The Gory Gourmet Zombie Food Truck and 'The Walking Dead ...

As any zombie would tell you (could they actually form sentences), brains are delicious. To celebrate the DVD release of??The Walking Dead Season 2?, a?London zombie food truck?has popped up to prove it.

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The Gory Gourmet food truck?comes to us from?Street Kitchen?chef and mastermind Mark Jankel. The menu is? well, decidedly offal-oriented. Its main course, the Big Brain Burger is made of English calf brains. Jankel toldOddity Central, ?We soak it in vinegar and salt, powder and fried until golden crispy. I?m not sure whether it can help you be more intelligent or not but if you want a change for lunch, try this dish.?

Hungry for brains, but not in the mood for a burger? Here?s the rest of the menu:

Crispy Brain Dippers
Crispy chunks of brain with barbecue sauce

Brain Salad Wrap
Crispy chunks of brain with wild rocket and tarragon mayo

Feet and Thyroid Nuggets
Nuggets of pig?s feet and cow thyroid with herb mayo

Skewered Hearts
Grilled beef heart skewers with horseradish mayo

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Dollar rises on better US economic growth

NEW YORK (AP) ? Better-than-expected economic growth and strong home sales in the United States pushed the dollar higher against most major currencies Wednesday.

The euro fell to $1.2528 in late trading from $1.2564 late Tuesday.

The Commerce Department said the economy grew at a 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. That's better than its initial estimate of 1.5 percent.

Separately, the Federal Reserve released the Beige Book, its report on business conditions around the country. It found that the economy expanded at a moderate pace in July and early August as consumer spending rose.

The National Association of Realtors said that its index of sales agreements for previously occupied homes jumped to 101.7 in July from 99.3 in June. That was the highest reading since April 2010.

The dollar rose to 78.70 Japanese yen from 78.53 yen, to 0.9587 Swiss franc from 0.9559 Swiss franc and to 98.86 Canadian cents from 98.81 Canadian cents.

The British pound rose to $1.5836 from $1.5822.

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Chocolate May Help Men Dodge Strokes, Too

Aug 29, 2012 4:00pm

Reported by Shari Barnett, M.D., ABC News Medical Unit:

Men who consume moderate amounts of chocolate each week may have a lower risk of stroke, a new study finds.

Published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, the study looked at the diet patterns in more than 37,000 Swedish men between the ages of 39 and 75, asking about their consumption of various foods and drinks,?specifically chocolate, and then reviewed their medical records going back 10 years.

The ?researchers ?found? the stroke risk was lower in men who?d ?consumed chocolate, especially in those who reported consuming it in large amounts.

Men?who reported?eating??the largest amount of chocolate ? about one-third of a cup per week ? had a 17 percent lower risk of stroke compared with those who did not consume any chocolate, the study found.

?While other studies have looked at how chocolate may help cardiovascular health, this is the first of its kind to find that chocolate may be beneficial?in reducing stroke in men,? the authors, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, wrote.

When the investigators? compared their?results ?to those of previous studies? they found that they reinforced what had been previously suspected about chocolate?s link to lower stroke risk.?But ?the previous studies looked only at the stroke risk in women; none had looked specifically at men.

?This will likely provide a rationale for chocolate lovers around the world to enjoy their treats with less guilt,? says Dr. Gary W. Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center, who was not involved in this new research.

Surprisingly, the new study found that this chocolate effect was not specific to dark chocolate ??about 90 percent of the chocolate the men in this study consumed was milk chocolate. Previous studies had suggested that the reduction of stroke risk was? linked only to dark chocolate.

Many of chocolate?s ?benefits have been linked to substances called flavanoids, which appear to protect against cardiovascular disease, an effect researchers have attributed ?largely to?their ?antioxidant, anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties. While present in most forms of chocolate, flavanoids?are most prevalent in dark chocolate.??It?s suggested that their?antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects may improve blood flow, reduce blood pressure ?and decrease levels of ?bad? LDL cholesterol.

Not everyone is buying into the idea that milk chocolate is what people should be reaching for if? they?re at risk for stroke. ?Dr. Roger A. Brumback, a professor of pathology, psychiatry and neurology at Creighton University Medical Center, who was not involved in the current study, says that all chocolate is not created equal.

?The major advantage of dark chocolate over milk chocolate is that the flavonoids are not diluted by the addition of milk,? Brumback says. ?Dark chocolate is about 35 percent cocoa, while milk chocolate can be as low as 10 percent. The patient would have to consume more milk chocolate, which would give a higher dose of sugars with its consequent negative possibilities.?

Other experts were quick to note that chocolate should not form the basis of anyone?s stroke prevention strategy ? either for men or women.

?Stroke prevention would be one of the many cardioprotective effects, but I would also note that the effect is modest and pales in comparison to overall diet, regular physical activity and avoiding tobacco,? says Dr. David? Katz, ?founding director of Yale University?s Prevention Research Center.

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Apple's victory could mean fewer phone options

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ? Apple Inc.'s $1 billion legal victory could mean fewer smartphone options for consumers to choose from, analysts said.

A federal jury's verdict Friday that Samsung Electronic Co. stole Apple's technology to make and market smartphones using Google's Android software sends a warning to other companies manufacturing similar devices, the biggest marketplace threat to Apple.

"Some of these device makers might end up saying, 'We love Android, but we really don't want to fight with Apple anymore,'" said Christopher Marlett, CEO of MDB Capital Group, an investment bank specializing in intellectual property. "I think it may ultimately come down to Google having to indemnify these guys, if it wants them to continue using Android."

That's if the verdict stands. Samsung, the Seoul-based global leader among smartphone makers, vowed to fight. Its lawyers told the judge it intended to ask her to toss out the verdict.

"This decision should not be allowed to stand because it would discourage innovation and limit the rights of consumers to make choices for themselves," Samsung lead lawyer John Quinn said. He argued that the judge or an appeals court should overturn the verdict.

Apple lawyers plan to formally demand Samsung pull its most popular cellphones and computer tablets from the U.S. market. They also can ask the judge to triple the damages from $1.05 billion to $3 billion.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh will decide those issues, along with Samsung's demand she overturn the jury's verdict, in several weeks. Quinn said Samsung would appeal if the judge refuses to toss out the decision.

Apple Inc. filed its patent infringement lawsuit in April 2011 and engaged the country's highest-paid patent lawyers to demand $2.5 billion from its top smartphone competitor. Samsung Electronics Co. fired back with its own lawsuit seeking $399 million.

The jury on Friday rejected all Samsung's claims against Apple, but also decided against some of Apple's claims involving the two dozen Samsung devices at issue.

It found that several Samsung products illegally used such Apple creations as the "bounce-back" feature when a user scrolls to an end image, and the ability to zoom text with a tap of a finger.

The U.S. case was the latest skirmish in a global legal battle between the two tech giants. Its outcome is likely to have ripple effects in the smartphone market. Other device makers relying on Android, the mobile operating system that Google Inc. has given for free to Samsung and other phone makers, may be more reluctant to use the software and risk getting dragged into court.

During closing arguments, Apple attorney Harold McElhinny claimed Samsung had a "crisis of design" after the 2007 launch of the iPhone, and executives were determined to cash in illegally on the success of the revolutionary device.

Samsung's lawyers countered that it was legally giving consumers what they want: smartphones with big screens. They said Samsung didn't violate Apple's patents and alleged innovations claimed by Apple were created by other companies.

Samsung said after the verdict that it was "unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners."

"This is by no means the final word in this case," Quinn said in a statement. "Patent law should not be twisted so as to give one company a monopoly over the shape of smartphones."

The jurors' determination that Samsung took Apple's ideas probably matters more to the companies than the monetary damages, Marlett said.

"I don't know if $1 billion is hugely significant to Apple or Samsung," Marlett said. "But there is a social cost here. As a company, you don't want to be known as someone who steals from someone else. I am sure Samsung wants to be known as an innovator, especially since a lot of Asian companies have become known for copying the designs of innovators."

Apple and Samsung combined account for more than half of global smartphone sales. Samsung has sold 22.7 million smartphones and tablets that Apple claimed uses its technology. McElhinny said those devices accounted for $8.16 billion in sales since June 2010.

Samsung's Galaxy line of phones run on Android, and ISI Group analysts viewed the verdict as a blow to Android as much as Samsung.

If Android lose any ground in the mobile computing market, that would hurt Google, too. That's because Google relies on Android to drive mobile traffic to its search engine and services to sell more advertising.

Google entered the smartphone market while its then-CEO Eric Schmidt was on Apple's board, infuriating Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who considered Android to be a blatant rip-off of the iPhone's innovations.

After shoving Schmidt off Apple's board, Jobs vowed that Apple would resort to "thermonuclear war" to destroy Android and its allies.

The Apple-Samsung trial came after each side filed a blizzard of legal motions and refused advisories by the judge to settle the dispute out of court. Legal experts and Wall Street analysts had viewed Samsung as the trial's underdog. Apple's headquarters is just 10 miles from the San Jose courthouse, and jurors were picked from the heart of Silicon Valley, where Jobs is a revered technological pioneer.

A verdict came after less than three days of deliberations, surprising observers who expected longer deliberations because of the case's complexity.

While the issues were complex, patent expert Alexander I. Poltorak has said the case would likely boil down to whether jurors believed Samsung's products look and feel like Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Samsung's lawyers argued that many of Apple's claims of innovation were either obvious concepts or ideas stolen from Sony Corp. and others. Experts called that line of argument a high-risk strategy because of Apple's reputation as an innovator.

Apple's lawyers argued there is almost no difference between Samsung products and those of Apple, and presented internal Samsung documents they said showed it copied Apple designs. Samsung lawyers insisted that several other companies and inventors had developed much of the Apple technology at issue.

Apple and Samsung have filed similar lawsuits in South Korea, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain, France and Australia.

"This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims," Samsung said in its statement.

Samsung won a home court ruling earlier Friday in the global patent battle against Apple. Judges in Seoul said Samsung didn't copy the look and feel of the iPhone and ruled that Apple infringed on Samsung's wireless technology.

But like the jury in California, South Korean judges said Samsung violated Apple's technology behind the "bounce-back" feature. Both sides were ordered to pay limited damages.

The Seoul ruling was a rare victory for Samsung in its arguments that Apple has infringed on its wireless technology patents. Samsung's claims previously were shot down by courts in Europe, where judges ruled that Samsung patents must be licensed under fair terms to competitors.

The U.S. case is one of some 50 lawsuits among myriad telecommunications companies jockeying for position in the burgeoning $219 billion market for computer tablets and smartphones.

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Associated Press writers Michael Liedtke in San Francisco and Sam Kim in Seoul contributed to this report.

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India sets up investment panel as FDI slumps 78% in June

India's government on Friday set up a panel to suggest ways to improve the climate for doing business in the country as figures showed foreign direct investment in India slid by 78 percent in June.

The committee, headed by former Securities and Exchange Board of India chairman M. Damodaran, will prepare a report within six months for submission to the Congress-led government, the corporate affairs ministry said.

Overseas investors have increasingly been giving a wide berth to Asia's third-largest economy -- until recently a sought-after investment destination.

They have been deterred by a string of graft scandals, red tape, high inflation, sharply slowing growth and the government's inability to further open up the economy in the face of fierce political opposition.

The panel will include Indian industrial tycoons Anand Mahindra and Kumar Mangalam Birla "and come out with a detailed roadmap for improving the climate of business in India in a time-bound manner", the ministry said.

The late evening announcement coincided with the release of official data earlier in the day showing foreign direct investment (FDI) in June tumbled to $1.24 billion from $5.66 billion in the same month a year earlier.

For the financial first quarter to June, FDI tumbled year-on-year by 67 percent to $4.43 billion, according to the department, with big drops in construction, real estate, mining, and business and financial services.

The central bank said on Thursday that India could help reverse the investment decline by shortening investment approval times and sorting out land acquisition issues.

Central bank governor Duvvuri Subbarao cited the example of Singapore, an investment hub, to stress the importance of doing away with cumbersome rules that deter business.

"There is a need to make doing business easy by adopting models like the one in Singapore where multiple agencies/ministries sit together to quickly give a decision clearing investment projects," he said in the bank's annual report.

Experts say foreign investment is vital for India, which needs to fund a $1 trillion scheme over the next five years to overhaul its dilapidated ports, airports, highways and other infrastructure seen as key to boosting growth.

Among a host of stalled high-profile projects are South Korean steelmaker POSCO's plans to build a $12 billion mill. The plan has hung in limbo since 2005, running into trouble over land rights and environmental clearances.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government set out an ambitious plan to revive stalled economic reforms in the current parliamentary session and spur growth, which is at a near decade low.

But its legislative agenda has been jeopardised by a new deadlock in parliament over allegations the government lost out on billions of dollars in revenues from a controversial allocation of coalfields.

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Hippo dies in SAfrica rescue op

MODIMOLLE, South Africa (AP) ? A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game lodge three days ago died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with a crane.

The high stress may just have been too much for the hippo known as Solly, said the lodge manager.

Wildlife rescue expert Simon Prinsloo had been pouring water on the animal with a bucket and then through a hose to keep the hippo hydrated. The team waited for a veterinarian to come before hoisting out the young hippo but he died as the vet arrived. The young hippo had plunged into the deep pool on Tuesday after being chased away from his herd by male members seeking dominance but the one-ton animal could not get out of the pool, which had no steps, on its own.

The plight of the stranded hippo captured the attention of many in South Africa. Live television coverage showed the hippo spouting water in the pool. But the lighthearted story became somber when the hippo appeared inert Friday morning.

One woman was crying at the scene as a crane lifted the lifeless body of the hippo into an orange animal trailer. Prinsloo, with tears in his eyes, confirmed to journalists the death of the animal.

The hippo showed signs of stress early on Friday morning, said Monate Conservation Lodge manager Ruby Ferreira, according to the South Africa Press Association.

"He was not as perky this morning, more agitated, like he was irritated. I think because he wanted to get out of the pool. That's my personal opinion," said Ferreira. She said there had been plans to get Solly out of the pool earlier, but the veterinarians had not arrived.

"We've been waiting for the vets and I think they were just a bit too late."

Ferreira said hippos are sensitive creatures and Solly was no different. His stress level had probably been rising since being forced from his group, called a pod, resulting in him taking shelter in the pool, said Ferreira. Once in the 2.4 meter (8 foot) deep pool he could not get out, likely adding to his stress.

"It all just added up and added up," Ferreira said.

While the lodge worked to care for the animal, there was no getting away from the fact that the pool was not a natural environment for Solly.

"Although we looked after him, it was an unnatural environment for him. We are really sad at this lodge today," Ferreira said. "It started out as a happy story and now it's a tragic story. It's devastating."

Dr. Alex Lewis, the veterinarian handling the case, arrived at the lodge near Modimolle, a small town north of Johannesburg, late Friday morning. Lewis was expected to help with the rescue the day before, but couldn't make it. When journalists questioned Lewis about not arriving earlier, he said he couldn't have saved the animal because of the aggravated stress it experienced ever since he had been fighting for a position in his herd.

Lewis said he had advised the owners of the lodge to feed the animal in order to make it strong enough for the rescue.

Doreen Cronje, a guest at the lodge taking part in a conference, said during the rescue operation that she had been inquiring about the animal and hoped that the hippo would make it out of the pool safely.

"Especially here in South Africa, we care a lot about our animals," Cronje said.

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New insights to the function of molecular chaperones

ScienceDaily (Aug. 24, 2012) ? Heidelberg molecular biologists have gained new insights into the function of so-called molecular chaperones in protein synthesis. The team headed by Dr. G?nter Kramer and Prof. Dr. Bernd Bukau of the DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, a research association between Heidelberg University's Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), was able to demonstrate how a molecular chaperone in bacterial cells can influence the formation of the three-dimensional structure of new proteins.

"Our findings have put an end to a scientific controversy about the point in time within protein synthesis at which the folding of a protein into a defined three-dimensional structure begins and the roles played by individual factors involved in the process," says Prof. Bukau. The research findings have been published as an online article in Molecular Cell and are to appear in the journal's print version as well.

Proteins are produced by ribosomes, large molecular machines translating genetic information into long chains of amino acids. But these so-called polypeptide chains only turn into functional proteins after they have been folded into stable three-dimensional structures. Incorrectly folded proteins can have devastating effects on cells or even the whole organism. Examples are neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease. To prevent folding defects, cells have whole arsenals of folding assistants referred to as molecular chaperones. Some chaperones support folding during protein synthesis at the ribosome. Up to now, the precise details of this complex process were largely unknown.

The Heidelberg molecular biologists have now succeeded in supplying a more exact description of a chaperone called Trigger Factor from the bacterium Escherichia coli. To this end, all the components required for protein synthesis were isolated from bacterial cells and the protein folding process was observed during synthesis in the test tube. "It turned out that in the beginning of synthesis the growing polypeptide chain is prevented from folding by its spatial proximity to the ribosome," says Dr. Kramer. "This inhibition is reduced in the course of synthesis by the fact that the already synthesised parts of the growing chain are increasingly moved away from the ribosome by the addition of new amino acids." Trigger Factor prolongs the effect of the ribosome and also interferes with folding. In the course of translation it binds to the ribosome and the growing polypeptide chain, thus also preventing the folding of parts of the protein already further away from the ribosome. Accordingly, the ribosome and Trigger Factor act in concert to confine premature folding of the nascent polypeptide.

"The surprising thing is," says Dr. Kramer, "that Trigger Factor can also unfold parts of the protein." This activity of Trigger Factor can reverse premature folding attempts of the growing polypeptide chain and facilitate a new folding attempt if the earlier one was unsuccessful. "The essential point is that Trigger Factor only develops unfolding activity when it is attached to the ribosome. In other words, it cannot unfold fully synthesised proteins."

In conjunction with other findings produced by the Heidelberg research team, these new discoveries now represent an extended model of the molecular mechanism of protein folding. At the early stage of protein synthesis, the ribosome prevents premature folding of the growing polypeptide chain. Other important modifications to the protein chain have to be performed here as well. Trigger Factor is not involved at this stage. The binding of Trigger Factor keeps the growing polypeptide chain unfolded until sufficiently large parts of the protein are synthesised so that productive folding can take place. But if the protein has already undertaken premature folding steps when Trigger Factor binds, these steps can be reversed by the unfolding activity of Trigger Factor. In this way the formation of harmful proteins in the cell can be actively prevented. "These findings represent an important advance towards a more detailed understanding of the conversion of genetic information into functioning proteins," says Prof. Bukau. "This process is indispensable for the survival of every cell and every organism."

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Calling All Aspiring Filmmakers: Intel and W Hotels Launch ...

23 de agosto de 2012 Editor English

HONG KONG?(Marketwire ? Aug 23, 2012) ? Offering aspiring filmmakers a platform for global exposure, Intel Corporation and W Hotels Worldwide today launched Four Stories, an innovative screenplay competition curated by acclaimed film director and screenwriter Roman Coppola and his award-winning production company, The Directors Bureau. Starting today through Aug. 30, filmmakers can visit intel.com/fourstories to upload their original screenplays ? inspired by the highly mobile, 24/7 nature of travel ? for the chance to see their idea come to life on the big screen.

Three winning screenplays will be selected from a global pool of submissions (via www.Intel.com/UltrabookExperience) by an exclusive panel of industry leaders, including Roman Coppola (The Directors Bureau), Michaelangelo LAcqua (W Hotels global music director), Deborah Conrad (chief marketing officer at Intel), Eddy Moretti (executive producer and creative director at VICE), Michael Pitt (actor), Jeff Baena (screenwriter), Chloe Sevigny (actress), PJ Ransone (actor) and Blake Whitman (vice president of creative development at Vimeo) and Danny Gabai (agent, motion pictures for William Morris Endeavor).

Four Stories is the first collaboration from The Ultrabook Experience, a new initiative from Intel that features collaborations with innovative brands, emerging and established artists, and designers and entertainers that use the Intel-inspired Ultrabook devices to do extraordinary things. Throughout 2012, The Ultrabook Experience will unveil grand-scale projects with innovators in travel, film, business and design that are using Ultrabook devices to rethink whats possible.

Combining technology and artistry to advance the next generation of great filmmakers, Four Stories will be comprised of three winning scripts that will be developed and transformed by Coppola and The Directors Bureau into 10-minute shorts inspired by the intense energy of the global jet-setter, each with its own talented cast. Scripts must be set in a W Hotel, and the Intel-inspired Ultrabook must play a key role in the film. To complete the series, the fourth film will be written and directed by Roman, who most recently co-wrote Wes Andersons summer film, Moonrise Kingdom.

I admire W Hotels and Intel for encouraging emerging artists by giving them this chance to introduce themselves, Coppola said. To all those people thinking of participating, I hope that they take this opportunity to be bold, to push boundaries and to think of ideas which are totally unique to themselves. As Thomas Edison said, Hell, there are no rules here ? were trying to accomplish something.

The Directors Bureau, along with notable cast and winning filmmakers, will then travel to shoot the scripts at glamorous W Hotel destinations such as W Doha Hotel & Residences, W Retreat & Spa Maldives, W Mexico City and W Washington D.C. The properties, each with their own design narratives, draw in local contextual insights and unique design collaborations to create a distinctive personality. Combined with the love affair travelers have with their Ultrabook, enabling them to enjoy each connected minute on the road, the destinations will provide further inspirational backdrops ? evocative of the stylish international guest.

Four Stories will premiere at red carpet events at select W Hotels around the world later this fall, as well as broadcast on The Ultrabook Experience website, whotels.com, the W brands social media channels and W Vision in-room entertainment channel.

Were thrilled to partner with Intel on this exciting film initiative that provides a global platform for emerging talent, said Vincent Gillet, Global Brand Leader, W Hotels Worldwide & Le M?ridien. Like the W Hotels Designers of the Future Award and the W Hotels and burn studios DJ Lab, the Four Stories film series is yet another way for W to identify and support rising visionaries in their field, while showcasing whats new and next to our global guests.

As part of the overall collaboration between Intel and W Hotels Worldwide, high-impact Ultrabook design installations will be featured at W Hong Kong, W London-Leicester Square, W New York, W Paris-Op?ra, W San Francisco and W Singapore, allowing both W guests and locals alike to interact with the latest in innovative technology. Additionally, Ultrabook devices will be integrated into the Whatever/Whenever concierge experience at all 42 W hotels and retreats worldwide, further demonstrating the marriage between technology and design to create impactful and emotional experiences.

Today, we are in the midst of an evolution of the arts through the power of every day technology, said Johan Jervoe, vice president of partner marketing, Intel. A new generation of artists can bring film, music, design and art to life more easily because they no longer have to compromise. They can have one device, the Ultrabook, with both performance and portability, so they can readily share their creations at the touch of a keyboard button. We are excited to be working with W Hotels on Four Stories as a unique platform for these rising stars to tell and share their stories globally.

Inspired by Intel, Ultrabook is a new category of computing devices that will increasingly give people the most complete and satisfying, no-compromise and more secure computing experience in one, sleek and portable device. With great battery life and offered at mainstream price points, Intel expects Ultrabook devices to be as transformational to mobile computing as Intel? Centrino? Mobile technology was more than eight years ago.

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About Roman Coppola and the Directors Bureau

Roman Coppola is a critically acclaimed director, screenwriter, producer and music video creator. In 2012, Coppola co-wrote Moonrise Kingdom, his second collaboration with director Wes Anderson (the 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited was the first). As a director, Coppola has worked with Arctic Monkeys, Daft Punk, Phoenix, The Strokes, Ween and other bands to produce timeless music videos. He is currently in post-production on his second feature as director, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, a comedy starring Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen and Jason Schwartzman.

About Intel

Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the worlds computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

About W Hotels Worldwide

W Hotels is a contemporary, design-led lifestyle brand and the industry innovator with 42 hotels and retreats, including 14 W-branded residences, in the most vibrant cities and exotic destinations around the world. Inspiring, iconic, innovative and influential, W Hotels provides the ultimate in insider access, offering a unique mix of cutting-edge design and passions around fashion, music and entertainment. W Hotels offers a holistic lifestyle experience that is integrated into the brands sensibility through contemporary restaurant concepts, glamorous entertainment experiences, stylish retail concepts, signature spas and inspiring residences. With more than 13 years of proven success, W Hotels is on track to reach more than 60 hotels by the end of 2015. W Hotels have been announced for Guangzhou, Milan, Shanghai, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Athens ? Astir Palace, Muscat, Mumbai, and Santa Fe, Mexico, while upcoming W Retreats include Verbier and Mexicos Riviera Maya. For more information, visit www.whotels.com. To live the W Hotels lifestyle 24/7/365, visit www.wresidences.com.

Intel, Intel Core, Ultrabook and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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(Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and involve risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties are presented in detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that results and events will not materially differ. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.)

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Why Is It Ideal to Choose Solar Roofing than the Conventional Types?

Hot and humid summers months are normal in spots such as Kansas City. If you have a solar panel roofing system, summer seasons can be helpful to you instead of a concern. Solar panel roof structures are a type of roof that gets hold of solar energy which can be transformed to electrical power.

Harnessing the sun's energy is very advantageous for a lot of people. A few people even consider it a wonderful investment. Consequently, many roofing contractors in Kansas began supplying it. Nonetheless, you should pick a trusted contractor that can properly install it; or else, it would be useless.

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Mathematics Laboratory ? an Alternate Method of Instruction ...

MATHEMATICS LABORATORY ??? An Alternate Teaching method

Donnipad Manjunath

Research Student

YCMOU, Nashik.

Guide: Dr. Chaugule S.S

Head Special Research Center, YCMOU.

Introduction

Mathematics education has traditionally emphasized the worst face of mathematics. Students are taught many mathematical facts, but they are rarely taught what the ???mathematics process??? is and how to employ it. As a result, engineers and scientists today often do not know how to use mathematics, and the population as a whole has failed to understand the relevance of mathematics. The mathematics process is both a creative and explorative process and is the most important face of mathematics. It is the fountainhead from which mathematical knowledge flows and a central component of the infrastructure that makes today?s technological and informational world possible.

Every student of mathematics needs to learn the mathematics process. The best way to learn the process is to practice it. However, high school and university students are given little chance to experience the full process of creating and exploring mathematics. Instead, they are taught merely about the byproducts of the process/facts using perfunctory procedures and calculations separated from the process, which made them.

Mathematics is an indispensable part of education. Its practical utility is not understood by many. This has happened because of sheer ignorance of educators and learners of mathematics. This ignorance has led to skepticism or phobia of mathematics. Mathematics is not born skeptical but made skeptical due to heterogeneous factors. The National Education Policy 1986 (NEP 1986) has brought many thoughts in the education system. These thoughts are the milestones to bring development into the system. The policy makers had studied the heterogeneous factors that have over the years made mathematics skeptical thoroughly and recommended a few suggestions towards improvising mathematics education in the country. Further, National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) also called for Mathematization of the child???s mind.

Mathematics, according to NEP 1986, should be visualized as the vehicle to train a child to think, reason, analyze, and articulate logically. Apart from being a specific subject, mathematics should be treated as a concomitant to any subject involving analysis and reasoning. With the introduction of computers in schools, educational computing, and emergence of learning through understanding of cause-effect relationships and the interplay of variables, teaching of Mathematics will be suitably redesigned to bring it in line with modern technological devices. According to NEP 1986, the following are basic tenets of mathematics teaching at school level.

i. The teaching and learning of Mathematics should enable the child to consolidate the mathematical knowledge and skills acquired at Primary stage.

ii. Assimilated knowledge of mathematics should enable the child to solve the real-life problems by developing abilities to analyze, to articulate, to reason and to see inter-relationship involved, to think and reason.

iii. To develop the ability to articulate logically.

iv. To develop necessary & sufficient skills to work with modern technological devices such as calculators, computers etc.

v. To develop appreciation for mathematics as a problem ??? solving tool in various fields, for its beautiful structures and patterns etc.

So, to make the Teaching learning compatible to the above tenets, an alternate method of instruction or teaching method has to be evolved so that, teaching process of Mathematics at school level becomes effective and meaningful.

Role of Mathematics in Education

Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man. Knowledge is inherent in man, no knowledge comes from outside and is all inside stuff that gets discovered or unveiled with the help of Education. But the process of unveiling must be done by the teacher. So, teacher is expected to possess a greater precision, ingenuity and resourcefulness in order to unveil the hidden and innate talents of the students. However, education is not the amount of information that is put into brain and runs riot there, undigested all through the life. It must be life-building, character making and assimilation of ideas with real life implications. It should strengthen the mind and expand one???s intellect thereby enabling one to stands on one???s own feet. Furthermore, any subject learnt should make one to express his ideas freely and make the right use of the same in real life and so is Mathematics education.

Mathematics education is the study of the practices and methods of teaching mathematics. The goals of mathematics education are (i) to develop a sense of enjoyment rather than fear it; (ii) to learn mathematics as a process of deriving new knowledge to be applied in real life situations but not as mere formulae and perfunctory procedures; (iii) learner must see mathematics as something to talk about, to communicate, to discuss among themselves, to work together on; and (iv) use the abstractions to perceive relationships, to see structure, to reason out things, to argue and articulate the truth or falsity of statements. Mathematics knowledge imparted should cultivate the values such as development of concentration, Economical living, the Power of expression, self-reliance, Attitude of discovery and above all the quality of hard work and all these qualities are essential for a human being to survive in the world. So there is a definite place for mathematics in education. However, for such all-round development, teaching of mathematics at school level should be very effective. For such effective and meaningful teaching of Mathematics, it has to seriously deal with constructive invention, motivating intuition, application and aesthetics within the frame work of ???deductive form of Mathematics. The question is how to make such effective and meaningful teaching of mathematics, when present status of teaching of mathematics at school level is at doldrums due to varied factors.

Present Status of Mathematics teaching and learning:

The present status of teaching and learning of Mathematics is far from being satisfactory and is not due to limitations on any one single component at work. In understanding the present status of Mathematics teaching and learning, we need to introspect, the areas such as Faculty problems, Text books, Syllabus, lack of interactive methods of teaching.

(i) It is a widespread defect in any educational format that, teaching profession is least preferred for well qualified and befitting individuals. Usually qualified entities take up this job as a last resort to win the bread and butter. Apart from this, in some schools, besides teaching, teachers are given other responsibilities and as a result the teacher shows less interest towards his fundamental duty. Owing to the undue pressure of completing the administrative work assigned sometimes teachers miss the classes leading to complacency and sometimes overlook their duty. In some cases teaching is carried out as a mere formality and other works takes priority.

(ii) There is too much of dogmatism in the gist provided in text books. Practical utility of the concepts learnt by children is totally missing. Students learn the concept by rote memory and reproduce the same either as homework or in tests. However a slight change is seen after NCF ??? 2005. NCF ??? 2005 has revamped the curriculum to make a few additions such as Mathematical modelling, which directly deals with the implications of mathematical knowledge in real life situations.

(iii) The methods of teaching adopted are teacher-centered. Teachers follow age old methods such as lecture method (chalk & Talk) in a classroom. As a result, the power of thinking, understanding and retention are not developed amongst students. Owing to which, the students show less interest towards mathematics learning. It is a known fact that, quality in teaching is directly proportional to students??? performance. However the methods of teaching being followed by teachers have left no scope for an effective communication between them and students and it goes to negative significance when a large chunk of 45 to 50 students are being handled by a mathematics teacher in the present day classroom. Furthermore, teaching of any subject in an interesting way is subject to an appropriate pedagogy. Undoubtedly, the traditional methods being used all along have served the society. However, these methods at large have failed to develop the skills such as (i) Skill in formulating, modeling, and solving problems from diverse and changing areas; (ii) Interest in, knowledge of, and flexibility across applications; (iii) Knowledge of and experience with computation, (iv) Communication skills, spoken and written and (v) Adeptness at working with colleagues (teamwork). It is therefore, an alternate method of Instruction (teaching) which acts like a concomitant between teacher and learner to have effective and meaningful communication so that learning of mathematics is realistic in terms of achieving the aims and objectives laid down by National Curriculum Framework 2005, besides becoming a pleasant activity.

Importance of Mathematics Laboratory

Teaching of mathematics should deal with the process and not just confine to transferring the knowledge from the mind of the teachers to notebooks of students through the tip of a pen and for such a phenomenal change in teaching of mathematics, a right ambience is required and it is definitely the Mathematics Laboratory. It is because, Mathematics Laboratory can act like a concomitant between teacher and students and provides an opportunity to understand and discover the beauty, importance and relevance of mathematics as a discipline. It can be expected to enhance the pupil???s understanding of the subject as taught at the school and can also provide a glimpse of what is beyond.

The Mathematics Laboratory is a unique concept in the field of mathematics education that was introduced in the year 1994. It has come a long way in enriching mathematics at primary, secondary and senior secondary level. In developed countries, the Mathematics Laboratory is an integral part of regular curriculum. However, in India, teachers, researchers, experts and scholars of mathematics education have been giving thought to the present system of teaching of mathematics and to change it to Learner Centered, but the efforts have proved to be futile as they are tending towards Teacher Centered. Mathematics Laboratory has now become an inevitable component to be absorbed as one of the mainstream methods of teaching of mathematics, which might make the learning of mathematics Learner Centered. In spite of the fact the Mathematics Laboratories are established in some of the schools, still the method of teaching in Mathematics Laboratory is at large Teacher Centered. The following reasons can be attributed as factors influencing the teaching of mathematics, a teacher centered method.

1. Manual manipulatives being used to explain mathematical concepts.

2. A classroom of mathematics in India at large is a mixture of heterogeneous potentials and psychologies, apart from being large in size, which is much more than what is stipulated by the National Education Commissions.

3. Virtual manipulative such as Computers, embedded environments are not integral part of Mathematics Laboratory.

4. Lack of expertise and exposure on the part of teacher of mathematics to use virtual manipulatives or embedded environments in an effective way to make teaching lively.

5. Lack of previous knowledge in teachers of mathematics about Mathematics Laboratory.

6. Improper evaluation and assessment techniques.

A Mathematics Laboratory is a place where some of the mathematical activities are carried out and is akin to any other science laboratory. The way students get hands-on experience in a science laboratory, even in a Mathematics Laboratory, students should get hands-on experience and scope for new innovations. Further Mathematics Laboratory should be a learning environment where many young minds decide that mathematics is more than practicing ?sums? that the teacher assigns. It is exactly what is not happening in India, in spite of Laboratories being set up in some schools. As per the recent survey of laboratory activities followed in schools, it is realized that, there are a few prescribed activities to be carried out by students using manipulatives and make record work. On the basis of the record work and other influencing factors assessment is done. Does this kind of activities, which are prescribed and being done under the influence of a teacher enable the main goal of mathematics education? No, because it opens up once again, Teacher Centered learning rather than Learner Centered learning. So, instead of focusing on a few selected activities, students should be given a freehand to act independently to work and discover new ideas. NCF ??? 2005 has been insisting for Mathematisation of Child???s mind, but the system in so called Mathematics Laboratories already opened and working are not providing a platform which enables the child to articulate logically and develop reasoning ability that is what is precisely called by NCF ??? 2005 ???MATHEMATISATION OF CHILD???S MIND.???

So, a Mathematics Laboratory set up in any school should be a formal environment where Mathematical concepts are made fully explicit and environment should be such that the user can create and explore mathematics and learn on his own and make his/her own assessment.

An ideal Mathematics Laboratory is a milieu where the following components are seen.

1. Context management

2. Online Library or Virtual Mathematics Library for reference

3. Software that deals with different mathematics branches

4. Graphical software for carrying out both symbolic and numeric computation

5. Conceptualization of mathematical ideas to stimulate the growth of analytic thinking

6. Instantaneous assessment worksheets so as to assess the degree of learning

7. Prescribed curriculum with mandatory credits to be completed

8. Virtual evaluation and assessment tool to give immediate feedback to the child

9. Teacher???s role must cut short to facilitator and he/she should ensure a stress free learning atmosphere in a Mathematics Laboratory

10. Exercises in non-routine problems suited to the maturity level of students could be made available on all topics to all grades. This will help children to develop problem solving abilities which are a must. Such exercises will also give a ???taste??? for the students to go beyond the peripheries prescribed.

11. Mathematics Laboratory timings should be wide open till late evenings in any school so as to enable the learner to cope with mathematics at his pace but not in accordance with running syllabi.

12. Instead of selecting a few activities, there must be a mandatory credit that must be completed by students right from classes I to X and assessment should be on the basis of continuous comprehensive evaluation of all the credits completed.

Research Perspective:

For the research purpose, the author has happened to visit various Mathematics Laboratories located at (i) NCERT, New Delhi; (ii) Ramanujam Institute of Mathematics Learning, Chennai and two schools affiliated to CBSE governed by a Mysore based Education trust functioning in & around Bangalore, (iii) Mathematics Laboratory, Kendriya Vidyalaya, INS-Hamla, Mumbai; (iv) Mathematics Laboratory, Homi Bhabha Science Education Centre, Mumbai and (v) A Conference on Technology use in Mathematics Education (TIME ??? 2007) held at IIT, Bombay

The author had discussed with the teachers working at the above specified Mathematics Laboratories about the methods of teaching Mathematics in Laboratories and how they find those methods as compared to classroom methods. Majority of teachers have expressed the following.

(i) Teaching Mathematics in a Laboratory is a time consuming process and syllabi completion in Indian curriculum is a time bound process as they are followed by term-end examinations to assess the students.

(ii) Teaching Mathematics in a Laboratory using plastic moulds or paper cuttings create interest to a moderate extent amongst students and full learning process is not achieved.

(iii) Lack of embedded infrastructure, besides teachers are not trained in using the embedded environment to teach mathematics.

(iv) A Mathematics laboratory period is more or less akin to classroom teaching of mathematics.

(v) Lack of appropriate teaching strategy to be adopted in a Laboratory set-up to teach mathematics

The author had attended 2nd conference of Technology in Mathematics Education (TIME ??? 2007) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. During the conference the author had discussed with eminent personalities from the field of Mathematics about Mathematics Laboratory.

From the above visits and discussions made with teachers of mathematics, it was realized that infrastructure as required for a Mathematics Laboratory may not be in the hands of teachers, however, use of Mathematics Laboratory and an appropriate method or strategy to disseminate knowledge of Mathematics through Mathematics Laboratory is very much in the hands of teachers assuming that they have fully equipped with Mathematics Laboratory. Therefore it is necessary to develop an appropriate Method or strategy for using it in the Mathematics Laboratory set-up. The author is doing Research on this subject and is he expected to evolve a good strategy. The strategy will be published for all after the finalization of strategy for the author???s research work.

Conclusion

Doing some prescribed limited activities of mathematics without proper evaluation and assessment techniques yield hazardous results. Hence, it is preferred to have a professional outlook for a Mathematics Laboratory, which interacts with students to conceptualize the mathematical ideas that stimulate the growth of analytic thinking and develops research attitude amongst. Furthermore, a Mathematics Laboratory equipped with latest technological aids is sure to provide a platform to students develop the higher-order thinking skills that include reasoning, proof, solving complex problems and making connections that enable one to see mathematics as an integrated whole, and communicating clearly and effectively about one???s own and others??? mathematical thinking.

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