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Daniel Shirley Hutchins & Caroline Frankcom
Daniel Shirley Hutchins (son of James Toll Hutchins & Jane Shirley) was married in 1849 to Caroline Frankcom (daughter of Thomas Frankcom & Elizabeth Burrough)at Moreton Bay, Queensland. They had 7 children - Mary Sophia (married Henry Hutchins), George Daniel (married Elizabeth Jane Splatt), William Thomas, Martha Ann (married James Elgar Ellis), Ellen (married Thomas Henry Battersby), Charles James Herbert, Ernest Edmund (married Mary Jenkins). Their eldest daughter, Mary Sophia, was born in Moreton Bay in 1850, but the family had moved to the Hawthorn area in Victoria by the time their second child, George Daniel was born in 1853.
James Toll Hutchins - Hutchins Discourses
James was Lecturer at St Lukes Chelsea and in 1827 wrote the Hutchins Discourses which were 'a series of plain and familiar discourses on the Apostles Creed, delivered in the new church of St Luke, Chelsea' a full copy of the book can be found on Google Books by entering 'Hutchins Discourses'. It gives a personal and interesting interpretation.
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Jane (b. 1788 d. 1818) and Sarah (b. 1787 d.?) both married James Toll Hutchins - Jane in 1806 and Sarah in 1820. They were the daughters of Daniel Shirley and Jane White. James & Jane had 4 children - Jane White, Charles Coryton, James Henry & Daniel Shirley. Jane & Sarah had 5 children - Emma, Sarah Sophia, Julia Eliza, Mary, & Ellen Chalmers. James Toll Hutchins was Rector of St Alphage, London Wall when he died in 1851 (probate 1852), but I can find nothing on Sarah's death.
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henripatou necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Sum up :
My boat is called Bahia Express. No 551. I'm henri Patou, 28 years old.
I participated for the second time in a race to sail solo from La Rochelle (France) to Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) in 2011.
I'm looking for a logo to define my communication and take it to Brazil across the Atlantic !
More informations :
# My boat:
Named Bahia Express, it's a 6m50 sailing boat. A racing boat in small :)
But it allows to race off for several weeks. And yet it glides over the water it does the boat.
A true machine adventure !
# The Race:
For those who are interested, here is the official site
race : http://www.transat650.org/en/home.html
# About Me:
Just a little :
A first boat (No. 81) when I was a student.
Just returned from 3 years in Madagascar where I went to work after my diploma.
I met Bahia Express, and we have just starting 1 1 / 2 years of sailing races
before crossing the Atlantic alone for Brazil ...
... Starting point for my next adventure:) But one thing at a time.
First of all I want to use it on :
.my website: http://www.henripatou.com
- website for curious who want to follow me
- for partners
.some of my communication tools in order to find partners
- ppt presentation for example
.on the boat (spi sail / hull) !
I'd like to written somewhere in the logo:
Bahia Express
A few keywords :
Personal challenge, race, adventure, sail, sea, ... .
Feel free to be creative !
I will upload last videos tomorrow wednesday on http://vimeo.com/henripatou
and photos on my flickr account : http://www.flickr.com/photos/henripatou/
Feel free to ask me questions if needed.
I ll try to answer you as best as i can. I apologize in advance for those who expect from me to give a professional graphical feedback.
I think that My critera in order to chose the good logo are mostly dealing with feeling. Your comments are appreciated.
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The Village of Gaibola
The village of Gaibola belongs to the municipality of Bologna, in the province of Bologna, region Emilia-Romagna.
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For the province of Bologna, to whom Gaibola belongs, on 2020-05-29 are reported 5,006 cases. In the previos day there were 4,998 cases, thus having a variation of 8 cases, i.e. 0.16% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
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The village of Gaibola is 4,91 kilometers far from the same town of Bologna to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Bologna also belong the localities of Bargellino (10,68 km), Bertalia (4,11 km), Borgo Panigale (7,03 km), Ca' Giardino (10,10 km), Casaglia (6,46 km), Case sparse (-- km), Corticella (4,19 km), Fornace (4,70 km), Frabazza (5,82 km), Lavino di Mezzo (13,91 km), Lippo (6,24 km), Montalbano (7,11 km), Monte Donato (5,45 km), Osteria (5,53 km), Paderno (7,58 km), Rigosa (11,92 km), Roncrio (6,17 km), Roveri (6,20 km), San Donnino (3,44 km), San Ruffillo (6,70 km), Sant'Anna (4,59 km).
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For Christmas 2006 I was given possibly the softest, fluffiest, pale-pinkest bathrobe I have ever seen. When I put it on the morning after Christmas and walked out to the living room, my teenaged daughters burst into unison laughter. Never a good sign, having both of them laughing at me at once.
"You look like a pink marshmallow!" said one.
Now I'm not going to tell a lie and say it was entirely the robe that caused my shape to resemble a marshmallow. But since they'd never had one bad thing to say about my blue bathrobe, I chose to assume that at least part of the problem lay with the robe.
I walked back into the bedroom and looked at the box it had come in. Sure enough, there was the receipt. I thought about bringing it back. But somehow I couldn't.
My mom, you see, had a bathrobe the exact same shade of pink when I was growing up. Hers was quilted and had a silk lining. She'd come out of the bedroom wrapped in its softness in the mornings. And in the afternoon, when religiously she took an hour-long nap, she used its silky softness as a throw so that she would not have to mess up the bed.
Mom is a mother of eight herself, five of whom were born between 1967 and 1973. She must have had years where she never slept a whole night. But each day she wisely decided to go lie down in the afternoon, to refresh and rejuvenate herself, almost always with a baby snuggled in by her side.
Even though there were so many of us, I have a hard time thinking of her being angry very often -- except for the times when I richly deserved it. I wonder if her naps had something to do with her unflappable calm.
I'm terrible napper myself. Naps leave me off balance, yawning till dinner and then owl-eyed at midnight. Besides, the instant my babies nod off, I bolt up and away, book or paintbrush or computer mouse or camera in hand, intent on using that precious hour or two for something not involving a baby.
I'm not as patient as my mom. Maybe if I chose napping over doing, resting over producing, maybe I'd be calmer too. And yet, somehow I think my way works for me. Though she and I choose different ways to use that afternoon time, we both got what we needed from it.
It's important for a mom to somehow claim a tiny oasis of time each day. Maybe it's napping under a pink robe with the baby every afternoon. Maybe it's lying on the living room floor, flipping through a magazine and sharing your chocolate with the nearest kid. Maybe it is untangling yourself from your sleeping baby and running off to tap on a computer keyboard for half an hour. Maybe it's sticking the baby in the stroller and walking fast enough for 20 minutes that your heart starts thumping.


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In The Know USA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
In The Know USA
We are striving to be a unique website looking for a unique logo to identify what we would like to do for our visitors.
Broad target market that includes all age groups and demographics. We wish to use a pleasing color scheme that is not trendy, Broad appeal
Clean design that includes a "Symbol" that represents knowledge or "In The Know USA". We want this to be a recognizable Unique logo required for community based, informational websites that will serve local towns and cities in the US and Europe. brand that makes the site visitors immediately identify the logo with knowledge and finding the information they want.
How it will be used:
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Open to designers input (we would like the designer to pick colors work best with the web). We are looking for mass appeal and unique color scheme that will not be confused with other major companies.
Words to help inspire design approach:
Accurate, localized, precise, dependable, informative, trustworthy,
The winner will also be considered as the designer for the website design which will be required within the next 2 weeks.
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Arlington firefighters chipped away at the ice still on the roof of Cowboys Stadium less than 24 hours before the Super Bowl.
Six people -- NFL contract workers and a journalist -- went to a hospital Friday after they were injured by snow and ice that slipped off the stadium.
Firefighters tethered by safety harnesses used 2-by-4s, pick axes and high-pressure fire hoses to dislodge long sheets of ice. (View photos here) Work began at sunrise.
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"We are going to get it removed," Arlington Fire Chief Don Crowson said. "We're going to stay out there all night until it's taken care of."
Stadium officials also raised the temperature inside the arena on Friday in an attempt to melt any remaining ice.
"It's very warm inside," Crowson said. ""A lot of the snow and ice has melted, and our main problem is in the gutter areas near the lip of the building that we believe represents a hazard, and we're doing our best to remove that right now."
Chopper 5 spotted what appeared to be minor damage to the southern edge of the roof.
On Saturday, more of the falling ice and snow crumbled a tent set up at one end of Cowboys Stadium. (See video here) No one was injured.
Six People, Not Seven Injured
The Arlington Fire Department said the people were injured when ice and snow fell off the southern area of the stadium roof at about 1:15 p.m.
While the Arlington Fire Department initially said that the six injured people were all NFL contract workers, the New York Times reported that one of the injured was a photographer for Getty Images assigned to cover the Super Bowl.
The NFL initially said Friday that seven people were hurt, but only six people were injured. None of the injuries were life-threatening, the NFL said.
"The ice and snow melting off of the Cowboys Stadium roof has caused several sliding snow falls onto the plazas," Brian McCarthy of the NFL said. There have been several injuries."
"Ominous" Defrosting
Otto Schellin, chief engineer at WPXI-TV out of Pittsburgh, narrowly escaped the falling ice.
"It looked like it was not only snow but also ice," he said. "It was pretty ominous."
Arlington fire Lt. Pedro Arevalo said one person was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth and another went to Arlington Memorial.
Two people were transported by ambulance, one with a head trauma and the other with a shoulder injury.
The person who sustained the head injury was in stable condition later Friday evening and was kept for observation but released Saturday. The hospital said Friday that the man was lucid but confused after being hit.
The New York Times reported that Getty photographer Win McNamee's left shoulder was broken in four places by falling ice. He told the newspaper that he was returning to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to "await word on surgery."
Officials Respond to Incident
After Friday's accident, Cowboys spokesman Rick Dalrymple told The Associated Press that team owner Jerry Jones was not available for comment and referred questions about the falling snow and ice to the NFL.
"All stadium entrances have been closed except for the truck tunnel, which is away from the building by a very safe distance," McCarthy said. "All workers and visitors will now enter and exit through the tunnel until further notice."
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that workers were checking the roof for areas where there could be more issues.
"The likelihood is they'll have to get somebody up there to get the snow off as soon as possible," Goodell said. "They likely will be doing that in the next 24 hours."
"Safety is our priority, but we do have some unique circumstances around the stadium right now," Goodell said. "What we're focusing now is first the stadium and the people that were injured. Second is the safety of the people around the stadium, make sure that we can secure an area, make sure that they can continue to do what they need to do in a safe environment."
Cowboys Stadium is the site of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday.
North Texas has been plagued by severe weather all week, including up to 7 inches of snow on Thursday in some parts of the Metroplex.
Problems in the Past
The accident Friday wasn't the first involving icy conditions at Cowboys Stadium.
In December 2009, two workers doing maintenance on the icy roof were injured when they slipped and tumbled at least 50 feet. They didn't fall off the roof because they were stopped by what is basically a huge rain gutter. One of the workers broke a leg and suffered other injuries, and the other had a back injury.
The accident came on the same day former Cowboys player Jamar Hunt settled his lawsuit seeking damages after he said he was hurt when the team's tent-like practice facility in Irving collapsed during a gusty storm in May 2009.
Attorney Michael Guajardo said Hunt received an undisclosed amount as a result of the settlement with Summit Structures, its Canadian parent, Cover-All Building Systems Inc., and two corporations controlled by Jones.
NBC DFW's Kevin Cokely and Ellen Goldberg contributed to this report.


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Short selling bans won't stop bearsJuly 24, 2012: 12:37 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
The European debt crisis is over! Italy and Spain have it all figured out! The problem isn't unsustainable debt loads, ineffective economic policies and a lack of competitiveness on the global stage. It's that evil short sellers are pushing down the shares of European banks just so they can make a profit.
Oy. We've been here before. Since the 2008 financial crisis, securities regulators around the world have waged fruitless wars on short selling. The short selling bans in Italy and Spain are the latest attempt by sovereign nations to blame traders for their problems.
It makes no sense. Short selling, when done legally, is a healthy way for the market to regulate itself. There is nothing inherently wrong with betting that a stock will go down when the fundamentals for a company paint an unhealthy picture.
Short sellers, who borrow stocks and sell them with the hopes of returning the shares later at a lower price, were instrumental in highlighting problems at scandal ridden companies like Enron and Tyco in the early part of the "Naughty Aughties."
Shorts, as these bearish investors are known for, uh, short, also have successfully predicted recent earnings blowups at momentum stocks, such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), watch maker Fossil (FOSL) and online restaurant reservation site OpenTable (OPEN) .
Related: The biggest short: Green Mountain bears rejoice
Brad Lamensdorf, co-manager of the Active Bear (HDGE) exchange-traded fund in Dallas, a fund that shorts individual stocks, said that countries which are banning short selling are actually shooting themselves in the foot.
Lamdensdorf noted that one positive from short selling is that investors do eventually have to cover their position by buying back the stock. So short selling bans can backfire by taking away liquidity from a market in crisis at precisely the wrong time.
"Short selling bans do not help the market. In fact, it's dangerous. This is what happens when politicians are making rules without considering what goes on with experienced traders," he said.
The performance of stocks following short selling bans over the past few years bears (pardon the pun) this out. Just look at what happened to bank stocks in the final few months of 2008. After the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and near collapse of AIG (AIG), the Securities and Exchange Commission temporarily halted short selling in several key financial stocks in mid-September 2008. Here's what then-SEC chairman Christopher Cox had to say about the ban at the time:
"The Commission is committed to using every weapon in its arsenal to combat market manipulation that threatens investors and capital markets. The emergency order temporarily banning short selling of financial stocks will restore equilibrium to markets."
That didn't exactly happen. As the chart below shows, bank stocks continued to nose-dive in the final few months of 2008. And they fared even worse than the broader market. So any argument about banning short selling to "restore equilibrium" rings hollow.
Short sellers don't gang up on stocks or sectors just because they want to prove a point like Randolph and Mortimer Duke in "Trading Places." (Turn the machines back on!) Shorts look at data and make reasonable predictions on how a company or group of stocks will do based on that data. That's not manipulation.
In the case of Europe, the shorts didn't create the debt problems. They didn't force European banks to lever up and become too exposed to problem nations. The shorts are just merely looking to capitalize on it.
Analysts with Brockhouse Cooper, a brokerage firm in Montreal, nailed that point in a report Tuesday morning. The analysts wrote that "short-selling is not the cause of the European crisis, it is the symptom." Like Lamensdorf, the analysts fear that unintended negative consequences of banning short selling will be lower trading volume and an inability for institutional investors to use short positions as legitimate hedges.
And in what can't be considered a good sign for Italy and Spain, the Brockhouse Cooper analysts pointed out that the U.S. is not the only country that has tried and failed to stop market plunges with short selling bans.
Related: Greece: Here we go again
According to the Brockhouse Cooper research, markets in Australia, Greece, South Korea, Spain and Japan all tumbled between 20% and 50% in the final three and a half months of 2008 -- despite short selling bans on all stocks. Austria, Belgium, France, Canada and Germany also joined the U.S. in banning short selling of financial stocks. Their markets all tanked too.
Until politicians and regulators find real long-term answers for the many problems in Europe, shares of banks and other public companies in Italy, Spain, Greece and other debt-laden nations may continue to fall. And it's not because short sellers are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. Banning short selling only interferes with the action of free markets and is yet another sad example of how it's easier to point fingers than come up with solutions.
Writer's note: Today is the last daily installment of my column. Starting this week, my contributions to The Buzz will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will continue to do daily Buzz videos, Best of StockTwits pieces and occasional bonus columns on big news days, like analysis of a jobs report on a Friday, for example. I will also remain an active presence (some might say too active) on Twitter. I want to thank all my loyal readers who've been e-mailing, tweeting and leaving comments since The Buzz began back in January 2008.


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The American diplomatic contacts with Iran are unsettling Saudi Arabia, and some of the smaller Gulf Arab states.
"The telephone call between President Obama and President Rouhani (of Iran) has been very much in the news in the Gulf states," says Gregory Gause, a profesor of political science at the University of Vermont.
The call he says "has been seen by some commentators there as the beginning of a huge geopolitical shift. I think this is an exagerration, but I think that the government of Saudi Arabia, and the smaller Gulf states; those governments worry that the United States will not be a reliable ally, that it will quote-unquote sell out their interests in a deal with Iran. I think this is an exaggerrated view, but I think there is a fear that the US will go further than it actually will in accomodating the Iranians," Gause added.
Saudi Arabia has long seen Iran as an enemy, and the two nations are competing for power across the Middle East in a kind of mini-Cold War. The Iranians and Saudis are backing different actors in Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen and most violently, in Syria.
"I do believe this is a balance of power conflict between two states that are looking to be the main actor in their part of the world," says Gause.
The sectarian nature of the conflict is exaggerrated according to Gause. The Saudis are seen as champions by many Sunni Muslims, while Shias "naturally look to Iran" says Gause.
The Saudis were already anxious about recent US responses to events in Egypt and Syria. The Saudis were strong supporters of the military coup in Egypt in July, and were troubled by the US raising questions about the overthrow of a legitimately elected government.
Gause says the US failure to follow through on threats over Syria has left Obama looking weak and naive to the chattering classes in Saudi Arabia. That may not apply to the top levels of government, he added, but they share the disappointment.


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The current dinner schedule includes:
- April 12th to April 16th: Three-Michelin star chef Laurent Gras, formerly of L2O in Chicago
- April 26: James Beard Foundation (JBF) Award winner Michelle Bernstein of Michy's and Sra. Martinez in Miami
- May 3rd to May 7th: Iñaki Aizpitarte, of Le Châteaubriand in Paris with JBF Award winner David Chang and Team Momofuku
- May 11th to May 14th: JFB Award winner David Kinch, chef-proprietor and John Paul Carmona, chef de cuisine, at Manresa in Los Gatos, Calif.
Starting April 1st, diners can buy tickets through JBF LTD. Tickets cost $75 each for a four-course, prix-fixe dinner on Tuesdays through Thursdays, and $100 each for dinner on Fridays and Saturdays. A certain number of tickets will be sold exclusively at Gilt City, a website that provides luxury offers. Dinner reservations are scheduled for 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Sure to be sold out at night, event goers can still head to the pop-up from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays for special programming provided by the Food Network and the Cooking Channel. While a daytime schedule hasn't been revealed yet, expect to see appearances by TV chefs.
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He lent over the dinner table and said, "You look like you've just had sex." He was referring to my flushed cheeks and quickness of breath, I presume. "I blame Nick Honeyman" was all I could utter. I'd just taken the last mouthful of my main dish at The Commons and the sheer brilliance of the food was taking my breath away. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me bring you up to speed: The Commons in Takapuna is the newest venture from the canny team that has brought us Everybody's, Roxy and, more recently, Libertine. They're on a roll, with lots of media coverage, and there's no doubt as to their ability to design, develop and structure clever business deals but in my opinion, their biggest coup by far is securing chef Honeyman to head up their newest kitchen. He's a chef of enormous talent and invention, who had already begun to attract enough attention to be included in the line-up of Auckland's best chefs.
In this new venture Honeyman is challenging diners, through an unconventional approach to the menu, to relinquish control to him and his talented kitchen and front-of-house team. He invites diners to join him on a ride of the unexpected by ordering from a menu where dishes are described in no more than one or two words (for those who can't resist, flipping the menu reveals a glossary describing each dish in more detail). We were happy to play his game of trust, ordering entirely from the scantily worded menu, and throughout our night there were surprises galore, all of them pleasant.
For my entree I couldn't go past the romantic-sounding "Land & Sea" and from the first mouthful I was indeed smitten. Carefully de-boned chicken wings sat alongside perfectly cooked scallops atop a rectangle of confit pig's head meat that was unfatty, earthy and rich with sweet flavour. Bringing the whole lot together was a golden sweetcorn puree, reminding me how ordinary ingredients can become quite magical in the right hands. The dish looked spectacular with every detail tended to, down to the slivers of konbu (seaweed) that looked like thin shavings of intricately patterned tree bark.
Meanwhile, my dining companion was having his own fun, discovering the complex layers of a dish that had earned the menu description of, quite simply, "venison". A stolen forkful revealed to me deep charcoal from an inky puree, hints of Middle Eastern cuisine with roasted eggplant; the sharp, sweet bite from shards of black pepper meringue; and the high, tart note from freeze-dried raspberries. And venison, which melted in your mouth.
When the first course has been so dazzling, I'm often left with a bittersweet feeling, tinged with apprehension. Perhaps the chef may have put all his effort into the entrees and petered out by main?
But no. My duck main course arrived and my delight continued to soar. Spicy and bold, this was an astonishing dish full of voluptuous flavours. Succulent, rosy slices of duck breast, along with boneless leg meat, were served with a smooth, sweet, peanut custard that was charged with chilli and other Thai spices, creating one of the most harmonious, sweet curry flavours I've eaten. Dehydrated coconut milk "rocks" collapsed in my mouth to round off the flavour profile. It was when I sat back to enjoy the flavours bouncing around that my dining companion looked up and made his comment on my demeanour. He'd been engrossed in his gently sturdy dish of ox cheeks and scotch steak, served with smoked potato and a mix of soft sweet onions and shallots that, when I tried a sample, reminded me of some of the best french onion soups I'd tasted. It was the perfect complement for the beef.
Desserts were yet more art on a plate and music for the mouth, though my choice, Roquefort and white chocolate, didn't quite hit the mark, with the king of cheeses barely hinted at. A small blemish in an otherwise faultless line-up.
The excellent service, the wine list crammed with plenty of quality wines offered by the glass, the surrounds (sit upstairs if you can) ... I was thrilled. Honeyman's bold, brilliantly thought-out and beautifully executed menu means that dining in Takapuna has become a whole new, exciting adventure. Bravo.
From the menu: Land & sea $22, venison $22, duck panang $36, ox cheeks & scotch, chickpea fries $8, broccolini & lemon $8, Roquefort & white chocolate $15, peanut butter & chocolate $15
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Keith Urban Treats Biggest Fans to Once-in-a-Lifetime Weekend
Keith Urban sure knows how to say thanks! Over the weekend, the Aussie flew 10 of his biggest fans to Chicago for a full weekend of fun and admission into his exclusive 100 Club.
Since jumping onto the country scene in the late '90s, Urban has acquired a lot of fans, but not too many of them can say they've seen the superstar perform over 100 times. The group of diehards that Urban flew in all have that in common -- the exclusive 100 Club is made up of Urban fans from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois, and Canada!
The group enjoyed an entire weekend in the Windy City, and Urban took care of it all. 100 Club member Markie was lucky enough to get to enjoy the weekend and see Urban in concert for the 130th time.
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About Chris
That bakery better watch out before they get labeled a terrorist for making fake boarding passes.
he is just going to have a "tragic" accident and disappear forever
I will have to try this when I get back to work to see if it's DoD wide.
While I think you are right, the US has no problem putting pressure on foreign governments not doing what it wants them to do. So I'd expect some crazy made up reason to bring him over.
Says it's crap and doesn't use them. I'd take that as hint that they are worthless. To me I say we just let people bring knives on planes then *if* someone tries to blow up a plane the people will have a easy way to stop them. Knowing that a plane is full of armed and pissed of passengers would be a great deterrent.
I have to disagree with you. 30 months in prison for simply brining down a website for a while? How is that not excessive? The analog equivalent would be if someone took down a poster for a day and then put it back up. I really don't think anyone would actually care if someone did that. Should he be punished? Absolutely there is no excuse for a DDoS, it's just rude. I just don't think 30 months in jail fits his crime. A better use would be to force them to teach computer security classes.
If you are saying that a DDoS is an attack on free speech then, any site take down should be met with such force. Including ones that people don't like or think are offensive. This would also apply to ISPs and gov'ts messing with sites. If you are ok with that then, I would agree with you on the attack of free speech part.
Yeah I don't want an independent group to monitor media content. Last time I checked I was perfectly able to judge and monitor content on my own. I don't need for someone to tell me I don't like something. I can figure that out all myself. The other crazy thing about TV and radio etc. is if I don't like what's on I can change it to something else.
That's the thing about Google Tv it would let you do that. Google Tv is really just a protocol.
Where is the link to the story?
South Carolina lost (I am a Clemson alumni) the premise of this is just stupid. The full implications of this are just amazing.
I like your plan. Even if they aren't done by email we can just get their names and accuse them 3 times. It should be fun
I agree there are a few other articles on this and that is what they all allude too.
I am not a big fan of that method though. Ever since they did that the number of comments has been dramatically reduced. I think that method hurts more then it helps. I never saw that many "uncivil" comments.
Few things a good security scheme is secure with and without the manual. Take for example public key encryption. Where part of it is public. Even if you know part of it then you still can't crack the other part. If you have to depended on part of your "security" being secret then it really isn't secure. If you design your system in such a way that even if you know how it works it is still hard to break that is a good system. OpenSSL is another example open source implementation of SSL . Back on topic the TSA is all about "security theater" they want people to feel safe. They have no idea how to actually make the planes safer. Personally I say let it all be open. Just think what terrorist would be stupid enough to try and blow up a plane if they know everyone on the plane is armed? That tends to take the "fun" out of it.
That's the problem, what you think is pg13 may be R for me or vice versa. Hence the big problem with it all, there is really no universal decent/indecent code.
don't have to just have to accuse you 3 times and then you cant' do it anymore.
with transparaency, people can see what you are doing. For a a lot people that scares the crap out of them. The people with views outside of the mainstream (i.e the copyright extremists) know that if people knew what they really wanted they would never get it. So they resort to hiding behind secrecy.
You misunderstand no one has said that subscriptions weren't important. They just said that subscriptions do not alone generate enough money to support a newspaper. In other words if you took away all the money adds bring in and only look at the cost of the subscription the newspaper would go out business very quickly.
in the Ars Technica article. They all say the same thing that everyone here is saying especially Mike. Also I do think it was good for Ars to publish this. They made it clear that it was an opinion and that he was legitimately trying to convince people (that he is completely wrong is another story).
Are distractions and time wasters really bad? Taken to an extreme yes, but overall? I would argue no. Just look at TV I know there was a huge "OMG people will never leave there house " because of TV reaction. Just look at people today, with the advent of Facebook and things like that people are interacting with more people then ever. Besides how often do you "just need a break"? Some people just use Facebook etc, for that. (Just want to add in that I don't use Facebook because I think it's a huge stalker net)


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New technology usually leads to misuse or abuse by humans. Being naughty doesn't separate us from the animals, but we've nearly perfected it.
Plotting to kill your spouse via Facebook is definitely near the top of the list, though.
A wife, going through a reportedly bitter divorce, posed as an attractive teen on FB and learned that her soon-to-be-ex husband was plotting to kill her.
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Angela Voelkert was trying to trick her husband by posting a fake profile who then friended her husband, David, according to the New York Post.
In short order, soon-to-be-criminally charged David revealed that he had planted a GPS device in Angela's car, so that he "could find and kill her."
Really, David? You shared that with what you thought was a teen? On Facebook?
The Post reported one of his notes to "Jessica Studebaker":
Once she is gone, I don't have to hide with my kids. I can do what I want and not have to worry about not seeing my family anymore. You should fine someone at your school. There should be some gang-bangers there that would put a cap in her ass for $10,000. I am done with her crap!
First, $10,000 is on the higher end of the buy-kill scale via "gang-bangers," given previous reports. Second, if you're seeking a contract through a teen on Facebook, and still can't bring yourself to use harsher language than "crap," perhaps your head's not in the evil game the way you think it is.
David was arrested Friday for illegally installing the GPS. Police continue to investigate other allegations.


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Shifting into Purer Consciousness ~ Integrating Spiritual Transformation with the Human Experience is filled with tips on how to make the ascension process easier and quicker. It is due to be published May 21, 2012.
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You may be one of the millions of people who are spiritually growing faster than your body can tolerate. What you are experiencing is a normal response known as ascension symptoms. What if a multidimensional form of yourself—from a realm with a purer consciousness—has arrived to guide you through the challenging times we are facing?
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- 2 pounds large tomatillos, husked, rinsed, halved
- 1 1/4 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 10 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 cups sliced green onions
- 2 cups (packed) very coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 large serrano chile, sliced (with seeds)
- 12 5- to 6-inch corn tortillas
- 1 purchased roasted chicken, meat torn into strips (about 4 cups)
- 1 pound whole-milk mozzarella cheese, cut into strips
- 1 cup whipping cream
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 450°F. Mix tomatillos, chicken broth, and garlic cloves in large saucepan. Cover and bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat; simmer gently until tomatillos are soft, about 10 minutes. Transfer hot mixture to processor. Add sliced green onions, chopped cilantro, and sliced chile; blend mixture to coarse puree. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
Overlap 6 tortillas in 13x9x2-inch oval or rectangular baking dish. Top tortillas with half of chicken strips and half of mozzarella strips. Pour 2 cups tomatillo sauce evenly over. Top with remaining tortillas, chicken strips, and mozzarella. Pour 1 1/2 cups tomatillo sauce over, then whipping cream. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake until bubbling, about 25 minutes. Cool enchiladas 10 minutes. Serve with remaining tomatillo sauce.
Related to both the tomato and the gooseberry, tomatillos look like small green tomatoes with papery husks. They are tart and acidic with flavors of apple and lemon, and can be eated raw or cooked. Choose ones that are firm; make sure to remove the husk and rinse the fruit before using. You'll find tomatillos at some supermarkets and at Latin markets.


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A Japanese company, Sosu, has recently revealed healthy cigarettes, rechargeable battery-powered butts that emit flavored steam, complete with glowing LED lights. Unfortunately these cigarettes won't actually help with those nicotine—you know, the addictive part—cravings.
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There was no joking on this day for Gilbert Arenas. The Wizards star (and self-proclaimed jokester) walked into D.C. Superior Court Friday afternoon and pleaded guilty to a gun charge.
In exchange for his plea, prosecutors recommended a sentence in the low end of guidelines, in the neighborhood of six to 24 months with probation, a split sentence or incarceration allowable. The felony charge of carrying a pistol without a license carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Arenas also agreed not to possess any firearms and to surrender his passport.
"He accepted full responsibility for his actions, acknowledged that those actions were wrong and against the law and has apologized to all who have been affected by his conduct," said Arenas's attorney, Ken Wainstein, in a statement released on his client's behalf Friday afternoon.
Sentencing was scheduled for March 26.
Although Arenas acknowledged bringing four guns to the locker room, prosecutors agreed not to file any other charges. Prosecutors charged Arenas directly. A grand jury investigation hasn't led to an indictment.
Ever since he first acknowledged keeping guns in his locker, Arenas has publicly employed the "goof ball" defense, claiming he wasn't aware of the law, meant no harm and never takes anything seriously. The NBA and the Wizards had a far more serious response.
Wizards teammate Antawn Jamison said Friday he hasn't talked to Arenas.
"Hopefully he's doing better than what I'd be doing in the situation or better than I expect," Jamison said from the team's morning practice in Chicago. "But one thing about Gilbert, he's a tough-minded individual."
The three-time All-Star has acknowledged storing four unloaded guns in his locker at the Verizon Center, saying he wanted to keep them away from his young children and didn't know it was a violation of the city's strict gun laws. He said he took them out of the locker Dec. 21 in a "misguided effort to play a joke" on a teammate.
The charge was made hours after the teammate, Javaris Crittenton, had his Arlington, Va., apartment searched by police looking for a silver- or chrome-colored semiautomatic handgun with a black handle. The search warrant indicated police were investigating crimes that include brandishing a weapon. No evidence was seized, according to court documents, and Crittenton has not been charged.
Arenas and Crittenton started bickering over gambling losses during a card game on the team plane as the Washington Wizards flew home from a West Coast road trip on Dec. 19. Their dispute became heated when the team reconvened for practice two days later, when Arenas took the guns from his locker. There have been conflicting published accounts as to whether Crittenton also had a gun and whether he drew it on Arenas and whether he may have secretly removed it from the locker room.
Arenas' lawyer, Crittenton's lawyer and the NBA had no comment on the criminal charge. Crittenton has previously said he did nothing wrong, and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said his client was there during the apartment search on Thursday.
"It went as smooth as it could have gone," Bartelstein said.
Even if Arenas avoids a jail sentence, the outcome of the legal process will have important implications on his future in the NBA and specifically with the Wizards. Possession of a gun at an NBA arena is a violation of the league's collective bargaining agreement, and last week commissioner David Stern suspended Arenas indefinitely without pay pending the outcome of the investigation, a move supported by the Wizards.
Stern was particularly upset that Arenas repeatedly joked about the matter with reporters and on Twitter. Arenas at one point said: "I'm a goof ball and that's what I am, so even doing something like this, I'm going to make fun of it and that's how I am."
"Playing with firearms is no joke," said U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips. "Today's guilty plea to a felony count of carrying a pistol without a license reflects the seriousness and grave risk of such conduct."
One day after Arenas pantomimed shooting teammates in a pregame huddle before a game at Philadelphia, Stern levied the indefinite suspension by declaring Arenas "not currently fit to take the court" and said the 28-year-old player's conduct will "ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse."
In addition, the Wizards could attempt to invoke the morals clause found in standard NBA contracts and void the remainder of the six-year, $111 million deal Arenas signed in summer 2008. The players' union would almost certainly contest such a move.
"We will continue to lend our full support to Gilbert and will assist him in every way possible to see this matter through," union executive director Billy Hunter said.
Arenas has played in only 34 games since signing the contract because of a knee injury and the guns-related suspension. He was averaging 22.6 points and 7.2 assists this season for the Wizards, who are 12-25 and in last place in the NBA's Southeast Division.
The team has removed nearly all traces of the once-marketable Agent Zero from the Verizon Center, including Arenas merchandise with the jersey No. 0 and a huge banner with his photo.
The case has proved a major distraction for a troubled team. At least seven Wizards players and coach Flip Saunders have appeared before a grand jury or been questioned by authorities, leaving the team without enough players to hold a regular practice on some days.
"The players are going through a lot individually having to deal with the meetings with lawyers, with the grand jury and those things," Saunders said in Chicago. "We had probably the quietest bus ride over here. I think my guys are just kind of, almost trying to catch their breath a little bit."
Arenas has been told to stay away from team functions during his suspension, and Crittenton, who has not played this season because of a foot injury, has been excused by the team while the legal process plays out.
"We are aware of the charge filed against Gilbert Arenas today and will continue to follow the ongoing legal process very carefully," the Wizards said in a statement Thursday. "We will also continue to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA."
Arenas has a prior gun conviction. He was found guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm during a traffic stop in 2003 in San Francisco.


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Balanced attack backs Tillman's effective outing
Schoop leads O's offense with two RBIs, first four-hit game of career
BOSTON -- It's no secret that the Orioles have their work cut out for themselves this season as Baltimore's schedule was ranked as the toughest in baseball by a number of media outlets. And in the middle of one of the more relentless stretches -- 16 consecutive games against American League East opponents -- the O's are starting to find their footing.
And continue to stomp on the hallowed grounds of Fenway Park in the process.
The Orioles churned out 15 hits, led by a career-high four-hit night from Jonathan Schoop, and used a career-high 2 2/3 relief innings from Brian Matusz to help secure an 8-4 series-opening win over the Red Sox on Friday night. Baltimore improved to 15-6 in Boston since September 2011 -- when manager Buck Showalter took over -- evening the season series at 2 and pushing the O's (8-7) over .500 for the first time since their Opening Day win.
"I think it's important to come in here and take Game 1," Matusz said of a four-game wraparound series that precedes three games in Toronto. "Regardless of coming in for multiple innings or a single hitter. Go out there and get a job done. Fortunately I was able to go out there for a couple innings and now the bullpen is semi-fresh for the next couple games."
Matusz came on after Orioles ace Chris Tillman labored through five innings and pitched around a one-out single before giving up a run in the seventh. Matusz allowed a leadoff double to Mike Napoli in that frame and one out later, Xander Bogaerts drove him in with a single to left field. But David Lough, who had just entered the game, fielded the ball cleanly and fired to second to nab Bogaerts for the second out, the O's Major League-leading seventh outfield assist. Matusz, who helped bridge in the wake of Tillman's short start, exited in favor of righty Darren O'Day after Daniel Nava grounded out in the eighth.
"I'm thinking that if we get into the season, I'm hoping there won't be as much need for it," Showalter said of having lefties Matusz and Zach Britton, who were stretched out as starters this spring, go multiple innings. "The way their batting order stacks up, I told Brian in the outfield, 'You may have an extended outing tonight.' And he was ready for it. I said, 'It felt like old times, didn't it?' and he said, 'Yes, it did. Don't forget me.'"
O'Day got an inning-ending groundout and finished the ninth to secure the victory for Tillman, who needed 122 pitches -- three shy of a career high -- to get through five innings.
"It was a lot more Boston than Chris' lack of effectiveness," Showalter said. "You take a look and go through the sheet, the at-bats and pitches seen, it's going to happen. There aren't going to be a lot of early-count outs. There's such a fine line between having not enough rest and having too much rest. I've looked at all the numbers on all our starters with six days and five days and four days, skipping a start. We just didn't like his bullpen last time. He actually, I think, was too strong tonight."
The O's offense flex its muscle early and often off Boston starter John Lackey, who gave up six earned runs for the second consecutive game.
After his first-inning double -- and run scored -- came courtesy of a close call that replay upheld, Nick Markakis doubled again to drive in Schoop in the third. Chris Davis followed with a one-out walk and Adam Jones hit his fourth consecutive infield single to load the bases off Lackey. Nelson Cruz came through, pushing the lead to four with a two-run single to right field.
The O's added two more in the fifth, with Matt Wieters' two-out single under the glove of first baseman Mike Carp scoring Schoop to make it a four-run game. J.J. Hardy followed the Orioles catcher with a single to left field, the O's ninth hit off Lackey, to make it 6-1.
"I thought he had good stuff tonight," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Lackey, who exited after 5 1/3 innings and 10 hits. "He managed their lineup with a couple of walks that were instead of giving in. They had a number of ground balls that found some holes; bunched some hits together."
Schoop gave the Orioles their final two runs, driving in Hardy off Burke Badenhop in the seventh and scoring Steve Lombardozzi in the ninth.
"As intense as those games are at this level, you do step back and watch Jon," Showalter said of Schoop, whose previous career-high single-game hit total was two. "It's fun to watch. He's got a great look on his face. He's just, real sincere, earnest look. He's not giddy. That's what I like about him."
Schoop is batting .304 as he continue to become more comfortable in the box.
"My teammates have helped me a lot, like Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Jim Presley, my hitting coach. They try to talk to me and tell me to be me," Schoop said. "Because [the opposing pitchers] throw me a lot of sliders, I have to change my approach and stick to my approach and learn to lay off of it. Stay aggressive."
Tillman outpitched Lackey, but the usually dependable right-hander labored. The 26-year-old stranded baserunners in the first and second before a 10-pitch at-bat with Brock Holt resulted in Boston's first run in the fourth. The at-bat, which put Tillman up to 86 pitches, prompted a mound meeting from pitching coach Dave Wallace, and the righty struck out Grady Sizemore to end the inning.
It didn't get any easier for Tillman, who surrendered a pair of runs in a 31-pitch fifth that would prove to be his final frame. After a leadoff double from Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia singled into right field. Tillman got two quick outs, but Bogaerts worked a walk and A.J. Pierzynski's blooper scored another run and kept Boston threatening. Tillman struck out Jackie Bradley Jr. to hold Boston there.
"It was a struggle," said Tillman, who has a 1.71 ERA in four starts. "I knew it was going to be a struggle from the get-go. It was a night where I was battling myself the whole time. Luckily, I was able to execute some pitches when I was in trouble and get through it."


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After a long absence, Cape Henlopen High School will once again host the Slam Dunk to the Beach Basketball Tournament in December.
Welcome Back! The State of Delaware and basketball fans alike welcome the return of the very popular Slam Dunk to the Beach Basketball Tournament this winter. The Delaware Sports Commission announced Wednesday morning at the University of Delaware that the tournament will return to Cape Henlopen High School this winter from December 27-29, 2014, after an 11-year absence.
The tournament featured some amazing high school athletes, some who are now in the NBA, including Carmelo Anthony ('00), Dwight Howard ('03), J.J. Redick ('01) and Lebron James ('01).
Slam Dunk Chairman, Dr. Matthew Robinson, from the University of Delaware's Sports Management Program, said this year's tournament will feature 15 teams from around the country.
"This year's field is headlined by teams who annually occupy spots in the national high school rankings.
These teams represent seven states and the District of Columbia," he said.
Robinson said the 2014 lineup includes Ss. John Neumann-Goretti High School (Philadelphia, PA), Gonzaga College High school (Washington, D.C.), Our Savior New American School (Centereach, NY), Roselle Catholic High School (Roselle, NJ), Christ the King High School (Middle Village, NY), Mt. St. Joseph's High School (Baltimore, MD), and Gill St. Bernard's School (Gladstone, NJ). Two other schools have a further distance to travel: St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, (Akron, OH) and Sunrise Christian Academy (Wichita, KS). A fifteenth team will be added closer to the tournament.
The local teams from Delaware were announced in March and include defending state champion Salesianum School (Wilmington), Sanford School (Hockessin), St. Georges Technical High School (St. Georges), Caesar Rodney High School (Dover), and Cape Henlopen High School (Lewis).
Robinson said the tournament had provided about $12-million in economic impact to the state, "And gave some student-athletes an opportunity to vist the Delaware beaches for the first time in their lives."
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Last year I hosted my first Hour of Code. It was a rather last minute thing for me to organize because I wasn't sure if I could pull it off and I wasn't sure there would be a lot of interest. I scheduled our Hour of Code for a Friday afternoon (because who wants to stay after school on a Friday), reserved a lab for 25, sent out an email at lunch to parents with a Google Form signup -giving them a week's notice about the event.
Thinking I wouldn't have a lot of interest because of the late notice and day, I was completely dumbfounded when I checked the registration form an hour and half later and discovered I had 51 kids signed up! I only had 25 computers reserved! I scrambled to find some volunteers to help me out and started lining up iPads to borrow from classrooms to supplement.
The kids LOVED it, the volunteers loved it, and I had parents requesting more coding events. The energy surrounding the Hour of Code was incredible, and while I wanted to do more to encourage that passion, at the end of last year the best I could offer time-wise was coding on recess and suggestions for Genius Hour projects, which many kids happily took me up on.
Fast forward to this year's back to school nightI filed the request for more coding opportunities away in the back of mind as something to work in for the 2015-2016 school year, but as I prepped for the year, I just wasn't seeing a lot of time opening up for it, until, on back to school night I was approached by three different girls in three different grade levels at separate times during the evening. Unbeknownst to each other, they each had the same request for me: to start a girls' only coding club.
I was pretty flabbergasted. "Why does the coding club only have to be for girls?" I asked one of them. Her response: "Boys don't take it seriously like girls do". When another girl approached me, she explained she had signed up for the Hour of Code and then had left because there were too many boys and she felt intimidated. When I asked another why she maybe didn't join STLP - our technology club, she said it was a "boy thing", and she thought coding could be a "girl thing".
I began to think back to working with a Raspberry Pi last year. The group who excelled with it were a group of girls who really paid attention to the details of writing the code to make different features, like a camera, work. I realized that the girls may have a real need to explore an interest in the company of other girls, and I knew I had to figure out a way to honor that request.
Part of the issue for me was considering the boys. I couldn't justify having a girls only coding club and not offer something for boys - especially when the boys have already been grumbling about not having a Boys on the Run club like the Girls on the Run, and the boys have shown a considerable amount of interest in coding.
A Coding Club Plan Comes TogetherTime is never on my side, but I settled on creating three clubs for K-5 kids of 23 students. They each run once a month. We have a girls only club, boys only club and an "everyone" club. In truth, I expected with offering that many "clubs" that I would have limited sign ups; however, I was yet again surprised by the outpouring of interest. I had to shut down signups for boys and everyone clubs after about two hours and start a wait list.
I have a wide variety of age levels and ability levels in these clubs with a respectable group of kindergartners and first graders with varying reading abilities. Obviously this provides me with quite a challenge. There are moments where I wonder if I should have limited the club sign ups to older students who can read, but ultimately I feel so strongly in providing all students with the opportunity to cultivate an interest and learn something new as a result of that interest that I just can't bring myself to limiting it.
I group the kids in the lab by grade level so that I can help them in small groups if needed. The kindergartners do require a little more attention at times, but I'm always surprised by how quickly they pick things up - even with their limited reading ability.
Even though clubs only get to meet once a month right now, I am so glad I split it up. When the girls are coding, the energy is so different. They are so quiet in contrast to the boys who are often more competitive and a lot more raucous, I can see now why the girls felt intimidated or had the impression that the boys weren't taking coding seriously (although, they are actually taking it very seriously).
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To get kids a base of experience, I created classes in Code.org Code Studio. My kindergarten and first graders are working through Course 1, and the rest are in Course 2. I do give them the option to work through the course work at home, but many of the kids enjoy working through the challenges together during club time.
|Code.org is a great place to start
As a teacher I can set up classes of students - with only their first names & last initial and assign them appropriate coursework. Students in older grades are randomly assigned passphrases and students in kindergarten and first grade are assigned a picture for their password.
I was really worried I would have to read information to students in kindergarten, but Course 1 is excellent for developing readers and includes short video introduction to concepts, picture based programming, and it even begins by having students practice key concepts like mouse skills and drag and drop.
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ScratchED also has a pretty extensive curriculum available in the draft format and covers a wide variety of skills and interests including: arts, stories and games.
For my kindergartners I hope to use some of the other websites, like Tynker and apps like ScratchJR and as they build reading skills I hope to move them into the more advanced coursework on Code.org.
Book resources that I have dug into some that I think will also be helpful for coming up with projects for the kids once they finish their coursework in Code.org are Help your Kids with Computer Programming - DK Publishing, which covers things like Scratch and basics of Python (which could help out with future Rasperry Pi projects) and Learn to Program with Scratch: A Visual Guide to Programming with Games, Art, Science and Math by Majed Maji.
Where I hope we end up with thisNow that we have started, I really hope that as kids gain skills they can begin working on more involved projects that relate to their particular interests. I will encourage them to use Scratch and are some really great project ideas presented in Made with Code and through Code.org students can branch out based on their interests and create stories, games and art.
Additionally, I have hopes that we can branch out into coding with different types of robots so that kids can see a more physical representation of code that they are writing.
Ultimately, I really just want kids to have a place where they can explore their interests - and maybe a little more time to do it!