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1983 Yamaha Maxim 550CC Motorcycle,
good started buke, new chain, sprockets
and battery - $500
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with 2 Kirsch rods, 66"-120" long,
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Toilet, white
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beige and black, 5' high, fan back,
with cushion, good condition - $35 OBO
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George Foreman Grill,
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APEX 13" CRT Color TV - $25
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@rfreytag: Ha! Turtles all the way down, indeed. It's just a matter of time before we're running VMs inside of VMs inside of VMs ... VM Inception. Glad you got it figured out.
@rfreytag: I don't know the answer, but here's where I would start if I were in your shoes ... First, how much physical memory do you have in the machine? Second, pop open Task Manager (right-click on the Windows Task bar and select Task Manager). Go to the Performance tab. How much of your memory is utilized:
a) When in Visual Studio in Design time
b) When you F5 Run Debug the WVGA 512K
c) When you F5 Run Debug everything else
Perhaps the message isn't intended to be understood that Hyper-V is capped out ... maybe it's the other way around ... maybe Hyper-V *wants* to give more to the VMs, but your physical memory is capped out. So, are you running out of memory? You might look at other processes that are hogging memory while you're attempting to do this?
@Snooker: Hi Snooker, I'll help if I can ... I'm NOT a hardware guy so I have to rely on my research skills.
Commenter @TTom (above) said that only i3/i5/i7 supports SLAT. That's not necessarily true. READ THIS LINK CAREFULLY and DOUBLE CHECK WITH WHOEVER SOLD YOU THAT COMPUTER because only certain non-i3/i5/i7 processors support it:
Also, read the comments below that article ... someone (@gadya) suggests that it's not JUST the processor, but the motherboard / chipset may need to support it as well. I know in my case, the Asus z77 Sabertooth has the BIOS settings I needed listed there ... so that's a BIOS thing, not a chip thing. They may have a point there.
So, pin down the manufacturer and try to get them to give you a definitive answer ... if they can't, you'll have to decide whether to risk it or go with something that advertises SLAT to be on the safe side. Hope that helps?
@Doctor Who: I don't know about cheap / free versions of VMWare. I'm using the Mac version and have kept it updated ... I think I purchased it for $50? Obviously, having an MSDN license is part of this equation, too, or at least having access to the Windows OS you need, VS, SQL Server, etc.
Obviously, if you have an MSDN license ... or more specifically a Windows 2012 license, you already have access to Hyper-V.
Of course, if you have an MSDN license (perhaps your company purchased one for you) then you might think about running VMs on Azure for (essentially) free -- you get Azure credits ... $50 / month at a minimum. I've been playing around with Azure VMs for the past week ... it's really awesome. They even have VMs that are preconfigured with Visual Studio 2013 (Ultimate) Preview ... I haven't tried Phone development on an AZURE VM but in general, you could create a dozen VMs with various configurations, save them off, then spin up a copy when you have a new project and only pay for the time it's running. You just use Remote Desktop ... so I guess a good internet connection would be valuable, too. Admittedly, I haven't gone quite this far for my personal workflow, but it's the next step from what I'm doing right now.
Heck, running a quad core with 7 GB ram (Large instance) and Visual Studio 2013 ULTIMATE would only cost about $2.88 for an 8 hour day:
... no new hardware or software to buy. Yeah, ok, that's like $57.60 **IF** you keep one running 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday, for an entire month. I rarely get to code that much. So, .36 / hour ... that's a pretty good "rental fee" if you ask me.
(While I was writing this reply, I tried this out ... I have a pretty fast internet connection through Verizon Fios with 83 mbps down / 34 mbps up ... even so, there's a tiny lag when you type, but other than that, a gratifying experience. The whole setup took 10 minutes from login to the Azure portal to the point where I wrote a Hello World ASP.NET app).
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@Doctor Who: I'm sorry you're having problems with the install. I'll readily admit ... It took me several tries, and that's what prompted such a thorough (attempt) at explaining what you should and shouldn't do ... clearly, my personal experience only scratched a few of the challenges and not the full breadth of the challenges involved.
First to address the "Pro vs. Non-Pro" issue ... the "Windows Phone SDK 8.0" download page:
... the System Requirements section says the following:
System RequirementsSupported Operating System
Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro
- Operating system type:
- Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions
- Hardware:
- 6.5 GB of free hard disk space
- 64-bit (x64) CPU
- Windows Phone 8 Emulator:
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- Requires a processor that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
What I clearly failed to do in the video / article was to make a clear distinction here with regards to the requirements. I apologize for not making this crystal clear. I'm going to make this clear in the article portion hoping that people from now on will read it before making any purchase decisions. Technically, yes, you can install the SDK on a non-Pro edition of Windows 8 64-bit, however PRACTICALLY you will want the Pro edition for the emulator.
Second, your current issue seems to be around permissions. I realize what I'm about to suggest will violate the principle of least privilege access, however, is the account you're running under also part of the Administrators group? I'm wondering if there are *other* privileges required that were not mentioned in the error messages you received. I suppose I could look at my machine and list out all the groups I'm a part of. Is there anything I could do to help?
This is why I finally decided to purchase the physical OEM of Windows 64-bit Pro. I actually wasted several hundred dollars trying to get this right. Fortunately, I had just built a new physical machine so it made sense. I bought a second physical OEM of Windows 64-bit pro for my VM which I used to record these videos.
While I'm at it, let me tell you what I do as a developer who has grown tired of constantly having to work through various configurations of Windows, Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc. I use VMWare and keep my primary operating system pristine. In fact, for each new project, I copy a pristine VM and set it up for that project. I'm aware that this is probably in violation of ToS, but I hope Microsoft forgives me ... I pay for all my software. I have a 2TB drive that stores all my current project VMs. It's extreme, but again, I've not had configuration conflicts in years as a result.
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@Asenchuk: Unfortunately, I think you did miss something. "truthy" and "falsey" are just literal string values. I could have used "Bob" and "Clint" instead. The important thing here is that this is a short cut for an if statement. The expression between the opening and closing parenthesis ( ) is evaluated. If the expression evaluates to true, then the first value (to the left of the colon : ) will be returned. If the expression evaluates to false, then the second value (to the right of the colon : ) will be returned. In this case, as you wrote "It looks like what you write at the end of statement eventually returns as a result?" ... because the expression is hard coded to FALSE! If we hard code that to true:
myResult = (true) ? "truthy" : "falsey";
... the first value (in this case, "truthy") would always be returned. Perhaps the example is so mundane that it is easy to miss the point. I would recommend re-watching that part of the video and listening to what I say there. Good luck!
@DavidDilley: Thanks for watching and writing. Yes, the center tag is a prime example of what I talk about in this series ... the intent of HTML5 changed dramatically from where it began. If you can think of the computer programming principle of "separation of concerns", then it will make your transition easier. Ask yourself "Did this old tag represent CONTENT or DESIGN?" If the answer is "design", then there's probably a replacement for it using CSS3. Good luck!
@Shen Zhongwei: Admittedly, I could have said that more cleanly, but I actually did mean "relative values" there. In other words ... a padding / margin value is expressed as a pixel value because it pads / provides a margin for two widths / heights belonging to two objects (in this example, Rectangle objects, but it could be text boxes, pictures, etc.) Example: the phone has a fixed width on its screen, but different phones have different fixes widths. I can specify that two Rectangles on my form should take up half (50%) of the width ... BUT ... I want some padding between the Rectangles so you can see two "boxes", not one. In order for the layout manager to decide how much width to give each Rectangle, it has to know the overall width minus any fixed widths for margin / padding. Now that it knows the ABSOLUTE widths, it can calculate the RELATIVE widths.
I suppose the designers of the layout manager could have said you could create relative widths for padding and margin and they could still do some calculations to figure out some equitable way to split all that width between the rectangles and margin / padding, but they didn't. So, what I said was a bit clumsy, but still accurate.


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Piper: Mac mini with HDMI shows Apple's interest in selling HDTVsInvestment analysis firm Piper Jaffray believes that Apple's recently released Mac mini with an HDMI port is more evidence that the company intends to release an Internet-connected HDTV within 2 to 4 years.
Released last month, the new Mac mini with an HDMI port starts at $699 and allows easy connectivity to an HDTV. HDMI, or High-Definition Multimedia Interface, is a cabling standard intended for home theater, built on top of the computer-oriented DVI, or Digital Video Interface, specification.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has long been convinced that Apple wants to get into the HDTV business, and he interpreted the introduction of the first Mac with an HDMI port as evidence that the Cupertino, Calif., company is continuing on that path. He still believes that Apple would introduce such a product within the next 2 to 4 years.
He also acknowledged that Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said last month that the Apple TV product remains a hobby because there isn't a viable market, due to the fact that existing set top boxes are heavily subsidized by cable operators. "That pretty much squashes any opportunity for innovation," Jobs said at the All Things D conference, "because nobody's willing to buy a set top box."
But Munster said he believes Apple could solve all of these hurdles with an Internet-connected, all-in-one Apple television.
"In the connected TV market software, content and portability would be key differentiators for Apple with a premium all-in-one solution (different than Apple TV or Mac mini)," he wrote. "The set top box and live TV content are the primary hurdles that remain."
Munster's solution sees Apple offering an Internet-based iTunes TV subscription for between $50 and $90 per month, effectively replacing a user's $85-per-month average cable bill and offering access to current and older episodes of select shows on select channels.
"Additionally, this hurdle could be solved with the addition of an App Store for the TV, offering apps like Hulu Plus (currently available for the iPhone and iPad) with current TV content through Hulu for $10/month," he said.
The Hulu Plus applications and premium service were launched this week, offering viewers the ability to watch every episode of every season of a number of shows from broadcast networks in the U.S. However, the CEO of Hulu has insisted that the service is not intended to replace a customer's cable subscription.
Munster believes Apple could be the savior of the TV business, where the average selling price of HDTVs and home entertainment has fallen by more than 50 percent. He believes a connected TV with a greater emphasis on software and Web content could lift the average selling prices of HDTVs. Apple, as a company experienced in marrying hardware and software, would be an ideal fit, he said.
"History shows that Apple can succeed by redefining mature markets (portable music, mobile phone)," he said. "Home entertainment systems aare combinations of an expensive HDTV, complicated A/V components, and a monthly service fee often with a total sticker price of $2,000+... We believe Apple is uniquely positioned to combine these elements and charge a premium ($2,000) for an Apple-branded television at a sticker price that would be competitive with most home entertainment systems."
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Monday, November 3, 2014
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6:00 p.m. Socializing with complimentary wine
6:30 p.m. Annual Meeting and Election of Board
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Election of Board of Directors for VCPORA
Message from the President
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Dan Altenloh has over 25 years of experience in building business and quality/reliability systems for high tech companies, including telecommunications, semiconductor and opto-electronics. He holds a Ph. D. in Chemistry from University of North Texas. In addition to his business experience, he has also been active in local community activities in the Dallas area such as working with city agencies, developers, builders and neighborhood groups to help solve flooding problems. Now that he is a half-time (soon to be full-time) resident of the French Quarter, he is serving on the board of his condominium association, and is specifically working for a better environment for the residents. He became active on quality of life issues after he and his neighbors experienced noise, crime, crowding and other safety concerns stemming from nearby bars and clubs. Dan's documentation of these problems, which he presented to a number of groups, helped get action from local agencies and the area is now under increased surveillance and scrutiny. The problems have lessened, and Dan looks forward to helping the rest of the French Quarter with similar issues.
Ira Paul Babin served as President of the board for the Foundation of Historical Louisiana during the 1990's and more recently, as a long standing member of the board of directors for Magnolia Mound Plantation, both in Baton Rouge. Additionally he has been a trustee of the board of the Beauregard-Keyes House here in the Vieux Carré and currently volunteers as a docent. Ira's interest in preservation and tourism reach back to his high school and college days, when he was a tour guide at Houmas House, later becoming the manager. Now retired, his most recent post was as director of marketing with the Louisiana Office of Tourism.
Deborah West Brown has lived in the City of New Orleans her entire life. She realized her life-long dream of living in the French Quarter in March of 2010 when she and her husband completed their renovation of an 1830's Greek Revival townhouse. She shares her home on Dumaine Street with her husband Gary and two SPCA canine rescues, Mona and Mick. Deborah has served on numerous boards including the Community Resource Partnership (CRP), Upper Audubon, Coliseum Square, and Irish Channel Neighborhood Associations. Deborah has a Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University, Project Management Professional (PMP) and Lean Practitioner certifications, and is currently working at Shell Oil Company as a Senior Project Manager-Production.
Terry A. DuFrene, currently a Managing Director and Senior Investor, has been with J.P. Morgan for the past 20 years, and joined their New Orleans team in 2011 after transferring from their Houston offices. Outside of his professional demands, Terry is on the board of the New Orleans Ballet Association, a member of the Investment Committee for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, sits on LSU's Planned Giving Professional Advisory Council, and serves on the Finance Committee of VCPORA. His favorite hobbies are hunting, fishing and travelling. Terry and his wife, Lynette, live here in the French Quarter.
Jennifer Kelly is a native of Florida who came to Louisiana to attend LSU in Baton Rouge, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the College of Design. After a 3 year post-college stint in Atlanta, she came to New Orleans to work for Perez Architects, and chose to live in the French Quarter, which is when she fell in love with the neighborhood. A subsequent job took her to Los Angeles, but again, she returned to New Orleans, living in Marigny, until she relocated to Houston for 10 years. It was there that she began her interior design company, Designlab. The pull of New Orleans was strong, though, and she made her way back. Jennifer now lives and works in the French Quarter, where almost all of her clients' projects are located. She is a member of several civic and professional organizations, and a dedicated volunteer at VCPORA events.
Kelly McLaughlin is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, where she practiced architecture. Her design practice included master planning, historic restoration, renovation and new construction of varied program types and scope. She taught design studios in Auburn University's College of Architecture Urban Studio and The University of Alabama's Department of Interior Design. Kelly is married to a New Orleanian. In 2007, they moved from Birmingham to the French Quarter. She and her husband enjoy walking their dogs and being hounded by their son throughout the Quarter. She currently serves as VCPORA's secretary.
Patricia (Pat) Meadowcroft began her career in retail in 1968 with Federated Department Stores achieving a position as Vice President, included in the group were such icons as Bloomingdale's and Filene's. In 1994, Wal-Mart brought her to the New Orleans area where she fell in love with it. She then moved to JC Penney in order to stay here avoiding another transfer. After hurricane Katrina and the levee failures of 2005, Pat was responsible not only for managing numerous stores in Louisiana and Mississippi, but she re-opened 10 that had been severely damaged. Losing her home prompted her move to the Vieux Carré full-time, where she's been since 2006. She retired in 2011, grateful for the opportunity to travel all over the world for her job, but she is happy to have the chance to follow her passions. Pat enjoys traveling, art, music and all the diversity that New Orleans and South Louisiana bring. She's has served as president of Tammany Yacht Club's First Mates, and is VCPORA's Membership Committee chair, worked on numerous fundraisers and events, and has been a dedicated volunteer for LPBF as well as VCPORA.
Evelyn Rodos Originally an Uptown girl, Evelyn's interest and appreciation for the French Quarter came from her mother, the late Lillian Rodos. Her extended family began to migrate to the Quarter, and a few years after graduating from Louisiana State University, she followed. She's lived in the heart of the Vieux Carré, right off of Jackson Square, in family-owned buildings for 25 of the last 35 years. In the interim years, she was in Los Angeles, working primarily as a location manager. That background fueled her involvement in a local group striving to strike a fair balance between the film industry and the fragile French Quarter neighborhood. For several years, Evelyn has served on VCPORA's Quality of Life committee. She is a full-time landlord, and works as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais practitioner. She feels fortunate to "marry" her passion for local music and Feldenkrais by working with the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic and Assistance Foundation where I am one of their health care providers, an active volunteer and donor to their mission.
Kate Simister has been a resident of the French Quarter since 1991. She was a member of the French Quarter Citizens Board from 2000-2005 and 2008-2013 and was also a member of the initial Rampart Street Committee in 2004. Kate has a B.A. in Social Science from UC – Berkeley and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). During a 30+ year career in engineering and construction project management, Kate worked in Alaska, Algeria, Iran, and Chile. She provides project management services through her company, Acanthus Consulting, Inc., and is currently working with Waldemar S. Nelson & Company on Freeport-McMoRan projects. Kate greatly enjoys the convenience, conviviality and neighborliness of life in the French Quarter and says owning and caring for a property here has been one of her most rewarding and challenging experiences.
David Speights has a wide range of experience with federal, state and local governments, as well as private non-profit and international organizations. He was with the U.S. EPA from 1980 until his retirement in 2004. David's environmental emergency work included the Bhopal, India chemical tragedy, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Prior to the EPA, he served in the Mississippi's Governor's office and later as a consultant to state and local governments. A south Mississippi native, he holds a bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University and a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Virginia.
Commercial Category
Jeff Morgan, a native of Evangeline Parish, moved to New Orleans in 1988 to attend Tulane. He established residence in the French Quarter in 2006 and owns a home on St. Philip. Jeff also makes his living in the French Quarter, working in the U.S. Customhouse as a Senior Attorney for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. His practice is primarily focused on international trade, immigration, and employment and labor law issues. He is an adjunct faculty member at Tulane and holds degrees from McNeese State University, Tulane Law School, and Stanford Law School. He previously served on the adjunct faculty for Loyola University's College of Business, completed a teaching fellowship at Stanford Law School, and served as a managing editor of the Tulane Law Review. Jeff is active in the Nola Softball League and is a past member of that organization's Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the steering committee for NOAGE, promoting the welfare of older adults in the New Orleans area. He and his partner have previously restored historic properties Uptown but are particularly devoted to the preservation and enhancement of the French Quarter, a neighborhood that they and their two dachshunds greatly enjoy.
Lisa Shedlock After retiring from law enforcement in Michigan, Lisa realized her life's ambition of moving back to New Orleans in 2005, to be near her southern roots. She has owned and operated her own boutique, Hoi Polloi, and lived in the French Quarter for nearly 10 years. Lisa and her husband lived in the Upper Quarter and now live on Ursulines St. Lisa has been active in several VCPORA committees, including Quality of Life and Finance. She is vigilant in safeguarding the Vieux Carré as an historic neighborhood for the benefit of residents and visitors alike. Lisa's favorite part of living in the Quarter is having everything she needs within walking distance. She and her husband enjoy taking long walks, and chatting with neighbors and friends.
Rental Residential Category
Nancy Ferraro earned her bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and her master's degree in Multicultural Education from California State University-Dominguez Hills. She worked for a small public relations firm for 4 years before continuing her education to become a teacher. She taught elementary school in Las Vegas for 11 years. Nancy and her husband, Frank, moved to the French Quarter in October 2010. Both Las Vegas natives, they share a passion for New Orleans and specifically the French Quarter. Each day is an adventure living in a small neighborhood that also serves as the major tourism hub of the city and safeguarding the delicate balance of co-existence is an important issue for the couple. Nancy has been involved with VCPORA for two years and currently serves as the Volunteer Coordinator.
Darrell Hammond is an actor, stand-up comedian, and impressionist known for his long stint on Saturday Night Live. He was a regular on SNL from 1995 until 2009, making him the show's longest tenured cast member. He made a name for himself with his impressions, notably of Bill Clinton and Sean Connery, and has impersonated more than 107 celebrities. In 2007, he made his Broadway theater debut in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and in 2009, he had a guest-starring role on the FX drama Damages. In November 2011, his darkly comic memoir God, If You're Not Up There, was published by HarperCollins, and is now set to open as a Broadway play. Although Darrell has been a long-time New Yorker, a seven-week stay in the French Quarter a few years back spurred him to look for a more permanent perch here, which he now has on lower Royal Street. As someone who's never quite fit in, he appreciates the Quarter's mysteries and idiosyncrasies. Serving on the VCPORA board will give him a chance to reciprocate and give back to the neighborhood that has made him feel so welcome.
Associate Category
Hilary Somerville Irvin, a native of Minter City, Mississippi, moved to New Orleans 43 years ago from Providence, Rhode Island, where she had the pleasure of working with the grande dame of preservation, Antoinette Downing, who whetted her appetite for urban preservation. Her formal training includes a B.A. in history from Hollins College, M.A. in history from the University of New Orleans. Following these she received fellowships with the Attingham Trust for the Study of the Country House, the Victorian Society's Summer School in London, and Alumni Study Week in Glasgow, Scotland. From 1985 until retirement in 2013, she served as the Principal Architectural Historian for the Vieux Carré Commission. Her research has been published in numerous articles and essays, several of which center around the City's French landscaping traditions. She now works as an independent historical and architectural consultant.
Susan Krantz is the University of New Orleans Dean and Professor Emerita. She received her B.A. in English from Newcomb College, her M.A. in English and American Literature from Mississippi State University, and her Ph.D. in Early Modern English Literature from Tulane University. As Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UNO from 2003-2013, she led the administrative, financial, and academic functions of the collective humanities, arts, and social science departments housed in the college. She is especially interested in the cultural and creative economy in New Orleans. She was instrumental in establishing the New Orleans Jazz Institute (the academic unit coordinating with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra) and the UNO Art Gallery in the burgeoning St. Claude Arts District, as well as a new academic program in Transportation Studies. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, for the UNO Alumni Association, for the Neighborhood Story Project, and for the Committee for a Better New Orleans, among others. Most recently, she has been named to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation Board. As a native New Orleanian and an enthusiastic supporter of the city's history and culture, she is devoted to maintaining the unique heritage and current vibrancy of the French Quarter.
Julie Smith is a long-time VCPORA member, was a French Quarter resident for many years, and is still a Quarter Rat and ardent preservationist at heart, although she is currently exiled to the Irish Channel. She moved to New Orleans after graduating from the University of Mississippi, worked as a reporter for the Times-Picayune, and then spent time at the San Francisco Chronicle before leaving to write fiction. She's the author of the Skip Langdon and Talba Wallis mystery series and is the founder of booksBnimble, a digital publisher. She moved back to New Orleans in1994, when she and her husband bought a home in the French Quarter, and later lived in the Marigny, but only steps from Esplanade.


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Laurie Connell and Clayton Buck were assigned to work with the 8-year-old boy last month, when the boy's aunt attached the recorder to his backpack. According to the Bennington Banner, the recording picked up comments insulting the boy.
Superintendent Catherine McClure says Connell, a paraprofessional, has been placed on administrative leave. She says Clayton Buck is not on leave because he's a substitute paraprofessional, but he won't be called in while the investigation continues.MORE IN This Just InRutland City Police said Friday evening the department's phone lines were down. Full StoryBoard planning Full StoryNew offerings at the Rutland Free Library. Full Story
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An Open Letter to the Parent of a Child with Speech Delays
By Sally Millar on Monday 8th April, 2013 at 3:54pm
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Once again, the piercingly true words of a parent - therapists and teachers take note!
Dana Nieder, parent of Maya, urging parents and professionals not to 'wait and see' but to plunge in, as soon as possible, to the world of full strength AAC .
There is no time to waste - and there is nowhere for professionals to hide, these days, when the internet can provide such vast resources of information.
It's great that a parent is writing this stuff, because maybe other parents - and let's be honest, there are many who are frustratingly reluctant to consider any alternative to speech, and just don't 'get' the importance of developing underlying language, and interactive communication skills - will accept it better from another parent than from a professional.
We all want the best for the child, but communication and language are complex functions and skills and there is no quick and easy solution. Both parents and professionals are needed to put all this together. And it's not just about speech and language therapists, who may see the child for a few hours over several months, but for school staff who see him/her for several hours every weekday........
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Best Simple Music Player App
By Joanna Courtney on Thursday 4th April, 2013 at 4:16pm
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Does your child like music? Do they love wading through your iPad music library to find their favourite tunes, perhaps deleting your favourites on the way?!
Help is at hand, from a cool little app called Kidzik and it only costs £1.49!
The app allows you to create a bespoke music library for your child, by first making a 'Kidzik' playlist in the iTunes Music Player app on your device.
The Kidzik app then 'picks up' the playlist automatically and presents it as a choice of album cover artwork choices.
The user then touches the album to select the single song or songs from that album and that's it!
They can play or pause by touching the selected album in the 'apple.' They can also choose tracks by touching the different colours of the 'worm.' The same colour will always be linked to the same song, so that the user will know that the 'green' song is their favourite, for example.
Really nice simple interface and great how it uses the album artwork for the choices, rather than cartoons, numbers or random shapes like the other music player apps I've come across.
Would be even better if it was switch accessible.....
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Top Interactive Story App, and top book!
By Sally Millar on Monday 1st April, 2013 at 3:06pm
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Wow! just wanted to share info about the stunning interactive story App for iPad that I just stumbled across - The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore.
To me, this is what an interactive story App should be like - all the best of both a short film and a story book , somehow brilliantly integrated.
You can just read and listen to the story - fabulous graphics, bit retro, plus music - or each page has interactive features that you can explore - when you do, they somehow make the page turn into an animated movie.
This multiple award-winning animation by William Joyce and filmmakers (some from Pixar - who, let's face it - know what they are doing!) - is a beautiful tale about the value of stories. It's not exactly a 'starter level' story, but it's very accessible and the interactivity enhances engagement.
It comes with 'extras' - a short film and a 'Making of this App' and it somehow incorporates both the Wizard of Oz and hurricane Katrina & Sandy with resonances of Up! and other well-known tales and films.
You can change most of the settings re audio, text, music etc. but unfortunately there is no alternative to a 'swipe' for turning the page.
Well worth £2.99 anyway. Take a peek! (Also available as a real book or for Kindle - dearer, of course)
AND......while we're at it - here is a must-buy book-type book. Charming! A gem! Guaranteed to make you smile, and also effective to help children think about the differences between books and other forms of story formats 'It's a Book' by Lane Smith published by MacMillan Childrens Books AND - ironically - it even comes with an animated video trailer!
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Assembly of an iPad Mounting for a Wheelchair
By Robert Stewart on Tuesday 26th March, 2013 at 9:37am
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I've put together a video and uploaded it to YouTube which shows how to mount an iPad to a wheelchair using components supplied by an American company called RAM Mount (which are available to purchase here in the UK).
There are also captions available on this video.
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Digital jotter for the iPad
By Paul Nisbet on Friday 22nd March, 2013 at 3:16pm
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Recently I met a learner in first year in secondary school with a physical disability . She doesn't have the strength to hold books and turn pages, and she gets very tired handwriting. After due assessment and consideration of various devices we all concluded that an iPad was most suitable device for her physically: it's small and light enough for her to handle, and she rests it on her knees and against a desk, so that her hands are in her lap, which reduces fatigue. The iPad on-screen keyboard is just the right size for her to type on without stretching, and since it's touch-sensitive, it seems to require less effort than a physical keyboard.
Essentially, she wants to use the iPad for everything: reading textbooks and resources; completing homework and assessments; taking notes in class; etc etc
So, next questions are:
- which apps should she use for different tasks and purposes in school?
- where can she get digital textbooks?
- how does she receive and send materials to and from teachers?
For general note-taking in class ('digital jotters'), I looked at quite a few note-taking apps including the built-in Notes, Daily Notes, EverNote and Note Taker HD, to name but a few, and I liked the look of Notability, which lets you:
- Create notes that can contain formatted text, hand writing and drawings (with pencil and pen), sound recordings, photos (either from the camera roll, or taken and inserted directly), clippings from the web, and drawings.
- Organise your notes into categories and subjects.
- Use different paper backgrounds (different colours, lined, square paper).
- Search your notes.
- Import and annotate PDFs.
- Save your notes in cloud service such as DropBox and Google Drive.
- Send your notes to other apps, and by email, as PDF or RTF.
It looks ideal for taking notes in class, for gathering and sorting information for topic or research, and for writing short assignments. (In fact, I'm now using it myself for all my note-taking on the iPad.)
There are a few things which could be better with Notability:
- Speak Selection does not work and so you cant read your notes with text-to-speech.
- Text cannot be inserted directly on top of a PDF, so you cant use it very easily to type answers into PDF exams, assessments or homework.
- It does not have snap to grid for easily drawing straight lines.
- You cannot easily edit your notes on a desktop or laptop computer: you can only save them as PDF, RTF or text. (For me, if it could share and sync notes with Microsoft OneNote, it would be perfect.)
But of the apps I looked at, and read about, it looks ideal for the secondary school context.
For word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, and particularly for importing and exporting Microsoft Office files, we suggested Apple's own Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
For reading textbooks in PDF (e.g. Hodder Gibson books from us, or scanned books from the Books for All Database), we went for PDF Expert, which has good study and search facilities, and lots of tools for annotation and commenting. It's also good for completing assessments such as the SQA Digital Question Papers. (Why PDF Expert in particular rather than others? While you can read PDFs with iBooks on the iPad, you can't annotate them; the free Adobe Reader app does let you annotate, but PDF Expert has better file management; and I liked PDF Expert's text annotate tool better than iAnnotate's, because you can type directly on the PDF rather than into a separate text field. (iAnnotate has features that PDF Expert doesn't, though, such as voice comments so pupils and staff can record audio notes into the PDF.)
For sharing work with staff, the only practical method in the school at this time is use of email, which is better than nothing but not as good as a file transfer/sharing method such as Edmodo, Dropbox or Google Drive. (The school doesn't use Glow.)
Feedback from the learner about these apps is so far very positive, so we'll see how they work out over time.
How about you? Which apps and techniques have you found helpful in a mainstream secondary context?
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New: 'Tobii PCEye Go' and 'Inclusive Eye Gaze Learning Curve'
By Gillian McNeill on Friday 22nd March, 2013 at 2:36pm
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Tobii PCEye Go
Tobii, the world leader in eye gaze and eye control technology, has just announced their most recent Windows computer access product the PCEye Go (Cost £2995). This replaces the PCEye and is 85% smaller (dimensions are 184 x 28 x 23 mm), powered with a single USB connection (no need to be plugged into the mains, making it a portable eye gaze solution) and is easy to use with either a standard monitor or laptop screen.
The PCEye Go has a simple mount with a slim magnetic mounting plate which is taped onto the bottom section of the monitor surround. This plate is designed to remain in place permanently, but given its slim design, should not interfere when laptop screens are closed.
Tobiis product information describes the PCEye Go as being most suitable for monitor sizes under 19, but can be used with those up to 24.
Once we get our hands on one here at CALL Scotland, Ill be keen to try it out with our different PCs including netbooks and tablets, with the potential for an even more portable communication solution for AAC users!
For those wishing to use eye gaze with a larger monitor, such as within a classroom environment, Tobii have announced that the PCEye Pro will be available later in the year. This is more than twice the length (dimensions are 400 x 28 x 23 mm) making it more suitable than the PC Eye Go for monitors sized 20 or larger, but is described as having an excellent suitability across a wide range of monitor sizes.
In the meantime, the PCEye Go ought to suit the requirements of most eye gaze users, whether a single user transporting between home and school/college/workplace, or swapping between users on the same site with different computers.
Inclusive Eye Gaze Learning Curve
Inclusive Technology, suppliers of special educational needs software, has just circulated details of a brand new Windows software suite, Inclusive Eye Gaze Learning Curve, described as:
"a collection of over 54 fun and engaging interactive activities specially created to teach early eye gaze access and develop choice making skills. This collection takes children on the learning curve from assessment and cause and effect understanding through to using eye gaze for communication, learning and leisure".
Useful for teachers and therapists as an eye gaze assessment and teaching tool, the suite comprises 3 CDs, titled Attention and Looking, Exploring and Playing, and Choosing and Learning. Together they are designed to help children to progress from their first steps in using eye gaze, by improving accuracy and understanding of eye gaze, in preparation for using communication and learning software.
With Inclusive Tecnology's excellent track record in providing hardware and software to help people with special needs, this ought to prove another valuable resource for a variety for professionals.
Can't wait to try this out too!
Cost: £150 for each CD or all 3 for £399.
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Scottish Book Awards, 2012
By Allan Wilson on Thursday 7th March, 2013 at 3:42pm
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Congratulations to the winners of the Scottish Book Awards for 2012, which were announced today in Dundee. The winners were:
- 3 - 7 years - John Fardell for The Day Louis Got Eaten
- 8 - 11 years - Jonathan Meres for The World of Norm: May Contain Nuts
- 12 - 16 years - Barry Hutchison for The 13th Horseman
Over 30,000 children in schools throughout Scotland voted for their favourite new book to decide the winner of each category.
CALL Scotland's Books for All project provided copies of the books in electronic accessible formats for 55 pupils with a print disability in schools throughout Scotland to allow them to join their friends in voting for their favourite book.
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Augmentative Communication News - a great resource, now free!
By Allan Wilson on Wednesday 6th March, 2013 at 10:01am
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The entire archive of Sarah Blackstone's superb 'Augmentative Communication News' newsletter is now available free online.
The newsletter, typically 8 - 12 pages in length, was published 6 times a year for over 20 years between 1988 and 2009. Each issue would focus on a particular topic, e.g. Using AAC in a classroom, AAC in the Intensive Care Unit, gathering together current research and resources on the topic.
This valuable resource has now been made available for people to download free from the Augmentative Communication Inc web site. Given the passage of time and changing technology, some of the information may now be a little out f date, but the principles on which it was based are still sound and very relevant. Many of the individual newsletters can still be regarded as the best sources of information on their topic.
Sarah Blackstone deserves the thanks of the entire AAC community for her years of work on the newsletter, and for making it available to all.
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Comparison of AAC Apps
By Allan Wilson on Tuesday 5th March, 2013 at 4:35pm
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Carol Paige from the South Carolina Assistive Technology Programme has compiled a pretty comprehensive chart comparing various apps that can be used for augmentative and alternative communication. It will be very useful, but you might need a magnifying glass to read a printed copy!The same site has a number of other useful lists of apps, including:
- Apps that make life easier
- Concept Mapping Apps
- Note Taking Apps
- Reading / Writing Apps
- Voice to Text Apps
- Web Browser Apps
- Word Prediction Apps
- ... and lots more!
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Load2Learn database of accessible textbooks is now free!
By Paul Nisbet on Tuesday 5th March, 2013 at 10:08am
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Load2Learn is a database of downloadable accessible textbooks and images that has been set up by RNIB and Dyslexia Action with funding from the Department for Education. It's similar to the Books for All Database (we gave them some input and it's actually hosted by Scran, same as B4A) but when it was first set up, there was a membership subscription. Happily, it's now FREE! and so anyone who is working in schools with print-disabled pupils should join immediately and start getting access to more accessible titles.
To join, one member of staff in a school or service applies for membership to create a School group and then invites other staff to join the group. Then members of the group can search for and download books and images.
Since it's funded by the Department for Education, many of the secondary school books are the (English and Welsh) National Curriculum - AQA, GCSE etc - and so not relevant for most Scottish schools, but there are also many titles which are.
For example, Nelson Thornes have made a lot of their books available as PDFs - New Maths in Action; Scientifica, and there are many novels and primary textbooks available too.
Recently I was looking for accessible digital copies of Kes and Blood Brothers for a pupil and neither were available on B4A or Seeing Ear, but both are on Load2Learn.
The Load2Learn titles are offered in a range of different formats:
- PDFs, which look just like the paper book and so will suit some learners;
- Word files, which can be read on screen or converted into other formats such as Large print or Braille;
- ePUB, which can be read on iPads, tablets and smartphones;
- audio books.
plus of course commercial eBook venders such as Amazon, Waterstones, WH Smith and the iBook Store.
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ICT for Inclusion - a European perspective
By Stuart Aitken on Friday 1st March, 2013 at 12:14pm
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CALL Scotland contributed to the EU project ICT for Inclusion, providing the EU Agency team with a snapshot Scotland-wide perspective. The project, managed by the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education used a country survey to collect information on five areas. These explored both policy frameworks for ICT for Inclusion as well as current practice.
The five themes, reflecting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), are:
- ICT should be considered as a key tool for promoting equity in educational opportunities.
- Access to appropriate ICTs should be considered an entitlement.
- Training of educational staff in the use of general and specialist ICT must be considered a priority area.
- The promotion of ICT research and development requires a multi-stakeholder approach.
- Data collection and monitoring in the use of ICT in inclusion should be considered an area requiring attention at all levels of educational provision.
The CALL report Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Inclusion - Scotland is very much a snapshot and we would be delighted to receive feedback from others.The ICT4i project will in future present detailed case studies from which they will highlight best practice in ICT for Inclusion at the European level.
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WiFi in Schools - Is it Safe? (Yes!)
By Allan Wilson on Wednesday 27th February, 2013 at 1:25pm
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We were asked today if there are any safety issues associated with the use of WiFi systems in schools. Given the increasing use of WiFi, it is actually a little surprising that we haven't been asked about it earlier.
Our first stop for information on Health and Safety issues is generally the Health and Safety Executive. Their web site includes a set of FAQs on 'Non-ionising Radiation'. This refers mostly to mobile phone masts and the use of mobile phones, but also includes a short section on WiFi, with the following information:
"Are there health risks from exposure to wireless computer technology (WiFi)?"
"When developing a view on WiFi safety HSE consults the Health Protection Agency (HPA), which advises Government on this issue. The HPAs current position is that there is no consistent evidence that exposure to WiFi adversely affects the health of the general population.
"What is HSEs advice on using WiFi equipment in offices?
"HSE sees no health and safety reason why offices should not use WiFi equipment. If new evidence about WiFi safety comes to light, and the HPA advice changes, HSE will review its guidance accordingly."
There's more information on the Health Protection Agency's web site, including details of a school-based research project that they have been carrying out.
Here are the Key Points from the HPA web site:
- There is no consistent evidence to date that exposure to RF signals from Wi-Fi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general population.
- The signals from Wi-Fi are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts), in both the computer and the mast (or router) and resulting exposures should be well within internationally-accepted guidelines.
- The frequencies used are broadly the same as those from other RF applications.
- Based on current knowledge, RF exposures from Wi-Fi are likely to be lower than those from mobile phones.
- On the basis of current scientific information, exposures from Wi-Fi equipment satisfy international guidelines. There is no consistent evidence of health effects from RF exposures below guideline levels and no reason why schools and others should not use Wi-Fi equipment.
I don't fully understand all of the science in the summary of the research report, but there was one sentence that I found particularly reassuring:
"The reported SAR value in the head represents less than 1% of the SAR previously calculated in the head for a typical mobile phone exposure condition." (SAR is the "Specific Absorption Rate" of energy in the body.)
The Guardian had a very readable and informative article about wifi safety in September of last year. It suggested that "the intensity of a Wi-Fi signal is around 100,000 times less than that of a microwave oven", which, again, is reassuring. The comments on the article included a detailed response offering a contrary point of view, with a link to a web site. I wasn't convinced by the arguments, but it is certainly worth having a look at the information.
Direct Experience
Paul has had direct experience arising from the use of WiFi while working with a CALL client in a hospital setting. When he set up internet access for a pupil, hospital staff didnt allow a mobile dongle within 10m because of the risk of interference with his vent, but WiFi was OK, so he connected his tablet via WiFi to a dongle with built-in wifi receiver and put it in the family room which was far enough away.
Conclusion - No Need to Worry (but let's keep an eye on it!)
In conclusion, current research suggests that WiFi signals are very low power and unlikely to be a safety issue for most people. Nevertheless, it is important that there should be ongoing research in this area to monitor future developments.
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Useful resources
By Sally Millar on Wednesday 27th February, 2013 at 9:48am
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We've just caught up with the easy-to-read and helpful resources published by the National Children's Bureau. They will be very helpful for parents but also for school staff. Here are a few of the many titles;
Information about multi-sensory impairment
Information about multi-sensory impairment
Information about autism spectrum disorders
These are all part of the National Children's Bureau's 'Early Support' initiative.
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Health and Well Being App
By Sally Millar on Monday 25th February, 2013 at 11:57am
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Smiling mind (iPhone) - free App designed to support mental health and well-being. Or use web based version
Designed by psychologists for relaxation and 'mindfulness'. Aim is to "help you feel more clear, calm and content". You get a trial session then need to log in with an email address.For different age groups: 7-11; 12-15; 16-22; or adult. Material is presented orally - Very basic relaxation and 'meditation' sessions (lying on floor or seated) last about 7 minutes. Could be delivered to individual or to a small group or class. Requires the ability to stay still, quietly, and listen.
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New SQA Guidance, Answer and Data booklets for Digital Question Papers
By Paul Nisbet on Friday 22nd February, 2013 at 11:55am
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New Guidance
SQA have published new guidance documents for schools who intend to use the SQA Digital Question Papers and Digital Answer Booklets in this year's exam diet. They have up to date advice on how to set up computers and software, and revised guidance for candidates:
- Digital Question Papers: Guidance for Centres
- Digital Question Papers: Guidance for Candidates.
and can be downloaded from the SQA web site.
There are also new versions of the Digital Answer Booklets. These are used by candidates answering 'question only' papers (i.e. papers that do not have the red answer boxes - mostly for Standard Grade Credit, Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher papers). Most of the Answer Booklets in Word format are now single pages that expand as the candidate writes (saving paper when they are printed, because there will be fewer blank pages at the end), and there are new booklets for maths and business management.
The Answer booklets are available in PDF and Word formats. Most candidates will probably be best to use the Word versions because:
- the Word formatting and editing tools are better;
- text flows from page to page;
- writing support tools such as word prediction and speech recognition are more reliable;
- learners can use equation editors such as Efofex to create scientific and mathematical formulae, and graphs.
Data Booklets
Digital Data Booklets in PDF are now available for Chemistry, Physics and TechnologicalStudies. The booklets have bookmarks (table of contents) so that candidates can easily find their way to the relevant tables. These should be particularly helpful for candidates with physical disabilities who may find it hard to handle the paper booklets, or those with visual impairment, who will be able to magnify the data on the screen.


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