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About the University of Michigan
One of the nation's top public universities, the University of Michigan has been a leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years. U-M's alumni body is one of the largest in the world and includes a U.S. president, scientists, actors, astronauts, and inventors. The university, which also boasts a world-renowned intercollegiate athletics program, has been the site of many important events in U.S. history, including JFK's announcement of the Peace Corps, LBJ's "Great Society" speech, and the clinical trials of the Salk polio vaccine. The main campus in Ann Arbor comprises 19 schools and colleges; there are also regional campuses in Dearborn and Flint, and a nationally ranked health system, Michigan Medicine. In 2017, U-M celebrated its bicentennial, marking 200 years since its founding in the city of Detroit.
Federal law requires that whenever an institution makes reference to its affiliation with its accrediting organization, which for the University of Michigan is the Higher Learning Commission, it will include the organization's address and telephone number. In cases where your unit's recruiting materials (or other widely disseminated materials that advertise academic programs) mention that U-M is an institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, there is specific language you must use.
The preferred statement is:
"The University of Michigan is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504. Phone: (800) 621-7440; (312) 263-0456; Fax: (312) 263-7462."
Campus Safety statement
Everyone who applies to the University of Michigan, either as a student or as an employee, must receive a copy of this statement, either in an application or in accompanying application materials.
The statement reads as follows:
Each year, the University of Michigan prepares an "Annual Security Report" and "Annual Fire Safety Report". The report, which is issued each October 1, contains detailed information on campus safety and security policies, procedures, and programs, including information on: emergency services, security telephone numbers, sexual assault policy, stalking laws, handling obscene phone calls, sexual harassment policy, dealing with workplace violence and threats, police agencies, health services, counseling services, safe transportation after dark, safety tips, and alcohol and drug policies and programs. The report also includes statistics concerning crimes on campus. If you would like to receive a complete copy, visit the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security website at dpss.umich.edu or call (734) 763-8391.
Consent to photograph or record electronically
When filming, videotaping, audio recording or photographing in a public space where people don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, for example in the stadium, there is no need to seek permission to capture images for news or archival purposes. As a courtesy, when filming, videotaping, audio recording or photographing for a commercial movie, marketing materials or photographs for sale in a public space, we recommend you let people know that they may be caught on film so they can choose to avoid the shot. This can be done with a sign or leaflet handed out.
When filming, videotaping, audio recording or photographing individuals for marketing purposes, a documentary-style production, an interview, or a performance capture, we always should use a consent form. The consent form protects both the subject of the image/recording and the university, by spelling out the terms under which the image/recording is being taken. Signing the release ensures that the subject or "model" understands there is no monetary or other compensation coming from the university, and also that the subject or model can expect the university to use the media only in an appropriate manner.
As a rule, we don't seek permission from faculty to film or videotape interviews, unless we are capturing a proprietary performance. It is assumed by virtue of their employment that we can capture comments about their work. We do seek permission from students when they are interviewed.
We generally don't need a consent form for images shot for news purposes, unless minor children who are visiting the university or participating in one of its programs are involved. In those cases, most programs (or the schools from which the children come) may already have secured permission from the parents, but we should check this in advance.
While you are free to use your own consent form, the U-M Consent Form (PDF) has been approved by the General Counsel's office and is highly recommended. PLEASE NOTE: minors need to have a parent or guardian sign the release. A photo/video release form in business card size for department use is available in pdf format here .
The Office of the General Counsel recommends completed Consent to Photograph or Film Electronically forms be maintained for whatever time period an office wishes to retain the ability to use the relevant photos in any manner. This may be done by storing the original paper copies of the forms or by scanning the original forms to store the information electronically.
Copyright language
All U-M websites and print materials should include the following copyright line:
© 2018 Regents of the University of Michigan
You may use either the copyright symbol (©) or spell out the word "copyright."
Please also see for more information on how to list the U-M Regents.
Executive officers
Michigan Medicine Executive Officers list available on the Michigan Medicine Brand Guidelines website.
Mark S. Schlissel
2074 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Deba Dutta
Chancellor, University of Michigan-Flint
221 University Pavilion
Flint, MI 48503-2186
Sally J. Churchill
Vice President and Secretary of the University
2014 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Domenico Grasso
Chancellor, University of Michigan-Dearborn
1070 Administration Building
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128-1491
E. Royster Harper
Vice President for Student Life
6015 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Kevin P. Hegarty
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
3032 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Rebecca Cunningham
Interim Vice President for Research
4080 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Timothy G. Lynch
Vice President and General Counsel
5010 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Thomas A. Baird
Vice President for Development
9000 Wolverine Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1288
Kallie Michaels
Vice President for Communications
2028 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Ravi Pendse
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
5008 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
(734) 783- 7109
Martin A. Philbert
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
3068 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Marschall S. Runge
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
M4107 Med Sci I
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5626
Cynthia H. Wilbanks
Vice President for Government Relations;
6008 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Freedom of expression statement
The Freedom of Expression Statement should be included in event programs for speakers or performers invited to the University.
The statement is as follows:
Thank you for attending this program. The University of Michigan strives to create a truly open forum, one in which diverse opinions can be expressed and heard.
It is the right of members of the University community, speakers, artists, and other invited guests to express their views and opinions at the University. We will protect the right of individuals to speak or perform, and the rights of those members of the University community who wish to hear and communicate with an invited speaker or artist.
Protesters also have a right to express their opposition to a speaker in appropriate ways, both within the confines of this building and outside the facility. However, protesters must not interfere unduly with communication between a speaker or artist and members of the audience.
If the hosts of this event or University representatives believe that protesters are interfering unduly with a speaker or performer's freedom of expression, those protesters will be warned. If the warnings are not heeded and the interference continues, then the individuals responsible may be removed from the building.
We reaffirm these policies in order to most fully protect the rights of free expression for speakers, performers, and protesters alike, as set forth by our Civil Liberties Board in our Student Handbook, and in accordance with the U-M Standard Practice Guide; Regents' Ordinance Article XII, Section 1; and state statutes.
President's diversity letter
The President's Diversity Letter should be distributed at least once per year by each school and college in one or more of their major recruiting materials.
The letter is as follows:
Welcome to the University of Michigan. As one of our nation's great public universities, Michigan is most proud of its astonishing breadth and depth of academic excellence.
At the very core of our excellence is our longstanding commitment to build and nurture a campus community characterized by a diversity of people, heritage, academic disciplines and scholarly pursuits. We know that a broad spectrum of perspectives leads to richer educational experiences and intellectual engagement for everyone. Our many and varied voices must all be heard and equally valued. They help us challenge one another's preconceived notions and expand our understanding. The fabric of our community is simply more vibrant when it is a diverse one.
We know, too, that as a public university we must strive to promote the diversity reflected in the state, the nation and the world we serve.
We cherish the value expressed by the University's first president, Henry Philip Tappan: "We must take the world as full as it is." All of us have a responsibility to recruit, welcome and retain the finest faculty, as well as the most talented students and staff, of all backgrounds, so we can further enhance Michigan's academic distinction as well as the vitality of our campus.
The U-M Senate Assembly, the governing body representing faculty from the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses, has voiced its "commitment to the value of diversity and urges that all members of the University—faculty, students, staff and administration—work together to develop new approaches to maintain diversity as a critical component of student education, research and service at the University of Michigan."
Mark S. Schlissel, MD, Ph.D
Nondiscrimination policy statement
The Nondiscrimination Policy Statement is provided by the Office of Institutional Equity (763-0235). The full statement must appear in publications as required by the U.S. Department of Education. The Office of the General Counsel says that the statement should be included in any materials or publications that contain general information and are used to "recruit applicants, participants, beneficiaries, or employees." Posters could be exempt if they include no "general information" beyond the announcement of an event.
As of April 16, 2014, the Statement reads:
Nondiscrimination Policy Statement
The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Equity, and Title IX/Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Office for Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432, 734-763-0235, TTY 734-647-1388, firstname.lastname@example.com. For other University of Michigan information call 734-764-1817.
This notation must appear in employment ads as required by the U.S. Department of Labor. In instances where space is limited, please use the following instead:
"A Non-discriminatory, Affirmative Action Employer"
Regents list
The current list of the Regents of the University is required in "all University of Michigan publications designed primarily for external constituencies." This includes but is not limited to:
- newspapers, magazines, and brochures used for the cultivation or solicitation of private donors
- publications produced to build or reinforce positive attitudes among alumni, parents, and government officials and to support the overall public relations goals of the institution
- Interactive or digital materials such as websites used as promotional communications via goals
This policy applies to all published materials (in print or online) that represent the mission, organization, or historical accomplishments of the university and all its major academic and operating units.
New regents list effective 1/1/2019:
- Jordan B. Acker, Huntington Woods
- Michael J. Behm, Grand Blanc
- Mark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor
- Paul W. Brown, Ann Arbor
- Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe
- Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms
- Ron Weiser, Ann Arbor
- Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor
- Mark S. Schlissel, ex officio
This list changes at least every two years and is also available from the Office of the Secretary of the University (763-5553) and from the Regents website. Publishers are strongly encouraged to verify the accuracy of this list each time it is to be reproduced.
When space is limited, the abbreviated list, below, may be used:
Regents of the University of Michigan: Jordan B. Acker, Michael J. Behm, Mark J. Bernstein, Paul W. Brown, Shauna Ryder Diggs, Denise Ilitch, Ron Weiser, Katherine E. White, Mark S. Schlissel, ex officio.
"Regents" is capitalized in University usage when it refers to the Regents of the University, but not "regental."
Please note: "ex officio" should be set in italics OR with parentheses, e.g., but not both:
- ex officio
- (ex officio)


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Wednesday, 3 March 2010
M's random musings on the Dangers of Walking Home
That plant is very prickly and poky [walking past a holly bush] and if you touch it, it will hurt you. And it will poke a hole into your finger, or poke a hole in your hand. Or if you put it on your eye it will poke a hole inside your eye and then you can't see anything and you will have a poorly eye and you might need some special medicine drops to go inside your eyes. And if I close my eyes I can't see anything. But if I can't see anything I might fall down and I might step in doggy poo and a car might bonk me on the head. Mr Bump has a "yuge" plaster because he always falls down and is bonked on the head and apples fall on him. That's funny, isn't it mummy?
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Monday, January 03, 2011
Quelque Chose #6
Me: Whatever happened to Gina G, I wonder?
The Bear: She ended up in porn.
Me: Oh my God, really?
The Bear: No. I just made that up.
Me: Oh. That's something that you'd totally believe though, isn't it? It just sounds true, like.
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"Jericho is real charity and goes straight to people who need help. It is a way out. I thank the volunteers every night. They don't ask for anything in return."
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Jericho Project offers a wide-range of opportunities for individuals and groups, including volunteer projects, team building exercises, workforce development opportunities, skills-based tasks and coordination of events to support our families, veterans and youth. If you are interested in contributing your time to Jericho Project, please complete the below form.
Our Young Professionals Council (YPC) consists of rising young professionals ages 24-35 to use innovative Millennial philanthropy to raise funds and awareness for young adults (many who identify as LGBTQ) that have aged out of foster care and are struggling with homelessness. To learn more about the YPC, click here.


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So are pleasure and happiness linked so intimately? The Longitudinal Study of Violence Against Women asked male college students how much they were in low spirits in the past month, and whether they agreed that they were pleasure seekers. I calculated the mean sadness score and list it by the answer to the hedonism question (N = 646):
Mean sadness score
Strongly disagrees that he's a pleasure seeker 1.97
Disagrees that he's a pleasure seeker 2.16
Neither 2.18
Agrees he's a pleasure seeker 2.28
Strongly agrees he's a pleasure seeker 2.31
Being in low spirits increases with one's hedonism. The difference between the two extremes is not huge--about three-tenths of a standard deviation--but it completely contradicts Russell's idea.
Also, keep in mind that these questions were asked at the same time. Getting pleasure right now does not bring happiness even right now--forget about the accumulating sense of pointlessness that comes from living to feel good.


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Rock, Mick
Mick Rock (born 1948 in London, England) is a British photographer best known for his iconic shots of rock and roll legends such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Geordie, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Crossfade, Thin Lizzy, Mötley Crüe, and Blondie. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies", most of the memorable images of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust were shot by Rock, in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.
In addition to his work with David Bowie, whom he met in early 1972, Rock is also noted for creating iconic album covers for Syd Barrett's The Madcap Laughs, Lou Reed's Transformer and Coney Island Baby, Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power, Queen's Queen II (recreated for their classic music video "Bohemian Rhapsody") and Sheer Heart Attack, Geordie Don't Be Fooled By The Name, the Ramones End of the Century and Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'n' Roll. He was the chief photographer on the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. He also produced and directed the music videos "John, I'm Only Dancing", "Jean Genie", "Space Oddity" and "Life On Mars" on Bowie's Sound and Vision DVD collection.
His photo subjects include The Misfits, Snoop Dogg, Air Traffic, Maxwell, Alicia Keys, The Gossip, Lady Gaga, Richard Barone, The Killers, The Scissor Sisters, Michael Buble, Michael Stipe, Kate Moss, The YeahYeahYeahs, The Chemical Brothers, Janelle Monáe, Queens of the Stone Age, Daft Punk, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Daniel Merriweather, Black Keys, Hall & Oates, Peter, Bjorn and John, MGMT, Alejandro Escovedo, Pete Yorn, Gavin Degraw, Peaches, Fat Joe, Rhymefest, Nas, Q-Tip, Jane's Addiction, Tom Stoppard and old friends Bowie, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Mötley Crüe, Nicos Gun and Iggy Pop.Rock received the Diesel U Music Legends Award for his contribution to Music in Autumn 2006.
Rock is so respected by the subjects of his photography that in 2001, when his book Psychedelic Renegades was being published, he was successful in convincing Syd Barrett to personally autograph a special series of 320 books. Barrett had left the music business for good in 1974, had lived privately ever since, declining all interview requests and all contact with any of his fans or people from the music industry, and was notable for intensely disliking being reminded of his previous music career.


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Veteran presenter slams 'witchhunt' against BBC over Savile
THERE has been a "disturbing relish" in the way critics have laid into the BBC over the Jimmy Savile sex scandal, according to veteran presenter Jonathan Dimbleby.
The broadcaster said there has been a "witchhunt" against the corporation since allegations that the late Jim'll Fix it star abused hundreds of young girls and women - some on BBC premises - emerged.
In an interview with The Times, the Radio 4 presenter, who first started working at the BBC in the late 1960s, said: "I think it's disgraceful and horribly out of proportion to hound everyone at the BBC in a way that is unwarranted and lacks perspective when the real focus should be on what Savile did wrong.
"Paedophilia is a huge national problem that no one thought about 50 years ago and is now something that concerns everyone, but this has become a witchhunt against the BBC."
Blaming the media and politicians for getting their priorities wrong, Mr Dimbleby added: "Organisations that have come under flack recently such as newspapers and MPs want to get their revenge. They think the BBC is too smug and holier-than-thou.
"But there is a disturbing relish in the way the critics have laid into the BBC, holding today's office-holders to account for what happened 30 years ago."
Comedian Freddie Starr was released on bail for a second time last night after being questioned by police investigating the abuse scandal.
The 69-year-old, from Warwickshire, was held on suspicion of sexual offences before being re-bailed to a date in December.
He has consistently denied any involvement in the alleged abuse and last month branded Savile "despicable" and "disgusting", urging police to interview him so he could clear his name.
His release came as solicitor Liz Dux said Savile's estate, the BBC and three hospitals - Stoke Mandeville, Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor - are facing possible legal action by alleged victims.
Ms Dux, who is representing more than 20 people who claim to have been sexually assaulted, said formal notice had been sent to "all interested parties" of an intention to pursue claims against them.
Lawyers are also looking into the late presenter's overseas assets, thought to be administered from tax haven the Channel Islands.
Savile's estate, reportedly worth £4.3 million, has been frozen in response to the mounting allegations.
NatWest Bank, which is acting as the Jim'll Fix It presenter's executor and trustee, said the distribution of his assets had been put on hold in anticipation of legal action from his alleged victims.
Savile's relatives said they do not want a penny of his estate and called for the cash to be donated to an organisation to tackle sex crimes.
Starr's arrest followed that of Gary Glitter on Sunday by officers working on Operation Yewtree.
Former pop star Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was questioned at a central London police station after being detained at his home in the capital.
Savile, who died last year at the age of 84, is now believed to have been one of the UK's most prolific abusers, with about 300 possible victims.
Scotland Yard is leading a national investigation into the television and radio star's activities.
Detectives are following 400 lines of inquiry, while the BBC has launched an inquiry into the culture and practices at the corporation in the era of Savile's alleged sexual abuse.
It is also looking at the decision-making process which saw a Newsnight investigation into Savile's activities shelved. The review, led by Nick Pollard, former head of Sky News, will report back on its findings later this month.


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First console advice from Dr Uncle Chad
Posted on July 23, 2014
I'm so proud right now… *sniff* My nephew is buying his first console. I was quite flattered when he asked me for advice, but thought my response might interest other readers too. The query went like this:
Hi its [Mr. 9] where is the best place to get an x box and which x box should I get and also what are some good games but that don't have guns swords are ok thanks
Harvey Norman seems the best place to go for the cheapest consoles: I don't really like their attitude towards retail trade (especially online), but they sure keep the prices down on console packages. JB HiFi can be competitive as well but have more availability issues, in my experience. Call ahead to ensure your local store has specials in stock, or try price matching if you have a favoured retailer (GameTraders is worth supporting as a local option).
My advice to Mr 9 was to go with the Xbox 360 4GB, which is going for a sweet $188 at the moment. As long as the console isn't used for storing lots of music and video the capacity will serve fine, and the hardware is otherwise the same. The other option is the $298 bundle, which has a full 250GB of memory and a number of really great games thrown in… but you would have to be much closer to 15 years of age to get value from the package.
It's worth noting that if you want to play multiplayer you should buy an extra controller (around $60-$70) as consoles only ship with one. There are two main options: a battery-pack controller (which works fine but requires replacing or recharging batteries) or a power-pack controller, which comes with a rechargeable unit that plugs into the console but will set you back around $15 more. It's worth the cash to me to dispense with battery concerns, but you need to keep on top of the power level in any case.
Finally, games. OK, this is obviously a subjective call but I'll explain some of the options that I prefer for younger gamers. Here goes:
- Minecraft 360: the go-to game for kids of any age on any platform (limited to swords and bows). Stay tuned for a 'best game ever made' blog post;
- Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed: another great, accessible game – a kart racer not unlike Mario Kart, it is forgiving and fun, and great for multiplayer;
- NBA2K14 and NBA Jam: Mr 9 is a huge basketball fan so I couldn't not recommend these;
- FIFA13, or actually any sports game – they tend to be rated for younger players and have great multiplier options;
- Street Fighter x Tekken – rated PG, a slightly more mature game: technically a fighting game but very stylised and fun; best played under adult supervision (or with adults!) for under 15s; recommended with caution and maybe not for a couple of years yet.
That's a start: there are many more, but it's always useful to check the ratings classification and reasons for ratings given: for example, if no online play is involved, much of the reason for a higher rating might become redundant. Further advice is available from Common Sense Media.
With these guidelines and some judicious buying, the most awesome page of growing up is about to open … Now go have fun!


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As you are probably aware, the law on data protection in the UK changes on the 25 May 2018. There will be a new act, the Data Protection Act 2018 which applies the Europe-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the UK. This will not be changed by Brexit. The new rules are designed to take account of the massive changes in data use since the Data Protection Act 1998. Facebook, smartphones, even Google did not exist at the time these rules were created, so the world has changed and the law must do so too.
Our school has published a new privacy notice and other documents as required to fit the new rules; we are still working to change all the various documents and processes, so you will see changes appearing on our website and forms over the next few months.
Article 35 Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
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It could be argued that the core mechanic of Pokemon games is training up your pokemon so you can beat the gym leaders, the elite four, other players, team rocket, etc. etc. That's certainly the tack that Pokemon: TCG takes. However, Pokemon Go took a different look at the game, building the app around collecting pokemon in the real world. Like the Pokemon games, it's also digital. What if there was a board game around collecting pokemon? What would that look like?
The board would be made up of hexagonal tiles, similar to Settlers of Catan, allowing for different configurations of wilderness for players to search. Pokemon, hazards and helps are on a separate set of exploration tiles, the way sand tiles work in Forbidden Desert. Shuffle these and lay them out in the configuration shown in the rules for the type of board setting the players are using. (For ex: mountain map would have a heavier concentration of exploration tiles in the rocky tiles, beach map more exploration tiles in the water and sand tiles, etc.) Players take actions to either move, reveal exploration tiles, or capture revealed pokemon. Players can draw cards that either enhance their own abilities or add detriments or blocks to other players. The game ends when all the pokemon have been captured. The win state could be based on a number of different things: hazards beaten or avoided, number of pokemon caught, quality of pokemon caught. It would be easy to add expansions with new settings, or new pokemon to collect. It's a prime marketing tool for pokemon and trainer figurines.
With Pokemon Sun/Moon out now, there is more than ever to do in the games. What do you play the most when a new game comes out? Are you catching them all, or rising to the top tier of trainer? Do you show off your pokemon's superior fashion sense?
I'll be honest, the only game I've played that used quick time events at all was Assassin's Creed Brotherhood – there was one that let Ezio hug Leonardo da Vinci, and I always hecked it up. JUST LET THEM LIVE, UBISOFT!
On the flip side, if by interactive film, we're talking about things like Bear 71, then I suppose one major difference is I've never cried during the first thirty seconds of a game. So thanks for that, NFB! I'm exactly the kind of asshole who gets hit right in the feelings by "narrative is done by animal" stories, right down to when pet finder ads are written from the perspective of the dog who assures me he is a "very good boy, who loves cheese." I feel like interactive films can be more effective than a game for stories like this one – if they're meant to evoke a sense of helplessness despite bringing the player closer to the story than a traditional documentary. I'm not responsible for the things that happened to Bear 71, but by linking clips and narrative to my actions, it sure feels that way.
Horror games occupy a similar place for me – I love horror movies. I like to be scared, and I like they're often one of the only filmmaking spaces where women can tell whatever story they like (and it comes closest to our own experiences despite – or maybe because of – being horror). I devoured a Let's Play of Amnesia over a weekend night shift, and it was great. I downloaded the free demo, played for about five minutes, and then closed the program, deleted the game, and shut off my computer. Just in case. And bear in mind, I already knew it was impossible to encounter the monster for the first part of the game. It didn't matter! Just the act of controlling my character was too much stress for my poor tissue paper heart to handle. Same kind of helplessness with not enough distance to protect my feelings – in this case, abject terror as opposed to just helpless sobbing.
It's just a bear but like, bears are chill. They like blueberries. They usually didn't get mad at you like moose (those bastards). It's like watching a huge dog get tranquilized! I can't even spoil anything but the first five minutes or so of Bear 71 because I got too upset. So Spoiler Alert, I guess: they tranquilize a big bear in Banff, and put a tracker on it, and you can use the interactive map to track the bear's activities, but Mia Krishner keeps talking in her serious voice as the bear and I had to stop. Sorry. I am terrible at games. But really good at emotions!
Actual spoiler beneath the jump:
It seems only fitting I should talk about WoW, on this the day of the Blizzcon opening ceremonies, right? Right! (Even if I suspect, along with the rest of the world, the big announcement will be about a new Diablo expansion, and maybe two smaller announcements about Sombra and a new Warcraft movie)(please jesus let it be about the Scourge)
In Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says: "What each person seeks is to actualize her potential, and this task is made easier when others force us to do our best." There are two reasons I started playing World of Warcraft back in ought five: first, someone showed me the Leeroy Jenkins video, which I argued on Wednesday makes a good satire of what happens when one person isn't seeking to actualize their potential, whether PALS 4 LIFE meant to satirize flow or not. secondly, someone posted a video of their guild beating C'thun, a 40-person end boss in Ahn'Qiraj. Watching forty people effortlessly move together around eye beams, tentacles, getting swallowed, getting spit back out again and – most importantly – NOT get devoured by thousands of small dragons really made me sit up and say "I want to do that someday."
Of course, it was a long time from that initial desire to actually accomplishing anything like a C'thun kill – a road studded with elite yetis (seriously – FUCK that yeti in Dun Morogh), failed guilds, new guilds, new failed guilds. Finally, towards the end of Wrath of the Lich King, I achieved a heroic Lich King kill with the raid alliance I was a backup for. It wasn't without hiccups of its own – as a back up, I didn't have a lot of opportunities to run the fights compared to the others, so I caused a fair share of raid-wide deaths, prompting more than one "Does this mage even know how to play?" comments.
But when it clicked – it was magic. When the turtle shell kicker dies unexpectedly, and you jump in to kick a turtle shell and save the day – that's flow. That's being in the e-zone, as e-sports players say, presumably. When you brag about your pinch-kicking a turtle shell and someone knows exactly what you mean – it feels great. When you counterspell a move half a second before it murders everyone you know? Flow. But it relies on other people also being their best, to bring you up to your own best. And frankly, humans are fallible. They're not always – not even often – at their best.
Maybe that's what makes it so magical when it clicks.
If you're into comics even the least little bit, chances are good the name Scott McCloud has crossed your radar. He's better known for his comics about comics rather than the franchises he's worked on, and for good reason – Understanding Comics is something I'd consider required reading for anyone working in a creative field.
Of particular interest to me is the concept of the "gutter" – the liminal space in comics (and arguably, in writing and games as well, and films and TV to a lesser extent) where the reader supplies the details of events between panels/sentences/scenes.
This focus on reader participation in Understanding Comics began to highlight the ways in which I exploit similar stylistic choices in my chosen mediums of short and novel-length fiction, and games. For example, from "Haven of the Waveless Sea", where Fandral Staghelm relives the death of his son:
"Again."The meaty rip, the buzzing song, the sound of hope dying.
I can't believe Undertale has been out for a full year! But it must be so; Toby Fox said it and I definitely remember getting my brain simultaneously busted wide open starting the game design program at the same time as my first play-though.
Spoilers for all routes of the game beneath the jump!
My history with World of Warcraft over the past two expansions has been… not good. I quit in Mists of Pandaria, tired of raiding and overwhelmed by the factions with daily grinds. It was a job, not a game anymore, and I hated it. They also fired a huge chunk of the Creative Development team, and the seams in the writing were showing. For the first time since playing any MMO, I played different ones – Wild Star and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn both took over my life for a few years, as well as offline games. I played Warlords of Draenor for a bit, only because I could finally pay for my subscription time with gold, and because the expansion itself was on sale for 12 bucks. Friends were getting really excited for Legion, and I did a lot of stuff solo in my other MMOs because people were all resubbing to WoW.
Turns out, it was for a good reason – Legion is flippin' fantastic.
It's like a dress that looks horrible on the rack, but makes you look like a superstar when you put it on. Illidan is coming back, and he's bringing Demon Hunters? The Burning Legion is a threat again? Whatever.
Blizzard's taken the best parts of all their previous expansions, and melded it into something really cool. Players finally feel like they're the hero of the story, can change things in Azeroth – something FFXIV: ARR was great at. Demon Hunters are fun to play, and get great cut scenes:
But most of all, there's an element of surprise and discovery to the exploration of the Broken Isles that I haven't felt playing WoW since Vanilla. I've been max level for a few weeks, and I am still finding quests in areas I never discovered – despite being the kind of person Bioware complains about on Twitter. Dungeon quests are slotted at the very end of the zone's main story so you're not held up from progressing due to waiting in hour long queues as DPS, but in addition to that, there are tons of quest hubs hidden all over the five Broken Isles zones that you can just pick up and do any time.
Still not convinced? How about small, hidden caves all over the coastline filled with orbs that players need to click in a specific order to unlock a world boss? Or that the artifact weapons (upgradeable legendary weapons based on class-related lore) all have hidden appearances and effects that players will have to figure out how to unlock? It's pretty hard to make discovery exciting and fresh in a post-Wowhead world, but the way it's been established so far in Legion has made me excited to at least try things on my own as much as possible, to occasionally sad and/or hilarious results. (For example: poisoning nobles on behalf of the Revolution in Suramar City, only to find out that I was poisoning my own allies at the behest of a loyalist. HECK!)
The addition of World Quests to supplant dailies as the end game mechanic was also a great choice – World Quests each have their own individual timers, from a few hours to a few days, compared to the daily mechanism, which changed all dailies, every day at the same time. It keeps things fresh, and sends players all over the region hunting down the quests with loot or materials that they want, before the timer runs down. Half the time I begin my World Quests for the evening, and only finish hours later, because I got caught up in fishing, or rescuing a baby bear from an attacking Tauren. Especially because of rescuing baby bears…
I don't know what my plan will be any more when I sit down to play WoW. I'm excited to see what new thing I'll discover when I log in. Like rescuing a baby manasaber? Or a baby fawn… look, I really love baby animals.
Unlike most who played Stardew Valley right from launch day, I hadn't been following it's progression over the past four years at all. It came up in my Steam queue as a suggested title, and I bought it on a whim. Looks cute, has farming, supports indie development? Sure, why not.
200 hours later:
what is sleep? what is food?
There's a few reasons why SDV sucked me, and so many others (it's currently 3rd on the Steam top seller list) in. One major one for me is I don't know when to quit sometimes and SDV capitalizes on that – not in a malicious way, but the mechanics of saving are tied directly to going to bed at the end of the day. You fall into your little pixel bed at the end of a long day, get a progress update on your farm's productivity, and the game saves. Before logging out, however, the cheery 6AM music entices you to just check your mail. Maybe see if that chicken hatched? All of the sudden it's 10PM in-game, and another hour of your life is gone.
The simple tasks – farming, brewing, raising livestock, mining for ore and treasures, fishing – are compelling enough to keep players on their own. But it wasn't until I started investing in the community that the game really got its hooks into my tender heart.
Laurier Brantford professor Scott Nicholson wants to help his students change the world — one game at a time.
Nicholson is leading the university's innovative Game Design and Development program, unique to the province, which debuted this year at the campus.
Friday marked the official opening of new Brantford Games Network Lab, known as the BGNlab, located on the main floor of the university's Grand River Hall on Colborne Street.
The former credit union building has been transformed into a gamers' paradise.
Students wearing white lab coats welcomed dozens of guests into the lab outfitted with computers, white boards, screens, game tables and a huge collection of board games. It's here that students will work on their gaming projects.
A lounge area, equipped with plug-and-play screens, will be used by students to test games. In an area called the Zone, students will mostly have fun with various gaming consoles and high-end PCs.
The goal of the lab, said Nicholson, is to spark engagement and collaboration between Laurier students, community organizations and local game enthusiasts to develop "made-in-Brantford" solutions to improve lives through games and play.
Read the whole article at the Expositor here.
As you can surmise, the past four months has been something of a blur with starting a new program, full-time work, raising a puppy (yes, he's still here. More on that later!), house work and frivolous stuff like sleeping and eating. It also occurred to me at the Friday launch event that as a part-time student, I'll be part of four or five different cohorts of students, which is a shame because I really like the ones I'm with now. I know I'm in the right place though, because half of my insomnia lately has been on account of having Too Many Ideas, which is a good problem for a creative type person to have. It was the same when I was starting Paucity, and we all know how well that's been going. That's not even sarcasm, it's been going pretty well!
I also want to re-iterate again what a friendly program GDD is to mature students; because it's not solely about programming, or AAA games, I genuinely feel anyone, of any age, with an interest in games and social change, would do very well here. Hint, hint, pretty much all of my twitter friends.
Unless you've been surfing the internet the past week from a cave on Mars, with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears, you've got at least a passing familiarity with Twitch Plays Pokemon. If not, a brief summary: someone decided to stream Pokemon Red/Blue via Twitch tv, and program it so that chat commands (up, down, left, right, a, b, select) correspond to the player character's movements in game. Basically:
What's exciting about this is, aside from the hours of entertainment watching Red navigate Giovanni's tower maze, is that the program essentially allows us to watch and participate in a simplified version of the infinite monkey theorem. Not only that, since someone set up a competing stream called RNG Plays Pokemon, we can compare how the keyboard smashing gestalt of 80K humans hammering away compares to a computer controlling it all. (Sort of: Twitch is playing Red/Blue, while RNG is playing Silver). All the same, gestalt beats singularity by 1 badge currently.
Obviously, with only 6 key presses to complete a game compared to the infinite monkey theorem of 26 key presses to complete a play, we're looking at probability many magnitudes larger in favour of Twitch. Plus, to be fair to the monkeys, they're probably not as familiar with Hamlet as most of the under-40 set is with Pokemon. Even so, completing simple tasks in Pokemon has been taking anywhere from hours to days. The length of time required to watch until something significant happens is so prohibitive, it's baffling in its popularity.
At some point, the creator added in a new form of play in addition to the chaos of the PC responding to every keypress, called democracy.
Players vote by either typing in "anarchy" or "democracy" into chat to move the bar in one direction or another. Democracy mode only moves the character after a key has received a certain number of votes within a 20 sec period – for example, if ten people type "down", and five type "up", the character will move down. It's slower, but progress is surer. A lot of viewers (myself included) feel that anarchy mode is the purer method of play. Think of it as a Nuzlocke challenge for thousands of people at the same time. Released your Charmander? Tough nuts, only Pidgeot can save you now.
Here's the really fascinating thing about TPP, though. Not only is the game progressing, but people are weaving in narratives and stories relating to the canonical journey of the player character. The aforementioned release of Charmander (nicknamed "Abby"), really did happen. An attempt was made to evolve an Eevee into a Vaporeon to enable Red to use surf, but due to a series of unfortunate spending events, he was unable to acquire a water stone, and they ended up with Flareon instead. When trying to deposit Flareon to withdraw another pokemon capable of using surf, Abby was released, and the myth passed into legend:
The Helix Fossil, due to its inability to be used or thrown away, gained a great deal of favour, as did the Moon stone.
The deep-seated philosophical urge to narrate the progression of Red in the game echoes the concept of existential angst, as Sartre saw it, where human recognition of the utter indifference of situations and objects. There's no sense of consciousness in them, which can cause great distress to the soul. We might not think of it so much when looking at a stapler, but it's certainly present when gazing out at the infinitely expanding universe – a panicky fluttering of uselessness.
Some of this is alleviated by the nature of the game – there is a defining end, a sense of accomplishment in beating the game. (Whether that's beating the elite four, or catching every pokemon varies from player to player.) despite the fact that most of the situations in the game result in no proper "progression", so to speak, there is still a heady sense of freedom in being that dick who types "down" instead of "up" to consult the Helix Fossil. Again.
But all of those individual situations of themselves are not linked in any meaningful way. They're the immediate expressions of actions taken by others, and expressed through an object (in this case, a computer program.) In between watching Red circle loops through Team Rocket HQ, there's still a powerful need to extract meaning through connecting these actions via narrative. Hence, False Prophet, Bird Jesus, and so on.
Twitch plays pokemon is fascinating because it's an 8-bit representation of all that German philosophical bullshit about the nature of being that you strained to wrap your head around in undergrad. How do we tell our stories? What is the meaning of our lives in a cold, uncaring universe? When we're on our deathbeds, we can look back at the journey, all the ledges we fell of off, the hours spent in a dark elevator alone, and say to ourselves, "At least we beat Blue."
In Pidgeot's name, amen.


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By Fareed Zakaria
In a strange act of historical coincidence, it is 60 years ago this week that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev handed the Crimea over to the Ukraine. It might not have seemed a big deal in those days – everyone was part of one big, unhappy Soviet Union. But that act has created today's geopolitical crisis.
Russia has now made its move. It has essentially detached Crimea from the Ukrainian government's control. What remains unclear is what Vladimir Putin wants to do with it. Incorporate it into Russia? Use it as leverage to negotiate a deal with Ukraine? Both?
In any event, Washington's response should be clear and forceful. Russia has violated all kinds of laws and norms, including most crucially, a treaty that it signed with Ukraine guaranteeing that country's borders, in return for which Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons.
For Washington, for Americans, for people around the world, it would be a terrible precedent to allow issues like this to be resolved not through diplomacy, but by force. If Russia could detach parts of neighboring countries with impunity, won't other great powers like China decide that they too can act in such ways?
So what can be done? Well, for starters President Obama should cancel entirely his attendenace at the G-8 summit to be held in Sochi in June. He should try to persuade the other major powers to follow suit. Russia's membership in the G-8 should be suspended. Remember, the G-8 was created to recognize that post-Soviet Russia was behaving like an honorable member of the international community, not a rogue state . If the behavior has changed, Russia's status should also change.
Militarily there is less that can be done. After all, Russia's military budget is about 18 times that of Ukraine. But NATO should restart talks on providing assurances to countries like Poland – including perhaps building the missile defense system that was abandoned.
In economic terms, Washington and the EU should consider the only sanctions that would be effective: ones targeted specifically at individuals who could be held responsible for these acts of aggression against Ukraine.
Washington cannot do much to stop Vladimir Putin as he creates facts on the ground in Crimea. But step back and consider what a strategic disaster this is for him. Ukraine has slipped out of his orbit and most of the population there is going to be hostile to Russia for generations. Countries like Poland that had eased up relations with Moscow will now view it with great suspicion. All European countries will put their relations with Russia under review. Even China will surely oppose the brazen violation of national sovereignty, something Beijing is always concerned about. Within Russia people have seen that Putin is terrified of a democracy movement and will brutally oppose it, not really the image he wants to present.
So Putin gets Crimea, which is only 60 percent Russian. Parts of it will be deeply hostile to this Russian takeover – including the population of Crimean Tartars, who are Muslim and getting radicalized. Remember, Crimea is in the Northern Caucasus, the area where Russia has been battling a ferocious Muslim insurgency.
So even as he lines up one more piece – or half piece – on his chessboard, Putin will find that the price he has paid for it will be quite high.
Wonder how US Astronauts will get access to the Space Station if we sanction and punish Russia? Will Russia cut off it's oil and gas supply to Europe if they participate in sanctions? What about Russian support for destruction of Syrian WMD? Those are just a few of the potential consequences of this situation. Careful what you ask for....
If the Russians don't sell oil to Europe, who will buy it?
China maybe....
Russia isn't as important as you'd think... they've always had unopen markets so the EU doesn't depend on them for gas. If Russia is out of the G-8 and I assume the security counsel, we won't need them to manage Syrian chemical weapons, it will be much easier then to just convince China to allow direct intervention. And Americans are using private companies to get to the space station.... anything else?
Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council.
Yes, Europe can buy oil/gas on the open market but it will be more expensive. The only current human access to the ISS is via Russian spacecraft. The only other nation that currently has manned flight capability is China and they aren't an ISS partner nor is it desirable for them to be. NASA and Private Industry man rated space flight capability is still at least a couple years away. Russia (formerly USSR) is a founding UN Security Council member and can't just be 'kicked out' of the UN Security Council. Russia is also a key Syrian ally and their cooperation is key to the WMD destruction. They can throw a monkey wrench into any Western Syrian 'peace' imitative. My point is, if Russia is 'punished' it can reciprocate.
This isn't the cold war anymore. Russia can't shut off west European oil simply by turning a valve anymore. Western Europe is now heavily reliant on sustainable nuclear power, and they get most of their oil from North Africa and the Middle East.
Yep, Russia can't cut off the entire supply of oil/gas to either western or eastern Europe. They do have oil and gas pipelines into eastern Europe and can cut off their portion of the oil/gas supply to their eastern European customers which would have an impact on some EU / NATO countries and their economies. China is oil/gas hungry and would love to get more Russian supply, so would India I suspect. The world economy is a fragile thing and Russia could do significant short term harm if provoked. My whole point is actions have consequences and Russia has a history of playing hardball. They are also Syrian and Iranian allies and can thwart our efforts with those countries among other things. All this talk about punishing Russia is understandable, but people need to look at the counter moves Russia can make. I'm sure President Obama is constrained by many factors that haven't even been mentioned. Just like President Bush was when Russia intervened in Georgia in 2008.
There certainly are measures Obama can take to neutralize Putin. Put the US military on alert and surround Cuba, claiming that many cubans are asking the US to intervene. Put Obama on Air Force One and fly to Kiev so he can show support for the new country's democratic aspirations. Put the anti-ballistic missiles in Poland as Bush promised. Give the world the impression that the US believes that more can be done than just whining and calls for sanctions.
What does Cuba have to do with any of this? Seems that you are still stuck in the Cold War. Anything that we do should be in concert with and at the request of Europe as they are the ones affected, not us.
It's not a new country. And it had a democratically elected president who was just ousted. So I guess they didn't' really like the whole democracy and rule of law thing.
Did I read something "only 60%"? Do you know anything about statistics? Or statistics are damn difficult to be plagiarized? Shallow and completely naïve
You clearly missed the point, didn't you, ghourzang?
Personally, I believe we should watch and learn. The first thing I wish we would learn is to NOT invade and occupy with every international event. I sincerely doubt there would be anything to be gained by immediate military response, and much to be lost if that were to happen.
A country that has been constantly at war for 75 years, spies on everyone on the planet, and uses drones to assassinate any person the administration dislikes enough. No wonder we are losing friends and allies.
If we have a military response, let's combine it with re-introducing the draft. Then will see how important our military action really is to us.
So, you think that as long as we have a volunteer military it is okay or easier to commit than a military made up of predominately draftees. Let someone else do the fighting as long as you don't have to. Hmmmmm, wonder what my service of over 40 years really means to you...better you than me? How long do you think people like you can ask us to do what you don't want to do and still have a country?
I don't the price Vladimir Putin is paying for the Crimea is too high as Fareed states. Putin asserts Russia's influence in to Southern Europe and the Middle East by maintaining influence in the Crimea. Ukraine will have to give in since it geographically is surrounded. Resolve by the EU and the United States is fair from guaranteed.
okay time to invade Russia.....#Sarcasm
"If russia could detach parts of ..countries with impunity" , you mean like the the way that Western Powers created Israel, the two Koreas, Viet Nam, carved up Poland, created African nations with no regard for ethnic homelands, etc, etc?
Steven, if you are using that as a way to justify Russia's actions, it is pretty lame don't you think?
I don't have to justify Russia's actions, but Ukrainian atrocities on Jews and Russians a mere 70 years ago should explain why they may feel that they might need to protect ethnic Russians from fascist leaning Ukrainians.
Suggested Action Plan:
– Freeze all overseas Russian assets.
– Send home the Russian Ambassador from each European / NATO alliance member including the USA.
– Recall US Ambassador in Russia for consultation.
– Forbid International travel from Russian officials including flying over NATO air space.
– Remove Russia from the G8 and suspend them from the security council in the United Nations.
– Send the fleet to stations in the Mediteranean and Middle East.
– Give a 48 hour ultimatum for Russia to retract their forces if not complied with fire surface to surface missiles at specific targets in agreement with the Ukranian authorities.
– Hold elections within Crimea and split the province based on Russian and Ukranian populations. The majority may be Russian, but it is not acceptable to harm the existing minority population.
That's a ridiculous plan. Why antagonize one of the most powerful countries in the world when they are only trying to to resolve the mistakes of the past? The Crimea should never have been given to the Ukraine. Once Gorbachev the weak allowed an empire of hundreds of years to fall apart (much to the applause of the west), the Crimea should have at that time been claimed by Russia as was Kaliningrad for instance.
The Crimea is predominately Russian and should be part of Russia.
The ethnicity of Crimean people has nothing to do with fact that Crimea has been part of Ukraine for 60 years, including 22 years in the independent Ukraine. And speaking of historical mistakes, was it legal for Russia to annex independent Crimea in the late 18th century? Was it legal for the US to add new western territories in the 19th century? Leave history to historians. What matters is that Russia recognized Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity in 1991 and confirmed it again in 1994 (together with the US and the UK) when Ukraine gave up its nukes.
I cannot be serious, I hope. If you are you understanding of foreign policy is less than zero.
Agree with almost all points (except the last). Crimea already has a special autonomous status in Ukraine with its own parliament, no other region has that. Russian is main official language there.
Russia cannot be suspended from the Security Council. They are a permanent member. The rest of your plan is too absurd to contemplate.
Cubans have been asking for US intervention what would happen if the US does the same with Cuba?
When was Cuba populated with ethnic Americans?
Amerika used exactly the same reason when they invaded Panama ! Remember, "the students"
Please correct this geographically illiterate statement. "Remember, Crimea is in the Northern Caucasus, the area where Russia has been battling a ferocious Muslim insurgency." Crimea is definitely not in the Northern Caucasus.
Exactly. I posted too on this, before seeing this comment. It's either a gross and contrived generalization, or utter ignorance. Hard to believe this from a major news source. This is one reason why I rarely if at all follow CNN anymore.
Since "it is 60 years ago this week that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev handed the Crimea over to the Ukraine," and since "Washington cannot do much to stop Vladimir Putin," I believe we should draft a three-way treaty in which Russia recuperates the Crimea, along with a slice of Eastern Ukraine, and agrees to let Western Ukraine align itself with the EU and the United States. Ukraine would be giving up a bit of territory, but it would suddenly be totally free of Moscow's reins and be able to benefit from worry-free foreign investment. I think this compromise would make everyone quite happy, and it would certainly avoid an escalation in East-West tension that could cost billions of dollars and millions of lives.
Who are we to lecture others about national sovereignty, considering all the countries we have invaded or sent troops into? Talk about arrogance...
If you all really want to help, how about this, instead of thinking about sanctions and other nonsense:
1. Immediately start negotiations, including all the interested parties: Ukraine, EU, US and Russia
2. Confirm returning to February 21 agreement, including guarantees of truly free elections, later this year, not in May: without constant interference by other countries, intimidations by ultranationalist, lustrations, parties, language or nationality restrictions, etc.
3. Agree immediately on neutral status of Ukraine, similar to Finland, no military block membership, NATO or any other.
4. Agree that the EU and Eurasian Union association questions will be decided only by a newly elected government, though negotiations between EU, Ukraine and Russia, not by the current coup d'état imposed group of people
5. Confirm that all the previous agreements between Russia and Ukraine, including those related to Black Sea Fleet bases are valid and will be honored
Before these steps are accepted by the West, Russia will stay in Crimea and may be in Eastern Ukraine, period, end of story.
This is really going to get ugly and at the end Putin wont only lose politically, but will be overthrown in Russia. Islamic extremist will also join the Tartars in Crimea and make life unbearable for the Russia forces. Bad move Putin, real bad move.
'everyone was part of one big, unhappy Soviet Union. ' unhappy? western parts – may be... eastern Ukraine, including Crimea actually were happy to be a part of Russia... I'm so sick of hearing 'we know how to deal' from those who know nothing.. Please, learn the history from various sources..
Some may have been happy indeed, but I bet you that the Crimean Tatars and the other ethnic groups that were expelled from Crimea and sent to Siberia were less than happy... Perhaps you should diversify your perspectives in order to get a more multi-layered understanding of history too.
Time for alien invasion.
Fareed, as usual, is a day late and a dollar short on his cheap advice. Does he really think he has some keen insights on how to instruct Americans in dealing with international crises? For that matter, Obama is at least several days late. What we have needed is a President who has a nose for international affairs – not a city boy politician.
Fareed again, masking himself as a disinterested party, but brightly concerned with Muslim issues, as is Obama. As if plagiarism wasn't enough, they still let him spew bullcrap and tangential garbage as if he had credibility.
wait guys didn't the united states invade iraq in 2003 under the pretext of WMD, nobody was able to stand against it. Now the scenario happens once more, the russians have interests as well especially with a country heavily indebted to them. This is how big countries operate, they don't look at it in a humane way, it is only about interests. I understand both the states and the Russians.
There is a strategy in the Art of War that is not pretty, but would end all of this right now. Those who know what I am talking about knows Mr. Obama must be very brave indeed and let go over the Military to do it's job, and I don't know if he has it in him? In the the Art of War, Sovereignty and the Military are complete separate, and for good reason. Do not be lured into Putin's hand, he has Syria, Iran and others powers in play. One thing needs to happen, and one only. There will be fallout, but the traditional Military can stamp that out.
Mind our own business and deal with this strictly with diplomacy. It's curious that whenever the U.S. Government want to invade other countries or use military force for their own needs, it is okay. Stop meddling in the affairs of other nations. The Ukraine, Russia and Crimea situation does not affect the United States and is simply NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.
In the short term (the very short term) you are right. Read Sun Tzu's, The Art Of War, then take another look at Putin and his recent power moves. A new picture may emerge. If not, then hold the your inactive position. http://www.victoryoverwar.com is the best version of Sun Tzu's book.
It is totally inappropriate for Zakaria to mention China here. Russia is well known for territorial aggressions in it's history which is not the case for China. And in this case, Crimea was originally part of Russia, at least since 17 century, and they have a majority of Russians living there. USA will do the same, I am sure similar situation.
"Even China will surely oppose the brazen violation of national sovereignty, something Beijing is always concerned about."
What have you been smoking, Fareed?
China said as much today, in that they don't like what is happening in Ukraine & that no country should invade another country's territory. They are going to watch this grievous event very closely as it acts out...also as there is a very large Chinese ethnic population in Eastern Siberia & because the same area is plentiful of water, excellent farm land & rich minerals...China might think ...well...if Russia's Putin can do it, so can we.
I predict Putin will be ousted either this year or early next year 2015, I see the Russian population protesting en masse & this action by Putin will be one of the reasons as well as major corruption & the state of the Russian economy which is now floundering. Sometimes time folk gamble, well...this is one gamble too many Russia's Macho Man took, now wait & see how it will come back to uproot him. That the thing with Dictators they act first & think later...
Crimea isn't in the Northern Caucasus. It is about 400 miles from there and practically an island in the northern part of the Black Sea. While it is somewhat linked culturally and historically to the Caucasus, it's had a very different history and ethnic makeup. I really cannot explain Mr. Zakaria's statement that it is part of it. It is either a gross generalization, which does not serve well his point, or gross ignorance. Either way, it detracts from his presumed competence on the subject.
As far as I know Russian forces have not killed anyone. Despite crossing the border, the Russians are at least acting responsibly. Couple that with support from the local populace and I'm inclined to wait it out. Revisit the situation later. Russians have to eventually return Crimea to Ukraine unless Ukraine cedes it with some deal. In my book: No harm, No foul.
Don't forget about the Syria. The only difference in the Russian response to Syria and Ukraine is that the side winning in Syria serves its interest and the side in Ukraine does not.
Maybe we should be building up forces around Syria and putting boots on the ground in equal response to every action taken by Russia in Ukraine.
I think going in Putin knew the price he may pay for this gamble. He is willing to play the price. Is NATO and the US willing to pay the price. I do not think so. Nuclear War is always in the background. Putin would be willing I think to play the nuclear card. He know we will not.
As I've said, this can be handled very quickly and effectively. One move, then have our Military handle the short but hard fallout. Read Sun Tzu's, The Art Of War, then take another look at Putin and his recent power moves. A new picture may emerge. http://www.victoryoverwar.com is the best version of Sun Tzu's book.
The US is the world police. That's why we are 18 trillion in debt. The US will keep getting into conflicts it has no business in. That is what happens when you elect stupid people. Elect smart people who will worry about our own people and our own borders and we can be a great country again and be respected around the globe.
President Obama and other world leaders from both large and small countries need to make some hard decisions, both economic and military, on what they will do to counter the Russian Federation's aggression in the Ukraine. Then each leader should get on an airplane and fly to Kiev to announce what action their country along the world community intends to take. The boots on the ground should be those of President Obama as he leads other world leaders to do the same! Put Air Force 1 on a mission to Kiev! I hope Obama acts on this suggestion!


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Collected end of the year notes...
I've posted over on the Crime Lab Project's blog, on the topic of forensic science as a local matter and the need to take action at that level. I hope you'll take the time to read it.
I have some exciting news that I can't quite announce yet, but hope to give you near the start of the New Year. Sorry for the tease. Can't help myself.
January is dedicated to writing, although I will be getting out of the house a couple of times for literary events. I am so honored and pleased to be returning to the Baker Street Irregulars and Friends Weekend in January in New York City. Several of the events scheduled for this "annual gathering of the oldest Literary Society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes" are open to the public.
the Cerritos Library. This event sells out quickly, so visit the library's site to purchase a ticket.
As some of you know, we lost our beloved Belgian Shepherd, Britches, at the beginning of November. He was eighteen, which is very old for his breed, and every one of those years was one we are thankful for. He was a big sweet, wonderful dog.
So we adopted a one-year-old shepherd mix we've named Jolie (you can hear it pronounced here) from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, a wonderful facility. She a sweet and happy soul, and we love this new addition to our family.
One last thing before I go back to work on my manuscript -- thank you. Thank you so much for your interest in my work, for buying the books and coming to signings and events, for telling your friends about them. I deeply appreciate it! I hope that 2013 brings you all the best.


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Follow Me - A Deal With Your Dog
Follow Me - a deal with your dog
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Follow Me is one of the most accessible and comprehensive books on dog training and behaviour. It is not only an attractive and colourful book of quality with great photos but is very readable and practical too.
Whether you are a dog owner, dog trainer, groomer or even veterinary professional; this is a great book containing a wealth of useful and effective information.
Eva guides the reader through a whole host of case studies, offering practical advice on recall, teaching dogs not to pull on leash, explaining why dogs growl in various situations and more importantly what to do about it. Basic obedience is included as well as sections on learning why dogs do the things they do.
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Topic: Consciousness | Posted:July 17, 2013
Michael discusses how seeing negativity in other people or situations is actually a reflection of those things within ourselves that we need to transform. When we have connection to the Light of the Creator that is growing deeper each day, we will see less negativity in others. When we only see the good in people and sitatuions around us, we know that our connection to the Light is growing.


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Dear Victor Davis Hanson,
You suggest in your syndicated column, "Harry Reid: A McCarthy for Our Time," that we "ask Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) the same question once posed to Sen. Joseph McCarthy by U.S. Army head-counsel Joseph N. Welch: 'Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?'"
First, I would like to ask you a question: Are you aware of the context of Welch's showboating remarks?
M. Stanton Evans did the spadework in "Blacklisted by History," his groundbreaking -- no, orbit-reversing -- book about the late Sen. McCarthy, who died in 1957. The book devastates the fact-devoid conventional wisdom (including the "no decency" fable) on McCarthy and reconstructs an evidence-based record. A very different person emerges from Evans' research: a political leader who -- alas for the purveyors of "court history" -- in no way resembles the execrable Harry Reid.
Yes, Welch theatrically denounced McCarthy at a June 1954 Senate hearing for outing Welch's assistant Frederick Fisher as a former member of a Communist front, the National Lawyers Guild. But weeks earlier, on April 16, 1954, Welch himself outed Fisher -- confirming that he'd relieved Fisher from duty over his previous front membership -- in the pages of The New York Times!
It sounds fantastic -- it is fantastic -- but somehow Welch's baseless "no decency" accusation lingers, its staying power derived from wells of pure ignorance, laziness or mendacity. It cries out for correction.
Next, you equate Reid's smear of the peaceful patriots supporting Cliven Bundy as "domestic terrorists" with what you describe as McCarthy's "smearing his opponents with lurid allegations, while questioning their patriotism." Peaceful patriots demonstrating about federal government overreach equals covert Communists infiltrating the federal government? Is that a logical pairing? Which peaceful patriots did McCarthy smear with "lurid allegations," anyway?
I note that despite your being a widely respected historian, the historical record is not a part of this essay. That is, your examples of Reid's allegedly McCarthy-like evil come down to the familiar buzz phrases -- "Have you no decency?" and "lurid allegations," the famous list of names, "un-American."
Take Reid's slander of Mitt Romney as a tax cheat and what you deservedly call Reid's "pathetic rejoinder" on being asked for proof: "I've had a number of people tell me that." You compare that to McCarthy's 1950 list of Communists on the State Department payroll. You write: "One wonders how many names were on Reid's McCarthyite 'tell' list -- were there, as McCarthy used to bluster, 205 names, or perhaps just 57?"
Again, is this an apt historical parallel? Malicious slander against a GOP nominee and allegations about serious security lapses in the State Department? I don't think so. If the implication in your use of the word "bluster" is that McCarthy had no list of names, I'm sorry, but the evidence laid out in "Blacklisted by History" (Chapter 14) tells us otherwise.
Your column continues: "When asked again to document the slur, Reid echoed McCarthy perfectly: 'The burden should be on him. He's the one I've alleged has not paid any taxes.'"
In what instance has "Reid echoed McCarthy perfectly"? Are you implying that McCarthy's investigations into Communists in the federal government were based on evidence of no higher caliber or substance than Reid's wholly unsubstantiated bombast?
Then you ask: "So how does Reid's reckless career continue with the Senate leader avoiding the sort of congressional censure that finally did in McCarthy? Why is there is no progressive muckraker to take on Reid the way that Edward R. Murrow once exposed McCarthy?"
It would be fun to throw a pop quiz at all historians and journalists who write on this issue to see what they really know about the "congressional censure" that "did in" McCarthy. Would they know that out of the original 46 charges against McCarthy, the Senate voted to censure McCarthy on only one single count? And what was that count? McCarthy's alleged stonewalling of the Gillette committee, a fishing expedition into the finances of his family and friends during one of multiple witch-hunt-style investigations the Senate initiated against him.
No doubt it's easier to allude to such events than to explain them. Ditto on how "muckraker" Murrow "exposed" McCarthy. I have a hunch that the punditry's explanation would closely track the synopsis of the completely ahistorical George Clooney movie on Murrow, "Good Night and Good Luck." Instead, I suggest "Blacklisted by History," pages 538 and 539.
Tragically, the recurring and gratuitous slander of the late, great McCarthy prevents Americans from understanding the enormous debt we owe the man for having had the unflagging courage to bring to light the dangerously lax security practices in the federal government that enabled Soviet agents and agents of influence (American traitors) in their extremely successful -- I call it victorious in my book "American Betrayal" -- covert war on this country.
More relevant to our time, so long as we profoundly misunderstand "McCarthyism," I believe we will be unable to protect our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Meanwhile, it is a plain truth that McCarthy correctly identified more than "a few" Communists in the federal government, as other historians such as Harvey Klehr have written. In fact, McCarthy identified scores of them. In articles for Human Events and Breitbart News, M. Stanton Evans recently tallied up no fewer than 50 (when, for brevity's sake, he stopped counting).
You conclude: "Part Tammany Hall-style fixer, part pre-civil rights Democrat, and part demagogic Joe McCarthy, Harry Reid is a throwback to a type of American politics better left forgotten."
I don't think the demagogy here is McCarthy's.


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Georgia Organics Makes Good Happen
Saturday mornings are a special time for the Tirrill family of Buckhead. John, Greer and their daughter Mary Holmes attend the local Peachtree Road Farmers Market every weekend in search of local, organically-sourced food.
"We had quit buying tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, melons, lettuce, and a host of other foods at the grocery chains because none of it tasted the way we remembered fruits and vegetables tasting when we were growing up," says Greer.
Mary Holmes is mentally and physically disabled, and the visits to the market are a chance for her to be adventurous and spend time getting to know the farmers, whom her parents jokingly call Mary's "boyfriends."
The farmers market also became the place that the Tirrills found Georgia Organics. Since 2010, they have been Seed & Soil Society Members, one of the highest membership donor levels where community members donate $1,000 annually to assist in funding Georgia Organics. The Tirrills have lived in Buckhead for 14 years, and since their love of organic food has grown, they moved to a two-and-a-half acre lot that gives them more space to grow a garden of herbs and compost their food waste.
"It's satisfying to know our charitable giving is going to an organization that is grassroots in the truest and best sense," says Greer. "Money from donations through the Seed & Soil Society goes directly to support farmers, from educational workshops to hands-on assistance in the lengthy, expensive process of becoming certified organic."
The farmers market is an example of how Georgia Organics is living their mission: to connect organic food from Georgia farms to Georgia families in the community. By bringing local farmers to the markets, they are encouraging Atlantans to buy and eat local foods. When other sustainable farmers see the community's increased demands for Georgia-grown foods, they, too, become involved. Georgia Organics was founded in the 1970s, and since then has developed many programs to enhance Georgia's sustainable local food systems through education and advocacy.
Another key to building the local food movement is through the Farm to School program. Georgia Organics launched the program in 2007, and since then has helped schools across the state to create policies surrounding local food, grow edible gardens, serve local food in the cafeterias, and provide education on cooking and nutrition. In this coming year, Ashley Rouse, the director of Farm to School for Atlanta Public Schools, plans to pilot a "garden-to-salad bar program," where food grown in school gardens is served in the cafeteria, and to secure land for a farm to grow food for the district.
Georgia Organics' incentivizes schools to participate in the Farm to School Program through The Golden Radish Award. In 2015, 39 schools received a Golden Radish Award, up nine schools from the previous year. More than 18 million meals were served with local food and the Farm to School program reached 700,000+ students. For the second year in a row, Atlanta Public Schools received the Gold level, the highest level possible for the Golden Radish Award. Among the schools in Buckhead, Garden Hills Elementary School, Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary School, and Sutton Middle School were recipients and continue to grow edible gardens.
The support of the community and the school system encourage the elemental statement of Georgia Organics: "Good food for all." Getting involved in Georgia Organics is easy. General Memberships start at $50, or become a Sustaining Member by a monthly donation of your choice at GeorgiaOrganics.org.


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Choosing the right foods is an essential role in treating diabetes, your meal should be proper with healthy choices of food items in it, along with that one should always remember to do some means of any physical activity, thereby helping out to maintain your blood sugar under control and finally your medications are must, please follow it according to the physician advice. Diabetics need to split up their meal and eat it for six times in a day, so that damping of food is not happened to our body also the required amount of food alone will be utilized and there will be hike in blood sugar. So it is a simple concept, but the right choice of food, yes in this session I am going to share you what sort of foods are must in diabetes person's daily menu. Come let us see about the healthy pattern of diet.
Blue berries are the best foods for diabetic, since it has the power to enhance the sensitivity of insulin in our body. Thus helps the diabetes patients to maintain blood sugar level. It has a good anti-inflammatory effect, which help out in preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. So what you must do, try to include daily blueberries in your diet, it is antioxidant enriched fruit that serves as a wonderful food for diabetic persons.
In oranges hesperidin is found, it is a anti-inflammatory compound, that is good for diabetic persons, also soluble fiber present in oranges are also considered as an healthy one among diabetes. Prefer to take oranges as a whole, than taking it in juice form. The above said criteria will definitely helps in bringing the blood sugar under control and also helps in further complications like, protecting your heart from CVD. So oranges are must in a diabetic diet, in whole fruit form. Not only oranges all citrus fruits are highly advised to include by diabetic people in their diet.
Chick peas becomes a perfect choice for diabetic persons, since it has very low glycemic index, glycemic index is nothing but the ability of the food substance to enhance the glucose level on blood. Generally legume and lentil consumption on diet is advised for diabetics it not only lowers the blood sugar but also helps in lowering the pressure on blood. Thereby help to maintain a healthy circulatory system.
Dark Chocolate
The fasting insulin levels are lowered in blood when you daily consume this amazing healthy and good quality of dark chocolates in your diet without fail, also these dark chocolates has the power to reduce the pressure on blood. Always remember to choose high quality dark chocolates, to get its amazing benefits. It has poly-phenol, which compound helps in protecting your heart's health too.
Plant based meals
A plant based meal plan helps to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, it is found in a research study. In that research study also found that, these plant based diet pattern on daily basis not only helps in maintaining blood sugar, but to lower your blood pressure, triglycerides get lowered on blood and also increase on good cholesterol on blood, thus a vegan diet helps in protecting your heart health and keeping blood sugar at control.
Olive oil
Try to include cardiac friendly oils and fats, so you have to eliminate all saturated fats and trans fats, include unsaturated fats like olive oil in your diet, these oils are cardiac friendly oils, which helps in protecting your heart health, don't think I just have only diabetes, diabetes is highly associated with stroke and CVD, once you get diabetes, then chance of getting heart disorders and stroke rate are higher among them. So try to include healthy foods for your heart health. If you are non- diabetic when using this extra-virgin olive oil on daily diet, it helps in prevention of type 2 diabetes. If your diabetic it helps on maintain your blood sugar under control and protecting your heart health naturally, so try to incorporate such a healthy olive oil in daily diet, by including on salads or just cook anything with olive oil, that's all your health is enriched.
I hope the above shared information will be really informative to everyone who go through it and thanks for taking immense time to read-out my article, if you found my article as useful one and good, then kindly like this content and keep sharing the article with your friends and family members, since sharing is like caring. Your feedback and comments on article are most welcome; it will really grow as well. You share this article among your groups so that the information get's passed away and will definitely useful for someone who read it. I hope you guys enjoyed reading it, thanks once again. Keep waiting until I bring you new innovative content with lots of useful information in it. Till then it's Ramya signing off from you. Have a healthy day and live a healthy way to counter your blood sugar level naturally.


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Whether trying to drift off after a hard day's work, or just wanting to get a quick nap in, it may be hard to relax for some; especially for people who have insomnia. For some there isn't much that can be done to help induce sleep without the use of medication, but these medications may have unwanted side effects, which may be more bothersome than the insomnia. The good news is that there are foods you can eat to induce sleep and if you are having trouble staying awake, there are foods to eat for that as well.
Foods to Induce Sleep
In the body there is a neurotransmitter called serotonin. This neurotransmitter is used to regulate sleep, sensory perception, mood, depression and body temperature. When you ingest foods such as chicken, eggs, cheese, tuna, milk or nuts, which contain a chemical called tryptophan, the levels of serotonin in the body increase, which helps to induce sleep. These foods are also linked to the production of melatonin, which is a hormone naturally secreted from the brain that induces sleep.
Foods to Increase Energy
If you are having trouble staying awake eat foods that contain carbohydrates and protein. Eat lean proteins such as fish or white breast meat. Try to eat complex carbohydrate foods such as whole wheat, whole grain and brown rice instead of white rice, potatoes and table sugar, which are considered refined carbohydrates. In addition, incorporate any foods that contain vitamin B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-5, which all work to convert food into energy. Foods that contain these vitamins are milk, peanut butter, enriched grains, whole grains and mushrooms.
Foods to Avoid
Avoid foods that are high in sugar, salt or saturated fats. Although these foods may have the ability to increase your energy or induce sleep, these additives may cause problems with blood pressure, blood glucose levels, blood cholesterol or weight gain.
Beverages to Induce Sleep
Drink a cup of warm milk and honey before sleeping. This drink stimulates the hormone serotonin, which induces sleep. Add fresh nutmeg to your milk. Nutmeg contains a chemical called myristin, which helps to cause drowsiness in small amounts.
Beverages to Increase Alertness
Energy drinks contain large amounts of caffeine, which may cause a short-lived energy burst. However, these drinks may also cause nervousness, irritability, insomnia, increased heart beat and elevated blood pressure. Instead of drinking these energy drinks long-term, try drinking a smoothie with a scoop of B-complex vitamin in it, to increase energy naturally.
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