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DENVER (Billboard) - In the promotional run-up to the April 13 release of its new album, Ohio experimental rock group Foxy Shazam tapped a curious outlet to promote the release: Chatroulette.
The Russia-based online chat site connects users around the world for one-on-one video sessions. The connections are random, so there's no way to select a specific partner. And a "next" button enables users to skip to the next selection.
Foxy Shazam previewed its entire self-titled Warner Bros. album March 8-13 on Chatroulette. The feed, which ran in a loop over a webcam, consisted of a stream of the album and the set's cover art with a text overlay of the release date.
It doesn't sound like the most efficient way to promote new music, and Warner Bros. senior vice president of new media Jeremy Welt agrees. But efficiency, he says, wasn't the point. Foxy Shazam wanted to be part of a buzzworthy venue in order to introduce itself to new fans, he says.
Launched in November, Chatroulette has quickly become an Internet sensation. Unique U.S. visitors to the site surged to 960,000 in February from 109,000 in January, according to comScore.
"It's a meme right now," Welt says. "It fits in with who these guys are. It's kind of wild and crazy. It's very rock 'n' roll when they want to go do stuff like this ... It's not always about practicality."
Foxy Shazam isn't the only band that feels this way. On March 12, Toronto group Holy F--k used Chatroulette to announce the May 11 release of its new album, "Latin." The first single streamed over an image of a placard listing the band's name, the title of the song and album and a link to its Web site.
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa 4-H'ers can pack their overnight bags for a night of fun and education at the Science Center of Iowa (SCI) April 27.
Youth and adult chaperones can explore the center's traveling exhibit, "Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science," attend a late night feature in the IMAX theater about mummies, travel to Egyptian skies in the Star Theater and spend the night in the museum.
"We're encouraging this fun opportunity for youth for two reasons," said Jay Staker, director of Iowa State University Extension Science, Engineering and Technology (E-SET). "First, the Science Center of Iowa has a range of exhibits and activities that spark interest in science in many different areas such as astronomy, planetary geology, physics, biology, weather and more. Getting 4-H'ers to visit SCI can start them on a journey of exploration about science in different ways than schools and clubs can. Second, we simply want the youth to have fun. We're trying to link the excitement of exploring science with this cool setting."
During the evening, youth and adults will discover the mysteries of ancient Egypt. The next morning, the group will be able to go around the museum to explore before it opens. 4-H'ers and adults are encouraged to visit for the remainder of the day, for free.
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Cheetahs are supposed to be the fastest running animals on land, especially when it is chasing down its prey. Inspired by the spirit and fast speed of Cheetah, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded Boston Dynamics to build a robot that can run like a real Cheetah. The first version of the robot set a record of up to 18 mph (29 kph) speed when it ran. Now the robot has broken its own speed record and set a new record which is much higher than previous record. Can you guess, how fast did it run?
The robot Cheetah is the brainchild of Boston Dynamics. On March 5, 2012, the robot set a record of up to 18 mph (29 kph) speed. But its developers at the Boston Dynamics were trying to make it faster. And finally they succeeded. Exactly 6 months later on September 05, 2012, DARPA's Cheetah broke its previous record and set a new record of 28.3 mph. It has surpassed the Olympics 2012 world record speed of Jamaican gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt too.
Boston Dynamics hope to make the robot fast enough to sprint as fast as 70 miles an hour, like a true cheetah. Cheetah robot is still being tested and developed under the Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) program by Boston Dynamics.
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Netflix Fitbit Hack Pauses Movies When Viewers Fall Asleep [Video]
The Sleep Tracking feature uses the health-tracking wristband to detect when people begin to doze off and pauses playback.
The Sleep Tracking feature uses wearable tech wristband Fitbit to detect when a viewer begins to doze off in the middle of watching a movie on Netflix and pauses the film at that point.
When the feature detects that the viewer has fallen asleep, it displays a message that says, "Looks like you fell asleep." The feature bookmarks that point and the viewer can resume watching the movie when he or she has woken up.
The hack proposes a new and fun way to utilize fitness-tracking data, but may not necessarily be released to the public.
The feature was created at an internal Netflix Hack Day, an event that Netflix holds regularly for its employees to give their staff time to work on small projects that are not necessarily part of their regular work. The outputs at these Hack Days are not always rolled out by the company.
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Not quite two months ago, Disney revealed the international version of the poster for Muppets Most Wanted, which was noticeably different from the US version. As reported by UK pop culture site SFX and various other, today there's another poster… which is almost the same as the previous one, except it's light instead of dark, it emphasizes the human co-stars, and it has Statler and Waldorf on it. I think those are the main differences… I feel like I just played one of those games in Highlights magazine. Take a look:
I have no idea why they would produce yet another poster so similar to the other one, but I do know that it's still an improvement over the US poster, with its jumble of PhotoShopped Muppet faces yelling at the camera.
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Very versatile
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
From locking the chicken coop to holding keys to extending a tent guy line. These things are super versatile. Get a set for around the house and get a couple for your camping gear. You will find a use for all for them.
Great for holding things.
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This is great for holding things and stuff. Not limited to keys, water bottles, make shift camera straps, etc. It is, however, limited to holding people. Don't do that.
Convenient - Many uses
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Biners #2, #3, and #4 all conveniently sold together. These come in handy at the most inopportune times and I'm glad I picked up 2 sets of them. Weight limits are 10, 25, & 75lbs, respectively. I know anyone could use these around the house, garage, or in the car/truck, but for camping or hiking- I feel like these are a necessity.
Great add to my pack
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These came is very handy for our backpacking trip. They held water pack lines still, added sleeping mats to the outside of packs, helped me add everything from my kids pack to mine when he was too sick to carry it all. Great to clip my keys where I would find them right away when we finally made it back to the car. Super convenient to have around.
Thanks for the review Sarah! Super helpful to get this feedback out to the community.
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I got these for backpacking but find myself using them for a variety of uses. They can literally be used for pretty much anything you want. I don't use the #2 that often since it's pretty small with a low carry weight , but I'm sure it will come in handy at one point. Overall they're super versatile and handy.
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As others have said, you can find hundreds of uses for these things. I like to use them when I have shoddy zippers that will not stay closed. I also use it to occasionally hang a small speaker from my pack
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I use the small #2 to lock an old tent's tent zippers at night. Our smaller dog likes to try and pop open the zippers while we are sleeping and wander around. Not anymore. The #2 fits into the holes of the zipper cars where a climbing biner cannot.
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I have never liked the fake biners for light duty non-climbing use. Just buy a real climbing biner that is about the same price, way better quality and could really be used in the case of an emergency.
Yes, I do have one of these only because it's a gift.
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Very much a 'don't buy' from me.
Massive infodumps all over the place, annoying cliche after annoying human interest cliche used to try and disguise the cardboard characters, suspension of disbelief defying galactic diplomatic shenanigans stuck in there so that people can make 'we humans are not going to be pushed around!' type speeches (spare me!), unstable prone to exploding stuff, strategically placed just to be all explody, so we can have lots of HUGE explosions in the final act.
Oh, and that whole damsel in distress thing. Twice. with the same damsel, who is supposed to have been a frickin' space-marine or something in her previous career.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- NBC'S Tom Brokaw, U.S. Sen. John Thune and University of South Dakota President James Abbott will be among colleagues and friends paying tribute to USA Today founder Al Neuharth during a memorial service Friday.
Neuharth died at his Cocoa Beach, Fla., home on April 19. He was 89.
Neuharth was a 1950 USD graduate and frequently returned to his home state. He had directed that his final celebration take place at USD. The Friday service will be at the University of South Dakota at 10 a.m.
Brokaw, also a South Dakota native, will pay tribute via a recorded video message.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed Friday "Al Neuharth Day" in the state.
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Grounding for detached all-metal garage
I've researched grounding requirements and NEC code extensively for detached garages. I am adding a 60-amp subpanel into an existing garage about 70' from the main service entrance panel, and won't go into extreme detail, but the subpanel will have its neutral isolated from ground, and the ground bus will be bonded to the subpanel, and a separate ground rod for the ground bus will be added for lightning protection.
The questions that I can't find answers for concern the fact that the garage is all METAL; steel I-beam construction with aluminum walls. So:
1. Should the metal garage be grounded by bonding it to the subpanel, either by direct installation to the interior walls of the structure, or through a bonding strap from the subpanel to the metal walls, thereby tying the whole structure to ground ?
2. Should the metal garage be grounded by bonding it to the new grounding rod via a bonding strap, thereby tying the whole structure to ground?
3. Should the metal garage be completely isolated electrically by using insulated backing boards to mount the subpanel in the metal garage, using non-metallic junction/switch boxes, using nothing but grounded plugs and wiring with a separate ground, etc).
I can't find any answers at all regarding the grounding of a detached metal garage.
1 or 2 and drill and tap a lug on your structural steel not the walls. Run a jumper from your ground bar to your lug. 250.32, 250.50, 250.52
Structural steel and building steel are certainly in the NEC.
See the Articles quoted above plus 250.104.
k, thanx. I'll check out the references.
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Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi. With a booming voice and looming physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists. Musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies'". Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Back Door Man", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 51 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Burnett was born on June 10, 1910, in White Station, Mississippi, near West Point. He was given the name Chester Arthur, after Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. His physique garnered him the nicknames: "Big Foot Chester" and "Bull Cow" as a young man: he was 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) tall and often weighed close to 300 pounds (136 kg). He explained the origin of the name Howlin' Wolf: "I got that from my grandfather", who would tell him stories about wolves in that part of the country and warn him that if he misbehaved the "howling wolves" would get him. The blues historian Paul Oliver wrote that Burnett once claimed to have been given his nickname by his idol Jimmie Rodgers.
Burnett's parents separated when he was only a year old. His mother, Gertrude, threw him out of the house when he was a child for refusing to work on the farm. He then moved in with his uncle, Will Young, who treated him badly. When he was thirteen, he ran away and claimed to have walked 85 miles (137 km) barefoot to join his father, where he finally found a happy home with his father's large family. At the peak of his success, he returned from Chicago to see his mother in Mississippi and was driven to tears when she rebuffed him: she refused to take money offered by him, saying it was from his playing the "devil's music".
In 1930, Burnett met Charlie Patton, the most popular bluesman in the Mississippi Delta at the time. He would listen to Patton play nightly from outside a nearby juke joint. There he remembered Patton playing "Pony Blues", "High Water Everywhere", "A Spoonful Blues", and "Banty Rooster Blues". The two became acquainted, and soon Patton was teaching him guitar. Burnett recalled that "the first piece I ever played in my life was ... a tune about hook up my pony and saddle up my black mare"—Patton's "Pony Blues". He also learned about showmanship from Patton: "When he played his guitar, he would turn it over backwards and forwards, and throw it around over his shoulders, between his legs, throw it up in the sky". Burnett would perform the guitar tricks he learned from Patton for the rest of his life. He played with Patton often in small Delta communities.
Burnett was influenced by other popular blues performers of the time, including the Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Ma Rainey, Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red, Blind Blake, and Tommy Johnson. Two of the earliest songs he mastered were Jefferson's "Match Box Blues" and Leroy Carr's "How Long, How Long Blues". Country singer Jimmie Rodgers was also an influence. Burnett tried to emulate Rodgers's "blue yodel" but found that his efforts sounded more like a growl or a howl: "I couldn't do no yodelin', so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine". His harmonica playing was modeled after that of Sonny Boy Williamson II, who taught him how to play when Burnett moved to Parkin, Arkansas, in 1933.
During the 1930s, Burnett performed in the South as a solo performer and with numerous blues musicians, including Floyd Jones, Johnny Shines, Honeyboy Edwards, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Robert Johnson, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Willie Brown, Son House and Willie Johnson. By the end of the decade, he was a fixture in clubs, with a harmonica and an early electric guitar. On April 9, 1941, he was inducted into the U.S. Army and was stationed at several bases around the country. Finding it difficult to adjust to military life, he was discharged on November 3, 1943. He returned to his family, who had recently moved near West Memphis, Arkansas, and helped with the farming while also performing, as he had done in the 1930s, with Floyd Jones and others. In 1948 he formed a band, which included guitarists Willie Johnson and Matt "Guitar" Murphy, harmonica player Junior Parker, a pianist remembered only as "Destruction" and drummer Willie Steele. Radio station KWEM in West Memphis began broadcasting his live performances, and he occasionally sat in with Williamson on KFFA in Helena, Arkansas.
In 1951, Sam Phillips recorded several songs by Howlin' Wolf at his Memphis Recording Service. Sam Phillips described him as "God, what it would be worth on film to see the fervour in that man's face when he sang. His eyes would light up, you'd see the veins come out on his neck and, buddy, there was nothing on his mind but that song. He sang with his damn soul." Howlin' Wolf quickly became a local celebrity and began working with a band that included guitarists Willie Johnson and Pat Hare. His first singles were issued by two different record companies in 1951: "How Many More Years" backed with "Moaning at Midnight", released by Chess Records, and "Riding in the Moonlight" backed with "Moaning at Midnight", released by RPM Records. Later, Leonard Chess was able to secure his contract, and Howlin' Wolf relocated to Chicago in 1952. There he assembled a new band and recruited Chicagoan Jody Williams from Memphis Slim's band as his first guitarist. Within a year he persuaded guitarist Hubert Sumlin to leave Memphis and join him in Chicago; Sumlin's understated solos and surprisingly subtle phrasing perfectly complemented Burnett's huge voice. The lineup of the Howlin' Wolf band changed often over the years. He employed many different guitarists, both on recordings and in live performance, including Willie Johnson, Jody Williams, Lee Cooper, L.D. McGhee, Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, his brother Little Smokey Smothers, Jimmy Rogers, Freddie Robinson, and Buddy Guy, among others. Burnett was able to attract some of the best musicians available because of his policy, unusual among bandleaders, of paying his musicians well and on time, even including unemployment insurance and Social Security contributions. With the exception of a couple of brief absences in the late 1950s, Sumlin remained a member of the band for the rest of Howlin' Wolf's career and is the guitarist most often associated with the Chicago Howlin' Wolf sound.
Howlin' Wolf scored a series of hits with Willie Dixon's songs. Dixon had been hired by the Chess brothers in 1950 as a songwriter, and during that period the competition between Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf was intense. Dixon reported that Wolf claimed, "Every once in a while Wolf would mention the fact that, 'Hey man, you wrote that song for Muddy. How come you won't write me one like that?' But when you'd write for him he wouldn't like it." So, Dixon decided to use reverse psychology on him, by introducing the songs to Wolf as written for Muddy, thus inducing Wolf to accept them.
In the 1950s, Howlin' Wolf had five songs on the Billboard national R&B charts: "Moanin' at Midnight", "How Many More Years", "Who Will Be Next", "Smokestack Lightning", and "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)". In 1959, his first LP, Moanin' in the Moonlight, was released. As was standard practice in that era, it was a collection of previously released singles.
In the early 1960s, Howlin' Wolf recorded several songs that became his most famous, despite receiving no radio play: "Wang Dang Doodle", "Back Door Man", "Spoonful", "The Red Rooster" (later known as "Little Red Rooster"), "I Ain't Superstitious", "Goin' Down Slow", and "Killing Floor". Many of these songs were written by bassist and Chess arranger Willie Dixon. Several became part of the repertoires of British and American rock groups, who further popularized them. Howlin' Wolf's second compilation album, Howlin' Wolf (often called "the rocking chair album", from its cover illustration), was released in 1962.
During the blues revival in the 1950s and 1960s, black blues musicians found a new audience among white youths, and Howlin' Wolf was among the first to capitalize on it. He toured Europe in 1964 as part of the American Folk Blues Festival, produced by the German promoters Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau. In 1965, he appeared on the popular television program Shindig! at the insistence of the Rolling Stones, whose recording of "Little Red Rooster" had reached number one in the UK in 1964. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Howlin' Wolf recorded albums with others, including The Super Super Blues Band, with Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters; The Howlin' Wolf Album, with psychedelic rock and free jazz musicians like Gene Barge, Pete Cosey, Roland Faulkner, Morris Jennings, Louis Satterfield, Charles Stepney and Phil Upchurch; and The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, accompanied by British rock musicians Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ian Stewart, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and others.
The Howlin' Wolf Album, like rival bluesman Muddy Waters's album Electric Mud, was designed to target the hippie audience. The album had an attention-getting cover: large black letters on a white background proclaiming "This is Howlin' Wolf's new album. He doesn't like it. He didn't like his electric guitar at first either." The album cover may have contributed to its poor sales. Chess co-founder Leonard Chess admitted that the cover was a bad idea, saying, "I guess negativity isn't a good way to sell records. Who wants to hear that a musician doesn't like his own music?"
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, like Muddy Waters's London album, proved more successful with British audiences than American.
Wolf's last album was 1973's The Back Door Wolf. Entirely composed of brand new material, it was recorded with musicians who regularly backed him on stage, including Hubert Sumlin, Detroit Junior, Chico Chism, Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert and band leader Eddie Shaw. Due to Wolf's declining health, at little more than 35 minutes, The Back Door Wolf runs shorter than any other album he recorded.
Unlike many other blues musicians who left an impoverished childhood to begin a musical career, Burnett was always financially successful. Having already achieved a measure of success in Memphis, he described himself as "the onliest one to drive himself up from the Delta" to Chicago, which he did, in his own car on the Blues Highway and with $4,000 in his pocket, a rare distinction for a black bluesman of the time. Although functionally illiterate into his forties, Burnett eventually returned to school, first to earn a General Educational Development (GED) diploma and later to study accounting and other business courses to help manage his career.
Burnett met his future wife, Lillie, when she attended one of his performances at a Chicago club. She and her family were urban and educated, and were not involved in what was considered the unsavory world of blues musicians. Nevertheless, immediately attracted when he saw her in the audience, he pursued her and won her over. According to those who knew them, the couple remained deeply in love until his death. Together they raised Bettye and Barbara, Lillie's daughters from an earlier relationship.
After he married Lillie, who was able to manage his professional finances, Burnett was so financially successful that he was able to offer band members not only a decent salary, but benefits such as health insurance; this enabled him to hire his pick of available musicians and keep his band being one of the best around. According to his stepdaughters, he was never financially extravagant (for instance, he drove a Pontiac station wagon rather than a more expensive, flashy car).
Burnett's health began declining in the late-1960s. He had several heart attacks and suffered bruised kidneys in a car accident in 1970. Concerned for his health, bandleader Eddie Shaw limited him to performing six songs per concert.
At the start of 1976, Burnett checked into the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, for kidney surgery. He died of complications from the procedure on January 10, 1976, and was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, outside Chicago, in a plot in Section 18, on the east side of the road. His gravestone has an image of a guitar and harmonica etched into it.
A Howlin' Wolf recording of "Smokestack Lightning" was selected for a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, an award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and have "qualitative or historical significance".
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed three songs by Howlin' Wolf in its "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
On September 17, 1994, the U,S. Postal Service issued a 29-cent commemorative postage stamp depicting Howlin' Wolf.
The Howlin' Wolf Foundation, a nonprofit corporation organized under the US tax code, section 501(c)(3), was established by Bettye Kelly to preserve and extend Howlin' Wolf's legacy. The foundation's mission and goals include the preservation of the blues music genre, scholarships to enable students to participate in music programs, and support for blues musicians and blues programs.
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Hashio Kiyoshi (aka Kajimoto Seizaburo) Japanese, 1888-1963. Morning Sea, 1915. Silk and lacquered wood. 191.8 x 304.8 x 3.8 cm. Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Van Santvoord, 2008, 2008.007.000.
Jutta Sika, designer, Austrian, 1877-1964. Wiener Porzellan-Manufaktur, Josef Böck, manufacturer, Austria (Vienna), 1828-1960. Tea Service, ca. 1902-1903. Porcelain. Teapot, 17.2 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm. Lent by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota.
Marianne Rath, Austrian, 1904-1985. J. & L. Lobmeyr, Austria (Vienna), 1823-present. Karlsbader Kristallglasfabriken A.G., Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary), under name, 1922-1941. Centerpiece and Bowls, ca. 1925. Glass. Centerpiece: 11.4 x 36.8 x 29.9 cm, Bowls: 9.8 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm, Stand: 4.5 x 41.9 x 31.1 cm. J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna.
Raymond Ruys, Belgian, 1885-1956. Delheid Freres, Belgium (Brussels), 1828-1981. Zaire Centerpiece bowl, 1930. Silver. 13.3 x 27.3 cm. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Purchase: the Charlotte and Perry
Faeth Fund, 2002.4.
Namikawa Sosuke, Japanese, 1847-1910. Bowl, ca. 1900. Enamel and silver. 11.8 x 20.8 cm. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Acquired by Henry Walters, 1900, 44.546.
József Rippi-Rónai, designer, Hungarian, 1861-1927. Zsolnay Factory, manufacturer, Hungary (Pécs), 1853-present. Plates, designed 1897-1898; manufactured ca. 1906. Porcelain with enamel. 3 x 24 cm. Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs.
Gilbert Rohde, American, 1894-1944. Herman Miller Clock Company, United States (Zeeland, MI), 1927-1937. Z-Clock, 1933. Glass, enamel and chromium-plated steel. 29.9 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm. Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift, 2006.
J. & L. Lobmeyr, manufacturer, Austria (Vienna), 1822-present. Plate and Punch Bowl, ca. 1878. Glass with mica, enameling and gilding. Overall H.: 14 x Diam.: 35.5 x 40 cm. J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna.
G. Paulding Farnham, designer, American, 1859-1927. Tiffany & Co., manufacturer, United States (New
York, NY), 1837-present. Viking Punch Bowl, ca. 1893. Iron with silver, gold and wood. 42.4 x 51.4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Edgar J. Kaufmann Foundation Gift, 1969, 69.4.
René´ Jules Lalique, French (Paris), 1860-1945. Brooch, ca. 1903. Gold, glass, enamel and sapphire. 8.1 x 13.3 cm. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904, 57.943.
Jules Pierre Michel Diéterle, designer of form, French, 1811-1889. Antoine-Léon Brunel-Rocque, painter of figural scenes, French, 1822-ca. 1883. Pierre Doré, decorator, French, act. 1867. Léopolde Burthe, designer of decorative panels, French (b. New Orleans), 1823-1860. Sévres Porcelain Manufactory, France (Sévres), 1756-present. Coupe de Rivoli (Footed Bowl), 1863-1867. Hard-paste porcelain with enamel, gilding, and copper alloy with mercury gilding. 38.1 x 46.7 cm. Purchase: the Helen Jane and R. Hugh "Pat" Uhlmann Fund, 2003.18.
Jean-Valentin Morel, French, 1794-1860. Cup, 1854-1855. Bloodstone (jasper), gold, enamels, emeralds,
rubies, sapphires and cameos. 27.9 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Dennis T. Hollings Memorial Fund and the Robertine Daniels Art Fund in memory of her late husband, Richard Monroe Fairbanks Sr., and her late son, Michael Fairbanks, 2004.27.
Miyagawa Kozan, Japanese, 1842-1916. Vase, ca. 1904. Glazed porcelain. 35.6 x 31.2 cm. The Walters Art
Museum, Baltimore, Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904, 49.1912 Walters.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, United States (Providence, RI), 1831-present. Wine Pitcher, 1893. Glass and silver with gilding. 30.5 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Purchase: the Charlotte and Perry Faeth Fund, 2006.19.
Georges Fouquet, French, 1862-1957. Corsage Ornament, ca. 1923. Jade, onyx, diamonds, enamel and platinum. 22.5 x 9.5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Eva and Michael Chow, 2001, 2001.723.
Cristalleries de Baccarat, France, 1764-present. Punch Bowl with Goblets, Tray, and Ladle, ca. 1867. Glass. Overall: 58.4 x 69.6 cm). The Corning Museum of Glass. Gift of Mrs. Charles K. Davis, (67.3.41).
Elkington & Co., England (Birmingham), 1829-1963. Pair of Vases, ca. 1875. Enameled and gilded brass. Each H.: 17.1 x Diam. 10.8 cm. Purchase: the Lillian M. Dively Fund, 2006.36.1-2.
Gustave Herter, American (born Germany), 1830-1898. Ernst Plassmann, woodworker, American, 1823-1877. Bulkley and Herter, manufacturer, United States (New York, NY), ca. 1852-1858. Bookcase, 1852-53. White oak, eastern white.
Attributed to Louis Dierra, American, active ca. 1939. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., United States (Pittsburgh, PA), 1883-present. Chair, ca. 1939. Glass with synthetic upholstery. 74.3 x 59 x 57.8 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, DuPuy Fund, 83.78.2.
Rozenburg Haagsche Plateelbakkerij, The Netherlands (The Hague), 1883-1914. Milk Jug, 1900. Glazed porcelain with enamel. 108 x 40.6 x 33.7 cm. Designmuseum, Danmark, Copenhagen, 793.
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Inventing the Modern World:
Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
April 14-August 19, 2012
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939, a groundbreaking exhibition of extraordinary objects representing the pinnacle of science and artistic ingenuity, features many objects seen in the United States for the first time.
The exhibition was co-organized by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Inventing the Modern World includes about 200 objects shown at every major and several minor world's fairs from 1851 to 1939, carefully chosen through a generous research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition is co-curated by Catherine L. Futter, the Helen Jane and Hugh "Pat" Uhlmann Curator of Decorative Arts at the Nelson-Atkins, and Jason T. Busch, Curatorial Chair for Collections and the Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie.
"We associate world's fairs with fun, and also signature architecture like the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace," said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins. "But the importance of world's fairs was reflected in the objects that continue to inspire elegance and creativity. Now, for the first time ever, those objects have been brought together for this major exhibition."
World's fairs were the most important vehicle for debuting technological and stylistic advancements on an international stage. They functioned as showcases and marketplaces for design on a global, national and individual level. Above all, they democratized design unlike any previous or concurrent forum.
Lynn Zelevansky, The Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art said, "The historical context of •Inventing the Modern World• embodies a vision that will be inspirational for museum audiences across the country, and brings into play the capacity for inventive design in art, science and technology to improve the human condition and modern living."
Due to the impermanence of the fairs, decorative arts from them are sometimes the only surviving elements. Decorative arts, particularly objects crafted in ceramic, metal, glass and wood, were the physical manifestation of the progressive ideals embodied in the fairs.
"We looked at literally thousands of decorative arts from around the globe," said Futter. "We kept refining our choices to find the objects that really spoke about innovation. We are excited to bring them together for the first and only time to convey the sense of discovery and energy that these magnificent works at the fairs created."
In order to compile the comprehensive list of breathtaking objects in the exhibition, Futter and Busch extensively investigated holdings displayed at world's fairs throughout European and American public and private collections.
"The exhibition checklist comprises decorative arts unattainable as a group in any one museum in the world," said Busch. "Objects were selected according to themes that resonate throughout •Inventing the Modern World•, including technique, cross-cultural influence and nationalistic inspiration, all of which shaped the competition inherent to the fairs."
The exhibition was co-organized by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939 travels to Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, from Oct. 13, 2012–Feb. 24, 2013.
A full-color catalogue, written by international scholars of the 19th and 20th century decorative arts and co-published by Skira Rizzoli, accompanies the exhibition.
Ernest Bussiére, French (Nancy), 1863-1937. Daum Freres, manufacturer, France (Nancy), est. 1885. Pitcher, ca. 1900. Glass. 20.5 x 8.5 cm. Designmuseum Danmark.
Thomas E. Warren, designer, American, act. 1849-1852. American Chair Company, manufacturer, United States (Troy, NY), 1829-1858. Centripetal Spring Chair, ca. 1850. Painted and gilded iron, steel, and wood with replacement upholstery. 80 x 60.3 x 57.5 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Adelaide Cherbonnier, 147:1965.
Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, French, 1844-1910. Vase, La Mer, 1898-1900. Glazed stoneware. 40.6 x 36.8 x 40.6 cm. Saint Louis Museum of Art, Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and Grace Lischer Brumbaugh and funds given by Jason Jacques, 7:2010.
William C. Codman, American (b. England), 1839-1921. Gorham Manufacturing Company, United
States (Providence, RI), 1831-present. Dressing Table and Stool, 1899. Silver with mirrored glass, ivory and replacement upholstery. Overall: 60 x
50 x 33 in. (152.4 x 137.1 x 87.8 cm). Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., in honor of Dr. Charles L. Venable, 2000.356.
Tiffany & Co., United States (New York, NY), 1837-present. Coffeepot, 1893. Silver with enamel, ivory, and jade. 25.4 x 15.6 x 7.6 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Decorative Arts Purchase Fund, 83.16.2.
Michel Dubost, designer, French, 1879-1952. Maison Ducharne, manufacturer, France (Paris), act. 1920-ca. 1927. L'oiseau dans la lumiére (The Bird in the Light), ca. 1925. Silk and metallic thread. 169.5 x 124.8 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Monsieur et Madame Jean Ducharne, 2004.84.
Charles Duron, French, 1814-1872. Coupe, ca. 1867. Agate with gilded and enameled brass. 12.7 x 18.4 x 12.1 cm). Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Women's Committee Acquisition Fund, Gift of
Baroness Cassel Van Doorn, by exchange, and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2008.76.
Gilbert Rohde, American, 1884-1944. Vanity and Ottoman, 1934. Painted white holly, red English elm, yellow poplar, mirrored glass, Bakelite and wool upholstery. Vanity: 168.3 x 130.2 x 40 cm; Ottoman: 49.5 x 44.5 cm. Yale University Art Gallery, 19188.8.131.52-2.
Carlo Bugatti, Italian, 1856-1940. Cobra Chair, 1902. Parchment-covered wood with paint, pencil and copper. 97.8 x 53.3 x 37.1 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Berdan Memorial Trust Fund, Helen Johnston Acquisition Fund, and Decorative Arts Purchase Fund, 95.16.
India (Brahmapur). Chair and Stool, ca. 1855. Ebony with ivory and replacement upholstery. Chair: 112 x 60 x 51.5 cm. Victoria & Albert, London. V&A Reproduction.
Keller Freres, France, 1881-1922. Pitcher, 1900. Gilded silver. 26.1 x 18 x 12.5 cm. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 997.119.1.
Arabia Porcelain Factory, Finland (Helsinki), 1874-present. Vase, ca. 1902. Glazed earthenware. 35 x 15.9 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Purchase: Gift of Dr. David Werner and Sue Werner, 2011.2.
Eugene Feuillatre, French, 1879-1916. Peacock Flask, ca. 1900. Enameled copper. H.: 20 cm. Private Collection, Courtesy of Sinai and Sons
Ltd. London.
Johann Lötz Witwe Glassworks, Austria (Klostermühle), 1836-1947. Vase, ca. 1887-89. Glass with gilding. H.: 64.8 cm. Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 2006.173A-C.
Henry Hugh Armstead, English, 1828-1905. C. F. Hancock & Sons, England (London), 1849-present.
Tennyson Vase, 1867. Silver and gilded silver with replacement textile. 108 x 40.6 x 33.7 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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Alexis Falize, French, 1811-1898. Antoine Tard, French, active ca. 1860-ca. 1889. Maison Falize, France, 1838-1897. Locket, ca. 1867. Enamel and
gold. 5.4 x 3.1 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund,
Gio Ponti, designer, Italian, 1891-1979. Manufattura di Doccia, Richard-Ginori, manufacturer, Italian (Milan). La Passeggiata Archaeologica (The
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Gift, 1931 (31.83ab) 31.83a,b.
Oswald Haerdtl, designer, Austrian, 1899-1959. J. & L. Lobmeyr, manufacturer, Austria (Vienna), 1822-present. Ambassador Service Wine Decanter, 1925. Muslin glass. 39.4 x 13.7 cm. J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna.
Algot Erikson, decorator, Swedish, 1868-1937. Rörstrand Porslins Fabriker, manufacturer, Sweden
(Stockholm), 1726-1964. Vase, 1904. Porcelain. 42.3 x 18.4 cm. Cincinnati Art Museum, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William O. DeWitt, Jr.
Otto Eckmann, designer, German, 1865-1902. Kunstwebschule Scherrebek, manufacturer, Germany, 1896-1905. Five Swans, 1897. Wool
and cotton. 265 x 76.5 cm. Lent by The Wolfson ian-
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Charles Duron, French, 1814-1872. Coupe, ca. 1867. Agate with gilded and enameled brass. 12.7 x 18.4 x 12.1 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Women's
Committee Acquisition Fund, Gift of Baroness Cassel Van Doorn, by exchange, and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2008.76.
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, United States (Corona, NY), 1892-1902. Bowl, ca. 1893. Glass. 13 x 29.2 cm. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Purchase: Gift of Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, 2007.41.
Thomas John Bott, Sr., designer of form, English, 1829-1870. Thomas John Bott, Jr., decorator, English, 1854-1932. Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Ltd., manufacturer, England (Worcester), 1751-present. Ewer showing a Scene from the Triumph of Scipio and Stand, ca. 1871. Glazed and enameled porcelain with gilding. Ewer: 28.6 x 13.5 cm, Stand Diam.: 30.5 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art.


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Application of the new platform of structurally integrated luminescent chemical and biological sensors, in which the photoluminescence (PL) excitation source is an organic light-emitting device (OLED), is demonstrated for the detection of oxygen, glucose, hydrazine, and anthrax lethal factor (LF). The oxygen sensors are based on the collisional quenching of the PL of tris(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) Ru (II) (Ru(dpp)) and Pt octaethyl porphyrin (PtOEP) by O2. The glucose sensors are based on the O2 sensors, to which glucose oxidase, which catalyzes the reaction between glucose and O2, is added. The oxygen and glucose sensors are operable in either the PL intensity I mode or the PL lifetime t mode, where the value of I or t yields the oxygen level. In the t mode, the need for sensor calibration, which remains a challenge in real-world sensing applications, is eliminated. The performance of sensors based on [blue 4,4'-bis(2,2'-diphenylvinyl)-1,1'-biphenyl (DPVBi) OLEDs]/[Ru(dpp)] are compared to those of [green tris(8-hydroxy quinoline) Al (Alq3)]/[PtOEP]. The latter are strongly preferred over the former, due to the relatively long t of PtOEP (~130 ms in the absence of O2), and the higher efficiency and brightness of the green Alq3 OLEDs.
Demonstration of the hydrazine sensor is based on the reaction between nonluminescent anthracene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde and hydrazine or hydrazine sulfate, which generates a luminescent product. The anthrax LF sensor is based on the cleavage of certain peptides by the anthrax-secreted LF enzyme. As the LF cleaves a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) donor-acceptor pair-labeled peptide, and the two cleaved segments are separated, the PL of the donor, previously absorbed by the acceptor, becomes detectable by the photodetector.
Ruth Shinar ; Bhaskar Choudhury ; Zhaoqun Zhou ; Hai-Sheng Wu ; Louisa B. Tabatabai, et al."Structurally integrated organic light-emitting device-based sensors for oxygen, glucose, hydrazine, and anthrax", Proc. SPIE 5588, Smart Medical and Biomedical Sensor Technology II, 59 (December 7, 2004); doi:10.1117/12.569078; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.569078
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The process of reinstalling Windows on your computer is simpler than you might think.
The very idea can often induce a mild sense of panic, but the benefits of reinstalling Windows far outweigh any perceived risks, particularly as you can eliminate those dangers simply by making sure you back things up as you go.
Reinstalling Windows offers a number of benefits. It can revive a sluggish system by clearing out all the clutter and letting you start from scratch.
You'll be amazed at how quick your PC suddenly feels, and it'll be more stable too, with corrupt files and problematic programs removed from the equation. In many circumstances it can also clean your computer of malware, although it's important to note that this isn't guaranteed.
There are three different levels of reinstalling you can perform depending on how far you want to go, and in this feature we'll cover them all – from a quick over-the-top reinstall to try and fix minor problems to a full-blown reorganisation of your hard drive, complete with formatting and fresh installation.
Whatever ails your computer, there's a reinstall solution to help fix it.
If you're reinstalling Windows because you think your system needs a quick refresh, then a repair installation is worth considering. The whole process takes less than an hour, and basically installs a fresh copy of Windows over the top of your existing, jaded copy, so that programs, settings and data remain intact.
There are two ways to perform a repair install: if your copy of Windows was pre-loaded by your manufacturer, follow its instructions for a system recovery, choosing 'non-destructive' when prompted. This may involve recovery discs, but in most cases can be done by rebooting and before Windows loads, pressing the key to access recovery options.
Not all manufacturers provide a non-destructive option – if the only options you can see involve partitioning, formatting or wiping your existing installation, you'll have to jump to the next section and perform a full-blown reinstall instead.
If you installed Windows from an installation disc, then the process is a little more complicated. If you've installed any Service Packs since Windows was first installed, then these will need to be removed as the installation disc will detect a 'newer' version of Windows and refuse to install over the top of it. If you're unable to remove the Service Pack or you're unable to boot into Windows at all, then you'll need to perform a full reinstall instead.
NOTE: Commenter badvok66 rightly points out that if you have apps that require authorisation or authentication (such as iTunes, some anti-virus programs or Adobe Creative Suite) then you ought to deactivate these before reinstalling your system to prevent any problems when reactivating.
Perform the installation
The step-by-step guide below reveals how to perform a repair installation in Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Windows XP users do things differently: start by rebooting with the Windows XP CD inserted.
Press any key when prompted – if you get a message about Windows not being able to recognise your drive, you'll need SATA drivers on a floppy disk (check the manufacturer's site for a make-disk utility). Then restart the process, pressing F2 when prompted to load the drivers.
When the Welcome screen appears, don't press R – instead, press Return to set up Windows as directed. Press F8 and Windows will scan for your existing installation. Make sure it's selected and then press R to repair it.
Windows XP will now delete all system files and copy replacements from the installation disc. Setup will then initialise and save your configuration, then reboot. Ignore any request to boot from CD.
When prompted for your language settings click Customize – set both options to English (United Kingdom), then switch to the Advanced tab and do the same. Click OK > Details. If it's present, select English (United Kingdom) – United Kingdom from the menu or click Add to pick it from the list.
Once done, pick the US entry and click Remove followed by Apply, then click OK twice. Click Next, then enter your product key – you should find this with your installation disc. Then click Next.
Once complete, Windows XP will restart – click Next at the first screen, opt whether or not to register and click Next again followed by Finish.
Post repair steps
Once the repair process is complete, you should find yourself back at your desktop. Your programs, files and user settings should be intact, although some things, such as System Restore points, will be lost. Some programs may also stop working – try installing the program over the top of itself to resolve these lingering problems.
All that's left to do is to bring your PC back up to date. Open Windows Update to check for and install updates – you may have to repeat the process a few times, rebooting Windows when prompted, before it finally tells you everything is current. A repair install can resolve many niggling stability issues, but if the problems continue it's time to perform a complete reinstallation.
Repair installation: Get a new PC in 30 minutes! (Win Vista/7)
1. Remove service packs
If you've installed a Service Pack after Windows was first installed or loaded on to your computer, you'll need to remove it first. Open the Programs and Features Control Panel and select View installed updates. Scroll down, select Service Pack for Windows and click Uninstall to remove it.
2. Start repair process
The repair installation process must be run from Windows itself – boot into Safe mode if necessary to start it. Pop your Windows disc into the drive and if the Autoplay dialogue box appears, click Run setup.exe. If it doesn't appear, click Start > Computer and double-click the DVD drive icon.
3. Get updates
Click Yes followed by Install Now to start the process. When prompted, click Go online to get the latest updates for installation (recommended) and wait for them to be downloaded. Once done, the process will automatically restart.
4. Choose upgrade installation
Read the licence, then tick I accept the license terms before clicking Next. Windows Vista will ask for your product key (Windows 7 will skip this step), then at the next screen choose Upgrade. Now wait while the compatibility check is performed.
5. Make a cup of tea
Once complete, Windows will install over the top of itself, following a similar – but not identical – process to a fresh install. It will restart several times during the process, but can be safely left to its own devices. Expect this to take half an hour or so.
6. Complete repair process
When prompted, enter your product key and click Next. Choose Use Recommended Settings, then work your way through the rest of the set-up wizard verifying your time zone and network settings – click Skip to ignore any irrelevant parts.


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Over the last three years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by a grant from IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, our team has produced a research-based, theoretically-grounded and psychometrically robust criterion-referenced Assessment of Academic Language (ALA) skills for students in grades 4-8. This assessment has enabled us to directly measure a larger constellation of academic language skills that go beyond academic vocabulary and to offer direct evidence of strong associations between these skills and reading comprehension (Phillips-Galloway, Stude, Uccelli, in press; Uccelli, Barr, Dobbs, Phillips-Galloway, Meneses, & Sánchez, under review).The ALA assess students' CoreAL skills, i.e., language skills that co-occur with learning tasks in academic contexts (e.g., discourse markers, genre markers, nominalizations and other forms used to present information compactly and precisely). The ALA is a paper and pencil test, administered in whole-class settings, within one class period (45 minutes). It includes nine tasks: Connecting Ideas, Tracking Themes, Organizing Texts, Breaking Words, Comprehending Sentences, Identifying Definitions, Epistemic stance (Sure or Unsure?), Metalanguage (Understanding responses). Tasks assess a range of skills through multiple choice, matching, or short written responses.
Using Rasch modeling, an initial set of items (distributed across the first seven tasks listed above) was selected from a larger pool of items administered to a cross-sectional sample of 4th to 8th graders. Reliability was investigated and found to be robust at .92 as indexed by coefficient alpha and at .82 by split-half reliability of even vs. odd numbered items. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) applied to the final set of items suggested a single factor: (CFI=.93, TLI = .92, RMSEA <.05). The zero order within-grade correlations between the ALA total score and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment (MCAS-ELA) (a not vertically-equated state-wide assessment) were statistically significant and ranged from .41 for grade 7 to .77 for grade 6. Multiple linear regression analyses within-grade revealed that students' ALA scores were significant predictors of MCAS-ELA scores, even after controlling for reading fluency. Construct validity of the items and the ALA assessment as a whole was further explored through an external review completed by five experts in the field of academic language research. These experts' reviews generated positive evaluations and their suggestions for improvement of particular items were carefully considered (Uccelli, Barr, Dobbs, Phillips-Galloway, Meneses, & Sánchez, under review). In a second pilot study, data from another cross-sectional sample of 4th to 8th graders revealed that, beyond the contribution of reading fluency and depth of vocabulary knowledge, the performance in the ALA was a significant predictor of reading comprehension as measured by the Gates-McGinitie reading comprehension test. After the final item selection on each form, two single factor CFA models were examined and found to fit the data well (Phillips-Galloway, Stude, Uccelli, in press).
Funding Source
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305F100026 to the Strategic Education Research Partnership as part of the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
Presentations & Publications
Uccelli, P., Barr, C. D., Dobbs, C. L., Galloway, E. P., Meneses, A., & Sánchez, E. (2014).Core academic language skills: An expanded operational construct and a novel instrument to chart school-relevant language proficiency in preadolescent and adolescent learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1-33 (Read this article).
Uccelli, P., Phillips Galloway, E., Dobbs, C., & Ronfard, S., (2013, April). General Academic Language Proficiency: A Key Predictor of Adolescents' Reading Comprehension. Presented at the Society of Research in Child Development Biannual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Phillips Galloway, E., Uccelli, P., Barr, C., (2013, April). Modeling the Relationship Between Lexical, Grammatical, and Discourse Structure Knowledge and Academic Writing Proficiency for Middle-Grade Writers. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
Uccelli, P., Barr, C., Dobbs, C., Phillips Galloway, E., Meneses, A., Sanchez, E., (2013, April). Identifying Cross-Disciplinary Academic Language Skills Throughout the Middle School Years. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
Phillips Galloway, E. & Uccelli, P. (2013, March). Anticipating the challenges of complex texts for middle grade EL learners: A focus on academic language. Presented at the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, Miami, Florida.
Uccelli, P., Phillips Galloway, E., & Dobbs, C. (2012, October). Assessing Academic Language: A workshop. Presented at the Center for Research on the Educational Achievements and Teaching of English Language Learners Conference entitled: English language learners in content areas: Teaching for Achievement in the Middle Grades, Orlando, Florida.
Stude, J., Phillips Galloway, E. & Uccelli, P. (2012, August). Negotiating communicative practices in schools: Student's reelections on the academic register. Presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, Germany.
Uccelli, P., Meneses, A. , Phillips Galloway, E., Barr, C. (2012, July). To define nouns: An academic challenge that reveals later-language development in adolescent students. Presented at the Society for Text and Discourse conference, Montreal, Canada.


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(LOC 2055-2063) Will our grid be appreciably smarter in 2013 than it was in 2008?
There is appreciably less light every day; soon there will be none; but the good spirits do not wane with the light.
In fact, they are appreciably warmer than when they were first brought in.
Those who are suffering from constipation are appreciably benefitted by the use of distilled water.
Pure water does not appreciably conduct the electric current.
After the air had appreciably cooled she ventured again: "I don't suppose Mrs. Mosby knew how to reach me?"
They cannot appreciably perturb either the planets they approach or each other.
This forms more than half the aggregate tonnage for the United States, and has appreciably increased within the last ten years.
The lives of several of them were appreciably modified by this meeting.
It will be remarked that appreciably smaller doses induced symptoms in all of them, and one case terminated fatally.
1818 (mid-15c. in sense "worthy"); from French appréciable and directly from Medieval Latin appretiabilis, from Late Latin appretiare (see appreciate). Related: Appreciably.


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Ecuador's President Takes Chevron Fight to U.S.Paul M. Barrett
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is bringing his populist campaign against Chevron to the oil company's home country, and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has welcomed him by challenging Correa's human rights and anti-free speech record back in Ecuador.
For years, Correa has used Chevron as a symbol of American imperialism and callousness, pointing to a multibillion-dollar oil pollution judgment imposed on the company by an Ecuadorian court in 2011. Last year the Ecuadorian government launched a worldwide boycott-and-publicity blitz against Chevron under the banner "The Dirty Hand," a reference not only to the company's alleged environmental culpability but also to a ritual in which Correa visits contamination sites in the Amazon rain forest and dips his hand into a pool of waste oil.
Chevron has refused to pay the judgment, now valued at $9.5 billion, alleging that it was procured fraudulently by an American plaintiffs' attorney named Steven Donziger. Whatever contamination remains in the jungle, according to Chevron, is actually the responsibility of Ecuador's national oil company, Petroecuador. Chevron is pursuing an international arbitration case against the government of Ecuador and has successfully sued Donziger in New York, where a federal judge labeled him a civil racketeer in a ruling last month. Donziger denies wrongdoing and has appealed the New York ruling.
Now, on the occasion of a Correa visit to the U.S., which includes appearances at several university campuses, a group of eight senators—four Democrats and four Republicans—has issued a letter condemning Correa's record on human rights and civil liberties. The senators criticized Correa for ending the U.S. foreign aid mission in Ecuador and for the convictions of a trio of political opposition figures on charges of defaming Correa's government.
Ecuadorian journalist Fernando Villavicencio described the raid on his family's home carried out by Ecuadorian authorities in a harrowing interview in December with the website Buzzfeed. Ecuador passed a repressive communications law in 2013 that outlaws "media lynching," or the dissemination of information "with the purpose of discrediting or harming the reputation of a natural or legal person."
"These convictions are incompatible with the principles enshrined in the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man that the Republic of Ecuador has signed and ratified," the senators wrote. They also scolded Correa for describing opposition candidates in recent municipal elections as fascists.
The senators signing the April 8 letter were Democrats Richard Durbin (Ill.), Robert Menendez (N.J.), Tim Kaine (Va.), and Patrick Leahy (Vt.) and Republicans Marco Rubio (Fla.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), and John Cornyn (Texas). The letter doesn't refer to Chevron.
Adding another weird twist to tensions between the U.S. and Ecuador, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and a harsh critic of American foreign policy, remains holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London. Ecuador granted Assange asylum in June 2012, when he fled to the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual molestation charges.


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