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Sony Xperia Go now available in India for Rs 18,799

Global consumer electronics giant, Sony had announced the launch of its Xperia Go Android smartphone back in the month of May earlier this year. Although it has yet to be made available officially here in India, the Xperia Go is now available from online retailer Infibeam for Rs 18,799.

Featuring rugged design, durability and water resistance qualities, the Xperia Go comes with a scratch resistant mineral glass displays and meets industry standard IP (Ingress Protection) rating 67 to fight off dust and the effects of water immersion as well.

The device can also be submerged under water for up to 10 minutes without damaging the internals of the Xperia Go. The Xperia Go comes with a wet finger tracking system that allows it to be used in extreme weather conditions as well.

The Sony Xperia Go features a 3.5-inch reality display with a 320 x 480 pixels and has up to four point sensitive touch input system. The Xperia Go is based on older Android Gingerbread operating system but the company promises the Android Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in the time to come.

The Sony Xperia Go comes with 5 megapixel main camera but misses out on a front camera, so no video calling. It is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor along with 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB onboard memory for smooth operations.

Source: http://www.themobileindian.com/news/7517_Sony-Xperia-Go-now-available-in-India-for-Rs-18799

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1 chimp dead, 1 tranquilized after Vegas escape

LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Two chimpanzees escaped a Las Vegas backyard Thursday, with at least one of them jumping on a police car before officers killed one primate and tranquilized the other, authorities said.

Police say they had no choice but to kill after the agitated animals escaped their backyard enclosure about 10 a.m. and started running through a residential area.

The loose chimps caused a stir in northwest Las Vegas for nearly two hours, with police warning residents through Twitter not to leave their vehicles or homes and to avoid the area where the "dangerous" primates were roaming free.

By noon, the chimps were both stopped. Helicopter video showed one of the animals lying face down in the middle of a road, surrounded by animal control and police cars.

"They got out and the police did what they had to do," said Tony Paolone, who lives on the same street as the chimps.

Landscaper David Plunkett, 36, said he watched a male chimpanzee jumping on top of a police car with its lights on shortly before officers shot the animal dead and tranquilized its companion in the neighborhood.

Plunkett had the day off and heard a police helicopter overhead before he went outside and witnessed the takedown. He said the male chimp approached officers before they shot at it three times, but the female didn't seem to be aggressive.

Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said the female has been returned to a new enclosure at her owner's home. Kulin said the owner had the proper permits to keep the animals outside Las Vegas city limits, as well as a license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Officer Marcus Martin told KLAS-TV the chimps were very large and estimated they weighed 170 pounds or more. Fully grown chimps can be as much as 5 1/2 feet tall when standing upright.

Chimpanzees have been known to attack people. Two adult chimpanzees viciously attacked a U.S. student last month after he entered their enclosure at a primate sanctuary in South Africa.

Associated Press

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Research productivity in education and psychology | BKR Blog

In a recent paper entitled ?Research productivity in education and psychology in the Philippines and comparison with ASEAN countries? published in Scientometrics, Lorelie Vinluan (University of the Philippines, Diliman) examined the country?s research productivity in the field of education and psychology. This type of study is important as it will help determine available experts in the field. In addition, this is particularly timely with regards to the recent implementation of the K+12 education program ? introducing universal kindergarten and lengthening the basic education cycle from 10 years to 12 years. It matters to know the state of research in education in the country because it will play an important role in forming education policies and possible reforms.

To assess the country?s research productivity, the author used bibliometric data from the Institute for Scientific Information?s Social Science Citation Index (ISI-SSCI) database, which consists of articles from over 2,700 social science journals. Using the journal article as the unit of analysis, individual, institutional and national levels of productivity were assessed. The paper used the following search criteria: address = ?Philippines?, timespan = 1969 to 2009, document type = {article, note, letter, review} and subject areas related to education and psychology (see paper for actual fields). The resulting documents were further processed to remove author-related or institution-related artifacts (e.g. misspelling in author names or initials or different names referring to the same institution).

Within a span of 43 years (1969-2009), the country produced only 214 papers (75 in education and 139 in psychology). Moreover, only 15 researchers in the Philippines authored or co-authored at least 3 papers indexed in SSCI database. The most published researcher is Allan B. de Guzman from the University of Santo Thomas with 21 education-related papers (2005-2009), followed by Allan B.I. Bernardo from De La Salle University with 15 papers (1994-2009). At the 3rd position is Estela Astilla from University of San Carlos with 14 psychology-related publications. Among the authors, she is also the most cited with 81 total citations. ML Onglatco from the University of the Philippines (UP) comes 4th with 8 papers in psychology. Completing the top 5 is Jose Alberto S Reyes from De La Salle University with 7 papers, also in psychology.

At the institutional level, UP has a total of 51 papers, the most number of papers among the institutions (Diliman ? 35, Manila ? 12, Los Banos ? 4). UP is followed by De La Salle University (DLSU) with 44 papers, then University of Santo Thomas with 34 papers, University of San Carlos with 26, and the Ateneo de Manila University with 13 papers. All except two institutions with publications greater than 2 were higher education institutions.

Compared with other five ASEAN countries, the Philippines had the highest number of publications in the 1960s and the 1970s (6 and 25, respectively), though not that significant. Unfortunately it slipped down into the third position behind Thailand and Singapore in the 1980s, then into the fourth spot in the 1990s when Malaysia overtook the country. Since then, the Philippines has ranked lower compared to Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia in terms of research productivity at the individual, institutional, and national levels. On the other hand, Singapore accounts for more than 50% of the total number of publications from the six ASEAN countries and has been on the top spot starting from the 1980s.

The author pointed out that this low performance could be an indication that ?research in both disciplines (education and psychology) and the dissemination of results through publication in SSCI-indexed journals might be considered peripheral activities in the Philippines rather than core activities.? Some possible explanation cited include local orientation of many social science research studies, funding, individual characteristics of researchers, and the epistemic culture of knowledge production in the country, among others.

Finally, as the author mentioned, ?this is an important result because it impacts on the initiatives of the national and local government, as well as the private sector, to improve the delivery of education?(e.g., various interventions to enhance academic achievement) and psychology-related (e.g., career guidance, counseling) services, particularly to people who need them the most. This is because such initiatives might not be informed by relevant research or, if at all they are, the research results are contextualized to another country and thus might not be applicable to the Philippine setting.?

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Reference:
Lorelei Vinluan, Research productivity in education and psychology in the Philippines and comparison with ASEAN countries, Scientometrics 91 (2012) pp 277 ? 294

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Source: http://blog.bahaykuboresearch.net/2012/07/12/research-productivity-in-education-and-psychology/

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How Did New Mom Jessica Simpson Celebrate Her Birthday?

Jessica Simpson turned 32 on Tuesday, and she celebrated by partying with all of her favorite people -- including her 10-week-old daughter, Maxwell Drew.

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NY judge revokes bail after hearing murder threats

NEW YORK (AP) ? A judge in New York has ordered an online businessman imprisoned without bail after witnesses said he threatened them with murder or rape when they complained about eyeglass orders.

Federal Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan ordered Vitaly Borker jailed as soon as the last of five witnesses from across the country finished testifying Wednesday.

The judge said he found "highly credible" their claims that Borker made threats that included murder, rape and, in one instance, slicing off a woman's legs.

Borker pleaded guilty last year to several charges. Borker's lawyer declined to speak after the hearing. A sentencing date hasn't been set.

Prosecutors say well over 200 complaints against Borker had been filed with the Federal Trade Commission since 2007 over the operation of his website, DecorMyEyes.com.

Associated Press

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