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A breathtakingly honest memoir
The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog is everything you expect from well-known canine behaviorist and best-selling/award-winning author Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D., but it is also so much more. What you presume would be included is indeed there—insights about dogs from science as well as from her own experiences, research into the physiology of behavior and personal stories. If you love learning about dogs through McConnell's combination of science and tales from real life, you will love this book, and yet this is more than a book about dogs.
It's a breathtakingly honest memoir from a woman whose upbeat personality, intelligence, success and sense of humor have largely hidden the pain and darkness in her life from others. It takes bravery to share such deeply personal and traumatic details from her life. Readers, even those who know McConnell's work well, will be struck by how vulnerable she makes herself and how personal this book is. They will learn how much she had to overcome to become the successful person she has long been and to find the happiness that is a far more recent accomplishment.
It's artfully written, showing her maturity as an author, and true to form, it shows how intricately her life and well-being are intertwined with the dogs in her life. The fear and anxiety she has struggled with for much of her life actually became worse when her Border Collie Will entered her life. His fear and reactivity created all sorts of problems, including exacerbating her own struggles to overcome multiple traumas. She was forced to deal with not just his issues, but her own as well, and the book is the story of how they both moved forward towards happiness, joy and love. Their journey together has had many setbacks, has required a seemingly endless reservoir of hard work and patience, and will never truly be over.
The beauty and power of the book come from the way McConnell weaves her own narrative into that of dogs in general and her dog Will in particular. It is a compelling story that's both hopeful and sad, as well as gut-wrenching and inspiring. The Education of Will offers insight and understanding into struggles with true terror, guilt, shame and fear, allowing readers to empathize with such experiences and to understand them better. Though it is a serious book about a serious topic, the warmth and humor in McConnell's writing make it as enjoyable to read as it is riveting.
Culture: DogPatch
Any time Alexandra Horowitz releases a new book is cause for celebration here at Bark. We've been fans since her 2009 hit, Inside of a Dog, and have continued to follow her work as she uncovers new insights into our co-pilots' internal lives and external behaviors.
In addition to teaching psychology, canine cognition and creative non-fiction at Barnard College, Columbia University, she also leads the college's Dog Cognition Lab.
Her new book, Being a Dog, delves deeply into the primacy of dogs' sense of smell, and we talk with her about what she found.
Bark: Has anyone studied why some dogs are better at smelling than others —is it genetic or is it drive?
Alexandra Horowitz: Everything I've seen points to drive being the major indicator of whether a dog will be good as a detection dog: drive to find the odor, to keep working when frustrated, to get to the reward (like a game with a tug toy) at the episode's end.
This is not to say that breed is irrelevant: some breeds are naturally more driven to pursue an odor relentlessly, or are driven to do whatever it takes to get a game of toss with a tennis ball. And some dogs—like Bloodhounds and Beagles—have more olfactory cells in their noses and more equipment around their faces (long ears, drooly jowls) to help bring odors up the nose. They may smell odors at lower levels.
Curiously, though, the notion that certain breeds are inevitably better at detection work than others hasn't been borne out. It's tradition more than science.
B: I was once told by a woman who handles tracking Coon Hounds that dogs can show a preference for how they scent; talking about the same breed, she said some sniff the ground, while others prefer sniffing the air. Have you observed individual differences in the same breed in your research?
AH: Absolutely. Different dogs have different sniffing tactics; "on the air" or "on the ground" are the two ways dogs try to pursue a scent. Often, though, these are distinguished by task, not by dog—that is, if a dog is tracking a distant (old) scent, on the ground makes more sense; the odor is probably no longer in the air. But a dog trying to locate someone/something who has recently passed by will be air-scenting.
B: Can adult dogs can identify their littermates or their mother by smell?
AH: In theory, this would be trivially easy for dogs. All dogs have their own "signature scents" (as do we, to dogs), so there would be no trouble distinguishing dogs of one's litter from other dogs. Now, the question of whether an adult dog who has been separated for years from her littermates/family can recognize them is a different question: it's more about memory than about perceptual ability. Memory is fallible in humans, and it is fallible in dogs. We forget. So it's quite possible that, even having known one's family by scent, it would be later forgotten. (But there is also good reason to believe that a trace would remain—that distant memory one cannot quite place.)
B: While you note in your new book that puppies at the Working Dog Center at the University of Pennsylvania aren't formally trained until a certain age, they do receive some kind of training, right?
AH: Yes, they are being "trained" to some degree: I think Dr. Otto and the Penn Working Dog Center trainers would agree when I say they are being trained to be good general-purpose working dogs. As I describe in my book, I saw dogs being put through their paces in lots of different (what were to them) games: find the missing person, find the hidden scent. They are being exposed to unusual sounds and environments and getting acclimated to them. They are learning the skills of detecting something, working with someone, and loving it. And they do.
B: Do working dogs get nose fatigue— do they reach a point at which they can no longer reliably follow a scent? If so, what do the pros do to work around that?
AH: The phenomenon of the nose no longer noticing an odor—adaptation —happens to us within minutes. Walk into a coffee shop, take in its familiar odors and a few minutes later, you might smell … almost nothing. The receptor cells in the nose that noticed the odor simply stopped responding after continued exposure.
The cells in the dog's nose work similarly, but any dog employed as a detection dog is doing something different. Because they continue to sniff different areas of the odor "scene," their noses won't turn off to the smell. Tracking dogs are also known to simply lift their noses from the ground once in a while and sniff the air, as though to clear their noses.
On the other hand, working dogs certainly get fatigued from too much stimulation and too much exertion. Handlers know their dogs and will read their dogs' responses to know when they need a break.
B: In the book K9 Scent Training by Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak (leading specialists in identification, tracking and detection-dogs), I read that female dogs are better at smelling than males. Did this also come up in your research? Any idea if the same can be said for our species?
AH: Gerritsen and Haak are great resources on detection-dog training and skills. I suspect their assessment comes directly from their own and other trainers' experience with dogs. I don't doubt it, though I don't believe that the question has been formally tested. Interestingly, women are often said to be "better smellers" than men, and research does bear this out (on average, of course).
B: I'm quite curious about the canine visual sense vis-à-vis their olfactory sense, especially for dogs of the sporting breed. When our Wirehaired Pointer is out in the field, she seems to rely primarily on her sense of smell; sometimes a rabbit's been sitting just a few feet from her, but she doesn't see it, or even seem to smell it. Is it "I can't smell it so I don't see it"?
AH: As with us, dogs' senses work together. Only for dogs, olfaction takes priority. From that point of view, you can imagine how vision might aid smelling: if a dog detects an odor on the breeze, she can then look up and try to locate, with her eyes, the source of that odor (and then head toward it for closer sniffing!). When I watched the dogs at the Penn Working Dog Center do a "person search" for people hidden in large PVC barrels in a large field, the dogs used vision to guide them while smelling: first, they followed their eyes to head toward the barrels, then followed their noses to identify which one held a person.
A dog who is sniffing in the grass to a hidden ball (or rabbit) that is perfectly "visible" to someone else nearby is simply using olfaction first. By sniffing in the whole area around the hidden object, she creates an on-the-fl y map of where the object is; the closer she gets, the stronger the odor is. Sometimes, dogs rely on that much longer than we would expect before bringing fuller attention to what they see to aid their search.
B: I'm trying to train one of my dogs, Charlie, to find the poop of his housemate Kit while we're out in the park; he's actually pretty good at it. I started doing this after I noticed that he likes to pee on her fresh poop, and only on hers. How would you recommend I boost his proficiency level? And why the peeing on it?
AH: "Find poop!" Great game. And lots of dogs would be pretty good at it. Since Charlie started doing this behavior on his own, clearly little shaping was needed. The only task is pairing it with a request (like "find poop") and making him aware that what he's doing—which to him is "following that interesting smell"—is something that's also valuable to you, so he'll do it whenever you ask. If he's not doing it reliably, then he doesn't see its value to you. Better rewards! More reliable rewards! (But you and every good behavior reader know that.) And, taking a cue from working-dog handlers, you could pair an "alert" behavior—sitting, barking and so forth—so that he tells you when he's found it.
What I learned from Sam Wasser, who trains dogs to find wildlife scat, is that what's often difficult in training in the field (and you're always "in the field"!) is to know yourself if the dog has alerted on the right scat. Once they are confident of their dogs' alert, and don't accept partial alerts, handlers can reward only for the correct scat.
As for his peeing on the poo, that's a question I don't think science has directly tackled. But we know that marking isn't territorial in dogs; it seems to be information-leaving. It could be that a nice pile of stinky poo is a good place to leave your own mark.
B: Besides enrolling our dogs in nosework classes, what do you recommend that we do to tap into their world of smell and enrich their lives?
AH: Let them smell. If you live with a dog, start thinking about what the world is like from an olfactory point of view. Let them smell you (you are your scent, to your dog), let them smell each other (that's how they find out who it is), and let them smell the world. Take walks for smelling (not just for peeing, or for exercise). The pleasure that comes from watching a dog snuffling down a path, nose to the ground and nose in the air, guided by nothing more than the filaments of odors that come his way, is to me unmatched.
Culture: Reviews
Following the Dog into a World of Smell
Back in 2009, Alexandra Horowitz's first book, Inside of a Dog, made it to the top of every bestseller list. Heralded in this magazine and by others who wanted to learn what it means to be a dog, it delivered on the promise of its subtitle: What Dogs See, Smell and Know. It also introduced many of us to the concept of Umwelt—another's perception of the world—coined by biologist Jakob von Uexküll.
Imagining what it is to be a dog and to enter a dog's subjective world was, and still is, an entrancing prospect. What better guide to the "inside of a dog" than a comparative cognitive scientist like Horowitz? She writes in a clear vernacular: accessible, erudite, poetic and downright friendly. No wonder her first book became such a sensation.
And now we have her new book, Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell, which not only delves deeper into dogs' amazing sense of smell, but also considers the human olfactory capacity, even if it is rather paltry compared with that of dogs. Truly understanding another species requires that, as ethologist Frans de Waal has explained, "we need to try to step outside our own narrow Umwelt and apply our imagination to theirs." That is exactly what Horowitz brings to her books.
Similar to recent books such as Being a Beast by Charles Foster (where the author literally lived underground as a badger), or Thomas Thwaites' excursion into the Umwelt of goats in GoatMan, in Being a Dog, Horowitz learns to polish her own sense of smell. She undertakes this quest not only to better understand what she might be missing, but also, to get a glimmer of how dogs' noses help them navigate their world. The book begins with a look at the canine nose, which "is rich in a way we humans once knew about, once acted on, but have since neglected." Following the lead of her two dogs, she puts her "nose to the places the dog nose goes."
We all love factoids about dogs, and this book delivers a trove of them: Dogs scratch up the ground after they poop in order to transmit their personal message to other dogs; their paw pads have scent glands and digging spreads their odor, broadcasting their signal far and wide (canine social networking in action).
Wagging tails serve a similar purpose, spreading the scent from their anal sacs. They smell when they dream; watch their nostrils twitch. Dogs rarely mark over their own urine postings. Males like to sniff tail areas first, while females prefer to start with faces.
We learn about the physiognomy of their smelling instrument, from nostrils (nares) to olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ, or VNO, and up to the brain's olfactory bulb. When they sniff, they start with either the right or left nostril, depending on what they're investigating. Unlike other senses, nostrils are ipsilateral, meaning that an odor entering the right nostril goes to the right side of the brain for processing, and one entering the left goes to the left side.
Horowitz takes us on a grand tour of scent-work professionals, from the Working Dog Center at the University of Pennsylvania to the University of Washington's scat-detection dogs, with stops along the way to visit other working and detection dogs. At the book's end, she treats her dog Finnegan to classes in nosework, which quickly become what she calls his "Favorite Place on Earth." Definitely something in which all our dogs would love to partake.
It seems that for most of us, smelling isn't something we practice much. One of the most remarkable comparisons she draws is the difference in the endowment of olfactory sensory cells (epithelium) between humans and dogs. As she explains, "If his olfactory epithelium were spread out along the outer surface of the dog's body, it would completely cover it. In humans, ours would about cover a mole on our left shoulder."
While we have a long way to go to catch up with our dogs, by the book's end, the author has us tapping into our puny epithelium, sniffing and snuff ling. We thank Alexandra Horowitz for providing this inspiration.
Culture: Reviews
Run, Spot, Run
By Jessica Pierce (U of Chicago Press)
Bioethicist Jessica Pierce, whose book The Last Walk thoughtfully and honestly explored end-of-life care, dying and euthanasia for companion animals through her experience with her own much-loved dog, now takes on another sensitive subject. As in that book, in her new one she also addresses questions we rarely think about—or want to think about. Foremost among them is the morally ambiguous practice of keeping pets in the first place. Writing clearly, and clearly from the heart, she avoids academic jargon and provides us with reasons to really think about what we're doing when we take animals into our lives.
The Pit Bull Life
By Deirdre Franklin and Linda Lombardi (The Countrymen Press)
A colorfully illustrated and thoughtful consideration of a type of dog who was once considered quintessentially American. Today, however, the words "Pit Bull" have become shorthand for something to be feared. The authors trace that transition and, continuing Franklin's long-standing advocacy, inject the facts about these cheerful, resilient dogs into the national discussion. In doing so, they also provide a primer for Pit Bull owners, and potential owners.
Just Life
By Neil Abramson (Center Street)
In this novel, the author considers the balance between fear and compassion, and the ways politically expedient solutions threaten everyone. The story centers on a sanctuary for unwanted, abused and abandoned dogs in New York City and the veterinarian who operates it. When a dangerous and unknown virus spreads though their neighborhood, the sanctuary's dogs are presumed to be the carriers, putting them and the people who protect them in even greater jeopardy. The pace is intense and the characters well drawn.
The Secret Language of Dogs
By Victoria Stilwell (Ten Speed Press)
In her new book, trainer Victoria Stilwell wants to help us understand what our dogs are telling us via their expressions, vocalizations and behaviors. A proponent of positive reinforcement training, Stilwell not only describes these various methods of communication but also, provides tips on ways to respond to them.
Farm Dogs
By Janet Vorwald Dohner (Storey Publishing)
An in-depth and beautifully illustrated breed guide to a hard-working class of dogs, Farm Dogs is hard to resist even if you live in a city apartment only big enough for a Chihuahua. In addition to familiar breeds such as the Jack Russell, German Shepherd and Border Collie, Dohner also discusses a number of more exotic types, including the Berger Picard, Mudi and the wildly dreadlocked Puli. She also offers pointers on puppy selection, adult rescue, socialization and training.
Home Alone—And Happy!
By Kate Mallatratt (Hubble & Hattie)
This highly illustrated book from the UK provides lots of good advice for preventing canine separation anxiety, which is far more challenging to fix than to avoid. The author, compassionately considering the subject through a dog's eyes, suggests that teaching a dog how to be emotionally stable is more important than teaching him how to sit or heel. In this book, she shows us how to do it.
Culture: Reviews
To Raymond and Lorna Coppinger and their chief hagiographer at the New York Times, James Gorman, who wrote a fawning profile of the pair recently, the vast majority of the world's 1-billion dogs all look alike because they have evolved to fill the ecological niche of village dump-diver or biological garbage disposal. Like all of Raymond Coppinger's books, many of them co-authored, What Is a Dog? is a reductionist work of illogic that relies on simplistic scientific arguments and pre sent ism, manifest here in the assumption that the present circumstances of street dogs or village dogs have always been thus. The argument is grounded in Ray Coppinger's belief that dogs cannot possibly have evolved from gray wolves because they look nothing like large northern wolves who feed on caribou, moose and other large animals. Were he to compare those 30-pound street dogs to the small desert wolf, he might find something different.
At the base of this book lies the Coppingers' notion—wrong in all regards—that dogs are a species unto themselves and began to appear some 7,000 years ago, a time coincident with the first dog burials. The first dog burials in the archaeological record date to 12,000 or more years ago. The Coppingers also misrepresent or ignore evidence that dogs evolved from a gray wolf, most likely a now extinct subspecies, and continued to crossbreed for thousands of years with wolves who arose about the same time dogs did. Genes flowed from wolves to dogs and dogs to wolves. In some parts of the world, the crossbreeding continues. In the Caucasus, for example, wolves and livestock-guarding dogs are still interbreeding.
The Coppingers take what can only be described as an ahistorical view of the dog-human relationship. They seem to believe it has always resembled the current model of the dog occupying the niche of garbage disposal and occasional early warning system for incoming human or nonhuman predators. Some attention is paid to the system of transhumance—the seasonal movement of sheep between mountain and lowland pastures—but nearly nothing is said about other historic and traditional uses of dogs in particular cultures. Having spent most of their book arguing that 85 percent of the world's 1-billion dogs are street/village dogs—the rest being human-created purebreds or their crosses—that all look the same and occupy the same niche, the Coppingers leave themselves little room for a serious discussion of just who dogs are.
Culture: DogPatch
After losing her sister to gastric cancer, Arlene Weintraub—science writer, investigative reporter and lifelong dog lover—embarked on a two-year personal and professional journey, delving deeply into the world of comparative oncology. During that time, she visited eight universities and interviewed scientists, medical doctors, veterinarians, researchers, professors and dog owners.
Comparative oncology is a research initiative that recruits dogs with cancer to generate new and improved treatments for humans and their canine best friends. As Weintraub notes, "Genetically speaking, our canine companions are more closely related to us than we realize." Comparable to those who take part in human clinical trials, the dogs in these studies have few options; standard treatments are too costly and/or do not work, which ultimately leads their owners to seek out experimental drug trials. Also like humans, the lucky ones have years added to their lives, while others do not fare as well.
Weintraub begins her research with 206 dogs who participated in a 2001 medical trial in search of an approved product to treat cancer in canines. As a result of these trials, Palladia, a groundbreaking first-ever drug, was accepted by the FDA for use in the treatment of canine mast cell tumors. Based upon these successful studies, the drug Sutent was later developed to shrink a broad spectrum of mast cell tumors in humans, with the potential for long-term survival. In subsequent chapters, Weintraub describes other success stories. The efficacy of the trials, the cutting-edge treatments and the people involved are well documented.
Her interviews are up close and personal. We come to understand the struggle involved in getting a drug tested and approved, as well as the personal agony of people who are facing the loss of their much-loved companion animals. Behind the data is a bigger question: how far will we, as pet owners, go to have more time with our dogs and cats? And at what cost emotionally?
At every turn, Weintraub shows us the correlation between human and animal healing, and weaves in the story of her own healing from the loss of her sister. The dogs she encounters during her research become her comfort, restoring her faith in science as they pave the way to unlocking cancer's mysteries and, ultimately, making it a less frightening diagnosis.
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New Points of View of Shelter Dogs
Two new books, both well-investigated works, merit your attention. The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene is a fascinating, absorbing and inspirational read about the power of love to help those in need, while The Dog Merchants by Kim Kavin introduces an out-of-thebox idea involving a rating system that just might change how we get our dogs. Both are out just in time to make it to the top of your summer must-read list.
Greene's book is an examination of the power of the bond between dogs and children with disabilities, but its purview extends much further. The two-time National Book Award nominee interweaves personal stories of children, their families and a few unforgettable dogs with current research and scientific findings on the cognitive and emotional lives of dogs and the human/ canine bond. The main story revolves around a remarkable woman, Karen Shirk, and the service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, that she founded in 1998. It was the first organization to train skilled service dogs with public access for young children.
We learn how Shirk's own experience —developing myasthenia gravis as a young adult and being saved by a dog —motivated and inspired her to become a leading advocate for service dogs for young children with disabilities. 4 Paws trains dogs for highly specialized work, including seizure alert, mobility assistance and autism assistance; the goal is to never exclude a child "because a disability did not fit in a box."
Greene profiles some of the families who have been benefited profoundly by graduates of this program; their compelling and uplifting stories pull on your heartstrings. Just how this connection between a dog and a child is established, and what motivates dogs to bond so deeply to their young charges speaks volumes for the intensity of crossspecies attachment.
Some of these dogs are truly are underdogs, adopted from shelters and trained in a nearby prison-based program. In a chapter called "Prison Dogs," we have a good example of how adroitly Greene blends congruent storylines— those of the families and their children with, in this case, stories of the importance of the dogs to the inmates, along with overviews of research into "why humans feel happier in the presence of dogs." Greene is a gifted and caring storyteller, and she gives her subjects the intelligence and warmth they deserve. This all makes for absorbing, pleasurable and inspirational reading.
In Kavin's Dog Merchants, subtitled Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores and Rescuers, she investigates the various channels through which dogs are purchased—keeping in mind that there are differences of scale between those who broker commercial puppy sales and those who provide shelter/rescue adoptions. Both, however, involve financial transactions. Her basic premise is that we as buyers need to be aware of our marketplace choices. Through crowdsourcing our views, she says, we might be able to make a difference. "We need to be conscious consumers when it comes to our dogs. None of us likes to think of our beloved dog as a product, but legally and financially, that is what dogs are."
In the first half of the book, she takes us behind the scenes of the commercial dog world, from dog auctions to dog shows like Westminster (of which she is no great fan), breeders and the largescale brokers who provide overpriced puppies to pet stores. The second half focuses on rescuers and shelters, and what makes some of them more successful than others. The book also has a very useful chapter with questions that ought to be asked of breeders or shelters before getting a dog.
Kavin has developed a companion website, dogmerchants.com, that has listings for thousands of breeders and rescuers/shelters, and is now taking reviews and your suggestions. Might this change the way dogs are marketed? Will negative reviews actually expose those breeders or other "dog merchants" and have an impact on the way they do business? Will it hold them to account? Will it promote those who receive positive reviews? Kavin is definitely putting a lot of effort into weeding out the bad and "making the world a better place for dogs." We can only hope that this works. While we might have questions about how the comments on the site are being vetted, we do applaud her for both it and her book.
See our Q&A with Kavin and read an excerpt from Dog Merchants, plus read an excerpt from The Underdogs.
Culture: Reviews
(University of Chicago Press)
To Raymond and Lorna Coppinger and their chief hagiographer at the New York Times, James Gorman, who wrote a fawning profile of the pair recently, the vast majority of the world's 1-billion dogs all look alike because they have evolved to fill the ecological niche of village dump-diver or biological garbage disposal. Like all of Raymond Coppinger's books, many of them co-authored, What Is a Dog? is a reductionist work of illogic that relies on simplistic scientific arguments and pre sent ism, manifest here in the assumption that the present circumstances of street dogs or village dogs have always been thus. The argument is grounded in Ray Coppinger's belief that dogs cannot possibly have evolved from gray wolves because they look nothing like large northern wolves who feed on caribou, moose and other large animals. Were he to compare those 30-pound street dogs to the small desert wolf, he might find something different.
At the base of this book lies the Coppingers' notion—wrong in all regards—that dogs are a species unto themselves and began to appear some 7,000 years ago, a time coincident with the first dog burials. The first dog burials in the archaeological record date to 12,000 or more years ago. The Coppingers also misrepresent or ignore evidence that dogs evolved from a gray wolf, most likely a now extinct subspecies, and continued to crossbreed for thousands of years with wolves who arose about the same time dogs did. Genes flowed from wolves to dogs and dogs to wolves. In some parts of the world, the crossbreeding continues. In the Caucasus, for example, wolves and livestock-guarding dogs are still interbreeding.
The Coppingers take what can only be described as an ahistorical view of the dog-human relationship. They seem to believe it has always resembled the current model of the dog occupying the niche of garbage disposal and occasional early warning system for incoming human or nonhuman predators. Some attention is paid to the system of transhumance—the seasonal movement of sheep between mountain and lowland pastures—but nearly nothing is said about other historic and traditional uses of dogs in particular cultures. Having spent most of their book arguing that 85 percent of the world's 1-billion dogs are street/village dogs—the rest being human-created purebreds or their crosses—that all look the same and occupy the same niche, the Coppingers leave themselves little room for a serious discussion of just who dogs are.
Culture: Reviews
A quie t and moving ref lect ion on t he transformative relationship we have with our dogs. A walk around a country lake/ holds our attention/an abandoned pup is found by a young son/a family grows/ adventures begin/walking/reflections. Bo and his man/so much to discover. A delightful "cathartic" experience with photos that draw the reader in, inspiring our thoughts too. This is a special book that dog lovers will appreciate.
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This small volume of "lessons" and ref lections is written by a Benedictine nun who loves and appreciates animals. In it, she illuminates the signif icance that dogs and other pets have had in her life. Each chapter begins with a story of what an animal did to inspire qualities such as acceptance, purpose, enjoyment, empathy and diversity (plus many others). Each vignette is followed by a consideration of the importance those qualities should have in our lives. Not surprisingly, the book is constructed much like a sermon, but one that's offered with a very tender, and at times humorous, tone.
In her introduction, she relates how "spiritually profound" she finds the question of "what it means to be entrusted with nature, to live with a pet." She also notes that there are two creation stories in Genesis. The more widely known suggests that humans were assigned "dominion" over other living creatures and nature. The other, she points out, tells us that animals were brought to Adam to be named; her take on this may differ from what many others have interpreted as having "power over them."
The second creation story is actually older than the first, and Chittister construes it more generously—she feels that to name "is an act of relationship, not dominance." She also makes the important point that if we look at a creation story as a relationship tale, it "inserts us into the animal world and animals into ours—with everything that implies about interdependence." The book goes on to illustrate this perfectly. You don't need to be spiritually inclined to find significance in it and to take inspiration from it.
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He's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Riding into Congress on a wave of Tea Party enthusiasm and an unwavering denial of U.S. citizens to legally consume cannabis for any reason, Maryland Congressman Andy Harris recently offered new legislation that would make it easier to legally conduct research on the therapeutic benefits of cannabis.
The well-known opponent of legalization has been getting the thumbs up from some cannabis advocates. But don't you fall for it. It's a scam.
Harris recently told reporters that he personally thinks cannabis is the drug of choice in very, very few situations.
"Can it be useful in some situations? Probably. We haven't really defined those very clearly."
Maybe Harris hasn't defined those situations clearly, but others have.
First, Do No Harm
Last week, I told you about the story of Harper Howard, who was born in 2010 with a rare genetic disorder called CDKL5 epilepsy. At two weeks old, Harper began having severe seizures. At her worst, she was having 40 seizures a day, and none of the conventional therapies were working.
But after her parents were able to provide her with a specialized CBD oil (an oil extracted from the stalk of the hemp plant that's known for having a wide range of medical benefits), Harper's seizures eventually disappeared.
Then there's the case of Charlotte Figi, who years ago was also diagnosed with an extreme form of epilepsy. Her parent's were able to get access to a special kind of medical marijuana – after moving to Colorado where they could purchase it legally.
Before she started the medical marijuana therapy, she was having about 300 seizures a week. Today, she has about four a month.
I understand that doctors want to see data. It makes sense. And Congressman Harris is a doctor. However, doctors also take an oath, pledging to "First, do no harm."
By seeking to deny any sick person the medication he or she needs to treat an ailment, Andy Harris is not living up to his promise to "do no harm."
As a Congressman, Harris also took an oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But the war on drugs is clearly unconstitutional. So by supporting and continuing the war on drugs, Harris is actually in violation of that oath.
Of course, Harris isn't the only proud prohibitionist on the Hill. But he's one of the most outspoken ones. So don't believe for a second that his new proposal to make it easier for scientists to research cannabis is anything more than a con.
Harris doesn't care about medical marijuana research. He just cares about stalling the inevitable legalization of cannabis. But no matter how hard he huffs and puffs, he simply won't be able to stop a movement that is based on the rights of all adults to legally medicate and recreate on their own terms.
Andy Harris is no friend of cannabis. Nor is he a friend of liberty or compassion. He's a plastic politician with ideas that are about as relevant in today's world as the rotary phone. So while he offers the illusion of throwing cannabis advocates a bone, keep in mind that anything he presents in the form of cannabis policy is nothing more than roadblock to full legalization. His intentions are not honorable and his agenda is littered with partisan buffoonery and venom. Watch for yourself …
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If you want to learn more about CTU, we encourage you to come and visit us! We will be having an upcoming open house on Thursday, January 15, 5:30 – 8 p.m. This special open house will focus on CTU's merit and need-based scholarship opportunities through the Bernardin, Tolton, Romero, and Leadership in Ministry scholarship programs. Learn more about CTU scholarship assistance here.
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John Paul Lederach is one of the world's leading figures in conflict transformation. Along with more technical treatises on the subject, he has written several books about what might be called the underlying spirituality of an effective peacebuilder. This event will feature a conversation between Lederach and CTU Professor Robert Schreiter, CPPS, about how Lederach's thinking on this subject has been developing since his landmark book, The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace.
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HarvardX and MITx: Two Years of Open Online Courses Fall 2012-Summer 2014
Andrew Dean Ho
Harvard University; Harvard University - HarvardX
Isaac Chuang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Office of Digital Learning; MIT
Justin Reich
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Office of Digital Learning
Cody Austun Coleman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jacob Whitehill
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Curtis G Northcutt
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March 30, 2015
What happens when well-known universities offer online courses, assessments, and certificates of completion for free? Early descriptions of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have emphasized large enrollments, low certification rates, and highly educated registrants. We use data from two years and 68 open online courses offered by Harvard University (via HarvardX) and MIT (via MITx) to broaden the scope of answers to this question. We describe trends over this two-year span, depict participant intent using comprehensive survey instruments, and chart course participation pathways using network analysis. We find that overall participation in our MOOCs remains substantial and that the average growth has been steady. We explore how diverse audiences — including explorers, teachers-as-learners, and residential students — provide opportunities to advance the principles on which HarvardX and MITx were founded: access, research, and residential education.
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'M*A*S*H' Star Harry Morgan Dies Following a Bout of Pneumonia
Emmy Award winner Harry Morgan has passed away. The actor, who was famous for his portrayal of wisecracking Colonel Sherman T. Potter on "M*A*S*H", died at the age of 96 on Wednesday, December 7 at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles, his daughter-in-law Beth Morgan confirmed.
Beth additionally told the Associated Press that the Detective Bill Gannon of crime series "Dragnet" had recently been treated for pneumonia. She also remembered the late actor as "a very gentle and loving father-in-law". Saying that he was "side-splittingly funny," she added, "He was very humble about having such a successful career."
Born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit in 1915, Harry had four children with his first wife, Eileen, who died in 1985 after 45 years of marriage. He is survived by his second wife, Barbara Bushman; three sons, Christopher, Charles and Paul; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. One of his sons, Daniel, died in 1989.
Harry made his way to Hollywood in 1942 after working on stage. One of his earliest films was "The Ox Bow Incident" in 1943 with Henry Fonda. His films credit included "Wing and a Prayer", "High Noon" and ''What Price Glory". He began his television career in the 1950s, playing Pete Porter on his first series, "December Bride".
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Central Catholic's girls and Patterson's boys continue to lead the Tri-City area's prep basketball teams in the most recent unofficial Louisiana High School Athletic Association power rankings released Tuesday morning.
Central Catholic is ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, while Patterson is No. 7 in Class 3A.
Other area girls' teams included Morgan City, ranked No. 31 in Class 4A; Patterson, No. 47 in Class 3A; and Berwick, No. 61 in Class 3A.
Salmen is Class 4A's top-ranked squad, while Ville Platte is No. 1 in Class 3A.
In other boys' rankings, Central Catholic is No. 14 in Class 1A; Berwick is No. 49 in Class 3A; and Morgan City is No. 54 in Class 4A.
Arcadia is No. 1 in Class 1A, while University Lab is tops in Class 3A and Peabody is No. 1 in 4A.
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The Last Exorcism Gallery
After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl (Ashley Bell) brings him face to face with evil itself. View photos from The Last Exorcism.
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YOU! The Experience at the Museum of Science and Industry
More than just a body, you are a complex blend of your choices, your personality, and your environment. Who you are depends on how you care for yourself and enjoy your life. YOU! The Experience brings these elements together into an interactive exhibit examining and celebrating the experience of life itself. It is one of the first and largest exhibitions to showcase the connection between the human mind, body and spirit in the 21st century. Start exploring the exhibit's fun and fascinating opportunities to explore what it is to be … YOU!
A historic 1800s family farm that is maintained in its original location. Programs depict settlers' lives with period accuracy.
CITY:Wood Dale
An authentic log cabin located in the heart of Glen Carbon, it has the original ceiling rafters and attic floor. The sidewalks are made from a 1912 school building. The Cabin is used for group activities and community events. Tours by appointment.
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, an American hero who helped tame the Wild West, was born in Monmouth in 1848. Visit his birthplace and see historical documents and artifacts that tell the story of this great American hero. Tours by appointment only.
Woodlawn Farm - Underground Railroad Site
This farm was established in 1824 by Michael Huffaker who built four cabins for free black families and later hid fleeing slaves there. Tours available between Memorial Day and Labor Day on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Woodlawn Cemetery and Civil War Soldiers Plot
The first burial at Woodlawn Cemetery was that of a Union Soldier in 1861. The plot is the resting place for over 80 Civil War Soldiers. An interpretive sign provides history of the plot and a listing of the soldiers buried there. Also located here are Civil War era cannons. Several others buried outside of the Civil War Soldiers plot were contemporaries of Abraham Lincoln.
Woodbine Glass Museum and Gift Shop
Museum displays 4,020 pieces of hand-blown glass, including contemporary and antique work from many countries. Gift shop.
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
The goals of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology are to collect and preserve literature and equipment pertaining to anesthesiology and to make available to the anesthesiology community, others in the medical profession and the public the most comprehensive educational, scientific and archival resources in anesthesiology.
Wonder Works is 6,400 square feet of fun, a place of creative play for kids birth to age eight. Located in Oak Park, Illinois at 6445 West North Avenue, the children's museum helps kids, their parents and caregivers unleash their imaginations through art, performance, design, building and more.
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The Windmill Cultural Center houses an extensive collection of 21 European windmills representing ten European countries. Interpretive exhibits provide unique information on the products produced by windmills, country of origin, windmill specifications, and the cultural impact of windmills. The Education Area features video presentations of the windmill countries and an education area contains children's activities including coloring, puzzles, and toys promoting scientific concepts. The gift shop sells fresh stone-ground flour, Delft pottery, and souvenirs of Fulton, the Windmill Cultural Center and the windmill.
Located in historic Lincoln Square Mall next to the Framer's Market, this store features all sorts of arts from paintings, sculptures, and pottery works. Stop in and just browse, or perhaps purchase one of these fine pieces of art.
Williamson County Historical Museum
Located in an historic brick building in Marion, the museum features artifacts, antiques, and records of a bygone era. 17 rooms contain exhibits, including an old-fashioned school room. Tours may be arranged through the Marion Chamber of Commerce.
Built in 1856, this Italianate building is home of the Aurora Historical Society and where you'll find historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to now. Tours of fully furnished home & exhibits offered by appointment. Season tours begin on Sun., April 10 and will be offered at 1, 2 and 3 pm every Wed. and Sun. through Sept. 28. They will be closed on July 3 to prepare for Independence Day. Tours are free; donations appreciated.
William M. Staerkel Planetarium
Discover the universe at the second largest planetarium in Illinois, the William M. Staerkel Planetarium, located on the campus of Parkland College. With a state-of-the-art digital projection system, visitors can learn about the stars, planets and more in this cutting-edge environment. At the planetarium website, you will learn of special programs and features coinciding with the many events in our universe. Public shows are on most Friday and Saturday nights, as well as summer matinees.
Will County Historical Society
Incorporated in 1964, the Will County Historical Society exists to connect people and organizations to the county's rich history. The Society's museum is housed in the original headquarters of the I&M Canal. Built in 1837, the structure played a central role in the design, financing, and construction of the Canal and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Changing exhibits highlight the history of Will County and the Canal. The Society's extensive collection includes significant county and canal-related records, including maps, plats, land records, obituaries, photographs, newspapers, receipts, and correspondence.
Will County Historical Society
Incorporated in 1964, the Will County Historical Society exists to connect people and organizations to the county's rich history. The Society's museum is housed in the original headquarters of the I&M Canal. Built in 1837, the structure played a central role in the design, financing, and construction of the Canal and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Changing exhibits highlight the history of Will County and the Canal. The Society's extensive collection includes significant county and canal-related records, including maps, plats, land records, obituaries, photographs, newspapers, receipts, and correspondence.
The Wildlife Discovery Center is a special place offering programs for people of all ages who have an interest in wildlife and their habitat. Children's classes, adult programs, and school field trips focus on wildlife conservation, field biology, and ecology. The Center also offers self-guided nature hikes, workshops, eco-based summer camps, wildlife ecology trips, group presentations, traveling animal exhibits and exciting volunteer opportunities. You can visit eye-to-eye with over 150 animals including a bobcat, raptors, Kookaburras, and an assortment of venomous and non-venomous reptiles like crocodilians, snakes, turtles and tortoises. The Wildlife Discovery Center is home to one of the largest public exhibits of rattlesnakes in North America, including four species that are native to Illinois. Indoor exhibits hours are Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The outdoor exhibits and walking trails are open year round.
CITY:Lake Forest
Wild Reef: Sharks at Shedd Aquarium
See sharks glide through underwater gardens of iridescent corals and garden eels. Wander through a lagoon and mangrove forest, and visit a fishing village where residents saved their reef from destruction.
Western Illinois University Agricultural Department
Explore the Allison Research and Demonstration area, which has historically been farmed without the use of pesticides and limited amounts of commercial fertilizer. The university also has a bull and ram test station.
This museum, located in an old school building contains artifacts, memorabilia and hundreds of photographs, which depict lifestyles and the people from the early days of Franklin County. Only 10 miles southwest of Rend Lake. The museum is free to the public but they do accept donations.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Housed in historic Turner Town Hall (National Register site), the museum features community history exhibits and a research collection including local history and railroad materials. The Kid Zone Gallery offers changing hands-on displays for all ages.
CITY:West Chicago
Covering history from Quashquema to present, visitors will see items of Dr. John Weld, pioneer physician. Rooms of this Greek revival style home circa 1837 feature artifacts covering Nauvoo's long rich history. A 900-piece arrow-head collection, a river history display, pioneer artifacts, copies of Joseph and Hyrum's death masks, 1895 wedding garments, old Nauvoo business artifacts and photos spanning over 100 years of Nauvoo history on display.
Watson Adventure Scavenger Hunts
Explore museums, historic neighborhoods and more while hunting for answers to tricky, humorous questions. Monthly hunts are offered for the public and private groups.
Washington County Historical Museum
Built in 1871 as a private residence, this building now holds hundreds of artifacts from the country including a display of period wedding dresses.


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If you havent played the original game then you think its a great, game BUT compared to the first this game is a joke!
First of all the game crashes in new machines so save often, now in case you dont know deus ex is a game that takes place in the future with fps rpg mixture dualogies and missions also the ability to make choices on diifirent way to play to choose factions or a different outcome BUT in the previous game you had skills weapons medic locpick electronics and you collect exp to use them to upgrade in invisible war there no skillpoints so no weapon innacuracy no upgrade you just shoot and enemis shoot you few shots and you are dead so open the inventory pause the game and heal yourself unlike deus ex 1 shot to the head is not lethal and weaponss dont look cool or use different ammo types like armor perceing or grenades ALL THE WEAPONS USE THE SAME AMMO, so you got a pistol a sniper rilfe a rocket laucher an smg a shotgun ALL USE THE SAME AMMO, what kinda stupid crap is this in a game that relies on freedom? in the previous you using diffirent weapons but not to save ammo in deus ex you use staff like flashbang grenades or emp grenades to disable robots to save ammo because the amount of ammo you spent is too high and you get too low so the game doesnt relly in combat, unlike deus ex the upgrades you use dont upgrade like ammo capacity or range or accuracy but do stuff like silencer glass distabilazier and ammo scavanger or emp convertor!
Mainly deus ex is a game that rellies in dialogues joining factions abd looking for people the story of the game however is a joke compared to deus ex not a recommended game for story, so you just go form small level to small level and talk to people to get missions, in any case levels are small simple and take ages to load at least in 2003 just imagine the time they need!
deus ex allows you to do stuff like disabling an assault bot with a emp grenade or using one of your hacking augmentations to use it against them or destroy it,or ou can choose a different infiltration method like a shaft or to climb or avoid the camera sneak behind a guard and take him out with a silenced weapon or a electric prod, but compared to the bigger and better levels of deux ex, eg in deus ex you could choose to either:
1blow up a door
3find the key
4use the keypad if you know the code
5hack the keypad with a multitool
6find a computer and use the login and password to open the door
7 hack the computer and do the same or use the defense turrets against your enemies
and so on it goes use shield power or turn insvisble form enemies or off robot and camera radar undettected or healing and outher stuff!
BUT in invisible war you dont have explosive grenades that you can s stick in the walss as mines or demo charges you dont have to use the lockpick or multitool there is only one multitool it opens doors and hacks at the same time, also no skill levels that change the amount of mutlitools you use or the effectivenes of you weapons its just crap, and unlike deus ex 1 YOU CANT TYPE AND SAVE YOUR ONE MESSAGES KEYPAD NUMBERS DONT GET SAVED IN LOGS SCREEN AND YOU CANT TAKE YOU ON NOTES, thats right in deus ex if you didnt know the password to a pc or the number for a keypad you coult try typing but invisible war, your only option on an atm is to hack it not type login and password and take the amount of money you want form that account, so either you know the code and press use on it or hack it, much less freedom than the original also you jsut move in cities but the levels an music are not that good as deus ex!
SO deus ex has: better story better levels better music much longer more options and choices to make more freedom more stuff to do!
Finnaly if you liked this one stop right know what you do and get deus ex i mean eight now its 10000 times better propably the best fps ever, this one is a joke compared to the original!


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k-os Biography (Wikipedia)
Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972), better known by his stage name k-os ("chaos"), is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted.
The alias "k-os", spelled with a lower case "k", was intended to be less aggressive than the pseudonyms of other rappers whose names were all upper case, such as KRS-One. It is an acronym for "Knowledge of Self," although in a later interview he said that it originally stood for "Kevin's Original Sound." k-os' music incorporates a wide variety of music genres, including rap, funk, rock, and reggae. The lyrics frequently focus on promoting a "positive message" while at times expressing criticism of mainstream hip hop culture's obsession with money, fame and glorification of violence. A musician as well as a producer, k-os has written and produced nearly every part of all four of his albums. k-os usually performs with a live band, something that is uncommon in the hip hop genre. He sometimes plays guitar and keyboard both during live performances and in the studio.
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|Beef top round steak
|12 Ounce, cut 3/4 inch thick and trimmed of all visible fat (1 Whole)
|2 Cup (32 tbs), cut into 1/2 inch wide shreds
|Bite size broccoli florets
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Rice vinegar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Defatted low sodium beef broth/Water
|2 Tablespoon
|Reduced sodium soy sauce
|2 Tablespoon
|1 Teaspoon
|Grated ginger root
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
Place the steak on the rack in a broiling pan.
Broil 3" from the heat for 6 minutes.
Turn the steak over and broil for 6 to 8 minutes more or until cooked to desired doneness; cool.
Slice across the grain on the diagonal into 1/8'-thick strips.
Then cut each strip lengthwise in half and transfer the strips to a large bowl; set aside.
Place the spinach in a colander and set aside.
Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to a boil.
Add the broccoli and blanch for 30 seconds.
Immediately pour the hot water and broccoli over the spinach in the colander. (The hot water will blanch, but not cook, the spinach.) Drain the spinach and broccoli well and add them to the steak.
In a small bowl, stir together the vinegar, broth or water, soy sauce, honey, ginger and garlic.
Pour over the steak and vegetables.
Toss until coated.
Arrange on a platter and serve.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 867 Calories from Fat 303
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 34 g51.8%
Saturated Fat 0.19 g0.97%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0.33 mg0.11%
Sodium 1139.3 mg47.5%
Total Carbohydrates 25 g8.3%
Dietary Fiber 1.8 g7.2%
Sugars 5 g
Protein 114 g227.9%
Vitamin A 276.4% Vitamin C 440.9%
Calcium 20.4% Iron 26.7%
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My niece got married on Saturday. The Big Guy and I went on a road trip to Cincinnati. This time it was without any children. Kind of odd, but a taste of what's to come next year! We had a nice ride even if we were routed to Lexington. Gotta love Google Map App, always getting us to our destination in the fastest amount of time.
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Last week in Cincinnati, The Big Guy and I were right down the street from our reception sight. We drove around back and I snapped this picture. What a place and what great memories. It seems like yesterday we were leaving the reception heading to our hotel. I remember my face hurting from smiling. How can 25 years go by so quickly?!?
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Provider failed to schedule test that was recommended. Had to call to remind them. I am in a lot of pain and would have liked some speed in getting things done.
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Not only was Dr. Guo friendly and easy to talk with, but his PA, Jamie Weiss (I believe that was her name) was also very friendly and helpful.
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Lot 287: Lot of 2 Pepsi Bottlecap Fan Pulls- 1940s + 1950s
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Shaquita [shaqui-ta] as a name for girls is of American derivation. Shaquita is an alternate form of Sha- (American).
Shaquita has 1 variant: Shakeita.
20 more different relations via Sha-: Shadira, Shadiya, Shakila, Shakina, Shakira▼, Shakitra, Shalaina, Shalia, Shalisa, Shalita, Shaliza, Shamika, Shanetta, Shanika, Shanita, Shaquina, Shaquise, Sharaia, Sharina and Sharita.Creative forms:
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Shaquita entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its peak rank of #1071 in the U.S. in the year 1990, but is not listed currently. (Top 2000 Names, 2015)
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True horror lurks in the shadows.
From the creator of the Clock Tower series and the director of The Grudge, comes the next terrifying flight from the scissors.
Hifumi Kono and Takashi Shimizu come together to introduce a horror where true fear leaks through the whole story.
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- 3 Playable protagonists
- Multiple endings, but only 1 true ending
Welcomed aboard a luxurious cruise liner, you are spending your time enjoying this rare opportunity.
But at the height of the evening, things are not as they appear as a murder brings it all to a grinding halt. With no idea which direction to turn, blame is thrown around the ship in panic as the guests start to suspect one another.
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CPU: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
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Memory: 4GB
Disk space: 10GB
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I really like the game
I at first got a build that wasn't work that was uploaded to the site by accident. But that is going to be fixed
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posted on 2016-04-01
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Old-School, with all that entails.
A bit rough around the edges, and cryptic at times, but a good spooky game to scratch that particular Clock Tower itch.
As it is now, you might want to wait a little bit while the bugs are getting smoothed out. Wait about a week (from this date), and then try buying it; the patches should be applied by then.
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Unstable for me at the moment
The game keeps crashing on me very early on and its unavoidable. There is an item i need to attain to move progress further. And as soon as i grab it, the game crashes. Ive tried lowering my configuration settings and re-downloading the game, yet it still crashed on me in the same way. Not sure how to fix this.
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posted on 2016-04-12
21:42:18 by KrisFrosz133
It's Not Finished!
Fundamentally, NightCry is exactly what I've been waiting for from the creators of Clock Tower, The Grudge and more; from its creepy aesthetics, haunting music and foreboding mood. However, the game itself isn't quite finished. Frame rate is incredibly slow, the graphics lack polish, the lip syncing is bad, and the controls feel very clunky. I feel like I'm playing a broken PS2 game.
At this stage, NightCry feels like it's in beta. I sincerely hope the developers will release a patch that will fix all these issues pronto. I'm one the Kickstarter pledges and I want NightCry to be as best as it can be.
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posted on 2016-09-12
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Game is great so far, look forward to playing the rest
Game keeps crashing chapter 1 scene 2 before and sometimes after leaving ship to island, going to try downloading again
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Head Measurement for Hat - Crochet Tip #50
The easiest way to change size with a hat pattern is to use a larger or smaller crochet hook. Another way to change size is to eliminate rounds for a smaller hat or do additional rounds with increase stitches for a larger hat.
The following chart is an estimate for various size heads.
Head Circumference 13" - 14 "
Hat Circumference = 11.5" - 13"
Hat height = 5.5 to 6"
Baby - 3 to 6 months
Head Circumference: 14" - 17 "
Hat height= 6.5 - 7"
Baby - 6 to 12 months
Head Circumference: 16" - 19 "
Hat height = 7.5"
Toddler -12 months - 3 years
Hat height = 8"
Head Circumference: 18" to 20 "
Child - 3 - 10 years
Hat height =8.5"
Head Circumference: 19" - 20 1/2"
Hat height 9-10"
Head Circumference: 20 1/2" - 22"
Adult Woman
Head Circumference: 21.5" - 22.5"
Adult Man
Head Circumference: 23" - 24"
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Thanks SO much for this! I always have questions about sizing. Is the "hat circumference" how large the circle should be when you stop increasing?ReplyDelete
That is the estimate for how large it will be upon completion. When you stop increasing, the hat size will expand and get larger even though you are not adding more increases.
This is very helpful.Thanks for always be there helping us ....Blessings to you and your family!ReplyDelete
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Hello! Thank you so much for your help. I've learned a great deal from your videos and tutorials. I'm so grateful. Thanks! I have a question, though. I'm crocheting a hat for my friends' 3 month-old baby. I'm not following a pattern and I want to add ear flaps but do not know where to put them as the baby is not here so I can measure. What can I do? Please, help. :)ReplyDelete
maybe you can help me, what is the proper way to measure the hat's circumference? its probably obvious, but im blankingReplyDelete
Hi Teresa...I have a question...Is there a basic circumfrence measurement I can use for the actual hat for a toddler size? It seems like everytime I stop increasing my stitches, I'm completely guessing as to what size it will turn out and then many times it ends up too small or too large and I have to rip everything out and start over. For example if I have a measuring tape, once I reach xx amt. of measurements I can stop increasing?? I feel like I'm not explaining myself the best...Hopefully you understand what I am asking. Thank you so much! I am just starting out with crocheting and am LOVING it! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Experience, trial and error is what will help you learn and understand the variables. When you use the same size hook and yarn, most likely the cap will always be close in size to the previous cap. Think of it like this, you can have 25 or 45 stitches in a 4 inch circle. The 25 stitches is going to be a smaller cap, where 45 stitches will be a larger cap.Delete
Ok I'm a little lost, how should I measure my hat to make sure it's the right size? I am pretty sure what I've been doing this far isn't working! Do measure the circle after I stop increasing, do I measure it across once I've gotten halfway through and then double that number? I can't seem to come up with a good answer through Google!ReplyDeleteReplies
Think of it like this, you can have 25 or 45 stitches in a 4 inch circle. The 25 stitches is going to be a smaller cap, where 45 stitches will be a larger cap.Delete
I'm fairly new to crocheting, but am doing pretty good thanks to all your wonderful videos. Thanks! I'm wondering about hat height. Do I measure it flat from the "magic ring" (top) down to the brim? or...Do I measure from the part from where I stopped increasing stitches? Thanks in advance for your help!ReplyDelete