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Readers Theatre
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|Performing Literature to Promote Fluency and Comprehension
Readers Theatre is a highly motivational reading strategy that provides a context for authentic reading. Students read to convey meaning using their voice, facial expressions, and gestures. They also analyze and respond to literature and increase reading fluency. The only requirement is the script; costumes, props, and make-up are not necessary.
Research Basis
Readers Theatre taps the multiple intelligences of a reader and allows for multiple ways of understanding (Gardner, 1985). Support for the comprehensive nature of Readers Theatre is found in several reading theories and educational paradigms including those of Samuels (1979), Rosenblatt (1979), Schreiber (1980), and Slavin (1987). More recent studies by Griffith and Rasinski (2004) and Young and Rasinski (2009) indicate that Readers Theatre also promotes fluency and interest in reading. Through repeated readings of the text, students increase sight word vocabulary and the ability to decode words quickly and accurately (Carrick 2006 & 2009). The repeated readings allow the students to phrase sentences appropriately, read punctuation markers, and read with greater ease. This fluent reading enables students to spend less time on decoding and increase comprehension (Pikulsi & Chard, 2005).
The Readers Theatre script acts as an incentive to elicit thoughts, ideas, and past experiences from the reader. This allows the reader to read the script through an interpretive process and use both the cognitive and affective domains (Carrick 2001 & 2006).
Carrick, L. (2001). Internet resources for conducting Readers Theatre. Reading Online, 5(1). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/carrick/
Carrick, L.U. (2006). Readers Theatre across the curriculum. In T. Rasinski, C. Blachowicz, & K. Lems (Eds.), Fluency instruction: Research-based best practices (pp. 209230). New York: Guilford Press.
Carrick, L.U. (2009). The effects of Readers Theatre on fluency and comprehension: A study on fifth-grade students in a regular classroom. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM.
Gardner, H. (1985). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: HarperCollins.
Griffith, L.W., & Rasinski, T. (2004). A focus on fluency: How one teacher incorporated fluency with her reading curriculum. The Reading Teacher, 58(2), 126133.
Pikulski, J.J., & Chard, D.J. (2005). Fluency: Bridge between decoding and reading comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 58(6), 510519.
Rosenblatt, L. (1978). The reader, the text, the poem: The transactional theory of the literary work. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Samuels, S.J. (1979). The method of repeated readings. The Reading Teacher, 32(4), 403408.
Schreiber, P.A. (1980). On the acquisition of reading fluency. Journal of Reading, 12(3), 177186.
Slavin, R.E. (1987). Cooperative learning and the cooperative school. Educational Leadership, 45(3), 713.
Young, C., & Rasinski, T. (2009). Implementing Readers Theatre as an approach to classroom fluency instruction. The Reading Teacher, 63(1), 413.
Strategy in Practice
- Distribute and introduce the script to the students and have them make predictions about the story or characters. Ask students to follow along as you read the script aloud, modeling the appropriate intonation, volume, and pitch as well as varied voice inflections for different characters. After you finish, discuss the story and ask feedback questions such as Were our predictions correct? What do you like about the story? What can you say about the characters? The setting?
- Create a list of vocabulary words found in the script. Write the words on the board or large sheet of paper and refer to this list while reading. Students are encouraged to refer to these words and use them in their writing activities.
- Divide the class into pairs. Assign a specific number of pagers to be read, keeping in mind that a longer script can be divided into several sections. Paired students should take turns reading every other entry in the script, giving all students an opportunity to read the same amount of material. The students can reread the script and read the alternate entries. Specific parts of the script are not assigned at this time. This eliminates the practice of assigning the stronger readers the larger roles and the poorer readers the minimal roles.
- Circulate and offer assistance with the pronunciation of words and model fluent reading by reading with expression, using the appropriate rate, pitch, tone, and volume. At the close of the session, do a group read-around of the script, giving each student an opportunity to read one entry of the script or assign roles and have students perform a portion of the script.
- Depending on the length of the script, students may eventually work in small groups of three to five students with assigned roles. Everyone should be given an opportunity to read equal parts of the text. Therefore, a reader can read more than one part.
- As a final activity, let the students perform informally for their class or other classes. You can also transform the classroom into a theater and invite other classes, family, and friends to a more formal presentation.
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Integrating Literacy Into the Study of the Earth's Surface
Water covers 71% of the earth's surfacedoes it get the instructional time it deserves in your busy curriculum? Students wade right in to the study of bodies of water as they read and discuss science trade books and work together to develop Readers Theater scripts based on selected titles.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Students develop scripts, perform, and use their voices to depict characters from texts, giving them the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.
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Readers Theatre With Jan Brett
Students in grades 1-2 use Jan Brett's Hedgie's Surprise for a Readers Theatre experience.
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Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
Students compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Reading Idol! Bringing Readers Theatre Center Stage in Your Classroom
Students produce a Readers Theatre performance to compete to be named the Reading Idol. Students vote on the final performances and record them as podcasts.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance
Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.


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Thirty years later, Munson still loved and respectedFans, family and teammates reflect on Munson's legacy
Before spring turned into summer, Thurman Munson grew to dislike Reggie Jackson in light of derogatory comments published in SPORT Magazine. That fall Jackson proved what he was made of by clubbing three home runs in Game 6 of the World Series. Champions for the first time in 15 years, the Yankees celebrated before dispersing to various points in Manhattan for all-night after-parties. Back in the Bronx, shortly after Jackson became the first World Series MVP for two different teams, he stood at his locker getting changed. One of a few left in the clubhouse was Munson and Ray Negron, the team's batboy. As the Captain headed for the exit he turned to Jackson and said: "I still can't believe what a great performance you put on tonight."
"They looked each other in the eyes," Negron said. "And then Thurman left."
Munson and Jackson never grew to be best friends, but they bonded enough to where Munson invited Jackson to fly aboard his cherished Cessna Citation. According to the book "Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain" written by Marty Appel, Jackson penned Munson a check covering all expenses. Munson never cashed it. He was never one to accept return favors. Because of who he was, the way he played the game - more so than how good he was - and how lived life with honesty and bravery, the pain from Munson's death 30 years ago resonates strongly today as it did when word spread that his plane crashed near Akron-Canton Regional Airport on August 2, 1979.
The man who held the Yankees together was gone. The rest were lost without him.
"Thurman was a genius," Negron said. "He knew how to walk through the clubhouse and not say a word -- just be seen. It showed you the man is in the house, let's wake up. Every once in a while, we needed that. And when Thurman respected Reggie, the rest of the team accepted him."
To this day Munson's legacy remains accepted and honored. Stop by Yankee Stadium and you'll see many wearing No. 15 shirts, by and large middle-aged, slightly overweight, blue-collar looking guys.
"To me," said Appel, "that's beautiful."
Munson built a shopper's list of credentials that many believe are enough to have him in the Hall of Fame: A seven-time All-Star, Munson hit 113 home runs with 701 RBIs and a career batting average of .292 over a 10-year career and was the first captain named by the Yankees since Lou Gehrig. He did his best work when it mattered, which is how reputations are determined in New York. He batted .373 in 16 World Series games, including an incredible .529 with a Series-record six straight hits when the Yankees were swept by the Reds in 1976.
Players then and now are both productive and tough. But to be Thurman tough, that's another level. Even at age 22, just up from the Minors, Munson had the feel of a seasoned veteran. He debuted on August 8, 1969, the second game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. Batting eighth, Munson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Four nights later, Roy White, Munson's longest-tenured teammate, saw Chapter 1 of the Munson Legacy unfold from his perch in left field when Twins catcher Johnny Roseboro took off for second base in the fifth inning of a 2-2 game.
"All of a sudden the ball was already at second; I didn't even see it leave his hand," White said. "I was like, 'Oh my God. I've never seen a guy get rid of a ball that fast as a catcher!' He looked like a second baseman on a double-play pivot. Then he came up a few innings later and hit a nice line-drive base hit to left field. Right then I said this is really going to be a special player. He wasn't in awe of being in the Major Leagues. He belonged right away."
Bill Stimers worked as for Entenmann's Bakery in Babylon, N.Y., and years later delivered goods to the Yankee Stadium offices for principal owner George Steinbrenner and employees. "Bill the Baker" was there when Munson hit his first home run in his second game, a 5-1 Yankees win in which Munson, White, Gene Michael and Bobby Murcer all went yard and starting pitcher Fritz Peterson broke A's outfielder Rick Monday's ribs. Unique about Stimers, a staple at Yankee Stadium since the 1970s, is his recollection of every detail of every game he's attended.
"When he first came up," Stimers recalls, "[New York Post beat writer] Maury Allen told him, 'Welcome to the Yankees.' Munson said, 'Yeah, what took them so long?'"
It didn't take long for anyone to understand that what Munson did behind the plate mattered most. ("It touches so many more people and so many aspects of the game," he said in 1975.) When current Yankees catcher Jorge Posada found a picture of Munson on the wall of Fenway Park's weight room with the inscription, he took it and hung it in his locker at the old Yankee Stadium.
"He wasn't the prettiest thing to watch," said Joe Torre, himself an All-Star catcher. "The way he played the game - and he was a great hitter - it didn't have to always be picture perfect, but he was going to get the job done. That's the one thing I always respected in watching him play. He was the guy who these New York fans always loved, the guy who was going to go home dirty every day. That's what it was all about."
There was also a human side to Munson few saw. He was perceived as a grouch and many asked Diana Dominick Munson how she could have married someone with such a cranky disposition. Alas, that was relegated to public perception. At home Thurman wore wigs and put on comedy routines to make his children laugh. One winter the Munsons neglected to put away their lawn furniture and it was covered in snow. Thurman and the kids dressed in their snow suits and ended up reclining on the chairs like it was the middle of summer.
Diana took a picture and owns it to this day.
"That's the human side of Thurman Munson," Diana said. "Here's a tough-as-nails man and he cried when his babies were born. He was special."
His love for family priceless, Munson had to be with them every free day, which is why he learned to fly. Through 97 games of the 1979 season, Munson's power numbers were in steep decline and by July 29, his aching knees no longer able to sustain the catching load, he was shifted to first base. On August 1 in Chicago, Munson went 0-for-1 with a walk and strikeout before he was replaced by Jim Spencer. After the game he boarded his plane and went home. While he and Lou Piniella were staying at Murcer's home, there was one of many attempts to talk him out of flying. It was one thing to love it and another to be home, but at what risk?
And at what price?
"He loved his children. He loved his wife, Diana. That's why he wanted to fly," Stimers said. "George tried to talk him out of it, Lou Piniella did too. They didn't mind him flying, but they didn't want him to fly that jet. That was the problem."
Munson's death became a 'Where were you when it happened?' moment, one nobody wished occurred or can forget. Phil Pepe covered the Yankees for the New York Daily News from 1971 to 1984. He hadn't turned on a radio or television when a friend called to tell him Munson had perished. He called the paper and was immediately assigned a reaction story. One player he reached was White, and while the conversation was a blur, the feeling was devastating. The only thing White could do was find his wife and hold her tight.
"I asked him, 'What are you talking about?'" White said. "When he told me I was like, 'You gotta be kidding me. It was the first time I really had somebody close to pass away like that, and under those circumstances too. When I think about that, 30 years is just incredible to me."
Torre was managing the Mets when a bulletin flashed on Shea Stadium's scoreboard.
"We were at-bat and I got up on the steps, and when it came up on the scoreboard to my right, I was just stunned," Torre said. "I remember [Lee] Mazzilli just turned around and looked at me. It was just so shocking. All of a sudden it's over. A couple of words on the scoreboard and somebody's life is snuffed out. It was just unbelievable. I think everybody just took a hit that day."
Mickey Morabito was Yankees' PR director in 1979 and was called into a staff meeting where Steinbrenner looked up and said repeatedly, "We lost Thurman." Morabito's first thought was he was missing, until Steinbrenner confirmed he was killed and a state of shock took over the room.
"It was one of those things that's so overwhelming you don't have a chance to have all your emotions come through yet," Morabito said. "It didn't seem real, but unfortunately, shortly, we realized it was."
Morabito was given the unfortunate responsibility of informing manager Billy Martin, extremely tight with Munson and on a fishing trip with his son in New Jersey. A burning feeling within the pit of his stomach, Morabito got Martin on the phone and said, "I don't know how to tell you this, but Thurman was, uh, killed in, you know, a small plane crash today."
"He didn't even react," Morabito recalled. "He just started crying. Not 'Wow, what happened?' No reaction, he just started crying. Billy was a very emotional guy. He's very quick to get mad, but he's also very quick to cry."
Invited to the funeral, Torre traveled to Canton on the Yankees charter with permission from the Mets and recalls Martin sobbing uncontrollably on the plane. Somehow Diana Munson, as told by Appel in his book, was an amazing pillar of strength. Dealing with a public tragedy and the loss of her husband, Diana arranged the funeral and welcomed guests into her home before paying her final respects.
"I really believe that my faith got me through it," Diana said. "Let's face it, you can't be weak if you're married to Thurman Munson. He taught me how to be a tough girl. Even though I'm Italian and emotional, and the tears flow easily, when I have to suck it up, just like he did, then I think I do too. I actually learned from him. I taught him how to be tender and loving. He taught me how to be tough."
Thurman Munson's No. 15 was retired days after his death. (AP)
On the day the Yankees buried their captain, they flew home for a game against the Orioles that ended with Murcer's dramatic opposite-field single that plated the tying and winning runs. Sitting in the stands, Joe Berryman recalls pure sadness mixed with anticipation. More than any point during the season, the fans wanted a win. Murcer - with Piniella Munson's closest friend on the team - was the one put in the position to change the story. Maybe it was Munson's spirit at work.
"Everybody in the stands was playing through Bobby Murcer," Berryman said. "When he hit that home run it was like, God ... it was something you were hoping for and he did it. You were just glad you were out there being part of the game after such sadness. It started very sad and then it built up."
Diana has helped parlay Munson's legacy into raising millions for the AHRC New York City Foundation, a non-profit organization which benefits children and adults with developmental disabilities, since the inception of the Thurman Munson Awards dinner 30 years ago. Many Yankees past and present, including Posada, Johnny Damon, Mike Mussina, Rich Gossage and more, have been honored for excellence in competition and philanthropic work within the community.
"It's why, 30 years later, people are still wearing the uniform number and turning out for his dinner," Diana said. "He was more than baseball and more than Yankee. He was a hero in life, and I don't think there are a lot of heroes anymore. There aren't enough people who have the integrity and character ... he could have been bigger than he was and I think people respect that."
Once, Pepe asked Munson to recommend a certain brand of catcher's mitt for his 14-year-old son, Jim. He never received a referral, instead one of Munson's personal mitts that Jim owns to this day. Another time Munson learned that Pepe was having marital problems. The first day of Spring Training, Munson asked Pepe how he was getting along. Pepe was coping, but having a tough time being away from his children for six weeks, especially his youngest son, at that time four years old.
"Why don't you bring him down here?" Munson suggested.
Pepe countered with the realities of having a job to do and the expenses of flying the kids down.
"That's when Thurman said something I never will forget and always will cherish," Pepe said. "'If you need money to bring your son to Spring Training, all you have to do is ask me and you've got it.'"
Pepe couldn't accept, citing a conflict of interest, but contends the mere offer probably helped him lose a bit of objectivity where Munson was concerned. Such was the influence of Thurman Lee Munson. Even those who aren't (or weren't) baseball fans cheered for him. The understanding of balls and strikes weren't required. Munson played with heart and competed with soul, and that was more than good enough.
"People still love him and still respect him. That touches my heart and touches my family's heart," Diana said. "He would have never guessed that 30 years later we'd be still talking about him. He could be a rascal when he wanted to, but God Bless him. These smart people in New York, they got him. They got him."

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I would like to make a game that amalgamates Homeworld and Freespace with inspirations from the novel Ender's game. This is probably not a new idea, but I haven't seen anything that did anything like it. It would be team based and allows players to control units in an RTS (Homeworld) or first person fashion (Freespace)
I was doing some research on frameworks to help get me started, and my findings are summarized below. I believe one of the hardest parts is going to be UI, which Homeworld did a decent job at, but could be improved slightly.
OGRE: just covers graphics, with plugs for collision detection
Irrilicht: Covers graphics / collision with plugins for Sound. looks dated, though mainly because of aged art assets
Unity: While looks fairly complete, the Free version is feature robbed, and Feels more like a "for artists" tool. I would like to be figuring out programming problems, not where buttons are on menus.
Torque: From what I hear is abandoned.
Are there other obvious choices that I missed?


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iPod toilet paper holder? Check. iPod sink? Check. iPod Shower? Check. I guess the mirror was all that was left.
That's right, Italian designer Antonio Lupi has brought the iPod dock to the mirror—any mirror with a steel frame to be more precise. It even features an LED-illuminated power switch underneath the mirror to make it easy to find in the candlelight when you and the missus are making sweet, sweet love to the glass-shattering sounds of Michael Bolton. [Antonio Lupi via Newlaunches via DVICE]


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I try to go to most electronic music DJs in Taipei, and when I heard that Justin Michael, an LA based DJ that's not that well known, I decided to go to Luxy. I hadn't been to Luxy yet, and it was an interesting experience. I met up with a friend and we arrived a little before 1AM. That was perfect, because Justin Michael started at around 1AM. The place was packed, and stayed packed until 4AM.
Month: December 2011
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- Had a good time at Luxy. It was packed. DJ wasn't bad. It was better than expected. Mixes weren't always stellar, but cover came w 2 drinks 9 hours ago
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- Today I got only 4hrs of sleep + 1h power nap. 29 Dec
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@Chelsea_L_Rose me too. havent gotten much sleep and went to bed way too late. coffee only works up to a point. 29 Dec
@yiiee Thankfully, the IKEA is near my house. I need some nice thick towels. 29 Dec
@yiiee That always happens. there's always something else you need from IKEA 29 Dec
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@Chelsea_L_Rose anyway let me know what you end up doing, easiest is by text, 0936641984 29 Dec
@Chelsea_L_Rose yep, not going out too late. 29 Dec
@Chelsea_L_Rose I'll probably go to Luxy, and maybe have dinner in Taipei after class. 29 Dec
@Chelsea_L_Rose r u going out later? I'm working until 6:30PM. 29 Dec
@Chelsea_L_Rose probably. I didnt check my tickets, what are you doing tomorrow? 29 Dec
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@Chelsea_L_Rose hey, it's not at Myst, it's at ATT. Somewhere nearby or in the same building. Myst has got some other DJs that night 29 Dec
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Bill Gates
Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday, November 18, 1996
MR. GATES: Good afternoon. It's very exciting for us to be here today launching Office 97. This is a milestone product for us. Not only is it the largest Office category, but it's really the category that can define how people use their PCs. And there are some important themes that equate to this product that will really make the PC a far more valuable tool than ever before.
Office tools go all the way back to Wordstar, Digicalc, and the improvements have been quite dramatic over the years. In the early '90s the competition was about features -- who could get rich enough to have the things that every lawyer wanted or engineer wanted. And people started to improve different productivity applications together. But in the character mode world, the integration was very, very loose. No one ever achieved the suite concept in anything other than a pricing fashion.
A big switch came as we moved to the graphical platform. This was where, for the first time, we had user interface consistency. We had real integration, where you could easily move between the applications, take data of all types and use that data where it was appropriate. And those battles raged over a period of several years, and now people take that for granted. Today, over 90 percent of productivity software is integrated productivity software.
We think that the key issues, moving forward, will be how these tools fit in as a collaborative platform, how they tie into the PC as the communication device, reaching out to the Web. And so those have been the big things that we've concentrated on in this version of Office.
Now, we have many ways that users help us to make decisions about what should go into Office 97. A key element, of course, is face-to-face meetings, sitting down with customers. Every week, all of us who are involved with Office are going over and meeting with corporate customers, are going out on the road all over the world to find out what they're saying. And they've been giving us a very consistent message: Make it a better communication tool and make it very, very easy for them to upgrade and deploy that application. By accomplishing this we're getting end-user enthusiasm for these new versions and they're able to fulfill that enthusiasm by putting it out as a corporate standard.
We've had to pioneer a lot of techniques to really watch how people use Office. We go in and interview users, we look at all the documents they create. We try to understand their activities. What is it that they're doing in managing information and how could the PCs play a stronger role? We call this activity-based planning.
Another key thing we do is usability testing. We've put in over 25,000 hours of usability testing in Office 97. We create versions of the product that are actually instrumented -- that is, they record all the commands the user gives. And we send those out to literally tens of thousands of users and then get it back and see what commands were used heavily. Were some commands used in a group, so that we might be able to pool those together and make it simpler? And when did they pause for a long time? When did they get an error message? What was it that was confusing about the product?
We also drive ourselves on performance metrics. One of the best new features is making something faster than it was before. And we've done a lot with our algorithms here to make the key things -- page layout, recalc, database access -- significantly faster than ever before.
Another key element of the feedback loop that we have with customers is our product support. We're very proud of what we've done, year after year, to make this better and better. Our response times, when customers call in, are well under a minute, and we track that very, very carefully, as well as doing follow-up calls to make sure that the percentage that are very satisfied after those support calls remains at a very high level. We believe that, not only is our product support the best in terms of policies and people delivering that, but we think that's fundamental to us designing the right product. We have our engineers go and spend time on the support lines. We take every one of those calls and log them into a database.
And for every new release, we say to ourselves, "Can we make it so a lot less people have to call?" With Office 95, we achieved that. Our call levels for each copy that is out there are significantly down. And we think with Office 97, we'll go even further there.
MR. VAIL: Okay. The Office Assistant is an integrated place to find all the help topics. And it works in the context of my job. So I'm going to go ahead and type a letter here, and I'm type it to "Dear Bob," and -- well, I guess "Dear Sam." We'll hit enter here --
MR. GATES: I guess we've got auto-correct that changes "Bob" to something else. (Laughter).
MR. VAIL: So here, within the context of my job, we have the Office Assistant ask us whether we want help printing the letter. We'll go ahead and say yes, and now we'll get a dialog box that allows you to step through the process of printing a letter with Letter Wizard. Notice it has switched between different paths here. The Assistant just gives me, interactively, different types of help.
We'll go ahead and cancel out of this here. Let me show you the other example of working with the Assistant.
Oftentimes when a user is using an application, they call somebody on the phone and say, "Hey, how do you do this?" What we want to do is put that expertise into the product itself. Using natural language technology, I'd use it like this: I'd type, "How do I send this to my boss?" When I hit enter here, we're going to use natural language technology to read through that sentence, pull out the key elements and map that against the index and we'll bring back help topics that are most relevant, based on what we asked here. It's a great way for users to become empowered and become more productive in the applications themselves.
Let me show you another example of that in Microsoft Excel. Not only can we ask the computer for questions and advice, the computer will give us interactive tips as well. So I'll go ahead and type some text inside of my spreadsheet, like Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. When I'm doing that, notice that the Assistant brings up a tip here. When I click on that, it's going to tell me about a feature called AutoScroll, which I may not know as an end-user. So I'll go ahead and close that and I'll take the advice of the Assistant. So, while I'm working in the application, the system watches what I'm doing and basically, if it finds that I can do something more effectively, it gives me a tip.
It also determines what kind of help I'm going to need. So I'm going to go through and just do some sorting for my spreadsheet. When I click back on the Assistant, notice the Help topics here are all about sorting a list. So what we do is we build a context of what's going on in the application and figure out what help topics are going to be required.
Let me show you how this is really done here. I'm going to go through and maybe print this document, but let's say I just choose cancel. If I click back on the Assistant, you still see it's pretty much about sorting the list. But if I close it down now and click over here and choose print again -- maybe I'm really a user who's struggling with printing inside of my spreadsheet -- when I click on the Assistant one more time, you can see it's all about troubleshooting printing inside of my application.
And of course the Assistant was designed to help us and not get in the way, so, as I move text around, the Assistant just does not get in my way.
MR. GATES: What if I don't like the Genius?
MR. VAIL: Well, we know a lot of users have different ways to work here, so we have a number of ways to get options inside of the application. So if you're a real sophisticated user, you can scale the system back. But if you're a brand new user, you can make the system more interactive with you to give you more help and make you more productive.
Also, if you want to choose different types of personalities to work with here, we have a whole bunch of different types of Assistants.
MR. GATES: That's different. (Laughter, applause).
MR. VAIL: We'll go ahead and cycle through and we'll go ahead and choose Power Pup here, which is my favorite.
So I'm going to go ahead and pop over here to our expense report inside of Excel, and one of the nice things about the Office Assistant, as a shared component in Office 97, it's a fully-programmable object model. So, as a corporate developer, I can build interactive help in my application. So I'm going to type some information here -- 7/23/96. And I'm going to type in a value here for my travel expense. Well, $7,000 is way over the VP's signature here, so I'll go ahead and retry this, and I'll choose something that's a little less offending here, maybe put in a couple expense reports. And as I step into my hotel field here, the Assistant says, "Hey, this is how you itemize for your hotel expenses." And as I step into my meals field, it does the exact same thing.
So I'll go ahead now, and I'll submit this expense report. And, again, since the Assistant has a fully programmable object model, it can say, "Hey, there's a few things that you didn't do yet. You didn't type in your employee ID number and employee name." Switching is okay here, and I'll just type in that information. So now I'm ready to go. I'll go ahead and submit this now to my manager. I'll click "submit." Assistant says, "Hey, you're ready to go." We'll go ahead and chose "okay," and now we're ready to go, and this is sent to my manager. And, of course, you do have the animation. That's the Assistant in Office 97.
MR. GATES: Well, it's great to see it's not only for our functions, but you can extend it with programming as well.
MR. VAIL: Exactly.
MR. GATES: Thanks, John.
MR. VAIL: Thank you. (Applause.)
MR. GATES: Well, this is a very exciting milestone. In fact, just a few hours before I got up here to do the introduction, I was informed that we actually have released Office 97 to manufacturing. That's a great achievement -- (cheers, applause) -- because so many people are working hard getting that done today, most of them are back in Redmond. But we do have several dozen of the developers here, and they'll be at the reception later on and very interested to talk to you about the work they've done.
The complete overview and demonstration of Office 97 can be accessed at here.<


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Kwame Kwei-Armah has a way of pulling others into his gravitational field, whirling them around and then depositing them in a place at some distance from where they started out.
People leave an encounter with Center Stage's incoming artistic director staggering a bit and with their hair mussed, but visibly charged up.
The 45-year-old Kwei-Armah, who takes over leadership of Maryland's largest regional theater on July 1 from Irene Lewis, was in town last week for a five-day visit. He met a range of Baltimoreans, from civic bigwigs to subscribers to leaders of local arts groups, and during the entire time, he barely stopped talking. Big idea after big idea tumbled out of Kwei-Armah's mouth:
He's told the board of directors that he wants 50 percent of the repertoire to be new works. For that matter, he has already selected the shows that will fill two of the three available slots in the 2012-2013 season. (The plays to be mounted during Kwei-Armah's debut year have already been selected.)
He hates, loathes and detests Center Stage's current facade, and wants to create a more alive and inviting space where people will gather to listen to a lecture or engage in an interactive media display.
"There isn't a taxi driver in Baltimore that can tell you where Center Stage is located," he says. "That has to change."
As the father of three sons and a daughter, ages 6 to 19, the London-born Kwei-Armah worries that kids attending American public schools aren't being exposed to the arts. So he wants Center Stage to sponsor a "monologue slam" for high school students.
He has even had a tantalizing brain wave that could transform Mount Vernon Place into a venue for warm-weather theater.
"Center Stage is not a two-space theater company," he says. "It's a three-theater space. There are the two theaters we have inside and the square around the corner that would be perfect for a summer show. We should be thinking about that. It could be wonderful."
Like many people with a compelling vision and enthusiasm to spare, Kwei-Armah tends to glide over potential obstacles.
Will a season of so many new shows cause his troupe to shed subscribers? Kwei-Armah hopes Center Stage's longtime customers will bear with him and give his plan a chance. And besides, nothing is cast in granite.
Does it make sense to attempt a major building project when the economy remains depressed? Kwei-Armah will make raising the necessary money one of his top priorities.
"Someone once said of me, and he meant it as an insult, that I want to sit with a problem for 10 percent of the time and spend 90 percent of the time on solutions," he says.
"I hate complaining. I'm very comfortable discussing what the issues are. I get very uncomfortable if I get to the end of the second or third meeting and I don't see any concrete, practical fixes being discussed."
Perhaps that's because when his own road got rough, Kwei-Armah never stopped moving, though he may have picked up a few stones in his shoes.
Kwei-Armah's parents immigrated to London from Grenada. He grew up in one of London's poorest and toughest neighborhoods. His father was a factory worker, and his mother took on three jobs (as a nurse, hairstylist and baby sitter) to pay for her son and two daughters to attend private schools.
But the neighborhood was dominated by skinheads, and Kwei-Armah couldn't go to the subway without fighting his way down the street. He has scars on his underarms and legs from knife cuts incurred during some of these skirmishes, though he never was seriously injured.
Typically, he plays down the violence.
"I'm not trying to make myself out to be 50 Cent," he says. "There are people who went through a lot worse than I did."
Also typical was the teen's survival technique.
As he puts it: "I was usually able to talk my way out of trouble."
The British literary manager, Nick Drake, says there's an apparent contradiction between his longtime friend's public persona and what Drake sees as "Kwame's complex emotional chemistry."
On the one hand, there's the ebullient face that the artist presents in his professional capacity. Kwei-Armah is so optimistic and self-assured, so filled with energy, that he makes others believe that they, too, can overcome all hurdles.
On the other hand, there's the Kwei-Armah who reveals himself through his writing, both in his acclaimed plays and in the columns published in British newspapers. These pages depict an outside world that seemed bent on making the young black men despise himself.
For instance, Kwei-Armah wrote in 2007 for the British newspaper "The Observer that when he was a boy, a female cousin supplied him with a surefire technique for streamlining a nose that the community had judged to be too wide and therefore too "black."
The girl "introduced me to the 'pinching technique,'" Kwei-Armah wrote, "a simple exercise of pinching the bridge area of your nose several times a day, and in due course I would have the much desired aquiline snout. I tried this for several weeks without noticeable success."
In addition, teachers told the youth "that the structure of the black mouth would not allow me to speak properly," he says.
What made those destructive messages so insidious was that cruelty often was disguised by a veneer of kindness; his instructors were trying to reassure the young Kwame that his difficulties articulating weren't his fault.
Kwei-Armah says he began to overcome his feelings of inferiority at age 19, and after researching his family tree. He traced his lineage back six generations to his great-great-great grandfather, who was abducted from Ghana.
The teen decided he would no longer bear the slave owner's name. No longer would he be called the vaguely Scottish-sounding "Ian Roberts." He reverted instead to "Kwame Kwei-Armah," which means "born to find the way."
"After I traced my lineage," he says, "all the rage I had as a young man disappeared."
Since then, Kwei-Armah has seemed determined to prove wrong the notion that no one is good at everything. In the past decade alone, he has enjoyed notable successes as an actor, playwright, singer and arts administrator.
He was accorded celebrity status in Britain after starring for five years in an "ER"-style series called "Casualty." When he decided to step down from the role in 2004, his decision made newspaper headlines.
In 2003, after coming in third in a reality-TV talent show, "Comic Relief's Celebrity Fame Academy," passers-by would shout from the windows of passing buses that he'd been robbed. (He later released a pop album called 'Kwame" that showcased his fine tenor.)
Kwei-Armah is on the boards of three theater companies, including England's venerable National Theatre. And late last year, he was artistic director for the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture in Senegal, a monthlong cultural celebration involving more than 6,000 artists.
But his friend, Drake, thinks that Kwei-Armah will make his greatest contribution as a playwright.
"As the manager of a theater company, Kwame will be sensational," Drake says.
"As a director of plays by other people, he'll make bold choices about works he feels passionately about. But my greatest admiration is for Kwame's writing, for the way that he's brought a very particular world to life. And I would say that a lot of the energy for that comes from his past and his family relationships."
Drake served as a dramaturg for Kwei-Armah's best-known work, the gritty, urban drama "Elmina's Kitchen." It became just the second play written by a black Briton to be produced on London's West End. (A production of "Elmina's Kitchen" subsequently ran at Center Stage in 2005.)
In addition to his administrative duties at Center Stage, Kwei-Armah says he expects to direct one play each year and to write one new work. But he grimaces when asked whether audiences can expect to see his newest offerings in the theater he heads.
"Center Stage should not be expected to green-light a production of a play just because I wrote it," he says.
In addition, he has already promised two dozen of Baltimore's small theater troupes that he will attend at least one of each of their shows in his first six months on the job.
It's no wonder that when Kwei-Armah is asked to identify his weaknesses, he says, "I can't organize my diary, and I don't always say no to things I should say no to."
By the time he leaves town Monday, Kwei-Armah will have convinced a lot of people that he can work magic, though he seems to have mixed feelings about that perception.
Why else would he express an awareness of the dangers of creating excessive expectations at the exact same moment that he nudges up the bar?
"I do not wish to be judged after the first 100 days," he says, drawing an implicit comparison between his administration and that of the president of the United States.
"After three years, it will be time to assess how I'm doing. I was going to say five years. But no — five years is too long."
He thinks about it for a minute.
"Toward the end of my second year," he says, "that's when you can start judging me."
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Age: 45
Job: Becomes Center Stage's Artistic Director on July 1.
Residence: Moving to Baltimore from London this summer.
Birthplace: London
Education: Bachelor's degree in African civilization, 1987, The Open University, London. Master's degree in classical narrative, 2001, The University of the Arts, London.
Other accomplishments: Author of several plays, including the award-winning, "Elmina's Kitchen." Has acted in two television shows that made him a celebrity in Britain. Released a pop album. Served as artistic director of the month-long World Festival of Black Arts in Senegal.
Family: Married, with three sons and a daughter aged 6 to 19.
Kwame Kwei-Armah has a way of pulling others into his gravitational field, whirling them around and then depositing them in a place at some distance from where they started out.


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Robert Turbin sees NFL as means to help at home
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As a child, Fremont's Robert Turbin could do nothing to help his sister Trina, who had multiple sclerosis and died at 21.
And beyond providing basic care, he's been powerless to improve the circumstances of his sister Tiffany, 32, who was born with a severe form of cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. She is unable to speak and is paralyzed from the neck down.
In recent months, though, the former Utah State running back and soon-to-be NFL draft pick had dreamed of finally having the means to help his only other full sibling, his older brother, Lonnie.
Lonnie Turbin was a fiercely proud brother. And he was a heroin addict.
And Robert had mapped out a plan to save him: After he was drafted, he'd move his brother with him out of the Bay Area, check him into rehab and help steer him toward sobriety.
That plan won't be realized. On Feb. 6, less than three months before the NFL draft, Lonnie was shot and killed in Oakland. He was 35.
"I was going to look out for him, the same way he always looked out for me," Turbin said. "The thing that hurts the most is that I never got an opportunity to try to help him. My dad tried to help him. My other family members tried to help him. But he never listened to anybody like he listened to his little brother."
It's true that adversity can produce strength and a prime example is Turbin, a 5-foot-10, 222-pound running back with tree-trunk thighs, Popeye biceps and a bowl-you-over running style. His nickname: "Hulk." At the NFL combine last month, he did 28 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press, matching the most of any running back. It was also more than 28 offensive linemen and 22 defensive linemen.
His combine time of 4.50 seconds in the 40-yard dash ranked ninth among 28 running backs, and his blend of strength and speed has him projected to be a mid-round draft pick. He left school after a junior season in which he rushed for 1,517 yards, averaged 6.1 yards a carry and scored 23 total touchdowns.
Fittingly, given his strength, he's lugged two nondescript programs on his back. As a junior, he led Irvington High in Fremont to its first playoff wins in 44 years. Utah State, which went 1-11 the year before he arrived, went 7-6 and reached its first bowl game since 1997 last year.
Turbulence and tragedy
Off the field, he's carried the weight of a family life filled with turbulence and tragedy. He was raised by his father, Ronald Turbin, a retired truck mechanic and longtime assistant church pastor. He has only occasionally visited his mother, who he says has had a long history of drug problems and now lives in Fresno.
Growing up, Turbin helped care for Tiffany. He bathed her, fed her and tried to comfort her when she cried in the night. It was guesswork. Was she sad? Confused? There was no way of knowing.
And there was also no way of knowing what responsibilities Turbin had at home, former Irvington offensive coordinator Tom Casassa said. Before discussing his on-field heroics in a phone interview this week, Casassa brought up Turbin's infectious smile and ability to inspire others to follow his hard-working example. Bob Spain, Irvington's former head coach, calls Turbin the Pied Piper of his high-school teams.
"He didn't feel sorry for himself," Casassa said. "It was never like 'Oh, man, I've got a tough road.' He was just a hard worker. He worked his butt off in the weight room. He wanted to be a professional football player, and we knew that right away."
Actually, Spain initially questioned the work ethic of his hotshot sophomore who was habitually late for practice. Turbin, it turns out, was running home after school to meet Tiffany when a bus dropped her off. Turbin stayed with his sister until another family member arrived, allowing him to go to practice. He didn't tell his coach about the arrangement until Spain angrily addressed Turbin's tardiness.
Sound mind and body
"The thing I always think with Robert is this: genetics meets work ethic," Spain said. "I've coached high school football for over 20 years and very rarely do you see kids that come in that have the genetic ability to be an NFL player, but will work harder than everyone else around them to achieve that. That's what will always stick out with Robert - his undying effort to be the best that he can be."
Turbin's motivation to be the best was inspired by the drug-addled family members - his mom, his brother, an uncle - who were squandering their potential. He devoted himself to being different.
He found a positive example and calming influence in his father, an assistant pastor at All Nations Pentecostal Church in Oakland for the past 20 years. Why didn't Turbin turn bitter, angry and rebellious? He took his cues from his dad, who exuded a sense that everything was going to be all right, regardless of compelling evidence to the contrary.
"I could never catch him not in a good mood," said Turbin, who played the drums in the church band while his dad played the organ. "I could never catch him down and out. I could never catch him upset about something. You could never hear it in his voice. You could never see it in his demeanor. He just never showed it. That carried over to me. He was able to stay so strong and I was able to do the same."
Asked about his even-keel personality, Ronald Turbin says 99 percent of the credit goes to his faith. He then amends that number. Make it 100 percent, he said.
"The best way to teach somebody something is to let them see how it's done," Ronald Turbin said. "It's not always telling them something. They have to see it in you. That's what I've tried to do with Robert."
Exemplary work ethic
At Utah State, Turbin set the example for his teammates. Former Aggies running backs coach Ilaisa Tuiaki routinely saw Turbin at the team's facility at 5 a.m., often aiding recovery following another grueling workout by submerging himself in an ice tub.
Still, Turbin endured setbacks in college. As a freshman in 2007, he was granted a medical redshirt year after tearing the capsule at the bottom of his big toe. In 2010, he missed the season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
After recovering from his knee injury, he was the WAC Offensive Player of the Year this past season and is now poised to be a pro.
After he's drafted in late April, he won't be able to help his older brother. But he plans to provide for Lonnie's children, four daughters and one son.
Playing in the NFL, he says, hasn't just been his dream. It's been his duty.
"I saw how things were with my family and if I failed, then what?" Turbin said. "There was nobody else that could do anything, so I couldn't fail. I play to be great. I play to be the best every day because I want to. And I have to."
Eric Branch is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Twitter: @Eric_Branch. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Bob Frankel of Emmoco provided a embedded mobile control demonstration. By adding an AIR module to a light control system, he was able to use a tablet as a user interface.
In a separate demonstration, Anaren electrical engineer Mihir Dani showed me how to achieve effective light control with an Anaren 2530 module and TI technology. The module is embedded within the light and compact remote enables him to manipulate variables such as light color and saturation.
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From the printing press to the personal computer, the radio to the iPod touch, gadgets have changed how we communicate, learn, absorb entertainment, and laugh at nerds. But which was the biggest game-changer of all?
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ALES Score Type : Equal Weight and Verbal Score types (For further information, you can visit our website and get information from the Information menu programs)
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1- For Master's Program pre-registration petition (http://www.sosyalbil.selcuk.edu.tr/BELGELER/onkayitformuyl.pdf)
For Doctorate Program pre-registration petition (http://www.sosyalbil.selcuk.edu.tr/BELGELER/onkayitformudr.pdf)
2- For application to the Master's program, the original and copy of diploma or graduation certificate of bachelor's degree; for application to the Doctoral program, the original and copy of the postgraduate diploma/graduation certificate are needed (The graduates of undergraduate/postgraduate programs need a diploma equivalency certificate if they have studied abroad.)
3- For application to the Master's program, the original and copy of the transcript of undergraduate program; for application to the doctoral program, the original and copy of the postgraduate diploma/graduation certificate
4- The OSYM printout of Post-Graduate Education Entrance Examination type of score (ALES) (It will be checked through OSYM password of the candidate upon the application.)
5- For application to the Doctoral program the printout of the Exam Result of Foreign Languages (It will be checked through OSYM password of the candidate upon the application.)
6- A CV, it can be obtained from the web address (http://www.sosyalbil.selcuk.edu.tr/BELGELER/ozgecmis.doc).
7- The original and copy of the ID card
8- Two photos
9- The printout of the application through internet. The printout of the investigation t the application control unit is also accepted (The printout of the document showing the Department of Application)
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Minutes of the jury for proficiency examination and Thesis Monitoring Committee (TMC) suggestions form
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Petition for the establishment of a thesis monitoring committee (Doctorate)
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Thesis submission petition first application (Master's - Doctorate)
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Step 1-) Get the relevant parts of the documents given in the link below signed by advisors, jury members and heads of departments.
Step 2-) Get the library discharge certificate signed by authorities at the Coordination Office of Scientific Research Projects and the Library.
Step 3-) Thesis data entry form: 3 pieces (Click here to reach the form)
(Higher Education Council Guidebook: www.yok.gov.tr ) Enrol after you enter the page by clicking on the.Click on the thesis data entry buton in the member session and fill in the form. Then, get a printout and sign it.
Step 4-) Bound thesis with sheet size A5: 2 pieces (The theses that are prepared should be reduced to A5 size and submitted in soft-cover and pages written on both sides.)
Step 5) Abstract (English and Turkish): 1 Piece (Click here for Turkish abstract form.) , (Click for English abstract form), (Abstracts should be prepared and printed out using the forms in the relevant links, in 12 pica and 250 words at the most. There should be abstracts in CD and in the whole thesis.)
(The thesis that wa sprepared should be in accordance with the Thesis Writing Guidebook. "Scientific Ethics page and Thesis Acceptance Form should be signed and included in the thesis (Click for Thesis Writing Guidebook)
Step 6-) 2 CDs where the whole of the thesis and abstracts are given
Files to be included in the CD:
name_surname_thesis.pdf name_surname_thesis.doc
name_surname_abstract_tr.pdf name_surname_abstract_tr.doc
name_surname_abstract_eng.pdf name_surname_abstract_eng.doc
(CDs must be prepared in word and pdf format; student's name and student number must be written on CDs. CDs must be submitted in CD envelopes.)
Step 7-) Student must not have unpaid tuition fee.
Step 8-) Student ID card must be returned.
Step 9-) Health certificate must be returned.
Please submit the documents to students affairs Office of the Gradutae School in full. If there are missing documents, application will not be accepted.
For details, please read the explanations given below carefully.
1- These will be submitted on CD in digital format. These on paper or floppy disk will in no way be accepted.
2- The titles and abstract pages of these are uploaded on browsable areas of Thesis Database. Therefore, areas of text of this type must not include italics, tables, figures, graphs,chemical and mathematical symbols, subscripts and superscripts, Greek letters or other non-standard symbols or characters.
3- Abstracts must be prepared in two languages, one in Turkish, each no more than 250 words and having the thesis title at the top of the page and the author's name.
4- Theses must definitely contain an Approval Page which contain the names of the Graduate School and University where the thesis was submitted, thesis title, who it was submitted by, the date of thesis defense and the names of thesis adviser and other jury members.
5- "Licence to Copy and Publish Theses" must be completed for each thesis. There are two these to this end. Licence will be completed by the thesis writer for theses whose copy rights belong to the thesis writer whereas for theses whose copy rights belong to the relevant institution of higher education, licence will be completed by the Director of the relevant Graduate School, Dean or Head Doctor.
6- For each thesis, "Thesis Data Entry Form" must be completed, signed and submitted together with the thesis by the thesis writer. "Thesis Data Entry Form" can be accessed at web address of Thesis Data Entry Form.
7- The task of regukating and overseeing the full submission of theses to the Center belong to the Director of the Graduate School and the Dean of the Medical School in the case of universities and the Head Doctor of the Training Hospital in the case of training hospitals.
8- Theses must be submitted collectively to the Higher Education Council by the authority that approved the thesis (Graduate School, Faculty, Training Hospital) in periods of four months with lists including information about thesis name, thesis writer's name and type of thesis (master's, doctorate etc.).
9- The compact discs (CDs) prepared in accordance with the conditions laid down below must be labelled including the thesis title, writer's name, name of the higher education institution, name of graduate school, and name of faculty of training hospital for specialty in medicine theses, put in an impact-resistant CD box, enclosed in an envelope containing the information in the label again together with Thesis pproval Page, Thesis Data Entry Form and Licence Certificate and submitted.
A-2 CDs onto which the whole thesis was uploaded (in word and pdf format)
- Preparation of CDs:
a- The whole text of the thesis will be prepared as a single word or pdf file (including abstracts). Links to convert word files into pdf files can be found on the internet web page of www.yok.gov.tr Explanations about mixed theses containing appendixes other than the text format are given in Article 9.
b- The pdf files that are prepared will be the same as the copy of the thesis approved by the graduate school. c- The abstract pages in Turkish and foreign language will be included on the CD each as a separate pdf file. d- Since no changes will be made by the Higher Education Council on the thesis, the writer of the thesis carries all responsibility about the fact that when the thesis is seen on the computer screen or a printer printout is taken, they are the same as the original copy.
e- Files will be uncompressed and unencoded.
f- Turkish characters will not be used when naming files because this may lead to problems in different computers.
g- When files are being given names, what information they involve will be added to the end of writer's name and surname.
For example :
h- Thesis appendixes in text format or prepared through photocopying will be included in the pdf file which contains the whole text of the thesis. For this purpose, documents will be converted into pdf format using scanners or digital photocopiers.
i- Mixed Theses: If the thesis does not consist solely of text file, and if it contains pictures, maps, computer programs, video or audio records, this must be stated in the Thesis Data Form and abstract giving the names of the files. Formats preferred for pictures and video and audio recordings are given below. If a different format has been used, this must be included in the CD together with the thesis in a licenced form and allow readers to access it.
The Required Formats :
i- Picture Formats : Picture formats will be prepared in one of the formats given below. GIF (.gif)
PDF (.pdf)
TIFF (.tiff)
JPEG (.jpeg)
ii- Video Formats
MPEG (.mpg)
Quick Time – Apple (.mov)
Audio Video Interleaved – Microsoft (.avi)
iii-Audio Formats
Wav (.wav)
MIDI (.midi)
MP3 (.mp3)
Thesis Data Entry Form must be completed by the thesis writer on computer and then printed out and signed.
The form has been so designed as to transfer the information filled in by the writerto a temporary table connected with Thesis Database. When the form is completed and the "OKAY" box is clicked on, a ready-to-print form which bears a "Reference Number" generated by the system is formed. This form must be printed out, signed and sent together with the thesis. If some data have been entered wrongly for some reason, it is possible to go back and make corrections before printing out the form. However, if the error is noticed after the form has been printed, a new form must be completed and printed and the former one must be cancelled. Since the Reference Number on the form sent to HEC will be valid during the data entry checks at the Thesis center, attention must be paid to this matter.
It must be ensured that all of those below are in the same envelope before theses are sent to HEC Thesis Center:
1- Compact Disc that contains the thesis and abstract pages as pdf files,
2- Thesis approval page, (Thesis defense minutes form "approved")
3- Thesis Data Entry Form, completed, signed and having a reference number,
4- Absence of Leave Document, completed and signed
a) For theses whose copyrights belong to thesis writers (word) or
b) For theses whose copyrights belong to a higher education institution (word)
This guidebook can be obtained at the following internet website: www.yok.gov.tr
>>> Thesis Data Entry Form <<<
Note: Announcement made by the Higher Education Council Directorate of Publications and Documentation;
"Work is underway to transfer printed theses at the Higher Education Council National Theses Center to "Thesis Browsing System" as full text in pdf format through "Electronic Thesis Archieves Project".
♦ The automation system used at the Center was updated during the electronic archieves work.
♦ Our users can access full text theses by joining the sytem at http://tez2.yok.gov.tr/ in website www.yok.gov.tr under the title of "National Theses Center".
♦ In parallel to these developments, the photocopying services offered at the National Theses Center have been completely stopped.
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Red Abstract Check Textile Seamless PatternA slouchy sweat is the way to go to stay cozy on w night in! Lounge around in one that you've personally designed and fall in love with the soft material even more!
Made from: 100% Polyester
Fully Customized
Lightweight soft velour material
Adjustable drawstring hood
Standard Fit
Machine Washable
Attention: For all waistbands, handcuffs and drawstring, please use either plain colors or patterns only and NOT text messages. Due to bleeding and fabric stretch, the previewed image is only an approximated display of the final product.
If you order more than 50 pcs items (can be combined), please click here to contact us for whole price quotation, please include the SKU# and the quantity you want for each of them. For order less than 50 pcs, please order directly from our website.