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You say that as if it's an easy thing, when a lot of other studios don't even manage to improve on their *own* games with years in between. For instance Morrowind --> Oblivion, Dragon Age: Origins --> Dragon Age 2 etc.
Let's count the games they've made already first:
In-between those they managed to take KOTOR and within a year (*13 months* development time since LucasArts decided to release it several months earlier than planned to get the Christmas market) to get used to the tools, the Star Wars universe they were working in etc. and to write a story they arguably managed to make a better game than BioWare could.
Same thing with Neverwinter Nights 2, the game itself and the Original Campaign was infinitely better than what BioWare delivered with Neverwinter Nights, although it isn't anywhere near the quality of older classics. With the Mask of the Betrayer campaign they even came close to Planescape somewhat.
Alpha Protocol was fresh and had a lot of potential but they didn't follow through with it.
Fallout: New Vegas is again almost infinitely better than Fallout 3 and that yet again with only somewhere between 12-18 months to write and build the entire game.
If you count their work as Black Isle they are one of the best studios that ever existed and if they are anything, it is more underrated than overrated:
1997 - Fallout
Uhm, somehow you seem to be heavily misunderstanding the role of a developer that has entered a contract with a publisher. They can't say shit and if Bethesda decides to ship it, they better make sure that it's ready to be shipped.
An Ex-Obsidian employee that worked on the game described the scene as follows a while back:
And then we also know about this:
If you ask me, they don't get *enough* credit for all the dumbfuckery they've had to deal with so far, especially from publishers. It's rather surprising that THQ hasn't pushed out The Stick of Truth already, but Trey & Matt might have financed large parts of it themselves.
About every single thing he said was "incorrect".
Obsidians only problem is that they make the most buggy games known to man, I love KotOR just as much if not more then the original. New Vegas is an amazing game and somewhere underneath all the bugs Alpha protocol is a decent game. I wouldn't say we give them too much credit, I'd say we give them the benefit of the doubt more often not because the release good games, they're just poorly made.
I can work through and around bugs to experience compelling story and gameplay. I have no interest in working through a bug-free yet vapid, intellectually and emotionally void of a game. They're one of the last groups to remember what made us (older people) fall in love with games, and I'll be damned if I condemn them for carrying that torch. Stronger people would have caved and made Gears of Grand Theft War Duty after the hell they've been through.
I'm with you, op. I've come to the point where I simply can't justify day 1 prices for what I know will be riddled with bugs. Say what you want about the relationship between publishers and developers, but Obsidian appears to simply fail in managing their resources and time available in order to ship a polished product.
I't amazes me that people can feel so strongly about something being "meh". It's not like people disagree a whole lot here it's just people that think Obsidian is good and people that think they are not so good.
Having backed Project Eternity, I had begun to realize that I had never actually played an Obsidian game before (unless Planescape Torment counts, which I only played a little bit of). Since then, I've kinda gone on an Obsidian Binge, completing Alpha Protocol (twice), just about complete with Kotor 2, and moving on to New Vegas next.
And I have to say, after what I've played, I have the utmost respect and confidence in their ability to make great games that matter to me. I won't defend the buggy nature of their releases, but the maturity of their writing and their ability create complex and dynamic storylines is beyond reproach.
It is insane the backlash that Alpha Protocol got. I went in expecting mediocrity from everything I've heard, and instead it came out to be my personal game of the year. The storytelling puts Mass Effect and Heavy Rain's dynamic storytelling to absolute shame. The game mechanics might not be the creme of the crop, but they're serviceable to the point where there's really not much to complain about.
I will fully admit that mechanics have never been all that important to me though (Xenogears, a mechanically broken game, is among my most favorites ever). I'm just saying that if story is what you look for the most out of videogames, I'm starting to believe that Obsidian are the best in that regard.
But what's wrong with that? Most games use an outside engine, I mean almost all modern fps games are based on the work of John Carmack.
Personally as some who enjoys gameplay over story I could also say that not only do Obsidian do the best storylines in modern WRPGS they do the best gameplay too, they're the only company left who still incorporate proper role play mechanics.
One could also wonder how Obsidian manages to stick around and make games, considering that most other developers only get one or two chances and if they get screwed by the publisher they have to fold. The fact that Obsidian repeatedly gets screwed and still manages to punch out new games suggests that even if they get the short end of the stick they are still good enough to make games that people want.
Because, let's be honest here, the majority of Obsidian games have had a kernel of awesome at its' core. What is problematic with their games has always been the apparent unfinished state of the games at launch, including sections with obviously cut content and loads of bugs, not the actual story or gameplay itself. Considering that their two most high-profile releases so far (KotOR2 and FO:NV) both had a development cycle of less then two years (13 and 18 months respectively) that's something you have to expect.
Well, in the cases of Kotor2, NWN2 and Fallout New Vegas I have to give the devs some credit.
Alpha Protocol is the real disappointment here. This game could have been GOTY material if the combat and stealth and AI didn't suck so much. Then there's those shitty minigames, especially the hacking parts.
Project eternity will prove what Obsidian is really worth as a CRPG developer.
There is a world of difference between using someone elses engine and using someone else's game.
Obsidian suck at Game Design. So far all of their games are copy-pasted gameplay from Bioware, infinity-engine games were EXACTLY infinity engine games, top-down, combat-focused, with gameplay that was unsuitable for what they were trying to achieve.No need to give KOTORII or F:NV as examples(although it's understandable in those cases) Later on Alpha Protocol had the copy/pasted gameplay of ME (except you didn't have party members). No one wants them, or expects them, to make a revolution in Ray Tracing, but they should at least try and make their games NOT feel like someone else's games.
Obsidian do not make their own gameplay, they just write stories. Admittedly, their stories are good for the video game market.
Even if that wasn't the case "It's the publisher's fault!" is lame excuse. Yes, publishers are d*cks, but every other studio is working with them, with the limitations they provide and somehow they deliver. I can buy that you got screwed once, twice, but EVERY TIME? Give me a break, you're jsut horrible at your job.
As for the topic - No. Obsidian are not overrated, they're a failing company that's hanging by a lifethread.
And with Project Eternity the "publisher" issue isn't dealt with. At the end of the day Obsidian would still be hard-pressed by time, they have a limited budget and they have to be done before the money ran out. I expect when the game is released to be suffering from the same issues every Obsidian game has suffered - cut content and bugs.
Ha, "they copied Mass Effect, only it's completely different!"
AP tried to be a variant on Deus Ex, not ME. There's many similarities with Dx, from the slow targeting reticule to the skillsets. Not so much with ME.
So AP didn't have original gameplay(if you know your games), but what shooter post ty 2000 really does? Shitty controls and dumb AI/level design really did it in for AP.
i love them, theyve made some of my favourate games, they also have some of the best writing and are willing to do old school titles
in terms of bugs though, well i havnt really encountered that much really, if im honest apart from one time in New Vegas where a guy clipped through the chair ive yet to encounter any bugs in the obsidian games ive played
I've yet to see anyone praise Obsidian for their technical achievements but their way of handling the story and the quality of writing has constantly been somewhere at the top of what the industry produces. That is why some people like them.
I agree with they should not receive universal praise, but this is largely retroactive as they appear to have been complacent with their situation.
Your joking right? name one existing game company that makes RPGs that has better gameplay than Obisidan, hell name one that has even equal gameplay to Obsidian games.
This, so many times this.
Every time I hear the "its the publisher's fault" BS excuse for Obsidian it makes me cringe.
The only commonality between Obsidian games is that they are buggy, have terribly broken game mechanics, and Obsidian made them, and thus the only people who are to blame for OBsidian's game being bad.... is Obsidian themselves.
Saying anything else is just trying to make excuses for a game developers inept staff.
"Why people give Obsidian a much to little credit" is what you should be asking :P
They are one of the few companies that take risks and try anything new or interesting.
As for the bugs, they are on par with Bethesda that for some reason get a pass :/
How was Alpha Protocol not great? The gameplay kinda blew but it was role playing done to the max. Every single damn decision I made in that game had some sort of impact, no matter how small.
Sheesh, people, learn to use "overrated" responsibly, will you?
Which, I have no idea why you bring up, since I don't think people give them credit for the actual engine they use. Do you mean to say that people like Obsidian because of a mistaken belief that they made those games from scratch themselves? Or are you saying that people like the games and stories, but should like them less, since Obsidian didn't make them from scratch? Either of these is quite stupid, if you ask me.
So you don't like some games, or heck, maybe the games aren't as goo (haven't played either) yet that devalues the rest of Obsidian as a whole?
And you, my friend...mind explaining what the fuck overrated you think means? See, I take it as "given too much credit" or "liked too much" as in beyond what is reasonable or acceptable. And you seem to mean...something completely different.
So-o-o, at what point do people give them credit for being original, rather than making games people like? I've yet to see somebody solely go "Oh my god, I liked game X so much because the series didn't exist before!" rather than like a game for the game itself. If somebody should be overrated based on IP, then BioWare and DA:O (well, anything aside from Mass Effect and Jade Empire, actually) are a good example. It's a brand new IP, yes, but it's playing by so many old tropes that it feels like I'm seeing the universe for the bazillionth time. Yet people like the game, so I cannot say it's undeserved or anything. It only matters if original IPs are a requirement to like something. They aren't, so it doesn't.
Again, when did people give them credit for technical achievements? No, people don't give them too much credit there, because they don't give them credit for that. Obsidian titles are notoriously buggy, I doubt anyone can say the opposite. But, hey, so are Bethesda titles - I've yet to see anybody going "hurrr, Bethesda gets too much love, durr, and their games, like, crash and are buggy and stuff". For some reason I see this more often aimed at Obisian for some reason - the claim that because a game is buggy, people who like it are somehow wrong for doing so. "I liked game X" "Yeah, but it was buggy on release!" so is the proper response "Oh gods, I'm sorry, I'll go repent and never like the game again"?
"I think the previous games are better, hence whoever likes the newer ones is wrong"
While that may or may not be true (won't judge either way) - compared to the other games out there, it's downright brilliant. Certainly above the average quality of game writing.
You two are obviously unaware of how the relationship between independent studios and triple-A publishers works. Let me lay it out for you.
Obsidian is an independent company. That means, unlike Bioware, Dice, Retro, 343 or the vast majority of other development studios out there, they are not owned financially by a bigger company. They own themselves. Now this is good, because it means that they have the freedom to work on the projects they want, as can be seen with Project Eternity.
However, this freedom comes with a massive downside. Anytime Obsidian wants to make a game financed by a large publisher, that publisher will present Obsidian with a contract. And because Obsidian are independents, they will have next to no room to negotiate on any part of the contract. So if, for instance, the contract says that they only have 18 months to develop a game, as was the case with New Vegas, then Obsidian will only get 18 months to develop it. A studio owned by a publisher, such as Bioware, may have the leeway to negotiate for longer development time. As independents, Obsidian don't have that luxury.
Even worse, if the publisher then decided to change the terms of the contract halfway through development, as happened with both Bethesda and Lucasarts, there is nothing Obsidian can do about it. Obsidian are one small development company, and the publishers they get funding from are huge corporate behemoths with legal teams large enough to populate third-world nations. Basically put, as an independent company, Obsidian have next to no say in the amount of time they get to work on a game, when it ships, and they have no control over Quality Assurance. Those are all handled by the publisher. In the vast majority of cases, the bugs in Obsidian's games are a result of the publishers either slashing their development time, refusing to do any adequate form of bugtesting and quality assurance, or both. Obsidian have shown that when given a decent amount of development time, and allowed to use their own toolsets, they can make bug-free games. Just look at Dungeon Siege III.
Now, you may ask, if life as an independent is so difficult, why don't Obsidian get themselves bought out? Answer: because they don't want to end up like Bioware. As an independent, they can still shop their ideas around different publishers, take or refuse ideas as they see fit, and generally have more creative freedom in their chosen medium. I would imagine for a company like Obsidian, creative freedom is hugely important.
You may also be asking if Obsidian gets repeatedly shat on by publishers, why don't they become more discerning in their projects? The answer is that, unfortunately, shitty behaviour is now standard practise amongst pretty much all tje major mainstream publishers. Not only that, but being a company of limited finances, Obsidian have to be working on projects in order to stay profitable. They can't afford to keep paying programmers, artists and designers to sit around doing nothing while they spend another 6 months shopping around for different deals. As an independent studio, Obsidian's only funding comes from the games they're working on, and therefore they need to be working on something at all times in order to stay afloat.
So yeah... there's a crashcourse on how publisher/independent relations work in the games industry. It's a whole crock of shit, and Obsidian are not the only ones to get screwed over multiple times. Double Fine are an example of another studio who've repeatedly been shafted.
Occam's razor - among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Given that the instances were Obsidian did have all the time they wanted, i.e. Alpha Protocol, still resulted in a buggy, poorly thought-out, unplayable, mess, the answer is obvious, it's Obsidian's fault.
Please don't tell me you actually think NWN2 is better than the first. NWN 2 is one of the worst sequels to a game I've ever played. A series isn't meant to get worse as it goes. KOTOR 2 moves forward in some ways, but in a lot of ways, completely fails to live up to the bar set by the first game.
The only game I'll give Obsidian doing a good job at recently is New Vegas. It was a great game, but let's be honest - it was barely different the Fallout 3, so how much credit can you actually give them for that?
I really want to like them. I do. The old Black Isle is one of my favourite devs of all time, in my favourite era of gaming, but Obsidian have done nothing in recent years that actually makes them stand out as anything except for a developer of heavily flawed sequels.
Occam's Razor is, in this select instance, a crock of shit.
Games development is a hugely complicated process, with every game ever made involving the input of hundreds of people, millions of dollars investment, and about a dozen contracts getting every facet of development down into legalese. Therefore, any instance of developers getting screwed over is also going to necessarily be complicated, involving financing, and lots of legalese.
Furthermore, there are several practises in the videogame industry that are standard, chief among them being that it is the publisher's job to check quality assurance and bug control, and it is their job to relay this information to the developers. The majority of mainstream publishers employ extensive QA teams for this very reason. This isn't arcane lore, this is stuff that is readily available to find with a quick Google search.
Furthermore, it is on record and established fact that a)Lucasarts screwed Obsidian over by cutting their development time down to 13 months, and b) Bethesda screwed Obsidian by giving them only 18 months development, and skimping on their end of the bargain by doing next to no QA. These things are on record.
Alpha Protocol is a weird example because while Obsidian had a longer development schedule, there is evidence that Sega still incessantly messed things up with executive meddling, and forcing gameplay elements to be changed at the last minute. While there are no doubt probably things Obsidian could have done better, AP is probably an unfortunate mix of bad luck on Obsidian's part, and meddling on Sega's part.
If you're going to ignore all the technicalities, intricacies and complications that make up game development, and instead quote some obscure law that says all things can be simplified down into simple solutions, then good luck ever trying to find any honesty in the games industry. As it stands, I've got a far better assumption to make:
If a game has bugs, and you need to choose between the developer and the publisher as to who to blame, go with the publisher. Developers have no reason to ignore bugs, seeing as they actively hamper their development of a game, whereas publishers can ignore bugs as long as they think they'll still make a profit. Evidence: New Vegas, and KOTOR II.
Hmmm... I actually haven't noticed that much love for obsidian on this forum. There's a healthy mix of "Yes they have great games, but it's always so buggy."
Personally, I agree with you, they're rated where they should be, but Idk if I'd call it "the B list". They are one of the industries leading RPG publishers, second to Bioware and Bethesda mostly (I think) because they're games are so buggy.
Honestly, one of the biggest problems with Obsidian is that they're development team seems to not know when to say "no". So many of their games seem to suffer because Obsidian reaches too far or tries to put too much stuff in their games, and then they are either half finished with incomplete questlines or they're too buggy to be playable. This is a HUGE problem, and one of the reasons why I was hesitant to support their kickstarter.
But from what I've heard, Obsidian also blames corporate shenanigans for many of their problems. So one of the reasons why I supported their kickstarter was to run a little "experiment" to see what a AAA developer can pull off without any corporate oversight. It'll either be grand, or Obsidian will overreach in a way never seen before and the entire thing will crash and burn.
At any rate, do I think they're overrated? no. Do I agree with you that they're sort of "stuck in their place" because of decisions they've made? absolutely.
And yet, even with similarly short timespans, other game companies are able to produce vastly more well put-together games in a year/year and a half's time.
So again, the brokenness of Obsidian's games begs the question, if other game companies can do it well, why can't Obsidian?
Show me one other development company making non-linear, morality-driven roleplaying games on a similar development schedule.
The only other game I can think of is Dragon Age II, which EA forced Bioware to rush out in just over a year. And surprise surprise, Dragon Age II is seen almost universally as a huge letdown compared to the original. And lest we forget, Dragon Age: Origins was originally started long before Bioware was bought out by EA, and had nearly six years of development time. Other expansive RPG games such as Skyrim and The Witcher 2 have all had fairly extensive development periods, certainly not the 18 month schedule that Obsidian has repeatedly been tied to.
RPGs take longer to develop than other games, because they focus more on player choice, and therefore need more time to work in all the variables that players can affect, and different paths they can take. It's pretty easy for a developer now to crap out a shooter in just over a year. Shooters have become centred around the idea of linear corridors, scripted sequences and highly limited encounters. A game which allows players to make moral choices, kill off different characters, go to different parts of the game world at different times and choose different endings is necessarily going to take longer to develop than your average Call Of Battleshoot if it's going to free of bugs.
As it is, Obsidian have consistently been given just enough time to get the world and story in place, get the mechanics down, and then publishers ship the game out before it can be checked that it's all working together properly. There is only one party to blame here, and it is not the developers, it is the publishers.
Opinions about Obsidian are pretty diverse, I'd say the credit balances out.
Obsidian is awesome, I really don't know why the hell people think kotor 2's better than the first though. It was plagued by mary sue stuff and borderline canon-breaking stuff, even though it was a great game.
PS - not to mention it was severely unfinished.
KOTOR 2 was the single best star wars product ever.
People who like Obsidian: Too
End argument.
From what I can gather it's good writing and quite good gameplay that they're renowned for, I haven't seen a post/met anyone who thinks that they're the Holy Grail of Game Design.
Personally, I like them a lot due to Fallout New Vegas and KoTOR 2, the former as a result of making a Fallout game that's actually fun & charming, unlike Fallout 1-3 which all felt rather bleak, and the latter because they actually attempted to explore the grey area of the Star Wars mythos, and for once, didn't present the Sith as a bunch of inherently evil emo bastards and the Jedi as righteous protectors of the galaxy, instead it presented both on the same level, ie, neither philosophy is right, and neither faction is better than the other, a stark contrast to KoTOR 1's insufferable preaching of the Jedi as the one's in the right(god those endings were unbearable).
So, in short, (I presume), good writing and decent gameplay can both be blown completely out of proportion, and indeed they have, as a result, that's why Obsidian is regarded in such a manner: the same way that Bioware was seen as the exemplars of game writing, even though their moral choice malarkey was completely biased and was nowhere near the level of The Walking Dead(the game).
I'm betting PE ships with the same sort of bugs but with no such excuses available.
Couldn't agree more.People seem to have a tendancy to completely overexaggerate the smallest bugs in Obsidian games while other devs get a free pass for similar or worse stuff..You only have to look at Skyrim on PS3.That game was literally unplayable for lots of people yet people seemed to blame everyone but Bethesda for it.If Obsidian had released something that bad they would be absolutely crucified
So you complain that they never create their own IP's and then completely discount an original IP they did create because it wasn't sucessful enough.Yup that's a solid logical argument right there.An original IP only counts as one if it sells several million copies
I've never encountered any major bugs outside of a few graphical glitches in any Obsidian game I've played.
Just my opinion but I actually preferred KOTOR 2 and New Vegas to their predecessors
Which makes it better than most seeing as the majority of writing in games is pulp level at best anyway
Bioware's stories aren't really all that great, either. They've coasted on the same rough formula for almost all of their games and a lot of their so-called depth of story comes through exposition dumps. That's not good storytelling, it's just...Homework.
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As a nuclear engineer, I've attended many thermal engineering classes. Whereas I've enjoyed learning techniques to enhance heat transfer, I've also found fascinating those applications where it is important to reduce heat transfer using the right choice and combination of materials and shapes. The design of this is vital for many industries, including the building and aerospace industries. Lately, I came across an interesting example of thermal insulation in the most mundane of these things: clothing design. I had to […]Read More
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Of all boats, I find sailboats to be the most fascinating, especially when sails are their only means of propulsion. Kinetic energy is transferred from the wind to the sails, which results in a lift force that balances drag forces and allows the sailboat to move through the water. We are all familiar with the parts of a boat above the waterline: deck, spars, sails, and the rudder used to turn the boat (figure 1c). Not everyone pays attention to […]Read More
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A lot of effort is put into inventing or improving existing technologies used to cool buildings, food, or any goods that need to be stored at a definite temperature. The reason is simple: adopting more efficient designs will result in achieving the same goal while consuming less energy. Both our balance sheet and the environment will benefit from these solutions. Here we will explore modeling temperature of a passive cooling design using a wine cellar as an example.Read More
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I love trees and my favorite is definitely the ficus, all varieties included. A few weeks ago I had the chance to admire a stately ficus microcarpa (see figure below). What struck me above all were its aerial roots. Roots are designed to absorb water and nutrients, sustaining the tree and synthesizing substances responsible for its growth. A thought crossed my mind right away: the shape of those roots and the way they coalesce have surely been optimized by Mother […]Read More
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A while back, I bought a bag of marshmallows, indulged a bit, and then forgot about the opened bag for a few weeks. To my surprise, and disappointment, when my marshmallows cravings returned the top ones were rock-hard while the bottom ones were almost as soft as when I bought them. Why was this the case? By leaving the bag open, water had migrated from the marshmallows into the air.Read More
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As discussed previously on the blog, iterative methods efficiently eliminate oscillatory error components while leaving the smooth ones almost untouched (smoothing property). Multigrid methods, in particular, use the smoothing property, nested iteration, and residual correction to optimize convergence. Before putting all of the pieces of this proverbial puzzle together, we need to introduce residual correction and dive a bit deeper into nested iteration. Let's begin with the latter of these elements.Read More
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Solution methods are a valuable tool for ensuring the efficiency of a design as well as reducing the overall number of prototypes that are needed. In today's blog post, we introduce you to a particular type of method known as multigrid methods and explore the ideas behind their use in COMSOL Multiphysics.Read More
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When I first heard about Carnot's theorem, I was impressed with its simplicity. Yet, no matter the amount of hard thinking we put into the design of everyday heat engines, we will never reach the efficiency of a Carnot engine. Still, modern-day heat engines are still effective as they get us from point A to point B by car or truck.Read More
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One of my favorite sitcoms is "The Big Bang Theory", thanks to its focus on physics. From time to time they run funny experiments that can be easily arranged at home, causing me to wonder if I know the physics that are at work. One of my favorite episodes is when they fill the cone of a speaker with a suspension of starch in water. Instead of spattering around, the suspension starts to dance because it behaves more like a […]Read More


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CCB promotes and encourages the ethos that ballet is for everyone. This is achieved by its diversity of programming, which includes not just the well-loved classics, but also modern and contemporary choreography including works specially created for the company by the Artistic Director of the Company - Alan Foley; former ballerina with Irish National Ballet: Patricia Crosbie; and Bolshoi trained principal dancer Yuri Demakov among others.
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Some readers might not believe it, but there was a period of time when I considered myself a "Ron Paul libertarian." Paul is who inspired me to explore libertarianism and, indeed, politics in general. His run for presidency last election got me to not only explore political concepts differently but to also be actively engaged in the issues of the day, so he has always been an influential person in my political understandings. However, not long ago, I became disillusioned with Paul and suffice it to say I disagree with Paul on several key issues. There's no need to go into the details of that transformation, but I should point out that I still agree with Paul on many things.
One thing that I particularly like about Paul is that he's quick to criticize both of the political parties in the United States (even when he belongs to one of them). I don't usually like to get involved in party politics, as they are usually inane, but I think Paul raises some great points that are hard to ignore. One salient point that he highlighted at last week's Southern Republican Leadership Conference, much to the chagrin of many of the conservative Republicans in attendance, was the hypocrisy of mainstream Republicanism. He blasted them for their neoconservative tendencies. In his speech that drew both applause and ire, Paul pointed out, "The conservatives and the liberals, they both like to spend." He condemned how "Conservatives spend money on different things." To wit, "They like embassies, and they like occupation. They like the empire. They like to be in 135 countries and 700 bases."
Certainly the right-wing loves to pay lip service to fiscal conservatism, balancing budgets, and keeping spending to a minimum. In practice, however, they act just the opposite, as the record clearly demonstrates. Paul, despite being a member of the Republican party, has no qualms mentioning this. Paul is right in lambasting them for their costly endeavors, which include the expansionist foreign policy, two wars in the Middle East, Wall Street bailouts, tax cuts without spending cuts, and radical spending on military. This is all okay by Republican standards, and they see no inconsistency in their rhetoric for small government and limited spending.
Republicans actually tend to outspend their Democrat counterparts. It was, after all, Bill Clinton who created a budget surplus and George W. Bush who accumulated more national debt than every other president combined (to use the words of Stephen Frank of the political science department and supported by King Banaian of the economics department). While Democrats do spend, they typically "spend money on different things," like social programs, science, aide, education, and infrastructure. They also don't tend go on and on about deficits, limiting spending, and so on.
The pattern is familiar. Ronald Reagan, for example, championed free markets, but very rarely ever adhered to the doctrine. Noam Chomsky refers to this as the "really existing free market doctrine," namely because it rarely is ever consistent with "the official doctrine that is taught to and by the educated classes, and imposed on the defenceless." George H. W. Bush railed against taxes—before he raised them. George W. Bush touted "no nation building," before he began his senseless adventurism in the Middle East. Perhaps we shouldn't expect anything else from politicians.
Indeed, to bring it to the present, Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota, claimed yesterday, "we've gone from the United States having 100% of the private economy private, to today the federal government effectively owns or controls 51% of the private economy" over the past 15 months of President Obama's presidency (this is why she believes Obama is "anti-American" and "the most radical president" in U.S. history). Of course, it's not very difficult to see how patently absurd her claims are. One of her examples is the bank bailouts. However, as FOX News' Chris Wallace was quick to point out, it was President Bush who started those bailouts, which Bachmann responded was "unfortunate." Certainly unfortunate for her argument. Even more unfortunate is that Obama's actions don't actually constitute "nationalization."
As Ben Chabot of the Yale economics department keenly pointed out to NPR in 2008, "it's not nationalization because they didn't buy common stock with voting rights, so they don't have a seat at the table." The business press is in accord, and believe "the Obama plan is working." But even if it was nationalization, there's nothing "anti-American" about nationalization, as Harvard's Richard Parker is quick to point out. He mentions our long history of government intervention and nationalization, beginning with "the Northwest Ordinance of 1789, and then the Louisiana Purchase of 1803." He continues with mentioning the vast amount of land, airspace, roads, and valuable infrastructure that the U.S. government owns. During the two world wars, the U.S. government took over sizable portions of the economy—one reason for the U.S.'s recuperation from the Great Depression. After 9/11, Bush "effectively nationalized the private-security firms at airports, and replaced them with the federal TSA." Needless to say, no one moaned about "anti-Americanism." As I have always liked to mention, the United States has always been heavily involved in markets (having a Republican president or Congress makes no difference); fantasies about the "American free market system" are just that.
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Growth Model Expansion
In a December 7 letter to Chief State School Officers (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/071207.html), Secretary Spellings offered states an opportunity to submit proposals that incorporate growth models into their current accountability system. Such models allow states to receive credit for improving individual students' performance over time but retain the No Child Left Behind principles of annual assessment, disaggregation of data, and grade-level proficiency for all students by 2014. To date, nine states have been approved to implement their models under a pilot program established in November 2005. However, the pilot was capped at 10 states. Now, based on the promising results of the pilot, the Secretary is opening eligibility to all qualified states. "As I have consistently stated during our reauthorization discussions, I believe that growth models promote two important goals," she noted. "First, growth models allow states another effective way of measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).... Second, these models continue to expand the flexibility available to states under No Child Left Behind." The approval process will be similar to the process the agency used for the past two years. Proposals are due by February 1. Department officials will conduct an initial review of each proposal to make sure the growth model meets seven core principles and the state is making progress in specific areas. If the agency has any questions about a state's proposal, it will contact the state by February 15 and ask the state to respond by March 14. Then, those proposals determined to have met requirements will be forwarded to a team of peer reviewers, who will meet during the week of April 14-18. The Secretary anticipates reaching a final decision by mid-May. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/growthmodel/. (Interested states are encouraged to review the Department's peer review guidance for the pilot, previous state proposals, and a document on cross-cutting issues identified by peer reviewers, all of which can be found on the web site.)
Among the core principles for growth models is the ability to "track student progress as part of the state's data system." Yet, according to a recent survey by the Data Quality Campaign, only 34 states collect all of the data they need to produce reports for growth models. For more information, please go to http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/survey_results/.
Concerning data, consider these new reports:
- "Innovations in Education: Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online" (http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/
academic/advanced/), a guide for administrators who are working to provide students with greater access to online advanced coursework.
- "An Evaluation of the Participation of Faith-Based and Community Organizations in Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs and as Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers" (http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/other/
faith-based/faith-based-exec-sum.html). Indeed, the number of faith-based SES providers increased twenty-fold (from 11 to 261) between December 2002 and March 2005.
- "The Interagency Committee on Disability Research 2004-06 Report to the President and Congress" (http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/
research/pubs/icdr/), which details the interagency committee's scientific meetings and highlights those projects that support the New Freedom Initiative (NFI).
Holiday Book Donation
Last week, Deputy Secretary Ray Simon announced the donation of some 400,000 new books as part of the agency's 2007 Holiday Book Donation. The effort, a joint venture including the Department, the non-profit entity First Book, and Random House Children's Books, is designed to provide brand-new, age-appropriate children's books to schools, libraries, and literacy organizations serving low-income youth throughout the country. This donation is the latest in the agency's multi-year book donation campaign, which began last year with the distribution of books to communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since June 2006, the Department, First Book, and various major book publishers have collaborated to distribute more than two million children's books. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/bookcampaign/.
Transforming Higher Education
On December 18, Secretary Spellings addressed a regular meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), the appointed body that advises the Secretary on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education. She used the forum to underscore the importance of transparency across higher education and to stress the need to supply valuable information about colleges and universities so students and parents can make informed decisions. "By law, student learning is a core part of accreditation," she explained. "Unfortunately, students are often the least informed and the last to be considered. Accreditation remains one of the least publicized, least transparent parts of higher education, even compared to our Byzantine and bewildering financial aid system. Most students don't know that different types of accreditation exist until they encounter hurdles. Every year, millions repeat coursework because their credentials don't transfer." In calling for changes, the Secretary emphasized she would never work to undermine the diversity or excellence of America's system of higher education. "Every institution has its own unique strengths and attributes," she said. "But, on behalf of consumersbe they students, families, or institutionswe have the right and the responsibility to ask for more and better information." (In the fall, to assist this process, the Department awarded a $2.45 million grant to help institutions measure student achievement.) "If we do our jobs well, students will be able to base their actions on a more full understanding of their options," she concluded. "Policymakers will be better able to assure taxpayers that institutions receiving their support are reputable and effective. Governors and state legislators will be better able to direct their resources. Employers will be better able to see that graduates are prepared to do their jobs. And, university leaders will be better able to refine and improve their offerings." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2007/12/12182007.html.
Monitoring the Future
The annual Monitoring the Future survey of U.S. secondary students, conducted since 1975, finds alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use by American teenagers continues to fall overall. In fact, since 2001, use of alcohol (including binge drinking) and cigarette smoking have decreased by 15% and 33%, respectively, while use of any illicit drug has dropped by 24%. Moreover, use of marijuana, still the most widely used illicit drug, dropped by 25%. On the other hand, prescription drug abuse remains a serious issue (use of Oxycontin increased by 30% from 2002 to 2007), and attitudes toward ecstasy use have softened (eighth-graders show a sharp erosion in perceived risk and disapproval). For more information, please go to http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/. (The Office of National Drug Control Policy's survey fact sheet is available at http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Also: The Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) is soliciting applications under several grant programs: Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (eligible: school districts; deadline: January 28), Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems (eligible: states, districts, and Indian tribes; deadline: January 30), and School-Based Student Drug-Testing (eligible: districts; deadline: March 21). For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/news.html.
Projections to 2016
Anxious to look ahead? The National Center for Education Statistics' "Projections of Education Statistics to 2016" projects key statistics, including student enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures for elementary and secondary schools and degree-granting institutions. For example, K-12 enrollment rose 16% between 1991 and 2004 and is projected to increase an additional 9% between 2004 and 2016. Also, college enrollment rose 22% between 1991 and 2005 and is projected to increase an additional 17% by 2016. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2016/.
Barney Cam VI
Earlier this month, the White House unveiled "Holiday in the National Parks," the sixth installment of "Barney Cam," which features the President and First Lady's Scottish terriers touring the White House to give viewers a dog's eye view of the holiday decorations. This year, Barney learns that the White House is a national park and seeks to become a Junior Park Ranger. Therefore, he meets with both Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and Director of the National Park Service Mary Bomar, who advise him to "come up with a big idea" to spotlight the parks. Meanwhile, Barney and Miss Beazley supervise the decorating of the White House. Alas, that task proves too overwhelming to brainstorm park ideas, although Barney does have a daydream where he is named a Junior Park Ranger and congratulated by country singer Alan Jackson ("OK, Barney, now you've gone country!") and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair ("As someone born in Scotland, it's always good to see the Scots doing well!"). The video has cameos by President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and Barbara and Jenna Bush. Don't miss the amazing soundtrack by the U.S. Marine Band! For more information, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/.
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"If you ever doubt the need or appetite for your mission [accrediting colleges and universities], consider the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. It's been called the 'swimsuit edition' of postsecondary reporting. Within 72 hours of its release, the U.S. News web site was viewed 10 million times.... As I said before, families know that selecting and paying for college is one of the most important decisions they will ever make. They need and deserve the best information to guide them. They should be able to get it from the people who make our higher education system the envy of the world."
|Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (12/18/07), addressing current members of NACIQI
Upcoming Events
The Department's next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast, celebrating the sixth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act, is scheduled for January 15. It will showcase No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools, with video stories of their classrooms and conversations with award-winning principals and education experts. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/edtv/.
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is the highest award a K-12 math or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the U.S. Awards alternate between elementary (2008) and secondary (2009) teachers. The President names up to 108 teachers annually. Awards are given to teachers from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the outlying territories, and Department of Defense schools. The deadline for online nominations is March 1. For more information, please go to http://www.paemst.org/.
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This year for Christmas I gave my mom a "Mother and Daughter" getaway. I realized that my mom, although far from wealthy, pretty much gets the things she wants when she wants them. Of course, she doesn't "want' for much. I realized that just buying her some thing wasn't what she would really like. Laughs, silliness and memories are a precious gift (for her and me) so, that is what I got her.
There are certain movies that my mom and I love but, my dad and Troy would rather eat glass than have to sit through. So, I ordered them (I even used free earned points) and wrapped them up for Christmas and included a print out of a 2 night reservation at a hotel in a fun older town about 20 miles away.
I also told her that I would supply munchies and food (for our room). It was all part of the gift.
I made all the fixin's for nachos/tacos and a big tuna mac salad. And a couple of other goodies.
Troy followed us to the hotel to hook up a DVD player to the hotel's TV and then left. So, mom and I cozied in and gabbed, ate and watched our movies . The next day was "Thrift Shopping Day". This little town has a lot of thrift stores and antique stores that we never seem to have the time to visit. Neither one of us spent a lot of money, we just had fun.
I talked about one of the stores we went to, Craft 2000 in a post last week. We also hit Goodwill, Salvation Army, Big Lots, St. Vinny's and several antique stores.
We had so much fun together! My mom is one of my best friends and I always have a blast when we do things together. I have decided that this will be her Christmas gift every year! The memories that we created can never wear out and will always be with us. I am so grateful to have my mom and grateful for the woman she is.
At one of the thrift stores we went to I found some things to use in making a little Valentine décor.
Well, I definitely won't be receiving any "Most Creative Valentine Day project" award but, that's okay. I just wanted to add a little Valentine pink here and there. Nothing earth shattering.
I bought this very plain topiary at a thrift store a couple of years ago. I just painted the little pot white and knew I could keep it simply and add and remove things to it for different holidays.
The simple little topiary is in the middle photo unadorned. I used it for a little St. Paddy's Day décor last year and a bit of Easter last year.
So, I decided to make a little Sweetheart rose topiary.
I got all my supplies together.
I bought these 3 packages of roses and the ribbon, all new, at a thrift store for .59 cents each. Just take the little flowers apart and bend the wire and poke into the tree.
Tie a pretty little ribbon around the pot (I used a different ribbon as you can see).
All done! Simple little touch of Valentine pink.
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Veteran actor Burt Reynolds is "feeling better" following his hospitalization with influenza, according to his representative.
The actor, who had been ill for several days, was taken to a medical centre in Florida after struggling with worsening systems, and on Friday he was treated in the intensive care unit for dehydration.
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text: The new MacBook Pro retina screens look crazy good, but you need pretty stuff to look at on it, too. At the very very very least, that means nice-looking wallpaper. Here's what Apple's got loaded up in the Mountain Lion beta so far. There are 34 options in all, at 3200x2000 resolution, and you can grab them all in one zip file here. [Cult of Mac]


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The Fashion Institute of Technology's (FIT) president, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, joined Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a news conference held on April 18, at which the mayor commended FIT's outstanding progress in PlaNYC, the city's initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce the impact of climate change by 2030. Although all of the 17 colleges and universities that signed on in 2007 and the 11 hospitals that signed on in 2009 have made impressive gains, only five have met their goals early Barnard College, NYU, The Rockefeller University, New York Hospital Queens, and FIT.
In fact, FIT not only met its goals in four years in less than half the time allotted for the challenge but was the first to do so. By 2011 the college had exceeded the 30 percent reduction goal by 10 percent for a total reduction of 40 percent. Today, the colleges reduction is 40.8 percent, far above any other institution. Savings to the college are at least $1 million a year.
During his remarks, Mayor Bloomberg said, FIT has already reduced its emissions by more than 40 percent, and we would expect that from Joyce Brown. Clearly New York institutions are not only committed to making our city more sustainable, they are actually doing it. We have become the fashion capital of the world. We have something like double the number of fashion houses of Paris, and FIT produces the employees that they need to grow and prosper here.
FIT achieved and surpassed its goal by replacing an outdated chiller plant and cooling tower, installing lighting retrofits and occupancy sensors, replacing windows with low thermal emissivity glass, installing high-efficiency refrigerators, washers, and dryers, retrofitting 50,000 square feet of laboratory space, painting 10,000 square feet of the campus's roofs with reflective paint, and installing a green roof on the Shirley Goodman Resource Center.
FIT is continuing its reduction initiatives. Installation of a second green roof will begin in May on the David Dubinsky Student Center. A new FIT surplus inventory webpage acts on the colleges commitment to reuse, recycle, and save valuable resources. Quality goods, including furniture, printers, shredders, and other office items, are offered. All renovations, including minor ones, incorporate sustainable design for lighting, flooring, ceilings, HVAC systems, paint, and plumbing. FIT's printing services have transitioned from conventional offset printing to digital. This reduces paper waste by 15 percent, allows on-demand printing that greatly reduces waste, and eliminates VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and waste chemicals.
The Fashion Institute of Technology, a college of the State University of New York, has been a leader in career education in art, design, business, and technology for nearly 70 years. With a curriculum that provides a singular blend of hands-on, practical experience, classroom study, and a firm grounding in the liberal arts, FIT offers a wide range of outstanding programs that are affordable and relevant to today's rapidly changing industries. Internationally renowned, FIT draws on its New York City location to provide a vibrant, creative community in which to learn. The college offers 48 majors and grants AAS, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees, preparing students for professional success and leadership in the global marketplace.


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GOP: Just drink the Kool-Aid
Welcome to the Brave New World where author Aldous Huxley imagined in his 1932 satire that society would prefer to be kept uninformed and live lock-step in a soma-induced blissful oblivion. Well, close enough. The world is the political orbit of the Republican Party in which no one is allowed to speak critically of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and the media, in particular, is not to pursue questions that seek to flesh out her positions or leadership style were she to be catapulted into the nation's highest office. Facts in this Republican dystopia (a negative utopia) don't matter; what matters is that supporters swallow the party script. So, if Gov. Palin wants to keep repeating the lie that she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere and rejects federal earmarks to states, then the party faithful should excuse the falsehood and just drink the soma-laced Kool-Aid.John Feehery, a Republican strategist, captured the mood perfectly in a Washington Post story on Tuesday when he told a Post reporter that the campaign was entering a period in which the dominant themes established in the campaign were more important than skirmishes over the facts. "The more The New York Times and The Washington Post go after Sarah Palin, the better off she is, because there's a bigger truth out there and the bigger truths are she's new, she's popular in Alaska and she is an insurgent," Feehery said. "As long as those are out there, these little facts don't really matter."Wow. Let's think about that. It doesn't matter that a person who wants to be vice-president and is a heartbeat away from the presidency is lying about one of her defining characteristics as a candidate: that she rejects federal pork. (The truth: she was initially a big supporter of the Bridge to Nowhere and the federal funding that would build it. Once Congress turned against the project and it was dead, she flip-flopped and announced she was against it, but the state still took the $223 million in federal aid; currently $73 million of that money is reportedly in a state account just waiting for the kind of pork-barrel project she's supposed to be against.)It doesn't matter that in a campaign touting its 'straight-talk' and willingness to reform Washington's corrupt ways, Gov. Palin billed Alaska's taxpayers for 312 nights of "per diem" expenses (meant to cover expenses when she is not at home) these first 19 months, even though she spent those nights at home.It doesn't matter that she thinks women should be forced to have a child in cases of rape or incest (she opposes abortion in all cases); that she thinks the Iraq war is "God's task" for Americans; that she thinks creationism should be taught in public schools; that human actions are not a cause of global warming; or that her actions as mayor and governor have shown an intense penchant for secrecy within government and gagging a free press — shades of Bush-Cheney, but maybe to an even greater degree.John McCain's staff has kept her on a narrow message during the few campaign outings, thus far, and have kept her off the Sunday morning news shows where candidates are routinely grilled on issues and news of the week. Sens. McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were all there this past week, but Palin was muzzled — lest she say something that's not presidential.None of this matters because what's important, according to the GOP's Feehery, is that's she "popular," she's "new" and she's an "insurgent" — well, let's at least call her a wannabe reformist in that conservative sense of toeing the line for God and country without question.None of this says much about whether Mrs. Palin has any qualifications to lead the free world, but at least now we know what they're putting in the Kool-Aid.Angelo S. Lynn


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Artlandia Brings SymmetryMill to Google SketchUp for Live 3D Pattern Texturing
As you know, Artlandia is one of our favorite developers of software for Illustrator and Photoshop. And, all along, it's been a nasty relationship between Adobe and Google Sketchup. But now, Artlandia's awesome new plug-in makes Artlandia's cloud-based pattern design editor SymmetryMill available as an interactive texture editor in Google's SketchUp! March 21, 2013


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It has now been 102 days since the Quebec student strike began, and the province's turmoil is spilling across borders as protest supporters take their strife international.
In this morning's New York Times, an op-ed implores our American neighbours to take note of what's happening across their northern border, "for a change."
"Canada used to seem a progressive and just neighbor, but the picture today looks less rosy," says the column, "Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbor," written by University of Montreal political science professors Laurence Bherer and Pascale Dufour.
"One of its provinces has gone rogue, trampling basic democratic rights in an effort to end student protests against the Quebec provincial government's plan to raise tuition fees by 75 percent."
Quebec Premier Jean Charest's Bill 78, which places what the column calls "draconian" restrictions on demonstrations, has been largely demonized as an attack on civil liberties. The law, effective until July 2013, makes it illegal to protest without alerting police to the date, route and attendance numbers beforehand. The laws also limit where groups can protest, and holds organizing student groups responsible for third-party tag-alongs who destroy property or stray from the approved route.
"Behavior they cannot possibly control," says the column.
Even the government of Vladimir Putin has harsh words for the new laws. Foreign Ministry Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said in a statement that Montrealers' rights to protest have been reduced and that police should show more restraint toward what have been mostly peaceful protesters.
This from the same government hardly known for their support of civil disobedience and that's currently backing a 200-fold increase in the fine for unlawful protest.
Under Bill 78, any violation could slap student groups with a fine of up to $125,000. Bherer and Dufour say the laws and steep fines are Charest's Orwellian solution to halting the months of unrest after refusing to find a resolution though mediation.
Elsewhere in New York City, people gathered to mark the 100th day of Quebec's uprising. The Village Voice reports that students and activists protested outside the Quebec government's offices at Rockefeller Plaza and marched through Manhattan. Later, a few hundred people gathered in Washington Square to discuss student debt and education, while volunteers handed out the red felt squares that have become the symbol of the striking Quebecois students.
Montreal indie band Arcade Fire also donned the red squares when they appeared on Saturday Night Live.
Across the pond in Paris, a few hundred waved flags and carried signs outside Notre Dame Cathedral. Last week, Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan wore the red square to his film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
And the world has taken note.
The BBC ran a profile of CLASSE's "rebel with a cause" leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. One of the prominent faces of the student strike, his "fiery rhetoric and bad-boy intransigence" has earned him the attention of international media and swooning female activists alike. (He even has his own 'Hey Girl' meme.)
Al Jazeera, perhaps known best for their in-depth coverage of the Arab Spring, has also turned its attention to Quebec, reporting on student activists defying a "tyrant" premier.
Just as English Canada took some time to understand and cover the Quebec student movement, international media is slowly but surely taking note of the protests that have become the largest ever in the province's history.
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MELBOURNE, Jan 23 - Nino Napoli, 59, appeared at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday facing 152 charges including conspiracy to defraud ...
A former high-ranking education department official has faced court on charges he conspired to defraud the state of Victoria by siphoning millions of dollars from public schools for his own gain.
MELBOURNE, Jan 23 - Nino Napoli, 59, appeared at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday facing 152 charges including conspiracy to defraud ...
Robotics and the visual arts might have endured a distant relationship in the school classroom, but Nayomi Gribble is determined to fuse the duo – and things are heating up.
Just a short one this week about an interesting phenomenon I've noticed over the years in outdoor ed programs has been that of clustering. What I mean by this is the group dynamic of needing to be close together when in large open spaces.
South Australia is home to a new professional learning academy for teachers named Orbis – to represent the collective nature of the education system.
South Australia's first ever Principal Wellbeing Program was delivered last term, with the aim of supporting school leaders to manage the significant emotional demands of their roles.
World Teachers' Day is a great opportunity for schools, students and parents to celebrate the work of teachers.
The Victorian Government is taken giant steps to ensuring the sacrifice and experiences of Vietnam veterans are not forgotten, with new initiatives including free trips to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum for all school groups.
When Jen Star set forth on a three-month volunteering trip to India back in 2007, she could not have known just how profoundly she would be affected by the experience.
The South Australia Government's support for an anti-bullying intervention is resulting in "significant reduction" in levels of self-reported bullying in schools.
Ahead of National Book Week, experts say that while teaching the technical aspects of reading is important, it is equally important to give children opportunities to enjoy reading and make it part of their world.


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Travel to Sanford and take advantage of these great events in the surrounding area.
January 1, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
3rd Annual Peas & Plenty New Year's Day Meal
Bring in the new year by enjoying food with friends and even bring your own dish to this annual event.
161 First Street, Geneva
407-519-8838 or 407-312-2204
January 17 - 20
International Men's Fast Pitch Tournament
Come out to root for your favorite team and see who wins the $1,000 cash prize.
2200 North Street, Altamonte Springs
January 18, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Casselberry Senior Winter Dinner Dance
A $5 ticket is all it will take to get you into this night of food, big band music and dancing at the Casselberry Recreation Center.
200 N. Triplet Lake Dr., Casselberry
407-262-7700 x 1575
January 19, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Scottish Highland Games
See men in traditional Scottish garb play Gaelic football and hurling.
100 E. Hwy 434, Winter Springs
February 1-2
2013 Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters Championship
About 100 anglers from across the U.S. will be competing for the top title at this tournament.
Locations vary between Lake Monroe, Lake Jesup & St. Johns River
February 2 9:30 a.m. , 11:30 a.m.
13th Annual Geneva Historic Bus Tour
Take a 90-minute tour of the historic streets of Geneva. Cost is $10 and children on laps are free.
161 First St., Geneva
February 8, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Casselberry Art & Music in the Park and Food Truck Bazaar
The Dave Capp Project will be performing romantic jazz all night while patrons dine at 14 gourmet food trucks.
95 Triplet Lake Dr., Casselberry
407-262-7700, ext. 1507
February 15 - 17 10:30 a.m. - 10 p.m
Love Your Shorts Film Festival
Watch a variety of short films by new and veteran filmmakers including dramas, documentaries and comedies.
608 S. Elm Ave, Sanford
February 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Speak up Wekiva
Join Senator Bob Graham and Seminole County Commissioner Lee Constantine at an event meant to bring attention to the protection and restoration of the Wekiwa River.
1800 Wekiva Circle, Apopka
February 16 - 17 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Uptown Art Expo
Enjoy crafts, music, chalk street paintings and more all for free at this one-of-a-kind festival.
274 Cranes Roost Blvd, Altamonte Springs
February 23 7:30 p.m.
Nearly Nicks: A Tribute to Stevie Nicks
Watch musician and dancer Julie Myers perform as "the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," Stevie Nicks with songs like "Gypsy," "Rhiannon," and "Dreams."
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
201-203 S. Magnolia Ave, Sanford
March 2, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lake Mary Celebrates!
Artists, entertainment, food trucks and more will be at this annual event.
100 N Country Club Rd, Lake Mary
March 30, 2 p.m.
SCCA 3rd Annual Junior Ranch Rode Seminole County Centennial Celebration
Roping and cattle branding are just some of the events at this annual rodeo. Be sure to bring a canned food item to cover your admission cost.
1355 Snow Hill Road, Geneva
April 13, 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Brews Around the ZOO
Sample craft beers and select wines while enjoying wonderful food and cuisine. Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the gate, depending on availability.
3755 NW US Highway 17-92, Sanford
407.323.4450 ext. 128
April 27, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Earth Fest 2013
Come celebrate Earth and Mother Nature at this environmentally friendly festival at Lake Concord Park.
95 Triplet Lake Dr., Casselberry
404-262-7700, extension 1507
May 19, 3 p.m.
Sanford Jazz Ensemble – Spring Concert
201-203 S. Magnolia Avenue, Sanford
Every Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
117 South Magnolia Ave, Sanford
First Saturday, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
200 West Broadway, Oviedo
Every Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
95 Triplet Lake Drive, Casselberry
Every second Thursday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Alive After 5 Pardi Gras!
Enjoy music, food and merchants at Sanford's version of Mardi Gras
Downtown Sanford
Every first and third Friday 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Casselberry Art Classes
Take a class on jewelry making, pottery, painting or nearly any other craft
127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry
407-262-7700 ex. 1122
First Friday of every month at dusk
Gather some chairs and blankets and bring the whole family to watch movies such as "Puss in Boots" and "Dolphin Tale" at Lake Concord, completely free.
95 Triplet Lake Drive, Casselberry
407-262-7700 ext. 1507
Fourth Friday, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Sanford Art Walk: Sanford's Got ARTalent!
Enjoy free art and music and seize the opportunity to mingle with local talent.
230 East First Street, Sanford
Last Sunday of every month, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Lake Mary's Food Truck Crave
A variety of food trucks and local vendors gather at Central Park.
Corner of 4th Street & Lakeview Avenue, Lake Mary
Altamonte Springs Historical Society
380 Lake Seminary Circle
Maitland, FL 32751
Bradlee-McIntyre House
130 W. Warren Avenue
Longwood, FL
Open: 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 11am – 4pm and 2nd and 4th Sunday, 1-4pm
Central Florida Society for Historic Preservation
P.O. Box 520500
Longwood, FL 32752-0500
(407) 332-0225
Geneva Museum
165 First Street
Geneva, FL 32732
Open: Sundays 2-4pm. October through April
Website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/museum.htm
Geneva Historical Society
P.O. Box 91
Geneva, FL 32732
Website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/society.htm
Goldenrod Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 423
Goldenrod, FL 32733
(407) 677-5980
Website: http://www.goldenrodhistoricalsociety.com/
Lake Mary Museum
158 Country Club Road
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Open: By appointment
Website: http://www.lakemaryhistory.org/
Museum of Seminole County History
300 Bush Blvd.
Sanford, FL 3273
(407) 665-2489
Open: M-F 1pm – 5pm, Saturday 9am – 1pm.
Seminole County Historical Society
P.O. Box 409
Sanford, FL 32772-0409
(407) 665-2489
Seminole County Historical Commission
300 Bush Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773
(407) 665-2489
Oviedo Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 620841
Oviedo, FL 32762-0841
Website: http://www.oviedohs.com/
Sanford Museum
520 E. First Street
Sanford, FL 32772
(407) 302-1000
Open: Tuesday – Friday 11am – 4pm and Saturday, 1pm-4pm
Closed on Mondays
Website: http://www.ci.sanford.fl.us/cf03.html
Sanford Historical Society
P.O. Box 168
Sanford, FL 32772-0168
Website: http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/
Sanford Historic Trust
P.O. Box 536
Sanford, FL 32772-0536
Website: http://sanfordhistorictrust.org/
Student Museum
3001 W. 7th Street
Sanford, FL 32771
Open: M-F 1:30-4pm
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us/smuseum.html
Northwest Branch Library
580 Greenway Boulevard
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
West Branch Library
245 N. Hunt Club Boulevard
Longwood, Florida 32779
Jean Rhein Central Branch Library
215 N. Oxford Road
Casselberry, Florida 32707
North Branch Library
150 N. Palmetto Avenue
Sanford, Florida 32771
East Branch Library
310 Division Street
Oviedo, Florida 32765