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A body has been found at the home of original Disney Mouseketeer Dennis Day, who has been missing since July 2018, according to USA Today. Susana Victoria Perez has more.
As a little boy, Dennis Day enchanted millions as one of Disney's original TV Mouseketeers; now, as an elderly man, dead under still-obscure circumstances, he is a poignant mystery for more millions: Why did he die and why did it take nearly a year to learn his fate?
Fair warning: This case could remain a mystery, joining the backlog of cold cases growing chillier by the year, says James Alan Fox, professor of criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, an expert on homicide in America and author of "The Will to Kill."
So far, the public has been told that Day, 76, is dead but not whether he is a homicide victim. Oregon State Police, who are in charge of the investigation, might know but spokesman Capt. Tim Fox (no relation to Professor Fox), isn't saying. How come?
"As with any investigation, it takes time," said Capt. Fox in an email to USA TODAY. "Due to the nature of this investigation (and any investigation), police release what they can at the time to not compromise the integrity of the investigation."
Day's closest relative, his sister Nelda Adkins of Coalinga, California, is following the advice of police.
"We are deeply appreciative of all that has helped us bring Dennis's disappearance to an end," she told USA TODAY in an email. "But because of the on-going investigation, I am unable to discuss any part of it."
Professor Fox says it's not unusual for police to be tight-lipped about an investigation.
"Sometimes they want to keep information under wraps that they know only the killer would know," says Fox. "Sometimes, they're trying not to embarrass or 'show up' the local police, if there is information (about the case) that is embarrassing to the early investigators. Sometimes it's both."
Either way, Fox says, the police don't have to share.
"It's easier to say 'we're not prepared to reveal information at this point in an open investigation,' " Professor Fox said. "They don't have to reveal the details or what happened or what they found. If it ever went to court, then obviously that would come out but not until someone is charged."
Just for comparison, Professor Fox said, about 65 percent of homicide cases nationally are solved, and two-thirds of those that are solved are solved within two to three days. What that means, he said, is that the colder the cold case, the harder it is solve.
The mysterious Day case is now nearly a year old. Theoretically, "it could remain a mystery forever," he said. "It happens. A lot of cold cases are so cold they're frozen, and it takes a stroke of luck to solve."
The Oregon State Police confirmed Thursday that a body found on April 4 at Day's rural home in Phoenix, Oregon, is in fact the long-missing Day, the former Mouseketeer who sang and danced on millions of black-and-white TV screens across the nation back in the mid-1950s, dressed in a mouse-ear beanie and a sweater emblazoned with his name.
The identification by the Oregon Medical Examiner's office came two months after the body was found and 11 months after Day vanished from his Phoenix home in July 2018. .
He left behind his beloved cat and dog and his husband/partner of more than 45 years, Ernest Caswell, who was hospitalized after a fall the day Day disappearedand has dementia-related memory problems, according to Lt. Jeff Price of the tiny police department in Phoenix who initially investigated the case in 2018.
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Because of his memory issues, two weeks went by before the hospitalized Caswell became aware that Day had not visited; only then were Phoenix police notified of his disappearance. The only thing Caswell could remember was that Day planned to visit some friends on the day he vanished, Price told USA TODAY.
But there are still more questions than answers about what happened to Day.
How was the body identified? It was too decomposed to be recognized or to use DNA or dental records, police said. So what other method was used?
"I have no idea if there is any other way," says Professor Fox. "But it's strange to identify a body by a method other than DNA or teeth. Circumstantial evidence maybe?"
Where precisely was the body found? Price said the Day home and property, and nearby countryside, were searched several times early in the investigation after July 2018. Why wasn't the body spotted then? Was it in water, such as a creek, lake or well?
What was the cause of death? So far, that's still secret, with no word on whether it was an accident, suicide or foul play. If his death was an accident or suicide, why wouldn't investigators say so upfront?
Why were there delays in notification of the family? Price said Phoenix police did not know how to contact his family and Caswell, by this time in assisted care, could not help. Six months later, after the search proved fruitless, an Oregon TV news station ran a story on the case. That's when Day's niece, Janel Showers, who lives in Oregon, learned of his disappearance and notified his sister.
Why was Day's car found 200 miles away in the possession of two strangers? The occupants of his car, who have not been named, claimed Day let them borrow it. It was impounded on July 26, 2018,by Oregon State Police and later searched, but there was no sign of foul play and the couple were released, Price said. What was their role, if any, in Day's disappearance and death?
Why did the Oregon State Police take over the investigation? "It's not all that unusual for a local case, if it's floundering, to be taken over by state police, particularly if a small-town police department lacks resources or experience," says Professor Fox.
Meanwhile, Adkins said funeral arrangements for Day are still pending, and Caswell's welfare is being taken care of.
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The last time we checked on on Czech politician Vaclav Klaus, the NYT was freaking out that a guy who didn't subscribe to Western European liberal orthodoxy was set to assume the EU Presidency. You know, he didn't necessarily believe that more regulation was the answer to the crisis, and he was even a global warming skeptic.
Whether you agree with him or not, you have to admire a politician that's obviously not interested in pandering. Members of the European Parliament booed and walked out during his most recent speech to the body.
Klaus said that the economic downturns are like a flu: if you don't cure it, it takes 7 days. If you do, it takes a week. He was also surprised that Bastiat's famous fictitious petition from the 19th century - a request by candle producers who wanted to be protected by the government against an unfairly advantaged competitor, the Sun - became real in the EU's decision from November 2008 to add 60% tariffs on Chinese candles.
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In the late-1990s, the fourth floor of the Engineering Library at the University of Wisconsin – Madison was filled with hundred-year old trade journals. I was writing a dissertation about the steel industry, but when you first came off the elevator right at eye level was a journal called Ice and Refrigeration. One day, I stopped to look at it and discovered a lost world of early five-ton refrigerating machines that seemed to have a habit of exploding. When I eventually started looking for a second book project, I decided to examine why. Many, many years later, the result was Refrigeration Nation.
The hardest thing to do when writing about the steel industry was finding something new to say about an industry that so many historians had covered before. The amazing thing about examining the history of refrigeration was just how little had been written about it before. The last academic examination of the ice and refrigeration industry had come out in the early-1950s. During all the years I worked on Refrigeration Nation, nothing new appeared.
The hardest thing about writing the book was determining the proper level of focus. The published sources on this industry proved voluminous. The private papers from refrigerating companies and engineers were less so, but still considerable. The only people I could talk to about how refrigerating machinery actually works were refrigerating engineers, who encouraged me to get into much more technological detail than I ever imagined possible.
What saved me from doing that was when I first discovered the idea of the cold chain. A "cold chain" is a refrigerating engineering concept that takes in all the infrastructure needed to transport and store perishable food from its point of production to its point of consumption. I used it as an organizing principle to describe the huge array of refrigeration-related technologies which make our modern cold chains possible.
Refrigeration Nation begins in 1806 with the beginnings of the early New England ice industry and progresses down the cold chain as time passes – moving from those giant ice machines, to refrigerated ships and railway cars and finally ending with the iceboxes and refrigerators that have marked the American kitchen for well over one hundred years. Sometimes I feel like a barely scratched the surface of everything I cover, but then again nobody had bothered to try to do even that before me for over fifty years.
Luckily, even in the two+ years since Refrigeration Nation appeared in hardback, a number of writers have taken up the challenge of improving our knowledge of this essential industry. My favorite is Carroll Gantz's Refrigeration: A History (McFarland: 2015). I also like my own Refrigerator (Bloomsbury: 2015) for obvious reasons. I'm currently working on finishing a history of the American ice industry during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries for this very press again so that I can offer more detail than I did previously about this now-better known technological and industrial breakthrough. Hopefully the publication of the paperback edition of Refrigeration Nation will inspire even more work in this area, because there is certainly much left to be done.
Jonathan Rees is a professor of history at Colorado State University–Pueblo. He is the author of Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction and Refrigerator and Refrigerator. His book, Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America is now available in paperback.


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The January 16, 2018 Edition of Smackdown Live is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's Smackdown brand, which took place on January 16, 2018 at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas.
The stakes couldn't have been higher when Jinder Mahal kicked off Team Blue by taking on Xavier Woods, with the winner advancing to the Final of the United States Championship Tournament.
With Woods and Mahal being flanked by The New Day and The Singh Brothers, respectively, the two Superstars battled it out in the ring knowing that they each had formidable backup at ringside, at least until Samir & Sunil tried to get involved and Big E and Kofi Kingston chased them to the backstage area. The Modern Day Maharaja attempted to use his size and strength edge to leverage out a victory, but The New Day member refused to go down easy, using every tactical advantage he could find throughout the contest.
However, despite a valiant showing from Woods, he suffered a major setback when he missed his signature top-rope elbow drop. From there, Mahal brutalized Woods, throwing him neck-first into the bottom rope and drilling him with a brutal Khallas to advance to the Final.
After an incredibly intense staredown last week, Bobby Roode faced off with Mojo Rawley on SmackDown LIVE with a spot in the Final of the United States Championship Tournament up for grabs.
Rawley, bursting from the seams with his new brash attitude and youthful aggression, took the fight to The Glorious One early in the contest. Primed for an upset of epic proportions, Rawley did not account for Roode's perseverance, with the former NXT Champion finally edging out the young lion with the Glorious DDT for the win.
The victory party would be short-lived for Roode, though, as he was soon blindsided in the ring by The Singh Brothers, who snuck in several cheap shots before scurrying away. After the attack, Jinder Mahal stepped onto the stage and made it clear that he planned on taking Roode down next week. The Glorious One then vamped on the microphone, declaring that he didn't need to wait until next week for the Tournament Final, as he and Mahal could square off for the star-spangled title tonight.
Liking what he heard, SmackDown LIVE General Manager Daniel Bryan hit the scene to confirm that the match to determine the new United States Champion would indeed happen tonight, much to the delight of Roode and the chagrin of Mahal!
With the conflict between The Riott Squad and the rest of the Team Blue Women's division escalating by the week, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan squared off against the all-star team of SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, Naomi and Becky Lynch.
The momentum swung back and forth, as both sides attempted to assert dominance while also looking to gain a critical edge less than two weeks away from the historic first-ever Women's Royal Rumble Match.
In the bout's critical moments, a surging Naomi was hitting anything that moved, but with the referee distracted by the melee outside the ring, Ruby drilled the former SmackDown Women's Champion with an illegal kick from the apron, and Morgan capitalized by planting Naomi with an impressive jaw-jacking maneuver to pick up another huge win for The Riott Squad.
With both Superstars having already won grueling battles earlier in the evening, Bobby Roode and Jinder Mahal went toe-to-toe with the iconic United States Championship on the line.
The two Superstars engaged in a hard-hitting contest, as SmackDown LIVE Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan watched from ringside. Roode and Mahal were unrelenting, both going deep into their playbook while vying to become United States Champion for the first time.
With Roode in serious jeopardy, The Glorious One seamlessly countered the Khallas into the Glorious DDT for the 1-2-3, sending the WWE Universe into a frenzy, becoming the new United States Champion and ensuring that the star-spangled title was now... GLORIOUS.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Jinder Mahal (w/ Samir Singh & Sunil Singh) defeated Xavier Woods (w/ Big E & Kofi Kingston) in a WWE United States Championship Tournament Semi Final Match (16:33)
- Bobby Roode defeated Mojo Rawley in a WWE United States Championship Tournament Semi Final Match (13:41)
- The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott & Sarah Logan) defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair & Naomi (8:31)
- Bobby Roode defeated Jinder Mahal (w/ Samir Singh & Sunil Singh) in the WWE United States Championship Tournament Final Match to win the vacant WWE United States Championship (14:49)
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- WWE Smackdown Live #961 at CAGEMATCH.net
- WWE Smackdown Live #961 at WWE.com
- Smackdown #961 on WWE Network


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Betsafe Boruc Dance
Real-time marketing viral video
We are resposible for the whole digital appearance of betsafe brand in all online channels. Our last project is an example of real time marketing featuring the brand's ambassador, famous goalkeeper artur boruc. Results? 220,000 you tube views of the video, which literally went viral and was shared and published by the most influential polish and british media: wprost weekly, onet website, espn, metro.co.uk. The process and creative idea: how did it happen? The brand's ambassador, artur boruc was offended by one of his twitter followers. The hater wrote "you'r so f***** stiff! Dudek had his dudek dance in the goal at least!". We've decided to make the best out of this situation, luckily – artur was in poland, so in just a few days, we prepared a video response to the provocative comment -"boruc dance".
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Ravensbourne Students Go Hands-On with AWS to Stream Shakespeare Across Schools in the United Kingdom
Submitted by James on January 9, 2019
Ravensbourne University London is using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including AWS Elemental Media Services, to bring live broadcasts of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) productions to schools across the United Kingdom. Designed to encourage interaction with young audiences across a range of viewing platforms, such as classrooms and auditoriums, the RSC's free Schools' Broadcasts are generously supported by Virgin Media and feature real-time Twitter questions and answers and graphic overlays.
Ravensbourne University London is a specialist creative university, dedicated to preparing its students for successful careers in digital media and design. It offers courses that give students experience using modern broadcast technology in real-world production scenarios. Since its collaboration with RSC began over six years ago, the university has streamed Shakespeare's works to hundreds of schools, including those in remote locations with varying bandwidth accessibility.
"Both students and schools are responding positively to the program, and it is a great example of what's possible when technology, creativity and education converge. AWS cloud services have been instrumental in bringing this experience to students," Richard Manning, Associate Senior Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Digital Television Technology, School of Media. "With AWS Elemental solutions and cloud-based media services at the center of our streaming workflow, we no longer receive reports of buffering issues, even in rural areas where Internet connectivity has historically been patchy or broadband access unavailable. We now expect to bring the experience to even more schools, including those that may have initially given up due to connectivity challenges."
In a collaborative workflow, RSC provides Ravensbourne with captured live content of theatre performances, while second-year television students at Ravensbourne are responsible for turning the performance into three parts including live Q&As with the crew and actors across a range of viewing platforms and regions.
Earlier this year, after finding its existing setup could be improved with consistent quality and detailed viewership analytics, Ravensbourne turned to AWS for its greater scalability and ability to deliver multiple high-quality versions of each stream. The university introduced AWS Elemental Media Services, the Amazon CloudFront content delivery network (CDN), and Amazon CloudWatch monitoring and management service into its streaming infrastructure.
"The AWS team met with us and spent a lot of time diving into our workflow and challenges. They proposed a number of solutions, helping us find a more efficient and affordable way to get this content to schools while also giving our students exposure to the kinds of technology they'll be working with in the field after graduation," shared Manning. "Their team was incredible, and took an authentic interest in what our students were working on and trying to achieve. The intuitive nature and functionality of the technology were also high points."
AWS Elemental Media Services play an integral role in the program, providing affordable access to cloud-based services that support the creation and delivery of high quality streams to each school, and the flexibility to scale, without the traditional upfront capital investments required for similar productions. The AWS Elemental MediaLive service supports the creation and delivery of video streams. The AWS Elemental MediaPackage service is used to create a playlist for each school's CDN and automatically adjusts video quality to match each school's connection.
Beyond the broadcasts, the workflow has also proven a valuable instructional tool for Ravensbourne professors. Instructors can easily set up a stream and demonstrate how the system works, showing monitoring points via Amazon CloudWatch.
"It's a fantastic resource to have at our disposal on so many different levels. Our students are able to dive deep into the workflow to get real-world experience, and we can give them a more holistic understanding of the process and technology from a theory point of view," said Manning.
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Japan mission team brings Gospel to university students
In one of the most popular Shinto shrines in Kobe, Japan, a stream of visitors steps through the torii gate, which practicing Shintos view as a visual boundary between the secular world and the domain of the deity to whom they direct their prayers. After quietly cleansing their hands with water, they approach the altar to give a small offering to the deity and pray for good fortune.
Many Japanese participate in this ritual on a regular basis and believe an attentive deity is receiving their prayers. This year's Japan mission team witnessed firsthand the misplaced hope many Japanese have, if they have hope in any god at all. From May 13-31, the seven-member student team focused its evangelism efforts at two Kobe universities. Visiting campuses during the lunch hours, the team asked to join Japanese students at their tables, explaining that they were looking to make new friends and learn Japanese culture, religion and history. In the course of their ensuing conversations, they looked for opportunities to share the Gospel.
Several Japanese students were receptive to the Southwestern team and eager to talk with them, although less eager to discuss such personal subjects as religion. For many of the students the Southwestern team met, religion was an important part of their family's day-to-day life. For others, religion was merely tradition and only had a significant role on such special occasions as New Year's Day, when most people visit the shrine to pray for a prosperous year.
"Japan is a very dark country, spiritually," Master of Arts student Gulshat Amanmyradova says. "Although on the surface level it is very pretty, peaceful and clean, on a deeper level, there is much turmoil and suffering hidden behind every face."
Because of this spiritual darkness, she adds, starting conversations about the Gospel was oftentimes difficult . Without an established trust or relationship, many did not care to listen. In spite of these barriers, however, the Southwesterners still saw God work in many of their conversations. In the brief time they served in Kobe, the Southwestern team filled their time meeting students during lunchtime and reconnecting with many of those same students in the evenings for further discussion.
Important as it was to establish trust, Master of Arts student Courtney Dusenbury says they also could not wait too long to share the Gospel, especially given their brief time in Kobe. As a student at Southwestern, Dusenbury says she is constantly reminded of the importance of sharing the Gospel soon, even if it is in a culture that is not accepting of the message.
"You don't want to needlessly shock or upset someone, but in the same breath, you can't wait months and months," Dusenbury says. "It's better to share somewhat soon and have it up front and continue to be their friend and continue to show that you care."
Most of the university students they met had little to no knowledge of Christianity beyond its connection to the Christmas holiday, so the Gospel message was a new concept oftentimes difficult to grasp. "When we presented the Gospel to them, some found it new and interesting," says Hannah Chan, who recently graduated with her master's in biblical counseling. "They had no concept of sin, as it translates to 'crime' in Japanese, so we had to explain that it is a condition of the heart: selfishness, rebellion, doing things your own way rather than God's."
Although none of the conversations resulted in a decision to follow Christ, Amanmyradova says significant progress was made. Even when conversations were awkward or uncomfortable, she says it was worth it for the sake of the dozens of people who heard the Good News for the first time in their lives. "You never know what God may use to make something out of something awkward or 'ineffective' in our eyes," Amanmyradova says.


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Just hours after Apple released iOS 12.1.3, a great deal of iPhone users on Sprint have reported that a cellular data connection issue. Several users on Reddit and Twitter posted that they started dealing with either no or extremely bad information connection following the setup of the iOS 12.1.3 update. Some AT&T users have actually likewise reported cellular connection issues on their iPhone designs. Apple's support group on Twitter has actually started reacting to affected users. Especially, iOS 12.1.2, the software version prior to the current iOS 12.1.3 upgrade, was discovered to bring a similar connection problem for some users last month.
As a number of users reported on Reddit and Twitter, the cellular information connection issue emerges after installing the iOS 12.1.3 update that Apple launched previously today. The source of the issue is unclear. However, it sounds comparable to the cellular data problem faced by some users after installing iOS 12.1.2 last month.
Some of the affected users pointed out that the issue basically affects the cellular connectivity on their iPhone designs. There are likewise some circumstances that apart from users on the Sprint network, the issue affects some AT&T users as well.
"Ever considering that I've updated to iOS 12.1.3, both mine and my wife's iPhone XS Max has no cellular signal (no service) at all [sic]," among the afflicted users tweeted while raising the issue to the Apple Support account on Twitter.
Sprint is obviously familiar with the issue. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, the telecom operator mentioned that the iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XR users were mainly facing the continuous issue. "Some Sprint clients with iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XR are experiencing service concerns. Our teams are working to deal with the concern as quickly as possible," the business tweeted.
It is, nevertheless, unclear whether Sprint's tweet is connected to the bug apparently available on iOS 12.1.3.
On the other hand, Apple's assistance group on Twitter is actively reacting to users concerning the cellular data connectivity issue. The group is also asking users whether they're running iOS 12.1.3.
We've connected to Apple for a discuss the issue and will update this space appropriately.
To recall, the iOS 12.1.3 update was launched for all the suitable iPhone and iPad users in addition to a handful of bug repairs. The update didn't consist of a fix for the cellular information connectivity problem affecting iOS 12.1.2 users, however.
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Building bikes and better futures: Bike Week 2019
Aaron is working on repairing a bicycle. He volunteers at The Bike Station in Edinburgh – a charity that works with community and youth groups to develop skills and self-worth through working on donated bikes.
He has recently completed Venture Trust's CashBack Change Cycle employability programme for disadvantged young people in Scotland.
Bikes are a big part of Aaron's life. So is finding a job. Building his own bike and improving his employability skills were the perfect combination.
The programme - funded by CashBack for Communities from the proceeds of crime - is harnessing the benefits of cycling to give young people the skills to get into employment, training or volunteering. It is delivered in partnership with The Bike Station and Bike for Good in Glasgow.
For many, the bike they build also gets them to work, college or place of volunteering.
"The CashBack Change Cycle programme was fantastic because it combined my love of bicycles with some really valuable and essential skills to help me get a job. CV writing, computer skills and qualifications like manual handling, fire safety and first aid are all important to have on any job application," Aaron said.
"The skills I developed and now the work experience I'm getting by volunteering will make me more qualified to get a full-time job."
Aiden, 16, has recently started his first job. He often cycles to work.
The bike he rides is one he built himself as part of an innovative employability programme for vulnerable young people run by Scottish charity Venture Trust.
"Having the bike let me get this job. I can get to work on time and don't have to spend a lot of money on transport," Aiden said.
"Through building the bike in the workshop and doing the qualifications on the Change Cycle programme my confidence improved and I learnt lots of important skills to help with getting a job."
June 8-16 is Bike Week and Venture Trust employability worker Zoe Grove said it was great to celebrate the event by highlighting the role a bicycle can play in changing the lives of young people facing challenging life circumstances.
"Participants learn about responsibility and getting up to be at a job Monday to Friday. They get to keep the bike they have built and use it for job hunting, accessing services, training, getting to work, and leisure," he said.
"There also the added benefits of improving physical fitness, helping mental welllbeing by giving young people the opportunity to get away from things. They can head out to a trail, to a park or green space and escape for a while."
By volunteering at The Bike Station, Aaron continues to develop his employability skills. As he fixes and services bikes for other people to use - bikes that will hopefully be used by more people to hit the road and tracks this Bike Week and in the future - Aaron reflects on what a bike means to him.
"A bicycle allows me to be active but and puts me in a good headspace. Studies have shown cycling has a massive benefit for mental health. It allows me to travel to more places, it's independence, an extra leg of freedom, it's great for the environment and for me it's happiness."


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Date: October 17, 2018
01) Businessman Trump Just Failed America
"The federal deficit has hit its highest level in the last six years.
President Donald Trump likes to boast that he's breaking records with the latest low unemployment figures. Here's another record for his administration: The 2018 federal deficit hit the highest level of the last six years.
The deficit jumped 17 percent (or by $113 billion) to $779 billion at the end of Trump's first fiscal year, according to final figures released Monday by the Treasury Department. That's mostly due to the massive corporate tax cut that slashed rates from 35 percent to 21 percent, choking revenue for spending, which climbed 3 percent. Much of that was a hike in defense spending and money to pay interest on the climbing federal debt, CNN reported.
The U.S. government's $523 billion in interest payments to service its debt in 2018 — the highest ever — was more than the entire economic output of Belgium this year, Bloomberg reported.


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GUEST POST : Social Media for your Business by Kia Cannons
Pinpointing the Purpose of Social Media for Your Business.
Knowing what tools to invest in to generate growth in your small business can be a challenge. There are so many options, and social media is a very popular choice for many, myself included. However, it is not necessarily going to suit every business.
In the most part, we are all trying to get off our devices, I'm personally putting great effort into being on my phone less. However, social media has handed me a free platform to showcase my business and gain new customers by doing what I love, so any time I spend on the 'gram helps me to make money. So how can you determine whether it will help you? These are the steps I run through with my coaching clients:
What Do I Want to do More of in My Business?
Firstly, ask yourself, what do I want to do more of in my business? Bear in mind that the most popular answer is usually to make more money. This makes it worthwhile to check your margins and see what earns you the most money for the least effort. As an artist I want to sell paintings, but selling my digital learning tools generates the most profit for the least effort. Therefore, I concentrate on providing value to my social media audience via my digital teaching tools and paint for pleasure. So take stock, and make your decision wisely.
Once you have determined what you want to do more of and explore whether you can make content that showcases that. For example public speaking, selling art, securing more coaching spots etc. If you want to do more public speaking, create an Instagram feed that showcases the public speaking you have done. Share pictures and videos of you doing the thing you want to do more of, or sell more of. Share testimonials where you have been given glowing feedback.
If you can come up with ways to do that, I would go and practice this on Instagram. Showcase your work in a cohesive way, tell people what you offer in 3 seconds and give value.
If you want more help, register your interest for Sticks + Ink's brand new online programme, 'Instagram School'. This will be launching this Summer with lots of free tutorials! In the meantime, check out these eBooks to help you on your journey. Come and join me and my wonderful community over on Instagram where I share Instagram tips + tricks with you every week.
Kia, who works under the pseudonym, Sticks + Ink, is an abstract artist who teaches her expert knowledge of Instagram to creative entrepreneurs. Posting work from a weekly art class on Instagram, things started to snowball into a fully fledged business with an audience of 10,000 in just 12 short months.


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Sabrina Carpenter Announces Her Brand-New 'Bigger and Better' Tour
Girl Meets World star-turned-international pop star Sabrina Carpenter just announced a brand new tour — and we have all of the info!
Sabrina will be touring this summer with The De-Tour for more than 30 dates, and it's all starting July 6 in Vancouver. The tour will extend through August 27.
Fan club pre-sales start Friday, April 28 at 10 EST, and pre-sales begin at 3pm EST. Tickets will not be available to the general public until the next day, April 29, at 10am EST.
The tour will also feature special guests Alex Aiono and New Hope Club.
"All I can think about is going back out," Sabrina said in a statement released to JustJaredJr. "I can't wait to show everyone what we've been working so hard on."
Seeing as her last tour completely sold out, it's safe to say her fans can't wait, either!
Get all of the details on this new tour here.
Headed out on a brand new tour! FanClub presale starts Friday. All other tickets on-sale Sat at 10am! https://t.co/O9w9q8yMuH #SabrinaDeTour pic.twitter.com/rFAPrB4vfJ
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Kosovo MPs stage tear gas protest in parliament
Opposition MPs in Kosovo have let off tear gas in the national parliament chamber in a noisy protest over a government deal with Serbia.
The gas disrupted the session and made two MPs faint. There were also loud whistles and insults from the opposition, Kosovapress news reported.
The EU-brokered deal grants more powers to the mainly Serb areas of Kosovo.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians broke away from Serbia in an armed revolt in 1999, then declared independence in 2008.
The new deal - to establish an "Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities" - endangers Kosovo's territorial integrity, opposition MPs argue.
Both Serbia and Kosovo have begun negotiations aimed at eventual EU membership, though Serbia has made more progress on that path.
Kosovo's government denounced the opposition's actions, blamed on opposition party leader Albin Kurti, as beyond "the bounds of institutional and democratic behaviour".
Ramush Haradinaj, head of the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), warned of "even bigger actions than throwing tear gas... in the assembly chamber".
"It is not a big deal that two MPs passed out, compared to what future actions are going to be," he said, quoted by Kosovapress.


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Concordia Universityhttp://www.concordia.ca/content/shared/en/events/offices/vprgs/sgs/2020/03/30/phd-oral-exam-magdalena-olszanowski-communication.html
Monday, March 30, 20209 a.m. – 12 p.m.
This event is free
School of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Sachs
Our campuses are closed but thesis defences are proceeding normally, albeit remotely. Refer to our COVID-19 FAQs for more information.
When studying for a doctoral degree (PhD), candidates submit a thesis that provides a critical review of the current state of knowledge of the thesis subject as well as the student's own contributions to the subject. The distinguishing criterion of doctoral graduate research is a significant and original contribution to knowledge.
Once accepted, the candidate presents the thesis orally. This oral exam is open to the public.
Scholarship on the practices of young gender-marginalized people online is a bourgeoning theme within internet studies and feminist media studies. Within historical scholarship of the internet, women, especially young women, are missing. In feminist art history, feminist practices with emerging technology are abundant but young women making art on and with the web is not. Given the aforementioned gaps, this dissertation aims to expand the interdisciplinary fields of internet studies, feminist media studies, and feminist art history through a genealogy of a conjunctural moment of the world wide web. The thesis title presents the breadth of this project: the erased and forgotten web-based work, specifically the self-imaging practices, of young women who used proto-social media forms in the process, creation, and circulation of production between 1996 and 2001. Demanding a synthesis of critical skills operating within the fields mentioned above, it aims to do so through a phenomenological analysis of self-images that appeared on personal websites. It argues that these self-imagi(ni)ng practices serve as (a) tactical methods in reaction to patriarchal regimes of power and s/censorship, (b) a means of engendering the sociality of trauma as a productive orientation, and (c) communicative nodes that through wit(h)nessing reshape a feminist intimate public into a friendship network predicated on the aesthetics and forms of circulation of the work. Most internet analysis misses the aforementioned politically engaged feminist history and its influence on how we use and conceptualize the internet today. The project's objective is to provide a feminist genealogy of the web, demanding a more politically feminist espousal of it, both in theory and practice.
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Hospital Named Top Performer For A Second Year — Brevard NC
Last updated 9/19/2012 at 3:47pm
For the second year in a row Transylvania Regional Hospital has been named one of the nation's top performers on key quality measures by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America, according to a press release.
"At Mission Health, our driving force is...to get each patient to the desired outcome, first without harm, also without waste and with an exceptional experience for the patient and family," said Ronald A. Paulus, M.D., president and CEO of Mission Health. "This is wonderful validation of the work we are doing. I congratulate all of ou...
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This case raises the issue of vicarious liability in all orgainsations – maybe something the Metropolitan Police and G4S should be aware of should their victims families now go for civil proceedings.
JEG v The Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan [2012] EWCA Civ 938
Elizabeth Anne-Gumbel QCand Justin Levinson of One Crown Office Row acted for the claimant in this case. They did not write this post.
The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the church can be held liable for the negligent acts of a priest it has appointed. Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court has been refused.
This appeal was another preliminary stage in the main action between the claimant's action for damages following the alleged sexual abuse and assault by a parish priest (now deceased), and the trustees of the diocesan where he served. The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the defendants can held to account, even though there was no formal employment relationship between Father Baldwin and the Diocesan – see Rachit Buch's post for an excellent analysis of the issues and…
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Getting up early to travel into London is not a favourite activity of mine. Still the compensation was my pleasure at hearing the KM community getting exercised about how to improve their strategic contribution to business performance and thinking about redefining KM as a business decision support activity. Yes, we have to pay some attention to knowledge capture and organised redistribution, but the energy invested in managing knowledge is always going to deliver more if the focus of activities is supporting a strategic imperative. Currently, given the volatility of business conditions, one imperative ought to be developing greater agility. KM is a crucial catalyst for organisational development and change, but often not positioned as such.
Another small reward for getting up early was Dave Snowden's keynote. I've heard Dave speak many times, but for me this keynote really hit the spot. I'd recommend listening to the podcast. Unfortunately I am not a sci-fi officionado, so I probably missed some of the subtleties in the quotes from the Bene Gesserit, but I might be inclined now to explore the Dune saga and ponder its significance for KM. Still, the direct messages were right on the money for me.
We do expect too much of the rational, when it's the illogical, emotional, messy human approach to decision making that is really what we need to understand. We are often too hopeful about technology solutions, too bound up in defining processes, best practices, which don't deliver the intended outcomes.
The metaphor of a cook following a recipe vs a top chef provided a great starting point for distinguishing between the sort of results you get from a mechanistic approach vs flexible application of expertise. I came across the KM as cooking metaphor several years ago.
For a long time, at Henley, we have been asking programme members studying KM to create a poster that conveys the topic and captures the subtleties through a visual metaphor. Visual metaphors get round some of the limitations of black and white words, particularly they allow people to bring richer associations into an interpretative blend (Christine and I wrote about this in a special issue of a Journal, earlier this year[1])
[1] McKenzie J and van Winkelen C. 2011 : "Beyond words: Visual metaphors that can demonstrate comprehension of KM as a paradoxical activity system" Systems Research and Behavioral Science 28, p138-149 . For a copy please email me
[1] McKenzie J and van Winkelen C. 2011 : "Beyond words: Visual metaphors that can demonstrate comprehension of KM as a paradoxical activity system" Systems Research and Behavioral Science 28, p138-149


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HONG KONG — A sample of powdered tea imported from the Japanese prefecture of Chiba, just southeast of Tokyo, contained traces of radioactive cesium 137, the Hong Kong government announced late Thursday evening, but they were far below the legal maximum level.
The discovery was not the first of its kind. The government's Center for Food Safety found three samples of vegetables from Japan with "unsatisfactory" levels of radioactive contaminants in March 2011, the month that nuclear reactors in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, suffered partial meltdowns following a powerful earthquake and tsunami.
Fukushima Five Years After Nuclear Disaster
Five years after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the northeast Japanese coast, Japan has not fully recovered.
Other samples of Japanese food have occasionally been found to have low levels of radiation since the Fukushima disaster, the Hong Kong food center said.
Some tea samples were found in Japan with radioactive contamination in the months immediately after the earthquake and tsunami. Tea plants can live at least 30 years and sometimes much longer.
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Media File Renamer はクリーンなシステムとより良い SEO を実現するために、WordPress にアップロードされたメディアファイルをリネームするプラグインです。詳しくは以下をお読みください。
これはメディアタイトルに基づいてファイルを自動でリネームするプラグインです。すべての機能はメディアタイトルとの連動が当初の主目的でした。手動リネーム機能(及びその他いくつかの機能)は、その二年後に Pro 版へ追加された機能です。ユーザーからのリクエストに基づいたより複雑な機能は、今後のプラグイン自体の品質、及びサポートの質の維持のため、基本的には Pro 版に追加されていくでしょう。
このプラグインはメディアのタイトルに応じてファイル名をリネームします。ファイルがリネームされたとき、それらに対する参照も一緒に更新されます(投稿, 固定ページ, カスタム投稿やカスタムフィールド内)。メディアライブラリにはカラムが一つ追加され、そこに最適なファイル名と手早くリネームするためのボタンが表示されます。鍵のアイコンをクリックすればファイル毎に自動リネームの有効 / 無効を切り替えることも出来ます。File Renamer という「メディア」内の小さなダッシュボードでは、全てのファイルを一括でリネームすることができます。高度なユーザーはプラグインのフィルタ(FAQ を参照)を使用してファイルのリネーム方式を変更することも出来ます。それだけでなく、すべての画像には「ロック」オプションが用意されており、それ以降のファイル名の変更を防ぐことも出来ます。
The Pro Version gives a few more features like manual renaming, renaming depending on the post the media is attached to or the content of the alternative text (ALT), logging of SQL queries and a few more options. A good process is to actually let the plugin do the renaming automatically (like in the free version) and to do manual renaming for the files that require fine tuning.
File renaming is a dangerous process. Before renaming everything automatically, try to rename a few files first and check carefully that all the references to those files have been properly updated on your website. WordPress has so many themes and plugins that this renaming process can't unfortunately cover all the cases, especially if other plugins are using unconventional ways. If references aren't updated properly, please write a nice post (not an angry one) in the support threads 🙂 I will try my best to cover more and more special cases. In any case, always make a backup of your database and files before using a plugin that alter your install. Also, if your website seems broken after a few renames, try to clear your cache. The cached HTML will indeed not be linked to the new filenames.
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This plugin will not allow you to change the filename manually in its standard version. The Pro Version is required. If you are about to write an angry review because this feature is not available, at least, please mention that you read the whole description.
このプラグインは WP Retina 2x や Polylang, WPML をはじめとして、その他様々なプラグインとの完全な互換性を持ち、Windows, Linux, macOS 上でテスト済みです。
言語: 英語、フランス語
- WordPress の「プラグイン」メニューからプラグインを有効化してください
- まずは一つのファイルで試してみてください。
Media File Renamer (Auto Rename) はオープンソースソフトウェアです。以下の人々がこのプラグインに貢献しています。貢献者
- Fix: Issue with rare characters used in the title.
- Fix: Issue with PDF thumbnails.
- Add: There was an issue with Auto-Rename sometimes not appearing when the Sensitive Files Check was disabled.
- Note: If you like it, please review the plugin by clicking here. It's important for us – we need motivation for all the work we want to put in the next version 🙂
- Add: New filter 'mfrh_allow_rename'. Developers can now allow/reject the renaming (useful for bulk).
- Fix: The file numbering wasn't working fine in a few specific cases.
- Add: Better handling of dots and hyphens (especially the non-standard ones).
- Add: Support for WebP.
- Fix: Little (i18n) fixes in the admin.
- Add: Doesn't show the button to the Dashboard if Auto is disabled.
- Update: Admin refreshed to 2.4.
- Fix: Column wasn't displayed when manual enabled and automatic disabled.
- Fix: Fixed the AJAX/REST check.
- Update: Admin refresh.
- Update: Dashboard and Updater… updated.
- Fix: The WooCommerce add-on file was missing.
- Fix: Search was sometimes not working properly in the Media Library.
- Info: We are working on a bunch of updates concerning the usage of dots, hyphens and other characters, so expect the renaming rules to change a bit (for the best).
- Update: Code cleaning, Youtube video.
- Fix: Issue with updating the ALT field.
- Update: Compatibility with WP 5.0.
- Update: Compatibility with Real Media Library.
- Fix: Better support for Real Media Library.
- Update: Improved transliteration.
- Fix: Removed Updraft.
- Update: UTF-8 is handled by default, no need to have an option for it.
- Add: Option for transliteration (cyrillic, accents, umlauts).
- Add: Polylang compatibility.
- Update: UI enhancements and attempt to make the renaming faster.
- Add: All the actions in the Media Library are now asynchronous. No more page reload!
- Update: Many changes and little enhancements in the code, for speed, security and code-tidiness.
- Fix: Renaming using filters (work in progress).
- Fix: Insensitive-case match was giving the wrong file in some cases (webp for instance).
- Fix: PDF thumbnails support.
- Update: Code improvement, faster SQL queries.
- Fix: Issue with the tolowercase feature.
- Fix: Extension issue with mfrh_new_filename filter.
- Add: Filter to rewrite Alt Text.
- Update: Huge code cleaning and major refactorization. The core was also rewritten.
- Add: Compatibility with Beaver Builder.
- Fix: Avoid looking for too much perfection (which is dangerous) when using numbered files.
- Fix: Works fine now with image sizes in the meta which has the… same size.
- Update: Now uploading Media into Post rename the filename accordingly.
- Fix: Rename on Upload issue in a few cases.
- Update: Improved Rename on Upload.
- Fix: Annoying warning (but it was not causing any error).
- Update: Manual Rename allows a new extension.
- Add: Little API.
- Add: Bulk rename in the Media Library.
- Add: Table with the filenames before and after renaming + CSV Export (works with Redirection plugin).
- Add: Button "Undo All" to restore all the original filenames.
- Fix: Avoid the Numbered Files and Force Renamed options to be activated at the same time.
- Fix: Compatibility with WPML.
- Fix: There was a compatibility issue with retina.
- Add: New button "Lock All"
- Fix: Button "Unlock All and Rename" was not really unlocking everything.
- Fix: Sometimes numbered files were renamed something like abc-2-2.jpg.
- Update: Rename with lowercase to avoid issues.
- Add: Option for Pro, Media Title is synchronized with Title of Attached Post.
- Add: mfrh_replace_rules filter allows you to personalize the renaming at the character level.
- Fix: Update system fixed and code cleaning.
- Fix: Better handling of umlauts.
- Info: There will be an important warning showing up during this update. It is an important announcement.
- Fix: Slug was not getting renamed after recent WP update.
- Fix: Tiny fixed to avoid notices.
- Add: Support for WPML Media (thanks to David García froml WPML Team).
- Fix: Should work with more plugins/themes, WooCommerce for example. The updates aren't done only on the full URLs of the images in the DB now but also on the relative uploads path as well.
- Info: If you have some time, please review me nicely at https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/media-file-renamer?rate=5#postform. Thanks to you, I get a lot of motivation to make this plugin better 🙂
- Add: Option to rename depending on the ALT. Useful if you get interesting information in your ALT.
- Update: Sync ALT also works with Attached Post Title.
- Fix: Better handling of norwegian letters (will improve this kind of things over time).
- Add: Rename the file during upload, based on the media title. Not by default, check the options 🙂
- Fix: Logging could not be enabled.
- Update: Code cleaning.
- Update: The UI was a bit modified and enhanced. I also think it is simpler and cleaner.
- Update: Removed the auto-flagging process which was causing issues on sizeable installs.
- Fix: The references in the excerpts are now also updated (they are used by WooCommerce).
- Add: Undo button. When the media is unlocked and has been renamed, you have a Undo button. You need to active this in the option.
- Update: Everything has been moved into the Meow Apps menu for a cleaner admin.
- Fix: Removed Flattr.
- Add: Additional cleaning to avoid extensions sometimes written in the title by WP.
- Add: Clean out the english apostrophe 's during the creation of the new filename.
- Add: New option to remove the ad, the Flattr button and the information message about the Pro.
- Fix: Renaming slug was not working well after latest WordPress updates
- Fix: Use direct links for all my images and links to follow WordPress rules.
- Info: A file mfrh_custom.php has been added. If you are an advanced users or a developer, please have a look at the FAQ here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-file-renamer/faq/. Since I am only one developer, I can't cover all the renaming cases we have (since sometimes plugins keep their own links to the filenames; such as WooCommerce). That will make it easy to advanced users to push Media File Renamer to cover more and more special cases.
- Change: Modified description and information about the mfrh_url_renamed and mfrh_media_renamed filters.
- Add: New option to force renaming file (even though the file failed to be renamed). That will help PRO users to fix their broken install, often after a migration for example (often related to change of hosting service using different encoding).
- Fix: Click on lock/unlock doesn't take you back to the first page anymore.
- Fix: Little naming issue when numbering + custom filter is used.
- Add: Lock/Unlock icons in the Media Library.
- Add: Rename depending on the title of the post the media is attached to.
- Update: WordPress 4.4.
- Add: Add -2, -3, etc… when filenames are similar. Pro only.
- Fix: There was a glitch when .jpeg extension were used. Now keep them as .jpeg.
- Fix: There was a possibility that the image sizes filenames could be overwritten wrongly.
- Update: Rename the GUID (File Name) is now the default. Too many people think it is a bug while it is not.
- Add: UTF-8 support for renaming files. Before playing with this, give it a try. Windows-based hosting service will probably not work well with this.
- Fix: Auto-Rename was renaming files even though it was disabled.
- Update: If Auto-Rename is disabled, the Media Library column is not shown anymore, neither is the dashboard (they are useless in that case).
- Add: Metadata containing '%20' instead of spaces are now considered too during the renaming.
- Add: Update the metadata (true by default).
- Fix: Guid was renamed wrongly in one rare case.
- Fix: Double extension issue with manual renaming.
- Fix: Couldn't rename automatically the files without changing the titles, now the feature is back.
- Fix: Better 'explanations' before renaming.
- Fix: Should work with WPML Media now.
- Fix: Manage empty filenames by naming them 'empty'.
- Add: Option to automatically sync the alternative text with the title.
- Add: Filters and Actions to allow plugins (or custom code) to customize the renaming.
- Fix: Avoid to rename file if title is not changed (annoying if you previously manually updated it).
- Change: Plugin functions are only loaded if the user is using the admin.
- Add: Many new options.
- Add: Pro version.
- Add: Manual file rename (Pro).
- Update: Use actions for renaming (to facilitate support for more renaming features).
- Fix: Texts.
- Fix: Versioning.
- Add: New option to avoid to modify database (no updates, only renaming).
- Add: New option to force update the GUID (aka "File name"…). Not recommended at all.
- Fix: Options were without effect.
- Fix: GUID issue.
- Fix: issue with attachments without metadata.
- Fix: UTF-8 title name (i.e. Japanese or Chinese characters).
- Add: option to rename the files automatically when a post is published.
- Fix: the 'to be renamed' flag was not removed in a few cases.
- Fix: issue with strong-caching with WP header images.
- Fix: now ignore missing files.
- Change: renaming is now part of the Media Library with nice buttons.
- Change: the dashboard has been moved to Tools (users should use the Media Library mostly).
- Change: no bubble counter on the dashboard menu; to avoid plugin to consume any resources.
- Fix: '<?' to '<?php'.
- Add: French translation.
- Change: Donation button (can be removed, check the FAQ).
- Fix: Ignore 'Header Image' to avoid related issues.
- Change: Updated screenshots.
- Change: 'To be renamed' filter removed (useless feature).
- Change: Rename Dashboard enhanced.
- Change: Scanning function now displays the results nicely.
- Change: Handle the media with 'physical' issues.
- Fix: Works better on Windows (file case).
- Fix: doesn't add numbering when the file exists already – was way too dangerous.
- Change: warns you if the Media title exists.
- Fix: Removed a 'warning'.
- Fix: Media were not flagged "as to be renamed" when the title was changed during editing a post.
- Change: Internal optimization.
- Add: Settings page.
- Add: Option to rename the slug or not (default: yes).
- Fix: Works with WP 3.5.
- Change: Update the links in DB directly.
- Fix: number of flagged media not updated straight after the mass rename.
- Fix: the "file name" in the media info was empty.
- Fix: SQL optimization & memory usage huge improvement.
- Add: New view "To be renamed" in the Media Library.
- Add: a nice counter to show the number of files that need to be renamed.
- Fix: the previous update (0.4) was actually not containing all the changes.
- Support for WPML
- Support for Retina plugins such as WP Retina 2x
- Adds a '-' between the filename and counter in case of similar files
- Mark the media as to be renamed when its name is changed outside the Media Library (avoid all the issues we had before)
- The GUID is now updated using the URL of the images and not the post ID + title (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-media-file-renamer-incorrect-guid-fix-serious-bug?replies=2#post-2239192).
- Double-check before physically renaming the files.
- Corrections + improvements.
- Handles well the 'special cases' now.
- Tiny corrections.
- First release.


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"E-learning", "M-Learning" etc. I think that so long as the operative word continues to be 'learning', I would not be averse to using mobile technology in the classroom. If, therefore, presented with the opportunity to include it, I most certainly would jump at the chance. Being willing to incorporate mobile learning in my classroom, however, does not translate into implementing it with reckless abandon. In fact, it is precisely because of the amount of work involved in ensuring that mobile learning (M-Learning) facilitates learning and is appropriately applied that would make it much easier to actually forgo. Nonetheless, just because one is willing to utilize mobile technology, does not mean that one is ignoring its critics either.
Like with anything else, M-Learning does have its troubles and shortcomings including, but not limited to, being viewed as a disruption or distraction. Dismissing mobile technology entirely however, in my opinion, does not solve them. After all, throwing the proverbial 'baby out with the bathwater' has never accomplished much. Instead, I view it somewhat as a challenge. It is always easy to pinpoint what is wrong with a situation, tool or technology, but it is often more valuable, though admittedly difficult, to propose an effective solution. I would, therefore, want to adopt the approach/application of M-Learning and work towards various potential solutions, largely due to the wide array of advantages (i.e. flexible, instant accessibility, economic viability, continuous learning etc.) it has offered students, myself included.
The next step would be providing appropriate guidance, just as one would with almost any other tool. In the end, there are very few things we hand to children (or even adults), without some parameters or advice suggested i.e. don't run with scissors, be careful not to cut yourself on the sharp side of the blades, watch what you are cutting etc. If we provide so much direction when using a relatively simple item such as scissors, imagine what a smart phone would require. Regardless of how much information, cautionary pearls of wisdom or rules one gives, however, the potential for children to accidentally cut themselves, snip their clothes etc. can never be entirely prevented. Nonetheless, we do not entirely remove this simple tool from children. We may not provide or include them for every activity, but students are aware the existence of scissors, their purpose, and the ways in which they can be employed. Although perhaps an over simplified analogy, I believe that in the same manner that we do not completely ban scissors, but rather supply age appropriate ones (i.e. plastic to dull metal to pointy to sharp) and typically according to the task at hand (e.g. one would likely not give scissors for a traditional math test etc.), so would I do the same with mobile technology tools.
If the (learning) objective would benefit or be enhanced from the use of mobile technology, I would most definitely want it in my classroom. While the management of these tools is far more complex than a pair of scissors, I would be sure to develop parameters to help manage some of the disadvantages associated with M-Learning. I especially like the idea of having students come up with the majority of the guidelines. I think we continually underestimate how aware of technology children are these days and may be surprised that many would suggest or agree with some fairly stringent "rules" or "restrictions".
Ultimately, I would consider the implementation of mobile technology. Whereas, just like scissors, they can have unwanted consequences or dangerous outcomes, they also can be immensely important as they encourage creativity and learning. I think the key challenge will be to successfully balance those students that thrive through M-Learning and those that may not be as eager about it or fare better with other learning processes, as I would not want to rob either of learning opportunities. In the end, I believe that students need to be taught how to use mobile technology, particularly as it is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, but not without forgetting other modes of learning. One can never tell, after all, what resonates with a student and their learning process: for some it might be an iPad for some things and a pencil in other instances. I personally would like to strive to be a teacher than can show the learning and knowledge-building potential of both… just as instructors have in my life.
10 Ways That Mobile Learning Will Revolutionize Education. (n.d.). Co.Design. Retrieved November 22, 2012, from http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669896/10-ways-that-mobile-learning-will-revolutionize-education
Schools grappling with how to best use technology in the classroom. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2012, from http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Schools+grappling+with+best+technology+classroom/7568017/story.html
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning | Elearning Companion. (n.d.). Retrieved November 8, 2012, from http://www.elearning-companion.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-online-learning.html
What is m-learning? (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2012, from http://www.m-learning.org/knowledge-centre/whatismlearning
Dear Christina,
I really like the approach and analogies you make. One of the worst concepts to me is withdrawing awareness of something (be it an object, situation, or theory) to "protect" a student. Like you, I believe students should be exposed to mobile learning in the classroom, even if there are a few potential negatives to using the technology. Students need to be able to explore different tools and evaluate the positives and negatives for themselves I believe. Taking away that right to explore could prove more harmful to a student, unable to have guided use on how to best use technology in an appropriate manner for learning.
As well, in regards to your statement that "we continually underestimate how aware of technology children are … [and] that many would suggest or agree with some fairly stringent "rules" or "restrictions", I think this ties in nicely to a point made during our class lecture, that when students made a technology contract, even they made rules to not login to facebook and what not. I think sometimes we need to trust students more, that they can be responsible learners and we need not be holding their hands 24/7.
Thank you very much for your reply E. As you implied above, I agree that the emphasis these days on "protecting" students is perhaps slightly excessive at times. There are increasing references in regards to this generation being "bubble wrapped" and I believe that to a certain degree this may be true and therefore, somewhat problematic. While I am an avid supporter of non-technology related activities (i.e. especially involving no "screen time"), I also feel as though it would be detrimental in this century to withhold technology, despite all of its potential risks and complications. There are, after all, great ways to integrate technology into learning; not so learning becomes entirely dependent and relying on it, but in a manner in which it is heightened and enhanced.
Considering that students will likely already be exposed to and familiar with many forms of mobile technology, either at home or in public (i.e. stores, adverts etc.), I think that teaching them to use it responsibly and introducing them to ways in which it can support their academic endeavors is vital. For example, I am currently using my smartphone to type this response, as I commute (via LRT) home from work. Working two jobs, in addition to being a fulltime student, tends to keep me quite busy (so I really have to use my time wisely) and therefore, when purchasing a phone, opted for a bulkier and less popular option, simply because it was equipped with a qwerty slide keyboard. I know that there are many K- 12 students that have similar predicaments, whether it is a job or other (sports etc.) commitments. Having the option to efficiently complete assignments or continue their learning in and out of the classroom is a great convenience that mobile technology offers. Although I dislike it, when it becomes a mandatory component, having the flexibility to provide the possibility and the know-how on how they can use mobile technology to support their learning in and out of the classroom, should definitely be considered.
I am even open to the idea of "free-play" via mobile technology. Learning doesn't always have to be structured and I think students are increasingly forced to adhere to organized activities, rather than perhaps having less formal events that accommodate for a child's imagination to run free. It is because of this increasing trend, that I really appreciated Randy Lyseng's discussion of a "digital sandbox". After all, play should not necessarily be viewed separately from learning. Once again, I think instructors would actually be surprised to find out how aware students are and how much is learnt through play – whether via mobile technology or in an actual sandbox.
The Serious Need for Play: Scientific American. (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2012, from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-serious-need-for-play


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The Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 is powered by Intel Core i3-2310M Dual Core processor with 2.1GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 3MB Cache and it comes preloaded with the Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit edition.
The laptop features 4GB DDR3 RAM (1333MHZ) and a storage capacity of 500 GB. Optical Drive is supported and includes DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi).
The display comprises of a LED Backlit 15.6 wide screen (Lenovo Glossy) and offers a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 p.
To enhance the visual aspects, Lenovo has opted for an integrated solution in the form of the Intel HD 3000 Graphics card, with up to 1274 MB of Shared Memory.
The battery takes almost two and a half hours of charge time, and gives a backup of three to four hours (with power management tool, it is usually four).
Some added features are an integrated 2MP Webcam with Microphone, 5-in-1 card reader (SD/MS/MS-Pro/MMC/SDHC/), 4x USB 2.0 Ports, Bluetooth 2.1, 1x HDMI Port, 1x eSATA Port, Integrated Stereo Speakers among many more.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 is available on Save On Laptops for an amount of £429.97 only, including VAT.