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Jashodaben Files RTI Demanding Details of Her Personal Securit...Unaware of the full details about the security arrangement she is entitled to, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife, Jashodaben Modi, filed a Right to Information (RTI) application on Monday seeking clarification. Prime Minister Narendra ... International Business Times India, 1 day ago
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PM's buzzword for his new team is 'work hard'
As the new ministers are settling in their assignments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only one message for them - "Work hard". Modi was quoted as exhorting the new incumbents to do "all work sincerely", by new Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai ...Deccan Herald, 2 weeks ago PM starts ice bucket chain to clean India Financial Chronicle, 1 month ago PM Modi seeks mother's blessing on birthday Deccan Herald, 2 months ago PM Narendra Modi seeks mother's blessings, thanks all for birthday wishes, support ZeeNews.com, 2 months ago
Hindu holy places need to be made cleaner: Rawal
text of cleanliness campaign initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Bollywood actor-turned-politician, Paresh Rawal remarked that Hindu temples are dirtier than religious places of other faiths. At a ...New Delhi Pioneer, 3 weeks ago Anil dedicates himself to'Swachh Bharat' movement Punjabkesari, 3 weeks ago Call for cleanliness New Delhi Pioneer, 1 month ago Anil Ambani joins Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign, invites Shekhar Gupta, Sania Mirza and other celebs Financial Express, 1 month ago
PM inaugurates Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre
Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi, has dedicated to the city of Mumbai, its most modern health care facility in the form of Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center. Today, at a simple yet elegant ceremony the Prime Minster inaugurated ...India Infoline, 4 weeks ago Modi unveils Reliance hospital, pitches for FDI in equipment manufacturing Indian Express, 1 month ago PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital India Infoline, 1 month ago Narendra Modi to inaugurate HN Reliance Foundation hospital DeshGujarat, 1 month ago
Did Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray waste time in criticising BJP?
Shiv Sena insiders feel party president Uddhav Thackeray wasted too much time criticising the BJP and prime minister Narendra Modi instead of talking about his vision and how they would be implemented. BJP on the other hand, gracefully maintained ...DNA India, 1 month ago I have respect for Narendra Modi: Uddhav Thackeray ZeeNews.com, 1 month ago On election day, Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray unveils Narendra Modi 'surprise' Financial Express, 1 month ago Uddhav accuses BJP of backstabbing, says he respects Narendra Modi Livemint.com, 1 month ago
No freedom from comparison with former CM Modi for Anandiben!
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today followed exact schedule of former Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Gujarati new year day. When Narendrabhai was Chief Minister, he used to visit Panchdev Mandir and Governor house in Gandhinagar in ...DeshGujarat, 1 month ago Narendra Modis homecoming in Gujarat dampened by reverses faced by BJP in bypolls Hindustan Times, 2 months ago Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech at Adalaj Trimandir DeshGujarat, 2 months ago Narendra Modi's homecoming in Gujarat dampened by reverses faced by BJP in bypolls Hindustan Times, 2 months ago
What advice can we give Narendrabhai?
"Political advice is hard to offer to a Prime Minister who managed to win a landslide victory. It would be presumptuous, to say the least. In fact, his instincts have been unerring on how to treat a humiliated Congress with its ruling dynasty finally on the ropes." ...Rediff.com, 2 months ago Scaling up the Gujarat model Big News Network, 2 months ago PM Narendra Modi to visit Ahmedabad on September 16 IndiaTV News, 2 months ago Prime Minister to visit Ahmedabad on September 16 Business Standard, 2 months ago
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Narendra Modi arrives at JFK New York(video) , walks to NRIs gathered outside New York Palace hotel(Video)
[embedded content] Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today arrived at New York's John F Kenedy airport.Dressed in dark brown Jodhpuri, Narendrabhai after arriving at airport straight away drove to New York Palace hotel in a convoy of black ...DeshGujarat, 1 month ago Hiraba gives son Modi Rs. 5,001 as contribution to PM relief fund for J&K flood victims(video) DeshGujarat, 2 months ago
In Xi's visit, Modi sees world's approval of absolute majority
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. (Express photo by Javed Raja) On the eve of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited the visit as world's approval of ...Indian Express, 2 months ago PM: Xi visit world approval of majority govt Indian Express, 2 months ago Gujarat government names 3 new schemes after RSS ideologues Indian Express, 2 months ago
Birthday messages to Modi
New Delhi: The Indian voter has used the bypolls to deliver multiple birthday-eve messages to a silent Narendra Modi. What goes up must come down, especially after a wave election. You can't win all the elections all the time with the ...ABP Live, 2 months ago
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My nipples
don't stick out!
Between 2 and 10 percent of women have
flat or inverted nipples that retract into their breasts instead of pointing
out. In some cases, they can pop out temporarily, while some hide out
full-time. For many people, the nipples will work themselves out during puberty.
And even if that doesn't happen—no worries! Just like having an innie belly
button, innie nipples are perfectly healthy.
I have huge
stretch marks on my boobs!
Stretch marks are a
super-common side effect of a breast growth spurt. Try not to freak, because
they'll lighten up as you get older. "When you get them at first you say 'Oh my
God, I'm marked for life!' but over time they really fade a lot," says Dr.
Kathy McCoy, author of The Teenage Body Book.
My boobs change
sizes every day!
Breasts often swell when
Aunt Flo is in town, and shrink back down when she's gone. But it's possible
your body image may be at play here, too. The way you see your body can change
every day (or hour, or minute, or second!), so it might explain why your twins
are constantly changing in your eyes. Plus, the type of shirt or bra you're
wearing can have a huge impact on how busty you look.
My girls are
different sizes!
Almost everyone has a little
extra on one side or the other, and for some of us, it's more pronounced. No
worries—with some bra magic you can look perfectly symmetrical. Just take the
removable padding (called a "cookie" or a "demi pad") out of the cup on your
larger breast and double up on your smaller breast. "That's how I was able to
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There's hair on
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areola," said Dr. Carolyn Geanacou, a family doctor in San Diego. Just
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My boobs are
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The hardness or density of
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age," said Dr. Geanacou. Since younger girls tend to have firmer, denser
breasts, this is totally normal.
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Local Goodwill Offering Voucher to Assist Transitioning VeteransPosted: November 4, 2014 Filed under: Employment Assistance, Job Search, Transition, Veterans | Tags: Dress for Success, Employment, Goodwill, Transition Comments Off
The Goodwill of the Great Plains, which includes the Rapid City Goodwill Store, is offering veterans a $40 voucher towards clothing and accessories to help prepare them for employment. The offer will be from November 9th thru November 22nd, 2014 and you must present a veteran ID card at participating Goodwill stores. Limit one clothing/accessory voucher per person. We have confirmed that the Rapid City Goodwill Store is participating.
FREE What Employers Want SeminarPosted: September 19, 2014 Filed under: Employment Assistance, Training Comments Off
The Corporate Education Center from Western Dakota Tech will be offering a What Employers Want Seminar here at the Ellsworth AFB Airman & Family Readiness Center.
Attendance is FREE to all Ellsworth AFB community members.
The seminar consists of three sessions, each lasting three hours. The dates are:
Monday, September 29, 2014 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Friday, October 3, 2014 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Visit http://jobs4ellsworth.com/wew2014/ for more information and to learn how to register.
Deadline for registration is Wednesday, 24 September at 4 PM!
Meet the Employers Looking For You, 3 SeptemberPosted: September 2, 2014 Filed under: Job Fair | Tags: Employment, Job Fair, Local Comments Off
Are you currently looking for a job in the local area?
We will have employers that have open positions and are looking to fill them! Get your resume in order, dress for success and be here at the Airman & Family Readiness Center this Wednesday, 3 September between 3PM and 4:30PM.
Visit http://jobs4ellsworth.com/mte for a list of employers attending.
Sears Holdings Corporation- Service Technician (Rapid City, SD)Posted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Local Jobs Comments Off
|Job Title: Service Technician Reference Code: 370235BR
|City: Rapid City State: SD Zip Code: 57701 FEIN#: 361750680
|Description: Jobs in this category are responsible for providing professional, timely, and courteous customer service in the installation, alignment, brake, and mechanical areas of the Automotive Center. Individuals should be working towards or have completed ASE Certification.
|Application Website: http://client.maxoutreach.com/Jobs/Job.aspx?Job=9637419
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Sears Holdings Corporation- Assistant Auto Center Manager (Rapid City, SD)Posted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Local Jobs Comments Off
|Job Title: Assistant Auto Center Manager – Rapid City, SD Reference Code: 376640BR
|City: Rapid City State: SD Zip Code: 57701 FEIN#: 361750680
|Description: In partnership with the Auto Center Manager, this position is responsible for assisting with the management of the Auto Center and Associates in centers with a volume between $1.1 million and $2.19 million. The Assistant Manager ensures consistent, timely, and accurate service delivery to customers by building, supervising, and training a high performance selling and service team. The Assistant Manager works closely with the Auto Center Manager as well as the District Service Manager to ensure achievement of business goals and great customer service on a daily basis. This includes, but is not limited to, management of Associates analyses and driving of sales volume, customer service, profitability and performance identification and solution of business problems creation and implementation of competitive strategies managing productivity standards and other responsibilities as assigned by the Auto Center Manager or the District Service Manager. The Assistant Manager personally provides professional, timely and courteous service by listening carefully to customers, presenting Sears Automotive products clearly, and teaming with technicians.
The Assistant Auto Center Manager assists in the daily operation of the Auto Center in partnership with the Auto Center Manager. The Assistant Manager is expected to spend most of his/her time on management duties on a daily and weekly basis. In the absence of the Auto Center Manager, the Assistant Manager assumes all management duties and responsibilities for the Auto Center. The Assistant Manager occasionally spends some of his/her time directly selling to customers and addressing their needs.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
Assists in planning and strategy to lead Auto Center to ensure achievement of business goals in sales and service.
|Application Website: http://client.maxoutreach.com/Jobs/Job.aspx?Job=9631515
VA Black Hills Health Care System- Medical Suppy Technician (Ft. Meade, SD)Posted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Federal Jobs, Local Jobs Comments Off
Position Title: Medical Supply Technician
Vacancy Number: BH-14-278-HA-1200200-BU
Location: Ft. Meade, SD
Grade: GS-0622-05
Open: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Close: Thursday, September 18, 2014
For more information or to apply for this position, please click on the following link:
Matheson Inc.- Class A Truck Drivers (Rapid City, SD)Posted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Local Jobs Comments Off
|Job Title: Class A Truck Drivers – Rapid Reference Code: TRA-14-00102
|City: Rapid City State: SD Zip Code: 57701 FEIN#:
Matheson Inc. is looking for experienced Full-Time Class A Drivers for local runs.
Class A Drivers who are self-motivated and career-minded are invited to come grow with us!
We are a diversified national transportation carrier proudly serving the United States Postal Services since 1964. As a business partner of the United States Postal Service, Matheson is committed to the belief that "service must be reliable, convenient, and must improve continuously." We take pride in the fact that our service is consistently at or above the 99% performance level.
Runs will be doing slip seat to Des Moines, IA Haul 53′ dry van to Des Moines – check in to hotel (company expense) for 10 hours off, then return to Rapid City.
Class A Drivers play a vital role in ensuring the company's continued success. This position requires a person to be dependable, focused on safety and requires a person be flexible and cooperative.
Check the vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety and emergency equipment is in good working order.
Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions following signals from loading crew while checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes.
Electronically maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations or damage to the vehicles.
Secure cargo for transport using ropes, blocks, chains, binders or covers.
Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations.
Inventory and inspect goods to be moved to determine quantities and conditions.
Operate equipment such as truck cab computers, CB radios and telephones to exchange necessary information with bases, supervisors or other drivers.
Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks such as adding oil, fuel, radiator fluid or performing minor repairs.
Check conditions of trailers after contents have been unloaded to ensure that there has been no damage.
Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
Read and interpret maps to determine vehicle routes.
Crank trailer landing gear up or down to safely secure vehicles.
Load and unload trucks, help others with loading and unloading, operate any special loading-related equipment on vehicles and use other equipment as necessary.
Perform emergency roadside repairs such as installing light bulbs or tire chains.
Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS), or other navigation devices to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
CDL Driver's License
2 years recent Class A driving experience
Clean MVR
Ability to pass the USPS background check and a DOT physical including functional capacity exam and drug screen
Ability to pass a criminal background check
Compensation: Hourly rate is determined by the USPS Wage Determination.
Matheson Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
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UVM's Blackboard now has tools that allow instructors to connect their courses to publishers' online textbook materials and assessments.In the past, publishers sometimes offered "course cartridges" to place publisher materials into your Blackboard course space. Recently, however, they've been moving away from this method.
What we see most frequently now is that publishers host textbook materials on their own Learning Management Systems and provide a tool in Blackboard for instructors to connect their course spaces directly to the these systems.
You might think of this as the publishers having set up their own Blackboard course spaces for each textbook. When you want to use their online materials, you simply turn on the tool in your course to create the link between your course and theirs.
One advantage is that it streamlines students access—they don't have to register or enter separate codes because this is handled automatically. They can even take quizzes/tests and use other interactive tools on the publisher's site, and the results of this activity can be sent back to your Blackboard Grade Center.
UVM currently supports a number of publishers, including Cengage, Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and Acrobatiq.
Read instructions here on how to add these tools to your course.
Screencasting is a technique that allows you to record everything that happens on your computer screen, then turn that recording into a video. It has been used extensively for online teaching where a process is better shown than described in words. For example, it can be used to create a tour of your Blackboard course, show how to calculate and solve a problem, demonstrate how to use a particular software application, or simply create a narrated PowerPoint for students to watch outside class.
Sometimes, however, the process you want to show is best done by writing or drawing. Now, you can certainly use a drawing program and use a mouse to write or draw your information–but that's like "drawing with a brick" because a mouse is not exactly designed for such fine motor skills. Is there a better approach? Here are three options.
A digital pen tablet
The word tablet continues to be redefined to describe several kinds of devices. In this instance I'm using it to describe a device that plugs into your computer and becomes a larger alternative to the small built-in touchpad on your laptop. The device comes with a stylus and some software but largely relies on writing or drawing software you already have on your computer. For example, you may already use the annotation feature in your PowerPoint slideshow view to draw or write on your slides, or you may already have a drawing program like Windows Paint to make freehand drawings of charts and graphs.
The digital pen tablet gives you two advantages over trying to write or draw with a mouse or with your finger on your laptops tiny touchpad: a stylus and a large surface. One of the leaders in this field, and one whose products we have used in the CTL, is WACOM ("wah-kum"). They have several pen tablet devices that range from the small Intuous ($79) to the Cintiq 24HD (a $3,000 24″ HD touch sensitive display).
The iPad and other tablet or phone devices
You may already own a device that you can write on: an iPad, Surface or even a phone. While you usually interact with these devices with your finger it is also possible to find a stylus that will give you greater precision when trying to write on them. Some styluses can now even differentiate between what you are writing and stray marks made by resting your hand on the writing surface.
The easiest way to capture what you are writing as a screencast is to use an app designed for that purpose. My current favorite on the iPad is Explain Everything ($2.99, also available for Android and Windows), an app that lets you create slides on which you can write, draw, import pictures and videos, link to web sites, and attach files like PDFs. As you create those slides you can record the entire process as a video. If you need need to incorporate elements from your laptop you can save your Explain Everything recording and insert it into a regular screencast. You can even, depending on your device, use them in combination by displaying your mobile device's screen on your laptop. (There are several ways to do this depending on your device.)
But what if I want to write on plain old paper and record that?
Recently a question from a faculty member led to an interesting quest. Even using a stylus, many of us have difficulty writing on a tablet device in a way that is legible. For example, we may want to make a video of drawing a graph or solving an equation. Yes, you can write or draw on your iPad. Yes, you can attach a drawing device to your laptop or write/draw on that. You can even use a stylus instead of your finger. However, learning to write on these devices is not always as comfortable (or legible!) as using the technology you grew up with: pen and paper.
So, the question? Can one use a standard classroom document camera (ELMO, etc.), write on a piece of paper or a transparency, and then capture that process as a video? The answer turns out to be yes, sort of. The doc cam needs to be a digital one, you need to find and install the drivers for it, and the drivers must be compatible with your computer and operating system. After some searching (and thanks to Classroom Technologies in the Library for the loaner of a Samsung doc com for testing!) I found some of the doc cams around campus could do this, with varying results. But the experience wasn't always a happy one given the myriad combinations of doc cams and drivers (i.e. it flat out would not work with some combinations).
Enter the hi-tech + low-tech combo: a stand and a mobile device. There are stands that can hold your iPhone, iPad, MicroSoft Surface, Android or other mobile device over a piece of paper. You then use the device's built-in camera to record writing on that paper. Belkin makes one (Belkin Tablet Stage Stand B2B054, $168) that can use any device as long as the camera lens can be positioned over the view hole in the corner of the stand's holding tray. This type of stand is being used in K-12 and higher ed classrooms as a cheaper alternative to doc cams when the instructor has access to a mobile device.
The beauty of this combination is that you can use your own tablet or phone, using the software that is familiar to you. And though $168 is not inexpensive, the stand is portable and can be shared in a department.
So, UVM faculty: if you write better on paper than on a tablet, want to make a video of that writing and have an iPad or other mobile device, let us know. We can loan you the stand for a week for testing.
And if you would like to try any of the other options described in this post, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll be happy to meet with you.
Applications are now being accepted for the UVM Hybrid Course Initiative program (phase 3). The deadline is Monday, November 3rd at 5pm! Read more about teaching hybrid courses, about the initiative, and the benefits in applying to teach one of these courses.
This fall, the CTL sponsored a book group exploring contemplative teaching/learning methods. The book, Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning (Barbezat and Bush, 2013), describes a pedagogy that is based on long-established meditative practices and cites research indicating its effectiveness. The authors explore contemplative teaching practices' potential to:
- Deepen student understanding of, and personal connection to, course content
- Develop student attention, inquiry, and problem-solving skills
- Support student sense of compassion for self and others
In addition to theoretical background, the book presents practical ideas for applying these practices across disciplines, including mindfulness, deep listening, contemplative reading, writing, and movement.
Led by Kit Anderson, senior lecturer in the Environmental Program, the book group's ten enthusiastic members, representing a variety of disciplines, shared stories from their teaching experiences. Kit, who has attended seminars presented by the book's authors and has been integrating these practices into her teaching for a while, was invaluable to the discussions.
We would to like grow this community of faculty who are curious about contemplative pedagogy and plan to offer this book group again early in the spring semester. If you would like to be sent a scheduling poll for this group, please send your contact information to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include in the message that you are interested in participating in the contemplative practices book group. Specific times and dates will be chosen after the poll has been completed and will reflect the most common dates.
The UVM Sustainability Fellows Program invites applications for its sixth year!
» Applications are due Oct 3rd – Click here to learn more.
This program is presented by UVM's Environmental Program, Center for Teaching and Learning, The Office of Sustainability, The Greenhouse Residential Learning Community and in partnership with Shelburne Farms. The fellowship is supported by the Provost's Office.
— The Education of Henry Adams
The quote on the right is from the 1919 autobiography by Henry Adams, a descendant of the two Presidents.
If the "difficulty" he refers to sounds familiar—if your classroom discussions could benefit from a jolt of energy and inspiration—you are not alone.
Some of the common class discussion challenges instructors face are:
- asking the right questions – ones that spark ideas and elicit thoughtful replies
- getting the less assertive or shy students to speak up
- the sound of nothing but crickets chirping after a question is proffered
We invite you to attend Tips for Great Class Discussion, from our "Sound (Teaching) Bite" series coming up on Wednesday 9/17 at noon. This one-hour event will be led by J. Dickinson, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the CTL. (Registration is appreciated.)
Helpful Resources:
From Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
From American Astronomical Society Education Office
From Faculty Focus
We welcome your suggestions for more resources on this topic.
Tip #1: Learn names. Jonathan Leonard (CDAE) makes the effort to learn every student's name, even when he has hundreds of students. His strategy is to open the class roster page in Banner and display the students' photos and, while studying each face, he speaks their names aloud. Over and over. And over. Occasionally he shifts the page arrangement, by changing the row settings to, for instance, three across instead of five, and he keeps testing himself. He admits that it takes several practice sessions, but he claims the effort is well worth it. His students are completely astonished when he greets them at the door by first name. A large class it may be, but an indistinct mass of anonymous faces it is not. Individuals are being recognized and this, he says, changes the whole game.
(By the way, Jonathan isn't the only one to stress the value of learning names. Every year when the CTL holds a panel discussion with the latest winners of the Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, at least one of the panelists mentions that this practice is vital to their teaching style.)
More resources and techniques:
- Chronicle of Higher Ed: "I can't learn their Names."
- Carnegie Mellon University: "Students are more likely to cheat if they feel anonymous."
Tip #2: Get students talking. Sheila Boland-Chira (English) recommends the turn and talk method in any class, but particularly on the first day when anxiety may be running a little high. She asks an evocative question related to the course topic and invites students to turn to their neighbors and talk about it. After a few minutes, she invites volunteers to share their thoughts with the whole group. Not only does the lively buzz change the atmosphere in the room, doing this on the first day lets students know that the class is participatory and that they are going to be challenged to think.
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Tip #3 Make personal connections. Char Merhtens (Geology) asks students to come to her office and meet with her individually during the first week or two of the semester, just to say hi and chat for a few minutes. However, because there are 200+ students in one of her classes, visiting with everyone isn't practicable, so she invites only the first-years and seniors, the two groups she feels would most benefit from this (although, for completely different reasons). Char says that this simple social gesture has paid off in countless ways and many students go out of their way to thank her.
Tip #4: It's standard practice to review the syllabus on the first day of class, but a few faculty offered tips to make this ritual more meaningful:
- Before the first class meets, contemplate your schedule again and identify the overarching themes. When you review the syllabus on the first day, share this 10,000-foot view with your students and talk about how the key themes are woven throughout the schedule. This overview provides not only a conceptual map of the course, but a rationale for the work you are going to be asking them to do.
- Make the syllabus review more engaging by including interesting visual elements, e.g., drawings, concept maps, or a humorous cartoon. Consider playing music.
- Use Blackboard's test tool to create a short quiz about the syllabus with multiple-choice type questions (so Blackboard will do the grading for you) and make it a mandatory assignment by the second day of class. Doing this gets them to delve deeper into the syllabus and you can review the stats in Blackboard before the next class, so you can touch upon any murky areas.
Tip #5: Finally, convey enthusiasm! J. Dickinson (Anthropology) offered what might be the most important tip for the first class and every class: that it's crucial to communicate your excitement about what you teach. Even if you're not teaching your dream course, you should be able to muster enthusiasm for it. Foundational or introductory-level courses are exciting when you consider the potential for learning and that you just may spark an interest that has a formative effect on someone's life. Genuine enthusiasm can be infectious.
I wrote this post a couple of years ago and I want to share it again because the resources are so valuable.
Getting students in gear for learning is really about preparing students to become active agents in their own learning—both engaged in and accountable for the process.
As with creating courses, the course objectives are the first step. Before we go there, here are some guiding questions:
- How do you know if your students are understanding, comprehending, and learning their course reading material?
- How do you get your students to do the readings?
- How do you know your students are learning and absorbing content?
Guess what? They may not know either!
- How do I help students be accountable for their learning process? I propose that with consistent assessment and evaluation deeper learning can happen.
So how do we do this? Remember, as mentioned above:
Evaluation needs to connect to learning objectives.
As you start this process, ask yourself, why are you evaluating?
- To make sure that students prepare for classroom discussion? (formative)
- To prepare students to succeed on class exams? (summative)
Here are a few tools for evaluating student learning:
- Anonymous quizzes for "just in time teaching" (JiTT) – formative assessment
- Readiness assessment tests (RATs) or online mid-semester and end-of-year survey (ungraded) – formative assessment
- Pre- and Post- exams (graded) – formative and summative assessment
- Using iClickers in the classroom – formative assessment
Examples and resources for preparing students to succeed and help them get to know their learning process:
Reader's Guide
Developed by Tiffany F. Culver, PhD, this reading guide is a great tool that you can adapt and give to students as a road map to help them understand what they're reading. It's broken down into three parts: Planning (preparing students to focus), reading (how to read – techniques to help with retention), and evaluating (promoting critical thinking). This 1-page guide (2-sided) is helpful to all students and makes reading accessible and efficient. It also makes me wish I had something like this when I was in college!
Reading Strategies
In this blog post, MindTools authors provide helpful tips and resources for pulling out the important information when reading (including info on mind-mapping for active reading). What I like about this post is that it breaks down the process of "reading efficiently by reading intelligently" and looks at how reading techniques change based on the type of material that is being studied.
Using Reading Prompts to Encourage Critical Thinking
In this article on Faculty Focus, Maryellen Weimer, PhD reviews highlights from Terry Tomasek's book, The Teaching Professor and takes a look at using reading prompts to help students read and write more critically. The prompts in the book are organized into six categories: making connections, interpretation of evidence, challenging assumptions, making application, and mechanics.
Making the Review of Assigned Reading Meaningful
In this article, Sarah K Clark, PHD gives us four strategies to promote meaning-making when reviewing assigned readings. I really appreciate her candid writing about the importance of engaging students. Sarah shares techniques and ideas that have been helpful to her in her class: "the top ten," secondary sources, journaling, and divide and conquer (for larger size classes)
Key Terms: Assessment
In this blog post from the Bok Center at Harvard University, assessment is highlighted and examined. This post offers some assessment-related tips. Here is another from the Bok blog that speaks directly to the question "How Do We Measure Learning?" http://blog.bokcenter.harvard.edu/2012/03/05/how-do-we-measure-learning/
Authentic Learning
A Primer_ Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment.pdf
Marilyn M. Lombardi talks about the important role of assessment in relation to successful teaching and learning in this Educause Learning Initiative paper – Making the Grade: The Role of Assessment in Authentic Learning.
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And remember the Writing Center at UVM (http://www.uvm.edu/wid/writingcenter/), and the UVM Learning Co-op in Living/Learning (http://www.uvm.edu/learnco/). These are helpful resources on campus to share with your students to help enhance their writing skills and to get assistance with studying.
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If you would like to sit with a member of the CTL to talk about ways to use these tools to assess your students, request an appointment by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. If you would like to contact me (Henrie Pazamor) directly, send me a note at email@example.com.
On May 14th, UVM's Blackboard will be getting some new features and enhancements.
What's new?
There are a number of minor cosmetic changes coming. For example, the logout button now looks like a power button, and the Needs Grading icon in the Grade Center is now yellow where once it was green. The Content (Text) Editor, the Discussion Board and Tests are also getting some updates. Let's take a closer look at what that means.
The Content (Text) Editor has new features that include
- better pasting from Word
- easier table editing
- more control over image placement
- improved editing of the 'behind the scenes' HTML code
- ability to add CSS styles to your content
- an updated equation editor.
Also new is Video Everywhere. If your computer has a built-in or connected webcam, you can record video and embed it within the content you create anywhere you use the Content (Text) Editor. You can use this to create video instructions for a blog assignment, give feedback by video, or provide a video introduction to a unit. Video Everywhere is powered by YouTube so you will need a Google and YouTube account. By default, the videos are semi-private: available to those who have the link but not listed or searchable by others.
How you get around Blackboard is changing with the addition of the Global Navigation Menu. Click on your name in the top right corner next to the new Logout button and get one-click access to updates across all your courses. Here you'll see due dates, and stay up to date on the latest Discussion Board, Blog, Journal or Wiki posts from your courses. Students will be able to see their grades and progress all in one place. Instructors can quickly access another new addition to their toolbox: the Retention Center.
The Retention Center provides an easy way for you to discover which students in your course are at risk. With it, you can track which students have triggered alerts such as missed deadlines, grades, course activity, or access. As you observe their progress and send emails, you can also keep track of this correspondence and make notes about each student from within the Retention Center.
Tests are essentially the same, but have several new improvements:
- Test Availability Exceptions – This new option lets you apply different deployment criteria for students taking a test. For example, you may set the timer so that some students are required to finish a test in one hour while other students are given two hours to complete it. Other criteria that can be set include date availability, forcing completion, and the number of attempts allowed. These exceptions can be used to provide an accommodation to a disabled student, or provide accommodations for technology and language differences.
- Progressive Feedback Release – Instructors will have much more control over student access to test feedback, correct answers, and the answers they have submitted. For example, you might want to show students their own answers after they have submitted a test but wait to show them all correct answers until after all tests have been graded.
- Test Access Log – A source of frustration for students, instructors, and test proctors is the inability to confirm whether students began a test or ran into problems during a test. The access log shows a detailed list of every interaction that students engage in when taking a test. If a student claims to have started a test, the log will show the time the test was started. If a network or internet disruption occurred during the test, for example, the log would show an unusual gap in the time.
- Item Analysis – You can obtain statistics on overall test performance and on individual test questions using item analysis. You can use this information to improve questions for future tests or to adjust credit on current attempts. Ineffective or misleading questions can be identified easily, corrected in the Test Canvas, and re-graded automatically.
- Responses to fill in the blank questions no longer need to be an exact match. Instructors can allow a pattern or a partial match as a correct student response.
The Discussion Board has been redesigned to add these features:
- All posts on one thread page – All of the posts in a thread are now visible at the same time on one page.
- Role highlighting – Posts made by forum managers and moderators now contain the user's course role and forum role in thread view.
- Inline replies – When replying to a post, the editor for writing responses appears on the same thread, in the context of the discussion.
- Post first – This allows instructors to prevent students from seeing other posts before posting to a forum.
There are more minor features and enhancements coming as well, in addition to a number of long standing bug fixes. Keep an eye on the CTL events calendar for upcoming hands-on preview sessions.
For those who might not be familiar with it, EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology. The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference claims to unite "the best thinking in higher education IT." EDUCAUSE 2013 was held in mid-October, 2013, and I was there to investigate learning analytics.
Analytics is the use of data, statistical, and quantitative methods, and explanatory and predictive models to allow organizations and individuals to gain insights into and act on complex issues. The use of digital tools, especially Learning Management Systems (LMS), like Blackboard, for academic data and Student Information Systems (SIS) for demographic data, can create mounds of digital data that could be mined for discovering trends or predicting outcomes. Examples:
- Marist College is developing a predictive model using Banner (SIS) and Sakai (LMS) to deliver intervention notices to identify students unlikely to pass a course. A model was built using grade book data across a broad set of courses. They built their own system out of mostly Open Source tools. They found the most powerful predictor to be student's GPA. Presentation.pptx [3 MB, Powerpoint slides].
- University of California Chico built a system from server log files and Excel, Tableau, Stata, and SPSS and looked at one large course (373 students). They found LMS usage to be the best predictor of success (not GPA), using these LMS usage variables: total course website hits; total course "dwell time"; administrative tool hits; assessment tool hits; content tool hits; and engagement tool hits. summary of results [455 KB, PDF]; presentation slides from EDUCAUSE 2013 [3 MB, Powerpoint slides]
- University of Kentucky uses a hardware "appliance" from SAP (HANA) to look at data in near realtime, push out administrative reports to administrators, and "how am i doing" reports to students via a custom mobile application. Academic advisers get an iPad application that compiles advisees' data, giving both advisor and student a better idea of where they are and where they are going. Using Groundbreaking Analytics and Fast Data [7 MB, Powerpoint slides]
- South Orange County Community College District built the mobile app, "Sherpa," a recommendation engine similar to Netflix or Amazon that helps students choose courses, services, and get information based on previous enrollments, major/minor declarations, and grades. It pushes out warnings and reminders to students via email or text message. Powerpoint slides.
- Coppin State University implemented Blackboard Analytics for Learn, providing a slew of dashboards for deans, chairs, faculty, and students using data from the Blackboard Learn LMS alone. Mesa Community College has taken it one step further, using Blackboard Analytics to also ingest SIS data. University of Maryland, Baltimore County is using Blackboard Analytics for Learn to explore the LMS in much finer detail and assess the impact of faculty course redesign training.
Barriers? Sure. Analytics are hard. The people who developed Sherpa called in three outside mathematicians to help design their statistical model. Kentucky hired three PhDs. Analytics require buy-in and many of the presenters were CIOs, provosts, presidents, or vice-this-or-thats. There is a lot of missing data (e.g., classes that don't use an LMS), and a lot of inconsistent data (e.g, variance in how faculty use LMS gradebooks). Statistical models are still in an early stage of development and proprietary software, like Blackboard Analytics, is expensive.
For more on learning analytics, visit The Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), an interdisciplinary network of leading international researchers who are exploring the role and impact of analytics on teaching, learning, training, and development.


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Brendl does, in fact, suck and is not improving. If he were, he'd be playing hockey which he is not. The only reason not to trade him now is that his value is in the toilet.
McGillis does seem to be in a funk and may well not be fitting into the system that Hitch has in place. He looked more like Desjardins than himself last night. It isn't unreasonable given management's stated aim to move people who do not fit in to think that he may be traded. I will agree with you somewhat in that I think Clarke would wait to give him a chance first. The season is still young.]]>


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The shoe's, er, skate's, on the other foot for the Red Wings' unrestricted free agents-to-be
by George Malik on 06/25/11 at 07:52 PM ET
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According to the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness, the Red Wings have tendered contract offers to Jonathan Ericsson, Patrick Eaves and Drew Miller, and with a little under a week until unrestricted free agency begins, the team hopes to get down to the business of signing as many of the above-mentioned names as possible:
"We've talked to all of their agents," Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill said. "We'll probably get more done next week."
"This week we focused on the draft," Nill said. "We'll get working more on that next week and hopefully get them all signed up."
The Wings are believed to have offered Ericsson a multi-year deal worth just over $2 million a season.
"We're in the same ballpark," Wings GM Ken Holland said Friday.
Holland is waiting to hear back from the agents for Eaves and Miller.
"If they have interest, they'll get back to us," Holland said.
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If either or both Miller and Eaves don't come back that opens the door up for Emmerton or/and Draper, or Jagr. If you deal Huds there is room for Jagr too.
I love Eaves' youthful enthusiasm and the effort both he and Miller put out.
As I stated weeks ago, a difference of 300-400K at their salary range is huge, given how much they lose off the top to taxes, agents, and escrow. If another team offers them even "just a 1/4 million" more it would be hard for them to turn down and give a hometown discount, compared to someone that makes or has made $3-7 Million. There one shot block away from their careers going down, so they have to make what they can in this small window of opportunity.
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There = "They're" one shot block away -
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I see your point, Bill, but both Eaves and Miller have said they want to stay in Detroit. So I expect them both to sign. Not so sure about Ericsson, but I hope Holland doesn't go much higher in his offer for him.
Posted by MsRedWinger from Flori-duh on 06/26/11 at 12:18 PM ET
I could see Erickson being worth around 2.25/yr, but that's dependent on his development. He's still a little too inconsistent t be worth too much more than that. If he wants to do himself a favor, he should take a short contract at a reasonable number and get better during that contact. Then he should think about 3+M/yr.
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Date: January 6, 2014
by: Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor
It's official. The Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort will undergo a major facelift and renovation project this summer and reopen in the fall of 2015.
The Longboat Key Town Commission approved the project, which asks for 85 of the town's 250 tourism unit pool as part of a $30 million renovation-and-expansion project. The six commissioners in attendance voted to approve the project. Mayor Jim Brown was ill and unable to attend the meeting.
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The project and it's anticipated filing is a longtime coming.
The commission approved an ordinance that modifies the outline development process (ODP) that distributes the pool of 250 tourism units earlier this year. And in May, Planning and Zoning Board members reviewed code and Comprehensive Plan changes that now allow the Hilton to seek a fifth floor and an additional 15-feet in height as part of its project through the site plan process.
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Thanks to Mark Plotkin for this ultimate book of mondegreens wherein is revealed the term's derivation: a 1954 piece in the Atlantic by a woman who had misheard "they had slain the Earl of Moray/and laid him on the green" for "they had slain the Earl of Moray/and Lady Mondegreen." Apparently, the introduction to this book of 275 mondegreens tells us, a great many mondegreens involve food or animals or other basic, primal things our brain jumps to. Sounds a bit silly pop-psych to me . . . except that, come to think of it, my own mondegreen in place of Lady Gaga's "can't read my, can't read my" was . . . "cherry pie, cherry pie."
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Oh. My. God. Thanksgiving and Chanukah fall on the same day this year, November 28. This last happened in . . . never? (Try to Google it to find out and you realize you need joint PhDs in math, astronomy, and Hebrew to make the calculation.) (And I know one of you has them and will.)
The thing is — having shifted sharply in the other direction for the last three decades — we need to shift the emphasis from personal consumption back a bit (just a bit) to public consumption for a decade or two. Bigger houses and more TV's are nice; faster power boats and granite counter tops are nice. But so are bridges and highways that work . . . waterways that are deep enough . . . subways that are comfortable . . . levees that withstand storms . . . sewage systems that handle the load . . . great public schools and universities . . . groundbreaking research that make lives better and keep our economy competitive . . . clean air and water . . . energy efficiency . . . and things like these are largely public expenditures, funded not by credit cards at Home Depot but by checks mailed in to the IRS.
Our Republican friends are determined NOT to put people back to work doing the work that so badly needs doing to keep our nation strong and get our economy humming again: that would require tax revenue (because public spending is paid for with tax revenue or bond issues serviced by tax revenue).
Instead, they are working hard to "cut the deficit." But that will cause a recession, and a recession will increase the deficit. And bridges that may cost X to repair now will cost 20X to rebuild after they've collapsed (a number I've pulled out of thin air, that may or may not include the cost of millions of hours wasted in the months or years of detours and traffic jams that will result).
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K-Y Jelly Personal Lubricant in Review - Better Sex or Just A Bigger Mess?
When it comes to personal lubricants the one brand that is probably the most recognized is K-Y Jelly.
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In this article, we will go over what to look for in a personal lubricant as well as what K-Y Jelly has to offer you.
K-Y Jelly Personal Lubricant in Review
The first thing that you should know about K-Y Jelly is that while it is currently marketed as a personal lubricant its original use was to help doctors insert inanimate objects into areas that you might otherwise object to.
In other words, vaginal dryness and/or sexual pleasure weren't what the makers had in mind when they made it and it shows.
The ingredients of K-Y Jelly include parabens which are skin irritants and glycerin which has been shown to increase the likelihood of yeast infection in women.
Basically, the only person in any kind of sexual relationship who will be able to truly enjoy K-Y Jelly is the man as it does indeed make penetration much easier especially if the woman happens to suffer from vaginal dryness.
However, as the majority of women who use K-Y can tell you in terms of a woman's sexual pleasure or comfort this particular product doesn't do a woman any good.
Thankfully, there have been an abundance of personal lubricants that have come on to the market that put into consideration the needs and wants of women as well.
One particular sexual lubricant that is able to satisfy the needs and wants of both men and women alike is Carrageenan All Natural Personal Lubricant which consumers and users agree has a most like a woman feel to it.
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Why are Mexicans hated so much ??
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#1 May 5, 2012
My Best friend is Mexican and she always scared of the white people and afraid their going to make fun of her I dont get why we white people hate them. I'm not racist but my friend goes to an all white shcool.
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#2 Aug 19, 2012
yes, we are affraid because the white race belittles us, and we are self-conscious of the vast differences in the cultures. White people can sometimes be very insensitive and blame one group of people for their problems. Mexian happen to be the newest scapegoat for this current generation of "Americans".
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#3 Aug 25, 2012
I suppose the next time you catch a cold, you'll be blaming the "white devil" for that too, eh?
#5 Sep 27, 2012
Not really, we will be the ones curing it with family remedies instead of getting charged expensive hospital bills. "white devil" that is stuff white people made up lol
#6 Oct 28, 2012
I don't hate Mexicans. You get a lot of rednecks in small towns. Low education and racist views passed down from their parents.
#7 Nov 4, 2012
Im mexican so i basically don't know why mexicans are hated I guess since he gaved the HVIN flu and somd people murder in the city or in the little community's. But, this is based on my thoughts i don't really know if its true!
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#8 Jan 5, 2013
To all of you saying things about the "white race", there are white people in mexico too, as well as dark-skinned. Just as in all over the world, people in mexico have several different roots, and their family might as well be european, african, asian, or american. For example, my family is european (germany, poland and france). I have a friend with african roots and another one with asian roots. So it has nothing to do with race. It is just that the world sees us as rednecks. The fact that people that cross the border (whether legally or not) haven't got a clue of how to speak english, and there fore can't have good works, doesn't mean that every single one of us has a low level of education. Just think about it.
#9 Apr 5, 2013
Because they stink duh. Go to China Bufett on a Saturday and you'll know what I mean
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#10 Jul 22, 2013
Plus alotta blacks don't like mexicans because they are hard workers......i don't mind them, as long as they stay outta trouble and they already stick to themselves....
#11 Aug 22, 2013
Stupid peoples all in a row
#12 Sep 28, 2013
This question is really ignorant. Maybe because I have not felt the hate you are talking about.
#13 Dec 31, 2013
Most of us unfairly, but understandably resent you because of how many of you fail to respect our borders and immigration laws. We don't like that Mexico imports it's poverty into our country. We don't like foreigners illegally voting in our elections and receiving welfare that rightfully belongs to actual Americans. We don't like that the amount of untaxed money wired back to Mexico is greater than their very lucrative oil industry, in fact, at one time it was their #1 source of income. We don't like that you have taken jobs, that used to be good paying jobs, and are now doing them for way less, just to have the job. This takes what used to be good jobs away from Americans, who desperately need them now, and reduces the pay for others with the same jobs. And these aren't just "jobs no one wants", that is bullshit. I have seen how many of you are in the construction trades now. We don't like the drugs and death your cartels bring into our country. If you could grow pot that wasn't garbage, we would like that though, but you don't. We don't like that you generally don't care at all about this country or assimilating into it. Learn the fuckin language for gods sake. There's no way I would move to a predominantly spanish speaking country, and not learn spanish. What moron would?
#14 Feb 1, 2014
One reason is they can be very unaware of the culture in the U.S.
They have no reservations on their rudeness.
#15 Mar 12, 2014
well, i see what you mean but you try living in conditions in Mexico. And the reason the jobs are running out is because mexicans will take any job that pays so they can help their families and most americans dont like those jobs
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#16 Mar 12, 2014
Stink? Ever heard the joke, how do u get a white man to leave town? You give him a bar of soap!...lol. Hey at least we Mexicans don't go around looking for a black man to screw our wives like u losers do...lol. u all lime to watch in closet while the brother pleasures himself with your white woman....sick.
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Good Ramen, finally!
For those who have been craving good ramen like I have, Matuba (Japanese restaurant in Bethesda that has been around for years), is finally serving pretty authentic ramen. It is only available on Sunday afternoons, for the time being, as apparently it takes the chef 6 hours to make the broth. Their char shu was pretty decent, too.
I used to go up to NY to get a good bowl, but this is pretty close to the real thing.I also like Daruma's ramen; they also put in more toppings, but now we have a choice!!!!
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From talking to the owner, they are too busy on the other days.....hopefully, if it takes off, they can expand it to other days......the ramen is $10.00, and they also have a lunch special ramen/roll combo for $14.00.....I think their ramen is far superior to Temari's........
Great news. Thanks for the tip. Almost looking forward to rainy,cold weather tomorrow or next Sunday to really get in the mood for a good bowl of ramen.
Tabemono, please be more specific about time frame during "Sunday afternoon" that we can get ramen. I typically have to go up to NYC for my ramen fix (Menchanko-Tei) and am delighted there may be a place closer for some good ramen! When do they run out? Can we go for dinner (around 6pm) and still get ramen at Matuba?
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As far as I know, the notice states "limited amount", I imagine basically until it runs out, during lunch,...since they just started, I think they are trying to get a feel for whether it's a succes or not, and running out all depends on how many orders they get.... but whether they serve it for dinner (it they don't run out), I don't know...certainly once could call, and....I believe it's only available in Bethesda, as the chef works at the Bethesda location...happy slurping!!!...
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I just checked their Web site (http://www.matuba-sushi.com/index.html), and their lunch hours on Sunday are 12:00 to 3:00. This is new for them, as they previously weren't open for Sunday lunch.
So we tried it out this past Sunday. Arrived around 1 pm on Sunday. It was ok compared to other ramen I've had in DC:
Not as good as Sushi Taro. But they have such limited availability that I never get to enjoy it.
Probably about the same as the ramen at Maneki Neko and it's served all the time there. I've had ramen twice at MN and the first time it was quite good; the second time was only ok. Matuba's ramen was not as good as the first ramen I had at MN, but better than the second. I assume Matuba's quality can also vary and I'm willing to try them out again.
I was disappointed in the gyoza though. Overly soggy and undercooked.
I went on Sunday around 1:30, it was ok, not outstanding. I still prefer sushi taro for DC ramen. The noodles were overcooked, the pork was not bad. I thought the broth was pretty good for shoyu ramen, but shoyu has never been my favorite (can you guess what is?). I talked to the owner a bit, and asked if he ever makes different ramen. He said he would love to make tonkotsu (he's from fukuoka, which is known for it) but he didn't think Americans would like it.
So I would say if you go, ask for firm noodles and try and convince the owner to branch out to different broths. I'll be heading to Minca in NY this weekend for my fix. Hopefully I will get a chance to try Ippudo too!


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