Saturday, January 12, 2013

Top five ideas that have been design for the iPad

When Apple first launched the iPad, it started a revolution in personal computing. However, there has been a massive build up in the accessories sector and it this that we have been into today. In this top five, we have found some of the more recent additions to the iPad accessory market; these are all cool in their own way and offer the iPad owner a choice in getting more from their tablet device.

The iPad case based on classic book covers

Just because the iPad is a brilliant piece of modern technology that does not mean the user of this device has to go for modern accessories as this range of cases proves. These colourful cases have been designed using the original covers from classic books; there is something for everyone and every type of literature available.

These are the main details on the very cool looking Literary iPad cases;

From the awesome team at Out of Print

Covers include: A Clockwork Orange, Alice in Wonderland, The Great Gatsby, Lolita, Moby Dick, On the Road, Pride and Prejudice, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Hardcover book board wrapped with heavyweight cloth

Created using traditional bookbinding techniques

UV coated for added protection and water resilience

Soft interior rubber cradle to safely hold and protect your eBook

Case features cut outs for cables and camera

Made with recycled materials

Measures approximately 26 cm (H) x 20 cm (W) x 2 cm (D)

This cool looking case is going to cost you around $65

Source [Firebox]

Give your iPad a touch of class

There is always going to be something classy about a design that uses real wood and this docking station is no exception. It is made from black walnut and holds the iPad upright through a dock along the back edge, while in the main body it has been carved out so that the Apple Bluetooth powered keyboard is able to sit securely, while looking very stylish indeed.

Here are the some of the features available with the great looking Wooden iPad Station from Hekseskudd;

Turn your trusty iPad into a portable writing unit with this sleek docking station/keyboard tray. Designed with built-in storage beneath the keyboard for added convenience. Dimensions: 13 x 10 inches

This great classic design will set you back around $140 but just look at what you get for this money.

Source [Technabob]

The Brydge+ case for the iPad

Here is an easy way to turn the iPad tablet device into an iPad laptop device in one easy move. This is the Brydge+ case, it offers a full size keyboard and has a set of Bluetooth connected speakers, so effectively this is ideal for the tablet owner who wishes occasionally to use laptop style features without actually switching from the iPad to laptop.

These are the available details for the Brydge+ case and keyboard;

Brydge+ is a full-sized anodized aluminium keyboard with built-in Bluetooth? speakers. An ultra-elite keyboard, Brydge+ truly appears to turn your iPad into a laptop. Compatible with the iPad 2, 3rd and 4th Generations.

The Brydge+ case for the iPad tablet is priced at around $210, although there are certain offers available now and then.

Source [The Brydge]

Wooden iPad case offers something different

Here is a smart looking case for the iPad, it offers the iPad owner something different from what is usually available on the market simply because it is not made from plastic or metal, it is made from wood, in fact its bamboo and walnut with a lovely soft cloth lining that protects the iPad from damage. There is even a built in speaker system the uses Bluetooth to connect so there are no wires to connect.

This is what makes the Root Cases Wood iPad Case different from anything else on the market;

Our eco-friendly bamboo and walnut cases for iPad 2 and 3 are elegantly simple and mega-functional.? We have greatly improved the design from our first model and with your help hope to make this new model available.? Additionally for every case we sell, we work with a non-profit to plant a tree in a non-logging location.? We would love to have your help in reaching our goal and know that you will love our new cases!

This classic looking wooden case designed for the iPad will cost around $60 to buy.

Source [Cool Material]

The Boast boost for iPad audio

There is a common complaint from iPad owners that the audio output could be better and that is exactly where the Boast comes in, this simple device clips onto the iPad behind the speaker and quite simply redirects the sound towards the user rather than down into open space. There are no moving parts or electrical components installed in this device, so it is just what you see!

If this design to enhance the iPads audio output ever become available this is what it would be offering;

The Boast is held on to your iPad with safe neodymium magnets. Each of the magnets connects to the internal speakers, providing more than 10 times the pull required to hold the Boast in place securely. Since there are two magnets, aligning the Boast for optimum performance is simple. Just get it close and let go. It adjusts to the perfect angle while maintaining the clean lines of the iPad?s edge. Once you are done and ready to pack up, just pop it off and toss it in your bag or pocket.

This design is currently looking for funding to move into production.

Source [Uncrate]

Source: http://zedomax.com/blog/2013/01/11/top-five-ideas-that-have-been-design-for-the-ipad/

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80 percent of SE Texas schools fail government report card

Higher federal standards and a tougher Texas standardized test swamped schools in 2012, with 80 percent of local districts flunking what many hope will be their last Adequate Yearly Progress report card.

The only school districts not put on notice by the U.S. Department of Education were Bridge City, Hamshire-Fannett, High Island and Lumberton. The Bob Hope Charter School is Port Arthur also got passing marks.

In 2012, the government agency released new reading and math requirements for U.S. students. The Department of Education now requires that at least 87 percent of students pass reading and 83 percent pass math. Those numbers are expected to increase to 100 percent in 2014.

Texas Education Agency Spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson said the government grades individual districts and campuses on the federal test standards, attendance and graduation rates, and on scores earned on the STAAR test - the latest in Texas' standardized tests.

Culbertson said the new federal math and reading guidelines hurt a number of Texas school districts.

Adequate Yearly Progress report cards for 2012

To find a list of which schools did not meet requirements and a description of each stage, visit www.tea.state.tx.us

School District, AYP Status, Requirement, Improvement Requirement

Beaumont, Missed, Stage 2, Reading

Bob Hope Charter School, Meet, None

Bridge City, Meet, None

Brookeland, Meet, None

Buna, Missed, Stage 2, Math and Reading

Burkeville, Missed, None, Math and Reading

Chester, Missed, None, Reading

Colmesneil, Missed, None, Math

Deweyville, Missed, None, Math

East Chambers, Missed, Stage 1, Math

Evadale, Missed, None, Reading

Hamshire-Fannett, Meet, None

Hardin-Jefferson, Missed, None, Reading

High Island, Meets, None

Hull-Daisetta, Missed, Stage 1, Math

Jasper, Missed, Stage 2, Math and Reading

Kirbyville, Missed, Stage 2, Math and Reading

Kountze, Missed, Stage 3, Math

La Amistad Love & Learning Academy, Meet, None

Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Missed, Stage 2, Math and Reading

Lumberton, Meet, None

Nederland, Missed, None, Math and Reading

Newton, Missed, Stage 2, Math and Reading

Orangefield, Missed, Stage 1, Math and Reading

Port Arthur, Missed, None, Math and Reading

*Source: Texas Education Agency

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Source: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/80-percent-of-SE-Texas-schools-fail-government-4187667.php

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Videogames, more than entertainment | Digital meets Culture

Interesting studies on how videogames are improving Americans? society are conducted by ESA, an association in the videogames industry.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the U.S. association exclusively dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish computer and video games for video game consoles, personal computers, and the Internet.

The association provides a very valuable and continuous research on the impact of videogames on several aspects in the society. Although being U.S. focused, their studies are extremely interesting, on how games are improving family life, art, education, economy, social issues and much more.

Videogames are not a kids? interest, as the ESA report informs about the average age of gamers: 30 years old! Statistics say that almost 40% of gamers is +36 years old, and 47% of the whole gamers? population is represented by women.

Americans like videogames and they also believe in the educational impact of videogames, both in the family life (60% parents play with their children at least monthly, because it is fun and it is a good opportunity to socialize) and as a teaching device.

In addition to being a great way to keep students engaged, researchers have found that video games have real potential as next-generation learning tools, that help impart knowledge, develop life skills and reinforce positive habits in students of all ages.

The educational benefits of video games are extending into higher education. Ludology, scholastic video game study from a humanistic perspective, now qualifies students to pursue careers in computer and video game design and programming. Educational institutions across the nation provide young people with advanced artistic training in computer and video game design. 343 American colleges, universities and technical schools, including New York University, the Art Institute of Seattle and Marist College, will offer programs and courses in video game design, development and programming.

Moreover, the impact of videogames on art and graphic design is indeed an undeniable fact: the artwork in computer and videogames has become a respected artistic genre of its own. Galleries now feature game artwork in a number of exhibits, and entertainment software serves as a new medium for emerging artists.

Learn more about ESA in the website: ?http://www.theesa.com/

ESA?s statistics on American gamers (PDF, 1,29 Mb)

ESA?s study about games improving education (PDF, 369 Kb)

ESA?s study about games improving art (PDF, 376 Kb)

The list of US schools with courses about videogames: http://www.theesa.com/games-improving-what-matters/schools.asp

Source: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/videogames-more-than-entertainment/

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President John Mahama

John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as Ghana?s President January 7, 2013 to begin his full four-year term.

The President?s inauguration took place at the Independence Square in Accra and was attended by about 13 Heads of State with thousands of Ghanaians witnessing the event.

This was how the international media reported the event.

AFP: Ghana?s Mahama sworn in as president after vote row

Ghana?s John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president on Monday at a ceremony attended by thousands in the capital but boycotted by the opposition, which has challenged the election results.

AP: Ghana inaugurates John Mahama as president

John Dramani Mahama became president of Ghana on Monday, sworn in as the opposition continues to dispute election results in one of West African?s most stable democracies.

Financial Times: Mahama sworn in as Ghana president

John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as Ghana?s president on Monday in a ceremony boycotted by the opposition, which disputed the results of the December poll.

Mr Mahama, 54, took the oath of office in the Black Star Square in Accra, watched by heads of state of some of Africa?s most powerful countries, including Nigeria?s president, Goodluck Jonathan, and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa.

Global Post: John Mahama inaugurated as Ghana?s president, amid court challenge from opposition

Ghana?s John Dramani Mahama was inaugurated as president today, in a lavish ceremony boycotted by the opposition New Patriotic Party, which claims that Mahama?s December election victory was fraudulent.

International Business Times: Ghana drama for Mahama as opposition rejects presidential inauguration

Not even an official inauguration can put an end to a political controversy in the West African nation of Ghana, where the opposition party has endangered stability in the country by refusing to accept the results of a closely fought vote.

On Monday in the capital city of Accra, incumbent President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in to serve four more years at the helm of one of Africa?s most successful democracies. Mahama represents the National Democratic Congress, or NDC, which also won a majority of the seats in parliament.

BBC: John Mahama: Ghana?s NPP boycotts swearing in

Ghana?s main opposition party has boycotted the swearing-in ceremony of President John Mahama following last month?s disputed elections.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) said Mr Mahama won the election fraudulently.

Official results gave Mr Mahama 50.7% of the vote, enough to avoid a run-off against the NPP?s Nana Akufo-Addo, who won 47.7%.

Reuters: Ghana opposition boycotts president?s inauguration

Ghana?s opposition boycotted the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, ignoring his appeals to end a dispute over last month?s election in the West African state seen as a model democracy in the coup-prone region.

Christian Science Monitor: Ghana inauguration goes on, while opposition plots court comeback

President John Dramani Mahama was inaugurated today. But the opposition is not giving up its legal challenge to his election.

The inauguration of Ghana?s president John Dramani Mahama on Monday was packed with visiting heads of state and foreign dignitaries, but perhaps the most important guests to take a seat in Accra?s expansive Independence Square were the robed judges of the country?s Supreme Court.

Xinhua News Agency: Ghanaian President Mahama sworn in after winning elections

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in here on Monday for the next four-year tenure after winning elections last month.

He took both the oath of allegiance and presidential oath administered by Chief Justice Theodora Georgina Wood before a record crowd that thronged the more than 30,000 capacity Independence Square.

Compiled by Ekow Quandzie

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Source: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/01/08/international-media-on-john-mahamas-inauguration/

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China censorship protest as 'living in truth'

Protests erupt following a strike by journalists at a Chinese newspaper whose editorial on free speech was censored. Unlike most other protests in China, this one is about living in the truth.

By the Monitor's Editorial Board / January 7, 2013

In this photo taken and provided by activist Wu Wei, a man wearing a mask with words "Silent" holds a banner reading: "Let's chase our dreams together, go Southern Weekly newspaper" during a protest outside the headquarters of the newspaper in Guangzhou, Guangdong province Jan. 7. A dispute over censorship at the Chinese newspaper known for edgy reporting has prompted a few hundred people to gather in a rare street protest urging Communist Party leaders to allow greater political freedom.

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An extraordinary protest took place Monday in China?s southern city of Guangzhou. Unlike the almost-daily local protests across China ? which are mainly over land grabs, corruption, workplace abuses, and pollution ? this one was simply about telling the truth.

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Large crowds of people took to the streets in Guangdong Province to support journalists working at an investigative newspaper, Southern Weekly. The journalists themselves had gone on strike last week after a local Communist Party propaganda chief censored their New Year?s editorial ? without telling them.

The editorial itself was bold enough, asking that the government live up to the clear liberties promised in China?s Constitution. It read: ?Only if constitutionalism is realized and power effectively checked can citizens voice their criticisms of power loudly and confidently, and only then can every person believe in their hearts that they are free to live their own lives.?

But the strike by the editors and the street demonstrations that followed are just the kind of action that the famed anticommunist dissident V?clav Havel of the former Czechoslovakia once called ?living in truth.? They gave concrete existence to freedom.

In his 1978 work ?The Power of the Powerless,? Mr. Havel wrote: ?If the main pillar of the [totalitarian] system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth. This is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.?

And sure enough: On Jan. 3, China?s party machine issued an order to the state-controlled media not to mention the censoring of the editorial.

The moral courage of the Chinese journalists led a group of Chinese scholars to issue an open letter stating that the ?Southern Weekly has spoken with a clear sense of truth, and has spoken on the people?s behalf.? Students at Sun Yat-sen University also protested in a letter.

And two famous Chinese actresses microblogged in favor of the newspaper. One of them, Yao Chen, sent her 31 million followers a quote from former Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn: ?One word of truth outweighs the whole world.?

This cascade of protest may not result soon in any Chinese Arab Spring. The Communist Party has powerful levers of control. It is especially on guard now during a leadership transition. But it shows the difficulty for the party to continue clinging to power through lies and manipulation of the truth ? especially as the economy slows down and reduces the incentive of the Chinese for conformity.

Shattering official lies can come in many ways, Havel advised ? open letters, hunger strikes, ignoring commands. He knew of what he spoke. He spent five years in prison and was honored after the fall of the Soviet empire by being elected president of his country.

His favorite saying was ?Truth and love must prevail over lies and hate.?

China has changed greatly since its 1989 pro-democracy uprising. With the Internet and the advance of freedom in so many other countries, the Chinese can more easily see through the party?s lies. Living the truth is becoming easier.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/C1d3u6VU1Ws/China-censorship-protest-as-living-in-truth

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Sports & Recreation | Entertainment in Rochester NY

KnighthawksLogoKNIGHTHAWKS OPEN HOME SEASON

Our Rochester Knighthawks, the 2012 National Lacrosse League World Champions, return to their home court at the Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Drive, on January 19 at 7:30 p.m. to face the Buffalo Bandits.? For tickets, call (585) 454-HAWK; or visit www.knighthawks.com.

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FOUR HOME GAMES FOR THE AMERKS

The Rochester Americans AHL Hockey Team will take the ice in the Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Drive, on Wednesday, January 9 at 7:05 p.m. to face their thruway rivals, Syracuse.? Next up are two Friday night 7:05 p.m. matches ? on January 11th against Hamilton; and on January 18 against Syracuse.? Then, a 1:05 p.m. match is scheduled on January 21 against Hamilton.? Visit www.amerks.com; or call (800) 745-3000.

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LANCERS TAKE ON SYRACUSE

The Rochester Lancers Indoor Professional Soccer Team will host Syracuse, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 12 in the Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Drive.?? Visit www.rochesterlancers.com; or call (585) 872-5425 for tickets.

Source: http://www.freetime.com/sports-recreation-27/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sports-recreation-27

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Long term results with natural allergy remedies | health and fitness ...

Allergies can strike at any moment if you do not have a good immune system. You may easily have an allergy attack if you are on a vacation and try out new food that may contain substances that you are allergic to. Pharmaceutical medicines are preferred by people usually but it may not offer the complete solution as allergy remedies. You may require taking more than one pill to fight off different symptoms that an allergy brings about. One drug may decrease the nasal congestion but then you will have to take another for taking care of the sneezing. So, you must think about the natural options available for getting rid of allergies on the whole.

It is good to know how the allergies are formed so that you can act against it from the start. Allergies may start off as soon as a baby is switching to eating solid food which is quite an early stage. Babies may easily be affected by an allergy on account of food intolerance if they fail to adapt to a particular solid food at an early stage. Again, seasonal allergies may occur which has nothing to do with the food that you eat. The positive thing is that you can ward off any form of allergy with the help of natural allergy remedies.

Natural remedy allergies are seen in different types of food groups which should be consumed more through the daily diet. The main component that is seen in these food items is omega 3 fatty acid. Various items such as walnuts, fish and flax seed oil are considered to be rich in omega 3 fatty acid. Eggs and some forms of meat also provide a good dose of omega 3 fatty acid which is crucial to ward off allergies. Make sure to get these food products in your regular diet so that you have the means to fight seasonal allergies.

Nettle is equally effective as the drugs that are sold in the market for fighting off various allergies. The added advantage is that you do not have to worry about any side effects since it is a natural substance. Side effects such as dry mouth and sleepiness may occur while undertaking drugs but you are free from this issue completely. Nettle offers the allergic patients a respite for a few hours and hence it is also said to be a temporary cure. It aids in decreasing the capacity of the body to develop histamine.

The most popular form of allergy remedies is seen as bee pollen as it has many advantages. It has a lot of qualities such as improving the body immunity, aiding digestion, increasing the mental fitness, enabling weight loss, keeping stress at and bay and taking care of the heart.. People also believe that bee pollen is good for preserving the youth as it delays the ageing process. Nature certainly provides a lot of alternatives when it comes to natural remedies. Even medical authorities have endorse the use of bee pollen as it is the best natural substance that fights off allergies.

Source: http://healthandfitnessupdates.blogspot.com/2013/01/long-term-results-with-natural-allergy.html

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