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How to Make Hydrogen from Muriatic Acid
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Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant - Kavalla
Krinides Mud Baths - Kavalla1-877-662-6988
Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant offers hotel accommodation in the Krinidhes area.
This hotel has its own restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner where you will find a selection of items to try. Multilingual staff can provide tour/ticket assistance.
Free Wi-Fi is available. The reception desk is open during limited hours and you will also find a fireplace in the lobby area, creating a nice atmosphere. Other amenities include dry cleaning/laundry and a garden.
One of the bets hotels that we have stayed in, especially for the price!Venere Guest, USA
These reviews have been left by customers who actually stayed at this hotel
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Facilities at Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant
- Laundry service
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- City tour
- Internet/Email services
- Restaurant/Dining
- Cafeteria
- Free parking
Know before you go
- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Check-in: between 2 PM and 10 PM.
Check-out: before noon.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 60 per room (one way)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant reviews
- June 2014
- Venere Guest
- Family with young children
One of the bets hotels that we have stayed in, especially for the price!
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Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant reviews by TripAdvisor
Room Details
Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant has 34 guest rooms, all with furnished balconies and Egyptian cotton sheets. Guests can kick back at the end of a busy day and enjoy 14-inch televisions. Corporate travelers visiting the Kavala area will benefit from free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as phones.
Bathrooms are outfitted with complimentary toiletries. Refrigerators and hair dryers are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs. Additional comforts include air conditioning.
Accommodation Services
- Air conditioning
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- Hairdryer in each room
- Wireless Internet access
- Terrace/Balcony
Distances from Yannis Resort Hotel RestaurantKrinides Mud Baths - 0 km / 0 mi
Baptistery of St. Lydia - 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Philippi Archaeological Site - 2.4 km / 1.5 mi
Ancient Theater of Philippi - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
Philippi Archaeological Museum - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
Municipal Museum - 15.1 km / 9.4 mi
Archeological Museum of Kavala - 15.4 km / 9.6 mi
Baldy Ski Resort - 35.8 km / 22.2 mi
Military Museum of Lisse Fort - 46.7 km / 29 mi
Church of St Demetrios Delchev - 48.9 km / 30.4 mi
The preferred airport for Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant is Kavala (KVA-Alexander the Great Intl.) - 32.3 km / 20.1 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 km and mile.
Transportation services Yannis Resort Hotel Restaurant
- Free parking
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Images of the blood vessels in the animals' brains showed different responses in the brain blood circulation based on whether or not they had received preventive treatment. The researchers used a scoring system to determine how much of the collateral circulatory system was activated in response to the blocked blood flow associated with the stroke. The score in treated dogs was almost twice as high as that in untreated animals.
"This function in the brain is similar in humans and large mammals, which underscores the significance of these findings," said Cameron Rink, first author of the study and an assistant professor of vascular surgery at Ohio State.
Additional examination of the affected brain tissue showed that the TCT supplementation appeared to support arteriogenesis, a process by which collateral arteries remodel themselves into larger vessels so they can bypass the site of blockage. Genes associated with this process were more active in the affected brain tissue from treated animals than were those from untreated dogs.
Preventive use of TCT, a natural vitamin, is safe and should be embraced as a preventive therapy along with aspirin, a commonly prescribed medicine to prevent a stroke, said Sen, who is also a deputy director of Ohio State's Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute.
"Though most of us have no idea if we are at risk for stroke, a sizable population has had a ministroke and is therefore at high risk for a large stroke. If I had a ministroke, why would I not take something that would minimize my damage during a stroke?" Sen said. "And this is not a drug; it is a nutritional countermeasure
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Make Your Spring Break 2013 Plans with PCBeachspringbreak.com
The ℠Spring Break Capital of the World´ has a newly updated and refreshed website.
Panama City Beach, FL (PRWEB) September 09, 2012
There´s no denying that Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida is highly regarded as the place to be in March if you´re a college student. For more than two decades, the home of the ℠world´s most beautiful beaches´ has hosted the number one student event of the year, and despite many fan sites that promote the North-West Florida hotspot, it has really only been since 2009 that the biggest party in the USA has had its very own ℠official´ home on the world wide web.
Managed and operated by Collegiate Marketing Group (CMG), the PCBeachSpringBreak brand has been recognized as the number one source of destination information to college spring breakers thanks in large part to their commitment to providing direct hotel booking information and other location-specific insights such as popular eateries, shopping spots and other fun activities. There´s also a regularly updated Blog that communicates exciting and interesting news pertaining to Spring Break 2013.
"We´re thrilled that the PCBeachSpringBreak brand has really made an impact with the spring break demographic," said Carm Giardina, a representative of CMG. "Since its inception, we´ve seen web traffic increase year-over-year which is a testament to the fact that the site is doing its job."
The ad-driven website generates more than 100,000 unique visitors per month on average, a number that swells to over 300,000 in the month of March. And in order to maintain peak interest, various social spin offs, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and its very own mobile app were added to the mix and have been instrumental in terms of brand development — each acting as major components in driving more traffic and audience engagement.
It´s no secret that the spring break season provides a much-wanted boost for Florida tourism. Hotels and businesses are able to kick off the year with some great numbers, which is more than welcomed after the sluggish winter months.
With all the exciting things happening in Panama City Beach these days, including a new music amphitheater, another Walmart on the beach front and an added extension onto the Pier Park Shopping complex, Giardina added "We´re happy that we´re able to contribute to the destination´s tourism success with our PCBeachSpringBreak promotion platforms."
Aside from a splashier look, the website has added some features, including a Social Trending Map and an Events Calendar which will allow visitors to stay up to date on what´s happening in PCB year-round.
With the updated website, the goal is to build on PCBeachSpringBreak.com´s steadfast reputation as being the number one spring break website in the world for students who are seeking a fun-filled and safe spring break each year, and to continue to act as an online and social ambassador for Panama City Beach, Florida and all that the destination can offer.
For more information about Spring Break in Panama City Beach, please visit http://www.pcbeachspringbreak.com and plan your Spring Break 2013 with us!
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BUFORD -- A local man with a flair for flying recently was honored for his giving spirit.
During a recent ceremony, Angel Flight Southeast presented Charles E. George of Buford with a Pilot of the Year Award, an honor bestowed upon only a dozen in the country.
George, who started flying back in 1968, said he took a decades-long hiatus from the activity but came back to it during the last several years.
"I had a 30-year absence, and I had retired, but I was looking for a way to benefit my fellow man, and Angel Flight seemed like a good way to do that," George said.
Angel Flight Southeast is a non-profit comprised of volunteer pilots who fly patients to distant medical facilities to receive treatment. According to the website, patients fly for free because pilots like George "personally pay for all costs, from fuel to airport fees.
George said he usually takes the flight missions that show up near the airport in Gainesville. "I'll call them up and say, 'I'll take this mission,' and then from there I'm responsible for contacting the patient."
Added George, laughing: "It's a good excuse for me to fly."
Since taking his first mission, George has "always been intrigued by flying. I was always fascinated by the idea."
Seven years back, he bought a Cherokee 140 airplane, and he now owns a half interest in a Mooney M20G airplane.
"Today, I try to live my life being of maximum service to God and my fellow man," George said. "This desire for service combined with airplanes and the health and resources to run them was a natural fit for Angel Flight."
He said it also helps keep him "current in instrument flight, and it makes me feel good to benefit others using skills and equipment so freely given to me in the greatest country on Earth."
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Rebecca Black's "Friday" Slowed Down 500%
With Rebecca Black's seminal song about par-tee-in, "Friday," currently sitting at 65 million YouTube views and climbing, it was only a matter of time before the popular song was slowed down and released, as per the fun, fun, think-about fun, recent trend. Oddly enough, when "Friday" is slowed down about 500% of its normal speed, the result is actually kind of good. From a repeating ocean-waves-crashing-on-the-shore effect, to infamous Ark Music Factory CEO and rapper-about-buses, Patrice Wilson sounding like a ghost haunting a mansion trying to warn us of some kind of danger, the whole slowdown could easily play while the hero of a movie sacrifices his or herself to save the world.
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Wednesday, 2 Mar 2011
NVIDA Tegra Zone Now Available on Android Market
In conjunction with the upcoming tablets powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chip, the NVIDIA Tegra Zone app has been released on Android Market, showcasing apps that are optimized for the dual-core processor.
Tuesday, 1 Mar 2011
Samsung Likely to Launch 8.9-inch Tablet at CTIA
Samsung is making an aggressive move into the tablet space, and word has it that the Korean company has another tablet on the horizon - an 8.9-inch tablet running Google Android 3.0 might be revealed at CTIA 2011.
The MacBook Pro (Early 2011) Teardown
Well, it didn't take too long, but spare parts site iFixit has a teardown of the new Apple MacBook Pro and its juicy Intel Sandy Birdge innards.
Monday, 28 Feb 2011
Google Android 2.3 Slated for Earlier HTC Desire Series
HTC will be updating the HTC Desire, Desire Z and Desire HD that were launched in 2010 with Google Android 2.3 by Q2 2011.
Friday, 25 Feb 2011
Samsung D8000 & D7000 LED TV To Support Streaming To Galaxy Tab & S2
Dubbed as TwinView, Samsung will continue to push their streaming technology onto their upcoming D8000 and D7000 LED TVs. This feature enables the TV to stream video content onto a compatible tablet or smartphone device.
Angry Birds Coming to Windows Phone 7
And it's finally official. Angry Birds will be coming to Windows Phone 7, and with it, a whole slew of new games for the mobile platform, including Plants vs Zombies and Doodle Jump.
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011
Apple Unveils New Macbook Pro with Intel Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt Port
True to speculation, Apple has just unveiled its new Macbook Pro range, now powered by Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, a high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port and AMD Radeon HD6000M graphics.
Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011
Apple Event Set for March 2nd, Possible iPad 2 Annoucement
Amidst rumors of production delays for Apple's iPad successor, a date has been set for an Apple event to be held on March 2nd. Could this be the moment when the iPad 2 is unveiled?
Windows 8 Roadmap Leaked?
An internal roadmap purporting to chart the development schedule of Microsoft's next OS, Windows 8, has been leaked and published online.
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Hajas is Freddy Hajas. I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm a graduated System Analyst and Programmer for a long time. I really love to programming since I was a kid with my MSX Computer. On my free time aside the normal stuff as friends, wife and play my soccer like any real brazilian, I also have more two passions, music and games. About music you should check www.hajas.org, and the site www.mods.hajas.org is about my love for games, not only for playing them, but also to create or modding to make them even more fun. But my focus isn't much common in mod community, instead of focus on the graphics like 99% of the modders around, I'm dedicated to the gameplay which IMO is missing and disappointing in the last releases in the game industry. I'm always changing the games to make them harder for please hardcore players like myself, giving a new balance and creating brand new features and gametypes never saw before in the games. Many of them already copied in the mainstream releases.
The EPIC mod is BACK with more 38 new gametypes! Beta is already online!
Call of Duty Frontlines Soundtrack was Released for the first time @ Bandcamp.
Hajas Extreme Realism for Battlefield 3 Tired of play like a kid? Play like a Soldier!
Come play with us today! If you never had the chance to taste Frontlines in your contry with many players, don't waste this chance! We need your blood...
Quake 2 as you never imagine! In FULL HD and lots of improvements!
Our HER Battlefield 3 server is BACK online in USA in new and better machine! Bring your friends and have a try! Is not the full mod I did, but still...
Our US server @ AOWC changed the IP and we have a new server in Brasil with 24 slots for over 6 months now.
The famous COD4 Frontlines gametype now available to Black Ops!
How to setup the BOTs on your server, and how to teach the IS to manage the BOTs for you.
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The Epic Mod is back! With Airborne support, Coop Missions, Squad Mode, Help Mode, AI Soldiers, IS, AC, Blood, Gore and LOTS more!
Our Bots are smart now! They will complete and fight for all objectives at all gametypes! You will love to hate them!
Airborne Mode it's the brand new add-on created for Frontlines.
That's it! After several hours of work Airborne support PLUS the famous Airborne gametype were added to the Black Frontlines. All servers are already...
We finally have our HER BF3 server back online! Now in USA by AOWC! Enjoy!
Now you will be able to load W@W Frontlines at Home/LAN or Dedicated Servers without any Admin Tools like TCAdmin.
Final and Definitive Version of the mod COD4 Frontlines R3L04D. Do you want to know how will be the next COD? Just Play this!
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Enjoy several Coop Missions with your friends online using the original MP maps! With or Without Help Mode enabled.
HER BF2142 for Northern Strike, a full install of HER Titan and a HUGE map pack released.
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Frontlines for Black Ops it's already working! We have a server online in USA with the first beta for you have a test drive before the first release.
After several requests in all those years we will finally have a Northern Strike version of HER. A new version is coming soon.
That's it! Our server is BACK ONLINE! Thanks to AOWC for this! :D
Here few ACTIVE europeans servers online with Frontlines mod!
É isso mesmo galera! O mod mais diverso feito para FPS é uma produção 100% brasileira!
The Definitive Hardcore mod for Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare will transform your game into the most diverse and complete FPS game EVER created.
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Mother's Day Embroidered Lavender Sachets
By: Becky Kazana of thefabmissb.blogspot.com
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Follow this tutorial from Becky Kazana to create a beautiful, embroidered lavender sachet for Mother's Day. You can buy lavender in bulk and make many of these sachets with different embroidery designs. Give as gifts all year.
- scrap fabric
- iron
- sewing machine (you COULD hand sew, but these are time consuming as is...your call.)
- bulk lavender
- silk embroidery thread,
- small embroidery hoop and needle
Let's get started, shall we? First, cut your scrap fabric into a rectangle. Mine is roughly 4.5 x9", but make a size that works for you.
Iron your rectangle in two.
Then fold in the two raw edges at the ends and press them too.
These will be your finished edges.
Use a pencil to draw out a simple design. I put mine directly on the fabric for minimal fuss.
The embroidery is the most time consuming part, so keep your design simple. I used no more than three colors for maximum impact and minimal hassle.
Now you'll want to press out the hoop imprint.
There we are! Nice and crisp.
Turn your handiwork inside out. Use your sewing machine to make two neat seams along both raw sides.
Next, trim away any excess fabric and threads. I like to snip the corners at diagonals which gives a tidier looking corner.
Now turn it right side out again. (And suddenly your embroidery design has magically transformed into something more elaborate! Kidding Kidding- I just lost track of my photos in the process of documenting all these steps! So we've switched from lavender embroidery to tulips and violets. You get the idea.)
Gently fill your sachet. You want it plump, but not overflowing. Close with a straight pin.
One more pass on the sewing machine, snip off the extra thread and...
Ta Da! You've just made a pretty sweet smelling gift for Mother's Day. (Or any gal who likes sweet smelling things.) I use sachets in all my drawers, and love to toss them in my luggage when I'm traveling so things stay smelling fresh even when less than so.
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Preservice teachers' attitudes toward and knowledge about cooperative learning in Kuwait: A quasi-experimental study
Date: December 2001
Creator: Al-Dawoud, Afeefa
Description: The issue of developing effective teacher preparation and professional programs by providing effective teaching and learning strategies to prepare teachers to teach in more challenging ways and change their old ways of teaching to more powerful ones has gained great attention around the world. Cooperative learning was one of the astonishing strategies introduced by many researchers to prepare effective teachers and to solve many educational problems. Teacher educators have taken different approaches to help teachers learn and change in powerful ways. They have focused on the knowledge and attitudes of teachers in promoting their adoption of new practices through educational courses, workshops, and training. After introducing the cooperative learning strategy through a training workshop, this study investigated the knowledge of and attitude of teachers at the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait towards cooperative learning as a new teaching and learning strategy. The literature reviewed the historical and practical use, theoretical roots, different models, and outcomes of cooperative learning. In addition, (1) teachers' knowledge and attitudes as factors affecting implementation and (2) preservice teacher preparation and training in the use of cooperative learning were reviewed. An attitude survey and a knowledge test were developed based on Bouas, (1993) survey ...
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Date: August 2000
Creator: Almahboub, Shafi Fahad
Description: Because computer use become more and more important in the educational environment, the attitudes of students toward computer may play an important role in their learning success. This study investigated the attitudes toward computers and gender differences of sixth-grade Kuwaiti students and examined the relationships between students attitudes toward computers and school, motivation/persistence, study habits, empathy, creative tendencies, and achievement in the Informatics field. The Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ), translated from the English into Arabic Language for this study, was originally developed by Knezek and Miyashita for the Texas Center for Educational Technology (University of North Texas). The CAQ was administered to a random cluster sample of 10 public middle schools: (5 boys and 5 girls schools), with a total of 562 students, (265 boys and 297 girls), in the State of Kuwait during the academic year 1999-2000. The pilot test was conducted to calculate the reliability with Cronbachs alpha = .87 for the CAQ Arabic version. This study found positive attitudes toward computer use (mean = 3.31 on 4-point Likert-scale); however, girls had significantly more positive attitudes toward computers (mean = 3.36) than did boys (mean = 3.26). It also found statistically significant correlations between attitudes toward computers and ...
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The developmental stages of concern of teachers toward the implementation of the Information Technology curriculum in Kuwait
Date: August 2000
Creator: Alshammari, Bandar S.
Description: Change is best carried out by individual teachers, and, thus, identifying and resolving teachers concerns about an innovation is imperative in guiding the change process to a successful point of implementation. The purpose of this study was to identify concerns that teachers experienced when implementing the Information Technology curriculum in all intermediate schools in Kuwait and to examine the relationships among teachers reported stages of concern and other factors, such as gender and experience. The stages of concern, one dimension of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), was applied to reveal teachers concerns. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) and a demographic survey were completed by 248 respondents. The SoCQ measures seven stages of concern that reflect three dimensions: self (awareness, informational, and personal); task (management); and impact (consequence, collaboration, and refocusing Group profile analysis revealed that teachers had four high concerns related to collaboration, personal, refocusing, and informational stages. Teachers also reported low concerns at the management and awareness stages. Both females and males reported collaboration as their greater concern. Teachers with more years of experience reported higher impact concerns. The analysis of individuals peak concerns revealed that the majority of the respondents were adopters of the innovation. The analysis ...
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Teacher change: The effect of a professional development intervention on middle school mainstream teachers of English language learners.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Anderson, Elsa Maria
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a professional development intervention conducted with mainstream middle school teachers of English language learners (ELLs) in a North Texas school district. Teacher change was examined in the context of this intervention. Three groups of teachers participated in this study. Group 1 (n= 4) consisted of teachers returning to the intervention for a second year. Group 2 (n= 12) consisted of teachers new to the intervention. Group 3 (n = 16) served as the control group and consisted of teachers who were not part of the intervention. Mixed methods were utilized, including a self-assessment questionnaire, an observation tool, and data from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test. Statistically significant differences were found between teachers in Group 1 and teachers in Group 2 in the perception of self-efficacy. Statistically significant differences were also found for Group 1 and Group 2 teachers between the beginning and the end of the year. Group 3 teachers experienced a decrease in their perception of self-efficacy between the beginning and the end of the year. A statistically significant difference in the use of interaction was found across time for teachers in Group 1 ...
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The relationship between models of student laptop computer use and teacher instructional behavior
Date: August 2001
Creator: Ashmore, Barbara A.
Description: This study investigated the relationship between four models of student laptop computer use and three components of teacher instructional behavior: planning, implementation of instruction, and evaluation of instruction. The four models of use: full access, dispersed, class set, and mixed, represented the numerous ways teachers in public and private schools and school districts nationwide implemented student use of laptop computers. Teacher planning behavior was investigated with regard to time, frequency, complexity, difficulty, the need for revision, and use of technological resources and materials. Implementation of instruction was examined with regard to student grouping, instructional strategies, instructional content/subject matter, teacher and student roles, assignments and learning tasks, and instructional activities. The evaluation of instruction component was examined with regard to assessment tasks, grading, and assessment of homework. Using a researcher-designed questionnaire, data was gathered in a single-stage cross-sectional survey from 356 teachers working in 74 public and private schools nationwide. Results indicated models of student laptop computer use had differential effects on teacher instructional behaviors. On average, teachers found planning to be more arduous, but more collegial, especially in the mixed model. The full access and mixed models were more likely to advance a constructivist approach to teacher instructional behaviors with ...
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An evaluation of student learning and engagement in a technology-enhanced algebra unit on slope
Date: August 2000
Creator: Beck, Elaine K.
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a technology-enhanced unit on slope in algebra. The technology used in the study was the Topological Panorama Camera (Topocam). The research questions explored the learning and transfer of knowledge about slope and the engagement level of students during Topocam learning activities. The Topocam is a computer-controlled camera that moves on a modular track while it scans a scene through a vertical slit. Students can program the speed of the camera and frequency of pictures. They then witness the results of time and motion in the image created by the camera. Data for this study were collected from a pretest/posttest, as well as from observations of indicators of engaged learning. The research population consisted of 46 students from three classes of Algebra I students. Three classroom teachers each taught a unit on slope, while a fourth teacher conducted the activities with the Topocam for all the classes. The classroom activities focused on the concept of slope as a rate of change utilizing coordinate grids. The Topocam activities involved students in collaboratively making and testing predictions about slope. The findings of the study indicate that student learning did occur with this ...
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The effects of using children's literature with adolescents in the English as a foreign language classroom.
Date: December 2006
Creator: Belsky, Stella
Description: This study provides quantitative and qualitative data about the effects of using children's literature with adolescents in a language classroom and the role of children's literature in students' second/foreign language development, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The study presents qualitative data about the role of children's literature in developing more positive attitudes toward reading in the second/foreign language and toward reading in general. With literature being a model of a culture, presenting linguistic benefits for language learners, teaching communication, and being a motivator in language learning, this study presents empirical data that show that inclusion of children's literature in adolescents' second/foreign language classroom promotes appreciation and enjoyment of literature, enhances the development of language skills, stimulates more advanced learning, and promotes students' personal growth.
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The Representation of Hispanic Females in Gifted and Talented and Advanced Placement Programs in a Selected North-Central Texas Public High School
Date: May 2007
Creator: Brown, Monty
Description: Analysis of a particular north-central Texas public high school revealed a strong representation of Hispanic females in advanced academic programs, i.e., AP and GT in proportion to their representation in the overall student population. Research seems to indicate that a progressive approach to academic-potential identification; culturally effective mentoring, traditional Hispanic values, and newly emerging personal and social characteristics all seem to be contributing factors. This study seems to indicate that a new type of Hispanic female is emerging who is more assertive academically, more visible in the classroom, and less marriage-and-family oriented as might be believed by teachers, society, their peers, and perhaps even their parents.
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Curriculum analysis in teacher preparation programs at the college of basic education in Kuwait
Date: August 2000
Creator: Bufarsan, Fawzi A.
Description: Preparing quality teachers is a continuing issue and concern in discussions about the future of schools in many countries. This study described and compared the stated goals and perceived outcomes of teacher preparation programs at the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait. This information will assist educational decision makers in Kuwait to align teacher preparation at the CBE and decide what is needed to make the programs more effective. The study assessed the perceptions of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of student teachers, new teachers, and instructors toward the existing program at the CBE in Kuwait. The discussion of teacher preparation in Kuwait was used to set a cultural and historical context. The literature reviewed recommendations from the United States to develop a framework of five common standards for analyzing the teacher preparation curriculum: content knowledge, instruction, diversity, professional development, and field work. In addition, research and evaluation of teacher education programs were reviewed for perceptions of student teachers and new teachers about their preparation and for methodology. Document analysis techniques were used with current documents from four major teacher preparation programs in the CBE. Five standards from U.S. recommendations were also found in the CBE curriculum. However, the analysis ...
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Teacher-directed student use of the Internet for curricular activities: Profiles of frequent and infrequent use.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Charles, Joan T.
Description: The purpose of this study was to develop profiles that described teachers with infrequent and frequent teacher-directed student use of the Internet for curricular purposes. Responses to the teachers' self-reported needs, beliefs, demographics, Internet skill levels, and other information were examined as the basis for the study. The study was descriptive in nature, utilized correlation and causal-comparative methods, and employed a convenience sample. The population consisted of 3,187 public school teachers from Nebraska and four service regions in upstate New York. Data related to the research questions were gathered using an online survey. After minimum access was determined, frequencies, percentages, t tests, and correlations were used to examine the data. Teachers with infrequent (<15 mins. /week) teacher-directed student use of the Internet comprised 63% of the sample. Teachers from elementary and high school levels were almost equally represented in the infrequent use group. The majority of the high school level teachers were assigned to language arts, mathematics or science courses. Teachers in the frequent (>. 90 mins. /week) use group were predominately (75%) high school level, with the majority teaching computer and business subjects. Significant differences were found between the use groups regarding beliefs about the Internet's effect on students ...
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John Thomas Jutson
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John Thomas Jutson (c. 1885 – 14 November 1959) was an Australian geologist and lawyer.
Jutson was born in Melbourne and while working as a clerk in a law firm, studied geology part-time. He became geological research scholar, University of Melbourne 1909-10 and then worked for the Geological Survey of Western Australia 1911-18. He published The Physiography of Western Australia in 1916.
Jutson was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1937.
- Jutson, John Thomas ( - 1959) at Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne
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- Bright Sparcs Archival and Heritage Sources on Jutson
- CATALOGUE of PRE-1980 GEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Lists several Bulletins authored by Jutson
- Erosion and the Resulting Land Forms in Sub-Arid Western Australia, Including the Origin and Growth of the Dry Lakes - J. T. Jutson Geographical Journal, Vol. 50, No. 6 (Dec., 1917), pp. 418-434
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Douglas Mawson
|Clarke Medal
|Succeeded by
Henry Caselli Richards
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Confidentiality in the Church: What the Pastor Knows and Tells
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This past September Maine became one of many states that require clergy to report signs of possible child abuse or neglect that they may learn about in the course of their work. However, according to an article in the Portland Press Herald, "the law's effectiveness is yet to be tested, in part because of protections it gives to 'confidential communications,' as well as a vague definition of who should be considered a member of the clergy. Exempted from the reporting requirement is information obtained in confidential discussions between clergy and parishioners."
The uncertainty surrounding reporting laws may not only reflect complex relations between church and state; they may also signal uncertainty about the practice of confidentiality in the church. To be sure, confidentiality is clearly defined in some churches. In Roman Catholic churches, for instance, the sacred act of confession is held as absolutely confidential. Nothing disclosed to a priest in the act of confession can be disclosed by the priest to anyone else. Such ecclesial definition has developed over a long period of time.
The existence of such precedent within the church is responsible, in large part, for the exemptions allowed in mandated reporting laws. However, many clergy work in churches that give them little guidance about confidentiality. In such cases, it is largely up to each minister to decide which approach to confidentiality is morally, ethically and theologically faithful.
Conflict can occur both within a congregation and in relation to secular laws governing mandated reporting when the clergyperson's practice of confidentiality is significantly different from members' expectations. Such conflict need not always involve dramatic and acute cases such as child abuse. The occasion can be as simple and as chronic as Mrs. Smith's reprimanding me because I failed to mention from the pulpit that her husband was in the hospital, even though she knew her husband had asked me to say nothing about it. She believes that such matters should be disclosed to the congregation that all may pray for the afflicted, and that it is the pastor's responsibility to make such public disclosures. Thus, she didn't say anything during the portion of the service in which people share their joys and concerns; nor did she ask me ahead of time to mention her husband's condition.
How do clergy judge what is confidential and what is not in their day-to-day ministry? Who decides what is confidential? What happens when definitions conflict both in and out of the church? What kind of practice of confidentiality helps build the community of Christ?
The obvious place to begin answering these questions is math church regulations. Sometimes church rules clearly define who is clergy and under what circumstances disclosures arc deemed confidential. Courts of law often rely upon such definitions in settling cases. However, without a clear ecclesiastical discipline, the following factors become impor-tant in deciding what is confidential: the setting in which the information is disclosed, the type of information disclosed, the purpose of disclosing the information, and to whom the information is disclosed.
Setting: The key question about the setting of a disclosure is whether it is public or private. The courts have generally ruled that information disclosed in a setting where others have actually overheard or might reasonably overhear the conversation is information given without an intent to have confidentiality. For instance, the clergyperson who is told at coffee hour by Mr. White that Mr. White held up a bank could not claim in court that such information was given in confidence. However, were such information conveyed in a conversation in a hospital room, during which no one else entered the room, one could argue that the exchange was intended to be confidential. Similarly, meeting in the pastor's office with the door closed establishes the privacy necessary to claim confidentiality. …


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This app will not only keep you informed about your upcoming classes, but also reminds you of exams and unfinished homework.
The main feature of My Class Schedule is its timetable that shows your schedule for any particular day or week. Additionally there are many other helpful features, for example a grade overview with your average grades or the ability to automatically mute your phone during class.
No matter if you go to school or university, this easy to use app helps you to keep track of all related tasks.
★ Color-coded timetable (day- and week view; colors can be chosen freely)
★ Widget (sizes: 2x1, 3x1, 2x2, 3x2, 4x2; shows all remaining courses for the day) + DashClock support
★ Notifications for upcoming homework, exams and classes
★ Can automatically mute your phone during lessons
★ Supports timetables with A/B (and even C, D) weeks; just set the frequency of the lesson (for example to "every 2 weeks") and the app automatically switches between the A/B weeks
★ Save as many courses, lesson times, homework and grades as you want; times can be chosen freely; grades can be weighted
★ Light and Dark Holo theme
★ Runs from SD card (note: widgets generally don't work when running from SD)
Additional features available for users of the upgraded version (~$1.99):
★ Graphical timetable widget
★ Homework/exam widget
★ Cloud Backup & Cross-device Synchronisation
"Try out this app if you're a student. It can relieve some of the stress in an already stress-filled life." - thedroidguy.com
"Can keep your entire life on track" - mdsnig.com
This is the ad financed version (tiny ad in the day view).
If you can't stand ads, there is a really low priced version without ads available here:
My Class Schedule (no ads)
Alternatively you can simply upgrade this free version via in-app purchase.
Additionally to being ad-free the paid/upgraded version contains some bigger widgets and a widget that shows the schedule for the whole week (just like the regular week view of the app).
Keywords: schedule, homework, assessment, holiday, school timetable, university, class schedule, pupil, student
What's New
Quick overview
- synchronize data between all your devices
- optimized for phones and tablets
- light and dark theme available
- easily save your lessons, tasks and holidays
- view your timetable as list and as grid
- search in your timetable and tasks
- optional two,three or four week cycle
- one 4x1 widget for each lessons and tasks
- one resizable widget (2x2 minimum) for each
- lock screen widgets for each (Android 4.2)
- notifications for lessons and tomorrows tasks
- automute phone during lesson
- dashclock extension
- Full network access: needed for synchronization
- Receive data from Internet: needed for synchronization
- Find accounts: needed for synchronization
- Read sync settings: needed for synchronization
- Write sync settings: needed for synchronization
- Start at boot: needed for automute and notifications
My Study Life
Unlike a paper planner or school diary, My Study Life integrates all areas of your academic life - see homework due and overdue for classes, classes which conflict with your exams and even add revision tasks for a specific exam - all in a free, easy to use application. Far from your standard calendar, My Study Life is optimized to work for your school life right from the start with support for week and day rotation schedules. Add your classes and view them in a beautiful, instantly identifiable, familiar week view.
My Study Life seamlessly syncs your data between devices, allowing you to use the app even when offline. You can add a task on the move from your phone or tablet and it will be instantly available on the web app.
With My Study Life you can...
Track your tasks - homework, assignments, reminders and revision. Store your tasks with ease in the cloud, accessible anywhere.
Store exams - keep those all important exams alongside your classes and revision tasks.
Manage your classes - your paper planner, turbocharged. Supporting day and week rotation timetables, advanced academic year/term support and integration into tasks you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
Get notified - reminders for unfinished tasks, upcoming exams and classes before they even start.
Share – My Study Life allows teachers to create and share their timetable securely with students in the same school (currently in private beta).
Also available on iPhone, Windows 8, Windows Phone and the web.
Class Timetable
Class Timetable features a beautiful color filled interface, optional multi week timetables, and much more. No other schedule for school, college, or university has ever been this easy to use.
• Swipe left and right to see what's coming up in your schedule
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• Get optional notifications before each class
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Simple time table
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1. Ability to be loyal only to schedule an on-screen information to ensure the processing schedule.
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You can not edit the copy of the timetable. Protection and can only view the items.
b. Edit Mode
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c. Copy Mode
: After setting the copy mode to copy an asterisk appears when you select a cell.
Then select the target item if you make a copy.
If you select the source item is initialized with the stars, you can copy another item.
d. Delete Mode
: Select the cells you want to delete 'Delete?' Pop-up will appear. Select "Yes" if you will be deleted.
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: With the Add button, you can add a list of several.
Remove unnecessary through the menu list can be deleted.
If you long press an item you can set a default schedule.
2. Merge multiple times is possible.
- - When more than two periods teaching courses in progress can be made. Viewing is easy.
3. Select the time display support
- 0 period display support,
- Period, Time, Pirod + Time can be selected.
4. To support various colors.
- Subject, color processing with support for a variety of colors are available.
5. Is able to manage multiple schedules.
6. Double-click the screen magnification is possible.
7. Landscape view capabilities are provided.
8. Widget
- 2x3, 4x4 Size support
- Full Size(4x4)Support. Timetables can be checked without running.
- (4x4 Widget)Written timetable for storage since the screen refresh (small circle in the upper left corner) If you click on the widget will be updated.
Teachers use ClassDojo to give their students instant, positive encouragement during class. Teachers choose and customize behaviors that matter most, and then award a student in class Dojo points when a skill is demonstrated. Best of all, teachers can engage parents with ClassDojo progress reports and instant messaging so they can stay involved in their child's success at school.
Parents can see how their child is doing in real-time, and chat with teachers easily and safely using ClassDojo Messaging. Teachers love sending broadcast reminders to all parents at once, but also private, meaningful communications like text messages, photos, and voice notes so that parents are connected to the classroom without the hassle of emails and school newsletters.
Students can also create their own accounts, customize their Dojo avatars, and review their own performance for self-reflection while in school or at home.
Unlike most classroom management organizers and class planners, ClassDojo can be used on any device: Android tablets and phones, laptops, iPhones, iPads, as well as smartboards - and its syncs seamlessly across all of them in real time! The ClassDojo Support Team is available around the clock if you ever need help, too!
Schedule XD
- No ads (you can turn them on if you want to support us)
- Add your classes, notes, events and grades
- Supports multiple timetables
- The ability to share your timetable via Bluetooth
- Automatic calculation of the arithmetic average and the weighted average
- Automatic notifications about upcoming classes and events
- Automatic mute during classes
- Week view
- Supports weeks A / B / C / D
- 4 widgets (one lock screen for android 4.2+)
- The ability to store your database on Google Drive to access it on all your devices
- 3 themes (blue, light and dark)
Permissions :
- Add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owner's knowledge, read calendar events plus confidential information: Adding events to Google Calendar
- Modify or delete the contents of your SD card: Allowing backup on your SD card / phone's memory
- Add or remove accounts, create accounts and set passwords, find accounts on the device, use accounts on the device, full network access: Allowing backup on Google Drive
- Access Bluetooth settings, pair with Bluetooth devices: The ability to share the plan with friends via Bluetooth
- Run at startup: Setting up alarms
- Control vibration
Handy Timetable
Design your school life using Handy Timetable !!
★ Features ★
✔ Easy to use and intuitive interface
✔ Simple to confirm the class hour of each class
✔ Simple memo for each course
✔ Assignment and exam schedule of each course able to be stored
✔ Separating A and B we ek into making two kinds of timetable
✔ Free to designate the extent of both week and periods
Google Classroom
Using Google Classroom in school? Get the Android App to use Classroom on the go.
Classroom helps teachers save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students. It is available to anyone with Google Apps for Education, a free suite of productivity tools including Gmail, Drive and Docs.
There are many benefits of using Classroom:
• Easy to set up - Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just minutes to set up.
• Saves time - The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review, and grade assignments quickly, all in one place.
• Improves organization - Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, and all class materials are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.
• Enhances communication - Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other or provide answers to questions on the stream.
• Affordable and secure - Like the rest of our Google Apps for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free for schools.
myHomework Student Planner
* Beauty, Simplicity, and Reliability - myHomework has a modern design and simple interface making it easy for anyone to use. Our apps fill their role as a planner without network connectivity.
* Amazing Anywhere - With highly rated apps for your phone, tablet and a wonderful website, it's the most complete on the go planner experience anywhere.
* Price - It is free and a premium ads-free experience is just $4.99/year across all of the apps and website.
* Experience - myHomework has been around since 2009 and continually improving the experience based on the feedback of our users.
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The Free Android App:
Homework Organizer/Student Planner
Homework Widget
Class Schedule
Homework Calendar
With a Free myHomeworkapp.com account:
Sync Homework
Reminders That Sync
Late & Upcoming From Home & Widget
Free Blue, Black and Pink Themes
With a paid Premium Account:
No Ads
Access to over 60 Themes
Upload pictures and files to your homework and classes
Class Schedule Widget for Today's Classes
myHomework accounts with ads are available free of charge. We also offer a premium ad-free service for those that wish to pay. Once an account's paid premium time has expired, they will be converted back to the free plan.
Course Location - used to help find schools and classes nearby
Accounts - used to prepopulate email address when signing up
Internet - used to sync with myhomeworkapp.com
Phone State - used to get the identifier of the device
Do you forget your school agenda? Have trouble when you study reading what you wrote in your planner? Are you looking for a replacement to that paper student planner, school diary, or academic agenda? myHomework is just what you're looking for.
The clean interface and design make this app great for college, high school, or middle school. This homework agenda contains additional features that make it easy to use for high school students with a block class schedule. Keeping track of assignments has never been better! With myHomework, you'll never forget to study again.
The myHomework student agenda is today's students favorite way to focused, reduce anxiety and study better. With this school agenda, the information normally hidden in the academic planner is now available everywhere.
Using myHomework as a school organizer makes keeping track of what assignments to do easier than ever before. With myHomework, when it's time to study, you won't waste any time trying to remember what to work on.
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Quick TimeTable
Quick TimeTable is here for your school days.
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- widget
- even/odd week
- hours scalability
- predefined lessons
- language support
- backup & restore
- notes and classroom for each lesson
- send as picture
- own colors
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2. You can define your own subjects/lessons.
You can define the start and end times of the lessons.
Upto 20 lessons per day.
You can define contact information for each subject.
3. Feature to make a temporary (one lesson, one day) timetable change.
4. ---> Possible to use a 2- 3- and 4-week timetable (enable it in the Settings!)
5. ---> Possible to use a rotating timetable (enable it in the Settings!)
6. By (short) Clicking on a lesson in the timetable screens, you can define homework for that lesson.
By (long) Clicking on a lesson in the timetable screens, you can define a one-time timetable change for that lesson.
7. In the Timetable screens, there are indications for unfinished homework and examinations for lessons.
8. By sweeping left or right on the timetable screen, you can go forward or backward in time.
Sweep down is back to current day/week
9. Multiple homescreen widgets available.
Tablet optimization was sponsored and designed by Digitally Different Srl
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You can have plan for your girlfriend, your children or siblings and check when they finish or when they have free hours.
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Easy import and export .csv file.
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If u want widgets dont install app on SD Card.
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School Timetable
Easy to use.
Easy to save lessons data.
Easy to share homework (TODO) with friends.
Schoolplanner - display and manage the timetable of schools.
How to use:
Click on the button Edit (on bottom of the table) -
You will see a pink screen - for editing and updating.
Fill in the timetable - according to the student's classes.
Type in the class lesson name (math, literature, history, music, geography, language, science, sports, english, etc.) in the input field according to the time of the lesson.
Fill in the TODO field with your homework or things you should do after school time.
When finished click on the "Save" button.
On the main screen you can click the button "Share" and transfer TODO list by email and more.
Your timetable can be your screen saver on the phone (by make a screen shot ).
To exit click on "Exit" button or automatically when screen off.
Using the schedule is free and operator's profit is only from clicking on ads.
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Family Timetable
Main features:
- Timetable for all family members in one app.
- Views: day, week and month and auto.
- Handy widget
- Customizable icons, colors and hours for both: timetable and lesson.
- Customizable weekends (free days).
- Support for even and odd weeks.
- Planned events and special days.
- Annotations and reminders for whole day or particular lecture.
- Fast timetable editing (copy and paste mode).
- Easy timetable synchronization between different devices by e-mail
- Easy export to file and import from file to existing or new timetable
- many more...
Class Time - Timetable
On your phone and on your watch. A notification and a widget will give you all the information you need without opening the app.
The Now tab informs you about:
• the current class and time left to it's inevitable end,
• the name of your next class and room number,
• time left until your classes begin and breaks end.
Automatically mute your phone during lessons and/or breaks!
The Time Table tab shows the weekly schedule for each day, where you can not only read the names of your classes, but also starting and ending hours and classroom numbers.
The application allows you to edit, save and share your timetable with friends in an easy way.
You can input more schedules and switch between them, and for each of your timetables you can change the default duration of classes, breaktimes or day start time.
You can also import your schedules from a calendar, like Google Calendar.
Classting-Our Class Connection
Classting is here to make your class more open and fun.
* Create your class and invite your classmates with the 'invitation code'.
* The smart 'Class Announcement' function delivers important class news including homework, school events and test schedules. (Scheduled messages, re-notice to unread students, and free text-messaging service to students with no smartphones)
* Store your class' daily pictures and videos in 'Class Album'.
* Get advice from your teacher with 'Secret Counseling' function.
* Interact with friends outside of school with 'Class Chat' function.
160,000 classes from kindergarten to college are on Classting!
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My Class Schedule (donation)
This app will not only keep you informed about your upcoming classes, but also reminds you of exams and unfinished homework.
The main feature of this app is its timetable that shows your schedule for any particular day or week. Additionally there are many other helpful features, for example a grade overview with your average grades or the ability to automatically mute your phone during class.
No matter if you go to school or university, this easy to use app helps you to keep track of all related tasks.
Note: this is the ad-free version that includes some bigger widgets and an additional widget type. If you just want to try this app or have no problem with ads, there is a free version available here:
My Class Schedule (free)
★ Color-coded timetable (day- and week view; colors can be chosen freely)
★ Widgets (sizes: 2x1, 3x1, 2x2, 3x2, 4x2, 3x3, 4x4; shows all remaining courses for the day) + DashClock support
★ Cloud Backup & Cross-device Synchronisation
★ Notifications for upcoming homework, exams and classes
★ Can automatically mute your phone during lessons
★ Supports timetables with A/B (and even C, D) weeks; just set the frequency of the lesson (for example to "every 2 weeks") and the app automatically switches between the A/B weeks
★ Save as many courses, lesson times, homework and grades as you want; times can be chosen freely; grades can be weighted
★ Light and Dark Holo theme
★ Runs from SD card (note: widgets generally don't work when running from SD)
"Try out this app if you're a student. It can relieve some of the stress in an already stress-filled life." - thedroidguy.com
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Ross Perot IS a billionaire - willing to spend $100 million of
his own money he said in an Interview on the Today Show, in 1992 dollars.
I can't find exact figures but I am aware that the Reform Party spent as much or more than the two major parties did at that time to get that 18.9%.
Again, contrast that to Gary Johnson who certainly didn't have the extrordinary $1 billion that a campaign costs today. In fact he had far, far, less than the $100 million Perot had in 1992 - with just $3 million in 2012.
With adequate money, the successful two term governor of New Mexico could have done very well.
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I haven't been diagonsed with pre-eclampsia, but my blood pressures have been a little high lately and my feet are absolutely terrible. Because of this they sent me to triage last week to monitor me and ended up sending me home.
Tonight I've started having some RUQ pain, it is mostly in my back. I had my gallbladder out March 2011 and the pain almost feels somewhat like it did when I would be having gall-attacks. I am 37 weeks and 2 days. I also have gestational diabetes and have a C-section planned for this coming Monday because not only is baby breeched, but she is getting way too big for me (She was already 6.6 lbs 2 weeks ago).
I called my Drs office, Dr on call said it might be from the way the baby is positioned, but could also be indigestion and to try some maalox or something to see if it helped. If it persists or gets worse she said to go ahead and go to the hospital.
I'm just not really sure if its from the baby or maybe a complication, most everything I've read about the RUQ pain people were having due to pre-eclamspia dont really describe what I am feeling...kind of confused on what I should do...


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Originally posted by ReallyNow10
I disagree, deviation from things that worked into 100% grindfests with nothing else to do other than grind for months ruined current gen mmo's
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Linearity isn't the problem at all imho.
An MMO needs to have certain elements to keep you invested.
whatever you are doing should be rewarding in 3-ways
a) character progression
b) meaningful loot
c) a surprise element
A: character progression should be harder and more difficult than currently is the case in MMO's. There is no reward in simply doing tasks for random NPC's and leveling up as you go. The act of leveling up should be half the fun, as it was in the old days. Leveling up should allow you to allocate points and customize your char so you want to chase that next level. Imho the way in which you kill mobs and complete quests is completely overrated. Take GW2 for example. Nice presentation of content but it completely lacks connection to your char. It doesn't feel like there is any customization. Leveling is easy and when you level you hardly bother stopping. You just keep going and before you know it you are lvl 80. You can take 10 seconds to put that point in a tree that hardly does anything at all. And you can reset it anyway. I have had multiple friends leveling up to 30 without spending any points or even buying more than 3 skills because they didn't feel like it mattered. Yes its nice that you can walk around and take in the scenery. But after looking at the different zones and figuring out what the game truly is about you are done with it. Unless you find yourself a nice guild to keep you entertained. I daresay most gameplay elements are not that important at all. It is not the core element in MMORPG's. It was never meant to be. MMORPG's imho are about mp aspects (pvp) combined with slow and tough character progression and customization to achieve a uniqueness in both looks and playstyle.
We should go back to irreversible character progression that you had to think about beforehand. This means you would feel incredibly connected with you char because you are truly invested in it and it is really YOUR char. Also you are excited each time you can progress.
B: Loot is f$cked. These static loot sheets that are used in every single mmorpg is bs. Only 1 game atm does it right, path of exile. No more explanation is needed me thinks. Now that I think about it. Path of Exile probably also has a lot going for it's character progression and customization concerning playstyle.
C: Surprises are soooo important. It is massively online!! It is THE platform that should enable for all sorts of UNEXPTECTED shit going on while you play. Random boss spawn, random event, random PvP events (i believe these dont even exist yet), random loot, random PvP encounter in open world pvp games. Why isn't more of this shit happening? SURPRISE! the 1-in-a-billion-super-legendary item just dropped. SURPRISE attack from the rear you have lost 25% experience fuck you! and pay more attention next time. Surprise rare tameable pet just spawned, catch it while you can.
These things would add so much to a game. And right now nobody is doing it right imho. These are things that should be in an MMORPG. Not quests... What's the most boring part in any mmorpg? Ask anyone.. friggin quests. Why are they still in? Look at the older more popular MMORPGs that got the genre started. They had barely any quests if at all.
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Joined: 12/10/08
Originally posted by ReallyNow10
I see it more like:
Dashes are invidually crafted and thus expensive (in both time and money) to produce.
The line is not the problem, the line is simply a logical result of all the cost:benefit tradeoffs amongst different methods of producing and laying out dashes.
If you want to hype that you're going to break the line, you need to convince me that your game can efficiently produce high-quality dashes.
Originally posted by Rydeson
Linear stories work and they are nothing but dressing to have an excuse to kill lots of stuff.
And no players i have seen have created an in-game bio .. that is just too much work. Better to have the professionals do it .. and we just enjoy the result.
A mmo with no story is just a grind fest with no context.
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Joined: 3/02/08
Title is misleading the subject of the OP is just Sandbox is god!!!!No basis for discussion.
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Joined: 9/28/05
Originally posted by Axehilt
Yeap. But your analogy sucks nevertheless. Portal, and for that matter a lot of linear single player games are fun as long as the last. But in most cases you play through it one time. And then it is good. The content is not repeatable, the content is not dynamicly regenerating itself. You do it one time, and as long as it is good designed it is fun, but not a second time. (and if it comes down to themeparks where one game is more or less the same as the other.. it is like we have played portal 1- 100 and we are sick of the exact same puzzle every new game)
And exactly that don't work in a multiplayer game, which should be designed to played for a much longer time. And exactly that is the reason why themeparks don't work, and why every themepark loses a lot of player after a very short time. The content is consumed, and the game is not capable of producing content out of it alone.
And therefore you need other elements, so that content will be different(even if it is just slightly different as one themepark to another) every time you visit it. Like travelling from a to b and every time another surprise, another content to be cosumed. And the best way to realize it are sandbox tools and/or pvp content.
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Joined: 3/05/07
Originally posted by nariusseldon
And thank you for your OPINION.. I on the other have played games that allowed Bio's, and enjoyed the history those characters created.. I think you just haven't been around the block often enough to enjoy the MMORPG'ing that some of us have..
Originally posted by ReallyNow10
Are you serious?
First, 99% of those F2P games are themeparks. Players are moving away from WOW towards more of the same content-driven gaming. They're not sticking to one game, because the payment model doesn't force them into a massive upfront fee with a subscription -- they're free to actively bounce between the games that interest them (which happen to overwhelmingly be themeparks.)
And second, if someone pointed out a historic precedent which happened in the Cheeseburger business, people in a Pizza forum would listen to that obviously reasonable and valid evidence. They would understand that (like MMOs and non-MMOs) the products are ridiculously similar and that the lessons learned in one business are nearly always applicable to the other.
Originally posted by Rydeson
Is starting to play in precursors to MMOs like Kingdom of Drakkar long enough?
I played EQ for a year .. and for that whole year .. there is no one i have met that have created any stories. The most is ".. oh .. i camped here for 3 hours, got trained twice, and nothing drop". That is not a story .. not a story in the context of lore anyway.
And no one i met "stays in character" and spoke as if he was an elf. It is more like "my wife is sleeping so i can play some .. want to group to level?" .. and again .. that is not a bio i care for.
My opinion is just as valid as yours.
Originally posted by Apraxis
Sure linearity reduces longevity. But it's not some absolute thing where it prevents these from being worthwhile games to play. It's not absolute on the other end too: being non-linear doesn't prevent a game's patterns from getting old.
I'm still not comfortable with the ridiculous term "linear" as applied to MMORPGs, because none of them are even remotely linear. It's pure hyperbole. You have to fixate on some incredibly abstract singular game element to find anything actually linear ("Levels only increase? And only one at a time?! That makes it linear and linear games suck!") And at that point the criticism becomes meaningless.
The truth is these MMORPGs are merely slightly less non-linear than other MMORPGs. There is nearly always a dynamic element involved (other players in group content; different progression state; different character; different abilities being used by the mob which could have dynamically different results if designed well.)
As for your last paragraph, what I'm disagreeing with is that you need those sandbox elements. Games do not need that. It's sometimes helpful, for longevity reasons. But all of the examples I've cited were games which didn't strive to be as non-linear as possible, and still did well. Not just well, but they usually did better than games which tried to be as non-linear as possible.
Originally posted by AlBQuirky
Right, it's always about efficiently creating a game design which delivers the most fun to the target audience. The more efficient designers are at delivering that fun, the better games players will have to play.
If someone discusses ways of efficiently serving a niche audience, I'm fine with that.
I only object when someone claims that an efficient method is now permanently broken. Especially given that this method has served and continues to serve the largest audience.
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Joined: 8/11/10
Not all change is good.
Originally posted by Axehilt
Mountains are heightened by valleys, pleasure by pain, reward by effort. When you take away all the minuses, you trivialize the plusses. If everyone is "The Hero", no one is a hero. If everyone has the "magic flaming sword", no sword is cool or unique.
A game designed ONLY around efficiently delivering fast fun, over time delivers nothing. There is a reason people play Minecraft, UO, Eve, etc...., and they play despite the grief and gruel of those games, because the pitfalls accentuate the heights of enjoyment in gameplay.
Originally posted by ReallyNow10
Whether everyone is the hero isn't really the point, and is fairly offtopic. (Although if you put it up for a vote, more will choose a game where everyone's a hero, than one where everyone's a shit-covered peasant. Just like people prefer living in places that aren't quagmires.)
An efficiently designed game is a well-designed game, which implies valleys of some kind (unless the game is being designed purely as a relaxation activity and not as a decision-based game.) So it's pretty irrelevant whether you're a hero or a glop of malformed mucus, because in either case an efficient game design will offer up some interesting challenges.
What it will avoid are uninteresting challenges. Things like excessive travel time, where the timesink serves no gameplay or pacing purpose.
By extension, it will tend to avoid unnecessary delays in fun (which serve no purpose.)
There's a reason that (compared with the games you listed) many more players play games which are abundantly fun and don't hide their fun from players.
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Not all change is good.
Originally posted by Axehilt
Axehilt, the travel time in early EQ1 from Halas to Freeport, covered many zones, took (heck) an hour?, and was grand adventure. Once you were high level, you forked over platinum for a port, but the cross-country trek at lower levels was exciting, maybe my most memorable experience in the game. Still think about it 14 years later.
There is such a thing as too much streamlining in a game, and I think the present state of WOW has met that.
Originally posted by zevni78
Then "not supposed to be exploring an open world" .. problem solved. Most MMOs are not about exploring open world, but about instance raid/dungeon runs anyway. Don't tell me you disagree with the fact that players spend more time in instance dungeon runs than "exploring an open world".
Secondly, regarding alts, who says there is only ONE line? Just put in multiple story lines (TOR anyone?)
Originally posted by Aelious
You are confusing "being told what to do" with a "linear quest line that gives you excuses/context to do things".
Take Deus Ex or Dishonor. Stores are as linear as you can get but you get full freedom of HOW to accomplish your mission. Stealth, killing, with what kill ....
Ditto in MMOs. You are given a story of why you want to kill the lich king. How? You figure it out. You have full combat freedom.
Freedom of wandering around, and talk to 100 NPCs that tell you nothing is not fun. Good game is about meaningful, interesting choices, not just choices.
Originally posted by Apraxis
Who says multiplayer game needs to be long?
Take WOW leveling .. it is full of one-time quest. Same for TOR. same for almost every MMO. You do the quests ONCE.
And given so many choices out there, just play it once, finish the game, move on, and come back when there is new content. Don't tell me players are not doing that.
And whether it is fun or not depends on the combat. How many players play D2 (and D1) for years? Why ... because killing stuff is fun in those games. The quests are all the same, which everyone finished in the first 15 hours.