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There are so many things clamoring for our attention, demanding our time, thoughts and devotion. We can find ourselves pursuing many things at the same time. Not only do we fail to catch up on anything, we run ourselves ragged trying. If we are not careful, we can find we are soon better suited for the circus as a juggler than we are as Christians living balanced lives. How do we put a stop to the madness? How do we reel it all in, sort it all out, and focus our attention on one thing? Jesus answers those questions with ...
"I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. 35 This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other."
The Mount of the Beatitudes sits on the top of a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. As we approach the park that now encloses the top of the hill, signs remind us to be silent because we are on holy ground. It was here on this very hill that Jesus sat down with his disciples and taught them about the Kingdom of God. Here in this place, as groups gather in various small clusters around the mount, one gets a feeling of what "Blessed" really means. The verses of Matthew 5 that capture the words of Jesus line the ...
Two words come to mind when we consider the parable of the prodigal son "Pride and Pride"
"Alongside Babylon's streams, there we sat down, crying because we remembered Zion."
Do you see them? No really they are everywhere! Come on surely you do see them.
I once went for a job interview and was offered the job based upon my passing the physical. It was as a result of the physical exam that I discovered I had a tumor in my bladder. Praise God! The short story is that I was blessed to be able to have the tumor surgically removed and have been bladder cancer free ever since.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; don't rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths, and he will keep your ways straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 (Common English Bible)
Just a Thought: Jockeys are typically small people. Interestingly enough typically so are those people who spend much of their time "jockeying" for position (regardless of their physical size).
"Three days later Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at a wedding feast in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there. When the wine was all gone, Mary said to Jesus, "They don't have any more wine." Jesus replied, "Mother, my time hasn't yet come: You must not tell me what to do." Mary then said to the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you to do." John 2:1-5 (Contemporary English Version)
Just a Thought: God's Word, prophetic or otherwise, is a clear and present reminder to us that He has all things under control. He has a plan both for our lives and all of eternity. There is to be a balance between knowing and studying what will one day happen with what we ought to do about today.
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We have all seen them, those precious moments when a soldier surprises his wife or kids with a special unannounced visit home. How touching they are to see the emotion and joy that overcomes those who have been waiting so long for a glimpse, a touch and some time with their loved ones from whom they have been apart.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are ...
Jesus said: I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep. Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them. I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture. A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest. I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep
Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
Where is your heart? When we say the pledge to the flag of the United States, we place our hand over our heart on the left side of our chest, is that where our heart is?
Along the coast line of the Sea of Galilee lies a little stop in the road community in the middle of a very green farm area, called Kibbutz Ginosar. We stop to see the 2,000-year-old boat at the museum, but outside, like an overlooked simple lace collar on a beautiful dress, the mosaic benches line the sculptured lawn, making a welcoming place for people to sit as they soak in the fresh air and sunshine. A kibbutz is a place of growing, a farming area that sustains the people of the area. This is not the only kibbutz in ...
A true disciple of Christ has more to do than just be a faithful follower.
Jesus gives six "woes" in Luke 11, I wonder if any of them would cause us to say, "Woe is me?"
Just a Thought: Are you ceremonial, or spiritual?
Beside the Sea of Galilee and up from Tiberias lies the Kibbutz Ginosar. A kibbutz is an area in Israel rich in farmland and vegetation. Kibbutz communities rely on agriculture for their income, and much of the area's fruits and vegetables come from these communities. The Kibbutz Ginosar is also known as the place for the "resurrection" of a 2000 year old fishing vessel which dates back to the first century. Known as the "Jesus boat," this boat was probably in use for many decades on the Sea of Galilee, and was the kind of boat that Jesus and ...
During my trip to Bethlehem, I had the pleasure of visiting the St. Nicolas Church, an Arab Christian congregation that sits on a side street just up the hill from the Angel Hotel. Behind the church in a small courtyard lie tombs of past leaders of the church. The graves are surrounded with flowers and marked with names and a picture, reminding all who visit this small churchyard of the faithfulness of these beloved leaders.
Have you ever had a need, but couldn't express it?
Who are you teaching to pray? Now maybe no one has come to you like Jesus disciples and asked you specifically to teach them to pray. However, we don't always teach one on one or in a class or Sunday school class room either. The truth is we do far more teaching from a distance than we realize.
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you-you of little faith? "
I know you've heard of this one; "The Mary, Martha syndrome" Yup, we take a step back on purpose to remind us we need to be careful not to let the good things in our life rob us of the God things. Backing up to a small scene with huge implications in Luke 10, we find Jesus coming into the home of His single friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus. This is place where Jesus can find rest and relaxation from His busy schedule. He has just about six months left before He will be crucified and he stops by ...
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One of my guilty Internet pleasures is reading Long Forgotten. It's a blog written by a "Doctor of Biblical Studies" (priest, deacon, father?) who knows far too much about Disney's Haunted Mansion.
Dude, talk about an imbalance…religious yet a writer about the supernatural? Yo likey!
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I gotta say I'm always a little surprised that my sister doesn't glide across the room when she walks. The girl applies body cream by the gallon everyday. Bless her soul.
I wish I was as diligent and I should be since I have drier skin but I feel so pressed for time in the morning that I sometimes skip out on the body cream and leave it until the evening or dare I say sometimes in the evenings I forget! Needless to say I should be moisturizing my body way more than I do…! If I used as much moisturizer on my body as I do on my face I'd probably glide too.
That's why I gotta say that E.L.F. Lotion Wipes are kinda rocking my world at the moment. These are so freaking nifty.
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Philosophy Cocktail Hour in Your Shower Oh & Btw…Kevin Rose is Getting Married!
This should be titled, "Kevin Rose grows up, joins Google, gets married…"
When did the Dark Tipper grow up? Does this mean I have to grow up too?
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Surf, sea, sand…how does one capture the essence of the beach in a fragrance? I wouldn't know but the new Charlotte Ronson Perfect Touch Rollerball Oil manages to grab beach chic and places it into a classy little roll on fragrance.
Endless days at the beach, sun drenched moments, the crisp ocean air…Charlotte Ronson's Perfect Touch fragrance evokes those hot Summer moments in her first ever fragrance.
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Massive guy that uses his size well, and can engulf defender at the point of attack. Hard to get around in pass protection and does a nice job in a short area. Flashes potential as a drive blocker. Shows ability to get position when blocking on the move. Shows some ability to pull and get out on the second level.
Slow and lumbering. Slow into his pass set and struggles working against speed. Has poor footwork in pass protection. Lacks pop off the snap as a run blocker and comes out too high. Doesn't get as much push there as someone his size should. Doesn't do a good job using his hands, trying to bowl over defender with his shoulder, and doesn't try to lock onto linebackers on the second level just sort of getting in the way. Lacks any mean streak and sort of goes through the motions, rarely finishing his blocks. Gets overextended, bends his waist, and ducks his head. Struggles to adjust against the stunting defender and can get bull rushed despite his bulk into the quarterback. Misses assignments when asked to pull and doesn't take good angles to consistently get position.
Johnson will get opportunities because of his size, and the fact that he's a better athlete than most 360-pounders. But he's slow, lumbering, and plays lazily. Has a lot of experience playing inside and outside, but he is too slow to play tackle at the next level, and is not as physical a run blocker and guard as someone his size should be. Started 33 games over the past three years, working mainly at left guard as a sophomore and senior. Played most of his junior year at left tackle, but made the move inside in the second half of the season. Logged a total of 24 starts at left guard and 9 at left tackle. Also got some reps in a reserve role at center.
Some team may give Johnson opportunities early because of his size, potential, and the fact that he's a relatively good athlete for his size. But he plays with little fire or technique, and unless either of that changes at some point it's going to be tough for him to stick in the pros. Big, powerful players can sometimes get away with having inconsistent or sloppy technique because of their ability to dominate guys with their natural strength and size. But the problem with Johnson is that he rarely dominates anybody on tape, despite having the size to do so. His experience playing multiple positions means teams can try him at a number of positions, but his best role is going to be left guard because that will hide more of his flaws than any other position. Most likely Johnson will ride the pine for three or so years and then if he's improved and developed enough could push for a starting job. But unless he is a completely revamped player he's going to be exposed as a starter. Quick defensive tackles will eat him alive, and if he's not playing in a phone booth, his size will be negated due to slow feet and poor technique. Conditioning could be an issue and if he was to drop 25 or so pounds, I would like his chances. But more than likely, Johnson will be around for three or four years because his upside will net him opportunities, but eventually he'll wash out of the league because he's very limited.
Johnson has the sort of size and run blocking potential to be a factor at left guard. But he's too raw with his footwork and technique and at least initially would be worse than Justin Blalock on his worst days. If he was able to sit on the practice squad for a summer or two, and if Boudreau can teach him how to use his hands, and the strength coaches can get him into fighting shape, he might then have a chance to stick as a backup in Atlanta. But better players that require a lot less work will come along and eventually push him to the wayside.
Johnson is too raw and likely to take too long to develop to merit being drafted. Bring him to camp and hope he can surprise.
1-poor, 2-weak, 3-above average, 4-very good, 5-elite
Strength: 3.5
Pass Blocking: 2.0
Run Blocking: 2.5
Footwork: 1.5
Technique: 1.5
Mobility: 2.0
Mean Streak: 1.5
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Cranberry-Lime Cheesecake
From EatingWell: November/December 2013
One bite of this light and airy cranberry-lime cheesecake recipe and it will become your go-to recipe for dessert. Part-skim ricotta cheese adds a delicate texture and stands in for some of the higher-fat cream cheese. Be sure to use a large, wide piece of heavy-duty foil to wrap the pan—the foil helps prevent water from seeping into the cake as it bakes.
Makes: 12 servings
Serving Size: 1 slice
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Equipment: 9-inch springform pan, heavy-duty foil
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- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, preferably whole-wheat (see Tips)
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 15-ounce container part-skim ricotta cheese
- 2 8-ounce packages reduced-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 limes, zested and juiced
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
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- To prepare cheesecake: Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Tightly wrap the outside of the pan, bottom and sides, with a large piece of heavy-duty foil. Put a kettle of water on to boil for the water bath.
- Combine graham cracker crumbs and oil in a small bowl. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Process ricotta in a food processor (or blender) until smooth. Add cream cheese and puree until smooth. Add 2 teaspoons of the lime zest, 5 tablespoons of the lime juice, eggs, 1 cup sugar, vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt; process until smooth. Scrape into the prepared crust.
- Place the cheesecake in a roasting pan. Pour enough boiling water into the roasting pan to come 1 inch up the side of the springform pan to create a hot water bath for the cake. Carefully transfer the roasting pan to the center of the oven. Bake the cheesecake until set around the edges but the center still jiggles slightly, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
- Transfer the roasting pan to a wire rack. Let the cheesecake cool in the water bath until the water is room temperature, about 2 hours.
- Remove the pan from the water bath. Remove the foil. Refrigerate, uncovered, until very cold, at least 3 hours.
- To prepare topping: Combine cranberries, water, 1/3 cup sugar and pinch of salt in a medium nonreactive saucepan (see Tips). Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Combine 2 tablespoons lime juice and cornstarch; stir into the pan. Cook, stirring, until thickened, about 1 minute. Let cool completely before spooning onto the cheesecake.
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- Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 6, tightly wrap the cold cheesecake and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Hold topping at room temperature for up to 4 hours or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
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- Make your own graham cracker crumbs, pulse graham crackers in a food processor or place in a sealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. You'll need 6 to 7 graham crackers to make 1 cup of crumbs.
- Be sure to use a nonreactive pan baking dish or bowl—stainless-steel, enamel-coated or glass—when cooking with acidic food (citrus, cranberries, tomatoes) to prevent the food from reacting with the pan. Reactive pans, such as aluminum and cast-iron, can impart off colors and/or flavors.
Per serving: 318 calories; 15 g fat (7 g sat, 5 g mono); 101 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrates; 25 g added sugars; 10 g protein; 1 g fiber; 349 mg sodium; 161 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Calcium (16% daily value)
Carbohydrate Servings: 2 1/2
Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 1/2 other carbohydrate, 1 medium-fat meat, 2 fat
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Photo 365 - Everyday Photo Calendar for Your Life
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What's New
Version 4.1 (Jul 28, 2014)
Minor bug fixes.
Version 4.0 (Jul 15, 2014)
Fixed issue regarding Flickr sharing feature
Version 3.9 (Feb 05, 2014)
New update with some features and bug fixes:
- Crash when trying to open app on devices running iOS 5 is fixed
- Crashes when adding photos should be addressed
- Re-organize your photos (by popular demand, sorry!)
- Improved user experience when adding and viewing comments
- Added the ability to copy and paste text
- Comments added when sharing to Facebook and Flickr
- Other bug fixes
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Version 3.8 (Dec 31, 2013)
Happy New Year! This is our biggest update yet! The best 365 photo app has just gotten better!
Photo 365 has been redesigned to look and feel even better with iOS 7. Lots of new changes, and we're still working on improving it. Plus now you can order a photo book! See below for more details.
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- Fixed an error when uploading to Twitter and Flickr
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Biggest and best update yet!
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- Screen Optimized for the iPhone 5
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Thank you for all your support! More big updates yet to come!
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-Fixed the bugs when uploading to Facebook
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Thanks to everyone for their feedback and patience!
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12 Monday Jan 2015
I just got back from a 10 hour day at Brooklyn Shoe Space and although I'm tired my head is swimming with all that we did today.
Let me break it down:
How did that take 10 hours? Luckily I already had a design in mind and, although it's fairly simple and linear, making the pattern was really time-intensive. I can't imagine making patterns by hand for a more complex shoe. (Also the act of turning something 3D into something 2D can really throw you for a loop.)
Once the last is covered with masking tape you draw your design on and then cut it in half, very carefully removing the tape and smoothing this 3D mold onto a piece of card stock. From there you trace, measure, cut, and cut some more. I feel like every time I finsished a step Keiko would say, "trace it again." Now, there are very good reasons why you have to trace your design so many times. After all, you are building a shoe out of many different parts. But when you finally get to breaking your design down into smaller parts, seeing the pattern start to reform into a structure is incredibly exciting.
Catch up with me on Instagram or Twitter to see some more #miromakesshoes pics!
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Yesterday morning I headed off to New York for what I hope will be a rewarding adventure. If you've read this blog before, you know that I'm just a smidgen obsessed with shoes. Okay maybe a little more than that. So what does a person besotted with shoes do? Why, she goes to Brooklyn to learn how to make them by hand, of course!
Back in August I became fascinated with the techniques and mechanics behind making a pair of shoes. Have you ever really stopped to think about it? Many of us have tried our hand at a sewing machine and can determine how a (simple) piece of clothing is made, but what about shoes?
Let me tell you that from what I've learned it is very complicated, repetitive, and tedious. Gluing, cutting, folding, hammering, cutting, hammering again. But I'm still so excited because there are few things more rewarding than creating something with your own hands.
If you want to follow along with my adventures this week just take a look at my Instagram or Twitter accounts!
05 Friday Dec 2014
I'm a consumer, I'm an avid shopper, I'm a bargain hunter, I'm a luxury lover. These are things I've never tried to hide about myself (although I've never broadcasted them, either). I've recently decided to change my lifestyle drastically and have cut down on a lot of little luxuries. No more lunches out (I have plenty of food at home!), no more bits of shopping here and there, no more lattes.
So what does this have to do with shopping locally? With less money to spend I have to think hard about where I want to spend it. I always eat and drink coffee locally and always give tips (here's an interesting article on why it's so important to tip well) but I often shop where I can get the nicest items for the best prices. This usually takes me online or to my favorite stomping grounds, Neiman Marcus Last Call. As I've become more conscious about where I spend my dough I realize how important it is to support others trying to make a living in my area. It comes down to common sense. Why wouldn't you want to help maintain and create jobs in your city?
The Austin Independent Business Alliance says that shopping locally puts 3 times as much money back into the local economy. Of every $100 you spend locally, $45 stays in the community. Every $100 you spend at a chain gives only $13 back to the local economy. Wow.
Yes, local stores are often more expensive. They can't give the huge discounts that the big boxes do. And while I don't think it's practical to always buy everything locally, the writing is on the walls. This season I'm buying less and shopping more consciously, and hopefully supporting my community along the way.
What about you — how much do you shop locally during the holidays? Would you consider doing it more?
Here are some Austin stores I'll be checking out this holiday season:
14 Saturday Jun 2014
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I recently had the pleasure of meeting with José Buitron, owner and stylist, of José Luis Salon here in Austin. Along with his men's stylist expert, Michael Zuniga, we discussed style forecasting for men's looks this year.
As José and Michael point out, men's hair fashion is completely different than women's because it is much slower to gain traction with the masses and, once popular, is much more stubborn about leaving. Men's hairstyles also seem to derive from trends that are already happening by reinventing themselves in small increments, going a little neater or messier depending on society's mood.
Luckily for me, José and Michael walked me through five trending cuts that would work for any man regardless of age, profession, or sexual orientation. Styled using the wonderful V76 by Vaughn products, here are the five tried and true men's cuts that will leave any man looking dapper and dashing.
Loose Pompador: The new take on the '50s pompadour is loose, flowing, and a little messy.
V76 Products: Conditioning Gel, V Rated Natural Wax, Holding Spray
Quiff: An edgy hairstyle for anyone wanting to channel his rocker fantasies.
V76 Products: Styling Cream, Molding Paste, Holding Spray
Push-up: Not just for your father, this is the most versatile of all the looks.
V76 Products: TEX Texture Paste, Control Balm, Holding Spray
Classic: With shows like Boardwalk Empire molding our views of men's hairstyles, this '20s-inspired look is for the slick, dapper man.
V76 Products: TEX Texture Paste, Control Balm, Holding Spray
Fohawk: A sexy mix between the push-up and quiff, this style is perfect for the low-maintenance man who doesn't want to give up his style card.
V76 Products: Control Balm, Holding Spray
Of course, none of the above could have been achieved without some serious help from some American-made grooming products. V76 by Vaughn is the complete men's grooming line used at José Luis Salon. While most of these looks use multiple products, José says that if you're on the go and lower-maintenance, invest in the Control Balm Strong Hold. It's 5 fluid ounces of the best sculpting balm I've ever used. Lightweight and sturdy, it does the trick.
Whether you are gay, straight, old, young, purple, or green, don't forget that it is OK for men to take care of themselves and their hair. After all, these days, it's the cool thing to do. Keep it dashing my friends.
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Olibollen are traditional dutch food that are eaten around new year's eve. Olibollen mean 'oil balls' and are fried balls prepared with milk, eggs and vanilla along with flour and has apples and raisins in them. raised with yeast, the olibollen are fried and can be sprinkled with sugar and served as snacks.
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President Obama may not know how to throw out the first pitch at the All-Star Game, but he knows how to step up to the plate and hit a home run.
In fact, he clobbered a grand slam Wednesday night in his health care reform speech to a joint session of Congress.
Obama reminded us why he got the majority of votes in the last presidential election.
He can successfully join eloquence and toughness and leave the opposition looking like stubborn little children who are holding their breath until they get their way.
Indeed, Obama was the adult in the room.
As evidenced by the moronic GOP Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina (I know, moronic and Southern lawmaker is redundant) yelling "You lie!" while the president reaffirmed there would be no coverage for illegal immigrants in his health care plan.
Wilson would have known this to be true if he would've read the health care proposal.
But then, some children can never learn the mastery of doing their homework.
And the Republicans on the playground don't have to study, just memorize the bumper sticker talking points from Karl Rove.
Many legislators — including some Republicans —- thought Wilson's outburst was in poor taste.
Fox News thought, "A star is born!"
Wilson immediately apologized for what he called his "lack of civility."
Fox News must have cringed — not so much for the apology, but for Wilson using the word "civility."
There is such a thing as decorum, and the president —– no matter who he is —– deserves the respect when speaking in the hallowed halls of the House of Representatives.
On Thursday morning, reporters were waiting for the next Fox News contributor to mass hysteria (as well as O'Reilly Patriot) outside his office on Capitol Hill.
Wilson looked like he was probably deprogrammed by Fox News and was ready to take the apology back (that should be happening soon).
But most striking besides the nervousness in his voice was the sweat on his upper lip that would make Dick Nixon proud.
Back to the adult in the room.
Obama called health care "a moral imperative." True.
He said in his plan it will be illegal to deny insurance to anyone with a pre-existing condition.
Call for that to be taken out of the plan, Gov. Quitter the Twitter.
He said he will call people out who continue to lie about his plan.
If only.
But the money shot of a phrase came when The Man said, "We came here not to fear the future, but to shape it."
All the grumpy GOP children could do was sit there like they were scolded because they blamed something on someone else (sic: lied) and got caught and were told they couldn't watch any TV until they thought long and hard about why they lied.
They were invited by the president to bring along their best ideas so both parties could work together.
Does fear count? Because that's the only idea the loyal opposition can muster.
That's what they're building their future on.
It's an unhealthy relationship with Americans they're trying to convince are targeted for death.
They'd tell you that they've got you covered, but that sounds too much like health scare.
They're living a lie. But it's a living.
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A special film titled "Puncham - Mujhey Chaltey Jaana Hai" will pay a tribute to late, noted Bollywood music director R.D. Burman, fondly known as Pancham da, on his 75th birth anniversary June 27.
Hindi movies channel Sony MAX has taken the initiative.
The film will feature Bollywood celebrities who were an intrinsic part of Burman's life, and had the opportunity to be up close and personal with the legend himself. The list consists of stalwarts sharing the intricacies of what went into the making of the genius that R.D.Burman was.
Celebrities like Asha Bhosle, who was his wife, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Pyarelal, Shantanu Moitra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Manna Dey would be seen sharing their memories of the composer, who had created music for films like "Hum Kisise Kum Naheen", "Sholay" and "Yaadon Ki Baaraat".
"R.D. Burman was a legend who still rules the hearts of millions all across the globe. It is our honour to salute a man of such stature by showcasing his classic work and his journey to become an idol through the distinctive film 'Puncham - Mujhey Chaltey Jaana Hai'," Neeraj Vyas, senior executive vice president and business head, Sony MAX, said in a statement.
"I am certain that the visuals and anecdotes of the mega star will inspire audiences of all age groups," he added.
"Puncham - Mujhey Chaltey Jaana Hai" will be aired 9 p.m. on Sony MAX.
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It always pisses me off to no end that people install a test release and expect it to work perfect and the moment there is a problem they complain constantly about it.
Yes that is annoying, fortunately most of the users on this forum are quite polite. I fail to see how your post relates to the rest of this thread.
Only because FC is using 4K stacks does not mean that this is a wise decision. And if you have further read the thread on lkml, then you would see that there are a lot of open questions about that.
So, it is not even sure that 4k stacks will apear in vanilla 2.6, why are you trying to panicing the people?
What do you mean? 8K stacks are almost out of the window (you do read LKML, don't you?). Wouldn't you want to know if you had to use Nvidia's current drivers?!
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Aruba Networks® Announces the Mobility-Centric Enterprise Access Network

 Industry-First Products Extend the Power and Simplicity of User-Based Security and Policy across Wireless and Wired Networks

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Aruba Networks® Announces the Mobility-Centric Enterprise Access Network08:00 EDT Tuesday, March 15, 2011 SUNNYVALE, Calif. (Business Wire) -- Aruba Networks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) today announced significant enhancements to its industry-leading access networking product portfolio, designed to give businesses more flexibility, scalability and security with their mobile networks. These new network "on-ramps" are key elements of the Aruba Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture, enabling the development of a converged wireless and wired network that costs up to 50 percent less to deploy and as much as 70 percent less to operate than legacy wired access networks. Aruba Networks S3500 and Aruba Mobility Controllers(S3500 at top) The Aruba S3500 portfolio of Mobility Access Switches is a new class of product that enables integration of wireless and wired networks into a single architecture. The S3500 enables user mobility by inheriting policies from Aruba mobility controllers, then enforcing those policies locally in the wiring closet. The S3500 also greatly simplify network operations with zero-touch configuration and the elimination of VLANs in the wiring closet. The 24- or 48-port S3500 supports PoE+ and can be deployed as an overlay to an existing switched infrastructure. (Photo: Business Wire) "Businesses today expect their knowledge workers to be accessible anytime and anyplace. Workers themselves expect ubiquitous connectivity, so that they can do their work whenever and wherever they like," said Mike King, research director at Gartner Research. "This means that organizations have to deploy the appropriate on-ramps at all points on the network – indoor and outdoor – in both small areas and large. Organizations should also seek to define a mobility strategy that integrates wireless and wired assets that can deliver a single set of policies regardless of the connection method, device or location." The Game Changer: Role-Based Wired Access for Mobility Aruba also introduced the S3500 portfolio of Mobility Access Switches, a new class of product designed to extend Aruba's industry-leading role-based access to the wired network and deliver true integration of wireless and wired networks into a single architecture. The S3500 enables user mobility by inheriting policies from Aruba mobility controllers, then enforcing those policies locally in the wiring closet. The S3500 also greatly simplifies network operations with zero-touch configuration and the dramatic simplification of VLAN management. This enables IT to drive down the cost and time associated with deploying and managing highly complex, legacy wired LANs. The S3500 is available in 24- or 48-port models, with or without support for PoE+. The S3500 can be deployed as an overlay to an existing switched infrastructure. "Aruba's new S3500 mobility switch is a fantastic innovation, enabling us to converge our wireless and wired access networks with all of the visibility and control that we've only had on Aruba wireless until now," said Mike Redeker, CTO for ATB Financial, a leading financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. FaceTime… meet Wi-Fi® that Works The multifunction Aruba AP-134 and AP-135 access points (APs) deliver wire-like performance at data rates up to 450 megabits-per-second (Mbps) per-radio, and are designed to support multimedia applications such as video even in high density client environments. The AP-134 features two 3X3 MIMO dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz radios with external interfaces for detachable antennas. The AP-135 features the same radios with integrated antennas. MACSec authentication and encryption on the AP-134 and AP-135 enables secure one-to-one connection between the AP and the switch port in the wiring closet. Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi in Three Minutes for Remote and Branch Offices(ROBO) Aruba Instant™, which virtualizes Aruba Mobility Controller capabilities on an 802.11n AP, is the first solution of its kind to combine enterprise-grade features and functionality with the affordability and simplicity of an entry-level standalone WLAN. This implementation enables enterprise-grade security and reliability supporting hundreds of simultaneous users. Groups of independent Aruba Instant networks spread across multiple locations may be managed in the cloud using Aruba Airwave software. Aruba Instant deployments are easily extensible to Aruba controller-based access networks. The Multimedia-Grade Wi-Fi Experience, Outdoors The multifunction Aruba AP-175 is an affordable, fully-hardened outdoor 802.11n AP that provides maximum deployment flexibility for enterprise campus extension and other outdoor environments. The AP-175 delivers wire-like performance with data rates up to 300Mbps per radio. Featuring two 2X2 MIMO dual-band 2.4-GHz/5-GHz radios with quad antenna interfaces, the AP-175 provides wireless LAN access with background monitoring, wireless IPS and spectrum analysis, as well as Remote AP (RAP) functionality. "The Aruba MOVE architecture is designed for mobility first, addressing the needs of the increasingly mobile workforce and the organizations that support them," said Jeff Gardner, CEO of Carousel Industries, an Aruba sales partner. "The breadth and quality of solutions and support that Aruba provides to Carousel helps us meet our customers' needs, regardless of where they are on the mobility adoption curve." "Access networks built on port and cable-based architectures for the past 20 years no longer meet the needs of today's mobile enterprise," said Hitesh Sheth, chief operating officer for Aruba. "The LAN as we have known it is dead. IT departments need answers to address the mobility revolution, and Aruba is in a unique position to provide them with solutions that work." For additional information on Aruba MOVE: www.arubanetworks.com/the-lan-is-dead To read the companion announcement made today on the Aruba MOVE architecture, visit the Aruba web site: www.arubanetworks.com/news-releases/aruba-networks-move-architecture-accelerates-the-enterprise/ (Hilarious!) Videos – Mobility challenges and Aruba MOVE: The CEO and his iPad -- "Meow" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTdnrTRTykY The CEO and his iPad -- "Anything Else?" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2yDrw4k8gU The CEO and his iPad -- "Hold on, Let Me Check" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSjsK0CVwVg Going to Brazil -- "Emailllllllll" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF1TLzKXBcg Going to Brazil -- "Time Machine" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjVYF4kuws4 Going to Brazil -- "Second Life" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_XR7ss2NW8 About Aruba Networks, Inc. Aruba is a global leader in distributed enterprise networks. Its award-winning portfolio of campus, branch/teleworker, and mobile solutions simplify operations and secure access to all corporate applications and services - regardless of the user's device, location, or network. This dramatically improves productivity and lowers capital and operational costs. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com. For real-time news updates follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook. © 2011 Aruba Networks, Inc. Aruba Networks' trademarks include ®, Aruba Networks®, Aruba Wireless Networks®, the registered Aruba the Mobile Edge Company logo, Aruba Mobility Management System®,Mobile Edge Architecture®, People Move. Networks Must Follow®, RFProtect®, and Green Island®. All rights reserved.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change without notice.Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements related to expected benefits and availability of our products, expected performance of our products, anticipated demand for new products and features offered by us, future market and customer demand conditions and position of our products in the market.These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions which, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause Aruba's results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. 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Second-year Arizona Cardinals linebacker Sam Acho has a way of putting a smile on kids' faces. If you remember, Acho provided us with one of the highlights during the preseason with his encounter with a young girl. This time around, Acho gave a young fan an early Christmas present that, by the little guy's reaction, will be a present this little guy will remember for a young time. Arizona fans haven't had much to cheer about this year (or in many recent years). After a 4-0 start, they have won just one of their last 11. We applaud this young fan's faithfulness. Following Sunday's game against the Bears, Acho headed over to the stands to give away a glove that he was wearing. If the kid's reaction doesn't make you smile, you might need to lighten up a little. Propers to Huffington Post
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NanoDegree promises fast track to workforce
A low-cost, online "NanoDegree" earned in six to 12 months could revolutionize higher education, writes Eduardo Porter in the New York Times.
AT&T created the new credential with Udacity, the online education company founded by Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun.
For $200 a month, it is intended to teach anyone with a mastery of high school math the kind of basic programming skills needed to qualify for an entry-level position at AT&T as a data analyst, iOS applications designer or the like.
. . . "We are trying to widen the pipeline," said Charlene Lake, an AT&T spokeswoman. "This is designed by business for the specific skills that are needed in business."
"It is like a university built by industry," said Thrun.
The NanoDegree is designed to be a flexible, efficient and stackable job credential for people who don't want to spend two or four years in college to qualify for an entry-level technical job.
But, so far, Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, aren't closing the opportunity gap, writes Porter. Those who do best with MOOCs tend to be college graduates who want to learn new skills. In a Penn study, fewer than 10 percent of MOOC enrollees completed the course. Most lost interest in a few weeks.
Most community college students don't have the literacy or drive necessary to succeed in courses that offer little or no face-to-face interaction, concluded a study by Teachers College, Columbia researchers. MOOCs are for the self motivated.
However, online education that's directly tied to a job "may do better in giving low-income students a leg up," writes Porter. "And companies, rather than colleges, may be best suited to shape the curriculum."
AT&T will accept the NanoDegree as a credential for entry-level jobs and plans to hire 100 interns with the degree. Udacity is creating NanoDegrees with other companies. "It's a more focused education with less time wasted," Mr. Thrun told me. "They can get a degree quickly, get a job and then maybe do it again."
Online ed grows as retention gap narrows
Online enrollment grew by 5.2 percent at community colleges from fall 2012 to fall 2013, even as traditional enrollment declined, reports the Instructional Technology Council's 2013 Distance Education Survey. Twenty-six percent of community college students enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2012, according to IPEDS data.
"The retention gap" between online and traditional students "has narrowed dramatically" in the past nine years, ITC reports. Colleges are shifting their focus from adding online offerings to improving the quality of online courses.
MOOCs have not caught on.
Most community college distance education administrators and faculty remain skeptical of massive open online courses (MOOCs) due to their low student retention rates, low teacher-to-student interaction, inability to authenticate students, and lack of financial sustainability. A few community colleges have received grant funding from private foundations to develop MOOCs that offer self-paced online orientations and remedial help, but few community colleges have created a financially-sustainable model for creating MOOCs for their students.
Only half of the community colleges surveyed are able to meet the growing student demand for distance education courses.
DeMOOCratizing higher ed
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) promise to democratize higher education, but it's not clear that promise can be kept for underserved and underprepared students, writes Shanna Smith Jaggars, assistant director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.
According to large-scale studies of online learning conducted in two different community college systems, students who enroll in at least one online course are quite different from those who opt for an entirely face-to-face schedule. As one might expect, students in online courses are older, more likely to have dependents, and more likely to be employed full-time. Yet they are also more advantaged: they are less likely to be ethnic minorities, less likely to be low-income, and less likely to be academically underprepared at college entry.
Most community college students who take online courses take only one or two per semester, writes Jaggars. Many say it's harder to learn online; few say it's easier. In a survey of Virginia community college students, online learners said "they received less instructor guidance, support, and encouragement in their online courses; as a result, they did not learn the material as well."
For highly confident, highly motivated, and high-achieving students, this relative lack of interpersonal connection and support may not be particularly problematic. However, low-income, ethnic minority, or first-generation students—that is, most community college students—are often anxious about their ability to succeed academically, and this anxiety can manifest in counterproductive strategies such as procrastinating, not turning in assignments, or not reaching out to professors for help. . . . online courses need to incorporate stronger interpersonal connections and instructor guidance than most currently do.
Skeptical about the "massive" nature of MOOCs, some community college leaders are experimenting with using online content within a "flipped" classroom model, writes Jaggars. Students study the material online on their own, then review and apply the material in a small, face-to-face, instructor-led class.
MOOCs may "improve access to college-level learning among technology-savvy working adults who hope to upgrade their skills," concludes Jaggars. But there's no evidence that online courses can "improve both access and success" for community college students.
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Top 10 higher ed stories of 2013
The rise of MOOCS lead Ed Central's Top Ten Higher Ed Stories of 2013. "The massive open online courses have huge potential to bring learning to more people, and to do it cheaper."
Also on the list is U.S. Department of Education approval for Southern New Hampshire University's College for America, "the first school to award federal aid based on direct assessment of students' learning."
President Obama sent higher education stakeholders into a tizzy with his August announcement that the administration would implement a wide-ranging plan to get college costs under control. The centerpiece of the plan would rate colleges on a variety of metrics, and with Congressional approval, tie the ratings to financial aid eligibility.
Congress lowered interest rates on federal student loans and tied the rates to the market.
"Merit aid madness" benefits the wealthiest students.
(Colleges) "increasingly using their institutional financial aid as a competitive tool to reel in the top students, as well as the most affluent, to help them climb up the U.S. News & World Report rankings and maximize their revenue.
Other top stories are questions about the fairness of income-baseded repayment, policy changes for Parent PLUS loans, the rewrite of gainful employment regulations, data transparency and a OECD report "identifying one in six Americans as lacking basic skills necessary for the workforce."
Ed Central proposes a college scoreboard design.
Future MOOCs: Just for job skills?
In a few years, MOOCs went from fad to destroyer of higher ed to flop, but MOOCs have a future, writes Rachelle DeJong on Minding the Campus. It lies "somewhere between adapting to a niche clientele and rebounding to capture" hundreds of thousands of students.
She envisions three possibilites.
First, MOOCs could become "advanced technical schools and outsourced employee training," as predicted by Walter Russell Mead.
Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun is is moving in this direction after giving up on competing with brick-and-mortar BA programs.
The new MOOC-ish master's degree program at Georgia Tech is an example: AT&T is a major funder of the Georgia Tech initiative, planning to send its employees through the program and to hire additional high-performing program graduates. Forbes reports that a growing number of businesses are authorizing MOOC versions of their training courses.
MOOCs could be "usefully middlebrow," a sort of Readers Digest version of college courses, suggests University of Michigan professor Jonathan Freedman. It might be college lite, "but it's not comic books, either," writes DeJong.
It's also possible no-cost MOOCs will "encourage renewed interest in the humanities," DeJong writes. When college costs are high, students are drawn to what they see as practical STEM courses.
MOOC completion rates aren't all that low
MOOC completion rates aren't all that low, writes Kevin Carey on EdCentral.
Massive Open Online Courses have puny completion rates, according to a Penn study of 16 Coursera MOOCS. Only 4 percent made it to the end.
That's misleading, Carey counters. That four percent appears to be the percent of "registrants" who finished the course; it includes people who never logged on and those who logged on and immediately dropped out.
For example, Penn's "Mythology" MOOC attracted about 15,000 registrants who never started, 20,000 starters who immediately stopped and 25,000 active users. "Nearly 60 percent of the people the study reported as not finishing the course never tried to finish," writes Carey.
Of 25,000 active users, only 1,350 completed the course. That's not much, Carey concedes. But it's very close to the percentage of Penn applicants who complete a degree.
Anyone can sign up for a Coursera course, just as anyone can apply to Penn.
Last year, 31,218 students applied to Penn. Thirteen percent were admitted, and 63 percent of those students enrolled. In other words, Penn had (or will have) roughly: 27,200 Applicants who were not admitted 1,500 Admittants who did not enroll 330 Enrollees who did not graduate 2,200 Graduates Or, to put it another way, about seven percent of all students who "signed up" for the University of Pennsylvania by submitting an application end up graduating four years later, which is almost precisely the same as the percentage of Active Users who completed a MOOC in the study held up as evidence that MOOCs don't work very well.
Penn doesn't admit the less capable, less motivated applicants, writes Carey. Coursera lets everyone try.
Applying to Penn takes effort and money, while signing up for Coursera takes 30 seconds and is free.
An apples-to-apples comparison would probably include everyone who requested a Penn application, or logged onto registrar's website, but didn't complete an application. That number would be substantially larger than 31,218, and drive the graduation ratio down further still.
Nearly all Penn undergrads are full-time students who've invested a lot of money in their degree, so they're highly motivated to finish. "Coursera students come in all ages and nationalities and many already have college degrees," Carey writes. They've invested no money, so they can quit without penalty.
The Penn study concludes the 16 MOOCS have "few active users" and that "few" students persist to the end. But Mythology drew 25,000 active users, which is more than twice the number of Penn undergrads, Carey points out. The 1,350 who finished represent a huge increase in Mythology completers. "The researchers could have taken exactly the same data and issued a report finding that 'MOOCs achieve ten-fold increase in course completers for Ivy League class, at zero cost to students'."
After suspending its MOOC trial for a semester, San Jose State will offer three online courses developed with Udacity in the spring. The online versions of Elementary Statistics, Introduction to Programming and General Psychology won't be massive or open. Class size will be limited and only California State University students will be eligible.
MOOCs are hot, but do students learn?
MOOCs (massive open online courses) are red hot in higher education, reports Time. A third of college administrators think residential campuses will become obsolete. State legislators are pushing for-credit MOOCs to cut college costs. But, how much are MOOC students learning?
"At this point, there's just no way to really know whether they're effective or not," said Shanna Jaggars, assistant director of the Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College, which has produced some of the most recent scholarship about online education.
Enrollment in online college courses of all kinds increased by 29 percent from 2010 through 2012, according to the Babson Survey Research Group. However, completion rates are low. Only about 10 percent of people who sign up for a MOOC complete the course.
Advocates say that's because there are no admissions requirements and the courses are free; they compare it to borrowing a book from the library and browsing it casually or returning it unread.
In addition, completers don't earn college credits. In a survey by Qualtrics and Instructure, two-thirds of MOOC students said they'd be more likely to complete a MOOC if they could get college credit or a certificate of completion. That still not widely available, notes Time.
Until it is, said Jaggars, it will be hard to measure the effectiveness of MOOCs—a Catch-22, since without knowing their effectiveness, it's unlikely colleges will give academic credit for them.
To study what happens when students get credit for online courses, Teachers College looked at online courses at community colleges in Virginia and Washington State that were not MOOCs—since tuition was charged and credit given—but were like them in other ways. The results were not encouraging. Thirty-two percent of the students in online courses in Virginia quit before finishing, compared with 19 percent of classmates in conventional classrooms. The equivalent numbers in Washington State were 18 percent versus 10 percent. Online students were also less likely to get at least a C, less likely to return for the subsequent semester, and ultimately less likely to graduate.
San Jose State's experiment with for-credit MOOCs was suspended in response to very low pass rates. Pass rates improved significantly in the summer semester, but "a closer look showed that more than half of the summer students already had at least a bachelor's degree, compared to none of the students who took online courses in the spring." Even then, more summer registrants dropped out than in traditional classes.
"In general, students don't do as well in online courses as they do in conventional courses," said Jaggars. "A lot of that has to do with the engagement. There's just less of it in online courses."
Despite all this, 77 percent of academic leaders think online education is as good as face-to-face classes or better, Babson found. Four in 10 said their schools plan to offer MOOCs within three years, according to a survey by the IT company Enterasys.
In a new Gallup poll, 13 percent said employers see an online degree as better than a traditional degree, while 49 percent said the online degree has less value for employers. Online education gives students more options and provides good value for the money, but is less rigorous, most respondents said.
Learning in person matters for first-gen students
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, 35, probably will discourage his kids from going to college when they're old enough, he said in a discussion sponsored by the New America Foundation. "Recent college grads… come in with no skills that are usable to us, with the exception of programmers," he said.
Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg agreed that a college degree represents "a lot of debt and not necessarily a skill set." He added, "I don't want my children to go to college unless they … desperately [want to be] scholars… Otherwise, I'd much prefer them to do an internship."
Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of the foundation, said her son, a junior in high school, has "learned more from the [free educational site] Khan Academy, in many ways, than he has in class." Today's teens think they "can learn what I need to learn online," said Slaughter. "That sense that, 'If I don't go to college between 18 and 22, I won't make it,' is really changing."
Online learning may work for the children of the elite, but "first-generation college students want to learn face to face, writes Stacia L. Brown in The Atlantic. She teaches at an ethnically diverse community college in Baltimore. Each day, her students choose to sit at desks facing her rather than computer tables.
Their desire to sit shoulder-to-shoulder, facing me, is essential. It means, whether they realize it or not, that their concept of college is driven by human interaction. The Internet, which many of them access nonstop through smartphones, is a secondary resource in our classroom. I, the live person, smiling encouragingly as they expound on a thought, am the first.
Thirty percent of first-year college students are the first in their families to go to college, writes Brown.
First-gen college students find it difficult to adjust to most post-secondary learning without dedicated mentorship. Low-income first gens are four times more likely to leave college after the first year than their multi-generation peers. And a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board noted that the state's first-gen drop-out rate for those in face-to-face, on-campus classes was 18 percent, as opposed to 25 percent for distance learners. Students like mine could not be tossed into the deep end of MOOC without having first spent whole semesters sitting at shared desks, raising their hands, and exchanging their writing among teachers, tutors, and peers.
Online instruction is "valuable and convenient" for some, but isn't enough for first-generation students, concludes Brown.
Faculty doubt quality of online courses
Professors are skeptical about the quality of online courses, especially MOOCs, according to Inside Higher Ed's Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology.
Only one in five think "online courses can achieve learning outcomes equivalent to those of in-person courses." However, professors who've taught online (30 percent of respondents) were much likelier to say online courses can be just as effective.
And while even professors who have taught online are about evenly divided on whether online courses generally can produce learning outcomes equivalent to face-to-face classes (33 percent agree, 30 percent are neutral, and 37 percent disagree), instructors with online experience are likelier than not to believe that online courses can deliver equivalent outcomes at their institutions (47 percent agree vs. 28 percent disagree), in their departments (50 percent vs. 30 percent), and in the classes they teach (56 percent vs. 29 percent).
Asked to rate factors that contribute to quality in online education, whether an online program is offered by an accredited institution tops the list for faculty members (73 percent), and about 6 in 10 say that whether an online program is offered by an institution that also offers in-person instruction is a "very important" indicator of quality. Only 45 percent say it is very important that the online education is offered for credit, and about 3 in 10 say it is very important whether the offering institution is nonprofit.
Most professors want to make sure faculty members control decision-making about MOOCs and that accreditors review their quality.
Of professors who've never taught an online course, 30 percent say the main reason is because they've never been asked.
Geoff Cain offers time-saving tips for teaching online at Brainstorm in Progress. He's also got advice for online students.