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Vasilios Christides, a junior at Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, gets instruction using an iPad from Principal Dan Tully. iPads are replacing many books at the school. | Contributed photo
Updated: February 25, 2013 2:21AM
NILES — In this world of booming technology, students will soon be reading the Bible and classic novels for their English classes on a computer screen.
Notre Dame College Prep in Niles will launch an iPad program next fall. Freshman, sophomore and junior classes will be required to have an iPad that must be purchased by their families.
Principal Dan Tully said that research shows that there are benefits of students using iPads in class.
"We looked at a number of different reasons and they all pointed to learning across the board, differentiated lessons and giving students more control of their learning," said Tully.
Tully added that families can purchase the iPads through the school at a discounted rate.
Currently, some students bring in their own iPads or laptops, but they are not yet required as part of the curriculum.
Though it is an added cost for families, Tully said iPads will replace the cost of textbooks which could be in the ballpark of $400 or $500 per year.
"Over the course of a couple of years that will save some money," Tully said of using the computerized devices.
Tully said feedback that the school has received from families has been positive.
"I'm a big fan of technology," said Mike Galeno, an English teacher at the high school.
Galeno said he is excited to be able to teach his students using a platform they will also use at the college level.
"Our goal is to eliminate the (print) textbooks and the novels," said Galeno.
Students will also be able to type journal responses or short essays and then share the files with him on the iPads.
And instead of having piles of printed paper in the classroom, teachers will make use of file-sharing applications, Galeno noted.
Galeno is part of a team of about 10 teachers who are helping other educators less familiar with the devices become accustomed to using them.
Tully said Notre Dame has also had outside professionals come into the high school to help the teachers become comfortable using the iPads in their classrooms.
"It allows teachers to share information more easily and readily," noted Tully.
He added: "Everyone's been really enthusiastic. We're all kind of talking a common language and learning together."
The following year, the goal is to have all students at Notre Dame College Prep using the iPads in classes.


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Tarec Saffiedine still waiting, still hoping for Strikeforce welterweight title shot
by Matt Erickson on Aug 28, 2012 at 6:30 pm ET
Well, other than a slightly high-profile injury coming out of his training camp at Team Quest involving Dan Henderson. But other than that, it's the usual for Saffiedine – waiting. Just waiting, and hoping.
Saffiedine (13-3 MMA, 5-1 SF) was hoping his win over Roger Bowling (11-3 MMA, 4-3 SF) at "Strikeforce" Rousey vs. Kaufman" would get him a welterweight title shot. But if that is to be the case, he doesn't have an answer yet.
"Of course (I think I earned a title shot)," Saffiedine recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "Since I signed with Strikeforce, I have seven fights and only one loss – to (Tyron) Woodley. I think it should be the next step for me. Unfortunately, I haven't really heard a no or a yes. I believe they're speaking – (Strikeforce matchmaker) Sean Shelby and (CEO) Scott Coker – and I haven't heard anything yet. Hopefully soon."
Saffiedine beat Bowling with a unanimous decision 30-27 sweep of the judges' scorecards on the main card at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego on Aug. 18. After the show, Coker said he wasn't sure if the win was going to get Saffiedine a title shot. Prior to the event, Coker told MMAjunkie.com that an impressive enough win for Saffiedine or Bowling might put them in line to fight new champion Nate Marquardt.
Saffiedine said he had no doubt he was going to get his hand raised after the fight with Bowling.
"I knew the first (round) was close," Saffiedine said. "I wasn't able to pull the trigger in the first round – I had a slow start. But I know the second and third were mine."
Saffiedine also said he expected the heavy-handed Bowling to have a slightly different game plan than the one he presented during the fight.
"He never hurt me. I felt it after the fight in my legs from the low kicks, but during the fight he never really hurt me," Saffiedine said. "I was expecting him to come more aggressive in the first round, but he was a little more technical and trying to go to the body. He improved his game in the standup. He got my attention going to the body."
But really, what Saffiedine thinks he might need to do is be a little more aggressive in his campaign work. It is election season, after all.
He's not going to campaign to get into the UFC, he said. But if that opportunity came, it's one he'd take. Most importantly, though, he wants that title shot – and has started to make it a little more clear.
Saffiedine has started to become vocal on his Twitter feed about his desire for a title shot. And at 5-1 in Strikeforce with just the lone decision loss to Woodley in January 2011, he makes a strong case.
"I kind of (started to talk) a little bit, though I'm not a big speaker," Saffiedine said. "I started my campaign and wanted to keep pushing for a title. Right now I'm happy with Strikeforce. But if the opportunity presented itself (to go to the UFC), I would jump on it. I'd love to be the first Belgian in the UFC. I was the first Belgian in Strikeforce and I"d love to be the first in the UFC."
For more on "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman," stay tuned to the MMA Events section of the site.
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CD Universe Part number | 6299958 |
Label | Warner Bros. |
Orig Year | 2003 |
Catalog number | 73971 |
Discs | 2 |
Release Date | Oct 21, 2003 |
Studio/Live | Studio |
Mono/Stereo | Stereo |
Engineer | Barry Goldberg; Bill Szymcyzk; Mark Curry; Billy Youdelman; Steve Churchyard; Allan Blazek; Glyn Johns; Carl Glanville; Gary Ladinsky; Howard Kilgour; Richard Davis; Michael Braunstein; Don Wood; Ken Villeneuve; Tom Trafalski; Andy Ackland; Jim Paterson; Bob Stringer; Mike Harlow; Biff Dawes; Jay Parti; Bob Winder; Andy Grassi; Charlie Bouis; Kelly Kotera; Dave Crowthen; John Swain; Dan Everhart; Phil Jamtass; Dennis Mays; Michael Verdick; Rod Thaer; Tom Winslow; Ed Mashal; Bruce Hensal |
Recording Time | 144 minutes |
Personnel | Don Henley - vocals, drums, percussion Glenn Frey Joe Walsh - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, keyboards Don Felder - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, keyboards Timothy B. Schmit - vocals, bass Bernie Leadon - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin Randy Meisner - vocals, guitar, guitarron, bass Also: David Sanborn, Al Perkins, Steuart Smith, Scott Crago, Jay Oliver, Willie Hollis, Jim Ed Norman |
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Guided, perhaps, by musical snobbery or roots-rock phobia, some people inexplicably don't like Creedence Clearwater Revival. As the kings of earnest country-inflected rock in an age when radical stances were de rigueur, CCR sported straight-ahead tunes, and may have seemed a bit unhip. But their music stands the test of time with a vengeance. For the doubtful listener, this outstanding, 20-track hits collection has evidence of their greatness in staggering abundance.
Though they produced several excellent albums, Creedence was predominantly a singles band, and CHRONICLE compiles many of their biggest hits. From the slowly building saunter of "Suzie Q" and the spooky, R&B-soaked "I Put a Spell on You" to the fierce "Fortunate Son" and the swampy blues of "Run Through the Jungle," CHRONICLE features the ensemble's signature tunes. Beautifully melancholy songs "Who'll Stop the Rain" and "Someday Never Comes" play off sunny, melodic anthems "Down on the Corner" and "Lookin' Out My Back Door," fully revealing the band's wide range. The group's tight, no-frills musicianship leaves John Fogerty's keening voice and superb songwriting at the fore, and the results--brought together here on one of rock's best greatest-hits packages--make for some of the genre's most endearing and enduring music.
Recorded 1968-1970 and includes 'Susie Q', 'I Put a Spell on You', 'Proud Mary', 'Bad Moon Rising', 'Lodi', 'Green River', 'Commotion', 'Down on the Corner', 'Fortunate Son', 'Travelin' Band', 'Who'll Stop the Rain', 'Up Around the Bend', 'Run Through the Jungle', 'Lookin' Out My Back Door', 'Long as I Can See the Light', 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?', 'Hey Tonight', 'Sweet Hitch-Hiker' & 'Someday Never Comes'. Fantasy label. 1991.
Includes liner notes by John Grissim.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival: John Fogerty (guitar, vocals); Tom Fogerty (guitar); Stu Cook (bass); Doug Clifford (drums).
Personnel: John Fogerty (vocals, guitar); Tom Fogerty (guitar); Doug Clifford (drums).
Liner Note Author: Greil Marcus.
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Very Best Of songs Detroit has produced more than its share of great music: from jazz stars like Hank, Thad & Elvin Jones; to the Motown stable of vocal artists, and legendary rhythm players Benny Benjamin and James Jamerson. Not to mention a whole lot of hard funk and primal metal, everyone from Funkadelic and Ted Nugent, to Iggy & The Stooges and the MC5--hard driving, rugged rock and roll. Put it all together with a touch of pop, and a lot of soul, and you've got Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.
It's easy to divine Seger's influence on the music of Bruce Springsteen, and draw parallels with the vocal style of Van Morrison. The epic themes of Seger's characters on "Night Moves" certainly parallel those of the folk heroes who populate Springsteen songs (though he began developing his menagerie a good decade before the Boss). The chant-like, testifying cadences of Seger's blowtorch voice, and his predilection for gospelish motifs, puts one in mind of the mighty Celt's visionary flights.
And as the fine GREATEST HITS makes clear, Bob Seger's influence on contemporary roots music is enormous. A song such as "Like A Rock" practically defines a roots approach to power pop, while "Old Time Rock & Roll" finds Seger in an upbeat, Little Richard mode. Celebrations notwithstanding, "Still The Same" and "Turn The Page" are dark, unstinting unsentimental looks at the underbelly of the showbiz animal and the road.
Includes liner notes by Bob Seger.
Engineers include: Shelly Yakus, Brian Christian, Jim Bruzzese.
Personnel: Bob Seger (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Drew Abbott (guitar, electric guitar); Rick Vito (guitar, slide guitar); Ken Bell, Waddy Wachtel (guitar); Dawayne Bailey, Steve Lukather (acoustic guitar); Joe Miquelon (electric guitar); Crystal Taliefero, Alto Reed, Jimmy Romeo (saxophone); Bill Payne (piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Craig Frost, Doug Riley (piano, organ); Randy McCormick, Roy Bittan (piano); Jai Winding (organ); Barry Beckett (keyboards); Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Roger Hawkins, Russ Kunkel, David Teegarden (drums, percussion); Charlie Allen Martin (drums); Sam Clayton, Bobbye Hall (percussion); Clydie King, Luther Waters, Donny Gerrard, Julie Waters, Rhonda Silver, Glenn Frey, Ginger Blake, Stanley Carter, Izora Armstead, Douglas Kibble, Linda Dillard, Laurel Ward, Laura Creamer, Martha Wash, Rosemary Butler, Shaun Murphy, Venetta Fields, Shirley Matthews (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Ed Cherney ; Greg Edward; Jim Bruzzese; John Arrias; Bill Szymczyk; Bob Seger.
Recording information: A & M Studios, Hollywood, California; Ambience Recordings, Farmington Hills, Michigan; Bayshore Studios, Coconut Grove, Florida; Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California; Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI; Criteria Studios, Mia; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, AL; Nimbus Nine Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Studio 55, Hollywood, CA; Woodland Digital Sutdios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Photographer: Brad Stanley.
Personnel includes: Bob Seger (vocals, guitar, piano); Glen Frey (vocals); Joe Miquelon (electric guitar); Steve Lukather, Waddy Wachtel, Drew Abbott (guitar); Rick Vito (slide guitar); Alto Reed (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Bill Payne (piano, organ, synthesizer); Doug Riley (piano, organ); Robyn Robbins (Mellotron, organ); Craig Frost (organ); Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Chris Campbell, Bob Glaub (bass); Russ Kunkel, Charlie Allen Martin, David Teegarden (drums, percussion).
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Greatest Hits 1970-2002 is a nearly flawless double-disc set commemorating Elton John's three-decade career. Disc one features what may arguably be John's most essential work: Seeing songs such as "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Candle in the Wind," and "Bennie and the Jets" -- not to mention "Your Song," "Rocket Man," and "Tiny Dancer" -- lined up back to back reaffirms just how diverse, and yet universal, his songwriting talent is. Disc two finds this talent maturing gracefully into the '80s, '90s, and beyond, touching on pop gems like "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," "I'm Still Standing," and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" as well as his Lion King classic "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" and the Aida duet "Written in the Stars" with LeAnn Rimes. The collection also finds room for the highlights of his most recent albums, including Made in England's "Believe" and "Blessed," The Big Picture's "Something About the Way You Look Tonight," and Songs from the West Coast's "This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." For most casual fans, Greatest Hits 1970-2002 will replace the need for collections such as Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, and Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, although these collections are still worthwhile as of-their-time retrospectives of John's work. ~ Heather Phares
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When it comes to a ground-breaking, iconic band like the Who, dubbing an anthology THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION is no small claim. The kicker here is that it happens to be the truth. Without venturing into the realm of the box set, there's never been such a definitive batch of Who tunes all under one roof before. Virtually all the bases are covered here, from such attitude-laden mid-'60s mod anthems as "My Generation" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" to the conceptual expansiveness of TOMMY-era tunes ("I'm Free," "See Me Feel Me"). We get the full-on long-haired, bare-chested glory of the early '70s ("Won't Get Fooled Again") as well as the tapered, synth-flecked smartness of the early '80s ("Eminence Front," "You Better You Bet." For someone looking for an entry point into the work of this larger-than-life group, or just somebody who wants a great all-purpose who disc, THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION is truly a case of truth in advertising. Get one.
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Upon the release of GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, Michigan's answer to Bruce Springsteen had receded into the Boss' considerably large shadow, thanks to a self-imposed hiatus that found him recording only two studio albums in the 1990s. Despite the seemingly short attention span of the pop music world, this particular collection presents a fine argument that may reinforce Bob Seger's stature in the eyes of non-die-hard fans that only know him from regular rotation on classic rock radio.
This compilation dips into Seger's periodic soundtrack contributions ranging from TEACHERS' piano-driven "Understanding" and the soaring MOR Martina McBride duet "Chances Are" from HOPE FLOATS to "Shakedown," the rocker's only chart-topper from BEVERLY HILLS COP II. The collection also scratches the surface of Seger's influences, particularly when he goes back to 1981 and 1974, with covers of Rodney Crowell's countrified lament "Shame on the Moon" and Tom Waits' barfly anthem "New Coat of Paint," respectively. This Detroit native also tips a hat to his harder-rocking side by tossing classics like the salacious "The Fire Down Below," the howling "Her Strut," and "Tomorrow," a song written for this album that boasts a stomping tempo and Joan Osborne-like harmonies.
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GUEST OPINION: GOP lawmakers ensure abortions are safer for Michigan women
State House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel said that Republican leaders and Gov. Rick Snyder "are ignoring a majority of Michiganders' belief that abortion should remain safe and legal in our state."
For those who believe requirements that abortion providers screen for coercion and are licensed as freestanding out-patient surgical facilities constitute a war on women, please consider the following facts and observations:
In 2011, Michigan abortion providers in physicians' private offices, terminated the lives of 254 preborn children who were 21 weeks or older. Eleven of these were 29 weeks or older, weighing more than 2.5 lbs. For at least part of the pregnancy, these children were wanted by their mothers. Otherwise they would have been terminated sooner.
Recently, the Church of Scientology was criticized by former members for coercing women into getting abortions. It's no stretch to think that sex partners, parents or employers might put extreme pressure on a young woman to abort a pregnancy they deem undesirable. Asking abortion providers to screen for coercion and refer clients to resources for their safety does not interfere with women's access to abortion.It helps ensure that it is a free choice.
Compare these doctor office, late-term abortions with the surgical removal of uterine fibroids, which are called myomectomys. Myomectomies are usually done as a surgical procedure in a hospital setting. A few gynecologists will do outpatient myomectomies on fibroids smaller than 2 inches (about the size of a 12-week old fetus). Because second trimester abortions have a 50 percent complication rate, the state has an interest in ensuring that these procedures are performed as safely as possible.
The new prohibition against webcam abortions -- a technology not currently available in Michigan -- protects women from an increased risk of undetected ectopic pregnancy, which is a life-threatening condition. Requiring a doctor on-site should give higher confidence that this abnormal condition is ruled out before dispensing abortion pills.
Provisions that were in the original legislation but later removed include making coercion to abort a crime and providing penalties, prohibit abortions after 20 weeks based on the ability of the unborn child to experience pain by that stage of development and require abortionists to carry $1 million in malpractice insurance or carry an equivalent bonded surety.
Snyder and the Republicans, working with some Democrats in the give-and-take of lawmaking, have done far more than the Democratic leadership or Michigan's abortion industry to ensure that abortions are safe for Michigan women. Maybe someday, they can all work together make things safer for the child in the womb.
Barb Yagley of Troy is a member of the Central Oakland Right to Life and also STOP PARIAH, whose goal is to keep Planned Parenthood out of Oakland County. The group's website iswww.oaklandrtl.org/stop_pariah.html.
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No question/answer today, just a few comments. Thank you all for the kind words regarding my daughter's skirt. It was a simple thing to make, but made her really happy and I'm glad you like it, too!
Regarding the show in Houston, all of your encouragement really made my day. I've never entered the Houston show before. I didn't have anything that I thought would make it in the show, until now. I am excited, yet apprehensive. I really don't know what to expect or who else will be in the garment division with me. From the paper work they sent me, I know that the jury had to narrow the field from 835 to 409 entries. I'm not sure what portion of that is garments, but I know it's definitely not a large group. I'm just happy I'm actually in the show. If I get any sort of prize, I'll know by the end of September, but won't know placing until the beginning of November.
Alright, enough about that! Check out these photos, courtesy of my regular photo crew. Sorry the first one is blurry; the older member of the crew took this first set. Some of the poses are terrible as my arm obscures the entire side of the dress, but you get the idea!
Close-up of the beadwork, done and on the dress:
The earrings are true 50's/60's vintage, from my husband's aunt, the shoes are from 80's/early 90's - I know exactly when and where I bought them. I have the receipt from the earrings I bought the same day, so that I could match shoes and jewelry to a sequined gown I bought.
Just for fun, this is one my son took:
Well, it's finally done, and what did I learn from this project?
- I improved my fitting skills.
- I learned that simple is not a bad thing; less can be more.
- I've also learned not to force an embellishment that just isn't working; something will work out that is more attractive eventually.
Parting Shot: Mr. Mailman is my friend this week. He brought me a new magazine! This one is Fait Main from France, and is a gift from Isabelle. (Who got married on Saturday! Check her blog for a picture of the new couple and the dress she made for the ceremony before it is gone!)


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I'm so horny. I need sex and he's the only guy I've had sex with. Honestly, I don't want to have sex with anyone else. I just want him back.
I don't want to tell him I want him back just to have sex. What should I do?
I miss my bd
You are here
get a vibrator.
ha. perfect.
get some porn and have a fiddle , go out and met someone else, go to a sex shop.
But I want him
I don't really know how to respond to this. Yes, being lonely sucks. But, sometimes it's somethign we have to go through.
When I broke it off with bd, a month before I was due, 2 weeks before our wedding, I went through a TON of lonelyness. I wanted him back, I wanted just to fuck, I wanted him just to lay in bed with, to wrap his arms around me and hold me tight just the way that he knew how to.
And, you know, I learned that lonlyness is an emotion that I had never let myself experience. So, I did, I was lonely until I didn't feel it any more.
And, you know, I think that having "just sex" with someone who you used to have a close connection with can get really messy really quickly. Seriously, as the other women have said, I would just get yourself off and allow yourself to experience the emotions you're experiencing without acting on them.
yeah, i don't really think that sex could ever be "just sex" with the father of my child, regardless of whether or not we were together, or even whether or not i liked him.
Beleive me "just sex" turns into a lot more. There is almost no way to have a strong connection then go to just having sex with them.
i agree with the above 2 posts. Me and BD have broken up a few times in the past and we didn't want to have sex with anyone else so we decided to continue to have sex with each other, it NEVER worked someone always gets hurt in the end and you could never move on if you are still sleeping with your ex.
as someone who has occasionally, and even frequently slept with the father of my kid, DON'T DO IT. It fucks the whole dynamic of your relationship up, you are telling him you want him but you don't want him?! It makes things so much more confusing.
If you're really in need of sex you can find a nice, safe, casual partner i'm sure, and whoever said 'get a vibrator' um YES. get a good one with the spinny shaft and beads inside and clit stimulation. Get the fucking works and spend a ton of cash on it so you know it won't ever let you down.
and yeah, BE lonely. Being lonely is okay, you won't always be lonely, and once the stink of lonliness and desparation wears off, people will find you so much more attractive.
Keep reminding yourself that you ARE worthy of love and affection, on YOUR terms, that's the one thing i have to keep doing, every day, because being lonely can be really harsh on your self-esteem.
My BD and I started out as "just sex"...that lasted for about a week.
I couldnt imagine breaking up with him, and just "having sex" now. Too many feelings involved.
I also know someone whose been "just having sex" for like 2 years. Its one of the most screwed up relationships ive seen.
I understand where youre coming from 100%. When I broke up with BD I still wanted his dick, like ONLY his. It sucked and then I told him flat out I thought we should still fuck and he took me up on it. It was.......cold? He didnt touch me the same, didnt hold me afterward, no nice words, nothing really but "just sex". Unfortunately when we're with someone we begin to view the sex aspect in a different manner, more intimate/affectionate and when we're not with that person anymore we **think** that its the sex we want, that itll be the same, and you really dont want it with anyone else. But in reality its just sex when youre not an "us" anymore and youre looking for the comfort that wont be there. This is a normal part of getting over a relationship. Masturbation and loneliness is quite healthy in healing!!!!
My ex boyfriend of two years and I are just having sex. HAH! Yeah right. So we aren't boyfriend and girlfriend which was the point of breaking up but he calls me 2-3 times a day and calls me say goodnight. We compain to each other, celebrate with each other, snuggle, kiss, hold hands... it can never be just sex once you have a real relationship with someone. I was supposed to be just having sex...
Me and my BD broke up about 3 months ago and to be honest I have thought the same thing over and over. I wanted sex so bad and with him it just felt right and comfortable. Then I had to think of why we werent together anymore and that bringing up those emotions would hurt the progress I have made in trying to get over him. Its true, lonliness is an emotion you have to experience and overcome and its such a bumpy road. Just be thankful there are alot of new ways to pleasure yourself without him...


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There has been much written about the changing orientation of the colleges and universities of America. It is interesting to note that many of them began as institutions designed to educate ministers for Christian churches in the nascent United States. My, how things have changed! Today most of our institutions of higher learning are openly hostile to the very values and principles they were originally created to promote.
Not only have these institutions turned their backs on religious faith, they have also come out firmly against free market economics. Although communism has died, as proven by its failure in the USSR and many other socialist countries, there are still professors and instructors at colleges across the nation who demean individualism and promote the Marxist, collective ideal. These colleges and universities are actively working to influence the politics and culture of their students. I recall my daughter coming home from college complaining that she felt castigated as a Christian with strong conservative values.
At one time, a liberal arts education was seen as enlightening and open to new ideas and honest discussion. Today, however, belief in God and the concept of ultimate truth has been replaced by academics with the concept of moral relativism. The search for truth has been replaced with the concept that there is no ultimate truth. To cite God or even to quote the Bible is disclaimed as naïve. The idea of reading the classics has been replaced by the belief that all books are classics. The study of great art once included Van Gogh, Delacroix and Michelangelo. Today it may well be a crucifix submerged in a jar of urine. Objective truth has become suspect. It has been labeled as narrow and intolerant. The irony is that those institutions which promote gay rights and feminism may also promote Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood. A few years ago, Yale University admitted Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, a former diplomat representing the Taliban. The Taliban executes homosexuals and denies women and young girls access to any form of education. So much for gay rights and feminism. It would seem that the only truth that is sacred is the alleged truth that there is no truth.
Along with the main-stream media, modern academia has sold out to the liberal concept of no God and no truth. How can either exist when every situation is measured by a different yardstick? Moral relativism simply means that anything is acceptable under certain circumstances. This has been compounded by some sense of political correctness that has made tolerance more important than truth.
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By Miss Maria Cohut
Greetings, IGA readers! I thought I might start the week by dipping my toes into one of the many crossovers between the Gothic and pop-culture, so today I'll be (very briefly) discussing what might be referred to as 'Gothic manga'.
Manga – Japanese graphic novels – developed sometime between the second half of the nineteenth-century and the first half of the twentieth-century, though please don't take my word for it, since its exact origins are still under debate. Either way, manga seems to have flourished after World War II, as the ideal means to carry and/or relieve social and psychological anxieties. It is also a medium that comes full circle in terms of influence: on the one hand, ever since its emergence on the Japanese market, the various kinds of manga have incorporated Western/European influences, interpreting and reinterpreting them; on the other hand, the 'inflation' of manga in translation in Europe and the US in recent years ensures that Western pop-culture is, in turn, increasingly influenced by its Asian counterpart.
There are many types of manga, of course, and one thing they would all seem to have in common is their peculiar humanistic aesthetic. As Sharon Kinsella observes, '[m]anga characters tend to embody aspects of caricature, they have exaggerated facial expressions, they swoon, they sweat, they cry, they bleed, they are visibly excited, shocked, distraught, embarrassed, and annoyed', which makes it 'possible [for manga] to trace the deep veins of yearning, dejection, frustration, obsession, desire, euphoria, disappointment and fantasy not so apparent in other media' in post-war Japan (Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society, p 7). The sea of manga genres is almost too vast to be sailed confidently, as it varies from the saccharine shōjo manga (romantic manga generally targeting a female teenage audience) to the surrealistic psychological manga (itself ranging from the mildly unsettling to the scarily bizarre). Also, more often than not, manga tends to combine so many genres so unscrupulously that trying to label it in some specific way becomes an almost futile endeavour. And yet... There's a strand of manga – rather more gruesome, but also more 'literary' than the rest – which, I think, leans heavily towards the Gothic, in spite of being labelled as 'horror', 'psychological' or 'mystery'. This type of manga often combines psychological horror, an ambiguous hint at the supernatural, the 'obligatory' maze-like environment and a pervasive feeling of oppression and unease.
One of the best examples in this sense is Uzumaki (literally meaning 'spiral') by Junji Ito. The twenty volumes that make up the series (published for the first time in English in 2001) follows the lives (and extraordinarily gruesome demises) of the inhabitants of a small provincial Japanese town, Kurôzu-cho. The town in itself is a quite blatant Gothic space: cramped, isolated, remote, it traps its inhabitants in their day-to-day routine. It is a ghostly space, and as such it is haunted, though its spectre is rather abstract – the spiral from the title. The spiral is an obsession, something that drives the inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho, one by one, mad. They see and feel spirals everywhere – in the human ear's cochlea, in seashells, in hair, in the grass they tread on, in whirlwinds, in fishcakes, in everything and anything. They are afraid of spirals, disgusted by spirals, fascinated by them, in need of them, they create them and reproduce them over and over again with their own bodies. Some say the town is cursed – and here is where the supernatural and psychological crash, as there is no proper explanation with this morbid obsession for a pattern. The inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho see in the spiral the structure of the microcosm and macrocosm and they surrender to it in life as in death. But their infatuation is absurd – it is petty, useless and inconclusive. Why are the inhabitants of the town followed by this – seemingly random – curse? What are they guilty of? Are they guilty of anything? Is it a side-effect of their relationship with the town, that some hate it, some are too attached to it, and yet others are too complacent about it? Uzumaki explores themes of guilt, disease, the grotesque and it is particularly close to the Southern Gothic in the issues it approaches and the intrinsic (magical realist) narrative style.
Closer, in a way, to the original 'Romantic Gothic' genre is, perhaps, K no Souretsu (literally The Funeral Procession of K) by Maki Kusumoto (not yet licensed to be published in English, though unofficial translations freely circulate online), originally released in 1994 and usually tagged as 'psychological drama' and/or 'murder mystery'. The narrative of the two-volume manga takes place entirely in an uncanny block of flats with a spiral staircase – it would seem the Japanese have a weak spot for the spiral! – in an uncertain time, inhabited by a bunch of utterly strange characters with utterly strange and unexplainable habits. The main character, Mikaya, is a recent inhabitant of this strange building, who has moved in after the sudden and mysterious death of the even more mysterious previous tenant only referred to as K (signposting Kafka much?). Mikaya's job in the building is to knock, every morning, on each of the other tenants' doors and collect something called the 'morkwall' from them. We don't know what the 'morkwall' is, but Mikaya's work seems rather important, and in the illustrations the 'morkwall' looks very much like actual wall fragments. This job, however, is only a front. Mikaya is here to investigate K's death on his own, and the daily routine of collecting 'morkwall' allows him to talk to every tenant in part and to slowly piece together their relationships with K and with one another. But nothing about anyone is as it seems and I'll leave it at that, just in case you'll ever want to read the manga for yourselves. I don't want to spoil the story! It is difficult to say if there is anything supernatural taking place in K no Souretsu, but the story is filled to the brim with ambiguities and everything is one hundred percent uncanny: every single character is strange (even otherworldly) and the building itself (which people never seem to leave unless they're no longer alive) is an unsettling, oppressive space and its every nook and cranny holds a new puzzle to be solved. Kusumoto's manga has it all: repressed desires, repressed memories, oppressive spaces, exotic/bizarre 'laws', mysterious death, grotesque characters, a sense of permanent anxiety...
Which takes me to my final example of 'Gothic manga' (though there are oh, so many more!): Kopernikus no Kokyū (literally The Breath of Copernicus) by Asumiko Nakamura (also, sadly, not yet licensed for publication in English, though incomplete unofficial translations are available online) originally released in 2002. Vaguely reminiscent of Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus, the two-volume manga follows the life of Torinosu (literally 'Bird's Nest'), a runaway adolescent boy in 1970's Paris. At first glance, Nakamura's manga is more dynamic than the other examples, as Torinosu moves from place to place constantly; every place he moves to, however, is a claustrophobic space that entraps him: from the circus whose ringmaster sells the performers each night to wealthy and perverted customers, to the overbearingly lavish quarters of a sadistic elderly diplomat, to the birdcage-orangery of an incestuous female tutor and so on. Torinosu/Bird's Nest is also haunted by his personal ghost: the ghost of his dead brother, Michel (who is also his uncanny reverse/double and the voice of his conscience). It is unclear whether Michel's ghost – which appears only when Torinosu is alone – is a direct manifestation of the supernatural in the story, or whether he is an 'incarnation' of Torinosu's thoughts, fears and desires. Either way, the manga not only approaches but insists (in an almost painful kind of way) on issues of sexual abuse, decadent social mores, guilt, unrequited/impossible love and in Freud's words, 'the death drive', which seems to be the main (if not only) motive behind Torinosu's every action.
What links all these manga together is a persistent enquiry into the world of the subconscious: do natural and supernatural punishments/curses come from an outer, randomly punitive source or do they originate in internal guilt, fear and angst? All the exaggerated, 'caricatured' facial expressions that are usually a source of humour in manga are, in these instances, rendered grotesque, ugly and tortured rather than funny. In Gothic manga, the 'visual fantasy' enhances the sense of uncanny, of fear and resentment.
Japanese pop culture, in general, has a reputation for being unabashedly 'weird', which is often seen as a counter-reaction to the 'strict' unspoken social rules which must not, under any circumstances, be transgressed (openly). Whether that is or isn't so, it is difficult to judge, what with the danger of amplifying the already abundant stereotypes. But what the dark, dramatic manga 'of the repressed' actually does, in its Oriental-Occidental come and go, is, I believe, to flesh out universal 'ghosts'. Manga does this really well through its mix of written and visual narrative and its peculiar graphic style. I would be interested, at some point, to compare this kind of manga with its Occidental graphic novel counterpart and see what comes out of it. In the meantime, here's a question for the pop-culture knowledgeable readers: are there (m)any graphic novels out there that could be labeled as 'Gothic' and if so, how do they set the Gothic to work?
Ito, Junji. Uzumaki vols I-XX (Viz Media, 2007)
Kinsella, Sharon. Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society (University of Hawaii Press, 2000)
Kusumoto, Maki. Kの葬列 / K no Souretsu
Nakamura, Asumiko. コペルニクスの呼吸 / Kopernikus no Kokyū


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Make a stable of your own with just a few craft materials.
Hatch a chicken costume from a plain cardboard box
Create cute napkin holders dressed up like your favorite Thanksgiving bird, the turkey! The colors and googly eyes will surely please the kids and other present day pilgrims.
These Turkey Place Markers make great holiday favors, perfect for holding notes, recipe cards, or a favorite photo.
Make a funny turkey candelabra with this great Thanksgiving craft.
Create a homemade manger with this great holiday craft.
Make soft and cozy sheep shelf-sitters.
Turn a piece of flannel or bandanna into an impromptu toy
These baby chicks are so easy to make, you can have an entire clutch ready in time for Easter.
Crafty cups hold a nutty snack for your young gobblers with this Thanksgiving craft.
Set the Thanksgiving table with these napkin-holding gobblers - a fun Thanksgiving craft for kids.
Fashion a cuddly Easter rabbit puppet from a pair of gloves. A few tucks and folds are all it takes to make a cuddly glove bunny destined to keep the kids amused for hours.


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Ulex europaeus L. common gorse
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A truly unique and visually stunning take on meta-fiction, Lovely By Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel.
Facing the age-old problem of writer's block, Marian seeks advice from a mentor and ex-lover. His seemingly innocent advice to kill the book's protagonist unleashes chaos in her life as a willful protagonist escapes from her novel and appears in the unresolved corners of her past.
Featuring Carrie Preston (Transamerica, Nothing is Private, Lost, Arrested Development), Dallas Roberts (Walk The Line, A Home At The End Of The World, The Notorious Bette Page, The L Word), Austin Pendleton (Catch 22, What's Up Doc, A Beautiful Mind, Amistad, My Cousin Vinny, The Muppet Movie), Kate Burton (Grey's Anatomy, The West Wing, Woody Allen's Celebrity, The Ice Storm), Reg Rogers (Igby Goes Down, I Shot Andy Warhol, Analyze That, Primal Fear), Richard Masur (Risky Business, Heaven's Gate, Palindromes, Wonder Years, Picket Fences).
At turns funny, lyrical, dark and mysterious, this enigmatic film explores past and present, art and reality, life and death, ultimately revealing the strength and beauty of the human heart.
Marian: Carrie PrestonJackson: Austin Pendleton
Bob: Reg Rogers
Mopekey: Dallas Roberts
Humkin: Michael Chernus
Helen: Kate Burton
Dave: Richard Masur
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- Release Date 10/3/2011
- Publisher Activision
- Platform Xbox 360
- Genre Action Adventure
- Number of Players 1
- Online Enabled Yes
Game Description
The fate of one Webslinger hangs on the webs of another in this game where two Spider-Man worlds collide with the death - yes, the death - of Peter Parker. Play as the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 in a storyline that weaves together two timelines. The two heroes battle in separate worlds with a shared destiny, working to prevent an event that has dire consequences for Parker and the fate of the worlds he protects. Your actions in one timeline could cause ripple effects in the other. Picture-in-picture visuals let you watch your actions change the future - or rewrite the past - for better or for worse.
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IGN Review (4.5 out of 10)
Oh what a tangle web we weave, when first we practise to deceive. That sentiment, sadly, also applies to Edge of Time. It fails rather spectacularly to capitalise upon the potential of last year's Shattered Dimensions. Despite coming from the same developer, Beenox, it unstitches most of the things ...more
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Average Member Rating: 6.4 out of 10
Awesome. (8 out of 10)
posted by Serincino (BRADENTON, FL) on Feb 8, 2012
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7 out of 7 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
I'm not sure why people complained about this game or said it was a bad game. It was a straight forward Spider-man game. It wasn't a long game, but the story was interesting, the voice acting was GREAT, and it made you want to keep moving forward. All and all a good game, not open environm...more
Specs & Requirements
Memory 1 MB
Online Features Content Download, Xbox LIVE Family Settings, Achievements
Modes Full Mission Single-Player, Story
Audio/Video In-Game Dolby Digital, HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080p, HDTV 1080i


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The owner of Birmingham comedy club Glee said he will expose the "hypocrisy" of Rupert Murdoch when a multi-million pound trademark battle gets to court.
Mark Tughan, who launched the city's Glee Club almost 20 years ago, is suing the media mogul's 20th Century Fox after accusing it of infringing his trademark with the hit TV show Glee.
Mr Tughan initially launched legal proceedings through his Comic Enterprises company, at the Patent County Court last year but the judge has now passed the case up to the High Court and the 43-year-old said that if it came to a courtroom battle then Mr Murdoch was very much in his sights.
He said: "Ultimately this is a case that will be decided on in law but we have a situation where Rupert Murdoch tweets about people stealing his content and what he is talking about is his intellectual property.
"I will say that it is hypocritical as this is exactly what he has been doing in this case."
Barnt Green-born Mr Tughan opened his first Glee venue in Birmingham's Hurst Street in 1994.
He said he formally registered "The Glee Club" trademark in 2001, renewing it in 2009, prior to the pilot episode of Glee coming out.
He opened another club in Cardiff in 2001, followed by Oxford and Nottingham branches.
Musical drama Glee was launched in 2009 and has gone on to become a global phenomenon with Hollywood stars such as Gywneth Paltrow taking part and spawning a successful spin-off film.
Mr Tughan said last year that he had hoped the show would be a "one hit wonder" but was forced to act when his business was affected because potential comedy club customers were put off because they thought the club had something to do with the show.
The case was initially heard in the Patent County Court but was moved up to the High Court and while this was an initial victory for 20th Century Fox, Mr Tughan said it was a hollow one.
He said: "The initial reason for going to the Patent County Court was cost but it was a pyrrhic victory for 20th Century Fox as the judge made a security of costs order of just £50,000 when I could have had to pay into the court hundreds of thousands of pounds and there is also no cap on damages in the High Court."
According to papers that have now been filed at the High Court, 20th Century Fox intend to fight the claim and will continue to air Glee on Sky 1, claiming the case to be without merit.


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Years ago, when my wife and I were contemplating moving from an apartment and buying our first house, a realtor gave us the standard list of benefits of owning versus renting: it's an investment, you can do whatever you want with it, etc. Now as the home video market evolves we need to go through that pro/con process again.
A couple of big things have happened recently that make the discussion very pertinent to people considering new or upgraded home theater systems. First, high-end home server maker Kaleidescape recently finalized a deal with Warner to offer high-quality downloads of Warner movies. Downloaded movies remain on the user's Kaleidescape hard-disc server and can be viewed on any TV in the house that's networked to the system. Through an Ultraviolet account, users can also view those movies on portable devices like tablets and smartphones. While the service is still in its early days, purchases presently cost about $20 for a 1080p resolution movie. Previously, the only way a user could get new movies onto his or her server was to buy the disc and load it (or buy Kaleidescape's pre-loaded hard dives).
On the streaming front, Red Box, which for many people is the only physical rental option in town (as it is for me), finally launched its streaming service with Verizon. So far it looks less-than-competitive with other services, namely Amazon and Netflix, but it's new, so we'll give it time.
A recent study by Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group found that video streaming is now running neck-and-neck with viewing via physical disc, but that streaming is more popular than downloading.
I generally like the plan Kaleidescape has going—offer high-quality downloads—but the nuts and bolts of that system still need to be tightened up. Users report that the download time can be extremely long—as in hours, so you need to plan your viewing ahead of time. On the other hand, if you were buying the disc, you'd need to plan ahead too, whether you ordered it from Amazon or drove to Target to pick it up in person.
The download to disc concept also beats out the cloud locker concept because once it's on your hard drive, you don't need an internet connection to access it (after the download is complete). Cloud locker stores such as Ultraviolet still rely on streaming, whereas a home hard drive keeps the whole movie local to the home where there are no worries about buffering or bandwidth.
What about cost? The subscription-based streaming services can't be beat on that front. As long as your tastes are broad enough, Netflix's $8/month plan can easily fill all your TV-watching hours.
So that begs the question, if there's good content available to stream anytime, why build up your own library? Quality is one reason. While streaming services like Vudu and Netflix do offer limited 1080p videos, most of the online videos are lower quality and don't compare to a Blu-ray disc or Kaleidescape's bit-for-bit copies. If you're watching old episodes of Dirty Jobs or viewing on a smallish TV, then the lower quality content will be fine. If you're looking to fill a big screen in a home theater system that you've put a lot of effort and money into, then you're more likely to expect the best picture possible.
Personally, I like the new Kaleidescape model. The convenience of a hard drive database and high-quality cancel out the the long download times, but I'm also a frequent user of both Netflix and Amazon streaming. Julie Jacobson over at Electronic House's sister site CE Pro, suggested that Kaleidescape would be well served to come out with a less expensive version of its hardware so more people would be able to use the new download service. Presently getting into Kaleidescape can run you $25,000 just for the components (before installation costs). Part of the reason a Kaleidescape systems costs so much is licensing the company pays to permit local archiving of all those titles, though that situation has been a bit rocky for the company this year.
Would agreements directly with individual movie studios such as Warner allow the Kaleidescape to offer a more affordable system? We don't know yet. The new model seems like an experiment, so we'll just pay attention and see what happens.
I was describing all this to a friend recently, a friend who gets all his movies via his Apple TV or FiOS VOD, and he asked why he'd need to own any movies if they're all available for streaming? He suggested that a long-term commitment to a movie is an old-fashioned way of looking at content. Considering my recent movie watching habits, I don't entirely disagree with him, but I'm not willing to give up the idea of owning movies. In the meantime, the present world of streaming, renting and buying offers more access, and more decisions, then ever before, and that at least is a good thing.
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I personally think that the Vudu/UltraViolet tie in is the one to watch. I have been using it a lot since Cedia. Once 2way integration comes to fruition with control systems it may just be the go to for just about everyone.
Great point Tom. I'm personally not very attracted to the bonus features on a disc, but the rest of my family enjoy digging into those. Special edition versions usually have great bonus content.
What about all of the "extra" content that is presented on the discs. I enjoy the deleted scenes, the alternate endings. Sometimes the trailers, the making of the movie, and bonus shorts. You/I don't get those from streaming and sometimes not even from rental. Addmittly there are some movies that I don't want to see more than once - but the extras still say consider owning the disc.
I even get dissapointed when there is nothing extra included with the movie.
And then there is the sometimes horrible buffering pauses from TWC. I'm sure that others have the same problem.
My recommendation is buy or borrow.
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