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TalkingTED: Try Something New for 30 Days
Enjoy a short recorded talk by Matt Cutts that reminds us that the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to change and give it a shot for the next 30 days? Matt Cutts is an engineer at Google, who believes that thirty days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit from your life. His talk encourages us to try new things or change habits that will lead us into a discussion on some that we might want to try. Stay afterwards for a discussion.
Some examples of Matt's 30-day challenges include deciding to do an act of kindness or a good deed a day for 30 days. He says that it was a really rewarding month, although coming up with something to do every day was kind of stressful, and he ended up falling back on giving money or tips more often than he wanted. He definitely noticed a mindset shift and started looking for nice things to do. It was good to give himself permission to say "yes" to people more often, too.
He also tried to draw something every day. His goal was that he would pay more attention to creativity and his right brain: drawing, learning guitar, singing lessons, etc. In practice, this was a disastrous failure. He lasted for about 6-7 days, then slipped while on vacation, and never got back into the habit. He wanted to be the sort of person who draws, but even with a 30 day challenge pushing him, he didn't actually do it. He needed to do some deep thinking about why he didn't participate in this activity, which he thought he was enthusiastic about.
TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, is a website with great talks to stir your curiosity. You will find free, 18-minute lectures on a wide range of topics from some of the world's experts.


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The Houston Dynamo inaugurated BBVA Compass Stadium with a 1-0 win over DC United. Pomp and ceremony were the order of the day as the 22,000-capacity, soccer-specific stadium got its first match, with highlights being an incredibly slow championship banner unveiling as well as what appeared to be a series of surface-to-air missiles firing at orange helicopters overhead (Texas is crazy!).
The opening was a good deal more interesting than the actual game, which mostly featured nothing much at all before Brad Davis spiced things up with a goal in the 67th minute. Houston were comfortably outplaying and outshooting their guests, but didn't come particularly close to a goal until Davis picked up the ball, turned, and curled a shot straight into Bill Hamid's top corner. The goalkeeper got a touch to the ball but couldn't keep it out, and Davis ran off to celebrate in the crowd.
After that, several chances fell Houston's way, with Brian Ching -- an original Dynamo -- spurning two clear opportunities to add to the lead and make the game safe. DC United threw bodies forward as they pushed for an equaliser late on, but Tally Hall was equal to their tries on goal and Houston kept the points.

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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Wednesday morning residents in South West Lubbock took the podium at City Council to protest the possibility of a McDonalds being build just 20 feet from their homes.
The empty lot is located across the United Market Street on 98th and Quaker and beside the Lakeridge Dentist Office. Located on the north edge of lot is a string of homes with only a small alley and wooden fence to separate them from the McDonalds.
While it's an empty lot now, the neighborhood is dreading the sight of soon to be bustling fast food frenzy. "My immediate thoughts were the noise factor," said Richard Palmer, a resident in one of the homes that would be affected. "A 24-hour restaurant like McDonalds right behind our alley is not good. The main issue is noise and lights, and the fact that they're not going to shut it down at 5 or 6 o'clock at night like most of the other businesses we have in this neighborhood."
Other concerns included trash, rodents, loitering, more people trying to use their back ally way as a means to turn around, and their property values being lowered. "I am really concerned about it, and I hope the city will realize that this is a serious concern to us and those that live in the area," said Maury Wideman Jr. to the City Council.
The lot falls under City Councilman Paul Beane's district, but he says the city doesn't have the authority to stop the business from building there. Beane says the lot is a C-2 zone which allows permits for fast food restaurants, and that McDonalds doesn't have to get approval from the city or zoning department.
"I sympathize with those residents," said Beane. "I will do everything I can to make sure those residents and the franchisee can work something out, like a big wall between the homes and business."
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The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum is encouraging you to pull out your retro gear and hit the snow.
the Retro Gear Snow Tour kicked off last weekend and is making stops across the state, bringing out Nordic skiers and all their throwback gear and getting out to enjoy the history of the sport.
"It's about tracking the old gear and saying, 'Wow this stuff is old -- I'm so glad I have the new stuff.' But with Nordic skiing the changes are less apparent. People still get out those old wooden skis because they still get around great!" says Meredith Scott with the Vermont Ski Museum.
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Halloween is lots of fun, but dealing with your beautiful makeup the morning after a wild party will definitely take some advanced skin care.
We all know the feeling. You wake up with a confusing headache, and then groggily recall why you seem to have a trail of glitter and fishnets leading from your bed to your door.
A shocking glance in the mirror reveals the ugly truth; your costume has somehow gone from sexy to scary during your two hour slumber. Your leftover cat-eye makeup makes you look more like a frightened raccoon than a seductive feline, and your bodified Barbarella do has morphed into a lopsided beehive.
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A rumor's been floating around about Brad Boyes going to Pittsburgh, possibly for Jordan Staal.
CBC Sports' Jeff Marek tweeted that the Pens have been eying Boyes ever since he showed great chemistry with Sidney Crosby at the World Championships.
Hendrick's Hockey tweets that Staal is likely the player going the other way.
Can you say Duby and Rozsival for Boyes and another Dman with similar salary to Rozy...I lile Colaiacovo but hes good and cheap..Makes 1,050,000... Boyes Makes 2,500,000.. Just throwin this out there..I know we really dont need a right wing but you gotta think long term with the possibility of Grachev manning the center position next season and a possible breakout campaighn for Artem Anisimov. I know it probably wont happen but with all this Duby talk Im just havin fun with the scenario..... Your thoughts


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Local Competition and Impact of Entry by a Dominant Retailer
AbstractThis paper analyzes the competition between two spatially differentiated multi-product retailers who encounter entry from a dominant discount retailer. Our primary objective is to determine how entry affects the pricing and relative profits of the incumbent stores and the role played by the location of the entrant. The new entrant has partial overlap in product assortment with the incumbents and is assumed to have lower procurement costs for the common goods. Consumers are heterogeneous in their location, economic status (shopping costs and valuations), as well as purchase basket or the types of products demanded. Results show that in the post entry equilibrium, the prices for the products not offered by the discounter are higher than the pre entry prices. More interestingly, contrary to the conventional wisdom we find that the store that is closer to the new entrant is better off compared to the incumbent located further away. The intuition for these results is that the discounter with its low price draws away the poor consumers – the price sensitive segment – out of the market for the items it carries. This in turn softens price competition between the incumbents for these items. Furthermore, the new entrant's unique product offering attracts more consumers to visit the location it occupies, which introduces positive demand externalities to the neighboring retailer, leading to an increase in sales for the non-competing products. We provide empirical evidence for our results and discuss implications for retailers facing competition from large discount stores.
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Jury Awards $4M Each to Families of Two Slain Va. Tech Students; Awards Likely to Be Capped at $100K
Posted Mar 14, 2012 4:37 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Siding with the families of two Virginia Tech students slain in a 2007 campus massacre by another student that left 33 individuals dead, a state-court jury in Christianburg today awarded $4 million to each of the families in a duty-to-warn case.
The state, which is the only defendant, immediately filed a motion to reduce the awards, which are likely, under state law, to be capped at $100,000 each, the Associated Press reports.
The suit by the parents of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde contended that the deaths of 31 of the victims could have been avoided if Virginia Tech officials had acted more quickly to alert the college community after two other students were slain that morning in a campus dormitory.
Virginia Tech argued that the record-breaking shooting was not foreseeable and said the school had acted reasonably under the circumstances.
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The jury deliberated less than four hours before reaching verdict.
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This flexible and innovative degree provides a fundamental understanding of how human communication develops, how it works and how it can break down.
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Year one
The first year of the course establishes the foundations of hearing, speech and language. You will gain the knowledge to understand the process of human communication in its social context by studying four core modules and one or two optional modules.
Year two
The second year explores the nature of speech and communication in children and adults and introduces research methods. You may choose optional modules that relate to year one options or select new areas that are of interest.
Year three
In your third year, the focus is on both a research project and the nature of cognition and language in children and adults. In addition, you will choose two more optional modules to continue to broaden the scope of your studies.
Course Structure
Year one
Core modules
- Hearing and speech sciences 1: phonetics
- Language sciences 1: linguistics
- Bio-medical sciences 1: anatomy and physiology
- Lifespan studies.
Optional modules*
- History and theory of psychology
- Cognitive approaches to mind and behaviour
- Introduction to sociology
- Media history and politics
- Contemporary issues in media studies
Year two
Core modules
- Hearing and speech sciences 2: further phonetics
- Language sciences 2: speech and language development
- Bio-medical sciences 2: neurology and disorders of the ear, nose and throat
- Developmental psychology
- Research and evidence-based practice.
Optional modules*
- Instrumental phonetics**
- Forensic phonetics**
- Sociolinguistics**
- Gender and language**
- Cognitive psychology
- Social psychology
- Understanding social change
- Media, culture and society
Year three
Core modules
- Language sciences 3: language processing, brain and behavior
- Research project.
Optional modules*
- Language, cognition and communication disabilities
- Memory: trends and issues
- Health psychology
- Positive psychology
- The information society
- Gender and society
- Youth, crime and society
- Media law and ethics
* This is a sample of modules available. Please note that not all options are available every year.
** These options are available in the second and third year as they are provided specifically for the BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Science course.
Read the full programme specification.
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching methods include large-group lectures, small-group workshops, tutorials, laboratory work, online and self-directed learning.
The course is assessed through coursework - essays, multiple-choice tests, exercises, labs, vivas, and presentations - as well as written and oral examinations and a research project. The final degree mark is weighted from years one to three in the ratio 20:40:40.
Moodle 2
Students will have the opportunity to use an enhanced Virtual Learning Environment, Moodle 2, launching in September 2013. Moodle provides students with web access to online course materials, resources, interactive activities, assessment and communication tools and is a key element of our blended learning approach; combining face to face teaching with online activity.
The new Moodle 2 environment brings with it new and improved features offering greater flexibility, navigation and functionality.
Read the full programme specification.
- Full-time EU: £9,000
- Full-time Non EU: £14,300 (2014/15 entry)
Tuition Fees
- Full-time EU: £9,000
- Full-time Non EU: £14,300
For up-to-date information about financial support, visit Undergraduate Fees and Finance.
For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit Undergraduate Fees and Finance.
Accommodation and Living Costs
All first year undergraduate students are guaranteed a place in hall. Conditions apply - read further infomation. The deadline to apply for first year undergraduate students is 30 June 2013. Apply for accommodation here.
If you are living in our halls of residence, you can expect your accommodation to be between £180 and £285 per week depending on which Hall you are allocated - this includes heating, lighting, utility bills and internet access. Costs for private accommodation can range from £100 to £250 depending on facilities offered and the location and it is also very likely you will have to pay for your utility bills.
You will also need to pay for and manage any cost of living expenses - this list gives you an idea of what your weekly costs may be for some essentials in London. You may also find our money management tips and budgeting tips helpful so you can budget for and plan your weekly expenses.
Lord Mayor of London Scholarships for Academic Excellence
City is offering a scholarship of up to £2,000 per year to UK and EU undergraduate students achieving exceptional grades at 'A' level, International Baccalaureate or other equivalent qualifications. Read more here to see if you might qualify.
Career Prospects
The degree gives pathways to careers where good communication skills and an understanding of the processes of communication are important.
Future careers can include law, social work, teaching, audiology, PR, advertising and media, human resources and speech and language therapy.
There are also opportunities for further research and postgraduate study in speech and language therapy, audiology, forensic science and forensic phonetics.
The Career and Skills Development Service at City also provides a professional, high quality careers and information service for students and recent graduates of City. We support and develop students by providing essential tools to enhance employability. Students can also apply for the Professional Mentoring Scheme which matches students with experienced professionals to develop their skills, confidence and future employability. Find out more.
About the School and Department
Find out more about City University London
Speech and Language Science (formerly Human Communication)
UCAS code: B621
Applications should be made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). The UCAS website also has lots of information and advice to help you. Please note our institution name is CITY and institution code is C60. We will then consider your application and if you are shortlisted we will contact you.
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SEATTLE—Here lies Mark Langston.
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New Britain Rock Cats (AA) (4-3, 40-43)
The Cats remain in 4th place, however lost another 3.0 games to division leading Trenton whom they now trail by 13.0 games.
Brad Baker was promoted to Rochester this week to replace Jeremy Cummings. Signed as a minor league free agent this past winter, Baker had a 2-5 record for the Cats with a 5.33era in 77.2 innings. Kyle Waldrop is also 2-5 since his promotion from Ft. Myers. In 43.2 innings Waldrop has a 4.95era. Ryan Mullins had a good game last night, pitching 5.1 innings with 7 hits, 3 runs and 3K/1BB. Mullins is 1-2 with the Cats in 45.1 innings with a 3.77era and 35K/11BB. Reliever J.P. Martinez has been pitching very well and now has a 2-4 record in 24 games (1 start) with 42.1 innings and a 2.98era. This week J.P. appeared in two games (5.0 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs and 8K/0BB).
Anthony Swarzak has pitched excellent for the Cats since returning from Ft. Myers following his suspension. His 5.50era in 18.0 innings is reflective of his poor first couple outings in April. Since returning in late June, he is 2-0 in two starts, 12.1 innings, with 13 hits, 4 runs and 12K/4BB.
Matt Moses is hitting very well since his return from Rochester, with a .317Ave, 2 home runs, and 9 rbi in 60 at bats. All-Star Luke Hughes is hitting .302Ave with 4 home runs. Garrett Guzman is making a claim that he belongs in AAA. Garrett is hitting .284Ave with 9 home runs, and a team leading 51 rbi. Trevor Plouffe can now say that he is playing as well as could be expected of a 20 year old playing in AA. Trevor is hitting .286Ave with 7 home runs, 35 rbi, and a team leading 22 doubles and 48 runs scored. David Winfree has been in a bit of a slump as his average is down to .248 with 5 home runs in 262 at bats. Brock Peterson continues to amaze for a former 49th round pick, hitting .281Ave with 40 rbi and a team leading 11 home runs.
Ft. Myers Miracle (Hi-A) (2-6, 6-10)
The Miracle dropped to last place losing another 2.0 games to Dunedin whom they now trail by 5.0 games.
Oswaldo Sosa is making his claim to be the team ace. The 21 year old has a 3-4 record in 16 games and 86.1 innings with a 2.29era, 1.26WHIP and 74K/30BB. Jay Rainville has had his ups and downs as he recovers from missing all of last season following shoulder surgery. Jay has a 4-9 record in 18 games, 87.2 innings, with a 3.80era. Many fans have been calling for the promotion of closer Eduardo Morlan. Morlan has a 4-2 record with 10 saves in 44.2 innings with a 2.42era, 0.90WHIP and an amazing 61K/7BB. Since his recent promotion from Beloit, Jeff Manship has a 1-1 record in 2 starts with a 2.70era in 10.0 innings with 12K/5BB.
This team hasn't had much hitting to support its excellent pitching staff. Danny Valencia was recently promoted form Beloit and leads the team in hitting with a .273Ave in 55 at bats. Danny also has 2 home runs and his 13 home runs from Beloit and Ft. Myers leads the organization. Eric Lis had been the team's hitting leader with his .259Ave, 7 home runs, 18 doubles and 43 rbi. Juan Portes continues to play well with his average currently at .251 with 37 runs scored, 16 doubles and 6 home runs.
Beloit Snappers (A) (5-2, 9-7)
The Snappers moved up 2.0 games into a 4-way first place tie with Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Peoria.
With Jeff Manship moving on, Nineteen year old Alex Burnett is arguably the Snapper team ace. The 2005 12th round pick has a 4-5 record in 16 games, 96.0 innings, with a 3.28era and 69K/21BB. Eden Prairie native Cole DeVries has a 7-3 record in 17 games, 89.1 innings, with a 2.92era and 71K/22BB. Closer Robert Delaney has the best numbers of any reliever in the organization...including the Twins. Delaney has a 1-0 record in 35 games, 45.2 innings, with an organization leading 27 saves, a 0.59era, 0.64WHIP and 55K/6BB. Tyler Robertson has a 3-2 record in 8 games, 43.1 innings, 2.28era and 49K/15BB. Matt Fox has been nearly perfect since joining the Snappers from EST and has now joined the starting rotation. Matt has a 5-0 record in 11 games (3 starts) with 29.1 innings pitched, 0.92era, 0.85WHIP and 27K/3BB. It is great to see this young man having success following all the arm problems he has dealt with since being picked as a first round sandwich pick in the 2004 draft.
Most of the Snappers best hitters have moved on to Ft. Myers. Recent callup from EST Wilson Ramos is hitting .280Ave with 6 home runs and 21 rbi in only 125 at bats. Chris Parmalee continues to improve and right now this 19 year old former first round pick is as productive as any hitter in the organization. Chris has his average up to .246 with a team leading 11 home runs (tied with the departed Valencia), and 44 rbi in 272 at bats.
Elizabethton Twins (Rookie) (8-1, 15-2)
The ETon Twins are again making a joke of the Appalachian League race...with 15 wins in their first 17 games they now have a 6.5 game lead on second place Kingsport.
Michael Allen is a 2005 13th round pick signed as a draft and follow in spring, 2006. Allen has a 1-0 record in 4 games with 18.0 innings, a 1.00era and 0.94WHIP. Like Allen, David Bromberg was a 2005 32nd round pick signed as a draft and follow in 2006. David has a 3-0 record in 4 games, 16.2 innings, with a 2.16era and an eye catching 25K/11BB. This year the Twins drafted David's younger brother, Johnny, in the 32nd round. Will they sign Johnny before the August 15th cut off date?
With the elimination of "draft and follow" signings from the recent CBA Agreement, it appears the Twins may have taken a hit at a procedure they used very effectively to stock their farm system.
Anthony "slama the door shut" Slama has 2 saves in his first 6 games, 7.1 innings, with a 2.45era, 0.41WHIP and 10K/1BB. Aussie Brad Tippett has also been excellent out of the pen. In 5 games, 8.0 innings, Brad has 1 save with a 1.13era, 0.88WHIP while he also has 10K/1BB. Steven Hirschfield was a 9th round pick out of San Diego State in this year's draft. Hirschfield has appeared in 3 games, 13.0 innings, with a 1-1 record, 2.77era, 0.62WHIP and 10K/0BB.
Greg Yersich continues to lead the team with a .429Ave and .500OBP in 42 at bats. Recent signee Chris Cates is also hitting .429, however, in only 7 at bats. Recent Player of the Week Rene Leveret cooled a bit this week and is now hitting .306Ave with a team leading 3 home runs and 22 rbi in only 62 at bats. This year's 19th round pick Ben Petsch out of Belmont U is a catcher who has been playing in several positions including the outfield and first base. Petsch is hitting .349Ave in 43 at bats. Shortstop Starling De Los Santos is a 20 year old Latin player who has been one of the better hitting shortstops in the organization...with a current average of .301 with 19 rbi, 2 triples and 6 stolen bases in 6 attempts.
GCL Twins (Rookie) (4-2, 10-4)
The Twins had an excellent week and now have a sole hold on first place with a 1.0 game lead over the Orioles.
Daniel Berlind, who is a 19 year old 2007 7th round pick out of Los Angeles Pierce College, has a 2-0 record in 3 games, 15.0 innings, with a 0.00era, 0.73WHIP and 15K/8BB. There have been reports that Berlind has been promoted to Elizabethton. Aussie Liam Hendriks has a 1-1 record in 3 games, 11.2 innings, with a 2.31era and 5K/4BB. Santos Arias has a 1-0 record, 12.0 innings, 2.25era, 0.50WHIP and 11K/1BB. Danny Rondon is the team closer who has 3 saves in 7 appearances (8.0 innings) with a 1-0 record, 0.00era, 1.13WHIP and 6K/2BB.
Recent first round pick Ben Revere is hitting .294Ave in 51 at bats with a team leading 10 rbi, 2 triples and 2 stolen bases in 3 attempts. Infielder Jeanfried Brito is hitting .302Ave in 53 at bats. Third baseman Juan Richardson is another Latin player who is hitting .364Ave in 55 at bats with 4 doubles. Brito and Richardson are tied for the team lead with 11 runs scored.
Featured Player of the Week
Most weeks there are several players who have had excellent weeks worthy of consideration for the Player of the Week selection. Although several players had excellent weeks this week, one player stepped onto the mound last Saturday and said I don't care if I was the Player of the Week two weeks ago...I want it again this week.
With a 7-inning complete game no-hitter on Saturday June, 30, Yohan Pino made this weeks selection a lock. On a night that the Miracle had a scheduled double header (both games are scheduled for only 7 innings) as a make up of the prior nights rainout, Pino pitched 7.0 innings with 0 hits, 0 runs and 7K/4BB in the Miracle's 7-0 win.
For the season, Pino has a 3-3 record in 18 games (9 starts), 63.2 innings, with 43 hits, 12 runs (11 earned), 59K/17BB for a 1.55era and 0.94WHIP.
Pino is that rare player who is as comfortable pitching out of the bullpen or as part of the starting rotation. Last year Pino entered the Beloit rotation late in the season, compiling a 14-2 record with a 1.91era. This season Pino has a 0-0 record in 9 games (12.2 innings) out of the bullpen with a 0.71era, 0.85WHIP, 14K/4BB with hitters hitting for only a .136Ave. As a starter, Pino has a 3-3 record in 9 games (51.0 innings) with a 1.76era, 0.67 WHIP, 45K/13BB with hitters hitting for a .199Ave.
Although Oswaldo Sosa may be the Miracle Ace based on his performance in the starting rotation since the beginning of the season, Yohan Pino is pitching as well as any pitcher for the Miracle or in the entire organization with this week's no hitter clearly earning him recognition as the Featured Player of the Week.


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Woman who found bleached puppy in Fond du Lac speaks out
FOND DU LAC - No one had been charged as of Tuesday evening, but the story had certainly affected animal lovers from all parts of the state. It has especially upset the woman who made the discovery.
At first, she thought the cries were from a newborn, but was just as disturbed when she found a puppy that was apparently left to die. A new video posted on Facebook has brought smiles to faces. But just 48 hours ago, life wasn't so sweet for these rescued pups.
The Maplewood Commons Apartments became a crime scene when a woman heard whimpering sounds. Her boyfriend jumped into a dumpster and pulled out a bag.
"And he ripped it open and inside this big bag was a little tiny garbage bag with this little nose against it where it looked like it couldn't breathe. And while he was here, the puppy started like foaming and stuff and spit up something that smelled like bleach," said the woman who wanted to remain anonymous.
She asked us to conceal her identity. She's still in shock why anyone would harm this defenseless animal.
"Well besides being really ill, he was cuddly and just wanted to be held. He didn't wanna walk by himself or get up or do anything, probably 'cause he was so sick," she said.
At the Fond du Lac Humane Society Tuesday, there was an overwhelming amount of support. People were calling and dropping off cash and dog food.
"I was very sad and it is very unbelievable that someone would do that, um, but hopefully it'll be taken care of," said Jen Schuett, one of the donors.
And donors just want to know how the puppies and adult dogs are doing. We're told one of the adults is receiving care in an isolated area here at the humane society. The woman who saved their lives hopes for the best.
"Ya know, obviously that they get better and they're not ya know, mentally traumatized from this and they can be adopted out," she told us.
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25 March 2013
With Microsoft, NASA and Disney already using Mozilla's Open Badges system to recognise employees' skills and achievements, the potential of the idea is indisputable. Ele Cooper reports on an event exploring whether badges could also be used to reward UCL students.
Last week I attended an event organised by E-Learning Environments (ELE) to learn about Mozilla's Open Badges scheme. From the diversity of the event's participants, who ranged from Students' Union and UCL Volunteering representatives to academics, it was clear that there's a widespread awareness of the need for UCL to recognise the types of student achievements that don't fall into formal assessment categories.
Admittedly, the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) allows students to document their extracurricular activities as well as their academic achievements, but nowhere are the softer skills that are developed throughout a university journey recognised: leadership, critical thinking, research skills and the like are all things that employers demand (and often complain haven't been well enough instilled in fresh graduates) – and that's where the badge concept could, potentially, help.
Mozilla Open Badges is a free open-source infrastructure which allows anyone to design and award badges. The badges are images which have metadata built into them, including a link back to the awarding body and badge creator (making them difficult to fake). Users can collect badges in a 'badge backpack' and display them on any website on which the Mozilla Open Badge plugin is supported*.
The badge concept is already being used to great effect by certain commercial organisations – eBay's 'top-rated seller' badge is a good example of a company making a highly beneficial connection between behaviour and reward. And while UCL has very different goals, the ways in which badges could be used here are myriad, two obvious options being to recognise students' non-academic achievements and/or staff members' personal and professional development (PPD).
So, the event last week was designed to allow people from around the university to hear from others already using the system and discuss with each other how it might be adapted for use within our institution. Tim Riches from DigitalME, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at helping young people gain skills and confidence through new technology, was the first speaker. He told the group about Supporter to Reporter (S2R), an award-winning scheme in which school pupils become sports reporters and gain badges for their achievements.
Tim emphasised just how resistant to change the education sector is, (arguably particularly so in higher education), arguing that simply introducing computers instead of exercise books does not constitute real change(!). But with the CBI reporting that over 70% of teachers want employability to become a top curriculum priority, there is certainly an appetite for innovation – especially when its end goal is as basic and vital as finding students a job once they've completed their formal education. Tim talked about "using Open Badges as an opportunity to connect talent with opportunities" – an ambitious, but very positive, possibility for the future.
Next, James Michie, a secondary school teacher specialising in English and Media Studies, described Crit101, the six-week, open, online course he's created for 14-18 year olds, which aims to build learners' independence and accredit skills that aren't always rewarded in education. He seemed keen on the potential of open badges, although he did admit that he had introduced them as something of an afterthought and advised people to think carefully about why and how their badges will be used before implementing them. James said that he received mixed feedback from his students about the badge element of his course, the principle concern being over whether they'd actually come in useful when it came to applying to university and so on.
The beginning of the afternoon session was devoted to badge design, with ELE's Janina Dewitz giving each participant a different badge template to work with and setting us to work with felt-tip pens to create our own badges. As well as reminding us why we worked at UCL rather than as artists, it was an effective demonstration of the importance of good design, not only because it makes people keener to collect the badge you're offering, but because any badge needs to convey simply and effectively the skill that it represents. (You can check out the group's efforts in Janina's photo gallery below if you're interested.)
Towards the end of the day, ELE's Steve Rowett asked the speakers what they thought were the key things that could make or break Mozilla Open Badges over the next year. Tim replied that getting universities on board was the key: the biggest thing UCL could do as an institution would be to commit to working with a (or a few) school(s) on a badging project. James agreed, pointing out that it just took a couple of big universities to endorse MOOCs and they're now huge.
If the badges concept does take off, enabling employers to quickly and easily view students' skills, (especially when they've been rubber-stamped by an institution such as a school or university,) could become a key way of helping people get jobs – and while this might seem pipedream-esque at the moment, it's very much worth noting that NASA, Microsoft and Disney are using Mozilla Open Badges within their organisations already. If such major players have recognised the scheme's potential, perhaps it would be worth UCL doing so too.
*While several sites including Moodle and Facebook support the Mozilla Open Badges plugin, LinkedIn doesn't because it's building its own equivalent. This could have implications for the future of the system, so it's worth keeping abreast of this issue if you're interested in using badges in your department.
Useful links
- Mozilla Open Badges
- Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) at UCL
- DigitalME
- Supporter to Reporter (S2R)
- Crit101
- UCL E-Learning Environments (ELE)
- If you're interested in discussing open badges, join the conversation on Yammer or email Janina Dewitz: firstname.lastname@example.com
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An end of the year prank could get some Gainesville students in trouble, just before graduation.
Gainesville High School was vandalized with graffiti, and now the school and police are closing in on who did it.
Students at Gainesville High School said they know the pranks are coming as the days tick down to graduation.
"It's part of school tradition. It's maybe not our proudest, but it's that time of year," said sophomore Nolen Bryant.
But assistant superintendent Elfreda Lakey said this prank might have gone too far.
"I can't remember anything to this extent," said Lakey.
The words "poo" or "poop" were spraypainted on buildings all over campus, even a trailer near the baseball diamond.
Students said the whole idea of a prank is to make people laugh and normally people brag about it, but some said this prank is nothing to brag about.
"I saw it. I just didn't think it was very clever on their part," said sophomore Lee Jennings.
"If you're going to get in trouble you might as well make a legend out of yourself. Poop is not legendary whatsoever," said sophomore Baxter Geyer.
A bust among your classmates is one thing, but things might only get worse for whoever did it.
The school caught the suspects on surveillance cameras and now it's just a matter of identifying who it was.
"We will deal with it accordingly. If it was just an innocent prank we will deal with it, but if it was to be malicious, and that will be determined by the amount of damage done, than we will act accordingly. Trust me we will act accordingly," said Lakey.
Punishment could be anywhere from a slap on the wrist to a trip to tribunal.
Students are split on what the school should do.
"If it were me I wouldn't do too much to them. They were stupid and didn't hurt anybody," said Jennings.
"It's not that big of a deal," said Bryant.
But Geyer had a different take on it. "I think they shouldn't be able to walk if they do find them because it's an immature prank," said Geyer.
Graduation is Friday so school officials need to complete the investigation and make a decision on punishment by Thursday.
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i18n products preview
19 August 2007 at 12:08am
Summer is coming to an end and it's time to preview the multilingual content feature and the module translation UI, parts of the Silverstripe i18n project.
The multilingual content feature allows a web admin to translate their pages and thus have different versions of the site in different languages. This translated content shares some properties with the original version (e.g. access permission) but some other fields are defined as translatable and can be individually changed.
The module translation UI is a place where module developers can submit a generated master language file and translators can translate these strings to their languages. These translations can be then downloaded and used to display Silverstripe's modules in other languages than English.
I'm attaching some screenshots and these features can also be tested at my test site (http://test.silverstripe.com/bfojcapell).
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19 August 2007 at 12:13am Last edited: 19 August 2007 10:41am
Don't know why images aren't being attached correctly... anyway you can find them here: http://test.silverstripe.com/bfojcapell/images/i18npreview.html
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19 August 2007 at 9:43am
your translation tools look fantastic
with the right people this will surely make translating a site very quick and intuitive
you should be very proud of your work, well done!
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19 August 2007 at 10:39am Last edited: 19 August 2007 10:50am
Hey Bernat, this sounds fantastic - however your demo site had a number of PHP error on it when I visited so I couldn't try it out (screen shots look great however!)
Re getting people to start helping out with translations, take a look at this thread - you may want to invite some people to come and lend a hand;
Also - is there any current way of "publishing" or "downloading" translations from a central server? I'm thinking specifically of the case if there is more than one person working on a translation, or if someone downloads a 50% completed translation, then someone else completes the translations, the person with the 50% complete translation should be notified there is a more complete version available.
I suspect there is currently nothing, and this is something we need to in the brooder context in regards to maintaining modules.
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19 August 2007 at 4:04pm
Hi, glad you liked it, Quin and Tim; if it's good is thanks to Ingo's advices though
Tim, if I understood well, you are asking for something like the "subscribe to topic" forum option but for translations, that would keep you updated in case you are looking for a new translation version. This would be a great feature, you're right. And maybe it could make even more sense if it's developed using rss feeds. In this way somebody who is waiting for a large update won't be emailed every time that a small correction is done, and they can easily decide when to stop monitoring these changes.
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30 August 2007 at 1:36pm
Bernat, just had a play with your tools on the main site, and it looks really great.
Is there a way to choose the language of the CMS, e.g. by a dropdown at the CMS login page, or in your preferences, etc?
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31 August 2007 at 2:42am
BTW, nice flag icons here
and here
May come in handy if we decide to further jazz up the interface. Used by Pownce.com , which I learnt about from reading up about BarCampBlock, held recently in San Francisco.
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You know how every non-fiction book in the last three years has been about the author doing one odd, life-disrupting thing for one full year and then writing a book about it? I'm reading one of those books a week for one full year and then writing a book about it. It's My Year Of Everything, and you're soaking in it. CONTACT: Dave email@example.com
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Hephzibah Anderson's "Chastened," the account of her year without sex, has ground me down to a thick paste. I WILL GET BACK TO IT. I SWEAR.
Here's a rule of thumb: books in which the author takes on new things for a year are engaging and fun. Books in which the author avoids things, especially fun things like sex, are books you can't not put down.
But I haven't forgotten about you. The NEW FALL SEASON has begun.


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WASHINGTON (AP) Ś The Russian website where hackers had published the stolen credit reports for Michelle Obama, the attorney general, CIA director, FBI director and other politicians and celebrities has mysteriously disappeared. ItÆs been inaccessible since late Tuesday.
Whoever was behind the website published a rambling statement earlier this week described as ōour final messageö and said the efforts were intended for ōentertainment and laughs.ö The note was signed off with the message ōfrom Russia with love.ö Before it shut down, the website published what it said were the credit reports of 29 politicians and celebrities.
Russian Internet executives told The Associated Press last week they were investigating whether the person who registered the websiteÆs Internet address had falsified their contact information, which would allow them to shut down the site.