However, as digital course materials progress and achieve the full creative, open, interactive manifestation that they can, competition to be the device of choice for education will become more and more intense.

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In Florida, a state that has one of the strongest open-records laws, teacher evaluations can be made public after one full school year.

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We will then have the offseason to speculate whether or not the Earthquakes can pull off the rare repeat in 2012 despite a schedule full of US Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League matches.

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Its MxR Lab has just launched a showcase of creations and modifications that DIY enthusiasts can build, including open source code for both the devices and integrating full-body motion control through Kinect for Windows or OpenNI.

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The devices also can signal whether a trailer is full, is connected to a truck and has open doors.

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First, you can open a credit card, make purchases with it and pay for them in full each month in order to avoid interest costs and build the discipline of spending only what you can afford.

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Conservative AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM argued that only local councils can "know what is best for their needs" as she called for a full and open debate on the Welsh Government's plans to "force" councils to work together.

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