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ESTABLISHMENT OF SAMPOERNA ACADEMY
What is Sampoerna Academy?
Sampoerna Academy is a STEAM-focused school opening classes from pre-kindergarten to secondary levels. The school has six campuses located in Jakarta, BSD, Medan, Sentul and Surabaya.
What Classes are Open for the Academic Year 2019/2020?
Sampoerna Academy opens classes for all levels with details as follows:
IB DP
How Long has Sampoerna Academy been in Operation?
Launched in December 2014 at Jakarta and BSD campuses, Sampoerna Academy has been operating for more than two years now. Medan campus has been operating under a different name for 11 years until January 2016. It is pronounced as Sampoerna Academy after this date.
Is Sampoerna Academy Affiliated with PT HM Sampoerna Tbk?
No, Sampoerna Academy is not affiliated with PT HM Sampoerna Tbk.
What is The Curriculum that Sampoerna Academy Delivers?
As a school that is established in Indonesia, Sampoerna Academy is a certified Cambridge school and follows Cambridge curriculum. Furthermore, SA enriches the content with STEAM and other internationally recognized curriculums. On the other hand, SA's curriculum also aligns with National Curriculum (2013).
What are The International Programs Offered?
To ensure your child develop the four C skills: critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication, Sampoerna Academy adopts:
o Montessori like approach for Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten levels
o Cambridge curriculum for Elementary to Secondary levels
o First Language English teaching
o Project Based Learning (PBL) and STEAM approach from America
o IB DP school
Sampoerna Academy – Jakarta Campus is an authorized school for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
* Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP).
How are The Subjects Taught? What Makes Sampoerna Academy Unique in Comparison to Other School?
It is not only what we teach it is also how we teach makes the difference. We believe that better-rounded student with experience in various activities and better social skills is the way to go. With the advent of the information age available at our finger-tips, our job as a school is to teach our students "to learn how to learn". Concepts are taught as deeper knowledge rather than rote memorization.
Your child will learn using the 21st century skills through:
o Inquiry-based learning
o Problem-based learning
o Project-based learning,
o STEAM appraoch
o Personalized learning
To facilitate hands-on activities, our teachers will embrace the new technology, such as:
o iPad
o Chromebook
o MacBook Pro
o MakeyMakey
o Sphero
o LittleBits
o LEGO Mindstorms
o Arduino
Is Sampoerna Academy an International School?
Yes. Sampoerna Academy is an international school, that combines national curriculum and international programs. We are SPK school in legal terms which uses International Curriculum aligned with National Standards.
How can SA Help The Children to be Successful?
As explained throughout this document student achievement is priority for SA. Our teachers work on deeper learning with students in the classrooms. Some of our teaching methods or approaches explained in this document. Moreover, we use various assessments to measure students' understanding. If any child is falling behind teachers may implement some interventions, including but not limited to classroom group works, tutorial during the day or after classes, peer tutoring, … it is also important for parents to be involved in their children's education. Teachers have open communication with students in person or online portals they are using. Therefore, these extra support requests may come from students and/or parents as well.
On the other hand, our administrators are in constant communication with teachers. Homeroom teachers (mentors) are also following students learning in all their subject areas.
It is for sure parents will think what about exams – IGCSE, UN, or other high-stake exams. Even though, we will not teach for testing, we do want our students to be successful in those exams. Students need only simple revisions and practice before the exams since they have already mastered the content through the lessons. SA implements mock exams, condensed study during their last month for the exams, past papers solutions, etc.
What Kind of College Counselling and Academic Support will be Available for The Children?
SA employs counsellors to help students in their college choices and support them for their psychological well beings. Our counsellors working with the class mentors provide guidelines for students in choosing their career pathways. Parents play important role in these decisions as well.
In addition to our school counsellor, Sampoerna School System have Student Parent Advisory Center (SPAC). The advisors in this center help parents and students to understand their options at University and choose their pathways accordingly. Parents are welcome to visit or schedule meeting with our SPAC anytime.
What Time does School Begin and End?
Pre-Kindergarten: 08:30 am–12:00 pm
Kindergarten 1 & 2: 8:15-11:30 am
Elementary School: 7:15 am-1:40 pm
Middle School: 7:20 am-3:25 pm
American College Program: 7:15 am-5:00 pm
What is STEAM-Focused Learning?
STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. The end results are students who take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process. These are the innovators, educators, leaders, and learners of the 21st century!
What is the Cut-Off Age for Enrollment at Sampoerna Academy?
Pre-Schools:
Pre-Kindergarten: 3 years old by 1 October
Kindergarten 1: 4 years old by 1 October
Elementary School 1: 6 years old by 1 October
Admission into other grades will depend on Entrance Test results and previous report cards.
What Subjects will be Available for Middle and High School Students?
Students in Grade 7-8 have their regular Middle school subjects designed to prepare them for the rigor of IGCSE courses. These include but not limited to English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, Bindo, Art, Music, PE, Mandarin.
Grade 9 and 10 are offered IGCSE subjects. They will have about five subjects per year and required to sit at least six exams in two years. The High School pathways will be shared with parents in 3rd quarter of AY 17-18. Possible subjects are explained below.
Grade 9: English Language, Extended Maths, Biology, Bahasa Indonesia, and Global Perspectives are the courses offered. Due to heavy portfolio assignment of Global Perspectives, our teachers are looking for an option to extend the subject into two years. They may finish their content during Grade 9 but will finalize their portfolio during Grade 10. This will be determined by looking the progress of students in February 2018.
Grade 10: English literature and Additional Maths is strongly encouraged (almost required) for all students if they want to continue one of the IB DP, A-Levels, or AC programs. Additional three more choices will be offered to students. The following courses are some of the possible offerings. For our existing cohorts in Jakarta we are planning to open each subject with at least 4 students. Possible subjects, in addition to Literature and Additional Maths, are Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Business Studies, Mandarin, ICT, Accounting, Geography, and History.
As mentioned above, current grade 9 students will be given these choices during 3rd quarter of the AY.
What is The Difference between ACP, IB and A Levels?
The IB Diploma is for students aged 16-18 and requires no specific preparatory classwork, so can be undertaken directly from IGCSEs. It offers a broad curriculum made up of six subject groups – students usually study three at a higher level and three at a standard level.
The main aim of the DP Core is to broaden students' education experiences and challenge their application of knowledge and skills. The Theory of Knowledge asks students to reflect on the nature of knowledge; Community, Action, Service (CAS) requires students to take part in a range of activities and projects such as music, sports or fundraising; while the Extended Essay is an independent piece of research, culminating in a university-level 4,000-word paper.
IB DP graduates have won places at a wide range of universities and colleges around the world. Every university in the UK now accepts the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and students regularly enter the top-tier institutions including Imperial, UCL, LSE, as well as many within the Russell Group. In the US and Canada, the IBDP and Course Certificates (Higher Level) are increasingly recognized, with many universities conferring credit or advanced placement of up to one year for them.
A-levels (short for Advanced levels) are UK national curriculum school-leaving qualifications that are taken by many students in the UK. Students usually choose three or four subjects, and take two years to study for these A-levels between the ages of 16 and 18.
The following links have great comparison for IB DP and A-Levels, especially the first one is based on a research:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/international-baccalaureate-versus-a-levels#survey-answer
https://www.stclares.ac.uk/blog/international-baccalaureate/ib-v-level/
Sampoerna Academy Jakarta is planning to offer only IB DP program for its students – no A Levels- just because of the same reasons spelled out in the above articles.
American College program is a bit different from previous two.
Starting from Grade 11, students who meets upon admission requirements may enter our American College Program where they can experience an education equivalent to the first two years of an American university. The program may lead to an American Bachelor's Degree, up to two years earlier than the conventional pathway. Students earn SACS accredited American College credits through our US partners during their high school years. These credits are transferable to American universities according to each Universities criteria. Some can be accepted by other universities in other countries as well.
The main difference of AC from the other two is that students have to pass an exam at the end of the course for IB and A Levels while in AC they earn the college credit as soon as they complete the course satisfactorily.
What University Options will be Available for Graduates of SA? Countries that Acknowledge Certificates Issued by SA?
Sampoerna Academy graduates are well equipped to go any university in any country – USA, UK, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Europe.
IB DP and A-Levels are advanced level courses designed to prepare students tertiary education. Most universities around the world accepts their credibility and even gives college credits to those courses according to exam results of the courses. Our teachers deliver these course contents and prepare students for the challenging exams. It is important to note that students exposed to these rigorous courses are more prepared to university than their peers are, even if they do not score high on the exams. The foundation for these two programs are the IGCSE courses offered in grade 9 and 10. Students completing their courses satisfactorily may be successful in IB DP or A-Level courses.
American College (AC) program offers college credit bearing courses for the qualified students while they are in high school. As the name states, it is geared more towards US universities, even though its credits may be accepted by universities in other countries. By attending this program, students may finish their university two years earlier than their peers can. AC allows them to take up to 60 college credits. Students should meet the high school equivalency and College Readiness requirements to be eligible for this program.
On the other hand, students attending any of the programs above are also eligible to finish receive their SMA diploma after attending the national UN exams. Sampoerna Academy is an SPK school according to Indonesian Ministry of Education regulations and can issue Indonesian diploma. Students from other countries are not required to complete National required exams.
Does SA have Partnerships with Universities Local/Abroad, and what Advantage do These Partnerships Provide for Students/Graduates?
Sampoerna School System has many MOUs signed with great universities, most of which are American Universities. Those universities offer different advantages. The most important and relevant one is to transfer credits with AC program. Some of those universities are offering scholarship or tuition discounts at various levels as well. Our SPAC team is able to help any interested parents.
How Much does It Cost to Enroll at Sampoerna Academy?
Please contact Student Recruitment at:
(021) 50 2222 34 during office hours
0813 3000 3002 for 24-hour help
Is There Any Monthly Fee?
There is no extra monthly fee besides the annual fee, which can be paid quarterly or monthly.
Is There a Development/Facility Fee?
Sampoerna Academy doesn't charge any facility/development fees.
Are There Any Discounts for Siblings of Enrolled Students?
Yes, the younger sibling will receive a 5% fee waiver.
If There is A Fee Increase, by How Much will The Fees Increase?
Fee increases are set by management per year.
Will Existing Students Receive a Special Rate If They Continue at Sampoerna Academy?
All fees set for that academic year will be applied to all students, irrespective of their status with Sampoerna Academy.
FACILITIES AT L'AVENUE
What are The In-class Facilities?
In order to facilitate effective learning and prepare students to meet the 21st century competence, Sampoerna Academy equips each classroom with the latest technology, such as iPad, Chromebook, MacBook Pro, MakeyMakey, LittleBits, Sphero, LEGO Mindstorms, Arduino, MimioTeach Interactive Whiteboard that stimulate the activity of groups and individuals as well as STEAM supporting media.
Will There be Any Outdoor Play Facilities for Children? If Yes, Where will This be Located?
Yes, there is an outdoor playground on ground floor.
Are There Any Sports Facilities?
Yes, there are sports facilities such as basketball court, jogging track, tennis court and swimming pool.
Is There a Canteen or Cafeteria? Will Students be Able to Purchase Food?
Yes, there are outdoor dining area as well as indoor cafeteria.
Is There a Shuttle Service Available?
Is There Free Parking Available?
Parking policies are the sole policy of the building management. For more information regarding parking fee options, please contact the L'Avenue Building Management here.
Do Students Have a Dedicated Lift?
What will The Security be Like at L'Avenue?
Security is available on all levels of the Sampoerna Academy area and will be on watch 24 hours per day. Security is on active duty though out the day, and increased during pick-up/drop-off, break, lunch, and sports hours.
Are There Any CCTVs Available on Each Floor? In Each Classroom? In Toilet Areas? (Especially at Kindergarten and Elementary Levels)
Sampoerna Academy provides a complete security such as security guards and CCTV cameras.
Is There Any Easier Access to and from L'Avenue by Opening the Road Barrier In Front Of The On Jln. Pasar Minggu Raya?
FACILITIES AT THE ICON
Full Wi-Fi
ICT facilities
Individual devices, e.g. iPad, Chromebook, or MacBook Pro
Access to partner institution eLibrary (for American College Program)
Is There an Outdoor Playground?
Unfortunately, such service is not available.
Why is There Only One Teacher in a Kindergarten Class?
Kindergarten classes only require one teacher. At the age of 4, students are expected to be self-sufficient. There is no need for an assistant teacher.
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The Science of Timeouts: How to Make Them Work for Your Kids
By Stephanie Pappas 2016-08-30T16:39:23Z
(Image: © EvgeniiAnd/Shutterstock.com)
For centuries, spanking and other forms of corporal punishment were the main disciplinary tools of parents in America. In the 1960s, though, researchers began to turn their attention to a newfangled option: the timeout.
Sometimes controversial, the timeout is nevertheless now among the most mainstream disciplinary recommendations for children. The good news is that there's strong science supporting the timeout, as long as parents make a point of using it correctly — and focus on the positive, too.
"Timeout is a punishment procedure, so its only goal is to suppress a misbehavior," said Mark Roberts, a professor of clinical psychology at Idaho State University, who has researched timeout extensively. "Consequently, timeout is always part of a larger treatment package."
Timeout is in
There is virtually no disagreement among psychologists, psychiatrists and other child development professionals that sending kids into a timeout is head and shoulders above spanking as a disciplinary technique. Studying the long-term effects of discipline can be difficult, because kids aren't punished at random; those that are spanked may be more difficult to discipline than those that aren't, creating a chicken-and-egg problem. Nevertheless, researchers tackling the problem in different groups of kids from different angles have consistently found that spanking is likely to create more problems than it solves.
Although children who are spanked typically comply with parents in the short term, studies dating back to the 1960s find that they become increasingly aggressive in the long term. A 1990 study published in the book "Straight and Devious Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood" found that experiencing "power-assertive" punishments like spanking and hitting in youth was the strongest predictor of aggression and delinquency in adolescence, even more than living in a high-crime neighborhood or having a parent with sociopathic tendencies.
The good news for parents is that timeout gets results, said Ennio Cipani, a clinical psychologist in California and author of the book "Punishment on Trial," available free online. Most of the research on the basics of timeout dates to between the 1960s and the 1980s; the reason there has been fewer studies on timeout since then is that basically, the data was so consistent that journals got sick of publishing it. [9 Weird Ways Kids Can Get Hurt]
"For you to do another study that shows timeout works, [journals] say, 'We already have one of those,'" Cipani said.
A 2010 review of 30 years of timeout research, published in the journal Education and Treatment of Children, concluded that timeouts are effective at both home and school and that it can work with both typically developing children and those with special needs.
Positive parenting?
As with all things parenting, though, timeout has its controversies. Some critics say that timeout is unnecessary and harsh, and positive parenting should do the trick without the need for punishment.
(Image credit: Julia Pleskachevskaia/Shutterstock.com)
Perhaps the most divisive bomb thrown in this fight was a 2014 article in Time Magazine titled "Time-Outs Are Hurting Your Child." In the piece, UCLA psychiatrist Daniel Siegel and colleague Tina Payne Bryson cited research showing that social pain, like that caused by isolation, activates the same areas in the brain as physical pain. The research they cited, however, imaged the brains of college students who were excluded from playing a video game and was not focused on punishment or on any long-term effects of the experience of social pain.
In a follow-up, Siegel and Bryson clarified that the research on "appropriate" timeouts shows them to be effective, but they still argued that timeout in real-world practice is more often inappropriate — parents do it inconsistently and with hostility. The two have written a book on their discipline strategy, "No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child."
Time out mistakes
At first, authors like Siegel seem far removed from researchers like Roberts and Cipani. A closer look, though, reveals less daylight between the schools of thought than it seems. Advocates of timeout agree that it's often misused. And they also push many of the positive parenting techniques advocated by researchers in the no-timeout camp.
"There are a number of mistakes that are made when using timeout, and probably one of the biggest ones is parents don't specify a behavior that timeout will be used for consistently and reliably," Cipani said.
So what does an appropriate timeout look like? First, researchers say, it must be part of an otherwise warm and loving parent-child relationship. Timeout is a term originally shortened from "timeout from positive reinforcement," meaning that kids are forced to take a break from something they enjoy. If a kid is being ignored or treated badly by the parent, there's no positive reinforcement to take a break from. [How to Do Timeout: 12 Tips from Science]
Praise for good behavior, awareness of a child's needs and teaching about social skills like sharing and turn-taking are crucial, Roberts said. Most children respond "wonderfully," he said, to the kind of parenting that the influential developmental psychologist Diane Baumrind characterized as "authoritative." Authoritative parents set firm boundaries for kids, but pair their expectations with warmth and responsiveness.
A 2012 review of 41 studies dating back to the 1970s supported this notion of generally engaging in positive parenting, and including a dash of negative reinforcement. Timeouts and quick, mild reprimands were consistently linked to compliance by children, while positive-only strategies led to mixed results, the researchers reported in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
Likewise, a 1987 study of first- through third-graders in school found that a disciplinary strategy based on praise alone led to kids staying on-task 56 percent of the time, on average. A strategy that included the possibility of negative consequences for kids who got off-task led to kids staying on-task 80 percent of the time, on average. In fact, the child in the negative consequence group who spent the greatest amount of time off-task still stayed on-task 72 percent of the time — better than the best kid in the praise-only group, who stayed on-task 67 percent of the time.
The next rule of thumb for timeout is that it should be used very specifically. Timeouts are for kids ages 2 to 6, Roberts said. Older children are better served by consequences such as removal of privileges. Timeouts shouldn't be used willy-nilly, Cipani said. He recommends parents pick one or two behaviors — say, hitting and disobeying direct requests — and make very clear to children what behaviors will result in a timeout.
"Many parents are haphazard users of timeout," Cipani said. "It's kind of like, 'When I get really pissed off, that's when I use it.'"
Doing timeout right
Overuse of timeouts can be detrimental. In one study, parenting researcher Robert Larzelere of the University of Oklahoma asked mothers to describe recent times when their toddlers had misbehaved and how they handled those experiences; they followed up with the parents after two months and again after 16 months.
The researchers found that when a toddler is whining or begging, the best strategy for a quick de-escalation is to find some way to compromise, if possible — and the good news is that judicious use of compromise didn't "spoil" the child or increase misbehavior in the long run. If compromise isn't possible, some children can be placated (and taught) with a simple explanation of why wearing a swimsuit to the park on a snowy day, for example, isn't the best idea.
Toddlers are "learning to express their newfound independence, but they're learning they have to do it in ways that are acceptable to the parent," Larzelere told Live Science.
However, when a kid escalates to outright defiance of the rules — things like hitting, running away or doing the opposite of the parent's orders — reasoning and negotiating becomes the counterproductive option. Compromise can win good behavior in these kids in the short term, Larzelere said, but research has shown that rewarding aggression by giving in when a child is being oppositional worsens the child's behavior over the next several months. That's where timeout became the best option.
"The oppositional children needed single warnings and timeouts," Larzelere said. He pointed out that a child's temperament is key to whether a situation will require timeout.
"The contribution of my research is that different strategies work for different little folks," he said.
Parenting books differ in regards to the specifics of timeout: Should the child go to a specific chair or a certain room, for the length of his or her stay, or whether a kid has to be calm or can come out of a timeout still crying or carrying on. Some of these parameters have research to back them up and others don't. One common piece of parenting advice, the "1 minute of timeout for every year of the kid's age" rule, is not backed up by research. Effectiveness of timeout by duration is hard to study, Roberts said, but anywhere between 2 and 5 minutes is plenty.
General guidelines for timeout will work for most children, Roberts said, but struggling parents should not go it alone. Some kids will need a more personalized program.
"If your child intensely resists and repetitively resists your efforts to use a chair timeout or a room timeout, see a professional," Roberts said. "The danger is the child will intensify and you'll end up doing something you regret."
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Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" Set to Get Underway Sept 23 in Australia
BURBANK, CA – September 9, 2020 – Principal photography will begin on September 23 on Warner Bros. Pictures' "Elvis," Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's ("The Great Gatsby," "Moulin Rouge!") musical drama about the life and music of Elvis Presley. Seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, the film stars Austin Butler ("Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood") as Elvis, Tom Hanks ("A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," "Forrest Gump") as Colonel Tom Parker and Olivia DeJonge ("Stray Dolls") as Priscilla Presley.
Olivia DeJonge, Austin Butler, Tom Hanks
Looking forward to getting to work after the lengthy delay, Luhrmann stated, "We're back to, as Elvis liked to say, 'taking care of business!' It is a real privilege in this unprecedented global moment that Tom Hanks has been able to return to Australia to join Austin Butler and all of our extraordinary cast and crew to commence production on 'Elvis.' I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we feel in the current climate that the state of Queensland, and Queenslanders in general, have been so supportive of this film. We thank our partners in the Queensland Government and Queensland Health for their extremely diligent process, so that we can be an example how creativity and productivity can proceed safely and responsibly in a way that protects our team and the community at large. We are all excited to start working with Tom Hanks when he is out of quarantine in two weeks."
The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley's rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis's life, Priscilla Presley.
Luhrmann directs from the current screenplay written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. Luhrmann is also producing the film, alongside Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, with Andrew Mittman executive producing.
The director's behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Mandy Walker ("Mulan," "Australia"), Oscar-winning production designer and costume designer Catherine Martin ("The Great Gatsby," "Moulin Rouge!"), editors Matt Villa ("The Great Gatsby," "Australia") and Jonathan Redmond ("The Great Gatsby") and composer Elliott Wheeler ("The Get Down").
Principal photography on "Elvis" is taking place in Queensland, Australia with the support of the Queensland Government, Screen Queensland and the Australian Government's Producer Offset program. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Let's start with some general definitions. Differentiation "consists of the efforts of teachers to respond to variance among learners in the classroom. Whenever a teacher reaches out to an individual or small group to vary his or her teaching in order to create the best learning experience possible, that teacher is differentiating instruction." It sounds lovely. But actually start imagining it, and it gets messy and, above all, incredibly difficult. Imagine having a classroom of 25 students. You teach English class. You have to assign an essay based upon a grade level text and are planning how to accomplish this. You think of the 25 students in yours class. Five students are English language learners. Seven students are students with special needs and have IEPs. 12 students qualify for free or reduced lunch. 18 students read below grade level. 3 students read at grade level. 4 students read at an advanced grade level. Most students have not written a paper longer than two pages in length. Some are still mastering basic spelling and grammar. A few are naturally gifted writers. So what do you do?
Differentiation, teaching to the individual child to ensure all students are supported, sounds beautiful, but given the very real classroom described above, is it even possible? How do you teach your lesson and support your students in ways that simultaneously ensure all students are being pushed academically while also ensuring that all students are receiving the support they need and are being taught in a way that speaks to their unique experience? If you stick to the curriculum, how many students are being left behind? If you slow down the curriculum, how many students are no longer being pushed? Do the benefits of heterogeneous grouping overwhelm the possible limitations? Wouldn't it be better to organize classes based upon student ability? Why would we need differentiation, why adjust instruction for students of different abilities, when we have already created an educational caste system that separated children in the first place?
That's called tracking "the practice of lumping children together according to their talents in the classroom. On the elementary level, the divisions sound harmless enough: Kids are divided into the Bluebirds and Redbirds. But in the secondary schools, the stratification becomes more obvious as students assume their places in the tracking system." Tracking would seem to make differentiation strategies redundant. After all, if all students are entering the class on the same academic level, then what need is there to differentiate one's instruction? But tracking is tricky, some might say insidious.
Here are a few things to consider before making a leap to tracking as another educational panacea. When does tracking begin? 3rd grade? 5th grade? 7th grade? If a student is placed on a remedial track in 5th grade, does that eliminate their chances for ever joining the honors track? If not, then a student's entire future trajectory is impacted by their cohort placement in 5th grade. Is that what we want? How are students tracked? It is no secret that even the most "integrated" schools see segregated tracking wherein AP/Honor classes are whiter and more homogenous than general ed tracking. How are students demonstrating their abilities? Testing? Teacher recommendations? How can tracking be done in such a way that accurately places students into tracks aligned to their abilities, rather than their privileges? How do we as a society value these different educational tracks? Would we value the technical education track as a means for a solid middle class life, or deride it as tracks for those unworthy of a college education? Would we in a similarly misguided way equate college tracking with wealth and privilege rather than the more likely reality of debt saddled adulthood? Doesn't differentiation happen even within homogeneous groupings?
Even when students are in groups of similar abilities, teachers who have earned their stripes know that they still have classrooms of individual learners that need to be understood, valued, and taught as a person rather than an emotionless, robotic pupil. Do we differentiate then? The differentiation / tracking debate is not only an important topic of educational discussion, it is also a valuable means of engaging those whose lives are not immersed in the world of education. So what do you think? What does your network think? To differentiate? Or to track?
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Lukashenko tells Putin Ukraine planned to attack Belarus
There is a certain share of progress in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Putin stated on Friday, March 11, TASS reports.
"There are certain positive developments as the negotiators from our side reported to me," Putin said during the meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin.
Putin also noted that Russia and Ukraine conduct negotiations practically on a daily basis.
Lukashenko shows Putin map of Ukraine's attack on Belarus
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko showed Putin a map with plans to attack Belarus.
According to Lukashenko, the map testifies to Ukraine's plans to attack Belarus. The Belarusian president believes that Ukraine could have attacked the country if Russia had not made the preemptive strike first.
During the talks with Putin, Lukashenko said that by the end of the year people will forget about the conflict in Ukraine.
Lukashenko also said that Western sanctions are just disgusting and a time of opportunity.
Russia will ultimately benefit from its efforts to overcome the sanctions. The USSR could always live and succeed under the pressure of sanctions, Putin said.
Putin and Lukashenko held their previous meeting in Moscow on February 18. The presidents discussed issues of European security, development of trade and economic relations.


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Q: When reading input from a file, my program is not reading the integers correctly I've got a text file that I am supposed to read with file input/output techniques:
47900       31007
34500        9100
57984       14822

Here is my code:
#include <stdio.h>

 FILE *input;
 int CA1;
 int CA2;
 int CA3;
 int CL1;
 int CL2;
 int CL3;

int main (void)
{
    input = fopen("c:\\class\\currentratio.txt","r");
    fscanf(input,"%d %d\n", &CA1, &CL1);
    fscanf(input, "%d %d\n", &CA2, &CL2);
    fscanf(input, "%d %d\n", &CA3, &CL3);
    printf("%d", &CA1);
    fclose(input);
    return 0;
}

When I print the numbers, they are

4229680, 4229704, 4229744, 4229712, 4229664, and 4229720.

A: You are printing the address of the variable and not its value.
Get rid of the address: printf("%d", CA1);
Also, you are not checking whether opening the file succeeded. You should handle it, especially in case something doesn't work as expected.
if(!input)
{
    printf("Could not open the file specified.");
    return -1;
}

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Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez was a Spanish conquistador and cousin of Pedro de Alvarado and accompanied him on his first campaign in Guatemala. In 1525 he was appointed chief constable of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, the new capital (modern Tecpán Guatemala). He married Isabel, a daughter of Jorge de Alvarado, his cousin. It is not known when he died.

Family

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Colonial Guatemala
People of New Spain
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16th century in Guatemala

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Nature Film Group
While the nature film is associated with many hours of observation, during which the film crew is waiting for their wild heroes in absolute silence, the filmmaking itself does not necessarily look like it.
Today's nature films fully utilize the achievements of the available technology to tell the stories about wild plants and animals in more dramatic way than ever before. Technologies such as blue screen, high-speed cameras, drones or remotely controlled vehicles combined with the forgotten movie tricks of the 1920's create today's language of the nature documentaries.
Filming with Maciej Thiem. Photo: Alicia Devaux
During the course, based on the aforementioned technologies, a 5-minute long nature document will be made. The course run by tutors under the supervision of the experienced camera operator is designed for a small group. Participants will go through the whole process of producing a nature film, from introductory lecture on the development through the script, shooting script, preparing the equipment, taking part in the tests, filming and postproduction.
Recruitment to the group is conducted on the basis of submissions sent by email (biuro@filmspringopen.eu) in which we ask you to write a few sentences related to expectations and motivation to participate in the course.
Maciej Thiem
Director and producer of documentary films. Founder of mad tree film service, specializing in high-speed photography and nature photography. Member of the Europen Documentary Network. He conducts classes on film production at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. A graduate of the Łodź Film School film production department.
Maciej Thiem, Adam Suzin. Photo: Alicia Devaux
Tomasz Gładys
Lecturer at Nikon Academy, and DJI Academy. He has photographed wildlife in Africa, America, Europe and Asia. As an IT specialist and in his spare time, a General Aviation pilot, he is constantly building and developing new camera vehicles for the purpose of filming the nature.


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Teach growing students the importance of health with Horizons 1st Grade Health curriculum! This fun-filled, Christian-based course has a teacher's guide and a student workbook. The teacher's guide has 50 lessons for teaching young students important health themes like understanding emotions and their growing bodies, making healthy choices, preventing health problems, and developing safety awareness for indoors and outdoors. The step-by-step lessons in the teacher's guide include a list of needed materials, objectives, songs, background information, lesson overviews, and related activities. The student workbook contains over 30 perforated, colorful student visuals and writing activities that are teacher-administrated. Horizons Health curriculum is created to be taught two to three days per week.


The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a soon to be released move that looks like it touches on a lot of sociology themes.
It's a movie about a girl who gets sent to a Christian Conversion Therapy Camp where she is subjected to various forms of psychological manipulation to avert her from being gay.
It's Illegal in 14 states for America, but only for minors…. For adults, it's legal in every single state.
In the interview she outlines how the film focuses on the micro interactions between the various 'inmates' in the centre, and how they still manage to hold on to their true identities and find their chosen families despite the enormous barriers put in their way by the oppressive system.
The movie has clear relevance to religion, sexuality and identity, as well as to theories of social change.
The Movie closes with the main protagonists disappearing on a road trip – which kind of reminds my of Bauman's concept of the individualized utopia… the never ending journey, with no real thought about where we are going, society abandoned.


Well, it's finished, and it was worth the effort! The Blaster PC is a good example on how to put together a "buildable" kit for the mass market. It comes with everything you would need to put it together and gives a list of items (tools) needed for assembly. I purchased it from Tiger Direct for $150 – the kit includes case, motherboard, built-in FM tuner and remote control; everything else, like CPU, CD ROM etc, is extra.
The instruction manual was spiral bound (a nice touch I might add), well written with plenty of pics to show the novice builder just where everything goes.
Ok, I said I would write about the entire process, so here goes – and remember folks, this is my first article of any kind so please be patient with me.
Ordering was easy with a credit card – I got confirmation within five minutes of my order, but there was a delay in getting my order filled and I later found out why – the DVD drive was no good and they replaced it before sending it out. Nice to know they tested everything beforehand.
UPS was their usual slow selves, and when it finally arrived I was surprised to see that the entire order came at the same time.
Upon opening the big box, I found they had glued foam rubber to a cardboard backing, and the case and mobo was surrounded in it.
The case has a one piece cover (old school) but the case itself was a joy to work with and in – no sharp edges to speak of and the floppy and HD cages are removable – and it also has a slide out mobo tray.
Assembly was relatively simple and, with the manual handy, I had no real difficulties except that the mobo didn't want to line up right away.
On to the next phase of the kit: Choosing add-in parts. I went with the Nvidia TNt2m64, because I had it already and is adequate for dvd playback, and gaming; also because this computer only has ATA33 IDE interface, I chose to go with a 5400 rpm Maxtor 30G (ATA100), instead of the 7200. We haven't decided on a modem yet, so I didn't get one.
The mainboard is the Creative Blaster Board, slot one, with i440BX chipset and the Soundblaster live platinum chip onboard. And with two ISA and four PCI slots, there is plenty of room for any modem, NIC, and RAID card you might want to throw in.
After assembly came time to load the software, and this is where I ran into my first hiccup – the floppy drive I picked out was a Magic spin from IOmagic (29.00+ tax). The mainboard did not like it so I exchanged it for another, and had the same problem again; no matter how I setup the boot process, it simply refused to boot from a CD. Wanting to finish this project, I robbed my known good floppy out of my box and proceeded to boot up for the first time.
The BIOS setup program was simple enough and it was able to go right to 133 MHz FSB (in "chipset features"); by the way, when you raise the bus speed, it tells you right there in the BIOS what your CPU speed will be, as well as the PCI speed. I didn't see any voltage tweaks, but I was in a hurry to deliver this system, and didn't really look for it.
Loading the OS was the usual dull affair and, after about thirty minutes or so, I was ready to get going with the SB Live! Bundle. Everything loaded fine and seems to work, including the remote; although it is a little cumbersome for me, it's kind of cool to be able to start programs from across the room, raise the volume and tune in the built in FM receiver.
This system is one of the best "barebones" kits I have ever seen, and to my surprise it all works! After loading the SB Live! Bundle, I played with the FM tuner, and the remote, and found the FM tuner to be a little weak, but that could be because of the close proximity to my other running computers, and it seemed to have an AM like whine to weak signals.
I decided to see if the soft DVD worked, and popped in the Matrix, and with a lowly PIII 500 (katmai), playback was superb, but with a slight hiccup every twenty minutes or so; maybe the task scheduler was interfering – I don't know, but it wasn't too much of an annoyance.
All in all, I would say that this kit is worth the money, especially for the first time builder. I mean, the SB Live Platinum sound card by itself costs around $100.00 U.S., and the Blaster Kit goes for $150.00, so it is economical too.
I wonder If Creative has any plans to "upgrade" to the 815, or maybe even an AMD platform in the future. I for one will be watching for another kit like this, but with a newer chipset.


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Three Men on a Horse by John Greco
Posted by obscureclassics under Reviews | Tags: 1936, alan jenkins, frank mchugh, joan blondell, mervyn leroy, sam levene, three men on a horse |
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Frank McHugh, Sam Levene, Joan Blondell, Alan Jenkins
Warner Brothers made series of gangster comedies in the 1930's and 1940's. Best known are A Slight Case of Murder and Larceny Inc. both starring Edward G. Robinson. Three Men on a Horse falls into this same sub-genre. Originally a play co-written by George Abbott that ran on Broadway for close to two years with Frank McHugh and Sam Levene originating the same roles they perform in the movie.
Erwin Trowbridge (Frank McHugh) is a loser. A henpecked husband who writes greeting cards sayings for a living, works for a company where he is grossly underpaid and treated like dirt. His home life is not much better, a ditz for a wife and brother in law who constantly berates him for not making money. You see Erwin bets on the ponies, and he always wins. Only he doesn't bet for money. Never for money, that would be cheating. According to Patsy (Sam Levene) a Damon Runyon type gambler, Erwin is a poet. Patsy also sees Erwin as the goldmine he and his pals have been waiting for. Along with Levene, Allen Jenkins and Teddy Hart are the gamblers who kidnap Erwin with a plan to make them a fortune. Joan Blondell, using her Brooklyn accent to its best advantage, is Mabel, Patsy's girlfriend. Eddie Rochester Anderson and Alan Hale are also on board as employees at the hotel where the gamblers are keeping Erwin while he comes up with the winning horses. The film was directed by Mervlyn LeRoy though there is no director's credit given in the film. Three Men on a Horse is a pleasant humorous film filled enough laughs to satisfy even though it is somewhat dated at times. Nice performances by everyone in the cast.
It looks like Warner's took their "B" team and gave them their own game to play and they came away a winner.
By John Greco
Union Depot by John Greco
Posted by obscureclassics under Reviews | Tags: alan hale, alfred e. green, douglas fairbanks jr., george rosener, guy kibbee, joan blondell, union depot |
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Alan Hale, George Rosener
Chick (Fairbanks) and Scraps (Kibbee) are two hobos just released from the hoosegow for vagrancy. They need money to eat and make their way to Union Depot where Chick manages to get some clean clothes and money off a drunk who leaves his luggage in the men's room. While at the station he also sees Ruth (Joan Blondell), an out of work chorus girl who's broke and needs $64 to get to Salt Lake City for her next job and to get away from a sexual predator. Hungry and broke she accepts Chick's invitation to go to a hotel room next to the station where he buys her a meal. Thinking she is a prostitute he is looking for repayment with some female companionship. When he thinks she's refusing to put Chick smacks Ruth (a 1932 review in Time magazine points out that this may have been prompted by recent screen activities of James Cagney and Clark Gable). He soon realizes that Ruth is not really a prostitute, just broke and desperate. Underneath, Chick is really a good guy and agrees to help her get to Salt Lake City.
In a series of incidents involving pickpockets, counterfeiters and just plain fate Chick finds himself in the possession of a violin case full of counterfeit money, though he does not know it is counterfeit at the time. He buys Ruth a couple of dresses and the ticket to Salt Lake City with the funny money. The store clerk where Ruth purchased her dresses realizes the money is phony and calls the police who quickly arrest Ruth and Chick. Chick tells the police how he came by the money finding a check stub in a discarded wallet. The wallet had been tossed by a pickpocket after stealing it from one of the counterfeiters. Eventually after a shooting, a chase through the train yards and more misunderstandings by the law, Chick and Ruth are both cleared and the counterfeiters caught. Ruth boards the train for Salt Lake City as Chick, broke again, waves to her goodbye.
The ending is a nice touch. In most movies the couple would have fell in love and lived happily ever after. Here, they meet and depart with no artificial happy ending. All this plays out in real time.
The film is entertaining and is helped by good performances, especially by Fairbanks, Blondell and Frank McHugh. Joan Blondell is always a pleasure to watch and is as sexy as she has ever been on screen.
Union Depot benefits from it pre-code openness and it is amazing what got past the censors, prostitution, sexual perversion, and attempted rape. Articles discussing Warner Brothers pre-code films hardly, if ever, mention Union Depot which is a shame. Director Alfred Green keeps the film moving at a nice pace and at approximately 75 minutes is a nice trip.
Oh, did I mention that Joan Blondell is in this picture?
DVD Review: Forbidden Hollywood vol. 2
Posted by obscureclassics under DVD Reviews | Tags: a free soul, ann dvorak, barbara stanwyck, female, forbidden hollywood, joan blondell, night nurse, norma shearer, pre-code, ruth chatterton, the divorcee, three on a match |
Films In This Collection
Night Nurse
Three on a Match
The Divorcee
A Free Soul
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin, and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Audio Commentaries on Night Nurse and The Divorcee
Theatrical trailers for Night Nurse, Three on a Match, and Night Nurse
Warner Bros. is doing classic film fans a great favor by releasing these rather rare pre-code gems on DVD for the first time. In 2006 they release the first volume, which featured the films Red Headed Woman, Baby Face, and Waterloo Bridge. While that volume was certainly a treat, and featured three excellent films (especially the beautiful Waterloo Bridge, which needs to be seen by everyone), special features were sparse and it didn't feel like a very complete collection.
The second volume, however, is a real treat for any pre-code fan. Not only does it contain five of the absolute most essential film from the era, it also has commentaries and an in-depth documentary that really helps to create the entire pre-code experience for this set.
Vol. 2 features two Norma Shearer films, The Divorcee and A Free Soul. Shearer was considered the queen of the pre-code era, and these two films are the most important of her early 1930s career. The Divorcee is considered an extremely important and racy film, but there seems to be no escape from the values of the time, and in the end the themes of female empowerment are undercut by the double standard the film tries so hard to fight against. A Free Soul, however, is a fascinating and sensual film with Norma Shearer as a good girl gone bad and Clark Gable as a sexually charge gangster. Shearer and Gable were always a good pair, and they sizzle together in this wonderful pre-code which won Lionel Barrymore an Oscar.
Three on a Match may be the most important film of the era, simply as a non-stop example of all the rules filmmakers could break in the early 1930s. Before release, several minutes were cut from the film, so that it just became scene after scene of pre-code debauchery. Drug use, child abuse, sex outside of marriage, violence. While Three on a Match isn't a particularly good film – it's very dreary and plodding – it's essential to watch as a great example of pre-code. And Ann Dvorak gives an absolutely phenomenal performance, possibly her very best.
Night Nurse is another film that seems to be just a huge collection of pre-code moments, though it's certainly a better film than Three on a Match. It's a film about a plot to starve children to death, and along the way feature violence against women, leading ladies in various states of undress, a consistently drunken mother, and a charming and completely likable bootlegger as the leading man. But unlike Three on a Match, its story is interesting and its very well paced. Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell make a very fun team.
Female is probably my favorite film on the set. Ruth Chatterton, a very underappreciated actress from the era, gives an excellent and extremely sexual performance as a CEO who likes to make her employees her boy toys. Chatterton was an older woman – she was 40 years old when this movie was released – and she used that wonderful fact to separate herself from her contemporaries. Her grace and maturity are unmatched. She's sexy and she's smart. Watching her seduce her latest man is some of the most fun a pre-code film has to offer. No man could resist the lovely Ruth Chatterton. She was in charge, in the board room and in the bedroom.
The special features on the set really help in giving the viewer an even deeper understanding of the films and politics of the pre-code era. The documentary Thou Shalt Not is fascinating, and features some great clips and pieces of some of the best movies of the era. The commentaries on Night Nurse and The Divorcee are both in depth and enthusiastic, done by people who are both knowledgeable of the era and who clearly love the films.
Forbidden Hollywood vol. 2 is simply one of the very best DVD sets to come out in a very long time. If you're a classic film fan, it's a must have.


The Alabama Broadcasters Association handed out its Best in Broadcasting Awards, or ABBYs. WERC (960 AM, 105.5 FM) and CBS 42 (WIAT) won six awards each at the fourth annual ceremony held on March 20.
The Alabama Associated Press 2009 broadcast award winners were announced last week.
Birmingham radio stations swept 14 of the 16 awards in their category, nine won by WBHM (90.3 FM). Birmingham TV stations took home 13 awards, with Fox 6 winning six awards.
Note: All radio awards won by Birmingham stations, except for Nos. 7 and 15.
WBHM posted its award-winning stories on its site.
Note: Birmingham winners in bold.
New Vision Television, owner of CBS 42 (WIAT) in Birmingham, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month. We first reported the bankruptcy in July.
The company, based in Atlanta and Los Angeles, owns 14 stations nationwide.
New Vision made no job or benefit cuts linked to the reorganization, the company said.
CBS 42 has put all of its anchors on Twitter, following NBC 13's lead.
Fox 6 began broadcasting its news in high-definition Monday, after building new sets (time-lapse video).
ABC 33/40 upgraded its digital broadcast signal Monday, asking viewers to have their digital TV sets and converter boxes rescan for channels 33.1 and 33.2.


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Q: with Watin how do you stop the browser from loading images? Just trying to see if I can stop Watin / IE from loading images so the whole thing goes a lot faster?

A: You can stop images from being loaded via the Internet Explorer options.
To disable images in IE:

*

*Select Tools -> Internet Options

*Go to the Advanced tab

*Scroll down to the settings section Multimedia

*Uncheck the box 'Show pictures'

This could also be achieved programmatically by changing the appropriate registry setting. e.g.
RegistryKey ieKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main");
ieKey.SetValue("Display Inline Images", "no");


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Reduced haemodynamic coupling and exercise are associated with vascular stiffening in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary vascular disease
Alessandro Bellofiore1,
Eric Dinges2,
Robert Naeije3,
Hamorabi Mkrdichian4,
Lauren Beussink-Nelson4,
Melissa Bailey5,
Michael J Cuttica6,
Ranya Sweis4,
James R Runo7,
Jon G Keevil8,
Christopher J Francois9,
Sanjiv J Shah4,6,
Naomi C Chesler2,5
1Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
4Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
6Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
8Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
9Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Correspondence to Professor Naomi C Chesler, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2146 Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison WI 53706-1609, USA; naomi.chesler{at}wisc.edu
Objective Inadequate right ventricular (RV) and pulmonary arterial (PA) functional responses to exercise are important yet poorly understood features of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This study combined invasive catheterisation with echocardiography to assess RV afterload, RV function and ventricular–vascular coupling in subjects with PAH.
Methods Twenty-six subjects with PAH were prospectively recruited to undergo right heart catheterisation and Doppler echocardiography at rest and during incremental exercise, and cardiac MRI at rest. Measurements at rest included basic haemodynamics, RV function and coupling efficiency (η). Measurements during incremental exercise included pulmonary vascular resistance (Z0), characteristic impedance (ZC, a measure of proximal PA stiffness) and proximal and distal PA compliance (CPA).
Results In patients with PAH, the proximal PAs were significantly stiffer at maximum exercise (ZC =2.31±0.38 vs 1.33±0.15 WU×m2 at rest; p=0.003) and PA compliance was decreased (CPA=0.88±0.10 vs 1.32±0.17 mL/mm Hg/m2 at rest; p=0.0002). Z0 did not change with exercise. As a result, the resistance–compliance (RC) time decreased with exercise (0.67±0.05 vs 1.00±0.07 s at rest; p<10−6). When patients were grouped according to resting coupling efficiency, those with poorer η exhibited stiffer proximal PAs at rest, a lower maximum exercise level, and more limited CPA reduction at maximum exercise.
Conclusions In PAH, exercise causes proximal and distal PA stiffening, which combined with preserved Z0 results in decreased RC time with exercise. Stiff PAs at rest may also contribute to poor haemodynamic coupling, reflecting reduced pulmonary vascular reserve that contributes to limit the maximum exercise level tolerated.
Stressing the right ventricular-pulmonary vascular unit: beyond pulmonary vascular resistance
Guido Claessen Andre La Gerche
Heart 2016; 103 404-406 Published Online First: 11 Oct 2016. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310360


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Jan 1, 2021 12:35am PT
Golden Globes Predictions: Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) – Maria Bakalova Could Be the First Comedy Winner to Be Nominated in Supporting Since 1978
By Clayton Davis
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Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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UPDATED: Jan. 1, 2021
AWARDS COMMENTARY:
The Golden Globes have accepted Maria Bakalova's performance in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" as a leading role, even though she's being campaigned as best supporting actress. Based on the look of the field, there's an excellent chance she could emerge as the winner on Feb. 28, given the current trajectory. If that happens, and she moves on to be nominated at the Academy Awards in supporting actress, she will become the first woman to win the best actress (comedy/musical) category and then go on to be nominated for an Oscar in a supporting category since Maggie Smith (1978's "California Suite"). To give some context, the closest we've seen this occur was in 2003 when Catherine Zeta-Jones was nominated in lead at the Globes before moving on to be nominated and win an Oscar in supporting actress. But who can beat Bakalova? Meryl Streep could be a double threat for "Let Them All Talk" or "The Prom," and even Michelle Pfeiffer could start her train towards her first Oscar win for "French Exit" if the buzz begins to be revived once again.
Maria Bakalova in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" Courtesy of AMAZON STUDIOS
AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE:
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" (Amazon Studios)
GLOBES HISTORY: Never nominated
ROLE: Tutar Sagdiyev
DIRECTOR: Jason Woliner
SYNOPSIS: A satire on Trump's America that follows a Kazakh journalist who's sent to America to deliver a gift from his government to Vice President Mike Pence. Along the way, his worldview is turned upside down and steadfast beliefs are challenged by his teenage daughter.
STARRING: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova
"French Exit" (Sony Pictures Classics)
GLOBES HISTORY: 7 nominations, 1 win (1989's "The Fabulous Baker Boys")
ROLE: Frances Price
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs
SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat.
STARRING: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel di Tomasso
"The Prom" (Netflix)
GLOBES HISTORY: 32 nominations, 8 wins (most recently for 2011's "The Iron Lady" including Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2017)
ROLE: Dee Dee Allen
DIRECTOR: Ryan Murphy
SYNOPSIS: A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
STARRING: Meryl Streep, Jo Ellen Pellman, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Ariana DeBose, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells. Tracey Ullman
"On the Rocks" (A24/Apple TV Plus)
ROLE: Laura
DIRECTOR: Sofia Coppola
SYNOPSIS: A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
STARRING:Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick, Jenny Slate
"Sylvie's Love" (Amazon Prime Video)
ROLE: Sylvie Parker
DIRECTOR: Eugene Ashe
SYNOPSIS: When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father's record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
STARRING: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Regé-Jean Page, Tone Bell, Jemima Kirke
Meryl Streep in "Let Them All Talk" (HBO Max) Courtesy of HBO Max/YouTube
NEXT IN LINE:
"Wild Mountain Thyme" (Bleecker Street)
GLOBES HISTORY: 5 nominations, 1 win (BBC's "Gideon's Daughter" in 2005)
ROLE: Rosemary
DIRECTOR: John Patrick Shanley
SYNOPSIS: Rosemary is set on winning Anthony's love. Anthony, stung by his father's plan to sell the farm in Ireland to his American cousin, is finally jolted into pursuing his dreams.
STARRING: Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt, Christopher Walken, Jon Hamm
"Emma." (Focus Features)
ROLE: Emma Woodhouse
DIRECTOR: Autumn de Wilde
SYNOPSIS: In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
STARRING: Anya Taylor-Joy, Angus Imrie, Letty Thomas, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy
"Let Them All Talk" (HBO Max)
ROLE: Alice
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh
SYNOPSIS: A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.
STARRING: Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Candice Bergen, Lucas Hedges, Dianne Wiest, Christopher Fitzgerald
"Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" (Netflix)
ROLE: Sigrit Ericksdóttir
DIRECTOR: David Dobkin
SYNOPSIS: When aspiring musicians Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.
STARRING: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Pierce Brosnan, Dan Stevens, Mikael Persbrandt, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Graham Norton, Melissanthi Mahut, Demi Lovato
"Palm Springs" (Hulu/Neon)
ROLE: Sarah
DIRECTOR: Max Barbakow
SYNOPSIS: When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated as they are unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
STARRING: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin
Radha Blank in "The Forty-Year-Old Version" Courtesy of Jeong Park/Netflix
ALSO IN CONTENTION:
Radha Blank, "The Forty-Year-Old Version" (Netflix)
Judi Dench, "Blithe Spirit" (IFC Films)
Beanie Feldstein, "How to Build a Girl" (IFC Films)
Tracee Ellis-Ross, "The High Note" (Focus Features)
Anne Hathaway, "The Witches" (HBO Max)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Downhill" (Searchlight Pictures)
Melissa McCarthy, "Superintelligence" (HBO Max)
Madelen Mills, "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey" (Netflix)
Jo Ellen Pellman, "The Prom" (Netflix)
Rosamund Pike, "I Care A Lot" (Netflix)
Margot Robbie, "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" (Warner Bros.)
Kristen Stewart, "Happiest Season" (Hulu)
Kristin Scott Thomas, "Military Wives" (Bleecker Street)
Geraldine Viswanathan, "The Broken Hearts Gallery" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Evan Rachel Wood, "Kajillionaire" (Focus Features)
2021 Golden Globes Predictions (Film)
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Best Director – Motion Picture
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Best Original Song- Motion Picture
Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures
2020-2021 Golden Globes Awards Timeline
Deadline for submission of Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entry forms – Nov. 30, 2020
Deadline for Television nomination ballots to be mailed to all HFPA members by Ernst & Young – Dec. 30, 2020
Deadline for receipt of Television nomination ballots by Ernst & Young at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT – Jan. 12, 2021
Deadline for Motion Picture nomination ballots to be mailed to all HFPA members by Ernst & Young at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT – Jan. 13, 2021
The final screening date for Motion Pictures – Jan. 26, 2021
The final date for Motion Picture press conferences – Jan. 27, 2021
Deadline for receipt of Motion Picture nomination ballots by Ernst & Young at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT – Jan. 30, 2021
Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards announced at 8:00 a.m. ET / 5:00 a.m. PT – Feb. 3, 2021
Final ballots mailed to all HFPA members by Ernst & Young – Feb. 23, 2021
78th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air live coast to coast at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on NBC from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California – Feb. 28, 2021
2021 Academy Awards Predictions
2021 Oscar Predictions: The Collective
2021 Oscar Predictions: All Categories
About the Golden Globes
The Golden Globes Awards, hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is held annually with 93 members since 1944. The group recognizes excellence in film and television, across drama and comedy or musical categories. Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" holds the record for the most awards won by a single film with seven. Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Alan Parker's "Midnight Express" is next in line with six each. Robert Altman's "Nashville" has the record for most nominations received by a film with 11 while Colin Higgins' "Foul Play," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather Part III" and Mike Nichols' "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" share the record for receiving the most nominations and not winning a single award at seven.


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Tips for Tourists: Earthquake Preparedness when Traveling in Japan (Part 1)
Posted on Monday August 21st, 2017 Sunday June 17th, 2018 by WaNavi Japan
WaNavi Japan provides Earthquake Preparedness session for travelers with AirBnB as part of their "Social Impact Experiences" in Tokyo. We look forward to welcoming people from around the globe to share the knowledge of personal preparedness and introduce many unique disaster-related products only available in Japan.
Japan is an earthquake-prone country, and natural disasters won't take a vacation just because you are. Since you can't predict when or where an earthquake will occur, it's easy to think that all you can do is to leave it to luck. But by understanding the unique way that Japanese society prepares and educates citizens to respond to earthquakes, you'll also understand the practical strategies to minimize risks and how to prepare yourself even while traveling.
What if there is a major earthquake while I'm traveling in Japan?
Your first step, if there is a major earthquake while you are traveling in Japan: stay safe during the earthquake itself. Find a safe spot to duck down into a low position so you don't fall over, and protect your head with your arms or a bag.
If you are near the ocean, there might be risk of tsunami. If you are in a more historical area with old wooden buildings, there might be a fire risk. Aftershocks might also result in additional damage after the initial quake. Public transit systems including the subway could shut down, and lifeline services (gas, electricity, water, sewage etc.) as well as phone and internet connections could be down.
With all these possibilities, depending on where the earthquake occurs, how strong it is, and where you are, it's important for you to plan how to:
collect accurate information
evacuate to a safe place
get in touch with your loved ones, and
ensure your physical (and emotional) well-being until you can completely leave the affected area.
In this post we will cover parts 1 & 2; see our follow-up post for more details on 3 & 4.
1. How do I collect accurate information about an earthquake when traveling in Japan?
Japan has a nationwide system called the "Earthquake Early Warning" system which sends you a warning a few seconds before a significant shake hits your registered location. Many Japanese telephones have this function already built into the phone and whenever people hear the alarm, they take cover at the safest place possible. For travelers, there are apps available called Yurekuru Call (iPhone or Android) and Safety Tips (iPhone or Android) that give you the warning with an English explanation. We recommend you download these apps and customize to the area you are staying.
Once you have gotten through the initial earthquake and aftershocks safely, you will want to collect accurate information about the earthquake (epicenter, magnitude, intensity scale, tsunami risk, etc.) and the extent of damage caused. The Japan Meteorological Agency analyzes a national network of seismometers and delivers information about earthquakes almost instantly, see the link below. In addition, you can access several local media sources in English for disaster-related information:
Radio NHK No.2 693kHz Inter FM 89.7MHz (Tokyo)
TV NHK Channel 1 (Tokyo) *For English, press the bilingual button on your remote, which looks like "音声切替." If internet is available, NHK World TV App will deliver the same disaster-related information with simultaneous English interpretation. (Available for iPhone or Android.)
Japan Meteorological Agency Homepage
Please note that the frequencies and Channel number will vary according to region.
2. How do I evacuate to a safe place after an earthquake while traveling in Japan?
Although it may feel counter-intuitive, people in Japan are often told to stay inside rather than to run outside during an earthquake. Buildings constructed after 1981 follow strict building codes and are designed to withstand even the highest intensity earthquakes. The newer the better, as a few amendments were made to the code in 2000 after analysis of the damage caused by the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
Every municipality in Japan has a carefully planned system of evacuation in case of earthquake, tsunami, or other disaster. Evacuation facilities are designated according to the assessed natural disaster risks in each region.
Familiarizing yourself with these landmarks will help you know where to go and what's available in every emergency situation.
In case of tsunami, look for the following signs:
Tsunami evacuation sites / buildings (津波緊急避難場所 Tsunami Kinkyū Hinan-basho / 津波避難ビル Tsunami Hinan-biru)
In case of large-scale fire, look for the following:
Evacuation areas (normally large parks, 緊急避難場所 Kinkyū Hinan-basho / 広域避難場所 Kōiki Hinan-basho). There are zones called "stay-in areas" (地区内残留地区 Chiikinai Zanryū Chiku), which are fireproofed commercial districts.
In case of building collapse:
Take shelter at designated emergency shelters (normally local elementary and junior high schools, 避難所 Hinan-jo).
You will be provided with food, water, a place to rest, toilets, public telephones and essential goods at these designated emergency shelters. The shelters initially work as first aid bases, and later become a hub for information related to safety confirmation, goods distribution and volunteer coordination.
Maps like the following are installed at every station and on major streets.
Please use these to identify the nearest evacuations sites at any stage of your trip.
By making these simple preparations as part of your travel planning and ensuring you check maps for emergency locations and information as much as sightseeing spots, you can ensure you are prepared and ready in the event of an earthquake or other disaster.
Next, see our post on what to do after the immediate disaster has passed. When you want to get in touch with friends and family outside the affected area to let them know you are okay and how to take care of yourself and ensure your well-being until you are able to return home.
Knowing what to do ahead of time will make your travels safe and stress-free, even in the event of a disaster in an unfamiliar country. As the old Japanese saying goes: Sonae-Areba-Urei-Nashi 備えあれば憂いなし – If you are prepared, you can let go of fear.
Be prepared and enjoy discovering Japan!
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Choosing a floor covering: what is better, linoleum or laminate?
Wall clock in the style of Provence - a sample of grace and beauty!
How to choose the right brick?
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How to Clean Cork Floors?
Cork floors are great for the environment, and they provide a soft feel underfoot and are somewhat soundproof. Derived from the bark of cork trees, these benefit the environment because the trees grow back their bark after it is stripped, so the trees do not have to be cut down to manufacture this product. Cork floor is also cheaper than a lot of materials used to make floors. Taking good care of your cork floor will ensure its durability and quality.
Avoid spilling liquids or abrasive chemicals on it. Periodically, it needs to be cleaned. To do this, you need to first sweep it with a soft bristled broom. A coarse broom will scratch the surface, something you will want to avoid. The only cleaner that should be used on a cork floor is warm water and dish soap. Fill a regular mop bucket half full with water and a small amount of liquid dish soap. Too much soap will leave a film or residue behind, which you don't want because it doesn't look good, and it can be a falling hazard. Stir it around with a sponge or a mop. Take your sponge or mop and clean the entire floor, paying special attention to any dirt or stains. After you are finished, you should let it air dry for an hour. To speed up the drying process, you can wring out your mop or sponge and run it across the floor, watching in particular for any areas that are especially wet. Alternately, you can take a dry cleaning cloth and wipe up any excess water. If any soapy film has been left behind, wet the rag slightly and wipe it up, letting it air dry.
Some preventative measures that you can take in order to properly take care of your cork board is to not scoot any furniture or decorations when moving them. Instead, lift them up and carry them or use what are called "magic sliders" to prevent further damage. The only downside to having a cork floor is how easily it can be scratched, but mild surface scratches can be reduced or removed by using the soap and water method described above. Never spill drinks or food items on the floor, and if any spills do occur, take a wet wash rag and clean them up right away before they become absorbed into the floor.
If you have potted plants, fishbowls or other water containers in your room, consider putting a drip pan underneath them in case of leaks or spillage. In addition, if the original shine and luster of your floor is fading, a good acrylic sealer can be applied to the floor and is highly recommended. You can either do this by hand, which is probably the best way, or you can gently use a floor buffer. If you have water stains anywhere on your floor from previous leaks or spills, you can reduce the visibility of these by using a little bit of soap and water. It is best to do this by hand for individual spots. The worst thing you can do to your floor is to scratch it by being careless when moving furniture or pulling a chair out to sit down. However, even the worst scratches can be made to be less obvious by some gentle rubbing with a wet rag. If you take good care of it, your cork floor will provide years of use. The softness, relative cheapness and availability of the material, and the sound dampening quality of this type of flooring makes it ideal for almost any room in the house.


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HomeBlogSixth Sense
Identifying and cultivating the intangible trait that leads to marketing success
From the start, the vibe and response to this marketing campaign was different. In spring 2013, Dove introduced a video called "Real Beauty Sketches," showing an FBI-trained forensic artist drawing women based on their own perceptions, and then another sketch based on that of a stranger who'd only briefly met one of the women but was asked to describe her. The sketches were put side by side and shown to the women and, in almost every case, revealed that the women had been harsher describing their appearance than the stranger's observations.
The video hit a nerve. Within 10 days, the viral video had 660,000 shares on Facebook, according to Adweek. Within a month, it had garnered more than 114 million total views. Business Insider said it was the most viral ad video of all time.
The marketers took a unique approach, with an intuitive sense of what the audience wanted to hear. You could call it a "sixth sense." And it's not just a complement to creating a marketing campaign – it's crucial.
3 ways to find your sixth sense
No. 1 – Get behind their brain
Believe it or not, customers may not have a good idea of what they want. Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D., a professor with the department of marketing at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, says you must get behind their brain, so to speak, to figure out the hidden needs and wants.
No. 2 – Notice the details
Theresa McDonnell, executive VP, chief consumer strategist for marketing and communications firm Kaplow, says successful marketers often notice details that others don't. It's about finding the nuances in consumer behaviour and the patterns in our everyday lives.
No. 3 – Articulate your emotions
Raghunathan says when you recognize what you like and what you don't, and you are able to articulate the reasons for your likes and dislikes, you will be better able to tune into others' likes and dislikes and their reasons for them.
"The sixth sense is important because it's what allows us to push our ideas from good to great," says Theresa McDonnell, executive VP, chief consumer strategist for Kaplow, a marketing and communications firm. "It makes room for risk, and therefore, great reward. It pushes the envelope and opens consumers up to new possibilities."
But is this ability innate? Or can it be developed?
The measure of memorable
Effective marketing campaigns sometimes can just mean being in the right place at the right time, but more often involve exhaustive research, polls, customer comments and the analytics to spit out numbers and data marketers can use.
Those are the kindle, but often it's the intangible "sixth sense" that provides the spark. "The sixth marketing sense is how the most memorable and effective marketing campaigns come to life," McDonnell says. "It doesn't rely solely on analytics. In fact, it sometimes goes against conventional wisdom. If a campaign gives me goose bumps and some butterflies in my stomach, then I know we've nailed it."
For example, when Kaplow first partnered with Skype to launch the brand in the United States, the first five senses – including all the research and analytics – were telling the team to focus on the new technology. "However, the sixth sense is what led to them using real consumer stories to introduce a new behaviour," McDonnell says. "It was changing people's lives by allowing them to communicate face to face even while they were thousands of miles apart. What could have been misunderstood as a complicated technology story quickly became a household name and new consumer behaviour adapted by millions of people from children and grandparents to celebrities, teachers and of course marketers."
Unspoken needs
Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D., a professor with the department of marketing at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, says the sixth sense can be quantified to some extent through market research, but that the problem is that not all marketing decisions can be tested at all times.
Sometimes, a firm may have the time or resources to conduct market research. "Further, market research may also have a lot of limitations and flaws," Raghunathan says. "For example, directly asking customers what they want and like may not yield desirable results because they may not know what they want."
In an article for Psychology Today, Raghunathan examined a study that New York City officials asked anthropologist William Whyte to conduct regarding what citizens wanted out of building public spaces like city parks. The answers Whyte received for parks were similar – a pond, animals, places to see nature at its finest and get away from other people. But in actuality, people tend to gather in crowds at the popular features in parks.
This tells us two things about human nature, Raghunathan wrote: "First, we are social animals. Second, we often don't know what we really want."
Intuition is important because ultimately, the customers themselves may not have a good idea of what they want. "Thus, you need to get behind their brain, so to speak, to figure out the hidden needs and wants," says Raghunathan.
Growing your sixth sense
Unfortunately, this sixth sense comes in varying degrees in marketing. Some call it a rare commodity. "I believe very few people have a sixth sense," Raghunathan says. "Just like any other talent. Very few people are at the genius level in terms of music, sport or any other dimension."
Most marketers would agree that the sixth sense essentially is a skill. And like any other skill, it can be taught. "A large part of the skill has to do with being in touch with your emotions," Raghunathan says. "When you recognize what you like and what you don't, and you are able to articulate the reasons for your likes and dislikes, you will be better able to tune into others' likes and dislikes and their reasons for them. Thus, such "intra-psychic" intelligence is critical to having your fingers on the customers' pulse."
McDonnell says marketers are innately curious and very observant, and should use those traits to their advantage. "We often notice details other people don't – nuances in consumer behaviour, patterns in our everyday lives. Insights for marketing campaigns are often born this way. I don't think that can be taught."
Still, McDonnell believes the sense can be developed. "We are always evolving and maturing as we learn from our professional experiences. With that, we learn to trust the sixth sense and gain confidence to apply it more liberally."
McDonnell is skeptical that a brand can be successful without using the sixth sense, especially today when consumers are inundated with messages. "The sixth sense is disruptive, surprising and captivating. The brands that do it best are getting the most buzz."


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Consumers are tired of being hounded by robocalls that interrupt their privacy and are often used by crooks to commit fraud.
In letters sent on Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler urged the nation's top phone companies to provide their customers with free tools to block unwanted robocalls and has given them 30 days to respond with a plan for doing so. Robocalls have become rampant in recent years and are the top consumer complaint reported to the FCC.
Wheeler's action was applauded by Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, which launched its End Robocalls campaign last year calling on the phone companies to take action. Over 600,000 people have signed Consumers Union's petition urging AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon to offer their customers free robocall-blocking tools.
FCC Chairman Wheeler sent letters to AT&T, Bandwidth.com, CenturyLink, Frontier Communications, Level 3 Communications, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon.
For years, the phone companies argued that they were prevented from blocking robocalls because they were legally obligated to make sure all calls reached the intended recipient. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson repeated that excuse in an interview just last month with the Dallas Morning News. But last year, the Federal Communications Commission made it clear that phone companies have the legal authority to block unwanted calls.
Robocalls are more than just a nuisance. They can cost consumers real money when they are used to commit fraud. Too often, that's the case. Telephone scammers use robocalls to rip off seniors and other vulnerable consumers, resulting in an estimated $350 million in financial losses every year.
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received over 3.5 million complaints from consumers fed up with unwanted calls. Almost half of these calls occurred after the consumer requested that the caller stop contacting them. Robocalls have become so rampant that complaints about violations of the Do Not Call registry doubled between 2010 and 2015.
Consumers Union issued a report in 2015 that identified a number of existing technologies that phone companies could use to block unwanted robocalls from reaching their customers.


Disney's California Adventure Is Selling A Maple Bacon Churro!
Disney has been bringing out all the stops when it comes to their desserts for the Get Your Ears On celebration.
The latest dessert added to the lineup is a maple bacon churro sold exclusively at Disney's California Adventure.
It's your classic cinnamon churro topped with maple icing and crumbled bacon so you can get that sweet and savory flavor.
Those that have tried it have loved it and said that it's "sweet, salty, and crunchy perfection."
If you want to try it, you can get it at the churro stand near the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail for $5.75.
You'll have to act fast though because it will only be available until May.