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It's funny, when it comes to movies, I'm actually not that hard to impress.
While I consider myself well-versed in the world of film, at the end of the day all it really takes to peak my interest, is:
A): A decent cast.
B): A decent concept.
and C): The promise of people punching one another at some point in the movie.
In some cases that last one, if represented well enough, is the only excuse I need to see a movie, regardless of how dumb or crappy it is.
I rented the shit-fest that was Unknown purely in the hopes of seeing a handful of Liam Neeson related beat downs.
I saw Fast Five solely for the purpose of seeing Vin Diesel and The Rock (not Dwayne) bro-out and put each other through particle board walls.
And when it comes to The Dark Knight Rises, as utterly incalculable as the build-up has, and will continue to be for the next 6 months or so, at the end of the day I will see it because it, unlike any other movie in film history; will deliver the long anticipated spectacle of Batman and Bane duking it out on the big screen.
That these 2 titans of comics are to be portrayed by capable actors such as Christian Bale and Tom Hardy respectively, is merely the icing on the cake.
Christopher Nolan's track record when it comes to cinematography and fight choreography suggests that the ensuing bout will be clumsy and edited through a meat grinder, but even so, I've been waiting to see this fight brought to life on the silver screen since I was 6 years old; and crappy or not, I will not be denied.
That being said, Batman and Bane grudge match aside, what did I think of the new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises?
Well, to answer your question, I felt it was quite good by most standards, but much too enigmatic and fractured in it's presentation to pack the same visceral punch that the later trailers for The Dark Knight did.
Here's a refresher in case you need it:
I'd prefer not to compare the 2, as it's obvious the people cutting the trailers for these movies came at it from very different tonal and thematic standpoints; but I feel it needs to be said that, to me, The Dark Knight really did have some of the best trailers of all time.
Everything, from the shot selection, to the music cues, to the overall pacing of the trailers for The Dark Knight was absolutely spot on.
What's more, thanks to the dialogue-heavy nature of the trailers, as well as his untimely death, an absurd amount of buzz was generated for Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker, (*Sigh* "Why So Serious?") not to mention the overall plot of the film was made crystal clear.
Though it sounds silly in this cynical age of ours, in many ways I feel the catchphrases and buzzwords of The Dark Knight actually served to make it's advertising campaign both effective and memorable on the whole.
The trailer for The Dark Knight Rises has a lot of neat shots in it, promising quite a few interesting set piece moments, however, perhaps due to the lack of dialogue, many of these shots are difficult to interpret from a purely visual standpoint.
Early on we see the reflection of a man with a cane approaching a shiny dinner platter while Alfred drones on about the Wayne dynasty:
At some point we see someone stumble onto the set of Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet:
Later, we see a bearded Bruce Wayne wandering around what appears to be the prison equivalent to Discovery Zone:
There's that French lady from Inception n'shit.
There's Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
There's A SHIT TON of rappeling.
And then we have Anne Hathaway as a mean lady that may or may not be Catwoman.
Seriously, if you take into account the fact that maybe, just maybe, the people viewing this trailer haven't been blogging about every step of the script writing process, or staring at leaked production photos for the past several months, (oddly enough, not me!) then this trailer basically offers no hint as to her role being that of Selina Kyle.
Oh wait excuse me, she's wearing a mask at a masquerade ball that, if you look really hard, has cat ears:
Sarcasm deployed, mystery solved.
Much like Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face, unless you've been following the production or are familiar with the Batman universe, chances are you'd never know Anne Hathaway was supposed to be Catwoman in this trailer.
Indeed, I'm curious to know what this trailer meant to people who aren't familiar with Batman outside of the movies.
In many ways, when I watch this trailer, I feel my perception is skewed by the fact that I already have an attachment to and understanding of many of the characters based on their comic book equivalent.
When I think "Bane," I already have an image in mind of what I expect from him.
When I hear Tom Hardy speaking through his mask I say to myself:
When I see scenes from the trailer like the prison break, I think to myself:
To the average Batman virgin however, I'd imagine imagery such as this would be provocative, but purely in a "oh, so that's gonna' happen at some point" kind of way.
Hell, I'm willing to bet the average Bat Virgin doesn't have the slightest clue as to who or what Bane even is.
What I think I'm trying to say, is that the style of editing and presentation of this trailer is enticing, as anything with a budget and pretty pictures can manage to be, but at the same time I feel frustrated by the numerous vagaries it throws in my lap.
As you can probably tell, I'm not a fan of the J.J. Abrams-style marketing.
It's not that I prefer my trailers to spell their plots and structure out to me, I simply value coherence and context over sound cues and pretty pictures.
Much like all of Christopher Nolan's blockbusters, The Dark Knight Rises appears to be an audio-visual powerhouse, though in some ways it appears a little less so at this point.
The set pieces looks suitably big, but the color palette appears more gray-ish and natural than The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, and curiously enough, despite it being an almost comical trademark of his, there's not a single (gorgeous) overhead shot of a cityscape.
That last part troubles me, as I'm a big fan of Nolan's wide open establishing shots, particularly in outdoor scenes, and though it may just be the editor's doing; there are none to be found in this trailer.
Perhaps the strangest thing though, at least to me, is the fact that they re-used the mood building drone AKA The Joker's theme from The Dark Knight in this trailer.
I always thought of that particular piece of music as "belonging" to The Joker, which made it somewhat puzzling to hear played over a trailer for a film that, almost certainly; won't feature him.
Despite everything I've said about this trailer, both good and bad, at the end of the day it's a very good piece of advertising for a sequel that, unfortunately, benefitted from some of the best advertising and pre-release buzz in recent memory.
Not only that, it's only the first trailer, for a huge movie that isn't dropping until late in the summer.
As good as the advertising for The Dark Knight was from the get go, the 2nd trailers for it, Iron Man, and Inception were all MONUMENTALLY better than the first, which leads me to believe the same will likely be the case with The Dark Knight Rises.
In addition to this, one also has to consider the fact that virtually all of Christopher Nolan's blockbusters up to this point, while heavily advertised, also did well to avoid showing a great deal of the major story beats and action set pieces.
I mean hell, neither the teaser nor the trailer saw any mention of Morgan Freeman's Lucius Fox, nor any of stuff from the prologue sequence that made the rounds through theaters last week.
I don't know about you, but up until it's release I really thought the "truck flip" from The Dark Knight trailer was going to be the climax of the movie.
Instead, the entire skyscraper based finale of the movie ended up playing that role, while never once being hinted at in the trailers.
I guess what I'm trying to say, is that though I may seem overly critical, in truth I'm just a fanboy hoping for the best.
In the meantime though, as weird as it seems, I think I actually liked the almost universally panned teaser for The Dark Knight Rises somewhat better than the trailer.
True, most of the footage was borrowed from Batman Begins.
True, Commissioner Gordon's dialogue was hard to understand.
True, virtually nothing Commissioner Gordon had to say was even worth hearing in the first place.
BUT, at the very end of the teaser, there is a single, barely 2 second shot that made it all worth it:
Batman in the rain, taking a deep breath, while Bane slowly approaches from the foreground.
The whole thing was crap up until then, but that last shot instantly sold me.
The trailer, while bigger and much more coherent, didn't have this shot or even a suitable equivalent.
True, it featured a few shots of Batman and Bane throwing down in the snow, however I felt the subtlety and dramatic implication of the teaser shot did more to appease the fanboy in me than the entirety of the full trailer.
That's just me though.
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After some fun at the beach and a swim at the awful pool(it was damn dirty ugh), FINALLY we're going out for dinner. Lol
Oh. It's 9:30pm now. Lol. Damn hungry. X.x
Oh. AND CONGRATS TO CHERIE ON HER WEDDING! I wasn't invited so...yeah. Lol. I wonder where the dinner is held.
ARGH DAMN HUNGRY! Are we there yet? X.x
P/S: lol I might've just made a right choice by asking someone to congratulate her for me. =p

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Barbados Travel Guide
BARBADOS covers a mere 166 square miles (430 square km), making size about the only thing that's humble about this truly amazing place. An exceptionally proud country by any measure, Barbados boasts the type of colorful cultural heritage that breeds legends among its people, and admiration from just about everyone else. This is the birthplace of rum, after all, and while there's not much else many of us may need to know (or taste) to qualify Barbados as special, there really is a whole lot more to tell. Consider geography, for instance. Barbados is undoubtedly the most wayward of the Windward Islands, so much so that it's generally not even considered one. It's closest Caribbean neighbor lies a good 100 miles to the west, leaving Barbados a good bit further out in the Atlantic than the rest of the West Indies. This keeps the island at the mercy of the ever-churning Atlantic, yielding some of the world's best surfing conditions, and eye-popping demonstrations of nature's raw power along the island's rugged North Coast. The island's natural wonders don't stop there, though, as a verdant, mountainous interior (highest point: 1,115 feet) combines with the windswept and beautifully under-developed eastern shore to create a nature-lover's paradise. At the same time, some of the Caribbean's most pulse-pounding nightlife, tony restaurants and modern hotels can be found along Barbados' famed western shores, or Gold Coast.
Indeed, there's a lot to brag about Barbados. But, then again, it ain't braggin' as Barbados truly backs up all the big talk!
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Where to stay on Barbados
Things to do in Barbados
Boosy's Surf School
The Animal Flower Cave
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Fires in Tasmania may have claimed lives
Police say the bushfires in southern Tasmanian may have claimed a number of lives.
There are no confirmed deaths but acting Police Commissioner Scott Tilyard says a number of people are missing as rescue crews begin their clean up mission.
The bushfire-ravaged Tasman Peninsula remains cut off and in blackout.
More than 1000 people have been evacuated from the Tasman peninsula to Hobart by boat, with the final ferry load of 180 people departing Nubeena for the capital early on Sunday morning.
Hundreds more have sought refuge with relatives and in evacuation centres across the region, including at the Port Arthur historic site.
The threat posed to communities by the Forcett bushfire was downgraded to watch and act, but the blaze continues to burn out of control, and has already done massive damage throughout the peninsula.
The town of Dunalley was the worst hit, with around 65 homes and the town's school destroyed, while dozens more buildings were razed at Connellys Marsh, Eaglehawk Neck, Murdunna, Copping and Primrose Sands.
There have been no confirmed deaths from the fires, but police and defence force personnel will on Sunday begin searching burnt homes and vehicles for bodies.
Most of the Tasman Peninsula remains without power after fires knocked out key infrastructure on Friday.
Power supplier Aurora said residents could be in blackout for up to a week.
Police said they are working to bring generators, food and supplies to the affected areas.
Elsewhere, a watch and act warning remains in place for a fire at Lake Repulse.
The east coast town of Bicheno remained on alert, with a nearby bushfire still burning out of control.
The town's major access route, Coles Bay Road, was reopened on Sunday morning, but motorists were urged to drive with caution in the area.
Tasmania police said evacuees who needed prescription medication could collect it from the Hobart Private Hospital in the city centre.
Doctors at the hospital would issue the required scripts free of charge, police said.
A team of 64 Victorian firefighters will arrive in Hobart on Sunday, while disaster assessment experts from the NSW Rural Fire Service have also been sent to Tasmania.
The Queen and the Prince of Wales have both sent messages of sympathy to the bushfire victims.
Much of southern Tasmania remains under a thick haze because of a massive bushfire burning in the state's remote southwest.
About 30,000 hectares have been consumed in the blaze, which is burning between Lake Pedder and Port Davey.


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Author Louise Erdrich to hold readings at Texas State, Porter House
By Paige Wilkerson
University News Service
March 19, 2012
Louise Erdrich (photo by Paul Emmel)
The Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos present readings and book signings from nationally recognized author Louise Erdrich April 5-6.
Erdrich will speak and sign copies of her books at the Wittliff Collections located on the seventh floor of Alkek Library on the Texas State campus April 5 at 3:30 p.m. She will give a second reading the following day at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, located at 508 Center St. in Kyle at 7:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Erdrich is the author of 13 novels in addition to volumes of poetry, short stories, children's books and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel Love Medicine won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award. Most recently, The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She currently lives in Minnesota and is the owner of Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore.
Both events are sponsored by the Burdine Johnson Foundation, the Wittliff Collections and the Texas State Department of English. Books will be available during and after the events through the University Bookstore and Barnes and Noble.
For more information, contact Katie Angermeier at email@example.com or visit the website at www.english.txstate.edu/kap.


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Koh Chang, ThailandKirsty Turner
The name Koh Chang means Elephant Island in Thai and people interested in the island's elephants should visit the Ban Kwan Elephant Camp or Ban Khlong Son Elephant Camp, where you can interact with the animals and go elephant trekking through the jungle. Animal lovers can also volunteer at the Koh Chang Animal Foundation.
With its many mountains, sparkling waterfalls and rainforest, Koh Chang is an island of intense natural beauty and is part of the Mu Koh Chang Marine National Park, which comprises a total of 52 islands.
There are many beautiful beaches where visitors can chill out and catch some rays or play in the water. Most of the beaches are located along the west cost of the island. Check out Lonely Beach, Hat Kaibae, Hat Klong MaKohk and Hat Kai Mook for beautiful stretches of sun lined with palm trees and beach bars. Generally, the further south you head the more secluded the beach, and there are some virtually untouched beaches at the very bottom of the island. A good example is Hat Wai Chek, which is unreachable by road, making this the perfect trekking destination.
This is a great area for snorkeling and scuba diving as the coral is beautiful and the water clear. There are lots of small islands to explore such as Koh Kut, Koh Mak, Koh Wai and Koh Kham and basic accommodation is available on most if you decide to stay for a day or two.
Koh Chang also offers plenty of opportunities for self improvement. The Koh Chang Cookery School is a good place to learn to create all the delicious food you'll have been sampling. You can study the Japanese art of reiki healing at Jungle Way, whilst yoga and healing classes are available at Baan Zen.
But Koh Chang is also the perfect place to be lazy for a few days. There are excellent bars, restaurants and spas all around the island, so just put up your feet and relax for a while.


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I am a proud, single work at home momma of 4 small children who thank you for your business!! All of our jewelry is made to order with love in Colorado Springs, Colorado!! Everything is hand knotted between each bead and finished with a matching screw clasp or a safety tension clasp for added safety!
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I print my shipping labels on the ship date, but please understand if your package is not mailed immediately.
For anyone that NEEDS IT NOW, this listing will put your order at the top of my list and will shave time off of the making of the order. https://www.etsy.com/listing/220422205/i-need-it-now?
If you want to speed up delivery purchase the priority mail option with your jewelry. I appreciate your patience and support!! Thank you from my whole family!
We take all major holidays and all postal holidays off. My hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am-6pm and I am available to answer all questions.
Rush deliveries, insurance, or any upgrades will be covered by the buyer.
All jewelry is made to order so please measure for the best fit. Exchanges due to incorrect sizing are permitted but reshipping fees and $1 per added inch will be expected. Please contact me with any issues and I will do my best to fix them!
Packages shipped within the US aren't considered lost until 30 days from shipment date. However, after 15 days I will file a claim with the mail recovery process and have it mailed back to me if it is found. Then I will send a replacement order to the buyer to ensure that you receive your order!
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I guarantee the workmanship of your jewelry for 60 days. Please understand that Teething necklaces are designed to break with enough force as to prevent injury. All of my jewelry comes standard with a screw clasp. I recommend a safety tension clasp for babies. It is designed to pop off instead of breaking and can extend the life of your jewelry.
All of my jewelry is made to order so please measure for the best fit. Items are measured from end to end, including the clasp. Please note that the knots curl up when they are new. The length after settling is approximately your chosen ordered length. Also, note that my amber beads are 4mm-6mm and for necklaces are tapered to allow the larger beads to be in the front so that the clasp stays on the back of the neck.
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Shipping costs are nonrefundable for any reason. The buyer is responsible for all return shipping.
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The Petersen Museum is a gem for car lovers, preserving and displaying some of the world's most important and interesting cars. Below the museum is "the vault" a.k.a. the Fort Knox of the automotive world. It's where they hide the collection's fascinating mobile artifacts in between exhibits and store cars they don't know what to do with. Now you can access what only a select few have ever seen.
To be fair, if you're a journalist or well-connected you can get into the basement. I've done it, and came back with the story of Elvis and his fatly Pantera. Our own Jason Torchinsky went there on a date, but that was before they fixed the locks.
For the next moth, approximately, you simple and unimportant citizen can get in there without knowing someone or having a magical old Volvo P1800 key. For an additional ticket purchase of $25 they're offering a guided tour of the vault between December 15th and January 6th.
The 150-or-so cars on display include a Ferrari given to Henry Ford II by Enzo Ferrari, Steve McQueen's Jaguar XKSS, and more vintage Bugattis than you'll see outside of a Concours. They may also have Saddam Hussein's personal car.
The price is steep but it's entirely worth it.


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imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025189/
'gold' by karl hartl from 1934. this is a kind of follow up to 'f.p.1 antwortet nicht' as it again stars hans albers as the main actor. this is a rare example of a scifi movie produced during the third reich. film is in german with no subs.
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LOS ANGELES - Miley Cyrus plans to be back on the big screen, and soon. Hannah Montana? Not likely after her latest film.
So says the 16-year-old tween phenom, whose alter ego brings her secret double life as a pop star to theaters April 10 with "Hannah Montana: The Movie."
"We got really lucky with having the material to make one movie," Cyrus said in an interview Monday. The film reveals Hannah Montana's identity to the world in a way Cyrus says is "very clever" and diminishes the chances of a sequel - but doesn't dampen the future of the popular Disney TV show.
The film follows last year's sold-out Cyrus-Montana concert tour and her "Best of Both Worlds Concert" 3D movie, which grossed more than $60 million, a rare hit for a concert film.
"I don't know if I would do another (Hannah Montana) film, but I would love to do another season," said Cyrus, who's signed up for a third and said she's interested in a fourth. "That would be what we would all agree on."
Cyrus also seems to agree with the idea of a jump to Hollywood: She's planning to spend the summer working on a film written by "Nights in Rodanthe" and "The Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks. But this is no adaptation of a bestselling romantic novel - instead, Sparks went directly to the screenplay this time, and did so with Cyrus in mind for the part.
Other than the title, "The Last Song," neither Sparks nor Cyrus are giving away any plot points. But Cyrus hints at a role that will put her acting chops to the test.
"I've always been lucky to play parts that relate to me, and this doesn't at all," she said. "I have my issues, but not as bad as this chick. So I'm happy to play someone that's just kind of out there and not someone that I'm like."
Like anyone else, Cyrus is waiting to see whether she's "a good actress or not, or if I'm just good at playing myself.
"So," she added, "We'll see how that goes."
Will that affect her status as a role model for young girls? Not any more than her feelings on the glamorous life she's chosen: Asked what kids should do if they're torn between pursuing an acting dream or going to college, Cyrus responds with her usual unfiltered candor.
"I say 'Do it,'" she said, laughing as if she knew what kind of trouble she was causing for herself. "Be a freak. Go to Hollywood."
No more 'Hannah Montana' films, Miley Cyrus says
LOS ANGELES - Miley Cyrus plans to be back on the big screen, and soon. Hannah Montana? Not likely after her latest film.


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This tutorial explains how to:
If you've previously installed a program using Fantastico, you can import this program into Softaculous so that you can use the program management features available within Softaculous. This will make it easier to backup, restore, and update your software, which is all very important aspects of website maintenance.
In our testing, we used Fantastico to install WordPress as https://testdomain.com/fantastico/. In this tutorial, we will import this WordPress installation into Softaculous.
Please note!
When you import a program into Softaculous, the software's files will not be moved or changed. Importing a program is simply a way to help Softaculous find your installation so that you can use the professional tools it provides to help manage your website more efficiently.
To Import a Program into Softaculous
- Log into your cPanel
- Click the Softaculous Apps Installer icon under the Software section
- In the top menu, click the Synchronize with other Auto Installers icon
- You will then see a list of programs that Softaculous will be able to import. As you can see in the screenshot below, it found the installations of WordPress that were installed with Fantastico.
- Check the box next to each of the programs you want to import, then click the the Sync/Import button. When the import was successful, you will see the following message:
Congratulations, the software was synced/imported successfully.
When you visit your Softaculous Installations Overview page (the Applications Installs button at the top of the page), you will see the new program you imported over.


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Talib Zanna scored six of his game-high 20 points to spark a second-half run and Pittsburgh pulled away from Delaware State for a 71-43 victory on Wednesday night.
J.J. Moore added 15 points and Steven Adams had 10 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for the Panthers (11-1), who clamped down on the Hornets in the second half to continue their December domination of a tame nonconference schedule.
Delaware State (5-7) was Pitt's third Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponent in the last three weeks, and after some early success the Hornets went down quietly much like Howard and Bethune-Cookman before them.
Tahj Tate led Delaware State with 19 points but Delaware State couldn't keep pace when the Panthers got serious in the second half.
The Panthers played without backup center Dante Taylor, who sat out with a heel contusion, but Pitt hardly missed him on a night Adams and Zanna had their way. The duo outrebounded the Hornets by themselves (17-14) and Pitt outscored Delaware State 48-18 in the paint.
Most of those baskets came on dunks and layups thanks to deft passing from guards Tray Woodall and James Robinson, who combined for 17 assists. The Panthers finished with 24 assists on 30 baskets and at one point registered assists on 10 straight buckets in the second half.
Zanna, quickly developing into one of the better post players in the Big East, led the way. He scored the first six points of the second half, part of a 15-2 burst that helped the Panthers break things open.
All seven Pitt baskets during the run came at the rim and it deflated any hopes the Hornets had of sticking around. Delaware State shot just 31 percent (6 of 19) in the second half and didn't threaten after a Zanna lay-up off a nice feed from Robinson gave Pitt a 50-32 lead.
The Hornets, picked to finish second in the MEAC, hardly appeared intimidated in the early going. Delaware State took Penn State to overtime on Saturday, leading with a minute to go in the extra period before falling 80-76.
Playing fearlessly, the Hornets kept it close during a tight first half. Launching shots from all over -- at one point Bell hit a 3-pointer with Trey Zeigler's hand smacking him in the face and Tate banked in a 3 from the top of the key -- Delaware State never let Pitt get comfortable.
The Hornets took a brief 15-14 lead before the Panthers settled in behind Zanna, who scored four points during a 13-5 burst, though Delaware State pulled within 31-27 at the break thanks to a pull-up jumper from Tate. He followed it up by stripping Adams then racing the 7-footer down the floor and flipping in an acrobatic layup at the horn.
It would be Delaware State's last gasp. Zanna dunked on Pitt's first possession of the second half and the Panthers were on their way.


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I was in the middle of an article about Lauren Bush Lauren — the niece and granddaughter of two of our presidents, as well as the daughter-in-law of Ralph Lauren — when I stopped reading and wondered if she ever had second thoughts about taking her husband's surname. Lauren Lauren? There must have been a conversation or two, don't you think?
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Schools work with the five elements to construct a rigorous and challenging primary curriculum for international education.
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Today's Tests Seen as Bar to Better Assessment
Commission says too many tests are used to gauge basic skills
The use of testing in school accountability systems may hamstring the development of tests that can actually transform teaching and learning, experts from a national assessment commission warn.
Members of the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education, speaking at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Education here Nov. 1-3, said that technological innovations may soon allow much more in-depth data collection on students, but that current testing policy calls for the same test to fill too many different and often contradictory roles.
The nation's drive to develop standards-based accountability for schools has led to tests that, "with only few exceptions, systematically overrepresent basic skills and knowledge and omit the complex knowledge and reasoning we are seeking for college and career readiness," the commission writes in one of several interim reports discussed at the Academy of Education meeting.
"We strongly believe that assessment is a primary component of education, ... [part of] the trifecta of teaching, learning, and testing," said Edmund W. Gordon, the chairman of the commission and a professor emeritus of psychology at Yale University and Teachers College, Columbia University.
The two-year study group launched in 2011 with initial funding from the Princeton, N. J.-based Educational Testing Service and a membership that reads like a who's who of education research and policy. Its 32 members include: author and education historian Diane Ravitch of New York University, former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise of the Washington-based Alliance for Excellent Education, and cognitive psychologist Lauren Resnick of the University of Pittsburgh, among others.
The panel is developing recommendations for both research on new assessments—for the Common Core State Standards and others—and policy for educators on how to use tests appropriately. The final recommendations, expected at the end of the year, will be based on two dozen studies and analyses from experts in testing on issues of methods, student privacy, and other topics.
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Education policymakers understandably want to develop multimillion-dollar tests as efficiently as possible, said Lorrie A. Shepard, the education dean at the University of Colorado at Boulder and part of the commission's executive council. However, she said, they often confuse summative tests—large-scale snapshots such as the standardized tests states use for accountability—with formative tests, which are used to diagnose specific learning problems in individual students and improve instruction over time.
"This set of misbeliefs is actually fostering worse and worse tests," which assess only surface details that can be gathered for quick turnaround, rather than more-nuanced measures of deep knowledge, retention, and the ability to transfer knowledge to other subjects, she said.
Because teachers are accountable—and increasingly evaluated professionally—on the basis of those tests, Ms. Shepard added, "the way math and reading are taught are disabling because they are taught for recognition and taught for memorization, and even comprehension is being postponed. The way those subject matters get presented is the harm of those teaching-to-the-test regimes."
Both Ms. Shepard and Elena Silva, a senior policy analyst at Education Sector, a Washington think tank, said commercial testing companies increasingly offer electronic versions of tests that don't gauge deeper learning. Ms. Shepard said that education needs a Consumer Reports to identify tests being used for purposes for which they were not designed.
Test developers and policymakers alike should think of tests as a framework to create feedback loops for improvement, argued Robert J. Mislevy, the chairman for measurement and statistics of the ETS and part of the commission's executive council.
"Who needs the information at what time?" Mr. Mislevy said. "Sometimes feedback loops are very tight—when you're playing a learning game, for example, feedback loops are taking place in a second or two. There are other feedback loops that are much bigger, like those used by chief state school officers looking at policy over the course of years."
Those assessments, rather than being used simply to rank students, could help educators identify learning patterns, he said.
For example, the ETS' Global Integrated Scenario-Based Assessment, now in field-testing as part of the federal Reading for Understanding program, uses scenarios to differentiate a student's comprehension ability from his or her background knowledge.
Each scenario in the test is a cycle. Students first are tested on vocabulary and concepts related to a topic. Then they read a passage on the topic and summarize the main idea and key details of the text.
Finally, the students report on how they incorporate what they have read into what they already knew about the topic—for example, by completing an interactive graphic, according to Barbara Foorman, an education professor and the director of the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University in Tallahassee. She spoke in an interview with Education Week.
Nuanced test design would not replace the need for separate formative and summative tests, Mr. Mislevy of the ETS said, but it could help educators and policymakers think differently about what can be learned from tests.
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Here's the weekly roundup of articles throughout HealthCare Scene. Many of these sites have other great articles not highlighted here, so be sure to check those out as well.
Will Growth in Mobile Use Compromise HIPAA Compliance?
Being able to access data through a mobile device is very valuable for doctors. However, questions about security have been raised, and if certain guidelines aren't followed, some mobile devices may not be in line with HIPAA standards. Problems are discussed with mobile data security, and the HIPAA standards are explained in this post by Katherine Rourke.
Guest Post: Do EMRs Cause a Mirage of Health?
With increased patient access to medical records, there is increased power given to the patient over their health care. However, is it possible that too much access may give false security, or, in some cases, cause someone to worry about something they may not have control over? Ken Harrington, Practice Manager at the Washington Endocrine Clinic, discussed the "mirage of health" that may be created with patient access to EMRs and other medical technology. In this guest post, the questions "is it possible to have ultimate control over one's health" and "will access to a patient's medical chart cause them to make better choices — or any choice — to improve their health?" are discussed.
PocketHealth Raise the Bar for mPHRs
Personal health records can be very helpful, especially when one has more than one physician. The creation of mobile personal health records (mPHR) has made it even easier to have this information available at anytime. PocketHealth, the latest mPHR to be released, is untethered, was built following the CCD standards, and has raised the bar for other mPHRs.
Dr. Frank Davis' EHR Story from the 2012 HIMSS Conference
At the 2012 HIMSS Conference, Dr. Frank Davis, CMIO and trauma/critical care surgeon at Memorial University Medical Center in Georgia, discussed his experience with EHR at the hospital he works at. In this video, he also gives advice to those starting in EHR Incentive Programs, and the benefits of EHRs and meaningful care.
Meddik, BodyMedia Announce Recent Fundings
This past week, companies Meddik and BodyMedia both announced the large sums of money raised during recent rounds of funding. Meddik raised $750k in seed funding, while BodyMedia raised $12 million. Both companies are dedicated to creating medical and health technology.
Dictation and EMRs: A Bad Marriage?
A study conducted by researchers with Partners Healthcare in Boston recently examined records on a large number of patients to primary care doctors that are in the Partner's system. The researchers wanted to see if, and how, the way a physician documents visits affected overall care for patients. Results found that when doctors solely used EMR, they generally provided better care for the patients.


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How do you go about challenging the "sacred cow" beliefs that your company — or you yourself — hold?
In "Uncommon Sense: How to Turn Distinctive Beliefs Into Action," a new article in the Spring 2012 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review, authors Jules Goddard, Julian Birkinshaw and Tony Eccles from the London School of Business argue that winning strategies are grounded in distinctive beliefs that ring truer with customers and prospective customers than those of rival companies.
Being consistently and distinctively different means understanding your beliefs — or what the authors call your "uncommon sense."
"In our experience working with companies, there are structured ways for rethinking your basic assumptions and beliefs, and for identifying potential new directions," they write.
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- "Assemble a group of employees who are deeply familiar with how you do business — some who have been around a very long time, and some who are new to the company. Particularly useful are those who have worked for close competitors, as well as those who are known to be a little contrarian.
- Ask them individually to articulate their basic assumptions — about your business model (who the customer is, what the customer values, how you make money), about your management model (how people are motivated, how decisions are made and resources allocated, how objectives are set), and about the future of the industry.
- Their beliefs or assumptions can typically be separated into two groups: the beliefs or assumptions that almost everyone agrees about — the common beliefs; and those that only a few people identify — the uncommon beliefs (some of which are likely to look a bit odd, some plain wrong and others potentially profound).
- For the commonly held beliefs, consider how you would know if they were true. Don't just presume that because everyone says "we are in a commodity industry" that this is necessarily a hard fact. What experiment could you do to verify or falsify this statement? The purpose of this exercise is to identify the "common nonsense" — the beliefs everyone holds that are actually not hard laws of nature.
- For the uncommon beliefs, consider why some people believe them to be true. What information or experience are they d/rawing on? What experiment could you do to verify or disprove it?
- Finally, it is worth reassembling the original group of people to brainstorm about possible beliefs that you might want to consider about your business model, your management model or your industry's future. Can you identify beliefs that are quite possibly wrong, but worth experimenting with anyway?
- The net result of this process is typically a list of possible experiments to conduct. Some can be done in the regular course of business; others may need a special team and a budget. In our experience, it is worthwhile to agree on a process for conducting and reviewing the experiments over a period of time (usually three to six months). This is your pipeline of potential advantage."
For more about how to turn distinctive beliefs into action, read the full article from which this list is excerpted. The authors are all affiliated with the London Business School: Jules Goddard is a fellow of the school's Centre of Management Development; Julian Birkinshaw is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship; and Tony Eccles is also a fellow of the Centre of Management Development.


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Australian TV went the full bogan on Tuesday night – and we're not talking about the federal budget, though there was a certain serendipity in Paul Fenech's new series taking to the airwaves the same night Canberra let rip on the working class.
As Fenech's Bogan Hunters made its debut on 7 Mate at 9.30pm, some saw the various horrors unfolding on screen as a kind of instant social commentary on the horrors that had unfolded on the floor of Parliament a couple of hours earlier.
"The consequences of #2014Budget have already begun," noted one twitterer, as Fenech's televised hunt for "Australia's biggest bogan" prodded and poked the first of it its car-loving, pot-smoking, dentally challenged subjects.
"If you want to see why welfare funding should be cut then watch Bogan Hunters," tweeted another viewer. And another: "Hope they cut the dole of every single one of these dope-smoking, welfare-cheating dickheads."
For most TV talent, such responses would be a worry. But not for Fenech, creator of the equally controversial SBS series Housos and a man who sounds like he would die of boredom were he ever to make a program that didn't draw a lively response. He was well prepared to be dumped on for this latest effort.
"It's car-crash TV," Fenech told Fairfax Media.
"Maybe you shouldn't be looking but you can't help but look at it. I'm sure every wowser in the country's going to come out with a full arsenal against me … but I guess I've never been known to shy away from the edgier kind of TV so I just have to take it on the chin."
Both Seven and Fenech will be pleased with this morning's rating figures, with Bogan Hunters topping the free-to-air multi-channels ratings list with 589,000 viewers in the mainland capitals and regionals. This makes it 7 Mate's highest rating entertainment program ever. It did particularly well in Melbourne, with 123,000 viewers – almost double the number who watched in Sydney (69,000).
Fenech defended the show's raw and raucous content, and insisted everyone on film had taken part enthusiastically. "There are people who do classify themselves as bogans so I thought it would be a laugh because a lot of them are great characters. There's an optimism and an honesty and there's a real bogan culture and they seem cool with it.
"Sometimes we would drive to a suburb, get out and we'd be flocked by a range of different bogans. And then we'd just find the most obvious bogan and follow them around. There's maybe 2 per cent jokes in the show … and the rest of it is all real."
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An intriguing lightweight tilt between Bart Palaszewski (35-13 MMA, 4-2 WEC) and Kamal Shalorus (6-0-2 MMA, 2-0-1 WEC) has been selected for the fourth and final main-card slot of Thursday's "WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis" event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported that the fight was likely for the Versus-televised portion of the evening's card, and WEC officials today made the slot official.
WEC 53 takes place Dec. 16 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz., and features a lightweight title showdown between current champion Benson Henderson and challenger Anthony Pettis.
With a bantamweight title fight between current champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Scott Jorgensen also on the card, WEC 53 features just four guaranteed bouts. As usual, Versus will also look to add additional bouts to the broadcast as time allows.
Both Palaszewski and Shalorus look to impress before their weight class is absorbed by the WEC's sister promotion, the UFC.
Palaszewski is on a roll now that he's in his second WEC stint. After leaving the IFL and making a single appearance with Adrenaline MMA, the Illinois-based fighter first joined the WEC. He then scored a TKO of Alex Karalexis in his promotional debut but then suffered losses to Ricardo Lamas and Anthony Njokuani. It was part of a disappointing and career-worst 2-5 skid for the fighter.
But since then, Palaszewski picked up a win in an outside promotion and followed it with recent WEC victories over over current top contender Pettis, Karen Darabedyan and Zach Micklewright.
He goes for five-straight wins against Shalorus, who fights for the first time since a baffling split draw with Jamie Varner at WEC 49. Due to multiple groin shots that prompted a one-point deduction from Shalorus, the fight ultimately was scored 29-27, 27-29 and 28-28.
Prior to the that bout, the Iranian fighter posted entertaining wins over Will Kerr at WEC 44 and Dave Jensen at WEC 46 in his first two promotional bouts.
The complete WEC 53 lineup includes:
- Champ Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis (for lightweight title)
- Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen (for bantamweight title)
- Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki
- Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus
- Danny Downes vs. Tiequan Zhang
- Shane Roller vs. Jamie Varner
- Ivan Menjivar vs. Brad Pickett
- Ken Stone vs. Eddie Wineland
- Danny Castillo vs. Will Kerr
- Yuri Alcantara vs. Ricardo Lamas
- Renan Barao vs. Chris Cariaso
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Ruby Under A Microscope
by Pat Shaughnessy
I don't think there is a programmer alive who has not felt, at one time or another, a deep, nerdy interest in learning how languages are implemented. The great problem with this interest is that most books that try to satisfy it descend quickly into so much detail and often unneeded theory that the topic is quickly drained of its fun. (How many promising CS careers were driven off the rails by classes that used the Dragon Book as their textbook?)
Ruby Under A Microscope, however, understands the fun of knowing the workings of the language, not to say the benefits of this knowledge in day-to-day programming. The author, who clearly has researched Ruby's internals to the point of having remarkable understanding of their operation, explains most everything in straightforward terms.
The first two chapters discuss how Ruby code is parsed and compiled. The next five chapters detail the design of the Ruby VM (in this case, the MRI) and how it translates the bytecodes into actions. Finally, the author explores two MRI alternatives: JRuby (Ruby on the JVM) and Rubinius (Ruby VM is written in Ruby; MRI, the principal VM, is written in C.)
The explanations are pleasantly clear for what are, at times, advanced topics. Part of this clarity derives from liberal use of diagrams, which illustrate in small steps exactly how the stack is used in instruction execution and how various instructions affect stack operations. Objects and classes get their own chapter, so that it's easy to understand in later topics what exactly are the atomic-level components being handled. Subsequent chapters discuss method lookup, the VM's hash tables and the special role they play in execution, and finally metaprogramming. More than many of the other topics, understanding how metaprogramming is handled internally by Ruby clarifies how it is best used in software development.
While the book keeps the material interesting throughout, it requires a good grasp of Ruby to be appreciated. Minor details of the language are often explored as preparation to larger topics, which is a bar to reading this book with only basic Ruby skills. If you don't have the necessary grounding, much of the detail will simply go by unappreciated and eventually knowing the last little bits will prove uninteresting. In other words, this is not at all a book for a newcomer to the language rather, it requires expertise and experience with Ruby. That being said, nearly every Ruby expert will benefit from knowing so much about how the language and runtime operate.


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One dream, one ripped sail, three near collisions, one faulty engine, zero dry clothes, prevailing winds and sea, ten days, the final chapter.
Why did it end … I went back to London to undertake a contract position which led to a job, there was however one remaining hurdle, getting my boat back to Europe.
I had a week to get my boat back and start my new role, so left with haste to La Gomera where Maria (my boat) was parked with a lovely German traveler living on board. He suffered from hayfever and diabetes so I was sure to greet him with flowers and chocolate to thank him (he was boat sitting). He was rather annoyed given the 2 day notice that I would be sailing his home away, his parents were coming to visit him and were planning on staying onboard.
In his fashion he met me from the ferry with a flute, bohohemian raphsody will never sound the same. Maria was floating and it took little time getting her ready to sail to colder climates.
All the sailors seeing my frantic frenzy of prepping to head back couldn't believe I was daft enough to sail against the Canary current and prevailing winds which were at their strongest. I clawed north on the NNE's waiting for the winds to shift north, then it was time to fly havoc literally…!
Food and rum onboard I left turning straight into the acceleration zone between the islands, 50 knot winds were a great start to my journey home and it took me the best part of a day fully reefed to travel a mere 20 miles.
As the sun set I sailed NNW, the wind throughout the journey was coming directly from the destination I was heading NNE. I was sailing 30 degrees to the wind throughout and heeled a good 40 degress. As I was racing to get back home and start my job I was pushing as hard as one could, a mistake I was soon to pay the price for.
After 48 hours I finally lost sight of land, I slept solidly during the day, it took me those two days to get adjusted to being back at sea. The first day in the acceleration zone despite my initial euphoria at being back at sea was very hard going and progress non existent, I was looking at the bucket wondering if my constitution would hold…. bucket has never won!
I met my first tanker of many, on the second night, what could have been my last night. I should mention that my preparation at this point had not been as thorough as it should have,the starboard light was not working which I was to discover at my peril after three near collisions…. It was an HMS supply ship heading to the Carrib, rolled up in bed I heard the AIS sound, this is an alarm that tells me if boat over 300 tonnes is within 15 miles … you don't ignore that alarm, a noise that still haunts me in my nightmares. I donned my damp waterproofs, grabbed my flares and binoculars, turned on the engine and headed out into the cockpit that was being belted by the crashing waves. I never wore shoes, unless out for prolonged periods… nothing grips like a toe. I saw a long strip of lights that changed to a narrow strip, the worst possible imaginable situation, it was heading straight for me. I ran downstairs looked at the AIS radar, turned on all my running lights (which illumated my sails), ran back up and wondered what was going on. The strip of light became an advancing mountain, the bow wave an unmistakable sign of it's unstoppable determined approach. I pulled the tiller tacking while throwing the throttle into full power, sails aback I headed straight for the unforgiving hulk. It couldn't have been more menacing if it was green, wearing a thong and had a face like Jai McDowal.
The siren on the vessel was going off, there were people crowding the rail and I passed within 50 meters down the lee side. I sat there in a state of shock, before I reset my windvane, ran downstairs, turned on my radio (which I should always have had on, fishermen were annoying me), and in a voice very unbecoming my current emotions hailed the vessel. Very cordially they answered saying they changed course to pass to what they thought was by starboard as they were under the impression that I was running with the wind, only my stern light was visible to them. It wasn't until they saw my sails that they realised what was happening and sounded the collision alarm. I couldn't reply, and remember staring at the radio for what felt like hours, shaking.
Over the rest of journey I had one tanker turn off all of it's lights in protest, another created day light with a source that could only have hailed from Boris Johnson's backside. I was on edge, nights became my days. Why did I only have these encounters at night ………
My savior was a sat phone which I used every day to keep my parents informed of my location, their help was invaluable. They were able to overlay my location with grib files and tell me what the wind would do in the next 24 hours, allowing me to chose the best tack.
I called up the company where I was supposed to start in 4 days to explain that I wouldn't be able to make it, the lady didn't believe me when I said I was in the middle of the Atlantic. Best excuse, and when I did start everyone thought it was a prank.
The sailing conditions for eight days were frantic to say the least, I was ploughing into 2 to 4 meter waves continuesly, sleeping against the side of the hull which was horizontal. I loved it, was cosey the motion repetitive, the undulating motion like a mother rocking you to sleep. It wasn't all warm and peachy, frequently the water would simply dissapear from under the hull, the boat would crest a steep wave and then like the elixir of life remove the chalice leaving three tonnes to plumage to the water leaving me hovering over the bed and jarring my teeth as we landed.
I spent 2 days without wind and decided to motor, realising that I had a crack in my fuel filter I spent 6 hours replacing it and bleeding the engine. I felt a little low at this point, at which karma played it's card and dolphins came to cheer me up.
As I tacked of the west coast of Portugal I entered the shipping lanes, at this point nothing was dry onboard, the temperature had dropped remarkably and the only way I could keep warm was by sleeping naked (dry), my most precious possession was my sleeping bag. This was the roughest part with the sea in turmoil from what I can only imagine was the med and Straight of Gibraltar.
I had 35 knots of apparent wind, way too much canvas and paid the price. When sleeping you are fully aware of your surroundings, I would wake up if the wind shifted and changed. That said I did sleep through a 180 shift of the wind losing 6 hours of distance. On my last 100 miles while sleeping the boat fell into a trough, as we fell I woke and heard a loud crack followed by a rip and the boat righted, a blown out sail. Donning my soaking waterproofs, by this point I was naked all the time, clothing always absorbing moisture.
Riding a bucking horse and clipped in I went to the mast, feet numb with cold knocked flat by waves I put in my third reef. I stayed there marveling at life. How the hell, why the hell is someone doing this, a cork on the ocean, white horses charging at you unforgiving and relentless, wind and sea determined to undermine and here you are obnoxiously rebelling against the forces of nature. I went downstairs shivering opened the rum and saluted the forces of nature … not yet!
I crossed the busiest shipping lane, shared a salute with a Chinese engineer, these lanes are so congested you have a vessel every 500 meters, then there is me trying to cross them doing 2 knots into the waves. Took me a day to cross the lanes, no sleep, outside with my flares wishing they would all sink, at least they pay attention in the lanes, on the open sea they sleep. On the radio every 10 minutes "To all vessels yacht passing with no starboard light at coordinates XXXX, course North" with a silent prayer …. "move"!
The last 20 miles were the hardest, I didn't have the patience to tack, 20 miles you can smell land, I was wet cold and tired. It was the longest part of my journey, I turned on the motor and at full power was doing 1knot straight up the waves. How long can these waves carry on for, they are coming from land, how can they have so much reach. The waves abated, the wind dropped, I recognised land marks, finally I arrived into port with no wind flat seas. Did I imagine the rest?
Parents met me with the opening remark "you realise your starboard light isn't working!"
Maria is now for sale, never will you meet someone more faithful and reliable.
I made mistakes during my trip, most notably, not using the radio to communicate my intentions which stemmed from never trusting those on watch. The experience with the near collision I have gone over frequently and even though I believe they should have maintained their course, they made the right call (one I would have made)… they went upwind of me … they assumed seeing a stern light that I would be heading in a direction away from the wind. Never leave port without checking your running lights!


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Multistix 10 SG urinalysis strips are an effective "rule-out" tool for patients with suspected UTI.
Negative Urinalysis Strip Results vs. Urine Culture
In 93% of cases, a negative Multistix 10 SG strip result for leukocyte and nitrite was confirmed negative by urine culture.
The number of false negative samples was significantly reduced when combining the leukocyte and nitrite urinalysis results.
False Negative Samples vs. Urine Culture*
*Further analysis confirmed that a large number of samples defined positive by urine culture did not show a WBC elevation, microscopically.


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While Ohio farmers are getting an earlier than usual start to spring planting thanks to a mild and relatively dry winter, they still have some weather-related concerns. Some worry about the lack of colder temperatures that help control insects.
While Ohio farmers are getting an earlier than usual start to spring planting thanks to a mild and relatively dry winter, they still have some weather-related concerns.
Some worry about the lack of colder temperatures that help control insects, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
"Most farmers prefer to have a nice hard freeze," said farmer Brent Hostetler of Plain City in central Ohio.
Allan Reid, a seed dealer in Fairfield County, worries there won't be adequate rain this spring and summer.
"The weather patterns have just been unusual, and at some point, you get a little nervous wondering if it's going to rain and when it's going to rain," said Reid, Ruff Seed Farms general manager.
Heavy rains delayed most of last year's planting until June.
As of Monday, farmers had planted 2 percent of Ohio's corn and 42 percent of its oats, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last year at this time, farmers had planted no corn and only 4 percent of Ohio's oats.
"In the big scope of things, the early spring and the warm weather has been a blessing," said Stan Smith, a Fairfield County farmer who also works in the county's Ohio State University Extension office.
Corn growers nationwide intend to plant 95.9 million acres, up 4 percent from last year and the highest since the 1930s, according a survey the Agriculture Department released in March. Ohio corn growers expect to plant 3.8 million acres, up 12 percent from last year.
Strong demand is linked to the predicted production increase, with the price per bushel of corn remaining above $6.
The planned soybean acreage nationwide is 73.9 million acres, down 1 percent, but Ohio soybean growers plan 4.6 million acres, the same as last year.
While early indicators generally are positive overall, "that won't mean much if there is extreme weather over the next few months," said Barry Ward, an agricultural economist at Ohio State University.
Fruit growers don't want any more cold temperatures this spring. Apple growers say their crop is at a delicate state this year, with trees blooming three to four weeks early.
"If it gets into the low 20s, there may not be an apple crop," said Bill Dodd, an apple farmer in northeast Ohio and president of the Ohio Fruit Growers Association.
Forty percent of Ohio's apples and 52 percent of its peaches were blooming as of Monday, compared to none last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Since the late 1950s, the field of African historiography has undergone many changes. While discussing African philosophies of history, one must acknowledge shifts within the discipline of history and the Afrocentric vision of historical scholarship as two constitutive processes through which different historiographical trends have come into being. It is difficult to take an essentialist position on African philosophies of history, because Africa has been at the center of various transnational and global processes of historical formation. As a result, the scope and scale of African historiography signals a variety of entanglements. The imperative lies in recognizing such entanglements in the longue durée of Africa's past, to dislodge the narrowly framed imagination attached to African historiography. Considering the complexity of the terrain, it would be appropriate to view African philosophies of history and historiography from three different vantage points. Firstly, historical scholarship centering on Africa has produced critiques of the post-Enlightenment philosophy of history in Europe and elsewhere. This strand highlights the interventions posed by African historiography that decenter a globalized philosophical tradition. Secondly, the inclusion of African indigenous epistemological formations into historical scholarship has transformed the scope of African historiography. This shows shifts in the methodological approaches of historical scholarship and highlights the question of access to the multiplicity of Africa's past. Thirdly, Pan-Africanism and Afropolitanism expanded the scope and scale of the African philosophy of history by thinking through the transnational and global connections of Afrocentric thought. In other words, Afrocentric historiography attends to the ideas of globalism and cosmopolitanism within its scope and scale.
Keywords: historiography and methods, intellectual history, oral traditions, Afrocentrism, African diaspora, East Africa and Indian Ocean
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Hello, have you seen this thread:
The last page, particularly FreeThinker's post, is going to be my personal "go to" when I get frustrated with all the negative changes in the homeschooling movement (if we can still call it a "movement" instead of a "target market", lol) that you and I have seen.
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I got sucked down an endless hole of searching on the Internet for many months. It was fine for my first one, but with three kids all roughly two years apart, I won't have the time to waste with the next two.
Here are the resources I narrowed it down to for prek. They will cover everything we want outside the library walls. I am done searching and pinning and bookmarking a million sites. Here are the results:
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I'm very interested in Shogi, and I have a board I bought from USA (I'm in México).
So of course I'm interested in Shogi tsume (mating problems), eventually I came to hear about Shogi Zukou by Kanju Itou, and Shogi Musou by Soukan Itou III (the third).
However I've come across a bit of a problem, I can't really find any one source for all the problems, at least an English one...
So, is anyone aware of a PDF file (preferable) or some kind of file that has all these problems compiled? Along with their solutions of course. If they could use images or kanji instead of pure text, I would be grateful.


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Top GOP Lawmaker Bends on Taxes
A crack in GOP unity on taxes broke Tuesday when a senior House Republican, Tom Cole of Oklahoma, privately urged his colleagues to accede to the White House's demand they pass an extension of current tax rates just for income up to $250,000. Rep. Cole joins Lunch Break to discuss his position.
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I recently saw this post on reddit: http://www.slashgeek.net/2012/06/15/how-to-be-completely-anonymous-online/
But the majority argument, both on reddit and on comments on that post seems to be that it is not possible to be completely anonymous.
Is it possible to be completely anonymous? How credible are the tips on that post? How can I have a complete anonymous setup?


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