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From the earliest forms of expression through Renaissance art, and up to the twenty-firstcentury's vision and interpretation, nature and the landscape have preoccupied humankind. Nature has not only become a vehicle in the search for existential meaning and the exploration of the human condition, it has also informed artistic creation, inspiring artists and leading them to confront aesthetic issues of form, color, and beauty. Within this tradition, many artists focused on images which not only intended to capture an actual physical likeness, but sought to render the sense of power and mystery of nature and the communion with it as a spiritual experience, often addressing the mythical and magic attributes of nature from a mystical or cultic point of view. Landscape in art and especially in photography becomes an issue which extends well beyond the canvas or the print. Besides the self-sufficientaesthetic object with artistic merits they also carry a considerable social weight and undeniable cultural, intellectual, and political connotations.
Landscape photography, one of the most popular and allegedly "facile" genres in the art, and one that Laura Gilpin considered among the most challenging, has to some extent been overlooked, perhaps even intentionally neglected in the general history of the medium. In the more recent histories this genre has been ignored, or addressed, if at all, in the most perfunctory manner. One of the reasons could be the extensive use, or even abuse of such photography not only by serious professionals and artists, but especially through the inflationof such imagery so easily created by amateur camera owners whose aim is simply to preserve memories of occasional experiences of natural beauty, and in time recreate the "magic" of such a moment. In order to restore its status as part of the creative arsenal of photographers, the practice needs a serious reconsideration and reassessment.
Landscape photography is as old as the medium itself, and already in pre-photographic days, Daguerre's paintings for the Dioramas were in a sense the precursors of landscape photography. Often considered as superficial,repetitive,boring, and accessible to every camera owner, this genre and tradition have nevertheless survived even the contempt of recent generations thanks to the work of serious nature photographers.
Early nineteenth century photography devoted significantattentiontothispracticeduringits formative years partly because of the technical limitations of the medium while it was still maturing towards the development of its distinct vernacular. Although the stillness of the landscape was most opportune to long exposures, it evolved mainly under the influenceof the landscape tradition in painting which became an independent genre only towards the end of the eighteenth century. From Neo-Classicism to Romanticism, and through the Barbizon School, all possible artistic currents and influentialfiguresinarthavedeeplymarkedthe progress of landscape photography at its various stages. Furthermore, many of the early practitioners of the art were formerly landscape painters - even if of lesser talent. In one of his many biting remarks on photography Baudelaire qualifiedphotographyas"therefugeoffailedpainters with too little talent."
The era of the daguerreotype witnessed scant emotional involvement with landscape imagery, as this was still the stage of mechanical, objective, and truthful representation of the real world, largely devoid of sentimentality. Soon enough, the traditional canons of landscape composition derived from painting were applied to the new medium. With the emergence of the calotype, the direct and informative nature of the daguerreotype was supplanted by the technical limitations of the paper negative, which suppressed detail. This imposed new aesthetic qualities, especially since the atmospheric and artistic renditions of nature in the new technique were closer in aspect to lithographs and aquatints, and propitious to a more interpretive approach. Impressionism and the aesthetic of the calotype are unquestionably and uniquely connected both at the visual and conceptual level.
Following the technological developments in the field,theeraoftheglassplateandthelarge-format negative, landscape photography from the mid- to late nineteenth century went through the documentary/topographic phase. It culminated especially in the new genre of grandiose landscapes of the American West which eventually became a tradition, and continued through the Pictorialist approach survived until the first decades of the twentieth century.
In the 1920s, with the emergence of Precisionist photography as a reaction to Pictorialism and the revival of the great tradition of views of the American West, artists turned again to photographing landscapes, especially from a spiritual approach, as in Ansel Adams's majestic views. The popularity of the genre declined abruptly with the outbreak of World War II.
In the decades following World War II, landscape photography rose again to a central place on the scene with, at times, even a mystical approach as epitomized in the photography of Minor White and his followers, and later in the century with the work of the New Topographers. Their work opened the way to the younger generations of the last decades who are highly motivated by ecological and environmental concerns. Such an agenda led many artists to turn again to the documentation of nature, often in awe and respect, and with a well-conceived, reverent, and socially conscious universal message. The wounds of earth and nature as inflictedby humankind became the central focus of attention with an obvious critical approach. The intellectual ecological approach in contemporary landscape photography has become a new and different manner of worshiping nature often labeled as a new religion by the critics of the environmentalist movement. The images produced in this approach are often harsh, shocking and devoid of the traditional concern for beauty. As Erwin Panofsky stated: "When it comes to ecological issues, the depiction of nature takes a step back, and in its political context prefers verisimilitude to beauty."
Nowadays, nature has gained extreme "visual accessibility" via the media, and especially television through which one "travels" instantly to faraway places - much like the nineteenth century "armchair traveling" through the stereoscope. This facility, which offers a mediated experience of distant lands and "beautiful" and exotic nature (e.g. National Geographic), has also caused a notable vulgarization of nature and a depreciation of the experience of the landscape.
The "framing" of nature in art is in itself an essentially sacrilegious act, equivalent to slicing in finity in to small portions and packing it for consumption. The importance of the work should lie well beyond the details represented, in their aura and the degree of success the artist was capable of achieving in interpreting and presenting an emotional/spiritual experience. The visual artist should be skillful enough to do in pictures what William Blake expressed in the first stanza of "Auguries of Innocence":
"To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower"
What makes landscape photographs so often unique and special? Unlike other art forms, and especially painting, photography does not imitate nature. It is holistic in nature since it allows the artist to isolate only a portion of the world in an image, but does not permit the "peeling off" of components of nature as painting would do, selecting, as Jose Ortega Y Gasset wrote, the elements of the universe suitable to be translated onto the canvas and the class of phenomena which are pictorially essential.
This synthetic approach in painting is practically impossible and inapplicable in photography, as through the camera the artist has to observe, analyze, and merely detach a slice of the world. Photography implies the recognition of the spiritual in a scene, rather than its "re-creation" or interpretation through layers of paint.
If not executed in situ, painting often becomes a mere recollection of nature, while the photograph is direct and immediate. It conveys the first-handexperienceoftheartistaslivedin the scene. In both cases the viewer receives an impression brought to him by the artist who is simultaneously actor and spectator in nature. The impression he creates from the scene is tainted by a multitude of factors, from the environmental, cultural, and local context, to the maker's personal, psychological, religious profile.Naturally,everyperiodinhistoryhasyielded a different view of nature and landscape based on the thought, philosophy, and cultural environment of its time.
The selection of images, almost all devoid of human presence, is meant to illustrate the spiritual dimension of landscape photography as informed by local, cultural, and historical factors through the observation of the symbols and myths of our natural environment as definedby our civilization and shaped by our identity. The works of the artists assembled in this exhibition are an informal group that project diversity of cultural and geographic background, approach, and use of techniques.
As a result, these photography-based images also reflectthe variety of concerns about nature, and the different ideologies - from aesthetic to political - governing such creation through the individual interpretations of landscape. In addition, via the artist/photographer's interpretation these images transcend nature itself. By purposefully omitting a narrative, they become statements about deeply personal experiences which cannot be translated into words. They convey an essentially different experience of landscape than that which laymen undergo, as the poetic dimension and spiritual symbolism they infuse into the work of art endow them with qualities that become a representation of the human psyche. They offer a secondary visual experience: one of raw vision and extreme emotion.
A distinction should be made between the record of nature and its wonders (or maybe its oddities) and the spiritual approach to landscape as a mystic experience, where the finalimageistheresult of the communion between the artist's soul and the environment. As American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau claimed, it is not what one looks at, but what one sees.


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Liverpool sign best manager in the country
Wales is the country in question! :)
I guess there is an element of feeling underwhelmed which is understandable amongst LFC fans, its not the glitzy hollywood name some may have wished for. To be fair we have tried a few different ways in recent times, Rafa Benitez came in on the back of an even more daunting task, that of unsettling the ridiculous La Liga monopoly on a tight budget, He started excellently but it seemed the more and more control he assumed the crazier and crazier he got.
Enough of foreign imports, lets get a good old english manager, PFA manager of the year do you know? What a pile of trash poor Woy was. Forget these neutral club fans sticking up for him, claiming he did better then Kenny, they didnt have to suffer the team selections or bizarre transfer coupled with a knack of face scratching before......not making any substitutions at all.
Kenny, the legend, the peoples champion, a premier league winner seemed the dream ticket and what a great start he made. Some wonderful football but ultimately we drifted into becoming a Cup side, capable of raising our game for the elite but unincisive and lapsing in concentration against the rest.
Now we have finally brought in the young gun that FSG planned to build for the future with. A suprising name to some of us at first and not exactly an ego on stilts. The guy has done a great job, albeit only for 2 years, in getting a team of nobodys to play wonderful, latin style football on a shoe string budget. Its not as though they have done a Norwich or Stoke and drilled their way up the table, these guys have just outpassed other clubs.
Next up, we should appoint the 'sporting director' and hopefully that will be a partnership that can blossom. I think the stigma attatched with the role is generally based upon the unrest caused by someone being brought in to work alongside an already existing manager. Its quite different when you are appointed as part of a team.
Rodgers has been pretty impressive in his interviewing manner, he appears a very intelligent, calm and real person. Even under his 'unsuccsesful' spell at Reading he had a very good reputation amongst players and fans as an all out attacking team failed to grasp the patient build up of a possesion based plan. The things that excite me the most are the way his defence becomes ball players (Agger and Johnson will love it) the centre of midfield is very fluid but most importantly everything happens from the wide areas. Hopefully this points in the direction of some quality wideboys being brought in!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jun 4, 2012 11:46 Flag
No we need the owners to step up and compete in the transfer market.. otherwise we'll be lucky just to qualify for thw CL.. but never get a sniff at a EPL title..
Not whilst Chelsea are spending a reported £250m on players...Man City too will be spending huge too..
So whats left for LFC? In an ideal world we'd too have rich owners too who wouldn't sweat on spending huge..
We spent £110m to the likes of Chelsea & Man City thats a tiny amount..
Are we worried as fans of LFC we'll just get left behind?
The big problem is we don't have a new stadium in order to attract better players and get more money to buy these players...
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jun 4, 2012 15:44 Flag
Did you ever read up on FFP like I advised you to? If you do I think you'll understand why the owners will not, and in fact should not splash the cash beyond what the club is generating.
Go find yourself a Beskitas fan and ask them if it was worth going into debt in pursuit of a league title, which btw was unsuccessful.
Do you always live in a world of perpetual panic?
There are plenty of players to go round. Some of them will be decent too. They cant buy all the best players. City and Chelsea's spending guarantees only one thing. A big overdraft. It is no guarantee of EPL titles, Champions League success or even qualification.
How much did Chelsea spend last year? £50m on Torres, £20m on Luiz, and Then something similar on Mata. They still didn't qualify for the CL. To their credit they won a very big pot but the spending does not buy you certainty. Better players give you a better chance and nothing more. Remember City and United were put to the sword by teams with far smaller budgets in Bilbao etc. Chelsea were nearly embarressed by Napoli.
Players do not come for the stadium. They come for money and trophies. Some may come for the club. hankfully spending wisely is still the most important thing. We've not done so well on that front recently so cross fingers we can do better from now on.
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jun 1, 2012 16:02 Flag
Brendan is ambitious.. it would seem.. I'm now excited of what he's got in store for us..
"Brendan's comprehensive football philosophy is perfectly aligned with those at the club and those soon to join the club." sounds promising!!
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 May 31, 2012 17:05 Flag
You make some really good points here. I'm trying to think about this in terms of what he can do to help some of our existing players play even better.
Our back line has players who for the most part are comfortable on the ball, so with a system where they have responsibility to play out of the back and press up field I think they can do wonders. We already think of Johnson and Agger as attacking minded players good on the ball, but this past season I think many were pleasantly surprised by the cool on the ball skills Skrtel showed. Add to that Enrique, and also Coates, and I think we have a number of defenders who could thrive under Rogers.
In the midfield, we've got young players who have yet to fully complete their education. Think about Henderson and Shelvey, and of course we know about the passing ability of Lucas. I am curious how Adam and Stevie will fit into Rogers plans. Adam has had his critics on here, but he's still a relatively young footballer (25/26) so no reason he can't adapt, but think the long so called "Hollywood" balls will not please the new gaffer. Gerrard also may have to adjust his game, but since there is not much Stevie can't do, I recon he'll adapt well. I'm wondering if we'll see him in a more advanced role behind the striker, or as the play maker dictating the tempo.
Wide I'm sure will be an area of focus. Downing may thrive; he's got plenty of pace, very good delivery, and is technically good. Kuyt as has already been rumors maybe on his way out, but personally think a hard working utility player is needed in every squad. I'm not sure he's Rogers's ideal player, but maybe worth keeping, unless we get some very tempting offers. Bellamy with his pace and skill should do well. But the big winner I think will be Sterling. He's still very young so lets not pump him up too much too soon, but he has all the raw ability in terms of pace, delivery and good technical skill, but is also young enough a good coach who knows how to develop players (that is how Rogers cut his teeth) can really mold him into something great.
Up front it's a bit harder. Suarez I don't think you coach, you just let him loose. He knows how to get into the right places at the right time. But he also has plenty of technical ability so may actually play deeper as a fluid link between midfield and the front line.
Carroll is the question mark. For some they just don't think he's got the feet for fluid pass and move football, but I disagree. But additionally while we maybe excited by the style of football Rogers may bring, I do think a one dimensional approach no matter how well its implemented can still be thwarted by a stubborn defense. Look at what Chelsea did to both Barca and Bayern; look at what Stoke does repeatedly to Wenger's fancy boys at the Britannia. But having a second dimension can really help break things down. I'm not talking about lumping it forward and hoping Carroll gets on the end of it, but the ability to play on the floor into the box or in the air keeps defenders on their toes. The more wary of crosses coming in for Carroll they are, the more room there is for Suarez, the more they try to hem in Suarez, the more chances for Carroll open up.
Personally the more I think about Rogers the more excited I get. I really do think he can improve on an already decent foundation. Add to that in the transfer window and I do think we'll see vast improvement next term. Its not going to happen overnight, and so I think we need to be patient, but I think I can see the longer term plan the owners were thinking about when the picked our new man.
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dsteer...great post Dave pretty well mirrors my owsn thoughts on upcoming season. Looking fw to how much more we play wide under BR...As u say Sterling could thrive under his tutelage. Think we might also see BR with his tactics getting the best out of Downing too. Like u thinking on Carrol ...the way u put it reminds me of that extra dimednsion we always had tactically when Crouchie was with us ...kept the opposition guessing what we would do next..I was sorry to see him go. I do think that for a big man Carrol has excellent control and the ability to turn quickly without needing too much space to do so and this ability in itself could open all kinds of options for Suarez to play off...would have liked to have seen Kenny given another season but am happy to see the arrival of BR and am looking fw to seeing his tactics when we kick off the new season. Good Luck to him !!!
Yes Dave, I have been hook, line and sinkered into the FSG policy now, I guess you have to be otherwise you arent doing your job as a 'support'er. I am not just singing from the unequivocal support songsheet and I am not claiming Rodgers to be a better manager then Capello or Hiddink but for the project we have and the lean towards youth and prefered playing style, the board have made a very intelligent and progressive appointment.
I forgot to mention Coates, he really does have good feet, he could be very useful in a passing defence. Lucas was putting in some pretty monstrous 90% ish pass completion ratios last season and even Jordan Henderson was cracking 85% so with a bit of calmness instigated they may get even higher.
Another interesting one is that Swansea play with the lone big man up top in Danny Graham who is very much in the Andy mould.
I dont want to suggest that Brendan Rodgers has an easy job for him this season but he will be the benefactor of Kennys turmoil.
- He is coming to a club where the old players transfer fees will no longer hold relevance
- He can look around the dressing room and see young englishmen with no pound signs on their heads
- The core of the side was ripped out a year ago and then given a season to begin a gelling process
- The team proved its potential in the cups last season but was massively lacking in consistency
- The squads flaws are clear for all to see so transfer strategys should be simple enough
- an 8th place finish with lowest ever points tally will provide a platform for lower expectation!
dsteer at the end of the day, the gulf is widening between, Man City, Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham and liverpool... while the likes of chelsea are getting the eden hazards of this world Liverpool have to make do with mediocrity.....they need to fast-track their way into the top 4, 3 years out of champions league money has made a HUGE difference for liverpool...yeah I know Brendan needs time, but with the financial fair-play rules also coming in, LFC cannot afford another season in europa, everything else must be sacrificed, Carling Cup, Europa, and F.A. cup if it means Liverpool can get back into the top 4, even if its purely on goal difference...
Havin_A_Red_Day_? Havin_A_Red_Day_? May 31, 2012 23:28 Flag
Thats a really good bit of writing dsteer, youve just made me a Buck Rogers believer!!!!!!!!
Excellent post Dave - I wanted Klopp as first choice, knowing that wasn't possible, it was Rodgers all the way for me.
I remember when Houllier was manager and we played Valencia pre-season, the way Rafa's team destroyed us really stuck in a lot of our minds. Similarly, when Swansea came and showed us how it should be done also stuck in a lot of minds. Can you imagine if he successfully implements the Swansea blueprint with the undoubted better players we have? For people to say he's cr@p just because he had what I would call a learning curve at Reading? Drive's me crazy!
Carroll - for anyone who thinks he can't play on the floor look at his equaliser in the FA Cup Final. Also I think Rodgers will like a strong hold-up player who can switch the ball wide to pacy skilful wingers.
I think going to Anfield is actually going to be a pleasure again!!
Knowing a few Reading fans they weren't too pleased with what Rodgers achieved. They have done considerably better since. Having been to a few of their home games this season and sitting down and thinking about it for a moment itkind of makes sense. Reading simply didn't have the quality in the playing staff to play possession football. That is if that's what Rodgers was trying to do there.
It's good news that he's a student of the game and seems to have the right playing philosophy. I'm crossing fingers he can bring those ideas to Liverpool. We have a start as some of the players can certainly adapt to that game. Others less so but we're all aware that changes are needed and I'm excited at the prospect of seeing Liverpool playing football with the ball on the floor and probing for openings rather than the 50/50 approach that a long game brings.
It's gonna take time though. Will Armchair give him, the DoF and FSG that time or will we see more demands for a £350m transfer budget alongside a £400m stadium with a magnetic monorail and an big comfy armchair and TV for each seat?
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We both have that strange Reading connection, I've been in the stands there a wee bit this season, I even played there last Friday but lost the final of the 6 a side tournament despite outsting a Chelsea 'legends' team!
All he has to do is finish 7th and he will have had an acceptable start, I hope the 'lure' of Europa league football doesnt attract too much of his attention! I think Joe Cole will be happy to see an ex Chelsea man in charge, it must be good for him, I can also see Aqua being of interest to Brendan in a flashy Leon Britton kinda way! Raheem Sterling should be encouraged by Swansea's reliance on wingplay too. I reckon Steve Clarke has a good chance of staying on too having been part of Mourihnos coaching staff previously.


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Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 74 (November #06)
19 November 2014
Categories: Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, General Big Finish News
Toby Hadoke continues on his quest to mark Doctor Who's 50th anniversary with a wealth of rare interviewees. Today's subject is not only a twice-over Doctor Who actor, but is responsible for one of comedy cinema's funniest lines...Listen
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 73 (November #05)
17 November 2014
Toby Hadoke continues on with his Doctor Who 50th Anniversary mission to interview some of the lesser acknowledged figures behind the making of Doctor Who...Listen
Big Finish Podcast (Listeners' Emails, Trailers) (November #04)
17 November 2014
Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who - Fourth Doctor Adventures, The Scarifyers, Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts, Terrahawks, Doctor Who - Novel Adaptations, General Big Finish News, Podcast
Nick Briggs, Joe Smith, Sue Cowley and Ian Atkins open up the listeners' letterbox, play some trailers, while Nick encounters a Chronic Hysteresis...Listen
Pre-Missy Gomez Podcast
16 November 2014
Categories: Stop Press, General Big Finish News, Podcast, Events
For those of you missing Missy (aka The Master!) since she evaporated in a blue fuzz, here's actress Michelle Gomez chatting to Big Finish's Nick Briggs during her time guest starring in the 2007 Doctor Who audio release Valhalla.Listen
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 72 (November #03)
13 November 2014
Categories: Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, Podcast, General Big Finish News
After a brief break while Toby dashed more around the country with microphone in hand, pursuing interviews with some of the less exposed people involved in Doctor Who over its 50 years, we're delighted to present his next podcast...Listen
The Confessions of Dorian Gray - Series 3 - Special Podcast!
10 November 2014
In anticipation of November's impending release of The Confessions of Dorian Gray - Series 3, we get its star and producer around a microphone to talk about the new release and answer listener questions...Listen
Big Finish Podcast (Mystery Question Round, Emails, The Avengers Trailer) (November #01)
7 November 2014
Categories: Doctor Who - Eighth Doctor Adventures, Doctor Who - Special Releases, Bernice Summerfield - Box Sets, Bernice Summerfield - Books, Doctor Who - Novel Adaptations, Bernice Summerfield - Single Releases, Dalek Empire, Podcast, General Big Finish News
Nicholas Briggs, Joe Smith and Ian Atkins gather around a mic to help shed a little audio light on matters Big Finish...Listen
Halloween - Frankenstein, Survivors, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who (October #2)
31 October 2014
Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles, Sapphire & Steel, Big Finish Classics, Doctor Who - Special Releases, Gallifrey, Sherlock Holmes, UNIT, Doctor Who - Fourth Doctor Adventures, Big Finish Bargains, Survivors, Doctor Who - Philip Hinchcliffe Presents, Podcast, General Big Finish News
Nick Briggs and Ian Atkins are back. But where's Sue? Alarmingly, she is mysteriously replaced by brand new production assistant Joe Smith (fresh out of his hibernation podule). Together, they read your letters, play some trailers and fight a fridge (with Joe proving particularly good at fridge fighting)...Listen
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 71 (October #01)
21 October 2014
Categories: Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, Podcast, Stop Press
Following the tragic news of 20th October, Toby has worked to bring this title forward in tribute to a wonderful artist...Listen
Frankenstein - First Disc Preview!
2 October 2014
Categories: Big Finish Classics, Podcast
In advance of the Hallowe'en release of our Frankenstein title, we have some special news...Listen
Doctor Who - Revenge of the Swarm Podcast
19 September 2014
Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, Podcast, General Big Finish News
With Doctor Who: Revenge of the Swarm seeing the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hector confronting an old enemy, we went behind the scenes for a brief talk with those involved...Listen
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 70 - September #03
17 September 2014
Categories: Doctor Who - The Lost Stories, Doctor Who - 50th Anniversary, Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, General Big Finish News
Toby Hadoke reaches the 70th podcast in his quest to interview someone connected with every Doctor Who story. This one starts with a familiar (and informative) face, but then...Listen


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> Hi All,
> I am new to NIM, and trying to configure my first NIM master.
> Running AIX 5.2, and using the following directions
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG245524.html
> My first question is, do I need to use AIX CDs to create a NIM Master?
> We have other NIM servers on the network, is it possible to copy their
> stuff into my NIM master?
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"I cannot believe the support we have received from boy scouts in the last several months. This is the third Eagle Scout project the Cemetery Commission has benefited from just this year," stated David Abbott, President of the Clark County Cemetery Commission. "We are beyond grateful for the support we have received. I want to take this time to thank Luke and his volunteers for their interest in Little Union Cemetery."
Saturday night, January 23, the Henryville Hornet boys hosted rival Borden Braves for what would be a barn burner on a cold night; ah, Indiana basketball in January. In true dramatic fashion the Hornets pulled out to a nice lead to see it come down to the wire at the end winning 43-42 with a last second three.
On Thursday, February 11, the Clark County Sheriff's Office arrested Lucy Boyer for the offenses of Dealing in a Controlled Substance- Level 6 Felony, Possession of a Controlled Substance- A Misdemeanor, and Trafficking with an Inmate- Level 5 Felony.
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Ever wondered how would you look if you would fashion the hairstyle that your friend, favorite celebrity, or someone else have. Or even better, try all the hairstyles you could imagine and find out which one is the most flattering to you before marching off to the corner barbershop. Now, technology gives us such an opportunity. The virtual hairstyles program called "The Hair Styler" enables you to virtually try how the new style will look on you before you do anything drastic with your hair.
This program works on the way that you upload your photo or choose between offered models and than try on within more than hundred hairstyles of celebrities or between hundreds of program's other popular short, long, or conservative looks. Also you are able to experiment with color and texture changes, and even try on diferent types of beards, moustaches, goatees, and impressive selection of facial hairstyles. This way you are able to virtually experiment with the whole new image that you want to acquire before actually doing any real changes on your look.
Membership in this program also includes hair consultations from hair experts with no additional costs. It also includes styles for both of the sexes, with more women's on the database, which is quite logical. But don't be fooled by the seemingly women's genre of this program. It has impressive catalog of men's hairstyles of all kinds and shapes and it's constantly updated. Especially interesting aspect of this program is ability to try on hairstyles of more than hundred famous men. From those of popular actors like Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt to black male celebrities like Lenny Kravitz or Chris Rock to classic male celebrity hairstyles of Cary Grant or Elvis Presley.
In closing, The Hair Styler program is a unique way to experiment with your look in a fun way. But beyond fun part, it's very useful way to try on a new hairstyle or total new look without fear of regrettable outcome. Try Demo of the program below:


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Maple-Peach Glazed Ham Steak
- 1 cup peach marmalade
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 ham steaks, each 1-inch thick
Stir together the preserves, maple syrup, ancho powder and orange juice in a medium bowl.
Heat grill to high. Grill the steaks for 4 to 5 minutes on both sides, keeping the grill covered to heat through. Baste with the glaze every few minutes. Slice and serve.
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West Brom defender Liam Ridgewell insists that his side remain firmly grounded following their spectacular start to the season.
The Baggies have been the Premier League's surprise package so far and managed to put together a run of results that saw them prop up third place on Saturday.
They have moved down to fourth following a defeat at the Liberty stadium to Swansea on Wednesday night, but the defender admitted that the players aren't too worried about this brief setback.
Ridgewell insists the loss was not down to complacency and that the West midlands outfit are working just as hard as ever to try and secure as many points as possible.
He insists that aim is still to reach the magic 40 points and enough to ensure survival before they can start dreaming of Europe and top half finishes.
Albion take on Stoke tomorrow and the left back is aware that the Potters are the kind of side they need to emulate, with Tony Pulis' side being a mainstay in the Premier League in recent years.
"Our home form has been good, we have to make sure we are right on it," Ridgewell told the Birmingham Mail.
"We know we're a good team but we don't listen to anything other people say.
"We know what we're about and our own aims within the club.
"We don't listen to anyone outside of the club. We'll carry on doing what we've got to do.
"What we have to do is make sure we stay in this league for next season.
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Placed horses 2016: 65
Western House Stables, situated near the quiet village of Melsonby is home to the trainer and Bloodstock Agent Alan Swinbank.
Alan has been involved with horses all his life, having had horses in training with the late Arthur Stephenson and training point to pointers before taking out a full licence at Thorndale Farm in 2001. With many successes and over 700 winners later, he has built a new training complex at Western House Stables that provides excellent training facilities for horses and a safe working environment for staff.
Dreams are made here and the most successful horse trained is Collier Hill, who holds the record for the most prize money won by a gelding – over 2 million pounds.
Alan purchased Collier Hill, as an unraced 3 year old and from meagre beginning winning a N.H. Bumper race at Catterick he went on to take some of the worlds richest races, Collier won 15 races in total, six of them being Group races including three Group 1's, the Canadian Pacific International, Hong Kong Vase and the Irish St Ledger and was placed on 16 occasions including in 4 Group 1 races and a Group 3.
He was truly an international traveller who took his owner around the world. He is currently retired at Western House Stables, spending his days in the paddocks hopefully passing on all his knowledge to his companions who share the paddocks with him.
He was a horse that everyone dreams of owning and we would like to share that experience again with new owners who would like to come along for some great racing experiences.
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TOP jockey Brenton Avdulla described Libran as "my little champion" after the promising stayer continued his winning momentum at Royal Randwick yesterday.
Libran scored his third successive feature race win when he wore down his rivals to take out the Group 2 $300,000 Chairman's Handicap (2600m).
Despite Libran's narrow winning margin, he was impressive enough to retain favouritism for the Group 1 $2 million Sydney Cup (3200m) next Saturday.
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National Labor Relations Board
10 ways to get burned under the new NLRB election rules
The new rules impose a vast array of new burdens on employers, including a new Notice of Petition, electronic posting, assorted pre-hearing disclosures and a significantly expanded voter list.
Changes to labor unionization policy will have significant effect on employers
President Obama is set to veto a disapproval resolution from the House of Representatives on the NLRB's move to implement 'quickie elections'
NLRB rules T-Mobile engaged in unfair labor policies
Judge Dibble ruled that the unlawful practices stem from T-Mobile's employee handbook, code of conduct, and a confidentiality form.
Can employees comment about their employer on social media sites?
"Virtually all employment agreements have confidentiality provisions," attorney Karl Kronenberger said.
New McDonald's discrimination suit could show how far the NLRB's joint-employer status extends
In the complaint, a group of former McDonald's employees alleged that they were terminated in 2013 because of continued racial harassment on the job.
Business groups file suit to block NLRB new union election rules
Business advocates and the Chamber of Commerce have voiced concerns that the new rules could lead to "ambush elections" that leave employers unprepared to discuss labor issues with workers
NLRB files first salvo of suits against McDonald's using recently-defined 'joint employer' status
The complaints could pave the way to unionization for fast food workers, and could create big headaches for Corporate HQ.
NLRB's quickie election rule provides for easier path to unionization
The NLRB majority says the changes will "remove unnecessary barriers to the fair and expeditious resolution of questions concerning representation."
NLRB passes new union election rules, shortens election process
In most cases, pre-election hearings will be set to open just eight days after the initial petition is filed, a much shorter time period than current model which varies by region.
NLRB continues to issue pro-union rulings
The new decision is a reversal of the NLRB's 2007 ruling, known as Register Guard.


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Clouded leopards are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that there are fewer than 10,000 of these elusive cats left in the wild.
The National Zoo has been working to conserve clouded leopards at the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, since 1978 and participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Clouded Leopard Species Survival Plan to create a genetically diverse captive and wild population.
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Dorm Neighbor Testifies in Rutgers Webcam-Spying Trial
The trial of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, accused of spying on his roommate with a webcam, continued Tuesday in Middlesex County Superior Court with more testimony from dorm neighbor Molly Wei.
Wei, who lived across the hall from Ravi and roommate Tyler Clementi, testified that she and Ravi had watched streamed images of Clementi kissing another man. A few days after the September 2010 incident, Clementi killed himself.
But Wei denied that they had recorded or broadcast the encounter, saying the initial police report accusing her of do so was incorrect. Rather, she said, the images were streaming through a live webcam connection set up by Ravi.
Her second day of testimony Tuesday is part of the the bias intimidation and invasion of privacy trial against Ravi, in which she has agreed with prosecutors to a plea deal.
The man with whom Clementi shared a dorm room tryst is expected to take the stand, possibly as early as Wednesday. So far, he has only been publicly identified by initials "M.B."
In her testimony Tuesday, Wei also recounted being questioned by police following Clementi death. "At the end of the conversation, the police officers told me that Tyler was missing and that he had possibly committed suicide," she said. "I was overwhelmed, very sad and I felt very bad if anything had happened."
On Monday, she had said she and Ravi initially agreed not to tell anyone about the first time they saw the footage.
"First of all, it was shocking. It felt wrong. We didn't expect to see that. And now that what we did, it was like we shouldn't have seen it," Wei said. "We didn't want people to know what had happened."
But she and Ravi soon told others about it, Wei said — and she agreed to show other students.
Wei also testified Monday that one day after Clementi disappeared she traded text messages with Ravi about what they had said to police. Ravi reportedly asked her whether she had told the police they had intentionally viewed Clementi through the webcam, and she told him she had. He wrote back that he had told police they were only "messing around with the camera."
A New Yorker article earlier this month by Ian Parker detailed how many of the early assumptions in the case that fueled national headlines about cyber-bullying were later revealed to be more complicated. Parker wrote:
Clementi's death became an international news story, fusing parental anxieties about the hidden worlds of teen-age computing, teen-age sex, and teen-age unkindness …. It became widely understood that a closeted student at Rutgers had committed suicide after video of him having sex with a man was secretly shot and posted online. In fact, there was no posting, no observed sex, and no closet.
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A physically disabled woman on her wheelchair clashes with riot police in La Paz. Hundreds of physically disabled people arrived in La Paz on Thursday after completing a protest march of some 1600 km (994 miles) over a hundred days to demand that Bolivia's government offer support in the form of 3000 bolivianos ($434) payment to each physically disabled Bolivian, according to local media.
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Imbeciles. Numbskulls. Los estupidos.
For days since now, the overriding question over the election has been: Huh?
How, perhaps more appallingly, could more than three-quarters of these inkjet-stained wretches come down on Mark McGwire's candidacy as if personally delivering the wrath of the baseball gods? How could a guy get 583 homers and only 23.5 percent of the votes?
You'll find your answers in the last "A" of the BBWAA, short for the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Somethin' to see, baby.
It's a flawed system, certainly difficult, vexing even those of us who take part in it.
Hey, you try it. Give everybody in your workplace – whether that's five people or 54 or 545 – the same book or video or box of chocolates. Good luck coming up with a three-quarters majority of opinion on any of them.
Even if you could get 545 people to agree that Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective of all time, too, somebody'd disqualify him because Arthur Conan Doyle had Holmes dabbling in a certain performance-altering substance.
Unanimity? Un-flippin'-likely. Babe Ruth might not get into Cooperstown unanimously today. Ditto Mays and Aaron.
Take into account the thinking of Bill Shannon, whose job is all about objectivity. For more than a quarter-century, he's been not only a New York baseball writer, but an official scorer at both Yankees and Mets games. He checked off 10 players on his 2007 ballot. Neither was named Gwynn or Ripken.
"I thought they were such obvious candidates they didn't need my vote," said Shannon. "I wasn't thinking in terms of 100 percent."
My own office happens to house five semi-hale fellows with Hall of Fame ballots. We do only slightly better than 75 percent in our annual debate over whether to cast a ballot at all. One abstains. Not without solid reasoning, either.
This last election, aside from giving us a chance to celebrate the careers of two masterful players and ambassadors, brought steroids into the Hall of Fame game. There'll be fallout for many years to come.
Whatever consideration might've gone to Rafael Palmeiro's candidacy before Congress came a-callin' – and he "retired" with 3,020 hits and 569 homers – is out the window. His former panelmate Sammy Sosa has less of a shot at Cooperstown than Mark McGwire.
The return of one Barry Lamar Bonds for another season with the Giants – and his controversial run at the most revered sports record in the Western Hemisphere – means we now have six more years for the truth about him to emerge. Until then, the focus will remain on McGwire, whose worthiness the second time around shall be reargued at least as intensely as the case for 2008 candidate Tim Raines.
(The insipid question about unanimity should be reinvigorated a year later, however, when Rickey Henderson becomes eligible. Provided he isn't still playing for somebody.)
The McGwire matter has an attached irony for ball hacks. The steroid problem in baseball grew partly because we – the folks in the clubhouse every day, people paid to observe – were not reporting the things we saw. What we saw were a lot of the same things players saw.
"We knew," said Gwynn. "Players knew. Owners knew. Everybody knew, and we didn't say anything about it."
To his credit, Gwynn actually was less reticent than most to talk about it, particularly on the subject of amphetamines. His co-inductee has more of a political bent.
"I can tell you that I didn't know," said Ripken, asked the other day about the role of steroids in the vote. "There are a few guys who come back from the offseason bigger, but you don't really know for sure what's happening. I didn't. . . . A smarter person can look around and have suspicions. . . . Maybe I'm the most naive and ignorant person around."
Players are bound by their own code, protecting each other with their silence, their unwritten rule even stronger than a well-written subpoena. Better to be a cheat – or an accomplice – than a rat.
That, too, is the American way. Or just a guy thing. Tell it to George Mitchell, baseball's special prosecutor of sorts on the steroid issue, because nobody else is telling him anything.
If a writer suspected McGwire and Sosa of being unnaturally overinflated – and you'd need a different sort of drug test yourself to think they weren't – the scribe was bound by journalistic ethics not to write it without concrete evidence. Just the facts, man. Proof.
So here were hundreds of BBWAA members, clearly voting against McGwire, his performance in front of Congress more in mind than his performance at the plate. We did so with no more documented evidence of actual steroid use by McGwire than existed a half-decade ago.
On the other hand, a ballot asks one's opinion, not merely his or her statistical analysis. Character and integrity are part of the equation. At last, after years of having to suppress their own overwhelming sense that the game was dirty, the writers could give voice to their own protest or beliefs.
Given the benefit of the doubt, we voted our conscience. Some, including the more self-righteous among us, thought they were voting baseball's conscience.
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Iggy Azalea to perform University of Minnesota homecoming concert
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The white-hot Aussie rapper will bring "Fancy" to TCF Bank Stadium on Oct. 17.
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University of Minnesota students must be feeling awfully fancy. The Minnesota Daily reports that exploding pop-rap star Iggy Azalea is set to perform the college's annual homecoming concert Oct. 17 at TCF Bank Stadium. Will Goldy join Iggy onstage? Stay tuned. Prefab Ohio dance-rock band Walk the Moon will also perform.
General admission tickets - which go on sale Sept. 9 - are $20-$25 for students and $40-$50 for the public.
Our eat-your-young celebrity culture has turned the 24-year-old Australian into something of a lightning rod, drawing charges of cultural appropriation and being generally wack (the latter holds more water). What can't be disputed is the staying power of Azalea's Charli XCX-featuring mega-hit "Fancy," which has spent 25 weeks (!) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Correction: A previous version of this post claimed Azalea's U of M homecoming performance will be her Minnesota debut. In reality, she played the Fine Line in Minneapolis two years ago. H/T to Brian Grenz.


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Two new art exhibits will be on display beginning Sunday at the Gallery at Pocono Community Theater Art Center, 88 Courtland St., East Stroudsburg.
In the front gallery, the drawings of Monroe County photographer Sherwood Samet be featured in the exhibit "Panoramas."
In the back gallery, the exhibit "Improvisations" will feature the work of local photographer Laurie Samet.
Both exhibits will run through April 4.
Exhibit hours are 3:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 3:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 12:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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The only thing you can expect from Cade Martin's photography is the unexpected. He is known for his whimsical and award-winning work for clients as varied as Starbucks, AARP, NPR, IBM, Tommy Hilfiger, Discovery Channel, Cadillac, Coors Brewing, US Airways, US Army, Verizon, Design Army for the One Show and so many other prestigious institutions, associations and publications.
The imaginative photographer once again has channeled his magical thinking in his latest work for Shaw Flooring. Shaw was looking to refresh its brand image and wanted to move away from the traditional interior shots of its previous carpeting campaigns. The client was drawn to the recent Starbucks campaign Martin did and its fanciful style for the branding of their Tazo Tea line products. Shaw Flooring working with agency Three Atlanta came to Martin seeking a similar fantastical treatment for their flooring.
Martin went on location to shoot at Barnsley Gardens, a striking Gothic-style castle one hour north of Atlanta. Barnsley Gardens furnished the ideal setting and storybook look for the concept. The estate was built by Godfrey Barnsley for the love of his life, his wife Julia. Today it offers the pleasures of gracious Southern style with lush gardens and beautiful old buildings and architecture in a bit of disrepair but still exuding great charm and other worldliness.
It was that Gothic contrast that carried through to the Shaw Flooring piece. Martin replaced manicured lawns with plush carpeting, cracked stone with beautiful hardwood floors and aged cement with stunning rugs. The venue added an otherworldly dimension to the campaign that brought impact and the unexpected with a touch of grace, great fashion and a romantic style.
"We wanted to rethink how you look at floors. We wanted to create a mood, create an atmosphere. It's the twist—seeing the flooring where you don't expect to—that makes you look again." says Martin.
See more of Cade Martin's award-winning work at his site, www.cademartin.com.
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Message in a Bottle (1999)
Garret Blake: Teresa, I don't want to lose you.
Theresa Osborne: Then don't.
Theresa Osborne: Have you lived here your whole life?
Garret Blake: Not yet.
[last lines]
Theresa Osborne: If some lives form a perfect circle, others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been a part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has a love for which I can only be grateful.
Dodge Blake: If I was about 150 years younger, you'd be in trouble, young lady.
Dodge Blake: Choose between yesterday and tomorrow.
Theresa Osborne: And you'll just forget about me, right?
Garret Blake: Every day.
Theresa Osborne: So you *used* to be charming. Sorry I missed that.
Theresa Osborne: What if you got mad at me. It's a small boat.
Garret Blake: I don't like fighting, Theresa. Bowling either.
Garret Blake: You look nice.
Dodge Blake: Yeah, well it hurts.
Dodge Blake: Jackets like that don't come along every week, ya know.
Dodge Blake: Got your ticket?
Garret Blake: Of course I have my ticket. Got my name in all my underwear. And I got a quarter, for a phone call.
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Jason Osborne: [disembarking] Where are they?
Theresa Osborne: Um... You know, they're probably just running late, they'll be here baby.
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Hi all.. I've got a USB barcode scanner, and I'ld like to have a script
running in the background the listens to input received from it.
That seems simple enough, except that as soon as I plug it in, it gets
recognised as a USB keyboard device (which it is, so no surprise there),
and gets added to the devices that send their input to the console.
In other words, if I scan a barcode with it, the digits get entered on
the console just as if I had typed them on the connected PS/2 keyboard.
I suspect this is by design, so that connecting another keyboard or
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I was hoping it would be as easy as opening say /dev/ttyUSB0, but that
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About a month ago, my wife and I were enticed by a sale ad to visit our local Sherwin Williams store. We were about to embark on another room remodel and we needed paint.
We had bought Sherwin Williams' Harmony low-VOC paint — aka "green" paint that doesn't have harmful volatile organic compounds in it — a couple times before and had great experiences with it. The color and spread were great, but perhaps best of all, it was actually fun to paint with because we didn't get headaches or have to open every window in the house to ventilate like did when we last painted a few years before. Sure, we weren't thrilled at the higher cost of this paint when we bought it, but the old saying "you get what you pay for" rang true when the rubber hit the road, or in this case, when the paint hit the walls.
This time, though, we'd find the best of both worlds. Looking at the sale prices on the low- and no-VOC paint compared to the regular options, I did a double take. Per gallon, the Harmony paint was a few cents cheaper. Really? Really.
If memory serves, the last time I bought the Harmony paint it was about $9 more per gallon than the conventional options (exactly how much more varies throughout the year and from region to region). But today the entire Harmony line was on sale. It was our lucky day. As if we had discovered some pricing mistake that was going to be corrected at any second, we quickly told the salesclerk which colors we needed and bought four gallons. The next day, I actually went back to get more for a down-the-road room redo.
Such sales typically happen at least once or twice a year. So if you can wait for the right time and plan accordingly, it is possible to find low-voc paint at a comparable — or even lower — price than the regular stuff. Here are two more general tips:
So what about you? Have you used low- or no-VOC paint before? Did you notice a difference in the color quality or ease of application from regular paint? Do you have a favorite brand? How much did you pay for that green paint? Got any tips to find smoking deals? Please share your stories by posting a comment below.
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The INNOQUAL issue 3 is out! We would like to thank all the open reviewers who helped to develop the articles for this special issue on quality in MOOCs:
Andrea Lißner, Anja Lorenz, Anne-Christin Tannhäuser, Bernhard Glanznig, Chris Simon, Christian Spannagel, Daniela Pscheida, Gemot Schabert, Javiera Atenas, Julia Lendl, Kathi K., Kevin Gspurning, Kristin Stritzke, Maria Haas, Marlen Dubrau, Nando Stöcklin, Rudi Weißenbacher, Sotirios Christopoulos, Stefan Janisch, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
As well as INNOQUAL Comenthaton partners:
- Graz University of Technology, Univ.-Doz. Dr. Martin Ebner, Seminar, LV "Technology Enhanced Learning"
- University of Education Heidelberg, Prof. Dr. Christian Spannagel, research group "Playgroup"
- Saxon MOOCs United, working group lead by Anja Lorenz (Chemnitz University of Technology) and Andrea Lissner (Dresden University of Technology)
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Issue 3, Published: September 2014
|What Makes Open Education Thrive?: Examination of Factors Contributing to the Success of Open Education Initiatives
|As the world has come to recognize the importance of open education initiatives, there have been numerous discussions on their impacts on our learning. However, researchers and educators seldom discuss standards and methods that can be used to identify and evaluate each initiative in terms of its success. This paper tries to address the importance of recognizing factors affecting the success of open education initiatives by analyzing established initiatives around the world. Through the analysis, it found six factors across three categories: organizational factors (brand/reputation, and funding), pedagogical factors (focus of subjects, and interactivity), and social factors (social view of open education, and localization).
|Internet and social media communication skills: addressing the needs of LLP project teams(Revised manuscript)
|The effective use of Internet and social media tools and their embeddedness in a communication strategy are becoming fundamental to the success of cross-border cooperation projects, such as those subsidized by the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) of the European Commission. This paper reports on the results of a Europe-wide survey on skills needed by members of LLP projects in order to communicate their project results and engage with the target audience.
The results of the survey show trends in the use of social media based digital communication strategies, as well as areas in which development of skills is needed. They also allow us to identify digital communication opportunities that are of interest in the context of dissemination of project results despite the fact that little attention is drawn to them by survey respondents. We discuss how the findings of the needs analysis have been used in the design of the training components (materials and courses, face-to-face and online). We conclude with some priority activities that we believe are needed at policy-making level, to allow project results to increase their visibility and impact.
|How to Promote the Usage of Digital Media in Scientific Further Education
|Promoting the usage of digital media in academic further education requires to rethink institutions of higher education in three points: the organizational structures, incentive instruments and staff development. Within these fields the project Q2P – as a service unit – takes place.
|Quality assurance of higher education: National trends of development and accreditation in Kazakhstan
|The article deals with current trends of development of quality issues in higher education. Due to the introduction of the latest educational strategies in Kazakhstan higher educational institutions have to improve its quality due to new challenges at national and international context and also develop the system of change management in order to build better strategies for current reforms. Accreditation is considered as one of the most effective instruments of measuring quality. Accreditation criteria and requirements can be taken as one of the effective methods for creation a system of internal and external quality assessment. Current educational standards have to be replaced by national quality standards. System of quality control has to be transformed into the system of improvement and development.
|Open Educational Resources: Special Demands on Quality
|The very central idea behind Open Educational Resources (OERs) is opening up the access to learning resources for stakeholders who were not the originally targeted users. This concept must be understood as highly innovative, because it describes a general economic and social paradigm shift: Education that formerly was limited to a particular (privileged) group of learners is now understood as a public good. In this context, it already is a remarkable achievement when authors and publishers make their contents available for the public and invite the community to freely reuse the educational resources. However, the usefulness of such resources actually often keeps limited to the originally targeted context because the context itself is not sufficiently described and/or appropriateness of the resources regarding other contexts is unclear. … [Read Full Abstract]
|Joint Digital Library of Open Educational Resources of Russian Universities
|The paper provides substantial information on an educational Internet project "Single-Entry Window" aimed at integration of open educational resources of Russian universities and other educational institutions. The main components of the portal are an electronic catalogue of educational Internet resources and an open digital library of learning and methodical materials. The brief history and conceptual aspects of the project, the software functionality, the informational components, the structure of metadata, the questions of content management including the approach for resources collecting and evaluating are described and discussed.
|Learning and Work: How Innovations and Competence Development support the Learning Quality at Workplaces
|(The revised manuscript will be linked from here soon)
Discussion papers submitted to special call "Quality in MOOCs"
|Academics' Perceptions on the Quality of MOOCs: An Empirical Study
|Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, have become a global phenomenon. Tens of thousands of people have enrolled into free online courses provided by some of the world's most prestigious universities. As they are such a recent creation, discussion about the value and the operation of MOOCs has been predominately in the general media and academic blogosphere. Many of those who have been pontificating about the good (or evil) of MOOCs have been doing so without having experienced one as a participant or organiser. This paper investigates the views of academics who participated as students in a MOOC. A survey and follow up focus group of academics are used to discuss the pedagogical design and also the broader implications that MOOCs have for the tertiary education sector.
|Introducing MOOCs to Middle European Universities – is it worth it to accept the challenge?
|The paper deals with necessary requirements to implement MOOCs at European universities, by the example of Austria. As the respective general conditions and business environments are obviously different from the university system in the United States the analysis of advantages and obstacles of offering MOOCs is done from a local point of view including lecturers' and students' perspectives as well as necessary preconditions that have to be established by the universities and the government. Thereby, challenges in the fields of content creation, the supply of MOOCs, the assessment of knowledge and the development of business models are pointed out and discussed.
|UNX: A Latin American Community of Knowledge for Entrepreneurship(Practice-based manuscript)
|UnX is an innovative knowledge community for entrepreneurship that promotes open education and entrepreneurial skills online in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. UnX is based on the delivery of MOOCs with open and flexible content from websites, wikis, OERs and social networks, which can be scaled up to respond to demand. Learning is based on the knowledge acquired from the community and individuals working together (social and peer-to-peer learning), while the activities draw on a challenge and game-based methodology.
Unemployees from Europe and Latin America, students, young people as well as entrepreneurs, investors or everyone interested in entrepreneurship can find all kind of open courses and resources in unX.
The unX platform is now integrated in a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) aggregator called Colmenia, and it will also be optimized for mobile devices, so that users can take all the opportunities to learn−on the bus, train, at home, etc. More than 30.000 entrepreneurs are enrolled in unX currently.
|The OpenupEd quality label: benchmarks for MOOCs
|In this paper we report on the development of the OpenupEd Quality Label, a self-assessment and review quality assurance process for the new European OpenupEd portal (www.openuped.eu) for MOOCs (massive open online courses). This process is focused on benchmark statements that seek to capture good practice, both at the level of the institution and at the level of individual courses. The benchmark statements for MOOCs are derived from benchmarks produced by the E-xcellence e-learning quality projects (E-xcellencelabel.eadtu.eu/). A process of self-assessment and review is intended to encourage quality enhancement, captured in an action plan. We believe that a quality label for MOOCs will benefit all MOOC stakeholders
|Pedagogy of MOOCs(Practice-based manuscript)
|MOOC's have attracted huge attention, and hype, for supporting massive enrollments and for being free. What has received less attention is the pedagogical aspects of MOOCs. How can MOOCs effectively teach thousands of students simultaneously?
|Perspectives on MOOC quality – a review of the EFQUEL MOOC Quality Project(Practice-based manuscript)
|MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) represent the latest stage in the evolution of open educational resources. MOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. The rapidly rising participation levels, high visibility and a growing community worldwide give rise to a number of important questions.
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (EFQUEL), addresses the question of quality and MOOCs, not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of quality in MOOCs. A series of blogposts by eleven worldwide experts and stakeholders in the field addressed the issues from each participant's viewpoint.
From the expert blog posts key quality areas were identified for further discussion: addressing a massive (and often unspecified) target group, … [continue reading]
|Can Collaborative MOOCs be run by 'educators'?(Practice-based manuscript)
|By creating an event like a MOOC we are potentially radically redefining what it means to be an educator. As the responsibility for the quality of the learning experience fractures in multiples, the word educator may not even apply.
|A new classification schema for MOOCs
|This paper considers the pedagogies associated with different types of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It argues that the current discourse around the concept of xMOOCs (primarily based around interaction with content and essentially adopting a behaviourist learning approach), and cMOOCs (which focus on harnessing the power of social media and interaction with peers, adopting a connectivist learning approach), is an inadequate way of describing the variety of MOOCs and the ways in which learners engage with them. It will provide a brief history of the emergence of MOOCs and the key stakeholders. It will introduce an alternative means of categorising MOOCs, based on … [continue reading]
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Anders Lindback certainly played well enough to earn a win Thursday night.
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Lindback made 27 saves, some of which came at crucial times, to keep his team in the game despite being outshot by a clip of 29-18.
Once again, the Bolts had several quality scoring opportunities, including a late power play in the third period, but couldn't capitalize.
"It's the scoring chances," Lightning head coach Guy Boucher said. "There were 17 chances that we passed on, and I don't accept that. Shoot the puck, and that can create rebounds, chaos, and that's where the goals come from. We didn't want to shoot."
It was the fourth straight home loss at the Times Forum for Tampa Bay, while the Islanders got back to .500 as they rebounded from a 6-1 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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The International Monetary Fund's chief pushed back Friday against what has become conventional wisdom among South African officials: hopes that expanding trade within the fast-growing African continent could help save Pretoria from the worst fallout of Europe's debt crisis.
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Written by | James Hebert | 7:02 p.m., Jul 12, 2010
This runs in Tuesday's print edition of the Union-Tribune:
By James Hebert, Theater Critic
From the first emphatic capital letter to the final flourish of punctuation, Diversionary Theatre's "[title of show]" — a musical about its own creation — is destined to get a rave review that begins with the paragraph you're now reading.
(The next portion of the review will discuss, as a rave review should — especially if it's a review about a review about a musical about a musical — how funny and inventive the play is and how skillfully the cast and creative team nail it. Of course, this is just a placeholder. The real paragraph will be much better.)
"[title of show]" — and that is the title of the show now getting its West Coast premiere at Diversionary — is a show about itself, and yet also a show that's about pretty much every musical ever written.
It begins with a song called "Untitled Opening Number," gleefully cataloging all the musical-theater clichés it's trotting out ("We'll get a little louder to further emphasize the point / And then we'll cross downstage toward you …").
It goes on to document its own real-life evolution from jokey, thrown-out idea to actual production to an eventual date with Broadway, winking all the while to the show's deliriously high concept. In a scene where the new piece is about to be entered in a theater festival, one character sensibly asks: "If the finished script is in the envelope, should we still be talking?"
In a way — if an ill-advisedly metaphorical way — "[title of show]" is like a snake that swallows its own tail. Or maybe more like a snake (a different snake this time, because that first one is gone, having swallowed itself) that loves musical theater and is full of witty songs and follow-your-bliss uplift. Which seems a lot to ask of a snake, but still.
Of course, trying to mimic in print the ingenious way "[title of show]" documents its own birth, evolution and self-prophesied Broadway glory is a gambit doomed to failure, and kind of [synonym for "lame"] besides.
But it's hard not to fall deeply into the playful spirit of Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's matchless musical after seeing Diversionary's production, staged by James Vasquez (making a case as the best young director in San Diego) with near-perfect pitch for the show's mix of whimsy, inspiration and full-on, inside-the-biz geekery.
A little confession: I think it's presumptuous for a critic to call a show a "must-see," as if those who have other priorities to deal with (paying bills, raising kids, reading this) deserve to have a big scoop of guilt plopped onto their already too-full plates.
And yet here it is: If you see only one musical this year, go see "Cats" somewhere, so that I can have your seat for "[title of show]."
The story behind the title (and behind the story): In 2004, composer-lyricist Bowen and book writer Bell decided — three weeks before the submission deadline — to enter the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Lacking an actual idea, they chose the show itself as the subject, adopting the entry-form prompt "[title of show]" as the name and their own names as the characters'.
The two played themselves, alongside Heidi Blickenstaff (as Heidi, who has a song called "I Am Playing Me") and Susan Blackwell (Susan). As its success took the musical from fest favorite to off-Broadway to, in 2008, a Broadway run, "[title of show]" went through updates and growing pains ("Change It, Don't Change It," "Awkward Photo Shoot").
Now, as it goes out into the world, having new actors play these real-life people in this show about itself might seem the straw that snaps the camel's back, something the camel actually won't mind because its head has just exploded.
But Diversionary's cast slips right into the skin of these characters, starting with Tony Houck, who brings big fun as the boisterous Hunter. Houck is all over the character's wry, drama-queen wisecracks, and has a knowing way of toeing the show's deceptively tricky line between total goof and smart, affecting tale.
Tom Zohar's casting as the more reserved, uptight Jeff seems a bit of an inside gag all its own, since Zohar is known for his more frenetic, kinetic turns on local stages. But he really gets Jeff's dry humor and almost religious devotion (something Hunter shares) to pop culture and musical-theater lore — the show is littered with inside references that make it a fun parlor game for show fanatics.
Karson St. John, an 8.0 stage-quake who's been knocking local theatergoers off their feet since Diversionary's "The Little Dog Laughed" last year, is so right as the deadpan, downtown-cool Susan, who has a day job as "corporate whore" but morphs into vampire-slayer at night. ("Die, Vampire, Die!" is the show's gloriously profane ode to following your own creative jones, and — if not stabbing naysayers in the heart — at least kicking them in the shins.)
And Heather Paton unleashes some fierce vocals as Heidi, the budding Broadway baby (the real Heidi wound up starring as Ursula in "The Little Mermaid") who's conflicted between her passion for "[title]" and her career. She has the show's most unironic moment on the pretty ballad "A Way Back to Then," and also has a duet to die for with St. John on "Secondary Characters," in which Heidi and Susan briefly hijack the show.
The musical accompaniment consists of a single keyboard, played by Larry (musical director Tim McKnight), the put-upon pianist who considers it a huge privilege to get a single line. (Besides playing with aplomb, the impassive McKnight makes for an ace straight man.) On paper, the show's self-referential contortions can sound too cute for words. But when the cast breaks into the absurdly infectious "Nine People's Favorite Thing," a song about refusing to compromise to please the masses, "[title of show]" makes it easy to believe.
[pause for applause].
DETAILS "[title of show]" Diversionary Theatre When: Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m., through Aug. 8. Where: 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights. Tickets: $33-$35 Phone: (619) 220-0097 Online: diversionary.org
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Going back to school is very stressful especially when it's your first time coming back after being out of school for a while. The world is constantly changing and it can be a bit much to keep up with. The Knight Rider was given the opportunity to interview a returning student; someone who has been out for a long period of time.
Q. What's your name and where are you from?
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We sometimes fail to see how fortunate we are and take what we have for granted. We focus on the negative instead of enjoying the positive. There are so many people out there who don't get this same opportunity, so whether or not you are a returning student, or someone who came straight out of high school, we should all make the best of it; enjoy this gift, and be glad that we have a chance to do something so many people wish they could.
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