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Greinke takes hill for Dodgers seeking to avoid elimination in Game 5
LOS ANGELES -- There isn't going to be any "backs against the wall" tripe in this account of the Los Angeles Dodgers being one loss away from postseason elimination. This is not a firing squad. This is Game 5 of the 2013 National League Championship Series, scheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on TBS.
If the Dodgers lose, their season will be end. But life and limb are not projected to be at stake here. If the Dodgers lose to the St. Louis Cardinals, as they have in three of the previous four games in this NLCS, they will still have bright futures, individually and collectively. A new and aggressive ownership and the built-in advantages of market size should make the Dodgers a model franchise, once again, over time.
As to their current 3-1 deficit, the Dodgers have done a magnificent job of containing the Redbirds' offense, which led the league in runs scored this season. St. Louis has scored only eight runs in four games. But Los Angeles has scored only seven, and therein the problem can be found.
The Dodgers cannot look upon this situation as requiring a three-game winning streak. That is, in fact, the requirement, but they can only focus on Wednesday's game, hoping to survive against Cards starter Joe Kelly, so they can go back to St. Louis for a game on Friday and then go through the process again hoping to reach a Game 7 on Saturday.
There isn't much solace to be taken from this situation. The Cardinals are a tough club, owners of the NL's best record this regular season, and they have been pitching brilliantly.
What the Dodgers can take heart from is the fact that they have Zack Greinke pitching in Game 5. If they get to Game 6, they would have Clayton Kershaw going. And for Game 7, they would have Hyun-Jin Ryu, who shut out the Cards for seven innings in the only game the Dodgers have won in this series.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly seized upon this theme when he spoke Tuesday night about his team's chances.
"Kind of the best thought I have is I've got one of the best pitchers in baseball pitching [Wednesday]," Mattingly said. "If we come out here and we play well tomorrow and get a win, I've got probably the best pitcher in baseball pitching the next day.
"Ryu hasn't been too bad. So if there's any good thoughts, it's that I know [Wednesday] we'll come ready to play. It's a quick turnaround. We don't have time to feel sorry for ourselves. That's all there is to it.
"I don't think we need to think about winning three. We need to win one. That's all we need to do is win one game. We've got a pretty good guy on the hill [Wednesday]. You feel like you're going to have a pretty good chance of winning [Wednesday]. So we'll see where it goes."
The Cardinals, meanwhile, will typically be taking nothing for granted. Twice previously, they have led the NLCS 3-1 and lost: In 1996 against the Braves and last season against the Giants.
"Honestly, I think the team will look at it very narrow-minded that we've got to come out and try to win a game [Wednesday], and we can't get ahead of ourselves," said Matt Holliday, who hit a key home run in Game 4. "This team that we're playing against is way too good to think that for some reason it's not going to be a very tough task to get one more win."
"We really don't get too much beyond what we have [Wednesday], and [we] realize that we have to go out and play a good game," Cards manager Mike Matheny said. "We've got to have the solid pitching and play a clean defense. [We had] a great move forward in that department [Tuesday], much more characteristic of our club. We just go out and get ready for [Wednesday's] game."
With its abundant supply of extremely talented young pitchers and solid organizational base, the St. Louis franchise has a future that also looks very promising. But for now, only one of these teams will get to have the World Series in its immediate future.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Future of Web Design is in Our Hands
For the past 20 years, the Web has evolved via a single portal (the desktop browser) and a single paradigm (the page).
In the last two years both have been obliterated by the proliferation of new Internet-connected devices and browser technology.
The Web as we know it is undergoing a transformational shift in how information is delivered, created, and consumed.
There has never been a more exciting time to be a user experience designer.
New technology platforms are opening up opportunities to create innovative human-computer interactions that make things more usable, more useful, and more desirable. And they necessitate a change in the way we think about design and user experience.
The Mobile Boom
It's no secret that the mobile market is exploding, impacting everything from the devices themselves, to the infrastructure that supports them, to the amount of time users spend online. The improvements to connectivity speeds, device capabilities, and falling price points will only accelerate this trend. The time spent on mobile devices is now at parity with the time spent listening to the radio. According to Andrew Keen, soon distinguishing between desktop and mobile will be anachronistic. It will be simply the Web everywhere.
As mobile has emerged, a wide and compelling variety of new user experiences have flourished. Clear and Rise have famously turned content into interface by eliminating navigation entirely. Flipboard pioneered the marriage of traditional print design with elegant mobile UX. Along with Pinterest, they've set a new standard for interface design.
Path's navigation and Loren Brichter's pull to refresh are but two highlights in the move toward navigation that provides satisfying and addictive visceral feedback. Google's push into machine learning and UX shows the potential of our mobile future through Google Now.
While these innovations are impressive and exciting, most web design has struggled to keep up with the diversifying screen sizes and use cases presented by the ever-dizzying array of new devices. Responsive design has been the firewall, but too often it is being leveraged for triage, rather than for delivering an optimal experience.
As designers, we need to be leveraging responsive design to deliver the optimal experience: a combination of usable, useful, and delightful. We've been calling it responsive+ at digital-telepathy, to ensure we're thinking expansively about the experience we're delivering. Feel free to borrow the term if it suits you.
Appification of the Web
Mobile proliferation, responsive design, and improved browser capabilities are three trends converging on a single end point: the appification of the web. Appification is the neologism we use to express the need for mobile designs that fit the context and use cases unique to smaller screens and our interface with them.
A story-driven, crafted, visceral experience creates real value for teams that get it right.
Website design can respond to deliver optimal experiences across devices based on screen size and context. Fingers, for example, are a bit clumsy as pointers, and so appification turns text links in the desktop browser to buttons on a tablet. Appification can create the app-like experiences users love on mobile, while delivering usable, useful, and desirable experiences on the desktop.
The Rise of Storytelling and Visceral Design
Forget a loose collection of pages that have little to do with one another. Think instead of narrative arcs and storylines. We've communicated through stories since the beginning of modern civilization. As web designers, we need to embrace the core importance of story and fuse it with the unique attributes of the digital medium to tell stories people care about.
Traditional web design, landing page dogma, and our desire to deliver the bare minimum via the mobile web have all led us to the wrong conclusion. They suggest the best web experience is a collection of short, singularly focused HTML documents, loosely coupled together under directories that are easy to digest and act on.
You only need look at the most successful online brands to see that more immersive experiences are winning. Google's long form pages for Glass and Chromebook, and The New York Times' Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek are just a few examples of this trend.
Long scrolling pages with rich, story-driven user experiences are captivating users, and creating value for everyone involved. These storylines create an experience and journey to objectives users care about. It's the antithesis of the transactional-based approach of traditional web design.
The tools at our disposal for storytelling are plentiful. On-page interactive elements such as rich media, y-axis animation, drawers, etc. provide opportunity for users to explore without leaving the story, and create visceral interactions which satisfy and satiate, creating a gut-level desire to experience them again and again.
Examples, like the Medium case study by Teehan + Lax create a rich experience that puts the reader in an immersive storytelling experience that draws users in and puts them firmly in the moment through imagery, interactions, and emotionally resonant storytelling.
A story-driven, crafted, visceral experience creates real value for teams that get it right. Design has been the primary driver in the valuation of billion-dollar companies like Square, Pinterest, AirBnB, and more. But this design is not just high aesthetic: what these companies do well is weaving a story into their products, creating surprise and delight through thoughtful interactions aimed at the gut and heart.
By bringing a more intuitive approach to our design, and being thoughtful about the stories we're telling as well as the microinteractions that deliver those satisfying experiences, we can create massive value for our teams and the users we serve.
The Internet of Things and Explosion of Access Points
Web content is now consumed on more screens and in more sizes and resolutions than ever before. There's also no doubt this is just the beginning. It's incumbent upon designers to think about content delivery and user experience through these various lenses so that users, regardless of how they access the brand, receive a usable and delightful experience.
Video game consoles, tablets, handheld devices, smartphones, smart watches, fuel bands and fitbits, Google Glass, thermostats, running shoes, and more are creating new demands for designers. Content and design need to be malleable and accessible to the user no matter the interface.
This reality is already creating significant changes in our approach to UX. It's not uncommon to see a single brand have different UX approaches for their Android, iPhone, iPad, web and mobile access points. YouTube is a great example. From its simplified iPhone Capture app, integrated Android application, mobile page design–the list goes on. The YouTube UX team has created custom experiences to suit the user's context and device screen size.
Designers need to work ever more closely with engineers and product designers to understand the entirety of how content and data will be accessed so they can design thoughtful UX that makes the devices as useful and usable as possible. Let's not forget desirable, too. This goes beyond simply designing UX flows for smart watches. It gets to the level where UX paradigms are encoded in APIs so that new devices can smartly pick up and leverage the content, allowing end users to manipulate and interact with devices in the most optimal way.
Implications for Interface and Experience Design
As methods of manipulating content and associated experiences expand and diversify, the potential for interface design become more and more incredible. Take, for example, the current leap from mouse to finger. The mental leap doesn't seem large at first—they're both pointers after all. That facade lasts only as long as it takes to start breaking down the component parts of the interaction to realize the great implications that change has on usability and experience. Now UX designers need to design for and consider various modes of interaction and manipulation across devices and use cases.
From the Leap motion and Kinnect gesture control interfaces, to Siri and Google Now voice-driven UIs, to the Pebble watch and beyond, the web will continue to be accessed in ever more complex and diverse ways. Access points are one thing, but contexts are completely different. The use case and context of a user accessing Siri while walking through the mall is different than the same user accessing the virtual assistant while driving. A user accessing content through Kinnect has his or her whole body at their disposal, while Leap motion sits on a desk in front of a terminal.
Designers need to think through and understand the various ways users will want to interact with their content, beyond swipes and clicks, to create experiences for these use cases that far exceed the traditional point and click paradigms of today.
Take Advantage of Transformational Change
The web is undergoing transformational changes right in front of us. Now is the most exciting time to be a UX designer. Screens are the dominant form of interacting with content. New platforms and devices are changing where, why, and how we reach the web. UX designers can get ahead of these trends by rethinking what it means to design content and experience for users. Reframed in the broader ecosystem, the term website feels incredibly limiting and dated.
Story-driven design, pageless architectures, visceral interactions and considerations, and experiences tailored for various devices and modes of engagement will be the hallmarks of the designs that win as the web continues to evolve. Making these shifts in our work will be our hardest challenge. It will require new standards and breakthrough thinking. It will be the most exciting and innovative period of UX design yet. To paraphrase one of our favorite '80s songs: put on your shades, it's going to be bright out there.
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First to add a comment..couldn't resist :) As always looking forward to this DC Animated feature as well.
Here is our first clip of SUPERMAN: UNBOUND. I'll come right out and say it, John Noble is the perfect voice for Brainiac. This is the first of many and worth the watch. Check out the Blu-ray details here on Mania.com.
Official Press Release from Warner Brothers: The clip features Superman's first encounter with Brainiac, a destructive force who has been devastating planets across the galaxy – with Earth next in his sights. Matt Bomer ("White Collar") provides the voice of Superman opposite John Noble ("Fringe," "The Lord of the Rings" films) as the voice of Brainiac. The film also features the voices of "Castle" stars Stana Katic as Lois Lane and Molly Quinn as Supergirl.
Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, SUPERMAN: UNBOUND film arrives May 7, 2013 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as a Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, On Demand and for Digital Download.
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First to add a comment..couldn't resist :) As always looking forward to this DC Animated feature as well.
I was hoping Braniac was the villain in the Man of Steel movie. Will be there opening weekend to see it. Also will pick up this Bluray, DC has been doing a pretty good job with the animated movies.
Just from the clip..i think Matt Bomer sounds really good voicing superman. John Noble is just awesome in anything he does!
There have been a couple other trailers out there for month(s) now, one showing Braniac actually "stealing" Kandor. I thought I had seen them here but the search function is not working apparently.
I'd paste a link to them but can't do that either on this site. Google to see more. The full trailer looks really good
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In March of 2005, Slate magazine published an article titled 'The Instruction Manual: How to Read John Ashbery'. Here is an excerpt:
It is hard to talk concretely about Ashbery's poetry, because his subject is, so often, aesthetic consciousness—what he calls "the experience of experience." On the one hand, the poems have the dashed-off look and feel of pop culture-inflected postmodernism, inspired by the radical innovations of Dada and French Surrealism. On the other hand, at their heart is a kind of high Romantic yearning for wholeness: In a sense the poems are simply about being unable to give up that longing. At the center of an Ashbery poem isn't usually a subject (à la Philip Larkin) but a feeling (à la Jackson Pollock). That feeling is conjured up by the interplay between aesthetic conviction and amiably bland bewilderment; amid all the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life is the enduring hope that, as one speaker puts it, "at last I shall see my complete face." The best thing to do, then, is not to try to understand the poems but to try to take pleasure from their arrangement, the way you listen to music. It's only then, for most readers, that the meaning begins to leak through.
To read the full article, go to the Slate website.
More recently (Dec 8, 2008), the Christian Science Monitor ran a little review of Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956-1987. The review is helpful in understanding better how to read Ashbery's poetry. Here is an excerpt from that little book review:
Reading Ashbery involves the ability to make sudden shifts between slangy and literary language, between rational analysis and irrational intuition, and to fuse seemingly unrelated images from paintings, film, and daily life. His poems seem to narrate stories – but they are stories constantly interrupted by paradoxes and contradictions, all part of a storytelling sensibility that loves unsolved and unsolvable mysteries.
Call this volume of Ashbery's work a training guide for imaginative calisthenics.
For the full article, go to the Christian Science Monitor website.
Another help in reading Ashbery's poems is to begin by saying 'Let me understand Ashbery's poetics.' Generally, once a reader understands a poet's poetics, that reader can more easily 'unlock' the meaning of that poet's poems. What is poetics? Well, this Wikipedia entry can tell you better than I can. How to understand Ashbery's poetics better requires, I believe, an understanding of the situation of poetry within Yeats and Eliot - and then understand that Ashbery felt the need to create something extra-Yeatsian, extra-Eliotian if you will. Whereas Yeats and Eliot especially despaired over the lack of a coherent expression capable of including all of experience, Ashbery joyfully goes about his own project of creating poetry that acknowledges and embraces some of the more salient challenges of our times, consumerism and the formation of self being among them.
David Herd has written a book that should prove helpful as well in reading poems by Ashbery. Published by Manchester University Press, John Ashbery and American Poetry was reviewed in The Guardian (March 10, 2001) by Robert Potts. Here is the first paragraph from that review:
"I live with this paradox; on the one hand, I am an important poet, read by younger writers, and on the other hand, nobody understands me. I am often asked to account for this state of affairs, but I can't." This self-assessment by the American poet John Ashbery is fair and succinct. Much admired, winner of many prizes, stylistically over-influential, Ashbery has nonetheless provoked hostility and scepticism from uncomprehending readers. His poems slide through a variety of voices and styles with quickfire cuts between sensations, comments and events; sometimes the disruption of expectation is so frequent that it becomes easy for a sceptical or lazy reader to feel that the poems are nothing more than a random agglomeration of words, images, quotations and phrases.
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Situated in the city center with spectacular views of Biscayne Bay, the Four Seasons Hotel Miami offers easy access to shopping, dining, and many of Miami's cultural attractions. At the entrance of the hotel is a 16-foot waterfall surrounded by manicured lawns. Inside features include wood-panel walls, marble floors, plush seating, and a variety of artwork. A 50,000-square-foot health club provides classes by certified trainers. The hotel's 2 swimming pools offer sun decks and umbrellas, with cabanas alongside the largest pool. Poolside chilled towels and frozen fruits are complimentary. The on-site spa has 10 treatment rooms.
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This hotel has designated smoking areas (fines apply for smoking outside these areas).
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24-hour room service is available.
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The hotel offers a 50, 000 square foot health club managed by Sports Club/LA, providing modern fitness equipments with classes by certified trainers. Also available are two swimming pools. The main pool is set in a landscaped outdoor terrace with shaded alcoves, cabanas, and umbrellas while the second pool is located under the shade of palm trees at Palm Grove. Chilled towels and frozen fruits are offered free at the pools.
Off-site recreational amenities include nearby Crandon Park and Doral Golf Courses, both world class with 18-hole championship courses. The Brickwell Tennis Club is also near the hotel and feature seven clay courts.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Pilates classes on site
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The Four Seasons Hotel Miami's spa is managed by Sports Club/LA and offers a variety of restorative and beauty treatments to promote relaxation, invigoration, and renewal. The 10 treatment rooms incorporate a dry redwood sauna, a Turkish steam room, a couples suite, and a wet treatment area with Vichy shower.
The spa also has a gift shop, a full-service RikRak beauty salon. Treatments are also available in-room or in pool cabanas.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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And today we had it out in the pool, and probably my favorite thing about it is it takes really great slow motion movies, which is so fun when you've got a kid coming down a waterslide or something like that. So Nikon's put a CMOS sensor in here. And that's kind of a techie term but CMOS sensors do a little bit better in lower light situations, which is always helpful when you're taking pictures of family and your kids and stuff. And it also has built-in GPS so you can tag your photos with where you are and if you're travelling around a lot that's pretty fun too. So the Nikon AW100-it's a fantastic waterproof camera. I had a great time trying it out today.
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One who honors Loki as their primary god; often has a good sense of humor and loves chaos. Many would not consider a Lokean to be a part of Asatru since Asatru is a reconstructionalist religion and Lokeans tend to be more Neo-Pagan although some do call themselves Heathen.
Scarlett is a Lokean who loves April Fools Day.
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Synonym for "sexy beast".
Look at that smokin' Lokean over there!
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Saint Pharaildis of Ghent
Also known as
- Farahilde
- Farailde
- Pharaild
- Pharailde
- Vareide
- Varelde
- Veerhilde
- Veerle
- Verylde
Sister of Saint Gudule. Niece of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. After making a private vow of virginity, Pharaildis was forced into marriage with a wealthy nobleman. Her husband insisted that she was married to him, and her sexual fidelity was owed to him, not God. Physically abused for her refusal to submit to him, and for her late night visits to churches. When widowed, she was still a virgin. Legend says that Pharaildis caused a well to spring up whose waters cured sick children.
- c.740 of natural causes
- against childhood diseases
- difficult marriages
- poultry
- victims of abuse
- widows
- —
- Ghent, Belgium
- Smetlede, Belgium
- loaves of bread (refers to a legend where a rich woman, who would not share her bread with a beggar, said in front of PHaraildis that if there was any bread in the house, she hoped it would turn to stone; from then on, all the bread brought into that house turned to stones)
- goose
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Heiligen 3s
- Kirken i Norge
- La fête des prénoms
- Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- "Saint Pharaildis of Ghent". CatholicSaints.Info. 4 January 2013. Web. 7 May 2015. <>


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May 6, 2014
by Suada Kolovic
Unless you plan on paying for your college education out-of-pocket, completing the FAFSA and applying for scholarships are essential in your quest for financial aid. But have you considered federal programs that forgive student loan debt almost entirely? It's an increasingly popular option: According to reports, government officials are trying to rein in federal programs that forgive some student debt, amid rising concerns over the plans' costs and the possibility they could encourage colleges to push tuition even higher.
The fastest-growing plan requires borrowers to pay 10 percent a year of their discretionary income in monthly installments. The unpaid balances for those working in the public sector or for nonprofits are forgiven after 10 years while those private-sector workers see their debt wiped clear after 20 years. And while there is currently no limit on such debt, the Obama administration has proposed to cap the amount eligible for forgiveness at $57,500 per student. The cost? A report last week from the Brookings Institution estimated that the plan could cost taxpayers $14 billion a year! "Loan forgiveness creates incentives for students to borrow too much to attend college, potentially contributing to rising college prices for everyone," the study said. The authors went on to recommend the forgiveness provisions to be scrapped entirely. (For more on this story, click here.)
Share your thoughts on federal student debt forgiveness programs in the comments and check out our financial aid section for more information on how to fund your college education.
May 5, 2014
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April 29, 2014
If you're a high school senior, you'll be faced with a major decision in the coming months: choosing the right college. And while there are myriad factors to consider when making your decision, campus housing can be a crucial piece of the puzzle. For the most part, students are required to live in campus housing during their freshman year while upperclassmen tend to live off-campus in apartments. The reason: Most larger universities just don't offer enough on-campus housing to accommodate their entire undergraduate populations. Yet, that's not always the case because some prominent institutions with large endowments offer housing for all undergraduates.
According to an analysis of student housing data provided by the U.S. News & World Report, students at many of the country's top ranked schools opt to remain on campus until they graduate. Of the top 10 national universities with the highest percentage of students living on campus, five are Ivy League institutions. Check out the complete list below (schools are ranked by the percentage of their undergraduate student body living on campus).
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Bubble gum in your hair. "Kick me" signs. He said, she said. These are all sticky situations we try to avoid in life – and for good reason! – but here's one that could pay off big for your college education: The Duck Brand Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.
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If you're struggling to come up with ideas for possible majors and post-collegiate careers, looking at majors that are sought after may not be a bad place to start. According to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), organizations are most interested in hiring new college graduates with bachelor's degrees in the business, engineering and computer science fields. Nearly 70 percent of the organizations participating in NACE's Job Outlook 2014 survey said they plan to hire business majors and 43 percent said they plan to hire more grads during the fall of 2014 than they did just last year. Here are the top six degrees according to NACE's findings:
Through the Job Outlook survey, NACE surveys its employer members each year about their hiring plans in order to project the job market for new college graduates. What do you think of the majors that made the list? Any surprises?
April 21, 2014
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April 18, 2014
With the cost of a college education continuing to skyrocket, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become increasingly popular. If you're not familiar with MOOCs, they provide students with the opportunity to study high quality courses online with prestigious universities – we're talking Harvard, Yale and Stanford – for free. Well, at least, that used to be the case: Udacity, one of the three MOOC providers, said on Wednesday that it would no longer give the opportunity to earn free, "non-identity-verified" certificates.
On the bright side, students will still be able to view Udacity's online-course materials without paying but those looking to earn a certificate to prove they've mastered the material will have to pay for it. The policy change, effective May 16th, is to help employers take MOOCs more seriously, Udacity's founder Sebastian Thrun said in a blog post. "Discontinuing the 'free' certificates has been one of the most difficult decisions we've made," wrote Thrun. "We know that many of our hardworking students can't afford to pay for classes. At the same time, we cannot hope that our certificates will ever carry great value if we don't make this change." Currently, Udacity offers two types of courses: full and free. (The "full" courses cost $150 per month and include personalized support, project-based assignments, job-placement services and the coveted verified certificate while the free courses only include access to the online course material.) "We keep working hard to bring you the best learning experience. Sometimes it means making tough choices – this was one – to maximize the learning outcome for our students," he said. "I can't wait to see more employers seek you out for the skills you develop on Udacity." (For more on this story, click here.)
Do you agree with Udacity's policy change? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
April 16, 2014
Today's high school students have to face some serious obstacles when applying to college. With ballooning numbers of applications and fierce competition, educators and college counselors have long sung the praises of AP courses to stand out but for those students looking for an even bigger leg up on the competition, some high schools are allowing students to skip lunch in order to take additional classes.
According to several news reports, there are currently a handful of districts across the country are allowing students (with parental consent, of course) to forgo lunch to take another class. Translation: Participating students would typically have nine 42-minute periods without a break. Students in favor of skipping lunch say that the extra time allows them to pursue subjects they are passionate about – think: art or music – that they may not otherwise be able to fit in their schedules. But not everyone agrees with the option: School Nutrition Association spokeswoman Diane Pratt-Heavner insisted that students who don't sit down to eat a healthy midday meal will not have the attention span and level of detail they need to succeed in school. "Wolfing down a meal between classes is not promoting a healthy lifestyle," she added. (For more on this story, click here.)
If this was an option at your school, would you opt out of lunch to fit in an extra class? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
April 15, 2014
The Humane Education Network is pleased to announce its Annual "A Voice for Animals Contest" high school contest with prizes totaling $6,000 across several categories including video, essay and blogs. This year the contest concentrates on active involvement in projects which strive to mitigate that suffering of animals.
Only entrants in the 14-15 year old section of the competition are invited to write an essay which addresses either the mistreatment of one animal species or one cause of animal suffering, or the preservation of one species threatened with extinction, occurring anywhere in the world. All entries from 16-18 years olds must either establish a new project or become involved in an existing project and then work on that project for at least two to three months. The project should have a direct impact on animals by means of either direct or indirect intervention. Your submission will document your project and your contribution to that project and, where possible, show how your project/involvement can reduce animal suffering.
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April 10, 2014
There are myriad reasons to attend a particular university - from prestige and academics to athletics and diversity. But if you're in search for the universities with the top rated professors, CBS Money Watch has created the ultimate list for you. To compile the list, CBS relied on data from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, which referenced information from RateMyProfessor.com. If you're unfamiliar with the website – which I doubt you are – it allows students to anonymously rate their university professors as well as view the ratings college teachers have received. And with over one million professors and 10 million opinions, it's the most comprehensive online source of student feedback on instructors.
After perusing the list, it's clear there's a common denominator: For the most part, a majority of the schools are liberal arts colleges with student bodies under 4,000 students. That's not surprising considering smaller student bodies translate into smaller classes, greater hands-on learning opportunities and, most importantly, more individual attention. For additional information on any of these school - or thousands of others – check out our college search.
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Great news, thanks developers!
Phoronix: X Input 2.0 Merged Into The X Server
Just as planned, the X Input 2 protocol for X.Org has entered the master X Server code-base. X Input 2 (or Xi2 for short) is a significant update over the original X Input extension and allows for Multi-Pointer X support and other enhanced input features...
Great news, thanks developers!
yay! mpx!
linux is now ready for all that multitouch stuff that everybody seems to care about so much
but it would be interesting to see 2 people infront of one screen working with 2 different applications ^^
I always wondered: Are all those shiny Multitouch-Touchpads notebooks and netbooks now have so often actually multipointer-devices? If so I think these + multipointer X might lead to some great things in the future. But I guess they're not real multipointer-devices but instead do their magic purely in hardware.
My eee can detect three fingers on the keypad, but I doubt it does multitouch. Besides if it did, there'd probably be something in the driver to configure it already.
Afair there was a video showing a first demo of MPX some time ago, showing maybe 10 people on a desk, one monitor and 10 (or 20?) mouses and same number of cursors and everyone shuffling his mouse/s around.
Though it should be not quite easy to have two applications take instructions from two users, could be a focus problem first and in case a problem with diverging instructions at the same time. Well, but maybe there are CAD programs using a mouse and some fancy cyber-whatever so you can use both hands at the same time to srew around on the screen.
Now there's an idea... accurate dual-wielding in FPS games?
Better still, Windows can't do it.
I remember playing The Settlers 2 with a friend on one pc with two mice in splitscreen... and that was like twelve years ago or something.
Ok, that's not a FPS, and I'm not even sure if it was Windows or Dos, but still: At least at some point in time on some sort of M$ OS in at least one game multipointer worked.
How about controlling a multiplayer game with Wiimotes?


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Introducing Icom's New ID-31A UHF D-STAR Handheld:New ID-31A. A compact and submersible radio with GPS, Micro SD card, and more!
UHF Only • Submersible Construction (IPX7) • Internal GPS - GPS "Last Heard" Log - GPS Waypoint Memory • Large Dot-Matrix Display • 1252 Alphanumeric Memory Channels - 500 Regular - 700 D-STAR Repeater Memories - 50 Scan Edges - 2 Call Channels • Cloning Software Included • Micro SD Card (Optional) - DVR Incoming/Outgoing Messages - GPS Log - Memory Backup
Lightweight & Compact Body
The ID-31A has a compact 58 95 25.4mm (2.28 3.74 1 in) body, and weighs only 225g (7.94oz) with battery pack and antenna (approx.). It's easy for carrying around all the time, anywhere.
IPX7 Submersible Construction
The ID-31A provides superior waterproof protection equivalent to IPX7 (1m depth of water for 30 minutes). Ideal for use in harsh outdoor environments.
Built-in GPS Receiver
The built-in GPS receiver shows your current position and altitude n the display and offers a position reporting function in DV mode. The PS log function logs your position information at regular intervals (1 second–60 seconds, depending on the setting) and memorizes this in the icroSD card to export to your PC. In addition, the GPS-A mode assists in easy D-PRS mode operation.
D-STAR DV (Digital Voice) Mode
The D-STAR DV mode has lots of advantages over the analog FM mode: digitally modulated clear voice, 950 bps (approx.) data, individual calling using a call sign and access to the world wide repeater network linked with the Internet.
Automatic Repeater List-up Function
The ID-31A will be shipped with D-STAR repeater memories pre-programmed*. Using the GPS position information, the automatic repeater list-up function shows the list of nearby D-STAR repeaters from the memory.
* To use the automatic repeater list-up function, the position data of the repeater is required. The position data of some D-STAR repeaters may not be available.
microSD Card Slot
When used with a microSD card (up to 32GB), various contents including voice memories, GPS log, memory channels, D-STAR repeater memories and other personal settings can be stored on the microSD card and can be transferred to a PC. The voice memory function records incoming and outgoing calls in "WAV" format and allows you to play them on the radio or on a PC.
Full Dot-matrix Display & Directional Keypad
The directional keypad and quick menu button help you with quick and intuitive access to many settings and speeds up the operation. The large full dot-matrix display with easy-to-read characters offers better visibility. The LCD and keypad backlighting is handy for night time operation.
5W Output Power
Using a highly-efficient PA amplifier, the ID-31A generates 5W of RF output power from this compact body. The supplied BP-271 provides up to 4.5 hours* of operating time, and the optional large capacity battery pack, BP-272 provides up to 7.5 hours* of operating time. * Typical operation with 1:1:8 duty cycle in DV mode. (Power save ON, GPS OFF)
External DC Power Jack
An external DC power jack allows for operation with an external DC power supply (10–16V DC*). When used with the CP-19R, CP-12L or OPC-254L/LR, simultaneous operation during charging is possible. * When more than 14V volts is applied, the output power is reduced to Mid level (2.5W)
CS-31 Cloning Software Supplied
The CS-31 cloning software* is supplied with the ID-31A (supplied with the application CD). Used with this software, various settings including the memory channels, D-STAR repeater memories and other settings can be made from a PC. The latest version of the CS-31 will be available from the Icom web site. * Either optional OPC-2218LU USB cloning cable or a microSD card is required for transferring the data.
Total 1,252 Memory Channels
The ID-31A has a total 1,252 memory channels, including 500 regular channels, 700 D-STAR repeater (DR) memories, 50 scan edges and 2 call channels with 26 memory banks. All memory channels, program scan can edges and memory banks can be named with 16-character channel comments.
Multiple Scan Functions
The ID-31A supports various scan types for maximum reception and ease of use. • Full scan • Programmed scan • Duplex scan • Memory scan • Mode memory scan • All bank scan • Selected bank scan • Tone scan • Bank link scan 5W Output Power (DMS) Program scan link • Skip scan
Other Features
• Analog FM mode (Wide/Narrow) • Built-in CTCSS/DTCS encoder and decoder (for analog FM) • 16 DTMF memory channels (24 digits) • Squelch release function to monitor a weak signal • Automatic repeater function* (* Depending on version) • Optional CT-17, CI-V level converter for remote radio control • Auto power save • Auto power off • Clock function • Priority watch • Key lock function
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