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As I told you on my Insta stories that I am gonna share few looks which can easily be transformed into fall look, this and coming Fashionable Friday. Welcome to my Blog! Do you know about Sustainable fashion?? "Sustainable fashion also called eco fashion, is a part of the growing design philosophy and trend of sustainability, the... Continue Reading →
Back to School
Welcome to my Blog! When I wore this attire, I really felt like I went back to my sixteen…I wish 🙂 but seriously this outfit has something that makes you feel younger and look beautiful. Have you noticed there are some add-ons which are making this outfit more glamorous and fun? It's my favorite "BRA-sériē".... Continue Reading →
Summer's Last Barbecue
Welcome back to my blog! Its National Thrift Shop Day! And I am so excited today, to talk about my favorite thrift stores, in this Blogpost. As you know, Only a month left for this summer and me and my friends want to celebrate these last few days of summer with Barbecue Party. Seriously, I... Continue Reading →
Happy Independence Day – Celebrate Freedom Celebrate Life
"In the national flag of India, the top band is of Saffron color, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The last band is green in color shows the fertility, growth, and auspiciousness of the land." Indian Independence Day (August 15th)… Its the day when we got our Freedom...A freedom... Continue Reading →
Lady in "Blue Floral"
Welcome to My Blog! This post is all about BRA-sériē and a perfect matchy dress with it. The photos are so good and expressive thanks to MusedigitalGroup, that the words can not describe the beauty about it. So I am gonna make this post short and simple. This green dress "Vinyasa Cotton Ruched' bought from... Continue Reading →
Boss Babe Outfit
Pastel colors and good makeup....best combo! What do you guys think? Welcome to my Blog and Happy Fashionable Friday. White is the first choice in summer and good for the day out but today I am giving you excuse to wear this color for your girls night out. Sounds fun?? Yes! Chick badass look mixed... Continue Reading →
My Matchy Weekend
Welcome to my blog! Dress up to dazzle is incomplete without proper dress, so here I am back again with chic and feminine style dress, with bold color and touch of soothing summer style. Today I don't want to highlight any story or reason behind this dress. I just liked this dress and its... Continue Reading →
No Makeup-Makeup
Welcome to my blog! Lots of people ask me this question that what makeup or foundation I use?? Why my skin always glow?? Let me reveal that I don't use any foundation. This is my natural color. If you talk about makeup, its totally basic like cc cream (some time), concealer, light contour, highlighter powder,... Continue Reading →
Dinner Date
Welcome to my Blog…Happy Fashionable Friday guys! Who likes to go for a dinner date? I'm sure everyone does. And it's weekend so everyone must have some plans. What comes to your mind when someone asks you for the date…….."What to wear?????" Let me tell you what you can wear. How about some effortless... Continue Reading →
"What's Hot" July Fashion Trends
"When you feel "must" instead of "maybe", or "stunning" instead of "stylish," that's CUSP." "Since Fall 2006, CUSP clients have known the right look of the moment and are eager to embrace what's next. We still love the classics, but the CUSP girl knows it's the delicate balance between the radical and the refined that keeps... Continue Reading →


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Many educators find Twitter a useful tool | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/18/2011
Menoo Rami, host of #engchat on Twitter, is profiled in this article about how teachers use Twitter to interact and learn.
BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker – MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian – Free
Bibliography creator for books, magazines, newspapers, websites, journals, and films that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian.
What's at Stake in the Georgia State Copyright Case – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
This case could be the one that clarifies what is considered fair use for educational purposes.
Hollywood Spurs Surge in Computer Science Majors – NYTimes.com
Computer science is becoming popular in colleges.
Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer
Richard Byrne's list of resources to try out over the summer for use in the classroom come fall.
Writer Unboxed » The Pubbed Writer's 7 Deadly Sins
Therese Walsh has some good advice (and reminders) for published writers.
Students Becoming Curators of Information | Langwitches Blog
Silvia Tolisano explains how students can become curators and outlines tools that are good for the purpse.
Kathy Schrock's – Google Blooms Taxonomy
Kathy Schrock sorts Google tools according to level of questioning on Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.
"The Extreme Presentation method is a step-by-step approach for designing presentations of complex or controversial information in ways that drive people to action."
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The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable (sometimes written as The Rt Hon., The Rt Hon or The Rt. Hon.) is a prefix which shows honour. It is given to certain people, for example some MP's, in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other places which are members of the Commonwealth. It is sometimes given in other places, as well. Examples of this are The Right Honourable David Cameron PC MP, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper PC MP, former Prime Minister of Canada, and The Right Honourable John Key MP, former Prime Minister of New Zealand.
In the present-day United Kingdom, the term is given to members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. In effect, these are present or past members of Parliament who have served as cabinet ministers in a government.


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RICHMOND — Fundraising efforts have begun in earnest to send five women who served as defense workers in World War II to Washington, D.C., in April to meet Vice President Joe Biden.
The invitation was extended by Biden in a personal phone call in October after an extended letter-writing campaign of several years by Phyllis Gould, 92, a Fairfax resident who worked at the Kaiser Richmond shipyards during World War II.
Biden invited Gould and her sister, Marian Sousa, 87, of El Sobrante; Marian Wynn, 87, of Fairfield; Kay Morrison, 90, of Fairfield; and Priscilla Elder, 93, of Pinole to meet him as representatives of the thousands of women who broke workplace conventions to do their part during the war. All the women worked in the Richmond shipyards helping to build Liberty and Victory cargo ships.
The Rosie the Riveter Trust is supporting the trip by using its nonprofit status to allow the collection of individual donations by the five Rosies and five assistants, tentatively planned for the first week of April.
The Rosies are a popular attraction each Friday at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park visitors center, where they discuss their wartime experiences with the public.
National Park Service rules forbid the Richmond park's active participation in sending the Rosies to the nation's capital, and tax rules prevent the five from collecting donations themselves. That's where the trust, a private support organization for the national park, enters the picture.
"We are the supporting organization providing a nonprofit status," said Marsha Mather-Thrift, executive director of the Rosie the Riveter Trust. "The park is not sponsoring the trip, but the trust is very supportive because they are very deserving. They are really a wonderful and interesting contingent. It's a great opportunity, and we're very excited about it."
The Rosies, with a collective 449 years between them, need assistants to accompany them. If nothing else, "the helpers are essential because we can't boost our own luggage any more," said Gould, who hoisted welding equipment during the war.
"With all the letters I wrote, I never stopped to think what would happen if they actually answered me," she said.
Individual donations can be made by going to rosietheriveter.org, clicking the "Donate Now" button and specifying "Rosie's Fund" in the box asking who the gift is dedicated for.
Contributions can also be mailed to Rosie the Riveter Trust, attention Rosie's Fund, P.O. Box 71126, Richmond, CA 94807-1126.
Any funds in excess of the cost of the trip "will be used to support the trust's public education programs that amplify the park's history and tell stories of workers who broke barriers in order to inspire others," Mather-Thrift said.
how to help
Individual donations to send the Rosies to Washington, D.C., can be made by going to rosietheriveter.org, clicking the "Donate Now" button and specifying "Rosie's Fund" in the box asking who the gift is dedicated for.
Contributions can also be mailed to Rosie the Riveter Trust, attention Rosie's Fund, P.O. Box 71126, Richmond, CA 94807-1126.


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Is the state's lead environmental agency adequately resourced? Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joseph Martens says that after a series of severe cuts in which the agency lost 20 percent of its staff, he does not expect to be hiring in the foreseeable future. Referring to the condition of the state's finances, Commissioner Martens told the Gotham Gazette, "We are trying to adjust to that new reality. I don't think we can think about adding resources anytime soon." Commissioner Martens stressed that the DEC has not lost additional staff since Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been in office, and that this year's budget added resources for badly needed DEC capital projects.
Sixteen months ago, representatives of some of the state's leading environmental organizations wrote an open letter to then New York gubernatorial candidates Carl Paladino and Andrew Cuomo. The letter referenced "long-standing problems that are now endemic to New York State's efforts to protect public health, provide stewardship of our lands, and prevent our air and water from being polluted." It described the condition of the DEC as "dire" due to disproportionate budget cuts and the loss of almost 800 agency scientists, engineers and enforcement officials in less than four years. The letter also discussed the "slashing" of the state's Environmental Protection Fund by 40% in 2010. According to the signers, the Fund's diminishment left "municipalities and non-profit groups waiting for payments to support ongoing efforts to protect drinking water, reduce solid waste, and improve the quality of life in New York's communities." State support for the Fund has remained at the 2010 level of $134 million.
After his election, Cuomo went on to name one of the letter's signers, Open Space Institute Director Joseph Martens, as the new DEC Commissioner. Conversations in the last few weeks with several of the letter's signers, along with elected officials, and others who work with the agency, revolved around one central question with no easy answer. Can the DEC sustain its enormous and critical mission with its current level of resources? And if it cannot fully sustain the mission, what is the potential long-term impact on the State's natural resources and public health? Indeed, a number of environmental advocates argue that as the agency's resources have shrunk, its responsibilities have only increased because of additional state and federal legislation, population growth, and long-term environmental challenges like climate change. Paul Gallay, President of Hudson Riverkeeper and a DEC staffer for ten years, asserts that the DEC is on a "starvation budget." "The job has gotten bigger and the budget is smaller... remember, the term environment covers hundreds of different aspects of our quality of life and public health."
Martens points out that, despite prior staff losses, the agency has had significant accomplishments in the last year, including passage of legislation regulating large-scale water withdrawal from state rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater. Environmental groups have hailed this legislation and the DEC's role in bringing it to fruition. But these same groups, the union representing DEC professional staff and some elected officials argue that the DEC is being asked to do too much without sufficient resources.
An Expansive Mission and New Challenges
"This is an agency with an enormous mission", says Richard Schrader, the National Resource Defense Council's legislative director. The agency's mission is to "conserve, improve and protect New York's natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic and social well-being." The DEC's structure speaks to the breadth and depth of the agency's mission. Six programmatic "offices", housing 10 divisions and other dedicated units, oversee the state's air and water resources, environmental permitting functions, environmental remediation and materials management needs, enforcement of environmental regulations, and management of natural resources such as forests and marine areas. This does not include the agency's administrative and operational divisions. The DEC's responsibilities include everything from monitoring and reducing air pollution to inspecting sewage treatment plants to the upkeep of state-owned hiking trails. Commissioner Martens points out that the DEC "touches an enormous variety of New Yorkers' lives".
A serious challenge for the DEC and state environmental policy in general is that environmental conditions are shifting, and will continue to do so. The DEC houses special offices focused on emerging issues such as climate change and invasive species. Its public protection office includes a law enforcement division and an emergency response unit. Schrader described the agency's performance during the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene as "very impressive". He noted that emergency relief work is another "redefining of the agency's mission". Commissioner Martens was on hand as DEC staff worked in the field during Hurricane Irene and commented that, "the staff was extraordinary. Anytime we've asked the staff to do something, they've responded."
Because New York is seeing more illustrations of the impact of climate change, the agency is promoting energy efficiency and sustainable development throughout the state via programs like Cleaner Greener Communities. The DEC also manages regulatory responsibilities connected with New York's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon trading program among nine U.S. states. Income from the initiative is reinvested in renewable energy projects.
Another key challenge for the DEC is that it is considered an important part of realizing the Cuomo administration's economic development objectives. The Cuomo administration sees both environmental protection and wise stewardship of New York's wealth of natural resources as inextricably linked to economic revitalization. An environmental policy overview released by the governor before his election argues that the state cannot afford to address environmental challenges in a vacuum. This statement has particular resonance given the state's financial condition. A dual mission of environmental protection and economic development creates enormous opportunities for the DEC, and profound challenges. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the administration's plan to open the Marcellus Shale to hydraulic fracturing. The DEC has stated that they will require an estimated 225 additional staff to adequately oversee drilling in the Shale and protect the state's water resources. The Cuomo administration is exploring whether additional fees charged to the gas industry could be used to support new DEC staff.
Robert Moore, Executive Director of Environmental Advocates, a non-profit group that monitors the DEC, questions the rationality of hiring 225 people to service one industry after 800 staff cuts. He also asked whether revenue for the agency could be increased by reviewing its overall fee structure. Mr. Moore maintains that while environmental and economic successes are not diametrically opposed, the DEC has one core mission. "With regard to fracking, the Governor and the DEC initially erred by buying into industry claims of economic benefits rather than focusing on the science. Job creation is not DEC's job, environmental protection is."
The DEC is actively involved in the state's economic life as a regulator, provider of technical assistance and an economic engine. The agency manages natural resources, such as forests and fisheries, which are vital to the state's economy. The DEC's capital projects have the capacity to generate economic activity and support future investment. This year's additional capital funding for DEC will be used for coastal erosion and flood control projects, and dam reconstruction. The $102 million allocated to the DEC is part of $1 billion being spent statewide via the New York Works program. According to Martens, the DEC is also considering implementation of a program currently used by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency that encourages businesses to self-audit their processes in exchange for technical assistance with pollution prevention. The Cuomo administration has expressed a general interest in finding ways to link environmental regulations and business incentives.
Responding to Limited Resources
When asked about agency priorities in 2012 and beyond, Martens explained that the DEC is in the process of evaluating how agency services can be improved given current budget constraints. The agency's permitting functions are an area where Mr. Martens believes real strides can be made, and the agency plans to review every permit program (from wastewater discharge to wetlands protection) in the next two years. He notes that DEC "technology badly needs upgrading but we have embarked on an initiative to increase how we can use the technology we have to increase efficiency in our processes." Martens argues that both the ability to file electronically and a re-design of the permitting process can make up for some of the agency's staff loss. "A lot of the processes can be simplified and staff can do more program work." This approach is echoed in Cuomo's New NY Agenda, which proposes "a comprehensive review of the existing environmental bureaucracy" and "recommendations for reorganization and better coordination where such coordination would provide for significant cost savings, better management or more efficient operations".
Three DEC staff members who are familiar with the agency's permitting programs commented anonymously that while a rethinking of the agency's permitting process is inevitable given resource limitations, the fundamental objective of permit review should not be compromised. They made the point that no matter how quickly applications can be submitted, a qualified staff person must be available to thoroughly review the application, and determine if relevant information has been withheld. They argued that the agency simply does not have sufficient staff people at present to carry out compliance and enforcement responsibilities which are needed after permits are approved. They also questioned the agency's use of both contractors and state employees to carry out permit review functions, pointing out that contractors are not necessarily subject to the same ethics requirements as state employees.
Measuring the Impact of Staffing Cuts
The DEC's 2,983 employees who are responsible for carrying out the agency's mission and programmatic objectives are situated in an Albany central office and in nine regional offices throughout the state. Agency staffing levels are at their lowest point in over 20 years.
Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (D), chair of the State Legislature's Environmental Conservation Committee believes that staffing losses have impacted the DEC on a variety of levels, including its ability to monitor air and water quality, process permits and even file applications for additional federal funding. "Everything has been impacted and nothing has been abandoned…they are hurting very badly and their employees are showing extraordinary dedication. They're not getting the resources. We're not talking about a small number of positions. Their needs are very significant." Assembly Member Sweeney's counterpart in the State Senate, Environmental Conservation Committee chair Sen. Mark Grisanti (R), adds that "the DEC has basically been cut to the bone. The biggest challenge is getting the DEC to the levels it needs". As to whether Governor Cuomo sees the agency as a high priority, he responds, "the Governor totally recognizes the importance of the DEC. I think that he gets it." Representatives of environmental organizations interviewed for this article had varying opinions on the priority that the Cuomo administration places on the DEC's resource needs. The Cuomo administration did not respond to requests for comment.
There is not complete agreement that restoring some of the DEC's lost staff capacity is what the agency needs to fulfill its mission. Darren Suarez, Government Affairs Director with the Business Council of New York State, argues that "the agency has significant resources. The DEC has been evaluating how they're using their resources. They've recognized that they can't operate as they have in the past. You can't just throw additional staff at the problem…the DEC has committed itself to lean management." He notes that there are technological solutions that could be used to help address some of the DEC's responsibilities, such as remote monitoring of wastewater discharge, and believes that the permit review process "had become duplicative". Suarez "sees no indication" that the agency cannot fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment. And he believes that the DEC has recognized that they can do more to work in a collaborative manner with business, and not forego regulatory requirements.
None of the environmental leaders who sounded the alarm about the DEC 16 months ago were prepared to argue that the state's environment had markedly deteriorated due to loss of staff at the agency. In fact, they highlighted a number of the agency's accomplishments over the last year and the impressive performance of DEC personnel. What they shared was a sense that the agency was no longer operating at full capacity because it lacked sufficient manpower. Marcia Bystryn, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters, maintained that "there is no reason to believe that anything catastrophic has taken place." But she added that DEC's staffing constraints "have slowed things down". Paul Gallay at Hudson Riverkeeper adds, "we are slowing down on the progress we made in past decades. Sooner rather than later, we could come to a dead stop and then go in reverse. You don't want to get to that point." Sweeney was perhaps more pessimistic. "It may not be obvious that the air quality is worse, or that the water quality isn't what it should be, but that doesn't mean there isn't a problem… Unfortunately DEC is not out there in the field as much as they were in the past and should be in the future. Their ability is compromised."
Martens agrees that there were "real concerns about whether we could handle and continue with our basic functions, and keep our mission…(but) things have stabilized here. I still have a great deal of confidence in our ability to maintain and improve water quality for instance." He cites an agreement signed last week between DEC and New York City's Department of Environmental Protection that will reduce the flow of sewage into the Hudson River, East River, Newtown Creek, Gowanus Canal and other city waterways. The enforcement order is the result of two years of work by DEC's water division. Commissioner Martens adds, "I don't think we have lost ground. We've made progress."
We will be looking at specific areas where advocates have raised questions about DEC capacity, including monitoring of wastewater discharge and air quality, and the agency's ability to respond to oil and chemical spills, in a follow-up article.


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It looks like "Grey's Anatomy" is about to go under the knife to cut out one of its stars… and breathe easy, Ellen Pompeo fans, it's got nothing to do with the recent fiery ferry crash.
ABC has decided to pursue a "Grey's" spin-off with sexy neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (played by the lovely Kate Walsh) as the lead character, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
The pilot has yet to be finalized and "Grey's" creator Shonda Rhimes has yet to decide on a title.
However, Rhimes recently filled the cast in on the idea and revealed she will write a special two-hour episode to serve as the pilot, with a likely debut in May, according to the report.Walsh joined the "Grey's" cast in May 2005, appearing towards the end of the season one finale.
When contacted by Access Hollywood, ABC had no further comment beyond what was in the Wall Street Journal article.
In order to focus on the project, Rhimes has reportedly back-burnered "Correspondents," another pilot she was working on starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who played Katherine Heigl's patient love interest Denny Duquette.
"Correspondents" follows a group of female journalists as they travel around the country doing news stories together. Although, it would star Morgan, it would have nothing to do with the "Grey's" franchise.


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Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal:
Jobs, Back at Apple, Focuses on New Tablet — Just a few months after Steve Jobs had a liver transplant, the Apple Inc. chief executive is once again managing even the smallest details of his company's products, this time focused on a new tablet device. — Since his return in late June …
Discussion: PC World, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, eWeek, CNET News, Contentinople, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Bloomberg, Brainstorm Tech, Silicon Alley Insider, Tech Trader Daily, techblog.dallasnews.com, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, DailyTech, The iPhone Blog, Gawker, GMSV, NBC Bay Area, Open IT Strategies, The Huffington Post, Boing Boing Gadgets, ChannelWeb, I4U News, SlashGear, GottaBeMobile.com, Electricpig.co.uk, The Mac Observer, TheStreet.com, Electronista, Pocket-lint.com, Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac, Mashable!, www.pocketgamer.biz, Engadget, TeleRead and CrunchGear, Thanks:mrinaldesai
David Coursey / PC World: Report: Tablet Is Apple's Third Try, Jobs' Top Interest
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Do not get in my way when I am on a mission, or I swear to God you will get hurt
Nathan Eddy / eWeek: Upon Return to Apple, Jobs Focuses on Tablet Device
Lance Whitney / CNET News: Report: Steve Jobs concentrating on tablet
Erin Barker / Contentinople: News Bits: Jobs Takes Control of Apple's Tablet
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica: Jobs on top of every detail of iTablet, according to rumors
Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Steve Jobs Almost Entirely Focused on Tablet Project?
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech: Steve Jobs speaks (briefly) to the press
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Employees "Jarred" By Steve Jobs's Fiery Return
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Apple: Jobs Micro-Managing The Tablet, WSJ Says
Victor Godinez / techblog.dallasnews.com: Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs "pouring almost all of his attention" …
Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog: Steve Jobs Locked on iTablet
Daniel Macht / NBC Bay Area: Some Nerve: Apple Staffers Whine About Jobs' Return
Joel West / Open IT Strategies: Nokia netbook nonsense
Shelly Palmer / The Huffington Post: Pirate Bay Offline: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer August 25th, 2009
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing Gadgets: Jobs micromanaging Tablet marketing
Robert Evans / I4U News: Steve Jobs Heads up Tablet Development...Maybe
Chris Davies / SlashGear: Apple tablet is Jobs' micro-management obsession claims WSJ
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile.com: Jobs, The Tablet, and the Wall St. Journal
Joe Minihane / Electricpig.co.uk: Apple Tablet: Jobs' top priority
Joseph Woelfel / TheStreet.com: Apple CEO Focusing On New Tablet: Report
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.com: Steve Jobs responds to Apple tablet rumours
Joanna Stern / Gizmodo: WSJ: Steve Jobs Killed Apple Tablet Twice Already
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac: WSJ: Jobs spending all of his time on Tablet. Jobs: BS
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!: Steve Jobs Is Laser Focused on the Apple Tablet
Spanner Spencer / www.pocketgamer.biz: Steve Jobs focusing on Apple Tablet
Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear: Jobs focusing on tablet - in other breaking news, the sky is blue
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Yahoo Acquiring Arab Portal Maktoob After All; Around $75M-$80M — Last month we got a tip that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) was in final stages of buying onlien of the largest Arab online portals Maktoob, for about $75 million. This was right when the MSFT-Yahoo deal was announced …
Discussion: VentureBeat, PC World, Contentinople, eWeek, CNET News, TechSpot, TechCrunch, StartUpArabia, ArabCrunch, Softpedia News and Tech Trader Daily
Daniel Ionescu / PC World: Yahoo Gets More Social
Erin Barker / Contentinople: Yahoo Targets Arab World With Maktoob.com Buy
Clint Boulton / eWeek: Yahoo to Buy Arab Portal Maktoob.com to Reach the Middle East
Lance Whitney / CNET News: Yahoo reaches Arab world with acquisition
Matthew DeCarlo / TechSpot: Yahoo to acquire Maktoob for rumored $75-$80 million
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Yahoo May Have Acquired Arab Portal Maktoob (Updated)
Mohamed Marwen Meddah / StartUpArabia: Yahoo! Maktoob: It's Official, Yahoo! Acquiring Largest Arab Community Maktoob
Keith Nilsson / Yodel Anecdotal:
Yahoo! will soon speak Arabic — This morning in Dubai, Yahoo! begins learning a new language - Arabic. We've just announced our intent to acquire Maktoob.com, the leading online community in the Arab world. To put this in perspective, Maktoob reaches one in every three people online throughout the region — or 16.5 million people.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Confirmed: Yahoo Acquires Arab Internet Portal Maktoob
Kelly Fiveash / The Register: Yahoo! to! buy! Arab! world's! biggest! online! portal!
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Hopefully, the Yahoo Experience in Arabic Won't Include a "Maktoooooo-ooob!"
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Yahoo picks up Arabic portal Maktoob; Bets on Middle East as emerging market
The Insider / Silicon Alley Insider: Yahoo Acquires Arabic Portal Maktoob.com
John Murrell / GMSV: Yahoo buying Maktoob.com to boost its Arabic numbers
Arnold Zafra / Search Engine Journal: Yahoo to Acquire Arab Site Maktoob
Tom Taulli / BloggingStocks: Yahoo! purchases Maktoob.com: Yahoo of Arabia?
Dylan Bowman / Maktoob Business:
Yahoo! to acquire Maktoob.com — Yahoo! has agreed to acquire Maktoob.com, the Arab world's largest online community, marking the first major investment by a U.S. technology company in a region where internet penetration is still in its infancy. The global internet giant said on Tuesday …
Discussion: ArabCrunch, StartUpArabia, thenational.ae and Pulse2
Mohamed Marwen Meddah / StartUpArabia: Jabbar Internet Group: The New Group & Its Companies
Tom Gara / thenational.ae: Yahoo buys Maktoob
Amit Chowdhry / Pulse2: Yahoo! Acquiring Arab Portal Maktoob.com
Gary Wolf / Wired News:
Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess — The Internet's great promise is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful. So how come when you arrive at the most popular dating site in the US you find a stream of anonymous come-ons intermixed with insults, ads for prostitutes, naked pictures, and obvious scams?
Discussion: Epicenter
Fred / A VC:
What We Can Learn From Mess — Gary Wolf wrote a Wired cover story about craigslist called "Why Craigslist Is Such A Mess". It's a somewhat strange article because it is highly critical of craigslist's design, management, and lack of innovation. But you cannot read that article …
Joe Hewitt:
Innocent Until Proven Guilty — I'd like to add my voice to the stream of complaints about the iPhone App Store, but before I say anything critical, I have to promise one thing. No matter how annoyed I get, I will not stop developing for Apple's platforms or using Apple's products as long …
Discussion: Technologizer, Engadget, The Apple Core, EverythingiCafe, Music Ally, Sample the Web, TechCrunch, The Equity Kicker, The iPhone Blog and Mashable!, Thanks:atul
Harry McCracken / Technologizer: Another Take on iPhone App Approval
Nilay Patel / Engadget: Editorial: Apple, the FCC, and the sideloading solution
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core: Developer calls for Apple to eliminate App Store review process
Marianne Schultz / EverythingiCafe: Facebook App Developer Calls for Elimination of App Approval Process
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Now Facebook's iPhone developer criticises App Store approvals
C.K. Sample III / Sample the Web: Ruminating about possibly eliminating the iPhone App review process
Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog: Poll: Should Apple Improve the iPhone App Store, Eliminate It, or Both?
Andrew Nusca / Between the Lines:
Liveblog: Sony announces $399 7" Wi-Fi 3G e-book Reader; will it kill the Kindle? — Get BTL via: — We're here live in New York for Sony's Reader press event. … 10:46 AM: That's all, folks! — 10:45 AM: Haber announces "Reader Daily Edition, our first 3G wireless reader with 7-inch display."
Discussion: Ars Technica, Engadget, ReadWriteWeb, TeleRead, Technologizer, internetnews.com, PC World, Macworld, L.A. Times Tech Blog, BetaNews, paidContent, Gizmodo, Digits, MediaMemo, jkOnTheRun, bub.blicio.us, Obsessable, Electronista, SlashGear, I4U News and Sony Insider
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb: EBooks: Sony Announces Wireless eReader and Partnership with More Booksellers
Harry McCracken / Technologizer: Sony's E-Reader Finally Goes Wireless
Tim Conneally / BetaNews: Sony's latest e-reader finally adds 3G wireless
David Kaplan / paidContent: Sony Unveils Three Would-Be Kindle Killers …
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Sony Reader Daily Edition Kindle Fighter Coming Like, Now
Andrew LaVallee / Digits: Sony Takes a Page From Apple's Playbook
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Sony Attacks Amazon's Kindle with $399 3G Digital Library Book
Michelle Lentz / bub.blicio.us: Sony's Answer to the Kindle DX
C.K. Sample III / Obsessable: $399 touchscreen Sony Reader Daily Edition with AT&T 3G to challenge …
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: New Sony Reader Daily Edition To Be Unveiled
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
A Teenager's Dream: An iPhone App for Free Texting — A recently released app that offers free text messages on the iPhone is welcome news to parents of teenagers upset over the cellphone bills of their hypertexting children. But can it be a sustainable business?
Discussion: Phone Arena
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Apple taps 'Puddy' to attack Windows 7 — After a hiatus of three and a half months without a new TV ad, Apple (AAPL) broke out a pair of fresh "Get a Mac" spots Monday night to soften the ground for the next operating system war with Microsoft (MSFT). — Earlier that day …
Discussion: Macworld, Engadget, TechFlash, Cult of Mac, bub.blicio.us, MediaMemo, Gizmodo, MacRumors and Off On A Tangent
Dan Moren / Macworld: New Get a Mac spots take aim at Microsoft ads
Ross Miller / Engadget: Apple enlists David Puddy to take on the Laptop Hunters
Michelle Lentz / bub.blicio.us: New Apple Ads: Funny or Old?
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: David Puddy, Meet the Mac: Here's the "Seinfeld" …
Steve Garfield / Off On A Tangent: Apple's New Get A Mac Ad
Dan Nystedt / PC World:
Asustek's Android Eee PC Remains in Deep Freeze — The CEO of netbook pioneer Asustek Computer said Tuesday that he still sees no clear market for mini-laptops known as smartbooks, the reason the company isn't moving forward in that product segment. — The company raised hopes …
Discussion: Electronista, Softpedia News, Electricpig.co.uk, SlashGear, Liliputing, jkOnTheRun, CrunchGear, Engadget, Mashable! and Gearlog
Ben Sillis / Electricpig.co.uk: Android Eee PC stuck in stasis
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: ASUS Android Computers Still in a Holding Pattern
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear: ASUS doesn't see a clear market for smartbooks
Tim Stevens / Engadget: ASUS puts Snapdragon smartbook on hold, breaks hearts of Androids everywhere
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: Maybe Chrome OS Did Kill Android Netbooks After All
Brian Heater / Gearlog: Asus Not Focused on Android Netbook
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts confirmed in Target ad for next week — We just received a pair of pics from "next week's" Target Ad. As has been heavily rumored, the Xbox 360 60GB Pro system will be cut to $250 while the 120GB Elite will drop to $300. Knowing that Target's weekly ads run …
Discussion: PC World, CrunchGear, GamesIndustry.biz, DigitalBattle.com, VG247, Switched, GoNintendo, ChannelWeb, Joystiq and Kotaku
Matt Peckham / PC World: Target Ad 'Confirms' Multiple Xbox 360 Price Drops
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Target ad shows $299 Xbox 360 Elite, $250 Xbox 360 Pro
Peter Molyneux / GamesIndustry.biz: Target ad points to new $300 Xbox 360 Elite price
Jeff Baker / DigitalBattle.com: Cheaper Xbox 360s appear in Target ad
Patrick Garratt / VG247: Rumour: Target ad confirms imminent 360 price cut
RawmeatCowboy / GoNintendo: Xbox 360 Pro SKU to match Wii price starting this weekend
Jennifer Bosavage / ChannelWeb: Microsoft Xbox Price Cuts: Are They For Real?
JC Fletcher / Joystiq: Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite, Pro deals revealed by Target
Brian Crecente / Kotaku: Best Buy Ad Also Confirms 360 Price Drops
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Whatever You Do, Please, PLEASE Don't Search for Jessica Biel — You think you know danger? You don't know danger. The internet's biggest perils are hidden beneath a pretty face; a simple Google search for Jessica Biel might result in a site filled with viruses, trojans, and spyware.
Discussion: Reuters, Pocket-lint.com and Switched
Duncan Geere / Pocket-lint.com: Katie Price is dangerous, says McAfee
Caleb Johnson / Switched: Searching for 'Jessica Biel' Is Bad for Your Computer
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg: "Spotify Is So Good" — The ink isn't even dry on the MySpace/iLike acquisition, and already Facebook has a new crush on a different music service, Spotify. — We've heard that Facebook has been talking with the European startup about a partnership for well over a year …
Discussion: Music Ally and Electricpig
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify and Facebook sitting in a tree, P.A.R.T.N.E.R.I.N.G?
Ben Sillis / Electricpig: Spotify Facebook app on the way?
Anger at UK file-sharing policy — Internet service providers (ISPs) have reacted with anger to new proposals on how to tackle internet piracy. — The government is proposing a tougher stance which would include cutting off repeat offenders from the net.
Discussion: Music Ally, Telegraph, dot.life, CrunchGear, T3.com News, Pocket-lint.com and Open Gardens
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: UK government wants to toughen up anti-piracy measures
Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life: Who is batting for file-sharing proposals?
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Updated Digital Britain report recommends, yes, to kick pirates off the Internet
Duncan Geere / Pocket-lint.com: Government announces filesharing crackdown
Richard Wray / Guardian:
Internet cut-off threat for illegal downloaders
Internet cut-off threat for illegal downloaders
Discussion: The Open Rights Group, Telegraph, BBC and p2pnet
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay Returns With Guns Blazing — When The Pirate Bay was shut down yesterday many believed that this was the end for the Internet's largest BitTorrent tracker. — However, despite the fact that the site is set to be sold later this week, the Pirate Bay team worked around the clock …
Discussion: p2pnet, Electricpig.co.uk, PC Magazine, freakbits.com and Gizmodo
Ben Sillis / Electricpig.co.uk: Pirate Bay sunk by court order
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine: Swedish Court Orders ISP to Take Down Pirate Bay
Pirate Bay ISP victim of sabotage after shutdown
Pirate Bay ISP victim of sabotage after shutdown
Discussion: TorrentFreak, The Register and Softpedia News
Kelly Fiveash / The Register: Pirate Bay site down as anchor set adrift
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People — Wikipedia, one of the 10 most popular sites on the Web, was founded about eight years ago as a long-shot experiment to create a free encyclopedia from the contributions of volunteers, all with the power to edit, and presumably improve, the content.
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph, Open Source, Download Squad, Joho the Blog, CNET News, Maximum PC all and Wired Campus
Shane Richmond / blogs.telegraph.co.uk: Wikipedia: the encyclopedia anyone can edit (after review by an experienced editor)
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source: What really happened to Wikipedia
Michelle Meyers / CNET News: Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
Opera Press Room:
Opera 10 sprints toward the finish line with new release candidate — Efforts indicate a September 1st launch for Opera 10 Final — Opera today released the first release candidate for Opera 10. Today's release points to a September 1st launch for the final version of Opera 10.
Discussion: CNET News, The Register and AppScout
Stephen Shankland / CNET News: Opera 10 nears final stages
Kelly Fiveash / The Register: Opera 10 hits release candidate status
Brian Heater / AppScout: Opera 10 Gets Sept. 1st Release Date
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Opera 10 Slated For September 1 Launch. Will Anyone Take Notice?
Opera 10 Slated For September 1 Launch. Will Anyone Take Notice?
Discussion: Softpedia News
Tom Harvey / Salt Lake Tribune:
Court overturns key computer software decision — SCO Group » Lindon firm to renew battles with IBM, Novell — The SCO Group vowed to renew legal battles against computer giant IBM and Novell after a federal appeals court ruled Monday in its favor on key issues related to the ownership …
Discussion: Network World, Groklaw NewsPicks, Softpedia News, Digital Daily and Computerworld
John Fontana / Network World: Judge overturns 2007 Unix copyright decision
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Die, SCO, Die! — "There's No Free Lunch — or Free Linux."
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / Computerworld: The SCO zombie wins one
David Kravets / Threat Level:
It's Baaaack ... Appeals Court Resurrects SCO Lawsuit
It's Baaaack ... Appeals Court Resurrects SCO Lawsuit
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Jonathan Bailey / PlagiarismToday: 3 Count: Zombies Everywhere
Michelle Delio / Mac|Life all:
Apple's FCC Response Infuriates Google Voice App Developer — Apple's open letter to the FCC has left at least one iPhone app development team "more frustrated than ever." — Kevin Duerr and his crew at Riverturn, a technology consulting firm that built the VoiceCentral Google Voice app …
Discussion: Between the Lines, TheAppleBlog, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog, Neowin.net and Googling Google
Virginia Nussey / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog: Google Apps for iPhone and Apple's Smart Phone Throwdown
Anthony Barboza / Neowin.net: Apple, Google, AT&T respond to FCC
Garett Rogers / Googling Google: Apple denies the denial of Google Voice app
Nigel Kendall / Times of London:
Sony boss reveals plans for PlayStation — The Times was the only UK publication at Gamescom in Cologne last week to speak with Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai. We met up with him the morning after he had taken the stage to announce the new PlayStation 3 Slim …
Discussion: Ars Technica, Fast Company, Kotaku, The Register, Engadget, SlashGear, GamesIndustry.biz, T3.com News, VG247, Pocket-lint.com and Joystiq
Michael Thompson / Ars Technica: Sony still losing money with the PS3 Slim
Brian Ashcraft / Kotaku: Sony Losing Money on PS3 Slim
James Sherwood / The Register: Sony inks Motion Control launch date
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: PS3 Slim hardware still losing money
Andrew House / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony losing money on every PS3 Slim sold
Patrick Garratt / VG247: Sony losing money on each PS3 Slim
Andrew Yoon / Joystiq: PLAYSTATION 3 logo replaced due to 'visibility' issues
Jordan Weitz / Google LatLong:
Arterial traffic available on Google Maps — Commuters have long relied on traffic sites to help them determine their last-minute path around poor traffic on the highway. But if the traffic looks bad on the highways, you'll probably want to know how it looks on the alternate routes through arterials.
Discussion: The Official Google Blog, TechCrunch, BetaNews, James Fee GIS Blog, Lost Remote and silicontap.com
Dave Barth / The Official Google Blog: The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data
Tim Conneally / BetaNews: Google Maps for Mobile users become traffic beacons
James Fee / James Fee GIS Blog: Wait! Sensor Webs Do Exist in the Real World Thanks to Google Maps Mobile
Kevin Ohannessian / Fast Company:
Felicia Day and The Guild's Path to Level 80 Digital Success — The Guild may not be on network television, but with millions of downloads and a third season starting, Felicia Day is proving that a geek community is better than broadcast. — If you don't think a massively multiplayer …
Jason Snell / Macworld:
Parallels releases Switch to Mac bundle — Striving to provide an all-in-one-retail-box solution to Windows users who want to switch to the Mac, Parallels announced Tuesday that it's releasing a new version of its Parallels Desktop software that comes with a USB transfer cable …
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer: Parallels Aims to Help Windows-to-Mac Switchers
Brett Terpstra / TUAW: Parallels makes switching to Mac easier than ever
Cade Metz / The Register: Parallels woos Apple cult converts
First look at Nokia N97 Mini — Imagine there's no Nokia N900 and its brand-new OS, what would Nokia have left on their hands? The right answer is S60, that will be utilized in a plethora of new devices, as the number of smartphones in the company's portfolio will increase dramatically.
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Chris Davies / SlashGear: Nokia N97 Mini gets early review: Awful keyboard
Ilinca Nita / Unwired View: Nokia N900 appears in official photo while Nokia N97 Mini gets previewed
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile: Preview: Nokia N97 Mini: Like the N97, but with a smaller screen …
Joe Minihane / Electricpig.co.uk: Nokia N900: official pic spotted
Ross Miller / Engadget: Nokia N97 Mini previewed: not so mini, not so great
Daniel / Mobile Tech Addicts: Nokia N97 Mini Preview
Danny Allen / Gizmodo: Nokia N97 Mini Not So Mini, Keyboard Not Great Either
Mark Guim / The Nokia Blog: Nokia N97 Mini Preview by Mobile Review
Dancho Danchev / Zero Day:
Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat — According to a research published by Trusteer earlier this month, 79.5% of the 2.5 million users of their Rapport security service run a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash, with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat.
Loophole over DVD age rating law — Retailers who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder 25 years ago. — Dozens of prosecutions under a 1984 Act have been dropped because the government of the day failed to notify the European Commission about the law.
LG ARENA Wows the Mobile World by Hitting One Million Sales — Seoul, Korea / August 25, 2009 - LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, announced today that the LG ARENA (LG-KM900) multimedia phone has exceeded one million sales worldwide.
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Paul Allen, DCM and others invest $29M in Smith & Tinker — It's no secret that Smith & Tinker — an innovative new gaming company that last month introduced Nanovor — has some heavy duty financial support behind it. — We've reported on the company's backing from Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures …
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider: Gaming Company Smith & Tinker Raises $29 Million


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Make family memories wherever you travel
For Barbra and Camilo Ardila of McKinney, Texas, family vacations with their four children are a top priority.
The family stays busy year-round — Camilo teaches bilingual kindergarten; Barbra manages a life coaching and organizing business during the school year; and the couple runs a soccer-camp business together.
When soccer camp ends in July, the family is ready to pile into their van and hit the road.
"Due to our family size, traveling by van is all our children have ever known," Barbra says. "We love road trips. We've been to places like San Antonio, Branson [Mo.] and Hot Springs, Ark. No matter where we travel, the best part of vacation is not the tourist attractions, but the family memories we make."
Barbra believes smart planning paves the way for fun. Here are some of the family's tips for planning an enjoyable and low-stress road trip — where getting to your destination can be at least half the fun.
The Ardilas share the errands required before a trip: servicing the car, filling it up with gas, installing the proper safety seats and packing the night before leaving.
"We try to leave around 4:30 a.m. so the kids are asleep the first few hours of the trip," Barbra says. "Camilo and I can enjoy the sunrise and the rare treat of a quiet conversation. As the children awaken, they read, listen to music or just watch the scenery as they wait for their siblings to wake up and anticipate stopping for our traditional breakfast feast."
Barbra packs brochures about their destination and places they'll pass along the way. Instead of continually asking, "Are we there yet?" the kids enjoy reading about and watching for what's ahead.
A map is a fun tool, too.
"A map helps the time pass quickly as the kids and I mark off each city we pass and look for signs of our next stop," she says.
Another must-have is a video camera to record candid moments on the road.
"When I was a child, my mother would bring a tape recorder on trips and secretly tape my sisters and me talking and singing," Barbra recalls. "This provided plenty of laughs when we listened later on. We've continued this trip tradition with a video camera."
Shared fun and road-trip memories help bond the family.
"We wouldn't trade this precious and unique time, locked in a vehicle with our family, with no interruptions and loads of time to ask, listen, laugh, sing and sleep," Barbra says.
Before selecting a vacation spot, the family explores the possibilities.
"We start with a few ideas, then narrow down the options," Barbra says.
Among the questions they ask: How far is the drive? Are activities available for everyone to enjoy? Will convenient stops be available for food and breaks?
They look for accommodations with a small kitchen to save on food costs.
"And with a family of six, we like to have laundry facilities available. This way, we pack fewer clothes and have room for each child to bring a backpack of activities — a trip journal, coloring pages, travel games and movies we can all enjoy, plus a pillow and blanket, and a cooler full of snacks and drinks," she says.


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Written by: Eric Heisserer (screenplay), John W. Campbell (short story)
Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton and Ulrich Thomsen
Reviewed by: Brett Gallman
It's not human. Yet.
For Hollywood, John Carpenter has been a safe place to hide for the past few years, as theyve mined his filmography to mostly disappointing effect (seriously, when the ultra mediocre Assault on Precinct 13 is the best among these efforts, something is wrong). The latest target on the Tinseltown dartboard is The Thing, which was actually met with disappointment both commercially and critically when it was released. As is the case with most of his films, people eventually quit being stupid and realized the true genius that is The Thing; Universal can especially be thankful that it became a cult classic, as they now get another chance to finally make some money off of it with this latest version, which is essentially a reboot for general audiences and a masquerading prequel for fans.
Set once again in Antarctica during 1982, we begin with the ill-fated team of Norwegians that we saw (dead) at the beginning of Carpenters film. Here, theyve just stumbled across a spacecraft and its alien life form, which is solidly imprisoned in a big block of ice. Apparently, removing dead specimens from big blocks of ice is the specialty of Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), so shes recruited from Columbia University to assist the team in researching their discovery. Despite her protests (shes as brainy as she is beautiful!), they do indeed proceed to take some samples before it finally breaks free and begins to wreak havoc on the camp, both by replicating the team and killing them off.
I think theres a joke in here somewhere about the film's form matching its function since its imitating a classic film or whatnot, but Ill leave that to funnier people. Besides, it wouldnt be a completely accurate quip, as this version is actually feasting off of two classics: both Carpenters film and The Thing From Another World are targets, at least at first. All of the stuff dealing with the discovery (from the creature being kept frozen in a backroom to the scene where the crew searches for the alien when it escapes) goes back to the Hawks production. The script even tosses in the requisite moral quandaries about whether or not they should try to somehow preserve this thing instead of kill it. Its all surface level stuff that only feels like its there out of obligation, which unfortunately becomes a quick trend, as The Thing is essentially a zippy, malformed take that reduces the source material into a standard monster movie.
You can especially feel this once it moves into Carpenters territory; even before you arrive there, youve already been treated to a couple of big spectacles, such as the Norwegians falling through the ice onto the spacecraft (which seemingly contradicts the first film), plus a big, loud showdown with the thing itself. The film never lets up in this respect, as it quickly deteriorates into a concert of stingers and shrieks that completely undercut any sort of tension and dread. That overbearing sense of claustrophobia and paranoia is a legendary component of Carpenters film, and its barely found here. Sure, we know that the creature walks among the cast mysteriously, which leads to the obvious tensions; the problem is that they dont last long enough because the thing is perfectly willing to reveal itself at every turn (and often does so when it's not the least beneficial to its own needs).
Only once does the film actually draw out its intensity. It comes during one of those rehashed plot points where the crew subjects themselves to a test to see whos who (only this time, the method seems hardly as foolproof as the one MacCready came up with). This part comprises a nice block of the film thats legitimately gripping, even if it does give way to the predictably frantic showdown where everyone loses their cool. This was one of the few times that the film truly engaged me and recalled the icy, suffocating paranoia of the original. Whats unfortunately missing are the quietly unsettling moments and the overall feeling of apocalyptic anxiety; maybe its because this one literally starts with a joke (whereas Carpenter's opened with everyone on edge) and proceeds with some merriment--theres dancing and drinking (and not the morbid, escapist drinking to get drunk that MacReady couldnt wait to do in his shack) before everything gets all too serious.
How youll take all of this will depend how you approach The Thing; if you find yourself constantly comparing it to Carpenters, youll likely hate it because everything pales in comparison. Even the effects, which have nearly 30 years of innovation and millions of dollars behind them, cant outdo its predecessor, which remains one of the best schlock effects spectacles ever made. This versions effects also have a bunch of pixels behind them, of course; despite the insistence of the cast and crew throughout the junket circuit, the digital outweighs the practical here. At worst, its just distracting, obvious, and completely unnecessary because theres nothing here that Rob Bottin couldnt have accomplished three decades ago. Like much of the film, its solidly done but hardly memorable.
Likewise, the cast can be considered decent stand-ins. Winstead brings a quiet, assured confidence in the role of Kate, a plucky, smart-as-hell paleontologist. Thankfully, the script doesnt sell her completely short because shes tough, resolved, and doesnt give into any doe-eyed bullshit, even when shes paired with Joel Edgerton, who is the other standout. Wisely, the film avoids the romance thats subtly hinted at between the two; not so wise, however, is how Edgerton disappears for the second act, which just leaves us with Winstead and a bunch of Norwegians. If anything, the final product did stay true to Matthijs van Heijningens vision of featuring a mostly Norwegian cast speaking in their native tongues (although the film never once makes use of the language barrier that could lead to some natural distrust).
Perhaps thats how you can best describe The Thing: it has chances to do some inventive, interesting things, but instead remains content to slog through the expected motions, all the while stripping away any weighty subtext. This especially reminds me of last years Nightmare on Elm Street remake, which Eric Heisserer also wrote; like that film, this one is ultimately a missed opportunity that coasts instead of forging its own identity. It certainly manages to be more entertaining than that effort, if only because its not as lifeless. Taken as an update on silly creature features, it works on the basic level of being slick and fun, though I suspect fans will cringe to see a beloved property reduced to that. At the end of the day, this just feels like the byproduct of a studio conference call that ended with an exec checking The Thing off of the 80s horror flicks we havent revisited yet list.
Before that conference all ended, however, someone must have come up with the slick idea to stave off the fanboy dogs by making it as a prequel. It undoubtedly is one, even if the explicit connecting point is hastily tacked on during the closing credits; overall, it carries the usual dramatic inertia and does little to illuminate the events that follow it in the 82 film. I guess whenever you watch Carpenters version, you now have faces and names to put with all those dead Norwegians (though the film even sometimes fails to do this). Theyve also tossed in a bunch of good fan-wanking stuff, such as the familiar Carpenter font and opening title sequence, plus some Morricone cues; that I enjoyed this about as much as anything probably speaks volumes. Perhaps most telling is that I couldnt wait to get to the end in the hopes that even a few seconds of Carpenters original would be projected on a big screen for me to finally behold. In fact, that probably says all you need to know. Rent it!
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Throughout most of 2012, though contractually obligated to refrain from saying its title, 3-D Theatricals announced that its 2013 season would conclude with a musical based on a 2001 movie about a blonde who goes to law school and whose favorite color is pink.
This would be the Orange County premiere of "Legally Blonde: The Musical" – a statement that was undercut when the show was produced this past spring by another Fullerton theater company, the small but mighty Maverick Theater.
Maverick may have robbed 3-D of the chance to tout its production at Plummer Auditorium as the county's first, but that's about the only advantage the smaller company gained. With a much larger cast and budget, 3-D stages the 2007 show as it should be staged: As a big, splashy, feel-good Broadway musical.
Giving "Blonde" the look, feel and sound of a Broadway tuner is director David F.M. Vaughn, who earlier this year helmed 3-D's staging of "Shrek the Musical." Vaughn and his cast of 27 get that Heather Hach's book is dual-edged – on one hand a satire-laced comedy, on the other, a "message" story warning us not to judge others simply by their appearance.
Musical director John Glaudini likewise creates the correct bright, cheerful energy that Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin's score requires, while Linda Love Simmons' choreography serves up one visually exciting dance number after another.
At the center of "Blonde" is perpetually perky Elle Woods (Stephanie Wall), a seemingly stereotypical dumb blonde who loves the latest fashions and hunky guys, has a cute little dog and brandishes pink as her signature color.
Along with her Delta Nu sorority sisters at UCLA, Elle squeals with fluttery enthusiasm in Valley Girl-ese – especially when she prepares for a crucial dinner date with beau Warner Huntington III (Matthew Benedict), whom she's convinced is about to propose.
Over dinner, Warner recaps the fact that he's ready to attend Harvard Law School, become a lawyer, and run for a seat in the U.S. Senate. And while praising Elle's stunning looks, he dumps her for not being "serious" enough to be seen on the arm of a national figure from a prominent family.
Elle, of course, can't let go of her dream of being Mrs. Warner Huntington – so she crams for the LSATs, pulls out a high score, and gets admitted to Harvard Law, where she plans to win Warner back.
Naturally, Elle is always underestimated by those around her. And like its focal character, "Legally Blonde" itself appears to be frivolous fluff, but that appearance masks a more substantial reality.
If Elle's Harvard classmates are snarky and rude, their toughest professor is even worse. Professor Callahan (played as slick and suave by Christopher Carrothers) is cold, ruthless and unscrupulous. Not only is he a self-described shark; he wants to turn out students in his own image.
One wonders how so unassuming a guy as Callahan's teaching assistant, Emmett Forrest (Matt Bauer), can hope to triumph when he's so obviously antithetical to all Callahan stands for – but he's obviously the good guy in "Legally Blonde," so we figure he'll somehow outwit any backstabbers, transform Elle into an ace student and perhaps even win her heart, too.
Elle's classmates are a collection of archetypes, the most threatening being Vivienne (Carly Nykanen), a snob from society's upper crust who happens to be Warner's new squeeze – and who takes cruel delight in mercilessly picking Elle apart.
While it's true that nearly all the characters in "Legally Blonde" (both musical and movie) are one-dimensional caricatures of reality, 3-D's accomplished staging allows you to click off your critical faculties and just accept the show as junk-food entertainment, a guilty pleasure if there ever was one.
Of course, we're rooting for Elle and good-guy Emmett all along. Wall shows both sides of Elle, the frivolous blonde airhead and the analytical, perceptive, intelligent (!) law student. Bauer plays up his character's engagingly scruffy look and relaxed, informal manner. Wall and Bauer also allow the Elle-Emmett bond to credibly develop gradually from a friendship into something that's more than platonic.
Wall's vocals and dance skills are first-rate. In fact, this "Legally Blonde" has not a weak link when it comes to its musical numbers. As a bonus, we get an adorable scene-stealer in Frankie, the smart (and well-trained) little canine who plays Elle's dog Bruiser.
The show's look is colorfully bright, what with John Patrick's scenic designs (provided by Citrus College) and Carin Jacobs' costumes (provided by FCLO Music Theatre). With your intellect on pause, you'll probably welcome the show's worry-free appeal, a factor that comes at a pretty high premium in unsettling times like ours.
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Hollywood powerhouse Harvey Weinstein announced he was taking a leave of absence from the company that bears his name following charges of sexual harassment that date back decades, from employees to actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan, The New York Times reported.
The article includes first person accounts of Weinstein's alleged conduct, including from Judd, who recounts an incident from two decades ago in which she said she was asked to meet Weinstein in his hotel room. Weinstein greeted her wearing a bathrobe and asked her if she would give him a massage or watch him shower, the paper reported.
"Women have been talking about Harvey amongst ourselves for a long time, and it's simply beyond time to have the conversation publicly," Judd told the Times.
In a statement to the Times Thursday afternoon, Weinstein said: "I came of age in the 60's and 70's, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different. That was the culture then. I have since learned it's not an excuse, in the office - or out of it. To anyone. I realized some time ago that I needed to be a better person and my interactions with the people I work with have changed. I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it. Though I'm trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go. That is my commitment."
Two company officials tell the Times that at least eight women have received settlements from Weinstein over the years, including McGowan, who allegedly had an incident with him in 1997 when she was 23.
"Women fight on. And to the men out there, stand up. We need you as allies. #bebrave" she tweeted on Thursday. "Anyone who does business with __ is complicit. And deep down you know you are even dirtier. Cleanse yourselves."
Weinstein's attorney Charles J. Harder said in a statement that the story is "saturated with false and defamatory statements about Harvey Weinstein."
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"We sent the Times the facts and evidence, but they ignored it and rushed to publish," Harder said. He did not respond to questions about what specific allegations Weinstein was contesting.
A New York Times spokesperson released a statement in response: "We are confident in the accuracy of our reporting. Mr. Weinstein was aware and able to respond to specific allegations in our story before publication. In fact, we published his response in full."
Weinstein has also hired celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom to represent him. Bloom of late has made a career representing female clients in high profile cases. Among Bloom's clients are Blac Chyna and Kathy Griffin.
While Bloom said in a statement to the Times that Weinstein "denies many of the accusations as patently false," Weinstein said he regretted unspecified misdeeds that occurred.
"My journey now will be to learn about myself and conquer my demons," he said. "Over the last year I've asked Lisa Bloom to tutor me and she's put together a team of people. I've brought on therapists and I plan to take a leave of absence from my company and to deal with this issue head on. I so respect all women and regret what happened. I hope that my actions will speak louder than words and that one day we will all be able to earn their trust and sit down together with Lisa to learn more."
Requests for comment from The Weinstein Co. and Judd were not immediately returned.
Weinstein had a powerful perch in Hollywood for three decades, and was known for producing films like "Pulp Fiction" and "Shakespeare in Love," for which he won an Oscar, and launching careers of actors and directors with his company Miramax, which he ran with his brother Bob Weinstein. In 2005, they launched a new production company, The Weinstein Company. His often aggressive tactics were chronicled in the Peter Biskind book "Down and Dirty Pictures."
He has been married to designer Georgina Chapman since 2007. They have two children together. He also has three children from his previous marriage.


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I am a general education teacher, and frequently use progress monitoring with my students to guide instruction. I also find online assessments, as well as the DRA beneficial. I feel that assessments that are given at the beginning, middle, and end of the year provide a wealth of information to guide instruction, and are also beneficial in communicating a child's progress to parents. The computer assessment implemented at my school provides opportunities for students who are reading below grade level, or who are above and need enrichment to take lessons online every week during RTI. Implementing a variety of assessments gives me a better understanding of how to meet the educational needs of individual students in my class.
Selecting Assessments for Your School
Today, schools actually have more than two dozen individually administered early screening assessments to choose from that are appropriate for kindergarten through third grade. These assessments cover a variety of reading skills' phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension'as well as a variety of assessment purposes: screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring. (There are also outcomes assessments that educators should be aware of if they plan to conduct studies of the effectiveness of their reading programs.) As an introduction to the kind of information that teachers can glean from early reading assessments, examples from TPRI and Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are included here.
Fortunately, a team of researchers has reviewed the current crop of assessments, identified which have sufficient reliability and validity, and developed a Web site for educators that clearly indicates which assessments are appropriate for differing grades, skills, and purposes (available at http://idea.uoregon.edu/assessment/).
Most currently available assessments identify children using national norms. So, for example, schools can decide to intervene with all children who score in the bottom 10 to 20 percent nationally. Of course, just how many students this will be varies greatly by school. A few assessments have established benchmarks, or cut scores, that represent evidence- based thresholds indicating the likelihood of reading success (or failure), and recommend that schools intervene with all students who fall below the benchmark.
A key issue that has arisen during the instrument-development research is creating accurate instruments that are not too long. Assessment developers have been grappling with the fact that longer assessments provide more detailed data, but shorter assessments are more practical for the classroom. This led to differentiating between screening and diagnostic assessments. Typically, screening instruments tend to be short, taking as little as five to 10 minutes per child, and they identify which students are at risk or behind, as well as some information on which skills the students are lacking. Diagnostic instruments'used only for the smaller group of students deemed at risk in the screening'tend to be longer, taking roughly 20 to 45 minutes per child, and they offer a much more thorough look at students' strengths and weaknesses. (These time estimates are for teachers who are experienced in using these assessments. More time will be needed while teachers become accustomed to using those tools.) Sometimes assessments have both screening and diagnostic components. For example, the TPRI has "Screening" and "Inventory" sections. When children don't meet criteria in the Screening Section, the teacher can immediately switch to a more indepth assessment from the Inventory Section to pinpoint the knowledge and skills that the child still needs to develop. Teachers can also use Inventory data to match instruction with specific student needs. For more information on TPRI, see www.tpri.org.
A third type of assessment is for progress monitoring. These instruments typically come in short, multiple forms so that students' skills can be assessed every two weeks (or even more frequently) to quickly determine if an intervention is sufficiently effective. If not, the intervention can be altered (by changing the instructional content, methods, and/or intensity), the child may be given a diagnostic assessment, or the child may be referred for special education. For example, DIBELS is a widely used screening and progress-monitoring assessment. DIBELS measures take just a few minutes each and usually come in 20 alternate forms for frequent checkups.
While screening instruments are used with all students, diagnostic instruments are only necessary for students whose screenings reveal serious skill deficits and/or whose progress monitoring indicates that they are not responding to the intervention. Ideally, all K-3 students should be screened three times per year starting in mid-kindergarten; diagnostic and progress monitoring assessments can be done as needed, with progress monitoring of children in an intervention being quite frequent to make sure that interventions are as effective as possible.
I agree with giving test three times a year: beginning, middle, and end. This helps the classroom teacher see the overall growth of a student's learning. At my school I use progress monitoring with my students every two weeks using AIMSWEB. I don't do it all on all my students, just the ones that need an intervention. I also like using AIMSWEB because it helps us compare the students to either the national norms or our school norms. It is nice to be able to look at the comparison of the two.
I agree that diagnostic tests should be given at the beginning, middle, and end of the year. As a classroom teaceher these assessments are instrumental in directing my instruction to my students. I teach third grade and every other friday I do progress monitoring on my 30s and below. At my school we used to use AIMSWEB but we have now switched to I-READY. I-READY has a reading component and a math component. After the students take the assessment on the computer, it breaks what skills the studnets need in vocabulary, nonfiction literature comprehension, fiction literature comprehension, phonics, and sight words. It even provides lessons for students to complete on the computer that are directed at the skills that specific student needs to work on. This is our first year with I-READY, it has been a learning progress, but it is a great aid to classroom instuction.
The best way that I know how to help my students is by "diagnosing" them. I do this by administering a series of assessments called "Digging Deeper Assessments." It is very time consuming but it allows me to see their strengths and weaknesses so I can guide my instruction. Then, weekly, I progress monitor my students with a great program called AimsWeb. It is mostly computer-based and doesn't take very long. While progress monitoring I set goals for my students and they work so hard to meet their goals. After 6 weeks of progress monitoring I administer the same diagnostic assessment to see their growth. If your school is looking for an efficient computer-based progress monitoring program I highly recommend Aimsweb. The data it provides is outstanding and easy to analyze.
As a reading teacher for middle school students, I have heard about the usefulness of DIBELS testing. Our primary teachers use it, and speak very highly of the benefits they gain in using it to help struggling readers. Additionally, we have recently started using the AIMS WEB assessment with our sixth grade students, and we have had great success. However, I would like to know about similar programs that offer the same type of help for upper middle grade and high school students who continue to struggle with reading skills, particularly 8th and 9th graders. I think that this would be an invaluable tool, especially in the area of diagnostic assessment and progress monitoring.
Our school uses an online screening tool that is administered to all students grade K-8. This is used to guide instruction and interventions in the classroom. This data is used to determine pull-out groups as well. Students who don't meet Benchmarks receive interventions either within or outside the classroom; progress monitoring is used to check progress in areas of weakness. As a Title I teacher, I am directly involved with these universal screenings and intervention groups they form. I see the value of a short assessment that screens for weaknesses without burdening the teacher and student with exhaustive testing. I agree that the longer diagnostics assessments provide more data, when giving this type of assessment I try to monitor student fatigue and take breaks often.
I am not familiar with TPRI and have only a small amount of experience with DIBELS. I progress monitor my students several times a year. Each Friday, I also give my students a "word spree" over sight words, nonsense words, sentence structure, etc. This quickly allows me to see which students are struggling with which concepts, even though they don't receive a "grade" for it. I also agree with the article (and other comments) that longer assessments provide more detailed data but they are not practical or conducive to the classroom (especially elementary grades).
Currently, I am not working as a classroom teacher. I have not formally given the three types of assessments to my former students. On the other hand, by reading this article, I believe the TPRI would be a great assessment for students in grades K-3, because the TPRI contains "Screening" and "Inventory" which will help the teachers instruct the students based upon their needs.
I like to use the diagnostic testing in the beginning of the school year so I can see my student's strengths and weaknesses. This test is time consuming, but it provides a more detailed report than any other assessment. Once I know what the students are capable of doing then I use progress monitoring and screening quite often to check for understanding and see what skills/concepts I still need to build upon. I feel the diagnostic testing is beneficial to get the big picture of the student, but my students, on the other hand, become frustrated on those assessments. I feel the shorter and more frequent assessments are more beneficial with my students because with the diagnostic testing they seem to lose focus quickly and come to the point they don't care and just put down answers.
As a special education teacher, I get great use out of all three types of assessments. However, after the screening and diagnostic assessments are administered and interpreted, I love using the progress monitoring assessments. They are quick and easy to administer while providing me with information on the student's progress. This article provides great definitions and explanations on the types of assessments.
I like the feedback from the longer assessments with more specific detailed information on strengths and weaknesses, but many students get frustrated and bored when taking these. I also like what the article mentioned the 3rd type, short with multiple forms. This is more of what I use in first grade. I try to screen mine 3-4 times a year. I am lucky to have a small class where I can really make adjustments where I think its necessary in my instruction based off assessments.
I agree with the recommendation that schools intervene with all students who fall below the benchmark. Even if some of the students do not need the intervention, the ones who do will be given the necessary intervention to be successful.


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CareCredit is helping practice teams easily and quickly adjust after the announcement that Chase Health Advance is exiting healthcare financing and will no longer process patient applications after 4/20/2012.
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Blind Spot is the international source book of photography-based fine art for artists, collectors, creative directors, designers, curators and art lovers. Blind Spot publishes new works by the renowned artists and discovers vital new work by up-and-coming artists. Thirteen years old, Blind Spot has gained an international reputation for being a visual magazine that does not talk about imagery—the content is imagery.
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As a counterpoint to the visual conversation provided by Blind Spot magazine, the Collapsing Images forum gives a voice to the issues surrounding photography and explores the role of photography in the media and popular culture. Collapsing Images presents three vital discussions led by leading photographers, filmmakers, critics, and thinkers.
A Conversation between Jack Pierson & Jerry Schatzberg
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Panelists: Vince Aletti, Philip Lorca di Corcia, Dennis Freedman, Doug Lloyd, Glen Luchford, Andy Spade, Olivier Zahm
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Panelists: Mitch Epstein, Paul Graham, Katy Grannan, Danny Lyon, Taryn Simon
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The question: "Whenever I don't eat much before my workout, I have no energy. But when I eat too close to my workout, I get a stomachache. What's the perfect medium?"
The expert: Joan Pagano, a certified trainer in New York City and author of Strength Training Exercises for Women
The answer: If you eat too much before your workout—or too soon before it—you won't have digested your snack by the time you start moving. And unfortunately, since both your digestive system and your muscles need blood to function properly, they'll end up competing for it. As you get into your workout, your muscles will win out and require more blood, pulling it away from your digestive tract. Pagano says that's why you feel pain in your gut when you get on the treadmill or elliptical too close to breakfast or snack time.
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On the flip side, if you don't eat enough before your workout—or it's been too long since your last meal—you can expect an energy crash. Blood-sugar levels drop during the first 15 or 20 minutes of a workout, which can lead to tiredness, dizziness, or even fainting.
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And lastly, don't forget to stay hydrated pre-workout; you should have 16 to 20 ounces of water about one to two hours before you lace up, says Pagano.
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Today's Workout: Squat with bicep curls is good multitasking move
If you are anything like me, you try to fit as much as you can into whatever amount of time you have, whether it's a work deadline, a vacation or even your workout!
Multitasking during your workout can be beneficial not only to the muscles you are training, but also your focus and balance.
Our move today is a close squat with bicep curls. You will need a set of light-to-medium hand weights and you will be working your biceps, quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes.
Begin this combination exercise by gripping your weights in each hand. Holding your chest tall and engaging your core, extend both arms straight down by your sides with your palms facing forward. Position your feet right at hip width, with your toes facing forward.
Now, it is time to move!
Start to lower your rear end into your squatting position. And at the same time begin to bend in your elbows, bringing the hand weights up to a full contraction, aiming for shoulder level. Lower your squat to the deepest point, that you can efficiently push out of to return to the start.
Remember to keep your knees behind your toes and imagine sitting into a chair.
Continue this combination of bicep curls and squats at least 10 times. Take a small break, and even possibly increase weights if you need a little more resistance for your next set. And if at any time the weight becomes too heavy, simply decrease the size of your hand weights.
Give yourself three to five sets of this squat and curl motion. This move is great when added to other combination exercises to create a full body workout or, as always, perfect on its own!
-- Marlo Alleva, an instructor at Gold's Gym and group fitness coordinator at Fontaine-Gills YMCA, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com