text: Steve Holden wrote: > This does, of course, assume that you're importing modules from the > filestore, which assumption is no longer valid in the presence of PEP > 302 importers. Well, you need to allow for a sufficiently abstract notion of "filesystem". I haven't really thought it through in detail. It just seems as though it would be a lot less confusing if you could figure out from static information which module will get imported by a given import statement, instead of having it depend on the history of run-time modifications to sys.path. One such kind of static information is the layout of the filesystem. -- Greg


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Hey guys!
I was testing Chrono Cross and I found out that during FMV cutscene's the audio skips. It happens about once every 5 seconds and seems random.
When I play the game from CD this does not happen.
Anybody else experiencing this?
I'm playing on a PAL system connected to a RGB monitor. Video mode NTSC.
Chrono Cross FMV audio skip
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Same here.
Pal system with latest firmware.
Tried all XA/CDDA modes.
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Re: Chrono Cross FMV audio skip
The skip also happens with the NTSC-U version but it's very minor and not at all a skip compared to FF8 or Koudelka. A minor annoyance if anything but still very playable. Thanks for filing a report!!!
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
Translation of rotund in Spanish:
redondeado, adj.
- The nascent temperance movement, too, is suggested by the rotund whiskey jug placed prominently in the foreground.
- Serving pots for coffee retained the tall tapered look of their Arab counterparts, while tea pots retained the squat, rotund shape initially seen in China.
- The approached a strange formation in the side of the cliff: a large, rotund tunnel dug deep into the side of the mountain.
2euphemistic, humorous(corpulent)voluminosorechoncho
- The rotund man left the railing to rush down a set of stairs leading to the main deck until he stood toe to toe with the much smaller Bard.
- Not waiting for the guard to finish, Mel ran towards the sickroom, with the stuttering guard and rotund matron trailing behind.
- He was, as predicted, both grumpy and enormously rotund - so fat, in fact, that the cameraman had to give serious thought as to how to shoot him.
- After about an hour, I think I hear one of the receptionists, a rotund lady with bushy red hair, call out my name.
- They entered, and a small, rotund man stood up and greeted them.
- The population there is much different, filled with gloriously rotund men and women, fat beyond belief.
- The rotund and lawyerlike Taft did not enjoy a happy presidency.
- A short and rotund figure waddled onto the stage.
- And just for good measure, he is given distinct abilities from his shorter, rotund brother.
- Just as she reached the stairs to enter the house, an ugly gelding cantered to a stop and the rotund rider ungracefully dismounted.
- He was a small, rotund old man, but he knew his trade well.
- They didn't even look like they would support her rotund body.
- He has often been called the king of the slow burn, the incremental building up of rage until his entire rotund body explodes in anger.
- The four youngest were rotund and grimy like their parents.
- Armstrong whirled around and saw a rotund man with a large cigar and a beard come storming across the bridge.
- Despite his rotund appearance, the professor was physically fit to the point of being rather scary and unnatural in his movements.
- Two beady eyes set too far apart regarded them lifelessly, head cocked to the side to expose what little neck the rotund man had.
- Her rotund frame was crowded onto a porch swing, her naturally white hair colored, poorly, I might add, red.
- A bit rotund, she seemed very centered on her relatively small pillow.
- The rotund woman compressed her lips, 'Secrets must not be shared.'
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Steven Gerrard has confirmed he will link up with LA Galaxy in the summer, and he intends to help them win more silverware.
The Liverpool captain announced last week that he will leave his boyhood club at the end of his contract, which ends his lengthy association with the Merseyside giants. When revealing his decision, he stated that he would not even consider joining another English side, and he was then immediately tipped to head to the United States to ply his trade in the MLS.
And this has indeed proved to be the case, after confirming on Wednesday that he has agreed a deal with LA Galaxy. Gerrard, who won 10 major honours with the Reds including the UEFA Champions League in 2005, will follow in the footsteps of his former England international pal David Beckham, who spent five years at the Stub Hub Centre after joining in 2007.
Galaxy, who have won the MLS Cup five times and the MLS Supporters Shield four times, will welcome Gerrard in July. And speaking to their official website, the midfielder said: "I'm very excited to begin the next chapter of my career in the United States. The Galaxy are the most successful club in Major League Soccer history and I am looking forward to competing for more championships in the years to come.
"My discussions with (coach) Bruce Arena and (president) Chris Klein were extremely positive. The future of the team is very bright. I am committed to helping the LA Galaxy compete for trophies and to having an impact in Los Angeles and I will give my all for the club. In the meantime, I will continue to give everything for Liverpool for the remainder of this season before joining up with the Galaxy."
Prior to this announcement, Gerrard revealed he would have signed a new contract at Liverpool had one been tabled during the summer on the back of a 2013-14 campaign in which he scored 13 Premier League goals. Not securing his services could yet come back and haunt the Anfield club, who witnessed their skipper score twice against FC Wimbledon in the FA Cup on Monday night.
"If a contract had been put in front of me in pre-season I would have signed it," the 34-year-old told the Liverpool Echo. "I'd just retired from England to concentrate all my efforts on Liverpool. I didn't want my club games to be tailored. My injury record had been fantastic for the past two and a half years and I had a great season from a personal point of view last season.
"It's all ifs, buts and hindsight now. That period between the summer and the end of November gave me thinking time. There's no blame and I'm not angry about it. There are other people in the squad and the club had other things to worry about. There is no finger pointing from me towards the manager [Brendan Rodgers] or anyone else at the club."
Is LA Galaxy a good move for Gerrard, or could he still cut it in one of Europe's top leagues? Let us know what you think by joining the discussion below.


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The reporter didn't correct himself, forgetting to mention that the wall that Banksy addressed actually divides Palestine from itself *not* just Israel from Palestine.
The Palestinian population and its leadership are essentially unanimous in opposing the barrier. A significant number of Palestinians have been separated from their own farmlands or their places of work or study, and many more will be separated as the barriers near Jerusalem are completed. Furthermore, because of its planned route as published by the Israeli government, the barrier is perceived as a plan to confine the Palestinian population to specific areas.They state that Palestinian institutions in Abu Dis will be prevented from providing services to residents in the East Jerusalem suburbs, and that a 10-minute walk has become a 3-hour drive in order to reach a gate, to go (if allowed) through a crowded military checkpoint, and drive back to the destination on the other side.
In any event, Banksy went to town with his unique style:
He followed up the street art with a more traditional painting of Jesus & Mary unable to get to Bethlehem because of the Israeli wall:


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The Future, According to Google's Results
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Today's XKCD comic explores the future using the top Google results for queries like "by the year *", "by <year> *". According to Google's search results, one year after the 2012 Apocalypse, "microchipping of all Americans begins". In 2014 "GNU/Linux becomes the dominant OS" and by the year 2020, HTML5 is finished and "newspapers become obsolete and die out".Here's the entire future timeline, which includes prediction about Android,...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Top Google Apps in 2010
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Here's a subjective list of Google services that were launched or were significantly improved in 2010:10. Google Scribe - a service that shows autocomplete suggestions as you type. It will probably become as popular as Google Suggest and Google Translate once its integrated with other services.9. Voice Actions for Android - an application that lets you control your phone using your voice. You can call your contacts, send email, get directions, listen to music, write notes and go to a...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Google Suggest Venn Diagrams
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Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator is a visualization tool for popular Google searches. Enter an incomplete query, replace one of the keywords with "X", add three options for "X" and the tool will find the overlapping suggestions.For example, if you enter "How can I get my X to", where "X" is: "wife", "cat", "dog", you'll find overlapping suggestions like: "How can I get my {wife, cat, dog} to lose weight", "How can I get my {cat, dog} to gain weight".Hacker News readers came up with a...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Gmail Auto-unsubscribe Search
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Gmail has a feature that lets you unsubscribe from a newsletter or a mailing list when you report one of the messages as spam."You'll see the unsubscribe tool when you mark a message from particular types of mailing lists as spam. If the particular message is a misuse of a mailing list you like to receive, you can Report spam as usual. But if you never want to receive another message or newsletter from that list again, click Unsubscribe instead. We'll send a request to the sender that...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Gmail's Security Checklist
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Gmail's support site has a security checklist that's useful if you want to make sure that your Gmail account is secure. There are some obvious tips like updating your operating system and your browser, but Google also posted some advanced tricks:1. "Check the list of websites that are authorized to access your Google Account data. Make sure that the list of authorized websites are accurate and ones that you have chosen. If your Google Account has been compromised recently, it's possible...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Gmail to Use More HTML5 Features
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Computer World reports that many of the upcoming Gmail features will use HTML5. Adam de Boor, a Gmail engineer, said that Google's goal is to make Gmail load in less than a second."If the browser supports CSS3, Gmail will render the pages using these specifications, rather than its traditional approach of using the Document Object Model (DOM). The company has found that using CSS3 can speed the rendering time by 12 percent. (...) Gmail will also make use of HTML5's database standards. Now,...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Alternatives to Google's Dictionary Links
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Google Search used to have a handy feature that linked to the definitions of your keywords. Google initially linked to Dictionary.com, then it switched to Answers.com and to Google's dictionary service.The latest redesign removed this feature, but you can use some workarounds:1. Use the Merriam-Webster subscribed link, which adds the definition of your query after the third Google search result.2. Type [your-keyword definition] in the search box and Google Suggest will show the...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Google's Animated Doodle
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Google's US homepage uses an animation to celebrate Isaac Newton's birthday. After loading the page, an apple falls from the tree to illustrate Newton's theory of gravity.It's the first time when Google uses an animated doodle on its homepage. Now that users got used to the fade-in animation that exposes Google's navigation links, Google will try new ways to make the homepage more interactive. ...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
On Google's Unofficial Dictionary API
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Google Dictionary has an undocumented API that's used in Google Docs. You can obtain a JSON output using a URL like:http://www.google.com/dictionary/json?callback=dict_api.callbacks.id100&q=test&sl=en&tl=en&restrict=pr%2Cde&client=te(replace test with your favorite keyword).A developer built a Chrome extension that used Google Dictionary API to display the definitions of a word without opening a new page. A few days after releasing the extension, Google asked the...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Google Explains What a Browser Is
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Google found why people aren't eager to change their browsers: they don't even know what a browser is. Some think that the browser is actually a search engine, others are convinced that the only way to browse the web is to click on the big blue E from the desktop.To explain Internet Explorer users that there are better alternatives out there, Google started with the basics: a short introduction to web browsers. "The web browser is the most important piece of software on your computer...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
New Themes for Google Chrome
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If the first batch of Chrome themes didn't include too many beautiful themes, you can now choose from a gallery of 95 themes designed by top artists like Jeff Koons, Yulia Brodskaya or Wes Craven. "We invited leading artists, architects, musicians, illustrators, filmmakers and fashion and interior designers from around the globe to create artwork for an unusual canvas: the modern web browser," explains Google. Apparently, the artists worked for free.Chrome's themes are loaded almost...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Gmail Increases Maximum Attachment Size to 25 MB
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Now you can send bigger attachments in Gmail, as Google increased the maximum attachment size from 20 MB to 25 MB."With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 25 megabytes (MB) in size. Please note that you may not be able to send larger attachments to contacts who use other email services with smaller attachment limits. If your attachment bounces, you should invite them to Gmail," suggests Google.For some reason, Gmail's Flash uploader doesn't allow me to upload files that are...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Google Noticeboard
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Google Noticeboard is a new service from Google Labs India that intends to improve the way Indian communities share information online.Google Noticeboard is an application that helps people access and share information over the Internet using public digital noticeboards. Using Google Noticeboard, communities can access a variety of relevant information. People can create text messages or record voice snippets and post them to one or more noticeboards. Typically each digital noticeboard...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Will Gmail Come Out of Beta?
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Five years after its release, Gmail is still a beta application. Gmail continues to add significant features, but most of the interesting ideas are now in Gmail Labs: tasks, offline Gmail, sending SMS or adding iGoogle gadgets.It makes sense to add experimental features in the Labs section and remove the "beta" label from Gmail's logo. Felipe Zamorano, a reader of this blog, noticed that the Gmail logos created for some of the themes have two versions: one that includes "beta" and another...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Translate PDF Files and Office Documents
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This seems to be a recent change: Google Translate can now be used to translate PDF files and Microsoft Office documents. Google first converts the document to the HTML format and then it displays the translated HTML file.The nice thing is that Google converts the documents on the fly even if they haven't been indexed by Google. Just paste the address of a document in Google Translate's textarea and wait until the translation shows up. Unfortunately, the service is not well-suited for...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »
Google Spreadsheets to Add Macros, Drawings
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Google Spreadsheets, probably the most impressive application from Google Docs, tests some interesting features that are currently experimental and limited to trusted testers.One of the features lets you record macros for common tasks. Instead of repeatedly selecting the formatting for a cell or a group of cells, you can record the sequence of commands that perform the formatting and click on a button to use the macro.Another feature, code-named "Sketchy", allows you to insert...தொடர்ந்து படிக்கவும் »


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Hourly Drop-in Daycare and Reserved Infant Care
We are happy to accept infants 6 weeks to 17 months on a drop-in basis, however due to nursery capacity, we recommend that you make reservations in advance to ensure a spot for your infant. Reservations will not be held beyond the reserved time. Failure to cancel a reservation the day before your reserved time may result in loss of reservation privileges.


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An exhibition of poems by writer in residence Katrina Naomi has gone on display at the Parsonage until 31 May. The poems are the result of Katrina's time spent exploring in the archives, working with visitors and observing the daily life of the museum. The exhibition takes the form of a series of text installations within the historic rooms of the Parsonage.
The exhibition coincides with the publication of a new collection of Katrina's Brontë poems, Charlotte Brontë's Corset, which is on sale in the museum shop.
Katrina's poems are fresh and surprising and examine the Brontës' possessions for clues about their lives; the sisters' stockings, Patrick Brontë's feather quill and Branwell's drinking chair for example. But Katrina is also fascinated by the museum and many of her poems explore life behind the scenes of the Parsonage museum. We have displayed Katrina's poems alongside the objects that inspired them and we hope that they invite visitors to think about the collections in new ways too. (Jenna Holmes, Arts Officer)
The writer's residency took place as part of the museum's Contemporary Arts Programme, which with the support of Arts Council England has been running a series of events showcasing and celebrating women's writing. As part of her residency, Katrina delivered a special creative writing project with the Together Women's Project in Bradford.
Katrina will be reading a selection of her Brontë poems at the first Brontë Festival of Women's Writing which will take place at the museum in September.
Her first full collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake was recently published by Templar Poetry, priced at £9.99.
Her first full collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake was recently published by Templar Poetry, priced at £9.99.


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First, let me say thank you to all who came Tuesday to watch Kings of Pastry. We watched (sometimes on the edge of our seats) as grown men toiled, cried, and molded sugar to wear "the collar." For those of you who came and wanted to follow-up on Jacquy Pfeiffer, Hanson Watkins of Indie Candy sent me this link on what has happened since filming the documentary. For those of you who could not make it Tuesday, you can request the film through the Jefferson County Library System, and the main copy is at the Hoover location.
Up this month, is Anne Zimmerman's look at M. F. K. Fisher's life, loves, accolades and tragedies in An Extravagant Hunger. The author pulls the tablecloth out from under Ms. Fisher's bold knife and fork, and details the good, bad, and beautiful dishes that punctuated every moment of her extraordinary life. The author adequately channels all the fire and passion M. F. K. Fisher displayed in her published writings. Before you think you don't have time to read this before February 12th, it is a quick and raucously good read. I tore through it in about three days. Maybe less.
The February meeting will be Tuesday, February 12th at 6:30pm at O'Henry's Coffee in Brookwood Village in the loft area. Please note the time change to 6:30pm. Hoover Library still has a hard copy available, however, the next available copy at Mountain Brook is due back 2/5.
Next month, we'll be getting our wine fix with Jay McInerney's, The Juice.


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There are lots of things Paul Walker will be remembered for: His daredevil spirit. That Cheshire cat grin. A California bro ease.
But it's his work in the "Fast and Furious" franchise that Walker will most be associated with on the screen. Over the weekend, scores of fans bid their own farewell to the actor in "Furious 7," watching him for the last time as Brian O'Conner, the family man who also fights international villains as part of a street racing crew.
But Walker's history with the franchise is a complicated one. The actor nearly quit the series -- and Hollywood altogether -- numerous times during the 12 years he worked on the "Furious" films.
He recounted his origin story with the franchise during a phone conversation we had in 2011. It was the only time we ever spoke. (I was supposed to meet him just a week after he died to talk about an independent film he'd done called "Hours" -- a non-meeting I'm not sure I'll never stop thinking about.) At the time, "Fast Five" had just been released and had done far better than anyone expected, putting the series back on track at the box office.
His journey with "Furious" began in 2000, shortly after he'd finished filming "The Skulls," a thriller about a corrupt college fraternity that maybe 10 of you saw, with Universal Pictures. The movie's director, Rob Cohen, and producer, Neal Moritz, asked Walker what he wanted to do next. He said his dream project would be a mash-up of "Days of Thunder" and "Donnie Brasco" -- something in which he could be both an undercover cop and a race car driver. So the filmmakers brought him a Vibe article they'd found about undercover street racing in L.A.
"They said, 'You'll be racing as an undercover cop in this world,'" Walker recalled during our telephone conversation. "I wanted to sign on immediately and they were freaking out. If I had the same opportunity today, I'd overthink it and probably squander it. But I was younger and impressionable and I wanted to work. They came at me and I was 24 years old. I had just recently had a child out of wedlock. I wanted to have fun and I needed to put a roof over my baby's head. Getting to hang out with my friends and support my baby seemed like a ridiculous scenario."
But the actor said Cohen (who would direct "The Fast and the Furious") and Moritz (who has produced all seven movies in the franchise) knew he "was apprehensive about being 'the guy.'" So, he said, the filmmakers assured him they'd find a strong supporting costar to take away "some of the pressure and insecurity of, 'Oh, I'm supposed to be cool in this.'"
Enter Vin Diesel. Diesel had a burgeoning acting career courtesy of the science-fiction actioner "Pitch Black," and the filmmakers thought the pairing would be a good one. They were right. "The Fast and the Furious" was a huge hit, grossing more than $200 million worldwide in 2001 dollars.
Walker said the studio immediately approached him about making a sequel, and that he met with director John Singleton, who'd been brought in to helm the second film, and Tyrese Gibson at a W Hotel in Los Angeles. He said he liked them and liked the idea of filming in Miami. But there was trouble making Diesel's deal, and the actor opted not to star in "2 Fast 2 Furious."
Then, with the third film, "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," "there was politics, studio stuff, a regime decision," Walker said. He and Diesel made a cameo in the movie but had effectively dropped out of the series.
So when they were asked to rejoin the franchise for its fourth installment? "I thought it was stale," Walker said. "They were talking about my involvement with the fourth one and I was like, 'Are you kidding me? Really?' Obviously, we made the first one that catered to pop culture and a youth-driven audience. But trends shift overnight with that audience. Nine years later, I really questioned if there was even an audience anymore."
Moritz couldn't convince him to come back, he said, so Diesel gave him a call. This would be the first true sequel, Diesel assured his friend. They'd come in, knock this out and be done with the franchise.
"So I thought: 'Why not?'" Walker said.
Walker would have some more reservations. His daughter, Meadow, had just moved from Hawaii -- where she was living with her mother -- to California to be with Walker, and he wanted to concentrate on fatherhood as well as other pursuits, such as working with wildlife and running his charity. But he eventually signed on -- in part, he said, because of the opportunities it granted him to push himself physically.
He said he also related to the fans who came up to him and told him "because of you, I wasted all that money on that Civic in 2001." He was that guy too.
"The franchise raises questions about 'What is the car?'" he said. "Really, it's today's horse -- it's the white horse, and it symbolizes a lot for guys. It's a rite of passage. I'm a ride. I'm a man. I can provide for myself and put gas in the car."
It was, tragically, also what caused his death: a Porsche Carrera GT 5 -- a car known for its phenomenal speed. One he couldn't wait to go for a ride in.
Walker has been gone for more than a year now, but almost any time I think about his death I feel like crying. "Furious 7" provided an outlet for those emotions. The movie theater was the only place where it somehow felt OK to sob over a movie star most of us never met.
While he was ambivalent about the franchise at times, the "Furious" movies ultimately held a lot of meaning to Walker too.
"The franchise has allowed me the freedom to grow at my own pace," he said in our chat. "My priority is being the best dad I can be and the most well-rounded person I can be. This franchise granted me the opportunity to sit back and collect myself and learn a better-balanced life."
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International QS Stars approval for GCU
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has received an international seal of approval from QS Stars™.
The University's Glasgow School for Business and Society has been awarded four Star status through the QS Stars Business Schools' rating system.
QS Stars conducted an in-depth School evaluation, covering a range of key performance indicators from employability to facilities and teaching quality.
The final report includes five Stars for internationalisation and diversity, the School having scored 94 out of the 100 available points.
This recognised the more than 90 different nationalities represented by the student body and a high number of academic partnerships with business schools worldwide.
Five Stars were also awarded to the BA (Hons) International Business, the School's flagship undergraduate programme which enables graduates to gain a strong foundation in international business and develop a specialism in Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Tourism or Languages.
Assessment of the popular programme included maximum points for its staff-to-student ratio and work experience opportunities, whilst 93% of its students are in work or further study within six months of graduating.
The School also benefits from the £30million redevelopment of GCU's Glasgow campus, which includes a new 500-seat lecture theatre and informal working areas for students.
Professor Toni Hilton, Dean of the Glasgow School for Business and Society said: "The QS Stars rating is further evidence of our commitment to provide our students with a first class student experience and prepare them for excellent careers. As the University for the Common Good, we take particular pride in offering a range of degree programmes which have wide international appeal and which address the fundamentals of corporate responsibility and ethical leadership."


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Lessons on personal cleanliness and hygiene are taught form early childhood itself and so Sexual-Hygiene it is natural that everybody follows these lessons to some extent throughout their life. But when we enter into sexual contacts, we do not bother about hygiene and cleanliness as we are not aware about its importance. But if you can spend a few minutes you can keep your genital organs and the connected areas clean and hygienic which will help you to improve the enjoyment of the sex and also will be helpful in preventing bacterial infection itching etc. Some important guidelines about sexual hygiene are furnished below.


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Whether you just landed or are a born and bred Singaporean, if you see this post, chances are that you're looking to learn Mandarin in Singapore. What's the best place?
Actually, there isn't one best choice to recommend everyone. It depends on many factors.
The Chinese courses directory on Yago allows you to narrow down the options based on the type of course (full-time, part-time, private, online) and location (East, Central etc.).
But how to decide what type of course? Or which school is more suitable? This post covers the most important things to think about when making a decision.
Factor 1: How much time do you have? What is your schedule?
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The most entertaining explanation received so far for the mysterious transformation of the Mary Poppins Birthplace Statue from facing west to facing east was published in the Southern Highlands News. It was offered by sisters Gabrielle and Rosanna Smyth.
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Jet Set Men currently offers 240 multiple-scene DVD titles, 139 of which are exclusive Jet Set Men titles and the other 101 DVDs are from Latin Heat, Collin O'Neal, Dolphin and Raw Entry Club, plus 1 title from Toy Boxxx. Till almost the end of 2012 the site was updating 1 DVD at a time, but this year (it's 2013) the site is adding 1 scene at a time, with between 7 and 13 days between each update. The videos are available to members as streaming Flash full scenes that are shown at about 854x512; quality ranges from average to good. A handful of scenes are offered in "Blu-Ray" and are shown a little bigger than the rest of the video fare.
The movies are available for download, but require additional payment to either download to own or to rent for 48 hours. Paid members get discounts on download credits and new, first-time members get one free download credit.
The site also offers over 1200 photo sets. Each scene has associated pics presented as thumbnailed galleries. Each set consists of either digital stills sized at about 500x750 or screencaps; the newer digital stills are good amateur quality, the older pics run anywhere from below average to fairly good. Each model's page also offers a gallery of digital stills - in most cases these are solo galleries with anywhere from 5 to over 20 good amateur quality digital stills. The pics here are not available as a downloadable zip file, but you can save individual images.
When it comes to issues, there's a couple things worth mentioning. First, when another reviewer and I streamed the videos, they spent a lot of time buffering, which would negatively impact a visitor's enjoyment. Also video scenes can only be downloaded with the purchase of download credits. It's understood that this could be a means to better control a person's access to the site's content by limited the amount of it that can be downloaded at any one time; this gives the feeling that a member has to pay twice. The site exists as a streaming site combined with an online store rather than being primarily an actual 'membership' site.
One last thing that isn't really an issue is that non-members must sign up for a free account in order to view the preview pics for each scene. To be fair, the free membership doesn't require a credit card.
Jet Set Men is a well-known gay porn studio, and their website offers up their hottest hunks, twinks, daddies and college boys from their films. These are from their own video library and from additional studios, as well. There are currently 240 DVDs on offer, each with several scenes, and the site is currently adding a new scene about 3 times per month. While there's a lot of content featuring men who love sucking cock and fucking, some BDSM and fantasy scenarios plus hot jackoff action, the movies are streaming-only; members who want to download them will have to rent them online or buy them. Explore and search Jet Set Men and eventually you'll see your desires unfold for you, and maybe they'll get a laugh out of you, too, while you blow your load.


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Purcellville VA lies in western Loudoun County, in the heart of the beautiful Loudoun Valley in Northern Virginia. It's a major population center, having 9,000+ residents, and growing. Originally named the "Village of Purcell Store", after its first postmaster, Old Train Depot, Purcellville was settled in 1764. This small town was located along an ox cart path which later expanded into a historic turnpike known as The Great Road. The Village was officially named Purcellville on July 9, 1852 and 56 years later it was incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly in 1908.
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In 1785, The Great Road became an authorized turnpike and the system moved westward from Alexandria to Snicker's Gap and then on into Berryville and Winchester. The town took Leesburg's place as the beginning of the stage route until the railroad was extended to Round Hill in 1875. By 1832, traffic through Purcellville was increasing and in 1874 became a stop along the W&OD railroad, carrying supplies and goods to the eastern countryside. The rail line ran from Alexandria to Purcellville. In 1904, Southern Railway constructed the historical Purcellville Train Station. It was on the W&OD Railway from 1912 until it closed in 1968, with passenger service ending in 1951. The rails were removed and a viable trail was made for the public to enjoy their biking and hiking. The first section opened in 1974 within the City of Church Falls.
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Proving to be a great source of exercise, the trail would eventually be completed to Purcellville in 1988. The historical train station was restored and serves as a resting, bathroom spot along the W&OD Trail and has a small social room that can be used for gatherings or meetings. Today, there is 45 miles of asphalt and 32.5 miles of crushed stone and dirt bridle paths for trail users to enjoy. The W&OD was designated a National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1987. Preserved by rich Virginia history the old W&OD Trail and Train Depot and Bush Tabernacle is a perfect mix of historic charm and modern amenities for the enjoyment of residents and frequent visitors alike.
Purcellville During the Civil War
During the Civil War, several marches and chases went through Purcellville but the town sustained no major damages. In 1900, a disastrous fire eradicated all of their business district, ruining all of its earliest architectural heritage. Only to be followed by two more in 1914, but through the citizen's determination and dedication to their heritage, it has been rebuilt and their downtown area has expanded.
Purcellville's Agricultural Heritage
Following the war, the region rebuilt itself on its numerous dairy farms and farming. Farming remained the main occupation for several generations but with the urban growth coming from the east, it lost its prominence in the valley. Today, ranked 20th in the overall agricultural production in Virginia there is still a strong presence. Wheat, corn and beans are their staples while the berry production is growing dramatically, ranked 1st in the state. Christmas tree farming and livestock production are also major agricultural venues.
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Panthers Agree To Terms With Pairby Staff Writer / Florida Panthers
SUNRISE – Florida Panthers Executive VP & General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has agreed to terms on one-year contracts with LW Eric Selleck and C Casey Wellman.
Selleck, 25, played in 71 games for San Antonio last season registering nine points (5-4-9) and a team leading 204 PIM. For his professional career, the Spencerville, Ont., native has played in 138 AHL contests for Rochester (2010-2011) and San Antonio scoring 10 goal with 15 assists and 418 PIM.
Wellman, 24, was acquired by Florida from the New York Rangers on July 20. He has played in 41 career National Hockey League contests, all with Minnesota (2009-2012), registering 13 points (4-9-13). He appeared in 14 games with the Wild last year recording seven points (2-5-7) before being traded to New York on Feb. 3.
The Brentwood, CA native also split last season playing for both Houston (AHL) and Connecticut (AHL) scoring 23 goals with 24 assists in 57 games played. In nine Calder Cup playoff games with Connecticut, Wellman ranked tied for the club lead with nine points (4-5-9). He has played in 99 career AHL games for Houston (2010-2012) and Connecticut (2011-2012), scoring 37 goals with 82 points.
The Panthers are set to open the 2012-13 season Oct. 13 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and will raise a Southeast Division Championship banner in a pre-game ceremony. Select lower-bowl season tickets are available for as low as $30 now by calling 954-835-PUCK or clicking to FloridaPanthers.com and single-game tickets will be on sale later this summer.
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ASHBURN, Va. – While much of the focus in Baltimore this week has centered on the availability of Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (torn right biceps), it's been business as usual for the Washington Redskins. And one of the matters the offense has been spending time on is the challenge of containing the Ravens' other outside linebacker, Paul Kruger.
Kruger leads the defense in sacks with 6½, but there are other numbers to consider. According to Pro Football Focus, 21 of Kruger's 35 pressures this season have been registered in the last four weeks, and he has also posted 10 quarterback hits and 18 hurries this year.
While rattling off the playmakers on the Ravens defense, Washington left tackle Trent Williams called Kruger "the wildcard."
"He's just as good a pass rusher as anybody on that team," Williams said. "It's going to be a difficult front to handle. But if we're technically sound, we'll be able to compete at a high level."
If Suggs does play, he will likely line up against Williams, which would move Kruger to face off against right tackle Tyler Polumbus. Polumbus, who was added last year to bolster the offensive line's depth, was pressed into service in August when incumbent Jamaal Brown underwent surgery on his problematic right hip and has been unable to return.
Polumbus, an undrafted free agent who signed with the Denver Broncos in 2008, has understandably not fared as well as Williams, the organization's first pick in the 2010 NFL draft. According to Pro Football Focus, Polumbus has surrendered 43 total pressures, which is 25 more than Williams.
Still, Polumbus said he has spent a considerable amount of time studying Kruger.
"I think Kruger's an excellent rusher," Polumbus said. "I've been watching him on film, and he does a lot of really good things. So even if Suggs isn't out there, they've got Kruger and [rookie Courtney] Upshaw and whoever else they put in there. They've got a lot of good rushers."


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D Staff Scouting Report: Zac Crain is Faster Than Michael Mooney
I'm not saying I'm faster than anyone else on staff. I'm not going to power-rank that right now. Tim is almost certainly faster, and Brad, too. But, in a 40(ish)-yard dash on a street in Deep Ellum while wearing non-athletic attire, I am demonstrably faster than Michael Mooney. This was proved last night/this morning. Twice. Granted, Michael was wearing cowboy boots, but I think the fact that, during the second race, I was able to turn around and backpedal while pointing at Michael like I was Deion Sanders finishing up a pick-six shows that I would have won regardless of our respective choices in footwear. I will say this: Mooney is faster off the line than I would have expected. The downside of all this is I'm going to have to deal with him demanding a rematch until one of us is no longer able to walk. Enjoy your Friday, everyone.


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The Zackary Brothers have recently expanded into the Arts District near downtown Los Angeles. Many of the industrial buildings that had previously been abandoned in this part of Los Angeles are now home to an ever expanding group of artists and companies who work in LA's creative industries. The Arts District is now one of the "hottest" districts in Los Angeles.
This warehouse/flex space building on 667 S. Santa Fe Ave was originally constructed in 1996. It has 35,470 square feet of space, 31 foot ceilings and a second floor balcony and production area inside. The building is in the process of being refurbished, upgraded and rented out. Nearby tenants include Church and State, Urban Radish, AMP Lofts and Soho House.


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Japan's Ai Miyazato aims to become the world number one this week, brimming with confidence after winning her fourth US Tour title at the Tres Marias Championship over the weekend.
South Korea's Shin Ji-Yai, 2009 USLPGA Rookie of the Year, snatched the top spot by winning the Cyber Agent Ladies last weekend on the Japan Tour, overtaking Lorena Ochoa of Mexico.
Ochoa, who bade farewell after finishing sixth in the Tres Marias Championship, held the top spot for three years in a row from 2007.
Miyazato, currently ranked third in the world, has a chance to take top place if she wins the World Ladies Championship at the Ibaraki Golf Club this week.
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In addition to filling the Forrest Theater night after night, The Jersey Boys are getting into the holiday spirit with a little food-related fun.
See the Four Seasonings Cookie Recipe Below.
Here are the boys at a recent (AMAZING) lunch at the Walnut Street Supper Club. (Excuse the fuzzy picture. All I had was my camera phone at lunch. Really must learn to carry a bigger camera.)
If you haven't seen The Jersey Boys yet, get your tickets now! The show is absolutely amazing. I attended a show with my sister and brother-in-law and it was phenomenal. I truly didn't know how many songs The Four Seasons and Frankie Vallie made famous. The whole show is about their rise to fame and what they learned along the way.
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After breaking Forrest Theatre box office records SEVEN TIMES during the premiere engagement,Jersey Boys is 'Workin' Its Way Back' to Philadelphia! 'Too good to be true!' raves the New York Postfor Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide — all before they were 30!Jersey Boys, winner of the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, features their hit songs 'Sherry,' 'Big Girls Don't Cry,' 'Rag Doll,' 'Oh What a Night' and 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You.' 'It will run for Centuries!' proclaims Time Magazine. Nearly 160,000 theatergoers attended the premiere engagement of Jersey Boys in Philadelphia.


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Looking to buy Oukitel U20 Plus ? Yep, you are having an affordable power choice. Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone is the successor of Oukitel U15 Pro smartphone that I have already reviewed. This 4G phablet has 5.5 inches with IPS display. The phone is powered with MTK6737 chipset clocks at 1.5 GHz speed with quad-core processor. The phablet comes with Android 6.0 out of the box. The phone is a low budget smartphone priced at $89.99 at the time of writing this post. Oukitel U20 Plus has 16 GB of inbuilt storage that does not stand in today's time but one should not forget about the price of this smartphone.
5.5-inch smartphones are becoming more popular now as people are preferring smartphones with a bigger display. You can watch movies, tv serials and play games easily on a bigger display. Oukitel U20 plus phablet has a Full HD display having a resolution of 1920 x 1080. In this post, I will be doing the specifications review of Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone. So without wasting any time, let's start this specs review.
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Basic Specs
Brand – OUKITEL
Type – 4G Phablet
OS – Android 6.0
Cores – 1.5GHz,Quad Core
GPU – Mali-T720
External Memory – TF card up to 128GB (not included)
Screen type – Capacitive,IPS
Screen size – 5.5 inch
Screen resolution – 1920 x 1080 (FHD)
Camera type – Triple cameras
Back-camera – 13.0MP + 0.3MP
Front camera – 5.0MP
Battery Capacity (mAh) – 3300mAh
Battery Type – Non-removable
Build & Design
Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone has really a beautiful design compared to its price range. It has a polycarbonate back cover to provide a smooth and comfort feel. The design is pretty good and the bezel is very less of this smartphone. It has a unibody slim body which is easy to hold. It is made up of the same material (aircraft aluminum metal) just like the Oukitel U15 Pro smartphone. The weight of Oukitel U20 plus is 195 gms that is little heavy to hold. Keeping in mind the price of this smartphone, this point can easily be negotiated.
Now coming to the display of Oukitel U20 smartphone, it has a 5.5 inches screen with 2.5D IPS display to provide good viewing angles. It has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) that is pretty great for a smartphone. Moreover, its price is only $89.99 so it is good to go.
The display is one of the most important to provide great viewing angles. You can play HD graphic games on its HD display. It is packed with sharp glass, offering up to 96% color saturation and high contrast. It will give a colorful, vivid and natural world on the astonishing 1080p screen.
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It has MTK6737 chipset quad-core 1.5 GHz processor which is pretty good enough to run this tablet smoothly without any problem. But it has 2 GB RAM that is not enough to stand in the market but at the same time, its price is $89.99 which is very basic for a 5.5 inch 4G smartphone.
As I already told you, it comes with Android 6.0 out of the box. The 4G bands are great, you won't have any problem running 4G services in your area.
Coming to the camera performance of Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone, it has a dual camera on the rear side. The dual lens camera is quite popular in the market now. Just like iPhone 7 was launched with the dual rear camera, it has also the same type of rear camera. The 13.0 MP + 0.3 MP camera takes great shots. The front camera of this smartphone has 5.0 MP to take good quality selfies.
It has a fingerprint sensor to unlock this Oukitel smartphone which is very fast, secure and accurate. You can unlock this smartphone in just 0.1 seconds by touching your finger on its scanner.
It has a 3300mAh Built-in battery which is safe SCUD Li-Po Battery. It is a 100% tested battery and safe to use. This battery capacity is good enough to keep this phablet charge for the whole long day. You can use this phablet continuously by playing games, watching videos, chatting, etc.
It supports various media formats –
- Picture format – BMP,GIF,JPEG,PNG
- Music format – AMR,MP2,MP3,OGG,WAV
- Video format – 3GP,ASF,AVI,FLV,MP4
- Games – Android APK
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It has 2 x Micro SIM Card Slot,3.5mm Audio Out Port,Micro USB Slot,Speaker,TF/Micro SD Card Slot for connectivity. It has Ambient Light Sensor,Gravity Sensor,Proximity Sensor and Three-axis Gyro sensor.
Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone verdict
Oukitel U20 Plus smartphone is priced at $89.99 and has a great display with an awesome camera. Though it has 2 GB RAM that slows down its performance a little bit. It has a quad-core processor and Android 6.0 out of the box. It has some great features also like scrolling screenshots and more. You can buy this phablet from everbuying that also provides free shipping.


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Homer Laughlin China, Tom and Jerry China Replacement
Homer Laughlin China, Tom and Jerry replacement china, discontinued pattern made in Newell, West Virginia, USA.
Recipe for Tom and Jerry - Ingredients: 12 eggs,1 cup sugar,1 bottle brandy, pinch of ground allspice, pinch of ground cinnamon, pinch of ground cloves,1 bottle rum (dark), milk, and nutmeg.
Instructions: Separate the eggs. Beat the whites until they form a stiff froth, add the yolks (to which you have added the sugar) "until they are as thin as water", as the professor advises, gradually adding 4 oz. brandy (spiceaholics will also add a pinch each of ground allspice, cinnamon, and cloves). Fold the whites into the yolks. When ready to serve, give it another stir and then put 1 tablespoon of this batter in a small mug or tumbler. Now add 1 oz. brandy (although some prefer bourbon) and 1 oz. rum, stirring constantly to avoid curdling. Fill to the top with hot milk and stir until you get foam. Sprinkle a little grated nutmeg on top. This one may require practice and certain amount of fiddling, but it's well worth the effort. Note: Some people find the milk too rich and filling, so they use half hot milk, half boiling water.
Tom and Jerry's are a traditional Christmas time cocktail in the United States. It was devised by sports writer Pierce Egan in the 1820's.
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Due to unprecedented, high demand we are extending our Fifteen Years of Big Finish Doctor special offers to 48 hours each. This will allow our customers longer to avail themselves of the audiobooks on offer.
Executive Producer, Nick Briggs: 'I'd like to apologise to all our customers for the difficulties you've been experiencing with downloading all our special offers over the last few days. Somewhat naively, we didn't anticipate such a massive response.
'The difficulty has been caused by a huge number of concurrent downloads from our site. Since we normally reach nowhere near the limit for simultaneous downloads allowed by our server, it simply isn't economically viable for us to increase our capacity in this respect. So we feel the best option open to us is to give everyone more time to get what they want.
'So, the current "Day 3" offer will last until Monday. On Monday there will be "Offer 4". We're changing the "Days" to "Offers". So the 15 Days will now last longer than fifteen days... If you get my drift...
'The bottom line is, you will have more time to access the downloads you want. We hope this will mean that there won't be such a glut of demand and that everyone will find the process much easier.
'The server was disconnected this morning at 09.29 BST, not because of high demand, although it had slowed right down because of this, but because of a hostile attack. What they call a Denial of Service attack. Our server provider's emergency procedure during such an attack is to disconnect immediately so no damage can be done. Rest assured that no personal or financial details are held on our site, so there was no risk of any kind of security or identity leakage.
'We will continue to monitor the situation.
'In the meantime, relax, take your time. There's no rush. The current offers will be up until at least midnight (BST) on Sunday.'


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There are five annual measurements related to student transition. They each contribute to the improvement of the graduation rate. These five measurements have almost all been consistently improving since 2007! During these 5 years, only one of these 25 measurements (5 measurements for each of 5 years) was not an improvement from the previous year!
To provide some perspective: during the previous 5 years, 2002 to 2007, those same 25 measurements contained 12 measurements that were not an improvement from the previous year. The next 5 years, from 2007 to 2012, only had one of the 25 measurements that was not an improvement from the previous year! This is a represents an exceptional achievement for the families in Dallas!
DISD certainly now has the most greatly improved student graduation rate of any public school district in Texas, and probably the nation! However, DISD started at a tragic low point of only a 40% graduation rate. Also, graduation rate data does not directly reflect academic achievement. Academic achievement measurements need to be added to this assessment. A more complete measurement of progress is needed.
Regarding the graduation rate improvement documented, the 5 measurements being tracked are as follows:
1) The 9th grade bulge is the percentage that the 9th grade enrollment swells due to student failures and therefore becomes larger than the original 8th grade enrollment. For decades the DISD 9th grade enrollment had been an average of over 30 percentage points larger than the 8th grade enrollment from the year before. This percentage began to improve and go down in 2006. It is now down to 9.3%. See more details of this progress at http://schoolarchiveproject.blogspot.com/2010/11/dallas-isd-progress-fighting-9th-grade.html .
2) The Promotion rate from 9th to 10th grade is the percentage of 9th grade enrollment reflected in 10th grade enrollment. For decades this promotion rate was always less than 67%. In 2006 it started to rise. It is now 87%. Prior to 2006 most dropouts never made it to the 10th grade. That is no longer true. DISD now has the largest 10th grade enrollments in decades!
3) The Promotion rate from 9th to 12th grade is the percentage of 9th grade enrollment reflected in 12th grade enrollment. For decades much less than 50% of the 9th grade enrollment in DISD was making it to enroll in the 12th grade. This promotion rate gave DISD the questionable distinction of having 100% of our 21 non-magnet high schools qualify as "dropout factories" in the nationwide 2007 John Hopkins University study! Now about half of DISD non-magnet high schools are no longer "dropout factories." This year the current full DISD 12th grade enrollment represents over 64% of the 9th grade enrollment from 2008/2009, a significant improvement.
4) The "raw graduation rate" is the percentage of the full original 9th grade enrollment represented in the final number of diplomas given out four years later in a high school. With the graduation class of 2011, for the first time in over 20 years, this "raw graduation rate" number for DISD went over 50%. It was 52.4%. For every 1,000 students enrolled in the DISD 9th grade class of 2007/2008, there were 524 diplomas given out to that same group as the DISD Class of 2011! Due to the elimination of the 9th grade bulge this "raw graduation rate" will continue to rise for the DISD graduating classes of 2012 and 2013. It should be above 60% soon, and hopefully then above 70% within a few more years.
5) The Cumulative Promotion Index (CPI) is the same calculation as the "raw graduation rate" except that the four measurments used are the promotion rates from within one calendar year for each of the four student groups: 9th graders making it to 10th grade, 10th graders making it to 11th, 11th grade students making it to 12th, and 12th graders receiving a diploma. Consequently the CPI is the most timely and predictive of the graduation rate measurements. It can more reliably be used to test results from recent changes in a school. The CPI for DISD had only once gone above 50% prior to 2009. That was for the Class of 2005. Then it fell to 40.7% in 2006. It then slowly begin improving every year, until achieving 64.5% for the Class of 2011. This represents a rise of over 23 percentage points since the class of 2006, by far the most progress in the CPI for any of the ISD's in Dallas County!
To repeat: during the 5 years from 2007 to 2012 these five measurements for these 5 years represent 25 measurements. Only one of these 25 measurements was not an improvement from the previous year. (See chart below.) During the 5 years from 2002 to 2007 these same 25 measurements provided only 13 measurements that were improvements with 12 that were steps backwards. With this comparison it is easy to see how these past 5 years have been an exceptionally positive time for Dallas ISD.
The reasons for these improvements are not be addressed here, only the reality that they happened. That improvement is well reflected in the following spreadsheet:
|Right-click on above chart to enlarge and/or print.
The 25 squares in the lower right hand corner of the above chart, those surrounded by the dark border, represent these valuable 25 measurements. These come from the five measurements made each calendar year of student movements that are critical measurements building toward the ultimate graduation rate for any ISD. (The last two measurements for the current academic year for DISD will not be available until the number of diplomas given is available. It is almost certain they will be improvements over last year.)
Only one of these most recent 25 measurements is in a gray-tint cell on this chart, which tint shows that the measurement in that cell was NOT an improvement from the previous year. During the previous 5 years, from 2002 to 2007, 12 of the 25 measurements were worse than the previous year with only 13 being improvements. Now it is virtually certain that 24 measurements of the 25 since 2007 will show improvements from the previous year!
It is doubtful that any other ISD in the DFW metroplex has more of these most recent 25 measurements that are positive for their district that does DISD. DISD is the leader. That progress must NOT stop!
Anyone who detects errors in, or who has questions about this chart, is encouraged to email me, Bill Betzen, at email@example.com . If you want an Excel copy of this spreadsheet to work with to help in searching for errors, just let me know and that will be provided. I welcome help in double checking for errors. All such assistance is greatly appreciated!
Today, 5-12-12, Mercedes Olivera, a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, published a wonderfully accurate column, linked here, on the progress made by DISD. Her column reflected the main statistics affecting student graduation rates since 2007.
Below is a chart that reflects the progress over the past decade related to these 5 measurements. In order to complete this chart the "9th grade bulge" was not used. Instead a measurement that reflects a similar calculation was used. It is a calculation of the percentage of first time 9th graders in the 9th grade class. It is the percentage of the previous years 8th grade reflected in current 9th grade enrollment. Note the improvements on this chart over the past 5 years.


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So I'm doing this thing and it was hard to figure out what book I wanted to review for this. I put all this phantom pressure on myself find something new and interesting or a lesser known author or novel to do, but that felt like trying to hard and being too cute. Then I thought more carefully about why I wanted to be a part of this More Diverse Universe tour to begin with and it became clear.
Due to a variety of factors of my childhood I feel in love with action books. I liked the idea of a mostly singular hero who kind of obliterated everything in their path. I didn't really do fantasy books for most of my youth. They were dumb, wizards are stupid, all the different races were dumb, and all the humans were white. That wasn't a real conscious decision I made at the time (though it is now), but there was always something to having someone specifically described to look like you (or how you would hope to grow up in your power fantasy) that was full on badass. So it wasn't that I said out loud "I'm not reading those books because no one looks like me" it was more that with action/thriller/suspense/crime/mystery books people did look and talk and act like me to some degree and I would keep going back for more.
The one exception was anything Robert E. Howard had his hand in. Thematically, I found Conan and Kull's adventures to fit in with my favorite video games which consisted of running right and hitting stuff. It was simple and effective. There was not fluff to it. No time for overly complicated plots or massive worlds. Just hero – enemy – adventure to enemy – kill enemy. It's pretty good.
Then one fateful day I am just blobbing along the library and was cover hunting until I ran into this:
There was no way I wasn't going to read this. Look at it! There's a big Black dude about to be stabbing a lizard monster thing. I'm in. (Note: This book was in the African-American fiction section, which I'm grateful for because that's the only thing that probably saved it from the Library tossing it years earlier. But seriously Greensburg library. Go jump in a hole.
Then I open the book and instantly am struck with how different it was from Conan and Kull and the world of Robert E. Howard. I didn't realize how old Howard's stories were because how would I know? But the world that Charles Saunders created wasn't just different because there were black people and it was in a fictionalized fantasy Africa, it was different because it was written with a style and authority that Howard never reached for.
Where Howard's books sought to exotify everything (seriously, everything was written to be exotic to his all white 1930s readers) these stories by Saunders were written to make this fantasy Africa full of verisimilitude. (I wish there was a less academic word for that). The world was bright and vibrant and whole. The magic used by the Wizards felt wholly real to the world. Since it wasn't trying to push how weird it was, it allowed you to absorb this setting more thoroughly.
The book itself is exquisitely written. It holds up spectacularly. It's been a joy to go back through this past week. The story follows Imaro, a lone warrior who is ostracized by his tribe. The result of this life makes him stronger and tougher through his childhood until he has his coming of age. From there the story rockets off in spectacular fashion as he runs into a variety of different groups of peoples and spirits. Imaro as a character is someone you can easily follow. He doesn't always make the right decisions, but the decisions he makes (which are appropriately quick and well reasoned) leave you satisfied. There's no point in the first novel where you have to put the book down to figure out why he did something.
That isn't to say that the story is shallow, but there's a clarity of focus with both the character and the story that keeps the pace moving and motivations clear. It's a very good example of what I like most about fantasy (and stories in general). I'm not a fan of convoluted for the sake of convolutions. I don't feel like everything needs to be epic. I don't feel like everything needs to be so dark and I don't need to feel like my main character can die at any time for me to feel tension.
Charles Saunders does a stand up job at creating tension, mystery, and other buzz wordy emotional responses without getting too dour or going for that forced emotional manipulation stuff. Imaro is constantly challenged by a variety of foes clearly intended to bring out different aspects of his personality and teach him new lessons as he moves on in his adventure, and without fail he meets all of these challenges and succeeds in a remarkable way. There is something truly awesome about knowing your hero is going to manage to get out of this incredible perilous situation but not knowing either what it will cost or how he will do it.
That's just part of it. The setting is magnificent. The first time I read this book I had never been exposed to anything like it. Any other books that mention Africa or a clearly Africa inspired section was mummery (usually done up in literary black face). In Imaro we are able to explore a ficionalized Africa that is as diverse as real Africa. The books makes excellent use of the fact that the continent is large and that sort of difference creates space for people to lead wildly different lives. There are the typically nomadic tribes as well as stationary cities. There are plains and grass lands and mountains and deserts and none of them feel stagnant. Saunders fully explores the different life styles of all of these people in these short bursts, and each person or group of people we meet fills the world out a little more. They're not just set pieces either, you run into the different tribes or members from them here and there without it feeling too coincidental. The Sorcerers of all these different places are geologically appropriate as well. It's just a nice touch.
Charles Saunders' Imaro is a book I can't recommend highly enough. It still holds up to this day and the sequals he's done more recently are good as well, and expand the universe in fun ways. He also has written a series of Sword and Sorcery books with a female protagonist, Dossouye, that I would highly recommend.
Imaro got railroaded by stupid publishing mistakes and a moderate dose of good old fashioned America racism for 20+ years (Imaro was initially published in 1981 and didn't make a return until 2006) and it's good to see Saunders in the Fantasy writing game again. Not just that, but there's a whole group of black writers doing Sword and Sorcery titles (they're calling the genre Sword and Soul) and it really excites my little heart that they're alive and that it seems to be working for them financially enough to keep doing it.
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Discussion in 'News' started by dpeilow, Aug 9, 2008.
Tesla Roadster first drives - Fifth Gear
Thanks. Looks like they drove VP18.
I wish they had some accompanying video with Tiff behind the wheel.
"...the fact that it only comes with left-hand drive."
Back at the Menlo Park store opening Darryl told me that they had to switch HVAC vendors in order to be able to do right-hand drive. I suppose once they get that worked out, they might think about entering the Japanese market.
And it should have included full screen versions of those beauty shots.
The screen left of the driver's side says how many barrels of oil you've saved. Ha!
This is very interesting...
"The Tesla's batteries should last over five years, 500 recharging cycles and between 100,000 and 120,000 miles, and cost £5000 to replace at today's prices."
If the Roadster's batteries cost this little it would be great, but I really doubt it. Some mistake must've been made here; no where have I ever heard such a low price.
Maybe they are hoping in 5 years from now the battery price will come down through mass production and increased volume?
Judging by the cloud of smoke, they did a bit of torque testing with the traction control turned off.
re: smoke
Good thing the car has enough history behind it now that conspiracy theorists wont be claiming it has a gas engine in it.
By the way, this article was posted on June 23rd (I was a bit off the ball with this one :smile, so the car was probably with the original drivetrain spec. The article would have been written by a Fifth Gear 'staffer'. I understand the car will feature on the new series/season which starts tomorrow - though not on the first show.
I'm a bit disappointed with the 3/5 score. The article seems quite positive up to that point. It appears to derive from the high price (don't forget this is on a par with the Audi R8 over here, and this article neglects to include VAT at 17.5%) and I think playing it safe with a first UK review.
The £5000 battery price has to be a mistake. Unless Tesla negotiated a mega-deal, it would have to be around 3 times under reality.
Regarding RHD, having to source a new HVAC supplier is news to me, but I was told some reengineering was going on to move the equipment to accomodate a steering column on the right.
Battery Prices
Way back shortly after the Roadster was first unveiled, there was some speculation about battery cost and replacement price.
Even though Tesla weren't telling, everybody pretty much pegged their cell cost over $20,000 per car, perhaps quite a bit over. Someone from Tesla then speculated that IF commodity li-ion pricing trends continued downward as they had in previous years, that the replacement cost should be somewhere around $12,000 by the time any of the ESS packs were worn out and needed replacement.
With all the excitement over automotive li-ion now, and the likelihood of strongly increased demand in the next several years, that prediction should be considered quite shaky.
Then again. . . No other car makers are using commodity li-ion cells. They are all going for new chemistries which may not impact the conventional "laptop battery" market all that much. Whenever car companies get involved with a supplier industry, they're accustomed to everything revolving around them, and their needs driving the market. That may not be true in batteries, at least for a while yet.
At the end of the day, the best answer is: Nobody Knows
SiliconBeat: The Tesla Roader taken for a spin; and its "gut-wrenching" VC roadshow
So, this quotation is almost exactly 2 years old.
If the prices did continue to fall 8% per year, and the batteries were $20,000 in August of 2006, that would make them $16.9k now? And $15.5k this time next year?
(unless the current batteries were some of the 80% of the car parts purchased when they expected to go into production August 2007...)
No Roadster on the show yet, but last night they did test its aquatic cousin :smile:
The Show - Fifth Gear
That's insane I love it :biggrin:
Now can someone explain the "Top Gear" "Fifth Gear" shows? I thought that one became the other, but they seem to be 2 different shows that use the exact same format?
Top Gear is the original BBC show that used to have several of the Fifth Gear presenters. It was much more serious in its style than either of the present incarnations and covered a lot more "regular" cars as well as the sports cars and supercars. It was cancelled circa 2001 and most of the presenters on it went to start a very similar show on our Channel 5 - hence the name Fifth Gear.
However Jeremy Clarkson remained with the BBC and restarted the show in the current format in 2002 - much more studio based and chatty. Incidentally I was in the audience for the first show - now there is some ridiculous waiting list for that :smile: Fifth Gear tried to go more towards that format in recent years, but last night's show was heading back towards a more serious style in the main and personally I preferred it.
Top Gear (original format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Top Gear (current format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Fifth Gear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From where I sit it seems that "Top Gear" has ended up with a larger international fan base. BBC America shows Top-Gear, but not Fifth-Gear...
I gather in Britain it is a bit of a "Coke vs Pepsi" or "Mustang vs Camaro" sort of rivalry.
I wouldn't go as far as that level of rivalry - it's not like football clubs for example. They tend to be screened when the other is off-air (Top Gear just finished until October, whereas 5th Gear started again last night) and most of the car fans I know watch both just to keep up their intake of new material.
When people do express an opinion on the shows, it tends to be based on whether you like/dislike the presenters (particularly Clarkson), rather than some ingrained liking or loathing for the shows.
Top Gear definitely benefits internationally from the BBC connection. It's also shown on BBC World in a lot of markets and is one of the few non-current affairs or news shows on there. I've just checked the BBC America line up and that channel is dominated by their own material (I don't think there is a Ch 5 show on there, with just a few from ITV and Ch4), so perhaps it has been deemed there ain't room for two car shows. Five's majority shareholder - RTL - isn't all that active in the US market, so perhaps that hurts them also, but I did notice it is being shown on Discovery Canada now.
Apparently the Roadster will be on Fifth Gear on September 1st.
[14x04] September 1st, 2008 - FinalGear.com Forums
50 minutes until this is on, if you are in the UK or can get Channel 5 on satellite.
Here is the segment from tonight's show. Vicki Butler-Henderson drove VP4 up the hill at Goodwood and then VP12 was in the studio.
Comments - Vicki was clearly enjoying herself but mentioned the lack of noise makes it hard to judge speed. Then driving a second car up the hill, again talks about the noise.
In the following segment on the KTM X-bow, Tiff talked a lot about that car's lack of noise and how it wasn't exciting (despite being as quick as an Atom). They then dubbed over sounds from Aston Martins, F1 cars, etc. It was almost like they were trying to make a point for the rest of the show. I cut that out due to the file size, but tacked the conclusion from the guys in the studio on the end (where VP12 is also still in view).
Crap. Here we have a significant advance on existing punishment cars and now the lack of sound is the main talking point!
If tracks/old aerodromes the testing environment of choice then this is likely to come up again and again.
These Tesla drives need to get out on public roads
Edited To Add: Both Vicki and Tiff were wearing crash helmets! Hardly surprising then that she couldn't hear the Tesla and that he wanted more noise from the X-bow.


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An Important Learning Tool: Puzzle Games
When we look at puzzles we don't give much thought as to why they are a very important learning tool for kids. At least I never really did. It wasn't until I had a chance to review a new puzzle app for kids that I took some time to read about it. I haveRead more


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Winnipeg synthpop duo Ghost Twin debuts on our top 30 this week with the mesmerizing song "Chymical Wedding." Their debut album Plastic Heart was produced by Princess Century and was just released on May 19.
Other debuts this week include "If I Stayed" from Beta Frontiers and "Caught In The Light" from Hotkid.
Vancouver electro-pop duo Rococode are back with a new single from their upcoming release Young Ones. "Brutal" is a playful, synthy song about living life in an unkind world and it's the highest debut on our chart this week at #23.
Feist takes over at #1 with her sparse, low-key groovy single "Pleasure."
Here's the complete rundown of our top 30 this week:
30. Beta Frontiers, "If I Stayed"
29. Homeshake, "Every Single Thing"
28. Ghost Twin, "Chymical Wedding"
27. Besnard Lakes, "Laura Lee"
26. Hotkid, "Caught In The Light"
25. Nate J, "Alien"
24. Tops, "Petals"
23. Rococode, "Brutal" *highest debut*
22. Pick A Piper, "Nikko"
21. The Matinee, "Figure It Out"
20. Jon McKiel, "Brothers"
19. The Luyas, "No Domination"
18. Japandroids, "North East South West"
17. Fleece, "What You've Done"
16. Wilsen, "Garden"
15. Mise En Scene, "Young Leo"
14. Louise Burns, "Young Mopes"
13. Julien Sagot, "Ombres Portees"
12. New Pornographers, "Whiteout Conditions"
11. She-Devils, "Hey Boy"
10. Said The Whale, "I Will Follow You"
9. Lydia Ainsworth, "Into The Blue"
8. Frederick, "Watching You"
7. Close Talker, "Okay Hollywood"
6. Young Galaxy, "Stay For Real"
5. Timber Timbre, "Velvet Gloves & Spit"
4. Partner, "Comfort Zone"
3. Hollerado, "Don't Shake"
2. Broken Social Scene, "Halfway Home"
1. Feist, "Pleasure"