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After a two-month hiatus, it's finally time for another Mixology Monday! Locked in the dead cold of winter (well, it's in the 60s here in Georgia), our venerable host, Doug, of the
Pegu Tiki Blog has decided on a Tiki theme, bringing us a burst of faux-tropical sunshine to lift our spirits. He's invited us to blog about everything Tiki, not just the drinks, so it's time to show off our Polynesian mixing prowess and campy collections.
First, some mood music for you to listen to (while reading) from one of the masters of Exotica, Martin Denny:
Chances are if you're in any way connected with consuming cocktails you've sampled a Tiki drink of some sort. Tiki drinks, when done right, compete with the very best that neo-speakeasy bartenders with arm garters have to offer: they are complex assemblies of fresh fruit and multiple rums that, in many cases, can be imitated but never quite duplicated. All those Mai Tais and Zombies you've had a touristy beach-side restaurants are probably nothing like the real things (the Mai Tai hails from 1941, the Zombie from 1934, and both have been diluted by decades of history and artificial mixers). There's way too much history behind the Polynesian restaurant and drink craze that raged from the 1930s to the 1970s to present here (get yourself a copy of Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's Sippin' Safari instead), but it all really started with one man: Donn the Beachcomber.
After forgoing a college education to travel the world, particularly the Pacific islands and the Caribbean, Donn ended up in Hollywood, California. There he used his Prohibition-era bootlegger connections to open up a café that was themed around all of his island-hopping adventures: the very first Don the Beachcomber. The faux-tropical, escapist atmosphere and the hefty rum drinks quickly gained popularity, especially among Hollywood celebs.
In 1934, he originated the formidable Zombie, one of the most mysterious (he never published the original drink formula) and popular Tiki drinks of all time, probably due to its secret recipe and the "two-Zombies-per-visit" limit that Donn imposed on his customers. The popularity of both the Zombie and the Beachcomber restaurant gave rise to all sorts of imitations, arguably kick-starting the entire Tiki bar/restaurant phenomenon. So, what better way to celebrate Tiki than mixing up the Big Kahuna of faux-tropical libations? There's only one trick: I'll be mixing up three different Zombies, each of which is attributed to Donn. Over the years he constantly tinkered with his recipes, tweaking them to suit changes in taste and the availability of ingredients. Oh, and besides the re-formulating, he was writing all of his recipes in code: hardly anyone was privy to his secrets, leaving competitors to guess what he might mean by "Don's Spices #2," provided that they even got their hands on his bartenders' little black notebooks. All three of these "official" recipes have been uncovered by Beachbum Berry, and all three are demonstrably Donn's.
Do not attempt to mix and consume all three by yourself in one night, or you'll be hurting the next morning.
Here goes! We'll start with the original…
1934 Zombie Punch
1 1/2 ounce Gold (Dark) Puerto Rican Rum (Bacardi 8 or Añejo, or Virgin Islands or Nicaraguan Rum)
1 1/2 ounce Aged Jamaican Rum (Appleton V/X or Extra)
1 ounce Lemon Hart 151° Demerara Rum
3/4 ounce Lime Juice
1/2 ounce Don's Mix*
1/2 ounce Falernum
1 teaspoon Grenadine
1/8 teaspoon Pernod (or Absinthe)
Dash of Angostura Bitters
6 ounces (3/4 cup) of Crushed Ice
Load everything in a blender — ice last– and blend at full speed for 5 seconds. Pour, unstrained, into a chimney or Zombie glass, filling it with ice cubes if needed. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
* Don's Mix: 2 parts grapefruit juice (white, if possible) and 1 part cinnamon syrup. Do NOT use canned or bottled grapefruit juice…the stuff's awful.
The 1934 Zombie is my personal favorite, focusing more on the rum blend than the other ingredients, which provide more of an accent (they really act as a rum-delivery vehicle). The original contained Lowndes Jamaican rum (now defunct) and gold (read: dark) Puerto Rican rum of unspecified origin. Jeff Berry has revised his rum recommendations for the Zombie: go with Appleton V/X or Extra (I like the Extra) as a substitute for the Lowndes and Bacardi 8 or Añejo for the Puerto Rican. I don't have any Bacardi, as I'm not a fan, so I went with Flor de Caña 7-year. Luckily, Lemon Hart has changed only slightly since the 1930s, the older one being oakier, so I've read, and is increasingly available down here in Georgia; it simply cannot be matched by anything else. The drink comes out as a wonderful, complex blend of rum flavors — the gupowdery depth of the Lemon Hart is matched with the buttery Appleton and smooth Flor de Caña while the syrups, citrus, and crushed ice just barely take the edge off of the alcohol. I hate to tinker with Donn's recipe, but upping the lime and Don's Mix by a 1/4 ounce and upping the grenadine to a full 1/4 ounce doesn't seem to hurt the drink that much…the result is not so much superior as it is different. I'd like to try a true absinthe in lieu of the Pernod…to tell the truth, it seems slightly lost in the mix (The PDT Cocktail Book suggests using Vieux Pontarlier absinthe along with Bacardi 8 and Appleton Reserve rums).
As far as glassware goes, I prefer a nice clear chimney or zombie glass over an elaborate Tiki mug. A single sprig of mint, not a bouquet of flowers and fruit, is the only garnish you'll need. The Zombie should have a subtle air of minimalistic lethality about it…complex, deadly, and elegant.
As you're sipping, be sure to thank Jeff Berry for decoding the recipe via numerous interviews and bartender's notebooks.
A final warning: this Zombie is incredibly potent as it contains the equivalent of (nearly) 4 shots of 80-proof liquor, yet it remains remarkably smooth. Again, Donn was said to have limited his customers to two Zombies per night…a clever marketing gimmick, as well as a sensible guideline.
Secondly, we have the 1950 Zombie, uncovered in the self-published Barbecue Chef by Louis Spievak, a chef in Los Angeles. A manual for home cooks, the book featured a number of Donn's recipes, including a simplified Zombie re-tooled for home consumption but nonetheless an excellent addition to the family.
1950 Zombie
1 ounce White Puerto Rican Rum
1 ounce Gold Puerto Rican Rum
1 ounce Lemon Hart 151° Demerara Rum
1 ounce Fresh Lime Juice
1 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice
1 ounce Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
1 ounce Passion Fruit Syrup (suggest cutting to 1/2 ounce)
1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Stir brown sugar into the juices to dissolve. Add remainder of ingredients, then shake with a generous amount of crushed ice and pour, unstrained, into a chimney or Zombie glass. Garnish with a mint sprig (and an orange slice and a cherry, if following Spievak).
Very tasty and wonderfully tart, the Spievak Zombie more closely resembles all those "Zombies" being mixed behind the bars of Donn's competitors, yet in Spievak's book Donn claims the drink as his own. Whereas the 1934 original is a blast of rum and spice, the 1950 version is bright and refreshing, concealing its potency rather well. Here I went with Cruzan white and and Flor de Caña 7-year as flavorful stand-ins for the Puerto Rican rums. The rum, syrup and brown sugar add just enough sweetness to match the citrusy punch of the fruit, but I think the strength of the passion fruit syrup is a bit overwhelming…cutting back to about half-an-ounce should fix this. Otherwise, a nice take on the drink, though it tastes almost nothing like the 1934 Zombie. Jeff Berry, quoted in Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails, says, "although I've scoured hundreds of recipe books, I never saw a Zombie recipe I liked until I found this one." Of course, that was before he decoded the 1934 and 1956 versions.
Regarding the fruit: Donn rarely used lemon, but it combines nicely with the lime (try this with other lime-based cocktails, especially the Margarita, as it adds a new dimension of flavor). Pineapple juice? Get the stuff in the carton, not in the can (it picks up a bit of the metallic flavor), or if you're ambitious, press your own. The trickiest item on the list is passion fruit syrup…Okole Maluna (by B.G. Reynolds, aka Trader Tiki) makes the best you can buy, but it's pricey and should be used up quickly. Jeff Berry prefers using passion fruit purée combined with sugar, but Monin is available to me and doesn't taste half-bad…a bit too much citric acid (Berry mentions that it's too orangey), but it'll have to do.
The third and final "official" Zombie is from 1956. Published in Cabaret Quarterly, it is the drink that was being served at the Polynesian Village in Waikiki, having moved with Donn to Hawaii after losing control of his Beachcomber restaurants to his wife.
1956 Zombie
1 1/4 ounces Gold Puerto Rican Rum
1 ounce Dark Jamaican Rum
1 ounce Lemon Hart 151° Demerara Rum
1/4 ounce Falernum
3/4 ounce Maraschino Liqueur (suggest lowering to 1/4 ounce)
3/4 ounce Lime Juice
1/2 ounce Grapefruit Juice
1 1/2 ounces Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
1/4 teaspoon Grenadine
1/8 teaspoon Pernod (suggest substituting absinthe)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
6 ounces (3/4 cup) crushed ice
Combine everything in a blender — ice last — and blend at high speed for 5 seconds. Pour, unstrained, into a chimney/zombie glass. Add ice cubes to fill if needed, then garnish with a mint sprig.
Much more complex than the Spievak Zombie, one can see how this version may have evolved from the original 1934 "Punch." I find the 1956 version much more balanced than its homespun 1950 counterpart: not too sweet, not too tart, but way too much maraschino liqueur. I mean, a 3/4 ounce? It's great stuff, but good grief! For the version pictured above, I used a 1/2 ounce, and the liqueur still dominated (I used Luxardo…how Maraska would compare, I'm not sure). Still, behind all of the rustic cherry flavor I pick up on everything else that's going on. The rum blend from the original punch (I used Flor de Caña 7-year and Appleton Extra once again) makes a reappearance, as do the grenadine, absinthe, falernum, and bitters. I'd likely pick this as a favorite version if that maraschino were under control: the rum is very present yet pleasantly balanced out by the nearly equal amount of juice and syrup — the original is pretty much a very enjoyable blast of rum. For all of these Zombie recipes, remember to slap the mint in your hands or against the side of the glass to release its aromatic oils. Oh, and if you'd like to see the 1956 Zombie mixed up, Robert Hess has got it covered.
As for grapefruit juice, the question of white grapefruit vs. pink or red grapefruit has vexed me for some time…the local megamarts never seem to have white grapefruit, though I haven't checked the farmer's markets. The Bum insists on using white, as he deems the red and pink to be too sweet, but I'm forced to work with what I have (I've tried the bottled white juice before…I believe it was from concentrate, and it was absolutely terrible). In case you find a white grapefruit and would like to avoid its bitterness, check out Colonel Tiki's Guaranteed-to-Satisfy Grapefruit Whacking Method.
If, after all that mixing, you yearn for more Zombie recipes, well, start punching words into your Google search bar, but I suggest taking a look at the Webtender Wiki's Zombie page and Kaiser Penguin's Zombie Recipe Comparison (yes, the post is from 2006, before the 1956 and 1934 recipes were unearthed, I believe).
On a slightly different tack, I'm an enormous fan of cheesy 60s lounge music. True, it's not always on my playlist, but it's one of those things that's so bad it's good. The best kind that doesn't involve the Hammond B3 organ is, of course, Exotica. While you're sipping those Zombies, be sure to give a Martin Denny or Les Baxter record a spin. Looking for more cheesy goodness? I thought so. Check out the Ultra-Lounge series to get your fill, but I have a couple other suggestions as well, namely "Something for Cat" and "It Had Better Be Tonight," both by Henry Mancini. WRAS Atlanta, out of Georgia State University, used to broadcast a program called "Martinis Con Queso" that featured just about everything in this vein, but it no longer seems to exist except for a few playlists lingering on in the blogosphere. I also love Hawaiian shirts: you may have noticed them as background fabrics in my various Tiki-related photos; they've also been making regular appearances at our monthly Cocktail Nights.
Finally, while all of this rambling on about Zombies, cheesy music, and colorful shirts is perfectly acceptable, my very favorite Tiki drink is, in fact, the Trader Vic Mai Tai, but I'm not quite ready to journey down that particular rabbit hole. And yes, I like mine with Rhum Clément VSOP and Appleton Extra. Serious Eats, however, has a few recommended Tiki drinks that I suggest you try.
Cheers, and aloha!
Photos by IJL.


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This week is the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay. Far less known to the average Aussie than Kokoda in the annals of our military history, it was a vitally important victory against the Japanese Forces.
You can read what I wrote about it for last Remembrance Day, not long after we returned from visiting Milne Bay, as well as the memorial stained glass windows in the Catholic church.
This excellent link provides an interactive map of the battle field, and progress of the battle itself.
Facebook fans might be interested in liking the Milne Bay Memorial Library and Research Centre.

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As more of our society has become screen driven, the controversy over children watching television has increased. On one side you have companies specifically marketing television, movies, and all sorts of related products to children. There are companies targeting commercials at children in hopes that those children will then bug their parents enough to buy the products, shaping our society from a young age into a consumerist society, while some parents say they just need a break or how the look forward to family movie night. On the flip side, you have organizations saying television is bad, detracting from time which would be otherwise be spent doing other activities, adding to childhood obesity and other health problems. There are parents crying out that TV is the devil (said jokingly in reference to the mother in Adam Sandler's movie The Waterboy) and banning all reference of television or movies from their child's existence. Both of these sides tend to take the topic of television to extremes, when there is a middle ground. We are a middle ground family. We have direct tv . In graduate school, my husband really wanted to watch his beloved Red Wings hockey games. It seemed a minor issue to promise him those games out of grad. school. For a long time, hockey games were pretty much the only thing our television was used for, much to the astonishment of my in-laws who have a television (on) in every room, as I'm not one to sit down and surf channels to find something to watch. Later, when we upgraded to a DVR, I found that we could actually plan to record items to watch later, without it interferring with life (hence, I would actually be able to watch something without trying to remember to turn the television on). Since that time, we have found quite a few wonderful documentaries and shows to record and watch. We have seen things that we would never have otherwise seen (deep sea adventures, historical documentaries, erupting volcanoes, and more). There are also the occassional family movie nights. We are able to use this technology as yet another tool for learning rather than something that rules our lives. Just like anything else, it's not an all or nothing thing. It's what you make of it. For families worried that television may take over, keep a few things in mind:
- Given the opportunity, children are quite good at self-regulation. Something which is currently forbidden now may capture their attention at first, but in every family I know who allows self-regulation, the kids do actually regulate themselves in various life areas, often much better than adults (says the woman who turns to sweets in times of stress while my kids have a heathly relationship with food).
- Kids would rather spend time with you. If you feel that the tube is on too much, offer an alternative. Go cook together, garden, read books, make a craft, go for a walk, or play a game.
- Turning on the screen doesn't mean it can't be turned off. That's what the power button is for. Don't be afraid to use technology as a tool for your family where there is benefit. It's not permanent and you control how much you let it into your life and how it fits. If it doesn't fit, that's fine. Just remember that there can be happy mediums in life. If you choose to watch television, continue to be present with your children to help them navigate those messages presented. Child need your presence in life.
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Need gift ideas for your graduating senior? Here are some ideas to help you select the best graduation gift for your son or daughter.
The most popular high school graduation gift is money. As long as you don't care how it gets spent, feel free to write a check and stick it in a graduation card. It may not seem very heartfelt to you, but it is usually the most wanted gift of graduates.
If you worry that your graduate may not make the best financial decisions, you may want to give gift cards instead of cash. These can range from gas cards to grocery store gift cards. These are great gifts because you know that your child will have the necessary expenses taken care of for the first few months of college.
A new computer is a great gift for any college bound student. Whether to get a desktop or a laptop computer will depend on user preference, but keep in mind that the laptop will offer more convenience. Your child would be able to take it with him to lectures to type notes and to group meetings around campus. With a laptop, he would also be able to work on papers or projects if he has a little downtime between classes.
A tablet makes a wonderful gift for a high school grad because it will help condense her load in college. Instead of carrying multiple notebooks and textbooks to each class, the student can use a device that incorporates everything into one. Your college bound student can take notes, study for tests, download digital textbooks, and more all on the tablet.
A watch is a great graduation present because it can be engraved with a special message to show your child how proud you are of him. Plus, your college bound student will need it to keep him on time for class and other campus activities.
Getting your child decorations for her dorm room now will help save her money when she is getting ready to move. You can get engraved picture frames, posters, a bulletin board, a small bookcase, a trunk, or anything else that your child might want for her dorm room décor.
Give your child a basket of small items that he will need once he moves away for college. Include items such as laundry detergent, dryer sheets, shampoo/conditioner, soaps, toothpaste, dental floss, disposable razors, lotion, etc.
Your child will want to remember all the good times that she has at college and looking at pictures of her college life will be a great way for her to reminisce. While most students nowadays take pictures using their phones, instant cameras are becoming very popular again among teens.
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Studies show that listening to classical music puts students in a heightened emotional state, making them more receptive to information. Help your child with college studies by gifting him a pair of quality headphones so he can tune out any distractions while studying on campus.
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If you think of anything else that would be beneficial for a college bound student to have, don't be afraid to buy it. Your child will appreciate anything that you give him.
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CHICAGO – Women with mammographically dense breasts should have whole-breast ultrasound whenever they undergo cancer screening, according to new guidelines from a breast health group.
Having dense breasts increases a woman's cancer risk an estimated 1.5 to four times, and ultrasound in combination with mammography may be a more sensitive test for picking up cancers in these women, Stephen Feig, MD, of the University of California Irvine, and president of the American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD), told MedPage Today.
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- The American Society of Breast Disease has issued a statement on breast density and a recommended evidence-based algorithm for breast cancer screening.
- The statement indicates that the combination of mammography and ultrasound for women with dense breasts is optimal.
Feig discussed the guidelines during a session at the Radiological Society of North America meeting here, but the RSNA did not co-publish the guidance with the ASBD.
"Dense tissue can obscure or mask cancers on mammography," Feig said. "Ultrasound is a different way of looking at the breast. These women may benefit from a second test."
A screening MRI is probably a more sensitive way of looking for breast cancer in these women, Feig acknowledged, but it is far more costly. And ultrasound can't be done alone as a primary test because it doesn't detect certain types of lesions, particularly early cancers, which tend to show up only as microcalcifications.
Instead, the combination of mammography and ultrasound for women with dense breasts is optimal, he said, and some states have been moving to provide extra care for these women.
Five states -- California, New York, Virginia, Connecticut, and Texas -- now mandate that all women who have mammography should also be told if they have dense breasts, so they can opt for additional screening.
Feig said additional states are considering similar legislation and there is a national effort as well, in order to get insurers to cover the procedure. Some women may currently have to pay out of pocket for the ultrasound screening, which can carry a price tag of about $200.
Efforts to cover supplemental screening ultrasound are being driven by evidence that the modality can find cancers that are missed by mammography, Feig said.
"There's a presumption that by finding earlier cancers, we will reduce cancer deaths with ultrasound, as we've shown with mammography," Feig said, noting that a study last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that screening plays only a small role in reducing breast cancer mortality, relied on an "obtuse argument of lesser scientific credibility."
But increased screening also carries the cost of an increased number of biopsies and additional testing. Feig said the likelihood of an ultrasound finding being cancer is about 1 in 10, compared with 1 in 3 for mammography.
"It's one reason people object to ultrasound, but I say it should be the woman's decision," Feig said. "They should be presented with the evidence."
The statement, which is available on the ASBD's website, offers seven main points about breast cancer screening, including a call for "shared decision-making" between patients and physicians.
The statement also has an algorithm for determining individual patient needs. For instance, intermediate risk women with dense breasts should have both mammography and whole-breast ultrasound, while those at highest risk should get mammography and MRI.
Feig reported no conflicts of interest.
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Radiological Society of North America
Source Reference: American Society of Breast Disease "ASBD statement on breast density: November 2012" RSNA 2012.


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In 1907 a man dared to dream. One man believed that following the vision God had put in his heart was the most important work his life could accomplish. That same man, despite overwhelming obstacles, established an academic institution that was devoted to preparing God's people to fulfill their calling.
Toccoa Falls College is that institution and a dream come true for co-founders Richard and Evelyn Forrest. Dr. Richard A. Forrest went on to become the college's first president.
Under the direction of Dr. Forrest, the school kept pace with the advancement of educational standards in the United States. In 1928, the State of Georgia fully accredited the Toccoa Falls High School, establishing a cooperative relationship with the county educational system that continued until the academy closed in 1976.
In 1937, a four-year Bible college program was initiated by adding to the biblical and theological studies several courses in the field of general education. The Legislature of the State of Georgia chartered the college division in 1939 and authorized the institute to grant the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Education. In 1957, the college was accredited by the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges and on December 13, 1983, by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In October 1975, to keep abreast of the current usage of terms, the Board of Trustees changed the name from Toccoa Falls Institute to Toccoa Falls College.
During the history of the institution, there have been seven presidents: Dr. Richard A. Forrest, Founder; Dr. Julian A. Bandy; Dr. Kenn W. Opperman; Dr. Paul L. Alford; Dr. Donald O. Young; Dr. W. Wayne Gardner, and current President, Dr. Robert M. Myers.
Dr. Forrest often referred to the school as a "tree of God's planting." The tree has expanded and has borne much fruit. It was also severely tested on several occasions. In 1913, Haddock Inn, the original building, burned to the ground. But the Forrest's vowed to continue having received God's promise to them in Isaiah 61:3; "to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor."
Toccoa Falls College, an independent, nonprofit educational institution, trains men and women for vocational and professional Christian ministries and works with many evangelical and Bible-believing Christian groups. The college is an affiliate college of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination. Graduates serve in places of Christian leadership throughout the United States and most nations of the world. The college functions under a Board of Trustees that sets policy and an administration and faculty that implements it.
TFC is focused on students who are dedicated to Christ and aspire toward academic excellence in preparing to invest their lives either in full-time Christian ministry or ministry through their secular employment. TFC currently has 35 majors and 43 minors in four schools: Professional Studies, Arts and Sciences, Christian Ministries and Fetterman School of Nursing.


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We've been saying it for years. You've been saying it for years. 9 out of 10 dentists have been saying it for years. The App Store needs a redesign. Like a loveable inventor, it's full of exciting things to see, but seems to have no understanding of how to organize them. With over 500,000 apps, simple search and generic categories isn't enough. So you'll have to excuse me if I'm excited when I say: change might be on the way!
Spotted in the wild by the Gamezebo team while doing our daily browse of the App Store yesterday are a couple of new features that seem to hint at bigger changes to come. Foremost among them is something you'll definitely enjoy: Free App of the Week. Likely looking to wrest control away from hugely popular services like Free App a Day and Free App King and make the "charting" process more regulated, Apple has taken it upon themselves to push one app into the spotlight each week, and drop its price to the affordable zero dollar range. This week it's ZeptoLab's awesome Cut the Rope: Experiments – which you should already have, of course. From the looks of it, the free app each week will be located right under the "New & Noteworthy" section.
And yet it's the next change – while arguably more minor – that has me most excited. In order to prevent confusion between the "App of the Week" and their prominent featured content, Apple has changed the name of its weekly featured apps to "Editor's Choice." Subtle, perhaps, but far more streamlined. And as our friends at Inside Mobile Apps point out, "streamlined" is Chomp's MO. The company – recently purchased by Apple for $50M – may very well be giving the App Store a facelift from its new position on the Apple team.
Let's hope that this summer's WWDC conference in San Francisco brings with it news that iTunes as we know it is headed the way of the dinosaur. Viva la App Store revolution!


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|System: Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360*, PC
|Dev: Armature Studio
|Pub: Warner Bros. Interactive
|Release: April 1, 2014
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence
At least the biggest improvement found in this HD edition revolves around exploration. One of the biggest complaints about the original Arkham Origins Blackgate was the unintuitive top-down map. In this version, the map has been tilted to reflect the prison's three-dimensional nature and show multiple levels, so it's now easier to get around. It's still not entirely user-friendly, simply because the entire prison is so labyrinthine that finding one's way around the map involves following an awful lot of air duct passages and dotted red lines on the map.
While its story isn't particularly ground-breaking, the game does feature strong voice acting. Everybody involved seems to be having a great time portraying their classic Bat-characters, and Catwoman puts in a particularly charming performance. Still, it's hard not to feel like we've been here before and seen it done better in Arkham Asylum. It's time to leave the prison-style environment alone for a while and send Batman out into the wide world to fight crime.
With tighter, arcade-style combat, a more interesting environment, and less time-wasting tedium in the exploration sections, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate could have been an entertaining Metroidvania game. As it is, it's a wholly middling experience. It's not a bad way to spend a few afternoons, but it's almost entirely forgettable. Whether on a handheld or in this new console iteration, the game is easy to skip and difficult to love.
Becky Cunningham
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Date: April 8, 2014
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Every couple of years I attach a list of alternate project ideas to my September faculty newsletter. As I began to update those ideas this time around, it occurred to me that it would be a much better list if we built it together.
So here's the document I have so far. I invite you to edit/enhance/correct/add to it on this Google Doc.
Fifty (or so) Ways to Leave Your . . . Term Paper or Book Report and Tell Your Story
Although we believe that students need to develop the skills to prepare a thoughtful, well-written research paper or a formally written response to literature, our students have so many other product and publishing options.
They can acquire subject knowledge, practice critical thinking and develop transferable information fluency and technology skills through a variety of creative activities.
As we consider alternative project options, it would be easy to connect these options with the Common Core State Standards>College and Career Readiness>Anchor Standards for Writing. (See below.)
And as we select options, we should consider the importance of student choice and authentic audience. Student work is far more engaging when choice is involved. Student work is most meaningful when it has real purpose and real audience.
Infographic: Infographics are packed with opportunities for exploring all types of literacies and students can create them to display their knowledge and analysis of a topic, issue, piece of literature, event, system, person's life. Students collect and synthesize content on any topic with an eye toward presenting patterns using charts, timelines, maps, and other graphics to illustrate conclusions. For example, the topic of Italian Renaissance artists could be presented through charts to compare style, training, support of patrons, colors used, and subjects of paintings. Check out this Guide for models, as well as resources and inspiration on using Infographics as a creative assessment. Also check here for charting tools.
Annotated bibliography: Students search for the best materials relating to their question or thesis and evaluate them for relevance, scope, point of view, and credentials of the author. Posted on the Web, these selective lists may be especially useful for future researchers. Check this Guide for a model. (Scroll down left column.)
Curation pages/Pathfinders: Students create a path or curate feeds for current awareness for researchers on a defined knowledge niche. Students carefully evaluate available resources and select and annotate the best print and online sources, offering search strategies, context for the topic, question or thesis, and concluding summaries reflecting on the issues they discover while researching. More static pathfinders options include wikis, blogs or LibGuides, Livebinders, Google Sites. Online curating, pinning and scrapbooking tools include: Sqworl, BeeClip, Mixbook,Storify, Diigo. Scoop.it or Paper.li,Educlipper, Pinterest,
Newsletter: Using a desktop publishing program or a blog and ask students to set their newsletters in another time or place or culture. They create classified ads, theater and book reviews, sports stories, and business information. This is a perfect collaborative project. Consider using Microsoft Publisher, a Google Docs Templates, or LetterPop, or blogging software.
Debate: Choosing two historic (or modern) figures and an issue, students duke it out, with evidence, of course. The rest of the class is responsible for asking questions and judging the effectiveness of the debaters. Videotape the debate for later discussion or for sharing with another class. Consider using a VOIP program like Skype to involve a class from another school.
Brochure: Using a desktop publishing program, like Publisher, Google Doc templates, MyBrochureMaker, or SimpleBooklet students create flyers to advertise a product they've developed, a place they've researched, a period of time to travel back to, a solution to a problem, or health advice.
Résumé: Using a desktop or web-based publishing program, (like Google Docs or LetterPop), students create professional-looking résumés for a famous person and attach cover letters in the individual's voice. They might simulate interviews of the historical figure applying for a job at a university or business. Students think critically to determine elements to include or exclude, present their résumés and "sell" their character's qualifications. For the interviews, consider involving an expert or administrator, possibly using Skype.
Family tree: Students design a tree for a character in a novel. They can make the boxes large enough for illustrations and enhanced descriptions of characters and their relationships. Templates are available online.
Press conference (with famous people of a time period): Select a group of famous people to be interviewed and have the bulk of the class prepare questions. Students being interviewed should prepare their evidence well enough to predict how their famous person would respond to provocative questions. Consider recording these interviews to post on class and library websites as resources.
Trip itinerary: Students studying countries, cultures, states, or time periods, and literary journeys prepare a detailed itinerary listing sites of importance, what to pack, costs considering exchange rates, temperature for the season, where to stay, how to get from place to place, special events, advice, etc. Consider using Google Lit Trips or Meograph as a model or use any of a variety of interactive mapping tools.
Detailed journal entries or blog: For a fictional or historical character, students imagine what a real week would be like and create a series of entries in the life of a person present at a historical event or that a book character might have kept during a specific period. Include interaction and quotes from family and friends. Reveal deep feelings, thoughts about others, and respond to big events.
Chapter of historical novel: Write the first chapter or two from the point(s) of view of interesting character(s) in an event in history.
Mock trial for a controversial historical figure or fictional character: Bring Napoleon, Hitler, Socrates, Lee Harvey Oswald, Saddam Hussein, Galileo, or Richard Nixon in front of a well-prepared class made up of jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and a judge. Or hold a court simulation with students deciding a major issue, such as affirmative action, assisted suicide, or major constitutional controversies.
Acceptance speech: For a fictional or historical character, prepare an acceptance speech for a real or invented award. And then host an . . .
Awards event: Students plan a science fair for famous scientists; Grammy awards for classical musicians; or Latino culture awards for a Spanish class. Students present rationale/evidence for their selected person to win; they write detailed acceptance speeches, and plan the entertainment.
Board game: Let an event in history or a novel inspire a carefully researched and realistically playable game. Host an hour of game playing in the classroom as your evaluation
Webpage: Web pages can advertise fictitious businesses, invented products, or present electronic résumés for historical or fictional characters. Consider using GoogleSites
Visit by a person in history to the school (à la Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure): Students plan an entire visiting day and imagine and record the visitor's reactions to gym, lunch, your classes, the mall, etc. Get cameras ready. Present as a skit, video, web page, or monologue.
A day in the life of plant/machine/disease/person: Students prepare an essay or speech in first person to give the class a better idea of the history and daily life of the AIDS virus, for instance.
Dinner party: Students invite individuals from a particular period and plan what to serve and who will sit next to whom. Design the invitations. And describe the entertainment. Re-create the conversation. Or hold live, and teachers may evaluate the interaction among characters. Videotape and reflect on the highlights.
Historic experience simulation: Try a Civil War battle or a day at Ellis Island. Assign each student a role. The teacher should assume the role of a critical player to ensure the continuation of the action.
Skit: Students represent a typical day at a job for a career project or a major historical event. Consider videotaping the activity and sharing for later discussion.
Online threaded discussion: Teacher poses questions among a group of related historical figures or characters in a play or novel. Students maintain assigned roles as they respond to each others' posts in threaded discussion. Break classes into smaller communities to encourage more active discussion.
Film treatment: For a historical event or a novel, have a critical character or the author plan the film version. Address a letter to a producer suggesting and defending choice of actors based on knowledge of characters, select locations, and describe how you would stage specific scenes.
Design the movie poster: For a book, scientific discovery, hot topic, historic event, plan and publish the poster. Consider Smore, Thinglink or BigHugeLabs offers a movie poster template.
Movie trailer: For a book, scientific discovery, hot topic, historic event–plan and film, the trailer. There are lots of digital storytelling options for trailers! Animoto is just one.
News article: Write an authentic newspaper-style article about a historic event or event from a novel. Include quotes from the major players. (Use primary sources and artifacts.)
Dear Abby letter: Have a novel protagonist or historical, or current figure write to an advice columnist. Present the character's problems and create a sincere, researched response from the columnist. Expect the advice columnist to use historic or book evidence and furnish serious insights.
Letter or email or text stream from one character or historical figure or scientist to another: Characters can share deep thoughts and reveal their personalities and rationale for their actions in personal letters. The letter should reveal something about the recipient's character, as well.
Twitter: Students can communicate and interact in a series of Tweets, using the voices of
historical figures or characters, in period language and style.
Facebook: Who is the character in your book or the individual you are studying? Who would they friend? What would their updates look like? What issues would they support? What groups would they join? What links and photos would they share? Use a tool like: Fakebook
Manual: Create a detailed manual for life during a particular period of time or life in a particular ecosystem, or how to execute an experiment or for how to effectively use a particular technology. Many available digital publishing tools will make your manuals look polished.
You are the president, the general, the inventor, the senator: Explore the what ifs? Create two reasonable alternate scenarios for a historic event or decision. How else might Lee have responded at Gettysburg? After the student presents the three possible scenarios, have the class determine the most reasonable choice, or the choice actually made.
You are the author, playwright, or filmmaker: Respond to newspaper and magazine reviews
of your work
Write a short story about people who lived during a particular period or event or in a particular place: For instance, describe the last few minutes of the Space Shuttle disaster from the perspectives of three of the astronauts. Publish using a digital publishing tool like ePubBud or Issuu, or scrapbooking tool.
What if? If you could change one aspect of an event or book, would you choose to change the setting—place or time? Would you alter a character's personality or one of his choices? What if Richard III were the protagonist in Macbeth and Macbeth were the protagonist in Richard III? How would one change affect the big picture? What if Romeo and Juliet had cell phones?
Phone message or telegram: Students write a lengthy message from one historic character to his or her spouse or other contemporary about an important event.
CD or album cover with inside background pages: Students design a cover to represent an event and plan the songs with descriptions. They decide on the producer and musicians and perhaps even record a song parody. Consider using BigHugeLabs for templates.
Petition: Students lobby for or against an authentic issue they have researched with a formal petition.
"Survivor" television show: Place teams of your students in a historic time or far off place. Provide challenges to solve to see who knows enough to "outwit, outplay, outlast."
Epitaph and obituary or eulogy: Focusing on a person in history, students write epitaphs for tombstones, write newspaper obituaries, and deliver well-researched eulogies for fictional or historical characters.
Recipe: What ingredients, in what measure, and what conditions would students need to create the French Revolution? How would they prepare and cook their recipes? What changes would a slight alteration in the ingredients cause?
Photograph album or scrapbook: Students seek authentic historical photographs and label all the pictures in their albums, sharing "personal anecdotes" with the class, and including journal entries and letters. This assignment could be creatively extended to be the album of a character, a teen of a period in history, a disease, animal, or invention. Consider using an online scrapbooking tool.
Political cartoon: Students satirize a political or historic person or event. (Use Web-based tools like ToonDoo or any of the others listed here.) And discover models of professional cartoons here.
Change it up: For an event or book, would you choose to change the setting—place or time? Would you alter a character's personality or one of his choices? What if Richard III was the protagonist in Macbeth and Macbeth were the protagonist in Richard III? How would one change affect the big picture?
Lesson plan and lesson: Have students creatively present the results of their research in a lesson of their own. The lesson should not be a lecture; it should actively engage the class. Consider creating a screencast that can be archived for continual use.
Original song, song parody, rap: Ask students to describe an event, a person, a concept, or a character musically. Encourage a catchy refrain or chorus to get the class involved.
Oversized baseball card or wanted poster: What is the essence of the person you've studied or met through a novel? Capture those qualities economically in the form of a large baseball card (with quotes, stats, image) or wanted poster. The baseball card should include statistics and quotes, and use the border effectively. Use a tool like BigHugeLabs.
Alternate book jacket with blurb: Ask students to create new art to advertise a book—fiction or nonfiction. A compelling blurb to draw readers in. NCTE offers a template for book covers.
Advertising campaign: Ask students to examine and deconstruct existing effective media campaigns and to inform the construction their own full-blown campaign for an invention or industry or a book. Or choose an important person and run his or her campaign for a major political office. Use any digital film or storytelling tool to film commercials.
Postage stamp for a person or event in history: Students attach a desktop-published stamp design to a three-paragraph essay describing why the subject was important enough to deserve a commemorative stamp. Post the students stamps online, on an image sharing site or a wiki.
Picture book or comic book: Students explain a concept or event through artistic illustration, using economic language. Consider using online bookmaking tools—cartoon or photo, scrapbooking tools, or scan print work and use a digital publishing tool like ePubBud or Issuu, or scrapbooking tool.
Phone message, telegram, series of texts: Students write a lengthy message from one historic character to his or her spouse or other contemporary about an important event.
CD or album cover with inside background pages: Students design a cover to represent an event and plan the songs with descriptions. They decide on the producer and musicians and perhaps even record a song parody. Consider using BigHugeLabs for templates.
Crossword puzzle or word search: Students use related vocabulary to create a puzzle for the class to attempt. Encourage puzzle creators to include questions requiring critical thought.
Petition: With evidence, students lobby for or against an authentic issue they have researched with a formal petition.
"This Is Your Life" television show: Students videotape or enact the biographical show complete with guests, illustrations, and special surprises.
"Survivor" television show: Place teams of your students in a historic time or far off place. Provide challenges to solve to see who knows enough to "outwit, outplay, outlast."
Epitaph and obituary or eulogy: Focusing on a person in history, students write epitaphs for tombstones, write newspaper obituaries, and deliver well-researched eulogies.
Recipe: What ingredients, in what measure, and what conditions would students need to create the French Revolution? How would they prepare and cook their recipes? What changes would a slight alteration in the ingredients cause?
Photograph album or scrapbook: Students seek authentic historical photographs and label all the pictures in their albums, sharing "personal anecdotes" with the class, and including journal entries and letters. This assignment could be creatively extended to be the album of a character, a teen of a period in history, a disease, animal, or invention. Consider using an online scrapbooking tool.
Political cartoon: Students satirize a political or historic person or event. (Use Web-based tools like ToonDoo or any of the others listed here.) And discover models of professional cartoons here.
Monologue: Your more dramatic students may opt to create a scene from the life of a famous person or a fictional person caught up in a real event.
Want ad: Students compose an ad requesting personnel to solve a problem in history.
Timeline: Students create a wall-sized, annotated, and multimedia time line, including important quotes. Consider parallel timelines—perhaps, one of actual history, another of book events—to enhance the reading of historical fiction. Consider also using Web-based timelining tools like Meograph, MIT's Timeline, Mnemograph, or Xtimeline
Soap opera based on a historical event: Students can add lots of drama and over-the-top characters. Use a Google Docs template for storyboarding. After storyboarding, students may use a variety of digital storytelling tools to produce scenes.
Survey: Students use a tool like Google Forms to design a survey instrument, collect and analyze authentic data relating to a selected topic or issue. Additional polling tools.
What about that traditional paper? And how about taking the most excellent of those papers and publishing them digitally? Share them on your websites and encourage learners to add them to their own portfolios of work. Use digital publishing toolsll like ePubBud or Issuu, and embed and celebrate!
* Common Core State Standards>College and Career Readiness>Anchor Standards for Writing.
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Range of Writing
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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STORRS, Conn. -- A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory.
Jasper Howard, 20, of Miami, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sanctioned dance at the UConn Student Union just after 12:30 a.m., police said.
Police had not identified a suspect or released the name of the other victim.
Connecticut coach Randy Edsall said the team was heartbroken and devastated over the loss of Howard, a junior and the team's starting cornerback who came to the school to get away from the violence on the streets of his hometown. He became the first person in his family to go to college.
"I know this," Edsall said, his eyes red and welling with tears, "he loved UConn; he loved his teammates; he loved everything about this."
Edsall said Howard's death was especially tragic, because he was about to become a father. No additional information about the expectant mother, identified by Edsall as Howard's girlfriend, was provided by police or the university.
Joanglia Howard said she got news of her son's death about 4 a.m., and described him as a "good kid" who never got into trouble.
"All I wanted him to do was go to school and get an education, and he was doing what I asked him to do," she told WSVN-TV in Miami.
The coach gathered his team at its training facility at 6 a.m. to deliver the news.
"As Jazz looks down on us, I can promise him and his family, that son or daughter will have 105 uncles," punter Desi Cullen, a team captain, said at an afternoon news conference. "And we will do what it takes to not get through this, but to grow from it."
UConn Police Major Ronald Blicher said this is the first homicide at the university in the more than 30 years he has been associated with the school.
Blicher said Howard was stabbed following a fight between two groups that included students and non-students. The altercation broke out just after a fire alarm went off in the student center, forcing the evacuation of about 300 people, from a "Welcome Back" party and dance sponsored by the school's West Indian Awareness Organization.
Police and the school declined to say whether any other athletes were involved in the incident.
Police cordoned off the crime scene near the university's Gampel Pavilion basketball arena for much of the day.
"Certainly not all 300 saw this event," Blicher said. "We have been actively interviewing people through the night and day, and we continue to seek anybody who might have information."
Police were trying to determine whether the alarm and the fight were related.
The university community was sent messages warning them to be cautious, but Blicher said officials don't believe anyone else is in danger and that the stabbing did not appear premeditated.
"The university does not have an individual walking around just stabbing people," Blicher said.
Howard and the other stabbing victim were taken to Windham Community Memorial Hospital, where the second victim was treated and released. Howard was later airlifted to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, where he died from his injuries.
Edsall drove to the hospital Sunday morning and was asked to identify Howard's body.
"One of my sons has been taken away," the coach said.
University President Michael Hogan told The Associated Press the stabbing is a tragedy for the entire university community.
"I was in the locker room after the game yesterday. It was such a joyous moment," Hogan said. "To go from that game and such a victory to the developments at 12:30 last night is such a tragedy."
Howard had a career-high 11 tackles Saturday against Louisville and made perhaps the game's biggest play, forcing a fumble just as Louisville was about to score with UConn up 21-13 in the third quarter. UConn won 38-25, and following the game, Howard, who led the Big East in punt returns last season, talked to the AP about the play.
"I felt my hand go on the ball and I felt that I had a chance to get it out. I just stripped it out. It was a big play. We needed it," he said.
Corey Bell, director of football operations at the University of Miami, coached Howard at Miami Edison High School.
He told The Miami-Herald Sunday that he was stunned.
"I'm real close to all my guys, but Jazz and I were real close," Bell said. "We spoke at least once every week. He's a great kid, coachable, dependable, real tough mentally and talented. He had dreams of getting to the next level and making it and taking care of his mom and his sister."
New England Patriots cornerback Darius Butler, described by Edsall as the player who taught Howard the ropes while at UConn, was shaken by the news.
"It hasn't settled in, but it was tough on the UConn family," Butler said. "He's in my thoughts and prayers."
A phone and e-mail message left with Miami's media relations department were not immediately returned.
The school was arranging for Howard's parents to come to Connecticut. The junior also had two teenage sisters.
The student union was reopened late Sunday, and the snack shop there was soon doing a brisk business.
Aaron Price, a 19-year-old music major, said he was a bit concerned that nobody had yet been arrested, but didn't fear for his own safety.
"I've never felt unsafe," he said. "I've never even thought about whether or not I felt safe."
Gov. M. Jodi Rell visited the campus Sunday to offer her condolences and any assistance the university might need.
Edsall said the team will not practice until Tuesday, but plans on playing next Saturday at West Virginia. He said they would wear some remembrance of Howard, and would plan a more permanent memorial at the team's training center.
"The Howard family will get through this, as well as the UConn family," Edsall said. "Because we are determined and we are willing to make sure that Jazz will be honored in the right way, and how we do things is what he'll be expecting out of all of us."


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Access Trans Movers & Packers is a reputable packing and moving company in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. We offer quality packing and moving solution for all types of relocation requirements. You can hire packing, loading, transporting, unloading and unpacking services for relocation needs like home shifting, office shifting, commercial shifting, bike shifting, car transportation, and residential relocation. We are providing services not only for local shifting but also for intercity and international relocation requirements. More importantly we are providing our services at very affordable and genuine rates. You can hardly find the best quality relocation services at our price.
Recent Reviews by Rakesh
I hired this company for house shifting from Adyar to Anna Nagar in Chennai. It was pleasing experience to watch the professionalism of this moving company. The services was finest and no damages to even a single item I saw. Thank Access Trans Movers & Packers for great service.View Profile Get Quotes
Sky Cargo Movers and Packers
No.6/1, 3rd Lane, Mettu Street Cycle Shop, Puzhal, Chennai - 600066
4.2 Rated
About Company
Welcome to Sky Packers and Movers in Chennai. We are one of the leading, trustworthy and most sought-after packers and movers agencies in Chennai. We are committed to providing you the best quality packing and moving solution for your local, intercity and international relocation requirements. You can hire premium quality packing, loading, transporting, unpacking and unloading services at affordable prices for relocation types like home shifting, office shifting, bike shifting, and car transportation. In addition, we are also providing services for pet moving, furniture shifting, car carrier & transportation, warehousing & storage, and goods transit insurance.
Recent Reviews by Sekhran
I hire Sky Cargo Movers and Packers for house shifting service. I got my goods transferred safely to my new home. I'm satisfied with the service of this company. Thank you.View Profile Get Quotes
What Our Clients Say
S. Subramaniam
Value for Money
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Professionalism and responsiveness
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Packers and Movers Charges in Gopalapuram, Chennai
Thinking of hiring professional Packers and Movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai? If yes then you can hire the best and reliable service provider through Moving Solutions at affordable price. We will discuss about hiring guide for professional movers and packers in Gopalapuram, Chennai through this portal. Meanwhile, let's know the approximate packers and movers charges in Gopalapuram, Chennai. See the standard price chart below.
Estimated charges for local shifting in Chennai
|Distance →
Size of Home ↓
|Up to 12 Km
|13 – 30 Km
|Rs 3,000 – 7,000
|Rs 4,000 – 8,000
|Rs 6,000 – 9,000
|Rs 4,000 – 8,000
|Rs 5,000 – 10,000
|Rs 7,000 – 13,000
|Rs 5,000 – 14,000
|Rs 6,000 – 16,000
|Rs 8,000 – 18,000
|4 or 5 BHK
|Rs 8,000 – 16,000
|Rs 10,000 – 20,000
|Rs 13,000 – 25,000
|Complete Household
|Rs 6,500 – 21,000
|Rs 9,000 – 28,000
|Rs 9,500 – 30,000
|Micro Office 6 People Capacity
|Rs 11,000 - 18,000
|Rs 13,000 - 22,000
|Rs 15,000 - 25,000
|Small Office 20 People Capacity
|Rs 19,000 - 35,000
|Rs 23,000 - 40,000
|Rs 25,000 - 45,000
|Medium Office 50 People Capacity
|Rs 45,000 - 70,000
|Rs 52,000 - 80,000
|Rs 60,000 - 90,000
|Standard Office 100 People Capacity
|Rs 70,000 - 1,40,000
|Rs 80,000 - 1,50,000
|Rs 90,000 - 1,70,000
|Corporate Office More than 100
|Contact for quotations
|Contact for quotations
|Contact for quotations
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Packers and Movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai Hiring Guide
Gopalapuram is a prominent residential locality and neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is a thickly populated residential area close to St. Thomas Railway Station. The neighborhood is surrounded by areas namely Alandur, Palavanthangal, Nanganallur, Thalakanancheri, Vanuvampet, Puzhuthivakkam, Velachery and Guindy. There are so many professional packers and movers in and around Gopalapuram, Chennai. Finding the right and reliable packers and movers company in Gopalapuram, Chennai can be tricky and challenging task. But you don't need to worry at all. We at Moving Solutions will provide you the best deal on hiring the services of professional movers and packers. We are partnered with top-notch movers and packers companies of Gopalapuram that are licensed and registered. We will provide you free quotations from top 3 best-match companies, so that you can compare the rates and hire the best-suited one. Our partner packers and movers companies from Gopalapuram, Chennai are providing services such as house shifting, office shifting, local shifting, domestic shifting, bike shifting, car transportation, and warehousing & storage.
If you want to hire the cheap and best packers and movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai then Movingsolutions.in is the best choice. Through this portal, you can hire the best and reliable relocation service provider in Gopalapuram and its nearby localities in minutes. Only you need to share your move details with us and compare the quotes. Here is how you can book the best and trusted company of professional packers and movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai.
Go through the below given steps to hire your movers in Chennai
- Tell us your shifting details via the following mediums
- Online: Enquiry Form
- Helpline Number: 9911918545
- Toll Free Number: 1800 116 878
- WhatsApp Number: 9911918545
- Email ID: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Get free estimates (quotes) from top 3 verified Packers and Movers within few minutes
- Compare rates and quality of services to choose the best one at your best price.
Shifting Within Chennai
- Adambakkam
- Adyar
- Alandur
- Alapakkam
- Alwarpet
- Alwarthirunagar
- Ambattur
- Aminjikarai
- Anna Nagar
- Anna Salai
- Annanur
- Arumbakkam
- Ashok Nagar
- Avadi
- Ayanavaram
- Balavinayagar Nagar
- Poonamallee
- Porur
- Purasaiwalkam
- Ramavaram
- Royapuram
- Saidapet
- Saligramam
- Selaiyur
- Sembakkam
- Shenoy Nagar
- Sholinganallur
- Sithalapakkam
- Sowcarpet
- T. Nagar
- Tambaram
- Tharamani
- Thirumangalam
- Thirumullaivoyal
- Thiruvanmiyur
- Thiruvotriyur
- Tiruverkadu
- Tondiarpet
- Vadapalani
- Vallalar Nagar
- Vanagaram
- Velachery
- Villivakkam
- Virugambakkam
- Vyasarpadi
- Washermanpet
- West Mambalam
- Basin Bridge
- Besant Nagar
- Chepauk
- Chetpet
- Chinmaya Nagar
- Chintadripet
- Chitlapakkam
- Choolai
- Choolaimedu
- Chromepet
- Egmore
- Ekkaduthangal
- Ennore
- Foreshore Estate
- George Town
- Gerugambakkam
- Gopalapuram
- Guindy
- Injambakkam
- Iyyappanthangal
- Jafferkhanpet
- K.K. Nagar
- Karapakkam
- Kattivakkam
- Keelkattalai
- Kilpauk
- Kodambakkam
- Kodungaiyur
- Kolathur
- Korukkupet
- Kottivakkam
- Kotturpuram
- Koyambedu
- Kundrathur
- Madambakkam
- Madhavaram
- Madipakkam
- Maduravoyal
- Mandaveli
- Medavakkam
- Meenambakkam
- MGR Nagar
- Minjur
- MKB Nagar
- Mogappair
- Moulivakkam
- Mudichur
- Mugalivakkam
- Mylapore
- Nandanam
- Nanganallur
- Navalur
- Nolambur
- Nungambakkam
- Otteri
- Padi
- Palavakkam
- Pallavaram
- Pallikaranai
- Pammal
- Park Town
- Pattabiram
- Pattaravakkam
- Pazhavanthangal
- Peerkankaranai
- Perambur
- Peravallur
- Perumbakkam
- Perungalathur
- Perungudi
Frequently Asked Questions
What are packers and movers charges in Gopalapuram, Chennai?
Average packers and movers charges in Gopalapuram, Chennai for local shifting is Rs 5,000. The price may range from Rs 2,500 to 25,000 depending upon the size of house and total volume & weight of belongings.
How to hire the best movers and packers in Gopalapuram Chennai at low price?
If you want to save money on hiring professional movers and packers in Gopalapuram then you must compare quotations of at least top 3 companies. We at Moving Solutions will provide you free quotes of pre-verified and qualified movers and packers of Gopalapuram to compare. Compare the free estimates and save up to 30%.
What factors usually affect the cost of hiring professional packers and movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai?
There are so many factors which may influence the relocation service charges in Gopalapuram. Major cost affecting factors are the distance, total volume & weight of items, size of house, size of truck, type of truck, packing materials (types & quantity), season of move, time & date of moving, experience of moving crew members, manpower, time consumption in handling relocation process, floor of buildings, and the brand value & market reputation of chosen packers and movers.
Which is the best portal to hire the best packers and movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai?
Undeniably, Moving Solutions is the best portal to book the best company of movers and packers in Gopalapuram and any locality else across Chennai and India as well. We are engaged in offering services of professional relocation companies in almost all the major cities and towns of India.
What services can be hired through Moving Solutions?
Through this portal (Moving Solutions), you can hire a range of services from one of the best-match movers and packers companies of Gopalapuram. You can use this portal for services like packing & moving, loading & unloading, unpacking & rearranging, warehousing & storage, pet animals moving, house plants moving, industrial goods shifting, shop shifting, office shifting, showroom relocation, hospital shifting, household goods shifting, local shifting, domestic shifting, and commercial shifting.
What are some good ways to reduce the cost of house shifting?
There are certainly some ways through which you can reduce the cost of house shifting and hiring professional packers and movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai. They are:
- Be minimalistic - get rid of junk items and declutter home before move to avoid unnecessary packing and moving charges and hassles.
- Donate items to a charity to save taxes or sell on Olx like site to earn some extra money.
- Pack items on your own by taking help of your near and dear ones.
- Gather free boxes from local grocery stores, liquor shops or chemists.
- Have an overall idea about packers and movers charges before you gather quotations.
- Collect free quotations from at least top 3 relocation companies of Gopalapuram, Chennai.
- Compare price estimates and choose the best and affordable movers in Gopalapuram, Chennai.
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A physicist is asking for help publishing his wild new science fiction book series — and possibly also creating a new superweapon that would change the face of war forever. Australian-born physicist Adam Weigold is trying to raise $20,000 on Kickstarter to pay for editing and marketing for his novel Dragon Empire, which is about how laser-powered EMPs turn the tide in a war against China.
And then in November, Weigold hopes to publish Dragon Empire, as part of a plan to raise $2 million to make his fictional weapons happen in real life. According to Weigold, his novel shows how laser-guided EMP weapons could "nullify the effect of guided missile technology" — and in turn, change all of warfare, "especially strategy and tactics."
Over at Tech News Daily, there's an article explaining how these weapons would work:
High-energy lasers can create an ionized ball of plasma by ripping electrons from molecules in the air — enough to generate a small EMP pulse that could knock out the electronic sensors and guidance systems of missiles. That means an F-35 fighter jet armed with a kilowatt-class laser could theoretically become invincible against a swarm of missiles.
But earlier experiments faltered because the lasers could not focus accurately over greater distances to ensure an EMP knockout blow. Differences in air pressure, clouds and smoky conditions can throw the laser targeting off by 98 to 164 feet (30 to 50 meters) over a firing distance of 0.6 miles (1 kilometer), whereas the laser-powered EMP can only hit targets about 7 to 16 feet (2 to 5 meters) within range of the laser's focal point.
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Weigold doesn't have to raise the whole $2 million himself — if he can raise between $300,000 and $500,000, he can apply for funding from the Department of Defense, under the Small Business Innovation Research Program. More details at the link. [TechNewsDaily]


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