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Thomas Jefferson believed that the young nation's survival as an independent democracy absolutely depended upon its success in educating the people. His experiences in Europe as Minister to France (1784-1789) allowed Jefferson to draw direct comparisons between his new country and "the old world" of Europe. Writing from Paris in 1786 to George Wythe, his former law professor at the College of William and Mary, he described America's unique social and political setting and outlined the importance of public education to America's future.
. . . If all the sovereigns of Europe were to set themselves to work to emancipate the minds of their subjects from their present ignorance and prejudices . . . a thousand years would not place them on that high ground on which our common people are now setting out. [Our people] could not have been so fairly put into the hands of their own common sense, had they not been separated from their own parent stock and been kept from contamination, either from them, or the other people of the old world, by the intervention of so wide an ocean. To know the worth of this, one must see the want of it here. I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people. No other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness. If any body thinks that kings, nobles or priests are good conservators of the public happiness, send them here. It is the best school in the universe to cure them of that folly. ...Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish and improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils, and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance. . . .1
Thomas Jefferson understood "that knowledge is power, that knowledge is safety, that knowledge is happiness."2 However, it is important to remember that in Thomas Jefferson's lifetime, there was no system of public education like we have today. Only the children of wealthy families could receive the tutoring required to attend a university. This limitation of educational opportunities meant that only the wealthier members of society could achieve positions of leadership. Jefferson felt strongly that the control of power by the wealthy posed a threat to America's democracy. This larger issue was a topic of heated debates chiefly between Jefferson--who felt that the government should be composed of the most virtuous and talented citizens, rich or poor--and Alexander Hamilton--who felt only the wealthy, and therefore educated, elite should rule on behalf of the common people. In a letter to John Adams written in 1813, Jefferson described how a public education system would contribute toward replacing "artificial aristocracy," or leadership based on wealth, for "a natural aristocracy" based on merit:
. . . I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. . . . There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class. The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society. . . .3
In the same letter, Jefferson described a public education bill he submitted in 1779:
And had another which I prepared been adopted by the legislature, our work would have been complete. It was a bill for the more general diffusion of learning. This proposed to divide every county into wards of five or six miles square, like your townships; to establish in each ward a free school for reading, writing and common arithmetic; to provide for the annual selection of the best subjects from these schools, who might receive, at the public expense, a higher degree of education at a district school; and from these district schools to select a certain number of the most promising subjects, to be completed at an university, where all the useful sciences should be taught. Worth and genius would thus have been sought out from every condition of life, and completely prepared by education for defeating the competition and birth for public trusts.
Although Jefferson's bill for a system of public education was not voted into law by the Virginia legislature, he remained committed to these ideas. In 1796, he submitted a similar bill, achieving only limited success. The legislature agreed only to the establishment of elementary schools, subject to each county's discretion. Jefferson lamented the fact that even this action was ineffective due to the funding provisions:
One provision of the bill was that the expenses of these schools should be borne by the inhabitants of the county, everyone in proportion to his general tax-rate. This would throw on wealth the education of the poor; and the justices, being generally of the more wealthy class, were unwilling to incur that burden, and I believe it was not suffered to commence in a single county.4
In a letter to Thaddeus Kosciusko from 1810, Jefferson expressed his continued hopes for a system of public education:
I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain its strength. 1. That of general education, to enable every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom. 2. To divide every county into hundreds, of such size that all the children of each will be in reach of a central school in it.5
Additional years passed by before sufficient legislative interest in higher education allowed Jefferson to use his political skills to press, once again, for establishment of a public university in Virginia. On February 21, 1818, a year after the bill had been introduced, the Virginia Legislature finally passed the law to establish a public university. Recalling that 39 years had passed since the introduction of his first more comprehensive public education bill, Jefferson nonetheless celebrated the law establishing the university as "a bantling [baby] of forty years birth and nursing."6
Questions for Reading 1
1. Why is it significant that Jefferson wrote his letter to George Wythe from Paris in 1786?
2. In his letter to George Wythe, Jefferson drew some comparisons between America with Europe. What did he feel were the advantages of being an American citizen?
3. What were the dangers Jefferson associated with an uneducated nation?
4. What were the components to the system of public education that Jefferson proposed? What inequalities was it meant to address?
5. Why did the established aristocracy resist Jefferson's attempts to create a public school system?
6. Explain Jefferson's beliefs about the relationship between education and democracy. Do you think these beliefs helped Jefferson remain committed to public education? Explain.
Reading 1 was compiled from Bernard Mayo, ed., Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American (Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1942); Merrill D. Peterson, ed., The Portable Thomas Jefferson (New York: Penguin Books, 1975); and Andrew Lipscomb and Albert Bergh, editors, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 20 Volumes, (Washington, D.C.: 1903-1904).
1Andrew Lipscomb and Albert Bergh, editors, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 20 Volumes, (Washington, D.C.: 1903-1904), 5:396.

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I began searching for common, everyday objects in thrift stores, at flea markets, antiques stores and the like, wrapping an assortment of unrelated household objects. During this process I started collecting everyday objects based on style and form and in most cases a sense of connection whether I associated them with some part of my past or their cultural iconography. I have been a collector for many years; my home showcases an assortment of eclectic objects, and artworks. Every item has a story, and I form a strong sentimental attachment to all objects.
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The Summit U10 Squirts Lightning squad left in the early morning hours last week looking for victory in Taos.
The first taste came with a 7-1 victory over the New Mexico Ice Wolves, with Lightning captain Dartagnan Barson setting the tone early on with a score in the first shift of the game. The team's speed put the Wolves on their heels, and sharp passing and shooting had the Lightning starting strong in the tournament with the win.
Game 2 took place later Friday evening, when the Lightning took on the Taos Coyotes, who couldn't run with the Lightning. Summit lit up the scoreboard four times in the first five minutes to silence the home crowd. In cruise control, they skated to an 8-0 win, with goalie Alex Pouliaevski recording the shut out.
Saturday pitted the Lightning against teams from El Paso and Los Alamos. The Lightning struck early and often in both, winning 8-1 and 5-1, respectively.
The Lightning faced Team New Mexico the final day for the tournament championship game. Team New Mexico beefed up its defensive ranks while the Lightning had lost starting defenseman Riley Cibula to an injury. Summit assistant captain Nick Davis moved back to anchor the Summit defense.
In calm confidence, the Summit squad scored two goals in a 33-second span in the first period from Caleb Mallory and Zach Carleton. Then, it added a late-period goal by Jonathon Lunney to put the game away early. In the second period, the Lighting struck twice more with goals from Foster Krueger and Zach Payne, cruising to a 5-0 victory.
"We had solid defense from Foster Kreuger, Jonathon Lunny, Jacob Mallory-Slack and Riley Cibula all weekend," head coach Bob Chesnutt said. "The offense really stunned the opponents this weekend."
Barson led the attack with nine goals, line mat Zach Carleton had six, Nick Davis tallie three, and nearly every player got on the score sheet at some point in the weekend. Chesnutt also gave kudos to goalies Alex Pouliaevski and Jacob Mallory-Slack, who "were solid in every game."
After the final win, Chesnutt said, "We came down to play some hockey, provide an educational opportunity and to do some team building with our players here in Taos. We wanted to work on some specific skills – winning was a second priority – and the team really came through in a big way this weekend. I think they now understand the true meaning of team."
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As a recognized California State Law Enforcement Agency, UPD is required to provide the Department of Justice with a monthly report containing the number and type of criminal offenses committed within our jurisdiction, as well as citations issued and arrests made. This information is forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in their annual publication, Crime in the United States.
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An unnamed suspect in the death of Blake Bostic, 38, of Summit County, could face homicide charges, 5th Judicial District Attorney Bruce Brown said Monday, April 14 in a news release.
Bostic was pronounced dead at about 4:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center after a dispute allegedly turned violent at the Snowshoe Motel in Frisco. The Summit County Coroner has planned an autopsy for Tuesday, April 15 to determine an official cause of death.
As of 5 p.m. Monday, a suspect was in custody at the Frisco Police Station. The name of the suspect was being withheld while Frisco police officers conducted interviews of potential witnesses. The Frisco Police Department is leading the investigation.
Jill Sarmo, public information officer for the district attorney's office, said officers planned to transfer the suspect to Breckenridge at an undisclosed time Monday night for booking into Summit County Jail.
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Once you have downloaded the zip file, extract it. Then create a new folder anywhere outside that zip folder, to store your custom ActionScript classes. Inside of the zip folder copy the org folder (inside src) into the new folder you created for classes. Now open up Flash CS3. Before you begin the project go to Edit and then Preferences. Choose the category ActionScript and the ActionScript 3 Settings. Then click the crosshair (browse) and choose the folder that you created (it should be one level above the org folder.)
Now comes the fun part. Create a new ActionScript 3 document and open up your web browser or My Pictures folder. Bring about 10 or so images onto the stage of your project and make sure that you scale them down to fit on the stage.
Once you are satisfied with the images that you have chosen, arrange them however you like, then select them all. Convert to symbol(F8) and make sure that the registration is set to the top left and that Movie Clip is chosen. Name it anything that you want and click OK. Now click the instance of the symbol that you created and, for the purpose of this tutorial, name it imageGallery.
Now that imageGallery has been set up you should move it all the way off the stage. OK, lets code. Open up the actions panel by selecting any frame and pressing F9. In the actions panel we need to import our Papervision3D classes. which will give us the ability to access the objects, methods and properties within Papervision3D.
import org.papervision3d.cameras.*; import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.*; import org.papervision3d.materials.*; import org.papervision3d.render.*; import org.papervision3d.view.*; import org.papervision3d.scenes.*;
Next we initialize a viewport which is basically a 3D MovieClip, which we will add to our stage. We will also need a scene where we will add objects and a camera to focus on a specific part of our scene. Last we need a rendering engine to make the scene viewable.
var viewport:Viewport3D = new Viewport3D(0,0, true,true); var render:BasicRenderEngine= new BasicRenderEngine(); var scene:Scene3D = new Scene3D(); var camera:Camera3D = new Camera3D(); addChild(viewport); camera.zoom = 10; camera.focus = 100;
Now that our scene is initialized we can add a plane which will hold our imageGallery MovieClip. To create a plane simply type.
var picPlane:Plane = new Plane(picPlaneMaterial, imageGallery.width, imageGallery.height,10,10);
This will create define a plane but what will the plane hold? To give that plane a visual we must create a material which will be our imageGallery so paste this code above the previous line.
var picPlaneMaterial:MovieMaterial = new MovieMaterial(imageGallery);
We will also want the material to be visible on both sides so enter
picPlaneMaterial.oneSide = false;
Now all we have to do is add the plane to the scene and render the scene.
scene.addChild(picPlane); render.renderScene(scene, camera, viewport);
Run the movie (ctrl-enter) and you should see your pictures in the center of the stage. This is good but the real benefit of using Papervision is to allow the user to view content in 3D space, so we are going to let the end user rotate the plane. Replace the render scene with a function the runs every frame and evaluates the users mouse position in relation to the center of the stage in order to rotate the plane.
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, positionAndRender) function positionAndRender(evt:Event) { var rateOfChange:uint = 100; picPlane.rotationY += ((stage.stageWidth/2) - mouseX)/rateOfChange; picPlane.rotationX += ((stage.stageHeight/2) - mouseY)/rateOfChange; render.renderScene(scene, camera, viewport); }
Test your movie and you should see something like this.
So thats it, but you don't have to be done yet. Try changing the frame rate or even try to display the imageGallery on a cylinder, sphere or cube. To get more help consult the documentation for Papervision3D at http://www.flashbook...GreatWhite-DOC/.
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Educational Background
Teachers College,
E.ED. Department of Organization and Leadership, Adult Learning and Leadership/AEGIS
Dissertation Title: The Journey of Becoming a Diversity Practitioner: The Connection Between Experience, Learning and Competence, Professor Victoria J. Marsick Committee Chair
Teachers College,
MA, Workplace Learning and Organization Psychology
Kappa Chapter, Kappa Delta, Pi—International Honor Society in Education
BS, Business Administration
Scholarly Interests
Strategic learning, leadership and organizational development, executive coaching and cultural diversity.
Selected Publications
Peer Review Journals
T.E. Maltbia; V. J. Marsick; & R. Ghosh (2014). Executive and Organizational Coaching: A Review of Insights Drawn from Literature to Inform HRD Practice. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 16(2), 161-183.
I. F. Stein; L.J. Page; & T. E. Maltbia (2014). Coaching Education: Coming of Age. Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture, 5(2), 7-15.
B. M. Greer, T. E. Maltbia & C.L. Scott (2006). "Supplier Diversity: A Missing Link in HRD." Human Resource Development Quarterly.
Refereed Articles Published in Research Conference Proceedings
L. P. Mosteo, T. E. Maltbia, & V. J. Marsick (2014). "Coaching for Cultural Sensitivity: Content Analysis Applying Hofstede's Framework to a Select Set the International Coach Federation's (ICF) Core Competencies." First International Columbia Coaching Program Conference Proceeding, New York, NY.
T. E. Maltbia, R. Ghosh; Whelehan-Smego, A., & V. Marsick (2013). Contracting and Execution as Executive Coaching Competencies. Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceeding, Washington, DC.
T. E. Maltbia, R. Ghosh & V. Marsick (2012). "Awareness and Communication as Facultative Executive Coaching Competencies: Reviewing Literature to Inform Practice and Future Research." Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceeding, Denver, CO.
T. E. Maltbia, R. Ghosh & V. Marsick (2011). "Trust and Presence as Executive Coaching Competencies: Reviewing Literature to Inform Practice and Future Research." Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceeding, Schaumburg (Chicago), IL.
Articles in Practice Journals/Magazines
T.E. Maltbia (2014). Crafting Effective Executive Coaching Engagements: An Open-Systems Theory Approach. Choice Magazine, 12(3), 41-44.
T. E. Maltbia (2013). High-Impact Performance Coaching. Choice Magazine, 11(1), 27-32.
T. E. Maltbia & D. M. Prior (2011). Cultural Competence in Leadership Coaching: What Coaches Need to Know? Choice Magazine, 9(3), 22-24.
Books/Book Chapters
T. E. Maltbia & A. Power (2009). "A Leader's Guide to Leveraging Diversity: Strategic Learning Capabilities for Breakthrough Performance." Contract with Butterworth-Heinemann Business Book, part of a new book series, Frontiers in Learning for Performance.
J. V. Marsick and T. E. Maltbia (2009). "The Transformative Potential of Action Learning Conversations: Developing Critically Reflective Practice Skills. " In J. Mezirow & E. W. Taylor's (Eds.), Transformative Learning in Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, pp. 160-171.
Dr. Terrence (Terry) E. Maltbia, Principle, Organizational Effectiveness Consulting and Training (Ofx), with nearly 30 years of diverse experience as an executive, external and internal consultant and sales professional. He works with clients to implement research-based best practices focused on leveraging human capital assets in pursuit of achieving extraordinary results.
Prior to forming Ofx, Terry held several management positions with Westvaco Corporation (now MeadWestvaco) including OD Center of Excellence Leader; Director, Training & Leadership Development; Group Manager, Marketing Personnel Development; Manager, College Relations and Corporate Employment and Field Sales Manager. He began his career in field sales with Westvaco Corporation directly out of college. Terry has also held senior consultants positions with both the Alexander Group and Rath & Strong (process improvement).


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Proposed bill would allow pilot projects for pharmacist consultations via video.
The Michigan Senate recently gave unanimous approval to a measure sponsored by Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, that could lead to new approaches in the way medical prescriptions are delivered to the end-user.
Senate Bill 373 would enable pharmacies to conduct pilot projects involving new or expanded technologies or processes to provide patients with prescription drugs in a more efficient manner.
Hansen said that, currently, automated machines are allowed to dispense prescription drugs in limited designated facilities, such as hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. However, Michigan pharmacists are required to be available for questions from customers each time a new prescription is dispensed, regardless of the location.
Hansen said Michigan law does not take into consideration technology that would allow the customer to communicate with a pharmacist via a video screen. By authorizing the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to conduct a pilot project, dispensing machines could be installed in conjunction with a live video link to allow customers to consult with pharmacists via video.
According to an analysis of proposed SB 373 by the Senate Fiscal Agency, many pharmacies in rural areas have closed because their sales revenue could not support the salary of a licensed pharmacist.
"Reportedly, more than 900 rural pharmacies nationwide have closed in the last six years, leading to nearly 6,000 lost jobs and 4.8 million underserved residents," states the SFA analysis.
It has been proposed that a pharmacist could effectively supervise several pharmacies simultaneously, via the Internet.
"Under a current rule, however, a pharmacist may oversee only one pharmacy at a time," wrote the SFA analyst.
"Authorizing pilot projects, such as the use of video technology, gives pharmacies the ability to explore innovative ideas on a small scale under controlled conditions," Hansen said. "If these ideas are successful, they could then be offered across Michigan."
Hansen emphasized his bill will not affect the doctor-patient relationship.
"Doctors will still be the ones prescribing the medication," he said. "Pharmacies will simply fill those prescriptions. A patient's relationship with his or her doctor remains vital to ensure patient safety and effective health care."
"This legislation will maintain and enhance patient access to necessary pharmacy services while ensuring the patient's safety," said Hansen.
SB 373 has been sent to the Michigan House for consideration.


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Dorsey Nicola was shaking the dice and staring down the green felt, where chips were stacked like miniature skyscrapers and multiplying. The craps table was hot last week as a half-dozen students lined the perimeter and Nicola kept throwing sixes.
The winnings went ignored in this windowless room tucked into a back corner of an Anne Arundel Community College satellite campus. Students glued their attention instead to the dealer's clever tricks to coax tips from players and calculate payouts, crucial skills for someone hoping to secure a job in the state's newly expanded gambling industry.
Nicola enrolled in the college's courses in September, hoping to leave behind his career in heating and air conditioning for a dealer's seat at a blackjack table.
"It'd make my wife happy," said Nicola, a 44-year-old from Gambrills. "She'd rather have me there working than playing."
From aspiring dealers to licensed healers, many Marylanders are, like Nicola, poised for a new era in the state's gambling scene. Long before the voter-approved expansion takes effect early next year — adding another casino and allowing table games at all of them — businesses, job seekers, unions, educators, regulators and psychologists have laid the groundwork get ready, or to cash in.
"It's like a whole village exists within the casinos," said Mary Ellen Mason, director of the Hotel, Culinary Arts, and Tourism Institute at Anne Arundel Community College. "It's a very exciting time for the colleges to be responding to the needs that are going to come in gangbusters."
The gambling expansion has also flooded the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, which treats gambling addicts and advocates for clinician training. Its directors expected increased interest from clinicians but not the threefold enrollment in their training courses.
In the weeks before and after voters approved table games and a casino in Prince George's County, each free session on treating gambling addiction was expanded to standing room only. Dozens of clinicians were put on a wait list for future sessions.
"That was a bit of a surprise," said Joanna Franklin, who expected the measure to pass. "I booked a room for 100, expecting 60 people. We finally cut it off at 160. Next time, I'll book a bigger hotel."
Her center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore lacks the resources to treat even a third of the estimated 150,000 Maryland residents with gambling problems, Franklin said. Though the center explicitly says a casino doesn't create gamblers "any more than a liquor store would create an alcoholic," addiction therapists who do not specialize in such problems anticipated that they would soon need to be qualified to treat gambling addiction, too.
"People have multiple addictions, it's usually not just one thing," said Paul H. Kelner, a sex addiction therapist from Rockville who attended one of Franklin's training sessions. "Clinicians fear that this is going to increase. … The expansion of gambling in Maryland will encourage people to try it. Most people don't become addicts overnight."
Meanwhile, the nation's largest union representing gambling workers is eyeing the thousands of new workers in Maryland's gambling industry.
Even before the vote to expand gaming, the union negotiated an agreement with the prospective developer of a sixth casino in Prince George's County, Unite Here Local 7 president Roxie Herbekian said. If MGM builds a casino at National Harbor, the company has agreed in advance to a process to set up a union there, she said.
MGM spokesman Gordon Absher confirmed the talks, but would not confirm whether an agreement had been signed.
Unite Here already represents workers at the Ocean Downs casino in Berlin, where contract negotiations are under way. The casino has not publicly announced whether it will add table games to its 800 slot machines.
Companies that sell high-tech card shufflers and roulette tables that cost as much as $20,000 apiece have already edged into the Maryland market by supplying the electronic table games in casinos today, industry experts said.
Maryland Live, the state's largest casino, plans to remove about 10 percent of its nearly 5,000 slot machines to make room for 150 table games. SHFL entertainment has installed electronic versions of table games at the Anne Arundel casino and is angling for new business.
"We've worked hand in hand with casinos in Pennsylvania and Delaware who, like Maryland, went through a dramatic market transition like this," said Julia Boguslawski, a vice president with SHFL.
Maryland Live's general manager, Robert J. Norton, said the company was ready the day after the vote to operate 24 hours a day and begin to double its workforce. By Wednesday, 2,900 people had signed up for the 1,000 spots in a free, 12-week dealer school the casino is offering in conjunction with Anne Arundel Community College.
State regulators also planned to welcome expanded gambling quickly. They wrote and distributed proposed regulations for table games to casino operators long before the Nov. 6 referendum, said Stephen Martino, director of the Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.
The regulations — covering everything from poker rules to required background checks on casino workers — are expected to be presented to the gaming commission for approval in early December, Martino said.
By then, many Marylanders may have decided whether they're ready to cash in as a dealer or as a player, since casino workers can't gamble where they work.
Anne Arundel Community College is one of two community colleges that had established training for both casino workers and card players to learn the games, even before voters approved them. Another vocational dealer school, the Casino Gaming Institute, plans to set up shop in the state as soon as possible, having secured state approval to qualify for federal vocational training funds before Election Day.
"There's going to be very big rush," said Vinnie Rege, director of Howard Community College's Hospitality and Culinary Management Program.
Two years ago, the Howard County school designed an associate's degree in casino management, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission approved the curriculum. But the program was put on hold until voters approved expanded gambling.
Rege expects unemployed casino workers from Atlantic City and Mississippi, where the gambling industry has shrunk, to stream into Maryland. He wants students to compete for management jobs having graduated from a program that requires a gambling history course before enrolling in the basics of poker. Since the referendum, about a dozen students a day have called about courses that start in January, he said.
"We're trying to keep the Maryland workforce within Maryland," Rege said.
Before her test last week in Introduction to Games of Chance — Anne Arundel Community College's final casino course in a series of three — Eleanor Hawkins said she's considering a part-time job as a dealer to supplement her Annapolis real estate business.
"Maybe, maybe not," she said as her instructor gave a refresher on the rules of roulette. "I'll be where the money is."
By the numbers:
•2,900: Number of new jobs at Maryland Live and Baltimore Horseshoe casino
•24: Hours daily that casinos can operate beginning in January
•150,000: Maryland residents estimated to be problem gamblers
•240: Hours to complete a free dealer school offered by Maryland Live
•$20,000: Cost of a high-end roulette table and wheel


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The big news out of Comic Con was that the sequel to "Man of Steel" will also feature Batman. The Superman-Batman film fans have always dreamed about will be a reality in 2015. The sequel to "Man of Steel" will be used to reboot the Batman character and possibly to jump start a Justice League movie. Since the Batman created in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy won't exist in the current Man of Steel universe, the character will get reborn and Christian Bale likely won't be back.
So, who should play the next Dark Knight? Here are 11 actors who could wear the cape and cowl.
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Most airlines operate a dedicated call centre to handle ticket sales, flight changes or other issues associated with flying. However not all call centres operate in the same way. Many companies contract call centre work out to other countries or to companies not directly associated with the airline.
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Have to admit I haven't heard it yet. Didn't think much of their second album. The new single is alright though.
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David Hasselhoff admitted he can relate to some of the troubles Amy Winehouse has gone through in recent years.
During a trip around London in Mitch Winehouse's cab for "Mitch Winehouse's Showbiz Rant," a new show on Liv, the online offshoot of British channel Living TV, the former "Baywatch" star seemed to open up about his own battles with addiction to the "Rehab" singer's dad.
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"The problem that I've experienced in my own life and you know, some of the stuff that's been documented about Amy is really… a universal problem and it has nothing to do with the music business. It's just life man," David told Mitch. "It's just, it's an illness and what people don't realize is nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Let me have this problem.'"
In the three-minute clip of the new show made available online, David also tried to comfort Mitch, whose daughter has had relationship and drug troubles, which have been well documented by the media.
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"It's tough being a girl in the world these days," David said, later adding, "No matter how old Amy is, she's still your little girl."
In the clip, David also spoke about his desire to work with Amy's longtime producer, Mark Ronson.
"I'm a major fan of Mark Ronson as well and I'd love to actually some day continue my music with him," David said.
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On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, the Fox Valley Conservative Forum, which meets regularly for a luncheon on Tuesdays in Appleton, Wisconsin, hosted a talk by South African Sonia Hruska (pictured). Hruska, who now lives in the United States, discussed the ongoing genocide against white people in her country under the largely communist-controlled ANC government of Jacob Zuma.
Born in Victoria, South Africa, to a nontraditional Afrikaner family, with a right-wing father and a left-wing mother, Hruska would go on to work in politics as a consultant in the presidential administration of Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 2001. "I was the coordinator between the different spheres of government, civil society and state organizations, to actually implement the new government policies," Hruska said.
As an early supporter of Mandela and the dream of a rainbow South Africa, Hruska truly believed in establishing a country where, regardless of the color of one's skin or ethnicity, one could live in harmony and equality. Unfortunately, as she described, the opposite came true.
"After about six years," Hruska said, "I realized something serious is wrong; the communist elements are taking over, it's not what we were promised." She explained the change that followed:
Whites were getting excluded through affirmative action and black economic empowerment. And at the same time, the Chinese got black status; so the whites were excluded and the Chinese were included under affirmative action as black. We now find that a white is not allowed to enter, for instance, into management, but a Chinese person may buy a mine or buy shares in a mine, and the same [is true] with banks.
As a business owner, I can get 25 years in jail time if I do employ a white person, for instance. It is totally ridiculous; you cannot have imagined that affirmative action could have gone so far.
What began as a quest to end the white discriminatory policy of apartheid has transformed into a kind of "reverse racism," where "whites are now totally excluded from the economic sector," according to Hruska.
The newly empowered African National Congress (ANC) government has slowly curtailed the rights of whites, and now some black South Africans have gone as far as committing atrocious killings of whites to the point where the situation has been classified as "genocide" by Genocide Watch. Over the last decade, at least 3,000 white farmers have been murdered in South Africa.
A favorite song among the ruling ANC is "Dubula iBhunu," which means, "kill the farmers." Former ANC Youth League chief Julius Malema was caught singing, "Kill the Boers! The Racists!" Even South African President Jacob Zuma sings this song to kill the farmers at ANC party functions, despite the song being labeled "hate speech" by a South African court.
"'Kill the Boer' is a hate song. 'Kill the Boer, kill the farmer,' it's actually instigating armed groups to carry out these attacks," Hruska explained.
In a video shown at the Forum, a group of black South Africans were seen chanting:
Kill the Boers — our fathers.
Kill the Boers — young man.
Communist Party — victory.
Joe Slovo — our father.
Communist Party — victory.
Joe Slovo, who was born in Obeliai, Lithuania, was the General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from 1984 to 1991. Slovo also served as the president of the ANC. In 1994 he joined Mandela's cabinet, serving as minister of housing until he died in 1995. The current leader of the SACP is Blade Nzimande, who also serves in President Zuma's cabinet as the minister of higher education and training.
In fact, Jacob Zuma originally joined the SACP in 1963, before becoming the leader of the ANC and the current president of South Africa. "[The] ANC is actually communist — we never realized it," Hruska said.
Even now, Zuma remains a strong supporter of the SACP and the international communist movement. From December 3-5, 2010, the 12th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties was held in Tshwane, South Africa. President Zuma attended and delivered a speech. The Times of South Africa quoted Zuma urging a call for unity among the various official Communist parties in attendance: "A majority of communists part ways because once they believe in something they have a culture to believe in it seriously. Unity is crucial."
Zuma's call for Communist Party unity was well received and reechoed amongst the many foreign party delegates present. Following the conference, Zuma left for a visit to Cuba, where he met with Fidel and Raul Castro, the leaders of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The widespread violence and killings in South Africa have led many victims to lose everything and go into hiding, with some living in makeshift shanty dwellings or in the fields by rivers. Out of the nearly four million whites living in South Africa, nearly one million live in economic destitution.
Hruska described how in some cases, young white individuals, especially white females, because of their popularity, have been kidnapped and prostituted as sex slaves. Human trafficking is not illegal in South Africa and many young white teenage girls are drugged and sold for sex across the country.
The police do nothing about this; in fact, in some cases they are involved in the prostitution of those women. "Those who do escape," Hruska explained, "go into hiding seeing as there is no government assistance for them and because they are too embarrassed to tell their family or friends."
Although a majority of those murdered, nearly 80 percent, Hruska said, are seniors (over the age of 60), the killers do not discriminate against age. "It's heinous torture," Hruska explained. "Even children as young as two months old get burned with hot water, get wrapped in newspaper and burned."
She continued, "There is no easy way of saying exactly how these people are tortured. The standard would be a hot iron, electric iron, boiling water ... and these are carried out for hours."
In the case of one family, Hruska detailed, the black mob broke into a home and waited for the white family to get home. When they arrived, they took them and raped the mother, in front of the father and son to see, and then once they killed her they killed the father, and finally the son by way of boiling water.
The government denies that such murders are occurring or that they are aimed at the white farmers. Instead they are reported as robberies despite nothing being stolen, Hruska explained. "The murders occur now at a rate of at least one per day," she said.
After her talk, she stayed for an additional hour speaking to the people and answering questions. Her main message to the world, she told The New American, was, "Acknowledge it. Don't deny it," She realizes the difficulty in speaking about this unique situation, especially due to its racial dynamic and the politically-correct state of society.
"You cannot criticize Mandela or the ANC; they are sacred cows," Hruska explained, but she still does because the truth needs to be told, regardless of how difficult it may be for some to hear or accept. Her main objective is not only to create greater awareness about the genocide but also to help find the victims of rape and economic destitution and provide them with the necessary post-traumatic support and assistance to help them cope with the trauma and either rejoin society, or leave the country if they so desire.
Sadly, much of this has gone unreported in the mainstream media and that which has made press headlines is often heavily sanitized. Hruska plans to continue doing her part to create further awareness and help victims. By the time the world and media acknowledge the atrocities it may be too late for some.
Photo: Sonia Hruska
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today rededicated Lincoln Mall from the State Capitol at 14th Street to the City-County Government Center on 10th Street. The development of One Landmark Centre on the Mall between 10th and 11th streets was the impetus for the renovation project, which includes four new bus shelters, sidewalk improvements, landscaped medians, new benches and trash receptacles and raised planters.
"Lincoln Mall is a wonderful tribute to Abraham Lincoln for whom our City is named," said Mayor Seng. The recent improvements on the Mall include quotes from President Lincoln on planters and in bus shelters. I encourage residents and visitors to enjoy a walk from "The Gettysburg Lincoln" at 14th Street to "The Rail Joiner" at 10th Street and re-discover this beautiful part of our Capital City."
The original City plan of 1867 called for wide streets leading up to the Capitol, and the designer of the Capitol also envisioned the streets as boulevards. The Lincoln Mall was originally developed in 1983. It was designed by the late Larry Enersen, founder of the Clark Enersen Partners, the architectural firm which designed the renovation project.
The renovation project cost $800,000 and was funded through the tax increment financing generated from One Landmark Centre.
Participating in the rededication ceremony were Jim Abel of NEBCO, owner of One Landmark Centre and Two Landmark Centre, both on Lincoln Mall; Dennis Scheer of the Clark Enersen Partners; and Jeff Searcy, Chairman of the Capital Environs Commission. The Commission is a joint City of Lincoln - State of Nebraska body that sets design guidelines for changes in the area around the State Capitol Building.
Planters at the intersection of Lincoln Mall and 11th Street carry a well-known quote from Lincoln's second inaugural address. At the ceremony, Mayor Seng unveiled the planter which reads, "...let us strive on to finish the work we are in...." The nearby bus shelter carries a Rosa Parks quote on the front: "No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in." On the back of the shelter is a quote from Lincoln's Gettysburg address: "...a new nation conceived of liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."


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Carole Riley
Carole Riley is a professional genealogist based in Sydney, Australia and specialises in land and property research. She has a background in computer applications and an interest in using the web to further genealogical education and networking. She is the author of Land Research for Family Historians in Australia and New Zealand and Social Media for Family Historians, both Unlock The Past publications. She writes four blogs - Genealogy in New South Wales about genealogy research in NSW and elsewhere; Social Media and Genealogy about blogging and social network sites such as Facebook; Fiji Genealogy about resources for Fijian family history; and Carole's Canvas, which is her personal blog about her own family history and other topics. She also manages five Facebook pages and five Twitter accounts.
Carole serves as a Vice President of the Society of Australian Genealogists and is the Honorary Editor of its journal, Descent. She is the founder of the Sydney User Group of The Master Genealogist (TMG) and has served as a Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She has a Diploma of Family Historical Studies from the Society of Australian Genealogists; a Master of Applied Science (Psychology of Coaching) and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, and a Diploma of Professional Counselling.
Carole grew up in Dubbo in the Central West of New South Wales. Her mother's family were farmers and graziers from the Blayney area, descended from Irish and English immigrants; and professionals from Albury and New Zealand, descended from Scots. Her father is a part-European Fijian, descended from English, Irish and American sailors and runaways, and their native Fijian wives. This combination of nationalities and cultures has provided a varied and interesting genealogical background, and almost unlimited research opportunities!


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Lots of the first questions come with insufficient information, context and eventually left unanswered after days.
While other users comment below requesting more info, the inexperienced OP usually reply without
@ believing it works exactly the same as facebook, but no one receives notification.
One or two days later, the OP feels really lost on the site, and convinced his/her question is so hard to be solved or the people on the site just trend to ignore him/her.
A little extreme example today on stackoverflow, a user deleted the question posted yesterday, and posted again to get other's attention. Simply because no one being notified.
Current notification policy will notify other users when OP missed
@ in such cases:
- OP comment on an answer, the author of the answer will be notified. (not applicable, as most unnotified comments are under the question.)
- OP comment under his own post, and exactly one person commented. (not applicable in most cases, as a fuzzy question usually start a little discussion below.)
Which means basically, there won't be any notification for previous people who commented.
So is it possible to enforce (at least shows a tip) the new user comment with a
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Nothing to Lose is a 1997 comedy film starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins. The film was directed by Steve Oedekerk who also wrote the film and made a cameo appearance as a lip-synching security guard in the film.
- Directed and written by Steve Oedekerk.
One has no job, the other has no life. Together, they have everything to gain and Nothing to Lose
Nick Beam[edit]
- Boy, did you pick the wrong guy on the wrong day
- I'm married.
- Welcome to hell, bitch! Car keys, wallet, now! (no response) You hear what I said? Alright, now you listen and you listen good. This a gun. Alright? Don't be fuckin' around with no gun, white boy. (still no response) Helen Keller, I'm talkin' to you! (imitating a deaf person) I know you hear what the fuck I'm sayin' to you!
- Alright man, you win, is that what you want to hear you win. (Nick starts slapping himself) What the fuck? Hey man, you ain't one of them desert slashers, are you? Cut a person's body up and leave it out in the desert in little tiny pieces and shit, huh? Oh, shit! We are in the fuckin' desert! I'm in the car with a psycho freaky Jason hack-killer motherfucker! Please don't kill me, freaky Jason. I said, please don't kill me, freaky Jason! (Nick just looks at him) I done fucked around and caught a ride with the wrong white boy!
- T: So what's the problem?
- Nick: Why do you care?
- T: I'm curious. I'm a student of human nature.
- Nick: You're a freak of human nature.
- T: That's all right. I forgive you. It's clear you have woman problems.
- Nick: You're way off base.
- T: Oh, I'm off base?
- Nick: Yeah, WAY off base.
- T: She mess around on you?
- Nick: Look, even if I wanted to talk about it - which I don't - it wouldn't be with you.
- T: You give her some nastiness? I know you gave her some serious nastiness.
- Nick: Just forget it.
- T: What about him? You fuck him up? You whoop his ass? I bet you hit that motherfucker with a bat, didn't you? Kling! Bah! Fucked his ass up, didn't you? Wait a minute! You capped him! You capped that motherfucker, that's why you're out here in the desert, ain't ya?
- Nick: Look, I didn't shoot him. I didn't say anything to my wife, I just left.
- T: What you mean, you just left.
- Nick: I just left, okay, I saw them doing... you know, and I... walked away.
- T: What a pussy. no wonder your woman is sneaking behind your back, man. You know what your problem is, you don't have the respect of you're woman man. That's what it is. Me? I got all that. I come home, my dinner's on the table. BAM! "I don't wanna hear shit, woman." And when I want lovin', when I'm in the mood, I get that too.
- Nick: You're so full of shit! What would you have done?
- T: Man, I'd have gone back into that house, and pulled a Terminator on the front door, boom boom boom! Who the fuck you think you're playin' with woman! Who do you think I am, some fruity pie? I ain't no fruity pie, I'm... (T picks up Nick's card) I'm Nick Beam. that's what I tell you, I'm Nick Beam. And Nick Beam ain't putting up with that bullshit! She be cryin' you know, 'Oh Nick, please take me back, please, it was only one time'. I'm gonna "one time" your ass! Nick Beam is the m aster of his fate, the ruler of his destiny. So if you want to cry on someone's shoulder, why don't you cry on Super Dick! As for Nick Beam, I'm fit, lit, and I damn sure ain't takin' no shit. So you...can get the FUCK...OUT! (pauses) That's what I'd have told the bitch. (T points the eggs with fork) That's what I told the bitch.
- (T eats the eggs with a fork). (Nick stares at him for a second and he lunges over the table and chokes him)
- Nick: That's not the point, it's beetle-headed! It's only a matter of time before you do get caught!
- T: What, is beetle-headed?
- Nick: It's a synonym for stupid.
- T: Oh, well here's a synonym for procreation: fuck you!
- T: It's easy for you to point the finger when you're sitting on your rich ass in the big fuckin' house!
- Nick: I'm not rich.
- T: Oh, yeah? How big's your TV?
- Nick: What?
- T: I say, how big is your tv?
- Nick: 50 inch.
- T: (laughs) Get in the car, man.
- Nick: Oh please, let's not make this a social issue. The point is, that even if you wanted to rob a place, there are smarter ways to do it.
- T: Enlighten me.
- Nick: A mask! Wear a mask! You see, the police have this thing called a line-up, and when somebody recognizes you, YOU GO TO JAIL! Or, how about this for a novel idea: case the place first? Find out if there's a security camera or a hidden alarm. Then again, why even rob a convenience store? How much money could you possibly get? Two, three hundred dollars? Then what? You're set for two days! Wow!
- T: What do you know, Lanky?
- Nick: I know you go for the big score. One robbery, you're set.
- T: You know, this is an all right camera for a regular eight.
- Nick: It's the best on the market.
- T: Let me explain something to you. If you ain't got digital, you ain't got shit. This has only got one CCD chip. Broadcast has three, Nick. Don't look at me like that. What, are you surprised I know shit?
- Nick: The guy that sold me that camera just set up our computer network.
- T: Windows NT?
- Nick: No, just Windows.
- T: Man, get out of here with that shit.
- Nick: Look, here's a nutty idea. If you actually know something about this stuff, why not use that knowledge and get a job?
- T: Take a good look at me. I'm not exactly the corporate colour.
- Nick: That's ridiculous. If you wanted a job, you could have one.
- T: There's a spider on your head.
- Nick: What?
- T: There's a spider on your head.
- Nick: Look, I'm sorry, I'm not up on all this jive talkin', home boy lingo, what's that supposed to mean? "There's a spider on your head"?
- T: It means there's a spider on your motherfuckin' head, man!
- Nick: Well get it off! Get it off! Get it off!
- T: I ain't touchin' that shit!
- Martin Lawrence as Terrance Paul Davidson
- Tim Robbins as Nick Beam
- John C. McGinley as Davis "Rig" Lanlow
- Giancarlo Esposito as Charlie Dunt
- Kelly Preston as Ann Beam
- Michael McKean as Phillip "P.B." Barrow
- Rebecca Gayheart as Danielle
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It's hard to know how Kat Coiro's While We Were Here would play under optimal conditions (still not well, I'm guessing), but the programmers of the Tribeca Film Festival did the picture no favors by slotting it anywhere near the same vicinity as Sarah Polley's Take this Waltz, a film that, like this one, deals with a marriage on the verge of rupture due to a wife's attraction to a younger, more exciting man. I saw Waltz first; While We Were Here never stood a chance. Everything that was gutsy and nuanced in Waltz is flat and obvious here, and all of the complexities that made that picture so authentic are altogether absent. Godard once said that the best way to criticize a film was to make another one, and while I realize that it's logistically impossible for Take this Waltz to have been a rebuke to While We Were Here, there are times where it sure as hell plays like one.
Married couple Jane (Kate Bosworth) and Leonard (Iddo Goldberg) are spending two weeks in Naples. She's a freelance writer; he's an esteemed violist. "I think it's gonna be good, us being here," she tells him as they arrive, and they hold hands stiffly. There's an unspoken discomfort between them, later revealed: they wed because she was pregnant, but she subsequently miscarried. They're traveling for his work (he's playing with a local orchestra), but they're also looking to revive the dormant union.
One day, while he's rehearsing, she takes an impromptu ride over to Ischia, where she has a chance encounter with a young, chatty America named Caleb (Jamie Blackley). The 19-year-old ends up tagging along with her for the day; there's a little bit of a spark, a little bit of a connection, but it's more than that. Jane clearly recognizes in him a little piece of the carefree youth that is no longer inside her. When she returns to Leonard, the contrast between the free-spirited kid and her fuddy-duddy hubby becomes clearer.
Too clear, frankly. The trouble with the picture (the primary trouble, anyway) is that, because Leonard is such a sour and unappealing twit, the actual triangle isn't terribly interesting. This is what Polley got so right, and that Cairo gets so wrong: the husband in Waltz is a genuinely warm and tender guy, and what the man on the side offers is less the remedy for a loveless marriage than, simply, the draw of something new. While We Were Here's Caleb offers the same, and that's a dynamic worth looking into. But Cairo stacks the deck by also making Leonard such an unfeeling, uncaring drip, and by making his interactions with Jane such one-the-nose dramatizations of overworked married dissatisfaction. Thus, if Jane has to choose, there's no tension, or real question of audience sympathy; the pedestrian writing of the husband character and the overall situation makes it comically easy for her.
To be fair, when Bosworth finally gets something substantial to play (this comes very late in the film), she's game, and Blackley has a nice, sideways manner of delivering his lines that gives the picture a much-needed shot of energy whenever he appears. Also, the black-and-white photography is luminous, and the Italian locations are (expectedly) to die for. It's all quite lovely to look at, but once you get past the arty cinematography and deliberate pace, While We Were Here is little more than Eat Pray Love for the festival circuit.
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Composer and pianist Linda Kernohan has had her music performed across the U.S. and Europe. Her most recent première was Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra, commissioned by the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, and performed by them in March 2008 with thereminist Scott Paulson.
In September 2007, she completed The 30 Days Project, an online composition project during which she wrote a short piece every day for 30 days and posted a recording online.
Other commissions have included Four Memoriales for viola and piano, for violist Ralph Farris of the cutting-edge string quartet ETHEL, and Now, A Wanderer, for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus. She has also had works performed at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, the Aspen Music Festival, the Frau Musica (nova) festival in Cologne, and the Czech-American Summer Music Institute in Prague. Awards received include an Alfred Hertz Memorial Traveling Scholarship and a BMI Student Composer Award.
As a pianist, she has frequently performed her own music as well as music by her fellow composers and works from the standard repertoire. She has performed in a wide variety of venues, from a West Hollywood nightclub to the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. From 2000 to 2002 she was one half of the Geisel Library Toy Piano duo with Scott Paulson, and she appeared on ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and on PBS's California's Gold with Huell Howser. She has also performed as a chamber musician, vocal accompanist, church musician and music theater pianist.
Linda holds a B.A. in music from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. in music composition from New York University, and is currently in the final stages of a Ph.D. in composition from U.C. San Diego.
Linda has taught courses in music theory, music history and class piano at New York University, U.C. San Diego and San Diego City College. She has also taught class piano at the high school level and private piano lessons.
She was born in St. Louis, and grew up in Northern California's Napa Valley. A fervent city girl at heart, she realized her dream of moving to the mythical realm that she always considered her spiritual home — New York City — in her carefree post-college days. Alas, the rents were too high and the apartments too small and run-down to sustain this dream life over the long term. But she still subscribes to the New York Times Sunday edition.
She now lives in Boston with her physician/poet husband and a feline bodhisattva named Piccolo.


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Even if you're Super-Dad (or Mom) and have your kids busy with activities all summer long, there's always a few hours in a day of down-time. And to fill in the gaps, this summer I plan on finally introducing my kids to all the Star Wars movies. But I'm not going to do it in order of release date or episode order, but in "Machete Order".
I got the idea from this blog post by Rod Hilton that's been floating around the Internet for a while, but the basic premise is simple. Episode order ruins the surprise that Darth Vader is the father of Luke and Leia. Watching the episodes in IV, V, II, III, VI order keeps the surprise while filling in a lot of the background story.
Like most of us, I grew up with Star Wars and have lived with the knowledge that Vader is Luke's father since the 80s. But I never thought about how much it would suck if that surprise was ruined for people who have never seen it before. "I am your father!" is one of the best movie moments ever, and as a kid I remember being at family parties and witnessing adults - my parents and their friends - arguing over whether or not this could really be true. At the time it was a tremendous shocker, and I want my kids at least to have that same surprise.
You may have also noticed that "Machete Order" completely removes Episode I. My kids have already seen Episode I when it was in the theater, so I won't be able to entirely remove it from their memories. I'm just going to pretend like it never happened. And as Rod Hilton reminds us, leaving out Episode I also effectively leaves out Jar Jar, midichlorians, trade disputes, Jake Lloyd, confusing Padme/Queen switcheroos and virgin births. All things most of us wished never happened anyway.
Looking at all six movies as a whole, it really seems George Lucas wanted to make them the story of Anakin Skywalker's turn to the dark side and eventual redemption. But that story is executed so poorly it puts the impact of all of the movies at risk. Anakin has almost no character depth. He goes from a simpleton boy to arrogant Jedi to evil Jedi to embodiment of evil to redeemed in the last five minutes of the last movie. It's not much of a change in character at all.
But if you look at the movies as Luke being the main character then not only is he relatable as Mr. Hilton argues, but he's also the only character with a real story arc. He changes from naive do-gooder to grown man who has faced his fears and demons and has come through to the other side to save the galaxy.
Plus, Machete Order deletes Jar Jar Binks almost completely. Which is all you really wanted anyway for your kids.
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Students discover IC's living classroom, more than 500 acres of natural lands dedicated to the study of conservation, biology, environmental sciences, outdoor adventure, and recreation.
Growing up in an urban environment, Andreas Jonathan '14 had never been camping or hiking. But during his first year at Ithaca College, he ended up in the woods at night, blindfolded, finding his way back to campus just by using his sense of hearing.
"It made me think about my natural place in the world," Jonathan said.
It was all part of the Environmental Sentinels course, an innovative, hands-on learning experience in which students use wilderness awareness and survival skills to learn about local natural history and ecology.
"The purpose was to discover what you're trying to save," said Jonathan, who started his college career as an environmental studies major before switching to architectural studies.
"Andreas was apprehensive about the prospect of four-hour stints in all kinds of weather in our outdoor classrooms in the [Ithaca College] Natural Lands," said Jake Brenner, assistant professor of environmental studies and faculty manager of the IC Natural Lands. "But he dove right in, approaching his field work with enthusiasm and an open mind."
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Today, Jonathan is attending the University of Pennsylvania's master of landscape architecture program, which combines his passion for the environment and architecture.
"I cannot help but wonder what effect those long days in the woods had on Andreas's current academic work and his future career," Brenner said.
Jonathan's story is just one example of how the Ithaca College Natural Lands, which marked their 10th anniversary this year, have made an impact on thousands of IC students. But some students, and many alumni, may not even know the natural lands exist—or where they are located. Part of the land is known as the blue and gold trails, but they are only a small portion of what constitutes the natural lands.
The IC Natural Lands comprise 560 acres of undeveloped land, most of which is adjacent to campus. South Hill Natural Area East is the largest of the ICNL reserves with 365 acres, which is the closest to IC's main campus and is the most heavily used. Across Danby Road from the college, the 67 acres of South Hill Natural Area West have come under recent management for teaching, research, and recreation. There are also 128 acres of undeveloped land in Newfield. Part of the 128 acres is a natural resource reserve and the rest is the Bob Robinson Family Preserve, given to IC in the 1970s on the condition that its rare and valuable habitats be preserved.
Watch a time lapse video of life in the Natural Lands and read about the research that inspired it.
In the last decade, the lands have been used for countless college courses, many of which break down the silos between disciplines and encourage hands-on learning, alternative learning, and civic engagement, all key elements of IC 20/20, the college's strategic plan.
A committee was established to serve as a steward of the land and identify the best ways to use and protect the land in the future. Five members have formal positions, including a faculty manager, the associate vice president of facilities, an ecological consultant, an education coordinator, and a student intern. The committee's recommendations will be considered in the creation of a new campus master plan.


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The exercise is called a triceps kick, but it will give a workout to several other parts of the body too. It's demonstrated by Pasadena-based fitness expert, video host and teacher Tracey Mallett (www.traceymallett.com). She is the founder of Booty Barre, a technique that combines elements of dance, yoga and Pilates to strengthen and stretch the body. As you do the exercise, make sure that the spine, neck and head are aligned and that the movements are slow and deliberate.
What it does
In addition to strengthening the triceps this dynamic exercise also engages lower body muscles such as the glutes and hamstrings as well as the core. The only equipment you'll need is a mat.
How to do it
Place feet and hands on the floor with fingertips facing forward, torso facing up, elbows slightly bent and shoulders down. Lift one leg up, keeping the knee bent. As you lower the leg toward the floor lift your hips and torso up toward the ceiling, extending the arms. Then lower your rear end toward the floor as you bend the elbows, keeping the knee bent and toes pointed.
How much
Do five repetitions on both sides, then increase to eight to 10 reps.