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Headphone jack problems
ok, so my fuze has been a pain lately. I am a normal teenager and dont abuse my mp3 players too much, but my fuze has developed a really annoying problem. THe headphone jack is really loose, so whenever i walk the audio cuts in and out and it makes me want to punch something really badly. SO i take apart the fuze in an attempt to bend the prongs a little so it will make better contact with the headphone jack. 30 mins later i put the thing together again and the scroll when doesn't work any more. Im pissed as hell. This mp3 player has the lousiest build quality i have ever seen. The audio connector is trash, the player is a pain to put together and the thing is overall a mess. Granted the player was great for the two month i had it, but i doubt i will never buy another sansa player again.
I love it. YOU take it apart and screw it up, yet it's somehow Sansa's fault? :rolleyes:
Let me guess...you kept your headphone cord wrapped around the player when you weren't using it, correct? That's typically what kills the headphone jack.
I had my first Fuze for a little over a year during which it bounced around in my car, truck, pocket, backpack, luggage, accompanied me to the gym and baseball field on numerous occasions and even survived several lawn-cutting "adventures". I wish it had a meter to keep track of the hundreds of hours of enjoyment it provided.
Based on the above, I'm going to chalk your Sansa experience up to operator error and abuse.
You should have sent it back to Sandisk for warranty replacement.
I have had a Fuze for 21 months and never had any proplems with it, except for the wheel sticking on one occasion, which I quickly fixed.
Next time an mp3 player breaks, don't open it yourself unless the warranty is over.
ok first of all, i fully realize that i have voided the warranty, and i knew that going in. I attempted to fix the loose headphone jack myself because i needed the mp3 player to work for my drum major auditions today, so i didn't have time to send it in for a warranty.
The reason i posted this is so that people would learn about a potential problem with the mp3 player. Someone posted saying how terrible it is to wrap the headphones around it, and how its completely my fault. While this is a valid argument, something needs to be realized. An mp3 player is something that is not designed to be carried around in a plush case. Mp3 players appeal to a younger market, which is a group that puts a lot of wear and tear on the devices that they use. Saying that leaving the headphones in is my fault is similar to a situation where a head gasket in a car blows from wear and tear. The person may have been pushing the car hard, however the car should be designed to take that kind of abuse.
All i am saying is that potential buyers should beware that the headphone jack in the sansa fuze is of poor quality. The general construction and the integrity of the jack leaves much to be desired, and compared to all other audio jacks i have seen in my life, it is terrible.
So if you plan to buy a sansa fuze, or own one, treat the audio jack like with the up most care and respect, or else its screwed.
Don't wanna get in the middle of the "whose fault it was thing..." - both sides have merit IMO.
Still, I think most folks would be wise to consider a minimal amount of care and feeding and TLC for their toys, especially electronic ones, which can be particularly delicate. I hope you are wrong about the alleged subpar headphone jack on the Fuze as I own one. I have had zero issues and don't anticipate having any, but then again, I keep all my IEMs in their cases and generally try to avoid exposing my Fuze [and BB and cell phone, etc] to any kind of careless handling.
But of course, accidents will happen. :-D
Interestingly, if you want to research an mp3 player with a definite headphone jack issue, Google the Zen Micro as it suffered a widely known problem with this exact thing.
I know - because I had one... :-)
Anyway, I do hope you can either fix the Fuze or perhaps get another one somehow.
thank you very much for the kind reply. It is actually interesting that you had issues with the creative micro, as i had the creative zen nano plus, and that thing was a tank.
if you look here you can see the audio port
compared to something like this
the leads inside the sansa are quite flimsy, and seem to bend easily, as opposed to the audio ports on my sound card and on my old zen nano plus
any way, any things i should try to get the keypad working on my fuze?
I dunno, I tend to treat my Fuze like I would any MP3 player, it gets banged around and it's been dropped... luckily no issues with it so far. I've only had it ~2 months, though.
As for the keypad, I've never taken apart a Fuze but if it's anything like my e200v2 was you're probably out of luck. Just make sure all the little contacts are touching... Being a little more specific might help too. Does it move at all? And if so, does it ever move the selection on the screen (i.e. only if I press on the right hand side).
Things weren't exactly made to take apart :P . Which is good and bad, I miss having an (relatively) easily replaceable battery.
I've broken many fuzes already and I confirm what the OP says: Fuzes are very weak, and I've heard this opinion from another rockbox developer (kugel), and also from someone who buys loads of broken players in order to make new working ones: he could only make a few working players out of all the spare parts he had, compared to other players.
Although I might not have been very gentle with them here are the problems I have:
- The jack connector is loose on one of my Fuzes, although I can still use it fine if I don't move the jack plug too much.
- I once broke the screen only by having the fuze in my (front) pants pocket .. some pressure on the front case is enough to crack down the LCD
- The button connector is *very* hard to put back once you have opened the case, although it's still possible.
You have to put the ZIF connector in place by putting the front cover at some special inclination, hold your breathe, make sure to be calm because you'll have to make several attempts.
When it's done just push the lever with a knife or small screwdriver to lock and turn the fuze on to see if insertion has been done correctly.
You should be able to pull (gently) on the front cover: the connector shouldn't move from the socket.
If buttons still don't work, pull the lever and try again (it will NOT work on the first time, murphy's law, so don't worry and keep on trying)
And in the end if the front cover don't work don't worry: the home button still works so you could make a custom build of rockbox with only one function assigned to this button: NEXT => Sansa shuffle! (I have done this already on a fuze without screen, but kugel gave me a working button board so now I can control it using the voice interface of rockbox)
thanks for the help.
as of now i have the mp3 player fully apart and i have disconnected the scroll wheel from the front panel. THis makes it way easier to try to plug it in. When i plug in the connector, nothing happens, the blue back light doesn't even show.
The fuze's build is cheap, but htis is why its so cheap. Buying a 50$ played that has that performs as well as this player does cant pay for great quality.
You most likely broke one of the solder joints if you or someone u know has the tools and know how you could most likely fix it. I've worked on many different players and its a common problem.
There is a thread in the Clip forum about headphone jacks going bad. I would assume the same jack is used on the Fuze. The jack on my Fuze seems snug and hasn't given me any trouble, but the jacks on the two Clips in our household are very loose, which makes me question their longevity.
I have to agree with the original poster. I have a Fuze 8GB which I use everyday on my way to work in my car and at the gym. For the last month the headphone jack has been kind of flacky. I've experience the same issues the original poster has experience.
Now I can't barely listen to my player anymore unless I don't move and remain still while I listen to the player. I purchased this player in the summer of 2011 and it's now the beginning of 2012. So as far as the player being durable, I tend to question that. I have babied this player. I take very good care of my electronics. I purchased a rubber case and InvisibleShiled screen protector for it when I first bought it. I never dropped the player, yet the headphone jack is gone! :( :mad:
I will call Sandisk tomorrow to get a new one under warranty. I can't call today because they are not open on Sundays.
What sucks is that, I will loose the invisibleShield when I send the bad one back.
I'll see what happens with Sandisk.
UPDATE To my earlier Post (Above)
Call Sandisk and explained to them my issue. They created an RMA for a replacement. I asked them if I was going to get a refurbished unit, and they said, "no". Brand new player in the box.
I have to send the broken one back today and should have my replacement back within 7-10 business days. Hopefully this one will not have the headphone jack issue. :)
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Tourists, students, expatriates, cosmopolitans, and explorers, American artists traveled widely during the nineteenth century. This exhibition explores this theme and features work by Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, among others.
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A pro-wrestler in Indiana who tattooed the Mitt Romney logo on his face during the election says he has "no regrets."
Eric Hartsburg was paid $5,000 to get the 5-by-2-inch tattoo after he put his face up "for sale" on eBay, The Huffington Post reported.
Understandably, he told Politico he's "totally disappointed" by the election results.
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George L. Northrop, 68, of Waddington
Waddington – Mr. George L. Northrop, 68, formerly of 1766 County Route 44, peacefully passed away Friday afternoon, August 16, 2013 with his family by his side at the St. Regis Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for the past two years.
George was born January 6, 1945 in Massena, the son of the late Clarence and Marion "Faye" O'Connor Northrop. He graduated from Massena Central School in 1964. On September 11, 1964, he entered the US Army, serving first in Korea before going to Vietnam. He was awarded numerous commendations for his service before his honorable discharge on September 25, 1967.
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George is survived by his two children, Tammy and Eric Serguson of Massena and Richard Northrop and his fiancé, Crystal Matzan, also of Massena; his four grandsons, Nicholas and Jordan LaVine and Dalton and Cody Serguson; his brothers, David and Sharon Northrop and Donald Northrop, all of Massena; and many nieces and nephews.
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Accera Inc., a Broomfield company that makes medical food to treat Alzheimer's patients, raised $18.4 million, putting it at No. 3 on the list of Colorado firms raising venture capital in the quarter from July through September. An undisclosed firm made the investment. The information comes from a MoneyTree Report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data supplied by Thomson Reuters.
Sixteen of the 28 companies in Colorado that raised venture capital in the quarter were from Boulder or Broomfield counties. Those 16 companies raised $74.6 million of the $180.8 million raised in Colorado — a little less than half of the total for the state.
"It's always been an area where entrepreneurship has been fostered and grown," Keith Parsons, lead technology partner for the Rockies market for PricewaterhouseCoopers, said of the strength of companies in Boulder and Broomfield counties. "There's a lot of support in our (state) ecosystem in regards to startup companies."
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Florida has the largest share of residents over age 65 of any state, and Sumter County has the highest rate of seniors of any county in the United States.
New 2012 U.S. Census estimates released Thursday show that 18.2 percent of Floridians are over age 65, the highest rate of any state in the nation.
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This badge, which was put up for sale on eBay, gives an indication of the attitudes of some Britons ahead of the Olympics.
LONDON -- If grumbling ever becomes an Olympic sport, the United Kingdom has to be a surefire bet for gold.
The level of complaints, fears and general discontent about the 30th Olympiad in London this summer has reached fever pitch, moving well-known commentator David Randall, of The Independent on Sunday newspaper, to write a column entitled "Come on, Britain! Stop moaning! It's the Olympics, for heaven's sake!"
Some fear too many people will come to London, causing a "perfect storm" of congestion on the roads -- so bad that lives could be endangered -- along with congestion on the subways, and also on the Internet; others think that actually fewer visitors than usual will come because ordinary tourists will be put off, so the games will provide little or no boost to the city's economy.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber even predicted "a bloodbath of a summer" for London's theaters after a slump in advance orders for tickets.
Then there has been a slew of gripes about tickets for Olympic events, such as not being able to get them unless you are a member of the super-rich, and unnecessary secrecy about the ticketing process.
Some worry London will get a bad name if visitors are ruthlessly gouged for every cent, by unscrupulous landlords, over-priced hotels or expensive Olympic souvenirs, for example.
The International Olympics Committee President Jacques Rogge said the organization is "happy" with the progress and that a great legacy had already been left. ITV's Rags Martel reports.
However, one of the main groups representing London taxis seemed somewhat put out after it tried unsuccessfully to get approval to increase fares by a hefty 22 percent during the games. Allowed only a 5.3 percent raise, a drivers' representative suggested that many cabbies might decide not to show up for work.
Morris-dancing anarchists?
Other complaints include the potential $17 billion cost of the event to taxpayers, and that Scotland, some 500 miles to the north of London, will see little benefit from the presence of the Games in the U.K. capital.
Labor unions have also been threatening to go on strike during the games to protest the government's austerity measures.
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Morris dancers, similar to these Leicester Morrismen dancing in Newtown Linford in 2010, may stage flash mob-style protests after being left out of the opening ceremony, The Daily Mail reported. Morris dancing stretches back some 600 years, but its origins are obscure.
And, if all that wasn't enough, there's the fear of a large-scale terrorist attack, and other assorted threats -- of varying degrees of seriousness -- from solar storms, diseases spread by shaking hands, Morris-dancing anarchists, and, cue the scary music, the "Illuminati."
Olympic housing crunch: London landlords evict tenants to gouge tourists
Any sports enthusiast looking forward to the spectacles of Usain Bolt on the track, LeBron James on the court and Alex Morgan on the soccer field might be somewhat discouraged by all this negativity.
'It's cathartic'
But Peter Catterall, lecturer in history at Queen Mary, University of London and editor of the journal National Identities, told msnbc.com that this would be a "cultural misreading" of the current outbreak of moaning.
"I think it reflects, if you like, a national history," he said. "The national narrative is often about making the best of heroic defeat, like [the Second World War evacuation of] Dunkirk and so on. The national experience in Britain is not one that's tended to create a sense in which you can just 'seize that hill.'"
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From Wimbledon to Wembley Stadium to The Dome, a look at the venues for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
"There's a tendency to think in terms of what could go wrong, rather than what could go right," he said. "It's a kind of low-level grumbling amongst people who are often quite good at grumbling. I think also people quite like grumbling, it's cathartic."
Testing for terror: Preparing for the unthinkable at London Olympics
Olympic organizers may even have taken this into account in their planning.
"I do think in part the public authorities have been trying to get the moaning out of the way early," Catterall said, although he added that this "may well put off some visitors."
An age-old attitude?
This kind of attitude may go back at least as far as what was arguably the world's first international event for the masses, London's Great Exhibition of 1851.
It was essentially a trade fair showing off the best products from across the world -- exhibitors included China, Persia (now Iran), the United States, India, Tunisia, Philippines and many European countries -- and it attracted more than 6 million visitors during its five-month run.
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Will Brits start celebrating the Games when they actually begin? A man sits in the Atlas cafe in Leyton near the Olympic Park in London, England, on March 22, 2012.
However, in the run-up to the exhibition, Londoners expressed a string of complaints and worries that are notably similar to the current ones about the Olympics.
"I think there was a parallel in terms of all these fears," Michael Leapman, author of a book about the Great Exhibition, called "The World for a Shilling," said.
The prospect of hordes of visitors sparked alarm about congestion -- and as it turned out there were some traffic jams of the horse-and-carriage variety -- and the spread of disease, Leapman told msnbc.com.
And while tickets could be bought for a shilling, prices were increased at the weekends and other times to enable the wealthy to enjoy the exhibits without rubbing shoulders with the "hoi polloi," he added. Leapman said the author Charles Dickens was on a committee to represent the interests of working-class people, but the exhibition's organizers paid so little attention to it that Dickens quit.
Security was another big concern, with the event coming not long after several European revolutions in 1848 and amid unrest associated with the working-class Chartist movement in the U.K.
"The Duke of Wellington [a national hero after his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815] wanted to put a troop of cavalry into Hyde Park, but the government said that would be a bit too provocative," Leapman said.
The government also attempted to set up a register of accommodation with set prices, but Leapman said most landlords resisted signing up, trusting the free market to give a better return.
But the generally positive outcome of the event gives Leapman, who has tickets to watch hockey, some comfort amid all the present-day moaning.
He said that while there might be "some inconvenience" during the Olympics "I have a feeling it will be a great success, partly judging from the Great Exhibition."
At Olympics, dogs have sniffed out a key anti-terror role
And so the views of Hugh Robertson, the U.K. government's minister for sport and the Olympics, should perhaps not be viewed with the usual British cynicism toward politicians.
"My experience of the Games across the country has been one of fantastic support and enthusiasm," he told msnbc.com in a statement, noting the "huge demand" for tickets.
"The Royal Wedding showed that Britons know how to get behind national events, and London 2012 will be the chance to do that on a giant scale," Robertson added. "We [are] determined that everybody who comes to London for the Games has an amazing time."
John Powell, chairman of leading athletics club Belgrave Harriers, is exactly the sort of person who should be bursting with enthusiasm for the Games.
He will carry the Olympic torch and is the coach of sprinter James Ellington, who is a medal prospect for the U.K. if he makes it through the trials.
Powell told msnbc.com that he was "very excited" about carrying the flame; and it would be "amazing" to coach an athlete to a medal, the "pinnacle" of his 36 years of coaching.
But even he has a gripe.
If Ellington wins gold, Powell, his coach of some 13 years, will watch his triumph on television because, he said, he and many other coaches will not be given access to the stadium, a decision he described as "shambolic and a scandal."
"That really does take the edge of it from my point of view," Powell said.
More from msnbc.com and NBC News:
- Teen rescued after 28 days adrift at sea
- Grumble, grumble: Brits revel in gloom ahead of Olympics
- Afghan abuse victims jailed over 'moral crimes'
- Man cuts off foot, throws it in furnace to avoid job assignment
- Turmoil builds in China's Tibetan regions
- French rail company to pay out after delays cost commuter job
- World's cities to expand by twice the size of Texas by 2030
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This insightful, decade-long, three-phase investigation of the American consumer psyche traces a route from exuberant excess to the bleak architectural landscapes of closed malls and empty parking lots. For his first chapter, Retail, photographer Brian Ulrich traveled extensively across the United States to document shoppers in vast and ubiquitous enclosed malls and big-box stores. He relied on a hand-held camera with the viewfinder at waist level to create candid images of people engrossed in navigating an abundance of goods. Ulrich then turned his attention to thrift stores, which became a primary destination for a growing segment of the country's population in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The Thrift chapter focuses on workers attempting to bring order to the mountains of donated, discarded, and unwanted consumer products. Lastly, in Dark Stores, Ghostboxes, and Dark Malls, Ulrich utilized a large-format view camera to produce richly detailed photographs that explore the lasting impact of the economic recession. This chapter contains haunting landscapes of the interiors and exteriors of abandoned buildings.
Brian Ulrich: Copia – Retail, Thrift and Dark Stores, 2001-2011 was organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art. This exhibition was made possible by the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation.
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I recently looked over the world happiness index and it made me unhappy. But first a little background information is needed.
The WHI "balances" life expectancy, life satisfaction, and "ecological footprint." A ranked list of the countries by WHI and an interactive map are available.
The problem with the ecological footprint enters in the picture when
Here's part of the list with my thoughts (links go to CIA World Factbook)
China - 56 - No words need
East Timor - 52 - Still in the top tier without a government, that's a triumph
Haiti - 43.3 - Getting close to the middle of the list
Spain - 43 - How the heck did they lose to Haiti?!? Red flag alert!
France - 36.4 - I knew being full-blooded Formage was bad but dang
United States - 28.8 - That explains why Americans are emigrating all over the world; wait...
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BURGETT H. MOONEY, JR. ROME CLASSIC QUALIFIERChateau Elan Golf Club â Chateau CourseBraselton, GeorgiaAugust 1, 2004COLES AND HAMMOCK CAPTURE TOP HONORS AT CHATEAU ELANDurham grabs medalist honors in the Girls Division
BRASELTON, Ga. â Matthew Coles of Franklin, Tenn., and Matthew Hammock of Hinesville, Ga., carded matching 1-under-par 70s to earn medallist honors at the Burgett H. Monney, Jr. Rome Classic Qualifier. Rebecca Durham of St. Simons Island, Ga., took top honors in the Girls Division by scoring a 1-over-par 72.The Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic Qualifier, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, featured 99 boys and girls, ages 12-18, from 15 states, including 44 Georgia natives. The 18-hole stroke play event was held at the par-71 Chateau Elan Golf Clubâs Chateau Course. Following todayâs action, 14 juniors (12 boys and two girls) qualified into the ninth annual Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic, which will feature two Rolex Junior All-Americans. Past champions of the event include Beth Bauer, Chanin Puntawong, Chris Kirk and Roberto Castro.The 17-year-old Coles carded two birdies and only one bogey during his 1-under-par round on Sunday. Colesâ first birdie came on his first hole of the day, the 409-yard, par-4 fifth hole.âI just tried to hit the center of the green and had a pretty good iron shot that put me close,â Coles said. âGetting off to a good start at a course like this is always good.âThe rising senior will be making just his second appearance in an AJGA event. Earlier in 2004, Coles tied for ninth at the Subaru Open at Andover.âIâm hoping to play well in Rome,â Coles commented. âMy goal is to finish in the top 10. I think it will be a great tournament.âHammock, a rising junior, credited his round of 70 to two 50-foot putts on his final two holes of the day, Nos. 2 and 3.âItâs been a struggle all summer long because I havenât putted well,â Hammock said. âBut today, even when I didnât hit the best shots, I was able to drain some key putts, like the two 50-foot putts on Nos. 2 and 3. I donât know how I made those.âAlthough Hammockâs round ended on a good note, he did not get off to a hot start as he bogeyed his first hole of the day, the 415-yard, par-4 fourth hole.âAfter my bogey on No. 4 I thought that I was going to be in for a long day,â Hammock remarked. âI was glad I was able to bounce back and am looking forward to the tournament in Rome.âTying for third in the Boys Division with matching even-par 71s was William Angel of Hoover, Ala., Eric Gibbs of Alma, Ark., and John Hopper of Roswell, Ga. Rounding out the list of qualifiers was Lee Benton of Thomasville, Ga., Rob Heroman of Atlanta, Timothy Tang of North Charleston, S.C., Rikiya Kitagawa of Bradenton, Fla., Connor McHenry of Jefferson City, Mo., Sam Ransom of Atlanta and Casey High of Raleigh, N.C.Patrick Rada of Anderson, S.C., Clinton Suggs of Knoxville, Tenn., Drew Ernst of Seneca, S.C., Wes Nobles of Roswell, Ga., Doug Kenny of Roswell, Ga., and Elliot Lopez of Chapin, S.C. opted to have one Tournament Exemption added to their Performance Based Entry status in lieu of playing the Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic.In the Girls Division, Durhamâs round of 1-over-par 72 included four birdies and five bogeys.âIâm playing well right now and only missed three fairways and four greens all day today,â Durham said. Back to back birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 propelled the 15-year-old through her round and to the top of the leaderboard. âI had great iron shots on Nos. 14 and 15 that put me only a couple feet from the hole,â Durham commented. âMy putting today really helped me a lot.âDurham will be participating in her fifth AJGA event when she travels to Rome, Ga., for the Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic.Also qualifying in the Girls Division was Stacey Kim of Midland, Ga., who fired a 3-over-par 74.The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.The Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic will begin Tuesday with tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. off of the No. 1 tee at Coosa Country Club in Rome, Ga. For more information about the Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic, please contact tournament headquarters at (706) 234-7131, ext. 377.
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Assistant Secretary Dann-Messier Visits Washington State to Promote Pathways to Credentials and Hold Community Conversations
Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, traveled to Seattle, Wash., on May 3 to participate in several community and technical education events. These included an address to the National Conference on Integrated Basic Skills Pathways. The event was part of ABE to Credentials, a Breaking Through Initiative. The initiative is managed by Jobs for the Future and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Joyce Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It provides funding for design grants to replicate Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) or I-BEST-like models in states where adult education is administered through higher education. Dann-Messier also hosted three Career and Technical Education (CTE) Community Conversations at Aviation High School in Des Moines, Wash. The first session was held with students, the second with employers and mentors, and the third with teachers, staff, and leaders from the school, as well as district leaders. The sessions were the latest in Dann-Messier's continuing nationwide CTE Community Conversations tour regarding the role of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (Perkins IV) in helping ensure that all students are ready for college and careers. The key theme that emerged from these sessions was the importance of active employer involvement, such as assisting teachers with curriculum development, and serving as mentors for students and as judges in the assessment of projects. Active employers also provide scenarios with real problems from industry for students to solve and offer multiple work-based learning opportunities, including internships and externships for teachers. In addition, the close collaboration between academic and CTE teachers and employers has resulted in rigorous, highly relevant coursework.
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The National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE) hosted its annual spring colloquium on April 26 in Washington, D.C. The participants met with teams of researchers describing and discussing their work on topics such as Programs of Study, postsecondary remediation, and curriculum integration of science into CTE instruction. The opening session and the panel session on Programs of Study were videotaped and will be made available on the NRCCTE (www.nrccte.org) website.
What Is the 'Career' Part of "College and Career Readiness"?
Preparing all students for college and careers is the goal of a high school education. Being "college-ready" is easy to define: being able to enroll in and complete college-level courses without the need for remediation. The definition of "career-ready" is less precise. The National Research Center for Career and Technical Education hosted an expert panel to discuss career readiness at the 2011 ACTE National Policy Seminar, on March 8. The panel members were:
- James R. Stone III, director, NRCCTE
- Gene Bottoms, senior vice president, Southern Regional Education Board/High Schools That Work
- Pamela Frugoli, O*NET/Competency Assessment team lead, Employment and Training Administration
- Sandy Boyd, vice president, Strategic Communications and Outreach, Achieve, Inc.
- William Symonds, director, Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard University A video of this presentation is available at: http://louisville.edu/television/NRCCTE/NRCCTE.readiness.asx
New Resources in the Workforce Competitiveness Collection
The LINCS Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection highlights workforce education, English language acquisition, and technology and distance learning. This collection includes research articles, instructional materials, reports, and Web pages. Workforce education focuses on preparing adults to transition successfully to postsecondary education and careers; English language acquisition promotes transitions to postsecondary education and work for adult English language learners; and technology and distance learning focuses on developing discipline-based critical thinking skills via the use of interactive technologies. Although topics in this collection are presented separately, some resources may be useful across topics.
The May issue of Resource Collection News focuses on new resources that address teacher quality and professional development across topics within the collection. For more information on the Workforce Competitiveness Collection and others, please access the LINCS (Literacy Information and Communication System) Resource Collections. LINCS is an OVAE-funded, subject-oriented collection of high-quality instructional resources (including multi-media resources) informed by research, for use by adult education and literacy educators.


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Whether 'tis wine we drink or food we eat,
Till Grace divine and Faith shall sanctify."


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Let him walk
Resign him and keep him long term
Resign him and trade him January 2013 with Amare
Jeremy Lin will remain in Knicks lore for as long as he continues to thrive in the NBA, as an example of just how stupid James Dolan is and always has been. one of the greatest storied spectacles in NBA history let go for nothing, because the owner felt dissed by a business decision he f*cked up. more than 1/2 of Knicks fans and KO members were hurt by this decision, and will continue to feel wronged by the idiot who runs the organization, and will continue to monitor Lin's career as either the one who got away, or the one we were lucky he turned out to be a bust. either way, the Lin thread is a reminder of what we had, whose imprint on a season will never be forgotten. Knick fans deserve as much time as necessary to mourn and bemoan the loss of Lin; let this thread serve as a monument to his greatness, however long-lasting it may be.
Now I know why you go by the name of "Cool" Clyde!
Hey, knicksince 93, if you don't like what you see, then:
Walk on by!
"Winner of the coveted "Chink in the Armor" award!"
Oh, haven't you heard that it's "a woman's prerogrative
to change her mind."
"Winner of the coveted "Chink in the Armor" award!"
Dont worry guys if you cry Jeremy will call you
Class act as always. It contrasts how much hate some people have for someone that is genuinely a good person. He didn't have to tell the kid to keep supporting the knicks or tell the kid that the knicks would still be good.


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By Ryn Gargulinski
For a 125-mile wilderness trek on horseback that reenacted Billy the Kid's last ride, Fort Sumner fourth-grader Alicia Smith said she would have packed her Game Boy. Several students in Capitan teacher Tanya Hargrave's class said a portable TV would be their choice.
The real-life riders who actually took the journey were a tad more practical as the students found out Wednesday. The students met up with the modern-day cowboys at Fort Sumner's National Monument following their eight-day journey from Lincoln to De Baca counties.
In its fifth year, this annual reenactment attracts a dozen or so riders, many of whom don't make it to the end. Five riders made it all the way this year, and several others accompanied them to the finale event in Fort Sumner.
This year the trail ride also attracted three fourth-grade classes — two from Capitan and one from Fort Sumner — who were part of the pilot school program devised by organizer Peggy Burton. The students took field trips to Lincoln and Fort Sumner, followed a two-week lesson plan, and were able to hear first-hand what the week-long ride entailed for the real-life cowboys and cowgirls.
Bad weather was the worst offender, most of the riders agreed, with cold and wet so penetrating that tarps and extra blankets barely did the trick.
The group of more than 50 children encircled the riders, some students raising their hands so heartily that it caused them to stand.
Hargrave said her class spent weeks studying the Santa Fe trail, reading books on the Wild West, and learning about horses.
All three classes also kept journals on what it would be like to undertake this journey themselves.
Fort Sumner teacher Robin Simmons said his students chose to eat skunk, bear and rattlesnakes. "They thought it would be cool to eat a rattlesnake," he said.
The real-life riders subsisted on food served from cooks who drove from one overnight campsite to the next with portable showers, latrines, a big breakfast and sack lunches.
The students were eager to know about the wildlife the riders witnessed — porcupines, jack rabbits, "and one unicorn," joked Rex Buchman, a De Baca county agent who said he took the ride to relive history.
Second-time rider Borish, 70, who was the oldest rider of the bunch, also agreed with the youngest rider, Santa Rosa's Anna Garliss, 15, as to why they rode Billy's trail. They did it to test their limits, see just what they could accomplish, and, yes, to even amaze themselves.


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Hi everyone...
I wanted to get everyone's opinion. I took my son in to the pedi today b/c he still isn't over his congestion, fever, etc.... She is the best pedi I have found and I really like her on MOST issues. She is pro breastfeeding, but she is really pushing solids.
My husband and I tried bananas with him and he pushed it away. By the way, he just turned 6 months. He is in the 50% on his weight, so he is doing Great on just bm.
She told me today if I don't start him that he will get to were he will not want solids and he will not like any other textures other than liquid bm. I can see her point on that. But, then she went on to tell me that her child HATED solids and everytime he screamed she shoved the spoon of solids in his mouth. Well in my opinion....Aren't you making a bad situation worse?
I see her point on him getting "spoiled" to only his favorite Mommy Milk, but he refused bananas when we tried so why force it???? Other thing is she wants us to start rice ceral. Everything I have read said bananas are best to start on for bf babies.
Please give my hubby and I some of your experiences and opinions...Thank You


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Your Feedback Makes the Library a Better Place
We would like to thank the grad students for their complimentary feedback in the 2013 Campus Climate Survey! Each year, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment collects data on student usage and opinions of campus services. The most recent survey found over 90% of responding graduate students use the Library both in person and online. More excitingly, more than 89% of these graduate students ranked the quality of our research assistance as good to excellent, and more than 95% of rated our customer service as good to excellent.
We know how busy AU students are, and we are tremendously grateful for the time that so many students take to provide feedback and suggestions. Last year, we held focus groups for undergraduate students to provide feedback on the Library. Last spring we also asked students of all levels to draw their designs for a renovated library—we got some amazing ideas! Over the summer, we worked with consultants from Brightspot, a library space design firm, to consider how we might change Library space and services. Earlier this fall, Brightspot returned for a town hall discussion with AU students to talk about how the library can better meet student needs.
Student feedback is a critical part of designing our Library of the future—we could not do it without you! For students who are eager to share more ideas with us, we are holding focus groups for graduate students throughout the semester on Thursdays from noon to 1pm. All participants will receive a $10 Amazon gift card. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com to RSVP.
We pay close attention to your comments on Facebook and Twitter, as well as your submissions to our Suggestion Box. There are many ways to let the AU Library know what is on your mind—we look forward to hearing from you!