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Perry's theme song familiar, but will it sell at ballot box?
WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has entered the free-for-all for the Republican presidential nomination on a familiar theme, one that pits the sovereignty of the federal establishment against that of its separate parts. In other words, his message is distinctly anti-Washington and pro-states' rights and he delivers it without reservation.
It is difficult to conceive that he actually believes that in this day and age the national government should be treated as only a bit of paste that holds together the strongly independent 50 states. Using Washington as the chief target in a presidential campaign has been a common strategy for presidential candidates almost from the beginning of the Republic, especially when running against incumbents.
He announced his candidacy by promising a cheering crowd in South Carolina that he would "make Washington, D.C. as inconsequential in your life as I possibly can." One can hardly think of a better place to launch such a campaign than in the state that took the first step toward dissolving the Union 150 years ago. One could hardly miss the symbolism of his remarks.
That certainly is not meant to suggest the governor harbors unreconstructed attitudes. He could not have become his state's longest serving chief executive under those circumstances. His dedication, it seems, is to the philosophy of a weak central government with as little federal regulation and as much state autonomy as possible.
That is not too far out of step with the rest of the candidates for the GOP nomination, particularly Rep. Michelle Bachmann, who just squeaked to victory over Rep. Ron Paul in the Iowa straw poll, and forced the withdrawal of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Perry cites lower taxes as the catalyst for his state's top ranking in job growth, an example he says of what good things can accrue from that model. He is firmly against raising taxes even on the wealthiest. His opponents and even non-aligned observers challenge claims that his policies have been responsible for the state's job growth, contending that a vibrant energy industry and low wages — many at the minimum level and unaccompanied by health insurance — have contributed far more. Democrats charge that his policies have led to a low ranking in education and overall health care and support services.
Then there also is the question about the power and influence of the Texas governorship where so much of the state's functions are controlled by independent boards over which the chief executive has little say.
I suppose that in some ways that experience prepares former Texas governors perhaps better than most for the White House where occupants learn quickly that their control of the national destiny is far more limited than they expected, especially on the domestic front. Texan George W. Bush found out. He couldn't pass his two main domestic objectives, overhauling Social Security and establishing new, sensible immigration policy.
Also, the trouble with campaigning solely against Washington is that if one should win, the candidate instantly becomes Washington. Jimmy Carter followed the anti-Washington path during his campaign, but when he was elected he took far too long to realize that as cartoonist Walt Kelly's delightfully insightful little opossum, Pogo, once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." The consequences were disastrous for Carter and us.
Nevertheless, Perry, the charismatic, pistol packing son of a West Texas tenant farmer who often sounds like he belongs in a revival tent, has been vaulted to the top tier of those seeking to oust Barack Obama, a possibility that now seems far more possible at this time than it did a year or so ago because of the faltering economy.
There is still a long time until Election Day, and voters have several questions they probably should ask themselves about Perry. Not the least of these is whether they want another Texan so quickly after the last one.
Bush must accept a sizable slice of the blame for the current economy. And haven't the last elections taught us the difference between reality and campaign rhetoric, including the promise to change Washington? Still there is no doubt that a large number of Republicans find him an appealing alternative.
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Material Type: | Videorecording |
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Carol Kottenbrook; Scott Einbinder; J S Cardone; Ross Helford; P J Pesce; Tom Berenger; Byron Mann; Denis Arndt; John Doman; Michael Bonvilliain; Amanda I Kirpaul; Tim Jones; Michael Frost Beckner; Crash Leyland; Destination Films.; Sandstorm Films.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) |
OCLC Number: | 56133010 |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
Notes: | Based on the characters created by Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland. |
Credits: | Director of photography, Michael Bonvilliain ; editor, Amanda I. Kirpaul; music, Tim Jones. |
Cast: | Tom Berenger, Byron Mann, Denis Arndt, John Doman. |
Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital. |
Other Titles: | Sniper three |
Responsibility: | Destination Films presents a Sandstorm Films production ; produced by Carol Kottenbrook & Scott Einbinder ; written by J.S. Cardone & Ross Helford ; directed by P.J. Pesce. |
Master gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett is the US Marine Corps' most decorated sniper. He has taken out warlords, drug lords, assassins and bitter foes. This time, he's going after a friend.
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This is not quite a stir-fry, though I do cook it in my wok. It's a useful way of providing a quick, filling bowl of not-the-usual vegetables whenever you want a boost.
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Heat the oil and cumin seeds in a wok or large frying pan.
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Add the chickpeas, rocket salad, salt and sherry and stir over a medium heat until the rocket and other leaves have wilted, the chickpeas have warmed through and the liquid has reduced a little.
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Wild chase after drug buy ends in East Kelowna Orchard
A 39-year-old Kelowna man is in custody after leading police on a wild chase, smashing up cruisers and fighting with cops Monday evening.
Around 9 p.m., plainclothes officers from the Kelowna RCMP Property Crime Unit and Target Teams were working in the downtown core when they noticed a man known to be a prolific offender picking up a known sex trade worker and making what appeared to be a drug buy.
The man had been circling the area for some time before the transaction occurred, and his behaviour had already caught the officers' attention.
Although deemed a prolific offender, the suspect was not necessarily known for having a propensity towards any one particular offence, but he had been seen driving dangerously and erratically prior to the buy.
With this in mind, the police officers followed him out of the downtown core, opting to air on the side of caution by letting him leave the more populated area. Their plain clothes attire would make an arrest more difficult, Cnst. Kris Clark said in interview Tuesday afternoon.
With the woman in the car, he then proceeded to East Kelowna, driving extremely erratically and nearly causing multiple collisions as he drove through red lights and past stop signs without stopping.
The man fled from the stop and was pursued into a nearby orchard in East Kelowna. During his flight, the man damaged three unmarked police vehicles, including one by reversing into the front end.
A struggle ensued and he was Tazered as he was arrested, receiving medical attention afterwards.
He remains in custody facing multiple charges including Dangerous Operation Of A Motor Vehicle, Flight From Peace Officer, Fail To Remain at the Scene of an Accident, Assault Peace Officer x 3 and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He is expected to appear in Court later today (Tuesday).
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susan and william brinson are high school sweethearts. the couple met at william's 16th birthday party (when his parents were out of town – always an ingredient for a cool party!). after high school, the couple jointly attended the savannah college of art and design and then shortly after graduation, they moved to new york which has been home for the last ten years. then just six months ago, they moved into this loft in the newly christened NoMad neighborhood (north of madison square park). as a commercial photographer, william needed more space and the loft's 2,000 square feet has been converted into mostly work space. susan is an art director and has her own stationery line – she also designs custom wedding invitations. the apartment is filled with friends and clients, and most days you'll find them gathered around the huge dining table! (see additional photos on flickr!) {thanks susan and william! and particular thanks to william for the lovely photographs!} -amy a.
[Overall, our style is about contrast: black and white, light and dark, masculine and feminine, old and new, rustic and modern. Many of our belongings are collected, or given to us by friends or family. The items that friends and family give us are our favorite because they mean so much. We also buy a lot of vintage on Craigslist, Ebay, and thrift stores. We are DIY junkies, we built all the walls, installed lighting, wallpapered, you name it we are into it!]
[image above: Our bedroom is a bit more feminine and softer than the rest of the loft. This is our retreat and a place we relax. We made it large enough for a sitting area so if I come home while William is shooting, I can sneak in the back and let him wrap up the shoot. The furniture is almost all vintage, the headboard was William's grandparents, the dressers are from Savannah – we bought them in college. I have a tea cup collection that my Grandma, Mom, Aunts and friends have contributed to. Each tea cup has it's own personality.]
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[image above: The lighting fixture is a DIY project we tackled. It has 100 bulbs. It took us a while to put it together! Only 10 bulbs are active, so they light up the non active bulbs. It is really beautiful when lit. The back wall with salon style art work was a great way for us to display collected art that was very different from each other. Pages from The Grammar of Ornament and a skull from William's uncle are included. Our favorite piece is from artist Emily St John – an oil painting portrait of our boxer dog, Nero.]
[image above: The table is from Restoration Hardware. We had to think about seating everyone on a photo shoot, so the table is very large. We have eight Thonet chairs purchased from Craigslist.]
[My brother-in-law, Mickael Fonteneau designed and built two custom benches to increase the seating to 18 for large photoshoots/dinner parties. The benches are like having 8 folding chairs!]
[image above: Our kitchen is a bit unconventional. We have a very large open kitchen because William photographs food, so we needed a good work area for him and a food stylist. We also love to cook, so we use the space as well. There is almost no furniture in the studio because William photographs using daylight and photo lights, so he needs a lot of empty space to set up. The cabinets, sink and counter are from Ikea.]
[image above: We wanted to make the kitchen feel 'older' so we added the embossed wall paper you can paint. We painted it with outdoor, high gloss paint.The island is a craigslist purchase. Most of our cookware is vintage, I like to buy little pieces for a few dollars, they are nothing fancy, and the more used they look the more I like them.]
[image above: The vintage bus stop sign (below) was a gift from our friend Nathan Kipe.]
[image above: The knife pattern on the wall is from Lamson & Goodnow, which is based in Shelburne Falls – it is the left over part after the knives have been cut out. We picked up at Brooklyn Kitchen.]
[image above:The desk is a DIY project made from plywood covered in cork tiles. Most of the desk objects are vintage. The horse shoes are really donkey shoes (below) and were a gift from our friend Tiziana Agnello who brought them back from a trip to Mexico.]
Wouldn't go so far as to call it my absolute favorite (you post too many wonderful sneak peeks for it to grab that distinction), but there is some really lovely stuff in this one! Thanks for sharing!
I love everything about this apartment. I can't even point out certain things because it all awesome. This has got to be my favorite Sneak Peek so far. Amazing!
hey susan and will – your new place looks GREAT!! I'd only seen snippets that you've posted in progress on FB, but love seeing everything come together. LOVE everything about it! congrats.
Oh my gosh. This is beyond cool. I want to be these people :)
LOVE the bedroom and the lighting fixtures above the dining table!
I want one of those knife cut out peices!Is it something you just asked for ,scrap salvage,or is it something they stock?
I could spend hours looking at this post! Every time I slide over a photo, I can't stop staring in amazement. The accessories make the place! Excellent!
this is my favorite sneak peek feature EVER. i'm speechless!
I imagine NoMad would be North of Madison Square, no? Or is it SoMad? Or is on purpose to confuse people? :)
what a fun space! wish i lived in a loft with beautifully large windows!
i hadn't heard of it either. here's some more on "nomad": http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/65365/
grace :)
Hi clotilde,
NoMad does stand for North of Madison Square Park, it's just a typo in the text.
It's a lovely space, wherever it is.
I just adore the combination of the black chest of drawers with the gold stencils above… stunning.
FLICKR SET TO PRIVATE!! Please address this ongoing oversight!!! We want to see!!!!!!!!!
all fixed ;)
Love the bedroom wall color. Could you tell us what color/brand paint that is?
Brilliant. The wall color for the bedroom is perfect. The dresser just would not work with stark white walls!
i love the new light fixture susan and will. very cute and creative.
also good that its much more finished than when i saw it last!
This is totally my husband's and my style. I love this sneak peak!!
so beautiful. i would also love to know the taupe and dark grey paint colors, if you don't mind sharing!
loooooooooove so many details of this. i'll definitely come back to this.
Amazing! I would also love to know the grey paint colors. I also think the dining room light would be a great DIY to feature on DS, it's stunning!
love the light fixture…maybe a 'how to'??? :)
I love the colors!
that room with the bulbs – AMAZING! what a beautiful space!
I love the way you use black wall and vintage bits and pieces. Can someone tell me where the duvet cover is from? I think I've seen it somewhere but can't remember where.
The bedspread is really beautiful–where is it from?
That duvet is really quite something! I love it! Where is it from???
I too love this space! I've been considering a black tile backsplash(similar in feel to your black wallpaper) but everyone is trying to talk me out of it. Would also LOVE instructions on the DIY lightbulb chandelier.
Look at the NATURAL LIGHT!! Oh…definately salivating here! The light fixture is the bomb too!
Loved getting a glimpse of this unique space! I'm really curious about the bedspread… I'd love to know where it's from!
So many great things in this space! I second (fourth? eighth?) the request for a DIY on the light fixture. I've been wanting to do something like that over my kitchen table too!
Sooo many inspiring photos! I really love interiors that incorporate random pieces of wood, especially when they have great lighting. Thanks for posting!
– Amanda
What a beautiful space. I'd love to know where to get that embossed wallpaper in the kitchen – it really does look like pressed tin.
Looove that bold, blue lamp!
What a gorgeous home. I really loved all the light and dark contrasts.
Hey Will and Susan- The photos really do your apt justice. Everything looks so interesting and quirky and sophisticated. Love the bedroom. Congrats!
Donna, It looks similar to http://www.grahambrown.com/us/product/12011/Small%20Squares%20wallpaper/9?show=
This may be an odd question; but where did you get your actual knifes? Especially that cleaver (second from the right)
Lovely, lovely all around!
Goodness, there is so much here that I love, covet and appreciate. Thanks for sharing this.
I really love their place, especially how it is "lived" in and not just like a magazine. I would love to see the DIY for that chandelier!
oh that bedspread is amazing! Where is it from?
i really admire people who are this resourceful–especially in NYC where it is no easy feat to buy something from a flea market! i love this. especially the bedroom!
I love this space. It has so much character for such a large open area. I absolutely love how the kitchen was transformed. I have never seen embossed wallpaper that is paintable, I wonder were they got that. I would love to experiment with that in the bathroom. Again, beautiful space!
I know a ton of people have already said this, but a DIY for that chandelier is a must. Please make it happen! Also love the gray paint in the bedroom- perfect.
Thanks so much for all of your comments! I will try my best to answer your questions.
A few comments requested paint colors:
Living Room: Black Ink, Benjamin Moore
Bedroom: Plymouth Rock, Benjamin Moore
A few requests for the wall paper in the kitchen:
The wallpaper is from http://www.wallpapersplus.com/product16445.html
The brand name we purchased is recycled and you can repaint it. It is really heavy and took the paint well. I figured we would have to repaint a kitchen every few years so we wanted something extra durable.
@ Kelly: we just saw the knife cut outs sitting in a corner and asked if they were for sale @ http://www.thebrooklynkitchen.com/. I am not sure if it is a regular item, but they had more than a few when we were there a few months ago.
a DIY on the chandelier too please!
Great space! Love the suitcases at the end of the bed and the black walls with the gold lettering. Gorgeous.
I will not go into specific detail about wiring it, but more of an overall concept. We ordered all the supplies individually and then assembled them. Lightbulbs, the sockets, cloth wire, and the wire bracket on top is from a clothing fixture store. We cut out paper the size of light bulbs and put them on our table to gauge scale and how large the fixture would be. After that we began building it. It was difficult because you have to figure the wiring, the weight of the fixture and how much your ceiling can hold, etc.
Stunning, just stunning. But please oh please, where is that incredible duvet from??
Stunning! I absolutely love it.
Oh my. I believe I'm almost speechless! I'm so in love. :)
Best modern chinoiserie I have seen…I love it! And the aesthetic of using all the beautiful old worn kitchen implements reminds me of the beautiful books put out by Marabout (France). A gorgeous home, stylish without being sterile. It looks so restful – I want to go there!
Just LOVELY! I am with Kayla – where is the duvet from? It is gorgeous :)
Where did you score that awesome black leather couch? Really groovy lines on that and it looks so comfortable…..!
wow i am so in love this place…
Kayla, I think its urban outfitters? don't quote me though ;)
Wowser – that is the perfect apartment. Absolutely perfect. Well done on the DIY light fitting! That is brilliant.
It is so beautiful. I love it
Amazing interior, love the custom benches, and such gorgeous photography!
when can I move in?
Uff! A 2000 m2 loft is a dream for me!
The place is perfect and full of interesting objects.
fabulous loft style! made me think i was walking through an anthropologie store….wish i had a large space with light like this…how creative!
We love the integration of the vintage pieces from your family! It is always fun to see how people reflect their personal style while using family heirlooms.
I love the duvet cover! This is one of my favorite sneaks!
Hi All, The Duvet is from Pottery Barn outlet. I noted Dwell had a similar one with peacocks on it. I am sure the Pottery barn one must be discontinued, it was a lucky buy!
I just love seeing a well-used, beautiful space full of light, and old things~
A woman after my own heart. Lovely.
I looooooooove the DIY lightbulb chandelier. Any suggestions for how to make it?
What a gorgeous space! It's making my brain churn with ideas. And that puppy, he makes my heart melt.
This is a super cool home and I love that both in the couple are into being creative and making their home somewhere really special. I'd adore all that space, too!
I'm in love with everything, but in particular with the blue lamp in the bedroom : where dit you get it, if I may ask ? Thanks
I really love the combinations of gray and navy blue (in the curtains especially, subtle but effective). Those both showed up a lot in the latest JCrew catologue as well.
Hi All – Thanks for the nice comments! We really try to make our home/studio an open and inviting environment that you just want to kick your feet up in.
@Catherine The Blue lamp is one of a pair from my grandmothers house, my sister has the other (and won't give to me, stingy, just kidding!)
Thanks again everyone!
This place has such soul…
Thanks for sharing
Incredible – how great to live with someone who has similar taste as your own! The house looks beautiful and of course, your pup is the cutest part.
I know exactly what dining room table you have because I eyed it myself for a long time. Unfortunately it won't fit in my house. I'm envious!
This places is AMAZING!!I really LOVE the table!!
The duvet cover looks very similar to a new pattern from dwellstudio, but this one is more colorful.
You have outdone yourselves, you two. But you should have included pictures of the before! Amazing what you have done with the place.
STUNNING…what a beautiful home
The benches made by Mr.Fonteneau, such a great idea! These would be so handy to have! A very practical investment!
Is there a website where I can find the benches and see more from Him?
I like the benches as well. Are they straight on one edge and natural on the other? Does he have a line or do only custom?
@lynette @ Cam Gow
Mickaels site is: http://atelierfonteneau.com/
He does custom work and is working on his own line right now. Those benches were custom for our table (they fit perfect under each side).
I can't even tell you how beautiful they are. Everyone who comes into our space comments on them. They are straight on the wall side, and natural on the front side, which gives them a nice organic look.
When we have company, I use them in the living room too. They can really go anywhere and are very flexible with how we use them.
What a great space! I actually have that duvet but I'm kinda digging the white bed skirt you chose. Any idea where you got that? or does anyone know of somewhere I can find something similar.
I love the curtains in the bedroom! Where are those from, or did you make them yourself?
Really stunning! I love the duvet and DIY chandy- brilliant!
Stunning!! Where is that fab duvet cover from?? I like this one better than the new one from Dwell. =)
love the sofa. where did you get it?
The bedroom is my favorite! I imagine the duvet is custom. What fabric is that? It is GORGEOUS!! I know Dwell has a similar one, as mentioned, but that blows it away.
Me again! :)
The duvet is from Pottery Barn Outlet! I can't believe how popular it is. I picked it up for $40 or so in the ultra discount pile.
@anna, I think the bed skirt is from JC Penny :)
I have a dog who gets in the bed and never spend a lot on bedding, and I wash it a lot too, so it has to be durable.
@Cheryl I made the curtains with fabric from B&J fabric in NYC.
@Corstian the sofa is a bit of a splurge and is from ABC Carpet & Home. Here is a link to the designer, http://www.timothyoulton.com/
I LOVE this place. Everything about it is simply wonderful – and full of neat ideas. Thanks for the fabulous tour!
love the looks! can you tell me where you found them? I've been looking for a while and these are perfect!
LOVE your home!
sorry. I meant…HOOKS!
That duvet is Pottery Barn!!??? I can't believe it!! Good find!
this space has personality & character. that's what we all aspire to have in our own places.
i absolutely adore this apartment! the design is exactly what i would do with my own. fabulous!
@Eden the hooks are from eBay. If you search saddle hooks they should come up. They are quite large, 8 inches or so. We spray painted ours black as they were rusty when we got them. Good luck ebaying!
NOTHING beats those brilliant black walls – I feel so inspired!
I love the wall color in the bedroom … can you tell me what it is called?
thanks :)
I love everything about this home – but most of all, the DIY light fixture over the dining room table. STUNNING.
This is my all-time favorite!! I won't be chucking my antique dresser now that I see how good it will look with a nice paint job behind it. Well done!
this is beautiful! just loved it
It's so refreshing/inspiring/hopeful to see a NYC loft space that hasn't been destroyed with drywall by some developer and turned into a cookie cutter "loft" space without one particle of character left. This space actually speaks of the talented people who live and work there. As a native NYer I remember playing in these types of lofts as a kid. Bravo!
This is gorgeous! It's like a page out of an "Anthropologie" ad. I love it!!
It's amazing how many brilliant ideas and collections you have packed into one apartment. It's beyond gorgeous! I wish i could see that light fixture lit up at night! Lighting is the most important thing and i can just imagine that this is something to see.
annie diamond
Very nice design. nice room.
Can I come live with you?
Hi. Would you mind sharing where you got the bedside table from in picture one. Thanks
I saw this one in the Design*Sponge hardcover coffee table book and had to check out more of it online. Fantastic space, Brinsons! My favourite pieces are the 100 lightbulb chandelier and the huge dining table.
Tia – Thanks so much for coming over to visit us online. :) Hope you enjoy the book.
xo Amy
This is really a beautiful and cozy home. What kind of headboard is that and where can i find one?? Fab.
I've been searching for a bedspread similar the duvet in this sneak peek ever since I ran across it almost a year ago. I finally found a quilt on Etsy with the same aesthetic & I'm so excited I just had to share!


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Decyphering this handwritten antique French legal document/curio
I need some help in translating further a curio I purchased recently - a short handwritten legal document (approx. 100 words) from Toulouse France, dated year 1672. My paid help has given up, so I am appealing to you! [more inside]
What Does The French Text on The Drawing Say?
French speaking friends on Ask Mefi - Can you please tell me what the text on this drawing says?
Full drawing. Close up.
English translation of French lyrics sung by Czech band?
What's the English translation of these French songs sung by the Czech band Miou Miou? [more inside]
Need help translating a letter from French to English.
Need help translating a letter from French to English. [more inside]
My Little Monkey Head
French translation question: "little monkey head"? [more inside]
Qu'est-ce que sais?
Can someone help translate a poem from French to English? [more inside]


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Acer India has launched a slew of new devices based on Microsoft Windows 8. The new device portfolio also includes the world's first 8 inch Windows 8 tablet—Iconia W3. By the end of this fiscal, Acer expects around 11-12 percent revenues coming from its tablet business.
The company will mainly target the enterprise segment with its latest Windows 8 tablet, which was originally launched recently at Computex Taipei 2013. (See: Acer to Shift Its Tablet Focus)
"We are seeing great traction coming from the enterprise segment for our Windows 8 tablets. We have already got enquiries from some of our enterprise customers for the latest Iconia W3," S Rajendran, Chief marketing Officer at Acer India told Light Reading India.
On market share, Rajendran said, "The Indian tablet market has been observing entry of a number of players--mostly in the low-end segment--whereas Acer India has most of its products in the premium range. The market is a bit fragmented and any outlook on share is bit impractical." (See: Entry Of Big Brands May Disrupt The Tablet Market; Asus Aspires 15% Tablet Market-share in 2013)
"Though, we have entry level tablet with us, but this is not the segment where we wish to focus aggressively. We are more focused towards the premium segment with our Windows OS powered devices," Rajendran added.
The company already has a number of hybrid tablets running Windows OS—Iconia W7, Iconia W5 and W510. Acer also has a tablet running on Android OS—Acer B1, which falls under the entry-level segment. The company will also expand its Android powered tablet range with 3G enabled Iconia A1-811 in July and will price it under sub Rs 14K.
Harish K. Kohli, Managing Director of Acer India said that the company is focusing more on the IT channel in the country. Kohli however shied away from sharing outlook on the company's revenue for this fiscal year.
Kohli termed the low-end tablet segment as data consumers and the premium Windows powered tablet segment as data creators. "We are now aiming to tap the opportunity in the data creator segment through our premium Windows tablets," Kohli adds.
Acer expects 80 percent of its products to be on touch technology by 2015.The 8.1 inch Iconia W3 tablet offers seamless access to Microsoft Office 2013 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It weighs 540 grams and is only 11.35 mm thin making it easy to take anywhere.
The Iconia W3 is available for Rs 27,999 till July end. Rajendran said that the tablet was originally priced at Rs 30,499, but the company is offering introductory discount on the device. "We will reconsider the price of the device based on its acceptability in the market and dollar-rupee value," he added.
-Danish Khan, Correspondent Light Reading India
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25 August 2014
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If you didn't know it wasn't dairy...
You'd never guess. Don't understand the reviewers asking for less sugar - what do you expect from a chocolate drink?
25 May 2014
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Love this stuff
I prefer this to normal chocolate milk and I don't like other soya milk products. Shame it has so much sugar. Please Alpro do something about that!
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This is the best tasting chocolate non dairy drink i have found. It's thicker than others I've tried and also quite satisfying and filling to drink.
27 February 2014
Tastes as good as normal chocolate milk
This is a staple in my 2 year old sons diet, he loves it, since its not bad for him I don't mind him having his 250-500 ml a day hahaha! As an adult I'm quite happy to drink it too. No strange sweetener taste or anything!
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Remember how I showed you how I styled a girls' dress from Crew Cuts (the kiddie version of J. Crew) on Monday? Well, even if you don't think you're made for kiddie sizes, your feet might! Did you know that women up to about shoe size 8.5 can wear children's shoes? While yes, a majority of shoes look youthful, there are a number of stylish looks and some that are even identical to their pricier adult counterparts.
HOW THIS WORKS: Youth shoes are about two sizes apart (and the same size as men's!) so, for example, a youth size 6 is a men's size size 6 and a women's size 8. It's easiest to find sizes that work up to a women's size 7 (youth size 5), however options do exist… like most of the ones above!). Endless.com is great for shopping because they have plentiful sizing and free shipping and returns. Loves.
Is this something you do? Would you be willing to give it a try (especially since it comes with a cost savings!)?
Sperry's pink patent leather (on mah-jor sale… under $25! Comes in a dozen colors, fabrics) || Steve Madden glam sandal || Kenneth Cole striped espadrille (free shipping + free return!) || Kenneth Cole flat || Xhileration cheetah oxford
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One of the best tips I've ever received is to do this with UGGs. Kids UGGs are normally $100 cheaper than their identical adult counterparts.
I love wearing kids clothes & shoes… mostly because they are so much less expensive. I can't often wear closed-toed shoes, but I do frequently buy sandals from crewcuts and Target. My friends are always so mad when I tell them they are kids shoes because most of them have bigger feet! Love the turqoise Sperry's!!
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I would totally try this…I never realized my size 7/7.5 feet could possible fit into kids, good to know! You are so full of useful info this week
Great idea! I've bought Girls size clothes before but never considered shoes. Definitely going to try!
Omg love those pink sperrys!!
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Laser-induced plasma chemistry of the explosive RDX with various metallic nanoparticles |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 7, pp. B13-B21 (2012)
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The feasibility of exploiting plasma chemistry to study the chemical reactions between metallic nanoparticles and molecular explosives such as cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) has been demonstrated. This method, based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, involves the production of nanoparticles in a laser-induced plasma and the simultaneous observation of time-resolved atomic and molecular emission characteristic of the species involved in the intermediate chemical reactions of the nanoenergetic material in the plasma. Using this method, it has been confirmed that the presence of aluminum promotes the ejection process of carbon from the intermediate products of RDX. The time evolution of species formation, the effects of laser pulse energy, and the effects of trace metal content on the chemical reactions were also studied.
OCIS Codes
(140.3450) Lasers and laser optics : Laser-induced chemistry
(300.6365) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown
Original Manuscript: September 27, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 10, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 13, 2012
Published: January 26, 2012
Jennifer L. Gottfried, "Laser-induced plasma chemistry of the explosive RDX with various metallic nanoparticles," Appl. Opt. 51, B13-B21 (2012)
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A fun and challenging way for kids to practice basic math skills. Reveal the image, by solving the math equations.
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- Three wrong answers end the game.
- Each new round resets the wrong answers counter.
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My kids enjoy it and they are three and four. Starting at a young age is ideal. A game like this is excellent for remembering and making it FUN. Five stars. Enjoy.
Number-Pics ! this app is sure to set to hlp kids overcome the age old phobia attracting them to the ever magucal world of Mathematics!
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Poor! I hate timer it's like rush my little son. Didn't give him a chance to figure it out on his own...
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AWESOME! LOVE IT!!! My six year old son was really struggling with basic addition/ subtraction. In just a few short days, your game helped him improve dramatically. Thanks to you, he ACED his math exam. TYSVM! This is a great game. I play it from to time to keep my skills sharp. ;) Oh, and thank you for not putting monsters, vampires and witches in it.
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This application includes three fun, educational activities for toddlers and kids! Whether your kid is in kindergarden, or going to attend preschool, this is a great, free learning app for your children.
Let your kids doodle their fingers away and show their artistic skills. Choose from a variety of crayons to color; erase and start over again.
Test out your kids memory by letting them play the matching game. Check out our attractive cute animals as the matching tiles.
Finally, let your kids learn a bit. We've made it easy for your kids to familiarize themselves with the ABC's (english alphabet) and numbers by tracing the dots. There are audio files for each letter and number so your kids can get familiarized with the sounds. We have also included coloring images for each letter!
ABC for Kids All Alphabet Free
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A very fun way for toddler to learn English Alphabets.
A very fun way for toddler to learn English Alphabets.
* Full ABC
* All Alphabets includes letters A to Z and is fully-featured.
* Multiple words per alphabets for better co-relation of letter with words.
* Real sounds associated with words
* Human pronunciations of all alphabets
Let your kids learn English Alphabets in an easier way by relating each Alphabet with an object. Sounds interesting right? :) :)
We are very thankful to our customers for great feedback on our app. Some of them here..
*****I'm SARVIN ABC alphabet is very excellent so easy for study kids
*****Perfect Learning tool… ABC for kids is simple to understand, yet fun enough to keep small children entertained. Great way to get them to learn without realizing that they are learning something new. Great graphics, attractive pictures, real sound and clear pronunciations!!! Highly recommended!!!
****Nice pronunciation of the word! It's a keeper. I like the voice that is used. It's clear, easy to understand, pronounces correctly and is a good speed. Would give it 5 stars if the letters were larger next to the pictures and had better positioning.
*****Good Very simple way to learn abcd.
*****This application very helpful for my little daughter.
Teach your children to write the letters of the alphabet while having fun!
"ABC for Kids" is an educational game and it is a fun way to introduce them to alphabets and letters.
Human voice for Alphabets
Image of each Alphabet
On touch you can listen to sounds again
Slideshow is Available where you can sit back and watch your kid learn
Social Media Integration
We love to hear from parents – and from children, too. To tell us how we made a difference in your child's education or , please rate our app and post a comment.
Preschool aged children learn the alphabet letter names and letter recognition, and will practice finding letters in context.
This simple educational game teaches children the alphabet letters to recognize words as they appear. As a result, preschoolers learn the letters of the words are made of.
At this age, should be enjoyed learning about letters and numbers. Workbooks can be a lot of time when your child goes to school.When spending time together, letters and numbers when you look at them and point out additional learning and encourage curiosity.
Primary School Maths for Kids
This educational app is a mental arithmetic trainer for kids at primary or elementary school.
It helps them to improve their basic mathematics skills by doing sums.
It helps them to improve their basic mathematics skills by doing sums.
Maths exercises to practise the 4 common calculations:
✔ addition
✔ subtraction
✔ multiplication, times tables
✔ division, division tables
The difficulty for the addition and subtraction exercises can be adjusted and set to have a solution between 0 and 1000.
The difficulty of the multiplication and division exercises can be adjusted by the table selection. Multiple tables between 1 and 40 can be selected.
Mixing +, -, x, ÷ sums in tests
The multiplication and division sign can be selected.
The number of questions per test can be set: 10..25
A mathematics e-learning app for kids at primary school or elementary school, age between 5 and 12.
Australia: year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
England: key stage 1: year 2; key stage 2: year 3,4,5,6
The application texts have been translated to these languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Dutch.
The free version has ads, the paid version does not.
The ads make the free version less suitable for young kids.
Always try the free version before buying the full version.
By downloading this app you agree to the Licence Terms:
The publisher of this app does not grant a license to use this app to citizens and residents of these countries: The United States of America, Canada and does not do business with them.
The following permissions are required only for the ad network AdMob and only by the free version:
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Bible for Kids
The Bible App for Kids is the newest member of the YouVersion family of apps. Available now for Android smartphones and tablets, the Bible App for Kids is always completely free!
Through interactive adventures and beautiful animations, kids explore the big stories of the Bible. The Bible App for Kids is a delight-filled experience designed to encourage kids to return again and again. It's the beginning of a lifelong love of God's Word.
* Easy, kid-friendly navigation
* Colorful illustrations
* Touch-activated animations
* Engaging, interactive content that brings the Bible to life
* Fun facts and activities designed to help kids remember what they learn
* Special challenges that let kids earn rewards
From YouVersion in partnership with OneHope.
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Fruits and Vegetables for Kids
"Fruits and Vegetables for Kids" is a free educational game for children between 1 and 4 years of age. This is a shortened version of the "Nature for Tots" app.
Together with your child, you can watch wonderful images of fruits and vegetables, all while learning their names!
Together with your child, you can watch wonderful images of fruits and vegetables, all while learning their names!
After the child has looked through all the flashcards, he or she can take a fun quiz to see how many of the words he or she knows. Regardless of the number of correct answers given, and of stars earned, the child's developing skills will be fostered by enthusiastic applause and floating balloons!
This educational application contains full set of "Fruits" and "Vegetables" flashcards from the "Nature for Kids" application. In addition, it includes the clipped demo sets of the following groups of educational cards: "Berries", "Flowers", "Mushrooms", "Nature" (sea, island, forest, river, mountain, etc.), "Seasons", "Natural phenomena" (rain, rainbow, lightning, etc.).
Does the youngster have an older brother or sister in grade school? They can also use this educational game! Besides English, this app also supports the German, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
While playing with flashcards in a foreign language, a school-age child can effortlessly learn many new words with which to surprise their foreign language teachers and classmates. An A+ is sure to follow!
In order to use this educational app, the youngster does not need to be able to read. The simple interface and spoken clues allow even the youngest of children to play and learn independently!
Experience has shown that children love to look through a series of colorful pictures with sounds, and they will ask to see them again and again. According to Glenn Doman, an American physical therapist and the founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, participating in these kinds of educational activities (for 5-10 minutes a day) stimulates the development of various regions in the brain. As a result, the child's photographic memory takes shape, the child develops much faster than his or her peers, and, beginning at infancy, the child gains access to a world of encyclopedic knowledge.
The main point, in which Doman is undoubtedly correct, is that the younger a child, the more easily he or she can absorb new knowledge. It's important to make use of this ability while it's available!
Kids Math
Simple app for kids to learn to count.
Random operations are shown and the child has a limited amount of time to input the result using the keypad.
Random operations are shown and the child has a limited amount of time to input the result using the keypad.
Young children tend to compute the ones then the tens and finally the hundreds, this order of input (from right to left) is supported and automatically detected.
The operation type (+,-,x,/) and the min/max values are configurable using the settings panel.
math for kids
"Math for kids" application is dedicated for children.
Your kid will learn how to:
- count from 1 to 10.
- add and subtract numbers from 0 to 1000.
- multiple numbers from 0 to 100 (multiplication table).
Application has beautiful user interface, is very simple to use.
Each lesson is displaying as 4*4 puzzles. Each question is represented by one puzzle which disappear after answer is made.
We hope your toddler will enjoy this app and will learn every topic very quickly.
King of Math
★★★ #1 Maths App on Google Play ★★★
★★★ More than 1,000,000 downloads ★★★
★★★ Top games in multiple countries ★★★
★★★ More than 1,000,000 downloads ★★★
★★★ Top games in multiple countries ★★★
✦A professional brain trainer. One that is both efficient and fun to use.✦
New: Recommend 5 friends and get the pro version for free!
"This is one of the best educational apps out there." — famigo.com
"An excellent app - Editor's Choice" — DroidAppOfTheDay.com
"Extremely hot for weeks now" — appbrain.com
"Mathematics is far from boring, now" — androidandme.com
"learning mathematics is not boring anymore" — appeggs.com
"90 of 100 points!" — aplikanologi.com
Appeared in German science show Galileo
✦ Addition
✦ Subtraction
✦ Multiplication
✦ Division
✦ Powers & Roots
✦ Average & Median
✦ Equations
✦ Fractions
✦ Smallest & Largest
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Math Tricks
This program is designed for those who want to learn interesting mathematical tricks to speed up the calculating. These tricks will help solve part of the mathematical problems and tasks much faster than classical. Will also be helpful to those who want to hone basics such as the multiplication table.
When you learn these mathematical tricks, you'll be able to show off your skills to friends and prove to them that you have a talent for mathematics. New skills you can use in the store, at school, at college, at work - wherever thanks to quick calculation skills can save a lot of precious time.
Fun Math Tricks:
1. Addition
2. Subtraction
3. Multiplication table
4. Division
5. Multiply two digit number by 11
6. Square numbers ending in 5
7. Multiply by 5
8. Multiply by 9
9. Multiply by 4
10. Dividing by 5
11. Subtracting from 1000
12. Tough multiplication
13. Power of two
14. Adding numbers close to hundreds
15. Subtracting numbers close to hundreds
16. Multiply numbers between 11 and 19
17. Square numbers between 11 and 99
18. Multiply two digit numbers having same tens digit and ones digits add up to ten
19. Square numbers between 50 and 59
20. Square numbers between 40 and 49
21. Multiply two digit numbers editing in 1
22. Percent
23. Square numbers between 100 and 109
Training mode:
- 15 levels for every trick
- timer 15 seconds
Rating stars:
- score > 000 - ★☆☆
- score > 350 - ★★☆
- score > 650 - ★★★
This free version of Math Tricks contains third party advertisements.
ABCmouse.com members enjoy full access to our online preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten curriculum on their Android device! With more than 5,000 fun and interactive learning activities that teach reading, math, beginning science and social studies, art, music, and much more, this program offers a one-stop location for all of your family's educational needs.
You will need an ABCmouse.com membership to access the content in this application. If you are already a member of ABCmouse.com, you can simply log in through the app to access your account.
The ABC Song
An all in one collection of educational ABC activities and games, including the famous alphabet song in a vivid interactive and high quality production. This application provides the perfect place to learn basic concepts such and numbers, colors and more.
Time to Sing! Animated, Interactive Educational Sing-Along story book for children - The most famous ABC song comes to life!
A to Z ANIMALS COLORING BOOK
Each letter comes with a lovely animal drawing page & activities. Enjoy educational drawing activity and filling colors while learning about spelling and animals.
Educational preschool memory matching games. Play the classic memory game and learn the ABC letters. Improve memory & concentration.
Drag the letter to the animal that starts with this letter to make a match and advance to the next stage.
Fly up with the ABC bunny while learning your ABC. Enjoy the cheerful scenery as you fly higher and higher in the sky. Pop the letter bubbles in order from A to Z to move higher and higher.
Connect dot to dot and learn all about the alphabet letters.
Welcome to a letter typing experience. A wonderfully illustrated keyboard will sound the letter voices as they are typed and activate adorable bubble animations.
Puzzle Fun
Put together 26 adorable animal puzzles - each animals starts with a letter of the alphabet.
Note: First song page, and first few screens of all games are completely free. Many many more fun screens, activities and features are available with an easy to use in-app purchase inside the app.
ABOUT TabTale:
With over 500 million downloads and growing, TabTale has established itself as the creator of pioneering virtual adventures that kids and parents love.
TabTale's interactive storybooks provide an exciting reading experience for the most beloved children's stories. Each book inspires young children's creativity and imagination. Search "TabTale" on Google Play and discover more outstanding apps.
Visit us: http://www.tabtale.com/
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+Tabtale/posts
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Follow us: @Tabtale
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Let us know what you think! Questions? Suggestions? Technical Support? Contact us 24/7 at email@example.com.
* This App is free to play but certain in-game items may be purchased for real money. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on your device.
* By downloading this App you agree to TabTale's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use at http://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ and at http://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/.
Please consider that this App may include third parties services for limited legally permissible purposes.
Read Me Stories: Kids' Books
Your child will learn to read with confidence using Read Me Stories. It's perfect for beginning readers.
5 million parents, just like you, have downloaded Read Me Stories to teach their child to read.
Is your goal any of these?
* Get a new book every day
* Entertain your child
* Read bedtime stories together
* Your child learns to read these stories by him/herself
Then Read Me Stories is for you!
If you want your child to learn to read by themselves and graduate an awesome and confident little reader, you can help them accomplish that!
* Learn ABCs, phonics and pronunciation
* Gain a reading vocabulary of 1000+ words
* Tap to sound out words and letters - learning phonics on the fly
* Learn word and sentence formation
* Read along as the words highlight
* Enjoy reading from a library of hundreds of educational children's stories
* Start at your child's current reading level
* Get more books (to learn new skills) at your child's pace
Join our characters on an engaging adventure, get a new story every day, and make everyday reading a breeze.
** Proven track record of 98% success! **
For over 12 years our qualified teachers have achieved 98% success in teaching kids to read one-on-one. This proven curriculum and pedagogy is at the heart of this app.
Is your child in primary school and struggling with early reading? Read Me Stories is great at achieving amazing turnarounds with kids that fail reading test standards in school.
Want to avoid that? Give your child a super head start with Read Me Stories - it works great for preschool, kindergarten or concurrent with early primary school.
Worried about whether this is at the right level for your child? The app contains an easy step-by-step assessment to start your child at their reading level!
We're here to help you help your child achieve their best. So reach out to us for anything, from technical questions to advice from reading specialists.
5 million parents, just like you, have downloaded Read Me Stories to teach their child to read.
Download now and start your child on their path to reading success!
Is your child bored with books, or even disliking them? Our interactive storybooks engage your child with Disney-caliber illustrations and voices like they've grown to expect from modern animated movies, achieving higher engagement than traditional picture books.
The library is filled with interactive tales of adventure, animals, trucks, planes, amazing places like the South Pole and outer space, classic stories like 'Little Red Riding Hood', etc. And check out the books with songs, like the 'Five Fabulous Frogs' theme song.
Read Me Stories a positive introduction to reading and will nurture your child's education development.
Is Spanish, Chinese or Japanese the primary language in your household? You'll love our bilingual ebooks. You can read bedtime stories in either your primary language, or English. And if your child gets really stuck while reading an English sentence, they can fall back to the sentence being displayed in their home language. Our Chinese text contains our kid friendly Pinyin guide. And our Japanese text contains kid friendly furigana. Worried about your child achieving conversational English? Start them early with Read Me Stories.
Homeschooling K-3? You'll love our optional Parent Booklets with step-by-step lesson plans and printed activity resources.
Maybe you're just worried about technical stuff like Common Core Standards, reading level correlation, leveled readers, phonics, assessment, reading intervention, miscue analysis, reading recovery, supporting multiple children, etc.? Or maybe you're a professional tutor or teacher with even more questions? We've got you covered. Just write to us and we'll answer all of your questions about curriculum, pedagogy, and how Read Me Stories dovetails with your learning paths.
Human Body Parts for Kids
Teach your kids human body with fun! Each body part has its own flash card with title and sound. Our talking body app will help you enjoy teaching kids. A great way to learn to recognize letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. Kids Preschool ABC Letters. Best free android app for preschool education.
- install to SD card
- sounds of human body parts
- kids learn with fun human anatomy
- anatomy for toddlers
- phonics games for kids
- best interface for toddlers
- help mothers, fathers, parents, nurses, sisters to study alphabet with kids
- could be used in nursery, kindergarten, pre-school, school, university
- alphabet for toddlers
- educational kid game
- baby learning games
- baby learning flash cards
Each flash card is highly illustrated and an animated picture flashes up with the associated animals and sound. Alphabet and numbers flash cards help children develop memory and listening skills. Children will get to know phonics and be able to connect letter sounds with objects, for example: A is for Apple.
Educational games are games explicitly designed with educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games may be used in an educational environment. Educational games are games that are designed to teach people about certain subjects, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand an historical event or culture, or assist them in learning a skill as they play. Game types include board, card, and video games.
The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. These cells are organised biologically to eventually form the whole body.
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that considers the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy (zootomy), and plant anatomy (phytotomy). In some of its facets anatomy is closely related to embryology, comparative anatomy and comparative embryology, through common roots in evolution.
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports/games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).
Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others, but may also be autodidactic.[1] Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational.
A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that can be learned via a question and answer format. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid memorization by way of spaced repetition.
Animals for Kids
Animals for Kids is a FREE educational application that helps young children learn the animals and their voices.
It has 33 animals (dog, cat, chicken, rooster, cow, donkey, frog, horse, pig, owl, sheep, turkey, lion, duck, wolf, monkey, elephant, bear, camel, zebra, parrot, snake, hippopotamus, panda, peacock, seal, whale, giraffe, crocodile and canary).
From version 1.1.0 and on, kids can play the game "What animal is it?", which can teach them to recognize the animals.
Animals for Kids will help parents teach the animals to their children while having fun at the same time.
Languages supported: English, French, Greek, Spanish, German, Turkish, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew.
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Math for kids 3
A fun and engaging way for kids to practice basic math skills.
The third installment of the "Math for kids" series.
- Tap the target that contains the correct answer for the given question.
- Earn coins to unlock the different stages.
- Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Select the range of numbers to practice.
Math For Kids 2: Ball Maze
A fun and engaging way for kids to practice basic math skills.
- No ads, no in game purchase -
The upper left corner of the maze contains a math problem and each one of the other corner contain a possible answer. Tilt the device to roll the ball along the maze to the corner that contains the correct answer.
- Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Select the range of numbers to practice.
- Three wrong answers end the game.
- Solve the maze fast to increase the score.
Have fun!


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The Grey-cheeked Mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. They range from Cameroon down to Gabon and across in western Uganda. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is a dark monkey. It looks in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon. Its thick brown fur is almost black in its forest home. It has a slightly golden mane around the neck. The sexes are similar, with the males slightly larger than the females. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey lives in a...
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Linux Containers and the Future Cloud
Docker is an open-source project that automates the creation and deployment of containers. Docker first was released in March 2013 with Apache License Version 2.0. It started as an internal project by a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) company called dotCloud at the time, and now called Docker Inc. The initial prototype was written in Python; later the whole project was rewritten in Go, a programming language that was developed first at Google. In September 2013, Red Hat announced that it will collaborate with Docker Inc. for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and for the Red Hat OpenShift platform. Docker requires Linux kernel 3.8 (or above). On RHEL systems, Docker runs on the 2.6.32 kernel, as necessary patches have been backported.
Docker utilizes the LXC toolkit and as such is currently available only for Linux. It runs on distributions like Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04; Fedora 19 and 20; RHEL 6.5 and above; and on cloud platforms like Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine and Rackspace.
Docker images can be stored on a public repository and can be downloaded
with the docker pull
command—for example,
docker pull
or docker pull busybox
To display the images available on your host, you can use the docker
command. You can narrow the command for a specific type
of images (fedora, for example) with docker images
On Fedora, running a Fedora docker container is simple; after installing
the docker-io package
, you simply start the docker
with systemctl start docker
, and then you can start a Fedora
docker container with docker run -i -t fedora
Docker has git-like capabilities for handling
containers. Changes you
make in a container are lost if you destroy the container, unless you
commit your changes (much like you do in git) with docker commit
<containerId> <containerName/containerTag>
. These images can be
uploaded to a public registry, and they are available for downloading
by anyone who wants to download them. Alternatively, you can set a private Docker
Docker is able to create a snapshot using the kernel device mapper feature. In earlier versions, before Docker version 0.7, it was done using AUFS (union filesystem). Docker 0.7 adds "storage plugins", so people can switch between device mapper and AUFS (if their kernel supports it), so that Docker can run on RHEL releases that do not support AUFS.
You can create images by running commands manually and committing the
resulting container, but you also can describe them with a Dockerfile.
Just like a Makefile will compile code into a binary
executable, a Dockerfile will build a ready-to-run container image from
simple instructions. The command to build an image from a Dockerfile is
docker build
. There is a tutorial about Dockerfiles and
their command syntax on the Docker Web site.
For example, the following short Dockerfile is for installing the
package for a Fedora image:
FROM fedora
MAINTAINER Rami Rosen
RUN yum install -y iperf
You can upload and store your images for free on the Docker public index. Just like with GitHub, storing public images is free and just requires you to register an account.
The Checkpoint/Restore Feature
The CRIU (Checkpoint/Restore in userspace) project is implemented mostly in userspace, and there are more than 100 little patches scattered in the kernel for supporting it. There were several attempts to implement Checkpoint/Restore in kernel space solely, some of them by the OpenVZ project. The kernel community rejected all of them though, as they were too complex.
The Checkpoint/Restore feature enables saving a process state in several image files and restoring this process from the point at which it was frozen, on the same host or on a different host at a later time. This process also can be an LXC container. The image files are created using Google's protocol buffer (PB) format. The Checkpoint/Restore feature enables performing maintenance tasks, such as upgrading a kernel or hardware maintenance on that host after checkpointing its applications to persistent storage. Later on, the applications are restored on that host.
Another feature that is very important in HPC is load balancing using live migration. The Checkpoint/Restore feature also can be used for creating incremental snapshots, which can be used after a crash occurs. As mentioned earlier, some kernel patches were needed for supporting CRIU; here are some of them:
A new system call named
was added; it compares two processes to determine if they share a kernel resource. -
A socket monitoring interface called
was added to UNIX sockets in order to be able to find the peer of a UNIX domain socket. Before this change, thess
tool, which relied on parsing of/proc
entries, did not show this information. -
A TCP connection repair mode was added.
entry was added (/proc/PID/map_files).
Let's look at a simple example of using the criu
First, you should check whether your kernel supports Checkpoint/Restore,
by running criu check --ms
. Look for a response
that says
"Looks good."
Basically, checkpointing is done by:
criu dump -t <pid>
You can specify a folder where the process state files will be saved by
adding -D folderName
You can restore with
criu restore <pid>
In this article, I've described what Linux-based containers are, and I briefly explained the underlying cgroups and namespaces kernel features. I have discussed some Linux-based container projects, focusing on the promising and popular LXC project. I also looked at the LXC-based Docker engine, which provides an easy and convenient way to create and deploy LXC containers. Several hands-on examples showed how simple it is to configure, manage and deploy LXC containers with the userspace LXC tools and the Docker tools.
Due to the advantages of the LXC and the Docker open-source projects, and due to the convenient and simple tools to create, deploy and configure LXC containers, as described in this article, we presumably will see more and more cloud infrastructures that will integrate LXC containers instead of using virtual machines in the near future. However, as explained in this article, solutions like Xen or KVM have several advantages over Linux-based containers and still are needed, so they probably will not disappear from the cloud infrastructure in the next few years.
Thanks to Jérôme Petazzoni from Docker Inc. and to Michael H. Warfield for reviewing this article.
Google Containers: https://github.com/google/lmctfy
OpenVZ: http://openvz.org/Main_Page
Linux-VServer: http://linux-vserver.org
LXC: http://linuxcontainers.org
libvirt-lxc: http://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html
Docker: https://www.docker.io
Docker Public Registry: https://index.docker.io
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