19 May was Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) this year and I was lucky enough to spend it at Atos at their day event where we heard from a wide range of speakers on a broad range of subjects around not just creating accessible products but making our work environments and practices accessible too.
The day was incredibly inspiring and thought provoking for a subject I am already very interested in.
A running theme was the dislike of the words 'disabled' and 'accessibility' with discussion around what would be better terms. Diversity maybe?
No one who spoke felt disabled, just different and I think we all feel like that sometimes.
Instructions are normally on a screen which they can not see, along with the price - how do they know it is even the correct price?
By using audio through a customers smart phone they have come up with a system which can talk a customer through the payment, and as it uses inaudible sound to talk to the phone it makes for a very simple transaction.
Next up were Leena and Sean from the BBC. They were talking about Neurodiversity and I think this was my favourite talk.
Leena spoke about how a lack of awareness from Neurotypical people (that's the rest of us) creates problems for her. For instance the process of applying for jobs, while supposed to be inclusive, is too rigid and complicated for her to get through. And once she is there a large open plan office is the worst environment for her.
At the BBC they have created videos to send people to show what the different environments round the building are like to give people warning.
And they understand the issue is wider than just the individual. They need to be encouraged and mentored with a good support network created round them.
But most important is the need to change perceptions. They are not disabled, they just think differently from the rest of us and this can be really good for business.
Next up was Kiran Shah who spoke to us about being a stunt man and actor. He has worked on some huge moves, for instance Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, although you probably would not recognise him if you met him, as he tends to play ewoks or do stunts for children.
He said that gradually more disabled actors are coming to our screens rather than being played by able bodied actors and believes this can only be a good thing.
Kevin Carey from RNIB then spoke about transforming Braille from an expensive, hard to learn tool, to something more inclusive. His team have worked hard to create the Orbit Reader which can read Internet content and books and output it as refreshable Braille. This is at a fraction of the price of the equipment most people have access to at the moment.
They are now working on creating learning programmes.
With a combination of a cheap price and the ability to self teach Braille they are opening it up to people round the world. So while saving Braille from being made extinct by other technologies, they are helping people to learn STEM subjects and spelling because reading is still the best way to do this.
Next we had Sean Smith from HMRC. Although he agreed that it was very important that the HMRC website was accessible, and that there were ways for people to contact them if they didn't want to use the web, the main focus for his talk was about accessibility internally.
They have several issues. Firstly that they buy most of their software in, but most of it is still quite immature and so has very poor accessibility.
And secondly people change jobs more often than they used to.
So he wants one set of requirements for software across government. This means the suppliers will know where they stand and understand exactly what is needed, but also give government power to push back.
He also wants to share best practice between departments, something I believe they have just started doing.
After a slightly earlier lunch due to technical issues Paul Bepey gave a short talk about process at the BBC and the sort of apps which help him most being fully blind.
Then Neil Milliken, the main force behind today's event, spoke about his journey with dyslexia. He started by reminding us that most people aquire their disability rather than being born with it.
He then spoke in detail about his dyslexia, and so while most people are aware that this means a difficulty reading, how many of us were aware that it might also mean short term memory and sequencing problems? He told us how he hates on line forms and how he often finds himself lost. But he also told us about his coping strategies, how we can help when designing our digital products and how this ability to think differently can add value to business.
As someone diagnosed as a child with mild dyslexia his talk was so familiar and yet several of the things he spoke of I had experienced but never associated with it, due to my school just focusing on my spelling and reading.
Jane Buggy SVP, Human Resources at Atos then gave a short talk about accessibility within Atos.
I was interested in the idea of an accessibility passport. In a company which is so big, over 10,000 employees, and with the opportunity to work on different projects in different teams, the passport would show all the things you need to be successful in your work, so you do not need to be assessed again at the beginning of each project.
It was great to hear how Atos celebrate differences.
Next we had Susanna Laurin from Funka which is a Swedish consultancy and she spoke about how WCAG is just a baseline.
WCAG is a web standard and more countries are now creating laws which state that standards like WCAG must be adhered to. Susanna is worried that this will mean that companies will ask "what do I have to do?" instead of "how can we make it better?".
Accessibility is after all only a small part of what goes into a digital product and WCAG and the new laws now give a way to tick the box and move on instead of continuing to improve.
Of the WCAG standard there are 5 things that worry her.
The fall back seems to always be technical support when it is not always the best solution.
It is very visual impairment focused, missing many other disabilities.
This is a massive subject and something she could have spoken on for much longer than her 20 minute slot.
David Caldwell from Barclays then spoke about the personas they had created to help them become the most accessible company in the FTSE 100. As he said accessibility is not just about screen readers and so their personas cover a wide range of issues that customers might have.
He then talked through the process they went through to create them - consultation, research, design, creation and publication.
And following several discussions with their legal team the personas are now available for anyone to use.
Next up was Gareth Ford-Williams also from the BBC. He feels that by using the word accessibility we forget that there are people at the end of it. He suggests 'everybody' would be a better word.
He spoke about how the BBC does not follow the equality act, or WCAG and they do not do accessibility sprints or audits.
But they do have their own guidelines and standards, which are used by many other companies.
The most important thing is to make sure accessibility happens at the beginning not the end, and to remember it can not be left to chance, it must be designed.
But the thing I found most interesting was that 1. you can get the BBC in space and 2. touch screens and mice do not work up there and yet BBC news is the one they use because it works with a keyboard.
Next we had Aaron Leventhal speaking to us from America about designing for low vision users. This is different from designing for blind users and is not as simple as just making everything bigger.
Some people do not even know they have low vision, for instance having blurry vision or being colour blind, (this affects 8% of the male population) or the options available to them.
He gave some suggestions of things to keep in mind which will help these users.
And the tools you give people on your site to help.
And the best thing? By thinking about these things you end up helping all your users.
Joseph Lafauci also spoke to us from America. He talked to us about using screen readers and included an example for us to listen to. It was interesting to hear how it included code, something which must confuse anyone without a web background. So although a screen reader is a great bit of kit, there can be barriers.
He suggested the best way to really understand how a screen reader works is to install one on your device and see what it does. How else will you see if your site or app works?
Last up was Andrea Kennedy speaking about the business case for an accessible environment.
Her company teaches other companies how to look at their environments and improve them for their employees. This has great benefits for the business with more motivated staff and less sick days taken.
But she warns this can not be done without the full buy in from the Chief Executive of the company.
It was a great, if long day, I learnt a lot and definitely had my perceptions changed.
But that was not the end of my day as I then joined UXPA for their evening event on the same subject.


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"Mr. Rachit Yadav, The Founder of Where India Writes was Born and Raised in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his MBA in Media and Entertainment. He is an avid reader and lover of books but also a Creative & Expressive Writer who has got Multiple World Records like World Book of Records London, India & Asia Book of Records, and Vajra World Records as well. He has recently Compiled World's Largest Flip Anthology named Where India Writes 2021- Not Just an Anthology It's a Solology.
In this anthology you will find, 170+ emerging authors have participated with their amazingly written pieces on different themes and emotions. Each write-up consists of 500 + words, there are more than 1000 pages and 1.36 Lakh+ words in the book which makes it unique and different.He is also the Compiler of the World's Largest Reverse Anthology. He has written his Songbook named Marjavaan – Love That Never Ends is a World record song album certified by the International Book of Records, containing 20 versions of the same song Marjavaan.
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Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan
In a show of hands, legislators voted in favor of a one-year mandate allowing the government to send troops to Azerbaijan, where they would observe possible violations of the truce from a joint Turkish-Russian monitoring center.
Erdogan's government would determine the number of troops to be sent and it wasn't immediately clear how many the country planned to deploy.(Reuters File Photo)
Published on Nov 18, 2020 05:57 AM IST
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Turkey's parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia that aims to end the conflict in the region.
In a show of hands, legislators voted in favor of a one-year mandate allowing the government to send troops to Azerbaijan, where they would observe possible violations of the truce from a joint Turkish-Russian monitoring center. The cease-fire ended six weeks of intense fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Erdogan's government would determine the number of troops to be sent and it wasn't immediately clear how many the country planned to deploy. The motion states that civilian personnel could also be deployed as part of the peacekeeping mission.
Last week, the defense ministers of Russia and Turkey signed a memorandum to create a joint monitoring center in Azerbaijan, although technical details of the mission are still being worked out.
Azerbaijan has been pressing for its ally Turkey, which has supported Baku in the conflict, to take an active role in the peace talks and was the first to announce its involvement in the monitoring of the cease-fire agreement.
Russian officials have said that Ankara's involvement will be limited to the work of the monitoring center on Azerbaijani soil, and Turkish peacekeepers wouldn't go to Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the center will operate remotely, using drones and other technical means to monitor possible violations.
The mandate further extends Turkey's military engagements stretching from the Middle East to Africa. The country, which has been trying to craft itself a role as a regional power, has sent troops to Iraq and Syria to battle Kurdish militants and to Libya where its presence helped change the balance of a conflict there in favor of the Tripoli-based government. Ankara also maintains a military presence in Qatar, Somalia and on Cyprus and has peacekeepers in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Africa and the Balkans.
The motion for the deployment in Azerbaijan was backed by four out of five parties in Turkey's parliament. Erdogan's government said the Turkish peacekeepers were crucial for the region's peace and welfare and for Turkey's national interests.
"Turkey and Azerbaijan who regard themselves as one state and two people, will continue to struggle together for their independence and future," said Ismet Yilmaz, who heads the parliamentary defense committee. "It is our historic and strategic responsibility to ensure that (Turkish troops) take up duty at the joint center to maintain the cease-fire and prevent violations."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Turkey will be involved in the monitoring of the cease-fire alongside Russia per Azerbaijan's request.
"We will do it together with Turkey, given that we have a very good experience of cooperation in the Middle East, including in Syria, where we organize joint patrols both in the Idlib zone and on the border between Syria and Turkey," Putin told Russia's Rossiya 24 state TV channel.
"There is no need in cooperation of this kind in this case, but we agreed to create a joint center that will use unmanned aerial vehicles, and together we will be monitoring the situation along the separation line with these aircraft," he said.
Russia, which negotiated the cease-fire, is sending about 2,000 peacekeeping troops under a five-year mandate.
Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
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Situated in the thriving downtown Mushrif area of Abu Dhabi, Liwa International School offers a vibrant and holistic international education where the modern day needs of young people are understood and utilized to engage our students in learning, encourage intellectual risk taking and pursue a healthy, rounded lifestyle.
Our admissions philosophy is by nature inclusive, but contained by boundaries set by their ability to access the curriculum in English and the school's ability to support students who have learning difficulties or special educational needs.
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LISM offers a framework of opportunities and support that meets each Student's unique needs, built on a foundation of core values. We put the welfare and happiness of all its pupils at the heart of everything we do.
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After establishing two highly successful school in Al Ain, Liwa International School and Liwa International School for Girls, we are excited to be branching out to the UAE capital to offer the same high standards of education in our third school. I have worked with Liwa Schools for the past 4 years and was proud to be the Founding Principal of the first all-girls school in Al Ain. I have trained to be a school inspector with the British Schools of the Middle East, as well as AdvancED, the American school accreditors. I qualified as a Principal by achieving my National Professional Qualification of Headship from the UK and recently completed my Masters in Educational Leadership and Management. Prior to working in Liwa Schools, I was the Head Teacher of two large international schools in Abu Dhabi and I have extensive experience of working with staff, parents and students from different cultures and nationalities. I have a passion for education and take a great deal of pride in the achievements of the students from every school I have worked in. The majority of my experience has been working with students that have English as an additional language and helping them to have adequate support to reach their potential.
At LISM, we strive to provide an outstanding international education that challenges and inspires our students to excel. We believe in an approach that instills a love of learning where students can thrive and achieve their very best as independent learners. We understand that children are different and their strengths lie in different areas – academic, athletic, creative to name a few. Our students will be taught to analyze, reason and reflect, giving them the skills needed to progress and to be successful in any area. For that reason, we provide a child-centered approach to education taking into consideration each child's differentiated needs and individual learning styles.
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State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to COVID-19
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The 2020 State Fair of Texas has been canceled, according to the event's official website.
The news comes shortly after the Panhandle South Plains Fair announced it will be happening in Lubbock and recently released a schedule of events.
According to the COVID-19 update from Texas State Fair officials, the decision was not an easy one to make.
"After extensive consideration of the current landscape related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and safety of all fairgoers, staff, business partners, and overall community, the State Fair of Texas Board of Directors has voted to cancel the 2020 State Fair of Texas", reads the website.
You can read the fair's full COVID-19 statement about the cancellation below:
After extensive consideration of the current landscape related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and safety of all fairgoers, staff, business partners, and overall community, the State Fair of Texas Board of Directors has voted to cancel the 2020 State Fair of Texas.
"This was an extremely tough decision. The health and safety of all involved has remained our top priority throughout the decision-making process," said Gina Norris, board chair for the State Fair of Texas. "One of the greatest aspects of the Fair is welcoming each and every person who passes through our gates with smiles and open arms. In the current climate of COVID-19, there is no feasible way for the Fair to put proper precautions in place while maintaining the Fair environment you know and love. While we cannot predict what the COVID-19 pandemic will look like in September, the recent surge in positive cases is troubling for all of North Texas. The safest and most responsible decision we could make for all involved at this point in our 134-year history is to take a hiatus for the 2020 season."
The Fair's commitment to our nonprofit mission of promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement will continue. The Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction and livestock shows, Big Tex Scholarship Program, Big Tex Urban Farms, and our community outreach initiatives will continue to have funding and we commit to maintaining as many participation opportunities as possible as it relates to livestock and creative arts.
While the State Fair of Texas is canceled for 2020, the NCAA, respective conferences, and participating universities – the University of Texas & University of Oklahoma and Prairie View A&M University & Grambling State University – will be in charge of making decisions regarding the football games that occur at Cotton Bowl Stadium during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. Should football be played this fall, the schools will be playing in the Cotton Bowl as scheduled, despite the cancellation of the 2020 State Fair. We will share those details as soon as we know more.
The decision-making process has been thoughtful and extensive. The Fair gathered input from fairgoers, concessionaires, commercial exhibitors, Midway operators, auto manufacturers, business partners, staff, medical experts, and government officials to consider while coming to this conclusion. The Fair realizes the impact not holding a Fair will have on our loyal fans, valued partners, and the North Texas economy, but we must do what is right for the health and wellness of our community.
With health and safety as the top priority, the management team and the board of directors have been discussing all potential scenarios since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team has brainstormed many ways to make this year's event occur, creating various contingency plans and approaches, but knows that all these plans fail if our annual celebration of Texas contributes to any further spread of the virus through our community.
"While we are heartbroken at the notion of not welcoming more than 2.5 million of our closest friends for this annual celebration of the Lone Star State, the excitement we feel in moving forward with planning the 2021 State Fair of Texas and keeping this 134-year tradition alive will keep us motivated until we can greet our fairgoers, seasonal staff, and business partners again in a safe environment,'" said Mitchell Glieber, president of the State Fair of Texas.
This will be the first time since World War II that the State Fair of Texas has not opened. The State Fair of Texas has previously canceled Fairs because of World War I (1918), planning for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition and 1937 Pan American Exposition at Fair Park (1935 – 1937), and World War II (1942 – 1945).
The 2021 State Fair of Texas is scheduled to run Friday, September 24 through Sunday, October 17 in historic Fair Park.
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Researchers at University of California School of Medicine are preparing to launch a novel clinical trial to examine the safety, efficacy and pharmacological properties of cannabis as a potential treatment for adults with essential tremor (ET). Currently, ET is treated using repurposed medications originally developed for high blood pressure or seizures. Surgery is another option.
Scheduled for early 2019, the phase I/II trial will assess efficacy and tolerability of an oral cannabis formulation comprised of cannabidiol (CBD) and low-dose tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Researchers say it will be the first time this combination has been studied for treatment of ET.
CBD is a major chemical compound found in cannabis. It does not produce the effects of feeling "high," which are caused by THC. Both CBD and THC are two of more than 100 cannabinoids in cannabis and both interact with the body's endocannabinoid system, a network of neurotransmitters that regulate diverse physiological and cognitive processes and response to stress.
In collaboration with UC San Diego School of Medicine's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), the study will involve a team of researchers evaluating the compound's various properties, including its pharmacology in the body.
The double-blind, placebo-control, cross-over clinical trial will enroll 16 adult participants who have been diagnosed with ET by a movement disorder neurologist. All study participants will be gradually administered an oral cannabis formulation with a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. After completing a two-week period at the maximum target dose, participants will taper off, followed by a washout period before crossing over to the alternate study arm.
Nahab estimated the trial will take approximately one year to complete.
Essential tremor is a nervous system disorder characterized by involuntary, rhythmic shaking of any part of the body, most notably the hands. It affects an estimated 10 million American adults, and is often confused with Parkinson's disease. The condition can make routine tasks, such as drinking water or tying shoelaces, difficult. ET usually worsens over time and often becomes a common cause of embarrassment, social withdrawal, disability and loss of occupation for those with the disorder.
Cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug, as defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and availability for research purposes is strictly limited. The capsule cannabinoid formulation for this study will be provided by Tilray, a Canada-based cannabis company specializing in the research, cultivation, production and global distribution of cannabis and cannabinoids. Tilray received approval from the DEA to import this medical cannabis-derived study drug into the United States from Canada. Tilray currently serves tens of thousands of patients in eleven countries spanning five continents.
Established in 2000 by California Senate Bill 847, the UC San Diego Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR has been at the forefront of advancing science and policy relating to the potential clinical benefits and limitations of cannabis and cannabinoids as medicine. With support from the California State Legislature, CMCR initiated the first therapeutic studies using smoked cannabis in over 20 years, completed seven key studies regarding the short-term benefits of cannabis for the treatment of neuropathic pain and spasticity, and has numerous active research projects, funded by both the State and National Institutes of Health. Since its inception, CMCR has strived to collaborate and maintain productive relationships with key Federal and State agencies.


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23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present BUILT, an international juried exhibition of book and paper art examining the relationship between contemporary book art practices and architecture, engineering, landscape and construction as form, function and structure. Book artists took this opportunity to re-imagine the ways we as designers, of either books or buildings can inhabit and shape the world around us. Our disciplines have a natural synergy. After all, books and buildings are both kinetic, sequential, structural and time based. Taken a step further, book art can provide a framework for topics like urbanism, town planning, buildings and space. BUILT examines the relationship between the built and the book.
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BUILT features the following artists: James Allen, Jo Andersen, Amy Arnold, Charlene Asato, Alicia Bailey, Angela Batchelor, Carol Chase Bjerke, Carli Boisjolie, Servane Briand, Wade Brickhouse, R D Burton, Susan Collard, Guylaine Couture, Jan Dove, Mari Eckstein Gower, Margot Fagan, Jennifer Farrell, Susan Fichter, Christiane Grauert, Frances Hunter, Edwin Jager, Sarah Klein, Sammy Lee, Macey Ley, Erin Mickelson, Zea Morvitz, Don Myhre, Lesley Patterson-Marx, Sumi Perera, Dr. Bob Pliny, John Retallack, Janet Reynolds, Matthew Rieck, Carolyn Shattuck, Lynn Skordal, Emma Sovich, Jessica Spring, Marilyn Stablein, Barbara Strigel, Laurie Strong, Erin Sweeney, Nikki Thompson, Christine Trexel, Elsi Vassdal Ellis, Amanda Watson-Will, Bill Westheimer, Eileen White, Thomas Parker Williams, Nina Eve Zeininger.


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Q: iOS / iPhone - Take Quick Shot or Burst Photos I have a requirement to build an photos taking app that allows the users to set the following features:

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*Set the number of pictures to be taken in a shoot (e.g. 10 photos)

*Set the delay between the pictures taken (e.g. 500 milliseconds)

I have seen apps around that have this functionality but cant figure out where in the documentation to look for a solution.
I know that in iOS7 there is a Burst Mode for the actual camera, but I need to achieve this programatically as the user is likely to be the subject of the photo and wont be touching the device when the pictures are taken.
The solution can be targeted at iOS7 devices only.
Does anyone know I how may approach or achieve this?

A: You need to check out the excellent tools available in AVFoundation.
There are APIs to capture still images from the camera feed and sample code on how to do it. It's much faster than the standard image picker frameworks.
Look here for more.
I've used it on a few projects so ask away if you have further questions.

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NEW YORK – Investors cautiously returned to Wall Street Thursday, lured by better-than-expected earnings at several big retailers.
The buying was subdued after a worse-than-expected weekly unemployment report added to investors' growing concerns that the economic recovery might not come as quickly as hoped. Stocks are down sharply this week as investors worry that the optimism that fed the market's spring rally might have been premature.
Retailers Kohl's Corp., Urban Outfitters Inc., Macy's Inc. and Best Buy Co. rose after Kohl's and Urban Outfitters reported earnings that beat forecasts. But Wal-Mart Stores Inc. slipped after its first-quarter results failed to excite the market.
The market also had another reminder of the strained job market. The Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data showed more workers filed last week for benefits than anticipated. New claims jumped to 637,000, above what economists had forecast.
The overall number of people seeking unemployment benefits grew faster than expected, increasing to 6.6 million, while continuing claims hit a 15th straight weekly record.
Some rebound was to be expected after stocks tumbled Wednesday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index down 2.7 percent. The market was shaken by a Commerce Department report that retail sales unexpectedly fell in April for the second straight month, and by a separate report that showed home foreclosures are rising.
The twin hits to two key areas of the economy – consumer spending and the housing market – have led investors to drop stocks this week and seek the shelter of bonds. That put on hold a rally that has sent the Dow Jones industrial average spiking 31 percent off of 12-year lows reached in early March.
"Expectations got overblown and the harsh unfortunate reality is that unemployment continues to climb and that consumers remain under pressure," said Stuart Schweitzer, global markets strategist at J.P. Morgan's Private Bank.
In midday trading, the Dow rose 64.75, or 0.8 percent, to 8,349.64. The S&P 500 index rose 10.00, or 1.1 percent, to 893.92, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 26.53, or 1.6 percent, to 1,690.72.
About two stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 557.6 million shares.
Kohl's rose $1.07, or 2.6 percent, to $43.02, and Urban Outfitters advanced 92 cents, or 4.9 percent, to $19.75 after the companies posted better-than-expected quarterly results. Macy's rose 19 cents to $11.71, while Best Buy climbed $1.61, or 4.6 percent, to $36.81.
Wal-Mart fell $1.05, or 2.1 percent, to $48.98 after reporting first-quarter results that met analysts' expectations. Wal-Mart had been performing better than most retailers during the recession.
In other trading, the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 9.59, or 2 percent, to 481.41.
Bond prices were mixed after rising a day earlier. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a widely used benchmark for loans including home mortgages, slipped to 3.11 percent from 3.12 percent late Wednesday.
The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices fell.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 2.6 percent. In afternoon trading, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.7 percent, Germany's DAX index advanced 0.2 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 0.1 percent.
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Why is it that if students work harder and get better grades that the media latch on to the "grade inflation" bandwagon? This week the Irish Times blasts that "DCU, UCC award more 'firsts' in new indicator of grade inflation" and that some students "have a much higher chance of graduating with a first class honours degree than other college-goers" and that new figures are a "fresh indicator" of "grade inflation". There is no reason why the figures quoted, such as "between 2004 and 2013, an average of 71.7 per cent of students at TCD graduated with either a 1st or a 2.1" are much different in other third-level Colleges such as the ITs and NCI.
The number of points needed has increased by a whopping 100 in six years, but the degree course is most likely substantially the same. Is it any wonder students will do better? Should Colleges start to mark harder, set tougher tests, or not let the bell curve move in order to avoid accusations of grade inflation?
Today's students are also a lot smarter when it comes to assessments and exams - they can cram a lot better than any student from the past, and with a lot more continuous assessment about - there are more opportunities for getting better grades. Many recruiters require at least a 2:1, so guess what? Students respond to these needs. Students don't get better results without working for them - if they get a First, then award a First!
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? – Classic Music Review
By altrockchick on April 2, 2013 | 15 Comments
I began my acquaintance with Jimi Hendrix with a chip on my shoulder thanks to Lady Bird Johnson.
It all started one drizzly Sunday afternoon in San Francisco when I was eight years old. Like most little girls, I could be a whiny little bitch, so I spent all afternoon moaning that there was nothing to do and I hated the stupid rain and I'm tired of playing with my dollies and all the usual crap that support my life choice to never, ever have a fucking kid. My dad, desperately struggling for inspiration at this point, suddenly brightened up and said, "I know! Let's watch a movie!" I didn't really want to watch a movie, but I think I was getting pretty tired of my annoying little self by then, so I snuffled and said in a broken and manipulative little girl voice, "Okay."
I don't remember the name of the movie, but it was a second-feature noir film with Paul Douglas (or somebody who looked like Paul Douglas). I liked Paul Douglas because he was in "Angels in the Outfield," a hokey baseball film that I considered the height of filmmaking at that period in my aesthetic development. Anyway, in this one scene, Paul Douglas is driving one of those bulbous old sedans down the filmed road shown in the rear window and reached over for his pack of cigarettes. He took one out, realized it was his last one and . . . crumpled the pack and threw it out the window!
I gasped! "Daddy, he's littering!" I cried.
"Oh, people used to do that all the time until Lady Bird Johnson came along. She got all the people to stop littering."
I didn't know who the fuck Lady Bird Johnson was but I conjured up a picture of her as the good sorceress who could wave a wand and make the bad people good. I decided right then and there to devote the rest of my life to continuing her campaign against littering, becoming an annoying little trash Nazi for the rest of my childhood.
A couple of months later, my dad was in the living room listening to some music. I came in and asked, "Who's that singing?" He said "It's Jimi Hendrix." "I don't know who that is," I grumbled, quite upset that there were still things I did not know. My dad proceeded to tell me all about Jimi Hendrix and then made an unfortunate decision to end his story with a flourish. "And at the end of his show at the Monterrey Pop Festival, he set his guitar on fire, then smashed it and threw all the pieces into the crowd!"
I was shocked. "But that's littering!" I cried and stormed out of the room. From that moment on, I didn't want anything to do with Jimi Hendrix.
A few years later, though, my titties started to grow, my pubes started to pop, weird fluids started to emanate from my sweet spot and just like magic I became a sex-obsessed teenager with bigger things on my mind than an anal obsession with litter. This is when I really started to feel rock 'n' roll, and I wanted it hot, heavy and hungry. I began to see all of the artists who had graced our stereo in a completely different light, but none more dramatically than Jimi Hendrix, the wanton litterer. My go-to record for a Hendrix fix was and still is his amazing debut album, Are You Experienced.
It's still a great album today. Hey, it opens with "Purple Haze!" Whaddya want fer chrissake? I don't know how it was for the teenagers who first heard "Purple Haze" coming out of their transistor radios, but I hope they realized that they'd never heard anyone play an electric guitar like that. On his first breakthrough hit, Hendrix demonstrated such command of the ability to sustain and cut where you least expect it that the solo is always somewhat surprising, even after you've heard it a thousand times. Somehow, without formal musical training (or because he had no formal musical training), he knew how to find the right notes outside of the scale (I'd use the word "chromatic" but Hendrix didn't really care about scales). Just when you think he's going off into a musical cul-de-sac, he slips easily back into the main theme. Though I find boxing barbaric and senseless, I will get off my high horse to borrow a phrase from a pugilist and describe the Jimi Hendrix guitar approach as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
This style is even more explicitly demonstrated on the next cut, "Manic Depression," as Jimi dances all over that fretboard, sometimes in sync with the rhythm, sometimes ignoring it to create a tiny little universe of sound within the song. And though I prefer The Leaves' version of "Hey, Joe," with its jagged vocals and pure garage energy, Jimi's guitar work is simply brilliant, alternating between tension-driven but steady support for the tune and some of the sweetest riffs you'll ever hear on record. Jimi also does a fine job with the vocal on "Hey, Joe," demonstrating another paradoxical talent he possessed: he's not a great singer in the technical sense, but his vocals always sound right for the song.
"Love or Confusion" has a Haight-Ashbury feel to it, with a raga-like droning guitar taking the lead and lyrics too close to "Purple Haze" to make it any more than a B-side at best. "May This Be Love" introduces the Hendrix paradigm of defying those who laugh at his anti-establishment orientation, in this case, by daring to daydream instead of adhering to the Puritan work ethic. Both of these songs are diminished by the overaggressive panning of the guitar as it moves from left to right in the sound field without purpose. Why the producers or engineers (or even Hendrix himself) thought it advisable to "enhance" the "effect" of Jimi Hendrix is beyond me; if there's any musician that doesn't need recording engineer trickery, it's Jimi Hendrix.
The engineers restrain themselves a bit on the next track, "I Don't Live Today" (though they could have added some gain to Jimi's solo). This song is a upbeat bluesy track with lyrics that could explain at least one motivation for Jimi's decision to leave Seattle ("No sun comin' through my windows/Feel like I'm livin' at the bottom of a grave"). "I Don't Live Today" clearly demonstrates why lead guitarist Jimi Hendrix never needed rhythm guitar support; he can easily and effortlessly fill both roles. Although his lead riffs are jaw-dropping, his rhythmic support is more along the lines of Count Basie: a little dink here, a little dink there. I described the Count Basie Effect in my review of The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys:
There's a lesson here: sometimes the simplest combinations of sound can produce the greatest impact. I call this "The Count Basie Effect." If you listen to enough Basie, sometimes The Count will have his band swinging and moving and jamming all over the place and at a certain perfect moment, he'll throw in a single "dink" on the piano and it's the greatest fucking thing you've ever heard.
Another greatest fucking thing I've ever heard is the next track, "The Wind Cries Mary," featuring Hendrix at his disciplined best. This sounds like a song born of the trance guitar players experience when they pick up the axe without any motivation to play something specific; they just want to finger the fretboard for a while, perhaps to quiet emotions, perhaps to use the guitar as a security blanket. When a songwriter stumbles on that phrase or chord combination that captures whatever lies inside, it lifts him or her out of one trance and into another, this time into the creative trance. The opening phrase to "The Wind Cries Mary" sounds like it came from the trance. It is also an exquisite piece of musical poetry with exceptional thematic unity that it takes one's breath away to think that this came from someone who was a relative songwriting novice at the time. The imagery is remarkably vivid:
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary
I could have chosen any of the verses from the song to demonstrate the sheer strength of the poetry. I can also tune out the vocal, focus exclusively on the subtlety of the guitar and experience complete satisfaction. "The Wind Cries Mary" is as good as it gets.
"Fire," on the other hand, is pure heat. Supported by Mitch Mitchell's best drum work on the album, Jimi delivers a vocal full of hot jive and sexy trash talk that can't fail to get your juices flowing. My only wish is that they wouldn't have followed the ecstatic experience of "Fire" with such a clunker as "Third Stone from the Sun," a ridiculously long track with criminal use of unnecessary sound effects designed exclusively for stoners. Jimi has some great licks here, but the suffering induced by the trippy hippie lyrics make the effort a waste of time.
Jimi comes down for the clouds for "Foxey Lady," delivering this song without shame in his second chakra (that's the sex chakra for those of you unfamiliar with such things). Between the two "hot songs" on this album, I've always preferred "Fire," but I'm not complaining. The album ends with the backwards and heavily processed guitar sounds that open "Are You Experienced," one of the best examples of the psychedelic rock art, featuring a wonderfully full guitar solo in the break.
Are You Experienced heralded the arrival of a major talent who seemed to influence everyone in the scene at the time; a few years later, that talent would be gone. I would have loved to hear a later manifestation of Hendrix, freed from psychedelic fads and drug obsession, taking his intuitive grasp of music to the max. Such a waste!
I tried to extend my fix by picking up the recent release of archival tracks, People, Hell and Angels, but it just wasn't the same. It was great to hear his voice, and some of the tracks are interesting. I never really cared for the Band of Gypsys stuff he did with Buddy Miles (too crowded), and some of the tracks should have been left to collect dust.
Hendrix is gone and there are no secret masterpieces in the vault . . . only resource exploitation.
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• Cycle Route - 35 miles
"Today's ride was planned meticulously before we even got out of bed. For the first time this year we set off to the southwest of Cambridge, initially heading for Shelford via the amazing DNA Cycle Way. From there we went from village to village out as far as Shepreth and then climbed the hill between Barrington and Haslingfield on our way to Toft. By this time, the nagging wind and cool weather had left us feeling rather drained. The return to Cambridge via Coton and Grantchester left us feeling very tired but the day's total distance of 35 miles was the most we've done this year, so far." - Steve
We were able to plan today's ride in so much detail because we found a cycle route-planning website that allows users to plot routes using Google Maps. This website, Cycle Routes UK, is a goldmine of resources and information for cyclists. The route-planning side of this site lets you plan routes which you can then share with the Cycle Routes community. The site also calculates the mileages of the routes and organises users' routes by area so that you can choose a route near where you live (or want to cycle) to use. Route planners are encouraged to rank their routes in terms of difficulty and to provide useful information on the route such as points of interest, warnings about obstructions or detours and reasons to try the route out. It's a fantastic resource - indeed it is exactly the sort of thing that we were wishing we had last Summer!
This was an ambitious ride and to our credit, we set out in spite of the fact that conditions were not perfect. The weather was uneven - it wasn't particularly warm and, as we were to discover, it was windy. Not the blustery destabilising sort of wind but the kind of wind that seems to know where you want to go and adjusts its force and direction so that you are faced with wind the whole way 'round! We rarely were able to freewheel and we had to peddle against either the wind or gravity, most of the way. Not my favourite sort of ride. There were not very many leisure riders out today - perhaps on account of the doubtful weather.
On the bright side, it was mostly sunny and the landscape was lovely; the villages were as beautiful as we remembered them from last years' rides. At Toft we met an older man walking his dog. We recognised each other as we'd met in the same spot last year! We chatted a bit (mostly about the weather!) before moving onto Hardwick, then Coton, Grantchester and, finally, home.
Once home, we rested while busying ourselves gathering our ride data from various heart rate monitors, cycle computers and GPS mapping iPhone Apps. A meal of pizzas and a blog post later we are ready to retire for the night! zzzzzzzzzzz...
"After a leisurely morning, it was 4:30pm before we set out for our ride today. Conditions were perfect and the forecast was good so we were unconcerned that we'd be returning home quite late in the evening. We reprised last week's route out through Bottisham to Burwell and back to Bottisham. But we diverged to return home via the Wilbrahams and Fulbourn clocking up 33 miles on the day and over 60 for the two rides so far this year." - Steve
After last Sunday's ride (27 mi) I was keen to get over the 30 mile hump which would make this year's debut really stand out above previous years' starting mileage. While not an amazing distance, I feel that starting off fairly strongly predicts a good Summer total. It's really encouraging for me to think back to my beginnings over a decade ago and see (and feel!) my improvement over time.
We prepared our stomachs for the ride with a brunch consisting of plenty of tasty biryani (with grated paneer and hard boiled egg added for protein!) and salad. Unlike last week, our preparation was leisurely and focussed with none of the 'jitters' of the first ride of the season.
The weather was just perfect today - the air was dry, visibility was excellent and the temperature was just a bit on the cool side. This time of year the farmland is verdant and scarlet poppies line the roadside in patches providing plenty of cheerful colour to the landscape. Bunnies are everywhere and they seem to be sticking fairly close to home, scampering in the grass verges. There are, as yet, no sad little flattened furry patches on the roads. Thank goodness!
We arrived home at around 8:30pm having stopped off at Sainsbury's for provisions and immediately busied ourselves with downloading the data from our various electronic bits into our computers. I was very disappointed to discover that my phone had lost my GPS signal after 13.5 miles but was relieved that Steve's had not. Something for me to keep and eye on in the future...
All-in-all it was a great day out. Now we can plan for next week...
• Cycle Route - 27.5 miles
"Today we shook the dust off our touring bikes and set off for our first leisure ride of the year. After a nervous beginning, we headed out Northeast from Cambridge on a familiar route. Passing through the villages of Bottisham, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior we reached Reach where we frequently turn for home. Feeling unusually full of energy, this time we pressed on for the next village - Burwell. After a pause for a comfort break we re-traced our steps as far as Bottisham. As it was now starting to rain, we returned to Cambridge via Fen Ditton: 27.5 miles in 2.5 hours." --Steve
I wasn't sure how far we'd go, as usually our inaugural ride of the year is characterised by false starts (forgot something), numerous stops (instigated by me) to adjust my bicycle (the pedals, the handlebars, the saddle). The weather didn't look brilliant, either as it was overcast. But off we went.
I'd brought along my new toy - my iPhone - enhanced by an App I just bought called Cyclemeter which would engage the GPS function of my phone and feedback ride data. Not having an easy way to record and analyse our rides last year was frustrating as we were discovering new routes that I wanted to post on my blog. This programme promised a lot - in fact, all I really wanted from a GPS device - and, amazingly, it delivered! Cyclemeter records (and stores) your time, location, distance, elevation, and speed. The program lets you organise your rides by route and you can view your ride data on a Google map, on graphs and in a calendar. Cyclemeter even allows you to keep track of your progress by announcing distance, time, speed, elevation, climb, and more - at user defined time or distance intervals. You can even race against yourself! Oh, and, of course it comes complete with all the usual social connections so you can share details of your rides, including maps and graphs, via Twitter and Facebook. Here's the hoopiest bit -
"Use Facebook, Twitter, and email to share Google Maps of your rides, automatically updated every 5 minutes. Hear replies from family, coaches, and friends spoken using text-to-speech technology. Have emails automatically sent as you ride to keep family and friends notified of your progress and location."
Clearly, it's jam-packed with features. All this, for less than the price of a Roast Beef sandwich from Marks and Spencer!
It was nice to be back on the bike and in the countryside. I felt more fit than I usually do on the first long-ish ride of the year - I hope this bodes well for the rest of the Summer!
On the return leg of the ride, I spotted some poppies by the roadside and stopped for a photograph.
Further along, on Coldham's Common, we were delayed at one of the gates by a rather large group of grazing cattle. At first it seemed that neither the cattle nor we knew exactly what the etiquette was in such situations - the cows were completely blocking the bridge but we were blocking their progress to the field they were headed for. We backed up a bit and they took their sweet time filing across. A few stopped to stare at me and one of them even licked my leg!
About five minutes after arriving home, the heavens opened up and a thunderstorm ensued. We only just avoided a soaking!
• Greek Salad
Greek Salad, originally uploaded by Lisa Fagg.
I craved salad today. It might have been the weather; it was warm and sunny and the cricket was on in the kitchen. It felt like Summer - at last!
A rummage in the fridge turned up some lettuce, tomatoes, salted anchovies, Kalamata olives, cucumber and feta cheese. Always helpful, Robby, our youngest cat came in from the garden and offered a small, half-dead baby bird but I wasn't tempted!
I assembled the salad (the anchovies, brought back from Nice on our most recent trip, proved quite labour-intesive to gut and debone!) and dressed it with some good olive oil and vinegar. Steve boiled some eggs. It all went together very nicely - and we ate it out in the garden, in the sunshine while listening to Test Match Special.
Ah....... Summer!


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Designed for clinicians such as massage and manual therapists as well as fitness professionals, this webinar addresses some key questions relating to posture and postural change such as, can posture be changed and if so how? Should it be changed and if so, into what 'norm'?
There are many challenges inherent in attempting to change posture, and these are all discussed. Yet if a client's posture is believed to be contributing to or causing pain, or to be aggravating their dysfunction, there is a good rationale for exploring practical methods to address this.
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Jane is currently a PhD researcher funded by the Royal College of Chiropractic. She is supervised jointly by Teesside University in England and The Anglo European College of Chiropractic. Jane is the author of a number of bestselling books including Soft Tissue Release, Deep Tissue Massage, Therapeutic Stretching and Postural Assessment.