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Airline Food in First Class --
Next weekend I get to fly First Class on American Airlines from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Wondered if anyone out there has tips for me to make the most of it -- food and drink-wise --
Chicken or fish? Or should I request one of their special dietary meals -- usually in Coach those meals end up being better than the usual.
Is it worth saving room for dessert? I am usually on the wrong side of the curtain in coach and catch the wonderful wafts of chocolate chip cookies warming in First Class. Are they as good as they smell?
Do they do anything exceptionally/surprisingly well?
It depends on when you are flying. I work for the competition, but this is from AA's web site:
"Complimentary food service is offered in First Class on all flights system-wide that have flying times over two hours and that operate within traditional breakfast, lunch and dinner times. Generally, a snack service will be provided on flights greater than two and a half hours that fall outside of a traditional meal time."
Check out their web site. Most major airlines have links to inflight services including entertainment, meals, etc. AA's web site includes North American and Caribbean service. There's a link to special meals, also.
www.aa.com > travel information > during your flight > dining > North America and Caribbean Meal Service
Special meals are better in the back because they are special made closer to flight time, but this is not necessarily so in the front.
Just as a note, North American domestic first class meal service is nice, but it's not what you would get on a Transatlantic or Transpacific flight, so adjust your expectations accordingly.
And you should be able to make your selection now, before you check in.
Have a great flight!
re: Loren3
British Airways - business class is laways as if I'm in US Airways 1st class - BA's service is always the finest!
My first class experience (limited, and it's been on Continental) is that they'll give you a choice of two meals BUT they will have prepared half and half, so if by the time the flight attendant gets to you and all of one of the meals has been spoken for, you get the other choice. One time the choice was between a heated lasagne and a seafood salad. I was in the third row of a three-row first class and everyone ahead of us of course took the lasagne so we were stuck with the seafood salad. And it was vile. If you can request in advance, I'd recommend it.
The cookies are comparable to Mrs. Fields.
<<Do they do anything exceptionally/surprisingly well?>>
No. Your meal will be more palatable than what they serve in coach (assuming there's meal service in coach--not a safe assumption these days). But it's still airplane food. Whatever you eat will have been pre-cooked and reheated. So rather than looking for chicken, fish, etc, look for a preparation method that lends itself to tasty leftovers.
At least you'll have linens, a plate, and real glassware. Better wine is available than the Sutter Home splits you can buy in the back, but don't expect a premier cru. And the cookies, while made from a commercial dough batter, are still pretty good.
re: alanbarnes
meals in coach?? just about totally extinct. cant remember the last time i was offered other than soda and MAYBE pretzels or an overpriced 7 dollar sandwich.
Food is definitely better than coach, but still nothing to get excited about,especially AA domestic relatively short hops like Chicago to LA. I'm sure all the airlines are the same.
I don't recall ever having a choice between between chicken and fish. Usually beef and something else - chicken, pasta or fish- or pasta and something else.
If you can select now, as Loren3 suggests, do it - they invariably run out of one or the other choice , as jim1126 experienced. I find the cookies exceedingly sweet,but H loves them. Can't remember which flights (dinner? transatlantic? or ??) on which they serve heated nuts to start, but they're probably the best thing about the food. Also don't remember on which flights(probably dinner), but AA does sundaes as you like them for dessert, generally only available with one flavor ice cream. IIRC, if you order a special meal, you get the same one you would get in coach.
What they do really well is keeping your glass filled, no matter what you're drinking.
Manage your expectations, the food on all domestic carriers is basic airplane crap. Most times jfood skips the food all together, it just isn;t worth the time or the energy. To give you an idea of the quality, next time in the grocer, go to the freezer section and look at the pictures. Then think what's inside. Same sorta analysis.
That being said, the airlines do make GREAT chocolate chip cookies. It's basicallythe only edible choice.
Sorry for the bad news but on a ORD-LAX run, jfood would probably have a pizza at Wolfgang's before boarding and maybe sneak a hot dog on board. It's only a few hours.
re: JLF
On AA they redid their coach cabin a few years ago (remember the slogan more legroom throughout) and converted to mostly high density seat pitch (now less legroom everywhere). So the added room in First is worth it alone. If you are looking for free booze, then you have an added benefit. Likewise the chance of a screaming baby or difficult seatmate is also reduced.
BTW - jfood giggles at mentioning the cloth napkin, never really thought about that. And AA has the napkin with the little hole in it so you can place your top button in the hole and the napkin does a nice job as a "table cloth" for your shirt/blouse.
Just lean back and enjoy the flight and the weather in LA will be oodles better than you've had in Chi-town recently.
Safe flight.
re: jfood
I agree 100%....I fly v. often on UA in First/Bussines from SFO-ORD or SFO-pick an airport on the east coast and back and food is just edible. And yest I usually buy a WP pizza or sushi take out before boarding because quality is that much better. On international flights on United the food gets better but not by much....
A relatively short domestic flight isn't going to have terrific food (now, LA to Syndey Australia on Qantas first class is different). Best things will be the warmed nuts and the fresh baked cookies (if you're flying afternoon or evening). If you're lucky, you'll get an ice cream sundae. I wouldn't expect the entree, no matter what you choose, to be anything special. If you are in first class in a three cabin flight, you shouldn't worry about them running out of any of the choice. If you are in a two cabin flight, and you want to maximize your choices, just remember FEBO - Front Even Back Odd, which is how flights serve food, i.e., on even numbered flights they start from the front and odd numbered flights they start from the back.
howdy j,
first off, life is always better in the front of the bus. i fly american quite a bit, usually in business or first class. the food is ok. depending on the time of your flight, you'll probably be given a main meal early into the flight and a so-called snack (cheese, fruit, whatever) about an hour or so before landing. you will be stuffed by the time you land. drink service begins the minute you sit down and continues throughout the flight. the wines (and port) are of good quality.
ejnoy your flight. it will be tough going back to coach.
Check out this website-
People post photos and reviews of airline meals here, you can browse by airline. Some of the meals actually look pretty good...
re: whelmed
Pay attention to what ESNY said about FEBO - it's important if you care about food choice. It's usually filet mignbon or ravoli - neither of which are all that great. BUT... on my last JFK/LAX flight, there's the famous warm nuts, both the appetizer (proscuitto & melon puree, although I would prefer the real thing...) and the salad were very good. The rolls very - usually hard, (ask the FA's which are the softest) but don't do the crusty bread whatever you do - it's always nasty. And... dessert was an ice cream sundoe with choice of chocolate, butterscotch sauce, nuts, whipped cream - go for it all! I'm starting to see the sundaes on more flights, so hopefully, your's will be one of them. And the chocolate cookies are great - there's always plenty leftover, so don't be shy to ask for more...
re: torta basilica
The warm nuts sound great.
Can I also count on a warm towel upon boarding?
On a related chowhound-ish topic -- can we generalize that sushi restaurants that don't give warm towels when seated are not as good as those who do, or is that a my perception?
And how wonderful would life be if someone came around to our cubicle in the afternoon and handed us a warm towel?
re: JLF
As far as the sushi towels go, there was a bit of a stink when someone noticed that non resto adult businesses in Japan also used the towels and the laundry services weren't all that fastidious about keeping them separate. It may be non-green, but I'll take the disposable, thanks.
As far as first class meals go, I used to load food onto airplanes in a former life. We never raided the coach leftovers, but on a hot summer day whoever brought back the ice cream sundae cart was the hero. I used to go home with a beef filet in the flashlight pocket of my uniform 2-3 times a week, the rack of lamb fit in the jacket pocket. The days when they carved to order are long gone.
Enjoy it because it will be better than coach, but it is still food served in a metal tube at 500mph a couple of hours after it was cooked.
re: Ljubitca
Once your flight is booked - regardless of where and how you booked it - take the confirmation code to the AA.com site and you can tweak to your heart's content. Select meals, change seats, request automatic notification of schedule changes, etc.
Don't get too excited. While first class is preferable to coach, it's still American and they are no Continental in the meal and service department. As for saving room, I doubt you will be so filled by the entree that you won't have room for the cookies or whatever they are serving that day. Also, depends on the time of day as another mentioned, some flights all they serve in first is a snack.
Special meals aren't offered on domestic flights any longer - only on coast to coast and international flights...and the ones that are offered on those flights are either for dietary (think diabetic) or religious (think kosher) needs.
Do NOT go for a special order meal, like kosher etc.
If you do you will just get the exact one you would have gotten in Coach. They don't make First Class Kosher and Coach Kosher.
If you were flying an international carrier and going overseas AND starting out from another country (for example flying JAL out of Narita)... you would have a wonderful dining experience in first. But a domestic carrier for a short-ish flight. It will be just eh. Think hotel ballroom conference food.
The "extras" are nice. The warm assorted nuts, the baked cookies. But the meal? Eh.
re: Jennalynn
They must still offer a vegetarian option for international?
re: Ljubitca
Yes, they do. At least on Lufthansa, British and United. The downside is that I suspect it makes it harder to get an upgrade.
re: Jennalynn
They don't serve coach meals, period. so there is no longer such a thing as "coach halal" or whatever on domestic flights. If you make a special order in biz, you WILL get something better than what's served in coach, because coach doesn't get a meal.
I flew first class for the first time this year on United from San Diego to Chicago. They give you hot nuts before your meal that are delicious! I also enjoyed the linen tablecloth and real glassware - makes for a nice experience. As for the food, I also had a choice among two but was lucky the one I preferred wasn't out. The choices were Chicken Caesar salad or Seafood Bisque. I chose the Chicken Caesar and it was just alright. No cookie though - brownie instead :)
re: Texstyle
BTW, when I flew (coach) on El Al to Israel they let us use real utensils, not plastic on board.
I suppose they do such a great job screening that once we were all on board, no one was worried that a nut job could have sneaked through security. That was quite reassuring.
re: Texstyle
I can't fathom why people (including my father) eat airplane food just because it's free.
Even if it tastes okay, it's chock full of sodium and preservatives that will leave you miserable and bloated upon landing.
I don't eat the food unless I'm starving--once in many years. Eat before--some fruit, and save you calories for the really good stuff after landing!
re: veganish
I do have to say smelling people eat meat in enclosed areas turns my stomach - but on an international flight its nice to be able to pick from a vegetarian meal if I wanted so - its too long to go ona piece of fruit.
re: Texstyle
IMHO the best thing about biz class is your own bathroom. I don't find biz seats in a 320 to be that much more comfortable then coach, really.
Now, on a 767 in lie-almost-flat seats on an 11-hr flight between toronto and sao paolo- yeah, that was great!
re: John Manzo
triple 7 to tokyo and beyond works for me. not too big, not too small. just right. japan insists we pass through security during layovers. so be it. just don't want to be on a huge plane on my way to hong kong, singapore, wherever.
business lounge at narita (united) is ok. some snacks, some food, some booze and wifi. upstairs (elevator) is the first-class lounge. same thing only smaller.
united stuffs its business/first-class customers with decent food (eastern/western, your call) and booze. i expect that. what wasn't expected was a nudge from the head cabin attendant three-quarters of the way to tokyo from jfk. cabin was dark, i was asleep and marcia was waking me up. hmmm.
"do you like classical music," she asked?
"yeah," i said.
"come with me," she said
ok, i was hooked. i woke up deb and we followed marcia to the galley. marcia, two or three cabin attendants plus deb and i were standing in the dimly-lit, modest space. so was a gentleman by the name of martin beaver. he had a violin in his hand.
martin was a passenger in the seat ahead of us. he was quiet so i gave him no thought when we boarded. the white plastic case to his right may have raised my eyebrow but nothing more. he didn't recline his seat much and that counts for alot in my book.
turns out that martin was on his way from jfk to tokyo. he had a gig with his pals in the tokyo string quartet. he also, at marcia's urging, was willing to give us a concert at, i don't know, 40,000 feet?
the mid-air concert was special. none of the other passengers even stirred!
afterward, martin passed his violin around. it was a stradivarius. i didn't drop it.
i've mentioned this before but it just goes to show that every trip can be an adventure.
imho, fish in the air, regardless of class or airline is less right then any other meat. So Chicken or Beef would be my reco.
And 'special' meals in first are sometimes better i.e. I have had decent cold shrimp salad or smoked salmon . But sometimes the special meal is the back-of-the-bus special meal so it's a risk to order.
I love the hot towel service and the gin & tonic in my hand upon boarding as the two best bits fo first.
Does your first class ticket get you into the Admiral's Club? I've found that the food in the lounges, while not a full meal, is generally better tasting than what you get in the air. There is often a soup (sometimes a choice of two), fresh sandwiches, cheese and fruit, various hors d'oeuvres, and a nice dessert selection. Oh, and there is occasionally a bar :}
Pick out a magazine or newspaper from the well-stocked rack, or do some work at their Internet kiosks, while enjoying your grazing. By the time you get on the plane, you won't care what they offer you!
re: KevinB
This doesn't apply to all Admiral's Clubs, by any means. I've never seen all that in LA, and don't recall all that much in Chicago, although ORD is definitely one of the best and well worth relaxing in early. My husband is an Executive Platinum w/ AA & I've seen a whole lot of Admiral's Clubs, but nothing that generous. I wish!!
re: torta basilica
P.S. FYI - HNL is the only domestic AC that offers complimentary alsoholic drinks.
re: KevinB
No, first class does not get you into the Admiral's Club. That's a separate membership. You can get access if you have high enough frequent flyer status, depending on the flight (I'm Platinum with AA, which means I can get access when flying internationally but not domestically).
The overseas clubs often have hot food and always have an open bar, but domestically you usually don't get much more than snacks and a cash bar.
re: BobB
OK, thanks for the clarification. We travel to Asia every year or two on either First or Business, and that always gets us into the Lounge. Of course, we are also travelling on Asian carriers, like Cathay Pacific, Eva, Asean, etc. , where service is still considered important. I still remember a stop-over at Inchon in South Korea, where the buffet included Chinese dim sum, Korean nibbles, etc., all refreshed frequently.
re: KevinB
Wow. Guess I haven't really checked out the Admiral's club on my international flights. Actually I was in London last week and they did have some cheese and crackers, something that is totally absent from the clubs I've been in the US.
And I've only flown business class twice in my life via American -- the International flight's meal was significantly better than the domestic meal -- with seats that reclined fully so that you're parallel to the floor!
re: Miss Needle
At Heathrow - American also has a first class lounge - which my husband loves - he devours the tea sandwiches - literally. I wish I had a video of it.
re: Miss Needle
LHR Admirals Club has great shortbread cookies. Bring some on board.
I was upgraded by AA on a recent flight from Hartford to Dallas. I drank sparling wine which was so-so. The warm nuts were undoubtedly the best part of the meal. The meal choices were chicken salad sandwich or turkey wrap. I asked the flight attendant's advice. She said the chicken salad had lots of mayo so I opted for the wrap. It was tasty but not amazing The chocolate chip cookies were good. Nt husband and kids in coach got NOTHING since the flight was too rough for beverage service in coach!
re: Mimi
I flew first class on AA from New York to Seattle with a layover in St. Louis. We got breakfast (twice) on the way there - a so-so cheese omelet, very good biscuits. On our return trip, we were given Special K for the first leg, and, for the last, just cookies and peanuts. It was my first time flying first class and quite a letdown. What surprised me the most about American was that there were no TV screens or even headphones to listen to music. Too bad my credit card rewards plan accrues AA Advantage miles; friends with Delta Sky Miles returning to NY from Seattle got wine with a steak lunch and watched a movie!
re: Dyna
Domestic first class is pretty ho-hum - a slightly larger seat with more legroom, a bit more food, and they don't charge you for drinks, but that's about it. The entertainment depends on the plane - if there's no movie in coach, there's no movie in first. Most airlines these days don't offer films on flights under four or five hours.
The big differences are on international flights, especially the real log-haul stuff like trans-Pacific. Business class on those is far superior to first class domestic - that's where you get the stuff you're imagining, like smoked salmon & real champagne, big Barcalounger-type reclining seats (and on some airlines even seats that fold down to form fully flat beds), and either individual built-in screens or personal DVD players with a stack of movies to choose from
Personally, I've never flown first class on an international long-haul, I'd love to hear from someone who has what it adds to the already cushy business class experience.
My husband just flew business class to Bangkok - on American from JFK to Tokyo, then JAL on to Bangkok. He opted for the Japanese meal for the one of three he chose to eat on American and said it was pretty lousy - JAL food marginally better. Broken seat that only reclined and foot rest that was broken made for a pretty miserable trip!
In regards to the earlier mention about the Admirals Club, I belong to Delta's Crown Room and enjoy the experience. There is free alcoholic beverages, and occasionally nice snacks. There are usually offerings of fresh fruit, too. Another benefit is the admission to Continental and Northwest's lounges, too. I had a nice experience recently at one of Continental's clubs. Although I do not often fly Delta, I do like the Crown Room and you can have access even if you are not flying Delta, Continental or Northwest, but rather another carrier (I prefer Air Tran.)
It will depend on time of day too. I recently flew first class (mileage upgrade) at breakfast time. It had been a really rough weekend and I had been ill, and couldn't resist the added comfort. This was on United - domestic. The fruit was very good, and there was a perfectly acceptable toasted bagel with cream cheese, and ok coffee. OTOH, the omelet was rubber, and the sausage cold. I did enjoy the real plates and all that....and yes, I had a bloody mary...which helped my outlook.
OTOH, those in coach got nothing to eat. And when you have a six am flight its hard to "grab something" before you leave. So my breakfast was most welcome...even if I only finished the bagel and the fruit.....
re: janetofreno
Ever since I've read about Amanda Hesser (sp?--former NYT food writer) bringing her own meal on the plane, I've been doing that. I pack myself a big bag-o-food and bring that on the flight (usually 11-12 hour flights to Japan) and am very happy. It's gotten a little harder w/ the fascist liquid restrictions, b/c I used to use a frozen water bottle as my cooler, but I still bring a bunch of snacks, including several slices of cheese w/ crackers, some salads that keep well in room temp, etc., and of course, some fresh fruit.
re: anzu
That's a whole 'nother thread!
re: Loren3
I'm Diamond with Delta so i fly 1st class domestically pretty much every flight. While it is so much better than coach, the reason is not the food or even the free booze: it's the space. Your chair is much wider and much more comfortable. You don't feel like veal.
I fly, also, internationally on their 777-200LRs. Those are the ones with the pods and the lay flat beds. i really enjoy these flights. The tv screen is better and bigger, the movie selection is far superior, the food is a LOT better than domestic first class, and the wine is INFINITELY better than domestic first class. On these flights you have 2 meals always (unless it is ungodly long -- like my flight 3 years ago from ATL to Mumbai, at 18 hours -- then you get one large meal, a snack, and then a small meal). Just like in Economy, you get a larger meal soon after take off and a smaller meal right before landing. Both meals are a LOT better than in Economy. The large meal in 1st class is very large and usually very tasty on Delta. Celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein designs all the courses and selections. Delta even posts their meals (change each month) on their website. For instance, I'm heading to Lima, Peru, in a few weeks for some fun/relaxation. I decided to buy a 1st class ticket (Delta calls it BusinessElite, as it is their only other cabin for international travel, beyond Economy cabin...there is no Business cabin, so in effect it is their 1st Class cabin). I have looked on the website and have decided that I will be having: Braised beef short ribs served with red wine sauce, parsnip puree and baby carrots as my entree. On intl flights you don't have to worry about where you're seated (though FEMO is very handy when traveling domestically in 1st), as there are always enough of every selection for everyone (they over cater these flights...which is good cuz one time I got something that was ghastly and they replaced it with a different menu selection). Normally the big first meal is 6 courses. Starts with an appetizer course (no choice), a soup course (no choice), a large salad (choice of 2 dressings...one always a vinaigrette), a choice of 3 entrees (one is always a vegetarian pasta option), a cheese plate, and ice cream sundae made on a travelling cart, to order. Although lately what they've done (and i like a lot) is they put all the cheeses and mini-desserts on a cart and then sail down the aisle. When they get to you, you just point at what you want and you form your own dessert course. You pick from 4 or 5 types of cheese, several types of fruit, and many different mini-desserts. You get to try a little of everything this way. I like having a little cheese and fruit with a cake or pie type dessert. You normally have a choice of 2-3 red wines, 2 white wines, one sparkling wine, and 2 dessert wines. All the wines I've had have been quite good. They normally run in the $13-$18 range a bottle if you were buying in the grocery store. Delta has a sommelier who tries out all the wines before purchasing, by seeing how they taste 35,000 feet in the air (high altitude does affect taste and smell so all wines are tested first to ensure they'll taste great at that level). So, they don't serve any wine without it going through that process.
Drink service is also far greater in intl first over domestic first. Once food is out, they are constantly swirling around to make sure your wine glass is full. Delta has switched to large wine glasses for intl 1st and it makes it much easier to get a bit hammered before you realize it. haha! But much preferred over those tiny little glasses China Airlines serves up. Like a double shot glass...sucks! 1st class service always is better internationally but that's largely due to more resources for those intl routes. Most domestic first class flights only have 1.5 flight attendants unless it's coast to coast, in which case it is 2 flight attendants. Intl first class has normally 5 or 6 flight attendants in first class.
Later today I fly from ATL to Las Vegas. I'm on a dinner flight. I've been on this flight for the past 5 weeks, so I know what we're having, in general: a small side salad (sparsely layered with veggies beyond lettuce), choice of hot roll from a basket, chicken and polenta with shredded veggies OR some sort of vegetarian pasta dish. Dessert is a slice of some sort of tart, cheesecake, or tiramisu. Pasta dishes in domestic first on Delta are pretty tasty. I normally prefer them over the chicken dish (especially that sage heavy chicken pot pie they offer every once in a while....EEK!).
re: kevinabeatty
Let's keep the perspective, it's still airplane food.

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Posts by TonkaToys
25 posts • joined 26 Aug 2010
Battle ready: Valiant Hearts and Company of Heroes: Western Front
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
This is an entertaining game that I'll be getting my 10 and 8yo's to play. It is quite short mind you but then it is only £11
I started off reading all the extra information and the diaries on my play through, but gave up after a while to just enjoy the game. Is there a way to view all the info afterwards? If not, I don't mind playing it again.
Anyone else tried it?
Wolfenstein: The New Order ... BLAM-BLAM! That guard did Nazi that coming
Re: An honest question...
I read on the Beeb that they removed all references to Nazis and replace it with The Regime.
Linkety: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27488254
HARD ONES: Three new PC games that are BLOODY DIFFICULT
Re: Don't Starve for free
My 9yo son surprised me by saying he liked this more than minecraft
Ging gang cloudy? IBM programmer packs it in for life as an online Scouts badge-tracker
OSM works well, but can be a little tricky until you get used to it.
It has certainly helped our little band of adventurers (well, their parents and scout leaders anyway).
O2, Tesco Mobile go titsup for 220,000+ Brits in 13-HOUR 3G cockup
Re: Scale of the problem
From the article ""around 1 per cent" of customers, which would be 220,000 based on their latest figures and not including those on Tesco's network", so 22,000 would be about 0.1%
Not that I noticed any downtime on my O2... I'll leave you to decide whether that's because I was in the other 99% or whether I'm just unpopular (boo hoo).
BT engineers - missed appointments
Good Service(!)
We moved house on Thursday and had booked BT to move our line on that day. However the wires on our building had been cut and the phone point removed.
On Friday I had a terrible 30-45 minute phone call going round the automated system, then another 30 minutes with the polite call-centre operator; worst bit was when he said "without the order number we cannot proceed". I've moved house and have no broadband... how am I going to find that? Thank goodness for mobile broadband!
Anyway, next day (SATURDAY!) the BT Openreach engineer turned up and confirmed that the wire had indeed been cut. He said he was using a temporary van, so I thought he'd just bugger off. Instead he phone in and another BT Openreach engineer arrived.
We were up and running within an hour.
Summary: engineers were great, booking system was crap.
I'll let you decide whether my experience was good because they were able to charge me £99 as the fault was on my property.
O2 refuses to deny plans to offload home broadband product
That's annoying
I agree with the guys above that the O2 service has been very good; reliable, quick, unlimited (afaik) and cheap (if you're on O2 mobile).
Where to now?
How hard is 3D printing?
Re: Modelling
>It is the first of the big CAD players to produce a Mac version, an interesting development.
Bentley MicroStation used to run on the Mac, but was withdrawn around '97 for some reason.
Thrillpower! Tharg releases 2000AD iDevice app
It'd be great to have digital versions that are available on any platform, it would save no end of space in my house / garage / loft / etc.
I'll check out this clickwheel thingie, but last time I looked that was IOS only too.
+10000000 for a version that comes free with a paper subscription.
Live long and prosper: Spaceflight 'slows ageing process'
Sounds like Robo-hunter (almost) got it right.
(Cheers to all 2000AD readers)
Hauppauge MyTV 2Go
Re: Lock down
Seems weird that they don't let it work with existing media centre software (WinMC7 or XBMC etc).
Presumably no DLNA means I can use it on my PS3 too?
Citrix: Stream Office from Windows Server, not Windows 7
Re: That's what I was thinking...
Much as we'd like to try Linux, there are a number of products (roughly 200) that we use which are not supported on Linux. Has anyone any experience of getting Engineering and CAD packages working within a Linux VDM?
MicroStation, AutoCAD, Revit, ETABs, Fastrak, PDS, Oasys, etc.
Australia should head-hunt Michael Gove
I'm confused...
Did I accidentally write the above post under the name HollyHopDrive?
Everything you've said is what happened to me (apart from the PSION).
I hope we are going to see a radical shake up of the entire curriculum, starting with Computer Science and then moving onto the other sciences; and that this leads this country back into an era of innovation.
UltraViolet: Hollywood's giant digital gamble is here
I was wondering this too...
Actually I was wondering what happens if I buy the DVD and register the code, then sell on the DVD.
Am I still able to watch the online version of the film? I suppose so as I've licenced the thing forever.
Is the next owner of the physical disc unable to register for the online version? I guess the can watch the disc.
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"Nobody who had been to a real war prior to gaming would want to come back home and play the game. How many WW2 vets do we have playing Call of Duty for 9 hours an evening and slavishly buying every new version for a price that they admit is more overpriced than a movie ticket "
I shouldn't think there would be many WW2 vets out there playing these games, as the youngest of them would probably be about 82 years old.
However, I know plenty of ex-forces (US and UK) who do "slavishly" purchase these games and play them every night. They are all family men and women, and are all very pleasant people.
As is mentioned elsewhere in the comments, what the study is lacking is breadth; is it just violent games, is it all games, is it violent movies/tv, is it violent books, ... We need some more information before judging anything.
What should a sci-fi spaceship REALLY look like?
No mention of Farscape then?
Intelligent organisms as spacecraft.
EA sued over broken Battlefield pledge
Probably the principle...
I agree, this seems like a pointless exercise when BF3 is so much fun. I wouldn't play it if they give it to me as I spend all my limited PS3 gaming time on BF3.
I guess it is the principle of the thing, that or another way to try to extract money for nothing.
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US Army inks $66m deal for Judge Dredd smart-rifles
There was an old episode of Dredd...
set on the moon I think, where they has a competition between the Sovs and the Judges. The sovs had a beam that would pass through things and explode at a preset distance.
Dreddy beat it by charging forward faster than the Sovs could reset the distance.
I'll get my coat because... I'm such a geek.
Official: PS3 has more fanboys than the Xbox 360 does
More PS3's here
I'm UK based.
Looking around my team at work (yes... it is an IT team), we have 7 PS3's and 1 person owns an Xbox360 too. 4 WIIs, one of these also has a PS3.
Of my console enabled friends, there are 5 PS3's and 1 person owns an Xbox 360 too and a WII too. There are another 2 people with WIIs.
Totals: 12 x PS3, 2 Xboxs and 6 WIIs.
Beer because it is Friday.
Hackers make off with TripAdvisor's membership list
A pattern is emerging
Shall I just post the websites that I am subscribed to, so the rest of you know which ones will be hit next?
Top Ten Arcade Classics
Anyone remember...
I'm sure all that repetitive up and down button bashing with the right hand has given me a life skill.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect
Thanks for the review
I am a PS3 fanboy and we also have a Wii for the kids, but don't have an Xbox.
I enjoyed reading the review and it has made me think about getting an Xbox / Kinect, despite previously being adamant that this technology is a rehash of the old Eye-Toy controller.
Why? Because the idea of interacting with technology, without buttons and controllers is exciting especially if, as Spiracle says, this might turn out to be a primary domestic computing interface.
I doubt that I will get the first incarnation (I've worked with MS products for too long to fall into that trap) but I can certainly see the potential for this device, and I think that is why the reviewer puts such a high mark on the product.
Hopefully we'll see some future software that really showcases what the Kinect can do and provides a compelling argument for purchasing the equipment, even if it means I have to rearrange the furniture.
Nutter repairmen scale 1,768ft TV mast
That made my palms sweaty and I'm sitting at my desk.
Microsoft gets Speedos in a twist over half-naked 'Meter Maids'
We've just started using Microsoft's Threat Management Gateway web filter - which blocks the Meter Maids website, classifying it as Pornography.
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reduce the time it takes to set up training exercises and analyze training results, are being applied at one ISO to help simulate the impact of tariff changes and bad data on the billing settlement process.
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Most of these energy technology efforts have been aimed at conservation. Energy consumption is at an all-time high, and concerns over dependence on oil and coal, and availability of resources in general, make it clear that consumption habits must be altered to have a lasting impact on the energy market.
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The military has a similar challenge when it comes to mission operations involving joint forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) or coalition forces (mission partners such as Britain in Iraq). Each has its own systems, so interoperability would allow commanding officers to react much more quickly to enemy operations, and carry out missions more efficiently at a lower level.
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The Shockwave! - Contact From Space CD (Double Crown)
It's the 2nd full-length CD by The Shockwave!, a Finland based 4-piece that has recorded an (inter)stellar set of instrumental rock n' roll tunes, with a couple of covers that will appeal to fans of pop music from the 80's (Cyndi Lauper & A-ha). Their debut was released by Gas/Goofin' Records, and won the band a legion of fans all over the globe. This release takes their sound even further, embracing modern and traditional surf, as well as the beloved Rautalanka sound of their home country. The cover artwork for this digipak was created by the incomparable Fred Lammers.
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The Continental Magazine - Issue #22 w/CD - OUT NOW!!!
Issue #22 is finally here, featuring our very first full-color cover! It includes part 2 of a huge feature interview with The Atlantics (conducted by Ivan Pongracic) covering the later years of this famed Australian surf and rock n' roll combo. If you missed it, part 1 which dealt with their early years was in issue #21. The magazine also has an in-depth interview with surf rock drummer extraordinaire Dusty Watson, well known for his work with Slacktone, Dick Dale, Agent Orange, The Sonics, Frankie & The Pool Boys, and many other great bands. This issue is also jam packed with tons of music and DVD reviews, including more vinyl reviews than ever before. You also get a free CD filled with lots of great surf, instro and garage rock tunes. 40 pages in all, with a full color glossy cover.
TRACKS: (The TomorrowMen) The Man Who Couldn't Tell Time - (The Trabants) Coast of Capri - (Martin Cilia) Koko Head - (Jason Lee & The R.I.P. Tides) Snake Eyes - (The Stingrays) Panic Beach - (Audios Amigos) El Avispon - (Die Kosmonauten) Life Is Too Short - (The Derangers) Rio Sangre - (Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion) Satan's Invisible World...Revealed! - (The Surf Zombies) Candyass - (Les Agamemnonz) Simon Beat - (Secret Samurai) A Proper Quarrel - (The Razorblades) Are You Ready For A Rock 'n' Roll Weekend? - (9th Wave) Victory At Sunset - (The Torments) The Creamer - (The Grande Bois) Meltdown - (The Spytones) Surfing Salzburg - (Los #3 Dinners) SA Woman - (The Delusionaires) The Scrump
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It's the 10th anniversary of the famed surf/instro rock combo The Madeira, and to celebrate they're releasing their first ever live CD! Recorded at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis last December over two nights, the band delivered an amazing set packed with long-time fan favorites, some choice cover tunes and even a few brand new songs from their upcoming full-length studio release! It was recorded and mixed by Tommy Schichtel of The Concussions, and features amazing, moody cover art by the incomparable Steve Blickenstaff!
Tracks: Introduction - Tribal Fury - Everybody Up - Surf Fidelis - Cities Of Gold - Witch Doctor - Jungle Drums - Burning Mirage - Macarena - Caravela - Farthest Shore - Night Rider - Mar Vista - The Saracen - Tangaroa - Wreak Havoc! - Undercurrents - Ricochet - Sandstorm! - Intruder
(PRE-ORDER) The Madeira - Sonic Cataclysm: Live CD - DCCD54 - $12.75
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CDs will start shipping on June 14th. That evening you can also buy the CD from the band at their CD Release Show at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis, IN. Also appearing on the bill are The Volcanos and The Mystery Men.
You can also sign up for the Double Crown Music Club - members will receive a free limited-edition Madeira poster with the CD!
Get the scoop on the band and their upcoming CD at www.themadeira.net or their Facebook page.
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Double Crown continues to deliver the "Surfin' Sounds Of Summer" with the brand new CD by The Mobsmen from Norway - "Fraternitas Aurum Factorem" - Get it now!
The massive and thundering sound of The Mobsmen, Norway's premier surf and instro rock n' roll combo, has once again been recorded to tape for your listening pleasure. All the songs have the characteristic feel of the band´s well-known, majestically sleek guitar style and loud pounding rhythm sound. This record includes all of your new favourite hits, presented in their original versions in glorious mono quality. It's the new album from The Mobsmen: FRATERNITAS AURUM FACTOREM - available now from Double Crown and other record shops in the compact disc format, as well as your favorite digital download sites.
Tracks: Boom - Barbershop Accident - Pow Wow - Gold Factory - Roman Centurion - Le Mans - Wavys Revenge - Lacanau - Smau Sound - The Lurker - Lazurite - Bubbles - Mediterranean Blitz
The CD is just $12.75, and if you place an order of $20 or more through the Double Crown site you can take 20% off with coupon code: JULY20
Note: Double Crown Music Club member CDs will ship this week. If you're not a member, join now - just $39.00 for 4 CDs!
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V/A - Surf Nut! Surfites & Thunderchiefs 7" EP (Double Crown / Wormtone)
We're incredibly stoked to have released a fabulous new 7" EP featuring The Surfites and The Thunderchiefs, containing two brand new songs from each band! It's a joint effort with Double Crown and Wormtone Records, and will definitely be one of the most talked about (and listened to) releases of the summer! The amazing sleeve art, shown above, was done by famed artist (and Thunderchiefs guitarist) Mike Guerrero.
On one side you get Swedish faves The Surfites with "This Time Tomorrow" and "Hot Dog On A Stick". Flip it over and you get two more boss tunes from Austin, TX surf combo The Thunderchiefs - "Kook Patrol" and "Tomsco Twist".
While the music and amazing artwork is best enjoyed in the 7" vinyl format, we do understand that many of you don't have turntables. For you, we have the digital version of the EP, which can be downloaded at: iTunes ~ CD Baby ~ Emusic
Tracks: The Surfites: This Time Tomorrow - Hot Dog On A Stick / The Thunderchiefs: Kook Patrol - Tomsco Twist
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If you follow Double Crown on Facebook you probably already saw this, but we're really stoked to announce the release of "7+ Inches Of Love" by The Apemen. It's a reissue of their popular 2000 release that quickly went out of print. We've added 3 extra live tracks as well as "24 Hours From Tulsa", which featured on the That's New Pussycat compilation CD in Italy (which explains the "+" in the CD title).
The physical CD release will be followed by digital release for the first time. The whole CD has been remastered for the best sound quality possible for these tracks.
Tracks: Bajjad - Crunch - Invasion Of The Apemen - Cruisin' - Intoxica - El Tortura - Percolator Stomp - Pogo a Gogo - Toronado - Surf Dracula (45 version) - Baha-Ree-Ba - When Johnny Comes Wreckin' Home - Shake Your Hoover (alternate) - Squad Car - Het Grote Surffeest (live at KFJC) - Miserlou (live at KFJC) - Queen Jacula (live) - Cor Steijn Rides The Wild (live) - Toronado/Bongo Bongo (live) - 24 Hours From Tulsa
Through the end of February you can get this fine disc for a buck off the standard retail price!
The Apemen - 7+ Inches Of Love CD - DCCD08R - $11.75 Click To Order From Double Crown
Now's a great time to sign up, or renew, a subscription to the Continental Magazine. For just $18.00 you get three issues packed with in depth interviews and music reviews, plus a compilation CD inside the magazine. Issue #20 , out next week, includes huge feature interviews with The Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Dead Rocks, and Y Niwl, an in-depth look at this year's Viva Las Vegas fest featuring Duane Eddy and The Ventures, plus tons of music and DVD reviews. There is also a 23 track CD filled with lots of great surf, instro and garage rock tunes.
Continental Magazine - Three Issue Subscription (Issues #20, #21, #22) - CTSUB - $18.00 (Order From Double Crown)
(The Continental Magazine - Issue #20 w/23 Song CD - CT020 - $6.95 (Order From Double Crown)
CD Tracks - Issue #20:
1. S.O.S. Rock 'n' Roll (El Sotano Calling) - Mike Barbwire & the Blue Ocean Orchestra
2. Standoff At Calf Robe Bridge - The Ramblin' Ambassadors
3. Kono's Revenge - The Tikiyaki Orchestra
4. Futurama - Martin Cilia
5. Double Penetration - El Ray
6. The Amazing Hypno-Bear (On A Unicycle) - The Atomic Blast
7. Goofin' Around You - Los Kahunas
8. Cyclops - Rev Hank
9. The Lonely Bultaco - Ding Dong Devils
10. Transsibirskaya Magistral - Los Venturas
11. Flat Black - The Surf Zombies
12. Take You Home - The Brigantines
13. Strangelove - Spaceguards
14. La Terrible Maldicion de Tutankamon - The Dead Rocks
15. Dragstrip Murder Mystery - The Surfaders
16. Surf It Up - Arno de Cea & The Clockwork Wizards
17. Dauddegpump - Y Niwl
18. Who Goes There? - The Alder Kings
19. Puppy Dog - The 99ers
20. The Jetsetters (Beautiful Day) - The Man From RavCon
21. Test Drive - The Twang-O-Matics
22. Sunset On Maui - Mighty Surf Lords
23. Ode To Chesapeake Bay - The Illuminoids
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Bonney & Buzz - Play Rough CD (Double Crown)
Bonney & Buzz have delivered yet another album filled with exquisite rock n' roll instrumentals. The duo features Bill Bonney of The Fentones ("The Mexican" and "The Breeze & I") and Pete "Buzz" Miller ("Can Can 62" and "Totem Pole"), who was also half of the popular Shig & Buzz duo. This time they go a for a darker, more menacing sound as they "play rough" with twelve original guitar and 6-string bass twangers. Guaranteed to appeal to fans of surf, instro rock and Euro-instro sounds. Cover art comes from Ferenc Dobronyi (Frankie & The Poolboys/Pollo Del Mar/The TomorrowMen)
Tracks: Perestroika - Wounded Knee - Jungle Surf - Swampfrog - The Hunter - Low Rider - Mystery Surfer - Teenheat - Devils Slide - Rampant - Deep Sleep - The Eternal Surf
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If you are a member of the Double Crown Music Club we will begin sending the new CD's by The Concussions and Bonney & Buzz this weekend.
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The new Double Crown Records release by Michigan combo The Concussions "Fall In Love With The Concussions" is in stock and ready to ship! 8 instrumental rock n' roll gems, with cover art by the late Mikey Welsh (painter and former member of Weezer). Order your copy today - just $8.75!
Note: If you are a member of the Double Crown Music Club your CD will be sent over the next 7-10 days. If you have two or more CD's left in your membership, you will receive a double shipment, with the Concussions and Bonney & Buzz CD's being sent at the same time.
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The politics of this week's Local School Council elections
BY LAUREN FITZPATRICK AND BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Staff Reporters April 7, 2014 2:17AM
Jodie Cantrell, (left) communications manager, and Andrew Broy, president of Illinois Network of Charter Schools, talked with the Sun-Times Editorial Board February 27, 2014. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times
Updated: April 7, 2014 8:24AM
It's election day Monday, arguably the largest yet quietest citywide election day when more than 6,000 candidates vie for the job of governing the city's public schools.
Some 6,362 people are running for Local School Council at 513 Chicago Public Schools, including 422 elementary schools whose communities will cast ballots Monday; the rest are high schools voting Tuesday.
Among the candidates are charter school teachers, former mayoral staffers, a former Board of Education member and several employees from the Illinois Network of Charter Schools — the statewide organization advocating charters, which also opposes a bill in Springfield that would require charter schools elect LSCs, too.
Those names have been circulating on an online "do not vote" list of candidates that accuses them of loyalties to the charter movement; to charter champion and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner; or to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has closed a record number of neighborhood schools while new charters proliferate.
"It's much ado about nothing," said Andrew Broy, of the charter schools network, who has three colleagues on ballots. One of those staffers will have a daughter at the school in September where he's vying for a parent council seat, Broy said.
"People think it's a nefarious plot. The staff is deeply committed to public schools," Broy said, adding that he encourages any kind of community involvement.
"I tutor at DePriest Elementary School on Chicago's West Side near my home," he said. "Is that nefarious?"
Chicago Teachers Union Recording Secretary Michael Brunson said it's only natural to want "some type of empowerment in the school in your community, or in the school where your children attend or where you work.
"On the other hand, it could be somewhat cynical," Brunson said. "Are they going in there to undermine the process or what?"
For the past 25 years, Local School Councils have governed CPS schools by approving budgets and big spending, by hiring or firing the principal, and by making plans to improve the school. They hold open meetings each month. Representatives are elected to serve two-year terms, beginning in September 2014 though June 2016. Each LSC has six parents, two community members, two teachers, one staff member who isn't a teacher, and the school's principal. High schools also get a student representative.
Schools on academic probation retain their LSCs but their powers are curtailed — they can still make major recommendations, but final say falls to CPS. Schools that get turned around and handed over to the Academy for Urban School Leadership lose their LSCs, and charter schools never had them, though most have some kind of parent organization.
CPS forbids its own employees from running for the councils as parents or community members. Teachers can only run for teacher vacancies.
But charter teachers and employees of other kinds of schools can run since they're not employees of the Board of Education, who are specifically prohibited in the Illinois School Code, CPS spokesman Joel Hood said.
"We'd have to go through the state legislature to change it," he said.
The "do not vote" posts on Facebook urge against several teachers who are said to work at Noble, Polaris and Amandla charter schools, the three INCS staffers: INCS spokeswoman Jodie Cantrell, a community candidate at Blaine Elementary School; director of development and capacity, Eric Johnson, a parent candidate at Audubon Elementary School; and charter support manager, Jelani McEwen, a community candidate at Kenwood High School.
It also names two people who used to work for the mayor's office, several teachers who took part in the controversial Teach for America program, and former Board of Education member Rod Sierra — who also worked as deputy press secretary under Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Ellie Bahrmasel, who recently left her administrative job in Emanuel's office and also worked on his campaign, is seeking a spot on the Coonley Elementary School LSC. She said she knows about the list with her name on it and can understand why people who don't support Emanuel's administration might raise their eyebrows.
But Bahrmasel, 30, is representing only herself and her community, she said.
"I am 110 percent an independent candidate," she said. "I am not in any way shape or form working on behalf of the Emanuel administration."
David Feinberg, who has worked for investment managers who specialize in charter school real estate development and serves on the board at Great Lakes Academy Charter School, said in an email that he's running as a community member at Pulaski International School of Chicago because "I look forward to serving the Pulaski school on the LSC, strengthening the already strong bonds between the community and school, and ensuring that all of Pulaski's students receive an excellent education."
Efforts to reach the other 14 candidates on the list were not successful.
The charter schools network strongly opposes the bill introduced by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez, D-Cicero, that would require charter schools to have Local School Councils, too. Her bill also would restore money up to $2,500 to each council for training as well as some power to councils at schools on academic probation. The bill needs a second vote to get out of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.
Broy said the councils wouldn't mesh with the nonprofit governing boards that run charter schools.
"You can't really superimpose an LSC over that and have it make any sense at all," he said, adding that most charters have parent organizations and allow local teachers on their boards.
Except those parent groups don't have any real power, the CTU's Brunson said.
"If these people in the charter school movement see the importance of that local empowerment of the community and the parents and the teachers, why don't they duplicate it within their own schools?"


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Important history on city's playgroundDecember 11,2013The recent talk at Rutland City Hall about the need to repair the pool at White Playground reminded me of the special provisions that went into the establishment of the fund that partially supports that playground.
Mrs. White, who gave the funds that established that particular playground, was a widow living in the mansion on Main Street Park and Washington Street the building that is now Clifford Funeral Home.
There had been a swimming pool next to Rotary Field off North Main Street, but it was an above-ground structure several decades old and became very decrepit. In addition, the site did not have many other facilities nearby.
When Mrs. White died, she left a considerable sum to be used for a new city recreation site. The executor of her will was R. Clarke Smith, a well-known Rutland attorney with the firm of Ryan, Smith & Carbine.
The will had a special provision. Expenditure from that particular fund had to be approved by the executor, in every case. If city officials tried to spend a sum in some manner that the executor did not approve, everything in that particular fund was to revert to the Christian Science Church.
Smith approved expenditures to establish the playground, and since his death, I think the successive executors have been in that law firm. I have a feeling that, except for the initial expense in establishing the park, what has been approved through the years has been the interest accrued annually from the fund. The bulk of the fund itself has remained intact.
I was in the city clerks office the day Smith brought the White Fund document in to be filed. With a considerable amount of satisfaction, Smith said to me:
If you ever want a model for a document in which the executor has all the power, this is it.
A few decades ago, there was some talk at City Hall of dipping into the White Fund even if Smith didnt agree. But the idea was dropped when the kicker in the initial agreement was made clear.
However, I suspect that lawyers from the Christian Science Church have been keeping a fairly close watch to see if the successive trustees have always approved whatever was spent from the White Fund.
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Perhaps a good solution for the early days to allow you to have the baby with you much more often (and allow discreet and easy breastfeeding) would be to use a sling? I can get more information on them for you from devotees who know a lot more than I do
I didn't use one simply because I'm already pitched forward, so to add nearly 10lbs of baby to that (I know that the bump weighed more, but that was also attached differently!!) just wasn't going to work for me, but most people find them fantastic. (If we do have another I'll try to ensure I'm strong enough, and I'll have had my revision-of-revision by then too, so should be upright, so plan to use one)
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GOP candidates: Repeal 'Obamacare'
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — Repealing the recent federal health care law is on the agenda of North Dakota's five Republican candidates for the U.S. House.
The candidates debated Wednesday night at Valley City State University.
Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk, former state Commerce Director director Shane Goettle, and North Dakota state House members Kim Koppelman and Bette Grande say they would vote to repeal the law. they call it "Obamacare."
Koppelman said some elements of the law could be kept, but he said a fresh approach to health care reform is needed.
Public Service Commissioner Kevin CramerCramer stopped short of saying he would support repealing the law. he said rising health care costs are a problem, and dumping Obamacare won't solve it. he said a more consumer-focused approach to health care is needed.
When it comes to abolishing a federal agency, three candidates would pick the federal Department of Education.
At the debate the candidates were asked which federal agency they would dump.
Cramer, Grande and Koppelman said they'd like to ax the Education Department.
Cramer, Koppelman and Grande said education is a local and state issue, and it's none of the federal government's business.
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The educational technology industry is getting busier by the day. New startups are constantly being promoted, but not all of them offer innovative concepts that increase the effectiveness of both teachers and students. That being said, there are some pretty cool recent launches both educators and students should check out.
With the right set of tools, the classroom can become an inspiring environment rather than a torturous one. In this article, I will introduce you to some of the most successful, recent EdTech startups.
1. TutorsClass
TutorsClass offers a new way for students to connect with tutors in all fields of study. Every student experiences difficulties with a subject or two, and tutors can definitely help them surpass the obstacles and understand the lessons.
Instead of scheduling actual tutoring sessions that don't result in much success, students can now find professional online tutors and start learning on their own schedule. TutorsClass offers cool features that create an inspiring online environment.
Educators also benefit from the concept of online tutoring offered on this platform, since they can finally start tutoring more students and expand the business they love.
2. Campuscene
College admissions are stressful for all applicants. Making the right choice cannot be easy when there are so many options available. Campus tours are the best way for applicants to realize how students in different colleges live. However, it's sometimes impossible to visit all the colleges you are interested in, which makes Campuscene an irreplaceable tool during this period.
With Campuscene, students can take virtual tours through all the colleges they are interested in, learn about their buildings and programs, and get a feel for their campuses. The tool is entirely free!
3. Writinghouse
Both students and teachers appreciate Writinghouse as a tool that saves valuable time when writing academic content. Instead of thinking about the detailed rules and guidelines of Chicago, APA, and MLA referencing styles, now everyone can create cited pages instantly with the use of this tool.
The best part is that Writinghouse doesn't charge any fees, and there is hardly a more effective citation generator on the web.
4. Hstry
Why do most students have troubles studying history lessons? The answer is simple: the textbooks (and most history teachers' lectures) are presented with dry language that doesn't inspire them to visualize the events. Without proper visualization, historical facts can hardly be remembered. With Hstry, students can finally make these facts memorable by having them presented via collaborative social features and interactive timelines.
Instead of memorizing dates and events, the process of studying history can become much more interesting and inspiring with the use of images, video clips, and audio files available on this website.
5. Help.Plagtracker
Professors demand a huge number of papers to be submitted within short deadlines, which causes a lot of problems for students. With the assistance of the professional team of writers and editors available at Help.Plagtracker, students can finally start completing flawless academic content on time, so their academic record won't suffer because of the lack of writing talent and inspiration.
The website offers writing consulting and editing assistance services that deliver 100 percent plagiarism-free results.
6. uConnect
This project revolutionized the way career services at universities and colleges were being promoted. The founders of uConnect had a vision to create custom websites and recruiting applications that deliver improved job searches and career development to their students.
They managed to achieve the mission by making it easy for colleges and universities to centralize campus recruiting activities and keep their networks of alumni, current students, and employers engaged.
7. CueThink
Solving math problems is a breeze with the help of CueThink's Quantum game. This peer-to-peer iPad app is aimed at students from grades 4-8, and inspires them to approach math with a fun way of thinking and drawing conclusions from their mistakes.
Many teachers from all over the world started using this platform to bring a fresh mindset into their classrooms when it comes to math problem-solving.
Conclusion: Keep your eye on the startups!
Although it looks like everything has already been invented as far as educational technology is concerned, there are always fresh concepts that deserve your attention. All the tools I listed above are valuable in the teaching and learning processes, so every student and educator should be aware of them.


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