Memorial Of Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29, 1958 and death June 25, 2009.
The King Of Pop Michael Jackson  as the most successful Entertainer and  The Jackson 5, then the Jacksons in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.

 

 Thriller platinum record on display at the Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood in Universal City, California.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide, the Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed last night in a decision that could lead to criminal charges being brought. 

 

 

 

 

Current Mini Cooper Most Recent Car

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The Mini Cooper is accessible in two-door hatchback and convertible body styles, both of which seat four people. Those in back will be very cramped unless the folks up front are on the tiny part.

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The Mini manages to please a broad variety of drivers, thanks to its detached trim levels. A relatively demure runabout in its base 121-hp trim, albeit a dynamically well-sorted one, the Cooper is completely content playing grocery-getter or errand-runner. Step up to the 181-hp turbocharged Cooper S or 208-hp John Cooper Works model, however, and the Mini is transformed into a hot hatch with dynamic acceleration and handling. With any engine or transmission (six-speed manual or automatic), owners are treated to excellent fuel economy -- up to 32 combined mpg for the base model and 29 combined mpg for the two turbocharged models

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The Mini is all about agility, however, and is a stand out whether on a serpentine road or just darting through the city. The down side is a rather firm ride, especially with larger wheels fitted. The Mini's tiny size also makes it easy to find a suitable parking spot, though the convertible's compromised rear visibility will make it difficult to get into that spot.

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All Coopers comes well equipped, but the options list is chalk full of countless luxury and customization features. The cabin is endearing to look at, but it can be a head scratcher to use. The pie-plate-sized center-mounted speedometer honors the Mini's past, but from a functional standpoint it's a bit silly. Meanwhile, the climate controls are awkward to use and the stereo controls aren't much better. The phrase "form over function" is quite apt when describing the Mini Cooper's interior.

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Overall, though, we've found the Mini Cooper to be one of the most endearing cars on the road. While it may have its flaws, Mini buyers are likely to deem them "quirks" worth living with given this little hatchback and convertible's boundless fun and character.

Crowdsourcing Knowledge with Students

Over the last few weeks I have been playing with a very simple brainstorming and voting website called tricider. The great thing about tricider is that it is incredibly quick and simple to use, and yet it enables users to collect information and opinions from all over the web in a very easily digestible and powerful way.

It's very easy to create a tricider topic or question and you don't even need to register, just type your topic or question into the field.


You can also add a bit more detail and instructions to guide your students.

After you have saved the description, you or your students can start adding solutions.

Once there are some solutions added it's easy to either vote for them or add arguments for or against, using the + or - symbols.


Once you have set up your page you can add your email so that you get notifications when ever anyone adds something new or votes. You can also get a URL to edit the page (in case anyone adds something offensive) and a separate URL to either share with your students or post to Twtter or Facebook.

Here are some examples that I have set up to crowdsource in formation from my PLN.

• What digital skills do students need for the 21st century?
• How do we encourage pedagogically sound exploitation of technology in language learning?
• What do you want from a digital coursebook for EFL / ESL?

So how can we use this with students?

• Set up some controversial statements and get students to vote for the ones they agree / disagree with and leave pro and con comments. You could assign groups of students to all think of pros and another group to think of cons and see which can come up with the most convincing arguments. Example: Controversial Issues
  
• Your statements could be about a particular book your students are studying and they could add arguments for or against. Example: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
  
• Get students to brainstorm word or phrases based around a theme. Example: Computer Phrases
  
• Get students to vote on a list of topics they want to study. Example: Topics
  
• Put up a list of favourite films or books or bands and get students to vote and debate which is best. Example: Favourite films
  
• Get students to brainstorm, debate and share knowledge about any particular topic or even language point. Example: Present Continuous
  
• Set up true false questions to check comprehension of a text.
• Create action research questionnaires to get feedback on the things you do in class. Example: Things we do in Class
  
• Create needs analysis questionnaires for your students or other colleagues. Example: Needs Analysis
  
• Get students create their own questionnaires and circulate them online (through Twitter or Facebook) to collect opinions. You could also get the students to use this information as part of a written assignment.

What's so good about tricider?

• It's free and really quick and easy to use.
• It's allows people to interact and share opinions.
• It doesn't require any registration.
• It's very simple for students to add their arguments or just vote.
• It updates very quickly so you could use it live in class and just click refresh as students add opinions or vote.
• It's versatile.
• It can help students pull in opinions from outside their classroom and also share opinions beyond their school.
• It creates easily digestible information.

What's not so good?

• Well there's not much wrong, but a couple of nice extra features would be:
• An embed code to allow me to embed the page into a blog or wiki.
• An archive button to enable me to close some of the debates so they don't go on forever.
• The ability to export the results to pdf or csv.

Well I hope you find tricider a useful tool and please do share any ideas you have for using it in the comments below.

Related links:

• Create a Video Q&A Booth
• So Ask Me a Question
• Create Video Questionnaires
• Creating Social Polls and Questionnaires Using Urtak
• Pros and Cons as Web Based Research Tasks

Best

Nik Peachey

Current Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Newest Car In The World

Current Bugatti Veyron 16.4 New Golden Car

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is an exotic sports instruction Most Wanted car. Exclusive of considering one in person, it's a little hard to judge the car's size, however in terms of dimensions the Veyron is in fact a small bit shorter in duration than a Porsche 911. To help reduce weight, carbon fiber and aluminum have been lengthily utilized for the car's armature and structure, although the Veyron at rest checks in at lock to 4,500 pounds.

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Assigned to the duty of getting that gathering up to speed is a quad-turbo, 8.0-liter W16 steam engine mounted amidships. (The Veyron's "16.4" refers to container and turbocharger count.) In simplified terms, the engine's W layout could be described as being two Volkswagen narrow-angle V8s joined together. It's rated at 1,001 hp and 922 pound-feet of torque. To deposit that amount produced into perspective, assume of the Bugatti Veyron as having two Corvette Z06 engines.

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Power is sent to all four wheels through an F1-style, seven-speed mechanical instruction manual gearbox whose drawing is similar to that of VW's well-regarded DSG broadcast. Thankfulness to each-wheel drive and massive wheels and tires, the Veyron is viciously quick, by published information indicating a 0-60-mph time of just about 2.5 seconds and a quarter-mile time in the low 10-second range.

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And when placed into a special top-speed manner that primes the car for smallest amount smooth drag, the Veyron is definitely capable of 252 mph. naturally, one strength discover it hard to put a lengthy sufficient straight to achieve this, so Bugatti kindly confines the Veyron's normal top speed to a "mere" 230 mph.

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According to individuals who've had the enjoyment of settle time, the Bugatti Veyron is a comparatively simple car releases to drive. Handling, though not as visceral or engaging as extra exotic sports cars, is at rest monumentally extraordinary. Meanwhile, the car coddles its occupants with leather upholstery and special aluminum trim, while interior measurements are in fact quite roomy. Outward forward visibility, but, is noticeably meager due to the car's very thick A-pillars.