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AACTE 69th Annual Meeting
AACTE holds its Annual Meeting, the premier educator preparation conference in the nation, in late February/early March each year. The Annual Meeting provides a forum for educators to engage in meaningful discussions, share research and practices, and become better equipped to drive change in the educator preparation field. Join the nationwide conversation on educator preparation's future, while connecting with over 2,000 education leaders and suppliers, and let us help you achieve your most ambitious goals by attending our Annual Meeting.
The 69th Annual Meeting will be held March 2-4, 2017, in Tampa, Florida. Sessions will be based in a convention center, supported by several nearby hotels.
Registration Deadlines
|Early Bird:
|October 19, 2016
|February 3, 2017
Please note that once the regular rate has expired all registrations will be at the "on-site" rate
Registration Fees
|Early Bird
|On Site
|Emerging Leader ★
|PK-12 Partner ♦
|Student ♥
|Spouse/Guest *
Faculty/administrators (assistant/associate professors, department chairs) with 5 or fewer years of experience in higher education, and have not attended Annual Meeting in the past, identified by each institution's chief representative in the profile manager. Limit three per institution. No on-site registration allowed for Emerging Leaders. Learn how to identify Emerging Leaders. (members only)
PK-12 Partners are those individuals who are primarily employed by a school district, who also have a role in the preparation of teachers. In order to receive the discounted rate, AACTE's PK-12 Partners must currently be employed by a school district participating in an active partnership program with a school, college, or department of education.
Student ID must be presented on-site.
Spouse/Guest registration includes access to both general sessions and unlimited entry to the Conference Community Center and meal events therein.
Outstanding Balance Policy
Cancellation Policy
Substitution Policy
AACTE Has Gone Green!
In our continuing effort to be environmentally responsible, we have eliminated printed program books. Through our online AACTE Event Planner, all attendees will have access to live, up-to-date information on all sessions being offered, as well as have the opportunity to create a customized, downloadable schedule. A PDF version of the program book will also be available prior to the meeting on our Annual Meeting web site. All meeting and hotel space, including guestrooms, will have free Wi-Fi available for use.
AACTE Event Emergency and Inclement Weather Policy
All nationwide AACTE events, including but not limited to AACTE's Annual Meeting, will be canceled due to inclement weather or other acts of God (including, but not limited to, flood, fire, or natural disaster) only if the venue and/or location of the event is closed or provides notice to AACTE of its inability to hold the event, or if the local government declares an emergency status is in effect for the location of the event.
If a nationwide AACTE event is canceled due to inclement weather or other acts of God as set forth herein, every attempt will be made to reschedule the event, and your registration fee will be applied to the rescheduled event date. If AACTE is unable to reschedule the event, your registration fee will be applied to a subsequent nationwide AACTE event of your choice. Any travel expenses that may have been incurred cannot be refunded under any circumstances. If the AACTE event is held, but weather conditions (whether forecasted or actualized) prohibit you from traveling, AACTE unfortunately cannot refund your registration fee.
AACTE Event Conduct Policy
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is committed to providing an atmosphere that encourages the free expression and exchange of ideas. It is the policy of AACTE that all participants in AACTE-sanctioned events will enjoy a welcoming environment free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. All participants in AACTE events agree to comply with all rules and conditions of the events, which are subject to change without notice. This policy applies to all participants in AACTE events, including but not limited to attendees, students, guests, staff, sponsors, exhibitors, presenters, and partners in sessions, workshops, and other social or networking convenings at any AACTE meeting or other event.
All individuals must behave responsibly at AACTE events in which they participate. Threatening physical or verbal actions and disorderly or disruptive conduct will not be tolerated. Harassment, including verbal comments relating to gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other protected status, or sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, unauthorized or inappropriate photography or recording, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention, will not be tolerated. All individuals participating in AACTE events must comply with these standards of behavior.
Violations should be reported to a senior AACTE staff member present at the event. In AACTE's sole discretion, unacceptable behavior may result in removal from or denial of access to event facilities or activities, and other penalties, without refund of any applicable registration fees or other costs. In addition, violations may be reported to the offending individual's employer. Repeat offenders may be banned from future AACTE events.
All Tampa hotels in AACTE's room block are listed below with the distance noted from the Tampa Convention Center (TCC); all rates are single/double:
|Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
(Headquarters Hotel)
700 South Florida Avenue
Tampa, FL 33602
|Room Rate
|Less than one block Map It
|(813) 221-4900
|The link for hotel reservations will be available exclusively on your registration confirmation.
|Embassy Suites Tampa Downtown Convention Center
513 South Florida Avenue
Tampa, FL 33602
|Room Rate
|Less than one block Map It
|(813) 769-8300
|The link for hotel reservations will be available exclusively on your registration confirmation.
|Westin Tampa Harbour Island
725 South Harbour Island Blvd
Tampa, FL 33602
|Room Rate
|2.5 blocks Map It
|(813) 229-5000
|The link for hotel reservations will be available exclusively on your registration confirmation.
|Hilton Tampa Downtown
211 North Tampa Street
Tampa, FL 33602
|Room Rate
|Distance: 3 blocks Map It
|(813) 204-3000
|The link for hotel reservations will be available exclusively on your registration confirmation.
Hotels will sell out quickly. We recommend booking your hotel reservation(s) as soon as you register. Cut-off date to reserve your hotel at the discounted meeting rates is February 5, 2017.
AACTE is going paper free!
We have eliminated program books.
You will be able to access the full agenda and plan your schedule in AACTE's Online Event Planner.
2017 Annual Meeting at a Glance (subject to change)
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
|2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
|New Board Member Orientation
|5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
|Board of Directors Dinner
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
|8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
|Registration and Conference Community Center Load-In
|8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|AACTE Headquarters Open
|8:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm
|Preconference Events (TBD)CPPA Preconference: Rubrics, and Validity, and Reliability: Oh My! (additional registration fee required)
|8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm
|Wallace Foundation Preconference: Strengthening Leadership through Communities of Professional Learning (separate registration required)
|8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm
|Preconference: Diversified Teaching Workforce Institute (separate registration required)
|8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
|Holmes Program Annual Meeting (By Invite Only)
|8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
|Board of Directors Meeting
|12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
|TAG Business Meetings
|2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
|Registration Open
|2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
|Exhibitor Set-up in Conference Community Center
|4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
|AACTE Committee Meetings
Thursday, March 2, 2017
|7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
|Affiliate Group Meetings (may require separate registration) AILACTE CADREI TECSCU
|8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
|Exhibitor Set-Up in Conference Community Center
|8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
|Registration/AACTE Headquarters/Press Office Open
|9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
|Brunch Available*
|10:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
|Conference Community Center Open
|11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
|Welcoming Session
|2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
|Major Forums
|3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
|Around the Association in 60 Minutes
|3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
|Leadership Academy Reception
|4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
|Opening Reception*
Friday, March 3, 2017
|8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
|Continental Breakfast*
|8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|Conference Community Center Open
|8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|Registration/AACTE Headquarters/Press Office Open
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Major Forums
|10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
|Roundtable Sessions*
|10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Coffee Break Available*
|12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
|AACTE Business Meeting
|1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|AACTE Job and Information Fair
|1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
|Roundtable Sessions*
|1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|Deans Academy Meeting
|3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
|Roundtable Sessions*
|3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|ACSR Business Meeting
|4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
|Receptions by Various Groups/Institutions/Organizations
Saturday, March 4, 2017
|8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
|Registration/AACTE Headquarters/Press Office Open
|9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
|Conference Community Center Open
|9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
|Coffee Break Available*
|10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
|Major Forums
|12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
|Speaker Spotlight Session
|1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|Concurrent Sessions
|3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
|Meetings & Professional Development Committee Meeting
All sessions with a * will be in the Conference Community Center, located in Ballroom BC in the Tampa Convention Center.
All Sessions in BLUE will take place in the Tampa Convention Center.
All Sessions in GREEN will take place in the Tampa Marriott Waterside.
All sessions in Bold Italics will have no other sessions scheduled against them.
For information on Affiliate Group Meeting registration, contact your Affiliate Group.
Conference Content
Featured Speakers
Welcoming Session
Shaun Harper, Professor and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Shaun R. Harper founded and serves as executive director of the Center for the Study of Race & Equity in Education. He studies topics pertaining to race and gender in education and social contexts, equity trends and climate issues on college campuses, Black and Latino male student success in high school and higher education, college student engagement, and intercollegiate athletics. His research has been cited in nearly 5,000 published studies.
Professor Harper is author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and other academic publications, and recipient of over $12 million in research grants. Johns Hopkins University Press is publishing his 13th book, Race Matters in College. The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of Higher Education, and over 11,000 other newspapers have quoted Dr. Harper and featured his research. He has been interviewed on CNN, ESPN, and NPR.
Dr. Harper was recently elected president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and recognized in Education Week as one of the 12 most influential professors in the field of education. He is a member of President Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper advisory council.
His bachelor's degree in education is from Albany State, a historically black university in Georgia, and his Ph.D. in higher education is from Indiana University.Learn more
Speaker Spotlight Session
Linda Darling-Hammond, President, Learning Policy Institute, and Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University
Linda Darling-Hammond, President of the Learning Policy Institute, is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University where she is Faculty Director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and member of the National Academy of Education as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her research and policy work focus on issues of educational equity, teaching quality, and school reform. She has advised school leaders and policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels. In 2008, she served as director of President Obama's education policy transition team.
Her book, The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future, received the coveted Grawemeyer Award in 2012. Among her most recent books are Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement (2013) and Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning (2014).Learn more
Major Forums
Acting as One to Support Educator Development
AACTE is partnering with other associations working on different stages of the educator pipeline to illuminate the roles for each in supporting the preparation of highly qualified education professionals. In this forum, representatives from PK-12 and higher education organizations will consider their unique and intersecting efforts to develop the best professionals possible for the full spectrum of education settings and roles. Their perspectives will elevate participants' awareness of the opportunities for collaboration across domains and combine to portray a national narrative on high-quality educator preparation.
Acting as Systems: A Pipeline Approach to Educator Preparation Policy
Realizing our aspirations to Act as One will require new levels of collaboration and cooperation between those responsible for PK-12 and higher education policy. System-level collaboration is essential to meeting our common goals of recruiting and retaining high-quality and diverse educators, creating robust clinical experiences, ensuring quality teacher preparation and induction, and providing pathways for career-long growth and development. Working together, policy makers from the higher education and PK-12 domains can create the necessary policy supports for a strong educator workforce pipeline. Policy leaders who are working together in their states to make a difference will share their experiences and perspectives.
The Clinical Practice Imperative: Conversations With AACTE's Commission
The AACTE Clinical Practice Commission will present its white paper and discuss recommendations for the field related to a definition of clinical practice, a common lexicon for the work, and strategies to operationalize clinical practice in educator preparation. Be among the first to access the commission's white paper and executive summary, culminating the past two years of the group's work. Commissioners will also discuss their plans for the future, including locally focused activities to deploy their findings.
Community-Based Teacher Preparation as Praxis: Preparing Effective Educators Through Research-Practice Partnerships
Over the past decade, an increasing number of scholars have advocated for a greater emphasis on community-based experiences in the preparation of teachers. The nature of the most salient experiences, their impact on the beliefs and practices of teacher candidates, and the mechanisms for their meaningful integration into teacher preparation programs are still hotly debated topics and have not been sufficiently examined. In this forum, the editors of the Journal of Teacher Education bring together a group of scholars and community partners whose work has contributed to our growing understanding of the ways in which work with youth in nonschool settings can provide powerful learning experiences for teacher candidates and can contribute to effective teaching practices across educational contexts.
How Does the Work of Teaching Become the Work of Justice and Equity?
How do we advance social justice through the professional preparation and continuing education of teachers? What capabilities are required for competent beginning teaching that enable teachers to contribute to a better world through their work with young people? In this forum organized by TeachingWorks, panelists will bring their perspectives to bear on these themes by focusing on three "high-leverage practices" of teaching identified by TeachingWorks: (1) building respectful relationships with young people, (2) leading a group discussion, and (3) implementing norms and routines for classroom discourse and work.
Meeting the Needs of All Learners: Advancing Social Justice and Diversity in Teacher Preparation
AACTE sponsors a variety of initiatives engaging members around advancing social justice, supporting candidates from underrepresented populations, and diversifying the education workforce as well as the teacher pipeline. Hear from participants in four different initiatives about these and other efforts under way to identify, improve, implement, and disseminate culturally responsive practices for recruitment, retention, and induction. Get a sneak preview of the highly anticipated conceptual framework paper highlighting the work of the AACTE Black and Hispanic/Latino Male Teachers Initiative Networked Improvement Community (NIC), planned for release later in 2017.
Conference Theme and Strands
Acting as One: The Power of the Professional Community
The imperative to improve outcomes for our nation's increasingly diverse learners demands the support of a unified professional community. Whether we are classroom teachers, teacher educators, superintendents, researchers, or in any other role in education, we all work in service of the same ultimate goals—yet we often get caught up in our own roles to the exclusion of others in the field. When we fail to think and act as a unified community, we risk developing conflicting practices and values, which holds us all back. But when we identify as one, we realize remarkable dividends academically, politically, and professionally.
To understand the power of collaboration across traditional boundaries, we might look to the Teacher Quality Partnerships, or to the professional development schools that have been uniting various players in education—for more than 20 years, in some cases—for mutual support and benefit. By engaging all colleagues across the halls of academe, PK-12 classrooms, and beyond, we are empowered to develop and build upon a shared knowledge base and achieve greater progress on the problems of practice.
As a community, we can develop a robust career pipeline for teachers: recruiting strong candidates, focusing the preservice curriculum on effective pedagogy, securing placements in engaged clinical and community sites, supporting new teachers in induction programs, and developing and strategically deploying teacher leaders. As a community, we can determine how to recognize and reward the work of clinically based faculty, as well as how to better incorporate their experiences and lessons into the profession's knowledge base. As a community, we can invite input on our work-in-progress and nurture a culture of continuous improvement through collegial feedback and knowledge-sharing. This is the power of a unified professional community.
To accomplish this work, educator preparation must cultivate relationships that break down silos internally and externally. Clinical partnerships, engagement with colleagues across disciplines, and collaboration with service professions must become the norm. However, to elevate these relationships beyond the superficial, we must be willing to face difficult conversations and other obstacles. A shared commitment to transparency and accountability is a fundamental requirement for navigating the dynamic tensions of partnerships.
Building a broad-based professional community in local settings is not easily done, but by sharing our stumbles and successes, we can improve as a larger community. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education will bring the profession together to do just that. Together, we will cultivate our common understanding in four key areas: community engagement on problems of practice; the knowledge base on advancing teaching and learning; practices that increase access and equity for all learners; and ways to gauge our impact for accountability and program improvement purposes.
Proposals are invited to address the following strands:
Strand I – The Knowledge Base for Teaching and Learning
All members of a professional community need to be explicit about acting on and continuously building shared knowledge. In education, no matter where we teach, we all should be drawing on the same evidence base for effective pedagogy. What does this knowledge base look like? How do we foster its growth, and how do we engage all educators in its development and deployment?
The purpose of this strand is to focus on innovations and inquiry in teaching, models of effective instruction, and the roles of partners and improvement mechanisms in knowledge production.
Proposals in this strand are encouraged to address one or more of the following questions:
- What is the evidence for the effectiveness of instructional innovations across different subjects, student characteristics, and levels?
- How do you incorporate key findings from neuroscience, psychology, and other disciplines to influence the curriculum in educator preparation?
- What skills do your candidates develop, and how are they documented, regarding accessing and contributing to our shared knowledge base?
- How does your program model effective pedagogy and content-specific pedagogy for your candidates, including collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines?
- What new models support the collaborative development of professional knowledge (e.g., special interest groups, Networked Improvement Communities, online collaboration) and how do they fit or conflict with traditional models (e.g., peer-reviewed journals)?
- How has a focus on teaching and learning promoted research and scholarship on your campus?
Strand II – Community Engagement on Problems of Practice
Engaging the community beyond the college of education walls is essential to unifying the profession. New partnerships thrive with a shared sense of urgency and recognition of mutual interest. These partnerships span university colleagues outside of educator preparation, PK-12 schools and districts, virtual instructional settings, professional educational and community organizations, and peer institutions around the state or beyond. Traditional boundaries and silos that have inhibited trust and limited cooperative action must be dismantled, and common goals must be established for supporting the next generation of learners.
The purpose of this strand is to examine the partnerships and mechanisms within and outside higher education that promote and support the development of shared knowledge and practice.
Proposals in this strand are encouraged to address one or more of the following questions:
- How do you engage with community and other professional organizations in the preparation of your candidates, and what are some ways in which you have engaged parties that have not typically collaborated with educator preparation programs?
- Which processes do you use to ensure that voices of multiple stakeholders are considered in program development and improvement?
- What are the types and purposes of the partnerships (i.e., PK-12, business, community organizations, foundations, government) you have established, and how do they benefit your program and the profession? What challenges have you overcome to enhance existing partnerships or engage new partners?
- What objectives and outcomes frame MOUs among partners, such as those that support aspiring teachers and the induction of new teachers?
- What are the difficult conversations you have engaged in that resulted in program improvement?
- What is the evidence that partnerships have made a difference in the preparation of your teacher candidates and teacher leaders?
Strand III – Social Responsibility: Access and Equity
In light of the increasingly diverse student population and persistent inequities in their access to educational opportunities, we need to collaborate across the education profession to reconsider the implications of serving all learners for what educators need to learn and be able to do. How do we develop and recognize these abilities, and how do we deploy them strategically in the field? Cultural competence among all educators is a pedagogical imperative, for example, and today's inclusive classrooms demand that general educators be prepared in special education as well.
The purpose of this strand is to document specific evidence from programs, practices, and interdisciplinary innovations that increase educators' preparedness for meeting the needs of all learners.
Proposals in this strand are encouraged to address one or more of the following questions:
- How do you strengthen candidates' competence to address access and equity issues (e.g., teaching students from diverse linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds)?
- How do special and general educators collaborate to meet the needs of all students, and what competencies must all teachers have to work with students with disabilities in inclusive settings?
- How do content-area courses and field work prepare candidates to address the academic difficulties and cultural disconnects encountered by PK-12 students?
- How are you preparing your candidates to serve as advocates for greater justice, equity, and inclusion of all students?
- What are examples of effective programs and practices to increase the diversity of educator candidates?
- Excluding clinical practice/internships, how does your program prepare candidates to engage with, empower, and strengthen community sustainability? What is the evidence of these efforts' effectiveness and impact?
Strand IV – Continuous Improvement and Accountability
As members of the professional community evaluate their own work and share findings in the field, we each have the responsibility to contribute to each other's improvement as well as uphold our own work's professional integrity. For educator preparation programs to gauge teacher candidates' impact in practice, for example, we need common understanding with mentors and faculty in clinical settings around performance standards and measurements, grounded in shared ethical values and a shared responsibility for the outcomes. We also benefit from action research and other feedback from the field on our programs and graduates, and we are responsible for acting on that evidence for continuous improvement. For external accountability to governmental or accreditation agencies, our united professional perspective has obvious benefits.
The purpose of this strand is to explore measures of programs' impact on PK-12 students, teachers' perceptions of their professional preparation, and shared values and practices related to continuous improvement and accountability.
Proposals in this strand are encouraged to address one or more of the following questions:
- What measures and methods do you use to document impact and inform improvement, in your own programs and in your partnerships? What ethical values undergird this work?
- How do you engage the professional community (partner schools, graduates, peer institutions) to assess your programs' effectiveness, and how do you support one another as partners for continuous improvement?
- How do you communicate transparently across programs, with policy makers, and with other stakeholders?
- How do you develop common understanding with your partners and agree on roles and responsibilities when it comes to accountability for academic success, program improvement, and effective practice?
- How and where should the professional community share data on capacity, productivity, and performance of the various actors in education at the local, state, and national levels?
- How do you use program outcomes, data, and other evidence of effectiveness to promote the profession and your program through public relations, advocacy, and community engagement?
- What are tensions between state approval or accreditation mechanisms and your program goals and/or outcomes, and how have you navigated these tensions in productive ways?
The 2017 Annual Meeting will take place at the Tampa Convention Center (TCC), nestled on the banks of the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa. Less than 20 years old, the TCC is an inviting and attractive venue, boasting ample and flexible space well-suited to host AACTE's Annual Meeting. Attendees will stay connected with free WiFi throughout the TCC.
Most AACTE sessions will be held at the TCC, with additional meetings and events taking place at the adjacent Tampa Marriott Waterside. For additional information, please see the Schedule tab. Attendees will walk a short distance from AACTE's host hotels to enter the new digs at the TCC.
Whereas recent Annual Meetings have been staged almost entirely in a single host hotel, 2017 will kick off the first of three years where the event will be held in a downtown convention center space. The TCC is the perfect place to come experience the new AACTE Annual Meeting.
Please view a short video below for more information about the TCC.
Sponsors and Exhibitors
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Premier Sponsor
LiveText, Inc.
LiveText provides e-Portfolio, learning assessment, and accreditation management tools, expert consulting services, and broad support services to help continuously improve higher education. LiveText assists institutions in evaluating performance-based student learning achievement, ensuring faculty and administrators can collect, measure, and report on actionable data for continuous improvement of the academic experience.
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Featured Sponsors
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Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson
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Horace Mann Companies
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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University of Nevada Las Vegas
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General Sponsors
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
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Booth: 800
State University of New York (SUNY) / SUNY Press
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AVID for Higher Education
Booth Number: 805
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Gulliver Schools
Booth Number: 304
Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission to create an academic community devoted to educational excellence, with a personal touch, that fulfills each student's potential
Harvard Education Press
Booth Number: 801
Harvard Education Press publishes innovative and authoritative books covering critical issues in education. These titles inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing policy debates, and report on important research in the field. As a mission-driven educational publisher, HEP is fully committed to serving as a forum for different perspectives.
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University
Booth Number: 307
The Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University (IFSA-Butler) is a university-based, non-profit organization that provides study abroad opportunities. Options include semester programs of coursework in education departments at preeminent international institutions, faculty-led programs tailored to the needs of the US institution, and student teaching internships abroad.
Peter Lang Publishing
Booth Number: 309
The Peter Lang Publishing Group is an international academic publisher of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. From research monographs and journals to student textbooks, our award-winning list in Education specializes in topics such as teacher education, critical pedagogy, curriculum, literacy, foundations, cultural studies and more!
Responsive Classroom
Booth Number: 512
Responsive Classroom is a research-based approach to elementary and middle school education that focuses on the strong link between academic success and social-emotional learning. It is used in schools worldwide and is associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate. We provide trainings and publish books.
Rowman & Littlefield
Booth Number: 806
Rowman & Littlefield is a preeminent publisher of critically acclaimed general interest and scholarly books in the social sciences and humanities as well as college textbooks, professional titles, journals and award winning reference titles.
Sanford Inspire at National University
Booth Number: 802
Sanford Inspire is a movement and PK-12 education initiative designed to create and disseminate strategies and resources developed through research and sharing of evidence-based teaching practices to put inspirational teachers in every classroom. Sanford Inspire principles and resources are being integrated by a growing number of colleges of education and PK-12 schools and have impacted to date nearly 14,000 pre-service and in-service teachers. Visit us at booth #802!
Booth Number: 803
With Sibme, instructors in educator preparation programs enhance successful candidate preparedness for certification by making every moment a teachable moment through the use of time-stamped feedback on web and mobile video. Candidates and educators can easily record, upload, share, and annotate videos securely on Sibme's user-friendly web and mobile (iOS and Android) platform. Sibme provides the flexibility to enhance in-person and remote field observations, coursework, peer collaboration, and performance-based assessment in preparation for accreditation.
Sonia - Student Placement Software
Booth Number: 413
Manage work experience placements with Sonia: Find out why Sonia is the No. 1 student placement software in the world. With a history dating back to 1999, and strong online standards compliance and accessibility, Sonia has can help you and your team.
The Test Camp, LLC
Booth Number: 306
Here at The Test Camp we provide an opportunity to learn and practice testing fundamentals. The virtual campus provides the teacher certification testing experience that leads to first-attempt success ... guaranteed! Join us at the 2017 AACTE Annual Meeting or online, any time!
The Uteach Institute
Booth Number: 808
The UTeach Institute works with universities to implement undergraduate inquiry-based STEM pre-service teacher preparation programs, and facilitates a network of 45 UTeach programs nationally. The Institute also offers professional development to in-service secondary STEM teachers, and a secondary computer science course, UTeach CS Principles, endorsed by the College Board.
Booth Number: 412
The Vosaic software suite is a tremendous asset in providing standardized instruction. It uses mobile devices (iPhone/iPad) and other cameras to capture video, mark relevant behaviors, share video to the cloud, review video, and translate behavioral data from video. It is used to help teachers and researchers reflect on classroom instruction.
Location: Convention Center :: Tampa, FL
Call for Entries: 2018 AACTE Awards
Submission Deadlines:
- Outstanding Dissertation Award: August 18, 2017
- All other Awards: October 12, 2017
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Award winners will be honored at the 2018 AACTE Annual Meeting, March 1–3 in Baltimore, Maryland, during the general sessions.
See What You Missed in 2017
Visit the Learning Center to watch video recordings from previous Annual Meetings. Welcome Sessions and Speaker Spotlight Sessions are public, while other recordings are available only to conference registrants.
Future Annual Meetings
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- 2019 – February 22-24, Kentucky International Convention Center | Louisville, KY
- 2020 – February 28 – March 1, Atlanta Marriott Marquis | Atlanta, GA


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One of the latest in the ever expanding MMORPG genre is Gamasoft and Youxilands RYL: Path of the Emperor, a traditional and skill-based title that allows for players to rise through the ranks and rule the lands. Set in the territory known as The Almighty Ground, the game starts you in the middle of a struggle between several factions, any of which you can side with: the Kartefant Nation (Human), Merkhadia nations (AkKan), or Gods Pirates (a group of Human and AkKan that seek peaceful coexistence). The troubled history of both peoples is coming to the surface as an influential AkKan leader goes missing in search of the lands power. Your journey begins as the looming threat of strife grips the land, allowing for not only disaster but also for one to rise to power.
Your character can be either Human or AkKan. As a Human you have the choice of one of the initial classes: fighter, acolyte, rogue, and mage. AkKan players can choose to be either a combatant or an officiator. As a quick aside, gender is limited in the AkKan, with males being combatants and females being officiators; the Humans have no such restriction. Each initial class evolves when you reach level 10, branching off into one of several paths: Human fighters can become warriors or defenders; acolytes can become clerics or priests; rogues can become assassins or archers; and mages can become sorcerers or enchanters. AkKan combatants can become attackers, templars, or gunners; officiators can become rune officiators, life officiators, or shadow officiators. The higher classes arent drastically different, but they're dissimilar enough to keep you on your toes.
Aside from combat and spell differences, one of the crucial aspects of the different classes is the automatic points that get allocated to two of the character attributes of strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, and wisdom. Each weapon and piece of armor in the game requires certain levels of different attributes, which means that it might be much easier to get armor than it would be to get a weapon if youre a class specializing in defending. This also creates the problem of trying to deal with the chaos of attempting to manage all of the point allocations so you can have a well-rounded character. In a show of style, Humans actually have three layers of clothing (shirt, tunic, and armor), and each set requires different attribute specifications. The AkKan have other unique traits, like a standard weapon always wielded, that must be taken into account when allocating points. This also means that you can have a character unique in look from the other players, since you've probably allocated points in a relatively unique way. Along with the class-given points, there are also points given at level-up, and these are for further tailoring your character to your tastes as using them on your focused attributes will cost extra and is rarely worthwhile.
The give-and-take of leveling-up is pretty convoluted, possibly more than it needs to be, but it can also add an extra layer of intrigue for those who find that the current crop of titles doesn't offer enough character customization.
RYL does go along with the standards of the genre in many respects, only slightly altering things here and there. For example, you learn spells and abilities through the purchasing of books, as opposed to just unlocking them from leveling up. The trick here is that you need to purchase six books of the same level for the ability to advance, and that NPC characters will not offer levels beyond the second. Purchasing higher level books requires using the player stores - if there is one thing this game loves, its the player stores. At any point a player can open up a store, selling whatever wares they have. This isnt always a bad thing, but the problem is that all sellers tend to congregate in the same place in town, causing a mess of players sitting, dancing and dueling dueling, along with names of stores stickied over their heads, all of which creates both confusion and massive lag. Since towns are few and far between, The Almighty Grounds main market area will cause massive navigational headaches as all of the games shortcomings come to bear on you at that one point - well get to those in a minute. The main quandary I had about the spells is why they wouldnt advance based on usage; the game goes for an evolutionary feel, so naturally evolving abilities would seem to make more sense than having to buy book after book.
The big selling point of RYL is that its supposed to be a massive player-versus-player, skill-based title. On the PvP front, the game allows for guilds to operate their own stores and fortresses, along with joint storage and allocation of goods, as well as the ability to make enemies of other guilds, causing open warfare if parties should spot each other. I witnessed two guilds at odds with one another over a spawning spot, but it unfortunately ended when a GM (Game Master) stepped in to address the issue - I want to see some PvP bloodshed, people, come on. Guilds can storm the fortresses of other guilds, make alliances, and so forth. There is also the inner workings of guilds, like Guild Masters naming successors and fame ranking playing a part in who takes the lead if no successor is named. The difference between RYL and other titles is that someone must be level 30 or above to join a guild - well, that and the un-intuitiveness of having to create a logo and stick it in a player-created folder within the games directory on your hard drive, which is pretty unique, too.
Aside from player relations, the other focus is on the aforementioned skill-based approach. What this means is that you can switch from the standard mouse control scheme (click on an enemy for your character to attack), to a keyboard and mouse control scheme, the later allows for greater control and offers moves like side stepping along with the ability to control how fast to attack; it also uses a first-person shooter style control layout, and moves the camera to a closer viewpoint. The change is done in a flashy manner, like the spells, in text and pop-ups that look like they belong in a console RPG. That is one of the things the game really has going for it - its style. Spells are big and colorful, really dramatic, and the art style (architecture, armor, etc.) is super slick. If the developers were trying to come up with a unique approach to make the games aesthetics stick out, they found it.
The main problem with RYL is that the game just doesnt seem finished. Aside from spawning in the middle of solid objects, or water, youll notice anomalies all over the place: people walking through objects, areas not loading with the rest of the zone, and your character attacking NPCs when they talk to them because the game doesnt differentiate between talking and fighting (the NPCs do not retaliate, though). Then there are the basic design flaws, including a severe lack of quests (youll get quests unplayable to you until you level up several more times); the fact that there is no auto-lock once you attack an enemy, which causes you to constantly deselect enemies after casting a spell or using a special ability in the middle of a fight; the fact that its difficult to even select enemies, with very small spots on their bodies triggering the targeting system (standing face-to-face with an enemy and literally clicking all over their body a dozen times to get a lock is just infuriating); and pathfinding so sloppy that youll have to often switch to keyboard and mouse controls just to ensure that your character gets to where you need to go.
RYL also suffers from not being all that interesting. Aside from the bombastic spells and solid art design, the game offers little more than generic enemies and a nonexistent story with no personality. Par the course for the genre, youll be fighting mean squirrels, little goblin-like creatures, mushrooms, etc., as well as their larger counterparts that are only different in being slightly bigger but much harder to kill. Im really tired of these enemies by now, particularly with the game embracing the grind so early on - meaning youll be killing lots and lots of enemies to go from level 10 to 11. And the story, which covers about ten pages in the manual, becomes a nonissue right off the bat. There are NPCs who talk about past and unfolding events every now and then, and there are players who embrace their sides, but thats it; its not even addressed enough to even be considered superficial,. All of the bitterness and factions warring against each other that you read about in the manual are left to be addressed, one can only assume, at some point later on. Its pretty disappointing, which is a shame because it could offer a fairly rich experience.
Overall: 4/10
RYL: Path of the Emperor has good class and spell selection and offers nice quiet moments when youre in the frontier and away from the lag-infested cities, but the experience just doesnt deliver. The game is really representative of the genre itself in that it has a whole lot of promise, and actually implements many great ideas, but does so in such a basic way and so haphazardly, from either inexperience or bitting off more than they could chew, that the whole suffers. In all honesty, I think this game does have potential and could be a great second tier MMO (which isnt a bad thing) with a few patches, but as of right now it doesnt offer you nearly enough to sway you away from the bigger titles like Dark Age of Camelot, World of Warcraft, and EverQuest II.


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Friday, February 24, 2012
Interneer Reports Record Growth
Los Angeles-based Interneer, a developer of software-as-a-service for the business process management market, reports that it had "record growth" in 2011. The firm, which did not disclose actual financial details or any growth figures, said its customers now include include Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Silliker, Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., and Akzo Nobel, among others. Interneer is headed by Romeo Elias. Interneer's software helps automate business processes.


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Speaking out publicly on phone hacking for the first time, Elisabeth Murdoch takes aim at her beleaguered brother James.
The news meant that the beleaguered sport would go at least 34 years without a Triple Crown winner.
But occasionally a new fantasy surges through my beleaguered brain, and it helps to declaw the demons.
Simon Cowell was considering the singer as a judge on his beleaguered talent show, The X-Factor.
And here is where the beleaguered administration may catch a break from this hostile court.
In the dead of night, with a band of 200 men, she entered the beleaguered city of Orleans in the face of the English enemy.
It gives a good insight into Gordon's life in the beleaguered city.
The fall of the beleaguered town could no longer be deferred.
And no beleaguered city ever flew that flag in such bitterness and tears.
A Hudson's Bay fort was beleaguered; a Nor'west fur train sacked.
1580s, from Dutch or Low German belegeren "to besiege," from be- "around" (see be-) + legeren "to camp," from leger "bed, camp, army, lair," from Proto-Germanic *leg-raz-, from PIE *legh-to- "lie" (see lie (v.2)). A word from the Flemish Wars (cf. Swedish belägra, Dutch belegeren "besiege," German Belagerung "siege"). Spelling influenced by league. Related: Beleaguered; beleaguering.


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Crayon Business Cards - 2015
These are my creative business cards made out of crayon, for when I really want to make an impression! I think these ones are my favourite - they really capture my passion to be creative in professional ways.
I started by getting the exact shape I wanted laser cut from acrylic, and then I created a rubber silicone mold from that. I've been working on these for over a month and I really can't wait to hand some out!


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Alphabet Hunt
Ask a child if he wants to practice his alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if he'd like to play letter detective? You just might hook yourself a fish.
This game helps kids practice their letters, test out their vocabulary knowledge, and get some writing under their belts all at the same time. You only need is a magazine, a big sheet of paper, markers, glue, and a willing participant to get the sleuthing started.
What You Need:
- Children's magazine (we like "National Geographic Kids," "Time for Kids," and "Chickadee")
- Large sheet of paper, cardboard, or poster board
- Markers
- Glue
What You Do:
- Have your child use the markers to write all the letters of the alphabet in a column running down the left side of the large piece of paper, cardboard, or poster board. (Just one letter per line.)
- Once she's written all the letters, it's time for her to find them! Give your detective the magazine and ask her to hunt for a picture of a suspect that begins with each of the letters. (An "acrobat" would work for A, a "baseball player" would fulfill B). As she finds them, she should write the suspect next to its appropriate letter on the chart. If she'd like, she can cut out the picture and glue a "mug shot" next to the name. The game continues until there's something for each letter of the alphabet.
Not only is this a wonderful way to reinforce the alphabet and practice writing, but it's a good activity for the kitchen table. So the next time your child is whining for something to do as you gather materials for dinner, put them to work. Detective work, that is!


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Pygmalion offers extensive experience of providing high quality IT support services based on Microsoft technologies. Headquartered in London we have provided IT support services for SMB's to large enterprises.
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Brits feel lost without mobiles: study
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Millions of Britons admit feeling lost if parted from their mobile phone or email, according to a survey published yesterday.
The problem gets worse if the technology is out of reach for more than a few hours.
The findings have led to the emergence of what has been dubbed Mobile and Internet Dependency Syndrome (MAIDS).
Nearly two-thirds of those questioned in the survey for Lloyds TSB admitted feeling concerned if they left their mobile phone at home and 3 per cent even said they felt "freaked out and panicky".
When asked what they would do if they realised within 15 minutes of leaving home, 15 per cent would make time to go back and collect it.
The poll of 936 adults, carried out in December last year, noted a similar attachment to the internet.
Some 72 per cent of people were worried if unable to check their emails for a day.
Just over a third said the reason they were concerned about not having their mobile phone or reading their emails was that others were trying to get hold of them.
A further 18 per cent were worried they were missing important business calls or correspondence.
Among other reasons were being unable to know if people had changed plans (12 per cent), and missing important social calls or invitations (11 per cent).
Matthew Bottomley, customer service director at Lloyds TSB, said: "Most people have experienced that sense of panic when you leave the house and realise you've left your mobile at home.
"Five years ago we wouldn't have given this a second thought but now mobile phones and email have become an essential part of our lives and even our banking habits.
"Internet banking is commonplace and we can now receive text messages to tell us what our bank balance is."


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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act into law, giving 10,000 acres of federal land to the states to sell, on the condition that the states would use the funds to establish public universities. This included the University of Illinois, and 150 years later, the university invites you to celebrate our long history as a public land-grant university, and discuss the opportunities and challenges that the future holds. For a schedule of events, visit http://morrillact.illinois.edu/events.html.
The First University Building
The University of Illinois began in 1867 as the Illinois Industrial University. The first building, University Hall, was built in 1868. Its five stories featured classrooms, a chapel, clubrooms, a power plant, and dormitories for about 130 students. A windstorm destroyed part of the building in 1880, and lacking sufficient funds to repair the damage, the University demolished it in 1881.
The First Agriculture Building
Many land-grant institutions placed a special emphasis on agriculture and engineering. Soon after the University of Illinois opened, it began offering courses in elementary and advanced agriculture. The first agriculture building on the University of Illinois campus was dedicated on May 21, 1901. Today it is known as Davenport Hall.
Engineering Experimental Station
In 1903 the University of Illinois became the first land-grant institution to organize a separate and distinct Engineering Experiment Station. These photographs are from the first bulletin, published in 1904; they illustrate concrete testing.
Jonathan Baldwin Turner
A noted farmer and lecturer, Turner was one of the leading voices in the social movement of the 1850's that led to the passing of the Morrill Act and the creation of land grant universities.
Justin Smith Morrill
Morrill was a Vermont senator who fought for land-grant institutions and eventually proposed the Land-Grant Act to Congress in 1861.


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Project DescriptionThe new Engineering, Aviation, Computer and Mathematical Sciences Building (EACMS) for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is under construction and scheduled to complete in Fall 2015. The $65 million, 163,350 gsf building will include spaces for engineering including a nano technology lab featuring a clean room, aviation sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, and telecommunications departments, a TV broadcast studio and practice studios, a student radio station and editing rooms, and two Dean's office suites. The building incorporates an architectural expression reflective of the mission, heritage, and architectural traditions of this growing teaching, research, and doctoral institution. Hord Coplan Macht formed a joint venture with The Freelon Group to execute this project. Hord Coplan Macht is also the landscape architect.
UMES has experienced regular and significant growth in recent years, particularly in graduate programs, which has become a key component of their 10-year Master Plan. The new EACMS Building is the first building built in a new Research Quad and will set the design aesthetic for future development.
We presented the University with a range of design ideas that tested the master plan. The solution is a building with two bars, linked with a central atrium which includes informal gathering spaces supportive of collaborative dialogue between students from all of the departments housed in the building.
The EACMS Building will further the University's commitment to sustainability, and is expected to obtain LEED Certification at the Gold level.


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by Christopher Freeburn | October 12, 2012 11:52 am
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS[1]) estimates that its Nook Media unit, which combines its tablet, e-book and college textbooks business[2], will produce revenue of $3 billion in 2012. Analysts say the bookseller's Nook business grew about 30% over last year, offsetting slower growth at its textbook business. In a recent vote of confidence, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT[3]) acquired a 17.6% stake in Nook Media, Reuters noted.
Investors also appeared pleased with the news, sending shares of Barnes & Noble up more than 8% on Thursday, though shares retreated more than 3% in Friday morning trading.
In September, Barnes & Noble unveiled updated Nook tablets, including its Nook HD, which can play video. The new tablets position the company to compete in the burgeoning 7-inch tablet market, where it faces rival devices from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[4]), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG[5]) and a widely-expected entry from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[6]), meant to fend off competition from smaller Android-based tablets[7]. It also introduced the Nook HD+ with a 9-inch screen, targeting Amazon's Kindle Fire HD and the existing iPad.
Company officials said that advance orders for the new tablets were 240% higher than previous Nook device launches.
The company will begin selling e-books through its website in nine new countries by the middle of next year. It is already selling e-books in the United Kingdom.
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The revered Tai Chi and Kung Fu teacher, James Wing Woo, shares his philosophy, methods and principles. Rich in color photography, the book includes archival material, his biography and an interview with journalist, Ben Fong-Torres.
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- April 4, 2012
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- Perfect-bound Paperback
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- Full color
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- 6.63 wide x 10.25 tall
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I really want to love this place, here is my report after having been 10+ times.
View: Great. Unusual angle of San Diego
Food: Really sub-par. The last time I went my friend ordered the "cheese plate" (after being underwhelmed by numerous offerings). I could have made a better cheese plate if I went to vons and cut up some low grade brie.
Prices: Not horrible for drinks. For the food, even "free" would be a rip off.
Service: Decent to beyond laughable. Last night was laughable. Bartenders so slow, I thought I was in a far flung Caribbean Island. (Minus of course the tropical breezes, music, aqua blue water and culture.) It can really be hard to get a drink here.
This place has so much potential, but I will only go for drinks now...and the view.


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Hungry? Thirsty? We're delicious!
Visit the Bella Caffe in the Pink Palace Museum!
Bella Caffe has delicious, fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and yummy desserts, along with refreshing cold and hot drinks.
Whether or not you visit the Pink Palace exhibits, CTI 3D Theater and Sharpe Planetarium, stop by Bella Caffe and enjoy the gourmet menu and signature coffees. With unique beverages like the Velvet Elvis and the Piggly Wiggly, you'll find something for everyone. Come visit the Pink Palace and Bella Caffe!
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Lucknow, Nov 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested mafia don Sushil, alias 'Moonch', wanted in more than 40 cases ranging from extortions, contract killings and murders, from a shopping mall in Rajasthan.
Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) Arun Kumar said Sushil, whose criminal activities ranged from Uttarakhand to Rajasthan and UP, carried a cash reward of Rs.one lakh.
An elite team of the state's special task force (STF) arrested Sushil in a late night swoop from outside the Pink Square Mall, Raja Park, in Adarshnagar area of Jaipur.
The mafia don, the police official said, was a "hard nut to crack" and was trailed for over six months that involved electronic surveillance and a 24x7 intelligence low down on him.
The police official said Sushil was by far the "most wanted criminal" of Uttar Pradesh and that he had built a huge empire of organised crime.
"Sushil has invested in real estate and other businesses and we plan to hire chartered accountants and top legal aides to take his case to a logical conclusion," Arun Kumar told IANS.
While no weapon was recovered from him at the time of arrest, police said they were working on the case and hoped to find a huge cache of automatic weapons.


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An Illustrated Guide to ARIZONA WEEDS
The University of Arizona Press
SALTCEDAR, tamarisk
TAMARISK FAMILY-Tamaricaceae
SALTCEDAR-Tamarix pentandra Pall.
DESCRIPTION-A beautiful shrub or small tree, especially in flower, which reproduces by seeds. The long slender grayish green branches are upright or spreading, often forming shrubby thickets many feet in diameter, mostly 10 to 12 (or to 15) feet high. The small grayish green narrow pointed leaves, about 1/16 inch long, are crowded on the stems often overlapping one another. They have the appearance of evergreen leaves, but are actually deciduous.
The myriads of little flowers, from deep pink to nearly white, are about 1/16 inch in diameter and crowded in many slender spikes, 1/2 to 2 inches long, forming a dense showy mass at the top of the branches. The slender tapering many seeded pods are pinkish red to greenish yellow, 1/8 to nearly 1/5 inch long, splitting into 3 to 5 parts when mature. The tiny seeds are less than 1/25 inch long, and have a tuft of fine silky hairs at the tip. The bark is reddish brown and fairly smooth at first, but becomes ridged and furrowed.
DISTRIBUTION-Saltcedar was introduced from Eurasia, but soon escaped cultivation. Now it is abundant in the bottomlands, banks, and drainage washes of all the rivers and other watercourses throughout the state, including the irrigation ditches and the Grand Canyon. It is very drought-resistant, and grows in all types of soil, including alkali and salty soil. Found principally in deserts and desert grasslands at 100 to 5,000 feet elevation or sometimes to 6,000 feet in northern Arizona, as in Canyon de Chelly (Apache County), where it is common; flowering March to September.
At one time saltcedar was looked upon with favor as a check to erosion, a windbreak, and a source of honey, but now its abundance makes it a nuisance in the big rivers.
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From: "WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD, SR." <>
Subject: This Day In Scottish History
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:33:19 -0500 (EST)
20 January 1583 - JOHN MAXWELL, Fourth Baron Herries, unsuccessful
commander of Mary's cavalry at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, dies.
This battle resulted from Mary's attempt to regain the Scottish throne from
which she had been deposed in 1567. After this she fled south, ultimately to
England and execution.
SOURCE: John Wilson McCoy, Antonia Fraser
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This is how I see the world:
- Getting out "that's what she said" first.
- Making you laugh
- Magic
- Lying about being good at magic.
- Speaking English with a faux French accent.
- Punctuality.
Desert Island Band: The Beatles
Recent discoveries and things in heavy rotation at the moment:
Hurray For The Riff Raff, Poliça, The Bandana Splits, Other Lives, Phantogram, Rhye, Kishi Bashi, Depthford Goth, Kopecky Family Band, Deerhunter, The Little Willies, CHVRCHES, Keston Cobblers Club; Frank Ocean; Geographer; Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside; Wild Belle; Darwin Deeze; Precious Bryant; Agnes Obel; Hella Better Dancer; CocoRosie; Melodica, Melody and Me; Wild Child; Agent Ribbons; Andrew Bird (always); Beirut; Tallest Man On Earth; Wye Oak; Little Miss Higgins; Paul Curreri; Jolie Holland, Little Joy.
B) You love Louis C.K.
C) You have some sort of accent or can fake one really well.


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5 bedroom fully detached duplex with 2room bq in Mobil Estate, just after VgC and Before Ajah bustop Lekki, standard brand new house sitting on a large plot of 1000sqm, available space can take a Pool and 2 car pouch, spacious to take the kids playing area, 2 large sitting room, 2 dining area, 4 rooms up and 1 down, all rooms are spacious and ensuit with large wardrobes, master bathroom comes with Bathtub and Shower cub, Bq comes with kitchen toilet and bath, newly built serene and well secured estate with not so much occupant, serviced with steady light, clean water, armed security guards, swimming pool, gym, lawn tennis curt, movie hall and many other coming up facilities.
Renting for 2.8million and you have an option to rent out the Bq for 400k. also a 4bedroom semi detach with 2room Bq for 2million. Call Martins on 08088238883 or 08039384565.
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Place water, butter, salt and sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. Add all the flour and mix with a wooden spoon until dough is formed (about two minutes). Transfer dough into mixer with paddle attachment and mix on medium to slightly cool the mixture. Add the eggs one at a time making sure to incorporating each fully (the batter should be silky smooth). Add the cheese and white pepper to taste.
Pipe quarter size puffs on parchment paper and bake in oven 450 for 7-8 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and cook for an additional 20-25 minutes until the gougeres are puffed and golden brown. Sobel likes topping his with a sliver of cured ham and a fried quail egg. You don't need to be that fancy though, because these taste darn good on their own.
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A new study shows more local children are on medications for Type II diabetes, asthma, coronary disease and gastrointestinal diseases than ever before.
Medco Health Solutions found that throughout Cook County and the city of Chicago, the prevalence of children ages 0-19 receiving diabetes therapy increased 11.8 percent, and those medicated for asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease jumped nearly 30 percent among the same age group between 2006-2007. About 1.2 million children in the United States are being treated for conditions typically labeled adult problems.
"One quarter of the kids in this country already have Type II diabetes, now 60 percent have at least one risk factor for coronary disease. That's a troubling statistic," says Dr. Lon Castle, senior director of personalized medicine for Medco. "When I was in practice, you never saw this in kids. If you're seeing Type II in children, that is a marker for a much bigger problem and that is obesity."
Medco experts who prepared the study surmise that the increase in gastrointestinal problems such as heartburn is also probably related to obesity, but they may be compounded by today's lifestyle. "They're running from here to there, to ballet and soccer, so you're putting a lot of stress on kids," Castle says.
Most of the medications being prescribed to today's children were originally manufactured for use by adults. "I don't think anyone envisioned them being given to so many kids," Castle says. "Most of these have an excellent safety profile in adults, so there's no reason to believe there will be a problem for children, but it's something we will keep an eye on."
Parents should know, though, that lifestyle changes can alter the future. "If kids are on medication for Type II diabetes, plenty of studies have shown, if you get patients to lose weight, exercise and eat right, you can get them off their diabetes medication," Castle says. "This is not a life sentence, but it certainly is a wake up call. It's a good chance for parents to reshape their child's behavior to help them be healthy adults."
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Beech Hill Garage is a family run business setup in 1979 by Ted and Sally Riviere. The company is now run by Ted and Sally's son William and his wife Louise. Ted is an ex-F1 race mechanic and William an MG Metro Race Champion. In fact all our staff are involved in many aspects of motorsport - we do more than just look after our customers cars!
We have been specialising in MGs for 38 years but have never turned away an interesting project; we currently look after a whole variety of other classic, vintage and race cars. Combine the established classic MG range with the modern generation of MG Rover and the future looks busy to say the least!
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Safety tips for back to school
By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD
The 2013-2014 is begins Monday, August 26 and motorists need to lend caution and pay very close attention as they travel to and from schools and when driving in area school zones. Children will be walking, riding bicycles and young teen drivers will be driving themselves and siblings to school.
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Loans.com.au is offering a 4.99 per cent SMSF-only loan for residential investment property refinances and purchases, with a loan to value ratio of up to 80 per cent.
Loans.com.au managing director
"Banks give SMSF loans a different capital weighting because they consider them to be commercial loans," she said. "We don't have a capital weighting on SMSF loans so it's a normal mortgage deal with the risk spread across our mortgage portfolio."
Lending to SMSFs for residential property has become a heated topic, the Reserve Bank of Australia repeating its concerns last month about property borrowing by SMSFs.
Both the RBA and APRA, the prudential regulator, have publicly warned the banks and other lenders that it is alert to increased lending and rising prices for residential property.
Bank of Queensland chief executive
"The nervousness we have, particularly with the self-managed super funds, is the amount of apartment buying going on at the moment," he said at the time.
The number of non-prime mortgages used to finance properties for SMSFs has also jumped threefold during the past 12 months, according to Digital Financial Analytics.
Despite the warnings, businesses like loans.com.au will be chasing the growth areas in lending that the major banks are not flexible enough to capture.
"SMSF trustees may well ask their lenders why they are paying so much money to buy residential property when loans.com.au is able to offer similar loans at significantly reduced rates and much lower fees," Ms Mortimer said.
"When SMSF loans first emerged, their loan interest rates were about 2 per cent higher than the normal variable home loan interest rates available to the public," she said. "That gap has since narrowed to about 0.5 per cent."
Since 2011 Loans.com.au has settled about $1 billion across all types of home loans.
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Clad in Uggs and swinging burp cloths, Fiat's rapping mommy is out of the gates in 2013.
"The Motherhood," a three-minute-plus advertisement for the car company's 500L is getting much love on YouTube, where it's managed to rack up nearly two million views since being posted in mid-December.
The video features a British mother opining about modern motherhood while her children bust a move in the playroom. She covers a lot of ground:
Breastfeeding - "I express like the best from these holes in my chest, wear my nursing bra, like a bulletproof vest"
Mommy weight gain - "I'm living it large, and by large I mean bigger"
Mommy fashion - "Swap my sexy handbag for a snot-stained sack"
The infantilized parent - "Gave up on real food, eat leftover fish fingers"
Parental oversharing - "I'm flooding up your timeline with my baby news"
Work-life balance - "Work versus home is a mental combination with my elbows deep, in infant defecation."
She concludes: "I'm a school-run-taker, fairy-cake-baker, dealmaker, orgasm-faker, rattle-shaker, cheesegrater, nighttime waker / I'm a placater, peacemaker."
Most commenters – mothers and fathers – are getting a kick out of the cheeky spot. "Having recently become part of the target market, I confess that this appeals to me greatly," wrote Adweek's Rebecca Cullers.
Mommyish's Eve Vawter, meanwhile, wasn't feeling it.
"I know car companies try and appeal to parents and the image parents have in their heads about what type of parent they are, a minivan-driving parent or a parent who wants to zip around in a sportscar ... but isn't the joke about the parents who are still trying to be 'cool' and 'with it' and 'hip' sort of played out?" Vawter wrote. "It's 2013, can we have some new commercials geared towards parents that aren't so obvious about the challenges we face raising tiny humans into bigger humans and don't make it seem like we are utterly miserable in the process?"
According to the caption on Fiat's YouTube video, the car "is dedicated to all those women who have to be all things to all people and live it large on a daily basis." Over at Digital Spy, the company's marketing director offered up this gross marketing speak:
"We wanted to connect with our target audience, starting with dynamic young moms, in a way that demonstrated our understanding of the challenges they face balancing motherhood with their desire to keep hold of their pre-children identity. We hope that by dramatising the reality of becoming a new mom in this way, we will raise a knowing smile from moms everywhere, and we are sure that they will recognize how the Fiat 500L can bring a touch of on-trend glamour into their lives."
"On-trend glamour?" Most commenters pointed out the tiny car would hardly fit mum, dad and three children, let alone all their baby accoutrements.
Still, the spot is a welcome, self-deprecating reprieve from the neurosis that characterized our motherhood dialogues in 2012, from Time's baiting "Are You Mom Enough" to Anne-Marie Slaughter's opus on women and work-life balance in The Atlantic.
Bring on the fish fingers.
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The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) is a global service agency working against child exploitation and abduction.
The group works with Interpol, law enforcement, and elected officials worldwide to combat child pornography and abduction.[1]
ICMEC was founded in 1998 by the USA National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to do similar work in the international arena.[2] In August, 2008, the ICMEC was granted "Special Consultative Status" with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), primarily to assist the UN by providing expertise regarding the issues of child sexual exploitation and child abduction.[3]
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10-Foot Cops - Children's Museum of Manhattan
Hours: Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday and Sunday 10am-5pm; Saturday 10am-7pm
Ages: All
Price: Free with admission: $11; $7 seniors; free for kids younger than 1
212 W. 83rd St. - 212-721-1223
Upper West Side, NY 10024
Description: The Children's Museum of Manhattan is hosting 10-Foot Cops: The NYPD's Mounted Unit, a glimpse into the history and daily lives of officers from New York City's Mounted Police Force. Opening January 26 and running through May 27, the exhibit is on loan from the New York City Police Museum, which is temporarily closed due to damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy. NYCPM will reopen in the Spring of 2013. Since its origins in the 19th century, the NYPD's Mounted Police has been regarded as one of New York City's most elite units. Unique, highly visible, and known by their colorful nickname, 10-Foot Cops, these officers are involved in all aspects of policing the city. 10-Foot Cops uses more than 40 original artifacts to explore the lives the men, women, and horses at the heart of this mounted unit. Children can have their picture taken sitting in a saddle and see uniforms, paintings, historic photographs and illustrations. The exhibit also includes a replica of a NYPD horse stable and shorts from the 1940 NYPD film "Training Police Horses" and a clip from the Department's "Inside the NYPD" from 2007. Visitors will come away with an appreciation of the training and dedication required of both police officer and horse alike from the story of the mounted unit's rich history and their continuing day-to-day policing operations in parks, on city streets and at parades and public demonstrations.


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June 12 2003
The Message and Heart of Gold online. Now all three unaired episodes are available to watch.
I'm still holding out for the DVDs; the visuals will be better and I'll be able to watch the whole (more or less) series in its proper order.
November, right? Man, I can't wait.
November, right? Man, I can't wait.
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