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On what story meant to one of the last hunter-gatherers:
Witness to a Last Will of Man, by Laurens van der Post
They are words spoken by Xhabbo, the Dream, who I have already mentioned. He was a convict -- a man whom the establishment of European civilization had utterly in its power, and had not only violated his age-old right of occupation in his native land, but had also dishonoured his natural spirit, judged and punished him with the most extreme form of punishment short of death by hanging. He had been reprieved only as a result of the endeavour of this remarkable old German scholar I have mentioned. This old scholar noticed one day that Dream was sitting by himself deeply absorbed, silent and with a tragic expression on his face. Concerned, he asked what troubled him. ... This is what Xhabbo ... said
Thou knowest that I sit waiting for the moon to turn back for me, so that I may return to my place; that I may listen to all the people's stories . . . that I may sitting listen to the stories which yonder came, which are stories that come from a distance, for a story is like the wind, it comes from a far-off quarter and we feel it. Then I shall get hold of a story . . . For I am here, I do not obtain stories; I feel that people of another place are here, they do not possess my stories. They do not talk my language . . . As regards myself I am waiting that the moon may turn back for me, that I may set my feet forward in the path, having stepped around backwards . . . I must first sit a little, cooling my arms that the fatigue may go out of them, because I sit and listen, watching for a story which I want to hear; while I sit waiting for it that it may float into my ear. I must wait listening behind me for when a man has travelled along a road and sits down he waits for a story to travel to him, following him along the same road . . . I will sit at my place, that I may listening turn backwards with my ears to my heels on which I went, while I feel that a story is the wind.


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An alert resident and some quick police work led to the arrest of two men suspected of breaking into cars in the East Falls Church area early Friday morning.
Police said the men, both of whom are in their 20s and from Maryland, "entered and rummaged through" a dozen vehicles, stealing a number of items including credit cards.
More from an Arlington County Police Department crime report:
LARCENY FROM AUTO (Series), 2017-03310502, 2200 block of N. Tuckahoe Street. At approximately 1:46 a.m. on March 31, police were dispatched to a citizen report of suspicious subjects in the area. Responding officers established a perimeter and stopped two subjects matching the witness descriptions. During the course of the investigation, officers located approximately twelve vehicles which has been entered and rummaged through. Randolph Tyler, 27, of Temple Hills, MD was arrested and charged with credit card theft (x2), possession of burglarious tools, tampering with a motor vehicle (x4), petit larceny (x2), identity theft to avoid arrest and possession of marijuana. He was held on no bond. David Moody, 26, of Morning Side, MD, was arrested and charged with credit card theft (x2), possession of burglarious tools, petit larceny, and tampering with a motor vehicle (x4). He was held on no bond.
Meanwhile, another series of break-ins was reported Monday morning, this time in the Fairlington area. Officers said the suspects entered at least three cars that were left unlocked overnight.
These two series of break-ins follows a number of similar break-in sprees since the beginning of the year.
At least four cars were broken into and rummaged through in Rosslyn between Sunday night and Monday morning.
Police say "numerous items of value" were stolen from the cars, which were parked on the 1800 block of N. Quinn Street.
More from this week's Arlington County crime report:
LARCENY FROM AUTO (series), 2017-0220059, 1800 block of N. Quinn Street. Between 9:00 p.m. on February 19 and 6:45 a.m. on February 20, an unknown subject(s) entered at least four vehicles in a one block radius and stole numerous items of value. There is no suspect(s) description.
The rest of the past week's ACPD crime report highlights, including some that we've already reported, after the jump.
Arlington County Police are investigating a series of more than a dozen car break-ins in the Old Glebe neighborhood of north Arlington.
The break-ins were reported this morning in the area of the 4600 block of 41st Street N.
"Overnight approximately 15 unsecure vehicles were entered and rummaged through for valuables," said ACPD spokeswoman Ashley Savage. "At this point in the investigation, no significant items have been reported missing. Police remain on scene investigating and are canvassing the area."
"If anyone has additional information regarding this investigation, they are asked to call the non-emergency number at 703-558-2222," Savage added.
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A string of car break-ins over the past week have targeted vehicles in parts of South Arlington and Falls Church.
Last week, at least four cars were broken into and one was reported stolen in Fairlington. All of the cars broken into were unlocked, and the car that was stolen was reportedly unlocked with the keys left in the ignition.
Also last week, items were stolen from a number of cars within a one block radius of the 2000 block of S. Eads Street, in the Crystal City area, according to a crime report.
This past weekend, at least 16 cars were broken into in the City of Falls Church, according to the Falls Church News-Press.
Arlington County Police are continuing to remind residents to lock their cars and to not leave any valuables in plain sight within the vehicle when it's parked.
Someone broke into nearly a dozen cars in Pentagon City between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Police say 11 vehicles were found with smashed rear passenger windows Thursday morning. The car interiors had been ransacked, with some items stolen — mostly coins and cash but also small items from a Bic lighter to an iPod, according to police reports.
The break-ins happened in parking lots and streets around Pentagon City, including the 1100 block of Army Navy Drive, 1500 block of S. Fern Street, and the 1200 and 1900 blocks of S. Eads Street.
So far, no arrests have been made.
Arlington Resident Advances at Wimbledon — Denis Kudla, an Arlington resident, has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon. Kudla, 22, is the last American man standing at the tennis tournament. He will face the Croatian Marin Cilic at 10:30 (ET) this morning. [Sporting News, ESPN]
Dog Gone From Penrose — A Penrose resident is working to find her dog, a redbone coonhound, after it got loose and ran away during a party on the Fourth of July. [Facebook]
Fake Valet Takes Man's Car — A man posing as a valet drove off with the car of a disabled man who was heading to lunch meeting in Crystal City last week. The phony valet even took a $5 tip from the victim. [NBC Washington]
County Bolsters At-Risk Support System — After winning a competitive award from the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown, Arlington County is embarking on a six-month project that seeks to strengthen collaboration among County agencies that serve at-risk youth and families. [Arlington County]
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At least four lockers were broken into on Saturday at the L.A. Fitness south of Crystal City (3550 S. Clark Street).
According to Arlington County Police Department spokesman Dustin Sternbeck, the lockers in the men's locker room were all locked with digital locks, and it's unclear how the suspect was able to open them.
"We're not sure if the suspect watched people in the locker room put in their codes, or if there's a way of getting around the digital locks," Sternbeck said.
One of the larceny victims said the robbery happened over the course of just a few minutes.
"I was working out for about 15 minutes, went back to my locker to change into my swimsuit and it was gone," Mark Slobodien told ARLnow.com this morning. His wallet, ID and some jewelry were also stolen. "It feels like [the gym] was responsible, at least partly. I was using their locks to secure my property."
Sternbeck said the department doesn't keep statistics for thefts from gym lockers — they're usually reported as larcenies — so he couldn't say how frequent locker room thefts are. He did say, however, that most of the thefts are from lockers that were not secured by a lock.
There is no suspect description. All of the items stolen, Sternbeck said, appeared to be wallets, cash and other valuables that can easily be concealed.
Slobodien said L.A. Fitness staff told him similar larcenies had happened "once or twice" in the last couple of years. L.A. Fitness management did not return a request for comment.
Police say they caught a man they suspect of breaking into dozens of cars in Rosslyn "red-handed" over the weekend.
The arrest happened around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, on the 1100 block of Wilson Blvd.
Arlington County police officers were conducting a plainclothes detail in Rosslyn, in response to the break-ins, when they spotted a man who looked like a "person of interest" seen in earlier security camera images.
The man, 54-year-old Antoine Kennedy, was "caught red-handed attempting to break into a vehicle with a screwdriver," according to ACPD spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.
Kennedy, who is homeless and was known to stay in the Rosslyn area, is suspected of "at least 50 vehicle break-ins in the month of February," Sternbeck said. Police are continuing to investigate whether Kennedy might have been responsible for even more break-ins.
Kennedy has been charged with habitual petit larceny, possession of burglarious tools and felony destruction of property. He was held without bond.
Nearly 20 cars were broken into in the Rosslyn area over the weekend.
According to police, the front passenger side window was smashed and items were stolen from at least 14 cars in a parking garage on the 1600 block of Clarendon Blvd. The break-ins happened early Saturday morning.
Early Sunday morning, another five cars were broken into around the 2200 block of N. Scott Street. "Numerous items" were stolen.
These break-ins followed a series of 17 car break-ins in Rosslyn during the prior weekend, in which passenger side windows were also smashed.
Police told NBC 4 (above) that the break-ins may be related but so far they haven't been able to catch the suspect or suspects on surveillance camera. The thieves are looking for small items of value that can be easily concealed, so one way to protect yourself is to remove any such items from your car when leaving it parked overnight.
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Someone smashed a half dozen car windows to steal some pocket change last week.
The crime happened overnight in the North Rosslyn area, according to police. From this week's Arlington County crime report:
LARCENY FROM AUTO/DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY (SERIES), 141112016-021, 1600 BLOCK N COLONIAL TERRACE, Sometime between 1700 hours on 11/11/14 and 0720 hours on 11/12/14, an unknown subject(s) smashed the front passenger windows of six vehicles and stole loose change. There are no witnesses and there is no suspect information at this time.
The rest of the weekly crime report, after the jump. All named suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.
The Arlington County Police Department has released new data in an effort to help residents protect themselves from theft.
The department created an infographic with statistics about two common types of theft — residential burglaries and larcenies from auto — for the first seven months of 2013.
Armed with knowledge like the most common day and time for break-ins, and the most commonly stolen items, police say residents can make smarter choices — for instance, making sure GPS units and laptops aren't left in plain sight for thieves to find.
An average of 14 homes are burglarized in Arlington each month, with an average stolen item value of $854. An average of 68 vehicles are broken-into each month, with an average of $286 worth of items stolen.
"We're informing the residents of Arlington County of some of the trends we're seeing in the first half of 2013 calendar year," ACPD spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said of the graphic. "We're deploying resources based on this information."
A window cleaner is wanted by Arlington County Police for allegedly cleaning out jewelry and medications from some of the homes he worked on.
Justin Honaker, 33, of Falls Church, is suspected in a string of residential larcenies in Arlington and Fairfax counties, police said this afternoon.
"Employed by a window cleaning crew, Honaker stole jewelry and prescription drugs from numerous residences in Arlington and Fairfax counties during work hours," according to a police press release. He's wanted on grand larceny charges.
Honaker is described as a 5'10" white male, weighing approximately 185 pounds. Police say Honaker might have targeted additional houses, and are asking anyone else who might have been burglarized to come forward.
"If anyone has information on the whereabouts of this individual, please contact Detective Patricia Pena of the Arlington County Police Department's Burglary/Larceny Unit at 703.228.4183 or at [email protected]," the press release said. "To report information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers at 866.411.TIPS (8477)."
The City of Falls Church Police Department is seeking information about the suspect in a larceny that took place near the border with Arlington.
Falls Church police say the man in the surveillance images (left) stole more than $2,000 from a "money transfer store" on the 6000 block of Wilson Boulevard.
"At approximately 3:28 p.m. on Friday, January 4, an unknown male entered a store unnoticed and removed $2,324 cash from a locked drawer behind a counter," police said. "He appeared to leave in a black Ford Fusion."
Anyone with information about is asked to contact Detective J.M. Elliott at 703-248-5068 or [email protected]
Photo courtesy City of Falls Church Police Department
While most hunkered down in their homes to weather Superstorm Sandy last night, the wind and the rain didn't slow down a thief (or thieves) in Arlington Forest.
A resident on the 4700 block of Arlington Boulevard came out of her house this morning to inspect damage from Sandy, but instead of finding storm damage she found her car up on a jack and two wheels missing. The criminal(s) left two of the Scion coupe's wheels on, but took those on the driver's side. The lugnuts were scattered about under the car.
Police were called and investigated the incident, but were doubtful about finding finger prints at the scene given all the rain from Sandy. A mail carrier said he recently saw at least one other such wheel theft in the neighborhood.
Clarendon residents are being warned to lock their cars and hide any valuables after a series of vehicle break-ins at local parking garages.
Residents and business owners at the Market Common Clarendon shopping center/apartment complex were told in an email last week that management was increasing security patrols in response to a rash of break-ins.
"Over the past few weeks the parking garage experienced a number of vehicle break ins, and we want you to know that we share in your concern and frustration over these events," property managers wrote. "Unfortunately, as the Arlington County Police have informed us, our garage is not the only area that has been affected — the entire County has seen an increase in vehicle break-ins."
Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck could not confirm whether there has, in fact, been a noticeable increase in break-ins, but an email sent yesterday by management at the Residences at Station Square Condo (1201 N. Garfield Street) does point to the break-ins not being isolated to just one parking garage. The email, sent to building residents, confirms reports of thefts in the garage.
"We have had a rash of vehicle break ins in the garage," the email says. "This has been happening throughout the Clarendon and Arlington area. The cars have been damaged during the break in, and small items have been stolen from the vehicle. To prevent this from happening in the future please remove all items from sight. Please remove any and all items in your parking space. Please use extra caution until the individual or individuals are apprehended."
Last week police were dispatched to the garage for reports of incidents where a car window was busted in and loose change was taken, and where a convertible roof was cut open and a GPS navigation system taken.
Residents of both Clarendon buildings were sent an Arlington Police flyer (pictured) that advises them to always lock car doors, keep windows rolled up, and lock valuables in the trunk. Sternbeck reiterated that message in a discussion with ARLnow.com.
"It's the responsibility of residents and visitors to lock their vehicle and not leave valuables in plain sight," said Sternbeck, who also noted that "larceny from auto" is a common crime that occurs every day in Arlington County.
Management at the Residences at Station Square said they were "taking preventative measures from this happening in the future." Among the actions being taken at Market Common Clarendon were expanded private security patrols, a private duty Arlington County police officer on patrol during overnight hours, and coordination with ACPD beat officers and crime prevention specialists.


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Seneca Valley senior gets silver in national art competition
Cara Morgan plans to pursue a career in mathematics and accounting, but it's her talent in the arts that has earned her national recognition.
Morgan, 18, of Evans City won a silver medal in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition in New York City for her acrylic painting "Toy Project."
The award surprised the Seneca Valley senior who said she begrudgingly entered the painting in the regional contest at the urging of her teacher Jim Nagle. Morgan won a Gold Key award in the regional competition in February, which entitled her to move on to the national competition.
"She's kind of surprised that anyone would take noticed of the things she's making," Nagle said. "It's fun when they are the way they are and not conceited and have genuine surprise of winning something outside of their expected area of expertise. It was just really good."
The painting Morgan entered was done as part of drawing class project. Nagle said she was drawing so quickly and so well that he gave her a larger project.
She made a contour line drawing of a Power Ranger toy into a painting, a process that took about two months, Morgan said.
It was an enjoyable break from juggling numbers, which is how Morgan usually spends her days.
"It's more of a relaxing class than anything," she said. "All of my other classes are math, and I come into painting, and it's just doing something completely different."
Morgan said she plans to attend Duquesne University to major in accounting.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, dating to 1923, honors teen artists and writers in grades seven through 12. Past winners include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath and Truman Capote, according to the organization's website.
Morgan will be invited to attend an awards ceremony and presentation at Carnegie Hall in New York City later this year.
Rachel Farkas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-779-6902 .
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Can You See What I See? (edition 2002)
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This is a great book to teach children how to take their time and focus. The words are large and easy to read. The pages are bright and colorful to keep a childs attention.
This book is a great way to make children think outside the box. The use of creative naming made the book more enjoyable to read, becuase you are not expecting to some of the things named to exsist "a five cent card". Good book to keep children engaged and occupied.
I love it! The pictures are great, the rhyms are great -- a book that I think any 4th-8th grader would enjoy. I could do alot with this book. Its great for quiet activities and concetration activities. I like how it gets the kids invovled. I could use it as an example of poetry. I could use it when talking about nouns -- there's plenty in there. I could also use it for art class -- have the kids draw their own picture puzzle. Definitely a fun book!
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0439163919, Hardcover)Deceptively simple, Walter Wick's Can You See What I See? pairs rhyming lists of miniature objects with big, jam-packed photographs of the kinds of odds and ends found in any toy chest: blocks, beads, robots, dice, marbles, plastic animals, and game-board playing pieces. As in the I Spy series by Wick and rhymester Jean Marzollo, readers are invited to find the objects buried within the carefully chaotic piles. But Wick goes beyond the original formula in this book, slipping extra puzzles into the picture. Each rhyme ends with the beginning of a new game; in "Spare Parts," for example, after finding the listed items, readers must match 10 parts to 10 broken toys. In other games, readers spot the differences between objects, find their way out of a maze, decipher cryptic messages, or figure out optical illusions. Clever, sharp-eyed kids who are ready for greater challenges than the I Spy picture riddle series (I Spy Year-Round Challenger!, I Spy Funhouse, etc.), fire up those brain synapses! (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter
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I attended the Cadillac V-Series Performance Lab invitational event at Monticello Motor Club - Monticello, New York. As they say, timing is everything and this was a perfect time for me in being able to evaluate Cadillac's new CTS Coupe for purchase. I have a small break in my travel schedule in preparation for our new company launch in October. I also thought to myself, this is a perfect opportunity to connect up with my new CEO on cars. So, I contacted her and ask if she would be interested in attending a Cadillac event showing the new Cadillac CTS Coupe. She responded that it sounded like fun and she said I have never been at a track before. I explained that I was attending with the intent to engage performance test drives of the new Cadillac CTS Coupe and V Series models and I was looking forward to this and would make all of the arrangements.
Separately, I had a small problem; she did not have an invitation for this Cadillac event. So, I contacted Cadillac customer service and explained that I wanted to invite an additional guest to the Cadillac V-Series Performance Lab, the CEO of a private investment company. The following morning, I received an email indicating that Cadillac approved her attendance and an email will be sent to her as an invited guest of Cadillac.
The event I attended began at 7:30am and concluded at 12:30. This Cadillac event was excellent in providing participants with brief class information regarding basic racing physics and Cadillac's 556 hp performance engine, MRC, Brembo and StabiliTrak systems to enable Cadillac V Series cars to provide world class race track performance and street luxury everyday travel.
There were three presentation and test drive sessions. First, the kickoff meeting with the head of Cadillac Marketing providing a brief overview of Cadillac's V Series mission and the press reviews of the Cadillac's second generation CTS V Series sedan. He noted something that I was not aware of, maybe others here on GMI who track these measures would have known, that Cadillac has sold more CTS V Series sedans than BMW's M5. Then he stated Cadillac's has sold more CTS V Series sedans than Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. And finally said, Cadillac to date we have sold more Cadillac CTS V Series sedans than BMW's M5 and Mercedes-Benz's E63 AMG combined and the room full of attendees responded with applause.
Following this session we divided into with three groups and my group left the club house in new Cadillac CTS Coupes where we attended our first lab classroom session. This session discussed the basics of racing physics, Understeer, Oversteer and tire traction. Immediately following we were assigned to race track instructors and we completed acceleration and braking test at full throttle in the CTS Coupe.
After this we leave this area of the track and travel to another section and attended another brief lab discussion on the physics of braking and steering and Cadillac's MRC, Brembo and StabiliTrak systems. And now we again pair off with our race track instructors in Cadillac CTS V Series sedans and at full throttle perform emergency stops and negotiate a slalom course.
We again leave this area and return to the club house and attend our last session before getting on to the race track for a full test drive of the CTS Coupe V Series. A final instruction regarding driving on the track some safety information and most critical, the selection of your Cadillac CTS Coupe V Series and I selected a manual configuration.
We again team up with our race track instructor and we head out for a review of the test track with the instructor in the driver seat explaining the use of key cones placed for us where we should point our cars on the track. We then return and exchange positions and the ultimate fun begins. I head out in first gear and I comment to my instructor, "I have not driven a manual in while". He responds, "No problem, once we are underway you will be in third gear for the duration of the course". Once I was on the track heading into the curves and accelerating and braking I found there is so much torque with the CTS Coupe V Series, he was correct, I never left third gear. After my third lap it was time for me to return, but I really did not want to.
I had two missions for this event, to demonstrate the exotic style, world class performance character of Cadillac and the absolute power of Cadillac design to my CEO and be able to perform my detail evaluation of the CTS Coupe/V Series. I could not have planned it better; the day went off without a hitch. At the end of the event, I was able to spend the time driving back to Connecticut discussing her impression of Cadillac and her impression of Cadillac's CTS Coupe/V Series. She quickly responded. "This is the most fun I have had at a car event and I can see how people become addicted to the performance of these cars." I commented it is one the best I have attended as well. She said, "I must admit, I understood your fondness for Cadillac, considering your XLR, but I did not realize all that went into these cars. I was really impressed with Leann (her race track instructor) and I plan to complete the driving course as she has suggested. This really opens one's eyes to the skill required and pure fun in driving these cars, thank you for arranging this."
Well, it was evident she was impressed with the day's event as I was. I said, "I am thinking very seriously of Cadillac's CTS Coupe V Series for purchase as my company car when my contract becomes final." I have also decided on the color, Thunder Gray (ChromalFlair Pigment) with Ebony interior all optioned". She responded, "I would have guessed that of you prior to coming to this event. But now I understand why you are so positive of Cadillac. I am very persuaded in favor of Cadillac. Thanks again that was so much fun."
Prior to leaving, I spent a little time with the Cadillac reps asking specific questions regarding the CTS Coupe and CTS Coupe V Series models. And my impression regarding Cadillac's direction is very clear for the V Series line, it will be expanded as new Cadillac models are announced.
All in all a fun day with Cadillac's V Series team. I recall seeing other GMI members were invited to this Cadillac event. Please provide your feedback and your impression.


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The Kellogg Garden Club met April 23. Members finalized plans for their High Tea, to be held at 1 p.m. May 18 at the cabin in Holmdahl Park.ĀJim White, from Bates Flower Shop, will speak.Ā Tickets are available for $10 and may be purchased at the Kellogg Bank, from any garden cub member or by calling (641) 236-9479.
Member Louise Meakins, gave an interesting presentation about the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone. Nitrogen and phosphorus are carried to the gulf by the rivers and cause the deep water there to become oxygen starved, which disrupts the entire life cycle ofĀorganisms living in the gulf waters. Ā
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Ozarks' History: Cane Hill College, 1858-1891
By 1858, Cane Hill College had expanded in size to four buildings, including a dormitory and a two-story brick teaching facility. The school was establishing itself as a bastion of educational strength on the frontier when the Civil War brought this progress to an abrupt halt.
The College closed in 1861 when the majority of its students (at that time all male) took up arms. Almost all of the Cane Hill community was burned in 1864 when Union troops occupied Northwest Arkansas, including three of the four buildings at the college. One of the few buildings in Cane Hill to survive the destruction was the college dormitory, which was used as a hospital for Union troops under the command of Brigadier General James G. Blunt.
Classes resumed soon after the war, and in 1868 the College added another frame structure to the campus. In 1875 Cane Hill College made another bold step when it became the first four-year college in Arkansas to admit women to its degree program. Formal educational opportunities had been made available to women at Cane Hill since the late 1830's, but, in keeping with the times, they were taught only the basics in English and Mathematics, and a few other courses in "Moral and Mental Science," drawing, embroidery and painting. By 1875, educational opportunities for women at Cane Hill had evolved into the Female Seminary, a virtual college empowered to grant baccalaureate degrees to women. The Female Seminary merged with Cane Hill College in 1875 and became the "Female Department" of the College. The Female Department soon disappeared and the College became truly coeducational, granting five degrees to women in the 1877 graduating class.
Seven years after this progressive change, the College suffered a major setback. On the night of October 10, 1885, the College was burned to the ground. Although the townspeople suspected arson, no one was ever apprehended. After the fire, classes were held in the Methodist Church facilities at Cane Hill. By 1886, a new brick building was constructed to house classrooms for the college, but the College would not benefit long from this construction.
In 1871, Arkansas Industrial University (better known today as The University of Arkansas) had received a state charter for its campus in Fayetteville, about 20 miles northeast of Cane Hill. While this single event hadn't impacted the small community of Cane Hill as dramatically as the war had, it was now proving to be much more devastating to Cane Hill College.
For years, Fayetteville had been outstripping Cane Hill as a population and commercial center, giving Arkansas Industrial University a much broader student base. Cane Hill College was woefully short of financial assistance. Although the 1852 charter provided for support of the College by the Arkansas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Synod support was negligible at best and often nonexistent. For the most part, the Cane Hill congregation alone had borne the burden of support for the College. The competition and financial strain finally grew too great for the small, private College to continue, and in 1891 it closed its doors as Cane Hill College for the last time.


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Brooklyn, N.Y. • There's nothing like pressure to reveal weakness.
Certainly, BYU coach Dave Rose may look back on the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic as as a needed pressure cooker. Two losses to Florida State and Notre Dame took advantage of the Cougars' shortcomings.
"It was a good learning experience for us," Rose said. "We have a lot of work to do to get better."
BYU (2-2) did compete better Saturday in its 78-68 loss to Notre Dame.
Forward Brandon Davies had foul trouble for the second consecutive night and the Cougars had little production from the point, yet BYU owned a seven-point lead in the second half.
Then the worm turned as Notre Dame went on a 16-2 run.
"We had the game kind of how we wanted it to go right there in the middle of the second half," Rose said. "And then Notre Dame did what they do. They made possessions really long. They executed really well. They made their free throws. They turned us over.
"They kind of locked us up for a few minutes, and that was the story of the game right there."
Rose said the Cougars need to improve in the paint, on the wing and at the point, which pretty much covers everything.
BYU did not shoot well less than 40 percent for both games. And with Davies and his replacement Ian Harward picking up fouls at a rapid pace, the Cougars' interior defense suffered.
Harward, Nate Austin and Craig Cusick did provide quality minutes, but it wasn't enough.
"One of the positives, we had guys come in and get some minutes we'll really need soon," Rose said. "We keep talking about we need to increase the depth of our team. Well, it needs to happen fairly quickly. We can't keep waiting for guys to come in and play well.
"Ian was really good, but he gets five fouls in a short period of time."
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The original owner was country singer George Strait and was called "Day Money".
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noun phrase
Direct and honest discourse; straight goods (1900+)
The general who commanded coalition troops in the first Gulf War was known for his straight talk as well as his battle prowess.
McCain said almost nothing at the White House meeting, and stripped the gears of the straight talk Express.
Everyone remembers John McCain's famous "straight talk Express," but can you remember George W. Bush's campaign jet in 2000?
On the straight talk Express he was still an irresistible charmer.
They agreed that if Wauchope's friend the curate had given them a straight talk it would have been much straighter.
She backs me up against the desk and cuts loose with the straight talk.
He was in the habit of having 258 a straight talk with the employing farmers, telling them that the boys must be treated squarely.
Sibyl and he were having what he said afterward was quite a straight talk.
I found out later on that those boys would listen to straight talk on almost any subject, even themselves.
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I have never met the photographer of this image in person, but I have known him (Damon) for about 5 years now. We were similarly introduced to each other's works through Myspace, and there has always been a mutual appreciation of the things we create.
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Many of the zines are in envelopes ready to go and I will post them as sooon as I can.
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Life keeps biting me in the arse lately.
So, I have suffered from anxiety and depression since I was…a lot younger than I am now. And what I've noticed in terms of zines that address this issue is that the majority focus on ONE PERSON'S EXPERIENCE. There are the odd few that have other people's stories as well, and I have found these to be the most helpful. Of course, all of the zines that focus on this issue are helpful in their own ways.
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I just went to see Jaron Lanier speak at the 92nd Street Y last evening and I have lots and lots of notes to do a longer blog later, but first, some quick impressions. He has a new book out called You Are Not a Gadget.
In person, he comes across as quite reasonable and jovial and tolerant -- and that should help spread his message. He has the dreadlocks and the opaque watercoloured eyes that make him seem like a zany hippie in photographs, but in real life, he looks you in the eye, he doesn't stare off to utopia. And you see he is a big fat man, and that gives him a Buddha-like yet down-to-earth appearance that adds to that sense of peace and practicality. He also has a typical flat American accent from the midwest and doesn't sound coastal, somehow, so that also makes him seem more "normal" despite his outlandish resume as "the father of virtual reality" and all that jazz.
He speaks in a very high-content-per-phrase manner with a lot of "quotable quotes" but it is not dense or glib. He was moderated by an NPR editor who didn't add much to the program except to play skeptic, complain that Lanier's stories were too long (we were all loving them) and then to make a final snarky repartee about capitalism, as if there is something wrong with capitalism (there isn't).
I started the book on the subway home, I have to say it is very promising and synthesizes and extends a lot of what you see in his excellent essays about digital Maoism and such. I'm really just so *relieved* that a person like this exists, and that he exists in the heart of Silicon Valley with such sheer rotund *normalcy* that I just can't tell you -- I feel less lonely and as if at least, some of the ideas that I expound will have a better and higher defense in a writer like this.
I went up afterward to get the book signed and asked this father of virtual reality why he wasn't in Second Life. He said that in fact, he was the only person given his real name (Jaron Lanier is indeed an avatar in the list). I pointed out that Cory Doctorow was given his real name, too. He said that he was active at the time of the founding and helped the founders at Linden Lab think through the issues, but that he was just too busy nowadays on other things. I asked if virtual worlds were a stage he felt he had passed, and he shook his head vigorously "no," that he was still very much interested. I urged him to come and speak in SL and explained that you can get more people on a server now or four servers than you used to -- although I have to say that on the "server" of the 92nd Street Y, there weren't more than about 80-100 people in a small side room, it was not the big hall.
I see that Lanier has an excellent oped piece in the newspaper most read in America -- the Wall Street Journal -- that distills his book -- so be sure to read this -- it's the best thing I've seen since his essay on digital Maoism. There's also a good review, that calls out the "furious backlash" from the geek religionists -- although even that supportive reviewer somehow gets sentimental about the People's access to the great digital Commons, in ways that are missing the point.
Not surprising, all the web 2.0 geeks are annoyed at his manifesto and ripping it to shreds. I take them on here at my old enemy TechDirt, which I took on back at the time of the infamous Jira on forcing "free" into the creation of objects, remember?
Then there's the geek tech editor at the Telegraph who is rather dyspeptic about Lanier so I counter his rant. Then I answer the Slate piece as well -- more tekkie web 2.0 booster handwringing that someone has finally said "no" to these people.
The Times does an excellent job of covering Lanier without the Silicon Valley and its extended tech network snark and I have comments on that thread and also here in response to this article taking the study of "madness of crowds" further.
I've also argued on Twitter with some of the slashdotting geek types there; I'm glad to see most of the response on Twitter to Lanier and the reviews of him and his excerpted essays is positive, and that more and more, the web 2.0 collectivist gang is shown to be the extreme and sectarian thing that it is.
It was great to get a signed book from this man, to add to my collection of other signed books by famous people, and I asked him to make it out to "Prokofy". He circled the "YOU" on his book title and drew it to my name, as he was doing for others. I felt as if finally, there is a champion for the middle class among these "lords of the clouds" as he calls them.


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Located in Parkes, Hotel Gracelands is minutes from Parkes Motor Museum and Cooke Park. This 4-star motel is within close proximity of Bushmans Hill Reserve and Parkes Showgrounds.
Make yourself at home in one of the 22 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and minibars, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and an arcade/game room. Additional features at this motel include wedding services, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Grab a bite to eat at the motel's restaurant, where you can enjoy drinks at a bar, take in a garden view, and even dine alfresco (weather permitting). You can also stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. Event facilities at this motel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 2
- Laundry facilities
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- Front desk (limited hours)
- Year Built 1965
- Billiards or pool table
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- In-room accessibility
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Coffee shop or café
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- Total number of rooms - 22
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
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i wanted to let you know that i have cutted my hair in layers now, and i don't really know what to think about it yet. i think my shortest layers are a little too short, even though they're at shoulder length, it makes the hairs at the top of the short layers thicker and more puffy. it does takes a lot of the thickness on the back of my hair away though, which i'm really pleased with! next time i think i will still cut my hair in layers but cut the shortest layers a little longer.


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Ranks Preview by Andrew Thell
Brent Celek is likely going to find his way into your starting lineup no matter what we say this week, but he is in line for a monster fantasy week. The Bears rushing defense is mediocre, but their secondary is in absolute shambles. Brian Westbrook has been Donovan McNabb's favorite check-down target for years, but this week he'll have to lean more heavily on Celek in the short passing game and around the endzone.
Here's a sneaky play for those of you desperate at tight end: Detroit Lions rookie Brandon Pettigrew. We have him all the way down at 17 because you can't expect prooduction from the rookie in this offense, but he's being targeted more and more in the Lions passing "attack" and draws an excellent matchup this week at home against the Browns.
It's a shame Jay Cutler is playing so poorly, because he's dragging his good buddy Greg Olsen down with him. The Eagles defense and secondary is strong and Olsen has been doubled far more than we expected this season, but with the constant blitzes Philly employs you can expect Olsen to see a lot of single coverage and for Cutler to be checking down to his RB and TE often. Olsen cracks the top ten as a result, but we can't put him any higher with so much in flux in Chicago.
See also:
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1. Dallas Clark, Indianapolis Colts @ BAL
2. Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers @ DEN
3. Brent Celek, Philadelphia Eagles @ CHI
4. Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta Falcons @ NYG
5. Vernon Davis, San Fancisco 49ers @ GB
6. Kellen Winslow, Tampa Bay Bucs vs. NO
7. Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys vs. WAS
8. Jeremy Shockey, New Orleans Saints @ TB
9. Heath Miller, Pittsburgh Steelers @ KC
10. Greg Olsen, Chicago Bears vs. PHI
11. Dustin Keller, New York Jets @ NE
12. John Carlson, Seattle Seahawks @ MIN
13. Visanthe Shiancoe, Minnesota Vikings vs. SEA
14. Zach Miller, Oakland Raiders vs. CIN
15. Jermichael Finley, Green Bay Packers vs. SF (Check Status)
16. Fred Davis, Washington Redskins @ DAL
17. Brandon Pettigrew, Detroit Lions vs. CLE
18. Todd Heap, Baltimore Ravens vs. IND
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A Minute With: Stephen Merchant on dreaming and despairing in L.A
By Eric Kelsey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stephen Merchant, the gangly and bespectacled comedian best known for creating with Ricky Gervais the British and U.S. TV sitcoms "The Office," steps in front of the camera with his warped sense of reality in the HBO comedy "Hello Ladies."
The eight-episode series, which debuts on Sunday, is Merchant's first turn in a leading role on U.S. television. The 38-year-old Briton plays Stuart, a loser who is looking for love in Los Angeles.
The Emmy winner spoke to Reuters about how the show originated from his stand-up routine, the Hollywood dream machine and how his unusual height helps drive his humor.
Q: Did you believe your stand-up show could be a sitcom?
A: It wasn't a plan I had, and once they (HBO) brought that up, my mind started wandering, and they suggested to me the idea of him being in Los Angeles. That sort of appealed to me because I like the idea that Stuart is a fantasist in a way, who has bought into L.A. as this world of glamour, beautiful people and VIP parties behind red velvet ropes, and having dreamed in the suburbs of England about that fantasy life, trying to get access to it, and, of course, failing as so many people do.
Q: Stuart is a foreigner in Los Angeles, like yourself. Does foreignness help propel your comedy writing?
A: He's kind of a foreigner everywhere. I feel this in many ways: I'm too tall and I'm a little too pale and you know, I've always felt a little bit like an alien. But also I think it magnifies the disjuncture between his fantasy of what life could be and the reality. For some reason, that's very pronounced in somewhere like Los Angeles because of this disparity between the glamour and the beauty and normal people is very distinct.
Something that interests me as well is the idea of loneliness and the way that L.A. in particular is a very lonely city because everyone is in their cars and there's no real hub. But also this idea that the grass is always greener, this notion that, particularly in the Internet age, we are led to believe that the world is open to us and we can travel and we can experience things and it's there for the taking. The reality is, that it's not always the case. Continued...


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Haha, I managed to find how the page looks like after you logon:
I don't mind an invitation nevertheless.
I'm there. My id is 'Cosmive'
I'm also there, username: unisphere
mine is a very imaginative 'JJenZz'
I would LOVE an invite please?
Email: me@[my-username].me
Hope you get it O_o
Wish I could get an invite! I applied a few weeks ago, but still havent received a response. If anyone can extend an invite, please shoot me one:
-alvin c.
I hate closed communities, there is no justification for them. Tried being a member of a few of them, seemed very elitist and closed minded. esp. ffffound – not what art is about at all.
Wish I could get an invite! I applied a few weeks ago, but still havent received a response. If anyone can extend an invite, please shoot me one:
alvin[.]crespo[at]gmail[.]com-alvin c.
weeks you say? hmmm i dont like to wait
seemed very elitist
not quite. look at what is inside of few sites like that and you will see are far from what you can call elite. in this days is a habit, in case you want to do some "trendy", to make a website based on invitation. is a human nature exploited from ages. probably those sites are done by peoples who don't get dribbble?! and like always, the copies are just copies.
btw, have anyone a good experience using those websites? got more clients? more experience? or just odes from less skilled viewers?
for me, almost all those sites are like a telenovela based on "eyes wide shut" but with kidman in a bad shape and having the bathroom in backyard over a hole in ground.
waiting for accepting my request i dont know why we have to wait !


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OKINAWA, Japan — All 49 schools across Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific schools will challenge students to apply their science, technology, engineering, mathematics, communication and problem-solving skills during STEM Awareness Week April 23-27.
STEM Awareness Week is a DoDEA-wide initiative to facilitate a deeper dive into academic areas of national import, particularly in the areas of engineering and mathematics. A secondary goal is to boost awareness and enthusiasm for the STEM academic disciplines among traditionally underrepresented populations such as minority and female students. By exposing students at an early age to the exciting STEM career opportunities available to aspiring engineers, scientists, mathematicians, inventors, creative professionals, and researchers, events such as STEM Awareness Week will help address concerns among American business and government leaders about a shortage of students choosing to pursue STEM-oriented degrees and careers.
DoDEA districts around the globe are preparing activities and events for STEM Awareness Week to stimulate student interest and community engagement. DoDEA Pacific is using a holistic approach to include partnerships with military units and local community organizations, hands-on activities, project-based learning, an emphasis on collaborative problem-solving skills, and using technology in a substantive way to support learning and discovery.
While STEM Awareness Week will offer a special energy and focus to participating students, STEM goes far beyond a weeklong activity in DoDEA Pacific schools. The principles of mathematics, science and technology are embedded in everyday classroom instruction from the earliest grade levels. Each day, DoDEA Pacific students experience a range of learning activities related to STEM such as hands-on projects, self-paced and self-directed discovery challenges, group assignments, and traditional research methods widely used by universities and professional research facilities. Beyond the classroom, DoDEA Pacific also offers myriad extracurricular activities such as eCybermission, MATHCOUNTS, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), and various Far East high school activities including Mathematicafest, and the Science and Research Academy (SARA) now known as Interdisciplinary Basic and Applied Research (IBARA).
As DoDEA has adopted new math and science standards in recent years, DoDEA Pacific schools have worked to embed science and math into other content areas through collaborative instructional planning. To align course offerings with emerging and future STEM fields, DoDEA Pacific also introduced pilot engineering courses in Biotechnology, Green Technology, Robotics and Gaming Technology in the fall of 2011. The classes have been well received by students and parents alike.
They offer the rigorous project-based learning and real-world problem solving that students need to prepare for the demands of advanced academic research and professional collaboration.
"We strive to provide our students every opportunity to succeed through well-balanced, standards-based curricula," said DoDEA Pacific Deputy Director for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Dr. Joyce Lutrey, "and STEM Awareness Week is another great opportunity for our students to explore their interests and apply their many talents."
To help facilitate student learning and engagement during STEM Awareness Week, STEM professionals were competitively selected and assigned by the Office of Personnel Management. The STEM professionals are partnering with DoDEA Pacific schools in each district to provide lesson-planning guidance, activity support and career advice to students.
"We're proud to partner with distinguished professionals selected by the Office of Personnel Management to help our students build awareness of STEM careers and reinforce our day-to-day classroom instruction in the areas of math, science and technology" said DoDEA Pacific Acting Director Dr. Steven Bloom.
The following are select examples of what students will experience during DoDEA Pacific's STEM Awareness Week:
DoDEA Guam District:
Guam High, Andersen Elementary/Middle and McCool Elementary/Middle Schools:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Cheryl Sangueza, DSN: 315-344-9162
- STEM Activities: Students will explore the complex principles around DNA fingerprinting by participating in a dye gel electrophoresis lab and associated activities. Students will also make field trips to local law enforcement and university labs.
The OPM STEM professional will be Project Manager and Molecular Biologist Linda Armstrong with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright Patterson AFB, OH. Armstrong has extensive experience with post- secondary curriculum and instruction targeted at preparing students for careers in research.
DoDEA Japan District:
E.J. King Middle School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Gail Awakuni, DSN: 315-252-3059
- STEM Activities: Paper-car engineering competition, catapult and tower-building challenge, problem-solving using computer-programming and LEGO NXT kits, rocket nozzle design and engineering, among others.
- E.J. King High School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Gail Awakuni, DSN: 315-252-3059
- STEM Activities: Balloon catapult contest, dream home (earthbound or spacecraft) engineering and design contest, design challenge to create a robot capable of navigating a maze, a sunken submarine rescue challenge using remotely-operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) with articulating arms engineered and built by students, etc.
The OPM STEM professional will be LCDR Ryan Murphy, US Coast Guard, Honolulu, HI. Murphy is an active duty military officer and licensed Professional Civil Engineer. Murphy will also be working with information technology, robotics, and gaming technology teachers at Zama American and Kinnick High Schools.
DoDEA Okinawa District:
Amelia Earhart Intermediate School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Dr. Uvella Knight, DSN: 315-634-1329
- STEM Activities: The school will be open to the public to view exemplary student work at special centers including: photo stories, rocket science, science fair, recycling, Mindstorm robotics, student-made musical instruments, Star Lab, engineering, and Max's Pod.
Kubasaki High School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Jon Walden, DSN: 315-645-6888
- STEM Activities: Students will engineer, build and conduct competitions related to bridge building, pop-rocket design, magnetic levitation trains, and hovercraft navigation.
Zukeran Elementary School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Diane Jackson, DSN: 315-645-2576
- STEM Activities: Students will explore the principles of physics and engineering by designing and building model airplanes. The planes will be tested for distance, speed and accuracy of movement using hula hoops. The students will also use conceptual math and non-traditional measurement tools throughout the week.
The OPM STEM professionals include Supervisory Environmental Engineer Jason Dalpias from Kadena AB; Chemist David Green from the Air Force Petroleum Agency, Kadena AB; Chief of Asset Management Flight Kelly Livingston, Kadena AB; and Base Traffic Engineer Brandon Toliver, with the Civil Engineering Squadron, Kadena AB.
DoDEA South Korea District
Humphreys American Elementary School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Joyce Diggs, DSN: 315-753-8894
- STEM Activities: Structure building contest using minimal materials, "Invent-a-Thing" brainstorming and design challenge, Tech Night showcase and student-led demonstrations, Eggs-Traordinary Day, STEM Fest classroom displays, etc.
Seoul American Elementary School:
- DoDEA STEM POC: Samia Mounts, DSN: 315-736-5380
- STEM Activities: Bridge-building competition, robotics discussions and hands-on classroom projects, and an open-house style STEM rotation involving meteorology, electricity, music/sound and other topics. The culminating activity is a STEM Showcase Day where students will visit special stations set up throughout the school to highlight physics, math, engineering, aerodynamics, astronomy and geometry.
The OPM STEM professional for the DoDEA Korea District will be Registered Civilian Nurse Matthew Keith with the US Naval Hospital, Guam. Keith will be working with teachers at Seoul American HS to develop lessons and activities that support the school's anatomy and physiology courses, and Health Science/Nurse Aide certification program.
In addition to directly supporting DoDEA Pacific teachers and students with various activities, all the OPM STEM professionals will lead both in-person and interactive tele-presence discussions about career preparation and federal employment opportunities throughout STEM Awareness Week according to the following schedule:
|Mon 4/23
|Tues, 4/24
|Wed, 4/25
|Thurs, 4/26
|Fri, 4/27
|Mornings 8:30-10:00
|Civil Engineering
|Environmental Science
|Medical and Health Sciences
(South Korea)
|Afternoons 12:00 - 1:30
|Civil Engineering
|Environmental Science
|Medical and Health Sciences
(South Korea)
DoDEA Pacific Instructional Systems Specialist Krista Hurley, who is responsible for coordinating the overall planning for STEM Awareness Week throughout the Pacific, said the anticipation is high for the exciting activities to come, "Students will be so busy having fun that they won't even notice how much math and science they are applying. Only then will they have that 'aha' moment when they realize that higher academics really are, and always were, within their reach."
A dedicated web site is currently being developed to curate and showcase selected student work from across the Pacific during STEM Awareness Week: http://www.pac.dodea.edu/stem.html
Anyone interested in volunteering during STEM Awareness Week should contact their local DoDEA Pacific school directly. News media representatives interested in covering STEM Awareness Week events are requested to contact DoDEA Pacific Public Affairs at DSN: 315-644-5657, commercial at +81-80-2703-0632 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Steering gearbox repair
For some time i have play in the steering wheel, which is caused by the steering gearbox. It is getting worse and i have to constantly correct the steering wheel when driving on highways, which is starting to irritate me.
Someone already repaired his steering gearbox and which part is normally the one that is wearing? I know that i can buy a new or rebuild gearbox, but they are quite expensive and shipping and taxes make it even worse. If possible i would like to rebuild mine.:thumbsup:
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Have the same issue with mine. I ordered a new one but that's easier for me than you. How much did they want for shipping to you?
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Didn t check it out for this particular case yet, but normally shipping is more expensive then the actual part. And then another 60% over the total price for taxes. For that reason i prefer to repair.
Re: Steering gearbox repair
Move to the U.S.! lol
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When it comes to Advertising, Marketing, and Persuasion, are you a student of what's come before you?
- Do you know the history?
- Do you try to learn from the greats by reading their books and studying their works?
- Do you look at all of it? Or just a narrow slice?
If you didn't answer Yes to the main question and the first two bullet points, you can stop reading now. Really. There's no hope for you.
But I find that quite a few serious copywriters get hung up on the third bullet point.
These copywriters have studied the direct mail lineage — Hopkins, Caples, Collier, Schwartz, Halbert, Kennedy, et al — but haven't looked at any of the giants of Madison Ave style advertising beyond, maybe, Ogilvy. And vice versa for broadcast advertising guys who've never studied Direct Response marketing.
Or they've never thought that the Theatre Arts or Rhetoric or Comedy Writing or Sales Training or even say, Comic Books had anything to teach them.
In other words, they dismiss stuff that's not directly in their field or that they don't "get" right away. Big mistake.
So today's lesson: be a student of the game — the whole game. Learn what's great from the past. Study it. Note that "study" doesn't mean passively reading it. When in doubt, figure out what other great talents that you DO like see in the "greats" that you don't get.
And here's two great links to get you started on the path:
- This New York Times article on Ed McCabe [hat tip to The Escape Pod for turning me onto this article]
- This Invisible Ink post on learning from legends you don't "get" at first contact.
P.S. That NYT article mentions the same Volvo ad I used as an example in my last Theory Thursday post and I managed to snag a screen shot of it. Here it is:
I'm guessing you already have at least one guarantee or risk reversal element to your main offer.
Maybe it's in the form of a money-back or satisfaction guarantee, a free shipping guarantee, or maybe a free estimate or free diagnoses. Whatever it is, the point is that you already have it in place. After all, it's common sense to use something like that to reassure your customer and win more business.
But chances are it's not doing you very much good because you don't promote or repeat it often enough — especially at those crucial moments of buying decision.
Assurances Need Repetition
You assume that displaying or speaking of your guarantee once is enough, and, well, it's just plain not.
It's not enough because the buyer is juggling too many other factors in her mind to hold onto that piece of information so that she can recall it when the moment of truth comes. Plus, it's not really her job to remember it, either — it's YOUR job to remind her.
Testing this On Your Website
Online, this is an easy thing to test: simply run a split test where you test repeating your satisfaction or money back or safe shopping guarantees in your cart and checkout process vs. not using those points of action reassurances. For lead form Websites, you can use your privacy or non-call or free-diagnosis guarantees. Whatever is most appropriate.
Again, chances are you'll see a big lift by using these points of action assurances because, truth be told, this is one of those go-to tools that us Conversion Rate Optimization Professionals bank on to drive results.
Implementing it Offline
But what about off-line?
Guess what, it's even MORE important offline than on.
I used to work for a fabulous consulting company that coaches hospitals on improving their patient satisfaction scores. And one of their go-to tools was a scripting acronym called AIDET, specifically used to manage patient anxiety through reassurance.
AIDET stands for:
- Acknowledge — Acknowledge the patient. Look them in the eye and say hello.
- Introduce — Introduce yourself and give a quick background of your experience and qualifications. Don't assume that the patient will assume that you know what you are doing just because you are wearing scrubs; TELL them you have umpteen years of experience at whatever it is you are doing.
- Duration — Tell them what you are doing and how long whatever your task is will take — i.e., how long you'll be bothering them
- Explanation — Tell them WHY you are doing what you are doing, HOW it works, and What is involved. Relate everything back to their care. Example: I'm waking you up at 4:00 am to draw blood for tests that will provide "real-time" lab results to your doctor when he comes to check on you at 7:30 this morning.
- Thank You — Thank the patient for seeking care at your hospital, for being patient during your procedure, etc. Then ask if there is anything else you can do for them, specifically stating that you "have the time" to answer their questions or do whatever they might request.
So what does all this have to do with Point of Action Assurances?
Notice that the Introduce part reassures the patient that they are in good hands, and that the "I have the time" phrase said during the Thank You part reassures patients that it's OK to ask. The assumption is that it's the nurses job to remind and reassure the patient during critical transactions and not the patient's job to know or remember.
Your in-store staff can use similar techniques. I'd advise you to come up with your own acronym, but you would definitely want to remind customers that:
- Your stores satisfaction guarantees or return policies
- You have additional items or sizes in the back and would be happy to bring them up front for the customer
- You are an official distributor or whatever for this or that brand
- They have been specifically trained in how to fit customers for this or that item
- They themselves are passionate chefs/bikers/hunters/stereophiles/etc. and/or have been trained on the products
- Provide free estimates, drawings, samples, etc. to prospective customers
So what are you doing at your business? Does your staff have anything like AIDET to fall back on to ensure that they are consistently reassuring customers during the moment of truth?
If not, you might want to do a little "offline" testing of your own…
A bit of common wisdom for lawyers goes something like:
"When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law. When both are against you, call the other lawyer names"
Great advice, but how does this translate into advertising terms?
Ah, to get that, you have to go back to the Rhetorical advice from which this common wisdom came. And when it comes to Rhetoric, I always look to Jay Henrichs, author of Thank You for Arguing and Word Hero. Here's what Jay has to say in chapter 12 of Thank You for Arguing:
"If facts work in your favor, use them. If they don't (or you don't know them), then…
Redefine the terms instead. If that won't work, accept your opponents facts and terms but…
Argue that your opponent's argument is less important than it seems. And if even that isn't to your advantage…
Claim the discussion is irrelevant."
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I'm re-publishing this post for Practical Tactical Tuesday because I like it and because very little is more practical than "How To" advice on writing better headlines.
Hope you enjoy:
My confession? Even though my copy always had great headlines, my blog posts frequently didn't.
I wasn't (yet) struck by the need for trouble – and without a hint of taboo, or a challenge to the norm, or a perceived conflict, or at the very least a paradox, most headlines just never get off the ground.
Here's why there has to be a sense of trouble living at the heart of your headline:
Your headline needs to hook the reader into reading your "story," and stories are created by and live off of conflict. In fact, another phrase for trouble is "story appeal."
Your goal: entice the reader with a hint of conflict, and then she "has" to click through so she can know how the conflict is resolved and what kind of transformation takes place as a result.
4 Ways to Create Conflict in your Headlines: Read more
If actions speak louder than words, how effective can a TV ad be if its imagery contradicts its sales message? Don't think this happens? Check out this ad FedEx ran during the Super Bowl no less:
The message: You shouldn't judge something based on a name; FedEx ground is faster than you think
The imagery and action: You CAN judge things by their name and the only person who doesn't question that is the only relatable character in the entire ad.
And this sort of thing happens all the time, usually in the name of humor or entertainment, where the ad ends up with imagery and on-screen action that belies the sales message.
But here's what it looks like when you do it right — when the imagery perfectly aligns and strengthens the sales message:
The message: Benihana turns an ordinary dinner out into an EVENT
The imagery: Glamourous people flocking to Benihana to be delighted and thrilled and entertained by the kinetic choreography that is a Japanese steak house.
Hey, if you're going out for a special dinner, why not make it an event? Now that's a near-perfect ad with absolutely perfect imagery.


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BlackBerry 10 wouldn't hang. here's why.
Besides battery life issues, one of the questions I get asked the most about BlackBerry 10 is whether it will still hang like the legacy BlackBerry Os. (Why I get asked such when I obviously do now work for Research in Motion is a mystery for another day). Back to the issue at hand. If you read my interview with Waldi Wepener, a Director at RIM, he admitted fluidity was a drawback for the current OS but said "we are working to ensure that BlackBerry 10 is as fluid an experience as possible."
So how is it that BlackBerry 10 won't freeze while the legacy Os is almost synonymous with "hanging?" The answer is the architecture of QNX, the foundation on which BlackBerry 10 is built.
QNX is a microkernel-based OS, meaning most of the OS run in the form of a number of small tasks, this differs from the more traditional monolithic kernel, (like the legacy Os) in which the operating system is a single very large program composed of a huge number of "parts" with special abilities. The "small tasks" or servers as they are called, run relatively independent of each other meaning each server can be shut off and turned on independently of the remaining servers.
A practical example of this concept is to imagine a large hall with one powerful light bulb source of light. If that light bulb were to go off, the whole hall is turned into darkness till the light bulb is fixed. This represents the current monolithic kernel system the legacy Os uses, in which any process that crashes affects the whole system. The microkernel-based OS architecture is akin to a hall with many light bulbs. You can turn off a couple and still have light in the hall.
On the current developer build of BlackBerry 10, when an app crashes, the icon loses it's color (nice effect actually) till it restarts in the background…when it's done recovering, it regains it's color. (Only the app restarts so the rest of the phone is usable and fluid). No idea if the greying effect will make it to commercial builds at launch though I hope it does.
So there you have it. BlackBerry 10 is designed not to hang and show black clocks.