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Court Says That Google's Scanning Email Content To Place Ads Could Violate Wiretap Laws
from the really? deptWe've discussed before a series of class action cases filed against Google, claiming that Gmail violates various wiretapping laws, because its service scans email contents for the purpose of matching ads to the content of the email. This was a complaint that was raised back when Gmail was first launched, but people appeared to fairly quickly recognize that all that's happening is a computer is scanning the email to match up an attempt at a more relevant ad. People signed up in droves because they don't seem at all bothered by this. No human other than the sender and recipient is seeing the content of the email. Eventually, though, this class action lawsuit was filed, in part arguing that non-Gmail users never consented to this sort of "invasion." Except it's not an invasion at all. It's just how Google (and others) process email. However, Judge Lucy Koh, has more or less rejected Google's attempt to have the case thrown out.
This seems like a total misreading of the Wiretap Act. Under this kind of interpretation, all sorts of online services would basically be barred. While it goes into a long discussion, the short version is that the court says that while the Wiretap Act allows for the interception of messages in the course of business, that exception is "narrow" and does not include how Google "intercepts" emails.
Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged that Google's reading of their emails was not within this narrow ordinary course of its business. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that Google intercepts emails for the purposes of creating user profiles and delivering targeted advertising, which are not instrumental to Google's ability to transmit emails. The Consolidated Complaint alleges that "Google uses the content of the email messages [Google intercepts] and the derivative data it creates for its own benefit in other Google services unrelated to the service of email or the particular user." Plaintiffs support their assertion by suggesting that Google's interceptions of emails for targeting advertising and creating user profiles occurred independently from the rest of the email-delivery system. In fact, according to the Consolidated Complaint, the Gmail system has always had separate processes for spam filtering, antivirus protections, spell checking, language detection, and sorting than the devices that perform alleged interceptions that are challenged in this case. As such, the alleged interception of emails at issue here is both physically and purposively unrelated to Google's provision of email services. Google's alleged interceptions are neither instrumental to the provision of email services, nor are they an incidental effect of providing these services. The Court therefore finds that Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged that the interceptions fall outside Google's ordinary course of business.I honestly don't get this. Google is not "intercepting" the email. It's just having its computers scan to match up ads with it. If that's "interception" and somehow illegal, then wouldn't the same be true of spam and anti-virus detection? All of those things equally involve having a computer scan the contents of an email. Does anyone honestly believe that a spam filter is an illegal wiretap?
Either way, I'm sure there will be an appeal, so this case is a long way from being finally decided.
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Robin Duane Rushing
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Robin Duane Rushing, loved by his children, grandchildren, family and friends, died Sunday, March 17, of cancer. Born in Stockton, Calif., September 17, 1950, Robin was a longtime Lodi resident who enjoyed trout fishing, rock n' roll, playing his guitar and spending time with his children and grandchildren.
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Optometry's Meeting® 2014 in review
Optometry bid farewell to Philadelphia on Saturday as the 117th Annual AOA Congress & 44th Annual AOSA Conference: Optometry's Meeting® concluded another successful, engaging chapter of this storied convention with around 5,000 registrants taking over the Pennsylvania Convention Center, June 25-29, for all things optometry.
Take a look at some of this year's events, from time-tested favorites to brand new offerings, sure to leave a lasting impression.
Leadership takes office
The 117th Annual AOA Congress concluded session Saturday with the AOA Board of Trustees election and official swearing in of new officers for the 2014-15 year.
The AOA's new president, David A. Cockrell, O.D., of Oklahoma, addressed state delegates, and highlighted recent scope of practice wins in Louisiana and other states. Dr. Cockrell encouraged all AOA members to engage in advocacy and volunteer efforts to strengthen the profession. Although founding ODs of the profession might not recognize optometry as it exists today, "I'm absolutely sure that they would cheer us forward," Dr. Cockrell said.
In handing the presidency over to Dr. Cockrell, AOA Immediate Past President Mitchell T. Munson, O.D., said he was leaving the position "knowing there is no shortage of capable leaders."
President's report
In summing up the past year's activities in his president's report, Dr. Munson discussed the results of the AOA's recent workforce study and how it underscores the demand for future eye care professionals. Inclusion of an embedded pediatric vision benefit in health plans was a big win for optometry and "is already making a difference for children in our country."
Awarded work
Optometry's Meeting also recognizes outstanding professionals in the field of optometry with the National Optometry Hall of Fame and the annual AOA awards. Thomas Miller, former executive director of the Blinded Veterans Association, also presented Dr. Munson with the BVA Health Leadership Award in recognition of optometry's leading role in improving low vision and vision rehabilitation to our nation's veterans. Miller applauded the AOA and its members for improving access to vision care through creation and expansion of the VA's Optometry Service.
Taking care of business
The 117th Annual AOA Congress heard updates and presentations from volunteers, staff and industry regarding ongoing work, including the Think About Your Eyes (TAYE) campaign's growing partnership with the AOA to raise awareness about vision health; and the annual report from AOA Interim Executive Director Jon Hymes.
Delegates also heard about a new clinical registry coming in 2015. Beth Kneib, O.D., AOA Clinical Resources Group director, explained the registry will yield cumulative outcomes for patients to generate data and identify areas of quality improvement.
Students raise crystal trophy
David Nguyen helped Southern California College of Optometry take home top honors at the 23rd Annual Varilux® Optometry Student Bowl. Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris University and Indiana University finished second and third, respectively. Students flexed their mental muscles in the annual trivia event while wearing school pride on their sleeves, literally.
Talking points
The AOA Board of Trustees held the first-ever "Colleague to Colleague" forum with members. Trustees discussed topics ranging from advocacy efforts, such as state grassroots advocacy, to optometry's shifting demographics and the National Eye Care Workforce Study.
Victory in Philadelphia
The 5K Run/Walk sponsored by The Vision Council and Transitions in support of Optometry Cares®—The AOA Foundation featured top male performers, George Veliky, O.D., of New Jersey; Larry Kocian, of Texas; and Farouk Bruce, of California; and top female performers, Kimberly Powell, of Illinois; Paige Mullins, of Pennsylvania; and Vanessa Fimreite, of New York.
Media blitz
Speakers highlighted the impact of AOA's new media campaigns and communications outlets. Teri K. Geist, O.D., chair of the AOA Communications and Marketing Group Committee, said the new AOA Focus magazine mentioned approximately 300 members, and the number of times members receive communications has doubled from 21 to 45 times a month among channels, including First Look, Week in Focus email, aoa.org/news and AOA Focus.
Resolute action
Before closing session, the House of Delegates passed two resolutions related to paraoptometric staff. The first, a resolution to continue support of paraoptometrics through the Paraoptometric Resource Center (PRC) and the Commission on Paraoptometric Certification (CPC), specified duties of staff members. The resolution stated tasks should be limited to "mechanical and technical functions not requiring the exercise of professional discretion and/or judgment, and shall not in any manner represent an extension of optometric licensure to those not licensed to practice optometry."
Members were also encouraged to enroll their paraoptometric staff as AOA associate members and obtain certification, according to the second resolution.
The House of Delegates adopted a final resolution regarding the optometric care of patients with brain injuries. The resolution encouraged health care professionals "to consider the possibility that a patient's ocular or visual signs or symptoms may have been the result of brain injury, including concussion." Furthermore, the AOA recommends an optometric evaluation to determine the presence of a brain injury-related ocular disorder or vision changes associated with brain injury.
As required by the AOA Bylaws, the AOA Judicial Council has reviewed the resolutions and has voted unanimously to "make effective" each of them.
In closing
Optometry's Meeting drew the curtains with one final gala—the Celebration of Optometry, sponsored by HOYA. Attendees recognized the 2014-15 AOA and AOSA boards, and took in entertainment by celebrated comedian and actor Martin Short.
Members can still view conference video highlights and an informal look at Optometry's Meeting through the eyes of their colleagues on AOA's dedicated social media page. And prepare now for Optometry's Meeting 2015 in Seattle, June 24-28.


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These steps delete the backed up files stored on the backup disk. If you need that data, install macOS on a different drive, or copy your backup data to another drive first.
- Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Time Machine. Turn off Time Machine or deselect "Back Up Automatically."
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hi guyswhat i need is a design for our new ecommerce site. we are selling pearl jewelry. We also need a logo done but i have placed another contest for this (im new at this and maybe that was a mistake)I have looked around at other sites and have come up with some aspects i like.for example http://www.pearlsonly.com is a very good looking site. This design must incorporate a "8 reasons to buy from us" situated in about the same place as theirs.Our website name is going to be called the pearl chest
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SES Astra, the company that owns the Astra satellite used to beam Sky and Freesat to the UK, will next month begin transmitting free 3D content.
However, 3D TV buffs needn't get their hopes up too far. The channel, which begins broadcasting on 4 May, will initially be aimed at retailers and installers, and will feature "demo" material from the worlds of "sports, music and entertainment".
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Michael Malarsie had been in Afghanistan for less than a month when he suffered the injuries that would leave him permanently blind.
Malarsie, son of a longtime Durango family, was a member of an Air Force tactical air control party, which helps coordinate air strikes from the ground.
In January 2010, he was with three soldiers crossing a bridge to investigate a village when he was struck by an explosion.
There was a big ambush just waiting for us, he said in a phone interview from San Antonio, where he is currently stationed.
He was blown into the water. He was disoriented and an eerie sense of calm settled over him I know Im going to drown now, he recalled thinking.
Someone grabbed him and pulled him to the waters edge.
I kept asking, Where is my gun? Malarsie said. He said, Dont worry about it.
I remember feeling the second IED and dont remember anything after that, he said.
He first real memory after that is being in the hospital and having a doctor tell him he was blind. His response was unlikely: he thanked the doctor for having done his best.
Malarsie had suffered a skull fracture, burst eardrum and broken jaw. The medic and three other soldiers were killed in the ambush. Malarsie said he immediately came to see his recovery as an obligation to honor their sacrifice.
Im not going to let just being blind beat me, he said.
Malarsies father, Jim Malarsie who was raised in Durango, but, in the 1980s, moved to New Mexico, where Michael grew up recalled when his son announced his plans to join.
We were shocked, but not surprised, he said, acknowledging that, as Mormons, he and his wife had hoped he might chose a stint doing missionary work instead. One thing that we had learned painfully as parents ... they get to be their own people. ... That was the choice he made. Once it was done, we were supportive.
News of his sons injury came through a message left by his commander on their home phone. The message said Michael had been hurt, but offered the assurance that his injuries were not life-threatening.
Time just kind of stopped for us, he said.
Even to him, his sons recovery has been unbelievable.
He just continues to rock on, he said. Its just amazing.
A fundraiser held in Durango the month after Michael was injured attracted more than 800 people and raised around $80,000 to help cover his expenses.
But his story doesnt end there.
After his initial treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was taken to a facility in California for rehabilitation.
While there, the widows of two of his fellow soldiers killed in the ambush the medic and the first man hit asked to come see him. When he met the latter, it was cosmic.
From the minute we were introduced and hugged, we felt a connection to each other, he said.
Jesse Lengstorf came back alone to visit, and they grew increasingly close. She moved in with his sister in New Mexico, and in May 2010, he flew to Albuquerque to meet her. In the airport, with a crowd of friends and family there to welcome him, he pulled out a ring and proposed. She said yes.
The two were married June 25, 2010, and the next year had a little girl named Sophie, who joined her older half-sister, Kadence.
Malarsie is still in the service and working with a mentorship program that pairs people who have recovered from trauma with people who are just beginning the process.
Its really exciting work, he said.
In March, Malarsie was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor during a ceremony at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
These days, he and his family spend a lot of time traveling for his work and speaking engagements. But, he said, hes eager to get back to Durango, where hes come to snowboard and visit family his whole life.
His grandmother, Allien Morrissey, who came to Durango with her husband in the 1940s, is filled with pride for Michael.
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Hardly any other singer of our time has had such an uninterrupted and brilliant career as the Australian soprano, Joan Sutherland. Already described as `La Stupenda', the `Koloraturwunder' or `The Incomparable', she can look back on a career stretching over more than forty years which was soundly based and intelligently developed; but despite her international renown, despite the many honours she has received all over the world (in 1979 Queen Elizabeth II conferred on her the title of Dame of the British Empire) the artist has remained a completely natural human being.
Sutherland has been on the stage since 1947. In Sydney she sang the title role in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, followed by performances in Handel's Samson and as Judith in Eugene Goossens' opera of that name. Her European career began in London in 1952 (including the part of Giorgetta in Puccini's Il tabarro at the Royal College of Music) and in the same year she also made her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as the First Lady in The Magic Flute. Before appearing in front of highly critical London audiences in a leading role, as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, she sang the parts of the Priestess in Aida and Clotilde with Callas in Norma. Even at this early stage this exceptionally gifted soprano demonstrated her range as the Countess in Figaro, but she had to wait another year for her next leading role, during which time she sang the Overseer in Elektra, Lady Rich in Britten's Gloriana, Frasquita in Carmen and Helmwige in Die Walküre at Covent Garden and with the company on tour. Her most important parts in 1954 were Aida and Agathe, in addition to which she was still performing smaller roles such as Woglinde and the Wood Bird. Surprisingly this soprano who has for so long tended towards coloratura, originally appeared in Tales of Hoffmann, not as Olympia, but as Antonia and Giulietta; it was fifteen years later (in Seattle in 1970) that she sang all four female parts in Offenbach's opera -- an achievement captured by DECCA in a complete recording made in the following year.
Micaëla, Pamina, Eva in Meistersinger, Alcina, Gilda, Desdemona, Jennifer in the premiere of Tippett's Midsummer Marriage, and Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites were further London landmarks, together with Madame Herz in 1957 in Mozart's Schauspieldirektor at the Glyndebourne Festival. The year 1958 saw her first important appearances outside Great Britain. For instance in Vancouver she sang Donna Anna in Günther Rennert's production of Don Giovanni. The decisive turning point in her career came in February 1959, when she performed Lucia di Lammermoor in London in Franco Zeffirelli's production, conducted by Tullio Serafin; she became a star overnight. No other singer has kept this exceptionally demanding part in her repertoire for thirty years; she was still to be heard as Lucia in Barcelona in 1988.
In 1959 the producers at DECCA became aware of the new vocal miracle and entered into an exclusive contract with Joan Sutherland. Since that time her regular recordings have captured all the important stages of her career, beginning with the double album The Art of the Prima Donna containing representative roles from the Italian dramatic coloratura repertoire. Handel's Rodelinda, Violetta, Elvira in I puritani and Amina in La sonnambula followed. The Australian was acquiring an increasing international reputation, since sopranos in the tradition of Malibran, Grisi and other great primadonnas of the 19th century were becoming ever rarer. In view of the great potential of Sutherland's voice it was only a matter of time before she made her debut at La Scala Milan. In 1961 she appeared there in the title role in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda; a year later she sang, with sensational success, Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots (with Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Fiorenza Cossotto) and as Rossini's Semiramide. In 1962 she was a highly praised Queen of the Night in a production with Otto Klemperer at Covent Garden, and the following year she sang the role of Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar at Sadler's Wells. In addition she toured Australia with her own opera company between 1965 and 1974.
Up to that time Joan Sutherland had sung under many of the leading opera conductors of the day: John Barbirolli, Vittorio Gui, Erich Kleiber, John Pritchard (who conducted her first complete recording of Lucia), Raymond Leppard, Nello Santi, Antonino Votto and many others. They all praised her musicality, her feeling for a part and her artistic integrity, though some, who were less conscientious, feared her precisely for these reasons, because professionalism was and still is all-important to her. Since 1963 she has worked almost exclusively with her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, under whose stylistically expert direction her career has been planned with exemplary care. Highly promising voices are quickly `burnt out' in the international opera business, and following her London success in Lucia she was offered Lady Macbeth and other heavy, dramatic roles, but the singer and her constant (musical) companion and accompanist concentrated on parts which have ensured a long career. She sang her first Norma in Vancouver in 1963; which other soprano has been able to retain this murderous part in her repertoire for a quarter of a century?
Soon the Sutherland-Bonynge team were able to make their own choice of works in the leading opera houses of the world. In 1965 they performed Gounod's Faust in Philadelphia. In 1966 they followed it with The Daughter of the Regiment in London and in the following year with Lakmé in Seattle; in the same year she sang Haydn's Euridice at the Vienna Festival. To the standard roles in her growing repertoire, she added largely forgotten operas, in which the demanding leading parts at last found a fitting interpreter; Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (1971 in San Francisco) and Lucrezia Borgia (1972 in Vancouver), Rosalinde in Fledermaus and Massenet's Esclarmonde (1973 and 1974 respectively in San Fransisco), Leonora in Il trovatore (1975 in San Fransisco) and The Merry Widow (1976 in Vancouver), Puccini's Suor Angelica, Sita in Massenet's Le Roi de Lahore (1977 in Sydney and Vancouver), Electra in Idomeneo and Amalia in Verdi's I masnadieri (1979 and 1980 respectively in Sydney). In 1980 she performed the part of Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) in San Diego, where in 1983 she also appeared as Adriana Lecouvreur, and in 1984 she sang Anna Bolena for the first time in Toronto. Her most recent new stage role was as Ophelia in Thomas's Hamlet (1985 in Toronto).
The world of music has much for which to thank Joan Sutherland, who has rescued so many operas from oblivion, not only in the field of Italian bel canto, but also in the French repertoire. Fortunately her work is almost completely preserved on record, with the leading stars of our time such as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Giacomo Aragall, Sherrill Milnes, Ingvar Wixell, time and time again with Marilyn Horne, with whom she has formed a close artistic friendship, with Huguette Tourangeau (a discovery of Richard Bonynge's), Montserrat Caballé and many others. There are very few roles which Sutherland has only sung on record, but they include Puccini's Turandot, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Ah-Joe in Leoni's L'Oracolo and most recently Handel's Athalia in an 'authentic' recording with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Christopher Hogwood. This recital of roles and details of first performances can only give a very sketchy idea of Sutherland's career. Anyone who has had the good fortune to work with her will confirm that it has failed to do justice to the human qualities of the singer. She has been particularly helpful and considerate towards young and unknown artists and has assisted many to find their feet who have been discovered by the Sutherland-Bonynge team's unerring instinct for the exceptional. Integrity has been an important factor in Sutherland's many-facetted career; in her four decades of activity she has not only kept faith with countrless admirers throughout the world, but also and above all has remained true to herself and to her artistic vocation.
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Ok - so first off - I want to cautiously remind everyone that we launched APB Reloaded "Open Beta" only six (6!) days ago.
Open Beta means primarily that there will be no more character wipes, and while the game is getting very close to final production quality, and it's certainly already a blast to play APB Reloaded in it's current form, the game still needs some key changes, fixes and upgrades before it is fully production grade. There are code improvements to be released for matchmaking, more purchasable items to be completed for the item shop, and key upcoming infrastructure changes to be rolled out. In short - the game is still in Beta, and every week it will continue improving.
This is also why Premium accounts (ie upgraded accounts that accelerate game progression, unlock customizations, increase drop rates and gives players item purchase discounts) are only priced at $9.99 to start, and $7.99 for renewals. This rock bottom "beta pricing" includes a good 33%-50% discount compared to other MMOs.
Now don't get me wrong - while still a little rough around some edges (such as a few pesky sound bugs for some specific sound cards, some occasional district DC issues, and the fact that the large map size dislikes 32-bit Windows, but LOVES 64-bit Windows, as well as more cheat related changes still to be made, and the fact that we are working to add more things for people to do, game modes to use and districts to explore after they get really high level) - APB Reloaded even in Beta is STILL a really great game, with a ton of wild fun to be had in the city of San Paro.
Premium holders getting a leg up, because they are doing their part to help rebuild San Paro
Getting a premium account supports the development team, and also ensures updates are rolled out even faster since more support means we can invest more in speeding up the development effort. And - best of all - if you don't want to upgrade, you still don't have to. You can still play the game for free. But I do want to take a moment to THANK all the thousands who have already jumped on board and gotten premium accounts! Your support is invaluable. And therefore, we are of course going to let you "cut in line" when things get into a capacity squeeze.
Having a huge volume of free players means that free players will occasionally have to queue for slots at peak times, since it's important we provide priority access to paying players. Even so, our explicit long-term strategy is actually to make sure that everyone (include all free2play players AND all paid players) get basic game access without major game queues, especially when the game goes "Live" after the current Beta phase is over.
But during the massive growth phase we are in right now, or during large upcoming game changes, priority certainly always goes to Premium members, and others will be placed in queues only when network conditions require it, to make sure the game experience is not destroyed for everyone else trying to play the game.
Records set during the 6 days since start of Open Beta, and a blog post "Stat Scoop"
The purpose of the Open Beta is to test the limits of all the equipment and systems. On that score, the Reloaded Open Beta has been a smashing success so far :) !
The good news is that today we again set new records for beta players in the game, and the bad news is that during the beta phase there are some limits on network capacity, with increased capacity originally scheduled to be ramped up over time (which of course - given the response for the game, will now be sped up - a lot).
To give you some inside stats (we can call this the exclusive blog post "stat scoop") even though I will not expect to normally share many (if any) realtime stats. But given the week we have had I will certainly share some of that; at peak today, after only six (6!) days in Open Beta, we had just under 24,000 peak concurrent players connecting to the game globally (aka "Peak CCU") with a somewhat larger number of players logging in to the game in Europe than in the US, with more than four times that number of unique players logging in to the game during the last 24 hours, each player with an average playtime well over 3 hours per game session (average!). This load also meant the system automatically fired up over 200 district server instances around the globe to handle the load from the gamers.
To put that in some perspective with some of the great games out there (some F2P, some subscription); Eve Online announced back in 2007 that they had reached 35,000 peak CCU, which was 4 years after the game was released. World of Tanks announced in April this year that their PCCU reached 25,000 after a year of Beta testing. Nexon announced that Combat Arms beta had reached 12,000 PCCU in Europe in their open beta running for 10 months from December 2008 to September 2009.
So for us to get to 24,000 PCCU in six days (and WELL over 12,000 PCCU in Europe) is certainly a very good start, especially when you consider its still only Beta, and it has not yet been a week :) (and we have now also capped our servers to boot).
That also means the game is consuming A LOT of servers and network capacity to handle the growth, since unlike games that are super-low-server-impact-per-player (FarmVille, Kingdoms of Camelot etc), APB Reloaded consumes an insane amount of processing resources to keep track of 100 players, 250 cars and over 1000 NPCs real-time per district, and performing a large-scale physics simulated district at 30 frames per second server side. To continue the comparison with Eve, the sever side frame rate of APB is an order of magnitude higher than the server side framerate of Eve. Granted, it's not a fair comparison (Eve is a viscous liquid equation system with click to move mechanics that update rather infrequently, and APB is a frame-rate dependent shooter, so both are great games - just of course doing it very differently, even though CCP's upcoming games might change that). But you guys get the point; there are a LOT of sensitive computations going on in this game at a rather massive scale in our datacenters, which also makes the game somewhat "fragile" to large network issues.
Game Signups and Social Media Growth
The game has also settled into a steady growth pace by adding an average of nearly 1,000 new signed-up game accounts PER HOUR for the past several days, and our Facebook page is getting an average of 6,000 new likes PER DAY (which is great, since we now are using Facebook to post all key game status alerts, which gets info out much faster about game status than just using email, forums and other old skool formats). The page has grown from 48,000 on May 17 to 120,000 on May 29. In fact our facebook page has now surpassed the pages of other great games out there, or is heading toward the same like counts as other games that we all admire. Clearly that increases the pressure many-fold on our teams to live up to the qualities of the games that we are now going to be compared with.
Growth Strategy and Issues
The strategy on the GamersFirst side has been to roll out the game with a large but reasonable amount of investment to avoid starting the project from a big financial hole during the redevelopment phase (since this game certainly had a VERY bad history of not doing too well previously), in particular because this game has massive server side hardware requirements, far beyond most normal MMOs, with several hundred servers to execute the district logic for this volume of players.
But interestingly enough, we actually have plenty of server capacity to spare on hand. In fact right now we have sufficient server capacity on standby that we could power up that will give us 40,000 Peak CCU capacity if not more for the game.
Instead the issues we have seen for the last 6 days in Europe have all been firewall related. Even though the best firewall sales people on the planet will tell you that THEIR firewalls (Ciscos, Junipers, you name them) can handle XX Gbps of traffic, as soon as we throw millions of packets per second of encrypted UDP at any firewall, chances are that the "specs" go out the window. This resulted in the theoretical 7Gbps firewall pair we had in the EU croaking at 737Mb/sec (or less than 15% of the "theoretical" limit) and at much fewer pps than ever "rated."
So, alternatively, we COULD run the servers without any firewalls (that would actually solve the packet loss and firewall congestion issue instantly (!) ). But that would be religiously a pretty bad move. And certainly other game companies have shown that would be a rather bad idea. But, that's often the way this type of issue gets solved (throw the servers out on the net without firewalls). The network performance would surely go up. Be so would the risks to the game and the players.
Therefore, what we are doing instead is a measured increase over time, and also rolling out various changes to our core systems that will permit us to slowly increase all the server caps.
Also, we are cognizant that players can come and go, so we are going to continue performing somewhat deliberate growth during the beta phase and plan to pull out all the stops when all final changes, updates, fixes and features are fully in place.
See you on the streets of San Paro!
Bjorn / TechMech
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Sidenote to clear up minor mis-information on the interwebs?
One of our forum members pointed out a video segment by some random reviewer that got a lot of things wrong about APB, and to top it off referred to Gamersfirst as an Asian company "doing mostly things in the Asian markets." Let me quickly clear that up; Gamersfirst was created in California originally under the name K2 Network, is based in Irvine, and its largest investor is Intel Capital. While we have global operations all over the planet, we only publish games in the regions of North America, South America, Europe and the Middle East. So while that maybe "touches" Asia a little bit, we are actually an entirely a western market focused company and currently do not publish any titles in East Asia. Hope that clears it up (if anyone were to ask :) ). Also - all this information is easily google-able too (for example google: k2 network investment), but I think that would be too much trouble for some people.


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Adults have every right to take risks, as long as they understand that if taxpayers have to foot the bills to get them out of jams, they will be liable for part or all of the cost.
But putting children in jeopardy through bad judgment is something else again.
In March, Californians Eric and Charlotte Kaufman began a sailing trip intended to take them around the world. In what to many parents would be an incredibly bad decision, the Kaufmans chose to take their 1- and 3-year-old daughters with them.
Recently, the younger girl, Lyra, got sick. Then the sailboat broke down and began taking on water. The Kaufmans, unable to treat Lyra, radioed for help. A Navy ship, the USS Vandegrift, had to be diverted from its regular duties to rescue the Kaufmans. That came after four California Air National Guard members risked their own lives by parachuting into the Pacific Ocean to go to the Kaufmans' sailboat, in an attempt to help the child.
Once aboard the Vandegrift, with the ship's medical personnel taking care of her, Lyra's condition improved. The Kaufmans' sailboat, a hazard to navigation, was sunk by the Navy.
After being rescued, the Kaufmans defended their decision to take children on their trip. In a statement, they maintained they had "prepared as well as any sailing crew could." They added they were sorry to lose their boat.
Obviously, the Kaufmans ought to be required to pay at least some of the cost of rescuing them. California authorities should consider whether it is safe for their children to live with them. Clearly, the two lack common sense regarding their children's safety.


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Some games are suited towards multiplayer components. Others are not. So why do so many games waste time and money trying to be the former when they're clearly the latter?
It's something Randy Pitchford, boss of Gearbox Studios (Borderlands, Brothers in Arms), has on his mind.
"...the reason [publishers demand multiplayer components] is because they notice that the biggest blockbusters offer a little bit for every kind of consumer. You have people that want co-op and competitive, and players who want to immerse themselves in deep fiction. But the concept has to speak to that automatically; it can't be forced. That's the problem."
The perfect example of this? Dead Space 2, which despite being an incredibly solitary singleplayer experience for some reason felt the need to add some multiplayer to the mix.
"[Dead Space] is ceiling-limited; it'll never do 20 million units. The best imaginable is a peak of four or five million units if everything works perfectly in your favour. So the bean counters go: 'How do I get a higher ceiling?' And they look at games that have multiplayer.
"They're wrong, of course. What they should do instead is say that they're comfortable with the ceiling, and get as close to the ceiling as possible. Put in whatever investment's required to focus it on what the promise is all about."
It's something that's mystify us for a long time. Nearly every shooter, for example, ships with multiplayer that took both time and money to develop. Yet 90% of these games are almost instantly ignored in favour of multiplayer stalwarts like Call of Duty and Halo, rendering that a wasted investment.
Using Pitchford's "ceiling" analogy, wouldn't those games have been better served focusing and polishing their singleplayer campaigns? Homefront could have done with some of that. Or, conversely, ditching singleplayer completely and only going multiplayer? They may never beat Call of Duty's sales, but they'll do better than they would have half-assing one of the two components. Get closer to their own, realistic "ceiling".


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The Black Keys are riding on the highest wave of success in their careers so far. The blues duo have just wrapped up another leg of their tour with Arctic Monkeys, which has seen them sell out arenas across the country. Even with their busy tour schedule, The Black Keys will set aside time this summer to start working on a new album.
In an interview with Spinner, drummer Patrick Carney revealed that he and singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach will head into the studio in July to begin recording the follow up to 2011′s 'El Camino.' A live album might also be in the works.
"We recorded every song, and we booked some studio time for two weeks in July," Carney reveals. "So I know we're going to start working on the next album in a couple of months. We haven't really talked about it. We just want to get in the studio and start. That's the only time we have to get into the studio until January, becuase we're working all the way through the second half of summer, fall, and early winter."
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Former mainstream rapper Montell Jordan was a presenter at the 2012 Dove Awards in Atlanta on Thursday, April 19. While backstage at the GMA awards Jordan, who is known for the popular "This is How We Do It," chatted about becoming involved in the Christian music world.
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Sunday, 26 July 2009
Singapore HeritageFest
At Vivo City yesterday we came across a booth and sound stage which was erected as part of the cultural celebration (Sound Stories). I picked up a couple of heritage trail booklets which are pictured above. They both are excellent productions; well written and each with an interesting trail map to follow.
There were a number of interesting snippets about places that my wife can remember from her early childhood. For example the New World Park which was very popular up until the mid 1950's and where one paid $1 for three dances with local women - and they only got 8 cents a dance to keep.
Apparently there were also some interesting cabaret acts including a stripper called Rose Chan who wrestled pythons as part of her show.
Python wrestling seems to have fallen out of favour here in Singapore I am pleased to report, but we are gearing up for a local election in 2010 or possibly before, which promising to even more entertaining.
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Kopitaim - Mee and You
I am feeling mildy jet-lagged today after arriving back in Singapore last evening. My flights were delayed by electrical storms over Munich which closed the airport for an hour.
It was a fairly bumpy trip right the way through with turbulence over the Bay of Benga - this was not as a result of the curry I had eaten I hasten to add.
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Monday, 20 July 2009
Say Cheese
It is 6:15 on a money morning and my body clock has still not adjusted to the UK time zone after my 16 hours of flights from Singapore, Saturday evening and Sunday. I awoke at 3 am and dozed fitfully until 5:30.
The trip on Lufthansa from Singapore was interesting. The ability to sleep reclining on a business class seat made a lot of difference. The chef's fare had all of the classic German trimmings. I passed on the calf's cheek in brwon sauce and had a light meal instead.
We arrived in Munich ahead of time and I had a couple of hours to wait. It was here that I made another discovery.
The Lufthansa Lounge provided a nice breakfast of excellent breads and fresh fruit. I chose the latter - a large bowl of sliced and diced fruit. The adjacent bowl of thick yoghurt also looked inviting so several dollops of this were added on top.
Having found a table and had a mouthful of coffee, I turned to the fruit. My first mouthful told me that I had made a frightful mistake. The 'yoghurt' was in fact a cheese sauce which the Germans spread on their thick slices of black bread. Needless to say a fresh bowl of fruit was called for.
Back in the transit lounge I studied my travel companions-to-be. Sitting directly across from me was a buxom, bottle blonde fraulein reading her teenage fashion magazine. To her left was a dishevelled Britain. He and his luggage had a distinctly rumpled look. I am being charitable, as his suitcase was in fact filthy and, as it so proved, he had habits to match.
He had a partially eaten bag of sunflower seeds in his backpack which he withdrew from the depths of his dirty linen that were in the same bag. The bag had burst and so he spent the next ten minutes fossicking and digesting the spilt seeds that he rescued from the lining. Having completed this exercise he opened his small suitcase which revealed even more dirty washing.
We arrived at Heathrow a quarter of an hour earlier than scheduled which the pilot proudly proclaimed through the intercom. This impressed the Heathrow staff not a jot. Despite several calls from the cockpit no steps nor transport appeared on the apron. We had to wait for 15 minutes more in the aircraft cabin until Heathrow ground staff honoured us with their presence.
Welcome to London; they have a lot to learn from Changi airport.
Friday, 17 July 2009
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Jakarta Hotel Bombings
The hotel cafe where several people were killed is where I and my regional colleagues enjoyed our breakfasts when we attended our meeting there.
It is fairly sobering to consider that it could have been us amongst the dead and maimed - it is just luck that our visit did not coincide with this cold blooded act.
One Giant Step For Mankind, One Giant Step For SMRT
My train of thought however is focused on the more mundane - a step towards reclaiming the cleanliness of Singapore's public transport.
This week we have at last seen evidence of the local authorities cracking down on eating and drinking on the MRT and I hope they will extend this vigilance to other forms of transport such as buses.
While the rules have existed they have been quite frankly poorly policed, with inspectors only reacting after complaints have been made and not being proactive. At least I have never seen any such policing when I traveled.
When I took the MRT regularly each afternoon, it was necessary to run the gauntlet of ill-disciplined school children and itinerant labourers sitting on the carriage floor, sucking on drinking straws and munching on a variety of kueh kueh.
It would appear that I am not alone in applauding this renewed inspecting vigour. The general consensus is that citizen journalism has prodded the SMRT officers into action. Let us hope that this diligent approach is maintained.
And as to the other 'step for mankind' all those years ago; I remember listening and watching the moon landing unfold and realising for the first time how this journey meant we were no longer confined to one planet.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Puddle Jumping
I am staying at Grand Hyatt which is opposite Taipei101 and a quick ten minutes stroll to the British Council where I spend my working day.
My fellow guests include the 158 strong Austalian cast of Phantom of the Opera who are opening their show here in a week's time. I sat next to the sound crew at breakfast and it reminded me of my days as a 'roadie' for the touring exhibition Te Maori in the late 1980's.
The Aussies thought I was an American from my accent - have I changed that much after three years in Singapore?
There is also a heavyweight US dignitary staying at this hotel although one never sees him or her.
How do I know this to be so? The heavy set suit brigade are in evidence with their earpieces and crackling intercoms.
One of the security detail breakfasted alongside me yesterday; a large and well muscled black American. He received a summons which saw him drop his walkie talkie and then quickly abandon his breakfast and hurry off to his duties. Indigestion is clearly one of the less known trials of an ex-marine.
As to the hotel itself, the service is excellent and the decor a little tired but well maintained. I am on the 8th floor, having refused my first room on the 14th which smelt of residual cigarette smoking despite the fact that the entire hotel is smoke free. The is a recurring problem in Asia where Chinese tourists and businessmen point blank refuse to follow the non-smoking rules.
Today I am at the British Council for a second round of meetings and presentations. I shall return to Singapore tomorrow.
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The driver's preparedness to protect his passengers and himself is highly commendable. Unfortunately he had incorrectly assumed that other Singaporean were as responsible as he.
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Among recent enforcement actions were a $1 million fine and $353,000 in restitution ordered by FINRA against StateTrust Investments over excessive markups and markdowns in fraudulent corporate bond transactions; charges against a China-based company and its CEO by the SEC for misleading investors about its financial condition; SEC charges against a medical device company for misleading shareholders about the FDA's opinion of its product; and an amicus brief filed by the SEC in a case concerning market manipulation and misrepresentation.
FINRA Fines StateTrust Investments $1 Million, Orders Restitution
StateTrust Investments, Inc. was fined $1.045 million by FINRA and ordered to pay restitution of $353,000, plus interest, to customers who were affected by excessive markups and markdowns in fraudulent corporate bond transactions. In addition, the agency also sanctioned the firm's head trader, Jose Luis Turnes, suspending him for six months and fining him $75,000.
The agency had already taken action against Jeffrey Cimbal, StateTrust's chief compliance officer, who in April was fined $20,000 and suspended for five months in a principal capacity for failing to supervise Turnes.
FINRA found that the firm charged excessive markups or markdowns to customers in a total of 563 transactions. In 227 of those transactions, the markups and markdowns were greater than 5%, and in 85 of those instances, StateTrust acted through Turnes to charge excessive markups and markdowns that deviated 8% to more than 23% from the prevailing market price.
In each of those 85 instances, when StateTrust bought bonds from customers, it did so at prices that were 8% or more below the prevailing market price and then sold them to its bank or insurance affiliate at a markup. When it bought bonds from its bank or insurance affiliate, it sold them to customers at a markup 8% or more above the prevailing market rate.
During that period, Turnes was also the chairman and largest indirect shareholder of the bank and insurance affiliates.
StateTrust, Turnes and Cimbal neither admitted nor denied the charges but have consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.
SEC Charges China MediaExpress With Fraud
Investigation by the SEC's cross-border working group has resulted in the agency filing charges against China MediaExpress, a company that is publicly traded in the U.S. but which purports to operate a television advertising network on intercity and airport express buses in China. The company is charged with misleading investors about its financial condition by inflating its cash balances by millions of dollars.
China MediaExpress became a publicly traded company in October 2009. According to the SEC, it then began to materially overstate its cash balances in both press releases and SEC filings, with the company's chairman and CEO, Zheng Cheng, signing off on the public filings and attesting to their accuracy.
In its 2009 annual report, for example, which was filed on March 31, 2010, it claimed to have $57 million in cash when its cash balance was actually $141,000. In November that year, it issued a press release claiming a cash balance of $170 million at the end of Q3 of its fiscal year when the actual figure was $10 million. The company also falsely claimed two multinational corporations as clients.
The misrepresentations sent the company's stock price soaring; it tripled to more than $20 per share. At the same time, the company received $53 million from a hedge fund for a sale of the company's stock to that fund.
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The company was denied clearance to market its proprietary scanner, which provides three-dimensional images for use in medical diagnosis, not once but three separate times: the first in 2008, the second early in 2010, and the third later in 2010. At the time the FDA expressed concerns about device safety and image quality, but in a conference call with investors held in November 2010, Janes dismissed FDA concerns as "not substantive" and chiefly "administrative." The FDA had pointed out in its October 2010 letter concerning the device that it had a potential for overheating and that the company had submitted sample images that the FDA characterized as "scientifically invalid and useless." Nevertheless, Janes denied that there were safety concerns or doubts about the scanner's image quality, and continued to do so on his Facebook page after an investor got hold of a copy of the FDA letter.
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The SEC seeks a court order to bar Imaging3 and Janes from future violations of federal securities laws, require them to pay civil monetary penalties, and bar Janes from serving as a public company officer or director.
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The SEC has filed an amicus brief in a case in which it says an appeals court has incorrectly raised the bar for plaintiffs charging market manipulation.
The case of Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co. (2d Cir. May 7, 2013) was heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The plaintiffs, who lost money in a boiler room scheme operated by A.R. Baron in the mid-1990s, charged that Isaac Dweck, a confederate of A.R. Baron, entered into illegitimate "parking" transactions with Baron as part of this scheme.
A panel majority decided to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims, saying that the plaintiffs didn't just have to prove that Dweck engaged in market manipulation, but also that he misrepresented the price of securities and market activity.
The plaintiffs have requested a rehearing, and the SEC has filed its brief in support of that request, citing Supreme Court precedent and a number of other cases. It also cites Judge Raymond Lohier's dissent that states that the existing decision, according to the dissenting judge, will "unnecessarily" provide "extra shelter for stock manipulation under the federal security laws." It also expressed concern that the existing decision could affect its own ability to pursue cases.
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What's In a Name? Strategies for Remembering
Students' Names
"Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language." -Dale Carnegie
Reasons to Learn Students' Names:
- Students expect it (unless the class is very large).
- It tells students you are interested in them as individuals.
- It helps foster a sense of community.
- It makes the instructor appear more approachable and less remote.
- It is a powerful way to foster student-student and student-faculty interactions.
- In large classes, students can feel "like a number." Knowing one's classmates' names fosters the feeling that there are peers in the class with whom the student can interact. A sense of community among the students begins to grow, encouraging learning both inside and outside the classroom.
- Students are more conscious of their behavior when they perceive themselves as identifiable.
Strategies for Learning Names:
- Have students make name tents out of 5x8 cards. Fold the 5x8 cards in half so they are tented, and with a thick marker, have the students write the name they wish to be addressed by in large letters on each side. Either have the students keep their name tents and bring them to each class, or collect them, and at the beginning of the next class try to match the names with the students while returning their tented nametags. http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/teachings.html
- Take a picture of each student, groups of students, or the whole class. Circulate the photographs and have students write their first names under their picture. (Digital cameras and scanners are available in the CTE.)
- Ask students to stay in the same seats until you learn their names.
- Ask students to give their name every time they speak aloud the first few times, then ask them to wait while you remember their name.
- Use a seating chart for the first few weeks of class.
- Tell students you are going to leave the classroom for five to ten minutes and that when you return, you want each student to be able to introduce five classmates on a first-name basis. How they go about it is up to them. This technique has been known to increase the energy level in the room. http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/teachings.html
- Have students prepare a "Passport" for your class on a note card. It could include their picture and any other info that would be helpful for learning their name.
- Strive to memorize a row of students per day. http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/teachings.html
- During the semester, call students by name when you return homework or quizzes, and use names frequently in class. (Davis, 1993: 23)
- Name Game: Ask the first person to give her name. The second person gives the name of the first person and his name, and the third person gives the name of the first two people and her name. This continues until all students have given their name. The instructor goes last and recalls all of the students' names. This works best in a small class. (Davis, 1993: 24)
- For large classes, at the beginning of each class period have six to eight students introduce themselves.
- Bring in a camera and have one of the students take headshots of each student. At the second class, return with the photos and have the students write something about themselves on the backs of their photos. Periodically review their photos and the information they listed, and you will soon know every student's name. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Scavenger Hunt: Make up a sheet of fairly inane traits, as many traits as you have students in the class. Traits might be something like "wearing shoes that require laces," or "likes spaghetti with clam sauce." Each trait has a space in front of the trait sufficient to write in a name. Everyone in the class gets a sheet, including the professor. The assignment is to find a person with that trait, meet them, and record their name. The rule is that you can use a person only once to complete your sheet. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Unforgettable Neighbor: Have students turn to their neighbor and introduce him/herself. The assignment is for the neighbor to introduce his or her companion "with a trait that no one can forget." Obviously, the partners have to be helpful with a trait or mnemonic aid. Pick randomly from around the room for introductions. After a third person is introduced, point to those introduced and ask the class to name the individuals. Continue with the introductions and cumulative reviews. The repetition in reviews really helps. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Alternative Adjective Name Game: The student sitting at one of the corner desks at the front of the room begins and introduces her/himself by taking the first letter of their name and selecting a (positive) adjective that begins with the same letter. Examples include: "Great Greg" or "Awesome Alicia." The second person has to repeat the first person's name preceded by its alliterative adjective, and then give his/her name. The third person repeats from the beginning and adds her/his moniker to the game. When all of the students have participated, recount them all and add your own name at the end. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Student Circle: Have students sit in a circle with you and explain that they are to give their name and a characteristic of themselves. For example, "My name is Judy and I have a good memory." The second person has to repeat the first person's name and characteristic, and then give his own. And so on. Coaching is allowed! http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Annotations: Annotate your class list. Write down individual features beside each student's name. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Association Techniques: Anyone who has the same name as someone you know is associated and remembered that way. Anyone who has a characteristic that you can distinguish is associated with that. Sometimes people "look like" their names. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Ask students to include on a card the name they want to be called in class (with pronunciation instructions included) and "one sentence to make them memorable." Students use the one sentence in a variety of ways: to share a favorite quote, to describe a hobby, to tell where they grew up, or to share something about their classroom "style" (e.g., sometimes falling asleep because they work late, that they don't especially like to participate in class, etc.). The instructor can review these prior to subsequent classes to aid in remembering the students' names. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Chaos to Order: Ask the students to learn each other's names, but do not give them a system. At first there may be chaos, with students moving about asking each other their names, until they get organized and realize they need a system with repetition, practice, etc. Follow up with a discussion of what worked and what principles of learning took place. The main goal, however, is to have students get to know each other and feel comfortable in the class. http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/pubs/learnames.shtml
- Some instructors sketch their students to help them remember who is who. The sketches can be quick, 20 second scribbles capturing the most prominent features of the student. These sketches can be placed in the class roster next to the student's name for quick identification. http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/teachingtools/names.shtml
- Student Interviews: Two students interview each other using questions pertaining to unique traits, unusual hobbies, proudest moment, most prized possession, most unusual accomplishment, etc. Students then introduce their partner to the class. After everyone has been introduced, it's time for a memory test. The instructor begins by stating his/her name as he/she holds on to the end of a string from a ball of yarn. The instructor tosses the ball to someone and says something like, "I'm tossing the ball to Greg because I remember that Greg wrestles alligators in his spare time." The pattern continues until everyone in the class is connected. The class members then do the same thing in reverse as they untangle themselves and talk about the person immediately before them. (Option: While all class members are connected, the instructor may want to use the connected students as a model to explain how the class will grow from a collection of individuals to a network of educated students over the course of the semester.) http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/teachingtools/names.shtml
Davis, B.G. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Print.
The Regents of the University of Michigan. "Teaching Strategies and Disciplinary Resources." Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. Web. 4 May. 2010.
Middendorf, J., and Elizabeth Osborn. "Learning Student Names." Campus Instructional Consulting. Indiana U. Web. 4 May. 2010.
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When: Thu 1st of January 1970
Where: Verbier, Switzerland
The winter was here but attendees were anxiously waiting for snow as Jib night Verbier approached… Eventually some powder arrived and the first rail contest of the new season could commence!
Over 65 riders from no less than six countries came to take part. The first runs, in the form of a Jam session, separated the men from the boys and decided who should progress to the next phase. Special mention here for Lenaïc Lear who pulled some awe-inspiring tricks on the rail.
In the final phase, the eight best male riders were singled out, in addition to the two best women in each category. The format selected was that of a battle. Each series of three runs saw two riders attempting to eliminate their rival. In snowboard, Dutch Bas Mons successfully defeated Gianluca Cavigelli then American Pat Kagi to gain the title this year.
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- 2nd: Pat Kagi
- 3rd: Mat Bumman
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Jason is currently married to BBC documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt and has two daughters, Lily and Ruby.
Isaacs watched Tom Felton's performance as Draco Malfoy in the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in order to understand how he should play Draco's father. Isaacs is doing both voices of Leland Turbo and Siddeley in a Disney Pixar 2011 film, Cars 2. As well as Lucius Malfoy he has also played Ra's al Ghul, Satan and at one point Captain Hook
In 2012, he played LAPD detective Michael Britten in the American television series Awake, and was also one of the show's producers. The series was cancelled in May due to low ratings.
Earlier careerEdit
- Isaacs has been credited over sixty times in films and television shows alike as of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in 2010.
- He has also starred in twelve productions as himself.
- Isaacs appeared in Dragonheart in 1996 along with David Thewlis, who would eventually be cast in the Harry Potter films as Remus Lupin.
- He voices the character Admiral Zhao in Avatar: the Last Airbender series, playing an arrogant and proud man who, like Lucius, believes in the "superior race" and is very loyal to the main villain. He also appears as the villainous British colonel in the movie The Patriot.
- More recently, he provided the voice of Ra's al Ghul, a dangerous immortal terrorist and leader of the League of Assassins in the DC animated film, Batman: Under the Red Hood. The film was widely well-received by critics.
- He also voices a character in the 2005 video game Spartan: Total Warrior as Lucius Aelius Seianus (Sejanus) The Praetorian Prefect, cunning and completely amoral with no concerns other then his own power and ambition. Rumours of his knowledge of dark magic abound.
- He was caught attempting to take Lucius Malfoy's first wand from the set, but wouldn't say what he wanted it for.[2]
- Jason's favourite line in the series is "Let us hope that Mister Potter will always be around to save the day."[3] from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Personal quotesEdit
- "I went off and read the books after the audition and I read all four books in one sitting - you know - didn't wash, didn't eat, drove around with them on the steering wheel like a lunatic. I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought where slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack." - on Harry Potter.
- "Everytime I make a plan, God laughs at me."
- "Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?"
External linksEdit
- Jason Isaacs at the Internet Movie Database
- Jason Isaacs on Wikipedia
- Jason Isaacs Unofficial fansite
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- ↑ Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs: Theft on the Set! on BlogTalkRadio.com
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America and University of Phoenix award full-tuition scholarshipsBy : UOPX News | April 3, 2013
Thirty Boys & Girls Clubs staff, parents and alumni receive scholarships
ATLANTA and PHOENIX, April 3, 2013 – Academic success is a key priority for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), and with partners like University of Phoenix®, youth are receiving education opportunities to help them graduate from high school and prepare for college. However, many adults still require additional education opportunities to pursue their career goals, and Boys & Girls Club staff, parents and alumni are getting that chance.
Thirty recipients nationwide have received full-tuition scholarships from BGCA and University of Phoenix to complete an undergraduate or master's degree. More than 250 Boys & Girls Club staff, parents and alumni applied for the scholarship opportunity. These recipients now join the 20 other recipients who received the full-tuition scholarship last year.
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University of Phoenix is committed to increasing access to education, especially for underrepresented and low-income students who may be underserved by traditional education structures. This effort provides a pathway for economic advancement for those who otherwise may not have one.
"We are proud to award all the recipients with full-tuition scholarships to University of Phoenix because each demonstrates the drive to be good citizens in their communities," said Dr. Bill Pepicello, president of University of Phoenix. "Their dedication to BGCA means they believe, like we do, in providing opportunities to access the education and knowledge learners at all levels need to be successful."
In addition to the scholarship program with University of Phoenix, BGCA partners with University of Phoenix Foundation to provide BE GREAT: Graduate, a program aimed to combat high school dropout among youth most vulnerable for dropping out of school. The three-year partnership focuses on helping young people at 10 Boys & Girls Clubs around the nation develop the academic, behavioral and social skills needed to be successful.
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Jim Dimos '83, a partner with the law firm of Locke Reynolds LLP, was elected to fill the vacancy of vice- president when William J. "Jay" Fisher '66 assumed the presidency. Jim has served in a number of positions on the NAWM board and is active as a class agent and as a member of the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men.
Mark Dewart '74 was elected to the position of recorder. Mark is a Product Development Manager with Abbott Laboratories in northern Illinois. Mark has served two full terms as a director-at-large on the board and is active in the Wabash Club of Chicago and as a class agent.