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Are you ready for some … Tweeting?
It used to be enough to have a beer in hand and a bowl of chips in reach to watch a football game. Now it is a juggling act with drink, snacks and a smartphone.
A recent survey on sports and social media showed that 42 percent of NFL fans and more than half of college football fans (51.5 percent) are using Twitter during games. Twitter activity spikes higher after the game — 62.5 percent for the NFL, 53.1 percent for college football — as fans throw their two cents worth into the social media commentary about what they just watched.
Look for those numbers to increase. Twitter has been in operation for only five years. Facebook has been around longer and is by far the most popular social media for fans to follow and discuss their favorite teams, according to the study by Catalyst Public Relations. It is used for that purpose by 86 percent of NFL fans and 79 percent of college football fans.
It is all part of the social media revolution sweeping through football like wildfire, very rapidly changing the way the game is watched and communicated, for better or worse, by fans, players, teams, leagues and media.
All one big sports bar
Football fans gravitating to social media is in line with the trend throughout society. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center showed that social media is the most rapidly growing online activity, with 65 percent of Internet users interacting with sites such as Facebook and Twitter. That is up from 11 percent in 2005 and about 17 percent as recently as 2007.
Twitter, which debuted in 2006, has had a lot to do with that, and sports fans have contributed greatly to Twitter's meteoric rise. It has enabled fans to gather as if in a ubiquitous sports bar.
"[Fans] feel like they are all together. If they are tweeting with a particular hash tag for that game, they can all comment to each other. These are people who don't even know each other," said Dhiraj Murthy, assistant professor of sociology at Bowdoin College.
In an age when soaring salaries for athletes has driven a wedge between players and fans, social media has provided a counter balance. Many athletes offer glimpses of their lives and personalities through the medium, circumventing traditional media to communicate directly and interact with their fans.
"It's almost as if the athlete is in the sports bar or all the fans from the sports bar are in the locker room with that athlete. You actually feel you are in that space," said Murthy, who has a book coming out next year titled "Twitter: Social communication in the Twitter age."
Players find their voice
While social media gives players a direct voice, they can no longer hide behind the claim of being misquoted. Some have gotten themselves in more trouble with their own words on Twitter than when trusting quotes to reporters. Steelers running Rashard Mendenhall received a strong backlash with tweets critical of the killing of Osama bin Laden ("What kind of person celebrates death?") and ultimately lost a lucrative endorsement deal with Champion sports apparel because of the controversy.
In 2008, Texas center Buck Burnette was kicked off the Longhorns football team after he posted a racially charged comment about Barack Obama being elected president on his Facebook page. More recently, Auburn defensive back Jordan Spriggs got in hot water when he appeared to be soliciting impermissible help with his homework by tweeting: "man who is good at writing papers?????????????? i pay." Response included former Auburn player Antoine Carter's tweet: "u gotta be the dumbest person in the world lol." Spriggs shut down his account.
Zeke Pike, a high school quarterback who has committed to Auburn is already stirring controversy by trash tweeting Alabama followers with remarks such as, "I can tell you're an Alabama fan cause you have no educational skills. It's FAMILY not fambly . . . Something only AU knows about."
The forum does provide players with a chance to interact with fans and show the personality inside the helmet, and a lot of it is harmless. Florida defensive end Lyden Trail became a curiosity with quirky tweets and photos on Yfrog showing him engaged in the fad of planking – posting photographs of yourself lying facedown in unusual locations.
Football's most followed and prolific tweeter is wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (@Ochocinco), who was ranked as the second-most influential personality on Twitter earlier this year by the research firm Twitalizer, trailing Brazilian comedian Rafinha Bastos. Ochocinco, who has nearly 2.6 million followers, is a master of the medium with observations that run the gamut from mundane to humorous to controversial. It will be curious to see how his act plays in New England under coach Bill Belichick, who said recently: "I don't Twitter, I don't MyFace, I don't YearBook."
Dolphins running back Reggie Bush (@reggie_Bush) is second in the NFL with about 1.9 million followers, but a lot of that interest grew during his relationship with Kim Kardashian. More entertaining is Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (@larryfitzgerald). A team-by-team list of NFL players on Twitter, as well as former players, can be found at Tweeting-athletes.com, or visit Listorious.com/NFLplayersfans/nfl-players#
Mum's the word with some coaches
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier recently joined the ranks of social media scrooges when he banned his players from Twitter. "Well, we have some dumb, immature players that put crap on their Twitter, and we don't need that," Spurrier said when he made the announcement in an interview with ESPNU Campus Connection. He pointed out there had been posts containing racial, sexual and vulgar references.
Randy Shannon pulled the plug on the Miami Hurricanes last season following a tough loss against Ohio State "to limit distractions and help them focus." A few days later quarterback Jacory Harris revealed that he had been the target of some racially insensitive tweets after he threw four interceptions in that game. 'Canes players returned to Twitter after Shannon was fired in December, and new coach Al Golden hasn't interfered.
Putting a gag on social media use raises the issue of First Amendment rights, but that hasn't stopped coaches such as Spurrier, Boise State's Chris Peterson and New Mexico State's DeWayne Walker from muzzling their players. They consider it within their rights in light of the ages and often questionable judgment of college players.
Even teammates were aghast when Utah wide receiver DeVonte Christopher referred to Boise State as "Girlsie State" before the schools met in a bowl game. It showed that inflammatory bulletin board material can be produced in 140 characters.
Blowing whistle on in-game tweets
Chad Ochocinco was the primary inspiration for the NFL adopting a policy in 2009 prohibiting players from posting on social media sites during games (beginning 90 minutes before kickoff and extending until the end of the postgame interview period). Not surprisingly, the chatty receiver was the first to violate it, drawing a $25,000 fine during last year's preseason. Antonio Cromartie was the first player fined for speaking out on Twitter when the Chargers docked him $2,500 for complaining about the training camp food in 2009.
While always wary of controversy, the NFL recognizes the value of social media to its bottom line. The survey by Catalyst Public Relations showed that 40 percent of fans became more avid in support of their favorite team since they began following it via social media. And 43 percent said the advertising they see on social media affects them more than those on TV and radio.
Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of corporate communications, said the league embraces social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
"It has had an effect on our entire business as it relates to driving fans to attend games, watching more games, interacting during games. ... It also helps drive their engagement with nfl.com, the NFL Network all of our different businesses," McCarthy said. "It is also a golden age for fans."
NFL all atwitter about social networking
When the NFL was considering moving the college draft to prime time and spreading it out over three days, it used Twitter to solicit input on the idea from fans. The response was immediate and positive, and provided verification to move ahead with the switch from the two-day weekend format in 2010, McCarthy said.
"It's an instant focus group in many ways where we can gather feedback from fans for some major initiatives," he said. "We see the opportunities, but we also have to be mindful of longstanding policies that serve to protect the NFL as it relates to our core values, the integrity of the game and long-term business interests."
That is why the NFL views YouTube differently than Facebook and Twitter, and draws the line at anyone posting footage of game action. That became an issue this preseason when footage of Dolphins practices apparently shot by fans showed up on YouTube, and the team took steps to prevent a recurrence.
The Dolphins do have a Facebook page with more than 800,000 followers that dispenses information about the team including Finsiders video interviews with players and coach Tony Sparano.
Tweet up some razzle dazzle — or not
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll invited fans via Twitter to send suggestions for the first play of the exhibition season.
That it yielded a handoff that went nowhere was disappointing, but Carroll is the leading example of a coach hip to social media. He has nearly 500,000 Twitter followers @PeteCarroll. Much of that was built at USC where he was an early disciple of Facebook and Twitter. He even hired a former player and journalism student to manage the Trojans' social media sites.
Since moving to the Seahawks, Carroll has continued to use the medium to involve fans and drive interest in his team. Before the 2010 draft he invited them to engage in a guessing game about who the team would draft using song titles. It proved to be a clever smokescreen that revealed nothing, but it generated considerable playful interaction.
Recently, Carroll has been jousting on Twitter with University of Washington coach Steve Sarkisian (@CoachSark), and claimed to have hacked into the Washington athletics Twitter account. Hard to imagine such frivolous interplay when granite men like Lombadi and Shula prowled the sidelines.
NCAA puts onus on schools
The scandal that brought down coach Butch Davis at North Carolina sprang from comments and photos on Twitter that raised suspicions of players receiving improper benefits from an agent. Among the NCAA charges against the Tar Heels was the failure to "adequately and consistently monitor the social media activity" of its players.
The NCAA leaves it to schools to ensure their players avoid trouble on social media. A company called UDilligence has been assisting and capitalizing on that need since 2008. More than two dozen colleges subscribe to their service, which uses software to monitor players' posts and profiles on social media for matters pertaining to compliance (agents, boosters, etc.) as well as references to profanity, racial slurs, sexual connotations, and mentions of weapons, drugs and alcohol.
The software can detect more than 400 red-flag words. Schools pay up to $5,000 a year for the service, a bargain to avoid an NCAA investigation. The athletes must install the software, thereby agreeing to the intrusion.
With schools paying more attention to the dangers of social media in the wake of the scandals at UNC and Ohio State, another company has stepped in to assist. VarsityMonitor bills itself as full-service solution to ensure compliance with current and future NCAA expectations on social media monitoring.
New frontier for recruiting
The NCAA banned coaches from sending text messages to recruits in 2007. One reason was that unlimited texting plans were less common then, and all those coaches' texts were running up recruits' phone bills.
Since then, the NCAA has seemed like a sedan from the past century billowing a trail of blue smoke on the social media expressway. Its rules on recruiting and social media foster more confusion than clarity.
No texting? Yet, coaches can send private messages directly to recruits on Facebook and Twitter during permissible periods. They cannot, however, send public messages, or post on athletes' Facebook walls.
Last year the universities of Florida and Mississippi received slaps on the wrists with secondary NCAA violations for coaches posting on Facebook walls of recruits.
In addition, NCAA rules state: "If a coach becomes aware that a recruit has elected to receive direct messages as text messages on a mobile device, the coach must cease communicating with the recruit through the social networking site." Good luck enforcing that.
When Lane Kiffin was at Tennessee, he prematurely announced the commitment of defensive end J.C. Copeland on Twitter. That's another NCAA no-no.
A recent rule change allows coaches to double the number of telephone calls they can make to a recruit. The problem is, today's teens much prefer digital to voice communication. The Pew Internet and American Life Project determined that the average teenager sends 50 text messages a day
"One of the things I've found was basically that students don't really like using the phone in the traditional way," Bowdoin sociology professor Murthy said. "Students prefer sending an e-mail and getting a response by e-mail."
Jumping through loopholes
These days football recruiting has taken on a frontier feel, with coaches looking for fresh trails through the social media wilderness while trying to avoid running afoul of NCAA sheriffs.
They're all looking for shortcuts. An ESPN report last month said that coaches are using Skype as a loophole in the rules. It facilitates a face-to-face videoconference that counts the same as a phone call.
While the process may be confusing to coaches, it is easy to see why the NCAA may be overwhelmed trying to regulate it with countless zealous supporters of various schools using the medium to try to sway prized recruits to their favorite team. Who can really be sure of who is lurking behind all of those Facebook faces?
It all got to be too much for C.J. Johnson, a blue-chipo linebacker from Philadelphia, Miss., who announced he was shutting down his Facebook account and that he would not be attending Mississippi State because of all the comments that turned recruiting for him into "a living nightmare."
Clearly, social media is where you connect with young athletes. Among teens age 14-17, 82 percent use social networking sites, according to Pew.
One site that standout high school players are using to their advantage in shopping their talents to colleges is YouTube. There are recruiting web sites that post player highlight videos that can be viewed by recruiters, such as rivals.com, scout.com and newcomer Reelplaymakers.com.
But the advent of YouTube has in the past five years given athletes the opportunity to post their own highlight videos instantly and have them viewed by a wide audience. A dramatic example in South Florida, American Heritage-Plantation running back Sony Michel became a YouTube sensation as an eighth grader in 2009 because of a video showing him dominating varsity competition. That video has been viewed more than 60,000 times, and there are now numerous other videos of Michel showcasing his football and track skills.
Whipping up college spirit
The University of South Florida is an example of a school that has recognized the benefits of using social media to build fan support and involvement with its teams. USF launched the Horns Up! network this summer to engage fans and reward them for their support.
Devised by the social action platform Multiply, Horns Up! gives fans a chance to earn points, badges and compete for prizes. Extra credit is given to fans for connecting Horns Up! to Facebook and Twitter accounts. It will give USF a clear picture of its fan base to aid in fine-tuning marketing strategies.
Media accelerates the message
Many Gators fans learned of the hiring of Will Muschamp when Tim Tebow tweeted, "Welcome to the Gator family Coach Muschamp!" although it was preceded slightly by a report on SaturdayDownSouth.com.
When Muschamp kicked Janoris Jenkins off the team following the All-SEC cornerback's second marijuana arrest, he announced it on Twitter.
Gone are the days of reporters guarding scoops until the morning papers hit the streets. News travels like lightning now, and it can come from players, coaches or fans.
Social media has dramatically changed how the traditional media operates. At the first hint of news, it goes out on Twitter. Once the story is posted online, writers and editors promote it on Twitter and Facebook in the modern version of the newsboy screaming, "Extra, extra, read all about it."
"We are able to report with immediacy, and from the beginning of time, that's what journalism has always been about: Get out the news when it's news," said Michael Anastasi, president of the Associated Press Sports Editors. "Now it's instantaneous. It's changed the rules of the game for us, too, in terms of we have to think carefully about what we tweet. There are very few editors involved, so the responsibility has increased for reporters to make sure they are right, accurate and first."
As with athletes and coaches, the medium carries pitfalls for journalists who tweet before they think. Last year, Mike Wise of the Washington Post tweeted a bogus item about quarterback Ben Roethlisberger being suspended to make a point about how quickly an apparent news tip will be repeated without verification in the rabid social media age. It was, but the hoax cost Wise credibility and a month-long suspension.
The practice of re-tweeting can be problematic when something a journalist reposts for information value is interpreted as an endorsement of a viewpoint.
While social networking has made it possible for news to reach around the world in the click of a tweet, it has greatly complicated the business of disseminating news. It is no longer enough to report a story, it must be repackaged for various platforms, Anasatsi said.
Facebook is where young readers increasingly look for news. According to SocialMediaToday.com, Facebook now has 590 million unique visitors a month, while Twitter has 97 million. In reporting the survey, the social media authority offered this bit of perspective: "The combined daily circulation of the Wall Street Journal, USAToday, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post equals only 36 percent of the average daily unique visitors (19 million) of Facebook."
Another change social media has brought to sports reporting is evident in press boxes being much quieter since the Twitter craze began. No longer are writers shouting out pithy comments during games to one-up their peers. They're all too busy typing wisecracks and observations via Twitter.
Where does it go from here?
The only consensus is that social media's role in football will continue to change at the rate of a hurry-up offense. "It's this juggernaut that keeps growing and growing," Murthy said. "Just like any new communications technology — like with the telephone — uptake becomes quite rapid. And once it becomes pervasive, it's a bit of a snowball effect, so it takes over."
Already, smartphones and tablets such as iPad are pushing the personal computer in the direction of dinosaurs. According to comScore, 69.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in February 2011, up 13 percent from the preceding three-month period. NPD Online Research found that 83 percent of smartphone owners use them to send e-mail and 76 percent for browsing online. About half are using them for social networking.
Anastasi sees opportunity there for news organizations to create apps around big games, such as Florida-Florida State, or each game of the NFL team they cover. For a small fee, football fans could upload the app to get all the stories, stats, photos and video reports about the game.
"I would think it would be something people would want and be willing to pay for. We live in a culture where people are more than willing to pay 99 cents for a single song," Anastasi said.
McCarthy said the NFL is exploring ways to use new technologies to enhance the game experience for fans. Last season Dolphins owner Stephen Ross introduced FanVision, enabling fans to watch the game they are attending and several others on a 4-inch high-definition screen. Initial success was modest as only 11 other teams agreed to make the gadgets available in their stadiums. The Patriots countered with Yinzcam, a smartphone app offered free to those in their club seats and suites for the same purpose as FanVision without having to carry an extra device.
"Anyone who tells you what is going to happen in the next few years [with social media technologies] is probably lying," McCarthy said. "It's more about trying to guess what is going to happen in the next few months."


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In our experience, Karuizawas for Taiwan are usually top drawer; this 1970 is a bit of an anomaly, but then, you can't win them all. Next time, we'll check out another geisha – without paper cranes, mercifully – and an old demon. Pleasant company, surely…
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Apple looking to hire new SoC designer
posted by Michael H. / Oct 03, 2012, 3:45 PM
A complete redesign isn't exactly something that Apple is known for, as the company tends towards evolutionary moves (although marketed as revolutionary), but bringing in a new hire could mean anything. Just look at what happened to Android design with the single hire of Matias Duarte.
So, if any of you out there happen to have 10 years experience in SoC design, Apple may be willing to give you a lot of money for your services.
source: Apple via TechCrunch
30 Comments
1. XperiaFanZone
Posts: 2277; Member since: Sep 21, 2012
It looks like Apple is asking for more trouble.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 3:47 PM 4
6. darkkjedii
Posts: 30833; Member since: Feb 05, 2011
Y is that
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:36 PM 1
16. chaoticrazor
Posts: 2347; Member since: Aug 28, 2012
actually id like to know how too
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:38 PM 0
2. Seymur unregistered
iPhone 5 is 1300 EUR in my country, i wonder if anyone still buying this thing with its stupid build quality that's even worse than Nexus 7's
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:04 PM 11
23. pikapowerize
Posts: 1869; Member since: May 03, 2012
actually the aluminum back is the only thing that is not pleasant on the iPhone... but build quality is superb! have you seen the drop test between s3 and iPhone 5? s3 broke down on the 2nd test while iPhone got only scraches.. im not fanboying here.. i only said that coz i saw it!
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 8:36 PM 1
25. PapaSmurf
Posts: 10457; Member since: May 14, 2012
Everything else thats on it is the same as it was in 07. Idk how people buy the same phone every year and not realize that it's not worth it. But its their choice I guess.. Whatever makes them happy.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 9:52 PM 3
27. pikapowerize
Posts: 1869; Member since: May 03, 2012
you're absolutely right! i really hate when people hate people who bought an iPhone... i mean its their choice and they love it.. that makes them happy and besides its their money! and their life!
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 10:21 PM 1
28. rusticguy
Posts: 2828; Member since: Aug 11, 2012
What i bother about most is how much money i have to "actually drop" from my pocket and not these drop tests which are just for academic interests with no practical value because when you accidently drop a device you don't drop it the way these tests are done. Probability of device going out of service after an actual drop these days is same for all in nrealtime scenario. Rest everything about build quality is marketing stunt. So if i can save $500 (India) and get SIII instead of IP5 (or even Note II) why would i ever bother about IP5? Who cares if it 's aluminium or polycarbonate... a case is needed in any case for all and on an average phones are replaced in ~3 years here (India)
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 10:39 PM 1
4. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
"So, if any of you out there happen to have 10 years experience in SoC design, Apple may be willing to give you a lot of money for your services. " Wrong place! Everytime Apple tries to take something into their own hands it becomes to an fail so, I won't be expecting from that much.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:07 PM 1
7. darkkjedii
Posts: 30833; Member since: Feb 05, 2011
Amazing that a company that's such a failure is #1 n the world based on market cap value.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:38 PM 2
12. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
Who cares in which place Apple is while such things are happening. People are buying real products not companie's fame or place in an statistic table...
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:08 PM 1
14. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
Usually after new smartphone release you can check YouTube and find customers complaints about one or two main problems. But when I have searched for "iPhone 5 Problems" in YouTube, I was SHOCKED, I have found so much people complaining about so much different iPhone 5 problems. Not one or two main problems but DOZENS of different problems! Maybe it is just me, but I have never before saw so much complaints about such big amount of different problems for one single smartphone after so short time after release! There is a bunch of different screen problems like a flickering, bad screen sensitivity, even yellow marks on the screen or flashing. There is bunch of complaints about antenna problems. There is complaints about Ambient Light Sensor problems. There is complaints about various sound problems. There is complaints about purple tints in pictures. There is complaints about iPhone 5 scratches out of the box. There is complaints about WiFi problems. And so on and on... And I'm even not talking about iOS 6 or Apple Maps problems... And you know what is the most pathetic in this case, that Apple already knew about some of these problems even before release. For example about build quality problems they knew even before release but they just dont care about that... Watch video: "Foxconn Worker Claims New iPhone 5 is Poorly Made"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
And you know what Apple's response is the same as always: "IT IS NORMAL!"
Purple tints on Apple iPhone 5 pictures is the camera's normal behavior or iPhone 5 scratches out of the box are also normal...
And everyone who don't believe what I say about all these problems and or think that I'm just trolling, just go to YouTube and search for "iPhone 5 Problems" also you can find many complains on Google, just Google for it! ;)
And please don't say that I'm trolling because:
1) It is my opinion.
2) It is based on real customers complaints out of the internet.
3) It is based on many articles in different web sites.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:11 PM 3
15. gallitoking
Posts: 4721; Member since: May 17, 2011
you wont believe my next statement... every iphone has problems and customer compliants. but the shocker comes.. they keep buying Apple. 95% customer satisfaction.. you can find the 5% in you tube the 95% dont post just enjoy their device..
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:25 PM 1
17. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
Yes, gallitoking, I know about that and it is SHOCKING!!! I'm also sorry to say that but in my opinion it just proves theory that the big part of people buy iPhone just because of brand name. :( P.S. Have you bought iPhone 5? If yes, then what is your experience with it?
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:38 PM 2
18. romeoc1984
Posts: 25; Member since: Sep 12, 2012
Your also just crying...Just dont buy anything Apple. Simple as that.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 6:08 PM 0
20. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
No, I'm not crying, I'm just discussing and state the fact.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 6:56 PM 1
22. PhoneArenaUser
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But it is not fake story created by me. :D
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 7:19 PM 0
31. Hemlocke unregistered
The A6 is an in-house design, and it is far from a failure.
posted on Oct 04, 2012, 6:02 PM 0
5. yowanvista
Posts: 341; Member since: Sep 20, 2011
In few years - Apple: "We totally reinvented the processor with our blah blah stupid tech.." and also don't forget all those square IC's will now have rounded corners and woe to the chip designer who packages their IC's with rounded corners!
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:36 PM 2
8. Nathan_ingx
Posts: 4767; Member since: Mar 07, 2012
Designer for SoC?? The A6 chip is fine enough Apple. What you really need is a designer for LoD (Read 'Look of Device')! :P
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9. ilia1986 unregistered
Dear Apple Better hire a lifeguard. Because recently you've been drowning in FAIL. Sincerely yours - your ex-customer. P.S. Galaxy S3 kicks ass!! :D
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 4:42 PM 5
11. Apple_Royally_
Posts: 42; Member since: Sep 15, 2012
Apple needs and requires this, cause what they do is quality and no like others. Today chips are always laid out using advanced CAD, like software, the designers say he wants x cache y. and z cores and the software automagically creates a chip. Hand drawn CPUs on the other hand are painstakingly laid out by chip designers. Thats why its so expensive. Apple would never use qualcom or omap. obly best will do. Exynos.
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13. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
And I'm sure that you don't understand about what you are tolking about. ;)
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 5:10 PM 1
19. mail2ankit82
Posts: 3; Member since: Jun 12, 2012
What your are saying is utter crap and totally wrong. Guess you do not anything about the Hardware industry and do not even know the difference between a CPU and a SoC "Hand drawn CPUs on the other hand are painstakingly laid out by chip designers" - Are you seriously kidding???? PS: Coming from someone who has worked on many CPU and SoC teams.
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 6:28 PM 1
24. pikapowerize
Posts: 1869; Member since: May 03, 2012
they should hire those people from TI... since TI will exit Mobile Chips making! so i think they should use their talent as part of apple... they should use their talent in short! they shouldn't hide it.. TI cant stop them!
posted on Oct 03, 2012, 8:38 PM 0
30. IHateApple
Posts: 122; Member since: Sep 26, 2012
Really? You better get a good camera lens maker, a better design maker and a better iOS designer. You have vertical integration and use it for nothing but $#!T!!!
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Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
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Date: Jan. 11, 2012
Contact: Scott Allen or Rhonda Burke
Phone: (312) 353-6976 or (312) 353-4807
U.S. Department of Labor
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Release Number: 11-1820-CHI
US Labor Department finds S & H Pallet Industries of Waveland, Ind., in violation of child labor regulations after wood notcher severs 17-year-old worker's arm
WAVELAND, Ind. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has found S & H Pallet Industries in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act's child labor provisions after a 17-year-old worker's arm was severed in an accident at the Waveland-based wood pallets manufacturing plant. An investigation revealed that the company employed six minors, including an 11-year-old, in violation of federal law. The company has filed a timely exception to the civil money penalty assessment and requested a hearing before an administrative law judge.
"Employers who hire our nation's youth must comply with federal and state regulations intended to keep children safe in the workplace," said Patricia Lewis, director of the Wage and Hour Division's Indianapolis District Office. "The severe injury suffered by this 17-year-old boy is a tragic reminder of what can happen when children are permitted to operate hazardous equipment in violation of the law."
The 17-year-old was operating a power-driven wood pallet notcher when his glove became caught in the machine, which severed his right arm above the elbow.
Acting upon information received by the state of Indiana's Department of Labor regarding an injury to a minor, the Wage and Hour Division conducted an investigation of the company's employment practices, which determined that all six minors employed at the plant regularly were permitted to perform prohibited hazardous tasks, such as operating power-driven band saws, circular saws, nail guns and other power-driven woodworking machines.
The FLSA establishes a minimum age of 18 for workers in those nonagricultural occupations that the secretary of labor finds and declares to be particularly hazardous, or detrimental to their health or well-being. The company specifically has been cited for allowing minors to operate woodworking machinery, a violation of Hazardous Occupations Order No. 5. It also has been cited for allowing employees under 16 to work in manufacturing occupations, employing a minor under the legal age for employment and failing to maintain date of birth records for minor employees.
Civil money penalties assessed to S & H Pallet Industries total $82,514. The Labor Department's Child Labor Enhanced Penalty Program, as established under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, allows greater penalties to be assessed in cases involving violations of child labor provisions that cause the death or serious injury of a minor.
For more information about the FLSA and other federal wage laws, call the Wage and Hour Division's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243) or its Indianapolis District Office at 317-226-6801. Information also is available online at http://www.dol.gov/whd.
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Neal Ford recorded an interesting podcast recently, and it's definitely worth a listen, but there's one point I want to raise - it could be a point of actual disagreement, or "violent agreement", but whatever kind of point it is, I think it matters.
Neal brings up the fact that the same programs can be written in any language which is Turing-complete, so the choice then becomes not "which language can I write this program in?" - because you can write it in any language - but "which language gives me the best options in terms of power and efficiency?"
This question overlooks one of the fundamental design principles of Ruby. First and foremost, Ruby was designed to be enjoyable to program in. In one of many Web interviews, Matz said:
Because of the Turing completeness theory, everything one Turing-complete language can do can theoretically be done by another Turing-complete language, but at a different cost. You can do everything in assembler, but no one wants to program in assembler anymore. From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ—but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
Instead of emphasizing the what, I want to emphasize the how part: how we feel while programming. That's Ruby's main difference from other language designs. I emphasize the feeling, in particular, how I feel using Ruby. I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
The question of "which language gives me the best options in terms of power and efficiency?" is deemed less important in this set of design principles than the question of "which language gives me the best feeling while I program?"
In Japan, the distinction between craft and art is blurred at most, possibly nonexistent. Japanese theories of art (and craft) often involve principles of harmony and balance. We might debate in America whether programming is an art or a craft, but if you've got one word for the same thing, you're asking whether programming is an artcraft or an artcraft, and the answer, obviously, is "Yes, you idiot." So to say harmony and balance matter in programming might seem esoteric or self-indulgent in America, but it's as obvious in Japan as saying that the sky is blue.
Harmony and balance make you feel good. American Rubyists frequently take up all the points of Ruby's power, expressiveness, and efficiency, but they don't seem to register the point that Ruby was designed to make you feel good. Even Rubyists who want to explain why Ruby makes them feel good often fail to mention that it was expressly designed for that exact purpose. Neal does this in his podcast.
Neal's podcast is mainly about JRuby. JRuby is a first-generation American - a child born here of one foreign parent, Ruby itself. I'm a first-generation American too, and even though I have two human, English parents, rather than one Japanese parent made of code, I think I feel JRuby's pain here. So I'm just going to tell you - every first-generation American sees this happen all the time. Some idea from another country or culture disappears like mist scattered by winds unless Americans already have a synonym for it. If they don't have a word for it, they don't have a box to put it in, and the idea just falls through the cracks.
It's not even an American thing. Everyone who really learns a new spoken or written language - a regular human language - discovers new ideas they didn't previously have words for. Conversely, anyone who tries to tell somebody about an idea, when that person has no word for it, faces an uphill struggle at best.
The idea that a language should be designed from the ground up for the purpose of providing you with an experience of harmony, calm, and enjoyment is fundamentally alien to American programming culture, and when American programmers discuss why they prefer Ruby, the fact that it was designed for their enjoyment vanishes from their own vision even when it's right in front of their eyes. The closest equivalent we have in this country is an idea that the language was designed to be fun - which is similar, but not the same thing. It implies toys, rather than Zen gardens.
David Heinemeier Hansson is one programmer who understands this aspect of Ruby. Maybe it's a Danish thing. In Rails' early days, he made an effort to publicize it, although that's fast becoming obscured in history as Rails turns into the thing everybody uses.
The thing that everybody uses is always a hot topic in technology. People like arguing about "why you should program in Language X." But it's not really about why you should program in X. It's about why I'm going to program in X, and why I think you might enjoy it too. If the number one principle behind designing Ruby is enjoyment, then the number one principle behind using Ruby should be enjoyment too.
Don't program in Ruby because you want power or efficiency. Don't program in Ruby because you think you "should", either. Program in Ruby because you like it. And if you don't like it, don't program in it. Religious wars over programming languages are just silly. The messianic zeal of Christianity's shameful Crusades a thousand years ago still lingers on in Western culture, and one glaring example is the ludicrous idea that there should be one true language or one true editor, or one ring to rule them all. It's much better when programmers can work in multiple languages, multiple editors, and multiple environments. Diversity is healthy for ecologies. This is a point Neal makes in his podcast - he calls it polyglot programming, which is to say multilingual programming. He calls it a positive trend, and I agree.


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FREEPORT — After the initial shock of an almost $300,000 environmental permitting process for sports fields proposed on Hunter Road, the town is now seeking alternatives and hoping to reduce cost.
Town Engineer Albert Presgraves met with state Department of Environmental Protection officials last week and discussed alternatives that would meet the department's standards, but hesitated to put a new cost on the project.
"It's going to cost something more than zero," Presgraves said Monday. "The important thing is that DEP is going to be flexible about how we meet our storm-water requirements."
With the alternative plans, Presgraves said, they hope to create additional parking space for the fields.
"We should be able to get additional parking for the site, which is needed," he said. "Because we're going to get benefit, some cost for storm-water treatment seems reasonable."
Development of the athletic fields, which are now generally used for soccer but also accommodate other sports, was debated at length in February by the Town Council. In the end, the council blocked zoning changes that would have allowed a plan by the Topsham-based youth soccer club Seacoast United to develop 12 acres of the fields for an indoor and outdoor sports complex.
Despite the council's action, the proposed project, and minor development of the land by the town afterward, triggered a state environmental review for a site permit.
The council had the choice to either pay for the permitting, with initial consulting costs that excluded construction at a maximum of $40,000, or divest their interest in the land and give it to Regional School Unit 5.
The transfer to RSU 5 would have removed the need for a permit, which is only required if a single entity owns multiple pieces of contiguous land, creating a "common scheme of development."
But in July, councilors killed the land transfer, voting 6-1 against transferring the seven-acre section of the 60-acre parcel to RSU 5. This action saved the property for the town, but also obligated it to pay for the environmental permit.
The town-owned land, adjacent to the Hedgehog Mountain recreation area and the town transfer station, is made up of two sections developed for athletic and recreational use, with an undeveloped center section.
The council sought an extension for the permit at a July meeting and had hoped to become a state-sanctioned environmental protection delegate. This move would have given the town permit-granting authority and the ability to conduct environmental reviews, dramatically lowering costs.
But the deadline to become a delegate for the project had already passed.
The latest cost estimate, which covered the DEP permit fee, consulting for the permit application and construction of a storm-water retention pond, was $270,000 and would have likely pushed $300,000 with legal and other costs, Council Chairman Jim Hendricks said.
"I was a little shocked by that one," he said about hearing the estimate last month. "From what we were told by the consulting engineer and the town engineer is that there's no problem to fix. At best we might be slightly improving runoff."
The next proposal for the permit application, which is in the conceptual stages right now, will likely be less expensive, according to said Mark Bergeron, director of the DEP's Division of Land Resource Regulation. But it would still include some form of storm-water filtering system, such as a rain garden.
Bergeron said the only way for the town to avoid the costly permit would be to divest ownership or decide to not develop the land any further. Even without the extra parcel, he said, the town is close to the developed land-area threshold that triggers permitting.
Although there is no hard deadline for the application to be complete, the town and DEP will review a preliminary application in mid-January or early February, Bergeron said.
Hendricks said the council will probably discuss the fields and the permit at a meeting in January.
"A good outcome would be hopefully a lesser price tag and hopefully improve on the property with more trails, parking or a connector road to the other fields," Hendricks said, noting those were some of the ideas from a September community planning session. "Hopefully we'll be able to accomplish one of those items."


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Jay-Z stays winning. The enterprising rapper has officially become a licensed NBA agent. Ron Berkowitz, a rep for Roc Nation, confirmed to ESPN that Hov can now represent b-ballers in the NBA.
There's no official word on when Jay-Z can actually start signing players, but it certainly elevated his position at his sports agency Roc Nation Sports. The firm reportedly is looking to sign Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant, who left his agent, Rob Pelinka, a couple of weeks ago.
So far, Roc Nation Sports roster includes New York Yankees baseballer Robinson Cano, New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith and WNBA player Skylar Diggins.
Earlier this week, Jay-Z celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his 40/40 sports club franchise in New York.
Jay-Z's new job hasn't slowed him down on the music side. The rap mogul is set to release his new album, 'Magna Carta Holy Grail,' on Independence Day (July 4).


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As Thanksgiving approaches, Five -0 investigates the murder of a secret service agent just as the President travels to Oahu. Also, McGarrett's Aunt Deb visits, bringing with her a shocking secret, on HAWAII FIVE-0, Friday, Nov. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Chi McBride as Captain Lou Grover and Carol Burnett guest stars as McGarrett's Aunt Deb. Photo: Norman Shapiro/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Hull talisman Jimmy Bullard made a goalscoring return to action in the club's reserves last night.
The key midfielder has not featured for the Tigers since suffering knee ligament damage in the defeat at Aston Villa on December 5.
Manager Phil Brown had hoped the 31-year-old would be fit to rejoin the club's Barclays Premier League relegation battle before the end of January.
That assessment proved optimistic but Bullard is now closing in on a return and could make the trip to Everton on March 7.
He stepped up his comeback by playing for an hour and opening the scoring in Hull's 3-0 reserve victory over Wigan at North Ferriby.
Bullard struck after flicking up a tapped free-kick and volleying home in the first half.
His outing was reminiscent of the last time he came back from injury and scored for the reserves in October 2009.
He returned to first-team action soon after and sparked an upturn in the club's fortunes with a series of performances that earned him he Premier League player-of-the-month award for November.
His latest injury led to fears of another lengthy lay-off after two major knee operations since September 2006 but the problem affected his other knee and was not as serious.
With Hull not in Premier League action this weekend, Bullard will now hope to feature in a friendly against Galway United on Friday.


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Good news and bad news for fans of the trashtastic Real Housewives of Atlanta. The hit reality show is in pre-production for its third season. The bad news? The buzz is that NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak have become so demanding, producers are looking to replace them:
According to a source, Leakes and Zolciak are demanding more money to appear on the show than Bravo cares to dish out — and producers are so fed up with their diva-esque requests, they're quietly making plans to move on without the two. "Bravo has been taking meetings with some notable and wealthy Atlanta women about possibly joining the show," says the insider. "They're trying their best to keep the process under wraps, but they're gearing up to make a major move in the third season." The insider dishes that the newest Southern socialite will either join the already-rowdy Atlanta crew as a sixth housewife — or replace NeNe or Kim. While a final decision hasn't been made, one Atlanta lady who viewers won't be seeing on the show is Tameka Foster Raymond, better known as Usher's ex-wife.
Kandi Burruss, the newest addition to the cast, has become the most popular and her future on the show is a given. Oh and Sheree Whitfield's once tenuous spot is reportedly secure ever since her catch phrase "Who gonna check me, boo?" ascended into the pop culture zeitgeist.
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State Democratic chairman Dan Parker said Bloomington cafe owner Tamyra d'Ippolito failed to submit the needed 500 signatures in the 7th Congressional District. The Marion County voter registration office said it received just three signatures for her by Tuesday's deadline.
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It is easy to be critical of prayer, particularly the prayers of others. Robert Murray McCheyne's words are often cited because they remain painfully true: "You wish to humble a man? Ask him about his prayer life." Our prayers …Read More
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I've been looking at the book of Malachi because of the similarities of that time period and today. For a bit of background, the Israelites had returned to Jerusalem after their Babylonian captivity. They had completed the rebuilding of the temple and the walls around the city. Times were hard. They were struggling to build up a city of independant people. And to make matters worse, since they were under Persian rule they had to pay taxes.
Time went on and the people murmured. The priests, who were suposed to be the voice of God, who were supposed to warn the people when they disobeyed God, were themselves being disobediant. Worse, they were teaching falsehoods to the people. Sorta like some do now. They were in the business for themselves, to pad their own pockets. The people turned from God's ways, and questioned Him. God, why do you allow this to happen? Why do you not hear our prayers? Why have you abandoned us? A lot like today, I think. Well, in Malachi He answers the people, loud and clear, and that answer holds true for today.
Malachi is actually a love letter from God to an unrepentant nation. It begins with with the Lord answering the unrecorded question of "Why don't you love us?" He begins with "I have loved you." Apparently they balked at that because God went on to explain how it was that He did, in fact, love them. This is the famous "I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated."
The way I interpret this, is that Esau thought little of what God gave him, which was his birthright. He casually threw it away as if it meant nothing and was of less value than a bowl of soup. What exactly is a birthright? Back then it was everything. It meant authority and leadership. It meant your future. For lack of a better word, it meant your destiny. Spiritually speaking, it is all that the Lord Jesus offers us, when we are born again, and this, I think, is why God said that he hated Esau. He was tossing out the spiritual offering for one of flesh.
He goes on to address the priests who apparently have questioned God's treatment of them. God answers with, "A son honors his father and a servant his master. If I am a father where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? It is you, priests, who show contempt for Me."
wow - powerful words. He goes on to uncover the mess they have made of worship. They offered blemished sacrifices to God and kept the best for themselves, then wondered why God ignored their prayers. But you know, the thing is, God wanted their love. Their sacrifices showed what was in their hearts. They were performing their functions out of duty, not love. He wanted them to want to be with Him. It's what He wants today. How can man turn cold toward the Creator of the universe? How can we let our fires grow dim? We do - and always have. Even 400 years before Christ came men were shaking their fists at God, asking why He was so unfair to them. And all that time, and this, God is waiting, waiting for us to return to Him.
In chapter 2, verse 17 He says, "You have wearied the Lord with your words, by saying all who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord and He is pleased with them." or, "Where is the justice?"
Sounds like today with all those that claim that God is to blame for everything. What a decadent time we live in. All the atrocities that happen on a daily basis, the immorality, the accpetance of filth and smut in our homes via televion and magazines and books and entertainment venues. We sit back and say that it must be ok because Joe down the street does the same thing and he goes to the same church I do, so if it's ok for him, then it's ok for me. We rationalize our sins and lifestyle. All the while, God is wanting us to return to Him.
You know, in this book God says to return to the wife of your youth. Ever wonder what that means? Remember how it was when you first fell in love and that person was the whole world to you? How she/he stared intently into your eyes when you spoke and laughed at all your jokes and held your hand at all the right moments. Remember how they were the center of your universe and all decisions were made with that one person in mind because you didn't want them left out of anything? Of course He is talking here about hating divorce but it is becasue of what divorce means. It is the breaking of a covenant, which is abhorrent to God. But God's word has layered meanings as well. He does not want us to break from Him. He wants us to return to Him, as to the love of our youth, full of passion and fire and loyalty.
The book of Malachi is a prophetic book, announcing the coming Savior, and the second coming. It is a warning of judgement. It is a book of love, proclaiming God's love for us, and His desire for his people.
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Sean Gerold Doing His Part for Monon Bell Victoryby Jim Amidon • November 9, 2004 Share:
Sean Gerold grew up seven blocks from Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium. As a boy, he says he could hear the Monon Bell ring off in the distance and hear the sounds of the huge crowd when there were big plays.
But he never attended a game until he became a football recruit for Wabash College.
"Since I was a little kid I wanted to go to Wabash," the 6-4, 280-pound offensive lineman says. "I wasn't sure if I would be good enough to play football, but I sure wanted to go to Wabash."
He came to Wabash as a tall, somewhat slow tight end out of Crawfordsville High School. He overcame some injuries, hit the weights, and was moved to the offensive line. His dreams of attending Wabash and playing football had come true.
By his sophomore year, he was a mainstay on the Little Giant team that went 12-1 and advanced through the Division III playoff quarterfinals. He was a long snapper and backup tackle on that team, and earned his first collegiate start in the playoff loss to eventual national champ Mount Union.
In 2003, he was a regular on the offensive line. (Photo above shows Gerold, number 66, celebrating a TD with Aaron Lafitte.) He was proud to earn a start in the Monon Bell Classic.
"Getting to start in last year's Bell Game was awesome," he said. "Winning the game was great; winning on DePauw's field and knowing that I played a part in it was just incredible."
Sean, whose father, Gregg, died when he was a senior in high school, had become a walking, living example of "local boy doing well" at Wabash. Gerold even earned a couple of letters as a thrower on Coach Rob Johnson's track and field team and is pursuing a history major.
He approached his senior season of 2004 with vigor. He worked out religiously and was the unit leader of a young, but experienced offensive line.
Then, in training camp, he got the news that his career was over. A significant lower back injury made it too dangerous for him to continue to play. Doctors told him that if he continued to play he could risk a potentially devastating injury.
"It was just a major bummer when we found out Sean couldn't play," said Coach Chris Creighton, who recruited Sean and was amazed at his development as a person and a player. "He's handled the situation about as well as any player could," says the coach.
Instead of running off to hide, Gerold recommitted himself and approached the coaching staff about the possibility of serving as a student assistant coach. The coaches were thrilled to have him.
"Sean has gone above and beyond what we imagined," said Creighton. "He's not an injured guy just trying to help out here and there and stay a part of the program. He's been with us all year and he plays a major role on this team.
"I certainly hope it's been a valuable experience for him."
In Saturday's 111th Monon Bell Classic, Gerold will be on the sidelines wearing his jersey number 66. He'll keep the players focused and continue to work with offensive line coach Mark Jozwiak. Even if he can't be a part of the actual game, he is committed to helping send the seniors out with a win.
"Having the opportunity to coach has been great preparation for me since I want to someday become a teacher and coach," says Gerold. "Coach Creighton just means so much to me. He's brought me into the coaching staff as an equal. I can't say enough about what he means to me."
Sean Gerold would certainly rather start on the field against DePauw's Tigers this weekend. But he's confident in his accomplishments and focused on being a positive role model for younger players. And what a good example he has been.


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iPhone Apps With iAd Integration Appear In The App Store
We've noticed that at least two popular iPhone apps – Showtimes and Yellow Pages (but not related to yellowpages.com)- have updated their apps over the last couple of days to support Apple's iAd advertising platform.
Both of these apps are built by Avantar, LLC and rely heavily on advertising, and especially for Showtimes, iAd's emphasis on video ad content should fit right in with Showtimes' movie content.
While a number of apps have started to roll out iOS4 updates, iAd integration seems to be slower to this point. Though iAds doesn't officially launch until July 1, the fact that we're just seeing these integrations now could mean a couple of things. First of all, it could just be that developers have been focusing on iOS4 updates, putting iAds on the back-burner, especially as they still have a dozen days before the platform launches.
Another possibility, is that a number of developers plan to stick with AdMob (if they can) and aren't interesting in iAds. A third possibility is that developers are in a wait-and-see mode right now with iAds, and aren't interested in being involved until the platform/ad network matures a bit.
Of course, with both of these apps, we can't see how the iAd integration works yet as the platform isn't live, but we'll make sure to check back on July 1 to see how slick the integrations are.
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An Evolution of Street Photography Featuring the Genre's Biggest Names
We're big fans of street photography around here, which is why we're excited that The National Gallery will be presenting a related exhibition featuring images from some of the genre's biggest names. Walker Evans, Harry Callahan, and Bruce Davidson are just a few of the artists who will be featured in I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938–2010. The National Gallery was kind enough to preview some of the work featured in the show with us, which you'll be able to see in person when the exhibit opens on April 22 (running through August 5). Past the break, we've shared several of Evans' subway photos, which prove that the dour expression commuters often wear has been around since the 1930s. Callahan's extreme close-ups of people out and about capture a curious sense of urban malaise, and Davidson's cast of characters is highly entertaining. Click through for a closer look, and visit the National Gallery's website for more information.
Walker Evans, Subway Portraits, 1938-1941, National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Wilmerding Fund


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Featured today are the candidates for the Committee on Public Policy Undesignated Seat #4: Jill Koyama and Sarah Ono.
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I study public policy as a field of activity, offering a cultural analysis that captures the complexity of policy processes. These ethnographic investigations are situated across three strands of inquiry. They are: the productive social assemblages of policy and practices; the controversies of globalizing policy; and the politics of language and newcomer policy. My research focus has moved from policy explicitly created to influence schooling, to the macroeconomic regulations and transnational maneuverings, such as immigration policy, that continue to impact the inequities in education and society.
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I am ever so grateful for the support that I have found in the Blogosphere. I know I don't always email back, but you should believe me when I say....I love you all. You have helped me get through this year. You have helped me support myself and my son...and not just financially but emotionally, as well. So many of you, I just know I would hug if we met...and someday, my head will not be in the clouds and I will reach back to you.
I sought to change things in my classroom in 2012. I felt that I had control there. I revamped my room and by doing so, I changed it for the better. I am more in tune with the Common Core....but I will never lose sight of what my students need. They absolutely need to learn but they also need to love school. I feel that I am succeeding within my classroom. I have always loved teaching; however, this year has made me love teaching in a greater depth.
I just finished up my newest unit. It is Transportation...ya know, one of my favorite units of the year...LOL. Anywho, I just know my little Kinder-Hoppers are going to love the centers! There are a total of 14 centers (7 math and 7 literacy), each with a response/worksheet that corresponds. Here are some pics...
It has been a while since I posted just some free stuff and for that I am sorry. I wish I could just put everything for free, and hopefully one day, I will be able to go back to that. For now, I am putting up a few penguin things that I created a while back, as always, I hope you find something you can use within your classroom! Click on the images below to download :)
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