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LOS ANGELES - Real Madrid flexed their muscle against the LA Galaxy as the Spanish giants imposed their will on Major League Soccer's top club in a 4-1 whitewash before 56,211 at the LA Coliseum on Saturday evening.
The match was Real Madrid's first preseason game of the 2011-12 campaign, but it hardly looked that way. Madrid's deep and talented roster was too much for the Galaxy to handle as Jose Callejon, Joselu, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema did the damage for Real Madrid.
WATCH: Match Highlights
Adam Cristman pulled a goal back for the Galaxy, heading in a rebounded shot in the 67th minute. WATCH NOW
Madrid opened preseason less than one week ago and the club looked rusty and lethargic at the start. About the only player who looked in fine form off the bat was Kaka, who was the Merengues' most dangerous player early on.
After half-an-hour, Madrid shook off their rust. Sean Franklin took a poor touch in the 31st minute, allowing Real to control the ball. Kaka wound up with it and found Callejon unmarked on the right side of the box. Callejon ripped a shot past Josh Saunders, who'd earlier made several stops to keep it scoreless. WATCH NOW
Nine minutes later Joselu took control of a poor clearance by David Beckham and slipped it past Saunders' right post, making it 2-0. WATCH NOW
At halftime, Galaxy coach Bruce Arena took off both Landon Donovan and Juan Pablo Angel while Jose Mourinho brought on Ronaldo, Benzema and Xabi Alonso. It was telling.
Ronaldo made an instant impact. Eight minutes into the second half, the attacker took control of the ball outside the box. He danced, side-stepped and drifted past Bryan Jordan and beat second-half substitute Brian Perk from close range. WATCH NOW
Five minutes later, Fabio Coentrao made a nifty run past the Galaxy defense, took control of the ball and crossed to Benzema, who buried the ball past Perk. WATCH NOW
Beckham's first match against his former club came to an end in the 62nd minute when Arena took him out of the game.
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The Galaxy got a goal back when Jovan Kirovski tested second-half substitute Antonio Adan from about 10-yards out. Adan made the save but the rebound came off to Cristman who knocked the ball into the back of the net. WATCH NOW
LA return to action this Wednesday when they host Columbus at The Home Depot Center. Tickets are available for that match, presented by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, for as low as $25. The first 6,000 fans in the gates will also take home a free Galaxy/Natural History Museum lunch bag. BUY NOW
WATCH: Postgame Reaction
The Galaxy face Manchester City in their second and final game of the Herbalife World Football Challenge on Sunday, July 24 at 1 p.m. at The Home Depot Center. Tickets are available for that match as low as $30. Visit lagalaxy.com/worldfootballchallenge for more information.


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Stalker Sarah Defends Angus T. Jones' 'Two and a Half Men' Remarks!
Stalker Sarah defends her good friend Angus T. Jones's recent remarks against his hit show Two and a Half Men.
The 17-year-old internet sensation shared, "He didn't mean for it to come across for all people not to watch the show. He was just talking to the younger fans who are studying the Bible and that they shouldn't be watching a half hour of dirty jokes if they're starting they're walk with God. He loves the show, he loves everyone and has a lot of fun. And he has a lot of fun talking to them about the Church and the Bible."
"He's not having a meltdown or a breakdown or whatever people think. He's completely fine and he didn't mean to offend anybody. That video was not meant for the world," Stalker Sarah added.
Sarah is known to be good friends with Angus for the past year and they are rumored to be dating.

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Support groups provide encouragement when you have decided to quit smoking. Support groups can:
Support groups are available in many communities. Your local health department may have information on support groups
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If a support group is not available at a time you can attend, look into joining a telephone support group or an online support group, such as a community support group or a smoking cessation forum. Some forums offer quit-smoking journals that are posted so members can share their experiences.
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NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of James T. Costa's Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory (W. W. Norton, 2017).
NCSE is pleased to congratulate Bertha Vazquez on receiving the Evolution Education Award for 2017 from the National Association of Biology Teachers.
New Mexico is now officially the nineteenth state to have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Antony Alumkal's Paranoid Science: The Christian Right's War on Reality (New York University Press, 2017).
On November 2, 2017, the Utah state board of education voted 10-4 to begin the process of revising the state science standards for elementary and high school — albeit "[o]ver objections that national science education standards push a political agenda on global warming and do not include instruction of intelligent design as a counterpoint to teaching evolution," according to the Deseret News (November 2, 2017).
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A meeting will be held tonight in Swansboro on plans for a proposed waterfront park.
SWANSBORO � A meeting will be held tonight in Swansboro on plans for a proposed waterfront park.
The town�s parks and recreation department is hosting the special meeting to discuss the Sunset Park project and an application for an N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant to help with the acquisition of the property for the park.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Swansboro Recreation Center and will include a presentation on the project and an opportunity for the public to comment.
Parks and Recreation Director Brittany Shipp said she will give a presentation on the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the proposed Sunset Park project and the funding sources involved.
Shipp said the meeting will be informal, and the participants will be invited to share their comments and ask questions.
�We want to hear what people have to say,� Shipp said. Comments provided will be included in the application package, which is due Jan. 31.
The town is pursuing the purchase of the Nancy Lee Fishing Center property on N.C. 24 between the two bridges crossing the White Oak River.
The town entered into an agreement with owners Lee and Nancy Manning last year to buy the property for $900,000, with the town committing to seeking approximately $800,000 of that cost through grants.
Two initial grant applications were submitted to the N.C. Division of Coastal Management for a Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access grant and to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries for a Coastal Recreational Fishing License grant.
A Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access grant of $306,450 was awarded but the second has been denied.
The town is now pursuing a PARTF grant of $463,295 to assist with the property acquisition.
If the grant is approved, it would leave a town commitment of $156,845.
If the property acquisition is finalized, the town plans to convert the property to Sunset Park to be used for public waterfront access such as boating, fishing and kayaking.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - T.J. Oshie and Alexander Steen scored in the shootout, and the St. Louis Blues edged the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Monday night.
The Blues won the Central Division last season, but the Predators won the season series 4-1-1 with 3 of those games going to a shootout.
This time, the Blues had the only goals in a shootout that lasted only two rounds. Brian Elliott, who came off the bench in the second, stopped Craig Smith and Martin Erat to get the win.
Rookie Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists for St. Louis. Andy McDonald had a power-play goal and an assist, Alex Pietrangelo's goal tied it up in the third period, and Kevin Shattenkirk had two assists.
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and two assists for Nashville. Mike Fisher had a goal and an assist, Colin Wilson a goal and Erat two assists.
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Department of Sociology
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Phone: 509-963-1305
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Welcome to the Department of Sociology at Central Washington University. This handbook is designed to assist you in completing a successful program of study with the department. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, please ask someone in the department to assist you. Please note that this handbook is not a substitute for the University Catalog. You should refer to that official document when planning your studies.
Table of Contents
General Department Information
Through its curriculum, the Department of Sociology provides opportunities for students to understand the major conceptual and methodological tools used by sociologists and others to understand society. Students will be encouraged to:
In providing these intellectual skills, the Sociology major is relevant to a wide variety of academic and occupational pursuits and is concerned with developing skills of analytic thought and practice in areas including the social services profession, labor and business organization, personnel work, government program administration and graduate study.
Students who major in Sociology are required to register with the Department, at which time an advisor will be selected. In order to develop a Program of Study, students are required to meet once a quarter with their advisor. Further information on specific courses, the faculty and career opportunities is available in the Department office. Students must complete an end of major assessment prior to graduation.
What Is Sociology?
Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social cause and consequence of human behavior. Sociologist investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social, the subject mater of sociology ranges from the intimate family to the hostile mob; from organized crime to religious cults; from the division of race, gender and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture; and from the sociology of work to the sociology of sports. In fact, few fields have such broad scope and relevance for research, theory, and application of knowledge. (American Sociological Association).
Through its curriculum the Department of Sociology provides opportunities for students to understand the conceptual and methodological tools used by sociologists and others to understand society. Students will be encouraged to:
In providing these intellectual skills, the Sociology major is relevant to a wide variety of academic and occupational pursuits. Majors will develop skills of analytic thought and practice which will provide a foundation for personal growth, post-graduate education, and entrance into many public and private sector occupations.
Why Study Sociology?
Sociology provides many distinctive perspectives on the world, generating new ideas and critiquing the old. The field also offers a range of research techniques that can be applied to virtually any aspect of social life: street crime and delinquency, corporate downsizing, how people express emotions, welfare or education reform, how families differ and flourish, or problems of peace and war. Because sociology addresses the most challenging issues of our time, it is a rapidly expanding field whose potential is increasingly tapped by those who craft policies and create programs. Sociologists understand social inequality, patterns of behavior, forces for social change and resistance, and how social systems work.
Sociology is an exciting discipline with expanding opportunities for a wide range of career paths. Sociology is a valuable liberal arts major for students planning careers in a wide variety of fields including social research, criminology, demography, social psychology, public administration, gerontology, education, rehabilitation, social work, and market research. It provides a useful background for those planning to enter law, business, medicine, community planning, architecture, and politics. In many professional schools, sociology courses are part of the requirements. (American Sociological Association)
Learning Outcomes
Central Washington University and the Department of Sociology are committed to producing high quality graduates for entry into service related and other forms of employment. One way to accomplish this goal is to insure that our graduates are able to communicate various aspects of the "Sociological Imagination" effectively.
We have identified several assessment outcomes to accomplish these tasks. Briefly, we want to know how well our students can:
Declaring a Major or Minor - Admission Policy
Once a student has formally registered for classes at CWU he/she may declare a major or minor in one of our programs. Students are encouraged to declare a major or minor as soon as possible and certainly before they have earned 100 university credit hours. Course work planning is important to avoid delays in completing graduation requirements.
Declaration Forms for programs in Sociology, Social Services, and Ethnic Studies can be obtained from the department office or the web page here and must be completed and signed by a Sociology Department advisor.
Steps in declaring a major or minor
Selecting an Advisor
If you have contemplated pursuing a course of studies with the Sociology Department, it is very important to discuss your academic and career goals with an advisor affiliated with our department. Any Sociology Department faculty member may be selected as an advisor, and you may change advisors at any time. This person can assist you in deciding whether one of our programs (or a program offered elsewhere on campus) is really the best option given your career and academic goals. If it is determined that your interests and goals can best be served through our curriculum, the advisor will suggest the most appropriate major (or minor) to enroll in. You will also be provided with information regarding the specific requirements of the major (or minor) and guidance as to when you should take certain courses.
While students are only required to see an advisor when a major or minor is first declared, it is recommended that you to consult with your advisor on a quarterly basis, and certainly at a minimum once per year. This faculty member may have important information to pass along about changes in course scheduling; opportunities for extra-curricular activities; or other information which might affect the quality and efficiency of academic progress. During general advising and in classroom announcements, students are reminded to obtain a CAPS report at the close of their junior year and to have it reviewed by their advisor to assure smooth progress in meeting all graduation requirements.
Other Important Considerations
The next section of your handbook lists course requirements for the various majors in sociology. (You can find the same thing in your University Catalog). Knowing what courses you must take to complete a specific major is only the first problem in completing your studies efficiently and productively. We would like to discuss some other things for you to consider.
Most courses are taught only once each year. Because of the extensive range of courses we offer, combined with limited faculty to teach each course, most courses are offered once a year. This is especially true of many upper-division (300-400) courses. This is a vital consideration when planning your major or minor with the department. You must plan ahead! Seeing your advisor on a quarterly basis is a good way to ensure successful progress in your chosen major or minor. For additional aide and course information, the Sociology department prints a course schedule for the up-coming quarter. The schedule is posted outside the main office and is posted on this website.
Some courses have prerequisites. Be careful to note in the catalog whether a course requires you to complete another course(s), have a certain class standing, or to have a specific number of credits in sociology, before you are allowed to register in it.
Courses may be taught in a sequential pattern. Although some courses do not have formal prerequisites, it may not be wise to take them before taking other courses. The background content gained in one course may be invaluable when taking the next course in the sequence. For example, it would be advisable to take "Introduction to Social Services" before taking "Social Welfare Policy." Your advisor and the course instructors can assist you with course planning.
Because of course prerequisites, course sequencing, and because a particular course may only be taught once each year, it is essential that schedules be planned early in the major.
Approved Electives for Sociology Majors:
All upper-division courses taught within the department (those with either a SOC or ETS prefix) constitute approved electives in sociology.
With the prior approval of your advisor and the department chair, in certain (unusual) instances an upper-division course taken from another academic discipline may be accepted as an elective for the major in sociology; outside courses are not permissible for the minor in sociology. In order to exercise this option a student must address the rationale for including the proposed course with their advisor before enrolling in the course and secure the advisor's signature on an Approved Electives form (it can be obtained from our main office). Your advisor will then discuss this with the department chair to obtain her/his approval.
Approaches to choosing electives:
Other Educational Opportunities
Individual Studies: Soc 296 and 496 are 1-6 credits "Individual Studies" courses which are designed to allow the maximum flexibility in student-designed educational experiences. Working with a professor, students carve out a specialized topic and procedure for study.
Teaching Assistantships: A number of faculty use teaching assistants in their courses Soc 492 "Sociology Teaching Experience" repeatable up to 10 credits. This is excellent experience for anyone who is interested in teaching and/or intending to pursue graduate study. It is an opportunity that is unique for undergraduates at smaller universities in departments which do not have graduate students to serve as teaching assistants. Sometimes payment is available for this or students may enroll for Individual Study credit.
Research Assistantships: Faculty engaged in research projects are always looking for research assistants Soc 495 "Sociological Research" 1-15 credits, repeated up to a maximum of 15 credits. This is a great opportunity for hands-on learning about social scientific research. It is also an important part of the undergraduate experience for students intending to go on to graduate school.
Honors in Sociology: The sociology department's honors program is designed for students who wish to explore a particular research problem in depth. The program is open to sociology majors who have completed 20 credit hours in sociology and have achieved a junior standing. The student: (a) selects an honors advisor and designs a research project in consultation with him/her; (b) writes a letter of application to the chair of the department; and, (c) if accepted, completes a research paper that is approved and supervised by his/her honors advisor and a second member of the department. Credit for this paper may be obtained through Sociology 497.
Sociology Student Club
Sociology students have a recognized organization designed to further students intellectual development, allow access to resources, and develop friendships among sociology majors. Look for the posted announcements about club activities.
AKD - Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society
The Sociology Department at CWU invites eligible students to become a member of AKD, the Sociology Honor Society.
Mandatory Assessment of the Department
The faculty members of the Department of Sociology take your education very seriously. Each year our graduating majors are required to reflect on their experiences with the department. This is done to provide an important resource for the faculty in evaluating how well they have done their jobs. Your input may lead to changes in curriculum and course content. The assessment is primarily accomplished through the Major Field Achievement Test (MFAT) in Sociology. This exam is administered through Testing Services, Room 125, Bouillon Hall, 963-1847 towards the end each quarter (with the exception of summer quarter). The exam will assess your knowledge of the discipline and will take approximately two hours to complete. A letter will be mailed to graduating seniors regarding the specific date and times the exam will be given. This information will also be posted throughout Farrell Hall. There is no choice in the date to take the MFAT, but there will be two times given to schedule the test on that day. It is crucial that you appear at your appointed time, treat the staff at Testing Services with the same degree of courtesy that you would your professors, and take the exam seriously. If for some reason you cannot take the test, you must make an appointment with the Department Chair and request a waiver in writing.
Incomplete Grade Policy
As a general department policy, Incomplete ("I") Grades should be given only when a student is not able to complete the course by the end of the term due to demonstrated medical problems, extreme personal hardship, or family emergencies. Incompletes are not to be given for any other reason. In addition, an Incomplete may not be issued unless the student has satisfactorily completed a majority of course requirements prior to the exigency. Except for extreme circumstances, department faculty are encouraged to set the maximum date for the completion of the student's work at one month.
Grade Change and Contesting Grades Policy
As a general policy of the department, Grade Changes are only to be submitted when errors occur in grade calculations. A grade change is not an appropriate remedy for allowing students the opportunity to increase their course grades via the submission of new or additional materials. In keeping with university policy, all student requests for grade changes must be made (processed and resolved) prior to the end of the quarter following the one in which they took the course. Errors in spring quarter grades may be changed until the end of the following fall quarter.
In order to contest a grade a student must present graded exams, papers, and any other feedback received in the course. Therefore, it is critical that students retain all returned course materials. Faculty should return course materials to students, retain them for at least one year, or inform students in their syllabus when and how they may pick up course materials after the close of the term. As indicated in university policy any student seeking to challenge a course grade must first meet with the faculty member responsible for the course. Only after meeting with the faculty member can a student appeal a grade to the department chair, dean, and the Academic Affairs Committee (in that order).
Assignment and Exam Policy
As a general policy of the department, all faculty members will specify their specific rules pertaining to paper and assignment due dates and times, the mechanics for submitting papers and assignments, as well as any penalties assessed for not meeting deadlines or failing to follow submission expectations. Thus, the faculty member will define where, when and to whom an assignment is to be turned in, whether electronic submission is or is not acceptable, and whether late assignments are accepted and what penalties are associated with missed deadlines. If a faculty member allows for extra-credit work and/or re-submission of course assignments/exams as a mechanism of improving course grades, he/she will specifically address how these materials will be assigned, graded and processed. It is also the explicit policy of the department that these materials must be submitted and processed by the end of that quarter (so that grades can be turned in on time). Thus, extra-credit and re-submission opportunities may not result in the late submission of final course grades or the issuance of "Incomplete" grades. If a faculty member does not specifically make reference to extra-credit and/or re-submission options in a course, students are to understand that these are not allowed in that course.
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Gabriel's Humorous Monthly Baby Photo
Goodness, we've seen some wonderful examples of monthly baby photos lately, but none that tickled our funny bone quite as much as these made by Shannon of her son Gabriel. She ties each photo to the calendar month but often in unexpected ways.
Sure, February is for lovers, but it also contains Presidents Day which Gabriel is giving a hilarious nod to above. Veteran's Day, Mardi Gras, Back to School, Columbus Day and a tribute to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation all get their interpretation through Shannon's lens. We can't wait to see what she cooks up for the rest of the year (the Kentucky Derby's coming up!).
Shannon writes about life near Philly with her husband and Gabe on Shannanigans. You can find her posts on these monthly photo sessions (with lots of other cute poses to ooh over) linked below the photos.
Thanks Shannon!
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A great one-two.
With console battles raging on all fronts, it's easy to forget that you don't actually play the systems themselves. Sure, we rant and rave about the sexy design of the PSP versus the inelegance of the DS, going on and on about battery life, sturdiness and dead pixel problems, but this is just fat to chew while we wait for what matters most: the games. And thank God, because a great one finally arrived for the DS, and we aren't talking about Nintendogs.
Shipping alongside the puppy sim is its polar opposite, Advance Wars: Dual Strike. The third in the series, this is an accessible but deep turn-based strategy game bristling like a battleship with powerful, far-reaching features. The only thing that doesn't separate this game from every other DS title is its price – which, at $35, is standard. It won't blast your wallet, but it will definitely destroy your spare time.
Of course, if you played either of the two previous Advance Wars for the GBA, you're used to all this and will happily offer up your open hours for the conquering. You'll also be used to most of what Dual Strike offers, as many of its features were present in previous versions. Instead of revolutionizing the series, Dual Strike makes it at once more accessible and more difficult. What's new is good and what's old is even better.
[image1]For example, Dual Strike's single-player campaign is fundamentally the same as the one found in Black Hole Rising. The Black Hole army is still trying to take over the world, while the Orange Star, Blue Moon, Green Earth and Yellow Comet factions remain united against them. The opening levels do a wonderful job of introducing you to the galaxy of elements, units, structures and tactics at work within the Advance Wars universe.
This time around, the plot focuses on two new Commanding Officers (commonly referred to as COs), Rachael and Jake. The Black Hole Army, using some sinister new technology that sucks the life out of environments and transforms that energy into metal, recently ravaged their home, Omega Land. With the help of COs from the other factions and tons of witty banter, you'll battle your way through a linear but satisfyingly long progression of increasingly difficult and imaginative scenarios, culminating in an ultimate battle against the forces of evil. Ultimate, at least, until the next Advance Wars game ships.
The on-field action is the same as ever. You start off with a base, a couple factories and some cash. You spend the cash on units and send them to capture cities. The more cities under your control, the greater your cash flow, which in turn allows you to buy stronger and more expensive forces at your factories. Everything is turn-based, and victory is achieved by either killing every enemy unit or capturing the enemy base.
While "same" doesn't usually equal "awesome," you have to make an exception in the case of Advance Wars, because each game in the series has managed to maintain total unit balance and attention to detail. Not only do units relate in a rock, paper, scissors fashion, vehicles also have limited amounts of ammunition and fuel, which can be supplied by APCs. Infantry units, on the other hand, are the only ones who can capture territory.
You still choose a CO before each battle, each with his or her own strengths and weaknesses, as well as a couple chargeable super powers. For example, one of the COs, Colin, is extremely wealthy but also very young. Accordingly, units are cheaper when he's in command, but they don't hit as hard due to his lack of experience as a Commander. He also has two super powers, one that instantly grants his force one-and-a-half times more cash, and another that increases his force's firepower in direct relation to the amount of on-hand cash.
If you love your forces of attrition and decide Colin is the CO for you, he'll gain lots of experience as you win battles and eventually level him up. When he does, you'll be able to choose a "Skill," which generally provides his units with another advantage, like higher resistance to missiles or better mobility. This foundation is the same as ever, but Dual Strike goes big by expanding the number of COs from eight to over a dozen, increasing their max number of levels from two to ten, and allowing two COs to preside over the same force at once.
That's right – instead of just choosing Colin, now you can choose Colin and another CO, like Jake. When you begin a battle, one will be active while the other sort of waits in the background. Only the active CO's advantages and disadvantages apply, which is crazy, because you can buy tons of stuff with Colin at his cut-rate prices, and then switch to Jake at the end of the turn to avoid Colin's firepower problems. Plus, Jake comes with some perks of his own. All of his units get a damage boost if they attack from the plains (the most common terrain in the game aside from water), and his special powers enhance all units' firepower. If you know you're about to get into a big fight, switch to Jake. If you want to make a big purchase, switch to Colin.
[image2]Each CO has a power meter, and if you manage to fill both you can use the Tag function. This activates your current CO's special power, after which you take your turn with them. When you finish, the game automatically switches to your other CO, activates their special power and lets you take another turn. This can completely alter the course of a game. If you have infantry near an opponent's headquarters, you can capture it in one fell swoop, ending the battle. The Tag system adds a huge oh s**t factor to the series.
It also ties in with the second screen. Normally, the second screen displays all sorts of information about whatever object, terrain or unit your cursor is resting on, but sometimes the battle will take place on two fronts. In these cases, the second front takes up the top screen, although you can still switch to the info window with the push of a button.
Second fronts never have factories, airports or shipyards, instead requiring you to ship units over from the main front. There's usually an enemy contingent present on the second front at the start of a battle and you have to figure out what you'll need to defeat it while still fending off the enemy on the main front with reduced forces. When you finally conquer or lose the second front, the winning CO joins the main fight while the losing CO is forced to flee the field. Plus, the winner's second front units are converted into power, filling up their CO's special meters.
Not only do you gain the advantages of having two COs to your enemy's one, you also get to unleash a bad-ass attack to quickly sway the tide on the main front. It's worth mentioning that you can set the CPU to control your second front units along a parameter like "Defensive," or "Aggressive," or you can elect to control them manually, which is always the best option.
The dual-screen battles add intensity to the campaign, effectively doubling your worries at any given time until the second front is won. Together, the twin fronts and Tag attacks add much appreciated doses of depth and chaos to a series already brimming with both.
The maps themselves can also change the dynamics of a battle. In sandstorms, for example, units like artillery and missile launchers take a big hit to their firing range, while snowy levels cause vehicles to burn through gas more quickly. Fog complicates matters by only allowing you to see within the visual range of your units, except in the cases of forests and reefs, which will hide units on foggy days unless you're sitting right next to them. And if you order a battalion into a forest where an enemy waits concealed, they'll ambush your guys and completely destroy them.
For a Nintendo game starring a bunch of anime army brats, Dual Strike has all the depth and nuance of a hardcore PC game.
[image3]But with more features. In addition to the huge single-player campaign, there are several other single and multiplayer modes. If none of your friends are around, you can jump into the War Room and set up single or dual-screen skirmishes on any map you've unlocked, or test your military metal in a Survival mode that's playable along three different limitations (money, time, turns). You can also take points earned from winning campaign levels and skirmishes to the Battle Maps menu and purchase any of the forty available maps.
If you don't feel like buying one, you can always design your own with the handy map editor. Using the stylus, you can easily draw units, terrain and buildings, making, naming and saving a custom map in almost no time at all. You can save up to three at a time on your game card to trade between friends wirelessly.
Of course, if you'd rather give your friends hell than help, you can enter Versus mode and set up a pass-and-play game, battle them wirelessly as long as they all have copies (which they should) or take on up to seven other players in Combat mode with only one copy of the game. Combat mode isn't normal Advance Wars, but an arcade-style game controlled in real time. Everybody gets a few units but may only control one at a time, the object being the eradication of your enemy's units or conquering of their base. Combat isn't a deep or nuanced game, but with enough players it can be good, chaotic fun and, best of all, only requires one copy of the game.
Dual Strike looks much like the other Advance Wars titles. Its 2D sprites aren't flashy or impressive, just clear and effective. The sound effects are as utilitarian as the visual ones, although the fact that each CO has a particular musical theme that plays whenever they're commanding is a cool touch.
If I didn't know Intelligent Systems made Advance Wars: Dual Strike, I'd think it had been made by the Swiss Army. It builds on one of the most solid foundations in recent gaming history, expertly incorporates the second screen, puts the stylus to good use, tells a decent story, and magically transforms your dust-collecting Nintendo BS into the powerful and creative Nintendo DS we had been promised all along. Talk about playing with power.


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Convertible securities are hybrid investment instruments that are made up of one part bond and one part warrant (a call option on the underlying common stock or some other interest). The conversion feature inherent in these types of securities allows them to participate in the appreciation of the underlying common stock, thus providing the potential for capital gains. When the underlying common stocks rise, convertibles typically climb with them, although at a slower pace. But when the stocks fall, convertibles fall substantially less because of the underlying bond attributes. What attracts most investors to convertibles, however, is the return potential relative to risk.
One of the many advantages investors who buy convertibles have is the ability to adjust their portfolios to reflect their view of the market. In times of greater-than-normal uncertainty, for example, a portfolio of convertibles can be tailored so that it has virtually no exposure to downturns in common stock prices, yet provides relatively high yields, with the potential to share in the underlying stocks if they rise significantly. Busted convertibles (those trading near or on their investment value) are the best examples of this. They offer minimal participation in the upside of the underlying common stock, but provide solid downside protection. If the stocks rocket higher, however, the conversion feature could eventually become an added bonus.
Interest income or dividend payments from a convertible security provide a steady stream of income. Generally, a convertible will have a greater yield than its underlying common. As of our October 15, 2010 pricing date, the average convertible yielded 3.9%, while the average common stock underlying these convertibles yielded about 0.9%.
The bond-like portion of the convertible will have a "present" or "investment" value below which the convertible should not trade, unless a downgrade in investment quality is perceived by the investing public. And even then, the value of the convertible usually will fall to a new lower level, not become worthless. Be aware, however, that the investment value is contingent on prevailing interest rates and the financial position of the issuing company, among other variables.
The risk inherent in a convertible is expressed as Relative Volatility in our Service. Invariably, because of its defensive nature, income stream, and preference over the common, the typical convertible will have lower risk than the underlying common stock. Convertible preferred stocks tend to be somewhat more volatile than convertible bonds, but less risky than common stock because the average convertible preferred stock has the tendency to trade at a lower premium over conversion value and will track more closely the movements of the common.
If you wish to minimize your exposure to high volatility (as being experienced in the equity markets these days), then invest in convertibles with high premiums over conversion value. These convertibles are relatively immune to declines in their underlying stocks, but they tend to have a high sensitivity to changes in interest rates and their appreciation potential is generally limited. The more attractive convertibles, in terms of risk, yield, and appreciation potential, are shown on our Especially Recommended list.


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Berkeley Groups Mark Birthday of Transgender Woman Who Died in Police Custody
Several Berkeley community groups will hold an event tonight to mark the birthday of a mentally ill transgender woman who died in a struggle with officers two months ago.
Today would have been the 42nd birthday for Kayla Moore, also known as Xavier Moore, who died after the incident at the Gaia Building in the 2100 block of Allston Way shortly before midnight on Feb. 12.
Members of Berkeley Copwatch and the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley will hold a memorial celebration for Moore in front of the Gaia Building at 2116 Allston Way at 5 p.m. tonight and then will hold a news conference in front of Berkeley police headquarters at 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Way at 6:15 p.m. to ask that public records about the incident be released.
Berkeley police said the day after the incident that they went to Moore's home on a disturbance call and during the contact Moore "became increasingly agitated and uncooperative to the officer's verbal commands and began to scream and violently resist."
Police said officers eventually gained control of Moore and placed her under restraints but while she was under the restraints they discovered she wasn't breathing. Police said officers performed CPR on Moore and she was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The organizers of tonight's events said the Berkeley Police Department has provided very little information about the February incident and, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau, has asked that the autopsy report on Moore be placed on hold for up to six to eight months.
Berkeley police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats wasn't immediately available for comment today.
Coats said in a statement on February, "There are significant constrains in place regarding the immediate release of information in a case such as this and we can't comment on specific information or even address inaccuracies which may be expressed in public discussion regarding this incident."
Coats said, "A thorough investigation takes time. We are obliged to wait for the evidence to be examined, the facts to be determined and the investigation to be completed."
Moore's stepmother, Elysse Paige-Moore, said in a statement released by the organizers of tonight's events that, "Xavier had a very difficult life but an indomitable spirit. He suffered with mental illness from an early age, struggling throughout his life with paranoid schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress syndrome."
Paige-Moore said, "He was a poet and a gifted singer and oh could he dance even at 350 pounds!"


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Johnny Depp: New 'Dark Shadows' Posters!
Check out some more character posters for Dark Shadows featuring Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, and Jonny Lee Miller!
The vampire movie – co-starring Chloe Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, and Gulliver McGrath – hits theaters May 11.
"It's a different animal. If I go back and watch something like Star Trek, it's not that hard to analyze what the appeal was, and even if the show is dated you identify what it was that made it work. The Dark Shadows appeal was a little more abstract," director Tim Burton told the L.A. Times.
"What I loved about it was the fact that it was a melodramatic soap opera, and, well, that flies in the face of any modern studio's interests as far as moviemaking," he added. "But what we've gone for is a mixture, and that's always what I've been interested in; I think most of my movies are mixtures of light and dark and serious things and things that have humor in them."


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ASHLAND — Family-owned companies often disappear sometime around the third generation. That makes Matthew Bernard and Darex rarities in the business world.
The 31-year-old Bernard has taken over Darex, the industrial sharpening firm which gained notoriety for its Drill Doctor handyman tool, and has since expanded into knife sharpening.
He becomes the fourth generation of the Bernard Family to lead the firm and succeeds Hank O'Dougherty as president. "Our family is excited," said Bernard, 31, who has learned his trade from the ground up, and was mostly recently the firm's marketing director. "It's the right move at the right time."
According to Isabella McPeak of Seattle-based of Peak Business Coach, only about 30 percent of family businesses survive into the second generation. By the third generation, only 12 percent of American family businesses remain viable, and by the fourth generation a mere 3 percent of family businesses press on.
Darex was founded nearly 40 years ago in Chicago and produced industrial drill bit sharpeners. The company moved to Ashland in 1979 and nine years ago had a full-time staff of 100 and another 20 temporary workers during peak seasons. The company dropped to about 70 full-time employees at one point and now runs with a year-round staff of 80. Its ranks swell to more than 100 employees during peak fourth-quarter production, O'Dougherty said.
Bernard's tenure with the family business began, as often is the case, during his middle-school years, sweeping floors and taking out the trash. "I did that sort of thing through high school and went off to college," Bernard said.
That journey ended sooner than expected and he wound up back with the company, while working on business and political science degrees at Southern Oregon University.
During that period he worked in marketing, sales and product development, learning the business from the ground up. "The only department I haven't worked in is shipping," he said.
After making its mark producing industrial tool sharpeners, Darex developed the Drill Doctor, a bit sharpener for individual consumers.
Bernard steps into the role at a good time, said O'Dougherty, who ran the firm after Matthew's father, Dave — who remained chairman — stepped aside from day-to-day operations 15 years ago.
Following some less successful ventures, knife sharpeners for outdoorsmen became the next big thing for Darex. The sharpeners sell through Cabella's, Bass Pro, Northern Tool and Amazon. "There are a bunch of mom and pops and independent stores around the country we deal with, too," O'Dougherty said.
While the Drill Doctor was perhaps the best known of the Darex products, O'Dougherty said its existing lineup offers more long-term stability.
"We're healthier than we've ever been," O'Dougherty said. "We have more products, more customers, are more diverse and in more markets. We have more products in development that are game-changing than ever before."
Don't expect Darex to strike off in a new direction anytime soon. "We can't rest on our laurels, so we are going to find new things to sharpen," Matthew Bernard said. "But we're not going too far from what we're doing, so we don't have to take huge leaps or risks."
The goal, he said, is to maintain the business for yet another generation. "We're not looking to grow into multi-billion company," Bernard said. "I have a 21/2;-year-old son, and if Darex stays healthy and profitable, I want him to take over someday."
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TARINKOT, Afghanistan, July 5 (UPI) -- More than 30 people, including police and border officers, were killed Friday in three suicide bombings in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
An attack against a police station in the province of Urozgan killed at least 12 people and wounded five others, the BBC reported.
Most of the victims were believed to be police officers, including a chief identified as Obaed Ullah, who were having lunch when the attacker struck, the report said.
In the second attack, a bomber detonated his explosives in the southern province of Kandahar, near the border with Pakistan, killing 10 people, including an Afghan border police officer, officials said.
Security forces said the attacker entered Afghanistan from Pakistan.
The third occurred at a border crossing between Afghanistan and the village of Chaman, in Pakistan's violent Balochistan province, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported. The Press Trust of India said nine people were killed, including six border officers.
A bomber on foot detonated himself near a border vehicle at the Friendship Gate. Afghan officials told Dawn Cmdr. Akhtar Muhammad appeared to be the intended target but survived.
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FTOOLS: The FUTILS Sub-package
The FUTILS sub-package of FTOOLS contains general purpose tasks for the manipulation of FITS data.
The following FUTILS tasks were released in the latest distribution of the HEASARC's FTOOLS package. Each task described below is hyperlinked to the help file distributed with the task. The same information can be obtained while running FTOOLS by typing the command help {taskname}.
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HICKORY, N.C. – The King University baseball team jumped out of conference to take on Lenoir-Rhyne University on Tuesday evening, and the Tornado grabbed an early lead over the Bears. However, Lenoir-Rhyne came storming back with seven runs in two innings to take the contest 9-3.
Tom Hooker ripped a one-out double down the left field line in the top of the first before Hunter Smith drove him in with a two-out double to center field, giving King a 1-0 lead. The Bears (12-28) threatened with a pair of runners in the bottom of the first, but King pitcher Tyler Raymond got a flyout and popout to end the threat.
The Tornado (14-27-1) struck again in the second inning when Justin Trent led off the inning with his third home run of the season. Moises Soto later sparked a two-out rally with a walk before Tyler Gaby crushed a double down the left field line to score Soto and stretch the King lead to 3-0 after two innings.
Lenoir-Rhyne got on the board in the third inning Raymond got the first two outs before Josh Murphy started a rally with a single to left center. Ivan Vieitez followed with a double to left center, scoring Murphy. Vieitez moved to third on a throwing error after the double, and score on a wild pitch to cut the Bear deficit to 3-2 after three innings.
The Bears grabbed the lead in the fifth when Brantley Rumford ignited the offense with a leadoff triple. Following a Murphy walk, Vieitez drove in both runners with single to right field, before scoring on a Brandon Walker single to give Lenoir-Rhyne a 5-3 lead.
The Bear offense didn't slow down as the broke the game open in the sixth inning. After one runs scored on a wild pitch, Vieitez laced a double to right field that scored two before David Newcomer capped the scoring with an infield single that gave Lenoir-Rhyne a 9-3 lead after six innings.
King threatened to come back in the eighth inning when Raymond and Smith registered back-to-back singles, but Bear pitcher Austen Gunnels escaped the jam with a pair of strikeouts. The Tornado had a pair of runners again in the ninth, but the Bears turned a double play to end the game, giving Lenoir-Rhyne the 9-3 win.
Raymond got the start on the mound, giving up two runs, one earned on five hits in four innings. Gaby and Smith recorded two hits each while Trent ripped his third home run of the season to lead the Tornado offense.
King will be in action again on Friday when they host Limestone College in a key Conference Carolinas series. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and Saturday's doubleheader is slated to start at 12:00 p.m.


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celticdragon needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Basically I want to set up a blog about my time between both two and four wheels on the roads and as the term "cage driver" is used for anyone driving a car but I'm a biker as often as I can be I thought the name could be fun...
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It's not really that complicated I think...
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by John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
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Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time—have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; —Isaiah 49:8
How shall we reconcile these statements? By considering that Christ is not so much his own as ours; for he neither came, nor died, nor rose again, for himself. He was sent for the salvation of the Church, and seeks nothing as his own; for he has no want of anything.
Accordingly, God makes promises to the whole body of the Church. Christ, who occupies the place of Mediator, receives these promises, and does not plead on behalf of himself as an individual, but the whole Church, for whose salvation he was sent. On this account he does not address Christ separately, but so far as he is joined and continually united to his body.
It is an inconceivable honor which our heavenly Father bestows upon us, when he listens to his Son on our account, and when he even directs the discourse to the Son, while the matter relates to our salvation. Hence we see how close is the connection between us and Christ. He stands in our room, and has nothing separate from us. And the Father listens to our cause. —Commentaries
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
Dr. Joel Beeke, who is editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, has this to say:
"Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God's will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."
These devotional readings from John Calvin were compiled by John H. Kromminga. Be sure to read his "Introduction" to John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart.
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Autopsy results are awaited in the county's latest homicide but arrest affidavits for two brothers jailed in the case show the victim found dead at Shawnee Twin Lakes had seven to nine small gunshot wounds.
Autopsy results are awaited in the county's latest homicide but arrest affidavits for two brothers jailed in the case show the victim found dead at Shawnee Twin Lakes had seven to nine small gunshot wounds.
The body of Adam Pacheco, 27, McLoud, was found Saturday morning about halfway down the north side of the dam on Belcher Road at Lake No. 1.
A multi-agency investigation was launched, and by the end of the day, two brothers from McLoud were in custody.
Andrew Fish, 25, and Reuben Fish, 33, were arrested on first-degree murder complaints, according to the affidavits, although police reported Reuben Fish is being held on a complaint of accessory to murder.
Both suspects are jailed without bond although formal charges have not been filed. The next courts dates for the brothers is scheduled Jan. 16, although District Attorney Richard Smothermon said charges could be filed sometime next week.
According to the arrest affidavits, the medical examiner at the scene concluded Pacheco had seven to nine small wounds – two to the stomach, one to the center of the chest, three in the upper chest, two to the lower jaw and one to the back. The affidavit shows Pacheco was allegedly shot at a home in McLoud and then dumped at the lake.
Shawnee and McLoud police, along with district attorney's investigators from the Violent Crimes and Drugs Task Force, have concluded the victim was among of a group of pedestrians stopped by a McLoud police officer during a routine stop about Midnight Saturday. From that information, the affidavit shows the homicide investigation led authorities to a house located at 487 Harris Street in McLoud, which is reportedly the home of Andrew Fish.
There, authorities on Saturday discovered a black truck in the driveway with blood on the side of it and a blood trail leading to the front door, the affidavit reads. A warrant was obtained to search the house, where police found evidence leading them to believe Pacheco was murdered at that home.
As part of the probe, Shawnee detectives interviewed Reuben Fish, the affidavit shows, and he allegedly told police he helped Pacheco go into a bedroom at the home after Pacheco had been beaten up.
After that, Reuben Fish went to the living room area and later heard several gunshots, the document alleges, although there were allegedly several people at the house when the shooting occurred.
From interviews in this case, it appears that Pacheco was suffering from a bloody and swollen eye when Andrew Fish allegedly "pulled out a black handgun and shot Pacheco several times," the affidavit alleges.
Rueben Fish allegedly claimed his brother put Pacheco in a closet for about 30 minutes after the shooting before the brothers wrapped the victim in a carpet and loaded him into a pickup, the court document reads.
Andrew Fish allegedly left with the body and upon his return reported that he rolled Pacheco down a hill by the lake, the affidavit alleges.
Police aren't releasing any further information about the firearm in this case although it appears police may still be searching for the weapon.
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Blizzard:Sit down, relax, and get ready to unleash Hell in your living room. Diablo III is coming to the PlayStation 3.
Don't understand what the fuss is about. But then again ive always been a console exclusive player for as long as i can remember so i guess my standards for "good" and "fun" are really low by defaut.
Single screen co-op and no more disconnects while playing solo? Sounds a little more like the Diablo I wanted.
looks half ass to me, noticeable framerate issues even in the trailer. They should be showing the ps4 version.


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2013 INFINITI G37 Convertible Values
Select a 2013 INFINITI G37 Convertible trim level
2013 model year changes
While the Infiniti G remains mechanically similar, there are many changes to the lineup for 2013. The G25 has been discontinued, making the 3.7L engine the only choice across all body styles. Other deletions include the Base model which been dropped from the Coupe lineup. Additions include a high performance IPL convertible, which joins the IPL Coupe as the sportiest G37s available to buyers.
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Crisp handling; premium luxury features; several styles available; two excellent engine choices
Special features for 2013
The 2013 Infiniti G series of cars makes a strong appeal to every type of driving enthusiast. The G37 sedan combines superior handling with room for the family, while the G37 coupe provides posh sports car performance. The convertible offers the ultimate in open-air motoring, while the sedan appeals to those seeking a bit more practicality. The G delivers all the speed, handling, luxury and quality of Europe's best in an attractive and reliable Japanese package.
Largely unchanged for 2013, the Infiniti G37 Convertible is an entry-level luxury hardtop convertible available with RWD. The G37 Convertible is powered by a 3.7-liter V6 engine that produces 325 hp and 267 lb-ft of torque. Transmission options consist of a 6-speed manual and 7-speed automatic transmission with adaptive shift control and drive sport mode. Fuel mileage falls within an EPA estimated range of 16 mpg city to 25 mpg highway. Features include rearview camera, leather upholstery, intelligent cruise control, hard drive navigation system, premium sound, and 18-inch alloy wheels. Safety is comprised of limited-slip differential, advanced airbags, rollover protection, vehicle dynamic control (VDC), traction control, advanced braking, and tire pressure monitoring (TPMS). The G37 Convertible is backed by a 4-year/60,000-mile warranty.


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Communityby Michael Ruhlman |
The above photograph (by Donna Turner Ruhlman) is of family meal at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. The below essay was originally published by Finesse, Thomas Keller's magazine, in an issue that explores the notion of community. In light of the brouhaha begun last week over a study arguing that the family meal is a romantic ideal rather than a simply a good idea, an elite foodie construct that merely makes overstressed middle class moms feel guilty, I'm posting it here. On re-reading, it may seem a bit over the top. But then …? Is "Community" Important? Community. How nice. Hippies bagging granola in co-ops. Neighbors spending an afternoon weeding a communal garden filled with tomatoes and basil, bell peppers and a couple of bean plants. Isn't that special? How Berkeley! Let's make Read On »


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TAR RIVER BBQYear Started: 2006
Kenny and Charlie Pope were born and raised in Rocky Mount,N.C. on the fall line of the "mighty" Tar River. Also considered by many to be the heart of the Carolina BBQ country.Our belief and practice is to remain loyal to the practice of traditional wood cooked BBQ.Other traditions our team has adopted is to always fly the North Carolina state flag any time the smoker is up and going in honor of North Carolina BBQ.
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One of the things that has been quite overwhelming for me is getting behind on my email. Well, I guess it's just organization in general that's really stressful. I don't know if you remember that I wrote about getting behind on my email before. Now I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird and it is really helping me to quickly filter, delete and organize my email.
Yesterday morning I had more than 3,000 emails and now I have less than 300 new messages with only 400 overall. That still seems like a lot, but compared to where it was I am very pleased with the results.
How do you keep on top of your email? What program or system do you use?


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Meeting the Great Rocklady
Performing the 2nd time at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, 22nd February 2016
80th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Wiesbaden
Looking back at a great 2014
My book has arrived!
Coming Soon..
Concert in San Francisco
Meeting Sogyal Rinpoche in Zürich
Bringing the ancient wisdom of Tibet into the modern world of fashion
Performing at Warsaw Fashion Week
Dewa Che Foundation of Dechen Shak-Dagsay preserving Tibetan Culture in Switzerland
What a beautiful couple!
150 new Computers on their way to TCV Dharamsala
Meeting my Chinese friend Donghua Li
Singing for SONG FOR ALL BEINGS in San Francisco
Amazing Guitar by Hank Shizzoe
A special Concert
Delicious Tibetan Food in Zürich
Working with the great Drummer Neal Wilkinson in London


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Chiefs sign ex-Packers backup Frank Zombo, adding depth to linebacker unit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs added depth at linebacker Thursday by signing Frank Zombo, who had spent the past three seasons with the Green Bay Packers.
Zombo will be reunited with longtime Packers personnel man John Dorsey, who was hired as the Chiefs' general manager in January and has been aggressively overhauling the team's roster.
A former undrafted free agent, Zombo played college football at Central Michigan before signing with Green Bay. He played in 25 games and made nine starts, racking up 53 tackles and five sacks while forcing a pair of fumbles while dealing with several injuries.
On Wednesday, the Chiefs signed reserve offensive lineman Tommy Draheim, who spent time with the Packers in training camp last season.


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Why do I have body acne?
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View of B-25 bombers flying towards Colletta and bombing the roadways there to stop the advance of the German 16th Panzer division toward allied landing parties on the Salerno beach. Bombers dropping bombs over targets below. Destroyed airstrip areas and smoke rising from the targets below. (World War II period).
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.
Convoy of ships at the harbor in Salerno, Italy. Aerial view of ships moving in the sea, aircraft bombing on ships and infantry reinforcement heading in landing crafts. Wounded soldiers in basket litter hoisted to aboard landing craft. Men help in pulling the litter on the landing craft. An army truck coming out from the landing craft while infantrymen getting down along with the wounded ones at the sea shore. A downed U.S. fighter plane at the shore in background is visible while soldiers and infantrymen move in army vehicles in front of it. (World War II period).
Activities of the Seabees in Scotland in 1941 and in Algeria in 1943, during World War II. News headlines in 1943 read : ' Italy is out of war' and '17 more Italian towns taken'. An animated map. The Clyde valley in Scotland showing a base built by the U.S. Navy Seabees, in 1941. Numerous quonset huts and vehicles are seen. View of the River Clyde, where 2400 feet of oceangoing dock are being assembled. A ship anchored at a harbor displaying U.S. flag. Allied troops board a landing ship with their belongings. An animated map tracing travel of Allied invasion forces from Scotland to Oran, Algeria, where Seabees are seen testing a floating causway that would be used for invasion of Sicily. Scuttled axis ships and other obstacles and damage that Seabees must repair in occupied ports. Allied ships and troops proceeding for invasion of Sicily. Allied warships bombarding Sicilian coast.
Allied invasion fleet of over three thousand ships crosses the Mediterranean Sea. American, British and Canadian Armies along with other countries involved in the 'Operation Husky'. General George Patton receives the battle flag. Amphibious assault on the Gulf of Gela. Naval guns fired. Troops advance in the town of Gela. Civilians are seen. Landmines are cleared. General Lucian Truscott seen. Attack of fighter planes. (World War II period).
The Allied Campaign in Italy during World War II. The campaign begins on September 23,1943. British 8th Army troops get onto ships . British 8th Army Commander General Bernard Montgomery. British soldiers land in Calabria, Italy. 8th Army troops advance. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower aboard a ship. The Italian fleet surrenders. U.S. 5th Army soldiers loaded in a ship under the command of U.S. Army General Mark Clark as they head for Salerno, Italy. Allied aircraft provide a cover to the convoy underway at sea. German soldiers and equipment in Salerno. Allied troops land at a beach as the Germans open a heavy fire. Explosions occur at the beach. Allied naval guns are fired at German positions. Nazi aircraft attack to disrupt Allied landings. Royal Air Force and B-17s of the U.S. 9th Air Force aircraft in flight. Aerial view of bombs exploding on German positions. Dead soldiers at the beach. 8th Army soldiers advance inland. Artillery being fired. General Mark Clark with the soldiers after gaining the beachhead. 8th and 5th Army soldiers advance into Italy. A map depicts the position of Foggia, an Allied stronghold.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Looking at the Truth without Flinching
I want to look at the truth without flinching. Some days it exhausts me. My brother Paul insists there is a silver-lining. For example, we did elect a man of color as President—unthinkable in the Golden Age (1945-70). Women are breaking new barriers everyday. Gay men and women are safer than they have been for centuries.
But we are also in the midst of a bold maneuver by wealthy ideological foes to roll back as much if not all of the New Deal/Fair Deal victories: enough so that even if they lose badly two years from now it will have been worth it. We would at best have to spend fulltime just undoing damages. They are prepared, I am convinced, to lose the "independents" and more. They are probably right—so to speak. It is a strategy that in my more revolutionary socialist youth I was in favor of too. They have essentially created a new rightwing political party with a revolutionary agenda led by a wealthy vanguard. Curtailing democracy and misinformation are often essential parts of revolutionary ideology as they intend to undertake reforms that would not be possible under ordinary democratic procedures.
In short: Public schooling may not in my lifetime be preservable. Something I was sure was untouchable, at the core of our nation. I am prone to short-term thinking these days. It is hard not to at 80. While I am not sure I will live long enough to see the undoing of 80 years of progress I do not regret having been on the other side of the barricades (so to speak). But… it hurts. Of course, actually the reform era I am remembering lasted "merely" 50 years.
Was I as certain of the true path to utopia as the Right is now?
They have distracted us by a fight over school reform in the name of equity and civil rights while they have destroyed the playing field that might over time have produced such equity. For example, "Chicago's unemployment rate for African Americas is triple the rate for whites—at 21.4%, and for every dollar the employed black Chicagoan earns, an African American makes 45 cents (Don Rose, Post Racial or Racially Dead Last? The Observer, 3/22/11). The financial bust we lived through has undermined, above all, the last Americans who made it into the middle class: Black Americans.
"If New York City were a nation it's level of income concentration would rank 13th worst among 134 countries, between Chile and Honduras." Lower than Egypt. Nor do we rank high regarding social class mobility anymore. Odd, isn't it, that what we all have nostalgia for is the America we knew between the 40s and 70s—"when the upper strata did just fine, enjoying a robust 10 percent of the pot" Versus 50% today (quotes from Tom Robbins, Village Voice, 2/02/11). And I used to think 10% of the pot was an outrage.
Then I look at the larger scene and realize that our flaws are built into some unwise structures and maybe we were just plain lucky to have done as well as we have. Example: I could put together eight of the most Republican states in the nation with a population smaller than NY State—but that they have 16 senators to our 2. How did we get as far as we did?
In 20 years we have tripled the number of people behind bars at a cost of billions—mostly non-Whites for non-violent crimes; a rise not due to more crime, but a policy shift.
Despite Brown vs the Board of Education, we have more segregated schools in the North (at least) than we did in 1954! And if there ever was a reform designed to segregate schools—and not just by race—the charter school movement has the patent on niche schools for aspiring poor non-Whites—note that in NYC at least they may take a lot of the poor—but the target audience are the "reduced" not the "free" lunchers. We are seeing a flourishing new K-12 market for the smart/gifted/mostly White kids in the public sector. (Data from NYC and NYS "Separate and Unequal," from the UFT.)
No changes dependent on new habits of heart and mind can succeed over time without persuading the "changees." But with enough money you can skip slow persuasion and fairly rapidly overwhelm what were once the norms of middle class American ideology. And it can last for longer than I would like to think given the lopsided media, and the enormous cost of running for "public" office.
Had we been able and willing to take fuller advantage of the reform climate that flourished twenty or thirty years ago, with their staunch assumption that the nation's wealth should be more fairly distributed, we might have averted this counter-revolution. Had we been able to continue to grow the progressive reforms initiated in the 70s and 80s, and had we anywhere near the financial support that the new deformers have, we would have begun to see how much further schooling could take us. It is more than 20 years since the States began ramping up top-down pressure for testing and "our way – or no way" plans. The shift has been lightening swift. The absence of success—in virtually every state for virtually every one of the Rights favorite reforms—has not made a dent; and in fact such reforms now lead the way ideologically to the bashing not only of teachers, or public workers, but of all those who are not smart or skillful enough to be members of the organized rich. Thus meeting a subsidiary goal of the "deformers"—destroying public unions.
The promise that charter schools offered us at their start was quickly abandoned as they morphed into large undifferentiated chain stores, ruled not by independent-minded "moms and pops" the way we imagined, but by the most powerful billionaires on earth..
By focusing our attention on schools as the lynch-pin we have distracted attention from the forces that truly undermined both America's economy and democracy. America's economy is "recovering" while the people of America and its democracy are sinking. Fear has been restored as the foundation of a "thriving" economic system, and "security" as something only the very rich have a right to value. And leisure is again a sin—for those who cannot pass down huge wealth to their children's grandchildren. Even my friend/foe Jay Matthews (Washington Post), in decrying the lack of sufficient homework, sees leisure as a waste of time. At least for the young. Get them pedaling on the treadmill early—maybe that is a solution to the energy crisis? It is a treadmill for, at best, staying in place because a true ruling class needs leisure and self-confidence, and encouragement to play outside the one right answer out of four. Redefining "achievement" will get harder, not easier to do. But it is a must.
I am not planning to give up. I wake up in a sweat some nights thinking about officially sanctioned torture, multiple undeclared wars, and a Supreme Court that not only thinks corporations are equal to people when it comes to their civil rights, but push comes to shove would put them first, I fear. But I continue to keep my eyes on schools—it is an old-habit by now.
Someday we shall wake up. Maybe even tomorrow. I have often been wrong.
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- I already told you that said...
Deborah, I'm a bit younger than you at 33, but I have been through despair at changing things more than I'd like to admit. What's changed my thinking towards the more positive, though, is the promise of bringing the internet into schools.
There are TONS of tools out there waiting for kids and schools to use them and create with. In short, my hope is the presence and the use of these tools will create environments where critical discussions take place, exposure to new ideas is the norm, and students become active contributors to broader discussions. I believe 1:1 netbook/tablet/laptop programs are going to become more of the norm. While corporations have their plans, and they may include infusing technology into the schools, I think that technology could prove to be a blessing.
Granted, there are not many teachers who would use it as more than a game station or, to paraphrase Alan November, a $1000 pencil. But with social tools such as Twitter, and as teachers want to use the tools more effectively, I believe the tools the internet house are our way of this mess.
I'm still skeptical. I still have my down days, but I really do believe that if we get kids connected and creating, there is hope.
- May 5, 2011 at 11:43 PM
The "promise" of the internet in schools is the promise that Bill Gates & his ilk will be making a mint on mass produced learning modules sold at a national level & paid for by taxpayers. Students will use them in huge lab classes run by $11/hr unbenefited hall monitors in schools run by the likes of KIPP.
This will be "education" for the peons. The "promise" you see is only for those with enough money to pay for it.
- May 14, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- Bob said...
I do not disagree that this is one possibility. Which is why I think it's incumbent that teachers become proactive and get ahead of the curve rather than being pulled under by the riptide. Too often teachers are reactive to whatever the flavor of the week is. It's time to take control of our destiny.
- May 14, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Deborah, I still remember when you came to visit our Charter school right after we opened in 1993. This was during the days when we had to " make it up as we went along". Unfrotunately, Jingletown Charter School, a small predominantly Latino school in Oakland Ca. and later named Oakland Charter Academy fell to infighting and various challenges that the founders could not over come. It still exists but as a member of a larger entity. I learned some valuable lessons from this experience and I hope that students who attended in those early years did too.
I am still inspired by your work and words.
- May 29, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Sharon Quinn said...
I like what you've said here and I consider this post akin to having a cup of tea with you - and that means all of you - Deborah, Bob, I already told you that, Anonymous, Alexis Adorador...
The flaws of an unwise structure can be understood as a business cycle not being allowed its natural to end its course. There are obvious signs of the business of education having entered its exit stage. Thus, educational failures proliferate due to clinging to what was rather than evolving into what needs to be.
Essentially, the business of education is in denied exited stage that has become a crises of educational shortcomings that only accelerate as the dominoes of the past have no resting place... like zombies of education, it decays and rots the present. Time to end this cycle and enter a paradigm shift like the people at http://www.akrna.com are gearing up to make happen.
Thanks for your article, I shall bookmark it for connection points in one of my ongoing articles for evolving education. Why rewrite your talking points when we can keep the dialog alive between a network of writers/bloggers authoring wisdom that has already given an eloquent voice to the issues. I shall "Link-them-up, Deborah" (not too different from Kirk's, "Beam us up, Scotty,")! ha ha.
Also, in response to your comment contributors:
I don't think depending on computers for classroom instruction is the type of interaction we want to proliferation in teaching... that is info pushing.
However, they do and will have a dynamic place in the balance of what is needed for teaching to the wholism of the students and their needs to be graduates prepared as 21st century adults. I'll be expounding on this over the life of our efforts to create a replicatable system dealing with education as an alive entity able to keep pace with societal advances, whatever those may be.
There is hope, and @ AKRNA, we are focused on dealing with this matter beyond the theories. Everything said here on this blog is valuable and is exposing many of the issues. All things are valuable to reform, transformation, and eventual shifts in our consciousness, and educational systems are the heart & soul of how a community evolves its society.
I'm out in the world wide community a bit premature, but life is the compelling force driving how the "chips fall" and how people interconnect for a greater good- one that is looming on our horizon for education change. It is looong overdue.
I am co-founder & education strategist with a BHAAG (Big Heartfelt Awesome Audacious Goal) that just won't lose its head of steam! Sometimes, it just has to be outrageously Big to get the attention it needs in order to create the critical mass of making it happen, yes?!
Again, thanks for doing your part; it all matters.
All to Love,
Sharon Quinn
- May 29, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- bcgntn said...
Dearest Deborah Meier . . .This is a wondrous missive. For me, Don Quixote that I am, I would have no reason to tilt at windmills if all was as I might think glorious. I believe balance is best. I suspect, you as, I never say "die" for we know it is possible to fly. Change comes. It is slow. Indeed, the progression is invisible. Once transformation occurs so much else has happened along the way, we barely notice the grandeur of the accomplishment.
Only this weekend I heard a few reflect on what took place twenty-five years ago; Oprah Winfrey began her show. Some mused that were it not for her becoming a familiar figure in American homes, Barack Obama would never have been elected. However, the much celebrated woman might say she would not have achieved the success she did without Harry Belafonte, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, or people such as me, who, as very young children who marched in defense of civil rights. I would say it is none of these and, or all of these and then . . .
In truth Deborah Meier I think it is the voices of persons such as you, he, she, we who bring about change! When we, in our daily lives, do not look to leaders or Dons to dole out the big dollars nay deliver us from what some characterize as "evil," we evolve.
Thus Ms Meier, with much appreciation, I say flinch and feel fine. It is the divine greatness of destructive measures that prompts us to move on.
May life bring you peace, prosperity, pleasant dreams becoming the best of your reality. May your life reflect the goodness that is you . . . Betsy L. Angert
- May 29, 2011 at 11:42 PM
- adinasi said...
As public educators we serve at the pleasure of parents/taxpayers/voters. We provide a service to parents primarily, taxpayers pay our bills, and the voters, hopefully part of the first two, determine how we conduct our profession through the people they select to lead the education arm of their local, state, and federal government.
I shall always have faith in the American people to make the right choices for 1) their children, and thusly 2) their communities. I have taught at a charter school where the parents begged, borrowed, and (almost) stole to enroll their child; I have acquaintances who are 'voting with their feet' away from the charter school their children attend because of their current dissatisfaction. For the past 6-7 years most of the parents I know, when their child reaches adolescence, did everything they could to AVOID the regular public schools in their neighborhood. Long before NCLB, the 'privitizers' or 'billionaire boys club,' these urban-core schools have been failing at least a generation of Black, and now Black and Brown folk. Like any concerned parent these people have sought a better education option for their children, and don't have time to wait for the schools to reform as their children don't stop growing while the edu-bureaucracy sloths its way toward providing a quality product. If the reptile lubricant Bill Gates, et. al. are selling doesn't work, parents will choose something different IF GIVEN THE CHOICE. My hope is parents/voters/taxpayers will step into the voting booth and depose the elected officials who accept the smoke and mirrors in return for campaign contributions or a cushy gig post-public service, for these thieves of the public trust are as guilty as those who seduce them.
When more public educators heed my father's advice (also a teacher), "Focus on the students, not the adults," commit to the type of schools the esteemed Ms. Meier created in NYC, indeed we will have 'schools we trust,' and no matter the temptation of false profits and charlatans, parents/voters/taxpayers will choose what's best for America.
- May 30, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- AnnG said...
Lest you totally despair, I write to tell you of a River East child, student of Francis Tabone, who now teaches in Francis' special education school. My son Andrew has a masrter's in elementary education, thanks in part to the wonderful teachers and loving atmosphere of River East. I bless them and, by extension, you for the effort and innovation you all wrought. Even if it doesn't last, it was important to the many lives it reached. Thank you.
Ann Gael
- May 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Deborah: If you despair where will that leave us, those of us who have depended on your words: better our dreams then their nightmares.
It is true that the right has launched an all-out attack on the gains of the last eighty years, but there are some signs that people aren't swallowing all the bilge. Let's keep up our spirits and our willingness to keep organizing. (As in the words of Joe Hill, don't forget he's alleged to have said that before facing a firing squad.)
- May 30, 2011 at 4:31 PM
what I meant to say was better their dreams THAN their nightmares...whooops!
- May 30, 2011 at 4:32 PM