubled into the left-field gap in the bottom of the fifth, scoring a pair of runs and inducing the mercy rule in the 9-1 win.
Iacobucci pitched all five innings in the game one win, allowing just one unearned runs on five hits and striking out seven Smith batters.
The pitchers would settle in during game two, holding both teams scoreless through the first three innings before MIT plated three in the fourth. Ruleman drew a leadoff walk, moved over on Creedon's sacrifice and scored on a base hit by Oleinik. After a Dixon walk loaded the bases, Jenny Li drove in two more with a single into left field to give the Engineers a 3-0 advantage.
Smith pushed across a run in the sixth to get within two at 3-1. Clark singled home Sarah Goodman, who had reached base with a double into the left-centerfield gap. A leadoff double in the seventh brought the tying run to the plate but the Tech defense came up big to close out the sweep. Christensen snared a liner for the first out and Li made a tremendous running catch in foul territory before Iacobucci recorded the final out on a comebacker.
Oleinik had an outstanding day, going 5-for-6 in the two games with two doubles, a pair of runs and four RBI. Christensen scored three times and drove in a two runs.
Caitlin O'Brien had a team-high three hits for the Pioneers, who fall to 1-11 and 0-4 in league play.
MIT will hit the road next, traveling to Wellesley College for a NEWMAC doubleheader on Friday, April 1 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Smith will take on Elms College in a non-conference tilt on Monday, March 28 at 4:30 p.m.