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As you all may know that April was the month Thai people counts as the beginning month of Thai New Year which we have a festival called "Songkran" or known as the water splashing festival during April 13-15 every year.
The festival is traditionally a time to visit and pay respects to elders, including family members, friends and neighbors. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder.
Besides the throwing of water, people celebrating Songkran may also go to a temple to pray and give food to monks. They may also cleanse Buddha images from household shrines as well as Buddha images at temple by gently pouring water mixed with a Thai fragrance over them. It is believed that doing this will bring good luck and prosperity for the New Year.
Koh Chang for sustainable tourism
Koh Chang in Trat province will be promoted as the first climate-friendly tourism destination in Asean when the Asean Economic Community takes effect at the end of 2015, says the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism
Administration (DASTA).
DASTA in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) hopes to change the image of Koh Chang and its vicinity from a general tourism site to a low-carbon destination, said director-general Nalikatibhag Sangsnit.
Many tourists, especially Europeans, prefer to travel to climate-friendly tourism sites. Both Dasta and GIZ saw the potential of the Koh Chang cluster, including Koh Mak and Koh Kood, to be a low-carbon tourism destination.
The cluster comprises 10% mainland area while the marine area covers the three main islands and 49 smaller ones. The total area is 4,280 square metres, divided into 15 local administration units under six districts. It is located in Trat province, close to Cambodia.
In 2009, GIZ revealed the average distribution of CO2 emissions was 19.74 kilogrammes per tourist per day.
For more information, please visit: www.dasta.or.th/en/
National Elephant day in Thailand
Aware of the importance of elephant conservation, the Asian Elephant Foundation of Thailand and related non-governmental organizations in 1998 proposed that there should be a special day for elephants in Thailand. The proposal was submitted to the Coordinating Subcommittee for the Conservation of Thai Elephants under the National Identity Board. The Coordination Committee decided to pick 13 March each year as Thai Elephant Day, based on the fact that the Royal Forest Department designated the white elephant as the national animal of Thailand on 13 March 1963.
In May 1998, the Cabinet approved the designation of 13 March as Thai Elephant Day every year, starting in 1999.
The decision was aimed at raising and sustaining public awareness of the importance of elephants. It is also designed to promote public participation in elephant preservation.
Elephants used to be found all over Thailand, domesticated over hundreds of years to live in some level of harmony with people, but these days there is less call for a working elephant. You no longer need one to ride into war – not even for a film, nor to work as beasts of burden in the forestry industry, they are no longer commonplace, an anachronism in the modern world. Good elephant camps, although not perfect, are one of the few places left where humans and elephants can work together rather than being in conflict.
Koh Chang means elephant island, (koh, island, chang, elephant). No one seems to know for sure why, there is even a crazy tale which involves an elephant swimming over from the mainland. Boringly, the name most probably refers to the island's size, but we like the slightly more fanciful idea that it is because of the shape of the right side of the island, as you approach by ferry, squint a little and you can see the head and body of a sleeping elephant. Ignoring those that might have swum here, the rest were brought to the islands from the mainland first to work and then for the amusement of the tourists, although it is sometimes hard to see what is amusing for the tourist let alone the elephant in marching along the scrubland path by the dusty main road.
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Here is the little project that I have been working on.
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I still plan on adding a testing log detailing some of the re-created documents, as well as adding a picture.
Its what? Do you mean instances of SCP-XXXX?
Could just say 'from planned transport route' or something, to cut this down a bit.
The bolded note seems kind of tacky, and isn't really necessary.
I feel like 'must be' would sound better.
You don't really need to threaten to execute people. They get that they're not supposed to do it.
What are the dimensions? Small is subjective.
Could just say any paper with markings on it or something simpler.
Unless there's another component besides the basket, you don't have to say basket.
'acceptable' isn't really a great word to use here, imo. Something more descriptive of the actually qualifications would likely be better.
Could just say 'despite any degree of damage' or something lest list-ish.
What qualifies as paper? Is rice paper paper? Are chalkboards paper?
I don't like this phrasing. Feels too much like an essay.
The phrase 'around it' seems odd to me.
Is that semicolon needed here? Also, this is a pretty limited listing of recording media.
I think 'pieces of paper' would sound better than just 'papers'.
I don't think you need the word 'perfectly' here, and the general phrasing of this bit struck me as being a bit odd.
This wording is kind of confusing.
It is believed that SCP-XXXX stores all paper in a pocket dimension.
What evidence is there of this? I don't really see any support for this theory anywhere.
There are no two-digit SCPs, are there? There are, like 001-099, but those always have the buffer 0.
I don't especially dislike the concept, although it does feel really familiar. I get the feeling I've read something very much like this before somewhere, so it's possible there's an SCP with a very similar effect. I didn't really like the angle you took with it in regards to it being loaded with textual SCPs - I feel like there's more you can do with the weird text recollection than just damage from other SCPs. Like, what sort of documents have been put in the thing before the Foundation acquired it, that sort of thing. Could build a pretty interesting backstory with that. I feel like a weel wrriten test log could help the piece, potentially, although there's the chance it would just make it longer and boring. The writing was kind of rough in some places, and could do with some scrubbing for tone and flow.
I heard there was one similar as well, but for the life of me I could not find it here. I will continue my search for it in the mean time. And I have already been revising my idea for this.
For one; eliminate its ability to recreate already psuedo-established (redaction fodder) scips. Instead it has anamolous documents stored that have yet to be seen yet. Which explains why testing is continued on it.
Also I was thinking of also allowing it to affect recycle bins on computers, so it stores electronic documents as well.
I can also hint at there being more than one basket, and that its counterparts pool whatever is stored with it.


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Jack wanted to ditch my mother and sister and head back to the hookah place to smoke shisha. I wasn't convinced it would go down well. Jack was adamant. He was in California and he wanted to have fun, fun, fun.
Our day trip to Santa Barbara was nearing its end. We drove up the Pacific Coast Highway that morning experiencing one of the most beautiful car journeys in the world. I was having my best day in California so far, so I didn't want to ruin it by following one of Jack's whims. I knew where that would lead me, where it would lead all of us.
Jack was my favourite uncle growing up and still is. Even in his fifties he has a teenage wildness, the craziness which is both his most charming and most destructive quality. If you ever wondered what Neal Cassady – inspiration for Kerouac's manic character Dean Moriarty in On the Road – was like in real life, you should meet my uncle. I guess it helps that Jack actually is crazy – bi-polar and schizophrenia are the correct medical terms. "Mad one" is the phrase Kerouac used.
When I was a kid Jack once drove for two hours to find a roadside hot dog stand he liked on a mountain somewhere in West Virginia. The place was in the middle of nowhere and served up delicious foot-long dogs. He took us there on a whim but we were all happy at the time – crazy, seemingly pointless excursions like that broke the monotony of our stay with my grandmother in Ohio. My siblings and I loved him for it. We still do, but we've also seen enough of the dark side of madness to have grown slightly weary of his whims. Tonight wasn't going to be one of those nights. Jack forgot about the idea after we ambled around long enough.
We left dusk by the pier and evening followed us up to Main Street, covering Santa Barbara in the Persian blue night of the Pacific coast. Everything was beautiful – the city crawling up the hillside, the warm ocean air, the percussive cicadas playing in the bushes. Here was a city you could walk around, a town you could drink up like the local grapes and then wander home up hillsides or down ocean paths.
What a break from LA. What a break from the parking lots they call highways and the Kingdoms they call towns. From air full of lead and nitrogen dioxide, the incessant rumble of cars and helicopters, from blustering billboards and obnoxiously illuminated fast food signs, crazy homeless people, vulgar rich people and indifferent everyone-else-people. From everything everyone loves about LA – the hustle, the bustle, the Venice Beach muscle.
Back in the car I felt like I had taken a week-long vacation. I hadn't noticed how much the city was getting to me. As much as I love tarmac, my heart lives in the country. I slumped into the front seat and slept while Jack drove back to LA.


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Stoltenberg comes back swinging
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has responded to new challenges from opposition parties by warning that a change of government can threaten Norway's social welfare state. He listed what he considers a string of accomplishments by his own government, as early campaigning before next fall's national elections seemed to get underway.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg went on the offensive at his Labour Party's national board meeting this week, warning that a change in government would threaten the welfare state and instill uncertainty. He's already campaigning for re-election next year. PHOTO: Arbeiderpartiet
"There's still a year to go before the next parliamentary elections," Stoltenberg told cheering supporters at a national board meeting of his Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) on Tuesday. "It's an election we'll win together."
Stoltenberg's remarks came as his party's arch rival Høyre (the Conservatives) was rolling out its own party platform. They also came while many political commentators were predicting doom and gloom for Labour and its current coalition government partners, the Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) and the Socialist Left (SV). All of them have lost support in current public opinion polls, with Sp and SV falling to levels so low that they likely wouldn't even win representation in Parliament.
News on Monday that Labour had gone along with controversial demands by the Center Party to raise import tariffs on foreign meat and cheese imports was particularly unpopular, with some voters contending it alone could cost Labour the election. Stoltenberg chose to concentrate, in his speech to Labour Party faithful, on his other accomplishments as prime minister, and to warn that a non-socialist government could mean much less funding for Norway's social welfare programs.
"We know that both Høyre and Fremskrittspartiet (the Progress Party, Norway's most conservative) want comprehensive tax cuts," Stoltenberg said. "We don't know how big, but we know that they would be cuts that would weaken the ability to finance our important welfare obligations."
He said the most important compromises would be made between the Conservatives and the Progress Party, not between the Conservatives and more center-oriented parties. He also noted that the center parties like the Liberals (Venstre) and the Christian Democrats (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) haven't rejected the idea of supporting a government that includes the Progress Party. "This is a new, conservative alternative that leaves us with sharp battlefronts," Stoltenberg said.
Stoltenberg also warned that the non-socialists want more private schools, "want to cut foreign aid and weaken workers' rights." They would "create uncertainty," he claimed, that's "undeserved."
Stoltenberg claimed that during his coalition government's seven years in power so far, "a record 300,000 new jobs have been created, a record number of new day care centers have been built, applications for students wanting to be teachers have risen by 50 percent, new four-lane freeways have been built, new train service improvements are underway and 1.5 million more patients were cared for at Norwegian hospitals.
His remarks were met with loud and lengthy applause, with Stoltenberg keen on a third term as prime minister.

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Michael Fenison enters his fifth season as an assistant coach with the College of the Canyons men's basketball program, having joined the program during the 2014-15 season.
Prior to arriving at COC, Fenison served as head coach of the men's basketball program at El Camino College from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2009 to 2012.
In that position Fenison demonstrated his coaching acumen by improving his team's performance from a record of 3-28 during his rookie head coaching campaign in 2004 to a mark of 20-11 and an appearance in the CCCAA regional playoffs in 2008. Additionally, achieving a 20-win season was something that had not been accomplished at El Camino since 1990.
After one season at the helm, Fenison stepped in as the Interim Athletic Director at El Camino College, where he provided administrative oversight of the college's 21 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs and all associated support staff.
During his time as athletic director Fenison implemented an Academic Athletes Achievement program designed to improve student-athlete retention and matriculation rates.
In all, more than 75 percent of his former basketball players have gone on to graduate from a four-year school.
During Fenison's tenure at El Camino College he concurrently worked as a Respiratory Therapist at Centinela Medical Center in Inglewood. For two of his 14 years he worked as lead therapist and performed a broad spectrum of duties. His work ranged from administering breathing treatments, drawing arterial blood gases, managing life support ventilators, and issuing assignments to other therapists.
Before being named head coach at El Camino College, Fenison also held assistant coach positions at a number of four-year schools — including Loyola Marymount University, CSU Los Angeles and UC Santa Barbara — where his responsibilities included recruitment, game scouting, athlete development, academic coordination and various administrative duties.
Fenison has also served as an executive board member on several organizations including the California Community Colleges Men's Basketball Coaches Association, the El Camino College Faculty Federation and National Union of Healthcare Workers. He is a former member of the SEIU-UHW executive board, and a current member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Fenison is a native of Los Angeles, California and a very proud father to daughter, Brittany.


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Link found between stillbirth and sleeping position in pregnancy
Risk of stillbirth for women sleeping on left on night before birth is half that for those who sleep in other positions, study shows
Researchers found that the risk of stillbirth for women who sleep on their left is half that of those who sleep in any other position. Photograph: Bubbles Photolibrary/Alamy
Alok Jha, science correspondent
Mothers who sleep on their back or right-hand side on the night before giving birth are twice as likely to have a stillborn child compared with those who slept on their left, according to a study.
Researchers found that the risk of stillbirth for those sleeping on the left side was 1.96 per 1,000 births, and 3.93 per 1,000 births for any other position.
Tomasina Stacey, a midwifery lecturer at University of Auckland, who led the study, cautioned pregnant women not to be over-concerned by the finding. "It was an observational study, not one that can show cause and effect – all it does is show an association. It would be premature to jump up and down and say that everyone has got to sleep on their left. It's a starting point for future research."
In the UK, there were more than 4,000 stillbirths in 2009; almost a third of these occurred late in the pregnancy term, after 37 weeks.
"Stillbirth is a much bigger problem than most people realise, and many are unexplained," said Stacey. "In the UK and New Zealand, there has been very little change in the rate in the last 15 years."
For the study, published in the British Medical Journal, she and her colleagues spoke to 155 women who had stillborn babies in Auckland between 2006 and 2009. They were asked about, among other things, their positions on going to sleep and waking up in the final weeks and month before the death of their baby.
For the control group, the researchers randomly selected two women who were at the same number of weeks in their pregnancy and questioned them about their sleep in the days and month before the interview.
The researchers wanted to examine the effects of sleep disorders in pregnant women, such as sleep apnea or snoring, which could be a factor in stillbirths, because these conditions can reduce the amount of oxygen getting to the baby.
Instead, the study showed that sleep position on the night before birth was the decisive factor. Stacey said a possible explanation could be that when a woman does not sleep on her left side, the foetus could compress her inferior vena cava taking blood back to the heart, and a reduced flow means less oxygen gets to the mother's – and in turn the baby's – other organs.
"If you've got a strong healthy baby, then the slightly reduced blood flow is fine; but if you've got a baby that is compromised in some other way, then maybe that reduction in blood flow can be the tipping point," said Stacey.
The left lateral position is known in clinical settings to be the optimal position for looking after a woman in labour and is associated with foetal wellbeing in labour, she added.
An accompanying editorial in the journal by Lucy Chappell of King's College London says "any simple intervention that reduces the risk of stillbirth would be extremely welcome", but argues that the finding should be treated with caution. "A forceful campaign urging pregnant women to sleep on their left side is not yet warranted," she said, adding that the study needed to be replicated to be conclusive. Alexander Heazell, of the University of Manchester School of Medicine, also pointed to a weakness – the fact that mothers were asked to recall their sleep position 25 days after a stillbirth.
Stacey said her advice to those women who found it uncomfortable to sleep on their left was "not to worry about it too much". But, she added, at a population level, the associations between position and stillbirth might be important.
"We could make a difference to the stillbirth rate by encouraging people to sleep on their left."
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New Wilson Federer Pro Staff RF97 is 'simple but elegant'
Ask a tennis fan to describe Roger Federer's game and the words, "simple and elegant" may make their way into the conversation.
Now, Wilson Tennis is making a racquet to match the ATP World Tour No. 1's game.
Today, Wilson Sporting Goods Co., revealed today the new Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph racket. The new racket, with the addition of vibrant, yet elegant, classic white accents at the three and nine o'clock positions, introduces the design concept of performance-enhancing graphics to the brand's performance rackets.
Wilson LABS, the innovation hub at Wilson, used the stark contrast of Classic White on an all-black racket frame to introduce a new level of visual acuity to the racket when it is in motion.
"I think this new racket looks very iconic, and classic, yet seems to jump off the court in a very recognizable way," said Roger Federer. "My last racket featured a tuxedo-style look, so now, with the addition of white, I can finally say that my 'tuxedo,' has its shirt. I love the way it looks and feels." "I also like the way the racket leaves a 'line' through the air to the eye, which adds to its specialness," said Federer.
This is just one frame in a new four racquet line.
The new Wilson Pro Staff line includes the RF 97 Autograph and three other models designed for a variety of attacking-style players. Importantly, Roger Federer requested Wilson produce two lighter weight versions of the racket - the Pro Staff 97L and Pro Staff 26 - in his signature tuxedo design specifically for young tennis players. The Pro Staff 26, smaller and lighter than the 97L, allows an even younger athlete than ever before to experience Roger Federer's racket.
The Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph racket will be available for pre-sale via tennis specialty retailers (in-store and online) and on www.wilson.com starting today. The racket will be available for purchase in-store and online worldwide on July 1. The MRP for the new Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph is $249.00 (US).
The technology:
The racket's look is grounded in two classic and contrasting colors, black and white. Refined, minimalistic design elements have been brought to the forefront to fully complete Roger Federer's ultimate black and white tuxedo look, a look that matches his elegant and timeless personal style.
The addition of white was a key design decision, as both Roger Federer and the team of Wilson innovators wanted to distill and simplify, even further, the clean look of his previous racket. However, any change needed to have a purpose. The collaboration landed on using Classic White to enhance the visual acuity of the new racket when in motion.
The inside throat of the new Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph rackets carries a more prominent Roger Federer signature. And the outside throat features a matching Wilson logo in Classic White and the Pro Staff franchise name, which has been laser etched into the racket in silver chrome lettering. It seems to be working so far for Roger. Will "simple and elegant" work for you?


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10-16-17 | Lisa Kim, FUTURES Senior Program Specialist
Tags: sexual harassment, Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence
In Case You Missed It, We're Complicit: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Perpetrators of sexual harassment do not act in a vacuum. Harvey Weinstein certainly did not commit his decades of sexual harassment in covert isolation. It was an "open secret" for many in and outside of the industry.
Consider the co-workers who aid and abet by laughing at inappropriate sexual jokes, the board that looks the other way when rumors surface, and the human resources staff who fail to take action.
This complicit workplace culture cocoons the perpetrator and incubates the degradation and violation of women.
But think about women's status in the film industry to contextualize this. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2016, women only represented [1]:
It is no surprise that this gender disparity is reflected in films as well [2]:
30.8% of speaking characters are women
28.8% of women wore sexually revealing clothes as opposed to 7% of men
26.22% of women actors perform partially naked versus 9.4% of men.
I would be remiss if I didn't point to women's unequal status in the U.S. in general. If you add race, socio-economic status, legal status, sexuality, and other social identifiers, you'll see even greater power disparities and forms of oppression.
Sexual harassment is undoubtedly a symptom of a greater epidemic of gender disparity, as well as other inequities in our society.
Many people mistakenly believe that sexual harassment is primarily about sex, and so perpetrators of sexual harassment enter rehab facilities for sex addiction. But sexual harassment is about power and control; sex is only the vehicle for an assailant to exert and exercise power and control over a victim. And while high profile cases like Weinstein's start much-needed conversations in mainstream media, we can't forget about the swath of rapists and perpetrators who will never get the same spotlight or endure this level of public shaming.
We can't forget the millions of victims who may never feel safe enough to report harassment or rape, whether they fear losing their jobs, other forms of retaliation, or deportation. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, about 50 people a day are sexually assaulted or raped while working. This may only be a fraction of the reality since much of this behavior goes unreported.
Complicit workplace cultures create a normalized behavior allowing sexism to flourish and sexual harassment to go unchecked. We need to change attitudes, but the heavy lifting should not be done by women alone. Men need to speak out and take action.
I salute those who already have, like Terry Crews, who shared his personal experience of sexual harassment and empathized with those who have not been able to speak up. Director Ryan Coogler's spot-on statement reiterates that sexual harassment and assault are human rights violations and that he and others in positions of power and privilege have a responsibility to become better allies.
I know that changing norms takes time, but there are concrete steps we can take in the workplace. Here are four ways to revamp your system and change your workplace culture:
Have a clear policy in place that addresses gender-based violence and sexual harassment, and a survivor-centered protocol for enforcing it.
Ensure that your Human Resources team has a level of autonomy to address issues, especially with respect to personal safety and in situations where the owner or president is the perpetrator;
Compile a list of resources that are available in the community as well as nationally (such as the National Sexual Assault Hotline number: 1-800-656-HOPE);
Create a culture of accountability and respect. When you hear something or see something inappropriate, say something.
What can individuals do? Share some knowledge:
Watch a documentary about toxic masculinity like "The Mask You Live In" with a male-identifying friend;
At your next book club, read bell hooks' Feminism is for Everybody;
Listen to this podcast episode from Reveal (The Center for Investigative Reporting) about rampant sexual assault among janitorial workers.
I'm grateful for the brave women who have spoken up about their experiences with Harvey Weinstein. I also thank everyone who has been motivated to engage in the conversation, whether as survivors or supportive allies.
But once the Weinstein story fades from the headlines, we can't go back to the status quo. Let's use this momentum to continue building a movement for a safer future in the workplace and outside – one of accountability, respect, and equity.
For more information on how you can address sexual harassment in the workplace, visit the Workplaces Respond National Resource Center or contact us at workplacesrespond@futureswithoutviolence.org.
[1] Lauzen, M. 2017. "The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 100, 250, and 500 Films of 2016." Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. Available at http://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016_Celluloid_Ceiling_Report.pdf
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Ending Innovation Tourism: Rethinking the U.S. Military's Approach to Emerging Technology Adoption
By Melissa Flagg and Jack Corrigan via Center for Security and Emerging Technology
As dual-use technologies transform the national security landscape, the U.S. Department of Defense has established a variety of offices and programs dedicated to bringing private sector innovation into the military. However, these efforts have largely failed to drive cutting-edge commercial technology into major military platforms and systems. This report examines the shortcomings of the DOD's current approach to defense innovation and offers recommendations for a more effective strategy.
As commercially developed, dual-use technologies transform the national security landscape, policymakers have called on the Department of Defense to bring more private sector innovation into the military. Recently, the DOD has attempted to engage tech companies through an array of "innovation" offices and programs scattered across the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the services. While these efforts have yielded numerous engagements, they have not driven innovative capabilities into the major systems and platforms that make up the bulk of the military's force structure. This is not a failure of the offices themselves, but rather a failure of the department's leadership to integrate them into the broader DOD acquisition ecosystem.
Innovation offices can play a critical role in linking the commercial tech industry and defense industrial base, but only if their activities inform and support the military's broader purchasing decisions. However, under the DOD's current organizational structure, defense innovation is disconnected from defense procurement. This division limits innovation offices' ability to affect technological change across the military and excuses procurement offices from integrating cutting-edge capabilities into major systems and platforms. The effectiveness of innovation offices is further limited by their placement in the research and development (R&D) chain of command. A research office cannot perform a procurement job.
We find the military's current approach to engaging with small tech companies, or nontraditional vendors, is more akin to innovation tourism—with the DOD sampling the local fare of the United States' various tech hubs—than a bona fide strategy for bringing emerging technologies into the department. To integrate the activities of innovation offices into the broader defense procurement pipeline, the DOD must change the incentives that drive its acquisition ecosystem. We propose DOD leaders take the following steps to begin building a more effective innovation ecosystem:
Define innovation goals and increase transparency.
Share and use market intelligence across the acquisition ecosystem.
Create safe spaces for collaboration.
These proposals are not comprehensive. Rather, we intend them to serve as short-term solutions to spur emerging technology adoption. Solving the military's technology adoption problem is impossible without an overhaul of its acquisition process, and the realities of our present political and national security environment will likely prevent lawmakers from enacting such broad-based reforms in the near term. In the meantime, a major near-peer competition is in full swing. The DOD must act immediately to implement a true innovation strategy using the authorities it currently has at its disposal. The country cannot allow perfection to be the enemy of progress.
A few isolated organizations and programs alone cannot transform the culture and technological capabilities of the entire U.S. military. Unless the DOD adapts its acquisition strategy and the incentives of the organizations responsible for carrying it out, its capabilities will lag behind the state of the art, particularly in digital technologies, and its competitive advantage will continue to erode.
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Some Bay Area High Schools Want To Ditch A-To-F Grading System
Filed Under:Education, Grades, Students, Transcripts
SAN ANSELMO (KPIX 5) — There is a growing consensus at some Bay Area private high schools that letter grades A through F are outdated. Instead they want to create transcripts with details about each student's achievements.
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"The grading system is pretty broken," says Kate Reeser, Director at San Domenico School in San Anselmo.
She and other administrators there are exploring a new school of thought when it comes to grading. They want to do away with the concept of letter grades entirely.
"It's about gaming the system, students no longer care about learning the information it's about getting the A," says her Cecily Stock who heads the school.
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San Domenico is one of more than 100 schools across the country participating in the mastery transcript consortium. It is a new teaching model that aims to evaluate how well a student has 'mastered' a concept. Rather than receiving a letter grade, students will be given a review from their teacher.
"Instead of a B it would look like more of a narrative," Says Reeser.
The Mastery Transcript Consortium website shows what a sample transcript for a graduating student would look like. A pie chart illustrates what skills the student has mastered, and below it are descriptions of their earned credits tailored to that individual.
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San Domenico is one of 14 Bay Area schools participating in this program. It has yet to be implemented, but once it is, students will be allowed to choose between traditional grades, or the mastery transcript model.
Administrators say they see this as the future of education across the board.
"This will not cause students to stop thriving," says Stock. "If anything it will make efforts feel more worthwhile and the assessments more authentic."
The new grade-less system is still in the very early stages. Administrators say the earliest a student would graduate from San Domenico with a transcript instead of a GPA is 7 years from now.
The consortium plans to reach out to colleges in an effort to make sure the new method for evaluating students passes muster with admission offices.
Steve Randolph says:
If California wants to do this, then fine. Go ahead. Just one thing. Don't send any of your students to any other states after they graduate.
Jeff Lucas says:
You do realize that you are letting the media guide you by the nose on this one, right? First, there is no such things as a single entity, "California Schools." California Schools are governed by 100s, if not thousands, as independent school districts, which are loosely governed themselves by County Superintendents of Schools and the California Department of Education. Second, and more importantly here, these are private schools that are considering this, not a public school, or public school district. This is a far cry from a "California" idea. Though, UC Santa Cruz does (or at least did) do this.
And the biggest catch in the whole thing is–they are checking to see if colleges will accept it. Do you really think swamped college admissions offices are going to want to ditch a system that allows for a mathematical filter, even if only on the initial stages of review, for something that requires intensive reading and subjective evaluation–for hundreds of thousands of students? No.
chiliboots2000 says:
California Is Clueless, And Adrift.
Did you miss the parts where it said a few private schools? How did you manage to extrapolate an idea of a few private schools to the entire public school system?
Mike Mora says:
This seems like the natural byproduct of the participation trophy generation. Judging anyone for anything is unfair to the poorest performer.
Some might argue that even the pie chart results will be unfair because someone will always rate lower.
How is that sugarcoated?
I suspect college entrance would be judged strictly on SAT and SAT subject scores. Ultimately college prep is really what high school is all about.
Cam Kirmser says:
Well, they have to find some way to hide all those embarrassing 'F's.
Randy Metz says:
This is laughable. As one who vets resumes I will tell you right now a decision is made on every resume after less than 15 seconds of perusal. If promise is shown it goes in a file for more consideration. If not, it goes into the circular file. This out of necessity, not because I don't care. There is just not time to go into detail on every applicant. I am sure not going to take three or four minutes to read some narrative about the applicant's "accomplishments" before I decide which file it goes into.
Also, who is going to write these narratives? Will I try to get my child into a classroom because the teacher writes better narratives than the others and not because she or he is a better teacher?
How about the teacher who doesn't take the time (or doesn't have the time) to write an attractive narrative? Are her students punished for that?
Todd Robertson says:
If the students go onto higher education without a usual grading system, they will be rudely awakened by the grading system employed by the colleges.
Michael Vasovski says:
VR will put all of these schnooks out of a job. The sooner the better. Hasta la vista, baby.
barry1817 says:
no problem everyone gets a C because it isn't fair to punish with low grades those that don't study and party, and besides we should get students who are successful used to be punished for succeeding, and why should they get A, when they didn't do it on their own.
chrismireya says:
Those complaining about the grading system are largely the same who have children who aren't doing as well as their peers. They want to differentiate themselves in areas other than academics. The problem is that college and university admission departments ALREADY take into account other things.
That GPA and grading system IS indicative of student success. It is quantifying that success. Those who complain about "gaming the system" would quickly "game" any system that isn't quantifiable. The "pass/fail" grading experiment has largely failed because it doesn't identify those who truly excel or master a subject better than others.
Nearly every company that I have interviewed with has requested a transcript or GPA. They are less concerned with the various student and extracurricular activities that I participated with. They were more interested in my work experience (including internships), examples of leadership (within or outside of the field) and, of course, my mastery of academics in the fields related to each potential job.
The removal of a quantifiable grading system and the accompanying nomenclature (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) would only serve to fail those students. Colleges and universities want that information when determining who would better "fit" in their schools.
Pete Moss says:
Participant.
Walt Kaiser says:
another participation trophy
Laura Colver says:
This system is based on "mastering" the subject…what if you don't "master" the subject, but are just average in understanding the concept of the subject. What then? Did they even think this thing through?
Luis Martinez says:
Oh my, we wouldn't want to hurt the little snowflakes' feelings. Preparing kids to fail…
Sean Sanders says:
You mean like college? Because they used number scores when I went to college in the late 70's to early 80's. Is that really news?
Arty Teatwaffle (@HumasClam) says:
Just another day in the gay state.
Dusty Rhodes says:
Everyone gets a 4.0 and a participation trophy.
Bruce Frykman (@BruceFrykman) says:
Let's do away with the scoring sports as well, all can get participation trophies
Bob Donovitch says:
The new grades will be L G B T Q W T F
Benjamin Dover says:
Bob: I've spent time studying this issue, now to be defined as BLT&G's! Has a much more catchy ring to it!
Alan Reyes says:
Realize the massive new power teachers have if they get to give students a summary rather than there being objective grades. Students would be absolutely required to swallow all indoctrination in every class and parrot back all the teacher's politics or face the teacher giving a bad review. And, since the review has no objective background, the student would have no appeal for a bad review. Total power politics for the Teacher's Union.
Steven Reiss says:
Just get rid of all the letter grades except "F" which California students deserve anyway!
Rob Lynn says:
Grades make certain demographics look bad.
Jim Steiger says:
This is simply a ruse to allow a grading system that (a) has no "headroom," (i.e., cannot distinguish between students who are good and those who are great), (b) won't upset or annoy any mediocre students or their parents.
Rest assured that (a) the "comments" will be generated from a very limited boilerplate script, and (b) they will be sugar-coated and generally uninformative. Teachers start these "narrative" grading methods with the best of intentions, but soon fall back on boilerplate.
Compare educational achievement (which evidently isn't very important to administrators) with athletic achievement. In athletics, we are continually refining our measurement methods. In 1930, we measured running times to a tenth of a second, now we measure to 1/100 of a second. In baseball, we used to have batting average and slugging percentage, now we have about 15 indicators of hitting ability.
In high schools, true academic "superstars" are an embarrassment to many teachers and administrators. They want them to shut up, slow down, and not make anyone else uncomfortable. Most of all, they don't want any ethnic group to be shown to under-perform. Trashing an accurate and sensitive numerical or letter grading system in favor of feel-good "narratives" helps them achieve that objective.
When has a narrative like the one below ever been sent home to a parent? You KNOW that in any public school system, there are dozens of students like this one:
"Your son ABCD is very much at risk. He constantly talks in class, disrupting other students and showing disrespect to me. To attract attention to himself, he pretends to fall asleep during the more challenging parts of the class. Right now, if he were to graduate, he'd be unemployable. This is a grade 10 math class, and he can't add 2+2 and get 4. He has not only failed to grasp algebra, he can't do basic arithmetic. I have no idea how previous teachers saw fit to push your child forward, but the buck is definitely going to stop here unless he improves drastically. My advice would be to take your unmotivated son out to the woodshed and give him a good talking-to. Explain that his future will be dim without math skills. Demand that he improve. I'll be observing him closely to monitor his progress. And if he acts out in class one more time, I'll be recommending suspension to the principal."
Tom Menino says:
Creating generations of unemployables. But they will vote Democrat. So there's that.
James Atkinson says:
Every student will get a grade of "P" for participation. A variant may include "PWA" for Participation Without Attendance. Or "JTDTP" Just Too Dumb To Participate. Or, "ANRTP" Athlete Not Required To Participate. See, it's really quite simple.
Jack Woodstock says:
Leave it to CA to come up with a system that will prevent states from comparing the capabilities of these skulls full of mush with other students from different states.
Dee Win says:
Another step toward third-world status. Brilliant.
Dave Gardner says:
And the MARCHING MORONS are here! for details see the C.M. Kornbuth story
Joe Campbell (@josetoyou) says:
It sounds like Latinos have taken over the schools!
The grading system has worked for a long time…why change?
Doug Day says:
Marxism is fun.
ShockTheVote (@shockvote) says:
Of course the state is filled with Dunces who can't graduate under Governor Moonbeam Brown and the California Teachers Union (aka "Association).
All they need to know is to vote for the people with the letter "D" next to their names,
and where the local welfare office is.
Tressel Burnes says:
It wasn't until the '90's that Stanford had a failing grade. This strikes me as no big surprise.
Joe Potosky (@JoePotosky) says:
The next generation is going to grow up less tolerant of the left and progressives won't be able to figure out why.
Steve Hansen says:
Any education policy coming out of the Bay Area is a bad idea – I don't care what it is. Policy makers in the region so liberal they think their policies that gave us the Snow Flake generation is actually a really good outcome.
Michael Jiroch says:
California was once the model for all states in eduction. But, in the last 30 years they kept dropping the standards both in educations and student behavior to accommodate an immigrant culture (predominantly from one country) that has had zero interest in meeting ANY standards. Exit exams to graduate we're at a 6th grade level to pass. And still students didn't even try to pass. And almost all middle class and above US citizens withdrew their children for private schools. This is what happens when a state allows unfettered unlimited illegal aliens without assimilation into education systems…no standards. Just say'in. And is doesn't make me a racist for stating the facts.
Lucy Eleanor Callahan says:
California is a failure no matter what scale you use.
David Keller says:
My "State" loves to be "progressive". How quickly and easily it is to destroy with utterly asinine ideas.
busseja (@busseja) says:
Interesting. Grades are supposed to show the level of mastery of the subject matter. So rather than give the student a grade the teacher meets with the student to determine the mastery of the subject then writes a report that is not comprehensible to a college. That sounds like a bottom of the SAT silo that educators tend to populate to me. Wouldn't it be better to design the evaluation of the student into the tests and measures in the class then relate that mastery to A, B, C etc.? Oh rats, now we are back to what grades are supposed to reflect in the first place. A real engineer when looking at the reasoning of the teachers is. If you were doing your job in the first place, you wouldn't have to change it, would you?
Robert Braaten-Grant says:
This is as stupid as Common Core and Ebonics….Kids these days are already 3 yrs behind developmentally from kids in 1970. This is so stupid. Grades teach accountability and show the child and family the results of bad life decisions. Such as going out partying instead of studying.
Jim Lively says:
Oh just give them all participation "A"s.
Mike Silverstein says:
Johnny plays well with friends and it is quick to participate in assigned class work. Johnny loves wearing pink dresses and high heels and is a good little cis boy.
PressCalifornia (@PressCaliforni1) says:
Come here from Drudge? Leave here to PressCalifornia.com, for more real California news.
jimbquick (@jimbquick) says:
My guess, the new grades are 1. Awesome, 2. Terrific 3. A Beautiful Mind and 4.Kick *ss .
🇺🇸⚛April⚛🇺🇸 (@hotjetset) says:
"It's about gaming the system, students no longer care about learning the information it's about getting the A," says her Cecily Stock who heads the school.- So since when did it become about "gaming" the system? Where did these private school kids learn about "gaming" the system instead of hard work? So now all of the sudden you're going to eliminate the structure because these kids have outsmarted the teachers with regard to "gaming" the system and not learning the material, just getting graded so they get an A they didn't deserve? It's a well known fact that CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE GARBAGE! This proves it.
OIF Alumni (@OIFAlumni) says:
Liberal fascism makes people stupid.
Dave Hardesty says:
Brought to you by the same people who wanted to teach Ebonics as a language.
Dale Warren says:
Is the sole purpose of radical, alt-Left, anti-American, socialist Progressives in California to infuse as much craziness as possible into the nation?
Jack Frost says:
It makes perfect sense that this incredibly unreal idea would come from a CA govt entity. It of course has NO MERIT in "the real world" of decent and responsible people, BUT… it's CA! There will soon follow laws that proclaim how private companies will choose employees based on their "ethnic diversity score"s. Follow that with the devolution of society into a cess-pool that mimics the lowest common denominator of humanoids but with a ruling class of Elite Pigs who have NOTHING in common with the useful idiots that are their swine.
I am REALLY GLAD that I MAY be old enough to avoid seeing this mess happen.
Jim Williams says:
A narrative review sounds like a lot of work. Why not just give everyone an"S" for showing up and a "P" for participation, along with a trophy to boost their self-esteem before they go out searching for a job?
John Potwora says:
Classic Marxism. I just happen to be reading a book by Max Eastman, "Stalin's Russia and the Crisis in Socialism" (1940), and these idiots have been trying to do this kind of nonsense for decades.
Bruce Harwell says:
It is a Lib belief that they should not be held accountable for their actions; this stems from this belief.
☠Shae Mac☠ (@ImShaeMac) says:
I made horrible grades in high school (North Texas Schools). I did not like school because it held very little interest in me. It bored me. I had more interest in just learning on my own by reading books from libraries (had no computers) on subjects that interested me, no not romance teen books LOL. I never had any good teachers who actually helped us LEARN anything – just taught by the book and on to the next class. Grades had no bearing on me at all. Due to some family issues (nothing positive) I ended up getting my GED. Eventually I went to college and earned degrees a Business Administration, than later as an Analyst and Forensic Investigator. Graduating with 3.8 and 3.9 GPA. I have had nothing but high paying professional careers.
Every child is different and a good parent will help find them the best course to further themselves in life. For ME, graded never mattered in jr/sr high. What mattered was life experience and applying myself to university. I had drive too, which I am sure that helped in my success.
Schools need an overhaul, dramatically. And kids need to learn outside a classroom.
Cannot fix my typos above…tired and typing on phone.
Friedrich von Hardenberg says:
Evergreen College in WA used a system of non-graded evaluations by teachers, I never had the time to wade through all that. Consequently, I never hired their graduates. It did satisfy some requirements for certification, but some of the students after four years of evaluations had a small book to go through. Didn't have time to do that when filling positions. Sad, there must have been some outstanding students who were cheated out of positions by their institution's insistence on an unrealistic and unworkable evaluation system.
Doug Oritz says:
Who wouldn't be absolutely thrilled to have a heart surgeon with a "Participation Diploma" from medical school be the one to perform their open heart surgery.


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Q: How to get my phone's current location using Google Maps Api in Android? I want to get a marker on my current location using Google map Api. I tested it on an Android phone and I am getting only a map. i don't get a marker on my current location. Even the toast what I have put in the code doesn't show. Can anyone help me with this.
I am posting my code below:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements LocationListener {
GoogleMap map;

@Override
void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);
map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
.getMap();
}

 @Override
   public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {

 map.clear();

MarkerOptions mp = new MarkerOptions();

  mp.position(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()));

  mp.title("my position");

   map.addMarker(mp);
   Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
       location.getLatitude() +", "+location.getLongitude(),
       Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

  map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(
   new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()), 16));

  }  }

A: Just remove map.clear(); from your code and add marker.remove();
This is working for me.. try this,
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
            {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
                //actionBar.getActionBar();

                locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
                System.out.println("current "+locationManager);

                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 120000, 1, this);
                location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

                addGoogleMap();
                addMarkers();

            }

            @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) @SuppressLint("NewApi")
            private void addGoogleMap() {
                if(googleMap == null){
                googleMap = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();
                googleMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(this);
                  googleMap.setOnMarkerDragListener(this);
                }

            }

            private void addMarkers() {

                if(googleMap != null)
                {
                lt = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());

                marker = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(lt)
                          .title("Current location ").snippet("Race Start: 9:00 AM CST")
                          .draggable(false));

                googleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(
                          lt, 20));
                }

            }

@Override
            public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            //txtLat = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview1);
            //txtLat.setText("Latitude:" + location.getLatitude() + ", Longitude:" + location.getLongitude());
                System.out.println("loc changed");
                //googleMap.clear();
                marker.remove();
                locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
                System.out.println("current "+locationManager);

                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 120000, 1, this);
                location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                lt = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
                marker = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(lt)
                          .title("Current location ").snippet("Race Start: 9:00 AM CST")
                          .draggable(false));
}

A: There is a in built method given by Google Map, if you want to get location using google map.
map.getLatitude();
map.getLongitude();

Try it, it will work.

A: You are already getting location with this:
location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()

A: Turn on your mobile GPS, when it will stop blinking then it means it has got the location and then marker will show.

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Q: Tensorflow can't be import after lib installation I am using Tensorflow docker.
Inside docker  matplotlib is installed using apt-get install python-matplotlib. After installation tensorflow can't be imported. Before installation was ok.
>>> import tensorflow
Traceback (most recent call last):
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How-To/
How to Wake Up to Your Favorite Music
Wish you could wake up to something more soothing than an alarm clock? Here's how to set your alarm to play music from Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, TuneIn, and more.
By Jason Cohen and Eric Griffith and Chloe Albanesius
We all love music, and we all need to get up in the morning. Why not combine the two? Perhaps you subscribe to a music-streaming service or have a large digital music library. Get your money's worth and use that music as your alarm clock.
There are several ways you can wake up to the sounds of your favorite music, from inside a music app directly, on your phone, or through a nearby smart speaker. No matter the method you choose, it's a relatively easy thing to set up; here's how to get started on your device or service of choice.
How to Wake Up to Music on Your iPhone
Apple iPhone users can set a single song as their alarm via Apple Music or iTunes. From Apple's clock app, tap Alarm > Edit. Create an alarm by tapping the + button on the top right or tap an existing alarm.
Here, you can set the time, when it will repeat, and whether or not you can snooze. You also have the ability to give it a name. Tap the selection under Sound to change what plays when the alarm goes off.
In the Sound menu, you have the option to use songs or ringtones. Choose Pick a song to select from the music you have in Apple Music or on iTunes. After you pick a song, it will be listed on both the Sound menu and the alarm clock itself.
How to Wake Up to Music on Android
Thanks to a new feature in Google's Android Clock app, you are now able to link your Spotify account—premium or ad-supported—and use your music as an alarm.
First, make sure the Clock app is updated to the most recent version. Then create an alarm, indicating when the alarm should go off. Tap on the bell icon and you will see two different tabs. One is called Sounds, where you can select from a set of default alarm ringtones. The other should say Spotify; tap that to connect the Clock app to your account. Music selections will populate in the app, allowing you to choose which songs from Spotify you would like to wake up to.
Google's Clock app is pre-installed on a number of Android devices, but those who don't have it can download it from Google Play.
How to Wake Up to Music With Google Home
You can also set an alarm on your Google Home device once you link a music service and make it your default.
Open the Google Home app, tap the hamburger menu (), and select Music. On the next page, several music services will be listed, but note that not all of them will work the same with the Google Home alarm. Services like Google Play Music and Spotify will work fine, for instance, but Pandora is limited because it plays only custom music stations so it can be difficult to get the right artist or song.
Once you have selected a streaming service from one of your linked accounts, you can simply set an alarm using voice commands. Say "Hey Google, set an alarm for 8am that plays The Beatles." If you do, she'll play whatever random Beatles tune she can find at that time, so you get some variety. For a specific song, say "Hey Google, set an alarm for 8am that plays 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles." Of course, the song has to be available on your streaming services for this to work.
Add the words "every day" to your command to make the alarm recurring. If you say simply "Hey Google, set a music alarm," she'll ask you for a time and an artist or even a radio station.
Once it's going off, yell "Hey Google, Snooze" to put it to rest for 10 minutes. Tell it "Hey Google, STOP" to go back to sleep for good. Any alarm will end with the single song, or if you specify just an artist, after 10 minutes of playing.
How to Wake Up to Music With Alexa
To get Alexa to play your favorite song as an alarm on an Amazon Echo device, just ask her: "Alexa, wake me up to [song] by [artist] at 6am."
Alexa can tap into a number of music streaming services, including Amazon Music/Music Unlimited, Deezer, Gimme Radio, iHeartRadio, Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify, and TuneIn. On my Echo, I have Spotify Premium as my default music player, so when I asked Alexa to wake me up to a particular song, she automatically pulled that tune from Spotify.
We have a guide for connecting your favorite music service to an Echo, but to change the default music service Alexa will use for alarms, open the Alexa app, tap the hamburger menu () and select Music, Video, & Books. Under the Music tab, you'll see the various music options; tap the one you want. Link your music account to Alexa if you haven't already, and then tap "Choose default music services." Select your desired service. Then, when you ask Alexa to play a song for your alarm, she'll pull music from that service.
Your requests might be a little hit or miss, though, so experiment a bit. When I asked for "Single Ladies" by Beyonce, Alexa set the alarm for a rather trance-y remix version. And when I asked her to wake me up to Beyonce, without specifying a song, she played what sounded like a country song I didn't recognize.
How to Wake Up to Music With Pandora
Using the Pandora mobile app, you can set a specific station to serve as your alarm clock in the morning. Tap the hamburger menu () in the upper-left corner of the app and tap Settings > Alarm clock.
You have the ability to set a station (or choose shuffle), which days of the week the alarm will be active on, how long you can snooze for (between 5-20 minutes, or off), and the volume at which the music will play. Since the app's volume is independent of your device's system volume, the level you set it at is what it will play when it goes off. Select each category to make a change.
Once a station has been selected, the time of the alarm can be set. You must toggle the switch in order to turn the alarm on. You can also set the alarm to active from the settings menu.
If you have an Echo device, you can also ask Alexa to wake you up to Pandora, provided you've linked your Pandora account in the Alexa app. It's also supported via Google Home.
How to Wake Up to Music With TuneIn
The TuneIn app allows you to select live news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts as your alarm to wake up to. Once you find the station you wish to set as your alarm, play it to gain access to the alarm options.
Click the button with the three dots next to the fast-forward button and click "Set alarm" in the pop-up window. Alarm options are shown, giving you the ability to select the point in the show at which the audio will begin. You can also set the time and days the alarm will play, and volume level.
Tap Save to finalize your settings. Make sure the alarm has been enabled by checking the box in the top-right corner. TuneIn advises that you remove your screen lock on your phone and turn on location services.
If you have an Echo device, you can also ask Alexa to wake you up to TuneIn, provided you've linked your TuneIn account in the Alexa app.
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I won't be at CMJ this year, but here are the bands I'd see if I was. Fun jams for everyone after the jump.
Hospitality: New Merge Records signees. Sounds accordingly Merge-y (guitar fuzz!) with the added twist of a New York Post-Feist Sassy Lady lead singer.
Widowspeak: The only band on 2k11 Label of the Year Captured Tracks not playing '80s synthesizers. Still terrific!
The Stepkids: Funk-pop wiz-kids out on Stones Throw. Sly and the Family Alt-Bros.
ARMS/Ravens & Chimes: Both bands played our SXSW party in March, both have really incredible albums coming out in November and both will blow your mind in totally great-yet-different ways.
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Have you seen the Twilight saga movie? Here's our local version of its enchanting woods, surround yourself with huge Pine trees!
If you want to go to Camp John Hay via jeep, take a ride at the jeep terminal beside Burnham Park.
Appreciate the view of the abandoned mine which was used by early Ifugaos. Splurge on souvenir shopping and food!
Take home some sweet spreads.
MUST-TRY: Take a souvenir photo with one of the friendly St. Bernard dogs OR try wearing some of Igorot's traditional wardrobe.
Located just beside the Mines View Park's entrance, this mini museum/souvenir shop is a haven of Cordillera's craftsmanship and it also has a mini café.
Mines View can also be seen from the museum.
Strawberry Tiramisu - my favorite of all strawberry desserts!
MUST-EAT: Strawberry Tiramisu and black coffee!
*P.S. There's no entrance fee. However, one must register at the reception and donate any amount.
Bamboo bridge, watch your step!
Also known as the "garden in the sky", Tam-Awan Village is nestled at the highest peak in Baguio City and is also listed in Lonely Planet's Philippines edition. It is located at Long-Long Road, Pinsao. In Baguio, you can just take a cab and ask the driver to take you at Tam-Awan Village.
Various flowers are everywhere, have a feast on these colorful blooms.
This is not a typical museum confined within walls, but an al fresco at top of a hill. One can actually overview the rest of Baguio City upon hiking. Every trail has a story to tell, such as Igorot superstitions, beliefs and culture.
Tam-Awan Village is a total tourist package –a nature-inspired museum, garden, a minor trek and lodging. It has a restaurant, too.
Fog starts to envelope the elevated village by 5 pm.
wood carved figures of anitos - early Ifugao's demigods.
Overlooking the foggy view of South China Sea and some modern homes.
...on a clear day, you can see the South China Sea, hence the name Tam-Awan which means"vantage point".
Typical home of early Ifugaos.
Rice and gongs hang in the entrance of the cafe.
The owner's art collections inside his cafe.
Tam - Awan Village is also a lodging place. If you want to experience living like Ifugaos, this is the place to be.
One can stay overnight in this hut, with no TV, Air-condition and other hotel-bedroom stuff but just a bed with blanket and pillows and a bulb for light. Don't worry, comfort rooms are available at the other side, just a few steps away.
For the love of art, pencil portraits are drawn by the local artists with a minimum fee of 150 pesos per person and 300 for 2 persons/couple.
Comfort rooms. For sure, the signs won't mislead anyone.
Lodging per night only costs PhP500/person, but it has special rates if you go on groups.
Travel Tip: The rule of thumb, travel as early as possible to save yourself from the ever-annoying traffic jam. Also, it will not prolong the journey. Here's a time-saving suggestion, book a trip at 11pm so you'll be in Baguio at 6am. Just sleep during the trip and you'll be greeted with a winter-cold breeze as you wake up the next day, sounds good? Good.