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Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching
An introduction to some key concepts in the effective teaching and learning of languages.
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Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching
Understand key concepts in the effective teaching and learning of languages.
What is language? How do we learn meaning in a new language? What is easy and hard about learning another language? And what is the best way to teach other languages?
This free online course suggests some answers to these questions. It has been developed by the University of Southampton and the British Council, and draws on their exciting joint online course, MA in English Language Teaching.
If you are a fully participating learner in "Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching," you will be eligible to apply for a scholarship to cover part of the MA fees. You will find out more when you join the course.
The course takes place over four weeks. It will introduce you to some of the latest ideas in research and practice in language learning and teaching. We will:
- Explore second language learning and what it means to learn language
- Consider language classrooms and how teaching affects our language learning
- Look at the use of technology in teaching, and its benefits and challenges for language learning
- Investigate the case of English - the most widely learnt and taught language in the world - asking how it has achieved this position
- Update you on the latest research into the use of English and give you a taste of what it is like to be a researcher in Global English.
You will also have the opportunity to take part in a live research project by telling us about language policies and practices where you are.
The course includes quizzes, activities, discussions and videos filmed around the world. The videos feature experts such as British Council teachers, and staff and students at the University of Southampton.
During the course, you will hear different voices sharing their ideas and opinions – and we want to hear yours too. How do you use language in YOUR life? What is YOUR experience of language learning and teaching? Join us – to discuss effective language learning and teaching.
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- The nature of language and language learning including discussion of what is hard and easy in second language acquisition
- Language teaching in the classroom including consideration of classrooms as communities of practice and theories about effective classroom pedagogy
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- The use of English as a global language or lingua franca
- The historical spread of English and implications for language policy and teaching
- Definitions of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the scale of ELF use and its pros and cons
- Exploration of the work of Global Englishes researchers and invitation to join in with a research project.
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Today, February 2nd, is the 40th day after Christmas Day. For people of Polish descent who faithfully observe their ethnic customs, it is the last day of the Christmas Season. This holy time of year always comes to an end with a very important Church Feast, The Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. On this special day we commemorate Mary and Joseph bringing the child Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem for the first time, 40 days after His birth. According to the ancient Law of Moses, every Jewish mother was excluded from attendance at public worship for 40 days after giving birth to a boy child. Mary fulfilled this command of the law by presenting two pigeons as a sin offering and through the paryers of a priest was pruified from the ritual uncleanliness associated with childbirth. This feast day, therefore, was formerly called the Purification of Mary.
Today the feast is commonly known as Candlemas Day because of the blessing of candles which takes place at the beginning of Mass. The lighted candles are carried in procession in church to remind us that it is Jesus Christ who is the true Light of the World, a Revelation to all the nations and the glory of the People of Israel.
In Poland this day is called Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej which is translated literallly as Mother of God of the Thunder Candle. The candles blessed this day are called gromnicy or thunder candles because they are kept in the home for use especially in time of thunderstorms to protext the house from being hit by lightning. They are also a protection against other natural calamities such as floods, fire and drought. The blessed candles are also lit at the bedside of the dying to protect the individual from Satan, and to light the way to heaven. It was believed by many that at the time of death there was a contest for the soul of the dying between angels and the devil.
At the Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan there is a beautiful painting hanging in one of the halls which depicts Mary walking at night through the snows of the Polish countryside, carrying a large candle in her hands as if it was a sword. At her feet wolves can be seen running fearfully away from her and from the small cottages of the townsfolk she is protecting. Polish legend says she walks across Poland with her gromnica aglow, protecting homes and farm animals from many packs of hungry wolves, that prowl about looking for prey during the harsh Polish winters.
Even though we do not live in rural Poland, on this occasion I encourage us all to invoke the Blessed Virgin for her help and protection on one of her special feast days. May Mary continue to protect each one of us from the dangers that roam the dark streets of our world at night during the remainder of this winter.
[Many thanks to Rev. Mark A. Borkowski, Associate Pastor, Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan, who was kind enough to allow me to share his article with you.]
My maternal and paternal grandparents were married at Sweetest Heart of Mary Church, were members of the parish, and no doubt walked in procession there for the Candlemas celebration. It warms my heart to think of them celebrating this very Polish, very Catholic, feast day.

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I figured it would be best to use applesauce since it doesn't have a strong flavor, and orange zest to play off the lavender. I was a little worried that it might taste like perfume, but it only has a slight hint of flowers. I also added a sucanat sugar crumble to the top. I think I would infuse the milk with a bit more lavender next time, but this turned out moist and light perfect to go with a hot cup of tea.
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 tbsp dried cooking lavender
Heat the milk and lavender up, and steep for at least 10 minutes
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup organic cane sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp clove powder
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/3 cup veggie oil
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 orange zested and juiced
- 2 tsp dried lavender
- 1/4 cup organic sucanat sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tbsp earth balance
In a large mixing bowl combine dry ingredients.
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Pour wet into dry and stir until combined.
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Michelle Obama nixed Hillary Clinton as vice president, pushed her husband to adopt his trademark "Yes We Can" campaign slogan and bristled at women who hit on him on the campaign trail, according to an explosive new book about the First Couple's marriage.
"Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage," tells the inside story of the Obamas' 16-year marriage, from Obama's reluctant proposal to the 2008 campaign trail. Author Christopher Andersen claims that Michelle pushed for Joe Biden over Hillary Clinton as her husband's running mate, saying "Do you really want Bill and Hillary just down the hall from you in the White House? Could you live with that?"
The book also touches on personal matters, including the couple's fertility issues and fears that their union wouldn't last. Andersen writes that much of the friction in their marriage stemmed from the future president's political ambitions, writing that Michelle felt her husband was putting his career before his family.
Obama's first run for Senate in 2000 left the couple $60,000 in debt, prompting the future first lady to demand that he find a way to reconcile his ambitions with his duties as a husband or father or quit politics.
U.S. & World
Then, on the 2008 campaign trail, Michelle seethed over the barrage of women pawing her husband and slipping him their phone numbers, Andersen writes, feeding her husband's ego. The book reports Michelle gave him the silent treatment, at one point muttering "He's loving it... He's a man, isn't he?"
Ultimately, however, the book is a testament to the couple's endurance and teamwork, concluding that America's 44th president achieved his utimate goal with the love and support of his wife.
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Stanley 3090 310 MHz 3 Tab Garage Door Radio Receiver
The Sanley model 3090 / 3090-13 is a Single Channel Radio Receiver that is designed for use in residential garage door operator applications. This unit is perfect for retro fit applicaitons where your remotes aren't working like they once did, but over all the opener still works great. Installation in most applications is a simple process, just mount the 1090 to the 3 screw terminals on the back of your opener. Once the receiver is mounted simply set the 10 on/off switches to match your compaitlbe 310 MHz remote control and your ready to go.
Please note: If your opener has 2 or 4 terminals you will want to add the 3 Tab to 2 Terminal Adapter to your order as in many cases the unit will not work without it in these applications.
The Stanely 3090 is compatible with 310 MHz Multi-Code type transmitters that have 10 ON/OFF dip switches.
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This composite image shows the three small worlds NASA's Stardust spacecraft encountered during its 12 year mission. Stardust performed a flyby of asteroid Annefrank was visited on Nov. 2, 2002. Comet Wild 2 was visited by the spacecraft on Jan. 2, 2004. The comet Tempel 1 encounter occurred on Feb. 14, 2011.
The flyby of asteroid Annefrank was used as a dress rehearsal of procedures the spacecraft would use for its upcoming encounter with its primary science target, comet Wild 2. Stardust passed within about 3,300 kilometers (2,050 miles) of the asteroid.
During the comet Wild 2 encounter, Stardust flew within about 230 kilometers (143 miles) of the comet, catching samples of comet particles and scoring detailed pictures of Wild 2's pockmarked surface. The collected particles were stowed in a sample return capsule onboard Stardust. The samples were returned to Earth for in-depth analysis on January 15, 2006, when the spacecraft's sample return capsule made a soft landing at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range.
Stardust flew within 181 kilometers (112 miles) of comet Tempel 1 during the spacecraft's final close encounter. During the Tempel 1 flyby, the spacecraft took images of the comet's surface to observe what changes occurred since a NASA spacecraft last visited. (NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft executed an encounter with Tempel 1 in July 2005).
Stardust and Stardust-NExT missions were managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The missions were part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Joe Veverka of Cornell University was the Stardust-NExT principal investigator. Don Brownlee of the University of Washington in Seattle was the Stardust principal investigator. Lockheed Martin Space Systems built the spacecraft and managed day-to-day mission operations.
For more information about Stardust-NExT, please visit: http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov.


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Online Catalog
The online catalog allows users to browse the descriptions of most materials at the state archives—from books and manuscripts to photographs and newspapers. This can be an especially useful tool for out-of-town researchers, allowing them to compile a list of relevant resources before traveling to the archives to work on their projects.
Most of the actual records are available only at the Winter Building and not online. However, there are many finding aids on the Web site—microfilm indexes, guides to conducting research in the different types of records, a bibliography of books and articles on Mississippi history, and more.
There are two searches—basic and advanced. The basic search is the simplest and likeliest to return the greatest number of results. It allows you to search for words that appear anywhere in the catalog record, or for authors, titles, or subjects. If the basic search returns too many results, the advanced search can help refine your focus by searching by multiple fields and limiting your search by collection or format.


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RICHMOND, Mass. — County Democrats haven't forgotten the night Republican Scott Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate.
And they don't want anything similar to happen again.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Republican candidate for governor Charles D. Baker Jr. will visit Pittsfield on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to appear on a local access show and meet with voters.
Baker will be the guest on Berkshire GOP's television program "Out Front TV." The monthly cable program is broadcast throughout the Berkshires and in the Western Massachusetts cities of Greenfield, Northampton and Westfield. Jim Bronson, chairman of the Berkshire County Republican Association, hosts the television program.
"We are thrilled Charlie is coming back to the Berkshires," said Bronson. "We look forward to his appearance on our show; he's a terrific
Where to vote in Berkshire County
State Election
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Voting is from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Deadline to register or change party affiliation was Oct.15.
Candidates on the ballot in races for state office; all others on the ballot are unopposed. Links will take you to their campaign websites.
U.S. Senator
• Edward J. Markey, Democrat
• Brian J. Herr, Republican
Governor/Lieutenant Governor
• Charlie Baker & Karyn Polito, Republican
• Martha Coakley & Stephen Kerrigan, Democrat
• Evan Falchuk & Angus Jennings, United Independent Party
• Scott Lively & Shelly Saunders, Independent
• Jeff McCormick & Tracy Post, Independent
Attorney General
• Maura Healey, Democratic
• John B. Miller, Republican
Secretary of State
• William Francis Galvin, Democratic
• David D'Arcangelo, Republican
• Daniel L. Factor, Green-Rainbow
• Deborah B. Goldberg, Democratic
• Michael James Heffernan, Republican
• Ian T. Jackson, Green-Rainbow
• Suzanne M. Bump, Democratic
• Patricia S. Saint Aubin, Republican
• MK Merelice, Green-Rainbow
The cities of Pittsfield and North Adams will hold municipal elections for mayor, city council and school committee in 2015
You may vote absentee: if you will be absent from your town or city on election day, have a physical disability that prevents you from voting at the polls or cannot vote at the polls because to religious beliefs.
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Good thing Sofia Vergara is confident as all get-out, because she's got an unfortunate tendency towards slight wardrobe mishaps. Usually it's a sheerness problem, including sheer tank tops and the rare sheer bottom. But on Thursday, the "Modern Family" star was having a button problem. As in, she couldn't exactly keep her top closed.
It's happened to the best of us: Sofia was walking in Milan in a gorgeous orange blouse (a repeat from a few weeks ago) when a gust of wind combined with a rogue button to briefly expose her bra. Whoops!
In photos (seen in the Daily Mail), you can see Sofia take it in stride. After all, she's got to be used to it — any girl with a chest has had issues keep a button-down closed once or twice.
Plus, as we all know, Sofia's not one to hide her figure anyway. "I'm a woman, but I'm super-exaggerated with my boobs, my ass, my makeup, and my accent," she once told the Advocate. She also explained to Redbook, "The thing is, I've had these ridiculous huge boobs since I was super young. Like, 13. I was really skinny at that time, so it was weird to have those f—ing boobs and be skinny. It was hideous. Then after I had my kids, I got hips and everything started to come together."
The evidence is conclusive, people: Sofia Vergara has boobs.
Check out the star's slight blouse blunder.
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Family of boy who shot himself speaks out
Orange County deputies say 4-year-old accidentally shot himself in head
PINE HILLS, Fla. – The Orange County family of a 4-year-old boy who shot himself in the head Wednesday morning is speaking out.
Officials say Jovan Christian remains in critical but stable condition at Arnold Palmer hospital, but his relatives say he is expected to fully recover.
The shooting happened inside the family's apartment at the Los Robles apartment on Silver Star Road in Pine Hills when he somehow got his hands on his mother's .38 caliber gun that was in her bedroom.
The boy's mother, Jennifer Christian, 24, was once in the Army.
"I didn't hear anything, anything," said Thaicca Rivera, Jovan's aunt.
Rivera and her boyfriend were the only other people in the home at the time of the shooting, but both were asleep.
Rivera, 16, said she had been sick and took two sleeping pills, but woke up to her own coughing around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
That's when she noticed a light on in the room next to hers and made the heartbreaking discovery.
"I was like, 'Can I hold him, can I hold him?' I wanted to hold him just seeing him on the floor like that," said Rivera.
Rivera said her older sister, Jovan's mom, woke her before she left for work.
Rivera admits no one was watching Jovan when he somehow got his hands on the gun.
"I'm still like in shock," said Gladys Rivera, Jovan's grandmother.
Gladys was also at work Wednesday morning when she heard the devastating news.
"I just want to lay down, go to sleep and get up and (have) everything back to normal, but it's not going to happen," said Gladys.
The family told WKMG-TV the bullet entered and exited on the left side of Jovan's head, but after performing tests late Wednesday night, doctors are hopeful he'll make a full recovery.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the shooting and charges could be pending.
Leaving a firearm unsecured is a second degree misdemeanor and can be punishable by up to 60 days in jail.
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Dateline 24-August-2015 — Two days ago this announcement / presswire was published: here . It said that more than 80 newspapers would be digitized and brought online. Now, I am thinking this will not be in Ancestry.com, but in their other product: Newspapers.com (thus requiring you to subscribe to two offerings).
Already this collaboration has born fruit in that Cinncinati Enquirer has 4 million pages available online. Now this jester went to Gannett's website and saw that they have 95 U.S. newspapers (not including USA Today) covering about 2/3 of the U.S. states. Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Texas, Wisconsin have at least one newspaper each. Each archive will ultimately include every available page from the first date of publication up to about 30 days prior (to the present? or the announcement?).
This jester is waiting for the Detroit Free Press (MI) and Times Recorder Zanesville (OH) where I expect to find some ancestors in the news. They do not have a Buffalo or Philadelphia paper nor are there any newspapers in Illinois, but they cover a large swath of areas where my ancestors settled.
Gannett Michigan / Ohio Holdings:
- Battle Creek Enquirer
- Detroit Free Press
- Lansing State Journal
- Daily Press & Argus, Livingston County
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DR. RUTH, ALL THE WAY Comes to TheaterWorks, 5/31-7/7
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a scout and sniper, to her struggles to succeed as a single mother coming to America, Dr. Ruth, All the Way is filled with the humor, honesty and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became "Dr. Ruth."
Direct from its sold-out World Premiere at Barrington Stage Company, Dr. Ruth, All The Way will be directed by Julianne Boyd co-founder and Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC). TheaterWorks' production will be a revised version of BSC's production starring stage, film and television actress Debra Jo Rupp (Kitty Forman on That 70's Show). Dr. Ruth, All the Way will run May 31st through July 7th, 2013.
Mark St Germain, acclaimed playwright of The Best of Enemies and Freud's Last Session, deftly recounts Dr Ruth's life with warmth, wisdom and an irrepressible joie de vivre. Debra Jo Rupp, in an outstanding tour-de-force performance, captures all these qualities in a sensitive and nuanced portrayal.
The production design team includes Brian Prather (Sets/Projections), Scott Pinkney (Lights), Jennifer Mueller (Costumes), Gabriella Pollino-Rodman (Wigs) and Jessica Paz (Sound). Production Manager is Michael Lenaghan.
The show runs May 31 through July 7, 2013, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays: 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays: 8:00 p.m. and Weekend Matinees: 2:30 p.m. Press Opening is Friday, June 7th at 8:00 p.m.
The Lobby and Gallery of American Art, sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group, opens 90 minutes prior to curtain; seating starts 60 minutes prior. TheaterWorks is located at City Arts on Pearl - 233 Pearl Street in Downtown Hartford.
Parking: Discounted parking is available to TheaterWorks' patrons for $5 at CityPlace Garage (diagonally up Pearl Street from TheaterWorks), 100 Trumbull Centre Garage (enter next to Quiznos) and the Q Lot, (adjacent to the Metropolitan apartment building).
Admission: All Seats - General Admission: $50; Senior Discount - Saturday matinees: $35; Center Reserved Service Charge: $13; College-age Student Rush w/ID: $17 (subject to availability). For seats, call 860.527.7838. For more information, visit www.theaterworkshartford.org.
Debra Jo Rupp (Dr. Ruth) Barrington Stage Company: Ring 'Round the Moon, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Laramie Project. Debra Jo Rupp is never happier than when she is performing on stage in the Berkshires, close to home. She has performed at Williamstown Theatre Festival in True West and A Flea in Her Ear, Berkshire Theatre Festival in Mornings at Seven and the Chester Theatre Company production of Lee Blessings' Body of Water. In New York, Debra Jo has appeared on Broadway with Kathleen Turner and Charles Durning in the 1990 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She starred Off-Broadway in Cynthia Heimel's A Girl's Guide to Chaos (American Place), Frankie and Johnny in The Clair de Lune (Westside Arts) and The Butcher of Baraboo (Second Stage). Other Regional: Blithe Spirit and The Middle Ages (Whole Theatre Co.), Taking Steps (Virginia Stage Co.), Wall of Water (Yale Rep), Noises Off (Cape Playhouse), Moonlight and Valentino (Shafer Theatre). Debra Jo has made over 300 television and film appearances and is probably best known for her role as "Kitty Forman" on the hit series "That 70's Show". Her feature films include playing Jay Baruchel's mom in She's Out of My League, Kickin It Old Skool, Air Buddies, Clockwatchers with Toni Collette and Parker Posey, Spymate, Lucky 13, Sgt. Bilko with Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, and her first film Big with Tom Hanks. Among her notable television appearances are booking agent "Katie" on "Seinfeld", Phoebe's sister-in-law on Friends and From the Earth to the Moon (dir. Sally Field), ER, The Office and Better With You to name a few.
Mark St Germain (Playwright) is the acclaimed playwright of The Best of Enemies and Freud's Last Session. Freud's Last Session, Barrington Stage Company's longest running play, has played over 700 performances Off-Broadway, and has been performed nationally and internationally. He's written Ears on a Beatle (BSC),The God Committee (BSC) and Out of Gas on Lover's Leap. Other plays include Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award) and Forgiving Typhoid Mary. Mark co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard's Warner Brothers film, Duma. He most recently directed and produced the documentary My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, Lynn Redgrave and Glenn Close among many others. It was chosen to be the first documentary shown on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Television credits include Writer and Creative Consultant for The Cosby Show, Life Stories and Dick Wolf's Crime and Punishment. With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals The Gifts of the Magi, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller, winner of an AT&T "New Plays for the Nineties Award," both produced at the Lamb's Theater, NYC. Jack's Holiday was produced at Playwrights Horizons. Mark's musical, Stand By Your Man - The Tammy Wynette Story was created for Nashville's Ryman Theater and has toured nationally. Mark wrote the children's book Three Cups, illustrated by April Willy. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists where he was given the Joe A. Callaway Award, a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writer's Guild East. He was awarded the New Voices in American Theatre award at the William Inge Theatre Festival. Mark is a Board Member and Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Company.
JUILIANNE BOYD (Director) co-founded the Barrington Stage Company in January, 1995. Her directorial credits at BSC include last season's critically acclaimed production of The Best of Enemies, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2009), the 2005 production of Follies, the world premiere musical The Game, based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Mack and Mabel, Cyrano de Bergerac and The Importance of Being Earnest. In 1997 she directed BSC's smash hit production of Cabaret, which won six Boston Theatre Critics Awards and transferred to the Hasty Pudding Theatre in Cambridge for an extended run. Ms. Boyd conceived and directed the Broadway musical Eubie!, a show based on the music of Eubie Blake which starred Gregory Hines and garnered three Tony nominations. She also co-conceived and directed (with Joan Micklin Silver) the award-winning Off-Broadway musical revue A...My Name Is Alice (Outer Critics' Award) and its sequel A...My Name Is Still Alice. From 1992 to 1998 Ms. Boyd served as President of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the national union representing professional directors and choreographers in the U.S.


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K3b 0.10: DVD Burning for KDE
Well, the basic news is quite short: K3b is now able to burn DVDs. But this would be a little too short. ;) So for all of you who do not know what K3b is (the name does not really mean anything): K3b is (was) a CD burning application for KDE (screenshots). It uses cdrecord and cdrdao for actually burning the CDs but implements its own methods for all CD information retrieval functionality.
Now that this has been clarified I present the list of DVD related features in the new K3b version 0.10:
Before I get too many mails about this: There is no VideoDVD project yet but it is planned. I am just not
So if you own a DVD burner please check out the new K3b Homepage and get the latest
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Any tips on how you did this?
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setup suggestion
First of all, THANK YOU for k3b. It became my cdburn app of choice too. An let me also say thanks to the author of XCDRoast, which did a good job until k3b matured.
Anyways, a humble suggestions: is it possible to achieve a smoother integration of k3bsetup and k3b ?. It gets confusing at times. May be borrow the ideas from kcontrol, where you can enter "administrator mode" by providing root password, whithin the MAIN application (k3b in this case). Also, the error messages could be worked out a bit. I once had a user in my machine not able to read. The error message was: "could not find cdrecord or cdrao" or something similar. There was a suggestion to run k3bsetup. The problem in the end was that the user was not included in the list of users able to use k3b. This was really confusing.
Well, as I said, great work. Keep it going please !. Cheers :-)
By MandrakeUser at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
Please excuse my ignorance, but is there a typo? How can we go from version 0.9 to version 0.1? (This is not intended to be flamebait.)
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
from 0.9->0.10
decimal system: 9 to 10
maybe he should have just called it 1.0, but perhaps not time for that yet =)_
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
So it should be called 0.10, because 0.1 is confusing.
By Julio at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
If you could tell us where it's called "0.1" then we could fix it.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
I guess the point is, in decimal notation, the numbers 0.10 , 0.1 and 0.100 are all the same, equal to 1/10. Of course, software versioning is a different thing, but still to the eye, 0.10 looks like 0.1 and gets confusing. I also prefer 0.8 -> 0.9 -> 0.91 -> 0.92 ... until 1.0 , with minor releases (such as 0.92.1) if needed inbetween.
By MandrakeUser at Thu, 2003/10/16 - 5:00am
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
0.9->0.10? I always thought it was 0.09 to 0.10.
Perhaps 0.91 would be better.
By Sendo at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Version 0.9 --> 0.1?
I am the author of the original question, although not of any of the other posts in the thread. I'm apologize for the hard feelings it seems to have caused. I use K3B on my Gentoo box and absolute love it! Thanks very much to the developers!
By anon at Sat, 2003/10/18 - 5:00am
Sebastian, since K3b seems to be such a killer app, any word on what needs to be done before it becomes part of the official KDE release?
Any chance it could get into KDE 3.2?
By Navindra Umanee at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
It's not in the feature plan and thus it can't go into the official release before 3.3 even if the author wanted it to. It's in kdeextragear and that has it's reasons I guess. Why do all people want everything and the kitchensink in the base modules?
By Daniel Molkentin at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
a cd burner app is certainly more pertinant to being in a base module than much of the stuff is in modules like kdeutils
but kde 3.3 sounds great if seb. wants it =)
Re: KDE 3.2
Maybe 3.2.1 then...
It would be awesome to get it in the KDE distribution so that vendors pick it up. That way a killer app on KDE will get wide distribution on Linux/Unix and become a killer app on a wider scale.
Another widely-used killer app that uses the KDE framework would certainly be a good thing for KDE.
By Navindra Umanee at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
Btw, the reason I'm interested is that I'm tired of hearing that KDE doesn't have any good apps... If K3b is so good, then it deserves the chance to get enough exposure so that it can compete in such things as the Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards...
I'm not sure what kdeextragear is all about, but it doesn't seem to be working as well as GNOME Fifth Toe which has actual releases and announcements.
By Navindra Umanee at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
I think many distributions already picked it up. (SuSE and Debian for sure, probably more ...)
By Oliver Bausinger at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
SuSE 9.0 has k3b 0.10, Mandrake 9.2 has 0.9 and RedHat has no k3b as it has no LyX and no Scribus.
By Anonymous at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
Red Hat 9.0 accounts for about 83 computers in the McGill computer science lab, and FreeBSD with KDE 3.1 accounts for about another 83. Of course these both have KDE installed and most of the stuff from kdemultimedia as well... but K3b is certainly not there (all machines have CD burners).
By Navindra Umanee at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
I hate to say this, but Red Hat really can't be considered a "normal" Linux distro. They went out on some unusual Microsoft-like limb and decided to do things their own way and disregaurded some things that have been standard in the Linux community for some time. There is really no surprise that K3b is absent.
By master alabaster at Fri, 2004/01/02 - 6:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
kdeextragear cannot be "released", it is just a home for different packages, each following its own release cycle.
I think its exactly the place for applications like K3B.
Being in KDE CVS makes them visible enough to distro packagers. I am sure they will package kdeextragear packages whenever there is a KDE release or a new release of their respective distro.
By Kevin Krammer at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
3.2.1 will not contain any new features and more than ever applications compared to 3.2.0 as it's a bugfix and no feature release.
By Anonymous at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Better than anything....
K3B is better than any commercial piece of burning software, including the venerable Nero. I was quite shocked when I first used it.
By David at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: Better than anything....
While K3b is undoubtely the best on Linux it IS STILL NOT as good as Nero 6, but it is more intuitive.
By Alex at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Better than anything....
Hmm.. I like k3b better than nero now-days.. I wouldn't have said that even a few months ago BTW. k3b-cvs (i guess 0.10 is same) is amazing though.
By anon at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Better than anything....
Nero 6 is total pants. The previous versions of Nero were far better.
By David at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
First DVD
I just burned my first DVD in Linux. I've been waiting this new version for a long time since I had to use Windows to burn DVDs until now. K3B is totally awesome!
By janism at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
I get this on my Debian sid with kernel 2.6.0-test6 !
Thanks for your work !
In file included from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
By Flam at Tue, 2003/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
I have got the same compilation problem on Slackware 9.1 (Linux-2.4.22, gcc-3.2.3).
By Andrey V. Panov at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
Same problem compiling in Slackware 9.1
By Mrdengue at Sat, 2003/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
same on Slack9.1
By nordle at Sat, 2003/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
Same her on SID
By aprodigy at Fri, 2003/10/24 - 5:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
fixed in HEAD now.
By Dirk S. at Sat, 2003/11/08 - 6:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
HMMM... I just got the current HEAD of K3b... and it the problem looks very similar....
LFS 5.0 & BLFS (and ofcourse modified for latest stuff).
Kernel: 2.6.4
Attached is the output...
By Saad Malik at Wed, 2004/03/17 - 6:00am
Re: Doesn't compile on Debian Sid !
doesn't do it on slack 9.1
are all messed up. anybody know of a patch?
By name773 at Sun, 2004/03/28 - 6:00am
FreeBSD support
It would be nice if k3b could run freebsd, and use burncd as well as cdrecord to burn CDs (burncd is used to burn cds on ide burners, unlike linux you don't need scsi emulation on freebsd).
By Smacker at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: FreeBSD support
Use a "current" Linux, then.
Try cdrecord on FreeBSD or maybe port the dvd+rw-tools.
By Dieter Nützel at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am
Downloads not avaible
It might be a sourceforge problem, but the 0.10 source files are not avaible on any of there mirrors. Any other download locations?
By Steinchen at Wed, 2003/10/15 - 5:00am


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Majette accused of break-ins in Lenoir and Jones counties
A 20-year-old Kinston man wanted in Lenoir County and Jones County for breaking into residences was arrested in New Bern Thursday.
Cleo Majette Jr., 184 Gulick Drive, was arrested by the New Bern Police Department on Thursday on a minor disturbance charge. When officers from the NBPD ran Majette�s record in the statewide warrant system, it was discovered he was wanted in Lenoir County for breaking into a residence at 226 Williams Loop Road in the Kinston Mobile Home Park on April 15.
While deputies and detectives from the LCSO were processing the crime scene on April 15, fingerprints were found at the point of entry and believed to be left by the suspect. Those fingerprints were compared to ones the LCSO has on file in its in-house automated fingerprint database and the system made a match. Based on that evidence and information from the community, it led to a warrant being issued for Majette.
Lenoir County Sheriff Chris Hill praised the teamwork of his office � including detectives Josh Dunham and Chris Jenkins and deputy Aaron Shambeau � along with the community for the arrest.
�When the community and our people work together, cases get solved,� Hill stated.
Majette was also wanted by the Jones County Sheriff�s Office for similar crimes, said JCSO Capt. J.T. Eimer. Majette was held in the Craven County Jail under a $6,500 secured bond for the crimes on Thursday and was released earlier today on bond.
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at BCHanks.


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We've all read some really great comments on stories published throughout the Gawker family of blogs. Comments that are funny, comments that are touching and comments that make you reevaluate the way you think about things. Then there are the comments that make you want to burn down the internet. These comments aren't clever, they aren't helpful and they add nothing to the discussion. They can't be destroyed here, but at least they can be fixed. With that in mind here is Captain Max and JINX's* Guide to Elevating Discussion in the Comments!
The situation- News breaks about a new movie that re-imagines a beloved franchise from your childhood.
The comment- "Thanks for raping my childhood [insert director's name]!"
Why you shouldn't say that- Besides the obviously distasteful use of the term "raping" to describe something like a new movie, a reboot or remake of a franchise doesn't diminish in any way the love you had for the original franchise. It's not like Michael Bay bought all the copies of the original Transformers cartoon and came over to your house to burn them on your lawn.
What you should say- "Judging by the trailers I have seen this movie does not meet my expectations for this franchise. I will not be purchasing a ticket to see this movie. Good day."
The situation- An article is posted about a fandom that you don't understand.
The comment- "What is with these stupid [insert cute name of fandom]? [insert name of property they follow] is the worst thing that has ever been made!"
Why you shouldn't say it- No one is expected to love the same things as everyone else. That's why fandoms exist. Bronies probably don't like Star Trek and Twihards don't necessarily love Avatar: The Last Airbender. What they do love is the fandom that they are passionate about and you don't get to tear them down for that.
What you should say- "[insert name of property they follow] does not appeal to my tastes, but I applaud the [insert cute name of fandom] for their passion. Good health to you."
The situation- An author writes about a movie or TV show that you know an exceptional amount about. They omit an obscure piece of information from the article.
The comment- "WHAT THE F&%K!! You didn't even mention [insert obscure piece of information]! If you had done any research you would know that in the French comic series based on the play derived from the movie [insert obscure piece of information] was what the whole thing was about!"
Why you shouldn't say it- Just like fandoms, not everyone is infinitely knowledgeable about the same book or movie universe. The authors have knowledge that cover many diverse areas, but there are limits to how deep their knowledge can go. This isn't a wiki for your favorite property.
What you should say- "I would first like to say what a great article this is. I noticed that you failed to mention [insert obscure piece of information]. Even though it is not technically canon, this was introduced in some of the later comic series and goes a long way to clearing up some of the mysteries of the [insert property] universe. Best wishes for your continued success."
The situation- You click on an article that laments the very real lack of diversity in comics, movies, television, everything really.
The comment- "I am so tired of hearing all you [insert under-represented group name] whining about lack of diversity. If you want to see movies with [insert under-represented group name] go make them yourself!"
Why you shouldn't say it- The idea that if you want more diversity, you should just start making your own comics, TV shows, whatever, is ridiculous. If it were that easy to just make a movie so successful that it would forever change the system, it would have been done already. Kickstarter is not some magic solution to the problem.
What you should say- "I hope this comment finds you well. You make many excellent points in your post, but I'm curious what else we could be doing to fix the problem. Do you have any recommendations for [insert under-represented group name] creators so I can seek out their work?"
The situation- You stumble upon a well-researched article that contains information about a scientific fact that you don't believe is true.
The comment- "Wake up, sheeple! [insert scientific fact] is a lie! Obama is just trying to push this junk science so he can clear the way for socialism!"
Why you shouldn't say it- The article you read is on a site that reports on a lot of science so you're not working with a very receptive audience. Most people here believe in climate change, evolution, the benefits of vaccinations, electricity or whatever scientific fact that your Facebook feed told you is a lie.
What you should say- "I believe I accidentally clicked on the wrong website. I'll show myself out."
The situation- A long and detailed blog post has a handful of spelling and grammatical errors.
The comment- "Hey, stupid. Third paragraph, second sentence you used "then" instead of "than". Why doesn't this "professional" website hire an editor so I don't have to see these mistakes? I can't even concentrate on your words or their meaning now!"
Why you shouldn't say it- People do make mistakes when they are writing, maybe even you! Most of these articles are proofread by the author and we could probably cut them some slack.
What you should say- "Very insightful post that opened my eyes to some things. Just a minor note, in the third paragraph, second sentence you used "then" instead of "than". Simple mistake, but I thought you might want to know."
The situation- Any article about any range of subjects gets posted.
The comment- "My neighbor's sister was laid off from her job. Now she works at home for [insert name of tech company that clearly is not affiliated with this] making $453 an hour! Her last paycheck was $10,853,875 and she earned it all in her pajamas! Click here to find out more [insert highly suspicious website].
Why you shouldn't say it- Don't robots have better things that they could be doing?
What you should say- Nothing.
I hope that clears things up. Stay classy, everybody.
* As usual, JINX contributed nothing to this. When I don't credit him he bobs his little head up and down and keeps saying how we are "friends forever."


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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Kreativ blogger award? Who, me?
Ancestories wrote me to tell me she awarded me the Kreativ blogger award. Wow! That was unexpected!
As part of this award, I'm supposed to tell seven as-yet-unrevealed things about myself and then pass it on to seven other bloggers.
What to say about myself that my blogger friends don't know yet... Let's see..
1) I was born with an innate love for animals. Even since elementary school they used to call me the mother of the dogs since I would give up my snack to feed the stray dogs that wandered around the plaza where my school was located. This love kept growing to the point that I was the one collecting money to vaccinate the stray dogs around the University. I also learned how to dispense the vaccine myself. I took care of hundreds of cats and dogs all over my 30 years of life in Italy, and had up to 6 dogs and 20 cats at a given time living around house and my property.
2)While I loved dressing nice, I was a tomboy. You could find me climbing a tree or running after any child that was trying to torture a lizard or even a bug. I was fearless, or at least this is what I portrayed myself to be, even when I was scared about something.
3) I love to draw, in fact I used to design my own comics ever since elementary school, with manga style cartoons. Didn't love so much to color, so it wasn't until I was in medium school that those comics started to look a little more professional... (I will make a post about this sooner or later!). Not much time to do that nowadays with three kids, but I do use my business as an excuse to be creative with digital scrapbooking;)
4) I dream of being back in Italy and being able to look for my mom's relatives to find the ones that have family pictures of my great grandparents and their parents. Knowing their names and data is just not enough for me.
5) I wanted to have 8 kids when I was a child. I had the names of the first 4 picked out. 2 boys and 2 girls. Got married a little late, lost my first baby which I believe was a girl, had 3 boys after that... Don't think I will be able to bear a total of 5 more kids, but I am still waiting for the missing girl...
6) I do NOT like nicknames. I get a knot in my stomach when people try to be cool and decide to call me Micky or Miki just because I now live in America. Even when I was in Italy and somebody would call me Michela, I would totally go ballistic! My name is Michelina, I love it, I am proud of it, and I appreciate all the people that use it to refer to me! Same goes for my children's names, I gave them those names because I love them, and there is a meaning behind each of them, any change even if minimal, would defeat the purpose of that name.
7) I wish I could dream about one of my ancestors each night, and that each of them could give me one bit of information that would lead me to discover a never before found fact about my family, and to connect me with more long lost cousins than I have already found. My expertise and my guts have proven to be valid at all times, but comes the time in which I need just plain revelation to get over that one "dead end".
Well, my favorite number is 8, so I have to add another one:
8) I wish I could homeschool my children. I think I was born with this desire as you could find me in the attic most of the afternoons of my childhood having old dolls around a table helping them with various grade levels of homework. Sadly, due to my husband's current unemployment situation, this must stay just a dream of mine.
Now, to nominate 7 blogs...
It is pretty difficult for me, as I am relatively new to the blogger world, having started in April, but I will give it a try:
My ancestors and me
Amore e Sapore di famiglia
Tangled trees
Ancestors within
Kinfolk news
Little bites of life
Destination: Austin family
Wow, I did it!!!
It sure it is hard to earn an award nowdays!^_^
7 comments:
- Nancy said...
Michelina, Congratulations on your Kreative Blogger Award, and thnak you so much for giving it to me. Nancy.
- November 29, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Thomas MacEntee said...
Thanks so much for the award! And I really enjoyed reading your 8 things about you! I too am a fanatic about nicknames. My name is Thomas. Not Tom, Tommy or other variations. I despise assumed familiarity - I make it a point when meeting new person to ask them how they want to be called.
- November 30, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- TCasteel said...
Thank you for the recognition. I greatly appreciate it. We all know how much hard work goes into these blogs. Regards,
Theresa (Tangled Trees)
- November 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- kinfolknews said...
Michelina, How sweet of you to nominate my little blog!
- November 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Via said...
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- December 3, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Via said...
I'm fairly new to blogging, too, so thank you Michelina for choosing my Ancestors Within blog for a Kreativ Blogger Award. And congratulations on your award, too. You have a lovely blog here. Best wishes - e molte grazie ancora! Via
- December 3, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Elizabeth O'Neal said...
Michelina - Congratlations on your much-deserved award, and thank you for passing it on to me.
I also got a late start having kids, and I'm blessed just to have one. I do hope having a girl is in your future.
- December 7, 2009 at 4:07 PM


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Out of all of the races near the top, bottom and middle of the Premier League this season, perhaps the most ignored battle is the one between England's two most successful clubs: Liverpool and Manchester United.
If Man United can win the Premier League title this season, the Red Devils will equal the most number of championship titles held by an English club: the 18 achieved by Liverpool. The championship titles include the number of Premier League and First Division titles won.
You can imagine how determined Sir Alex Ferguson is to make Manchester United the most successful club in English football history.
Liverpool will hope to open up an eight point gap between the Reds and the Red Devils tonight when they play West Ham United at Anfield. A win or a draw will move Liverpool into first place and in a commanding position to hold on to the first place spot between now and the end of the year.
What do you think? Can Liverpool extend the number of title wins and push further ahead of United? Or will Sir Alex Ferguson surpass Liverpool's record and become the most successful team in English football?
Remember that United have three European titles under their belt, while Liverpool have five (counting Champions League and European Cup trophies). Fergie will be trying to equal or surpass that record, too, I'm sure.


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I've been a fan of Annemarie's work since she first came on the scene. I definitely have a big crush on her hand lettering style, it's so unique. Some of her work reminds me of letters written in frosting :) Did you hear she opened up a shop? I just ordered a few things.I needed this "thank you" rubber stamp. It's going to look so good embossed! It also reminds me of vintage baseball team logos.
I also got some of her gift tags.
They are large and in charge. I've yet to use one but a friends birthday is tomorrow so maybe I'll have the chance if I can get a present in time.
Annemarie included a few extra cards and a personal note, so sweet!
Check out the rest of her goods here.
all photos by margaret haas.


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The Mac-10 is a sub-machine gun available in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and a silenced version in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It is known as the Ingram Mac 10 in the original PS2 version of Vice City and Mac in all other versions, it is called Mac in Liberty City Stories, and Silenced MG in Vice City Stories.
The MAC-10, abbreviation of Military Armament Corporation Model 10, is a recoil operated sub-machine gun (technically, a "machine pistol") developed in the United States from the 1960s to 1980s. The gun was originally designed for use by police forces, and even saw limited service in the Vietnam War, however it was soon proven that such a small gun cannot accurately fire beyond 20 meters at such a high rate of fire. Its manufacture continued until 1986 when post-dated fully automatic firearms were banned for civilian ownership, and no government agencies showed interest. The MAC-10 achieved success through Hollywood rather than real life, because few of the guns ever made it into the hands of criminals, and even then were marginally effective. The Mac-10 is similar to the Tech-9 only that it has faster rate of fire. In GTA Vice City and Liberty City Stories, the Mac-10 has an unbelievable fast rate of fire and can shoot up to 30 rounds in five seconds, in fact it is faster than the Micro Uzi or Micro SMG. In GTA Vice City Stories, the silencer has slowed down the Mac-10's rate of fire and thus it's not able to fire as many rounds at a limited amount of time as it's predecessor. The silencer on this incarnation of the MAC-10 may be a reference to the movie Pulp Fiction.
In Game
Typically, no one uses the Mac-10 in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, except for the Ammu-Nation owner in Ocean Beach. When aimed a gun at, he uses a Mac-10. The shots don't take a lot of damage, but they fire fast.
In Liberty City Stories no one uses the Mac and can only be obtained via spawn points.
In Vice City Stories, the Silenced Mac-10 is used by the Sharks or your illegal gang members to defend themselves.
In-Game model
HUD icons
GTA Vice City
- Ocean Beach - Can be bought from the Ammu-Nation for $300.
- Viceport - Spawns across Chartered Libertine Lines and the Boatyard next to a Rumpo parked there.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Harwood, Portland - Spawns near the junkyard and the car crusher, with fences around.
- Bedford Point, Staunton Island - In the southeast end of the Bedford Point car park.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Little Havana - The Mac spawns in an alleyway near a Sanchez and across a graffiti east of Café Robina.
- Starfish Island - Behind Diaz's mansion.
- Also, can be taken from wasted Vance crime family gang members.
- The weapon was originally supposed to have a silencer in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The silenced version can be seen on the game's official website. Text strings in the game files also refer to the weapon as SilencedIngram.
- As the Vice City HUD suggests, the micro uzi from GTA: III was going to return in Vice City.
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PA School Being Sued For Suspending 7-Year-Old Student 'Armed' With A Novelty Buzzing Pen
from the there's-no-stupid-quite-like-'broad,-inflexible-policies'-stupid dept
Let's forgo the usual preamble running down previous clashes between common sense and school weapons policies and get right to it. Here's another example of zero tolerance and the damage done, involving a seven-year-old and his dangerous gag gift/pen.
A lawsuit filed against Hershey Elementary School (along with the Derry Township School District and Principal Joy MacKenzie) details the events that led up to seven-year-old G.B.'s four-day suspension.
On January 15, 2013, G boarded his bus "armed" with a novelty pen that emitted a small buzz when touched, and showed it to some friends. At some point during the trip to school, the bus driver noticed the pen, asked to see it and then confiscated it from G.
Three days later, the principal of Hershey Elementary, Joy MacKenzie, called G's parents and told them their son had violated the school weapons policy. They were asked to remove him from the school immediately and then handed down a four-day suspension for his violation. At no point were G's parents allowed to contest the decision.
Here's the school's extremely broad definition of "weapon."
Weapon - the term shall include by way of example and not limitation, any poison gas, knife, cutting instrument, cutting tools, nunchaku stick, firearm, shotgun, rifle, and any other tool, instrument or implement capable of inflicting bodily injury or property damage, and shall include any item that is represented to be a weapon, that is threatened to be used as a weapon, or that has the appearance or characteristics of a weapon, such as a toy gun or water pistol.Unless you consider a very mild shock to be "bodily injury," there's no way a novelty buzzing pen falls under any part of this weapons policy. I suppose it could be argued that someone could be stabbed with the pen, but that would mean the removal of every pen and pencil in the school (along with every child).
Principal MacKenzie apparently viewed the pen as a weapon and based solely on that, she has now, by virtue of this suspension, placed a seven-year-old pen wielder into the same category as actually dangerous students carrying actual weapons. The policy states that the following mandatory actions are carried out for any violations.
Violation of this policy by any student shall result in the following:Presumably, this "incident" was also reported to local law enforcement (per policy), although there seems to be no documentation included of the responding officer's hearty laughter accompanying the sound of a phone being placed back on the cradle. (Or, failing that, the officer's immediate visit to Hershey Elementary to detain the dangerous thug using all available [but appropriate -- always appropriate] restraint methods.)
1. Immediate exclusion from class or activity.
2. Notification of the Derry Township Police Department.
3. Contact of custodial parent.
4. Immediate exclusion from the school for a ten (10) day out-of-school suspension will be imposed, whereupon a minimum of one (1) year expulsion will be recommended to the superintendent and School Board for ratification. At the discretion of the superintendent, the determination of discipline, including the immediate ten (10) day out-of-school suspension and the one (1) year expulsion, may be modified on a case-by-case basis.
Such expulsion shall be given in conformance with formal due process proceedings required by law.
Considering the policy provides for a minimum 10-day suspension, it appears the superintendent (Joseph McFarland) overrode the minimum at his discretion, dropping it to four days. Unfortunately, his discretionary skills failed to remove the suspension entirely and ask that administration not bother him again until a student brings a real weapon to school, or at least, something resembling a real weapon.
It should be noted that the policy provides for "formal due process proceedings as required by law," but apparently that sentence is just boilerplate the district forgot to delete before publication. According to the lawsuit, the parents were given no avenue of recourse or protest, which poses a problem for the school.
The District has arbitrarily deprived G of his state-created property interest in public schooling without due process of law on the basis of nothing but hysterical and overly-zealous application of a constitutionally-deficient school policy.Beyond that, the lawsuit states that the policy itself is unconstitutionally vague and contrary to Pennsylvania state law.
The Weapons Policy is facially unconstitutional for vagueness under the First Amendment because it fails to define with specificity the kind of activity that is proscribed so that a student can conform his or her conduct to the Policy's requirements. Pennsylvania criminal law requires that any potential bodily harm from an item alleged to be a weapon be "serious" as an appropriate limiting condition--a condition absent from the School District's policy...The lawsuit is also seeking a permanent injunction against the district's enforcement of this policy as well as the expungement of the violation from G's record.
[T]he district applies the weapons policy to items which are incapable of inflicting bodily harm or even creating a reasonable fear in any person that such items might cause bodily harm…
Could the school have known that this ridiculous abuse of its weapons policy would have resulted in a lawsuit? Well, anything's possible, but I would imagine that was the furthest thing from the minds of MacKenzie and McFarland when they put their heads together and suspended a student for four days for possession of a novelty pen. Instead, the administrators pursued the "overzealous application" of an already exceedingly-broad policy. Trimming the suspension down from 10 days was likely supposed to implicitly signal that G's offense was minor, but the reality of the situation is that it should never have gotten to this point. The school may defend its actions by stating it erred on the side of caution, but that's a lousy, worn-out excuse. These policies are in place but there's no reason they can't be applied using some common sense filtering.
It's unlikely the court will grant the permanent injunction, but maybe the dust the suit's kicked up will push the school towards narrowing the scope of the policy and generally encouraging the administration to remember the human minds on its staff are perfectly capable of making reasonable decisions when not hampered by inflexible policies that greatly discourage discretionary decisions.
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They haven't posted the movie trailer yet , but I hoping that they'll post it soon.
I don't recognize who is playing Eragon. I think that Jeremy Irons will make a great Brom.
They also have a desktop pic in different resolutions avalible. (It is my current desktop pic!)
Here's the link
Just can't wait for the movie to come out!!!
Fixed the my faulty link.


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Education is the key for those leaving ADF | OPINION
It is said that the average person will change their career at least five times during their working life.
Usually there's a natural segue from one career to the next, but when there is a massive change in direction, education is a necessary part of that transition.
A career in the military is inherently one that requires a transition to other employment because very few people stay in the military through to retirement.
The Veteran Employment Report, released in 2017 by WithYouWithMe, showed veterans spent an average of 7.5 years in the military before transition.
Most of these veterans are still young men and women, with the majority of their working lives ahead of them.
When we talk about people transitioning from military life to civilian life, we tend to think about a change in lifestyle, rather than employment. The missing piece of the puzzle in the conversation is education.
The Australian Defence Force is an outstanding employer. It provides a lot of education for its staff and some of it can help with the transition.
It also offers transition counselling. However, the onus is on the employee to seek education when they leave the ADF and there are usually financial hurdles.
This is better understood in the United States, and it's why they introduced GI Bill – a benefit designed to help service members and veterans cover the costs of education, including tuition and housing.
While there is no GI Bill equivalent in Australia, there are still ways we can help cover university costs for those who have served our country, such as scholarships.
UNSW Canberra has taken the lead by establishing the UNSW Veterans Scholarship to celebrate our premier partnership with the Invictus Games Sydney 2018. We are reaching out to the community to assist with this fundraising initiative.
UNSW Canberra has close ties with Defence. For 50 years, we have provided a tertiary education to Australian Defence Force trainee officers.
Their time at UNSW Canberra and the ADF Academy marks the start of their journey with Defence, and we want to support them on their journey long after they've graduated.
That's why we are passionate about initiatives such as the Invictus Games and it's why we've established this scholarship. The scholarship is open to former and current Australian service personnel who are making the transition from military to civilian life, as well as their dependents.
To be eligible to apply, applicants must be accepted into an undergraduate or postgraduate study at UNSW campuses in Canberra, Sydney or online.
We hope the scholarship will help provide the recipients with a new sense of purpose and build on their career prospects as they enter the civilian workforce.
Members of the ADF have made a huge commitment to this country and they have plenty to contribute to the community after they've discharged.
We want to help them achieve an education that will help them funnel these skills into a new career.
Beyond leadership and trade skills, the ADF also equips its employees with a wide range of transferable skills including leadership, teamwork, risk management, the ability to execute a plan and effective communication.
We want to help them achieve an education that will help them funnel these skills into a new career.
We're aligning the purpose of the UNSW Veterans Scholarship closely with the values of the Invictus Games, and we hope to carry on the legacy of the games.
The games highlight the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wider understanding of those who serve their country.
The games also celebrate the crucial role played by family and friends in the recovery process.
The Invictus Games aims to provide an environment of belonging, promoting an active and connected lifestyle through adaptive sport, health and well-being, education and employment.
The UNSW Veterans Scholarship will, through the power of education, help support former ADF personnel.
We are proud to have contributed to shaping the lives and careers of members of the ADF and we look forward to strengthening that contribution with the new scholarship.
We wish every participant in the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 luck, particularly the seven UNSW Canberra alumni representing the Australian team.
We look forward to supporting them as they compete in athletics, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming and sailing.
Professor Michael Frater is Rector of UNSW Canberra. UNSW is raising funds to support the UNSW Veterans Scholarship. For more details, visit everydayhero.com.au/event/unswveterans


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Bamboo Dumpling Bar, Surry Hills (25 May 2010)
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7 comments:
- Zina @ tastedbytwo said...
It was bound to happen! A pseudo dumpling bar popping up in the eastern suburbs. I'm a little cynical but some of the dishes do look tasty.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- PIE-314 said...
That decor is beautiful! Especially the "everyone has nice dumplings" sign.
Modern Mao, hahaha, with the heart sign.
- May 26, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- Jim said...
I love dumplings. I just have to try this place. Thanks for the tips.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
- May 26, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- john@heneedsfood said...
Good to see you made it here. I loved the salt & pepper squid & duck pancakes
- May 26, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- sugarpuffi said...
is it me or things just get smaller in portion and larger in price. $8.50 for 5 dumplings?! It better be the best damn dumplings around XD
- May 27, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- Betty @ The Hungry Girl said...
I have to agree with you, their salt & pepper squid were delicious!
- May 27, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- Simon Leong said...
hi zina, i know what you mean. i'm always cynical. it's more expensive than your cheap and cheerful dumpling place but it's also a lot nicer in decor and cleaner. so i guess you can justify the higher prices perhaps.
hi PIE-3.14, the decor certainly makes it a cheerful place to be in.
hi J Bar, there's just something about dumplings that's very comforting. and the cheaper and tastier the dumplings the better. quite a bit of competition around so will be interesting to see how they go.
hi john, i even saw that puffer fish in the cage but couldn't get close enough with my camera to take a nice photo. you'll have to try the BBQ King duck pancakes and let me know what you think to compare.
hi sugarpuffi, for this place you are right. you can get more for your dollar at sea bay, northern chinese dumpling house and shanghai nights etc but I think for bamboo you're paying for the decor as well. the dumplings were OK but it's hard to compete with other places which are really cheap and fill you up. seems to be a nice place for a small snack and a drink but you'll pay a lot more if you want to fill up on dumplings.
hi betty, i'd have their salt and pepper squid again for sure. looks like they cook it at the right temperature to achieve and good crispyness and plenty of flavour in the coating.
- May 29, 2010 at 12:36 AM
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Hampton Historical Society
HAMPTON - The TUCK MEMORIAL MUSEUM is looking for a "Goody" Cole doll which was sold at Tobey's Drug Store during the town's 300th Anniversary celebration during 1938. Any one having one and wishing to donate it to the Museum, please contact the Hampton Historical Society at 40 Park Avenue, Hampton.
Background on the doll was contained in an article written in a July 7, 1938 issue of Hampton Union and we quote the story in its entirety: "The official Goody Cole Doll designed by Miss Ruth Moir of Hampton, direct descendant of one of the first settlers of Hampton, is now on sale at Tobey's Drug store.
"This doll which has the official approval of the Hampton Tercentenary Committee, is very unique, and will bring pleasure not only to many small, misses of this town and the many who will visit here during Hampton's Tercentenary, but to their elders as well.
"It is expected that many will avail themselves of the opportunity to purchase these dolls as a very striking souvenir of the Tercentenary that Hampton celebrates this year.
"The doll has the face of a very pleasant elderly lady with movable head, arms and legs and can be completely laundered.
"The costume worn is the official costume worn during the years of "Goody" Cole's life when laws such as the following were passed:
'A woman is forbidden to expose her arms and this part of her person to view.'
'It was ordered that their sleeves should reach down to their wrists.'
'The gown should be closed around the neck.'
'Men were obliged to cut their hair short so as not to be taken for women.'
'No person not worth 200 pounds was allowed to wear linen or silk hoods or scarfs, or to wear gold or silver laces or linens.'
"A census against these laws was presentable before the Grand Jury and those who dressed above their rank were to be assessed accordingly.
"The doll has a hood of green with,green over dress, pinned up in the back as was the manner of the women of that time, when not attending important functions.
"This over-dress at these times was let down, forming a complete skirt for formal wear.
"The underskirt is of red and the shoes and undergarments are in accordance with those worn in that period.
Miss Moir, who is a native of Cambridge, Mass. has been a summer visitor at the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lamprey , Locke road, since early childhood and became interested in designing the "Goody" Cole Doll about three months ago after considerable research work at the Boston Public Library and various other authoritative sources. The doll is most attractive and will sell for a nominal cost."


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Financially struggling Greece said Wednesday it achieved a primary budget surplus of 508 million euros ($665 million) in the first quarter despite weakening revenues, beating targets agreed with rescue lenders, and managed to lower its deficit more than expected last year to 6 percent of output.
The January-March budget figure doesn't include interest payments on debt.
The Finance Ministry said state revenues for the quarter were 10.87 billion euros ($14.22 billion) instead of the targeted 11.22 billion euros ($14.68 billion).
Greek officials continued discussing further budget cuts with bailout lenders Wednesday, without reaching an agreement that would allow the release of the next installment of the country's rescue loans. Such cuts have contributed to a deep recession expected to reach 25 percent over the past six years and caused deflation - a drop in consumer prices on an annual basis - for the first time in 45 years.
Greece has relied on international bailouts since May 2010, provided on condition of deeply resented income cuts, tax hikes and reductions in all forms of state spending - including health, welfare and education.
Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said the talks would continue next week.
Stournaras said that while long-dragging, the negotiations are not stalled.
"There are very many issues (under discussion)," he said. "There is no problem concerning the next (loan) installment."
The main issues at stake are ways of streamlining the country's civil service and reforming the public sector.
Also Wednesday, the country's statistical authority said the 2012 deficit was 6 percent of Gross Domestic Product, or 11.6 billion euros - better than the budget forecast of 6.6 percent - although an extra 7.7 billion euros provided to support battered Greek banks pushed up the deficit to a provisional 10 percent of GDP.
But officials said the final figure for 2012 would not include the bank support, as that is a one-off calculation that will be revised once the lenders are recapitalized.
The EU statistics agency meanwhile said labor costs in Greece had sunk 11.2 percent between 2008 and 2012, compared with an 8.7 percent rise across the eurozone.


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We here at Astroguyz are always on the lookout for an unheard of astronomical tale. Naming Pluto, a short documentary film by Ginita Jimenez of Father Films tells the intriguing story of how the ever-controversial planet Pluto was first named. It is a very human drama, and one that should be better known than it is.
History tells us of how Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto during his diligent hunt for Planet X on February 18th, 1930. What's generally not known is that the name Pluto was proposed by then eleven year old school girl Venetia Burney Phair of Oxford, England and adopted on March 24th, 1930. Naming Pluto follows the interview of Mrs. Phair on January 18th, 2006 the eve of the launch of the New Horizons spacecraft on the first mission to Pluto. Mrs. Phair also stands as the only woman to name a planet. Other fascinating bits of trivia surrounding the discovery of the tiny world abound. Did you know for instance, that the naming of Pluto coincided with the discovery date of Uranus?
The film also has several smart animations and graphics throughout… (Can you spy Ganymede?) The run time is about 12:49, and perhaps our only objection is that we wish it were longer! Mrs. Phair professes to have never actually seen Pluto in the opening interview, and several British astronomers decide to take her up the challenge. At about +14th magnitude, Pluto is indeed a tough challenge; I've only spotted it once with the 16″ telescope at the Flandrau observatory in Tucson, Arizona, although it is possible with apertures as small as 6″ under superb skies. Prepare to be unimpressed; part of the thrill of spotting a faint object such as Pluto is knowing what you're looking at.
The film also features several scenes with the prolific British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. (a monocle exponentially adds to your coolness ratio as an astronomer!) Mrs. Phair attempts to spot Pluto from Moore's private observatory, but the fickle English weather intervenes. Much of the "is Pluto a Planet?" controversy is thankfully sidestepped, instead presenting the viewer with the wonder of discovery. "Its not demoted…Pluto will always be there!" quips Moore at one point. Mrs. Phair is finally successful at the Observatory Science center in Herstmonceux, England on the eve of her 89th birthday.
The demonstration of the blink comparator that Tombaugh used to discover Pluto is one of the best that I've seen in illustrating this innovative device. Moore was seven when Pluto was discovered, and his anecdote on eventually meeting Tombaugh was especially amusing. Tombaugh, also a resourceful amateur astronomer, had constructed a telescope using bicycle parts for a mount. He even had a coffee can for a cover! Tombaugh passed away on January 17th, 1997.
Mrs. Phair's suggestion to name Pluto had been brought to the attention of the Lowell observatory via her father's connections at the Oxford Library. The name was especially appealing because of use of the initials "PL" as in Percival Lowell, the founder of the observatory. The symbol for Pluto also reflects this.
This film is wonderful in that it also shows the impact the discovery and naming has had on school kids. It follows Mrs. Phair as she visits a classroom and listens to kids' ideas. You can see the awe as children realize that their ideas do indeed count and that children can contribute to the world of science, as well.
Sadly, Venetia Burney Phair recently passed away on April 30th, 2009 at the age of 90. It's sobering to think that she and Tombaugh will not be with us to witness the New Horizons flyby of their planet on July 14th, 2015, but this short film serves as a testament to her contribution to this piece of astronomical history. An asteroid, 6235 Burney was named in her honor, as well as the Student Dust Counter aboard the New Horizons space craft.
This film would serve as an excellent showing at your next astronomy club meeting, a good educational tool, or just a wonderful addition to a private collection. The DVD can be purchased from Father Films at their online shop.
Don't forget, the 80th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto is coming up next year… no doubt, Pluto will become topical again. Now, to wait until 2015 and see how well those simulations of Pluto and Charon match up to the New Horizons images as it whizzes past….
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