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One of these days, CNN will have to dispense with the ominous music it uses for Christian documentaries and go for the full effect, using the Jaws soundtrack.
Last night, in the third segment of a six-hour series called God's Warriors, CNN served up a two-hour, heady brew of fear, distortion and manipulative media techniques to paint a scary picture of conservative Christians in America. The first two segments, featuring Muslims and Jews, reportedly racked up just over two million viewers per night. All three segments will air again late Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Reporter Christiane Amanpour generally presented the air of a National Geographic anthropologist trying to appear open-minded while exploring a slightly bizarre culture. However, she couldn't quite conceal her hostility, making loaded statements in the guise of questions, such as this line to youth leader Ron Luce. Luce had just explained his group's standards for girls' modest dress. To his credit, Luce, who directs Teen Mania, kept his cool.
AMANPOUR: But Ron, that's what the Taliban said. They kept women in their house because men couldn't be trusted around them.
LUCE: Well there's extremists, and you came to our event and can see we're not extremists. The kids are normal. They have fun. And they wear normal clothes. They have not adapted. They haven't adopted the dress code for sexualization that's happened in our culture.
Perhaps Amanpour was asking the straw man question to allow Luce to knock it out of the park, which he did. In fact, the segment on Teen Mania and its "Battle Cry" rallies portrayed the Christian kids as normal, if emotionally overwrought, and gave some crucial and damaging airtime to
Similarly, the opening segments filmed at
It was in the political issue sections that Amanpour gave vent to her liberal bias.
To wit. she featured:
1) Former President Jimmy Carter, who gave a radically one-sided picture of the Southern Baptist Convention's political stances and its resolution about the role of women in the church. No one from the Southern Baptists gave any response to Carter's bizarre assertions.
2) Rich Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals, who claimed, absurdly, that that his fellow conservative Christians reject global warming because they reject science itself out of fear of evolution. Amanpour took the opportunity to take a swipe at Intelligent Design, crudely characterizing it without anyone to defend it. Cizik, it seems, is the Only Reasonable Christian Leader.
3) Greg Boyd, a self-described conservative pastor in
The message at times was so ham-handed during the political segments that anyone with even the slightest skepticism of CNN's motives should have seen through it. Ominous music, weird camera angles and one-sided portrayals of key issues were standard fare.
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In the legal portion, Amanpour introduced the segment by declaring that "the Supreme Court is ground zero in the combat between law and religion." Catch that? She might as well have said law versus religion. Amanpour implies that evangelicals are somehow either "against" the law, or are trying to conquer it. Note to Christiane: in a democratic society, all people, even those you disagree with, are allowed to try to write their values into law. That said, the practical agenda of "God's Christian Warriors" is not to rewrite the law, but to restore the interpretations of the law commonly held before liberalism corrupted American jurisprudence.
To her credit, Amanpour acknowledged that the Supreme Court itself sits in the presence of an image of Moses and the Ten Commandments. The stone visage of Moses graces the Court every day from the frieze overlooking the justices' dais.
AMANPOUR: I went there with CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin. So here is this phenomenal bastion of jurisprudence. Inside are the Ten Commandments.
TOOBIN: Including very prominently on the ceiling of the courtroom.
AMANPOUR: How do the Ten Commandments get onto the Supreme Court building?
TOOBIN: The Constitution has never been interpreted to mean that you could have no reference to God anywhere. Many courtrooms say "In God We Trust."
AMANPOUR: "In God We Trust" is part of the American dialogue and yet the Religious Right would have you believe there's no mention of God anywhere in our public sphere. (Editor's note: They would? I've never heard anyone make that claim.) It's on the currency.
TOOBIN: It's on the currency and they say because it's on the currency there's nothing wrong with it being in the schools or in the courthouses or in the capitol.
AMANPOUR: But they also play the victim somewhat. Are they victimized?
TOOBIN: They feel like they're losing the culture wars. They feel like it's an increasingly secular society and keeping prayer out of the schools, keeping the Ten Commandments out of the courthouses is part of how they're being victimized.
Not bad for a man who once described the ban on partial birth abortion as a threat to the health of the "mother and the fetus."
The next segment featured two
But CNN went right back into the scare business again.
The creepiest moment came when U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito, accompanied by sinister music right out of Fox's '24' counter-terrorist series, walked down a set of marble steps.
Toobin ticked off all the awful (to liberals) things that will happen if liberal justices John Paul Stephens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are replaced by more judges like Roberts and Alito:
TOOBIN: You're going to have abortion illegal in large parts of the country. You're going to have schools allowing a lot more religious observance within them.
AMANPOUR: That is music to Mat Staver's ears and a division of
Egad. If all this comes to pass, the public schools might have to start admitting that they break for "Christmas" in December, and stop teaching kids that promiscuous sex is inevitable and as wholesome for them as Cheerios.
Amanpour devoted much of the segment to grassroots Christian political activism, leaving the impression that conservative Christianity is all about politics. In fact, politics is a side issue to most Christian believers. At one point, she opined: "God's Christian warriors know where they want the country to go. And they're not going to stop fighting until their battle is won."
The takeaway message? Secular-minded Americans, you had better do something, because these Christian warriors are power-hungry, successful and coming for your freedoms. Scary, indeed.
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London arts and cultural hub The Southbank Centre is planning to turn 2014 into a summer of love on the banks of the river Thames. Its ambitious 'Festival of Love' has a programme of events that will see scores of couples get married, plus workshops, installations and performances inspired by the seven Greek words for love.
The festival will run from 28 June to 31 August, with each of the weekends celebrating the seven forms of love, which include themes like family love, self-respect, shared experience, and romance and erotica. Solo visitors may wish to look out for the 'Museum of Broken Relationships' and the 'Heartbreak Hotel' exhibition, while others arriving hand-in-hand may be more suited to view the 'Tunnel of Love' and the 'Temple of Agape'.
Among the exhibits will be Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich's 'Love Tank' (pictured above), part of the artists' 'Friendly Frontier Peace Campaign' show at the Royal Festival Hall, which includes giant pink inflatable weapons. Meanwhile on hot sunny days, Jeppe Hein's 'Appearing Rooms Fountain' will be popular with all ages, as it shoots jets of water into the air, mapping out 'rooms' with water walls that disappear as quickly as they emerge. Be prepared to get wet trying to guess the next room to squirt from the ground.
But the festival's Big Wedding Weekend is perhaps the most ambitious event planned. To celebrate the year in which same sex marriage became legal, the festival will be marrying 160 couples at eight shared ceremonies on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August. So whether you arrive a lonely soul or with your nearest and dearest, there looks set to be something to melt your heart next to the river in London this summer.
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The White House and a congressional subcommittee took aim Thursday at flaws in a patchwork oversight system that some say contributed to the deaths of 12 men responding to the West fertilizer plant fire.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing federal agencies involved in overseeing dangerous chemicals, like the ammonium nitrate that exploded in West, to better share information and modernize standards.
The agencies also were ordered to improve how they work with state and local officials.
The order was signed shortly before a scheduled U.S. House subcommittee hearing. Federal officials and agriculture industry leaders described bureaucratic, technological and cultural factors as barriers to fully implementing existing regulations of dangerous chemicals.
Some lawmakers said a breakdown in communication among the Department of Homeland Security, state agencies, regional emergency planners, West Fertilizer Co. and the town's volunteer fire department kept first responders in the dark about what they were fighting.
Lawmakers said they were trying to prevent a similar disaster elsewhere.
"Americans have been forced to ask themselves very tough questions: 'Can a West-type explosion happen here in my community?' " said U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee.
The president's executive order was met with rebuke in Austin about the White House's priorities. Gov. Rick Perry's office didn't take a position on the order.
"The devil will be in the details, so we will see how the different agencies involved attempt to implement the order," Perry spokesman Josh Havens said.
Perry is appealing the White House's decision not to declare the blast a "major disaster" so more federal funds could flow to the city. The Federal Emergency Management Agency turned down Perry's initial request after finding that Texas could afford the $17.5 million needed to rebuild public infrastructure.
Federal lawmakers, the Department of Homeland Security, an international firefighters group and West's mayor pointed to Obama's order as a starting point to address issues that contributed to the deaths in West.
The blast occurred late in Texas' regular legislative session and did not prompt any legislation on regulation of dangerous chemicals or the establishment of a state fire code. Many rural counties, such as McLennan, also are not required to adopt a fire code that would create fire standards for buildings.
Perry sets the agenda for special legislative sessions. He has called three since May; West has not been a topic in any of them.
"As the president noted in his [executive order], the cause of the explosion in West is still under investigation, so it would be premature to go creating statute or more regulations without first understanding what caused the incident in the first place," Havens said.
How it unfolded
An evening fire at West Fertilizer Co. on April 17 drew volunteer firefighters and others who tried to put out the fire. But the fire ignited ammonium nitrate stored at the plant, causing the blast that killed 12 of the first responders.
The blast killed three other people. It also damaged or destroyed scores of homes, three schools, a nursing home and an apartment complex.
The West Volunteer Fire Department did not have an emergency plan for a fire at the plant, according to information The Dallas Morning News obtained under Texas' Public Information Act.
The department's dozens of volunteer firefighters did not know the explosive potential of ammonium nitrate. One of the men killed was a Dallas Fire-Rescue captain who arrived at the plant shortly before the explosion to warn responders to get back.
West Fertilizer Co. never reported the ammonium nitrate to the Department of Homeland Security, though it stored more than the 400 pounds of the chemical. That's the threshold that triggers self-reporting.
DHS did not have West on its radar of dangerous chemical sites even though the company reported the chemicals to the McLennan County emergency planning committee and the state health department.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., said people who use the U.S. Postal Service can track their packages "by the minute," yet "here we're moving huge sums of chemicals and you're telling me you don't know where they are."
Spreading awareness
Dave Wulf, director of DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate, said the agency is committed to "doubling down" on outreach efforts to facilities that aren't aware of federal requirements.
Meehan said agricultural businesses in rural areas are often confused and overwhelmed by the unorganized bureaucracy of reporting rules and regulations.
"Don't we have a responsibility to coordinate just a little bit better and have a single point of contact?" he said.
Donnie Dippel, president of Texas Ag Industries Association, testified that West Fertilizer's manager appeared confused and grief-stricken days after the fatal blast.
Dippel said the manager, whom he did not name, said a certificate allowing the company to handle ammonium nitrate hung in the plant's office. The manager also told Dippel inspectors came to check security of the chemical and his sales records.
"I then realized he was referring to the inspectors from the Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service," Dippel said Thursday.
Dippel said Texas is one of six states with laws regarding ammonium nitrate. He said DHS only has to reach out to the fertilizer control service to know which facilities in the state have ammonium nitrate.
Sharing of information
Lawmakers also took aim Thursday at lack of collective oversight they said was caused because local, state and federal agencies do not freely share information.
Paul Derig with agribusiness company J.R. Simplot testified on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association. Afterward, he said the executive order's call for more information sharing could save money.
"It's important that information is exchanged because there's so much duplication in regulation," he said.
Wulf, of Homeland Security, said his sense is that agency employees have coordinated regionally. But there is no consolidated national database of chemical facilities. He said Obama's executive order could lead to the creation of a single database that federal agencies could share.
"That is something we're going to look at," Wulf said.
Lawmakers said more information could inform local decisions, from zoning restrictions near such plants to emergency plans for fire departments handling fires at similar facilities.
"They deserve to understand potential harm and dangers before they run into a disaster like this and be trained properly in how to protect themselves and our communities," said Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind.
Staff writers James Drew, Todd J. Gillman and Sarah Mervosh contributed to this report. Drew reported from Austin, Wilkins and Gillman from Washington, D.C., and Formby and Mervosh from Dallas.
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UNKNOWN CAUSE: What caused the fire at West Fertilizer Co. may never be known. The State Fire Marshal's office said it could have been arson, an electrical accident or a golf cart. The state agency's investigation is not yet officially closed. Officials for weeks have indicated that the fire was not an act of terrorism and did not involve foul play. Lawmakers and federal officials echoed those conclusions at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing Thursday.
REED'S STATUS: No one has publicly declared that former West paramedic Bryce Reed had nothing to do with the fire or explosion. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives arrested Reed in May and accused him of having a pipe bomb and other explosive materials. His family and lawyer have declared his innocence of that charge. They say the ATF is stoking undue public speculation that Reed was connected to the unsolved fertilizer plant fire because they won't definitely declare his innocence.
HEARING: Thursday's congressional hearing was called by a U.S. House Homeland Security subcommittee. U.S. Rep Michael McCaul, R-Austin, chairs the Homeland Security Committee. A spokesman in his office said the lawmaker would not discuss Reed's arrest. Reed is scheduled to face the federal explosives charge in court this month.
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Obama's executive order
In the wake of the West Fertilizer Co. explosion in April, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order calling for safety and security improvements at facilities handling hazardous chemicals.
Improve coordination between state and local agencies.
Enhance federal agency coordination and information sharing.
Modernize policies, regulations and standards.
Identify best practices to reduce safety and security risks involving potentially hazardous chemicals.
Co-chairs: Secretaries of Homeland Security and Labor, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or their designated representatives.
Representatives from the departments of Justice, Agriculture and Transportation.
45 days
Establish a pilot program to determine best practices and test innovative methods for federal agency collaboration.
90 days
Assess feasibility of data-sharing with emergency-response groups.
Analyze and provide recommendations on improving interagency information collection and sharing.
Develop options for improved safety and security measures that improve existing risk management practices.
Create regulatory and legislative proposals to improve the safe and secure storage, handling and sale of ammonium nitrate.
Identify chemicals that should be added to Chemicals of Interest list.
135 days
Develop a plan for collaboration by state regulators, emergency responders, facility owners and operators and communities to improve chemical facility safety and security.
180 days
Propose a data-sharing process to track information on chemical facilities.
Identify and recommend changes to streamline and improve data collection.
270 days
Submit status report to the president.
Create procedures for a unified federal approach for identifying and responding to risks in chemical facilities.
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Playing four quarters is a mantra that will be very important to Pusch Ridge and coach Lonnie Tvrdy this year.
Fortunately, on Friday, they only needed to play about three good ones to defeat Rio Rico, 55-28.
The Lions struggled through the first quarter against Rico Rico, as they led 14-12, but the lead could've been a lot bigger without 13 early turnovers.
"You have one bad quarter against top competition (and bigger schools)," Tvrdy said. "You don't win."
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Brittany Haro, of Rio Rico, who has a couple of 20-point games, was held to just eight points by the Lions. In the second half, she barely got to touch the ball. She only scored two points after the first period.
"If we are to make the playoffs and advance in the playoffs, or regionals, it will have to be because of our defense," Tvrdy said. "We were doing a zone press," Tvrdy said. "It was really good in the second quarter."
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Thank you. Sadly all the British Film Institute has are what are classed 'out takes' and mirror what the library of Congress has. Just 10 minutes or so of compiled clips.
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The one place I haven't tried is the Smithsonian, who sponsored the expedition. My next port of call.On 16 Mar 2013 06:46, <mbryant6@...> wrote:You may want to try the British Film Institute if you haven't already. I believe the corret title is "With Roosevelt in Africa"??On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:15:12 +0000 George Pagliero <georgepags@...> writes:
Hello All,I am working on a documentary about the history of safari in East Africa and I am trying to locate the complete 'Roosevelt in Africa' film, photographed by Cherry Kearton, released in 1910.According to my research I am led to believe the original film release could have been an hour long. However I can only find short clips of film. The Library of Congress has just four short clips - between 2 and 4 minutes long whilst the British Film Institute in London, who curate many Kearton films, only have a single reel of outtakes.Can anyone in this forum group help? Does anyone know of another film archive that may have Roosevelt in Africa film? Has anyone ever seen a complete film?All thoughts and ideas will be most welcome.Kind regards,George PaglieroProducer, Tigress Productions, UK
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Real-time analysis of event streams has a new focus in Big Data platforms, both on-premise and in the cloud. AWS have released Amazon Kinesis Analytics, a rival to Azure StreamAnalytics. Both platforms use a simple SQL language for complex querying, and move Big Data analysis into a SaaS-like space.
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Azure Premium Messaging Service Reaches General Availability
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Google BigQuery Now Allows to Query All Open-Source Projects on GitHub
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Neha Narkhede: Large-Scale Stream Processing with Apache Kafka
In her presentation "Large-Scale Stream Processing with Apache Kafka" at QCon New York 2016, Neha Narkhede introduces Kafka Streams, a new feature of Kafka for processing streaming data. According to Narkhede stream processing has become popular because unbounded datasets can be found in many places. It is no longer a niche problem like, for example, machine learning.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has steadied Wall Street by telling Congress the recession might end this year.
In his semi annual report to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke on Tuesday predicted the US economy is likely to keep contracting in the first six months of 2009. But he also said "there is a reasonable prospect" the recession will end this year.
He warns that a recovery will require getting credit and financial markets to operate normally.
Bernanke's comments helped the market absorb a worrisome report on consumer spending. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index for February came in at 25, well below expectations.
In mid-afternoon trading, the Dow was up 196.81, or 2.77 per cent, to 7,311.59. On Monday, it had its lowest close since May 7, 1997.
Broader stock indicators also rose. The S&P 500 index was up 25.35, or 3.41 per cent, at 768.68. On Monday, it logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1997.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 45.5, or 3.28 per cent, to 1,433.19.
LONDON - European stock markets spiralled lower on Tuesday while Wall Street bounced up because of bargain-hunting, as investors remained unconvinced by Washington's bank rescue strategy, analysts said.
London's FTSE 100 index lost 0.89 per cent, or 34.29 points to 3,816.44.
FRANKFURT - The DAX fell 1.03 per cent, or 40.7 points to 3,895.75.
PARIS - The CAC 40 slipped 19.82 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 2,708.05.
TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.5 per cent on Tuesday to a four-month closing low, hurt by a fall in Nomura Holdings and after Wall Street slid to a 12-year low on fears about financial system stability.
Investors mostly shrugged off a comment from Japan's finance minister that the government is studying measures to support the stock market, as the Nikkei briefly touched 7,155.16 -- not far from a 26-year low just under 7,000.
The benchmark Nikkei shed 107.60 points to 7,268.56, its lowest close since October 27, bringing its losses for this year to 18 per cent.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's key stock index dropped 2.9 per cent on Tuesday amid fears about the financial system and world economy that drove Wall Street to its worst finish in nearly 12 years.
The blue chip Hang Seng index lost 376.58 points to 12,798.52.
WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket slid further, showing no sign of wanting to rise from its five year low.
The benchmark NZSX-50 was down 50.758 points, or 2 per cent, from 2538.286 to 2487.528 at the close of trading.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Microsemi Corp. has assessed financial penalties against its CEO for misrepresenting his academic credentials.
Chip maker Microsemi was reviewing the status of the academic credentials of James Peterson, its president and chief executive.
Microsemi has concluded its review of the academic credentials of Peterson. The independent inquiry on behalf of the board was commenced and was conducted by the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.
The committee and the board determined that Peterson did not obtain either a Bachelor's Degree or Masters of Business Administration. The board confirmed that Peterson earned an Associate's Degree from Ricks College (presently known as Brigham Young University--Idaho) on Dec. 15, 1978. He also earned substantial credits toward a Bachelor's Degree at Brigham Young University--Provo from 1979 through 1980.
The board has assessed significant financial penalties against Peterson, as follows:
1) Peterson will immediately pay $100,000 to the company.
2) Peterson will forego his potential for a bonus for the company's current fiscal year. During the last three years, Peterson's annual bonuses averaged approximately $680,000.
3) The board has extended by one year each of the five remaining vesting consummation dates of his two unvested restricted common stock awards (which aggregate to 323,000 shares of common stock, of which 116,000 shares would have vested by October 2009).


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i posted some time ago asking for help and got a lot of it! thank you all for the comments and suggestions. as a result of postings, i drastically changed my original plans (3 days of vancouver / victoria) and cut out victoria. im so glad i did. it was tiring just going through vancouver with everyone...
driving up and arrival; at the border, the americans went through quickly. the korean nationals took 45 minutes with a full interview (get out of the car and walk into a room).
lunch at japadog and then check into hotel without incident.
japadag went well and ppl seemed to like the okonomi. none of us had the fries. some how we managed to find a table. the turnover is quick. hot dogs, duh! :-)
stanley park for the day. it was kind of overcast and a bit chilly but it was still pretty good. no hard rain and it was sunny enough for pictures.
dinner at santouka ramen. most ppl in the party were unhappy with this. comments included "no more japanese please" and "wheres the kimchi"? i was ticked off in particular by the kimchi comment... grrr. that being said, hubby and i loved it. i had shio chashu and hubby had the miso chashu. thick, creamy and oh so so so good. it hit the spot. i recommend going there if you like ramen!
DAY TWO (theme granville island)
breakfast at patisserie lebeau. we had a number of them including savory ham and cheese, but i absolutely adored the original liege. snacked on others savories but ordered another sweet one with apples and custard.
go to granville island and spend the day there. the weather was perfect. sunny and warm, but not too warm. sunny blue skies. it would have been perfect for the water park but the 7 yo was not into getting wet. he still enjoyed himself.
we took a quick ride on the aquabus as some of the relatives were kind of restless after walking around.
we found the sake maker door, but they werent open yet and then we never ended up going back. :-(
snacked a bit at the public market in granville. many tasty looking things!!! but also ended up eating lunch at go fish. PERFECT! salmon tacones. enough said! i think the others thought this was okay. but they werent thrilled.
we ended up having dinner on robson. it was a korean restaurant, but i dont remember the name. even though they had originally said that they didnt want korean in vancouver, it turns out that thats exactly what they craved. i dont remember the name. i looked online and i dont think it was apgujung or norboo, but im not sure. we were able to walk to our hotel and there was a starbuck on the way back. so maybe it was norboo or one right near it.
the food was okay. nothing to write home about and definitely not mindblowingly good. but i guess the relatives felt better after eating weird western food all day.
DAY THREE (richmond)
nobody wanted dimsum so breakfast was at red robin. it was my first time. everyone got biscuit breakfasts but i did the weird thing and ordered poutine. bad idea? how was it? it was as good as you would expect 9 am red robin poutine to be.
i felt a little sick having fries for breakfast but im nearly 40 yo and i am a professional eater. i held it in okay.
shopping and lunch at aberdeen centre. daiso was perfect. lunch not so much. we let everyone just pick what they wanted from the food court bc no one wanted to go outside to a proper restaurant. hubby and i split a bowl (champion) from chef hungs and even though ppl say its overpriced, we both LOVED it and it made us sorry that we didnt get a chance to try other restaurant versions of tbn. *sigh* only so many meals, so little time. it was our first and we will make it a point to look out for taiwanese beef noodles again.
most of the others got some weak food court udon because that is what looked most familiar to them. i tried to offer them samples of our tbn but no one was even game.
we had cream puffs. delicious. took the sting out of the udon i suppose...
we also got various tapioca / slush / tea drinks from a number of different vendors during our trip (including at aberdeen).
we stopped by lido and ordered milk tea and pineapple buns with butter for everyone. someone ordered one of the fried rice dishes but they were unhappy with it. it wasnt what they were expecting at all. i didnt have any, but it looked fine. i think this might have been a bit too exotic for the family.
i did want to add that hubby and i adored the hot milk tea and the buns. i would go back for those warm pineapple buns. if hk diners are up your alley this is a place NOT TO MISS. esp for a snack. i would love to go here for a proper meal as well if im with the right kind of company though
after this we ended up going home instead of having dinner at sea harbour bc nobody was enthusiastic about eating any more chinese food (except for hubby and me). :-(
way before i started planning the family trip, my mother in law suggested that we buy a package tour. everyone would ride a bus, there would be a guided tour all in korean and more than half the meals would be at korean restaurants. of course when we heard about this, hubby and i said "no way! we will plan a much better trip with much better food!"
now that we saw that everyone wasnt as thrilled with the food as i was, i see the wisdom in package tours. i dont know if all koreans are like this or if its just them, but next time (if there is one), i certainly wont volunteer to organize and if someone suggests a package tour, ill go along with that. better that everyones stomach is happy and have a good time, right?
we all had a great time in vancouver outside of the food. stanley park, granville and richmond are wonderful and everybody said that they wanted to come back, also to go back and see victoria.
i cannot wait to go back with my foodie friends though!!!!


text: Federal officials said they have become increasingly concerned about the risks of transmitting blood-borne viruses when diabetics are assisted with testing their blood sugar levels and insulin injections, and equipment is unsafely reused with multiple patient. Outbreaks of hepatitis B associated with blood sugar monitoring have been identified with increasing regularity, particularly in long-term care settings such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities, where residents often require assistance with testing and insulin injections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the past 10 years, at least 15 hepatitis B outbreaks have been associated with providers failing to follow basic principles of infection control when assisting with blood glucose monitoring. Because of underreporting and under-recognition of infection, the number of outbreaks likely has been underestimated, the CDC says. Safe use of diabetes management equipment is a major concern as more Americans are diagnosed with the disease and as aging boomers move into assisted living facilities, said Joe Perz, an epidemiologist in the CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. "This is what we call infection control 101," he said. "One of the most common myths is that contamination is limited to the needle. An insulin cartridge is a form of syringe. And a syringe and needle should be seen as a single device. One can contaminate the other."


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BARRIE, Ont. A 21-year old woman says she is devastated after the octogenarian she accused of kidnapping her in a terrifying incident walked out of court a free man on Monday.
Harold George Dean, 86, of Collingwood, Ont., hobbled out of court after the Crown agreed to drop a kidnapping charge in exchange for a peace bond which prohibits him from having contact with the woman.
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MEXICO CITY, April 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank kept interest rates on hold on Friday, noting tame price pressures and highlighting signs of improving economic growth that bode for steady borrowing costs ahead.
The Banco de Mexico maintained its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 3.50 percent, as expected by analysts polled by Reuters.
The central bank said growth in the United States, Mexico's top trading partner, was getting stronger. Policymakers pointed to rising Mexican exports and higher public spending that suggested the economy was improving after a weak start of the year.
"Downside risks to economic activity growth remain, though the balance of these improved marginally," the bank said in a statement.
Mexican annual inflation eased for the third month in a row in early April and policymakers are seen holding rates steady into next year, in contrast with top regional economy Brazil which has raised interest rates to fight inflation.
Yields on shorter-term Mexican interest rate swaps ticked up as traders were surprised by the more optimistic tone of the central bank, analysts said. Investors firmed bets on a 25 basis point interest rate hike in March 2015.
Policymakers said their outlook on inflation was unchanged versus a March decision.
Cooling inflation after a spike in January from new taxes has given the bank room to support weak growth, which sank to a four-year low of 1.1 percent last year.
Minutes from the central bank's last meeting in March showed most policymakers think they need to cut their economic growth forecast for this year of 3 percent to 4 percent. Analysts have cut their estimates to around 3 percent this year.
The central bank said it saw "incipient signs" of stronger consumption and investment. Data on Friday showed Mexico's economy expanded in February at the fastest pace in seven months on a rebound in the service sector.
But several analysts said they were surprised by the bank's view that growth was improving, after data this week showed February retail sales fell for a third month in a row, underscoring faltering domestic demand.
"We just don't see any improvement - not even incipient - in domestic consumption and investment just yet," Nomura analyst Benito Berber wrote in a note.
Mexico's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate three times last year. If growth remains weak, the central bank has little room to further lower borrowing costs since the U.S. Federal Reserve has begun to unwind its monetary stimulus.
Foreign investors have amassed a record 1.9 trillion pesos ($145 billion) of local currency debt and any move to lower Mexican interest rates as U.S. yields rise could undermine the appeal of local assets and weaken the peso currency. A weaker peso could fan inflation by driving up import prices.
Mexico's central bank noted in its statement that flows to emerging markets had resumed in recent weeks as worries about the impact of tighter U.S. policy on global markets eased.
Still, analysts point out that renewed global concerns could hit Mexico hard, due to the liquidity of its bonds and currency. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle and Alexandra Alper; Editing by W Simon and Chizu Nomiyama)


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President Obama's bewildering response to the mounting Internal Revenue Service scandal has been to simply deny there is a scandal, dismissively labeling it "phony." He seems confident that in a moral version of rock-paper-scissors, denial always beats accusation, irrespective of the freight of evidence behind it.
This has been the top-down strategy for partisan Democrats from the beginning. As head of the exempt organizations unit in Washington, Lois Lerner casually insisted any wrongdoing was fully attributable to a few "line people in Cincinnati" who were "not so fine." Now we've learned from the testimony of IRS lawyer Carter Hull that not only was the political targeting not confined to Cincinnati, but that it occurred under the pointed direction of Ms. Lerner.
It is flatly incredible that the partisan gamesmanship is contained to the IRS' internal machinations. Mr. Hull's testimony, which would be considered explosive in a parallel world with a press equally attentive to both parties' shenanigans, revealed that Ms. Lerner funneled all those conservative and tea party applications up to IRS Chief Counsel William Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins was appointed to his post by Obama. I'm assuming the two have chatted here and there about the IRS' directives, if not electoral politics.
While this is a genuinely disturbing scandal, it's also genuinely predictable. Why wouldn't the IRS' purportedly apolitical mission be disfigured for political gain? The agency has vast, amorphously delimited powers to regulate commerce, purloin private and commercial funds, grant or withhold licensing, and instigate criminal investigations and prosecutions. All of these functions require an unmatched ability to collect massive storehouses of data on American citizens. Paradoxically, this unseemly amalgam of power and impunity is constitutionally certified by the 16th Amendment.
From a practical perspective, the IRS is the beating heart of big-government liberalism. The creation and expansion of centralized bureaucracy isn't cheap, and someone has to assess and collect the public's tab. The agency's prerogatives are infamously protected by the diffuse character of the tax code; Talmudic scholars are confronted by a less daunting task.
Ideologically, the crooked timber of the IRS is microcosmic of the fundamental defects of progressivism at large. Wrapped in an unintelligible skein of complex rules, shielded from the duties and effects of representation, endowed with immense authority over the public fisc, the IRS is the nadir of technocratic bureaucracy. It almost seems specifically designed to tempt politicians to commandeer it for their self-interested purposes.
Its willingness to become a political weapon historically favors the party that provides it patronage, the party of big government. It only makes sense that it would consistently demonstrate fealty to those who perennially lobby for its infinite aggrandizement. No one fell out of their chairs upon learning that the IRS was singling out conservative groups advocating for tax reform. Why wouldn't it place bull's-eyes on those who call for its diminishment? A simpler tax code presumably means a leaner, less imperious tax collector.
In related news, the inevitably messy implementation of Obamacare necessarily entails the magnification of the IRS' size and regulatory scope. As someone proudly enlisted on the side of big government, Mr. Obama intends to punish the IRS for its transgressions by making it bigger, more powerful and more resistant to public vigilance. That'll show them. By comparison, the National Security Agency, embroiled in a scandal of its own, looks like a snooping expedition run by wayward teens.
It is now certainly false that the whole debacle innocently amounts to what ousted acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller called "horrible customer service." A governmental organization abused its colossal authority for its own political gain, silencing private citizens during a hotly contested election. It anointed itself a kingmaker, and loosed itself from the entanglements of democracy to ordain a friendly and indebted king.
The smug conceit of big-government liberalism is that our lives demand supervision by a bureaucratic elite both smarter and more resistant to corruption than we are. The Department of Motor Vehicles has long served as the counterargument. In the court of public opinion, please enter into evidence Exhibit B: the IRS.


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INCREASING numbers of people facing a crisis are turning to foodbanks to feed their families.
Wokingham Foodbank, in Rose Street, has fed more than 1,000 people since it opened its doors seven months ago. Bracknell Foodbank, based at the Kerith Community Church, which opened in 2009, helps about 450 a month.
These are among the many Trussell Trust Foodbanks which have helped more than 900,000 people across the UK over the past 12 months – up from 346,992 last year. Those helped include adults and children, who receive 'nutritionally balanced' food for three days, depending on the size of their family.
Geoff Hallett, a volunteer at Bracknell Foodbank, said: "We help children and adults, and many of these people are experiencing a crisis. We do see 30 to 40 new people each month, and many of their situations would seriously deteriorate if the support was removed.
"I think what we're seeing is the people at the low end of the income scale being hit harder with the cost of food and heating. As the heating goes up, they find they have to meet these bills." Out of the 1,080 people the Wokingham Foodbank helped in its first seven months of operation, 444 were children, and while families are a frequent sight at both foodbanks, single people are also coming for help.
David Atkinson, from the foodbank, said: "We're seeing growing numbers turning to the Wokingham Foodbank for help, which shouldn't be happening in one of the most affluent areas in the seventh richest country in the world.
"Life is very difficult for people on low incomes, and increasing numbers are struggling to make ends meet and are hitting a crisis where they cannot afford food." Food is donated by residents, businesses and community groups.
Anyone wanting food parcels must get a voucher in advance from social workers or other care professionals who work with the foodbanks.
Bracknell Foodbank is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays noon-2.30pm at the Kerith Community Church.
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Regulation and international telecommunications pricing behaviour
Recent technology change and market liberalization have substantially reduced the costs of providing international message telephone services (IMTS). However, the full extent of these cost reductions have generally not been reflected in lower prices. This paper reviews the recent literature on international telecommunications markets, and examines regulation and IMTS pricing behaviour. Particular attention is given to the accounting rate system (ARS), uniform settlement policies, and asymmetric competition. Several market behaviour scenarios are described where regulation has resulted in carriers implementing inefficient pricing rules for both accounting and collection rates. Finally, economic and political strategies are put forward that could supplant the current outmoded and uneconomic ARS, and bring about the full benefits of a freely functioning marketplace to telecommunications users.
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- Frieden, Rob, 1993. "International toll revenue division : Tackling the inequities and inefficiencies," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 221-233, April.
- Scanlan, Mark, 1998. "Using call-back to demonstrate the discriminatory nature of the proportionate return rule," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 22(11), pages 913-930, December.
- Oecd, 1997. "New Technologies and their Impact on the Accounting Rate System," OECD Digital Economy Papers 28, OECD Publishing.
- Ergas, Henry & Paterson, Paul, 1991. "International telecommunications settlement arrangements : An unsustainable inheritance?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 29-48, February.
- Cheong, Ken & Mullins, Mark, 1991. "International telephone service imbalances : Accounting rates and regulatory policy," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 107-118, April.
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Could anyone confirm that by updating Wiikey 2 to the new 1.3 firmware using the update disc the Wii console firmware will also be updated to 4.1 from the disc??
Do you have to update to play NSMB.I don't want to update to 4.2.I have 4.0 right now.
simply rent NSMB at a video store and run the disc update.it will bring you to 4.1
i have 4.0 and i can play NSMB perfectly... i didnt need to update


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When i right click on the table inside the editor contetn area and select table properties/cell properties. i receive this error
Table Wizard Unknown server tag 'dc:TableLayouts'.
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Hello Benjamin,
If you have customized the Table Wizard dialog you might have the user controls locally instead of serving them through the assembly.
In this case, you should get the latest resources (the updated Table Wizard dialog), update it with the customization done and upgrade it in your local resources, where the customized Table Wizard user control is stored.
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Hi Ianko,
i did not customise the TableWizard, but my editor is set to use externalDialog. where can i get the latest resources and how do i update it?
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After installing the new version of the Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX you should have a folder in the Program Files/Telerik path corresponding to the the version. There you can fond all the resources you need. You can also find them in the manual installation package under the EditorDialogs folder.
If, however, you do not have any customization regarding the dialogs, I suggest you to rather use the built-in ones. If you consider doing that, remove the ExternalDialogsPath property and delete the folder that holds the external user control files.
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hi thanks for replying i got it to work.
would like to check how do i set the first row to be the header?
i tried in the accessibilities tab, in the headers section i set row:1 column 2, after that the whole table got the <th> tag with the 1st row in <thead>. so how do i edit the code such that the <tbody> do not have the <th> tag
before setting my table mock up look like this
>header 1</
>header 2</
>cell 1</
>cell 2</
I am not sure which code you refer to in "So how do i edit the code such that the <tbody> do not have the <th> tag".
Basically, if you have a table that has 2 columns and 3 rows it is expected when setting header to be 1 row and 2 columns the entire table to have TH elements.
Not that columns refer to the entire column in the row, not only the first row. So, if you need to have only the first row to be a header, you should select only Rows: 1.


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Among the high-priority items Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan has said the municipality needs is a new hub and transit center for the local People Mover bus system. And the mayor hopes the Alaska Legislature will approve $8.2 million in the upcoming legislative session so the Municipality of Anchorage can purchase the land to build it.
Moving the transit center from downtown to midtown -- onto an 8-acre parcel of land behind the Z.J. Loussac Library -- will benefit Anchorage not just in the short term, but for decades to come, according to Lance Wilber, head of the municipality's Department of Public Transportation.
Wilber said Anchorage is outgrowing the current People Mover hub located at Sixth Avenue and H Street, which is only able to load and unload "three or four buses at a time." The newly-envisioned hub would accommodate 12 buses.
The move of the transit center would make more geographical sense for those changing routes from east and south Anchorage, Wilber and Sullivan both said.
"With the transit center, it makes more sense to have it in the center of your city," Sullivan said. "It makes routes shorter." The mayor added that the move of the transit center has been a discussion for the last couple of years.
The potential design has already been sketched out. "We want it to be on the corner of two streets," said Wilber. "We want it to have a professional, modern look. When you approach this place we don't want it to look like a parking lot with a bunch of buses."
He said he hopes the new transit center's look would blend in with the infrastructure already built or being built in midtown.
The hope is to lease retail space in the potentially 5,000-square-foot building, which Wilber claims will help fund maintenance and costs to run the building. The municipality may also see businesses and housing built adjacent to the new transit center.
Wilber added that just because the transit center may move, that doesn't mean downtown Anchorage will lose its People Mover service.
Contact Megan Edge at megan(at)alaskadispatch.com. Follow her on Twitter @megtedge.


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Though President Barack Obama has made it clear he will not officially endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary, there is no question about who he prefers, according to former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
"I think the president has signaled, while still remaining neutral, that he supports Secretary Clinton's candidacy and would prefer to see her as the nominee," Carney said Wednesday on CNN following Obama's speech to the Illinois state Senate.
Though Carney said the president is "maintaining that tradition of not intervening in a party primary," he added that he doesn't believe there's "any doubt" Obama wants Clinton to win the Democratic Party's nomination for president.
"[Obama] believes she would be the best candidate in the fall and the most effective as president in carrying forward what he has achieved," Carney added.
During his address to the Illinois state Senate, the president seemed to take an indirect shot at Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders, saying there is too much focus on defining who is the real Republican or the "true progressive."
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Spotlight on Reduced Conflict Intersections
The city of Marshall has been awarded a Corridor Investment Management Strategies (CIMS) grant for safety improvements at the intersection of Hwy 23 and Saratoga Street. The CIMS grant addresses motorized and non-motorized safety issues that currently exist at the intersection. The project is being led by the city of Marshall. Want to learn more about the project? Visit the Hwy 23 Saratoga Street Marshall website. Want to better understand how to navigate a reduced conflict intersection? Watch this short video produced by MnDOT.


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SAN DIEGO —— Left guard Toniu Fonoti sat out the Chargers' practice Thursday after sustaining a hairline fracture in his right hand during Wednesday's workout. Coach Marty Schottenheimer said Fonoti will play Sunday against the Denver Broncos.
Fonoti got his fingers caught in someone's face mask, then the helmet was struck, which caused the injury.
Someone joking with Schottenheimer asked how Fonoti, an El Camino High product, would be able to hold with his hand wrapped tight.
"He doesn't hold," Schottenheimer said. "He doesn't have to hold as big as he is."
Fine time
Defensive end Luis Castillo should learn today if he will be fined by the NFL for hitting Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe on Sunday. Castillo drew a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty, a critical third-down mistake that kept Dallas' game-tying drive alive.
"I hope they don't fine me," Castillo said. "I'm a conservative guy, and I don't spend much money."
The NFL seldom lets such transgression pass. In all likelihood, Castillo will be docked $7,500.
Igor's injury
The news wasn't all bad for Castillo. He ran with the first team in practice and all signs point to him making his first NFL start on Sunday, replacing Igor Olshansky.
Olshansky, who has a leg injury, is listed as doubtful. He hasn't practiced all week.
Castillo actually would take left defensive end Jacques Cesaire's spot, with Cesaire moving over to Olshansky's right end position.
Broncos update
Broncos running back Mike Anderson, the former Camp Pendleton Marine, didn't practice. But it was a funeral he was attending, and not his sore ribs, that kept him from working.
Cornerback Champ Bailey (shoulder) was able to go and should be ready for Sunday.
"If I'm in pads during the week, I'm probably going to play," he said. "There's no doubt that I'll probably be out there. As long as I don't have no setbacks I'll be fine."
It's L.T., OK
Denver linebacker D.J. Williams was asked about the Chargers' offensive weapons and who the Broncos need to key on come Sunday.
"Thomas," Williams said.
How about LaDainian Tomlinson?
Quick hits
WR Vincent Jackson (calf) won't play Sunday after not practicing again on Thursday. … If RB LaDainian Tomlinson catches a pass Sunday, he will be able to start a new streak. By not recording a reception last Sunday, it broke his streak of 63 consecutive games with a catch. The only active running back with a longer streak is the Giants' Tiki Barber (118). … There are 2,000 tickets remaining for the Chargers' next home game, Sept. 25 against the New York Giants. Games Nov. 20 against Buffalo and Dec. 4 against Oakland have sold out.


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Try this alluring Roquefort And Asparagus Quiche recipe. An easily prepared recipe, this Roquefort And Asparagus Quiche is a dish which you will always love to serve in your party.
|Roquefort cheese
|3 Ounce , softened (1 Package)
|Chopped green onion tops
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Cream cheese
|6 Ounce , softened (2 Packages, 3 Ounce Each)
|2 , beaten
|2 Tablespoon , softened
|Asparagus spears
|20 , steamed and drained
|Whipping cream
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|Cayenne pepper
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|1 (11 X 7 Inch)
|Black pepper
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|To Taste
Combine Roquefort and cream cheese, butter, and whipping cream; blend with a fork.
Add eggs and mix well.
Put into blender to make smooth; stir in seasonings.
Arrange asparagus in pastry shell and pour cheese mixture over all.
Sprinkle with green onion tops.
Bake at 375° for 30 to 35 minutes or until top is slightly brown; cool.
Cut into 1-inch squares.


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Do you have a favorite dog rescue or shelter? Well we want to know about them & reward them. We are giving 5 lucky dog shelters $600 each of our Fish Stix for dogs.
Each rescue will receive:
150 6-inch fish stix & 100 12-inch fish stix.
250 total fish stix for a total value of $600!!! These are going to make some wonderful rescue dogs very happy!
About Fish Stix
Our Fish Stixs are organic dog chews. Fish Stixs are a new and exciting product that we are happy to bring to you! They are a wild, dried, skate tail (the ones from the ocean). They are very high in chondroitin, which is great for hips and joints. They are also one of the best teeth cleaners out there. And they are all-natural & organic! You can't ask for a better dog chew next to bully sticks of course.
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So here is how the giveaway will work. We will have two rounds. (Nomination & Voting)
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2. Than after a week of entries we will take the top nominations so you can vote on the top 5.
5 lucky dog shelters will each win $600 worth of fish stix (250 stix each)
(one of the large orders we recently received had some sticks that were broken & varied in size, what we would consider 2nds. Well dogs don't know the difference & we are not the kind of company that wastes. So what better than to reward some great rescue dogs with yummy organic "2nds" fish stix.)
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As I keep walking this path in order to become an Instructional Designer, there are a number of things that I carry with me. Probably, the one that I keep closer and review every now and then is "the media debate": does a medium influence learning or is it just a mere vehicle for instruction delivery? The reason why I bring this up is because I have been considering the connection between SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) and learning. Has SCORM anything to do with learning?
If one had to define what SCORM is and does without getting into very technical details, it could be said that SCORM is a combination of a number of related technical standards, guidelines, and specifications that tries to establish a common approach to developing e-learning products (Loidl & Paramythis, 2003; ADL website). SCORM provides a way to deliver e-learning content and systems in different platforms, environments, and learning management systems (LMSs) (Buendía & Hervás, 2006). It's recyclable, including, within every course, a description of the elements used so they can be searched later for new course. By doing this, the goal is to make content accessible, interoperable, durable, and reusable (Newman, 2002).
In order to benefit from all this alleged advantages, courses need to be SCORM conformant or compliant. This seems to be a point in which some developers and practitioners start to question the applicability of SCORM across the full spectrum of areas in education, instruction, and training. As Phillip Hutchison says in his blog, "full-blown SCORM is impractical and unreliable." He supports this statement by pointing out that, although SCORM theorists have provided e-learning developers with a set of guidelines to integrate shareable content objects (SCOs), shareable content by itself is problematic to implement on a wide range of courses unless those courses are developed for the same company, institution, need. Others point out that SCORM's seems to focus on massively cataloguing SCOs into repositories but does not do a good job in helping tutors/instructors to adapt content to specific learners (Bohl et al, 2002).
On this same line, there have been voices that have harshly criticized ADL's initial claim about SCORM being pedagogically neutral and relevant at the same time (Friesen, 2003). This seems not possible since relevance focuses more on the connection of learner to content and, in order to reach neutrality, standards and specifications need to focus on the connection of delivery system to content . For these and other reasons, some, like Aaron Silver does in his blog, are already pointing towards a future in which SCORM, though useful and efficient for what it is meant to do, will not eliminate the need for using other tools in combination.
Has SCORM anything to do with learning, then? Well, I believe that, actually, it does. Using Clark's well known analogy of the truck that delivers our groceries and its influence in nutrition, a question arises when considering the SCORM initiative: What if the delivery truck only brings items from only one food group? Wouldn't this influence nutrition? In this same way, since SCORM imposes a series of technical specifications and standards to e-learning course development, isn't this technology influencing the way instruction works and, ultimately, enforcing a very specific culture of e-learning?
What do you all think?
Clark, R.E. (1983). Reconsidering research on learning from media. Review of Educational Research, 53(4), 445-459.
Bohl, O., Schellhase, J., Sengler, R., and Winand, U. (2002). The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) – A critical review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE02), Auckland, New Zealand, 950 – 951. Retrieved on Feb 8, 2003, from: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/155/702
Buendia, F. and Hervas, A. (2006, July). An evaluation framework for e-learning platforms based on educational standard specifications, In Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, p.184-186. Retrieved on Feb 8, 2003, from: http://koyama.inf.upv.es/joomla/documentosAEEVA/Proyecto/MULTI2006.pdf
Friesen, N. (2003). Three objections to learning objects. In Mc Greal, R. (ed.), Online education using learning objects. London: Taylor & Francis Books Ltd. Retrieved on Feb 8, 2003, from http://phenom.educ.ualberta.ca/~nfriesen
Loidl, R. and Paramythis, A. (2003). Distance education – a battlefield for standards. In Szücs, A. Wagner, E., and Tsolakidis, C., (Eds.) The quality dialogue. Integrating quality cultures in flexible, distance and elearning; Proceedings of the 2003 EDEN Annual conference, Rhodes, Greece.
Newman, T. (2002, December 6). SCORM in a teacup. Retrieved on Feb 8, 2003, from Training Foundation Web site at http://www.trainingfoundation.com/articles/default.asp?PageID=945
Guest blogger: Federico Gomez works as an associate professor for Christian Brothers University in Memphis, where he teaches Spanish language and literature courses. He has a background in Psychology and Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, and he is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Memphis. His research interests include web-based instruction, non-profit training, open-source technology for education, and constructivist approaches to instruction. He would like to work in non-profit related instruction and community building through instructional design in the future.
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Photochroms at the LOC
The good old days on view at the Library of Congress.
Photochroms at the LOC
The good old days on view at the Library of Congress.
Algiers, lighthouse in moonlight
Photochroms were purchased singly and in albums as travel souveniers at the turn of the century. The LOC has over 6000 images in its collection.
I find these images poetic, surreal, inspiring and ultimately melancholic like a Life that accrues and collects about you and is then blown away like leaves before the wind. Where did the world of these images go? Or did it only exist in the eyes of the retouchers and the collectors of such ephemera? And if this is less than temporary, where will your output (collected by no one except maybe Google) be in 100 years —at the turn of the next century? Will it be in some silicon fortress or in the dust orbiting the rings of the planet formerly known as Earth?
Perhaps these charming images predict a mysterious disaster and a subsequent benefit event at which we will not be present. Today (not always or forever) I believe that these are dark and anxious days.
(You can find out how photochroms were made here. Read and be humbled; we stand on the shoulders of a multitude of anonymous giants!)
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Ghent, Palais de Justice
Paris, Worlds Exposition 1900
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The Harvey School girls varsity basketball team ended a two-game losing streak on Monday, defeating Montfort Academy of Katonah, 54-44.
Senior forward Gaby Paulhac of Waccabuc poured in a game-high 21 points for the Lady Cavaliers, who played shorthanded when senior starter Chinasa Nwokocha suffered an injury and did not play in the second half.
Harvey was down another starter, senior guard Rane Prieto, who has missed several games due to an injured thumb.
Paulhac's hot hand and double-digit scoring from senior Abby Hassett of Katonah paced the Harvey attack.
Harvey had a strong first half and led Montfort 26-17 at intermission, but the visitors fought back with a 27-point second half. The Lady Cavs were able to hold on for their fourth win in six games this season.
Paulhac also excelled under the boards, hauling down 15 rebounds. Newcomer Daly Naughton made a lot of contributions, leading Harvey in blocked shots with six, assists with five, and tied for the lead in steals (five) with teammate Ariana Weaver. Naughton also contributed eight points.
The coaches name Paulhac and Hassett as game MVPs for Harvey.
Montfort's Alex Brady led her team with 13 points. Alex Kearney scored nine points. They were selected game MVPs for Montfort.