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- Ethics in Action
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Education- Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2002
- M.A., Cleveland State University, 1997
- B.A., Baldwin-Wallace University, 1981
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BiographyDr. Sekerka's teaching and scholarship is designed to create a proactive approach to applied ethics. Her interests in adult moral development stem from twenty years in industry and in working with military officers. Sekerka's teaching is influenced by her research, which focuses on the promotion of strengths in support of personal and organizational growth, ethical decision-making, and professional moral courage in the workplace. Her award winning scholarship appears in a variety of academic venues including journals, books, and special issues targeting Positive Organizational Ethics. She is the Founder and Director of the Ethics in Action Research and Education Center. Dr. Sekerka works closely with the Silicon Valley business community as an Academic Partner at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. She is known globally as an ethics training specialist, providing workshops and seminars that help advance employees' moral competencies and build organizational ethical strength.
Research Interests- Adult Moral Development
- Ethics and Sustainable Enterprise
- Individual and Organizational Change
- Emotions in the Workplace
- Professional Moral Courage
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Courses Taught- Business Ethics
- Managing Change in Organizational Systems
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- Problem Analysis and Ethical Dilemmas
- Organizational Behavior: Managing for Organizational Effectiveness
- Bagozzi, R.P., Sekerka, L.E., Hill, V., & Seguera, F. (in press). The role of moral values in instigating morally responsible behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Sciences.
- Sekerka, L.E., Godwin, L., & Charnigo, R. 2012. Use of balanced experiential inquiry to build ethical strength in the workplace. Special Issue on Experiential Learning for the Journal of Management Development, 30(3), 275-286.
- Sekerka, L.E. & Stimel, D. 2011. How durable is sustainable enterprise? Ecological sustainability meets the reality of tough economic times. Business Horizons, 54(2), 115-124.
- Sekerka, L.E. & Godwin, L. 2010. Strengthening professional moral courage: A balanced approach to ethics training. Training & Management Development Methods, 24(5), 63-74.
- Viewing the Informal Economy through the Lens of Sustainability: Worker-Related Challenges and Opportunities. All-Academy Symposium (Co-chair) and paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 8/12.
- Understanding Islamic Business Ethics: Advancing Management Education by Examining Middle Eastern Cultural Norms. Paper presented at the Annual Comparative and International Education Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 4/12.
- Establishing a Positive Emotional Climate to Create Twenty -First Century Organizational Change: A Symposium on Organizational Culture and Climate. Paper presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 4/12.
- Influencing the Desire to Buy Green: Exploring Ethical Consumer Decision-Making in a Social Media Context. Paper presented at the International Academy of Business and Management, San Francisco, CA, 11/11.
- James Hervey Johnson Charitable Educational Trust Award (2011) (2012)
- Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence (2011)
- Santander Sustainability Challenge Scholarship Award (2011)
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Someone start one, shes done some pretty hardcore ☺☺☺☺ for us
Someone start one, shes done some pretty hardcore ☺☺☺☺ for us
Last edited by rail slave; 05-22-2007 at 12:33 PM. Reason: change of plans
while i agree, you cant really go higher then moderator on a forum =P
I am pretty sure that means at 2k
We could all chip in to a paypal account and get her something nice...
a necklace or some flowers or something? drill-bit earrings?
Some bulletin board peeps and I got a gift for Helen Thomas once (white house reporter) just out of mad respect for her.
You just need to get someone to champion the idea, call over there, get the trust of an employee, and find out where to send the goods.
Flowers, maybe? Call me old fashioned..unless everyone wants to chip in for an authentic diving helmet...thems are expensive
nah, buy her a DS game. she seems to be lapping pokemon pearl up :P
guys wait, if we get her a promotion then who will be our community manager?! she won't be able to get us awesome stuff any more and we'll be stuck with some weird guy who probably smells funny and laughs at his own jokes.
Ok, Ok a petition to give her a voice part in bioshock
Maybe laughing down some corridor, id be surprized if she hasnt already got one shes done so much for this game.
Someone start one.. i dont know how to
Hey some else is going to have to do it i cant get my head around the petition site
We got to do this
Yes! Promote her so I can take her place!
Ok, sign this puppy if you want to say thanks to elizabeth
I thought someboby said Elizabeth had already done some voice work on one of the trailers?
Ps,I can do some really scary voices!
Oh god dont say that lol, that means ive officialy out weirded myself
Hopefully she gets something cool for all the effort
guys, you are really sweet.
but i have to break the news to you that voice acting is already completed.
if you want some of my voice, listen to the podcasts!
also, the female voice on some of the demos is not me, but our awesome producer, melissa. she and i chat together on podcast 1.
About time i made a sharp exit lol
<<<<<< before the petition gets out of hand...oops
Look forward to the making of .
(what a scoop, the plan worked)
I hit 1500 hours on one of my characters in that text game I ramble about every now and then last night.
Mom did get flowers for mothers day on behalf of all her "Kids" cause we all Love her and cause shes the bestest Rapture mom in the whole world!!!
They were sent to her workplace. No need to get an employee involved. Getting flowers to her was not a challenge. Shes not like some super secret agent , shes just our loving Rapture MOM. A Mom that's there when we need her. Shes just so sweet!!!
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my party is:
gyarados 32 (took ages to level up my magikarp from level 5)
kricketune 31 (probably my weakest pokemon, but is good type advantage vs psychic)
staravia 31 (flying)
machoke 31 (fighting, obviously you got up to machamp using wifi?)
luxray 32 (electric)
monferno 33 (fire/fighting)
probably the two pokemon i should replace are kricketune and machoke, as i already have a fighting pokemon, and bug pokemon are a little weak. better for screwing with the enemy's status)
i like to make sure my team is varied in type, as i like to heavily-type-advantantage my battles, and most of my attacks are super effective because of this.
friend code?
i tried connecting to the net to get one but somethings screwing up, will get back on that one
EDIT: just found out ive only played for 25 hours, not 32 :P
ever seen a photo of here?
It looks like she's got a new photo:
...although I'm not sure if this is actually her. I think it might be a different Elizabeth.
Does she work for played and 2K?
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I wonder if we'd be making this kind of noise if it was Alexx Kay running the forum
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Yes it is her, i listened to one of the podcasts and she pretty much said that it was our 2kElizabeth
at about 15 mins through it http://www.playedpodcast.com/wordpre...Episode-24.mp3
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O.O... gosh you're right... *gasp*
well, 2K E...
im gobsmacked right now.
i need to stand out in the rain and catch my breath.
goodness gracious me.
i guess this would be a larger picture of 2k-E?
man.. i'm at a loss for words :P
not just a Great personality.
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Sorry BD...she's mine.
"The first time I saw her I said to myself, that lady— she, is a tiger. And what's more— she belong to me."
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you make it sound like a possesion thing. i'd much rather be a friend, than in a relationship with her. im not that kind of person although if i were older and more self confident i would definitely consider getting her number :P
btw, briefly had her picture up on msn, and one of my friends right off the bat goes "is that ur gf?" it was awkward getting out of that one. but when i said she worked for 2k as a pr, etc. he's like "wow"
Last edited by borgdrone89; 05-29-2007 at 07:08 AM.
I finally just beat the game at 72 hours, but there's still more to be done!
I would definitely think about leveling your machoke via a trade -- that's what I did -- and ditch your kricketune for something fire. I really needed fire. Add a ghost attack to someone, also, and you might be good.
As for my Pokemon friend code: 369465315951
Actually Elizabeth looks remakably like my niece!-and now I just feel so old!
Noticed she didn't respond to the talk of her picture. Avoiding the e-stalkers is a good policy, 'specially those who plan to assimilate as many chicks as there UNI-matrix can handle
nah, it's all good.
those pictures, are, indeed, me, the red headed one being from a month or so ago when i dyed it. i do in fact also work on the played podcast, it's a hobby of mine that actually pre-dated working at 2K.
and NOW for something completely different.... ;-)
Jeez that was easy. You boys just don't know how to approach a woman


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He is an Advisor for the Multicultural Services Office at EMU. Marvin was born and raised in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras. In 1994, and after only two years of marriage, Marvin and wife Mariana decided to become missionaries to the third country in the world with the largest Hispanic population after Mexico and Spain: the United States of America! Marvin has more than 21 years of pastoral experience as a youth pastor, church planter and senior pastor in different assignments in Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Virginia where he now lives. Marvin holds a BS in Management and Organizational Development (MOD) from EMU as well as a Masters of Divinity (M.Div) from EMS. The Lorenzana's love family gatherings, sports events, the Greenville Book Fair, going to museums, reading, and, yes, having a good time among good friends!
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Now let's get to -- -- in Washington because we're getting closer to the hour when the new congress will be sworn in the minutes I believe next hour.
And -- of course the host of the Fox News Channel special report joins us from our own DC bureau good to see you Brett.
God is saying earlier that our favorite phrase now thanks to Chris Christie is palace intrigue but tell John -- to be speaker at the end of today -- only.
Almost definitely.
There are probably about -- Republicans said to have some concerns about speaker Boehner.
But it's.
Whether they will vote to.
Actually remove him.
Highly doubtful and the -- is.
That he will retain his speakership in -- he just walked by our.
Producer of their Chad program and he was asked that is you have any consternation about this -- and he said absolutely not so.
He has confidence.
There are some up on Capitol Hill who think there's a slight chance that they could get to a second ballot that hasn't happened in decades.
44 -- ship.
But -- most bet that speaker Boehner will have everybody in line and that he will retain speak.
-- so what's really going on up there we know about the anger from and I know this is not necessarily the most influential group and House of Representatives the northeast Republicans angry about the the hurricane sandy bill we knew -- of the day it was a really.
That'll mess with a lot of drama getting the fiscal cliff legislation to the floor.
All this talk about the rivalry between the majority leader and the speaker is -- just that there's not enough.
Where there aren't enough votes to defeat him so that people are afraid to go against him because then they're in trouble if he stays in is that the kind of thing because he can get -- some things over them and what have you are a.
Yeah you know we actually has.
A decent -- amount of support.
And looking back at how they handled what was it pretty bad hand.
Even the most conservative.
Members said.
Listen he gave us a shocked you know they went into that GOP conference meeting and said.
It here's what we had this senate bill came over the fiscal cliff bill if you want to -- it and send it back he will die.
And we will be left holding the bag here and likely Republicans will be will be blamed.
For whatever economic mass comes after that they said but world.
Be willing to do that if you have the votes.
So tell me that you have 218 votes and we will put that amended bill on the floor.
So they were willing to put that out there they didn't get right -- that that number and then they did the up or down vote that we saw the other night.
Start with this -- next congress and -- what will the dynamic be like would be in any -- difference we headed to another round.
Bob cliff negotiations which were created by the previous round -- we know but you know for example our negotiations over between.
President Obama and speaker Boehner if you still speaker will be -- different dynamic in this next congress.
Yes I mean he -- said that he's told his conference that Boehner has that.
He's done with one on one negotiations with the President Obama.
And probably that is part of his effort to tell his conference.
Listen we're going to change we're going to go back to.
What we talked about after the health care legislation that.
That there's going to be a regular process here that there's going to be transparency that everybody's going to have a say that.
You're going to be able to look at a bill for three days and and really see what's in -- instead of this behind the scenes last minute push it through.
That we've seen so many times -- all over the last.
A couple of big bills like this exactly right -- talk about sandy what we're talking about fiscal cliff everything I've directed to see you and we'll talk to -- you.
Prepare now watch never not -- in most seniority to 6 PM with us special report on the Fox News Channel let's go back to.
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I don't know if resigning Lewis is ppossible now that the team has signed Foster. I expect them to move forward with Taylor, Allen, Gay, Brown, and Van Dyke. A draft pick could be possible too. It's gonna suck to see Keenan walk but unless he takes less to stay, I think it's a forgone conclusion. The writing was on the wall with the signing of Gay.
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I don't think so.
Anyways i believe Steelers should be able to sign him for reasonable amount. 1 INT CB is not going to get huge amount in FA especially when its loaded with DBs.
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Rd 2: Sio Moore - ILB/OLB
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I think we are prepared for him to leave (at least I am)
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He did not play well last year. But the guys has speeed and good physical skills. Hopefully a full year with Carnell the light goes off. The light did not go off for Lewis untill he had time with Coach Lake as his coach. I think Van Dyke was a 2nd round pick. So maybe he turns out to be a steal. Wishfull thinking on my part. But the guy has all the physical tools.
If he isn't signed it will just show how the front office screwed up holding onto veterans too long which got them into a disasterous cap situation. Hopefully the lesson is learned and they commit to getting young players on the field sooner so we don't get one productive season out of them before they are due their second contract like Keenan Lewis.
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REdiculous wrote:My parents were really excited about the Volt, having owned many Chevys, until they realized it's little more than the Chevy version of the Prius.
REdiculous wrote:if it's *only* a genset, why isn't it a small diesel?
REdiculous wrote:My parents were really excited about the Volt, having owned many Chevys, until they realized it's little more than the Chevy version of the Prius...
Faced with an oversupply of Volts, GM plans to suspend production of the new PHEV for three weeks in July, instead of the traditional two-week holiday. The company has already idled the Volt production line at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant for five weeks to allow demand to catch up with supply.
However, the Volt had a record month in March, selling 2,228 units, so GM may cancel the summer shutdown if sales stay strong. According to Ward's AutoInfoBank, GM had enough Volts in its inventory at the end of February to supply dealers for 154 days. A 60-day supply is considered optimal.
Automakers have learned (the hard way) the wisdom of modern "just in time" inventory management, but it's a feat that's not so easy to pull off with a complicated fashion accessory such as an automobile. And the Volt is no ordinary automobile – it's been compared to the iPhone, the Space Shuttle and a political football. Workers on the Volt production line may have to get used to an erratic work schedule.
TylerDurden wrote:TDI v. Volt... I prolly go TDI:
300K miles is typical for a maintained Volkswagen diesel. VW sold a lot of em, so parts will be available for decades. You can even convert to MTDI, by installing a mechanical injection pump and forget about computer worries.
My ex has ~150K on her '03 TDI wagon and still gets >43mpg average. I have an '89 Jetta (non turbo) with 288K that gets >45mpg average. (Yes, I am bragging.)
A small diesel hybrid would be optimal, IMO.
Ykick wrote:The main thing that tips it for me is electricity and CNG being domestically produced. Wanna stimulate the economy? Let's stop sending HUGE amounts of money out of our country and keep it here! Seems simple enough and 'hope I live to see the day...
I test drove a Chevy Volt today.
It looks sharp, I'll grant it that. Hearing nothing but the faint electric motor whine when the dealer pulled it out of the garage was very cool, too. (For those of you familiar with Toyota hybrids, it sounded a bit like the high-frequency whine that the HSD makes when regenerating.)
Then I hopped in. Although it's a small car, based on the Cruze, it felt big enough inside in the front seats: plenty of legroom and headroom alike. The ergonomics were all fine, too, apart from the shifter being oddly smack dab in the center of the dashboard and the parking brake being this little, weenie electronic deal. The dashboard was unconventional, too, with a central, squareish LCD display, a "floating ball" to show power consumption/regeneration on the right, and a battery state-of-charge indicator on the left. Didn't look bad overall at all, however, and the center console, in grey in this particular car rather than the iPod-white of the showcars, was pleasant enough as well.
Similarly pleasant was the powertrain part of the driving experience: despite a nominal curb weight of 3800 lbs it didn't feel heavy. In fact it had a bit of a kick, with a nice shove in the back on throttle tip in, no doubt thanks to electric motors' max-torque-at-0-rpm characteristic. My entire, brief test drive was spent in EV-only mode so I can't comment on how raucous the engine is or isn't.
All was not fun and games, however: the A-pillars are mammoth and the roofline low. It doesn't feel airy at all in the interior. Its ambience, if you will, is actually more similar to a sporty car like a current-gen Mustang, in that the roof feels pulled down tight. The front valence scrapes pulling out of driveways. The rear legroom is fine but headroom, thanks to the sloping aero-friendly roofline, is tight. There's no rear center seat: this is a strictly 4 passenger vehicle.
Finally, it's not cheap at all: The one I test drove, with leather and a backup camera as extras, was just shy of $44,000. Even with the $7,500 Federal tax credit for cars with sufficiently large battery packs--I hesitate to call them EVs due to semantics--that's still far from cheap.
So what's the verdict? I commend Chevrolet's engineers on making such an unconventional vehicle so thoroughly normal feeling: for all the world it feels like a muscular version of a Prius when in EV-only mode, with the same no-shifting-necessary seamless feeling of "thrust." The compromises made to styling, namely a swoopy roofline and high beltline, and safety, what with the overly robust appearing A pillars and thick C pillars, make it less inviting to drive than it could be, on the other hand. The price is the final killer: Even on affluent Long Island the salesman said he's sold all of 4 so far.
1 Volt per month. Sounds about right. Good luck, General Motors.
EBJ wrote:I'm a huge fan of the volt.
If I had the cash I'd get it over a prius or leaf. (because I do make the occasional 400 mile trip, and can't afford 2 cars)
But, then comes the plug-in prius....
TonyReynolds wrote:I've run a whole bunch of numbers on keeping my Passat TDI versus going with a Volt. Though they each pencil out equal at $5 per gallon over 10 years for total cost of ownership, as the average price per gallon rises, the Volt pulls ahead in economy. What I can't account for is lost cost of opportunity for the dollars spent on a Volt to be invested elsewhere. That said, if the net price for a Volt is about $33K (after Fed. tax credit), and my yearly fuel cost (at $5/gal) is about $3,300 (for the TDI), then NOT spending that means that I realize a "paper" return of about 9 or 10% on my "investment". Not bad.
Toshi wrote:It's a luxury to have a new car. You're going to pay for it. If it's worth it to you to save the fuel then knock yourself out. If you just want to save money then driving your TDI into the ground has to be the cheapest option...
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The Wyoming Department of Transportation is holding a public open house this evening on the planned replacement and road re-alignment of the Lewis Street Bridge in Sheridan. WYDOT Public Involvement Specialist Ronda Holwell.
Saturday, the Sheridan Inn became the host site for the Festival of Trees, a fundraiser for Sheridan and Johnson County Special Olympics. The Inn became a winter wonderland as trees and wreathes of every color and shape filled the rooms bringing with them, a special kind of magic.
Sunday evening closed out the annual holiday Open House at the Trail End State Historic Site. Often called Kendrick Mansion, the museum came alive with the sights, sounds, and scents of Christmas from the early 1900's.
Hundreds stood in line at the Sheridan Holiday Inn, waiting for the minutes to tick down to 4 o'clock, the time to begin Sheridan's 23rd annual Community Holiday Dinner.
Erin DeFries heads up the event.
Not many people like to lose and when a football team continually loses, like many years in a row, loses, there's got something wrong. The University of Wyoming Cowboys just can't seem to have a winning season.
Saturday was the annual Kalif Shrine's Kids Christmas Party held at the Kalif Center on Loucks Street. Sheridan Media's Judy Hagerott stopped by and brings us this story.
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She's called the Eagle Lady. She founded Save Our American Raptors in 1983. At 85 Doris Mager travels around the country with her friends who just happen to be birds of prey. Tomorrow she'll land in the Big Thicket.
The birds all came to her in need of rehabilitation and could not be released back into the wild. They include E.T., extra terrific, the great horned owl who loves to be rubbed on the head, a screech owl, and a caracara that she'll entice to fly across the room.
Drawing from 35 years as a wildlife rehabilitator in Florida, she tell stories of some of the birds she has saved with humor and passion.
I got the opportunity to see Doris and her birds on a rainy afternoon about a year ago.
Doris Mager is that rare inspirational and energetic person, passionate about her work. The program lasted an hour but it was not enough. We could have stayed and listened for the rest of the afternoon.
Tomorrow she will be at the Big Thicket Visitors Center north of Kountze at the intersection of Highway 69 and FM 420 at 2:30
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Mike Preston grades the Ravens' 16-13 win over the San Diego Chargers
Baltimore Sun columnist delivers his report card on the Ravens' overtime victory at Qualcomm Stadium
Quarterback: B+
Joe Flacco started off slowly and it appeared he would have another poor performance on the road. But he played well in the second half and made some big-time throws late in the fourth quarter and in overtime. The pass to Torrey Smith to set up the game-winning field goal was a beauty.
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Add / View comments | Discussion FAQStill waiting for those personal stats (not team wins) of Joe Flacco that show him to be anything other than average. Come on Flaccomaniacs!!
How does Flacco get a B+ for what was mostly a mediocre performance until the fourth quarter (and even then wasn't that good)? Special teams gets the lowest score on the team, despite a game typing FG and game winning FG by Justin Tucker? Come on.
I'm certainly happy the Ravens eked out this win, but why be so proud of a slim victory against a team that is unlikely to even have a winning record this year?
I know, a win is a win, right? Okay. But it's not one that inspires confidence in this team's ability to advance upon last year's performance.
Never was enamored with Joe but even I noticed how smart he was with the ball. His throws early were to spots only a Raven could catch in tight coverage. Cam called his typical ball control, road game and Joe kept them away from the big turnover. It's not fun to watch but it keeps the team in close away games. Now if they could manage the clock a little better in the 2 minute drill I could actually get on board with both these guys.


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A competitive first half of the Sunflower Showdown turned into the Sunflower Beatdown, once again as #7 K-State dominated hapless KU, 56-16 in Manhattan.
It's the Wildcats (5-0) fourth straight win over KU in the annual instate rivalry game.
K-State blew the game wide open with 28 points from Klein and John Hubert, who scored on two touchdown runs of 32 and one yard. He scored his third of the half in the fourth quarter.He finished with four touchdowns on Saturday.
Klein left the game at the end of the fourth quarter, finishing the game with 116 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. He completed 7 of his 14 passes, throwing for 129 yards and two scores. Daniel Sams came for Klein.
On the other side, Dayne Crist's solid first half was picked apart by the Wildcat defense in the second. They picked him off twice, holding him to less than 200 yards in the air. James Sims had a solid day on the ground with one touchdown and 115 yards on 28 carries but had no help.
K-State rolls on next week to Ames, IA for a Big 12 game with Iowa State. KU retools for Oklahoma State in Lawrence at Memorial Stadium.
Halftime Report
In a surprising turn of events, the Sunflower Showdown has turned into the Sunflower Shootout at halftime.
Led by Collin Klein, #7 K-State leads KU 21-14 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
After a 55-yard Nigel Malone interception, K-State had a chance to go up two scores but terrible clock management by Klein and coach Bill Snyder, and an incredible tackle from KU linebacker Ben Heeney kept the Wildcats from the endzone before halftime.
KU struck first, using a great drive orchestrated by Dayne Crist at quarterback, capped off by a 19-yard touchdown catch and run from Tony Pierson.
K-State answered quickly with a 20-yard touchdown run from John Hubert, tying things at 7-7 in Manhattan. The drive took just 2:47 off the clock.
Charlie Weis threw out all the stops on their next drive, executing a fake punt and fake field goal to keep the drive alive, before James Sims punched it in from the one-yard line to take a 14-7 lead. A quick drive from K-State tied the game at 14 on a beautiful 34-yard touchdown pass from Collin Klein to Tyler Lockett. K-State took their lead on a one-yard Klein run with nine minutes to play.
It would have been 21-17 but KU's Ron Dougherty missed a chip shot field goal, stalling another great KU drive in the second quarter.
Game Preview
For the last two years the Sunflower Showdown has been anything but. In order for something to be a showdown both sides have to show up. Kansas has been beaten three years in a row by Kansas State with the last two losses being the most lopsided: the Wildcats won 59-21 last year and beat the Jayhawks 59-7 the year before that.
This year looks to be no different than the last three as 7th ranked Kansas State gets home-field advantage over the struggling Kansas Jayhawks. Kansas State is undefeated this season and have been extremely solid on both sides of the ball. They've outrushed their first four opponents by 600 yards and have put together a stronger passing attack to balance things out.
Led by quarterback Collin Klein the Wildcats have a steady approach, wait for other teams to make mistakes and then, as KU head coach Charlie Weis put it, 'they pounce on you.' The Cats have forced 10 fumbles this season and have recovered 6 of them. They've also recorded 2 interceptions. The defense has racked up 9 sacks this season helping set up an efficient offense that has scored in the red zone 90 percent of the time this year.
The one thing that Kansas has over KState? Turnovers. Kansas leads the Big 12 in forced turnovers and rank 5th in the NCAA in the same category. The Jayhawks have recovered 7 fumbles and have picked off opposing quarterbacks 6 times. The problem comes when the Kansas offense takes the field.
KU quarterback Dayne Crist has passed for 763 yards this season but has only connected on two touchdowns. He's also been picked off 4 times and his completiong percentage is a paltry 48 percent.
The Jayhawk's rushing attack is where they've done most of their damage this season and with a healthy Taylor Cox back in the lineup, Charlie Weis' offense adds a distinct threat. However, Kansas State defends the run extremely well, allowing an average of fewer than 100 yards per game this year.
The backfield of Cox, James Sims and Tony Pierson has produced 6 touchdowns, 2 for each player, with Pierson leading the way with just over 300 rushing yards.
Saturday's game kicks off at 11 a.m. in Manhattan. Follow @BruceHaertl and @jennbates12 on Twitter for updates from the game.


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Time has been running since my return from Santa Fe more than a month ago. We have rehearsed our two fall productions and opened the first of them, Gluck's marvelous Iphigénie en Tauride, last Thursday.
Even though I've been doing it for ten years now opening a new season always feels very special to me. Having our audience back in the house and see them cheer our artists like they did on Thursday really gives all the sense to what we're doing. I was happy to have Robert Carsen back with another Gluck opera after Orfeo last spring and see his work being acknowledged so warmly in his hometown and, also, to welcome my old friend Susan Graham to our stage. Sitting there at opening night I couldn't stop myself from being proud of how wonderfully a great singer's voice showcases our magnificent hall.
On our free day between the opening of Iphigénie and today's piano dress rehearsal of Rigoletto I took my two conductors, Johannes Debus and Pablo Heras-Casado, to New York for a performance of Lully's Atys at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It felt like a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience this groundbreaking production that started the renaissance of French baroque opera in the late 1980s so masterfully performed by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants.
In the meantime we've also fallen into city budget purgatory and it looks as if this will continue until November, at least. As a company that needs to program four to five years ahead in order to keep up with our international peers we deeply rely on a reliable funding horizon. We would be a very different company without the support we receive from three levels of government and I truly hope that we will find a way to work with the city that addresses budget constraints while maintaining a sustainable environment for the arts.
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Just one of the great things about being the COC's General Director is that I get to represent my company at cultural events all over the world. So I went to Montreal yesterday afternoon for the inauguration of the new concert hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, la Maison Symphonique de Montréal. Since my arrival in Canada this is the second opening of a new concert hall that I got to attend (the first being Toronto's splendid Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory) and I found myself sitting there last night thinking how lucky I am to live and work in a country that, against all odds, continues to grow its cultural infrastructure.
The hall itself has been designed by the same team that was responsible for our Four Seasons Centre, Diamond & Schmitt Architects, Sound Space Design and Fisher Dachs Associates, with the addition of Artec Consultants. Its shoebox shape has a functional beauty that reminded me of our R. Fraser Elliot Hall and, as one might expect, the acoustics are glorious: detailed, warm, rich and transparent.
There really is no better piece to open a new hall than Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and it was a real pleasure to see Kent Nagano and the musicians of the Montreal Symphony embrace the possibilities of their new home. Preceding the symphony was a marvelously showcase of Quebec composers and writers with pieces by Claude Vivier, Gilles Tremblay, a new commission by Julien Bilodeau and texts by Joséphine Bacon, Yann Martel, Marie-Claire Blais and Wajdi Mouawad that had also been commissioned by the orchestra for the inauguration.
Now, I'm just about to return to Toronto for our rehearsals of Iphigénie en Tauride and Rigoletto. In two weeks from today we will open our 2011/12 season.
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My festival summer should have ended with the performance of Vivaldi's Griselda in Santa Fe yesterday evening, but luckily David Holloway, the Director of the Apprentice Program, invited me to attend the dress rehearsal of the second program of Apprentice Scenes this morning. With excerpts from Jonathan Dove's The Flight, Béatrice et Bénedict, Manon, Così fan tutte, Sweeney Todd, Capriccio, Eugene Onegin and Rigoletto, the apprentices seemed even more impressive to me then in their first program last Sunday and some of the individual performances were truly outstanding, even at 11:00 a.m.! I'm grateful I could attend.
The performance of Vivaldi's Griselda yesterday evening was a true highlight of my festival summer. It actually was the first Vivaldi opera I've seen on a stage and I'm still astonished how masterfully he characterizes the roles with his music. The story of a queen of humble origins, repudiated and put through a series of trials by her king, just to be reinstated as the queen at the end of the piece is unbelievably moving. The production by director Peter Sellars and Los Angeles-based visual artist Gronk has been controversial with the public and some critics here, but, frankly, I don't quite understand why. Not only does it propose one of the most beautiful and suggestive sets I've seen in a while, it also treats the characters of the piece with so much tenderness and emotional depth that I was spellbound in my seat for the entire duration of the performance. I'm glad our Toronto audience will get to see Peter's work soon. Add to a marvelous production a superlative cast headed by Paul Groves (our Idomeneo in 2010) and Meredith Arwady (Death in our BAM tour of The Nightingale and Other Short Fables in March), Isabel Leonard (coming to the COC soon), Amanda Majeski (not coming yet, but I would love to have her) as well as countertenors David Daniels (also coming soon) and Yuri Minenko. Opera doesn't get much better.
Tomorrow I'll be back in Toronto and on Tuesday we will start rehearsals for our new Rigoletto. The COC's 2011/12 season will start on September 22.
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Dr. Staecker served industry and government on manufacturing and advisory panels and is Consulting Editor to Microwave Journal.
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He was founding President of the Brazilian Telecommunications Society, and in 1990, Prof. de Marca was appointed Scientific Director of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq), where he approved the initial funding of the national research network that opened the way for the widespread use of Internet in Brazil. He was a delegate to several ITU-R TG8/1 meetings and was also chair of a working group on QoS, where the wireless 3G technology specifications were developed. From 2009 to 2011 he was a member of FINEP's Presidential Advisory Board. (FINEP is the largest Brazilian R&D & Innovation funding agency.)
He is an IEEE Fellow and a full member of both the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Brazilian National Academy of Engineering. Dr. de Marca was the 2000-2001 President of the IEEE Communications Society. In 2008 he held the office of IEEE Vice President of Technical Activities.
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Gordon Day spent most of his career in research and management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he founded and led the NIST Optoelectronics Division. His personal research ranged from fundamental optical measurements to the development of standards for optical fiber and new concepts in instrumentation. More recently, he served as science advisor to Senator Jay Rockefeller and Director of Government Relations for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association. He has been a Professor Adjoint at the University of Colorado and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK), and has served on many industry, government, and academic advisory groups. He is a past President of the IEEE Photonics Society and of IEEE-USA, and he is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, the Optical Society of America, and the Institute of Physics (UK). He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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Prior to joining IEEE, Jim served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies, a $4-billion global enterprise. His broad technical background leveraged DuPont's strong materials and technology base to accelerate growth in the "high-tech" markets of electronics and communications. In this capacity, he led the research and development functions, coordinating long-term applied research efforts in corporate R&D centers and searching out new opportunities for growth. New business ventures emerging from this work, in flat-panel displays, PV, fuel cells, and photonics, were incubated under Jim's guidance. In February 2003, he was elected to the DuPont Photomasks (DPMI) Board of Directors and remained through the successful acquisition of DPMI by Toppan in April 2005.
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Jim's first role following his doctorate was leading the development, importation, installation, and support of process and device modeling tools for silicon and GaAs technologies for AT&T Bell Laboratories.
An IEEE Senior member, Jim earned a bachelor's degree in Science and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Sydney University in Australia. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University.


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The Browns have a very mild interest in former Akron Zips receiver Domenik Hixon, a league source told the Plain Dealer. Hixon, 28, is an unrestricted free agent from the Giants, where he was part of two Super Bowl Championships. Mostly a reserve receiver, Hixon caught 39 passes for 567 yards and two touchdowns last season. Overall, he's started 13 of his 61 NFL games.
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2013? LGNYG bring home another Title this year!!!
Football has been very, very good to us.
In the midst of this losing season, we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans
2-Washington, Green Bay, Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, New England
4-New York Giants!!!!!
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If Eli threw 5 ints in one game he would get ripped to shreds.
It sad isn't it....smh. Giants fans are so worried about being an un-baised fan that they just rip Eli like everyone else does. I can care less what other fans think or the media but our own fans??? I've seen people stick up for RG3 on this board more then I have ever seen them stick up for Eli. Pretty pathetic....
And that is where you lose me. Average to blelow average the majority of his career? Early on he was struggling, yes, but he has been above average since his 2007 superbowl run. Are you telling me you would have 15-16 other QBs other then Eli during his career? Really?
He is playing average this year, because he is elite one game and bad the next. Last year he was the reason they won a superbowl, no matter what people think. It was all on his shoulders and he delivered. His 1,219 yards is an NFL record for a single postseason, and his 9TDs to 1 INT is pretty damn good as well. Im not sure many other QBs can do that in the postseason against the best teams in the NFL. Average he is not.
My sliding mock: (mid round pick)
1-Cyril Richardson G Baylor / CJ Mosely LB Bama
2-Shane Skov LB Stanford / Travis Swanson C Ark
3-Louchiez Purifoy CB Florida / Brandon Coleman WR Rutgers
4-Bryan Stork C Florida St / Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB Nebraska
5-DeVonte Parker WR Louisville / Chris Watt G ND
6-Kareem Martin DE UNC / Jerome Smith RB Syracuse
I've advocated him in the past, but to me it seems he's on the decline so I've held off on defending him lately. Overall I try to keep it as real as possible with Romo, or the Cowboys in general for that matter, whether that means criticizing him or supporting him.
I'll defend him when the criticisms are outrageous or just plain inaccurate, and I'll weather absurd claims when some homer tries to compare him with Brees or in one case even Eli.


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Did the Anointed One mention in his speech that black female unemployment is HIGHER NOW than when he took office? Did he mention that he has added 50% more to the food stamp rolls in the past 4 years, and now we have more people on food stamps and welfare than the entire population of Spain? Have you heard this on NBC and the other Obummer networks? And the list goes on under the Socialist/Marxist/Communist fake in the White House. Goodbye America.
No way mac, they are champions for womens rights that cant be so........
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Psalms - Chapter 112
Also Alef-Beis (Just Not For Us)
Like the previous Psalm, this one is also an alphabetic acrostic. (Unlike the previous Psalm, we are not going to break it down letter by letter, preferring instead to freely translate as we usually do.)
Again David begins with the exhortation to praise G-d. He declares fortunate the person who is in proper awe of G-d and desires to perform His will. Such a person will merit the same respect that people give to those in positions of authority; the children of the righteous will benefit from this same respect. They will be a positive example to others. Their fortunes will be secure and the merit of the charity they gave will last forever. (Compare this with the story of King Munbaz, who gave the contents of his royal treasury to charity, preferring the spiritual reward to the temporal wealth - Baba Basra 11a.) Even in darkness, the righteous have a light (G-d Himself, as per Micah 7:8). G-d is kind, merciful and righteous.
You know who's a good person? One who lends to those who need it and conducts his business carefully. Such a person will never slip; he will be fondly remembered after he passes on. He need not fear disaster because he trusts in G-d. His heart is steady, so he doesn't worry, even though he hasn't seen his enemies punished (yet).
This righteous person distributed money generously to the needy, so the merit of that action lasts forever. He will enjoy that much greater a reward in the Next World. The evil people, who acted greedily and refused to assist others, will see the reward of the righteous and resent it. He will storm in vain against the righteous and be disheartened. The wicked and their desires will be destroyed.


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police officer's murder has left the county's politicians and police officials wondering why the suspect was still walking the streets.
"One can only wonder how an animal like this could roam the streets
with his rap sheet," Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said at a press
conference Tuesday night just hours after police officer Arthur Lopez
was allegedly shot by suspect Darrell Fuller.
Fuller allegedly gunned down Lopez after a short pursuit from a previous incident.
A short time later, he fatally shot 52-year-old Raymond Facey in the head near the Cross Island Parkway in order to take the Facey's car.
Before Tuesday's incident, the 33-year-old Fuller had spent five
years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder in 2004,
according to the county executive.
Shortly after his release, Mangano said Fuller was arrested again in
2010 "for selling crack-cocaine on the streets of Nassau County."
Sadly, this violent, felony offender did only nine months before he
was paroled again and caused today's deaths," Mangano said. "The laws of
the State of New York really must change in order to prevent officers
like Arthur Lopez from losing his life."
According to the New York State Department of Corrections and
Community Supervision, Fuller was still on probation for his attempted
murder conviction.
Nassau County Police Benevolent Association President Jim Carver said
Fuller should be locked up permanently after Tuesday's shooting.
"The rules have to change, you kill somebody, you don't see the
[light of day] again," he said. "...They should not be let loose and
kill again. This is a very sad day for everybody."
This story was written by Matthew Hogan.
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Mangano: Alleged Cop Killer an 'Animal'
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October 23, 2012 at 09:58 PM
How about telling us the names of the Nassau County Judges who kept releasing this convict. Maybe, they will be up for re election next month.
RIP Ofc. Lopez
October 24, 2012 at 01:53 AM
This pig should have never be let out of jail. I don't understand what the prarole board is thinking. Maybe now things will hopefully change. Criminals are taking over. My prays go out to his parents. I hope they give this animal the death penalty
October 24, 2012 at 09:56 AM
The U.S. justice system seems like its set up to protect evil and bankrupt the tax payer.......This guy should be executed withing the month.....Not one penny needs to be spent on his electricity, security, food, water, clothes..t.v....
Martin Green
October 24, 2012 at 01:42 PM
This savage better never see the light of day again. I wish the death penalty was an option. He will never feel the pain that he caused yesterday. Nothing but a piece of garbage. God Bless the Lopez and Facey families. Fidelis ad Mortem!!!
Diane M. Pape
October 24, 2012 at 02:53 PM
Too many judges give out parole when they should keep these criminals in jail.
October 24, 2012 at 02:58 PM
You know Martin, the very sad thing is this Animal will go to jail and probably get out in 20 years. Look at what happen in 1988 when rookie NYPD officer Edward Byrne of North Massapequa was executed in cold blood in Jamaica Queens , the three animals are up for parol I believe next month.....This is a slap in the face to the family and all police officers everywhere. Why should they even be considered for parol? We need better, stronger laws that protect our officers and us all. If our politicians and judges can't do this, then what good are they to us? Lets vote the out. Our prison system is a joke, prisoners should NOT have the same rights as free civilians.
Clark Griswold
October 24, 2012 at 03:26 PM
If the judges won't protect the cops, the cops need to protect themselves. TAKE NO PRISONERS!!! Just be smart enough to do it where the surveillance cameras ain't. Has this mutt's mother been on TV yet saying "My son is a good boy".?
October 24, 2012 at 03:26 PM
I think the parole board needs to be fired and new people need to step up, how the hell can you release this SOB into society, he should have been locked up for life no parole, I would hold all you accountable for Arthurs death because this damn well could have been prevented. Time to look over our justice system.....
Diane M. Pape
October 24, 2012 at 03:41 PM
@ DeeJorge - you are correct we have way too many criminals out on parole who continue to be less than model citizens we feel that each criminal should have his parole revoked send the criminals back to jail let them rot in a jail cell
marianne krause
October 24, 2012 at 04:18 PM
I wish you people would stop referring to this human piece of garbage as an animal, animals do not kill for the pleasure these humans do.
October 24, 2012 at 06:09 PM
Animal? But don't refer to this garbage as human. CAGE it like an animal, with a recording of Arthur Lopez's families screams, upon hearing the devastating news.
I got to agree with everyone's comments. Parole Board needs to get it right. Judges need to get it right.
Where did this piece of S@@@ get a gun. Go after the parole board & trace the guns sale and go after them. Lock them all up.
Prayers to the Lopez Family.
October 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Mangano should have ensured that such a large and well respected PD as NC, should have had a mandatory policy that vests must be worn. Vests and seat belts have saved many Officers lives. Get out of the suburban mentality, violence can happen anywhere at any time.
RIP PO Lopez.
Steve Johnson
October 27, 2012 at 01:16 PM
All New Yorkers, this is an example of the results over time of having liberal minded individuals being appointed as judges. Is it really that hard to connect the dots to this??They have this deep rooted mentality that criminals can be rehabilitated, and its a humanly right to give the guy a chance and all these other BS reasons. Look into the background of the people who allowed this guy to be released, and how they obtained their job position and you will clearly see the answer why this has happened. Our society is eroding more and more because of this, and for the proof look at the top levels of government and all the blatant disregard of our laws. This is a political issue just as well, because this is the fallout that happens when a certain mindset becomes ingrained into our society. Please dont have tunnel vision and look at the whole picture of what is happening.
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Analysing Professional Discourse in Interactive Learning: Integrating Historical and Situational Perspectives
Written environments in online learning enable professional discourse to be analysed in depth and provide greater knowledge for improving learning and for planning and delivering courses aimed at professional development.
Until now, research into professional discourse has highlighted the importance of a) interaction in the development of professional discourse, b) the need to analyse professional discourse as much from a historical point of view as from a situational one and c) the influence the demands of the context have on this discourse.
Published by the "Journal of Interactive Learning Research" in 2010, this paper takes this triple result and delves further into the professional discourse verbalised by 21 educational psychologists taking an online practice development course, and incorporates an integrated historical and situational analysis.
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GeoHCI 2013 - Geographic Human-Computer Interaction
GeoHCI 2013 aims to provide a much needed venue for members of the human-computer interaction and geography communities to create and share knowledge on topics that span this disciplinary boundary.
For the increasing number of HCI researchers and practitioners whose work has a geographic component, GeoHCI 2013 will offer a unique opportunity to discuss best practices and open research questions with like-minded members of the HCI community and with geographers, whose field has a rich understanding of spatial phenomena. For geographers, GeoHCI 2013 is a chance to do the same with experts in HCI-related areas such as online communities, mobile and online maps, location-based social networks, crisis informatics, ubiquitous computing, and augmented reality.
Researchers and practitioners in HCI, geography, and related disciplines who are interested in participating should submit a two-page position statement as described in the call for papers. Position statements are due January 11, 2013 and should be submitted through our EasyChair site. The workshop, co-located with CHI 2013 in Paris, will be on April 27.
On April 28, we are hosting an optional second workshop day that will consist of various "in the field" activities. We are actively seeking proposals for participant-led field trips. Have a great new citizen science app you want to demonstrate? Want to lead an OpenStreetMap data collection activity to bring everyone at the workshop up to speed on the OSM state-of-the-art? Can you guide us on an augmented reality tour of Paris? Let us know! Position statements that are accompanied by field activity proposals will receive extra consideration.
Interactive Technologies In Language Teaching
Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching is a European project which aims to promote best practice in communicative language teaching using interactive whiteboards.
Interactive whiteboards may look like normal whiteboards, but they can facilitate the integration of new media in the classroom, enhance learner engagement, support new electronic literacies and meet the needs of students with diverse learning styles. If used well, IWBs can significantly transform the language classroom. For this to happen, teachers need to be given adequate training and support in how to use the tool communicatively, to be aware of strategies and procedures for designing effective IWB materials, and to have the opportunity to reflect on their own practice.
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- produce effective IWB training materials for language teachers
- inform teachers of IWB best practice based on research
- provide a support network for teachers and schools
- bring together teachers from all sectors (primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational) of education
- encourage the sharing of example lesson plans
- promote reflective practice with IWBs
iTILT Website
The iTILT project website aims to provide language teachers with a place to go to for professional development, training and support. You will find:
- information about how best to use the IWB in language teaching
- example videos of teachers using the interactive whiteboard effectively in the language classroom
- an online community of educational experts and language teaching practitioners who are using the interactive whiteboard
- guidelines and support for teacher trainers
- resources for teachers (lesson plans, etc.) supporting the teaching of a range of different European languages, such as Spanish, French, English, German, Dutch, Welsh and Turkish
- an open-source archive of example IWB materials
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- Language teacher trainers
- Learning technology specialists
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Outliers School Educación: ideas sobre el futuro
Outliers School Educación es una iniciativa sincrónica online de 30 días para 40 participantes. Se trata de un proyecto on-line multiplataforma "en vivo" sobre nuevas ideas y modelos de Diseño Educativo con aprendizaje basado en resolución de problemas y prototipado de soluciones. Las áreas para resolver los problemas de diseño educativo serán: 1) Desintermediación en el diseño educativo; 2) Aprendizaje Invisible y no-formal y medios sociales en educación; 3) Narrativas transmediáticas aplicadas a la educación y; 4) mobile learning.
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The webinar will give an overview of the effective use of interactive whiteboards and other interactive technologies within the Primary and Secondary classroom. Diana Bannister will explore the structure of lessons using the interactive whiteboard and identify some of the key issues that practitioners need to address when developing and delivering their lesson materials. You will learn about some key websites for you to visit and some techniques that you could try within your classroom.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday March 28th 16:00 – 17:00hrs (CET) We will use the Elluminate virtual platform. You do not need access to an interactive whiteboard to be able to take part in this session.
The presentation will be made by Diana Bannister who is the Development Director for Learning Technologies based in the School for Education Futures, University of Wolverhampton.
The webinar is free of charge and open to everybody interested in the topic. Register here
4th IEEE International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games'12)
The fourth IEEE International Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (2012) aims to meet the significant challenges of the cross-disciplinary community that work around these serious application areas by bringing the community together to share case studies of practice, to present new frameworks, methodologies and theories and to begin the process of developing shared cross-disciplinary outputs. In order to achieve this main aim the conference will pioneer new methods for bringing together and supporting communities of practice emerging in themed areas beyond the duration of the conference. Using the conference as an ignition to support a wider aspiration to form and sustain a community of practice around the field.
The term 'Serious Games' covers a broad range of applications from flash-based animations to totally immersive and code driven 3D environments where users interface with large volumes of data through sophisticated and interactive digital interfaces. This shift towards immersive world applications being used to support education, health and training activities marks the beginning of new challenges that offer real scope for collaborative and multi-disciplinary research solutions, and real opportunities for innovative development.
We invite researchers, developers, practitioners and decision-makers working with or applying serious games in their communities to present papers in the following two main streams of the conference: games and virtual world applications for serious applications. The conference will explore games and virtual worlds particularly but not exclusively in relation to:
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Scott Lobdell and Rob Liefeld are friends. Do they like have some kinda alliance to ruin comic books and enrage fans or something
This is Rob Liefeld. You know how people draw comics? Rob doesn't do that. He had his own Levi's commercial directed by Spike Lee in the 90s. He had best selling comic books. He was a revolutionary and helped co-create Image Comics when all the hot artists ditched their classic gigs (like Spiderman, X-Men and, uhh, Guardians of the Galaxy) for creator-owned projects. But he doesn't "draw" comics. Oh God, no.
Just… ugh, just let me show you.
The most important thing you need to know before reading about all the terrible things Rob Liefeld has drawn is that he has never seen or spoken to a women in his entire life and has no idea what they look like or how their bodies operate. For example:
This is what a woman looks like to Rob Liefeld. I can't even joke about this. Its fucking ridiculous. Fucking ri-cock-ulous. She has a string of pouches where her stomach should but could not possibly be, and both her thighs and uper arms are larger than her abdomen. Her spine is contorted to a ridiculous degree, and she has a big ole ass and torpedo tits.
And then Rob started drawing teenagers for DC comics.
Might I remind you if need be that Wonder Girl does not have powers of elasticity. It is not possible for her to twist her back around like that. Only in the world of Rob Liefeld.
Now you know what Rob hates drawing? Feet. Take a look at this cover he drew of X-Force #3:
Here he is depicting a battle between the titular team and the monstrous Juggernaut. They all appear to be battling atop some kind of boulder, which serves as the purpose of covering Warpath, Cable and Juggernaut's feet.
"Oh shit, gotta get Domino on there too, can't have an X-Force cover without tits. Oh shit, the ground I drew doesn't reach up to where I'm putting her. Oh fuck it. She'll be crouching. You can crouch in the air, right?"
So counting Cannonball that's 5 character's feet taken care of. The Juggernaut's other foot doesn't need to be there- perspective, right? As for Shatterstar's feet, well, Rob keeps it simple by drawing one as an elongated PacMan and the other as a kidney bean. And Spiderman has a dog's hindquarters. Holy shit, Rob drew him just straight up with a dog's ass and legs.
Shit, who needs to know why they're jumping together in front of a yellow wall with a spotlight on them? Who needs to know why Rob Liefeld seems to think guns have two holes out of which they fire bullets? It's DEATH BLOOD MATE SHOT, RAAAAAWWWRRRHHH!
I hope this has given you an insight into some of the atrocities created by that monster known as Rob Liefeld. I'll leave you with this: