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'Letter from Zachary Taylor to His Excellency, William Owsley, Jan. 24, 1848' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
Taylor, Zachary
Fremont, the Conservative Candidate. Correspondence Between Hon. Hamilton Fish, U.S. Senator from New York, and Hon. James A. Hamilton, Son of Alexander Hamilton
Fish, Hamilton, Hamilton, James A
The Convention That Nominated Lincoln
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Ray, Perley Orman
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896, Life-Sketches Written at the Suggestion of His Children, Volume 1
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Koerner, Gustave, McCormack, Thomas J., ed
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Illinois during the Gilded Age
Read, Read. 'The Tree is Known by Its Fruit.' A Statement Proving Millard Fillmore, the Candidate for the Whig Party for the Office of Vice President, to be an Abolitionist, by a Review of His Course in the 25th, 26th, and 27th Congress: Also, Showing Gen. Taylor to be in Favor of Extending the Ordinance of 1787 Over the Continent Beyond the Rio Grande; In Other Words, to be in Favor of the Wilmot Proviso
Fillmore, Millard, Taylor, Zachary
How We Elected Lincoln Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
Dittenhoefer, Abram J
'Letter from Zachary Taylor to Hon. J. Iredell, June 24, 1848' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
'Letter from Zachary Taylor to O. P. Baldwin, Esq., or Ro. H. Gallagher, April 20, 1848' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
'Letter from Zachary Taylor to Capt. J. S. Allison, April 22, 1848' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
'Letter from Zachary Taylor to Hon. Andrew Stewart, Nov. 25, 1847' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
'Letter from Zachary Taylor to J. A. Birkey, July 13, 1847' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'
The Rise and Fall of the Democratic Party: Speech of Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham, of Michigan, Delivered in the United States Senate, May 24, 1860
books, speeches
Bingham, Kinsley Scott
'True Democracy - History Vindicated,' Speech of Hon. C.H. Van Wyck, of New York. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 7, 1860"
Van Wyck, C. H
Proceedings of the National Republican National Convention, 1860
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'Letter from Zachary Taylor to Dr. C. L. Wilcox, and Others, July 20, 1847' in 'All the Letters of Major General Zachary Taylor: Anecdotes of Rough and Ready Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, and C'

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Can Valve Innovate Gaming Hardware?
A new job posting makes it semi-official. How about that rumored "Steam Box"?
by David Zax
I'm delighted whenever I have an opportunity to write on this blog about Valve, a gaming company that has afforded me many hours of pleasure with the two games in its "Portal" series. On top of having produced a couple of the best video games of all time, Valve also is the force behind Steam, the gaming distribution platform that has been a boon for indie game designers and their customers. So when Valve hints at a new product in the works, I listen.
The company, which has in the past focused on software, seems increasingly likely to get into the hardware business, report several outlets. Specifically, the company has posted a job notice for an industrial designer (also, they're looking to hire a psychologist, but that's for a different blog). Write the folks at Valve:
"Valve is traditionally a software company. Open platforms like the PC and Mac are important to us, as they enable us and our partners to have a robust and direct relationship with customers. We're frustrated by the lack of innovation in the computer hardware space though, so we're jumping in. Even basic input, the keyboard and mouse, haven't really changed in any meaningful way over the years. There's a real void in the marketplace, and opportunities to create compelling user experiences are being overlooked."
That's intriguing intriguing. A few months ago, reports had emerged to the effect that Valve might be dipping a toe into hardware, with talk of a "Steam Box" (see "Is Valve Making a Console?"). And just the other week, Valve CEO Gabe Newell raised the stakes when he accused Windows 8 of being a "catastrophe" for PC game developers (see "Can Windows 8 Win Over Game Developers?"). But despite these signs that Valve was expressing an interest in hardware, the company actually shot down some of these rumors not too long ago, saying that the company was "a long way" from shipping any sort of hardware. But it seems clear they're making it more than a casual concern.
Though Valve's foray into hardware is sometimes framed as a salvo against Microsoft, it's interesting to note similarities between the rhetoric of both companies. Just as Valve says it's a software company that's frustrated by a lack of innovation in hardware, so has Microsoft said pretty much the same thing with its introduction of the Surface tablet (see "Microsoft: Keep Making Hardware").
I don't know what a "Steam Box" or any other piece of Valve hardware would look like just yet, but simply based on the company's product history and what I've read of its workplace culture, I trust them to come up with something good. (How can a company whose handbook reads like this not yield something innovative?) One commenter over at the Verge pretty much sums up my thoughts: "If there's one company I will always trust to get things right the first time, Valve fits the bill. Here's to hoping they really blow our minds just like… every other time they release something."
David Zax


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Changes at "High Stakes Poker"
Was hearing late last week some of those rumors about the upcoming seventh season of "High Stakes Poker," set to kick off on February 26 -- a Saturday night -- on the Game Show Network. Most concerned a possible host change, with Gabe Kaplan, part of the show since its premiere in 2006, apparently not coming back either for this season or the next.
The guys on Ante Up! floated something about it on their show last week (the 2/3/11 episode). Quoting a "trusty source" -- possibly another ex-HSP host, A.J. Benza, who has been a guest on their show more than once -- they noted that Kaplan had been "fired" and replaced with "another funny a-hole." (The quote certainly sounds like Benza.) After mentioning that tidbit on the show, they additionally included the news in their show notes afterwards.
Now we know for certain. When the shows begin airing later this month, Kaplan will no longer be at the mic commenting on the action and cracking wise. Rather, Norm MacDonald ("Saturday Night Live," Dirty Work), another comedian, will be taking over the hosting duties. Kara Scott will be returning as well as a co-host, and apparently for those with 3-D televisions the show will be watchable in that format, too.
MacDonald is in fact a poker player, showing up at small events and satellites in L.A. and at the World Series of Poker over the past few years. He did a turn on an episode of "Celebrity Poker Showdown" once back in 2004. He also was one of the first guests on the Two Plus Two Pokercast back in early 2008 (episode 5), and gave one of the best (and funniest) interviews those guys have ever had on that podcast.
But his poker resume obviously pales in comparison to that of Kaplan, who was there playing at the WSOP way back in the late 1970s. A long-time cash game player (at times for high stakes), Kaplan's tourney résumé is mighty impressive, too, and certainly helped qualify him for the commentator's role.
I always enjoyed Kaplan on the show, so like many my initial response to the news that he had been replaced was not positive. Nor was I that enthused by the news that no Full Tilt Poker pros will be on Season 7, either, although I don't mind seeing new faces. (See Kevmath's Bluff piece for a full rundown of the players who will be appearing.)
The sorta-surprising news of Kaplan's "firing" and MacDonald's stepping in brought a couple of other, similar changes to mind.
One was from back in late 1997 when MacDonald, after having hosted the "Weekend Update" segment on "Saturday Night Live" for four years, was suddenly fired by Don Ohlmeyer, then president of NBC's West Coast division. While MacDonald frequently appeared in other segments on SNL, including doing a hilariously-half-hearted Burt Reynolds (a.k.a. Turd Ferguson) impersonation on the recurring faux-"Jeopardy" spoof, he was best known on the show for anchoring the "Update" desk.
Somewhat controversial, that, and perhaps made even more memorable by MacDonald's subsequent appearance as a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on which Letterman offered a lot of pointed commentary about Ohlmeyer.
Kind of a similar scenario, I suppose, though on a smaller scale, with a much-liked host being suddenly yanked. Only this time MacDonald is the one stepping in rather than shipping out.
The other, similar change the story brought to mind was when "Monday Night Football" brought in Dennis Miller -- another comedian and "Weekend Update" alum -- back in 2000 to deliver color commentary.
Miller lasted a couple of seasons on MNF, though his frequent obscure references (a big part of his schtick as a comedian-slash-political commentator) didn't land that often with the average sports fan and the entire experiment is generally viewed as having failed. In fact, last year TV Guide listed Miller's stint on MNF among its "25 Biggest TV Blunders."
Despite the title of the show, the stakes are much, much lower when it comes to "High Stakes Poker" and changes to its cast and format. Not really sure how MacDonald is gonna pull it off, to be honest, though as one of those who enjoys his humor I'm at least curious to watch how he does. And how the new cast of players do as well.
The fact is, while MacDonald's contributions will most certainly affect the success of the show, it's the players who matter most. And when it comes to attracting and keeping an audience that extends beyond hardcore poker fans (as GSN obviously wants to do), it'll be the personalities of the competitors -- and whether they help create and maintain interest -- that'll determine the show's fate.
In other words, as much as I like Kaplan as a host, I think replacing Ivey, Dwan, Antonius, and the other Full Tilters will prove much more challenging here than will replacing Mr. Kotter. Here's hoping all those non-FTPers on the Season 7 line-up -- all great players, obviously -- can prove successful at the game of entertaining, too.
Labels: *the rumble, Gabe Kaplan, High Stakes Poker, Norm MacDonald
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Conditional statements are used to execute a statement or a group of statement based on certain conditions. The ability to control the flow of our program, letting it make decisions on what code to execute, is valuable to the programmer. One of the important functions of the conditional statement is that it allows the program to select an action based upon the user's input.
These statements are grouped into blocks, a block is identified by curly brackets...There are two types of block.
The statement block containing the printf is only executed if the i == j expression evaluates to TRUE.
The statements in this block will only be executed if the add function is called.
We will look into following conditional statements.
If the test expression is true then, statements for the body if, i.e, statements inside parenthesis are executed. But, if the test expression is false, the execution of the statements for the body of if statements are skipped.
Write a C program to print the number entered by user only if the number entered is negative.
The if statement in C programming is easy.
When user enters -2 then, the test expression (num<0) becomes true. Hence, Number=-2 is displayed in the screen.
When the user enters 5 then, the test expression (num<0) becomes false. So, the statement for body of if is skipped and only the statement below it is executed.
The if...else statement is used, if the programmer wants to execute some code, if the test expression is true and execute some other code if the test expression is false.
The if...else statement can be used in nested form when a serious decision are involved.
Syntax of nested if...else statement.
If the test expression is true, it will execute the code before else part but, if it is false, the control of the program jumps to the else part and check test expression 1 and the process continues. If all the test expression are false then, the last statement is executed.
The ANSI standard specifies that 15 levels of nesting may be continued.
Write a C program to relate two integers entered by user using = or > or < sign.
Decision making are needed when, the program encounters the situation to choose a particular statement among many statements. If a programmar has to choose one among many alternatives if...else can be used but, this makes programming logic complex. This type of problem can be handled in C programming using switch...case statement.
In switch...case, expression is either an integer or a character. If the value of switch expression matches any of the constant in case, the relevant codes are executed and control moves out of the switch...case statement. If the expression doesn't matches any of the constant in case, then The default statement is executed.
Write a program that asks user an arithmetic operator('+','-','*' or '/') and two operands and perform the corresponding calculation on the operands.
Notice break statement at the end of each case, which cause switch...case statement to exit. If break statement are not used, all statements below that case statement are also executed.
In C programming, goto statement is used for altering the normal sequence of program execution by transferring control to some other part of the program.
In this syntax, label is an identifier. When, the control of program reaches to goto statement, the control of the program will jump to the label: and executes the code/s after it.
Though goto statement is included in ANSI standard of C, use of goto statement should be reduced as much as possible in a program.
Though, using goto statement give power to jump to any part of program, using goto statement makes the logic of the program complex and tangled. In modern programming, goto statement is considered a harmful construct and a bad programming practice.
The goto statement can be replaced in most of C program with the use of break and continue statements. In fact, any program in C programming can be perfectly written without the use of goto statement. All programmer should try to avoid goto statement as possible as they can.


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I am currently really loving Sic Alps so I figured I would check out what Mike Donovan was up to before he started that band.
I have to say that although I don't think I would personally go that route, I do appreciate that Dial was a label that exclusively put out lathe cuts from New Zealand.
I was way less hip to what was happening in San Francisco after I moved away so I never really knew about this stuff until recently. When I was in 6th grade I went to outdoor school and if you showed up late to anything you were forced to stand in front of everyone and sing a song that included the words "better late than never, better never late", which seems an appropriate thing to mention now.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, The Church Steps.
I wanted to like this band and obviously gave them a number of chances before deciding that this sort of music just wasn't for me. The records were shelved for some years and not listened to again until recently.
I was surprised to find that my opinion had indeed changed over time. The truth is that I quite enjoyed these records. I do have a soft spot in my heart for Canadians, and although they are from The Great White North I don't think that fact is clouding my judgement.
I never saw them, for one reason or another. These things happen.
I believe people in this band went on to perform in such groups as The Sick Lipstick (who I did actually see once in Brooklyn), Death From Above (1979 or otherwise), etc.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, Black Cat #13.
Round The Edges came out in 1972 in some ridiculously small number, which I would say bodes well if I didn't already know that it is fantastic. Seriously, private presses from the early 70s are generally pretty radical. I have been really into listening to psych records lately and these two seriously do not disappoint.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, Dark.
Most of these records feature the now defunct lineup with Ted McGrath, the only exception being the split with The Creeping Nobodies. The Terrific Seasons EP is basically the first side of Terrific Seasons, but produced as a tour CDr. The cassette was later reissued as a limited run CDr, but without the untitled Side B. The pamphlet was handed out at some of their early shows.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, These Are Powers.
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Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, 2 singles by Richard Hell & The Voidoids.
On the strength of the one song on the Elastic Jet Mission compilation, I decided to purchase the rest of the Kenickie singles discography and share it with you. Luckily most of it can be had pretty cheaply, as they are deleted releases not much in demand.
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This record featured a young Mac McCaughan, before he formed the band he is much more famous for, Superchunk. It was recorded during the late 80s and makes me a bit nostalgic probably because it sounds so dated.
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Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, The Slushpuppies.
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It is still hard for me to believe that they never released an LP.
If you like any of that boy/girl English stuff (Huggy Bear, Red Monkey, etc.) then you will love this. I know I do.
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I saw Longstocking once, at Jabberjaw opening for Sleater-Kinney, if memory serves. They were great.
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Chapter 28 - Krishna's Vow
As SOON as the news of the slaying of Sisupala by Krishna reached his friend Salva, he became very angry and besieged Dwaraka with a mighty force.
Krishna having not yet returned to Dwaraka, old Ugrasena was in charge of the defence of the city. The sieges described in the Mahabharata seem very much like those in wars of the present day.
Dwaraka was a strongly garrisoned fortress built on an island and well provided with means of defence. Ample barracks had been provided and there was an abundant supply of food and weapons and the garrison included many illustrious warriors.
Ugrasena imposed a stringent ban upon drinking and amusements generally for the period of the siege. All the bridges were demolished and ships were forbidd enentry into ports in the realm.
Iron spikes were planted in the moats around the fortress and the city walls kept in good repair.
All entrances to the city were guarded with barbed wire and permits and passwords strictly controlled ingress and egress. Thus no arrangements were neglected that could further strengthen the city which nature had already made impregnable.
The pay of the soldiers was increased. Volunteers for service were rigidly tested before being accepted as soldiers.
The siege was so rigorously pushed that the garrison suffered great privations. Krishna, when he returned, was struck to the heart at the sufferings of his beloved city and he compelled Salva immediately to raise the siege, by attacking and defeating him.
It was only afterwards that Krishna learnt for the first time of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas. At once be set out for the forest where the Pandavas were living.
Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of the Chedi country, and the Kekayas who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana's perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people.
Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs. She said: "I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana, even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insults of those foul ruffians. Bhima's bodily strength and Arjuna's Gandiva bow were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes and yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonored. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me." She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: "Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up, but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. I swear this," and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupadi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord's avatars, as declared in scriptures:
"For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age."
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas.
He said: "I will kill Drona, Sikhandin will cause Bhishma's fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer's son."
Sri Krishna said: "When this calamity befell you, I was in Dwaraka. Had I been in Hastinapur, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninvited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would, at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating you, I was fighting King Salva who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. It grieves me that I am not able to remove your sorrows immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored."
Then Krishna took leave and returned to Dwaraka with Subhadra, the wife of Arjuna, and their child, Abhimanyu.
Dhrishtadyumna went back to Panchala taking with him the sons of Draupadi.


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El Clube Atlético Ferroviário fou un club de futbol brasiler de la ciutat de Curitiba a l'estat de Paranà.

Història
El Clube Atlético Ferroviário va ser fundat el 12 de gener de 1930. Guanyà el Campionat paranaense els anys 1937, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1965, i 1966. Es fusionà amb el Britânia Sport Club i el Palestra Itália Futebol Clube el 1971, formant el Colorado Esporte Clube.

Estadi
El Clube Atlético Ferroviário jugava els seus partits a l'Estadi Durival Britto. Té una capacitat per a 20.000 espectadors.

Palmarès
 Campionat paranaense:
 1937, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1966

Referències

Clubs de futbol de Curitiba
Clubs de futbol brasilers desapareguts

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Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Much ado about nothing--Problems, exercises, etc
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Much Ado about Nothing: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)
Cambridge University Press, Paperback, 2009
Much Ado About Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford World's Classics)
Much Ado about Nothing [With CD (Audio)] (Reading Shakespeare: Step Four) (French Edition)
Cideb/Black Cat, Paperback, 2008
Crest Publishing House, Paperback, 2007
Cambridge School Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
C.U.P., Paperback, 2006
Much Ado about Nothing (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Klett Ernst /Schulbuch, Perfect Paperback, 2005
Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)
Much Ado about Nothing (Arden Shakespeare Second)
Arden Shakespeare, Library Binding, 1999
Much Ado about Nothing (The Pelican Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Hot)
Much Ado About Nothing (One Page Edition) (The Big Works Collection)
One Page Book Company, Poster, 1999
Much Ado About Nothing.
Oxford University Press, Paperback, 1999
Much Ado about Nothing (Signet Classic Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford Shakespeare)
Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare in Production)
Cambridge University Press, Hardcover, 1998
Much Ado About Nothing (Wordsworth Classics)
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, Paperback, 1998
Arden Shakespeare, Paperback, 1998
Much Ado About Nothing: Playgoer's Edition (Arden Shakespeare Second)
Arden, Hardcover, 1997
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING CD (Caedmon Shakespeare)
Caedmon, CD-ROM, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing (Everyman Shakespeare)
Tuttle Publishing, Paperback, 1996
Much Ado About Nothing (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
Research & Education Association, Paperback, 1996
Washington Square Press, Paperback, 1995
Much Ado about Nothing (New Folger Library Shakespeare)
Rebound by Sagebrush, Library Binding, 1995
Much Ado About Nothing (Dover Thrift Editions)
Bantam Books(Classic & Loveswept), Paperback, 1994
Much Ado About Nothing (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED]
Audio Book Contractors, Inc., Audio Cassette, 1994
Much Ado About Nothing (World's Classics)
Oxford University Press, USA, Hardcover, 1993
Pocket Books (Mm), Paperback, 1993
Much Ado About Nothing/Cassettes
Caedmon Audio Cassette, Hardcover, 1993
Much Ado about Nothing (Critical Studies, Penguin)
Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 1992
Much Ado About Nothing (Charnwood Soft Cover)
Ulverscroft Large Print, Paperback, 1991
New American Library, Paperback, 1989
Much Ado About Nothing (Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare)
Van Nostrand Reinhold, Paperback, 1989
Much Ado About Nothing (Bantam Classic)
Bantam Classics, Paperback, 1988
Much Ado about Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (New Swan Shakespeare. Advanced Series)
Kaplan Publishing, Paperback, 1987
Spoken Arts, Audio Cassette, 1987
Much Ado About Nothing (The Contemporary Shakespeare Series)
University Press of America, Paperback, 1986
Much Ado About Nothing (BBC TV Shakespeare)
Gloucester, Paperback, 1986
Peter Smith Publisher Inc, Unbound, 1983
Much Ado About Nothing (The Arden Shakespeare)
Methuen, Hardcover, 1982
Airmont Pub Co, Paperback, 1982
Much Ado about Nothing (The Penguin Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing - Arden Shakespeare: Second Series - Paperback
Arden, Paperback, 1981
Much Ado About Nothing (Arden Shakespeare)
Methuen Publishing Ltd, Paperback, 1981
Viking Press, Paperback, 1981
Much Ado About Nothing (The Players' Shakespeare)
Plays, Hardcover, 1979
Much Ado About Nothing (Players Shakespeare)
Heinemann Educational Publishers, Paperback, 1979
Longman Group United Kingdom, Paperback, 1978
Much Ado about Nothing: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare Series)
Much ado about nothing (The Blackfriars Shakespeare)
W. C. Brown, Unknown Binding, 1969
John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hardcover, 1967
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare, Pelican)
Penguin Classics, Mass Market Paperback, 1958
Much Ado About Nothing (New Clarendon Shakespeare)
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This new edition of Much Ado About Nothing is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of Much Ado About Nothing, you will find a variety of classroom-tes... More
This new edition of Much Ado About Nothing is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of Much Ado About Nothing, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
Publisher Cambridge University Press
About William Shakespeare (Author) : William Shakespeare was a published creator, photographer, narrator, editor, author, and an illustrator. Some of the published credits of William Shakespeare include Winters Tale (Heritage Theatre Vid... more
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About Mary Berry (Editor) : Mary Berry is a published author and an editor of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mary Berry include Much Ado about Nothing (Cambridge School Shakespeare), Drama through the Ages (... more
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About Michael Clamp (Editor) : Michael Clamp is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Michael Clamp include CSS Picture Collection: Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge School Shakespea... more
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by Betsy Sandberg on September 3, 2013 in Events, News
Back to school with all the "write" classroom strategies
Editor's note: This is the first week back to school for many students across the state. (Though, in New York City and a number of other districts, the first day of school for students is not until Sept. 9.) Regardless of when that first school bell rings, teachers have been working to get their classrooms ready for students to have a great year of learning. So, as we gear up for a new school year, it's appropriate to start off with a look at just one of NYSUT's many successful teachers, who is willing to share some insights with his colleagues.
Adam Osterweil not only gets his students in a small rural school of about 700 K-8 students reading and writing, he gets them so excited that they get published.
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"Even though I hadn't kept in contact with him, Mr. O was the first person I emailed after I got an article published in an anthology," said Victor Giannini, who was an eighth-grade student in 1996 in the Springs School District in East Hampton. His novella, Scott Too, was published in December by Silverthought Press.
Already an aspiring writer, Giannini still remembers Osterweil's classroom management style that encouraged writing for a real reason.
"I don't remember the critical analysis of the books we read, but I do remember the many ways that creative writing was snuck into English lessons and that storytelling is communicating ideas and how important proper grammar and spelling and punctuation become when you tell a story," Giannini said.
Adam Osterweil with one of his children's books
Osterweil knows about getting published.
He's just published his fifth children's book. Here's a link to find out more about Cooper and the Enchanted Metal Detector, The Comic Book Kid, The Amulet of Komondor, The Lost Treasure of Talus Scree and The Baseball Card Kid.
Most of my efforts connect to the real world," Osterweil said. "The assignments are about more than something a teacher asks you to do. I want to show students that writing is real and has a function in life."
Some examples include:
Local newspaper or community contests. Check out service organizations that sponsor essay contests.
Write a business letter to a celebrity. They make a wall mural of all the responses they get back, which increases motivation to write more letters.
Ray Bradbury project. The entire class will write a short story in the style of Ray Bradbury. Each student's specific assignment is to write one to two paragraphs on a particular aspect of the story. For example, your assignment is to describe the T-Rex eyes using two similes. Later, the segments are put together like a jigsaw to create the entire story.
Lego Instructions. Students have to build a car that will survive a head-on collision. (Survive means the wheels and toy person remain intact.) Then they have to write an instructional manual describing how to build the car.
Osterweil's advice for new teachers?
"This is probably not original, but I think of the three Fs: Be firm, fair and focused," he said. "Getting kids to love writing and your class doesn't mean that you have to appear as the fun or lax teacher. In fact, the opposite is true."
Be Firm: Kids need and like clear parameters. The joy of writing will come out in the projects they produce. I am actually very strict in my classroom, even during the Lego project.
Be Fair: At the junior high level where I teach, students are very perceptive about how rules are applied, and they pick up very quickly if you bend or change them frequently.
Be Focused: I believe in teaching writing in a very specific manner. We all write a thesis essay at the same time, or a fiction story, or a business letter. I don't have one child write a memoir and another write a play. I also provide a lot of models of good writing for that particular unit and I micro-manage their writing by showing them a particular usage of a transition, or certain academic vocabulary, or a type of analytical phrase, requiring them to all use that element in their finished piece. Later, they must underline or color code the required ingredients to show that they used them. Junior high students are incredibly creative and, even in a focused, structured environment like this, their voices will be heard.
Giannini, who taught for three years in The Young American Writers Project, agrees. You can read a blog post Giannini wrote about teaching here.
"I've had a lot of great teachers and now, when I am working with my own students, I realize how difficult it is to do what Mr. O did with us," Giannini said. "I remember how he noticed that I was writing something else during class, not taking notes on what he was going over, he bent down and read it. Then he said, 'This is great and I'd like to read more but could you do it after class.'
"That made more of an impact instead of reprimanding me," Giannini recalled.
Another lesson he remembers was based on The Wallflowers song "One Headlight" and how the class concentrated on the lyrics.
"Everything starts with putting pen to paper," Giannini said. "It's hard enough to be able to do it yourself, but then to be able to teach someone else how to do it? Well, that's … well, it had a pretty big impact with me and it's something I try to use now with my students."
Do you have any classroom strategies to share? Comment below or post to the award-winning It's What We Do website.
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Is the church standing in the way of reproductive health?
BY DORIS KATHIA
During the first COVID19 lockdown due to the high rate of pregnancy that was reported, I decided to hold talks with young people in my local church about sex and sexuality.
However, the church leadership made it clear that I cannot engage Christian youth in such conversations as I would be encouraging them to engage into sex.
Sex and Sexuality are delicate subjects to talk about in most Kenyan communities and churches. They have traditionally been taboo topics and one is often stigmatized as promoting immorality by merely raising the subject.
Young, unmarried people, especially young women, are not expected to be sexually active as pre-marital sex is condemned especially in Christian families. The church is very conservative and expects youths to abstain till marriage. But the reality is that young people are sexually active, with some even with multiple partners.
With the age of sexual debut as low as 9 years for girls and 12 years for boys, there has been a surge in reproductive health problems, including pregnancy, abortion, HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases and stress, which are of both policy and theological significance.
If a girl gets pregnant before marriage and she was a church member, she will most likely be dismissed/ blocked from going to that church again.
Does the Church realize its role in a complex socio-cultural situation? Many Churches do not try to offer any assistance or ethical guidelines to those who are unable to follow the strict Christian rules.
For example, the Church categorically condemns the use of condoms. What if the Church would educate unmarried youth who are unable to abstain from sex in how to use condoms?
Teenagers continue to die from botched abortions, perforated uteruses, or hemorrhages. Talks to youths are often focused on fear and immoral behaviors. The church needs to battle ignorance and reluctance about sexual reproductive health of adolescents and youths.
Our constitution has set out grounds on sexual and reproductive health service and information provision but we have seen, many times, the Church trying to limit those grounds.
The Church should take lead in putting the reality of youth sexuality into the public consciousness and onto the political agenda whilst condemning discrimination against adolescent girls. The church should also take positive action by initiating youth forums through which the reproductive health needs of adolescents might be addressed.
Educating adolescents about sexual health and/or HIV/AIDS does not encourage them to increase sexual activity. I think it is time for the church to change their approach and equip youths with knowledge on sexual reproductive health, family planning, maternal child health, and HIV/AIDS and life skills to make wise decisions in life including choosing safe relationships, ensuring effective communication.
To demystify the myths and misconceptions on sex, sexuality and abortions and promote reproductive health the church needs Value Clarification and Attitudes Transformation (VCAT) training in how to talk to adolescents and youths about sex, pregnancy, childbirth, abortion and family planning, and not leaving the consequences hinder them from achieving their desires. Otherwise resistance will continue making implementation of policies difficult.
The government and church should create awareness and sensitization programmes on benefits of SRH services and information to pave the way for cultural acceptance and hence use and access to SRH services by adolescent girls.
Ms. Kathia is reproductive health advocate at the Network for Adolescent and Youth of Africa (NAYA)
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NASA space apps challenge to spark innovation
March 10, 2015 Abbasaly Sci & Tech
During the three-day event, participants are asked to develop mobile applications, software, hardware, data visualisation and platform solutions that could contribute to space exploration missions and help improve life on Earth, the US space agency said in a statement.
This year, 35 challenges represent NASA mission priorities in four areas: Earth studies, space exploration, human health research and robotics.
Many of the challenges are in the Earth theme, supporting NASA's missions to monitor Earth's vital signs from land, air and space.
"These challenges provide opportunities for US and global citizen scientists, engineers and students to interact and contribute to space exploration through code development, data analytics innovation, open source software and hardware," said Deborah Diaz, chief technology officer at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC.
This year's challenge will include the first ever Data Bootcamp, with a focus on Women in Data.
The bootcamp is open to the public and will give participants the opportunity to improve their skills with computer coding and data.
Astronaut Cady Coleman and NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan will join the New York event.
More than 200 data sources, including data sets, services and tools will be available for this challenge.
This event brings together tech-savvy citizens, scientists, entrepreneurs, educators and students to help solve problems and questions relevant to space exploration and broader subjects that impact life on Earth.
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Close Call: Chicago Pilot Dies Instantly 20 Seconds After Takeoff
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We've been truly spoiled in America when it comes to airline safety in recent years. Fatal crashes are rare. Most of the time, fatal crashes happen overseas and involve some backwater foreign airlines. Even as safe as the industry has been here in America, few people would like the idea of flying on a plane with just one pilot.
Unfortunately for the passengers, that's exactly what the airline industry is pushing for right now: Solo pilot flights. As if the idea could not be bad enough on its own, we just had the perfect example of why that's a bad idea in Chicago. The pilot of a 76-set passenger jet just died 20 seconds after takeoff from O'Hare.
The incident happened on Saturday, November 19th. Just 20 seconds after takeoff, as the plane was 2,000 feet in the air and climbing, Captain Patrick Ford died at the controls. He was in mid-sentence talking to the Control Tower when his microphone went silent.
"Can we help you?" asked the air traffic controller on the audio, which has gone public. 17 seconds later, after he prevented the plane from crashing into a residential neighborhood, Captain Brandon Hendrickson, the co-pilot, came on the radio to announce that the pilot was incapacitated. He climbed to 5,000 feet, turned the plane around, and safely landed it. Captain Ford was dead in his seat when the plane touched down.
That story could have had a very different ending if Ford had been a solo pilot, obviously.
The big question that everyone is asking now is whether this was a Covid shot-related death. The airlines have had crippling pilot shortages ever since they tried to mandate the Covid shots for all employees. Many pilots retired early or found something else to do with their time since the shots were an obvious disaster just a few months into the rollout. Airline pilots are not easily replaced. It takes about 2 years to complete the 1,500 hours required in the air before a person can fly a passenger jet. So, this self-induced shortage that the industry put on itself is not going away anytime soon.
Meanwhile, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency is working with the airlines to begin implementing solo flights as soon as 2027 across Europe. Airlines are asking the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for permission to shift the industry to solo-pilot flights everywhere, including in the US.
If you think that passengers hate the idea, you should hear what the pilots are saying. They REALLY hate the idea. Tony Lucas, the president of the Australian and International Pilots' Association, puts it like this: "The people going down this route aren't the people who fly jets every day. When things go awry, they go awry fairly quickly."
That's true. When Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, it happened in just 3 minutes. The pilot was resting, and the two co-pilots were monitoring things from the cockpit when some of the plane's sensors malfunctioned. In the 90 seconds it took the pilot to wake up and run to the cockpit, the plane had gone into an irreversible stall. Even with three qualified pilots on board, they weren't able to pull the plane out of a steep dive. 228 people died.
In Chicago, the passenger jet went into a steep bank according to witnesses before the co-pilot saved the day. That could have been catastrophic, especially if the plane had crashed in a residential neighborhood.
Apparently, the airlines think that would be an acceptable risk because that's the direction the industry is headed after they tried to force the Covid shots on pilots.
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1. .8 employees getting scheduled equitably by receiving 2 days off in a row when scheduled above .8 hours? Is this currently happening? Management stated that this is currently happening. The union stated that previously when there were holes in the schedule that needed to be filled intermittent employees were utilized, and now that doesn't appear to be happening. Management confirmed they have tried to utilize intermittent employees when there is a need. A discussion followed on contractually how intermittent employees should be used. Two .8 LPN positions are currently posted, and this will hopefully help out in the future.
2. Can .8 staff get a piece of the weekend? Todd stated he would like to get on a campus rotation to allow all staff to get a weekend off occasionally. He will be working on this.
3. How has inversing been? How many employees have been inversed in the last 3 month? 6 full shifts and one 4 hour shift.
4. How is the hiring process going? As mentioned earlier; two .8 LPN's positions have been posted. Both sides agree that this should help out a lot!
5. Are open holes in schedules getting filled prior to the shift starting? Management claims they are calling intermittent staff, and .8's fulltime.
6. Will the rotation/hours be changing? Sam asked if there management plans on rotations/hours worked. She claims many staff don't find the rotations desirable. Rotations are currently 7-3, 3-11, and 11-7. Todd stated that rotations/hours will be staying the same, and no plans of changing. Todd feels these are the best for this facility.
7. Additional item: vacation rate for .8 employees Labor brought up the just because most .8 employees are being scheduled full time hours doesn't mean they should be exhausting these at a full time rate. Management asked to explain an example. Chuck used this example: If a .8 employee asks for 2 weeks of vacation time off, and it is granted, they shouldn't have to use 80 hours of vacation. 64 hours should be used based on their .8 status regardless of what hours they are working. Another example would be 32 hours for week instead of 40. Management agreed and will make sure this is happening.