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Exciting News: Pluralistic Jewish Community For The Win!
Today, for the 5th year in a row, MyJewishLearning.com was named one of the top American Jewish organizations by Slingshot, for in their words, our "cutting-edge, influential work as well as its ability to do so much with a relatively small budget and staff."
As delighted as we are by the recognition, we're even happier by our esteemed company, which includes our blog partners at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Rabbis Without Borders, and Keshet. We couldn't agree more that they're doing vital, exciting Jewish communal work, from coast to coast (and even in the middle!).
If you don't already follow their blogs, don't wait another day. Read about their personal stories and community debates, and congratulate all our partners on their incredible work. Thanks for reading!
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MJL is seeking its next CEO
Changes are afoot at MJL, Inc. as we begin the exciting search for a new Chief Executive Officer. We are looking for an innovative and passionate visionary to lead the MJL team while developing new products and deepening the impact on current and future readers (like you!).
The ideal candidate will have a broad knowledge of the Jewish world, significant fundraising experience, and a passion for using technology and new media to engage Jews and non-Jews in Jewish learning and conversation. The job description is below, and all applications should be submitted by September 4th. Please share this post with anyone who may be interested.
Chief Executive Officer of My Jewish Learning, Inc.
MyJewishLearning, Inc. (MJL), the premier Jewish media organization, is seeking an innovative, dynamic, and passionate Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who will guide MJL's continued growth as the leading online presence in pluralistic Jewish education and engagement.
The MJL CEO position presents a unique opportunity for a visionary leader to broaden the horizon of what is possible for the Jewish experience online. Singular in its commitment to enhancing Jewish knowledge and engagement from a trans-denominational perspective, MJL is a remarkable Jewish pluralistic initiative seeking an equally remarkable leader. We seek a creative thinker seasoned by real world experience in organizational leadership and implementation of new media strategies. Through the development of compelling content and creation of online community, the MJL CEO will stand at the nexus of Jewish life and technology. With a commitment to empower MJL users from every background to learn and engage with Jewish culture and tradition, the MJL CEO will run a fiscally viable not-for-profit media company while managing a dynamic staff committed to broadening the horizons of the Jewish virtual world.
Who We Are
MyJewishLearning, Inc. ("MJL") is the leading non-denominational Jewish media organization. Through its various web products—MyJewishLearning.com, Kveller.com, TheJewniverse.com—MJL educates and engages more than 700,000 people a month. MJL has been included in the last four editions of Slingshot: A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation, an annual compilation of the 50 most inspiring and innovation organizations in the North American Jewish Community, and has won multiple American Jewish Press Association Awards for "Most Outstanding" Jewish website.
MJL currently has three signature projects:
MyJewishLearning.com focuses on Jewish education and knowledge–everything from guidelines on religious customs, etiquette, and ritual to learning about obscure Jewish philosophers. MyJewishLearning.com also features weekly Torah portion commentaries, quizzes, recipes, and several dynamic blogs, including partner blogs produced with Keshet, The Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Rabbis Without Borders, The Foundation for Jewish Camp, and The Jewish Book Council.
Kveller.com features parenting resources on everything from pre-conception through preschool–information on Jewish genetic diseases, circumcision, Jewish kiddie music, and much more. Kveller also has a Jewish baby name bank, multiple bloggers (including actress Mayim Bialik), and a robust online community that facilitates profound conversations, connecting Jewish parents living all over the United States.
TheJewniverse.com is a spin-off of MyJewishLearning's popular daily email, keeping subscribers up to the minute with news and information of interest across the Jewish world. Additionally, MJL owns Shamash.org, one of the first Jewish websites, which publishes several highly trafficked webpages, including a popular kosher restaurant database.
Across all these platforms, the CEO is responsible for conceiving strategies to deepen MJL's impact on its large and diverse audience, while also developing new products and expanding its constituency.
What We Are Seeking
As the leader of a uniquely positioned not-for-profit organization, the MJL CEO is an important communal thought leader on the intersection of Jewish life, media and technology and an advocate for the masses of Jews who engage with Jewish content and community online. The MJL team is made up of talented, energetic individuals working collaboratively in content, technology, design, marketing, and finance roles, and the CEO will lead and inspire them, while increasing the scope of MJL products and readership.
The talents and experience we seek include:
- Demonstrated success in growing an organization, employing effective management, creativity,
- A deep knowledge of the American Jewish landscape.
- Excellent verbal, written, and technological communication skills.
- A passion for using technology and new media to engage Jews and non-Jews in Jewish learning and conversation.
- Ability to lead and inspire a team and grow and engage a board.
- Demonstrated ability to raise and attract financial resources.
Position Summary
Leadership and Visioning
- Provide leadership, vision, and policy guidance for MJL.
- Serve as a public spokesperson for and grow MJL's national profile to become a visible resource/expert to the Jewish community on Jewish learning and engagement in the age of the internet.
- Establish editorial priorities and direction for MJL's growing base of media platforms.
- Partner and collaborate with other Jewish organizations, and pursue content and distribution partnerships with other Jewish organizations and media outlets.
- Increase MJL's readership and audience.
- Advance the MJL brand and presence in the general online world.
- Engage and strengthen a committed board of directors.
Resource Development/Sustainability
- Strengthen existing donor relationships and cultivate new major donors.
- Expand financial resources for the organization and create strategies for monetizing web traffic.
- Explore and implement innovative approaches for increased diversification of income streams.
- Build and grow a highly functioning organization.
- Engage and empower a team of talented staff members and recruit and develop talent for the organization.
- Ensure the fiscal soundness of the organization and spearhead its development, marketing, public relations, and programmatic expansion.
MJL is based in New York City and the CEO position requires significant travel. There are currently eight full-time employees and one part-time employee, and a network of freelance writers and editors.
How to Apply
Please forward your resume and cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com, describing what interests you about this opportunity and why you feel particularly suited for this position. Indicate your name and "CEO" in the subject line. Applications should be submitted by September 4th.
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The Ultimate Fun Jewish Summer Wishlist
We've finally organized all the books we've been meaning to read, picnic gear we've been meaning to buy, and kitsch we've been meaning to show off. Lucky you!
Beach Reading
We know, we know, you promised yourself you'd read Proust one of these days, and you still haven't gotten to Pride & Prejudice. But how can you, when all these great new books are coming out? Here are our favorites.
The Summer Things You Never Knew You Needed
Don't hog all the fun. Share our ridiculous finds with your dog and your children—and when things get out of hand, whip out your "Keep Calm I'm Jewish" t-shirt.
Road-Tripping and Picnicking
There's nothing that screams "summertime!" like Magen David ice cubes, Jewish bumper stickers, and those awesome folding camping chairs. We want two of each.
Classic Reading, Sort Of
From Leon Uris's classic tale of the founding of the State of Israel to Daphne Merkin's scandalous personal essays, sometimes you just want to sit by the pool with an old favorite. Here are some of ours.
We hope you've enjoyed our finds as much as we have!
And since MyJewishLearning, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that relies on donations and revenue-raising, we'll receive a percentage of the proceeds of any purchase you make using our links.
Happy summer 2013!
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Our Official Wedding Gift Guide
What Gift Do You Give at a Jewish Wedding?
As the summer heats up, our calendars start filling with weddings and celebrations and our heads start spinning with worry over finding the perfect gifts.
Between MyJewishLearning's editors, we've gone to enough weddings (both our own and others') to be able to give some advice. So we've gotten together to share the most successful gifts we've given and received. We hope our picks can ease your gift-giving angst!
Friday Night Essentials
Shabbat begins with candle-lighting and the accompanying blessings and rituals, which present great opportunities for useful gifts.
Judaica To Round Out a Jewish Home
Whether the newlyweds are looking forward to hosting Passover seders or they're going to be having guests for Hanukkah, now is a great time to help them build up their Judaica collection.
Filled with brand-new dishes and cookware, a newlyweds' kitchen is a great place to experiment with recipes. Here are some of our top picks:
The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy ($22.98)
We hope our guide helps you navigate through the whirlwind that is wedding season.
And since MyJewishLearning, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that relies on donations and revenue-raising, we'll receive a percentage of the proceeds of any purchase you make using our links.
Here's wishing you and your loved ones a hearty "mazel tov," from all of us.
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Our Customized Father's Day Gift Guide
Father's Day is just around the corner, and if your dad is anything like ours, he's probably pretty tough to shop for. Fortunately we've got you covered with a variety of gifts for our favorite kinds of dads.
MyJewishLearning, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization and receives a percentage of the proceeds of any purchase you make using our links. Happy Father's Day to you and the fathers in your life!
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MyJewishLearning is seeking an intern!
MyJewishLearning is an umbrella of pluralistic, nondenominational Jewish websites and blogs, and we're looking for an intern for support with a variety of tasks, both on the business and editorial sides of our publications, which include Jewniverse and a variety of blogs. We're looking for a solid writer with an interest in Jewish culture and history on the one hand, and who is eager to learn some of the nitty-gritty of online marketing and business on the other.
Familiarity with WordPress and Photoshop is a plus.
The internship is available immediately and would last at least through the end of August. The position is 10-15 hours a week and pays $10 per hour. Applicants must be available to come into our Midtown Manhattan office. To apply, send resume and cover letter explaining your interest working for MJL to email@example.com with "Internship" in the subject.
UPDATE: The summer position has been filled, but check back in for future openings!
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Amazing Gifts For Your Mom (Whoever She May Be)
At the Passover Seder we have the Four Children, so it seems only right that on Mother's Day we should have the Four Moms. Except, really, how do you divide all moms into just 4 categories? So we added a 5th, and are suggesting some gifts to help you keep the guilt trips at bay.
Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 12th. Order today and get it in time to give to your mom, whichever of these categories she exemplifies or defies!
Fancy Mom
Not every mom is a jewelry-lover, but if yours is, you can't do better than this stunning and simply beautiful purple leaf pendant necklace made in Israel ($141). We love how elegant and chic it is.
We love this awesome Family Tree Wall Clock ($20) that has room for you to add 12 pictures from your family, 1 for every hour of the day. It's a nice way to acknowledge your big mixed family while maintaining some design flair.
New Mom
Even if you're not into attachment parenting, this popular Ergo carrier ($129.95) is an amazing (and comfortable) way to carry your baby and keep your hands free. Plus, it's cute and made of organic cotton.
Yoga Mom
If your mom has gotten into yoga or pilates, we suggest you surprise her with the deluxe Manduka Pro Mat. ($80-$138) It's the mat serious yogis dream about – and yogis say you really can tell the difference.
The Old School Mom
Is your mom active in her synagogue's sisterhood, president of her local Hadassah chapter, and maker of the all time best coffee cake in the universe? Then we suggest you go in with your siblings to get this trio of fantastic cookbooks:
The Hadassah Everyday Cookbook ($24)
Classic, beautifully photographed Jewish favorites, with a contemporary twist, by one of MyJewishLearning's favorite young food writers.
Aromas of Aleppo ($31)
Most of Syria's Jewish community left the country during the 20th century. This gorgeous cookbook captures some of their rich, tantalizing culinary heritage.
and Jerusalem: A Cookbook ($20)
One of our favorites this year, by the Israeli-Palestinian duo sweeping bestseller lists with their healthful, glorious Jerusalem cuisine.
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Passover 2013 Green Gift Guide
Despite its associations with the verdant spring, the way we tend to observe Passover is anything but green. So we're offering this guide to making your Passover less wasteful and more sustainable, from green cleaning products to recycled wine glasses. "Like" it to share it with your friends. We hope it's helpful!
Eco-Friendly Cleaning Supplies
There are some great green and eco-friendly cleaning supplies out there to help you rid your home of hametz. Simple Green is an all purpose cleaner ($11.75), and there's also Free and Clear ($5.49). We also love these Full Circle sponges and brushes made from recycled products ($19.99), and these microfiber eco-friendly Cleaning Cloths ($6.99).
Recycled and Reusable Tableware
These greener and reusable dishes and pans wed the convenience of disposable with the conscience of sustainable. Preserve Everyday Tableware offers recycled, dishwasher-safe sets of 4 plates, cups, and bowls ($17.95), 24-count cutlery sets ($12.83), and 3 nested mixing bowls for $21.63. Or, try this set of beautiful bamboo dishes that are single-use, but totally biodegradable ($24.99).
Shatterproof and Recycled Wine Glasses & Accessories
For the wine at your seder table we suggest these recyclable and shatterproof wine glasses (4 for $12.95) or these recycled glass wine glasses (6 for $61.75). And if you're looking to bring some rustic class to your brisket, we love this serving tray made out of an old wine barrel ($55). And how about this wooden handled corkscrew ($10.03) to open your wine?
Govino Wine Glass Flexible Shatterproof Recyclable, 4 for $12.95
Organic and Sustainable Kosher Wine
Kosher organic wine is hard to find, but this guide has helped us make our picks. For white, try Yarden Chardonnay ($16.99) or Baron Herzog White Zinfandel, ($7.99) (Baron Herzog is not certified organic, but many of their wines come from "sustainably grown/low spray" grapes.) For red, we love Barkan Cabernet Savignon, ($10.19) and Elvi Mati Rioja Tempranillo ($21.99).
We hope you enjoy the selection as much as we do! And check out our Classic Passover 2013 Gift Guide for our favorite seder plates, matzah covers, and seder essentials.
MyJewishLearning, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, receives a percentage of the proceeds of any Amazon purchase you make using these links.
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Passover 2013 Gift Guide
Whether you're hosting your own seder and looking for a new matzah cover, or going to someone else's and want to bring them a great gift, we've come up with our top picks of seder basics and some special items to spruce things up. Enjoy!
Seder Plates
We're offering dozens of wonderful seder plate options at all price points, but we especially love this classic silver seder plate ($278), this pomegranate themed stainless steel seder plate ($119) and this show-stopping Jerusalem stone seder plate with blue cups and illuminated Hebrew text ($385).
Glass and Metal Passover Seder Plate from Shraga Landesman, $104
Pomegranates, Circular Stainless Steel Passover Seder Plate, $119
Jerusalem Stone Seder Plate with Blue Cups and Illuminated Hebrew Text, $385
Matzah Covers
If you can't invest in a seder plate, a matzah cover is a more affordable but still beautiful and useful gift for yourself or your host. This simple elegant design features olive branches and pomegranates ($35). There's also dozens by popular Israeli artist Yair Emanuel, including this painted silk cover with red sea imagery ($27) and this raw silk cover with bird applique ($76). If you're looking for something with a more modern aesthetic, we like this round white cover, with mod-looking lettering ($54).
Pomegranates, Olive Branches, and Hebrew Pesach Matzah Cover, $35
Yair Emanuel Silk Matzah Cover Set with Birds on Blue Background, $76
Black and Blue Embroidered Pesach, Matzah, Maror Matzah Cover, $54
Matzah Plates
Matzah covers are only used at the seders and maybe on Shabbat, but a matzah plate or holder is useful all week. We like this metal and wood holder that has the matzah standing up like record albums ($60). This nickel and wood plate is very classy and charming ($35). We also love this glass matzah plate with gold and blue ($39), and this tin matzah box decorated with pomegranates ($19).
Nickel and Wood Matzah Plate with Hebrew Text and Grapevines, $35
Decorated Tin Matzah Box by Yair Emanuel in Blue with Pomegranate Design, $17
Haggadot & Books
The obvious Passover book choice is a haggadah, and there are endless options. For a family with young children, we love Joyous Haggadah: The Illuminated Story of Passover, which is comic-book style ($8.95); for slightly older children A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices ($16.20) is fantastic; and another great one is Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander's New American Haggadah ($19.79). If you tend more towards fiction when giving gifts, why not try the classic Exodus by Leon Uris ($7.99) (it's not really about the Passover story, but it's still pretty relevant and a fun read).
Wine-related Gifts
Finally, when you've got a holiday so focused on wine, why not bring a wine-related gift. This Metrokane Vertical Rabbit Corkscrew makes opening any bottle a breeze ($45). This set of six bottle stoppers in bright colors is fun and very functional ($14.99), much like these Passover wine charms, that help guests be sure which glass is theirs ($40). And there's also this beautiful wall-mounted wine rack, for storing the leftovers ($30).
We hope you enjoy the selection as much as we do! The MyJewishLearning store has literally thousands of items for holidays and any time of year, and MyJewishLearning, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, receives a percentage of the proceeds of any gift you buy.
Happy early Passover to you and yours!
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Purim 2013 Gift Guide
Purim 2013 is on its way! Starting the evening of Saturday, February 23rd, the holiday that celebrates the clever salvation of Persia's Jews is nearly upon us. Are you ready to make some noise, get dressed up, give gifts, and donate to charity? Don't worry; we can help.
Make Some Noise / Groggers
The classic Purim accessory is a noisemaker, used to block out Haman's name during the megillah reading on Purim eve and Purim day. We love this whimsical grogger in the shape of a Hasid, this silly clown grogger that comes with a display stand, this hand-painted grogger that depicts Jerusalem and has two separate noisemakers, and this simple and affordable tricolor wooden grogger.
|Hasid Grogger with stand, $280
|Clown Grogger with stand, $280
|Jerusalem Grogger with stand, $28
|Simple wooden grogger, $3
Get Dressed Up / Costumes
It's long been customary to dress up in costumes on Purim. You can go the traditional route, and get yourself this awesome nun costume, the perfect ironic getup for any megillah reading. It goes perfectly with this monk costume. Or you can go quick and easy with this beautiful (and realistic) unicorn mask, or this comprehensive set of mustaches, lips and glasses on a stick, which allow you to mix and match your costume as the holiday progresses.
|Deluxe Nun Costume, $63.75
|Medieval Monk Costume, $28.99
|Magical Unicorn Mask, $23.77
|30-piece Mustache-on-a-stick set, $59.99
Give Gifts / Mishloach Manot
You might not associate gift-giving with Purim, but in fact it's right there in the megillah, where we read that on the day that the Jews were saved from Haman's clutches Mordechai decreed that Shushan's Jews should "send portions one to another, and gifts to the poor." Check out these great, kosher pre-assembled "portions," like this one with peanut butter cups, English toffee, chocolate covered pretzels, and more. We also love this blue and white basket, with chocolates, hamantaschen, and blue Terra chips. If you're going to make your own mishloach manot, try including some lovely Wissotzky Tea and a little honey stick.
|Kosher Gift Arrangement, $26.95
|Purim Basket: True Blue Temptation, $54.99
|Wissotzky Tea, from $3.99
|100 Honey Sticks, $23.80
Give Gifts / Books
A good book is always an appropriate Jewish gift. On Purim, you can go back to the source text, and get your friend a copy of the JPS Commentary on Esther, which is comprehensive and fascinating. For the kids, there's the new and wonderful The Purim Superhero. And for the fiction lover in your life, we highly recommend The Gilded Chamber, a novelization of the story of Esther, and Good for the Jews, a modern retelling set is Madison, Wisconsin.
|JPS Commentary on the Book of Esther, $26.40
|The Purim Superhero, $7.55
|The Gilded Chamber, $13.60
|Good for the Jews, $12.48
Donate to Charity / Tzedakah
A central component of celebrating Purim is giving tzedakah, money to the poor. Why not make a donation in honor of your friends to a local food pantry, Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, American Jewish World Service, the Joint Distribution Committee, Yad Eliezer: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Israel, or JBFCS which supports Jews struggling with alcohol and drug dependency? And you can also always support our work here at MyJewishLearning.com, a not-for-profit organization.
Happy Purim to you and yours!
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Text Features/Non-Fiction/Reading Comprehension
This ThingLink includes resources to teach students how to use text features when reading non-fiction.
Included in this resource are:
- videos that explain and describe different text features
- worksheet activities to record the types of text features used to gain information and explain how the features helped comprehension
This can be used in a scavenger hunt activity where students read non-fiction books on a topic of their choice, and use text features to find information. This information can be used in the Read Write Think interactive activity listed below.
- a text feature rap
- a Quizlet that has vocabulary cards with definitions and examples of text features
- a link to a Read Write Think interactive activity where students can choose to create a newspaper, brochure, or ad and use text features.
- Click on the link below for the Thinglink resource on text features.
Expository Writing
The changing seasons provide a great opportunity to teach integrated science, reading, and writing lessons.
Students can begin by taking an Observation Walk around the school and record signs of seasonal changes into their science notebook.
They can read fiction and non-fiction books about the seasons. A suggested book list is provided.
Students can use web 2 tools to research and make products concerning the seasons.
They can also use different apps to organize and present a product.
I always recommend educreations, popplet, and tools4students.
This post includes the following:
Expository Narrative Expository Narrative LP (recommended book list, objectives, procedures)
Expository writing prompt, lined paper, and rubric ( based on STAAR)
Personal Narrative: A Special Moment
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis is an excellent book to use when teaching students about memories and special moments. Aunt Dew has a box filled with pennies that represent the special moments of her life.
Sometimes, students have difficulty taking a big topic down to a small topic. They tend to ramble about the many facets of the big topic instead of focusing on developing a narrative about one small topic.
Lesson plans are provided for writing a personal narrative about a special moment.
A Funneling Power Point, explaining how to funnel a big topic to a small topic is also provided.
I have also included a graphic organizer and an example of a personal narrative on a special moment.
A Special Moment writing prompt, rubric, and lined paper are also provided.
These activities may be updated by using technology such as:
Educreations ( Take a photo of the student's finished narrative and a photo of their memento. Have the student record themselves reading their narrative.
QR Code Generator The student writings and photos can be posted on the bulletin board with a QR code for people to hear the students reading their own writing. Students are very proud of this interactive bulletin board.
Tools4Students (graphic organizers)
Reading Poetry: The Swing by Robert Lewis Stevenson
Readiness Standard 3.8 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Supportive Standard 3.6 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).
The Swing This is a Power Point that includes the poem and questions based on the TEK/STAAR format.
I suggest that the poem be read aloud each day.
Students can illustrate what the poem helps them to visualize.
Students can use the Think-Pair-Share cooperative learning strategy to ask relevant questions and discuss what they think about the poem.
Students can practice fluency by reading the poem to each other.
The teacher can discuss the elements of poetry used by the poet.
Project Based Activities for Reading and Writing: Love That Dog
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Students can be grouped to choose from a list of differentiated reading and writing activities based on the ideas from Love That Dog.
Students can practice reading non-fiction articles from Time for Kids.
If you have access to Brainpop jr., you can view the video about taking care of pets. The site offers various online activities on the topic of taking care of pets.
Brainpop jr. also has a video and activities on the topic of poetry.
Students can also use World Book Online to research topics related to the book, such as dogs, pets, tigers, poetry, or the poets read about in the book.
Read Write Think offers activities for writing online acrostic poems and online shape poems.
Tools 4 Students is an app that offers organizer templates.
Events Organizer Chapter What I Learned Today (research organizer)
Problem Solution Organizer Character, Setting, Plot


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4 bedrooms: 1 with queen, 2 with double, 1 with 2 twins
This secluded four bedroom, two-level home has a large deck with south, west, and north views, an additional den/second living room, high-speed internet connection upstairs, cable TV/VCR/stereo sets on each level, a fully equipped kitchen with microwave and dishwasher, and two new bathrooms. Waterfront - right on your own private beach on beautiful Nantucket Sound! Perfect for swimming, sailing, and sunbathing. The perfect vacation! Truly a Cape Cod home, this lovely vacation rental features spectacular water views of the magnificent Nantucket Sound.
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What are the expectations for the Ravens this season, are they are going to improve after a lower 2013 season?
How soon NFL fans forget. It was just 2012 season that the Baltimore Ravens went 10-6 in the regular season, marched through the AFC playoffs and won the Super Bowl 34-31 against a favored San Francisco 49er team. Joe Flacco got a big new contract...Continue reading »


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Covington High Football
This Friday, November 21, 2014, our Covington High School "fighting Lions" football team will be hosting West Monroe in the second round of the playoffs at Jack Salter football stadium, 7:00pm. Ticket information is as follows:
Your original season ticket card is required. Purchase an additional paper ticket to be used in conjunction with the card for admittance at the gate. This ticket is $10. Come by the C.H.S. front office this week between 8:00am-2:00pm.
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The Dallas Cowboys have released a statement regarding DWI arrest of defensive tackle Jay Ratliff. You can read it below. "Having recently experienced the most tragic of circumstances regarding this issue, we, as an organization, understand the ultimate consequences of driving while impaired. We know that one incident is too many. The critical goal is to effect the decision making process in the hours before the wrong decision is made. Our player assistance programs in the areas of preventing incidents such as these are at the highest level in professional sports, but we are always looking to do better and for ways to improve. We will continue to draw upon the best expertise and resources available, both internally and from outside the organization, to work toward being the best in the areas of education, prevention, and effecting the right decisions. We have been in communication with Jay Ratliff regarding this incident, and we will monitor the legal process and work within the NFL guidelines for player behavior moving forward." Need NFL Tickets? var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { var script = document.createElement('script'); ref = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(''); script.type = 'text/javascript'; var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { var script = document.createElement('script'); ref = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(''); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/27484?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_'+_CI.counter; script.async = true; ref.parentNode.insertBefore(script, ref); })();
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Elegant Touch Limited Edition Glitter Nails
Glitter nails really are awesome, but also a MASSIVE pain in the bum to remove. So what if I told you that there was a way to get the total glitter look, without the pain of removal?? Well you can – Elegant Touch have released a limited edition range of glitter covered false nails in three colours – a silvery/black shade, red and this pinky coloured shade.
The nails come in 10 sizes and these are the 'Short' size – although I do think the length is still quite long (I like my nails quite short) but they're definitely not too long at all.
I absolutely love how these are pink, but not *too* barbie pink. It's a sort of muted pink that's still girly but not too in your face.
I first used these before Christmas to cover up my blue-nail disaster (which, by the way – is still a bit of an issue!) when I need something to cover up the staining instead of leaving my nails bare or doing a quick bodge-job paint!
They're easy to apply and they last fairly well although I tend to take them off after just a day or two (that's the joy of how easy they are to remove) – they can be re-used too with a spare set of glue-tabs!
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WASHINGTON – Medicare's finances are looking brighter, the government said Monday. The program's giant hospital trust fund won't be exhausted until 2030 – four years later than last year's estimate.
Meanwhile, Social Security's massive retirement program will remain solvent until 2034, officials say, although disability benefits are in more immediate danger.
The disability trust fund now is projected to run dry in 2016, unless Congress acts. At that point, the program will collect enough payroll taxes to pay only 81 percent of benefits.
The trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare issued their annual report Monday on the financial health of the government's two largest benefit programs.
The trustees project a 1.5 percent increase in monthly Social Security payments to beneficiaries for next year. That would be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in the 1970s. The increase is based on a government measure of inflation.
Medicare's Part B monthly premium for outpatient care is expected to remain unchanged for next year, at $104.90. Average premiums for prescription coverage are expected to increase by less than $2 a month.
Social Security's finances are relatively unchanged from a year ago. Medicare's improved finances are largely due to a continuing slowdown in health care spending, the report said.
Experts debate whether the health-spending slowdown is the result of a sluggish economy or represents a dividend from President Barack Obama's health care law, and more recent Medicare cuts by Congress. Private insurers, including those in Medicare's managed care program, are also shifting more costs to patients, contributing to the slowdown.
No one knows and there is an active debate going on, said Charles Blahous III, one of two public trustees. That debate is certainly not one that the trustees are going to settle.
The trustees consist of the secretaries of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor Departments, as well as the Social Security commissioner and two public trustees – a Democrat and a Republican.
Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries a day as baby boomers reach age 65. But the report said that costs per beneficiary were essentially unchanged in 2013, for the second year in a row.
That particular statistic is critical because per-person costs had surged for many years.
In the long run, both Social Security and Medicare are still in financial danger, the trustees said. Benefit cuts, tax increases or a combination of both will be needed to keep paying benefits at current levels.
About 58 million people receive Social Security benefits, including 41 million retired workers and dependents, 11 million disabled workers and 6 million survivors of deceased workers.
Last year, Social Security paid $823 billion in benefits but collected only $747 billion in taxes. Social Security has been paying out more in benefits than it has collected in taxes since 2010, a trend that is expected to continue and accelerate.
The $2.8 trillion trust fund, which is made up of special Treasury bonds, has continued to grow because it is earning interest. However, the balance will start to go down in 2020, the report said.
More than 50 million retirees and disabled people get Medicare.
The hospital trust fund is only part of the program. Coverage for outpatient care and prescription drugs is covered by premiums and other government spending.


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Q. Are we giving too many vaccines today, too soon?
More vaccines are actually a good thing! Every new vaccine protects more kids from getting sick, expensive hospital stays, and perhaps death or permanent injury. More kids are prevented from devastating diseases than ever before, thanks to vaccines. What about getting several shots at once? Is that dangerous? Could you overload a child's immune system with these vaccine germs?
Look at it this way: Your child is exposed to thousands of germs on a daily basis (even if he is not in daycare). Exposing your child to five or eight different germs in the form of vaccines is a spit in the bucket. And young kids have a better immune response to vaccines than older children and adults.
Before a vaccine is approved for use by the government, its safety is extensively studied. These studies look at how kids respond to the vaccine. And so-called "combo" vaccines that incorporate several shots at once also consider the combined effect. Even if your child got 11 shots at the same time, he would need to use only about 0.1 percent of his immune system to respond to the vaccines.The goal is to protect your child as quickly as possible from diseases that are very dangerous to young children.
And even though the number of shots has gone up, the actual load on the immune system has gone down. That's because today's vaccines are "smarter" and better engineered than the shots from a few decades ago. Case in point: whooping cough. Before 1991, the whooping cough vaccine had 3,000 different germ particles (antigens). Today's whopping cough shot has just three to five particles-just as effective, but much better designed to be easy on your immune system.
Before 1996, the polio vaccine was "live" -- this carried a small risk of actually getting polio. Today's polio vaccine is dead (inactivated), and carries no chance of getting the disease.
So, here's the irony: Your parents took much greater risk when getting vaccinated back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Today, even though we have many more vaccines, the risk is much lower. Our children are really getting smarter, safer vaccines today and better protection than we ever got as kids. Bottom line: Vaccines do not weaken the immune system, they boost it.


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We love the school!! Yes, it's a great challenging school and has homework. What Charter School doesn't? Parents are told was is expected of their child at the beginning of the school year. James Irwin is a Charter School. Parents who have their children here have placed them here voluntarily and can remove them if they are not happy! The teachers and administration are always available if we have any concerns. The receptionist always has a smile on her face when you enter the office and is eager to help. We plan to keep our child here till she graduates High School.
This school is SO negative. The "character emphasis" is NOT done in a positive way. There is NO personal encouragement done in this school and the turnover rate of the staff is ALARMING. The only good thing they had at this school was the band teacher - and even he left. Oh, and if bullying occurs - they will deny it and try to blame the victim. The car line is a DISASTER and three of the last four secretaries have been SO RUDE to the kids and they talk to them in a way that our kids would get in trouble for if they used that body language. My child also told me that the gym teacher was angry at a student last year and that the teacher started yelling and slamming his fist on the wall? Great way to role model! JICMS has way more negatives than they will ever have positives but unfortunately - it's our only choice so we will have to brave through it but now I understand why there are so many kids that don't return in the 7th grade.
I have been sending my 3 children to James Irwin for years now. Am I happy? Not really because of tooo much homework they have to turn in even in summer. The carline is ALWAYS a challenge for a busy working mom like me. As for character that the school is focused on, I am satisfied. My children are respectful as they have been, and they are more disciplined now more than ever. I give it a 3 because of the facility and staff... huge turn around of students and some good teachers have left . They need to repair the restrooms- they are old and disgusting. School needs to fund school buses. Over all this is not a bad school at all. Good but not great.
I agree with the last parent review. Teachers hand out weekend homework (even homework over the SUMMER!!) and the bathrooms near the Jags Cafe are awfully disgusting. I would say this school is okay and it's not the best or worst. It definately does have its pros though, like the Leadership program for 7th and 8th graders and the Character classes for the 6th graders. The dress code is pretty strict, but I do understand that it is to ensure that students are wearing James Irwin appropriate uniform or attire. Other than that, i give this school a 3-star rating.
Our family has been very happy with JIMS. Our daughter was not being challenged in public school. Our primary reason to move her to Irwin was the rigorous curriculum. We also like the emphasis on character. We are very happy with her caring, committed teachers, who make themselves available to discuss any questions or issues we may have. The expectations for behavior, academics, uniforms, etc are clearly communicated. In my experience, everyone is held to the same standard and treated with respect. This school does have a strict code of behavior and high expectations for every student. It also gives them the tools to excel. Do your research to determine if this school is a good match for your family. Read the student manual, visit the school, and ask questions. I have found the administration to be very approachable, helpful, and working for continuous improvement.
James Irwin is an excellent school that has high standards both academically and behaviorally. The teachers are caring and have made my son a better student in a short amount of time. I like that the school really focuses on teaching leadership and making the students responsible. If you are looking for a school that allows your child to be creative in their own way, this is not the place for you. They have a certain way of doing things, but it seems successful to me. Electives are limited for middle school, but I can't say enough about their academics.
This school is awful! The teachers treat students horribly, all of the students misbehave, and the teachers don't know how to teach the classes well. Students are honestly treated like tools to obtain high test scores. It's like the teachers only care about the test scores and not each individual child! Whatever you do, don't let your child attend James Irwin Middle School!
I am a James Irwin parent. I am thankful for the education my girls have received from James Irwin. I feel sad that it appears parents have had some trouble (as I am sure the school can not please all of us) yet we do not get to hear the other side of the story. People are sharing some negative comments but I do not see it said that they went to the school and gave them a chance to explain or solve some of the issues being shared. I have had two middle school students and know that sometimes what is said by our student may not be all of what happened. I hope, in the future, instead of using this as a venting tool, we can first remember to seek first to understand, then to be understood.
My daughter was a student in the middle and high schools. She was always very happy with both schools, as were my husband and I. She went on to college and was more than prepared. All 3 schools have a student handbook available before fall classes begin. I believe if you and your student review it before committing you'll be ready to follow dress code and know what's expected academically and behaviorally. No surprises. If you don't want your student to learn to be a responsible adult and behave with integrity, find a traditional public school.
My daughter is in sixth grade and this is her first year at James Irwin. She loves all of her teachers and has learned so much. They believe strongly in developing strong character in their students. She hasn't heard one cuss word or seen or experienced any bullying. She knows exactly what she needs to do on her homework which has taken away a lot of the frustration. I have read a lot of complaints regarding the uniform policy. It seems silly to send your child to a uniform school and then complain about it. This is an amazing school. It is an academically rigorous school that prepares their students for college.
This school seriously needs to do a better job when tracking down each student's attendance. I was checking infinite campus one day while my child was at school and she was marked an excused absence for that whole day because of some sort of illness?! Last time I checked, she was at school the whole day and I complained to the school about this by sending one of the staffs an email and they did NOTHING. I am still informing the school to delete that absence off since that wasnt fair for my daughter to have been marked absent that day when she was present at school the whole day. Also, this school has a sugar policy where each student is required to eat/drink any food beverages below 15 grams of sugar. I sent some cupcakes to the office since it was my daughter's birthday and she was going to pass it out for her leadership class when a lady in the front office informed me that the cupcakes I brought in weren't allowed since they were full of sugar. unfortunately, my daughter couldn't even celebrate her birthday with cupcakes to her leadership class.
We were so happy when our daughter was selected to attend JICMS. Coming from one of the worst school districts and one of the lowest test scoring schools we were so grateful that our child would now have the opportunity to thrive in a better educational environment. The staff so far has been just wonderful to my child, we have seen so many changes in her growth as a person since starting there this school year. Not that she wasn't a good child before but JICMS seems to have helped her flourish those attributes that we as her parents had already established. JICMS is fast paced, strong in their teachings and have the test scores to prove it. We love knowing that our child's educational future is looking so much brighter now.
I am a Hispanic parent too and I see first hand how our students are treated in JICMS. I have a different point of view on this matter because I don't see how people can say they are treated better or worse than others. It does not matter what race you are , if you don't follow the rules the consequences are going to be the same for everyone. We are trying to teach kids character and responsibility so their future can be much better. Please , if you have any questions don't listen to others just visit the school and see first hand how it really is. Everyone is welcome!
I am a Hispanic parent and I have to agree with the last post I just read. I have to say that the rules are not dispersed equally amongst the children at this school and it's bothered me for quite a while, however, I have no choice but to deal with it as it is the closest school with a decent curriculum and choices are really limited in this particular district. I'd also like to see a more diverse group of teachers at this school. My children do not like the school or the teachers that much but I bolster their self-esteem and I let them know how valuable and valued they are, but sometimes this gets complicated when the messages they receive about themselves are not as positive as their peers. I am hoping to move in the next year and find a school where differences and diversity is valued and where children are still very respectful and structured yet not treated like common criminals when they make mistakes. To those who love this school....more power to ya!!!
For those reviews who mention James Irwin turning children into robots and such, that is completely untrue. What the school tries to do is develop children into people who can turn in their schoolwork, obey the rules, control themselves, and treat others with respect. It is the children who cannot do those things that don't make it at James Irwin.
James Irwin teaches the kids to be great people!! They maybe expected to do their work and to be good role models. But it is better then what other schools in the district and some other ones around here teach. Defiantly worth enrolling your child here. Minimal fights and great educated children! ;)
If this school is not able to turn your child into the James Irwin "ROBOT" by mid year they will politely ask you to withdraw them. I felt horrible when this happened as my child shoulders some of the blame, however, it was the best thing that could have happened. It made me research other schools (district 20) and realize that there are amazing curriculums out there where my children will still be heavily prepared for college but at schools where teachers/administration have more compassion for ADD or other problems that kids have difficulty with. My child is thriving in an environment (for now district 49 soon district 20) where he can change classes and get rid of excess energy and his teachers have been firm but absolutely amazing to him. So much so that I've decided to remove my remaining children from this school and put them in outstanding schools with LOTS of structure but where they can be more at ease and in a "regular" environment where kids are not persecuted for the slightest infractions. Thank you James Irwin for forcing me to see that you are not the BEST school in the Springs after all WE ARE A MUCH HAPPIER FAMILY since we were asked to withdraw our child
I love this school! The principals are wonderful. The kids are still kids but more respectful than not! My daughter is in the high school and she LOVES it! My mistake is not having my other children over there yet! The teachers are very firm but "kind". The children are valued so they are not made to wait outside in rain or snow. I can't say enough about this truly GREAT school!
My good friend moved schools because of the bulling done to her brother. Her mum and dad came to the schools and talked with the office about it and they ignored it. This is supposed to be a school of character but it's not. My mum and dad are both in the military so I move A LOT... When I first came to the school, people were so rude to me. I was clearly unwelcome. I do not like that school. Even one of the teachers said that were are the rudest children that he has ever had.
This is an absolutely wonderful school! The student to teacher ratio combined with the curriculum and after school activities earns my personal rating of five stars across the board!
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c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) No matter where you live, you can go to church, so to speak, with Christ Fellowship in McKinney, Texas, which is on board with almost every high-tech gambit under heaven.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's claim that U.S.
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(RNS) The old wisdom: The more educated you are, the less likely you
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away from God -- it gives them a more liberal attitude about who's going
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(RNS) Ramadan, which begins with a sunup-to-sundown fast Monday (Aug.
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Every Sunday morning, P.S. 144 elementary school in Queens, like
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Google cleared to land in private terminal at Silicon Valley airport
Re: Not unusual
I suppose only General Motors should be allowed to have a company car fleet?
No haulage unless you're into postage?
Can a business buy a Ford Transit if it isn't a building firm?
Oh, and do the vending machines in the cafe have to be taken out if it's not a Starbucks?
Really, I'm not seeing the problem here. Google have struck a deal, a new terminal is being built. They ain't taking an existing one. They're not robbing people of the ability to get cheap flights to Bumfuck, Ohio. Wouldn't surprise me if part of the deal means it becomes even easier to do so.
But let's see, eh?
they want their own transportation that the serfs are not allowed to use.
Well I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like your car being co-opted by the Collective either.
If Google as a company need to shuffle hundreds of people over long distances each year, doesn't it make sense to do a deal to basically build your own terminals right next to where you need them to be? It's not like they are robbing people of the terminals that are already there, and do you think the council would be spending $85 million if they weren't getting something out of it? You know, something that might mean lower taxes, better services or both for the people living there?
I'm probably one of the more cynical people here, but all I see from this rainy island is win/win for everyone involved. Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but time will tell.
Re: Mystery...
Why don't they just use Hangouts?
Probably prefer hangars.
New Forum Wishlist - but read roadmap first
User-defined avatars - we don't want to have to store avatars, or vet them, or get angry if someone changes avatar to something abusive.
Aw, please?
Think about it this way: The moment someone sends you goatse as a picture to review, you can invoke a "we don't want to see that shit" clause in the terms of use for this place. Rather than ban them, well, that's a use for up and downvotes. To get the ability for a custom avatar or selection of icons back, you're on probation and you need to get a 75/25 split in favour of upvotes over the last 200 (or so) votes on your posts with the count starting from the start of probation and continuing for as many votes as it takes to achieve 75/25 people from the last 200 liking your posts. Until then you're stuck with Anonymous Coward, Hello Kitty, or some other variety of dunce cap.
If it's something less gross, say annoyingly repeating attempts at trying to get the same disallowed image approved, you can implement the same sanction but maybe minus the enforced dunce cap and with a lower voting sample and easier ratio required to get it back.
I reckon there's enough people posting and voting for an idea like that to work, and I know I honestly couldn't care less about waiting a week to a month or more to see a batch of icons get approved. I know it's going to take someone a while to sift through the requests at first, and I don't think people will make that many requests when they realise it takes a week to a month or more for changes and updates to be approved.
If there's a hardware issue, you could always go the whole hog and make it a feature of a Register Plus Ad Free Paid Membership or something. Keep Free pretty much as it is (maybe fix the threading issues, oh please fix the threading issues), £10/year per member to hire a few terabytes in a rack somewhere, buy your own fat pipe and some boxes, or some kind of big blob of virtual cloudiness?
How much do you reckon you make per commentard (as opposed to, ahem, read-only viewers) from the ads at the minute? If the price is right, I reckon there's people here who'll buy into extra bells and whistles and a full page of news minus the ads, even if you can just run ABP+ for the latter feature.
Apple badmouthing of court's monitor proves it NEEDS him - judge
Death Penalty, Mr Katt?
Now I know some fanbois can get a bit, well, fanatical. You however, take the batshit-crazy religious-fruitloop cake. Death to the unbelievers, next?
Are you real, or rubber?
My name is Dabbsy and I am an EMAILOHOLIC
I guess I could be the worst of the lot.
Domain names with wildcard redirects. AS MANY EMAIL ADDRESSES AS YOU LIKE. My god, it's like concentrated cocaine.
On the plus side, it's amusing to see people trying to exploit majordomo@, listserve@, root1@, root2@, root3@...
Oh Mr Bayes, how I love you. As much as a man can love another man nonsexually.
Rosetta comet chaser due to wake up for final rendezvous on Monday
Cometary Catbird Seat?
Space gryphons?
Google Glass driver told she CAN wear techno-specs while on the road
GPS are only for those who can't read a map and are unable to hold basic route instructions in one's head.
I'm sure the various lorry drivers and other long distance, international types will love having to keep a whole box of maps for every area they drive though.
You do know that a GPS navigation device is basically a map with a homing ability, right? That's what those funny squiggles on the screen are. You know: roads.
Re: Next time ...
If it stops motorcycles from weaving down the white line when the other traffic is "only" doing 65mph then fine, make helmets illegal
I get the feeling that you're exaggerating.
Don't get envious of the legal ability of motorbike riders to filter. Get a motorbike, and take advantage.
Microsoft to RIP THE SHEETS off Windows 9 aka 'Threshold' in April
Possibly something that needs a certain number...
1, or perhaps 2?
Re: Save billions on marketing
Henry Ford said something along the lines of "if I gave my customers what they wanted, I'd be in the business of making faster horses."
And people said the same thing about Steve "Seven Inch Tablets Are Way Too Small, and you really like iTunes, no you really do and you must have it" Jobs.
Mind you, at least the iPod and iPod Maxi ended up being somewhat popular.
Bay Area plots Googlebus tax after local residents riot
Re: Fair's fair
Correct but remember we're talking about Google, who's entire business model is based on making money by leeching off other people's property.
Is this becoming a fashion? "lol Google steals ur stuff"? Thought-stopping cliché, much?
Plenty of things you can accuse Google of, but this is not one of them. Of course, you are free to rewrite your robots.txt so that Google never touches your site again. Even perhaps block the entire Google IP range from your servers.
Now why don't we talk about Microsoft, whose entire business model is based around, oh, leeching off other people's property. The golden screwdriver business model, with added overtones of extortion and racketeering. Or Apple, who so desperately desire to be Microsoft, even while Microsoft wish they were as "cool" as Apple?
Frankly I'll take Google any day over those bridge-trolls.
Blame Silicon Valley for the NSA's data slurp... and what to do about it
Re: @Andrew Orlowski
The simplest way to make a program free software is to put it in the public domain, uncopyrighted. This allows people to share the program and their improvements, if they are so minded. But it also allows uncooperative people to convert the program into proprietary software. They can make changes, many or few, and distribute the result as a proprietary product. People who receive the program in that modified form do not have the freedom that the original author gave them; the middleman has stripped it away.
Though you are probably thinking of the following paragraph:
Copyleft is a way of using of the copyright on the program. It doesn't mean abandoning the copyright; in fact, doing so would make copyleft impossible. The "left" in "copyleft" is not a reference to the verb "to leave"—only to the direction which is the inverse of "right".
See, I don't read that as "abandon all copyright". I read that as "abandoning the copyright on your product as a way of putting it into the public domain". Abandoning all copyright would mean that "proprietary", ie uncopyable, products would be impossible to legally enforce, and there would be no need for copyleft. Therefore, copyleft is invented as a means to subvert (or perhaps invert) copyright. Therefore, I don't think the people who invented copyleft would be all that bothered if the notion of intellectual property (note I did not say 'copyright' there, two very different beasts) went out of the window.
There is also the very second sentence in the GNU GPL preamble:
The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free software for all its users.
Sounds pretty hippy-dippy-free-love-and-pass-the-flowers-around to me.
Of course I guess we would have to get an answer straight from Stallman, ESR or the various other GNU guys' mouths, to know for certain.
Re: @Andrew Orlowski
All those GPL variants so beloved of the GNU and many members of the FOSS communities?
Copyleft was invented to subvert copyright. I don't think the originators of that license would care too much if "intellectual property" as we know it completely ceased to exist.
Me, I can understand the advantage of some kinds of limited copyright. However "intellectual property" is, as I continue to maintain, a cancer.
Though what this has to do with the NSA spying on people, privacy in general or the tendency of large corporations to be obsessed with spying on their customers, I have no idea. It's an Orlowski article. I get the feeling he'd blame "the freetards" for shooting John F Kennedy, if he could.
Hacker backdoors Linksys, Netgear, Cisco and other routers
Re: "alert the victim that something had happened"
There's a few ISPs out there whose authentication procedure is "ah, you're coming from that wire. You must be genuine."
In that case, a router would not have a username or password (or copied MAC address) to reset.
Haswell micro: Intel's Next Unit of Computing desktop PC
Re: Far too expensive
Ask yourself why laptops sell more than desktop PCs.
Because they are shiny and you can take them with you. At least, that's why people were buying them when I was asking them as a computer salesman. Most of the time I'd just find them an appropriate laptop. Occasionally (like when it's obviously for a kid) I'd give it "err.. sure you wouldn't like something less delicate?"
They usually stuck with their choice. I suppose some commentards here would be trying to hide a smirk at the inevitable smashed-up junk that landed on the service desk three months later.
As far as the article goes? Hey, might make a nice little box to velcro to the back of a telly. It'll never be a gaming PC, but it might run a web browser. Which makes me wonder, why on earth is the only option £300 for a welded-in i5? Jokes aside, you don't need an i5 for Firefox, and £300 plus adding your own RAM and your own HDD? Bit pricey there.
That and "the general public" tend to not want to do all that super hyper advanced stuff like "put the memory stick in the slot". They want it all done for them. This box apparently doesn't do that. Oh, and then you need the license for Windows. Good luck trying to sell THAT on its own without Microsoft's special "only if you only sell Windows, and only built into a new PC, and if the motherboard dies you buy a new Windows" discount.
Yes, the BBC still uses FTP. And yes, a Russian crook hacked the server
Re: If it's not broke...
Many top-notch computer scientists and hackers have some kind of autistic spectrum disorder. It's one of those weird conditions that in milder cases can actually be beneficial if your job involves systems analysis and design. Not so much if it involves a lot of customer-facing work.
Though I do have to wonder exactly which one of the buttload of comments up there you were replying to?
Re: "account running the ftp daemon"
Edon got perm ban
Now I understand that some people have an irrational dislike of hairstyles, but isn't that a bit ridiculous? People with mullets up against the wall next?
Re: If it's not broke...
The problem with the "If its not broke, don't fit it" attitude
And when the Damagement have the desire to fix everything regardless of whether it's broke, we end up with the Windows 8 UI. The problem is in how to educate the bosses enough that they understand what "maintenance" is without going batshit crazy on "new". Or worse, "better because it's newer".
If it's not broke...
See title. Just because it's old, doesn't mean it doesn't work. And with very much less overhead than sending big files via HTTP.
Though granted, a restricted-access FTP site should really be sFTP.
Skype's Twitter account, blog hacked to spread anti-Microsoft messages
Re: @ cornz 1
Just like when people ask you what you were doing on 9/11/2001
I suppose at least when the psychopathic god-botherers blew the fuck out of a few tube trains and a bus in London, they did it on a nicely unambiguous 7/7. How considerate of them.
Snapchat: In 'theory' you could hack... Oh CRAP is that 4.6 MILLION users' details?
Well, my adobe@ username has obviously been "pwned". None of the others have, allegedly. At least according to that site.
However according to an utterly massive data dump I (and many others) got from the Reg a while ago, my email address for this place is comprehensively pwned. Coff. Lucky I have at least semi-sensible passwords, eh?
As for being all super scared about entering your details into that web site, it's been around for quite the long while now. It's being run by someone who presumably wants you to use it. Doing nefarious things with the stuff you type into the search box is not going to be conducive to that. Besides, exactly what is the owner going to do with your username, when s/he apparently already has raw data from umpteen leaks to choose from?
Silk Road 2.0 busted! At least two arrests as federal crackdown begins
Re: Pitiful Lying Loser BIG difference between commercial and street drugs.....
Is this thread still going on?
Not acknowledged the links I provided which suggest this is a myth? Why would that be?
I think he's on drugs, myself. It's affected his reading comprehension. Seems to have seriously affected his comprehension of cause and effect, too. He still seems to think that all the problems caused by banning a herb are actually because of the herb.
And hey, apparently we're herd-buddies. At least that's what I assume by "Blowhard". He seems to have a problem remembering names when they're printed right in front of him, too.
Re: Lying Loser Blowhard Loser Loser BIG difference between commercial....
I think the only thing Bryant is consistent at, is seemingly cocaine-fuelled rants. I'm wondering if he'll try and implicate people in some Penguinista conspiracy to dull the minds of potential future Microsoft developers, next.
And we might have to do something about that. Muahahaha.
Re: Loser Loser BIG difference between commercial and street drugs.....
So basically, every single bad thing you're throwing at mowie wowie is there because it's illegal, and not because it's mowie wowie.
You know the answer to that problem, but neither you nor the Daily Heil will like it very much.
Also, medicinal weed is best vaped or eaten, not smoked. In fact that's the case for marijuana full stop, but you know, illegal, inflated prices, people do what they can.
Re: It's all good
Coke, possibly, over a long period of usage. There's a reason it's also known as "Forced March". Ecstasy (as in MDMA, not the research chemicals you buy outside a nightclub for a quid), no. That has a different side effect of depression caused by you exhausting your serotonin supply in repeated bursts of I LOVE YOU, MAN. Leah Betts is the poster child everyone brings out for MDMA-related deaths, and she didn't die from ecstasy poisoning. She died from water overdose after listening to government FUD about "OMG YOU WILL DEHYDRATE UNLESS YOU DRINK LOOOOOADS." Heroin's major problem is the extreme addiction.
Weed's only a problem if you're schizophrenic. But then, if you have that sort of problem, you should also be avoiding alcohol, and possibly strong coffee.
Re: It's all good
And the worst part about the inhumane drugs war is that it has resulted in people lumping pretty much any psychoactive compound under the umbrella demonisation term "DRUGZ". Alcohol is a drug, you know, with far more harm potential than many of the illegal substances out there.
Really, comparing weed to cocaine? Might as well compare an egg whisk to a jackhammer.
HTC: Shipping Android updates is harder than you think – here's why
Re: this is how closed hardware works
I see "90% piracy rate" and call utter bullshit, sorry. I know too many people with smartphones and apps for them for that statistic to make any sense whatsoever. Even with that in mind, the various reports my Googling turns up (try ios piracy rate, or android piracy rate) seem to indicate that iOS has a high piracy rate too, with some reports claiming that it's higher than Android.
I take both cases with a pinch of salt. Wherever that piracy is allegedly happening, it isn't around here.
Re: blame linux?
API, not so much. ABI? Well yeah, there's been some developers who have an insane desire to deliberately break stuff.
It's one thing for one of your kernel updates to mess with Nvidia's kernel driver module. Another thing to go out of your way to break it and make life difficult for everyone involved. But, some people are quite happy with their special little 0.5% and don't want it getting any bigger.
I don't care if they are leet hacksaw kernel devs, I call such people "fucking idiots".
Google and Apple in DRAG RACE: It's fanboi Mercs VS fandroid Audis
look at their interface design for anything - it's an unholy mess of random icons and text.
A logo, a text box, a "search" button and an "I'm feeling lucky" button. I don't know how it could get much more simple?
Unless you mean the phone OS, that has.. you know.. the same grid-of-icons display that mobile phones have had since the first mobile phone with a more capable display than "two lines of text and some indicators"? The one with the phone dialler right there on the front page?
I can see how you might get confused. If you're the sort of person who gets confused when the computer asks you to hit the "any" key.
Apple wants sales ban on Samsung smartphones nobody is selling
Re: This looks awfully like
I think it's more likely that Samsung would buy Apple than the reverse. In fact Samsung could probably buy Apple with the spare change found down the back of the CEO's sofa.
As already mentioned, Samsung is a gargantuan company. Apple make a few high-margin popular toys, but they really are a minnow in comparison.
Re: Does Apple Make anything useful
as Apple have better resale / trade-in value / last longer
You can shoot a fucking big hole through this argument by visiting just about any second hand shop or mazuma-type website, and looking at the price you'll get and the price you'll pay for an iThing versus any droid thing that isn't cheap shit.
We don't need no STEENKIN' exploit brokers: Let's FLATTEN all bug bounties
Re: C++11 hackers freshly out of uni???
Graduate from LJMU, BSc(hons) in Computer Games Technology. They taught C, and C++, and C# (amongst other languages/toolkits such as Matlab). C# has Mono and Unity3D behind it, and for computationally intensive tasks (like computer games), there really is no substitute for C and C++.
Well, asides assembly language perhaps, but I'm pretty sure even experienced ASM programmers only drop into it occasionally to optimise a C or C++ routine. Only really saw bits of Assembly language on the course as it related to using PS2 devkits. All I can say to that is "I pity the poor PS2 coders". God that was an awful system. The devkits look lovely though.
JAILBREAK! US smut spam king Kilbride flees minimum security prison
Seems to be an awful lot of sadists around these parts.
Not that I have much sympathy for Kilbride, but I think a few people need to be subject to the punishments they so achingly wish to inflict on others.
Slurp away, NSA: Mass phone data collection IS legal, rules federal judge
= or ==?
Or is it more of a ===?
But that's just quibbling over syntax. Otherwise, yes.
Ubuntu unleashes dual boot tool for Android mobes'n'slabs
Re: AC Why the hell
and it won't spend half it's time reporting back to Google and the cellular provider everything you look at, download or do.
It'll just report it all to Canonical and Amazon. Not sure which is better.
Re: Windows 8
If you mean "lets you drop to a Windows command line", you might want to check out Busybox for Android (there's non-root versions too). Lets you open up a terminal window, erm, without rebooting.
Other than that, Windows 8 isn't really like Android at all, except perhaps both being designed around toy fondleslabs and the default UI being a bit shit on anything that's not a fondleslab.
Cool idea, not that dual-booting is a new concept.
On a phone?
Just be glad the fruit merchant didn't do it, otherwise they'd have a patent on it by now. Yes I know, the chances of Apple even entertaining a dual-boot iPhone are about the same as the chances of anything coming from Mars.
(Well, excluding our own Martian).
Android, Chromebooks storm channel as Windows PC sales go flat
Re: So if we award all desktops to Microsoft then I make it...
In this day and age, if I don't have an internet connection it's because I wanted it that way.
What's wrong with wanting a computer that works without a connection to The NSA^WCloud?
Fanbois, prepare to lose your sh*t as BRUSSELS KILLS IPHONE dock
Re: Appropriate use of icon..
I recall travelling to our neighbours before EU days
Admittedly, "before EU days" was pretty much the cold war, and there was all kinds of other crap to deal with. You know, like Germany being split across the middle by a bloody big wall and people getting their arses shot off for trying to cross over it.
Also the UK has agreed to some parts of the Schengen agreement. I think the healthcare provisions are one part. So, if you're in an EU country that isn't your home, and you fall sick, you can use that country's health service. Yes, even if you are a Pole living in the UK. I think there is even some provision where if you are ill in your home country, the domestic health service cannot help you, and there is a treatment elsewhere in the EU, you can travel to the other country and have your home nation's health service pay for the treatment.
It helped immensely with a friend trying to get on the Sativex program when he managed to say to the NHS guys in so many words, "marijuana is a treatment that works for my conditions, so how about I go to Amsterdam and you pay for it?"
He's on Sativex now, and yep, it works.
Re: Vladimir Plouzhnikov
Actually you can fit between 74 and 80 minutes of CD quality digital audio on a CD. Ahem.
If you moonlight as a DJ, you'll also know that the punters on the dance floor probably don't care about the 20khz ceiling for 44.1khz digital audio, that probably isn't very audible amongst the groundshaking bass being pumped through a bunch of Peaveys or Kenwoods anyway.
Now if you're going to tell me that vinyl is better for cueing up and mixing stuff together, I'll probably agree. There is a reason that time coded vinyl is widely regarded as the best digital DJ UI. However, quality wise, a 128kbit mp4 probably exceeds the quality of a 12" EP or LP, and you can fit a whole ton of those on a CD.
Re: Not only but also
So now, every phone will come with two cables, and a charger. Instead of the one cable and charger that they now come with. Way to "reduce unnecessary waste" !!!
Or the vast majority of phones will come with a single port that does everything and fits to most phones, and a couple of awkward bastards will insist on using a seperate port for "enhanced functionality". You know, like data.
DisARMed: Geeksphone's next high-end mobe to pack Intel x86 inside
Re: Android.. on x86?
Android is already a virtual machine running on a Linux kernel. That's what the whole "dalvik" thing is. I guess if you compile the Android Linux kernel for x86, Android runs on x86. Same for ARM, MIPS or whatever the CPU-du-jour is. Hell, being a Linux kernel, I'm surprised we haven't seen Android kitchen toasters yet, although Sammy seem to have joined in a little with the hacker spirit and made an Android refrigerator.
Re: Not another smart phone?
Bloody good rant. Yep, there does need to be a hard-as-nails phone that isn't teeny. However, I wouldn't be so sure about "don't need data". Even farmers these days can have all kinds of tech helping them look after the place, and some of that tech can beep you (or send a message) when something is up.
A data allowance would be a pretty good way of getting an email or other alert saying "oi, some fucker's pinched the cable to the cow shed again, grab your 12 bore and get up there before they get away."
Mozilla: Native code? No, it's JavaScript, only it's BLAZING FAST
Re: Assembler is not "arcane"
Oh I dunno. I'd call Brainfuck and its derivatives pretty arcane (and perhaps archaic), even if they are about the simplest type of "virtual machine" you could dream up. Quite far removed from 10 PRINT "BOLLOCKS "; 20 GOTO 10.
a syntactically rich, high-level language like C or Python
Oh come on. High level like C or Python? Just because Assembly language is a mining operation in the Marianas trench, doesn't mean that paddling around in a Python (or Ruby, Perl, VB, even Javascript) playpool is anything like the heliox diving operation that is C.
Microsoft yanks Surface 2 DIM SCREEN of DEATH fix in update snafu
Just a quickie
"Empire of Sadness"
Has Linden Labs gotten some massive pretentions lately, or is this some other Registerism (or perhaps, Pottism) that I don't know of yet?
IT bods: Windows XP, we WON'T leave you. Migrate? Chuh! As if...
Re: I believe it
Thanks, but I already have an 8 Pro iso from whatever-they're-calling-MSDNAA-this-week. Having passed the degree and therefore no longer being entitled to free downloads from Microsoft, there's no chance I'm paying full price for an 8.1 disk even if one was available. I don't think many other Windows 8 users will be doing that either, unless they have more money than sense.
Also "I got the Windows 8.1 ISO from MVLS" - so a download then, which requires a Microsoft account that's been authorised to use the MVLS. I'm sure all those people buying new PCs out there have access to Microsoft's volume licensing service. Not.
Now, log into the store from 8, wait for the umpteen-gig 8.1 upgrade download to finish and start installing stuff. After two or three reboots (some things don't change), it'll get to the same "setting up your machine" screens that millions of people who don't have the extra-special don't-piss-our-business-customers-off editions of Windows get to see.
Show me the local account option there. You know, in spite of it being an upgrade to a (virtual) machine which was primarily run on a local account.
Re: Whither Windows?
...and doesn't work very well.
Though given the "more secure" comment, you probably haven't tried anyway.
Google search biz offer BINNED by EU competition chief
They should do this MS Browser Screen style.
Put an option in the user account settings saying "would you like us to point you at other search engines while you search?"
Then we can click the button marked "No thankyou. If I wanted another search engine I'd already be there."
Except Microsoft actually have an abusive monopoly that's only in a slight, remote danger of being corroded 30 years later thanks to throwaway toyslabs with nowhere near the utility of a PC, and Google don't. And Microsoft are one of the Fairsearch group. Go fucking figure.
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