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P!NK is bigger than ever with the new release of her The Truth About Love Album. The new singles mixed with her old hits make for a night that won't disappoint. Her tour doesn't kick off till February, so you'll have time to plan.
Justin Bieber is taking his fellow Canadian friend Carly Rae Jepsen on the road with him. He'll be touring the US through January, before taking off to conquer the rest of the world.
One Direction is invading the US in a big way. They are hitting just about every single major city in America, making their final stop in Los Angeles for 3 huge shows.
Madonna has been touring longer than some of other singers on this list have been alive. There has to be a reason to her success. Maybe it's a combination of playing relevant songs off her MDNA album, as well as classic like "Vogue" and "Material Girl".
Lady Gaga is taking her Born This Way Ball all over the world, with stops in Germany, France and Italy before it reaches the US this January.
Rihanna will launch her Diamonds World Tour next year. Look for some possible big surprise acts, when she plays the Barclays Center, which is the future home of friend Jay-Z's Brooklyn Nets.
No Doubt is doing a six show residency at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. No word on other tour dates yet, but expect Gwen and the boys to announce something soon.
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Business investment in Britain fell by £700m in the second quarter of 2008 as the threat of recession scared off potential investors, according to official data released yesterday.
The Office for National Statistics said that total investment in the three months to June was £35.8bn, a drop of 1.9%.
Business leaders used the figures to call on the government and the Bank of England to take immediate action before the slump in investment gets any deeper.
David Kern, economic adviser to the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "The fall in business investment was worse than anticipated. It confirms that businesses are being forced to retrench in the face of the economic slowdown.
"Today's figures support the results of the BCC's quarterly economic survey. The worsening economic pressures emphasise the need for the MPC and the government to take the correct measures to counter the threat of recession."
Businesses had hoped for a cut in interest rates this month, but the Bank kept them on hold at 5% as it continues to battle rising inflation.
The construction sector was hit the hardest as investment fell almost 14% in the three months to June. Manufacturing investment dropped 5.8%.
Investment by firms in the services sector, which accounts for about three-quarters of output, fell by 2.6% between the first and second quarters of the year.
Hetal Mehta, senior economic adviser to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, said: "It is not only households who are struggling. Businesses are also finding it difficult to acquire external sources of finance as credit conditions remain tight. The environment for investing is deteriorating."
The Treasury released its monthly forecast for the UK economy this week. It expects GDP growth to be 0.9% in 2009, revised down from 1.3% in July.

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They were both leading with their heads, both were landing low blows, both were using elbows, they were doing the same things to each other, Mayorga just made a bigger fuss about it trying to make the referee take a point away or something but he was doing the same things to Mosley.
And Mayorga got knocked down the second time before the bell sounded, making it a 10-7 round, I thought it was waved off after the bell though, Mosley secured the win on the scorecards with those knockdowns anyway, I don't really see how Mayorga won 8 rounds either.
Edit: Also, as mentioned above, I'm not sure if he could have been saved by the bell.
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ATHENS — The first game week of the season didn't bring a change to how Georgia is addressing the expected suspensions of Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree.
"I just think we'll just have to wait and see," coach Mark Richt said smiling when asked Tuesday about what he expected to get out of the two in Saturday's opener against Buffalo. "Time will tell."
Georgia put out a depth chart with Rambo listed as the starting free safety and Ogletree listed as a starting inside linebacker.
They haven't been available for interviews since reports surfaced this spring that they were both facing suspensions to start the season.
Rambo's high school coach said in the spring that Rambo would appeal a four-game suspension for a second violation of Georgia's drug testing policy. Their status has been determined, but not announced.
Mike Gilliard, also listed as a starter at inside linebacker, spoke Tuesday as if Ogletree indeed is suspended but said he didn't know how long.
"However long he's out, those other guys are ready to play," Gilliard said.
Georgia announced two-game suspensions for cornerback Sanders Commings and outside linebacker Chase Vasser because they were arrested this offseason. Rambo and Ogletree were not.
"I don't know if there's anything etched in stone, but we are handing it a little bit different this year," Richt said. "I don't know if I can even say why."
Georgia's athletic administration hasn't confirmed or denied the suspensions, which are being withheld to try to create a competitive advantage.
Wilson, Mitchell earn spots
Georgia's depth chart for the Buffalo game lists Malcolm Mitchell as a starting cornerback and Ramik Wilson as a starter at outside linebacker.
Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said Wilson "has worked hard, has developed his skills, he'll be a good player for us there. I look forward to watching him play there Saturday. He's earned it."
Mitchell, Branden Smith and Damian Swann are the top three cornerbacks. Mitchell is also listed as a third-team split end.
"We're spoonfeeding a little bit of offense back to him and getting a few plays greased up for him," Richt said.
As expected Ken Malcome is the starting tailback. The backup is listed as Todd Gurley or Keith Marshall or Richard Samuel.
"We've got the guys we think are going to touch the ball and then it's going to be up to them to see how they carry it," offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. "If one's hot, he'll get more touches."
Merrit Hall is set to be the starting fullback, but that will depend on whether Bobo actually opens the game with a fullback on the field.
As expected, freshman John Theus is listed as the starting right tackle, Marshall Morgan as the starting kicker and Collin Barber as the starting punter.
Murray the punter?
Barber is Georgia's new punter, but if the Bulldogs' need an emergency guy, Aaron Murray might be an option.
The quarterback Tuesday touted his punting skills at Plant High in Tampa, Fla., saying he averaged 39 yards per kick.
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Georgia practiced Tuesday afternoon with heavy rain early, which left wet conditions. Receivers and tight ends had trouble holding onto passes early. "I hope it doesn't sprinkle on Saturday," Richt told the tight ends during one drill. The forecast for Saturday is a 20 percent chance of rain. ... Georgia freshman cornerback Sheldon Dawson will interview with an NCAA representative Friday about Mississippi State, which has said it's examining with the NCAA a "potential recruiting irregularity." Dawson's high school, Duron Sutton, told the Memphis Commercial Appeal about the NCAA's plan to talk to Dawson, who is one of several Memphis area players speaking to the NCAA. Mississippi State defensive back signee Will Redmond from Memphis already has interviewed with the NCAA, ESPN.com reported. ... Defensive end/outside linebacker Cornelius Washington (neck) and nose guard Kwame Geathers (shoulder) were limited in practice.


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My oral thrush won't go awayhello i am a 29 HIV+ male i've been on meds for 3 years (duovir and effavir) my CD4 levels are 421 and undetectable viral load (january 2009) 2 weeks ago i had an oral thrush. i tried treating it with fluconazol 300mg bi-weekly but it won't go away....
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a high risk experience in a high risk part of the worldI recently had unprotected sex with a sex worker in Bangkok(a fairly well-known hotbed for HIV/AIDS). About 11 days after my encounter, i began experiencing a very mild sore throat which seemed to only bother me when i woke up first thing in the...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...you need an HIV-antibody test at the three-month mark.2. Absolutely. The antibiotics are almost certainly the cause of your thrush.Finally, with a name like "Bang-kok," of course it's going to be a well-known hotbed of hot beds, hot sex and the... Read more »
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Thrush or leukoplakia/leukopeniaDear Dr.I have had a persistent white coating on my tongue for the past 4+ weeks. I've been positive 22 years, CD4 at 506, up from 19 two years ago (restarted meds), VL undetectable. I tried Periogard for 2 weeks and then 2 weeks of Diflucan. My...
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Where Do Chemicals Come From?
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Objective: SWBAT obtain, evaluate and communicate Information about the origin of elements found on the periodic table.
Big Idea: A great article from ChemMatters that answers students questions about elements, the periodic table and their origin.
This lesson is aligned with NGSS HS-PS1-1, "use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms" and aligned with PS1.A: The periodic table orders elements horizontally by the number of protons in the atom's nucleus and places those with similar chemical properties in columns. The repeating patterns of this table reflect patterns of outer electron states.
The lesson answers the questions that many of my students ask: How are all the elements made, and are there any more?
In this lesson students explore the periodic table using the Science and Engineering Practice (SEP): Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information. In this lesson my students read a ChemMatters article that details how elements were formed billions of years ago and how they relate to everyday chemistry. The origin of elements is not explicitly stated in HS-PS-1-1. However, the lesson does provide students with answers to the common question about where elements come from and furthers their understanding of the distinguishing features of elements, in addition to adding a reading and writing literacy component to the class.
Review/Homework check-in
In lesson three of this unit my students colored the periodic table and answered questions about the major characteristic of the periodic table (PT). I start this class by checking in the lesson three assignment (available in lesson three) and giving them credit based on completion: 10 points for coloring and 10 points for answered questions. This takes a few minutes as I walk around the room. While I am doing this I have a copy of what their periodic table and answer sheet should look like on the document cam, so they check their work for accuracy.
After checking in their work I formally go over the periods, families, metals and nonmetals, and the summary questions from the previous day's lesson. A complete understanding of this information is important as we progress through the unit learning about ions, bonding and forces of attraction. They need to know that: 1. metals and nonmetals have certain properties, 2. whether an element is metal or nonmetal will determine whether its atoms gain or lose electrons to form ions, and 3. families (columns or groups) of elements have common properties based on number of valence electrons.
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The purpose for this lesson is to answer some of the questions that have been posed about the origin of elements, but also to introduce to the Science Practice of Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information through discourse. The hope is that students will think about where they are getting their information -- whether it is a fact, opinion or just a guess.
As students came into class they picked up a copy of the ChemMatters article, Where Do Chemical Elements Come From? I cannot post this lesson due to copyright laws, but it is freely available at ChemMatters.com by searching Where do Chemical Elements Come From?
I start this part of the lesson by asking the question, does anyone know how many elements there are? Most students say 117 based on the periodic table that they have.
I follow it up by asking, does anyone knows where they came from? Common responses are: The Earth, the sky and man.
I then ask if they can justify their responses. Many struggle with this question because at the high school level children are still developing the necessary critical-thinking skills needed for this type of communication. As the semester progresses, the hope is that their ability to justify and communicate thoughts will allow them to engage in higher-order thinking--one of the Science and Engineering Practices, and goals of this lesson.
Individual Exploration
After engaging in the brief discussion I introduce the article and tell them that they are going to explore the origin of elements as a group. I then place students into groups of 4 students based on the six sections the article will be broken down into: Introduction, Stellar Ovens, How Stars Make Elements Heavier, Exploding and cooking Elements at the Same Time, Our Stellar Origin and Find Chemicals Inside of Stars. If there are more than 24 students in class I will create an extra group to read the longer section, Stellar Ovens.
Prior to reading, I assign each group a heading and encourage them to highlight, underline or annotate the important part of the section they are reading to help them organize their thoughts. I also provide roles for each student, 1-4: 1 is the leader, 2 is the recorder, 3 is the time keeper and 4 the presenter. See my role reflection for more explanation of my rationale for this structure.
At this point I instruct each person in the group to take 7-10 minutes to read their section silently and each individual in a group is responsible for reading the section silently first.
While they are reading I monitor their progress and gage how much time to give them. Typically 10 minutes is enough time even for the longest passage (Stellar Ovens).
Group Exploration
After reading the article I ask them to take 5 minutes to organize their collective thoughts about their selected passage on paper into a 1 minute summary. This is where I remind them it is key that all people participate and follow their roles.
As they are summarizing, I walk around and listen to what is being said because a teaching challenge that is encountered during a jigsaw is students sometimes struggle with context that is fragmented into separate sections. This is easily addressed by asking them to write down what they've learned, and attaching the reading to prior knowledge.
After 5 minutes I make sure all recorders have written down their group information so they can share it with the class
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This part of the jigsaw is where the SEP around communication (SEP 7) is truly established because most groups have developed a curiosity about the information other groups have read. This stimulates a great deal of conversation and questioning that make the information more authentic, and really drives the conversation to a deeper understanding of the periodic table.
As my students are sharing their section summaries, I ensure that the key points are covered in each of the sections:
- Introduction-26 elements were formed in the stars and these elements traveled through space and ended up in planets
- Stellar Ovens-Protons and electrons can combine to form heavier elements like helium, but not heavier than iron.
- How Stars Make Elements Heavier-Neutron combination is responsible for elements heavier than iron.
- Exploding and cooking Elements at the Same Time-As stars get heavier they explode and create heavier atoms through neutron absorption and beta decay.
- Our Stellar Origin-The Big Bang is responsible for matter being spread out throughout the universe, and we are all made of cosmic dust (formed in stars) from the Big Bang.
- Find Chemicals Inside of Stars-Elements can be identified from the light that is emitted from gases, and associated with electrons.
After about 20 minutes of sharing, we move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson.
After we are done with the "jigsaw", I have students share about how their understanding of matter and the periodic table has changed after reading this article.
I call this activity One Big Idea which is a quick summary that gives a general idea of how their thoughts about a topic have changed from beginning to end. I do this because it ties into the Big Bang Theory and the idea that all things originate from an beginning thought.
I have students share their Big Ideas for the last five minutes. I typically do this randomly or by asking for volunteers, but this time, instead of taking volunteers for this part, I picked students who were in the time keeper roles. I picked the time keepers since their roles were fairly insignificant and I wanted to assess what they learned. Also I wanted to remind all my students that they will be responsible for their thoughts during group discussion regardless of the role they have.


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Jurgen Klopp: Borussia Dortmund play 'cool' but we'll be Europa League favourites with win
The Liverpool manager returned to the scene of his greatest glories today with a firm insistence his players will have to be at their very best if an emotional homecoming is not spoiled by the club at which he remains revered.
A packed press conference at the Westfalenstadion was attended by 130 journalists – around the same number present as when Klopp brought his seven year reign to a close last May ahead of a short-lived sabbatical.
The spotlight has left Klopp, who won two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup during his tenure, uneasy and anxious for the quarter-final first leg tie to begin.
"If we are not good tomorrow, it will be easy for Borussia Dortmund," said Klopp. "We have the highest mountain to climb, but it is possible. Let's hope it is a challenge for both teams.
"It is all about the moment. A lot of things can happen. We need to do our best. Play top, top, top level football and only then will we have a chance.


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My last post argued that, despite several positive developments, storm clouds about Afghanistan and Iran loom on the U.S.-India horizon. Time will tell how much turbulence these clouds churn up. But for the moment, it is worth noting the important conceptual shift that has occurred over the past few months in U.S. policy vis-à-vis New Delhi, heralded in two recent addresses by senior Obama administration officials.
In its first year, the administration largely eschewed the balance-of-power thinking that drove its predecessor's strategic entente with India. Instead, President Obama emphasized high-profile engagement with Beijing on an array of global governance issues, including the world economy and climate change. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton explicitly rejected geopolitical balancing in favor of "tilting the balance away from a multipolar world toward a multi-partner world." In U.S. foreign policy circles, talk of "G-2" cooperation and "Chimerica" filled the air. All of this had the effect of diverting strategic focus away from New Delhi.
But the efficacy of this strategy was called into deep question by the brusque treatment Mr. Obama received from Chinese leaders – both during his state visit to Beijing in mid-November 2009 and then at the global climate summit in Copenhagen a month later — not to mention growing U.S.-China strains over North Korea and Iran. In the last few months, the administration has reverted to Bush-era themes by moving to shore up U.S. alliances and friendships throughout Asia. (For an overview of these efforts, see Dan Blumenthal's post last week on the web site of Foreign Policy magazine and his op-ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal.) With regard to India, a signal change in policy direction was registered in two recent speeches, both of which resonated with themes straight out of the Bush administration's playbook.
The first address, titled "India's Rise and the Promise of U.S.-Indian Partnership" (read the text here and view the video here), was delivered on June 1 by William J. Burns, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. When the Bush administration launched its nuclear cooperation initiative five years ago, senior policymakers famously declared that the U.S. objective was to help "India become a major world power in the twenty-first century. We understand fully the implications, including military implications, of that statement." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed that "we're fully willing and ready to assist in [the] growth of India's global power…which we see as largely positive." The publicly-denied but widely-understood goal was to build up India's strategic potential as a check against the rise of Chinese power.
In his remarks last month, Burns reiterated similar language, affirming that "India's strength and progress on the word stage is deeply in the strategic interest of the United States" and that the Obama administration is "deeply committed to supporting India's rise." And for those worried that Washington only viewed India through the prism of the "Af-Pak" problem, Burns declared that "we attach great significance to India's expanding role in East Asia and welcome our partnership across the region." He then called for India's greater diplomatic and military involvement in East Asia and for enhanced U.S.-Indian defense cooperation – ideas bound to irritate leaders in Beijing.
Earlier this month, Michele Flournoy, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, picked up these themes. In an address titled "Investing in the Future of U.S.-India Defense Relations" (read the text here and view the video here), she similarly proclaimed that "India's success is very much in America's national interest" and that "increasingly our specific security interests are converging." Like Burns, she sought to assuage concerns that the Obama administration solely viewed New Delhi as a sub-continental power, announcing that the U.S. "maintains a strong interest in India's emergence as a regional power in Asia" and that "it no longer makes sense to discuss this increasingly interconnected region in terms of 'East Asian' security, or 'South Asian' security." She then went on to call for the further development of bilateral military ties and promised that Washington would provide India "with top-of-the-line technology."
Over time the expansion of Chinese power will undoubtedly push Washington and New Delhi into a tighter strategic embrace, as the remarks by Burns and Flournoy demonstrate. But as evidenced by the growing differences over policy in Afghanistan and Iran, the process will not be self-propelling and will encounter inevitable frictions. The question now is which plot line will be most visible during President Obama's state visit to India this fall.


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In a magic square, each row, each column and both main diagonals have the same total. In the partially completed magic square shown, what number should replace x?
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As this holiday season writes the early history for smartphones as shopping tools, a Texas company is leading a shakeout in the online retail coupon business as it too turns mobile.
Etsy was founded in New York, Groupon in Chicago and practically everything else Internet-related hails from California.
But Austin-based WhaleShark Media Inc. is trying to put Texas on the online shopping map with RetailMeNot.com.
With $220 million in venture capital funding over the last five years, WhaleShark has become a consolidator of merchant coupon sites. It's been an overpopulated category that lacked legitimacy with consumers as many small operators published lists of often expired discounts and free shipping offers.
With eight acquisitions, WhaleShark says RetailMeNot is now the largest U.S. coupon site. The business is profitable, and has little debt and $90 million in cash. It employs 300 people, mostly in Austin, and expects to grow without additional funding. This year it added tools to take advantage of more shoppers using their smartphones.
"Coupons have been around forever, but online it was basically a lot of small operators vs. one successful state-of-the-art business," said WhaleShark CEO Cotter Cunningham, who worked at Bankrate.com for eight years before hooking up with Austin Ventures, one of the venture capital firms that supported WhaleShark. "We thought we could come in and professionalize the business."
Besides Austin Ventures, one of the oldest venture capital firms in Texas, WhaleShark received funding from Norwest Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners, Google Ventures, JPMorgan Asset Management and Institutional Venture Partners.
"They're trying to be that one destination for deals and coupons," said Kevin Strawbridge, managing partner of Square L Group, a Frisco-based e-commerce consulting firm. "It's been a fragmented business with thousands of sites because the barrier to enter was low. All someone needed was a website and they could become an affiliate to any retailer." (A few clicks a day sending shoppers to a retailer's site can generate $10 to $15 in affiliate fees.)
Apps' influence
Mobile is changing the business, Strawbridge said. He was president of a competitor, DealTaker.com, from 2008 to 2011. DealTaker was based in Plano before Media General acquired it.
At DealTaker, "we were casting a net hoping to catch people. They [WhaleShark] cast the same net but grew through acquisition, and now they sign up active users by adding the apps," Strawbridge said.
Heading into the holiday season, about 121.3 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in October, compared with 90 million people a year ago, according to digital research firm comScore Inc. Smartphones now make up 51.9 percent of the mobile market, which includes tablets and other cellphones.
Total mobile traffic (smartphones and tablets) exceeded 21 percent of overall Web traffic on peak days during the Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday period, according to Monetate.
"Our timing is good. The economy made the consumer more price-conscious, and now they're comfortable with the tools and using them," Cunningham said.
On smartphones, mobile applications that offer store coupons such as Armadealo and Yowza have been around a couple of years.
RetailMeNot's largest competitors are Couponcabin.com and Dealnews.com.
WhaleShark put together a strong team of employees from Gilt Group, Google and Yahoo, Strawbridge said.
Cunningham also said that buying companies overseas helped him find the "best practices and some really smart people that we can learn from." An acquisition from France resulted in a "redoubling of our efforts to make sure that shoppers using our coupons are successful with them," he said. RetailMeNot's sites are mostly in the U.S. but also in Germany, France and the U.K.
The company says it expects to generate 450 million visits to its websites this year, up from 300 million last year. Its Apple and Android smartphone apps have been downloaded 2 million times since they launched in June.
RetailMeNot will have more than $125 million in revenue this year, up from $87 million a year ago. The database includes 500,000 coupons from more than 60,000 stores.
Big splash locally
WhaleShark claims to have more traffic than Living Social or Coupons.com, and it's taking mobile coupons to a more sophisticated place. Just in time for holiday shopping, it installed a cellular border, known as geo-fencing, around 500 U.S. malls, including 11 in Dallas-Fort Worth. As a customer enters a mall parking lot, the app makes the sound of a cash register and starts to generate a list of deals inside the center.
In North Texas, the app works with 11 malls: Galleria Dallas, NorthPark Center, Collin Creek Mall, Grapevine Mills, Stonebriar Centre, the Shops at Willow Bend, Town East Mall, North East Mall, Hulen Mall, Ridgmar and La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth.
Shoppers at the Galleria on Saturday could be seen texting or checking email while waiting in line, but they were also using their phones as tools.
"I just returned a pair of shoes to Steve Madden and didn't have the receipt until I remembered it was sent to me and I could get it on my phone," said Jay Chawla of Dallas. His wife, Mala, produced a 20 percent off Victoria's Secret coupon on her phone that she planned to use Saturday.
Waiting in line with her family at Old Navy, Erin Delgado of Aubrey said she just "moved money from my savings account to checking account."
"I don't use the computer anymore. I do all my online shopping from my phone," she said. She hadn't heard about RetailMeNot but receives emailed discount codes from her favorite stores and uses them regularly.
She snapped a picture with her iPhone of a Batman lunchbox and sent it to her sister.
"I want to be sure my nephew doesn't already have one," Delgado said. "I even order my Starbucks on it so I don't have to wait in line."
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Pearson has acquired Learning Catalytics, a cloud-based learning assessment system developed by two Harvard professors, for an undisclosed sum.
Learning Catalytics' tools for the interactive classroom were developed and tested at Harvard. Faculty can ask open-ended or critical thinking questions, and students answer on a tablet, laptop, or mobile device.
This helps professors determine which areas require further explanation, so they can automatically group students for more in-depth problem solving. Professors can understand students performance in real-time — even while lecturing.
The news was announced in a company blog post today, with Learning Catalytics' Eric Mazur citing Pearson's "global reach" as an attractive quality. According to its website, Learning Catalytics won't be shut down — it will still be available to current and new customers.
Paul Corey, Pearson's higher education president, said Lukoff will continue to develop the product in accordance with the company's product roadmap. In an interview, Corey said he was impressed by Learning Catalytics' formative assessment platforms, which are "integral to Pearson and online learning growth."
""We have no imminent plans to change the brand of the standalone product," Corey confirmed. But Pearson's MyLab and Mastering products will be enhanced by Learning Catalytics' capabilities.
Pearson claims to be the leading learning company in the world; it's certainly one of the largest and most powerful. But it has been accused of failing to innovate at the pace of the new crop of ed-tech startups. To stay current, the company launched an accelerator program, and makes strategic acquisitions.
The strategy doesn't always work; as we reported, Pearson-backed Alleyoop shut down in March.
Learning Catalytics cofounders Mazur and Gary King will continue to consult for Pearson and the third, Brian Lukoff, will join Pearson's engineering team.


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A new restaurant just opened in Two Commerce Square located at 20th & Market. "Du Jour" replaces the old Salad Works which unfortunately closed a couple years ago. I have mixed feelings about this new restaurants - so I'll highlight my observations below.
Pros: It's a new restaurant in an area that doesn't have a huge selection of places to eat.
I had the Thai Noodle Salad, which was absolutely delicious. One of my friends had the house salad with chicken, and she said her salad was very good. Another friend had a flat bread (pizza) and he enjoyed it, although it came with peppers and onions on it, and he's not a vegetable fan. The menu didn't mention anything about the veggies on the flatbread.
There's a fair amount of seating and fortunately we didn't have to wait for a table.
Waitress service is always appreciated (our waitress was very sweet) and something the other nearby restaurants (Paganos, Au Bon Pain, Coventry, Kennedy House) don't have.
Seating is comfortable with some nice booths, and the restaurant appeared to be clean. The kitchen cooking area is open for all to see, as well.
Cons: Expensive. $8.95 for a hot dog and chips (seriously!). Granted, the thai salad was "only" $7.95, but add a couple more bucks for chicken add-on. Figure a minimum of $10-$12 for a lunch, per person.
Plastic drinking cups. With a wait-staff service, nice big white plates and stainless steel silverware, I'm not sure they they've opted for plastic cups. That seems to take away from the more "upscale" ambiance they're trying to project.
Noisy. Maybe it's just the building - glass walls, hard tile floors - nothing to absorb the noise. It's a little hard to hear others at your table talking. Tables were also pretty close together.
Temperature. Granted, it's 30 degrees outside today and there's lots of glass walls, but the restaurant was definitely chilly. They did keep one of the entrances to the restaurant locked to help minimize the cold air coming in, which was definitely appreciated.
Limited Menu. Hopefully they'll add more items to the menu - maybe I'm being a tad bit critical since they've only been open for about a week or two.
All in all, it's not a bad place to go. The food was good (or at least what we had was good!) so that's definitely a great starting point. It's just a shame they haven't set themselves apart much from their competition. They would probably do much better if they were a couple dollars cheaper than Paganos and/or had an area dedicated to take-out service. They could also have a bigger menu and be open for breakfast (at least I don't think they're open for breakfast yet). While take-out is probably available, there really didn't seem to be a place to hang out.
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Ode to St. Pants Day – Parkway Tavern collects clothes for Tacoma Rescue Mission
Instead of St. Patrick's Day, Tacoma's Parkway Tavern will celebrate St. Pants Day this weekend. Bring a pair of pants on Saturday to the Parkway and they'll be donated to the Tacoma Rescue Mission. Read the release below for details. Read more »


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Protests as Castro visits Venezuela
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has arrived in Venezuela to full military honours, but there have also been protests at plans to offer his country cut-rate oil.
The communist leader is on a five-day trip - his first state visit to the South American country over 40 years.
Hundreds of well-wishers were at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, despite strong media criticism citing alleged human rights abuses by the Castro government.
Relations between Cuba and Venezuela, the world's No 3 oil exporter, have got much warmer since left-wing President Hugo Chavez took office last year.
The two leaders are to sign a pact on Monday providing Cuba with a reported 106,000 barrels of Venezuelan oil daily on very lenient credit terms.
Tight security
Mr Chavez, 46, who has forged a warm personal relationship with the 74-year-old Cuban leader, joked and chatted with him amid tight airport security.
The two presidents left shortly afterwards to inspect the coastal state of Vargas, which was devastated by torrential mudslides last December.
'Fuera Fidel'
In contrast to the scene at the airport thousands protesting at Mr Castro's visit marched through Caracas.
Instead of giving aid to Cuba they demanded that money should be provided for underpaid workers and to create jobs in Venezuela.
But protests have failed to disrupt Mr Castro's arrival and President Chavez is insisting on helping Cuba, which is suffering from a 40-year economic embargo imposed by the United States.
He says Havana will pay for the Venezuelan oil by sending more doctors to Venezuela, helping develop tourism and sending advisers for the country's ailing sugar industry.
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Something Scary for the Halloween Tables! No Halloween party is complete until everything is spooked up. The skeleton cutlery is a great way to add some haunted Halloween flare to your Halloween party tables. 36 plasticware pieces per package. Each package includes: 12 knives, 12 forks, and 12 spoons. Fork, knife, and spoon have skeleton bone handles. 5 3/4" long and 1/2" wide at widest point. Made of plastic. A must have haunted Halloween supply! Perfect for Halloween parties and events. We supply the Halloween decorations and supplies that your guests will notice and admire. Part of Tableware > Cutlery


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We are still open for business.
That is the message from a Burnley dry cleaning firm two years after fire ripped through a row of shops. Mr and Mrs Eric and Pam Marshall, who own New Way Dry Cleaners and Temple Street Launderette, say their insurance claim is still being processed and they are no nearer to solving the situation.
Mrs Marshall said the arson attack, on March 21st 2012, had continued to negatively impact on trade even though their businesses were not badly damaged.
There had been fears the row could be demolished but Mrs Marshall said they have not been kept informed about what is happening.
"I thought it would be sorted by now. This has definitely harmed us.
"Luckily our regular customers have stuck by us and we'd like to thank them for that."


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I replaced the K&N air filter with the stock air filter and ran redline fuel injector cleaner thru the system. New result is 157.87 hp @ 92.61 ft/lbs. (higher ambient temp /lower humidity) When I changed the filter, the idle dropped, and I had to adjust the idle up to keep it running. I would think this is more restriction? The dyno shows the bike is now running richer than with the K&N filter, but producing more power?? People have suggested dyno tuning the bike, I wanted to get yor input before doing this.
Does Brock's recommend the use of K&N or BMC aftermarket street or race air filters?
I have the air box mod instructions for my GEN 1 Hayabusa. I don't have a Power Commander, but wanted to know if this modification would improve my mileage and horsepower. I have OEM air filter and Yoshimura Bling 22 4-into-2 exhaust.
I have a street megaphone on a Hayabusa with small box mod, stock filter, PC3USB, 87 pump gas? I have a flat spot with hesitation from 2500 to about 3300. Which map do you recommend for it? Don't want it to run too lean.
2002 Hayabusa 1397. I have your piston kit, intake cam, exhaust cam, sidewinder. Also PC III USB, 10 inch over swingarm, 60hp shot wet nitrous. It has no air filter(block-off plate) and used as a track bike only. 1. What type of fuel do you rec? 2. Do you have a map available? 3. Should I run baffle or not? 4. What be proper gearing, I weigh 200 lbs? 5. I have a MRE lock-up, should I run your spring package as a baseline? 6. How much can you safely spray until you have to take timing out?
Do you have or recommend a ZX-14 smog valve removal kit that helps my bike's performance? I have a full Brock system, Power Commander, BMC filter, and secondary plates removed.
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I own an '07 ZX14 with PCIIIUSB, Roaring Toyz low-exit megaphone exhaust, Pipercross air filter & a custom map by a local custom tuner. Not too happy with the results & other people & tuners have told me it's the pipe. A common recommendation is the Brock's ShortMeg. Is there or has there been any testing against these 2 exhausts. Any comments or advice would greatly be appreciated.
I have a 2007 Hayabusa with your GEN 3 Streetsmart system and power commander. Based on your knowledge I have removed the TRE & K&N Filter. The bike now has flames coming out of the pipe? Any reason why? What could that be?
I have a ZX14 that I want to put a sidewinder on, but first I have a few questions: Do you need a cut oil pan? Can you remove the oil filter without removing the pipe? Do you have to remove your oil cooler? Is the rear brake usable after install?
Can I get 2 new maps for my Busa. One for pump gas and one for MR12 with the following mods: 1397 block with flat top pistons, head done, stock intake cam, intake cam on exhaust side (105/106) valve springs air box mod/BMC race filter, Brock's sidewinder with baffle
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From: Candida Cleve Bannister <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] OT-do you use a laptop?
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 18:04:49 -0500
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I agree.
I used a laptop for years. With the longer use batteries it isn't so
bad now, but I used to have several extra batteries. You can't let it
out of your sight - they do get lost very easily. It's a real hassle at
the airport, and with many airlines where you can only bring one
carryon, you do have to check everything else. I still have my laptop,
but I seldom take it anywhere - I use a PDA now with a fold out
keyboard. It's lighter, easier to handle and much less hassle. I down
load the TMG datasets to take along. And the PDA stays with me all the
time, so it's with me when I come upon unexpected genealogical
opportunities. (I once met someone with the same last name at a party
and was able to pull out my PDA and establish a genealogical
relationship with that person.)
Candida Cleve Bannister
researching: (von) Cleve, Bannister, Yasaki, Sugiyama, Vaughn, Baughn,
Sussman, Orb, White, Woodhouse, Willis, Williams
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From: Glee Crocker [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] OT-do you use a laptop?
Although I have a laptop, I don't take it to libraries or archives; it
truly seems like too much hassle. Now, with heightened security at
airports, taking a laptop is a huge pain: it means you must check your
luggage, as well as take it out of the case to go through security. Even
when I travel for business, I leave the laptop at home if I possibly
For genealogy, I just take my handheld with my TMG datasets downloaded.
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From: Robin Hoff Kaspar [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: [TMG] OT-do you use a laptop?
I've been wanting a laptop for genealogy forever. Now that I have TMG, a
large dataset that needs some new tags created/added and just general
overhaul, this seems to be the time for me to replace my desktop with
laptop I've always wanted. I can take it to work with me and utilize my
lunch hours to accomplish a lot of this repetitious work.
I'm not asking for brand/model recommendations here, I know what I want.
question is, do you take yours to libraries, archives, etc.? Do you
about security? Do you use one of those security cables that allow you
lock your computer to the desk? Or is it just too much hassle? I'm
if I would actually have a need to take it to the local library with me
on an out-of-town research trip...
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Food Lion Launches September "Kickoff For Kids" Campaign to Raise $5 Million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®
Sep 05, 2012, 11:29 ET from Food Lion
SALISBURY, N.C., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today through Sept. 18, customers can make a tremendous difference in the lives of children and their families by purchasing $1 football balloons at their local Food Lion stores to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®.
To participate, customers may donate $1 at the register, in exchange for signing their name on a football balloon. The company hopes to raise an additional $1.2 million for children who receive care at 32 regional Children's Hospitals.
Food Lion sponsored various summer community events and held a miracle balloon campaign in June, which raised $3.8 million. So far, the campaign is on track to meet its $5 million goal.
In addition to the football balloon campaign, customers may also support CMN-H by purchasing specially-designed Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop Tarts® and Cheez-It® boxes that feature five CMN-H children who were treated at hospitals in Richmond, Va., Washington, D.C., Greenville, N.C., Baltimore, Md., and Columbia, S.C. Kellogg will donate $1 to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® for every four boxes sold, up to $50,000.
Food Lion has supported CMN Hospitals since 1991 and has raised more than $40 million. Donations to Children's Miracle Network create miracles by funding critical research and supplementing medical care to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind.
About Food Lion
Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., is a company of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG) and operates more than 1,100 supermarkets. The company employs approximately 58,000 associates delivering quality products, low prices and service to customers in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.
About Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds for more than 170 children's hospitals across North America, which, in turn, use the money where it's needed the most. When a donation is given it stays in the community, ensuring that every dollar is helping local kids. Since 1983, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $4 billion, most of it $1 at a time. These donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all in support of our mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.
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You sent along your #AskKosuke questions to @NewYorkRedBulls on Twitter, and we passed them along to Kosuke after Wednesday's training session. Here's what he had to say in response to your Tweets.
@newyorkredbulls #AskKosuke U tried out in Poland.What was it like&now that u r a Red Bull do u have any regrets that it didn't work out?— Tomek Moczerniuk (@papaTomski) March 6, 2013
Kosuke Kimura: The reason why I got there is because John Spencer, the ex-coach for the Timbers, knew me well. He was an assistant coach in Houston and I played against them all the time and they liked me. He always knew me and the type of player I was, so he was happy to get me over there. But after I got there, maybe a couple of days later, he got fired. And then everything changed. It happens in this business all the time. You sign up for it from when you start as a pro. And that didn't help me. But obviously this worked out great, and that's the only thing about it. It was a great organization, great fans, great players, great teammates. Other than that I had no problem.
@nyredbulls Were impressed by your old teams performance on opening day? #AskKosuke— Hace Sol (@gotchu) March 6, 2013
Kimura: It was definitely a top game and it was a little more personal playing against an old team. But I thought I did pretty well and we couldn't win, but still one point away is huge for us.
#AskKosuke What is your favorite Japanese meal @newyorkredbulls @iamkosukekimura—Michael Warchol (@VikingATS) March 6, 2013
Kimura: I can cook a bunch of stuff and I like to eat all the time. I like sushi too, but I also like the Japanese style of curry.
#AskKosuke What is an element to your game you are currently working to improve?— Nicholas Gentile (@nagentile) March 6, 2013
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@newyorkredbulls What's your favorite pizza topping? #AskKosuke— Das Fro (@redbjb) March 6, 2013
Kimura: I like the Hawaiian one, with the pineapple and the ham together.
@newyorkredbulls Why did he come to the US for soccer instead of staying in Japan? How does he feel about soccer in Japan vs. US? #AskKosuke— Brandon Isaacson (@BrandonIsaacson) March 6, 2013
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What's Kosuke favorite J-League team? #AskKosuke— Ludovic Leleu (@Ludovicleleu) March 6, 2013
Kimura: I would have to say Kawasaki Frontale. That's the team that I spent time with and I played for them.
@newyorkredbullsKosuke who is the one teammate you would want to be trapped on a dessert island with? #askkosuke— David Ariel (@DBAriel) March 6, 2013
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