|Publication number||US7340074 B2|
|Application number||US 10/789,923|
|Publication date||Mar 4, 2008|
|Filing date||Feb 27, 2004|
|Priority date||Feb 27, 2003|
|Also published as||EP1453357A2, EP1453357A3, EP1453357B1, US20040208331|
|Publication number||10789923, 789923, US 7340074 B2, US 7340074B2, US-B2-7340074, US7340074 B2, US7340074B2|
|Original Assignee||Siemens Audiologische Technik Gmbh|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (3), Classifications (6), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention concerns a method to adjust a hearing device via an input of a desired setting in the hearing device at a determinable point in time. Moreover, the present invention concerns a corresponding device to adjust a hearing device.
The settings of hearing devices, particularly those concerning the amplification and compression, is nowadays in many cases achieved via adaptation formulas on the basis of audiometric data. The hearing loss, the discomfort threshold, the volume scaling and the like are considered as audiometric data. The adaptation formulas are based on statistical and empirical perceptions and therefore have only conditional validity for the individual hearing device user. In particular, a time-consuming post-treatment at the hearing device acoustician is therefore necessary for the optimal adjustment of the frequency-dependent and level-dependent amplification. A further problem is that the optimal setting of the hearing device for the user is only found in, and can only be verified in, realistic acoustic situations relevant to the user.
So far, an individual, optimal setting was only iteratively found in repeated visits to the hearing device acoustician. However, since specific acoustic situations can only insufficiently be used as a basis at the acoustician, the settings thus found frequently turn out to be less fitting in real situations. Specifically, the typical spatial sound field frequently existing for the user, or the individual requirements of the hearing device user, can not be adjusted or, respectively, considered in artificial acoustic situations.
The object of the present invention is thus to be able to respond to individual conditions in the setting of a hearing device.
This object is inventively achieved via a method for adjusting a hearing device via an input of a desired setting value in the hearing device at a determinable point in time; measurement of at least one sound quantity concerning a first environment situation at the determinable point in time; automatic learning of settings values to be used, dependent on the desired setting value and the at least one measured sound quantity; new measurement of at least one sound quantity concerning a second environment situation; and adjustment of the hearing device to one of the setting values to be used with regard to the second environment situation.
Moreover, a device is inventively provided to adjust a hearing device, with an input device to input a desired setting value in the hearing device at a determinable point in time; a measurement device to measure at least one sound quantity concerning a first environment situation at the determinable point in time; and a computer to automatically learn setting values to be used, dependent on the desired setting value and the at least one measured sound quantity concerning the first environment situation; whereby one of the setting values to be used with regard to the second environment situation is output by the computer.
Embodiments of the invention make it possible that the user directly (i.e., not via a hearing device acoustician) communicates with his hearing device and fine-tunes or adjusts it himself, corresponding to the communicated information and under consideration of physical measurement quantities.
Various embodiments are described below. In an embodiment, the input preferably ensues via a button belonging to the hearing device, via the volume controller, via the remote control and/or via a speech input device. It is thereby sufficient to specify a pulse for storage on the hearing device. A selected (e.g. via pressing a button) amplification can therewith be stored together with an acoustic environment situation.
The at least one measure sound quantity can be the minimum or maximum sound pressure level in a frequency channel, or the modulation depth. The amplification or, respectively, compression can be readjusted as a setting value using the measurement quantities acquired in individual situations.
The learning preferably ensues via temporal weighting of learning steps. It can therewith be determined whether and how quickly the “self-adjustment” should converge.
The learning steps can be implemented at predetermined point in time and/or in a predetermined number. A learning step can also be executed on individual demand by, e.g. the hearing aid user. The learning can therewith ensue with the desired speed and precision.
An inventive adjustment device is preferably integrated directly into a hearing device, such that the adjustment or adaptation of the hearing device can ensue without an expenditure on equipment. However, for reasons of space, it can be necessary (especially in what are known as in-the-ear hearing devices) to use for adjustment an external adjustment system in which the adjustment device described above is integrated. The setting values can be transferred from the adjustment system to the hearing device via wires or wirelessly.
Embodiments of the present invention are illustrated by the Figures.
The exemplary embodiment subsequently specified in detail represents preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Corresponding to the flow diagram shown in the
The acquired measurement values and the manually selected amplification values are drawn upon in order to determined a new characteristic line field according to block 4. A plurality of environment situations with corresponding amplifications is associated in this characteristic line field.
The hearing device user now in a new acoustic environment situation, this is measured according to block 5 using characteristic sound quantities. With the aid of the newly determined characteristic line field (block 4), the hearing device 10 automatically calculates a new amplification matching this new environment situation, as this is indicated in block 6.
An automatic learning/acquisition of a characteristic line field for the hearing device user therewith ensues on the basis of individual auditory situations. With the aid of this hearing device user-specific characteristic line field, the hearing device 10 is now automatically adjusted to the respective acoustic situations as the hearing device user would have manually done it himself. The setting value of the hearing device is thereby not only the amplification selected in the example, but rather if necessary also the compression or other characteristics.
The automatic setting of the hearing device 10 ensues concretely, for example in that, in the acoustic situations relevant to him, the user communicates the desired amplification to his hearing device via, e.g., the volume controller, the remote control, a speech input, etc. Improved values for the amplification and compression are derived by evaluating the required amplification and, existing for the same span of time, a physical analysis of the acoustic situation with regard to, e.g., minimum and maximum sound pressure in the channels of the hearing device, modulation depth, classifier decision, etc. The necessary data are stored in the hearing device or externally, and the evaluation is implemented in the hearing device or externally, for example by way of a PC or remote control.
The evaluation to determine level-dependent and frequency-dependent amplifications can ensue after a specific time, a specific number of control functions, or as desired by the user. Given the determination of the new setting, it can be established via a temporal weighting whether and how quickly the self-adjustment should converge. The hearing device user preferably also has the possibility to influence this temporal weighting in order to implement a corresponding fine adjustment.
The advantageous use of the inventive self-adjustment can be shown in the following example. In situations with strong low-frequency levels, the amplification is reduced by the user, while no changes are stored given middle and low levels. The hearing device 10 thereupon changes the characteristic line field such that the compression ratio is increased in the low-frequency channels.
As a result of self-adjustment, the hearing device user may no longer have to seek out an acoustician. However, this also means that the acoustician no longer needs special expenditure given post-treatment. Moreover, the self-adjustment enables, for example, the direct sale of hearing devices over the Internet.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference has been made to the preferred embodiments illustrated in the drawings, and specific language has been used to describe these embodiments. However, no limitation of the scope of the invention is intended by this specific language, and the invention should be construed to encompass all embodiments that would normally occur to one of ordinary skill in the art.
The present invention may be described in terms of functional block components and various processing steps. Such functional blocks may be realized by any number of hardware and/or software components configured to perform the specified functions. For example, the present invention may employ various integrated circuit components, e.g., memory elements, processing elements, logic elements, look-up tables, and the like, which may carry out a variety of functions under the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similarly, where the elements of the present invention are implemented using software programming or software elements the invention may be implemented with any programming or scripting language such as C, C++, Java, assembler, or the like, with the various algorithms being implemented with any combination of data structures, objects, processes, routines or other programming elements. Furthermore, the present invention could employ any number of conventional techniques for electronics configuration, signal processing and/or control, data processing and the like.
The particular implementations shown and described herein are illustrative examples of the invention and are not intended to otherwise limit the scope of the invention in any way. For the sake of brevity, conventional electronics, control systems, software development and other functional aspects of the systems (and components of the individual operating components of the systems) may not be described in detail. Furthermore, the connecting lines, or connectors shown in the various figures presented are intended to represent exemplary functional relationships and/or physical or logical couplings between the various elements. It should be noted that many alternative or additional functional relationships, physical connections or logical connections may be present in a practical device. Moreover, no item or component is essential to the practice of the invention unless the element is specifically described as “essential” or “critical”. Numerous modifications and adaptations will be readily apparent to those skilled in this art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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|U.S. Classification||381/315, 381/312|
|Cooperative Classification||H04R2225/41, H04R25/70|
|Jun 24, 2004||AS||Assignment|
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A senior HUD official Monday told more than 130 architects, engineers and planners that they must collaborate if they want to build stronger communities after superstorm Sandy.
Henk Ovink, senior adviser to HUD secretary Shaun Donovan, speaking at the New York Institute of Technology's Old Westbury campus, said, too, that it's critical for them to take the time they need with their plans.
"We need to go on sabbatical together," he said, adding later, "You are never on your own. Work collectively."
The NYIT workshop marked the second of four planned regional meetings organized by the American Institute of Architects and focused on Sandy recovery. The next will take place in May in Florham Park, N.J., and the last will be in 2015 in New York City.
Illya Azaroff, co-chair of the AIA Regional Recovery Working Group, said the region has an opportunity to define its future based on what it learned from superstorm Sandy, calling it "the imperative of the 21st century."
Frank Mruk, associate dean of the School of Architecture and Design at NYIT -- which helped organize the event -- said he hoped the meeting would allow participants to share information across borders, geographic or professional.
Building resiliency -- strengthening all aspects of a community -- must be folded into every architectural decision, he said. That first became obvious after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was solidified during Sandy in October 2012, he said.
Mruk added that Long Island's recovery efforts are being watched regionally and internationally. "There are an array of opportunities that can evolve from these problems," he said, including raising homes, building dunes and creating parklands in high-risk areas. He also advocates increasing population density in some parts of the Island while relieving it in others.
"Long Island is a unique laboratory," he said, referring to its long coastline. "No one has parallel exposure like that."
Dan Horn, 24 and a 2013 NYIT graduate, was motivated to focus his career on resiliency after he watched his Lindenhurst community flood during superstorm Sandy.
Horn currently works for the NYC Build It Back program and helped establish a grassroots committee of young architects from Long Island and New York City to identify long-term resilient building and design solutions. The group's 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities global design competition collected 300 entries from 20 countries. They don't have the funding to make the plans a reality, but learned through the process what it takes to build better.
James Russell, a journalist who writes about cities and architecture, said it's hard for homeowners to plan before knowing what mitigation efforts will be made in their communities. Russell, a speaker at Monday's event, said "Long Island has to decide to take its fate into its own hands."

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Chinese developer Fantasia plans US$4 billion restructuring with debt-to-equity swap, new dollar bonds to cure defaults
- Plan includes US$1.3 billion debt-to-equity swap and new longer-term, lower-coupon offshore bonds, according to a stock-exchange filing
- The Shenzhen-based company says it has approval from creditors holding 24.5 per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding bonds
Debt-laden Chinese property developer Fantasia Holdings proposed a restructuring that would give it two to six-and-a-half years of breathing room thanks to a debt-to-equity swap and the conversion to longer-term, lower-coupon bonds.
The offer includes swapping US$1.3 billion out of the company’s total of US$4.018 billion in offshore bonds into Fantasia shares, according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange late on Sunday.
The balance of the debt would be converted into eight new tranches of notes maturing between 2024 and 2029. The new notes will earn payment-in-kind in initial years before cash interest kicks in at 5 to 8 per cent annually. The annual coupon on the company’s existing defaulted bonds ranges from 6.95 to 15 per cent.
“The debt-to-equity swap is good to help improve the company’s capital structure, which can ultimately pave the way for these distressed developers to survive the crisis,” said Lawrence Lu, S&P Global Ratings’ senior director.
Fantasia’s 11.875 per cent US dollar note maturing on June 1 climbed nearly 36 per cent to 15.9 cents on the dollar on Monday in Hong Kong while its 14.5 per cent bond due in 2024 rose nearly 47 per cent to 16.88 cents, poised for its largest advance since September 2021.
China’s property market, one of the most important sectors supporting the country’s rapid economic growth, has been rattled by slumping home prices, weak sales and a crippling debt crisis among major developers.
Some 50 Chinese developers have defaulted on an estimated US$100 billion worth of offshore bonds over the past two years, according to a JPMorgan report in December, and 39 of them are still in the midst of debt workouts with creditors, involving almost US$117 billion.
Top financial regulators have drafted a package of 21 major tasks aimed at alleviating a liquidity crunch for what Beijing deems “good quality developers”, according to Xinhua.


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EmberClear plant on hold in Pennsylvania
Company wants plant in Pawnee
A Texas-based development company that this week won tax incentives from the Springfield City Council to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Pawnee has put a planned Pennsylvania plant on hold.
It's not clear why EmberClear has stopped development on the $300 million Pennsylvania plant, which would cost substantially less than the $1 billion facility proposed for Pawnee. After confirming that the project was on hold, a company official would not give the Republican-Herald newspaper, which is based in Pottsville, Penn., any details, saying that he was in the midst of an important meeting.
As in Sangamon County, local officials in Pennsylvania had green-lighted the EmberClear project. Officials in Pennsylvania granted a permit in 2009. One local official told the Republican-Herald that he hadn't heard anything about the project for several months.
EmberClear, which was founded in 2010 and emerged from bankruptcy last year, has proposed several power plants in the United States, but none have been built. The company had entered a partnership with a company that owns and manages a dozen plants to complete development of the Pennsylvania plant, according to the Republican-Herald.
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Oshawa Clinic Group
West Whitby Medical Clinic
The Oshawa Clinic Group is developing a new healthcare facility in response to the need for a large integrated medical office building to support the growing population of Durham Region.
HH Angus is providing M&E consulting services for this 120,000 ft2 clinic. The building is 4-storeys plus a basement fitout. When complete, the building will include primary care physicians’ offices and exam rooms, an urgent care walk-in clinic, and a range of specialist clinicians, including an audiology and hearing aid clinic, a chest pain clinic, chiropractors, dentists, diagnostic imaging, medical supply sales, a retail pharmacy with a compounding area, physiotherapy clinic, and a sleep study clinic with nine beds.
Additional patient services include:
- eye wear sales
- home respiratory equipment sales and services
- phlebotomy and medical test laboratories
- sterilization area, and
- traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
The project was featured in Canadian Healthcare Technology in July 2021.
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering
Size: 120,000 ft2 | Status: Completion 2024
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Purpose-built clinic | 4 storeys plus basement fitout | Primary care physician offices, urgent care walk-clinic | multiple specialized labs and clinics
The project is a purpose-built building in Whitby Ontario.

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A new video dramatizes the human stakes of the battle against fall armyworm and shows how techniques developed by CIMMYT and partners are helping farmers beat the pest.
Half a century earlier, scientists collected and preserved samples of maize landraces in Morelos, Mexico. Now, descendants of those farmers were able to get back their ancestral maize seeds and, with them, a piece of their family history.
CABI’s CEO Trevor Nicholls and CIMMYT’s Director General Martin Kropff analyze the challenges and opportunities for family farmers in the next decade.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit (6 Jun 2019)
CIMMYT DG Martin Kropff and CABI CEO Trevor Nicholls propose six key actions to support family farmers.


Through executive orders and new laws, governors across the country last month allowed state and local officials to forgo in-person public meetings in favor of virtual ones. Avoiding large gatherings, they reasoned, would prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Logistically, the changes have been difficult to implement. In many communities, steep learning curves emerged. Towns, municipalities and state agencies face significant challenges: navigating new online platforms, adhering to state open meeting laws, and managing public access while avoiding Zoombombing and bad actors, to name a few.


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My cat, Leon, has FeLV. He is currently on antibiotic tablets to treat a skin infection behind his left ear. I have recently noticed that his right eye appears a darker orange than the other. When I looked closer, there are small thin red lines on the colored part of his eye, and a few weeks ago there was a dark gray goo coming from both eyes, but the discharge is gone now. Should I be concerned?
It's impossible for me to know without seeing your kitty in person or at least seeing a picture of your cat's eye, but this does sound like cause of concern. Ordinarily, thin red lines are present when a cat has an eye ulcer or uveitis, which is inflammation of the front part of the eye. The red lines are actually blood vessels which are becoming more visible because increased blood flow is an attempt to heal the ulcer or inflammation.
I would recommend bringing your cat to a veterinarian for a thorough ophthalmological exam. It is possible that your cat may need further treatment beyond the oral antibiotics he is already on for his skin infection.
All the best,

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Choose Your Own Ending aka Inception
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So why can’t the ending just be a happy one?
I just watched the movie Inception and I loved it. I love Christopher Nolan. I love Ken Watanabe. And I love love love Cillian Murphy. But I hate the ending. Does it always have to hanging? I understand Inception is a dark movie and all but does it have to end on such a double ending note? So again I ask, why can’t Inception have a happy ending? I know it was left to the audience imagination and his choice of what ending he wants to believe in as a conclusion to that story. But come on, a dark movie can have a happy ending too right. I love happy endings so I am going to choose that the last scene was not a dream! Darn, I should have tried reading those ‘Choose your own adventure’ books and I would have enjoyed Inception up to the last second.

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App Information Wordscapes
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- Package Namecom.peoplefun.wordcross
- UpdatedNovember 10, 2018
- File Size68M
- Requires AndroidAndroid 4.1 and up
- Google Play Link
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Love word puzzle games? Exercise your brain with over 3,000challenging anagram word puzzles. Tap into your word unscramblesmarts to unlock new levels with ever-more challenging puzzles andbuild your word game skill! How far will you go? This modern wordunscramble game is a joy to play! You will be amazed at how manywords you can find in 5, 6, and 7 letters. Play with friends andshow them how inspiring you are! How many new puzzles can youunlock? Everyone needs a break from life every now and again. Aquick word quiz is a great way to escape boredom while also keepingyour brain sharp! Wordscapes Uncrossed is the best word game torelieve stress while solving fun word puzzles. Download WordscapesUncrossed and enjoy beautiful and relaxing backgrounds while alsoexercising your brain! ► Explore wonderful landscapes and challengeyour mind! ► Solve over 3,000 word puzzles! ► Starts easy but rampsup fast! Can you beat the game? Wordscapes Uncrossed is the latestnew word game from PeopleFun, the makers of Wordscapes, Word Chums,Word Flowers, Word Mocha, Spell Blitz and MixTwo, played bymillions.
Word Mocha 1.0.15 APK
If you love Coffee and Puzzle Word Games then this anagram game isa must try! Super smooth word puzzles and tremendous brainchallenging fun! Get your word addict caffeine boost from solvingthese fun word puzzles. Never experience a dull moment once youhave this new anagram game! ► Do you know your coffee drinks? Seehow many coffee drinks you can uncover in this addicting word huntgame ► Find your favorite coffee shot ► Over 1,800 bold and robustword jumble puzzles to solve! ► Watch out! These word scramblepuzzles start easy and become challenging quickly - how far willyou get before being stumped? Word Mocha is the latest wordunscramble game from the makers of the popular word find games WordChums, Spell Blitz, Wordscapes, Word Vistas and MixTwo.
Word Cookies™ 3.1.2 APK
🍪 Ready to unscramble limitless list of words on the go? Dive intothe World's Best Word Puzzle Game, Word Cookies to unravel your"wordie" lists!🍪 HOW TO PLAY 🍰 Simply swipe to connect eachalphabet on the baking pan to form a word 🍭 Fill up Jack's cookiejar with additional answers to earn extra coins! WHY WORD COOKIES?• SIMPLE&EASYEnjoyable graphics with easy controls & simplepremise • KEEPS YOUR BRAIN YOUNG Stimulating brain game, highlyentertaining & educational for everyone • SHUFFLE TO REARRANGEShuffle the alphabets & rearrange the letters to sparkrecognition ✨ • HINTS AVAILABLEUse hints if you stump upon a wordyou can't identify • NO NEED TO RUSHThere is no time limit orpenalties for inccorrect answers • DAILY REWARDSPlay every day toearn bonus rewards! • NEW LEVELS Stay up to date for new gameupdates! Need Help? Have Questions? Please contact us [email protected] Visit Us http://www.bitmango.com/ Like Us onFacebook to Stay Up-to-Date!https://www.facebook.com/wordcookiesofficial Please Note -WordCookies™ is supported on various mobile devices -Word Cookies™contains ad-like banners, interstitials, videos and house ads.-Word Cookies™" is free to play; however, you may purchase in-appcontents like AD FREE and level packages ** App Permissions **[Required Permissions] - none [Optional Permissions] - Photo /Media / File: required storage access permission to save game data[Permission setting and withdrawal method] - Android 6.0+: DeviceSettings> Application Management> Select App> RevokeAccess - Under Android 6.0: Can revoke access by deletingapplication ===============================
Word Connect 2.366.0 APK
Do you enjoy the excitement of classic word games? DOWNLOAD WordConnect, to TRAIN your brain - for FREE! Simply swipe the letterblocks and build the words to earn coins! DOWNLOAD Word Connect NOWto begin training your brain and become a vocabulary master! It’stime to discover mystery hidden words and build as many words aspossible! What makes Word Connect so special? • The game is poweredby Oxford Dictionaries • Simple, easy, and addictive gameplay! •3,796 levels with tons of words await you! • Login every day for anexciting daily challenge and a wonderful daily bonus! • Want tocheck previous levels? Go back to the Level List and play again! •Up to 11 delicate themes for you to choose from! • Ask your familymembers and friend for help and send coins to each other onFacebook! • With no time limits, you can use your time wisely tofind new words at your own pace! • Our wooden block graphics willbring back nostalgic childhood memories! • Hidden extra words arewaiting to be discovered! • No wifi? Don’t worry, play Word Connectanytime, anywhere! • Supported on both phone and tablet. WordConnect is an app designed to train your brain and learn new words,all while having a great time. Share the fun with your family &friends and enjoy Word Connect together!
Crossword Puzzle Free 1.3.7 APK
Join thousands of players who exercise their brains every day withthe best crossword game for Android. Crossword Puzzle Redstone is afun and engaging game app - it is free to download, and all usersget access to free puzzles, no subscription required!UserReviews:**Crossword lovers dream app.****Easy to use and great ifyou're a fan of crosswords.****Not too easy not too difficult. Thechallenge is perfect!****This by far the best crossword app, triedothers and came back to Redstone.**A crossword is a word puzzlethat normally takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid ofwhite and black shaded squares. The goal is to fill the whitesquares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving cluesthat lead to the answers. In languages that are writtenleft-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the gridfrom left to right and from top to bottom. The shaded squares areused to separate the words or phrases.PLAY ANYWHEREAccess CrosswordPuzzle Redstone across all your devices! Just connect and playanywhere.PUZZLE PACKSPuzzles to download and add to yourcollection. New packs arrive every week!FEATURES- Smart Look Up:get word suggestions when you have trouble with difficult clues.-Hints: reveal letters, words or the entire puzzle in case you getstuck.- Smart Step: skip filled cells when navigating through thepuzzle.- Show Errors: highlight wrong letters.- Clear Errors:easily remove all incorrect letters.- Offline Mode: puzzlesavailable even when you don't have an Internet connection.-Polished User Interface: easy and modern way to navigate throughthe puzzle cells and clues.---DISCLAIMER: The views and opinionsexpressed in the crossword puzzles contained in this applicationare solely those of the original authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views and opinions of Redstone Games (REDSTONE GAMESLTDA - ME) or any employee thereof.---Feedback? Suggestions?Issues? Please contact us at [email protected] or fromwithin the app itself. Your feedback is important to us and we’lldo our best to assist you.
4 Pics 1 Word 11.0-3868-en APK
THE #1 HIT WITH OVER 220,000,000 PLAYERS WORLDWIDE! 4 pictures thathave 1 word in common – what is it? Find out why everyone lovesthis game and JOIN THE FUN NOW! ★ENDLESS FUN WITH NEW PUZZLES!★ Canyou guess the words and unlock the levels? Countless puzzles fromeasy to tricky are waiting for you! New puzzles are addedcontinuously for endless word fun! ★PURE, INSTANT FUN★ Noregistration, no complicated rules. Just start playing and havefun! ★SIMPLE AND HIGHLY ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY★ Which word are welooking for? Look at the four pictures; find out what they have incommon. Win! ★THE MOST ADDICTIVE BRAINTEASER IN THE WORLD!★ Thereare over 220,000,000 4 Pics 1 Word enthusiasts playing across theglobe in 8 languages. Join them!
Join more than 30 million brainiacs and tryWordBrain - Brain training at its BEST!This is a word puzzle for true word geniuses! It starts out veryeasy but gets challenging quickly. Exercise your brain and findhidden words, slide your finger over them, and see the letterscollapse. Do it all in the correct order and you will be able toclear the grid.As you get stuck on a level, which you probably will, remember thatthere are no unsolvable levels. So think carefully before eachswipe and conquer the ultimate word challenge while keeping yourbrain in shape!WordBrain is available in 15 languages with 700 levels perlanguage, so even the smartest word game enthusiasts will have areal challenge to complete this game. In fact, only very fewhave!---WordBrain has been lovingly created by MAG Interactive, where wetake fun seriously.Join a global audience of more than 100 million players and checkout some of our other chart-topping hit games like Ruzzle,Wordalotor WordBrain 2!We really value your feedback, go tohttps://www.facebook.com/wordbraingame and say what's on yourmind!More about MAG Interactive at www.maginteractive.comGood Times!
Words With Friends 2 - Word Game 11.901 APK
THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MOBILE WORD GAME is better and more cleverthan ever with all new game modes built for the word player in allof us. Beautifully and intelligently redesigned, Words With Friends2 is teeming with more ways to challenge your friends and yourbrain than ever before. Want to boost your word game? Play againstfictional characters in NEW Solo Challenge events, updated with newthemes and opponents twice a month. Got a competitive streak? Jumpin for a fast-paced team match to test your rapid word buildingskills in the NEW Lightning Round. The classic one-on-one gameplayyou love is here too and now you can earn unique themed badges forcompleting weekly challenges and scoring big against your friends.Words With Friends 2 backs up your gameplay by pulling in all yourpast games, friends and progress from previous versions. There’snothing to lose, and more fun to gain! Sometimes staying in touchis as simple as playing the perfect word. Download and play the NEWWords With Friends 2 today! May the Best Friend Win.™ CREATE A GAMEIt all starts here. Challenge your Facebook friends and familymembers to a game or use Smart Match to find your perfect wordpuzzle opponent. TRAIN IN SOLO CHALLENGE Test and improve your wordskills against themed WordMaster characters in NEW Solo Challengesevents. Stay sharp, because as you move up the ladder, theWordMasters will get tougher to beat. COMPETE IN LIGHTNING ROUNDCollaborative meets competitive gameplay in this new, fast teammode. Play on a team of up to 5 players, and face off in a match toscore the most points first and win. COLLECT UNIQUE BADGES Play theweekly challenge and earn fun, themed badges that are differentevery week. Build the ultimate collection and display them proudlyin your badge case. ACCESS 50,000 NEW WORDS Our biggest update tothe Dictionary ever includes 50,000 new words, inspired by ourplayers and pop culture. Play Words With Friends 2 without thirdparty ads between moves if you previously purchased either WordsWith Friends Pro or no third-party ads in the original Words WithFriends on any mobile device. Be sure to login with Facebook or theemail account you used to make the previous purchase to continue toplay without third party ads between moves. Already an accomplishedWordie? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to stayup-to-date on game news, contests, polls and other fun stuff.https://www.facebook.com/WordsWithFriendshttps://twitter.com/WordsWFriendshttps://instagram.com/wordswithfriends Thank you for playing WordsWith Friends 2! Additional Information: The game is free to play;however, in-app purchases are available for additional content andin-game currency. In-app purchases range from $0.99 to $99.99 USD.
Pictoword: Fun Word Games, Offline Word Brain Game 1.7.23 APK
Want the best free word games to play with friends? This wordpuzzle game is perfect for all ages, young and adults alike! GetPictoword for free and join millions of trivia players worldwide.Play with no wifi anytime, anywhere! Fans of brain games for allages, this is for you! Pictoword is a cool, simple yet addictiveword game where you "read" a series of pics that combine to createa word or phrase. Guess the word and have fun. Challenging wordpuzzles will light up your day for girls and boys of all ages. Playsingle player or multiplayer word games with friends. Guess theword, link the pictures and win - for example, you'll see pics ofSAND and WITCH: combine them to solve for SANDWICH, a lunchtimefavorite! Brain puzzle has you stumped? Match picture to word bysaying the words out loud or ask a friend! 2 Pics, 1 Word - Can youguess it? Fun and addicting games don’t get better than this. Takeon the word challenge from Pictoword – the best trivia word gamesfor your phone! No wifi, no problem! Play offline or online gameswithout wifi on the go! Picture Guessing Games for every level ofplayer - Word challenges come in varying difficulty packs - Wordguessing games are fun for all ages in Easy mode - Brain games withHard picture packs - Brain training gets even more fun, addictingand intense with extreme difficulty picture packs! Fun addictinggames and word puzzles in tons of picture guessing categories -Guess what games - unscramble words from pics of historicalfigures, landmarks & countries - Guess who from pop culturephotos of celebrities, characters, movies & brands - Classicword games for free - unscramble over 300 word puzzles in the freeclassic pack - Word puzzles updated all the time! New addictingcategories like food, games & more! Word puzzle games any wayyou like to play - Puzzle yourself with solo mode multi-picturebrain teasers - Word puzzle games have no time limit. Train yourbrain to solve the puzzle! - Mind puzzles are more flexible and funthan ever Fun games with friends let you ask for help and sharetips - Word puzzle game got you stumped? Solve the word puzzle withfriends via e-mail! - Play with friends though Facebook connect& take turns - see who can unscramble letters to solve thepuzzle - Play free games without WiFi wherever you are New wordsare always available! Unlock fun new games from Picture Packs andkeep guessing in categories like: Guess the celebrity - Guess whothe celeb is in fun brain games that push your pop cultureknowledge - This photo puzzle is totally tuned in with topcelebrities. Are you? Guess the brand - Guess the logo orrestaurant from your favorite brands in challenging tricky wordpuzzles Movie and TV Show Games - Guess what the movie or TV showis! Play our pop culture word puzzles and pick out your favoritemovie titles - Movie and TV show trivia fans will love theseaddicting games as you scramble to solve puzzles - Guess what thecartoon, sitcom or show being described in the pictures is Offline& No Wifi Games – you can even play it offline with yourfamily. There is no wifi required. Guess the place in the Countries& Cities category, solve history trivia in the HistoricalFigures pack, and show off your nature skills with the Animalspack! Pictoword is an addicting word puzzle game you can play aloneor with friends! With free brain games, exciting picture packs,challenging word puzzles and tons of word puzzle games to play,you'll have endless hours of brain training fun! Guess the word,earn coins & train your brain wherever you are. Download today!Best games for 2018 are at your fingertips, don’t miss out!Read/write storage permissions is used for screenshots. PrivacyPolicy - http://kooapps.com/#faqs Parents please purchase the noads upgrade for kids to play with you We want to make sure you’rehaving the best time playing our fun new word game. Contact us [email protected]
Infinite Word Search Puzzles APK
Infinite Word Search is a more in-depth takeon an American classic! With 35 different categories to play underand multiple modes and styles of play, this game will keep yousearching for words for hours on end! Just find the category youlike most, and keep your eyes peeled for words in alldirections!Test your skills in Progression Mode, going through 30 levels ofincreasing difficulty, or try out the more casual Infinite Mode,where you solve things at your own pace and with your owndifficulty setting. As you play, you’ll stumble across and unlockAchievements. Try to collect all 10 achievements as you search forwords!But if you’re the extremely competitive sort, then the MultiplayerMode is what’s right for you! Face off against your friend or astranger in a race to see which of you can find the most words!Afterwards, you can check the Leaderboards to see how you standcompared to the rest of the players.Multiplayer features include:Quick Match - No log-in and no hassle of any sort required, you canjust jump right into a match with a random player in this mode.Signing in to your Facebook account, while not required, will letyou save your progress and intimidate the other players just alittle bit with your record.Play Friends - Connect your Facebook account with the app and playagainst your friends in a race to find the most words.Leaderboards - After your match, hop onto the leaderboard and checkhow your record compares to that of your friends! And if you haveyour Facebook account connected, you can access the PremiumMultiplayer Leaderboard. Don’t just aim to be higher than yourfriends, aim to be higher than the rest of the world too!Infinite Word Search is completely FREE to play, so dive right inand enjoy the virtually unlimited amount of single and multiplayerWord Search Puzzles offered to you!
Wheel of Fortune: Free Play 3.37 APK
It's the best word puzzle game of all time! Spin the wheel, solvepuzzles and train your brain as you play the official Wheel ofFortune mobile game with family, friends and Wheel of Fortune fanseverywhere! Challenge yourself to brand new puzzles every day! Haveyou ever wanted to buy a vowel? Spin the Wheel with Pat Sajak?Guess letters and watch them appear on the iconic puzzle board?It’s WHEEL...OF...FORTUNE - based on the popular game show, and nowyou can be a contestant! Jump into the Emmy®-winning TV game showyou know and love because now it’s an addicting mobile game! Spinthe Wheel, solve new puzzles written by the show’s producers, andwin prizes. Challenge your friends and family through Facebook orplay with millions of other players from around the world! Make ita daily habit and challenge yourself to new exciting puzzles andfun categories every day! In Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak guides youon a fun-filled trip around the world with new puzzles from the hitTV game show! Play thousands of other fans, friends and family fora huge prize! The winner of these word puzzles will come out on topwith the ultimate jackpot! ==WHEEL OF FORTUNE FREE PLAY FEATURES==Word Games written by the Producers! - Guess on thousands ofbrand-new official word puzzles from the producers of the hit TVshow! - TV show host Pat Sajak guides you on a word game journeyaround the world, from New York and Paris to Tokyo and Hollywood -New word games are added all the time. There’s always a new gameshow puzzle to solve! - Fans of word games will have a blastsolving each word puzzle with their friends! Spin the Wheel &Win! - Prize wheel action is here – win big with Wild Card and orget lucky with Free Play...but watch out for Bankrupt and Lose aTurn wedges! Classic Word Games with TV Show Flair - Play classicword games just like the TV show! You’ll even get a selection ofletters for spelling opportunities in the Bonus Round! - Opt for aVIP All-Access Pass membership to get protection from Bankrupt andLose a Turn wedges, and get lots of special perks! Tournament WordGames & Multiplayer Games - Compete in word puzzle tournamentsagainst other players online for huge prizes and uniquecollectibles! - Play free word games with friends, Facebook friendsand family as well as thousands of other players from around theworld! - Join game shows against thousands of players worldwide infree multiplayer word games, and have no delay starting a newpuzzle game! Spin the wheel, play free word games and solve wordpuzzles from America’s favorite TV game show by downloading Wheelof Fortune Free Play! Like Wheel of Fortune Free Play on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/TheWheelofFortuneGame/ Questions? Comments?Chat with our Wheel of Fortune support team! [email protected] installing this game you agree to the terms of the licensedagreements. Wheel of Fortune ® & © 2018 Califon Productions,Inc. All Rights Reserved. Emmy® is a trademark of ATAS/NATAS
Word Connect - Word Cookies : Word Search APK
Do you enjoy word puzzle games? Here comes theperfect word games for you!Word Search games has never been so challenging. Except the classicword search game, New Word Connect Game is also available NOW. Twogame modes are ready for WORD GENIUSES.Come and Find out all the hidden word cookies! Install now forFREE!New Features: New word connect game is available NOW.How To PLAY:Slide & drag your finger over the words to solve puzzles. Gamegets trickier as you progress. The game’s brain teasers test yourvocabulary, lateral thinking & puzzle solving skills.Features:★ Daily Gift★ Hundreds of Puzzles★ Automatically saved★ Play OFFLINE in anytime and anywhere with no time limits.★ Free & easy to play, challenging to master★ Designed for all ages, perfect for kids & adults!★ Word lists were created by person, not by computer, to make surepuzzles are always interesting and fun.Word search is perfect for both word connect and search word gamesFANS!Start Your Daily Brain Training NOW!
zozo.android.crosswords 1.6 APK
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فطحل العرب - لعبة معلومات عامة 1.53 APK
لعبة كلمات و الغاز ستسليك وتفيدك في نفس الوقت، لكثرة المعلوماتالشيقة والجميلة، بعض ألمعلومات كلنا يعرفها منذ أيام المدرسة ولكنغطاها الغبار وبعض المعلومات تحتاج للتفكير والتحليل وبعضها معلوماتظريفة وأخرى علمية لعبة كلمات ستجعلك تفكر وتستخدم عقلك وذاكرتك ...نضمن لكم الفائدة والمتعة والتسلية كل لغز عبارة عن ست أسئلة.الإجابات تظهر أمامك لكنها على صورة مقاطع وعليك ملائمتها وبناءالأجوبة تشبه سبع ألغاز و سبع كلمات لا يوجد إصدار ثاني أو جزء أخررسمي من هذه اللعبة من فريق فنجان إبدأ كل لغز بحل أسهل سؤال فيه.يكفي كلام .. هيا إنطلق وأقضي وقتا ممتعا ابدا التحدي تحدي ومتعة وصلةمن الترفيه والمعرفة ------ إذا كنت تحب ألعاب من سيربح المليون أوسؤال وجواب أو تحدي وصلة أو ألعاب الكلمات المتقاطعة فأنك ستدمن هذهاللعبة لأنها ببساطة أفضل خليك فطحل ! في كل لوح تظهر أمامك 6 أسئلة ،وكذلك الأجوبة أيضا تظهر أمامك لكنها مبعثرة. كل ما عليك فعله هوترتيب مقاطع الكلمات لكشف الكلمات المفقودة إذا كنت تحب أن تثقف نفسكوحل الألغاز والأحاجي، فإنك ستجد في هذه اللعبة: ثقافة إسلامية، حكموأمثال، أقوال مشهورة، اختبار ذكاء والمزيد اللعبة شبيهة بلعبة كلماتمتقاطعة لكنها مبسطة وتلائم جميع المستويات، ولكنها حتما ستزيد منمعلوماتك وتحسن ذاكرتك لعبة معلومات عامة بفكرة جديدة وجميلة اللعبةالاكثر شهرة من تطبيقات والعاب فنجان Game words and gas Stcelik behelpful and at the same time, the large number of interestinginformation and beautiful, some of the information we all knownsince school days but covered in dust And some of the informationyou need for reflection and analysis and some humorous scientificinformation and other A word game that will make you think and useyour brain and your memory ... make sure you interest and pleasureand entertainment Each puzzle is a six questions. Answers appear infront of you, but in the image of clips and you'll suitability andbuild answers Seven-like puzzles and seven words No second or partof the last official game of the team cup version Start each puzzlesolving easier question. Enough words .. Let Scurry and I spend agreat time Never challenge challenging and fun link ofentertainment and knowledge ------ If you love games Hotspot Shieldor question and answer or challenge the link or crossword games youStdmn this game because it is simply the best Stay Vtahl! In eachpanel appear in front of you six questions, as well as the answersalso appear in front of you but it is scattered. All you have to dois arrange clips words to uncover the lost words If you love toeducate yourself and solve puzzles and riddles, you will find inthis game: Islamic culture, the rule and the likes, the words offamous, IQ test and more The game like a game of crossword butsimplified and suit all levels, but it certainly will increase yourknowledge and improve your memory Game General Information new andbeautiful idea The most famous game of applications and games incup
Word search 2.3b APK
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وصلة 2 - لعبة كلمات متقاطعة 1.0 APK
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لعبة كلمة السر 7.6 APK
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وصلة 3 - لعبة كلمات متقاطعة 1.0 APK
هذه اللعبة جديدة كلياً مبنية على فكرة الكلماتالمتقاطعة المعروفة ولكن بصورة عصرية ومسلية أكثر.. جربها !!في كل مرحلة مجموعة من اسئلة المشوقة والممتعة, وراء كل سؤال لغز حولصورة أو معلومة او جملة. حروف الاجوبة تتقاطع - بأحرف مشتركة - ممايتيح لك كشف حروف عن طريق حل اسئلة متقاطعة.هذه اللعبة بجودة اسئلتها تعتبر دورة ثقافية شاملة ستثري معلوماتكبشتى المجالات,وهناك الكثبر من الاسئلة الخفيفة التي تعتمد على فطنتك وذكاءكولا يخلو اي سؤال من متعة التفكير والتشويق.اسئلة متنوعة مناسبة لجميع الاعمار- معلومات عامة في شتى المجالات- اكمل الجملة, المثل, الاية- اسئلة تفكير وذكاء- على الشاشة- سيارات وماركات- اسئلة دينية, رمضان- مشاهير ولاعبي كرة قدم- خرائط واعلام ودول- صور مكبرةوصلة هي تطوير للعبة كلمات متقاطعة- اسئلة حديثة ومتنوعة- اسئلة مصوّرة- عند محاولة حل كل سؤال يتم فحص الجواب مما يمنع الاخطاء التي تفسداللغز- طريقة اللعب مطورة تلائم الاجهزة الذكية- الالغاز بنيت بعناية وذات جودة عاليةشكرا لتفاعلكم مع اللعبة ورجاء مساعدتنا في نشر اللعبة قدرالمستطاع,بعض التعليقات عن اللعبة:* افضل لعبة ثقافية ع المستوى العالمي بصراحة ارشح هذه اللعبة بانتكون افضل لعبة ثقافية معلوماتية شيقة ممتعه لا يمكن ابدا ان تمل منها، انفراد متميز بفكرةجديدة للكلمات المتقاطعة يستحق القائمون عليها بتكريم لائق بالانجاز!* جده ولا احلى من هذه الثقافه الممتعه والمسليه اشكركم لدرجةالغليان وكل عام وانتم بكل خير* اول لعبة عربية تعجبني من حيث البرمجة والمضمون والسلاسة وتنافسالالعاب العالمية احسنتم :)* تطبيق رائع مفيد ومسلي صراحة برنامج مفيد ينشط الذاكرة ويستحقالتحميل* البرنامج رائع جداا ومسلي يستااهل مليوون نجمه افضل برنامجمعيcrosswordsوصلة وصل connect link يوصل crosswordThis game is based on anentirely new idea Crossword known but more modern and moreentertaining .. Try it !!At each stage a series of exciting and interesting questions, andeach question behind the mystery about the picture or informationor phrase. ABC answers intersect - common letters - allowing you touncover letters by solving crossword questions.This game is the quality of her questions is a comprehensivecultural cycle will enrich your knowledge in various fields,There Alkthber light of questions that rely on your intelligenceand AftntekNot without any question of thinking fun and suspense.A variety of questions suitable for all ages- General information in various fields- Completed the sentence, ideals, Verse- Thinking and intelligent questions- on the screen- Car and brands- Religious questions, Ramadan- Celebrities and football players- Flags and maps states- Enlarged imagesLink is the development of the game crossword- Modern and diverse questions- Pictorial questions- When trying to solve each question the answer is checked, whichprevents mistakes that spoil the puzzle- How to play and an upgraded suit smart devices- Puzzles carefully built and of high qualityThank you for Tvaalkm with the game and please help us inspreading the game as much as possible,Some comments about the game:* Best Game cultural p global level frankly transpire this gameto be the best cultural game enjoyable interesting information cannever tire of them, individually distinct ideaNew crossword puzzle worth honored by the organizers of a decentachievement!* Grandfather in the best of this culture of enjoyment andentertaining atmosphere thank you to boiling Every year, you allthe best* The first Arab game like it in terms of programming andcontent, and smooth and compete World Games Well done :)* Wonderful application useful and entertaining explicitlyuseful program activates memory and worth the download* Wonderful and entertaining program Jaddaa Astaahl Mon starbest program with mecrosswordsAnd link connect link connects crossword
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The Kardashian-Jenners Are Loving Jill & Ally's Custom Face Masks
The RHONY alum and her daughter are now offering monogrammed face coverings, and it looks like Kris Jenner loves them already.
If it seems like everyone is wearing Jill Zarin and Ally Shapiro’s face masks, that’s because they are. The Real Housewives of New York City alum and her daughter began tie-dying face masks at the beginning of the pandemic, selling them with a pledge to donate a mask to a frontline worker for each one purchased. From Bravolebs like Luann de Lesseps to TikTok stars such as Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, the masks have been a major hit. Lately, Jill and Ally’s designs have fallen into the hands of a very famously fashionable family: the Kardashian-Jenners!
In a recent Instagram Story post, Kris Jenner shared a photo displaying a collection of gorgeous masks, lovingly created by Jill and Ally. The mother-daughter duo are now offering custom mask embroidery on their website, which gives shoppers the opportunity to add a name or monogram to their face coverings. The Kardashian-Jenners received a selection of pink masks with the names Kourt, Kris, Kendall, Khloé and Kyle embroidered, as well as one with Kim Kardashian West’s initial monogram. There was also a black mask with the name “Lord” on it in white letters, presumably for Scott Disick. It looks like there were also a few nude and gray masks thrown into the mix, which will undoubtedly go perfectly with just about anything.
In addition to customization, Jill and Ally have stepped their masks up with another new way to accessorize while staying safe: mask jewelry! In a September 21 Instagram post, Ally shared a quick tutorial to show how to glam up a face covering with mask jewelry.
“I’m wearing my favorite, the Sammi,” Ally captioned the post. “We have 7 styles that you can wear as a necklace, mask chain, and glasses croakie!”

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Documents on Germany, 1944-1959: background documents on Germany, 1944-1959, and a chronology of political developments affecting Berlin, 1945-1956
Note from the American Embassy at Moscow to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, regarding the Soviet draft of a German peace treaty, March 25, 1952, pp. 87-88 PDF (896.3 KB)
88 DOCUENS ON GERMANY, 194-4-59 objective of the United States Government. As the Soviet Govern- ment itself recognizes, the conclusion of such a treaty requires the formation of an all-German Government, expressing the will of the German people. Such a Government can only be set up on the basis of free elections in the Federal Republic, the Soviet zone of occupation and Berlin. Such elections can only be held in circumstances. which safeguard the national and individual liberties of the German people. In order to ascertain whether this first essential condition exists, the General Assembly of the United Nations has appointed a Commission to carry out a simultaneous investigation in the Federal Republic, the Soviet zone and Berlin. The Commission of Investigation has been assured of the necessary facilities in the Federal Republic and in Western Berlin. The United States Government would be glad to learn that such facilities will also be afforded in the Soviet zone and in Eastern Berlin, to enable the Commission to carry out its task. 'The Soviet Government's proposals do not indicate what the inter- national position of an all-German Government would be before the conclusion of -a peace treaty. The United States Government consid- ers that the all-German Government should be free both before and after the conclusion of a peace treaty to enter into associations compatible with the principles and purposes of the United Nations. I In putting forward its proposal for a German peace treaty, the So- viet Government expressed its readiness also to discuss other propsals. The United States Government has taken due note of this statement. In its view, it will not be possible to engage in detailed discussion of a peace treaty until conditions have been created for free elections and until a free all-German Government which could participate in such discussion has been formed. There are several fundamental questions which would also have to be resolved. For example, the United States Government notes that the Soviet Government makes the statement that the territory of Germany is determined by frontiers laid down by the decisions of the Potsdam conference. The United States Government would recall that in fact no definitive German frontiers were laid down by the Potsdam de- cisions, which clearly provided that the final determination of terri- torial questions must await the peace settlement. The United States Government also observes that the Soviet Gov- ernment now considers that the peace treaty should provide for the formation of German national land, air, and sea forces, while at the same time imposing limitations on Germany's freedom to enter into association with other countries. The United States Government con- siders that such provisions would be a step backwards and might jeop- ardize the emergency in Europe of a new era in which international relations would be based on cooperation and not on rivalry and dis- trust. Being convinced of the need of a policy of European unity, the United States Government is giving its full support to plans designed to secure the participation of Germany in a purely defensive Euro- pean community which will preserve freedom, prevent aggression, and preclude the revival of niilitarism. The UInited States Government believes that the proposal of the Soviet Government for the formation of German national forces is inconsistent with the achievement of this objective. The United States Government remains convinced that this policy of European unity cannot threaten the interests of any country and represents the true path of peace.
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In a world that is increasingly powered by data, the ability to access, interpret, and glean insights from those data is critical. Unfortunately, that ability is scarce among workers around the world, and the data gap is widening, according to research from Accenture and Qlik.
The research—The Human Impact of Data Literacy—was conducted on behalf of The Data Literacy Project.
Lack of Data Literacy Hampers Productivity
The study of 9,000 employees globally indicates that companies are losing productivity due to a lack of data literacy as they struggle to make sense of the data available to them.
In fact, they’re losing an average of more than 5 working days (or 43 hours) per employee per year. That’s a loss that can add up quickly, particularly for very large organizations.
Lack of Data Literacy Impacts Engagement
The data literacy gap also threatens employee satisfaction, engagement, and ultimately tenure. The study reports that 75% of employees are overwhelmed or unhappy when working with data—and 61% say this has resulted in stress.
Worse, that stress leads to absenteeism, with 31% saying they’ve taken at least 1 day of sick leave related to data and technology issues.
Helping Employees Gain Confidence with Data
What can organizations do to help close this gap? In a news release, Jordan Morrow, Global Head of Data Literacy at Qlik and Chair of the Data Literacy Project Advisory Board, says that while companies have given employees access to data, that access has been absent the resources, tools, and training needed to work effectively with the data.
Morrow says that “expecting employees to work with data without providing the right training or appropriate tools is a bit like going fishing without the rods, bait or nets—you may have led them to water but you aren’t helping them to catch a fish.”
It’s a good analogy and one that training and development professionals are well poised to address. An important first step: Gather input from employees about their level of comfort and confidence with the data they are currently being asked to use.
Ask what type of training, education, and resources they feel they need to help them become more comfortable with those data. Determine what additional data they may need to do their jobs most effectively.
Identifying the gaps that may exist can help determine the strategies and tactics required to boost employee confidence in their use of data to stem productivity and engagement losses.


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The second-annual U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honorees were announced on April 22nd by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Mundo Verde is one of the 64 schools being recognized for their exemplary efforts to create healthier learning spaces and educate students on the importance of environmental protection. The secretary was joined by the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley and Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Bob Persiacepe.
Today, Edutopia.org released a new video featuring one of OII’s i3 grantees — Bellevue School District’s Sammamish High School in Washington state. The video documents the transformation from the school’s use of traditional curriculum to problem-based learning. The district was awarded an i3 Development grant in 2010 for the development and implementation of a scalable, sustainable, 21st-century, skills-based program. This type of learning allows teachers to facilitate conversations and provide more effective classroom instruction; it also allows students to take more ownership in the learning process — how they connect to and learn the material, and how they put new knowledge into practice.
“In an increasingly diverse world, it is important for teachers to have the skills to reach every student in the classroom and close the achievement gap,” said the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello, at the Department of Education to help lead a conversation about diversity. The Department invited Costello, along with the 2012 Teaching Tolerance Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching Awardees, who were in D.C. to receive their awards. They engaged employees in an extended conversation on diversity, helping employees to understand their effective classroom practices and to translate their experiences and insights into lessons about leading, whether in classrooms, schools, or federal agencies.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a storied “nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.” For 20 years, Teaching Tolerance has worked to reduce prejudice, improve intergroup relations, and support equitable experiences for the nation’s children. “This awards program recognizes teachers who excel at teaching students from diverse backgrounds in a way that promotes student achievement,” said Costello. The five awardees are:
Lhisa R. Almashy
Park Vista High School
Lake Worth, Fla.
Anna E. Baldwin
Arlee High School
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Middle School
Robert P. Sautter
Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School
San Francisco, Calif.
122nd Street Elementary School
Los Angeles, Calif.
Putting terms like “tolerance” and “diversity” into action
Costello acknowledged that it is very difficult to say what “tolerance,” defined as culturally responsive teaching and curriculum by the Teaching Tolerance project, looks like. Out of this difficulty grew the teaching awards program. The four teachers who led the conversation gave the audience powerful examples of teachers who turn differences to an advantage for learning. One said teaching is beyond a job—it is not something you do but rather something you live. To be successful at it you have to know your constituents as individuals, build connections with their families, and come to know the neighborhoods where they live.
Describing the value of knowing students’ families, another of the teachers posited that, in addition to learning so much every day from his students about how to teach them well, this learning is multiplied 10-fold when he has a relationship with their parents. His effort to accomplish that is a model with a high bar: He calls every family before the start of the school year to invite them to school to talk about how they can work together; he tries to connect with them every day; he calls their homes; and he makes home visits to families who want him to come. His purpose is centered by this challenge: Be a road block to our students’ learning in our school, or help them get on board. He is now a trainer for “educators of equity” at his school, which means, for example, that he helps to raise awareness among the staff about what white privilege means.
Taking that goal as a cue, another of the teachers defined “diversity” as defining identities in relation to a dominant culture and giving integrity to difference in order to equalize it. As an example, he asked “What is ‘intelligence'”? and pointed out that standardized testing privileges certain populations over others. Under that parameter, someone who is intelligent could be defined as not so. This led to the question of what diversity contributes to integrity, probably the highest value in any workplace. The answer: Meet people where they are, recognize each person comes to the table with something different, and raise people’s consciousness about the different people at the table.
Tomorrow’s great teachers are in today’s classrooms
The conversation turned to the key issues of teacher education and attracting potentially great teachers to the profession. All of the teachers agreed with Costello’s summary of the discussion: To create the next generation of great teachers requires that the current generation of students have great experiences in school now—exactly like these award-winning teachers ensure their students will have every day in their classrooms.
ED staff who participated in the discussion took with them valuable lessons for paying attention to both the gifts and needs their colleagues bring every day to the workplace.
To read more about the individual awardees and see videos of them in their classrooms, click here.
(December 18, 2012) Today the U.S. Department of Education announced all 20 of the highest-rated applicants in the 2012 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition have secured their required private-sector matching funds and have become official i3 grantees. Together, they will share more than $140 million in federal funds to expand innovative practices designed to accelerate achievement and help prepare every student to succeed in college and in their careers.
“We know private partners play a huge role in driving local education reform efforts when they can invest in promising ideas, and these grantees have proposed a variety of innovative approaches to close achievement gaps and ultimately prepare every student for lifelong success,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “Partnerships like these are vital to supporting teachers and students as they tackle some of the toughest issues in education.”
(November 8, 2012) The U.S. Department of Education today announced results for the third round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, which will award the 20 highest-rated applications more than $140 million to expand innovative practices designed to improve student achievement. These 20 potential grantees, selected from 727 applications, must secure matching funds by Dec. 7, 2012, in order to receive federal funding.
“These potential grantees have innovative ideas to accelerate student achievement and address some of our biggest challenges in education,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “Identifying these applicants and having them foster partnerships with private donors will support promising approaches to tackle these issues, such as engaging parents as essential partners in their children’s learning and improving student academic growth in math and science.”
On September 27th, the Office of Non-Public Education (ONPE) hosted the 8th Annual Private School Leadership Conference at the U.S. Department of Education’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Each year, the invitation-only event brings together 100 of the nation’s top private and home school educational leaders from across the country. We also welcomed representatives from state education agencies who are responsible for administering federal education programs on behalf of private school students. The conference provides a forum to address Department of Education programs and initiatives, listen to the concerns of the nonpublic school community, highlight innovative practices, and facilitate discourse between the Department and nonpublic school leaders.
OII’s Investing in Innovation program—better known as i3—is among 111 Bright Ideas recognized by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Now in its third year, Bright Ideas recognizes efforts from all government levels, including school districts, county, city, state, and federal agencies as well as public-private partnerships, that demonstrate “a creative range of solutions to issues such as urban and rural degradation, environmental problems, and the academic achievement of students.”
(September 19, 2012) The U.S. Department of Education today awarded a grant of $6,640,000 to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to implement and expand its efforts in arts education and arts integration at the national level. Beginning with the first year of a three-year program, this grant will allow all children access to the life-changing benefits of an arts education.
“The study of the arts can significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds that students will go on to graduate from college,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “Arts education is essential to stimulating the creativity and innovation that will prove critical to young Americans competing in a knowledge-based, global economy.”
Solving pressing education problems at scale, managing challenges posed by geography, engaging the community in school improvement, and sustaining reform efforts beyond federal project funding —these topics and more were tackled by i3 (Investing in Innovation) project directors and other key leaders who gathered in Washington, D.C., this past July. The i3 team held this second annual Project Directors Meeting on July 19-20, bringing together Department staff, i3 project directors and project personnel from the 2010 and 2011 grantee cohorts. Project evaluators and education leaders were also important contributors to this event. The event provided the grantees a range of experiences designed to assist them in their work as OII grantees and to help them build relationships with other i3 projects and personnel.
For those who received i3 support in FY 2011, the opportunity to get advice and guidance from their FY 2010 peers was invaluable. “It was especially great to hear that others were facing some of the same challenges I face,” said first-year project director Toria Williams of the Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools.
The theme of this year’s American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) conference was “Looking Back and Charging Ahead.” On the one hand, the nearly 400 conference attendees recently gathered in Lexington, Ky., to celebrate the 25 years AATE has served its membership of teachers and teaching artists, postsecondary educators and researchers, youth theatre companies, playwrights, and advocates. The “looking back” portion included a special session at which a number of the association’s past presidents and other leaders shared stories of the quarter-century-long effort to keep the light shining on the importance of drama and theatre for children and youth.
By the time I arrived on the second day of the conference, the emphasis had shifted to the present and future. My task was to share the recent findings of a nationwide survey of the conditions of arts education, one that also offered comparisons of those conditions of arts teaching and learning with data from 1999-2000—prior to the No Child Left Behind Act. My presentation would unfortunately remind attendees that between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of elementary schools offering instruction in drama and theatre had plummeted from 20 percent to four percent. At the secondary level, the drop was less dramatic but sobering just the same—less than half of secondary schools nationwide offered students the opportunity to study theatre. It’s hard to shine a light on what’s not on the stage.

domain: sociology