text:
(Cyber) school is in session Florida Virtual School, other online options benfit self-motivated students
When Lake Placid mom Katie Wilson's daughter Madison came home crying day after day from her first-grade class, Wilson wasn't sure what to do. "We just had some issues with her teacher," Wilson said. A counselor recommended that Wilson "remove (Madison) from the whole situation." "I panicked," Wilson recalled, thinking "I don't know how to home school her. I don't want her to fall behind." A friend recommended Florida Virtual School, and after looking into it, Wilson signed her daughter up for the spring semester.Online options for education are becoming more and more well-known in the digital age. While most higher learning institutions offer online classes and even fully online degrees, there are options for the K-12 segment as well. In fact, the 2012 Florida Statute 1003.428 revision now requires that high schoolers take at least one online course before graduation to prepare them for this type of learning environment. Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is one of the largest and most well-known options in K-12 online learning in the state of Florida. FLVS offers more than 120 course options and is free to Florida residents. It is a 16-year-old, fully-accredited public school district created by the state of Florida, stated Tania Clow, spokeswoman for the organization. FLVS offers a full-time elementary school program through a partnership with Connections Academy and a full-time or part-time program for middle and high schoolers. A home-schooling option is also available. Wilson said she was a little bit nervous about the online school and didn't know what to expect at first. "They sent us every single book we needed - workbooks, textbooks, even supplies, crayons and markers, pencils and erasers." FLVS also loaned them a laptop. "We had to return everything at the end of the school year," explained Wilson, who added that the school also provided fake money to practice math skills and even goggles and beakers to conduct science experiments. The process was very hands-on for Wilson, who needed to be there to help her daughter read some material and assist her if she was having trouble. "I was told from the virtual teacher not to do everything for her. They wanted her to be able to do a lot of it for herself," Wilson stated. Pros to the system, according to Wilson, included Madison being able to learn at her own pace, what Wilson felt was a broader focus on social studies, the use of videos and other instructional techniques, and a lack of distractions. Cons to learning online included lack of socialization and missing out on music class and P.E. A local group offered playdates and field trips, but the Wilsons weren't able to attend. As for sports and clubs, Florida statutes state that students in district virtual instruction programs who meet certain academic and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in extracurricular activities. Madison is now attending fifth-grade classes at Lake Placid Elementary, but Wilson is considering enrolling her daughter online for middle school. v vIn addition to FLVS, there are other online options for parents and students. K12 is a private education management organization that provides online learning for elementary through high school. A spokesperson did not return phone calls, but the company website states that K12 programs are available in 28 states, the District of Columbia and 36 countries. The site describes options such as a full-time "online public school" program, an online private school program, "blended" learning that can occur in a computer lab at school, curriculum for teachers to use in the classroom and purchasable curriculum. When students enroll with an online public school district, requirements are the same as for brick-and-mortar schools. Teachers must be state-certified, kids must take state achievement tests, and the curriculum must adhere to state standards. Clow said there are a number of reasons why families might choose an online education. Students may want to "accelerate," take a course their school may not provide, do grade forgiveness or credit recovery, or just want to take extra courses, Clow said. Some virtual students may be home-schooled, in military families, expatriates or struggling with physical or mental health issues and even bullying in a typical school setting. According to Clow, during the 2012-2013 school year (measured as a typical brick-and-mortar school year even though FLVS offers rolling enrollment year-round) FLVS had 790 part-time and 68 full-time students from Highlands County. The most popular courses across the state are Algebra I and Algebra II for core courses and driver's ed, P.E., Spanish I and Spanish II for electives. Although FLVS has announced a recent rash of teacher layoffs due to reduced enrollment, Clow said that will not affect the variety of courses. Another way to help a student improve certain skills online is with the tutoring site Khan Academy. This not-for-profit group has a heavy focus on math and science and offers videos, practice tests, achievement "badges" and tracking, all available for free. v vMatt Juve just graduated from Sebring High this spring. He is a virtual schooling veteran, having taken online classes since the second grade. Juve's mom, Diane, discovered he was way ahead in math and enrolled him in the Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth. Matt Juve did his math online in a classroom at his school until fifth grade, when he did it on his own, said Diane Juve. Matt Juve began FLVS classes in the seventh grade and has taken 19 FLVS classes in total. Since the Advanced Placement computer software course wasn't available at his high school, Matt Juve was able to take it through FLVS. When he starts his computer software engineering degree program at Auburn this year, he'll already have his first semester under his belt. Online classes are a great option for bright and motivated kids to get ahead in their education, agreed FLVS Latin instructor and Sebring resident Dara Taylor. Her 16-year-old daughter Adrianna Taylor used FLVS to get ahead in math. That, in conjunction with dual enrollment courses she's taking at South Florida State College, has Adrianna on track to graduate from high school with an associate degree in chemistry. Taylor, who has taught both virtually and in the classroom, has 10 years experience teaching online. She said she averages about 180 students at a time, all of them working at their own pace through the online material. She keeps in touch regularly with each student via text, phone and/or messaging. She is also in communication with the parents. Taylor said the model works well. "I feel like I know my students and their families better as a whole," she said, adding that students seem more open to being vulnerable and asking questions "because they are not looking at my face." Students pass or fail in pretty much the same way they do in a brick-and-mortar school. Grades are based on doing and turning in the work, the quality of the work and tests. And what about cheating? Clow explained that every piece of work students submit is checked across the Internet for plagiarism as well as compared with past work from every other FLVS student. Teachers also check kids' knowledge with that old piece of technology - the telephone. If they submitted an essay but can't tell the teacher anything about what was in it, there's a red flag. v vDespite a July report by the National Education Policy Center finding K12 online students lagged behind traditional students in both grades and graduation rates, experts agree there isn't enough research to determine whether an online education is better or worse than an education in a traditional classroom. The few studies that have been done show no statistically significant difference between the two models. Critics of online learning say it takes needed money away from local school districts, who have to maintain expensive facilities and limited teacher-student ratios. New state legislation has changed funding for local districts and virtual schools, but Highlands County coordinator of student services Marcia Davis said they won't know the impact of that change until the end of the year. Current Highlands County virtual student enrollment numbers were not available, and Davis said their numbers would only include students who did their studies online and who also had Highlands County listed as their public school district. The figures would not include students using FLVS as their public school district. Davis said that she's seen many kids pulled out of brick-and-mortar schools when they are struggling and placed in virtual schools instead, only to see those kids come back the following year with no credits earned. "There's a misconception that (online school) is easy, and it's not," she warned. She sees the model as being very successful for self-motivated kids and kids who are strong in academics. The schools also allow failing kids to make up classes online during school hours in a computer lab. "We try to help these kids get caught up," Davis added, saying she was unsure of the exact cost to the district but, "it's just worth it for us." Matt Juve said the hardest part about being an online student was being self-motivated enough to sit down and to get the work done. "I like being able to work at my own pace in some classes, spend more time on things that I need to. Then sometimes I'll get a concept and I can move right on."


text:
Tom wrote:
> Now what is that?
> Can anybody give me an advice on what to do?
you can start up with the installation cd/dvd of openSUSE 10.2
choose --> install - repair - boot installed system
your installed openSUSE will boot.
then can you go into yast - system - bootloader
check there if the bootloader is correct installed.
Running KDE 3.5.7 / openSUSE 10.3 RC1

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Usually on a weekend, when there is a new Harry Potter book due and the latest Harry Potter film is in theatres, the Khannas should be consumed by Pottermania. Not surprising, given that Mr and Mrs Khanna have two precocious kids, who are obsessed with the wunderkind of Hogwarts.
Unfortunately for the kids, mom and dad are going to be spending much of this weekend labouring through eight ITRs (Income Tax Returns) as they try to file their income tax returns in time. The latest changes in the filing formats have convinced them that someone in the government has decided to cast the 'Confundus charm', a charm used to confuse objects and people, on unsuspecting taxpayers.


text:
« April 2011 | Main | June 2011 »
Flash Sale! A little present to make your Monday better. Take 15% off all swimwear from 12-5pm today only. Choose three day shipping to ensure you get it by this weekend. Coupon code SPLASH.
Shop Swimwear - Shop Summer Casual - Shop Summer Footwear
It's a SHORE thing - This seasonal trend is all about Summer fun, laid back days at the beach, and soaking up the sun. Now, while I don't condone fist pumping (although I do think GTL is a pretty good motto) I love spending my summer on the shore side. Walking the board walk in a pair of cargo shorts and a tank, relaxing on the beach or catching up with friends at a late night bonfire, all of these things bring back great memories of Summer for me. Check out the latest from Universal Gear. Shop SWIMWEAR
*Summer Must Haves: Tanks, Cargo Shorts, Cut Off Denim Shorts, Board Shorts, Tinted Mirror Aviator Sunglasses
* Speaking of Summer by the Shore I am proud to announce the opening of our Newest Universal Gear in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
46 Baltimore Ave
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
-a full bio on the latest UG coming soon
--Dustin Schaad


text:
Definition of fiddlestick in English:
Example sentences
- I suppose one could still say, 'Oh fiddlesticks.'
- Oberarzt, fiddlesticks, he was not a real Doktor at all, but perhaps had once been some lowly wardsman in a pre-war Krankhaus.
- Watch out for those who wax pious about their imagined sacramental link with their constituencies - to which we should reply fiddlesticks.
A violin bow.
Example sentences
- Here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall make you dance.
- The daughter and the bewildered father leave, but leave the fiddlestick behind.
For editors and proofreaders
Syllabification: fid·dle·stick
Definition of fiddlestick in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
Solomon_Man wrote:
> int indexId = 0;
> if((indexId = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE,sizeof(int),SHM_R|SHM_W))<0)
> {
> cout<<"ERROR: indexId ="<
> cout< > exit (1);
> }
You have an error in you method of programming here, in particular for C++
you could do better. Suggestion:
int shm_create( size_t size, int flags)
int res = shmget( IPC_PRIVATE, size, flags);
return res;
int const e = errno;
cout << "shmget() failed, errno=" << e << '(' << strerror(e) << ")\n";
What's the difference?
1. You are doing things between shmget() and reading errno that might
affect errno. Save the value immediately!
2. Use EXIT_FAILURE, it documents clearly what is going on.
3. No need to init a variable to zero and then assign a value to it. In
fact I'd consider the if-clause pretty unreadable. Suggestion:
int indexId = shmget(...);
if(indexId == -1)
{ ... }
What else:
The function returns an int, but that is in fact a resource handle that can
be used to access the shared memory. You need to make sure that this
resource is correctly released after use. For that, use RAII (STW if that
doesn't mean anything to you yet). I would suggest you create a wrapper
that behaves like std::auto_ptr, all with its peculiar copying semantics.
With that in place, you could also use exceptions to signal errors which
makes the final code much, much clearer.
> int ptheSharedIndex;
> ptheSharedIndex = (int)shmat(indexId,0,0);
> //attach to the current process
Now, this is plainly wrong: You are casting a pointer to an integer. Do you
know the difference between a pointer-to-X and an X? Further, the rule is
to never use C style casts in C++. If you don't (yet) understand why, at
least accept this for now and don't stray from this path. FYI, the correct
cast is a static_cast and if you try to cast to the wrong type the
compiler will tell you about it as good as it can - the 'int' would have
been flagged as error.
> exit(0); //End Process (Main)
Unnecessary, you could have returned here or simply fallen off the end with
the same effect.


text:
South African Olympic gold medallists in swimming, Cameron van der Burgh (pictured top) and Chad le Clos (pictured bottom). What did you guys think I meant?
If you are listening to the BBC commentary you probably weren't aware that they were even contenders for the gold, or in Chad's case, in fact won gold ("The uh-mazing Phelps makes history as he wins 18 Olympic medals bla bla" *ahem* he got the silver medal, and that little African shedding tears about beating his idol just got gold. So, Mr BBC, let's focus on THAT, shall we?! grrr)
yours in being the proudest little African, x Precious


text:
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has many resources to help organizations and individuals understand and protect privacy.
In this section you will find:
Reports and Publications
Guidance and Information
- Privacy research conducted or commissioned by the OPC
- Contributions Program information and research
Youth Privacy
- Information and tools designed to help parents, teachers and youths better understand and discuss privacy issues and rights.
Popular Topics
- A comprehensive collection of OPC resources, materials and information for some of the key privacy issues.
Privacy Illustrations
- Fun and functional cartoons that illustrate privacy issues.
Privacy Initiatives
- OPC materials developed in support of Data Privacy Day, Fraud Prevention Month, Privacy Awareness Week, and Small Business Week.
International Data Protection Authorities and Organizations
- Links to websites for other data protection authorities and organizations.
Other Privacy Resources
- Links to other websites with privacy information.
Documentos en español
- In support of our international work, some of our privacy materials are available in Spanish.


text:
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness Madness Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I avoided a vast artificial hole somebody had been digging on the slope, the purpose of which I found it impossible to divine. It wasn't a quarry or a sandpit, anyhow. It was just a hole. It might have been connected with the philanthropic desire of giving the criminals something to do. I don't know. Then I nearly fell into a very narrow ravine, almost no more than a scar in the hillside." (1.38)
This random hole is another sign that people go crazy in the wilderness. (Maybe it's aliens?) But it isn't harmless eccentricity—when Marlow almost falls into another little ravine, we get the feeling that the madness is getting dangerous.
Quote #8
"He had come out for a moment, he said, 'to get a breath of fresh air. The expression sounded wonderfully odd, with its suggestion of sedentary desk-life." (1.43)
Wait, if you're actually living in the wilderness in a hut, why do you need to come outside for air? It's as though the accountant is trying to live the same kind of life he'd be living back in Brussels—which sounds pretty crazy to us.
Quote #9
"In the steady buzz of flies the homeward-bound agent was lying finished and insensible; the other, bent over his books, was making correct entries of perfectly correct transactions; and fifty feet below the doorstep I could see the still tree-tops of the grove of death." (1.48)
Marlow draws our attention to the madness of the situation by juxtaposing two very different images together—one of a man lying on his deathbed, and another of the accountant quietly going about his business as if nothing were wrong.


text:
Memory span
In psychology and neuroscience, memory span is the longest list of items that a person can repeat back in correct order immediately after presentation on 50% of all trials. Items may include words, numbers, or letters. The task is known as digit span when numbers are used. Memory span is a common measure of short-term memory. It is also a component of cognitive ability tests such as the WAIS. Backward memory span is a more challenging variation which involves recalling items in reverse order.
As functional aspect[edit]
Functionally, memory span appears to measure the number of discrete units over which the individual can successively distribute his attention and still organize them into a working unit. To generalize, memory span refers to the ability of an individual to reproduce immediately, after one presentation, a series of discrete stimuli in their original order. Practically any sort of material may be presented, such as digits, letters, words, and sounds, and almost any sense organ or combination of sense organs may be used to receive the impressions.[1]
As structural aspect[edit]
A structural definition of memory span is difficult to give, for one immediately is faced by the distinctions between the prerequisites for memory span, and the actual processes involved. "Associability" is required in memory span. This term refers to the ability of the subject to group the series of elements together: to perceive relationships among the series in order to better reproduce them. Still another process involved in memory span is that of imagery. The subject, in order to be able to reproduce the series presented, must be able to image the series. The actual reproducing of the series of stimuli involves the process of memory. If the individual possessed no memory at all, reproduction of the series would be impossible. It is also known that memory span and memory are different in the length of time over which reproduction is possible. Memory span is transitory; memory is fairly permanent. In addition, the amount of material involved in memory span is ordinarily much less than the amount of material involved in memory. Reproduction of the series also involves certain other "reproduction factors," such as language ability and arithmetical proficiency.[2]
There are a number of factors which definitely affect memory span; the effects of practically all of these factors have been investigated in statistical and experimental studies. Some of the factors are extrinsic, or present in the testing situation itself. These factors, if not carefully controlled, cause the memory span test to be statistically unreliable. Other factors are intrinsic in the individual, and it is these factors which are the basis of "true" memory span. Though numerous factors affect memory span, the test is one that shows surprisingly high reliability. Results obtained by different investigators show that the reliability coefficients for memory span are quite high.
Digit-span task is used to measure working memory's number storage capacity. Participants are presented with a series of digits (e.g., '8, 2, 4') and must immediately repeat them back. If they do this successfully, they are given a longer list (e.g., '9, 2, 4, 1'). The length of the longest list a person can remember is that person's digit span. While the participant is asked to enter the digits in the given order in the forward digit-span task, in the backward digit-span task the participant needs to reverse the order of the numbers.[3]
|Memory span
This is a graphical representation of typical results that might be obtained from performing a forward/backward digit span recall task on participants in several different age groups. The numbers on the y-axis indicate number of digits successfully recalled.
The digit span task exercises verbal working memory. Scientists refer to working memory as the cognitive system that allows the temporary storage and manipulation of information. According to one influential cognitive theory, this system has specialised components, one of which, the 'Phonological loop', underlies verbal working memory abilities (Baddeley & Hitch 1974). The phonological loop consists of a verbal storage system and a rehearsal system. Participants may find themselves mentally rehearsing the string of digits as they appear on screen; this is the rehearsal system in action. It allows the visual inputs to be recoded so that they can enter short term verbal store and it also refreshes decaying representations (that is, any item that is about to be forgotten).
Verbal working memory is involved in many everyday tasks, from remembering a friend's telephone number while entering it into a phone, to understanding long and difficult sentences. For example, it is difficult to understand a whole sentence without remembering the words at the beginning long enough to connect them with the words at the end.[citation needed] Verbal working memory is also thought to be one of the elements underlying intelligence (often referred to as 'IQ,' meaning "intelligence quotient"); thus, the digit span task is a common component of many IQ tests, including the widely used Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Performance on the digit span task is also closely linked to language learning abilities; improving verbal memory capacities may therefore aid mastery of a new language.[4][5][6]
Extrinsic factors[edit]
(1) Characteristics of the material that is used: The characteristics of the material used will definitely affect the memory span score. If, for example, the material is all closely related, it will be much more easily reproduced. This relationship of the material is called the "coefficient of associability." Subjects also display an increased memory span for concrete words like hammer over abstract ones like justice.[7]
(2) Rhythm of the presentation of the material: Closely related to the problem of presenting the stimuli in groups, is the presentation of the stimuli in rhythmic fashion. Most investigators point out that the stimuli used in testing memory span should be presented with as little rhythm as possible. The effect of rhythm is to group the units in the series, again enabling the individual to secure a span higher than his "true" one.
(3) Rate of presentation of the stimuli: The speed with which the stimuli are presented has an effect on the memory span score attained. Actual experimental investigation also indicates that the speed of presenting the stimuli affects the score.
(4) Modality of presentation: Studies have shown a consistent increase in memory span for lists presented auditorally over ones presented visually.[8]
(5) Time required to vocalize responses: Memory span is consistently higher for short words than for long words.[9] This increase is due to the decreased amount of time needed to pronounce the shorter words, and studies have shown that memory span is approximately equal to the number of items which a subject can articulate in two seconds. A study of Welsh-English bilinguals confirmed this effect as it showed these subjects had larger digit spans for English numbers than for Welsh numbers, which take longer to pronounce.[10] The spans were equivalent when corrected for the time taken to articulate the digits.
(6) The method of scoring the responses: The method of scoring the responses also has an effect upon the apparent memory span of the individual. Variations in scoring are common; scarcely two investigators have scored alike. Most investigators take the point of view that an incorrect series should not be scored at all.
(7) Distraction: Naturally enough, one would expect that the greater the distraction present in the situation, the poorer would be the performance of the individual, and this is actually the case. The reason for this effect is apparent. Inasmuch as attention is one of the processes involved in the successful functioning of memory span, if the processes of attention are directed towards some other stimulus, they cannot operate effectively in the memory span function.[11]
Intrinsic factors[edit]
The intrinsic factors are those within the individual which influence the individual's permanent memory span.
- Age
The age of the individual is a factor which appears to affect memory span. Memory span has been found to increase with age, up to a given point. It should be pointed out that if the mental age of the individual does not increase, the memory span will not, either. So far as is known, memory span increases along with intelligence, and is generally found to level off at a similar point. Some investigators claim that memory span increases to a point somewhere between the sixteen- and twenty-six-year-old level, though a large number of researchers believe that memory span remains constant after the individual reaches a point somewhere between 12 and 16 years. A study conducted by Gregoire and Van der Linden in 1997 observed gradual declines in both forward and backward memory spans between the ages of 20 and 70, with backward memory span capacity being marginally less than forward memory span capacity, but declining at an equal rate; these declines did not become statistically significant, however, until after the age of 70, when the declines in both forward and backward memory spans became more pronounced.[12][13] Because the backward digit span task (measuring backward memory span) is thought to involve not only short term memory stores but also the involvement of the central executive (which is believed to be responsible for moderating short term memory stores), equal rates of decline in forward and backward memory spans may indicate that forward memory span relies on the moderating effects of central executive resources as well [14]
- Permanent pathological conditions
When the physical condition of the individual becomes permanently modified, the memory span has been found to be lower than that for a normal individual. With other words, permanent medical conditions can lead to a deterioration of memory.
The memory span procedure[edit]
In a typical test of memory span, a list of random numbers or letters is read out loud or presented on a computer screen at the rate of one per second. The test begins with two to three numbers, increasing until the person commits errors. Recognizable patterns (for example 2, 4, 6, 8) should be avoided. At the end of a sequence, the person being tested is asked to recall the items in order. The average digit span for normal adults without error is seven plus or minus two.[15] However, memory span can be expanded dramatically - in one case to 80 digits - by learning a sophisticated system of recoding rules by which substrings of 5 to 10 digits are translated into one new chunk.[16] In December 2015, Lance Tschirhart entered the Guinness Book of World Records for memorizing a sequence of 456 digits spoken aloud at the rate of one per second at the World Memory Championship in Chengdu, China.
In a backward digit span task, the procedure is largely the same, except that subjects being tested are asked to recall the digits in backward order (e.g., if presented with the following string of numbers "1 5 9 2 3," the subject would be asked to recall the digits in reverse order; in the case, the correct response would be "3 2 9 5 1").
From simple span to complex span[edit]
Research in the 1970s has shown that memory span with digits and words is only weakly related to performance in complex cognitive tasks such as text comprehension, which are assumed to depend on short-term memory.[17] This questioned the interpretation of memory span as a measure of the capacity of a central short-term memory or working memory. Daneman and Carpenter introduced an extended version of the memory span task which they called reading span.[18]
The reading span task was the first instance of the family of complex span tasks, which differ from the traditional simple span tasks by adding a processing demand to the requirement to remember a list of items. In complex span tasks encoding of the memory items (e.g., words) alternates with brief processing episodes (e.g., reading sentences). For example, the operation span task combines verification of brief mathematical equations such as "2+6/2 = 5?" with memory for a word or a letter that follows immediately after each equation.[19] Complex-span tasks have also been shown to be closely related to many other aspects of complex cognitive performance besides language comprehension, among other things to measures of fluid intelligence.[20][21]
The role of interference[edit]
There is the possibility that susceptibility to proactive interference (PI) affects performance on memory span measures. For older adults, span estimates increased with each PI-reducing manipulation[clarification needed]; for younger adults, scores increased when multiple PI manipulations were combined or when PI-reducing manipulations were used in paradigms in which within-task PI was especially high. It is suggested that PI critically influences span performance. There might be the possibility that interference-proneness may influence cognitive behaviors previously thought to be governed by capacity.
PI-reducing procedures did act to improve span scores in many instances. The impact of PI is greater for older adults than for younger adults. Older adults showed relatively poor span performance when PI was maximal. By contrast, younger adults improved only when PI reductions were combined, suggesting that they are relatively resistant to PI. The fact that PI contributes to span performance raises a number of interesting possibilities with respect to previously held assumptions based on memory span performance. Working memory span tasks may measure interference-proneness in addition to capacity for both older and younger adults, suggest that resistance to interference may also affect performance on many cognitive tasks. Indeed, other studies show that individual differences in susceptibility to PI are predictive of scores on standard achievement tests.[22]
See also[edit]
- ^ Albert B. Blankenship(1938). The psychological bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2-3.
- ^ Humstone, H. J.(1919). Memory Span Tests. Psychol. Clin., 12, 196-200.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Cambridge Brain Science. About this test: Improve your digit-span performance by 'chunking'. Medical Research Council. http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/browse/memory/test/digit-span
- ^ Sage Journals. Reliable Digit Span A Systematic Review and Cross-Validation Study. Ryan W. Schroeder, Philip Twumasi-Ankrah, Lyle E. Baade and Paul S. Marshall. 6 December 2011. http://asm.sagepub.com/content/19/1/21.abstract
- ^ Sage Journals. WAIS Digit Span-Based Indicators of Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction Classification Accuracy in Traumatic Brain Injury. Matthew T. Heinly, Kevin W. Greve, Kevin J. Bianchini, Jeffery M. Love and Adrianne Brennan. http://asm.sagepub.com/content/12/4/429.short
- ^ Walker, I.; Hulme, C. (1999). "Concrete words are easier to recall than abstract words: Evidence for a semantic contribution to short term serial recall". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory, and Cognition. 25 (5).
- ^ Drewnowski, A.; Murdock, B. B. (1980). "The role of auditory features in memory span for words". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory. 6: 319–332. doi:10.1037/0278-73188.8.131.529.
- ^ Baddeley, A. D.; Thomson, N.; Buchanan, M. (1975). "Word length and the structure of short-term memory". Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 14: 575–589. doi:10.1016/S0022-5371(75)80045-4.
- ^ Ellis, N. C.; Hennelly, R. A. (February 1980). "A bilingual word-length effect: Implications for intelligence testing and the relative ease of mental calculation in Welsh and English". British Journal of Psychology. 71 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1980.tb02728.x.
- ^ Lumiley, F. H., and Calhoon, S. W.(1934). Memory Span for Words Presented Auditorially. Appl. Psychol., 18, 773-784.
- ^ Gregoire, J., and Van der Linden, M.(1997). "Effect of age on forward and backward digit spans". Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 4(2), 140-149.
- ^ Meyer, D., Glass, J., Mueller, S., Seymour, T. & Kieras, D. (2001). "Executive-process interactive control: A unified computational theory for answering 20 questions (and more) about cognitive ageing." European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 13(1/2), 123-164.
- ^ Hester, R., Kinsella, G., & Ong, B. (2004). "Effect of age on forward and backward span tasks." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10(4), 475-481
- ^ Miller, G. (1956). The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information, Psychological Review, 63, 81–97.
- ^ Ericsson, K. A., Delaney, P. F., Weaver, G., & Mahadevan, R. (2004). Uncovering the structure of a memorist's superior "basic" memory capacity. Cognitive Psychology, 49, 191-237
- ^ Perfetti, C. A., & Goldman, S. R. (1976). Discourse memory and reading comprehension skill. Journal of Verbal Learning & Verbal Behavior, 15, 33-42
- ^ Daneman, M., & Carpenter, P. A. (1980). Individual differences in working memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19, 450-466
- ^ Turner, M. L., & Engle, R. W. (1989). Is working memory capacity task dependent? Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 127-154
- ^ Kane, M. J., Hambrick, D. Z., Tuholski, S. W., Wilhelm, O., Payne, T. W., & Engle, R. W. (2004). The generality of working-memory capacity: A latent-variable approach to verbal and visuo-spatial memory span and reasoning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 189-217
- ^ Conway, A. R. A., Kane, M. J., Bunting, M. F., Hambrick, D. Z., Wilhelm, O., & Engle, R. W. (2005). Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user's guide. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 769-786
- ^ May, C.P., Hasher, L., & Kane, M.J. (1999). The role of interference in memory span. Memory & Cognition, 27, 759-767.


text:
Electric scooters, mobility aids, powerchairs
Electric mobility scooter supplier UK. All scooters and powerchairs are available to both UK and worldwide customers.
Mobility scooters UK, scooters for disabled people
Located in the heart of the Lake District in, the popular town of Keswick , the Keswick Motor Company is primarily a car dealership, but is also a Scoota Mart authorised dealer. Authorised to sell the full Scoota Mart range, the Keswick Motor Company sells the latest Mobility Scooters, Wheelchairs, Powerchairs, and other aids to daily living.
Why not call in the next time you're in the Lake District and have a look to see if there's anything that can make your life easier
45  customers online


text:
Terrifying Experience
The Rough Road to Forgiveness
Moving Forward With a Message
Far-reaching Effects
Spreading the Message
For college student Immaculée
Ilibagiza, the horror didn't end
after she left the bathroom
she shared with seven other
women for 91 days. They were
hiding in the sanctuary of a pastor's
house, stuck in a hidden bathroom that
they couldn't leave for fear of being
They were quiet while Hutu murderers
regularly passed by, chanting
slogans that described the women as
cockroaches who should be stamped
out the way thousands of Tutsis were
during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. She
could only guess at the fate of her
mother, father and two brothers—all of
whom were murdered (one brother was
spared because he was studying in Senegal
at the time of the genocide).
The aftermath included more struggles.
First, she needed to find sanctuary
with French troops sent to protect Tutsis
and their Hutu supporters from the
genocidal rampage. And then there was
the matter of her own spiritual well-being,
something she took seriously as
a devout Catholic. The easy way out,
she admits, would have been to be
swept up in the anger and hatred,
returning the venom that victimized
her family.
A simple rosary, a gift from her father,
got her through the ordeal, Immaculée
says during an interview from the lobby
of a Manhattan hotel, more than a
dozen years and thousands of miles
removed from the calamity.
She was raised as the university-trained
daughter of a prominent and
well-respected Tutsi farmer. Her father,
like most Tutsis, never expected the
wrath of Hutus to descend upon him
and his family. Up to the end, he was
working toward negotiating with the
Terrifying Experience
The murderers—in a ghastly echo of
the Nazi Holocaust—included former
friends, fellow students and even one of
Immaculée's teachers. They were everyday
people swept up in evil, whipped
up by radio broadcasts that blamed
Tutsis for the death in an airplane crash
of the Hutu president and the presence
of a rebel army poised to take over the
Experts on Rwanda's history point to
the long history of discord between
the two main tribes, aggravated by colonial
powers that placed the Tutsis, generally
known for their tall and elegant
appearance, in possession of most of the
important jobs. Resentments proceeded
to fester for decades, occasionally breaking
out in sporadic violence. But few
predicted what would come.
Immaculée, in the language of Christian
faith she cites regularly, describes the genocide as being caused by the
devil, a presence of evil she views as real
and concrete. For those reared in a different
culture, it might at first sound
implausible. From her mouth, however,
the claim has credibility. No one
can doubt that Immaculée has encountered
evil in its most terrifying form
and lived to tell about it.
The murderers killed Tutsis and their
Hutu friends in churches, schools and
camps where they huddled for protection,
even during negotiation sessions.
It was not a clinical or long-distance
mass killing. Many were ripped apart by
As the world watched, or never even
heard—Americans at the time were
absorbed in the O.J. Simpson trial—the roads in Rwanda ran with blood.
The bloated bodies of the dead were
everywhere. At the time, the modern
holocaust rarely rated a mention. Years
later President Bill Clinton apologized
for both his administration's and the
world's inaction.
That was the background when, forgotten
in the midst of chaos and death,
Immaculée clung to the Sorrowful Mysteries
of the Rosary, those prayers said
in conjunction with meditation upon
the sufferings of Jesus and his mother.
Reflecting upon the notion of God as
one who suffers like Jesus, Immaculée
bonded the sufferings of herself and
her country to the Rosary she recited
regularly in the bathroom.
"I found a place in the bathroom to
call my own," she wrote about the
experience in her book Left to Tell: Discovering
God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust (Hay House). That place, she says,
"was a small corner of my heart" where
"I retreated as soon as I awoke, and
stayed there until I slept. It was my
secret garden, where I spoke with God,
meditated on his words, and nurtured
my spiritual self."
She says she didn't pay much attention
to the Rosary and the Bible when
she was growing up. But as a 22-year-old
woman in the bathroom confronting
death, she became forcefully
reacquainted with her Catholic spiritual
"The rosary beads helped me concentrate
on the Gospel and kept the words
of God alive in my mind," she wrote.
"Even as my body shriveled [she lost
weight rapidly during her ordeal], my
soul was nourished through my deepening
relationship with God."
In this graphic case of faith under
fire, Immaculée found herself in a give-and-take dialogue with God throughout
the genocide, particularly as she discovered
the truth about its extent. She
found herself frequently referring to
the Gospel accounts of Jesus' passion,
and wondered why he didn't assert his
power to end his suffering.
"You are God," she remembers thinking.
"You couldn't blow them away?"
she asked about how Jesus responded to
his tormentors.
The Rough Road to Forgiveness
Forgiveness did not come easily. In her
book, she notes that at one point she
silently wanted friendly soldiers who
captured a murderer to set him on fire.
At another point, a friendly soldier
offered to kill anyone she would point
out as having participated in the genocide.
She refused, even though she
knew many of the perpetrators.
Whenever she found herself overwhelmed
with thoughts of hate and
revenge, she reflected anew upon Jesus'
"If Jesus was dying for everybody,
he was dying for even the killers," she
reflected. As the killers continued to
stalk her and her friends, she latched on
to the recorded words of Jesus before his
death on the cross: "Father, forgive
them, they know not what they do"
(Luke 23:34).
The prayers of the Rosary, particularly
the line in the Lord's Prayer calling
upon Christians to forgive those who
do wrong to them, resonated throughout
her tribulations. The Rosary became
a passionate plea for understanding,
not a simple rote recitation.
"I really had to mean the words I
was saying. I couldn't say them half-heartedly,"
she says.
Moving Forward With a Message
Thirteen years later, Immaculée has
moved on, at least in some ways. She is married to an American Catholic, Bryan
Black, who works at the United Nations,
and they have two children. (She
prayed that the man she would fall in
love with would be a Catholic.)
But she is still a messenger of her
experience, giving talks around the
United States and the world about forgiveness
and reconciliation. A foundation
she began supports efforts to help
African children, including those in
Rwanda, which she still visits regularly.
Her book has earned lavish praise
from the likes of Wayne Dyer, best-selling
author and public television
self-help guru. She was featured on
CBS's 60 Minutes in December 2006.
Her story has inspired thousands. One Jewish woman in her 90s, whose
family was murdered in the Nazi Holocaust,
came up to Immaculée after one
talk and told her, "Now I can be at
peace. I wanted to see someone who
lived it and could tell me it was possible
to forgive."
Readers and listeners marvel at her
focus on forgiveness. Immaculée cautions,
however, that forgiveness does
not entail opening the prisons and freeing
those who have done evil. She supports
justice for those who have killed,
including those who have been convicted
of genocide in Rwanda.
"You have to face the evil in the
world," she says, adding, "My forgiveness
is rooted in reality." She emphasizes
that sometimes forgiveness is misunderstood.
"Forgiveness scares people. They
think when you forgive, you condone."
She doesn't forget, and neither do her
people. Yet the Gospel message of forgiveness
is the only way out of self-destructive
hatred, she believes.
Far-reaching Effects
Today's Rwanda, although scarred by
evil, is one of Africa's most peaceful
nations. The government is led by the
leaders of the rebel movement. Many of
the killers have been tried and are serving
long sentences.
In interviews, her story tumbles out
in a free association, mixing the complex
history of Rwanda with a Catholic
faith that brings to life old pieties
about the power of forgiveness and
God's justice. Relatively few have experienced
the full horrors of genocide,
but Immaculée's story has inspired
thousands to reflect upon the power of
forgiveness and fortitude.
One man, after hearing her talk, was
able to forgive a slight that he had kept
in his heart for 54 years. A woman who
was sexually abused as a child found the
message inspiring. "I told her that it is
O.K. to move on, even if you were
hurt," says Immaculée.
Others tell tales of persevering
through school and of marriages bolstered
by her ideas on forgiveness. Some
say they are only now able to pray after
hearing Immaculée's story.
Deacon Ray Kroger of St. Margaret of
York Church in Loveland, Ohio, has
never met Immaculée but feels he
knows her through her book. He started
reading it one morning, upon the
advice of a parishioner, and wasn't able
to put it down until he finished its 214
"If I had put it down, I felt like I
would lose where I was with her," he
says of the book's elegant yet simple
style, in which the reader is thrust into
the agony of the Rwandan genocide
and her escape. The topic is heavy, yet
the style is warmly personal. "I felt it
was her journey and it was made into
my journey," says Deacon Kroger.
The book, he says, is a way to reflect
upon faith and forgiveness. "I know I couldn't have the kind of faith she
had," he says. "The hardest thing for
me would be to come face-to-face
with people who murdered my own
Upon finishing Left to Tell, Deacon
Kroger says he was left with a single
question: "Where in my life do I need
to forgive people?"
That is a common response. The
book has made its way around the
parish and has been the focus of the
church's social-justice discussion group.
Jeff Perkins, of the parish Social
Action Commission, notes that Left to
Tell became a lesson for parishioners in
the spiritual gifts of prayer and forgiveness. "The book generated a great deal
of excitement and sharing," he says.
"No one held onto their book but rather
passed on their copy to someone else;
it touched everyone deeply enough
that they felt compelled to share it."
Before the Left to Tell study group,
programs sponsored by the Social
Action Commission at the parish
attracted no more than 20 people. This
year, close to 30 signed up for more
than half a year of committed study.
Perkins thinks Immaculée's story might
have generated the increased interest.
Spreading the Message
For Immaculée, the overwhelmingly
positive response to the book makes
her feel as if God is using her to spread
a message of reconciliation. When she
meets someone affected by her message,
she says she prays to the
Holy Spirit to take the person
and heal her.
"I am just a channel," she
says. "God will do the miracles
he wants to do. It's not you.
Hand it to God."
She is now writing a new book, titled
Led by Faith, which is expected to be out
in 2008. It tells the story of her life
after the genocide, miraculous in itself.
Part of her bathroom time was spent
studying English, in the hope that the
language skill would help her to land a
job at the United Nations, a dream that
she realized.
She no longer works at the U.N.,
instead devoting her time to her writing,
lectures and her Left to Tell Charitable
Fund. She has found an audience
that wants to hear her story.
While Immaculée describes a unique
story of overcoming a rare horror, her
message of forgiveness is a universal
one, affecting those who have not experienced
genocide. Perkins says the book
has had an impact on his ministry to
prisoners, where he finds forgiveness to
be a difficult concept to accept.
It also continues to have a strong
impact among parishioners at St. Margaret
of York Church in Loveland, a
Cincinnati suburb. Whether we come
from Rwanda or Ohio, says Perkins, "We all have some hurt in our past
which continues to gnaw away at us."
It's no wonder that Left to Tell has
found an audience. Ever since she left
the crowded bathroom, Immaculée
Ilibagiza has been addressing that pain,
in herself and everyone she meets.
For more information on Immaculée
Ilibagiza, her books and the Left to
Tell Charitable Fund, visit www.lefttotell.com. Immaculée's story is also
told in the documentary The Diary of
Peter Feuerherd is a freelance writer/editor from
Rego Park, New York, where he is also an adjunct professor
of journalism at St. John's University.


text:
Enter your stay dates and any discounts you qualify for to see Beech Grove, IN rates found only on HotelPlanner!
Find the perfect hotel in Beech Grove using our hotel guide provided below. Find discounted hotel accommodations in or close to Beech Grove, IN for your business or personal leisure travel. We show the best Beech Grove Indiana hotel/motel rooms. Review the Beech Grove hotel list below to find the perfect lodging. We also have a map of the Beech Grove hotels. Coordinating a group? Get Beech Grove Group Hotel Rates
The Beech Grove center is approximately 1 mile north of St Francis Occupational Health and 2 miles east of Indiana Bible College.
How should we direct your call?


text:
Design: CA001
Personalized Square Bulldog Magnets
Personalized Square MagnetMAGSPER
Made to Order - 1 business day processing+shipping
Your Price: $2.07 each
Minimum Order Quantity: 12
Qty. of 12 - 49 price $2.07 each
Qty. of 50 - 99 price $1.95 each
Qty. of 100 - 199 price $1.89 each
Qty. of 200 - 299 price $1.84 each
Qty. of 300 + price $1.72 each
Bulldog magnets customized in your school colors!
These Personalized Square Bulldog Magnets let you choose your background color and add your own text. Our 5 1/2 inch square Bulldog Magnets make great favors for all students and may be used on lockers, refrigerators and more!
Please allow ample time for delivery. Our ship date for this product is noted in your shopping cart. Many items are shipped separately, so please allow extra time for these items to arrive. Shipping charges are based on the value of the merchandise and not the number of shipments. For additional shipping information, contact our Customer Service Department at (firstname.lastname@example.com or 1-800-527-4499).
Questions & Answers
Recommended Products
People who viewed "Personalized Square Bulldog Magnets" also viewed


text:
TeamViewer for MacFree
Quick Specs
Total Downloads:1,598,624
Date Added:Dec. 08, 2015
File Size:23.88MB
Downloads Last Week:513
Product ranking:#1 in Remote Access
read more +
From TeamViewer: TeamViewer is a simple and fast solution for remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer that works behind any firewall and NAT proxy. To connect to another computer just run TeamViewer on both machines without the need of an installation procedure. With the first start automatic partner IDs are generated on both computers. Just enter your partner's ID into TeamViewer and the connection is established immediately. With several million users worldwide TeamViewer is a standard tool to give support and assistance to people in remote locations. The software can also be used for presentations, where you can show your own desktop to a partner, e.g. to present a software solution. With the TeamViewer partner system you can establish single-click connections to partners and computers you connect to on a regular basis. TeamViewer offers secure, encrypted data transfer to maximize security.
read more +
see all reviews +
read more +
More Products to Consider
- 802.11 WiFi wireless scanner and connection manager.Serve media to PlayStation 3's or other UPnP devices.
- Access all your applications, files, folders, and e-mail for...Connect to remote Windows desktops.Access your Macs remotely.Auto connect to Wi-Fi hotspots which need username & passwor...
- Arrange multiple computers into one secure network.Cocoa front-end for SSH, SFTP and SCP.FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files and Amazon S3 browser.Transfer files between computers.
- Make configuring your Apache Web Server, DNS, and FTP simple...Remote control software to interact with a remote computer.Create and edit Web documents remotely.Display machines, Mac users, IPs on the local network.
- Network administration and security testing utility.Manage your power consumption.Advanced file browser and manager.Send keyboard and mouse events to a remote machine and see t...


text:
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
Nelson Mandela with Winnie on their wedding day in 1957 (Pic: Alf Khumalo)
Nelson Mandela circa 1950
ANC supporters pray in front of the courthouse of Johannesburg in December 1956, to support 152 anti-apartheid militants, including Nelson Mandela, during their trial
Nelson Mandela speaks at a conference in the early 1960s
Nelson Mandela is among eight men sentenced to life in prison in June 1964. Some raise their fists in defiance through the barred windows of a prison car
Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie raising fists upon his release from Victor Verster prison in February 1990 after 27 years
Lord Mayor Sean Haughey told those present: 'The people of Dublin walk taller because you are amongst us.' (Pic: Dublin City Library and Archive)
Nelson Mandela accepted his honour as Freeman of Dublin City in the the Mansion House in 1990, almost two years after it had been awarded to him (Pic: Dublin City Library and Archive)
Mr Mandela was in Dublin city on the same day the Irish football team returned from the World Cup in Italy (Pic: Dublin City Library and Archive)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Walter Sisulu (ANC Sec Gen & former Robben Island inmate) Albertina Sisulu on 12 February 1990
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) speaks to Nelson Mandela in May 1990
Jubilant inhabitants of Soweto attend a mass ANC event to be addressed by Nelson Mandela at Orlando stadium in Soweto in 1990
Nelson Mandela and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hug on 18 May 1990, upon Mandela's arrival to Tripoli
Nelson Mandela in Atlanta on 27 June 1990 with his wife Winnie after placing a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King Jnr
Nelson Mandela and South African President Frederik de Klerk shake hands in Oslo in December 1993, on the eve of jointly receiving the Nobel Peace prize
A crowd of 40,000 ANC supporters listen to the address of ANC President Nelson Mandela during a mass rally in Mmabatho in March 1994, ahead of the April general election
President Nelson Mandela celebrates his historic election win at the ANC victory party on 2 May 1994 at Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela congratulates captain Francois Pienaar before handing him the William Webb trophy after his team's victory over New Zealand (15-12) in the final of the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg 1995
President Nelson Mandela walks with Pope John Paul II after the pontiff's arrival in 1995 on his first official visit to South Africa
Michael Jackson poses with Nelson Mandela in Kwazulu-Natal on 20 July 1996
The Dalai Lama meets President Nelson Mandela at the South African parliament in Cape Town, in August 1996
Princess Diana met President Nelson Mandela in March 1997 while on a visit to Cape Town, five months before her death
Bono and Nelson Mandela pictured after meeting at Mandela's home in Johannesburg on 25 May 2002
The former South African president was guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics in Croke Park, Dublin in 2003
Nelson Mandela on stage at Croke Park, during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics
Nelson Mandela and Josh Kovarsky listen to the Soweto Gospel choir sing a song in praise of Mandela at a party to celebrate his 85th birthday
Nelson Mandela smiles as he receives a Barcelona Football Club jersey from club manager Albert Perrin at the Mandela foundation in Houghton on 20 June 2007
Actors and singers join Nelson Mandela at the InterContinental Hotel, Park Lane, in advance of a concert being held at Hyde Park to celebrate Mr Mandela's 90th birthday in 2008
Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel appear and wave to fans from the field before the 2010 football World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City stadium in Soweto
Nelson Mandela relaxes a few minutes before the start of his 92nd birthday celebrations at his home in Johannesburg on 18 July 2010
Former US president Bill Clinton poses with Nelson Mandela on the eve of his 94th birthday in 2012
Nelson Mandela celebrated his 94th birthday in July 2012
RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster.
© RTÉ 2016-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.


text:
shoppers recently viewed this!
Microphone Black Paddle Brush
- Color:
- black
Qty: 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
Description: WHAT IT IS: The Microphone Brush has a perfect body shape for detangling and straightening out long hair types. **Please note, only one brush is included.
WHAT IT DOES: The cushioned soft ball tip quills gently massage the scalp whilst brushing and the soft fluted handle molds to the hand. Anti static rubber cushioned pad prevents fly-away hair and a unique, detachable flexible section pin allows easy sections with one hand.
Material: Heat resistant plastic
Brand: Corioliss
Origin: Imported


text:
We welcome you to a taste of Pho Point Loma & Grill delicacies Restaurant and Vietnamese home-style cuisine. Many have come to not only enjoy but embrace our intricately prepared dishes. Whether you're just stopping by for a snack and a glass of our renown iced coffee or to have a family-style Vietnamese meal, Pho Point Loma's service and creations are choice in quality and suitable for any time of day. We're even open till 9:30 am everyday to fulfill you appetites after a night on the town.Our establishment is privately owned and stands as the first Vietnamese Restaurant in Point Loma, San Diego CA. If you've supported us, we thank you and we wish for you to continue your patronage. If you're new in the city of San Diego or have yet to have a try, we invite you to join us in finding your taste of delight.Pho Point Loma & Grill's guarantees satisfaction for a wide of eaters, from vegans, to noodles soup and meat lovers. At our restaurant everyone has their favorite dish and we have many more to choose from.. Stop by today and make Pho Point Loma & Grill your favorite Vietnamese Restaurant in San Diego.
Party Tray & Banquet Available
619-226-6502 2788 Midway Drive - San Diego - CA - 92110


text:
Up to £150,000 of tax payers' money is to be given to Ryedale Folk Museum to help it meet a "projected shortfall" in its cash flow.
Ryedale District Council (RDC) made the decision to support the Hutton-le-Hole attraction during its meeting earlier this month.
However, the loan, which will be split into two payments of up to £75,000, comes with caveats attached.
The authority is asking for a councillor to be elected to the trustee board of the museum to "minimise the amount loaned by RDC and reduce financial risk."
Among the other conditions requested are "immediate" action to fundraise, the appointment of financial advisors to develop accounting procedures, hiring external marketing support to increase visitor numbers and launching an organisational review, leading to a long-term business plan.
The first pot of money will be given immediately with the remaining £75,000 to be presented following a review of the progress made by the museum in the 2014/15 financial year.
Figures revealed at the meeting said that the museum had seen a drop in visitor numbers over the past five years. In 2008, the museum had welcomed 40,000 visitors through its doors, dropping to 26,000 in 2013.
A spokesman for the museum declined to comment as they did not wish to compromise the processes of RDC.


text:
The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington was created in 1895 and covers the eastern half of the state of Kentucky. (The Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky covers the western half of the state.) The diocese's greatest membership strength is in the Bluegrass region in and around Lexington, with a smaller pocket of members in the Northern Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati.
203 E. Fourth StreetLexington, KY 40508
United States
Phone: (859) 252-6527
Fax: (859) 231-9077


text:
JUL 12, 2013 - New York Times
A Must Read - Share
JPMorgan officials demurred on a conference call about the financial impact of a proposed regulation. Analysts have estimated that it would have to raise capital by $40 billion to $50 billion at the subsidiaries in order to meet proposed regulatory guidelines.
Editor's Picks
Hey you have no friends!!! Get to work and start inviting friends to help build your Comunitee. Click Here to invite friends.
© 2011 Comunitee, Inc.


text:
Other projects made by pd13jd:
QuiltingThe wedding
QuiltingThe Twelve Days of Christmas
Offer some kudos...
Join the conversation...
Ask a question...
Add your comment...
|Here are some details about my project:
|Home Decor
|Casual, Whimsical, Funky
This is fabulous! So intricate. I wish I could see more of the quilt.
08/20/2011 Flag
All I can say is WOW! Every one of your projects are absolutely STUNNING! Seeing this quilt is so inspiring...and seeing how much you have used your investment in your craftsy classes is also inspiring, too-clearly i need to step up and use the classes I have purchased! Also wonderful is your artistic sense of flare and fun. Thank you so much for posting your incredible work for us to enjoy, it is a delight! ;-)
07/03/2014 Flag


text:
Submit your URL in just 2 seconds
Search Engine have become a very popular way for people to submit their site to various search engine and directory. Most people usually submit their site to many search engine and directory as they can. This is a great way to get traffic from search engine , but sometimes it is a little impractical when it comes to sending site to more than 30 Search Engine manually. This is where we can help! Rather than having to visit many search engine and directory and after that submit your site (one by one). You are going to waste a lot of time. But simply use our online tools to prepare your website url to be submitted to many Search Engine and directory. Please note that some search engine required email for confirmation. Please make sure you insert your real email. Do not use the fake email.


text:
When you think of what is between the surface of the earth and outer space, what comes to mind?
Most people think it's just air…where planes fly and where weather happens.
Well did you know that the area where weather happens is only one of five distinct layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere: This is where we live. It is also where the weather happens. This layer extends up from the surface around 5-10 miles, depending on where you stand.
Stratosphere: This is where the ozone layer is. The ozone helps block us from some of the harmful UV rays coming from the sun. This is also where airplanes like to fly because there isn't weather-causing turbulence.
Mesosphere: This layer has thick gasses that help slow down meteors and they often burn up before they make it any closer to earth. They leave streaks behind as they burn, giving us a show with what we call meteor showers or shooting stars.
Thermosphere: This layer has a layer within it called the ionosphere. The ionosphere is a layer of electronically charged particles that reflect back radio signals, allowing you to sing along with the song in your car. The thermosphere is also the layer where the Aurora or "Northern Lights" occur and where the space shuttle orbits.
Exosphere: This is the layer where satellites orbit and molecules can escape into "outer space."
So next time you look up, remember that there is a lot more going on up there than just weather!


text:
An Aura Of Exclusivity
- Artists Aura Fresh
- Release Date 2013-02-15
- Labels Biorecordings
- Catalog BR010
Aura Fresh is a sound designer, live performing artist and the founder of Chord Plaza Records dub techno/dub house digital label. During the last 12 years he released several singles, ep's, remixes released on labels like Confineless Recordings, Entropy Records, Deep In Dub, No Smoking Recordings, Xela Digital, Chiware, Super 6, Uran97, Purple Cat, Oxygen Music, Chillzone, Synthactica Records, Bad Sleeper Recordings; appeared on True Sound Of Freee 3 music magazine cd compilation, as well as on Budapest Parade 2004 remix ep cd using different alter-egos (Console 9, Inzah, Lacood). His single (as Console 9 alter-ego) 'Da Something Attax' was scratched onto vinyl by Uran97 label in 2006.
Besides the label management and producer works, he also performs as a dub techno/dub house live act using purely hardware gear. Classy !!


text:
Survey Says: Investors Have No Idea How Well the Stock Market Is Doing
If the stock market keeps moving to new highs and no one notices, does the rally even count?
Over the past 18 months, stocks have registered record high after record high. The rally has continued virtually unabated: Pullbacks have been short-lived as dips have repeatedly been used as buying opportunities. No matter the negative catalyst, the rally has pushed higher and has shown few signs of losing steam.
If that sounds like a bubble (and to some, it does) one investor survey may poke a hole in that theory.
When asked how much the U.S. stock market rose last year, about one-quarter of them guessed it increased by 20% or more, according to a Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index poll. The survey, conducted in late June and early July, polled a sample of U.S. investors that had at least $10,000 in stocks, bonds mutual funds or retirement accounts.
Some 37% of respondents thought the market rose by 10% last year. Another 21% thought stocks were flat and about 9% believed the market fell last year.
In reality, the S&P 500 gained 30% last year and was up 7.2% this year through Tuesday's close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27% in 2013 and was up 2.1% on a year-to-date basis.
"The extraordinary performance of the stock market over the past 18 months has not fully registered with most investors," said Lydia Saad of Gallup.
That's a far cry from the late 1990s, when day trading dot-com stocks was all the rage and anyone from barbers to taxi drivers would chat about the market's latest move.
There are several reasons investors aren't euphoric by the market this time around. Investors are still scarred by the financial crisis, which occurred only six years ago. After two boom-and-bust periods over the past 14 years, there appears to be an ingrained skittishness about getting too optimistic about the market no matter how high it goes.
Not only are investors scarred, but their portfolios are still battered. Yes, the past few years have been good for stock bulls, but during the 2000s the S&P fell by 2.7% on average annualized basis, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. That marked the worst annualized performance for a decade since the 1930s, Mr. Silverblatt said.
It's no wonder the mania and euphoria that swept the market in the late 1990s hasn't returned today.
"This is quite a mania — a mania of apathy," Joshua Brown, a financial advisor and blogger, wrote on his site.
When asked whether now is a good time to invest, 38% said they were "a little" nervous and 34% said they were "somewhat" nervous. About 11% said they were "extremely" nervous, while 16% said they weren't nervous at all.
On a yes or no basis, 52% said now was a good time to invest in financial markets, down from 62% at the beginning of 2011, according to the survey.
For the next 12 months, only 46% are optimistic about U.S. stocks.
"Every bull market, such as the one the country is now experiencing, has the bear's shadow hanging over it," said Ms. Saad of Gallup. "And that shadow tends to grow bigger and darker with every additional month of market gains."
Amid the market's big gains, less than half of the poll's respondents say they'd be willing to invest additional money in stocks. If given an extra 10,000, only 41% of respondents said they'd put that money in the market. Some 36% say they'd keep it in cash and 20% say they'd buy a CD.
"Bubbles are never just about price, but about investor behavior as well," Mr. Brown said. "Disinterest in stocks continues to this day."
Euphoria? Not in today's markets.


text:
What is a meme?
A "meme" is a cultural symbol, idea or message that travels virally through our collective culture. Memes have been around forever. Think of any word-of-mouth story, joke, or slang that you have heard or learned over the years. It's probably a meme. Since the internet came around and information began to travel faster, memes have changed. They spread faster and more frequently. Nowadays, a meme often refers to a running joke centered around an image that people change the text for. To get the joke, you either have to know the joke the meme is referring to or its cultural context, like this one that plays on Laurence Fishburne's character Morpheus in The Matrix. This meme plays on the idea that Morpheus is always revealing world-changing thoughts. Here he speaks with the same grandeur, only to reveal basic knowledge you might just not have thought of.
Why is this relevant to you?
People love memes. They spread through the internet like wildfire. Remember those Sh*t X People Say videos. It wasn't long before someone made a Sh*t Photographers say video. Why? Because when a trend starts, everyone wants to get in on it and it can be a useful way to bring people to your social media, blog or website.
How do you use this to your advantage?
You need content. One of the greatest tools to get people to like you in social media (and real life) is to use humor. If you use it well, people love you and will keep coming back for more. Create memes that cater to your demographic. Try to make things they might find funny or relatable and want to share. If you are a wedding and portrait photographer, make memes that have jokes about trying to plan a wedding or trying to shoot one. If your target audience is fellow photographers, make memes that reference an inside joke that photographers would know or a common struggle that photographers experience. Memes are so shareable, they quickly attract interaction such as likes, comments and links, which is exactly what you have been trying to get on your Facebook profile for months.
Here are a few examples I made:
"Desk Flip Rage"
"One does not simply"—This one plays off Sean Bean's Boromir character in Lord of the Rings who tells his companions, "One does not simply walk into Mordor."
"Am I the only one around here"— This one plays off John Goodman's Walter character in The Big Lebowski, who gets famously enraged when people stop following the rules at the local bowling alley.
"Old Lady"
As you can see, there are some that come loaded with some story behind it, while others are based around a simple joke and image that anyone can grasp. It's up to you which one you want to use.
To start creating your own memes, skip Photoshop and just head to Meme Generator.
If you feel like you need more information on how to use memes to your advantage, follow the link to Hubspot's blogpost on "Memejacking." Otherwise, happy memeing!


text:
Alternatives for Landmine Detection
Not available
(If any tax is payable it will be calculated and shown at checkout.)
Preview (read now) Add to my own site Add to my wishlist Author's page Publisher's page
At the rate that government and nongovernmental organizations are clearing existing landmines, it will take 450-500 years to rid the world of them. Concerned about the slow pace of demining, the Office of Science and Technology asked RAND to assess potential innovative technologies being explored and to project what funding would be required to foster the development of the more promising ones. The authors of this report suggest that the federal government undertake a research and development effort to develop a multisensor mine detection system over the next five to eight years.
RAND Corporation; Read online
Title: Alternatives for Landmine Detection
Author: Jacqueline MacDonald; J.R. Lockwood
Title: Alternatives for Landmine Detection
Author: Jacqueline MacDonald; J.R. Lockwood
Buy, download and read Alternatives for Landmine Detection (eBook) by Jacqueline MacDonald; J.R. Lockwood today!
More Technology
The Master Switch 2010 US$ 13.99
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book 2014 US$ 19.95 234 pages
Electronics For Dummies 2015 US$ 17.99 419 pages
Thermodynamics For Dummies 2011 US$ 13.19 387 pages
Subject categories


text:
Request Info
Student Resources
College Overview
Greenacres man wins $250,000 grand prize house
Return to news room
An estimated crowd of approximately 2,500 ticket holders and community members braved a thunderstorm that settled in quickly during the North Idaho College Foundation's Really BIG Raffle drawing Wednesday night.
Nearly $300,000 in prizes was given away at the 13
annual event, including the $250,000 custom house built by students in NIC's carpentry program.
Winners were:
Grand prize $250,000 custom house
—Jim Wilharm of Greenacres, Wash., with ticket #1363. He was not present.
First place $20,000 car
—David A. Davis of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho with ticket #1290. He was present to claim his prize.
Second place $10,000 boat
—Mike and Patty Robb of Spokane Valley, Wash., with ticket #2880. They were not present.
Third place $3,500 travel package
—Ruth Wollweber of Ford, Wash., with ticket #2001. She was not present.
Fourth place $2,000 shopping spree
—Gordon White of Post Falls, Idaho with ticket #4967. He was present to claim his prize.
Those who purchased tickets by May 31 also qualified to win two additional early bird prizes. The digital camera went to Tammy Holmes of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the home theater system was won by Jay Puckett of Spirit Lake, Idaho.
Ticket sales were increased to 5,000 from 4,500 this year and this is the 13
consecutive year the raffle has sold out.
This year's raffle was supervised and audited by the public accounting firm of McCall & Landwehr, CPA.
The NIC Foundation netted about $200,000 from the Really BIG Raffle this year. Through the fundraiser the past 13 years, the NIC Foundation has generated net proceeds of more than $1.8 million. This revenue has enhanced the NIC Foundation's ability to support important student needs and programs at NIC.
For More Information
NIC Foundation Executive Director Rayelle Anderson, (208) 769-5978
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Events Page
Athletics Site
Emergency Notifications
Find us on:
NIC Communications and Marketing Contacts
Tom Greene,
Communications Coordinator
(208) 665-2759 or
Stacy Hudson,
Communications and Marketing Director
(208) 769-7819 or
Mark Browning, Vice President for Communications and Governmental Relations
(208) 769-3316 or
News Search
News Search
News Room
2016 - 2017
2015 - 2016
2014 - 2015


text:
this is not where I was going
6 hours ago
what's new in store, fashion trends, pattern reviews, Tessuti creations, sewing tips and techniques.
Very groovy!ReplyDelete
Cool! Although I think that if I were to attempt something similar I would "make" the fabric first by sewing the appliques or creating the patchwork. Then I would trace the pattern pieces over it.
But again, very inventive.
How gorgeous is that! very striking placement of the patchwork pieces.ReplyDelete
Very cool! I love the colours and the customised placement - very well done!ReplyDelete
What a great idea - I've got lots of fabrics left over. Will definitely try this technique.ReplyDelete


text:
As G-20 Meets, Traders Suspect Korea FX Action
As the G-20 grapple over how to refer to the prickly subject of currencies in their Friday communique, Seoul-based traders are saying that the Korean authorities have taken their campaign to stem the local currency's rise underground.
It's widely accepted that the Bank of Korea regularly intervenes directly in the market to damp gains in the won, which the authorities fear could hobble the nation's export-dependent economy.
But there's another route that traders say is sometimes taken to put a lid on the local currency: "indirect intervention". They say that happens when the authorities "mobilize" state-run companies to buy the dollar and sell the won.
While no central bank intervention was suspected in the currency market Thursday, traders say state-run Korea National Oil Corp. was seen buying the dollar after the U.S. currency fell abruptly to near 1,106 won. It recovered to end the day at 1,107.9 won.
Earlier in the day local news agency Yonhap reported that KNOC was about to buy $500 million worth of dollar forwards.
KNOC declined to comment, while the head of the BOK's foreign-exchange market team also declined to comment.
Of course, demand for dollars among companies is an everyday and normal thing.
But traders say it's interesting that it's happening now, when the won's gains are picking up speed, and also that the suspected action was leaked to the local media.
"Leaking information to the media that a certain amount of dollar demand is waiting to be taken care of is no different from indirectly intervening in the market," said one trader.
The authorities appear to be particularly concerned since the won is up by more than 15% from its lows in May, and on the verge of returning to its pre-financial-crisis levels.
And with the G-20 in session and currency manipulation on the agenda, Seoul may be looking to avoid drawing attention to its efforts to hold down its tear-away currency.


text:
No trip to Ireland would be complete without a trip to a good Irish pub. Luckily, The Stag's Head Pub is right in the heart of Dublin but it is a hidden gem. This means that those propped on the stools around the bar tend to actually have Irish accents, not American or Australian or any other backpacking nation, even in the height of tourist season.
The Stag's Head is a wonderfully authentic cosy pub with dark wood panelling, leather banquettes, and excellent food. One of my friends (yes, an American) said that the hamburger was the best she'd had in her life! The bacon and creamy cabbage also gained high praise. There's been a tavern on this site since 1790 but the current Stag's Head was built in the 1890s and is a very well preserved example of the cosy Victorian-era pub. They even still have the little parlour lounge off to one side – once the smoking room.
Downstairs in the Stag's Tail there are regular sessions of Irish music. But to enjoy all this conviviality, you actually have to find the place. It's at 1 Dame Court, which is hidden down a little covered passageway off Dame Street. You can also get there from Georges Street or Exchequer Street. And of course, once you get inside, there on the wall is a huge stag's head gazing down at you, just so you know you're in the right place. Order a pint of Guinness, settle on a stool and soak up the Dublin atmosphere.
Planning a Trip? Browse Viator's Dublin tours and things to do, Dublin attractions, and Dublin travel recommendations. Or book a private tour guide in Dublin for a customized tour!


text:
Lens Colours
Shooters Shop
We also sell...
Currency SelectorThese conversions are provided as a guide only. Your purchase will be calculated and charged in Australian dollars $AUS at the time of purchase.
VisitorsContent View Hits : 1549453
HighScorers Standard Spring Hinge Frame Cable Temples & 3 Lenses
Spring Hinge Frame: lightweight spring model, black frame, Cable Temples. All frames have large sweatbars which stop the frame from touching the face thus preventing fogging of the lenses. Comes with 3 pairs Plano lenses - Yellow, Vermillion and Target Orange! Normally $160 - NOW ONLY $120
Click here for full product details...


text:
Seven years have elapsed since the first edition of this book. Cardiac surgery has expanded during this period, and Keown's book has doubled in size!
The book seems to be directed towards those anesthesiologists and physicians not practicing in a large medical center. The role of the anesthesiologist as a complete physician in evaluating, selecting, and preparing the patient for cardiac surgery is emphasized. Chapters on cardiac catheterization and radiologic diagnoses of heart disease (written by specialists) are included.
The author has devoted adequate space to cardiac diseases that can be surgically treated in community hospitals (viz, chapters on patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, and mitral stenosis). Other chapters in the book frequently refer the reader to the short section by Moffitt and Theye on the use of the Mayo-Gibbon Pump Oxygenator.
The book is designed as a primer. It should be of value to most medical students,
Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.
Download citation file:
Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.
More Listings atJAMACareerCenter.com >
Enter your username and email address. We'll send you a link to reset your password.
Enter your username and email address. We'll send instructions on how to reset your password to the email address we have on record.
Need assistance?
Athens and Shibboleth are access management services that provide single sign-on to protected resources. They replace the multiple user names and passwords necessary to access subscription-based content with a single user name and password that can be entered once per session. It operates independently of a user's location or IP address. If your institution uses Athens or Shibboleth authentication, please contact your site administrator to receive your user name and password.


text:
A precise summary of all the good games on show at E3 would require far more space than the average person would have any interest in reading. The footage that trickles out of the LA mega-show represents a fraction of the exhibited products. Turning off of the beaten path will often lead to innovative ideas from ambitious studios that lack the money and clout to justify their own press conference, or snag a place in that of a different company.
Games like Bastion, a wonderful action-RPG that features a procedural voiceover that describes your actions, whether it's slaying a boss or randomly smashing every box in sight. Or Dead Island, which grabbed the industry's attention a few months ago with an emotionally manipulative trailer that revealed nothing about the actual gameplay. For the record: the game looks nothing like the trailer, but it does look pretty damn good.
Then there are the also-rans: games made or supported by larger companies that will never quite be marquee names; games like Journey, which challenges virtually every assumption we have about online multiplayer gaming; or Overstrike, the new IP from novelty weapons-specialist Insomniac Games; or SSX, the long awaited new instalment in EA's superb snowboarding franchise; or Rayman Origins, a game so delightful that it made Ubisoft's largely dull press conference almost worth watching.
But the very best, worst and most surprising games of E3 are listed here, a miscellany of products that will delight and frustrate you over the year to come.
High Points
Tomb Raider
Other corners of the videogames press expressed some concern over the tone of the Tomb Raider demo. Evidently, Lara Croft's cries of struggle and fear struck some as gratuitous, even vaguely misogynist. These sensitive souls need to lighten up, because the Tomb Raider I saw was atmospheric and visually splendid, reminiscent at times of both God Of War and Uncharted 2, with the least sexualised heroine in the series' history. I have a few reservations, not least of which is the generous number of quick-time events, but I also have great confidence in Crystal Dynamics, whose Tomb Raider: Underworld deserved wider attention.
Bioshock Infinite
Irrational Games is taking on a lot of new challenges with Bioshock Infinite, chief among them the burden of following a game as highly regarded as its predecessor. The city of Columbia is brighter, more prosperous and open than Rapture, its single-track skylines allow a greater speed and freedom of movement. The protagonist, Booker DeWitt, is a defined character with a voice, his mysterious companion Elizabeth the most complicated non-player character Irrational has ever attempted. Oh, and she can rip holes in the fabric of time. Everything I know about Bioshock Infinite is legitimately exciting, and I get the feeling that there's a lot more to come.
Batman: Arkham City
Rocksteady's brilliant Arkham Asylum was so well constructed, so free of fat and spurious ideas, that I feared the jump to an open-world might undermine the whole experience. In the end it still might, but my experience with Arkham City was overwhelmingly positive. The world is five times bigger, but Rocksteady has clearly thought the connotations of that through very carefully, leaving us with all the benefits of sandbox environment and none of the problems. Expect the same splendid art direction and a menagerie of Batman's most iconic villains.
Uncharted: Drake's Deception
It says a lot about Naughty Dog's audacious and brilliant Uncharted 2: Among Thieves that Sony's demo of the third game did not exceed my expectations: Nathan Drake staggering around a vast boat being battered by the waves of a raging storm, the sea, the boat, and the objects on deck all moving independently of each other. Most people don't stop to pull apart the ambience for flashes of technical brilliance; they get the show-stopping moment where the boat slowly tilts and capsizes, instead. Uncharted: Drake's Deception is as beautiful and exciting as we all knew it would be.
Too Obvious: Bethesda jumped the gun and let the world know precisely how sensational The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim looks back in April. If it isn't named game of the show I'll be very surprised.
Battlefield 3
Make no mistake, Modern Warfare 3 is destined to win whatever tussle EA and Activision imagines will take place between the Call Of Duty and Battlefield franchises at the end of the year, but until EA's press conference I assumed it wouldn't deserve the victory. The languid pace of that visually arresting tank battle will no doubt play very nicely on a Sunday afternoon at home, but it looked a little too stately next to the high-concept bombast of the Modern Warfare 3 demo. I firmly believe that Battlefield 3 will be a superior and more rewarding game, but the demo EA showed, while quite incredibly detailed and realistic, gave the opposite impression.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Before I begin, it's worth noting that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was in my top five games of last year. Cynics smelled a cash-in, and they were proved utterly wrong by the sheer variety and quality of the finished game. Unfortunately, Revelations may have pushed my goodwill just a little too far. I will still play it, I may even love it, but I think the world would rather wait two years before another slice of Assassin's Creed, particularly if the protagonist will once again be Ezio Auditore de Firenze. There is a new city, more weapons, a crafting system for explosives, and a more meaningful narrative, but this time I really wonder whether that will be enough.
The Old Republic
One company that definitely didn't win E3 is Bioware. I hold few studios in such high esteem, but the Mass Effect 3 demo struck a distinctly and uncharacteristically bum note, and the absence of a meaningful demo of The Old Republic may prove costly in the long-term. EA intends to release the MMO, by some distance the riskiest and most expensive game on its books, before next year's E3, yet all the millions watching saw was another cinematic sequence. It was cool, it was Star Wars, but it wasn't the actual game, and it was Bioware's best chance to show the world exactly what their subscription will buy.
Mass Effect 3
Until the EA press conference, the eventual triumph of Mass Effect 3 seemed almost certain. By refining the template laid out by its predecessor, Mass Effect 2 got the game design to a place that most people would be happy to see repeated. A sequel only needed to deliver on the story and just tweak and re-balance elsewhere, but the E3 demo was a poor showcase for the series' strengths. The fact that it culminated in a turret sequence was the unpleasant twist in the tale. But more than anything, I'm concerned that the conclusion of such an epic tale will shift the balance too far towards action. I'll place my faith in Bioware.
Too Obvious: The Xbox 360 has been in rude health recently, but gamers have a right to feel short-changed by the Microsoft press conference. Halo 4 aside, there was little to get the adrenaline pumping.
Dust 514
Announced two years ago, CCP Games' fascinating online shooter has been a point of interest to the games press for some time. The sheer sweep and scale of EVE Online makes it arguably the most interesting MMO in gaming, and Dust 514 is an ingenious extension of that universe. The player-generated battles that usually play out behind-the-scenes in EVE will now play out for real in first-person shooter matches – the results from one game will feed back into and help shape the future of the other. Brilliant, but it gets better: Dust 514 will also be free-to-play. Experiments like this are never bound for success, but as long as Sony does its part in communicating the EVE experience to its customers this could be an enormous success.
Need For Speed: The Run
Nothing is to everyone's taste, but Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit seemed minutely constructed to be as thrilling as technically possible. Masterful work from Criterion and a real kick in the backside for the franchise, which is what makes Need For Speed: The Run so difficult to understand. The very concept of mixing arcade racing with free-running is suspect, but I was expecting Mirror's Edge. What EA showed was a protracted quick-time sequence that offered apparently little player input, and I don't relish the prospect of doing that to get to the next race.
Brothers In Arms: Furious Four
Like so many others, I began Borderlands unsure about whether it was my sort of game, and then, slowly and certainly, it reeled me in and stole my evenings away. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best work Gearbox Software had ever done, and the impact of that success is all over Brothers In Arms: Furious Four. Gearbox is rebranding a series that had concepts like authenticity and respect in its very bones as a wacky riff on Inglorious Basterds. The game may well be good, but I'm not sure what high-jacking the IP will do for the studio's reputation.
Bioshock Vita
Ken Levine's announcement that Bioshock Infinity will support Move was a real coup for Sony, but the major revelation followed immediately after. Apparently, Irrational Games had an unrealised idea lying around, and the PlayStation Vita is the perfect platform for the material. I question Ken's enthusiasm for Move, but I can see why he finds the Vita hardware appealing: sophisticated technology, multiple inputs, brilliant screen, and a market that will be hungry for shorter, cheaper riffs on the triple-A console experience. If it's anything like Minerva's Den, it could be a system seller.
Too Obvious: Annoying children playing Disney is one thing, the clunky, stilted demo for Kinect Star Wars was quite another. It was the least appealing game shown in any of the press conferences, and by no small margin.


text:
The day after my mother's birthday, I take her to the premier of a film. It is a local, low-budget production. My friend Lori helped with the lighting, and she gave me the tickets.
I am sitting in the auditorium. It is dark. We are about ten minutes into the film. It is a documentary about a woman whose mother was dying, whose mother died during the course of the filming.
We arrived early, and we are in the front row. My mother is sitting to my right, and the woman who is the subject of the documentary is on her right. Lori is somewhere in the darkness behind us, probably holding hands with her boyfriend, the director.
On the screen in front of us, the dying mother retches into a plastic trash can before raising her head weakly and asking for water.
Leaning close to me, my mother twists her mouth into a frown. "I don't like this," she says in a loud voice.
I try to shush her. I am too embarrassed to look in the direction of the woman sitting on her other side. I hope she didn't hear.
"The acting is terrible," my mother complains.
"Shhh! It's not acting," I whisper. "This is a documentary."
My mother clicks her tongue. "Well, it's awful."
I hiss, "Mom, please—she's sitting right next to you."
The woman on her right stands up, sharply, and her seat swings back and forth before coming to rest. She doesn't look back at us as she walks up the aisle and through the doors at the back of the auditorium.
Sighing, my mother says, "This is the worst thing I've ever seen."
I no longer bother whispering. "You know, she was sitting right next to you."
My mother shrugs. "Well, she's not anymore, is she."
My mother has always been difficult, but not like this. She
stares at me defiantly, a teenager in the body of a
seventy-something woman, waiting to see what I will do. Her eyes
glitter in the dark.
Copyright © 2011


text:
Bring out the romance and don't worry about being tacky. This lighter won't need to hide in the drawer when not in use. Just put it on display and use when needed. $14 in pink at Plasticland.
« Abraham Lincoln Pop Art Print | Main | Tauntaun Sleeping Bag »
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.


text:
The Mobile War
Via CNN:
In the 2004 election, "new media" was defined by blogs. In 2008, it was defined by Facebook and Twitter. In 2012, those social media tools will move from your computer screen to your pocket, as mobile technology helps define the new terms of campaign engagement.
Political strategists are getting ready for the new era – testing new uses for mobile technology, and generating massive contact lists. Last week, Harry Reid's re-election campaign launched a text messaging program surveying constituents on their feelings about health care. Those results were then sent out for all to see on Reid's campaign Twitter account.


text:
Top 10 Pet Peeves of Air Travel
1. THAT GUY You know the one. He talks on his phone loudly enough for the entire terminal to hear every word. Completely self absorbed in his conversation (usually work related – I bet his company loves their business shouted for all to hear) so much so that he doesn't notice the dirty looks and snide comments from his fellow travelers. Or maybe his ego is just too big to care.Read More
Fifty in Fifty
I have struggled to find my voice with this blog and have decided to try a slightly different approach. Growing up it was important to my parents that we take a week long family vacation each summer. Nothing extravagant and always road trips.Read More
New England – trip planning
We were planning on heading to a beach for our next vacation but randomly decided to switch gears and head up to New England to catch the end of the fall foliage. So we'll be arriving just after peak tourist season ends (right after Columbus Day). Our plan is to fly into Boston, MA because we can get a direct flight that will only be about two hours long. Two thumbs way up for short, direct flights! Our flight lands early so we are going to pick up a rental car and take our time making our way out of the city and up I-95 towards our final destination of Bar Harbor, ME and Acadia National Park.Read More
All of our family vacations involved a road trip. We didn't fly for a vacation until I was somewhere in my teens. And these days it is still more cost effective (in most situations) than hopping on a plane. So what have I taken away from my many automotive adventures? ….That I have a really hard time staying awake as a passenger, lol!Read More
Packing tips – Carry On
As times change so have the ways I pack. It used to be I tried to pack so that I could carry on everything I needed and avoid checking bags. I was hoping to cut down on time by not having to wait in baggage claim and also to avoid the dreaded lost luggage situation. These days though, while both of those are still concerns and even with the advent of charging per bag, I now prefer to do just the opposite.Read More
Airport Security
It's the annoying part of travel we all like to push to the back of our minds until it comes time to pack…airport security. I'm going to leave out my personal thoughts and feelings on the subject and focus on how to help you work with the TSA agents to get you through and on to your flight as smoothly as possible.Read More


text:
Bryson Cenidoza
User Stats
Profile Images
User Bio
Bryson Cenidoza
Hello! My name is Bryson Cenidoza and I am a freelance new media designer. I majored in Motion Graphics/Video Production at Red River College, Winnipeg, MB. I love working with Graphic Design, Character Design, and Vector Illustration. I also have a background within Web Design & Web Development.
If you want to contact me, feel free to email me at email@example.com.