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The Rapture, On tour
As amazing as their synthesis of punk and funk was, the two elements were always at war within the music of the Rapture. Emerging under the aegis of James Murphy's DFA records, their House Of Jealous Lovers single honoured their own pasts in post-hardcore guitar music and their love of the dancefloor. Since then, they have had a troubled relationship with their music's commercial appeal, their work sounding at times a little compromised or as if it were coming from a different band altogether. But their new album, In The Grace Of Your Love, finds the Rapture has returned to the charging commitment of their early releases, only this time fully embracing dance music.
Jersey Live, Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity, Sun; Manchester Academy, Wed; XOYO, EC2, Thu
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Wooden Shjips, On tour
Wooden Shjips make driving music for people who are probably never in a fit state to be behind the wheel. Making a minimal, throbbing groove interspersed with bursts of noise, the San Francisco band show how far a good idea can take you. Pretty minimal to start with, over the five years that they've been releasing records, Wooden Shjips have pared down to the bare essentials. Even their muttered, Jim Morrison-style vocals have now been excluded from the mix. If you thought Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski was fictional, then Wooden Shjips overturn that idea. Out there, there are bearded men of a certain age, grooving to their own rhythm. The band abides.
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Bestival, Isle Of Wight
Autumn is already beginning to bite a little as Bestival pitches its tent at the tail end of the festival season, but it's doubtful that anyone attending is likely to be bothered. An event in which the actual music takes a close second place to high-spirited larks among the attendees, the vibe, depending on your appetite for fancy dress (this year: "Pop stars, rock stars, and divas") is either pleasingly unsnobby or like a large hen night at which PJ Harvey and The Cure happen to be playing. Still, the bill isn't exclusively geared to the surefire crowd pleasers. This year, alongside bankers like Primal Scream playing their Screamadelica album, and good-time aficionados like DJ Norman Jay, you'll also find more challenging, less familiar acts like Syrian techno legend Omar Souleyman, noise duo Crystal Castles, and the wispy goth rock of Cranes.
Robin Hill Country Park, Thu to 11 Sep
Matthew Shipp, London
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Vortex Jazz Club, N16, Wed, Thu
John Fordham
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As an event focusing on the music of living composers, the Vale Of Glamorgan Festival has been going 20 years – time, according to artistic director John Metcalf, to take stock. This year's programme has a distinctly retrospective feel: there's music by Glass, Reich, Pärt and Vasks – the festival has always had a partiality for minimalism, whether hard-edged American, or soft-focus European – and there are return visits by the Latvian Radio Choir and the Van Veen piano duo, as well as the ever-present BBC National Orchestra of Wales. But Metcalf also promises foretastes of what is to come in future festivals too, with new works by Mark Bowden and Paul Mealor, as well as music by Per Nørgård and Qigang Chen in the lineup.
Various venues, Tue to 10 Sep
Andrew Clements
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Weber's best-known opera is a quintessentially German work, rooted in the nation's mythology and a groundbreaking score. It's curious then that the most French of romantic composers, Hector Berlioz, should have made a version of Der Freischütz for a Paris production in 1841, in which the spoken dialogue was replaced with recitative and a ballet inserted. In fact Berlioz was a huge admirer of Freischütz and carried out his task reluctantly. Part of his ballet music at least has survived in the repertory as the orchestral version of Weber's Invitation To The Dance, but the rest of the reworking is rarely heard. Earlier this year John Eliot Gardiner conducted the score in Paris. He brings it to the proms with his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and a cast featuring Andrew Kennedy and Sophie Karthäuser.
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The Hangover Part II is beginning to seem like a litigation magnet. The latest lawsuit was filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles according to Entertainment Weekly. It alleges that filmmakers mimicked a script that aspiring scribe Michael Alan Rubin based on his own marital misadventures in Asia. Plaintiff Rubin claims The Hangover II "is copied from the treatment … and also from the real life incident of the Plaintiff, because the protagonist … travels from the United States to an Asian country to marry his Asian girlfriend." How did they get his script, you might wonder? Rubin claims his ex-wife gave the filmmakers his story, and furthermore accuses them of defaming him with descriptions of Ed Helms' character's drug-fueled antics including sex with a transsexual prostitute. Rubin is representing himself. Back when The Hangover became a hit in summer 2009, you may recall, Deadline revealed that the original movie was loosely based on the Las Vegas escapades of producer Tripp Vinson. Meanwhile, a previous lawsuit filed by the tattoo artist who designed the ink adorning Mike Tyson was settled, and another filed by a stunt man injured during the making of the film is pending.
Lawsuit: 'Hangover II' Stole Groom's Story
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Is filling frivolous lawsuits over movies becoming the modern equivalent of throwing oneself in front of a moving car in order to sue the driver? I say yes.
It's amazing how many folks here are ready to rush to judgement and call the suit frivolous. What ever happened to due process?
While I'm sure the vast majority of suits like this turn out to be crap, every once in a while there is a legit case. I'll bet lots of people thought Art Buchwald's Coming To America suit was frivolous at first. Until a judge said it wasn't.
It's amazing how many folks here are ready to rush to judgement and call the suit frivolous. What ever happened to due process?
That's because PT Ryan works for Hangover. Studios, film companies, etc. do their own PR stunts to baffle the story from the truth.
No one stole "Coming to America" from Art Buchwald. He just happened to win his case, based on substantial similarity. Most of these cases are simply: 2 writers coming up with similar stories at the same time. Just look at the Mall Cop case; you will be blown away by the APPEARANCE of intellectual property theft, but it was just coincidence. No experienced producer is dumb enough to steal an idea outright.
I think some experienced producers are dumb enough, or arrogant enough, to do a lot of things they shouldn't be doing.
Seriously, experienced producers steal ideas, steal projects, steal green-lighted movies, all the time.. period. If you haven't been the subject of someone's leverage in this town, you likely don't work in here. Hollywood, largely, works off the basis of leverage. Not what's right, what's fair or what's moral, but what one can get away with.
That said, the idiot whom is representing himself has a tough road ahead of him. And that's likely why no lawyer would take his case.
Everyone here needs to remember that no one can steal a simple idea. It's the execution of that idea that determines protection from theft, etc.
So, can you give an example?
That's funny…I heard the original Hangover was suing The Hangover II for stealing its story.
I was just about to say that.
Haha! I was about to post, "how is it that Hangover 2 was a ripoff but the first one wasn't, considering they were the same f'n movie?" :-)
I hope this guy's case goes beyond just marrying his gf in Asia. How much of it would have to be true though to be stealing it from his life? 25%? Half? Cause I don't really know that someone would actually survive more than 10% of the crap that happened to them in the movie.
Oh, oh…what if he had the experience after the first HO movie, so they could counter sue him for stealing ideas for his life from their film?
Oh this one time, I came up with this story, about these guys who go to vegas and all this crazy stuff happens, I wrote the treatment in 2002. I guess I better lawyer up to get some of that HANGOVER 1 money.
Does this lawsuit explain why the movie is so terrible? How can the first one be so funny and then the second one is the same fricking story and it's so, so bad. Somebody should sue them for that.
Really? It's April 1st already? Damn i missed Christmas!
I call dibs on THE HANGOVER PART III stealing events from my life that haven't happened yet.
The Hangover I & II have made 1.1 billion dollars worldwide, not including DVD's! It makes sense that some opportunist tattoo artist or this moron try and sue. This is America, it's what we do.
For all you aspiring screenwriters out there, take note: This is why no one will read your scripts in Hollywood. Fear of some frivolous lawsuit down the road. Blame this guy and others like him.
To be fair. The film did use the tattoo artists original and very well know n piece of work. He had a righteous claim for some kind of compensation for a film company making millions from something he designed. They made it a major part of the promotion of the film also.
True. The tattoo artist's lawsuit was far from frivolous.
First rule of litigation: don't look for blame, look for a balance sheet.
If you throw enough mud at a wall, some of it will stick.
A person who represents himself in court has an idiot for a lawyer.
He should have posted his movie idea on reddit. He'd be rolling in the dough right now!
I bet he actually did have sex with a tranny and is suing as an overblown masculinity defense mechanism. Be cool dude, we've all done it.
Was the drug-fueled tranny sex scenario in Rubin's treatment? If it was, how would that be defaming him when he already put it in his own script and tried to make a movie about it? If it was not in Rubin's treatment, his case is even more weak than I thought because that was a big part of the plot. Either way Michael Alan Rubin is the loser in this story. I have a feeling he will come out of this lawsuit with zero settlement $ and a brand new reputation as a ladyboy f*cker.
It's amazing, that in the entire history of Hollywood…screenplays; pitches, etc., have never once been stolen. Yeah, too bad Art Buchwald lied his ass off and got busted for it. Too bad there just aren't any thieves in hollywood at any level at all. Guess the safest way is just quit writing original specs; don't do pitch meetings, and write your scripts as novels and / or graphic novels. Adaptations of your own original work. Now there's an idea.
Your hilarious sarcasm is choking the meaning out of your point Mark. What are you trying to express?
Does this lawsuit explain why the movie is so terrible? How can the first one be so funny and then the second one is the same fricking story and it's so, so bad. Somebody should sue them for that.
Comment by Ben — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 6:40pm PDT REPLY TO THIS POST
Confused… According to you the First Hangover is "so funny", but the second one has "the same fricking story and it's so, so bad." Are you a moron or just having problems with understanding the English language? If the second one had the same story, and you consider it so bad, then wouldn't deductive reasoning dictate the first one is bad as well? Reading comprehension… look into it.
Oh, Dan. You're getting way too worked up about this but I'll explain — I was wondering WHY they share the same narrative and yet one is funny and one isn't. If you notice, I start the sentence with the word "how". You are correct I didn't punctuate it properly — that sentence should've ended with a question mark. Sorry, bro. Still doesn't explain why you're so testy about it. Just take it down a notch — it's not like I'm a bank president or a child molester. But yes, same story in both. One funny. One not. I am wondering why that is…I can't explain it….
Ironically, not unlike the movie the guy's wedding was extremely well attended but no one claimed to have enjoyed it afterward.
The point I was subtlety making was that neither of them were funny. Lowest common denominator humor in both. And I wasn't testy. Just weary of the masses flocking to low brow humor. And logic is logic, if you say one is funny and the other is the same, but NOT FUNNY, then there appears to be a violation of the communicative law of mathematics.
Dan, you can't lay down a phrase like "violation of the communicative law of mathematics" and expect to drop the mic and walk off the stage. I was a cum laude English major and never heard of that shit. Ben's point was that the story in part one worked on a comedic level (sure, debatable) and that the second one has a similar story yet did not work comedically. It's not a difficult concept to grasp: 'Psycho' with Perkins – scary. 'Psycho' with Vaughn – not scary. 'Caddy Shack' with Murray and Knight – genius. 'Caddy Shack 2' with Aykroid and Mason – not genius. And this happens all the time. So you're inability to grasp this leads me believe that A. you just like stirring up trouble or B. you're an imbecile. Whichever one it is, stay off this site so we can keep the bar up. Thanks a mill.
'Caddy Shack with Murray and Knight' – genius. Are you kidding me? Do you recall another member of the cast? Rodney something-or-other? Ring any bells?
Success has many fathers. Especially, pretender, litigious 1's.
Failure is an unencumbered orphan.
What's with all the High Brow/poetry sprouting jerks on here today?
'Failure is an unencumbered orphan?'
Judging those of us who enjoyed the Hangover as the lowest denominator?
Sorry to drag you here with us, the huddled masses, away from your novels, pipes and elbow patches. Oh, wait: We never asked you to be here.
As for this whole story, the one way to judge this would be to make Rubin's script available online. Considering he's never written a thing that's been made, and has starred in several Bollywood films after meeting a producer, I'm sure it's a real peach of a screenplay.
And PS: Hollywood has been stealing ideas for a LONG time, this year more than others:
They're called remakes.
LOL, wow. This is the blowhard-iest post in a thread of blowhards.
I was praising the Hangover producers w/ a well know adage for having so many wannabees attempting to get their undeserved piece of pie.
Stop dragging your defensive, ignorant knuckles, Robert.
You're making a mess.
I am rather perplexed that majority of these screenwriters sues movies and yet they never copyrighted theirs with the writer's guild of america. I mean they might have a case then.
Just a point of information. There is no such thing as copyrighting something with the WGA. You copyright something with the U.S. Copyright office (copyright.gov) and can register something with the WGA. The WGA can do what they can do to defend a claim made on something registered through them (threaten a signatory's status), but a copyright attorney will tell you that if you actually want to take something into court, you have to have it copyrighted.
Excellent advice. For a high concept story, it's best to BOTH register and copyright a script. But if you're going to do only one (the cost is about equal), then go with federal copyright. It has real legal teeth, whereas WGA registration doesn't. And, it's annoying the way WGA registrations expire.
Further point of information: (in the United States) by virtue of the fact that you wrote it down in a "permanent" medium (like on paper or a hard drive) a script is copyrighted. You may record your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office as notice to the world of the existence of your copyright (and as a prerequisite to suing for statutory damages and receiving attorney's fees as part of the damages awarded in an infringement suit) or you may deposit a copy with the WGA as proof of the existence of a particular draft on a particular date.
Representing himself.
'Nuff said.
Say for example a studio exec reads a script and hates it – poorly written, sucky story line, whatever. But there was a kernel of an idea that the writer simply didn't nail.
Should the exec pay that writer Guild minimum for a script that only contained one sentence that rang true?
I believe that writer should be compensated. It's a lot easier than dealing with the mess of a lawsuit five years down the line. And it would generate good will in the industry.
How about the fact the original Hangover was really stolen from a film executive's actual bachelor party!?!?! The movie is really based on his story and someone who he told the story too basically developed it without him. No such thing as friendship in Hollywood. At least make the guy an ep.
Dan be gettin' owned,yo.

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Discovery Channel finally released a statement over the legal case that falls upon its "Sons of Guns" star Will Hayden. The network choose to halt production and cancel the series after allegations that Hayden rapes his own 12-year-old daughter made headlines.
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LAWRENCEVILLE-The Broncs lost a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game to Saint Peter's Sunday afternoon.
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Rush, in his infinite wisdom (???), just didn't realize that "Bane" is a comic book character introduced by DC Comics years ago, before Bain & Romney became joke fodder for The Daily Show.
"Mr. Sparky"…that's what my first husband called his pecker.
Thanks for mentioning Steve Schiff. He was one of the best news anchors in St. Louis. Those were the days Patrick Emery drank scotch – lots of scotch – before anchoring the evening news. And that's when Mike Bush was a young cocky punk, and the flying Bob Richards nosedived his airplane in a cornfield after being jilted by a love interest in Jefferson county. Those were the good old days when KSDK reigned supreme and before Lynn Beagle ran it into the ground.
Poor Rush, that's what happens when you use "talent on loan from GAWD" and open your gigantic mouth with only 1/2 brain engaged.
Rush cleared the air regarding "Bane" on today's opening mono…and he does have talent on loan from a higher power.. observe his ratings numbers…and I remember Steve Schiff, good newsman…and it's Patrick Emory who must now be in retirement…I still remember his "going away" party when our venerable weather veteran Dave Murray told Patrick, upon receiving a large Kasaba Melon…he asks "where can I put it?" and Murray deftly replies …"anywhere it fits" at which point I was on the floor in convulsions. Ah yes, memories that just defy time.
Rush ratings only prove that saying obnoxious and controversial things attract listeners. People rush to trainwrecks, fires, car wrecks too, that doesn't make them smart, it only proves guys like Limbaugh make their money saying idiotic outrageous things.
Taking a conversation about BANE from a comic book and projecting it into a political ruse ain't exactly excellence in broadcasting as Rush claims.
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Oh, trashcup again…you obviously did not listen to Rush give a thorough explanation of "Bane", and his ratings are not inflated since only liberals take everything out of context.I guess every column commenter group needs a curmudgeon to keep things lively. Your house needs a good cleaning.
Towncar07 – sounds like you are old enough to remember Rush's TV shows, right? Remember how civil Rush was when Clinton was elected and Rush announced that Clinton was coming to the White House and bringing a new dog to the White House? Then he showed a picture of Chelsea. Of course he apologized after everyone said it was obnoxious, but damage done.
Rush makes his living with his mouth by saying obnoxious over the top things. He doesn't care what he says as long as it keeps his listeners going. If you truly listen to Rush, all you really hear is constant complaining about everything that he doesn't like.
In fact, he's one big reason why there's such a big divide in our country – a constant barage of filth spewing forth for 3 hours a day, week after week, year after year. He needs to go back to his Oxycontin to calm him down.
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For those not familiar with localphone.com, they offer normal voip service .... plus what I consider unique: a 'Direct Dial' for frequent numbers. DD numbers are local to your area and assigned sequentially above your primary localphone number. When you dial a DD number, it automatically reroutes and calls the frequent contact number. If the party does not answer or it's busy, then in the US, no cellular air-time is charged because the call was never completed.
USA/USA rates are .009 cents/min. USA/Vietnam 4.9/5.4 cents/min. Of course, lots more
Been with them for about 5 months now, and I'm impressed. Better (and cheaper) then anything I've found so far, especially when calling from my mobile. No more busy/no answer mobile air-time charges. Their new VOIP (computer & mobile) app support makes this even better. 1/10 cent billing is a plus.
BTW1: I have NOT got this to work with fring as yet, only Siphon. Haven't found where to change many of the 'detailed' settings.
One more thing....... If you're interested in signing up for localphone I can get a 10% bonus on your 1st 90 days charges if I recommend you. PM me your email and 1st name, I send it to localphone -- and then respond to their email. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way. It's almost more trouble than it's worth to get 10% --- but every little bit helps (hahaha)
BTW2: MagicJack used to work w/fring/Siphon --- worldwide. ($30/year for free USA access from around the world !!) But they caught on quickly. No work-around yet. Requires a PC/Mac. If an iPhone solution is found, MJ will likely block it again.
Here's my plan. Travel internationally next week. Use the iPhone/Siphon/localphone w/WiFi and call any USA number for 0.009 cents/min. Who knows, it just might work. Wish me luck


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Since his arrival in New Orleans in 2006, Saints coach Sean Payton and General Manager Mickey Loomis have made several trades during the draft that have benefited them down the road.
They made only one deal this year, moving up seven spots in the first round to select receiver Brandin Cooks at No. 20. For now, they can only hope that turns out as well as some of their other maneuvers.
To make sure they got a shot at Cooks, the Saints sent their third-round draft pick (No. 91) to Arizona. Loomis said it wasn't an inexpensive deal, but both he and Payton felt it was worth it — especially if it works out like some of the other decisions they've made while the clock is ticking.
Here are the best of the best deals they've executed during the draft since they started working together (in chronological order):
2006: Deals yield defensive mainstays
The Saints made a pair of shrewd deals, moving down nine spots in the second and fourth rounds to acquire two veteran players. They got center Jeff Faine from the Browns in the second round and defensive tackle Hollis Thomas from the Eagles in the fourth. Both were starters on Payton's first team that went 10-6 and advanced to the NFC title game.
2008: An unexpected benefit
Executing a trade to move up three spots in the first round, the Saints benefitted more from the back end of the deal that sent their first- (10th) and third-round picks (78th) to the Patriots for Nos. 7 and 164 (fifth round). They picked defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis first and got Carl Nicks, who was a two-time Pro Bowler before leaving in free agency two years ago, in the fifth.
2009: Boot 'em outta here
In perhaps their best draft trade, the Saints acquired a fifth-round pick (No. 164) from the Eagles for a seventh-rounder (222nd) that year and fifth-round selection in 2010. They used the 164th pick to grab punter Thomas Morstead, who quickly became one of the game's best punters and kickoff men.
2011: Moving up for Mark
The jury is still out on a deal the Saints made to get back into the first round after selecting defensive end Cameron Jordan. They sent their first-round pick in 2012 (which turned out to be No. 27) and 2011 second-round pick to the Patriots to get running back Mark Ingram, who has shown flashes while battling injuries in his three seasons.
2013: All on the line
The Saints traded the 106th and 109th picks in the fourth round to get a third-round pick from the Dolphins (No. 82) to select nose tackle John Jenkins after getting left tackle Terron Armstead seven picks earlier. The Saints believe Armstead and Jenkins will anchor their offensive and defensive lines for years to come.


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2010 Composition Contest - Deadline Submission Nov. 1st, 2010
Old Pueblo Brass Band
In Tucson, Arizona, USA since 1996
The Composition would ideally be a suite or compilation of music unique to the Tucson area. The Old Pueblo was officially established as a city on August 20,1775, but there were settlements in the area at least 600 years earlier.
The music could include:
Earliest indigenous Americans
Later Native Americans
Jesuit priests and followers
Spanish influence
Jewish settlers and merchants
Mormon pioneers
Military influence
Immigrants to include Irish, Scot, German, Chinese, Japanese
Ideally a suite or set of variations, should fit within a time period not to exceed 30 minutes.
Each segment should be able to be understood as its own piece for future use when time is a constraint and only one or two segments could be featured.
Music must be able to be played by the standard British-style Brass Band instrumentation. This would include percussion parts to include 2 Timpani, Bass Drum, Snare or Field Drum and Cymbal. Any additional percussion must be able to be covered by a maximum of 3 percussionist total, with adequate time to change instruments.
All percussion parts must be indicated in the score.
Some divisi of parts would be acceptable.
Difficulty should lie within the C and D levels (3-5 grades). These are the upper levels given in brass band catalogues.
The Composition must be submitted in 2 forms, an electronic file and an accompanying full score, including percussion.
The submission will be reviewed by the Committee and parts might be requested for a reading session with the band. The composer might be also be invited to attend this session.
In the event that no submission is deemed to follow the requirements, the competition will be declared null and void and all submissions will be returned.
With the exception(s) of winning submissions, all submissions will be returned.
The deadline for submission will be November 1, 2010.
In order to ensure anonymity, do
put your name on the score or other items included in the submission.
Put all contact information (name, address, phone, email) in a SEALED envelope with the TITLE of your composition on the outside of the envelope.
Send compositions to:
Deb Darnell
13028 N. Burrobush Loop
Marana, AZ 85658
The Winning Composition will receive a monetary compensation of
and performance of the winning composition by the Old Pueblo Brass Band at the major spring 2011 concert.
Composer's exclusive rights of copyright will include the right for the Old Pueblo Brass Band to maintain the composition in its library permanently and retain performance rights without fee.
If published, recognition must be given to the Old Pueblo Brass Band Competition and the date and event included.
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Metacognition is an individual's knowledge of their own cognitive processes and their ability to control these processes by organizing, monitoring and modifying them as a function of learning. It refers to the ability to reflect upon the task demand and independently select and employ the appropriate reading, writing, math or learning strategy.
Metacognition is an important aspect of student learning. It involves self regulation, reflection upon an individual's performance strengths, weaknesses, learning and study strategies. Metacognition is the foundation upon which students become independent readers and writers. It also underlies student's abilities to generalize math problem solving strategies.
Our classrooms and special education programs are full of students who have not developed metacognitive strategies. They are dependent learners who are not aware of what they need. They rely upon teachers and tutors for constant support. Integrating and infusing LINKS Metacognitive Reading, Writing and Math Strategies into content instruction helps students:
Despite efficacy studies, Metacognitive strategy instruction is not well practiced in today's classrooms due to inadequate resources and lack of professional development. EPSI provides both tools and professional development to bring metacognition to the classroom.
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Used to show hierarchically structured data in a pyramid shaped chart divided into vertical slices.
bower install --save vaadin-charts
Dynamic data
Data is automatically loaded from the server on demand. After loading, you can change data on the server at any time - the visualization just updates with an animation.
Multiple axes
Compare different variables by assigning a different X or Y-axis for each series. All options can be set independently for each series.
Charts allow zooming both over X and Y-axis to easily allow users to dive into the details of your data. The special timeline chart supports lazy loading from a massive time-based dataset while zooming.
Drill down
You can listen to user click events for every part of the charts or show additional information on what is under the mouse cursor. Build drill down functionality specific to your application easily right from within the visualization.
Smart time
Intelligent handling of time axis. The placement of the tick-marks is automatically optimized to mark the start of the month or the week, midnight and midday, or every full hour to make your data more readable.
Choose one of the included beautiful chart themes or build a custom theme matched to your company branding. Add a bit of wow to your application with the animated visualizations.


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From the Vault: Biggest Loser Contestant Pulls a Rosie Ruiz
Editor's note: Away on business, so enjoy these tales from the archives for the next few days. Will be back with new material on Friday.
It isn't often you get both the reality-TV and running worlds angered about the same thing, but the scandal involves Dane Patterson, who was voted off this week's episode of The Biggest Loser. Each episode ends with an update of how the eliminated contestant has fared since leaving the show. Patterson, who set a show record by losing 100 pounds in eight weeks, was shown completing the Arizona Desert Classic marathon with his wife on January 31. A caption read that Patterson ran the marathon in 3:53.
I watched the show and thought it was strange, because the televised footage didn't seem to show them traveling at a sub-9 minute mile pace. It certainly seemed to be an amazing feat, considering Patterson was still in the 300 lb. range.
As it turned out, it was too good to be true. Race participants revealed on various web sites and blogs that the Pattersons actually completed the marathon in 5:53, but only after being driven in an NBC van over an extended stretch of the course so that they could cross the finish line under six hours. Race directors were notified the same day and the Pattersons were disqualified. None of this was mentioned on the NBC broadcast.
NBC issued a statement, and is conducting an investigation. Meanwhile, the press is starting to run with the story, and the NBC Biggest Loser message board already has a couple hundred comments under the heading, "The Great Marathon Debacle."
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times weighs in with the latest version of what happened.


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Dive with moray eels, Cownose rays, a 400-pound Queensland grouper, nurse sharks and 400 of their favorite friends!
Not a certified diver? We have a program for you, too! Read about how you can try scuba diving at the Downtown Aquarium!
Your $185 fee includes:
- One (1) Aquarium admission for yourself or free parking.
- Dive with the Fish T-Shirt.
- Coupon for a FREE appetizer at the aquarium restaurant with the purchase of entrée. One coupon per table per visit.
- The use of an exposure suit, mask, fins, regulator, BCD and gauges.
- Dive guides from A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center who will assist you throughout your entire experience.
- $100.00 SeaLife Camera Set Gift Certificate for use on any current model SeaLife DC1400 Camera Package
Please note: This fee applies to regularly scheduled programs. We gladly schedule private dives for individuals and groups. There is an additional fee for this service. Please call us at 303-789-2450 for more information.
To participate in Dive with the Fish, you must:
- Be of sound body and mind and medically able to handle the inherent risks involved in SCUBA diving.
- Have NO medical contraindications to SCUBA diving.
- Hold and present a valid SCUBA Certification card from a recognized agency.
- Persons with disabilities will be accommodated by the best possible means. Some special needs SCUBA certifications require dive buddies to assist. For special needs questions, call (303) 789-2450.
- Complete the Aquarium Scuba Diving Waiver (PDF) and provide it to your guide at the aquarium
Make sure to read our step by step guide (PDF) of what to expect and what to bring. We recommend printing this out so you have it for easy reference.
Please note: Rescheduling and cancellations less than 48 hours in advance are subject to transfer and cancellation fees.
Sign Up Now
You have two options from which to choose:
- Call A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center at 303-789-2450
- Sign Up Online
Note: This program is offered on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 11:30 am. Private sessions can also be arranged.
Important: Cancelling less than 48 hours before the starting date will result in a forfeit of your fee


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First there was the part that forgot to include attachments with emails.
Meanwhile, we all forgot about the iPhone, and kept our BlackBerrys.
Reassured in his belief that Beacon International was just a scam, Fox all but forgot the entire ordeal, he told The Daily Beast.
Having a job on an auto assembly line makes you a maker, not a taker, and Romney and the Republicans forgot that.
The fashion plate tweeted last night "Thank you everyone…I am so touched…I forgot which day my birthday was…time flies!"
"By George, I forgot the fact that the card had an address on it," Baker exclaimed.
As that was not our present purpose, we forgot all about it as soon as we were out of sight of its mouth.
She forgot, with the adaptable memory of youth, her troubles.
"That's what we call it; but I forgot the name," said Achang.
She forgot that a gentleman should make no noise and that a lady is serene; forgot utterly.
Old English forgietan, from for-, used here with negative force, "away, amiss, opposite" + gietan "to grasp" (see get). To "un-get," hence "to lose" from the mind. A common Germanic construction (cf. Old Saxon fargetan, Old Frisian forjeta, Dutch vergeten, Old High German firgezzan, German vergessen "to forget"). The literal sense would be "to lose (one's) grip on," but that is not recorded in any Germanic language. Related: Forgetting; forgot; forgotten.


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Noel of Carson City, NV in our Trumpet Skirt, Gauntlet Gloves,
and Turban-Style Headband with gold bedleh.
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