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Judy Borden: I'm an honor student! In my whole life I've never even gotten a "B." Arnold Horshack: Neither have I.
I never really watched this one. Now and then, if nothing else in the world was happening. It experienced a brief resurgence in the 1990s but, honestly, it's not that funny. Never mind. Seventies television proves a strange thing, and Kotter, ripe for its time and place, became a hit, produced significant amounts of merchandise and far too many catchphrases, almost hosted the final appearance of Groucho Marx, sent one dubious superstar into the world, and then, after four seasons, plunged in popularity and folded. With the exception of John Travolta, none its stars ever rose above the c-list again.
Blame Fonzie. Or Gabe Kaplan.
Without the wild success of Happy Days and its breakaway character, Arthur Fonzerelli, no one would have green-lighted a show about tough under-achievers in Brooklyn. And without Gabe Kaplan, this particular revisiting of the Dead End Kids could never have existed at all.
Kaplan, a mediocre comedian with a massive 'fro, pitched a series1 about a teacher who returns to his alma mater, fictional James Buchanan High, to teach social studies and history to academically troubled students. Gabe Kotter, Kaplan's alter-ego on the show, had himself been a remedial student, many years ago, but he eventually achieved academic success. He hopes to inspire others. The show also featured John Sylvester White as Mr. Woodman, a vice-principal who didn't like Kotter when he was a student and only gradually gives him grudging respect. Marcia Strassman played Kotter's wife, Julie. Strassman complained about her character's limited role and, in later seasons, publicly pilloried Kaplan. Julie Kotter later becomes a mother and then takes a job at James Buchanan High, in an effort to give the actress more to do.
The theme song, "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian, became a #1 hit; in the credit sequence, it plays over actual footage of Brooklyn. The rougher, edgier look of the sequence suits the pilot episode, which presents the students a little more realistically than the series would. Concerns about glamorizing juvenile delinquency (they worried about such things, back then) led to the network toning down the characters and mining them for comic potential. The Sweathogs, as everyone in the show called the remedial kids, are more silly than street, and the comedic chemistry among the cast helps the show along.
Kaplan's background as a stand-up comedian carried into ...Kotter. Most episodes start and close with his character telling someone a joke, usually involving an eccentric uncle. During his lessons he frequently launches into an impersonation of his comic idol, Groucho Marx.
In his stand-up routine, Kaplan often spun tales about his Brooklyn youth. He peopled this bit with such characters as cool but dim-witted lady's man Eddie Lacarri, athletic Freddy "Furdy" Peyton, tough guy "the Animal," and moronic loser Arnold Horshack. They became the backbone of the Sweathogs, Welcome Back, Kotter's crew of remedial kids. Lacarri became Vinny Barbarino, played by John Travolta, a less-intelligent, 70s take on the Fonz. Peyton was now Freddy "Boom-Boom" Washington (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), a more intelligent, basketball-obsessed attempt to market cool. The Animal partially inspired Juan Epstein (Robert Hegyes), a tough guy of mixed Jewish and Puerto Rican ancestry. Arnold Horshack (Ron Pallilo) remained the same, a braying idiot who delighted the show's legion of kiddie fans.
A number of recurring characters came and went. Most notable is Rosalee "Hotsie" Totsie (Debralee Scott), the rebellious, oversexed daughter of a minister. Her reputation for promiscuity proves to be as much bravado and Sweathog rumour as reality. She appears several times in the first season, and then disappears (Scott had taken a role on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) until the third. In the wake of that season's Christmas clip episode, she reappears in one of the show's few memorable stories—one that, if memory serves me correctly, actually came with some version of a parental warning. The guys, now expressly identified as seniors, head out to a strip club, only to see their old classmate on the stage. It turns out she left school because she became pregnant, and she took the stripper job to support her child. The Sweathogs help her get a more respectable job, after which she vanishes from the show for good.2
Judy Borden (Helaine Lembeck) appears throughout the first three seasons. A bright girl, she serves variously as antagonist and tutor to the Sweathogs. For a time, she has a crush and a quasi-dating relationship with Barbarino. Carvelli (Charlies Fleischer) has a recurring role as a gang member from a rival school. Bambi (Susan Lanier) appears in two first season episodes. The blonde bombshell lies about her life to get attention, but then comes clean. Despite the character's popularity with young male viewers, she never became a regular. In the difficult final season, the show added new regulars: Beauregarde De Labarre (Stephen Shortridge) a loquacious Southern replacement for the now-absent Barbarino, and Angie Globagoski (Melonie Haller), a genuine female Sweathog characterized by more than her sexuality. Neither achieved much presence in the popgeist.
Your dreams were your ticket out. —theme song
Episodes revolve around Kotter's attempts to help his students achieve and the Sweathogs own wild, implausible antics. Usually, everyone learns some homespun moral by the time closing credits roll around. Despite the tough-school setting, Welcome Back, Kotter remains very much a typical sitcom. Occasionally the show tries to address real-world issues—such as street drugs. These very special episodes struggle against the otherwise comic tone and silly sitcom-reality.
Catchphrases gained inexplicable popularity in the 1970s; you couldn't do a sitcom without them. ...Kotter has more than I care to list. "Up your nose with a rubber hose" actually gained some currency in the popular culture, as did Horshack's annoying laugh, Washington's car-salesman-like "Hi, there," Epstein's formulaic forged notes, and Barbarino's "You can't do this to me! I'm Vinnie Barbarino!"
The final season saw Woodman become principal and Kotter, VP, though he maintained some teaching duties. By then, Kaplan had become embroiled in feuds with Marcia Strassman and the show's producers. He appears less frequently, as the series focuses on the increasingly un-teenage-looking students. With the success of Saturday Night Fever and Grease, Travolta turned to his movie career. Barbarino leaves school for a job as an orderly, reappearing occasionally in order to fulfill Travolta's contract with the network.
Horshack, apparently, got some respect. Early in the season, he cheers up a depressed girl, Mary (Irene Arrange). They gradually fall in love and marry in the finale.
The show's rating had fallen into a falcon-dive, and none of these efforts resulted in a final upward swoop. Welcome Back, Kotter never saw a fifth season.
Circumstances also cheated the show of what should have been its most memorable moment. In the second season, comedy legend Groucho Marx agreed to do a cameo for the episode "Sadie Hawkins Day." He would appear briefly to critique Kotter's Groucho shtick. He arrived on the set in ill health—too ill to proceed. Marx died within a year; had he been able to perform, the appearance would have been his last.
Merchandise and Spin-offs
The Sweathogs achieved something like the breakaway success of Fonzie, at least during their early seasons. Mattel manufactured action figures of Kotter and his four favourite students. Ideal briefly offered an "Up Your Nose with a Rubber Hose" board game. Other licensees offered Sweathog novels, lunchboxes, and collectible cards. MPC marketed a customized 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix scale model kit as the "Sweathogs Dream Machine." All four core Sweathogs appear on the box-- though I don't believe any of them owned such a vehicle in the series.3 DC Comics ran ten issues of a Welcome Back, Kotter comic. Although the characters experienced wilder adventures than the show allowed (an escaped elephant figures in one, and a runaway helicopter, in another), DC never expressly tied them into their larger DC Universe.4
Successful 70s shows birthed spin-offs: All in the Family and Happy Days produced more than most people can easily recall (including, of course, spin-offs of spin-offs). Welcome Back, Kotter tried, with little success. Pat Morita's short-lived Mr. T and Tina received its pilot in an episode of Kotter. I have no memory of the show, which apparently lasted five episodes. It holds some status as the first American show to feature an Asian-American lead and as the series that starred the other Mr. T. Another embedded pilot introduced us to Horshack's family. Producers hoped for a show about Arnold, but the network (wisely, I suspect) did not back the concept. In the 1990s, with reruns of the show getting some notice, Robert Hegyes pitched a new series about the adult Sweathogs. It never even made the pilot stage. No one should be surprised. If All in the Family became more of a conventional sitcom after its groundbreaking, brilliant early years, and Happy Days, more a human cartoon after its first two, both series at least started with memorable characters. Kotter's cast rarely showed more than one or two dimensions. Its premise has potential, but its execution simply gave too little to develop.
Nevertheless, in 2005, Ice Cube announced that he would be remaking the series as a movie. He himself would play Mr. Kotter. Thus far, the reinvention has stalled in production.
Final Reflections
Popular culture touches our lives in weird ways. The first season of Welcome Back, Kotter came to its conclusion as I eagerly awaited the end of sixth grade. The eighth-grade French class had been assigned the task of writing original scripts, en français, for their favourite shows. These they casted, memorized, blocked, and performed for the school. One group developed an original episode of Happy Days, in which Fonzie and Arnold challenge each other to a fight in order to settle some dispute. The other group did a fairly literal adaptation of Welcome Back, Kotter's first "Bambi" episode, complete with scantily-clad blonde girl. Like I said, it was a show I watched now and then, but never followed. Reflecting on that performance, however, in the school gymnasium— the steel plant bellowing smoke and fire a few blocks away-- I understand Kotter's appeal.
Some of those grade-eight actors weren't far from the character types they played. Television may have done an inadequate job, but someone, at least, tried to make a kid-friendly sitcom that said our lives were interesting—and that thoughtful guidance and worthwhile dreams could make a difference to those lives.
1. Kaplan co-created the show with Alan Sacks, who also grew up in Brookyln. 2. Scott, best remembered for her 70s roles, including a small part in American Graffiti, continued as a bit-part actor throughout the 1980s. Her partner, a police officer, died in the 9/11 terrorist attack. In 2005, she lapsed into a coma. She recovered and appeared healthy, but shortly thereafter died of undetermined causes. 3. Apparently, a fourth-season episode, "The Sweatmobile," involves the Sweathogs trying to buy a car, but this episode comes along a couple years after the plastic model, and I can find no reference to the car's make. 4. Pity. "Batman meets the Sweat Hogs" would have been a laugh riot.
Some sources: "Debralee Scott." Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debralee_Scott Mike Voiles. Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics. http://www.dcindexes.com/ "Welcome Back, Kotter." The Imdb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072582/ "Welcome Back, Kotter." Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back,_Kotter "Welcome Back, Kotter Board Game." Board Games, A-Z. http://www.trollandtoad.com/p294668.html?PHPSESSID= "Welcome Back, Kotter Episode Guide." epguides. http://epguides.com/WelcomeBackKotter/
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Good Attitude
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Keeping your social life abuzz in tough times
–Sally Horchow
Listen up, party people. We may be in a recession, and soon a depression, with little or no cash to fund nonessential activities. But just like Warren Buffett said of the stock market, I say of our social lives: This is no time to panic. If you have to, don't go out as much. Spend less on entertainment. But, for God's sake, if you're going to stay home, DON'T NEST – HIVE!
Nesting is what we do when we're depressed, inwardly focused or – funnily enough – preparing for a baby. It's the instinct we have to hole up in our houses, apartments, RVs, tepees, whatever, and hibernate. In trying times, humans crave comfort through connection, not isolation. And retreating can create a social depression on top of the already horrific economic one.
So, instead, you can be at home, but make it your very own hive. No matter the size, your home can be a place abuzz with group activity. A place where you can engage with other people through interesting, fun things to do. A place that impacts your social life – without impacting your credit card.
Here are a few ways to start hiving:
1. Transform your regular outings to "in-ings." Just because you can't cover the cover charge at a club doesn't mean you can't keep dancing. Play iPod DJ instead, where everyone gets a three-song DJ stint. And bypassing the bar doesn't mean you can't Cheers it up on your own with a make-your-own-Bloody-Mary bar, with all the fixins, or a BYOB2, where your guests bring their own bottle and a new body – that is, someone you don't know.
2. Eat, drink and enlighten. Staying in doesn't mean having to lose out on intellectual stimulation or higher learning. Host a salon, a cooking club or a craft night, and you won't even miss the lecture series, gallery opening or five-course meal.
3. Pick a theme. Host a gathering with a focal point instead of just throwing a straight-up celebration – try having an old-school game night, with Chutes and Ladders, Parcheesi and Connect Four, or a potluck hors d'oeuvres party, where everyone brings a small nibble that they pass around. This will make people feel invested in the gathering and it will be more memorable.
4. Party with a purpose. Since everyone's holding back on charitable giving, give your gatherings a higher purpose. Ask friends to bring over unwanted books for the local library or canned goods for a food donation. Who wants to go to an expensive rubber-chicken charity dinner anyway?
Staying at home may be the first sign that Americans are worried about their finances, but it doesn't have to mean the end of our social lives, meaningful connections or having fun.
Fun – surely that's one thing that is recession-proof.

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MAMPANE, Ruth e BOUWER, Cecilia. The influence of township schools on the resilience of their learners. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.1, pp.114-126. ISSN 2076-3433.
Many learners living in townships require protection and resilience to overcome obstacles and adversities in their context of development. The literature on resilience indicates strongly that resilience is embedded systemically. In the absence of constructive and supportive conditions in the home environment, the school would logically appear to be the next resource in line to be tapped. We investigated the contribution of two South African township schools to the resilience of their middleadolescent learners. Case studies with focus groups of resilient and less-resilient Grade 9 learners were used, following the Interactive Qualitative Analysis method, to determine the participants' perceptions of how the school contributes to the degree and nature of their resilience. The influence of the school varied depending on the degree of the learners' resilience, but also depending on factors within the school itself, suggesting that schools play a distinctive and determining role. Contributions particularly highlighted included creation, or failure to create, a supportive teaching and learning environment with effective implementation of rules and educational policy to provide care and safety for its learners and develop them to reach their future goals. Resilient learners were more ready than less resilient learners to acknowledge and utilise these characteristics. All focus groups placed much emphasis on goal attainment, suggesting a strong relationship with resilience.
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Nothing is known about this game really yet. Count on it being very bloody though. But now we know the script might be 120 pages long. The story will have 3 acts, so the story should be pretty epic.
I hope there is plenty of gameplay hours to go along with all that script. I've liked all the God of War games so far, I'm excited to see what they can do with the PlayStation 3.
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So.......what are the BEST figs of the main characters? Sculpt, detail, accessories, accuracy, etc.
Leia- Bespin Escape (size, likeness)
Chewie- Mechanic (size)
Luke- X-Wing Pilot (POTJ) (face, sculpt)
Han- Death Star Escape (sculpt, face, pose)
Lando- POTJ Bespin Escape (sculpt, likeness)
R2-D2- Naboo Escape (don't know, just cool)
C-3P0- Millenium Coin
Vader- Commtech
Stormtrooper- Commtech (articulation)
Qui-Gon- Jedi Training (just cool)
Obi-Wan- soft goods (face, sculpt, etc)
Maul- Tatooine Showdown (really cool face and action pose)
Jar Jar- N/A
Queen Amidala- Theed Invasion (likeness, detail, sculpt, accuracy)
Anakin- Mechanic (articulation, accessory)
So that is my list. I still think that they could improve on Lando (make a better General), Han (all purpose version), Threepio (just a really good one), and Anakin (still doesn't really look like him quite enough).


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"Finally, I have donned my Prince of Darkness suit, which is formal enough yet shows that I also have a darker side. This is comprised of a black velvet jacket, a black leather vest, a black suede dress shirt, another of my Grandfather's silk ties, a black leather belt, black dress slacks, and black leather boots." He is going to get real hot, real fast. I don't even want to imagine how sweaty he's going to get wearing that.
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Make this exactly as the Tortilla recipe which you can see being made in the Cookery School video on the right, using the same ingredients and following the method to the point of cooking with the heat down low.
While there is still some liquid egg left, instead of turning it over scatter it with some crumbled grilled bacon or pancetta followed by some grated cheese such as Gruyere or Cheddar then give it a quick flash under a pre-heated grill until the cheese is melted.
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Tropical Glazed Chicken Strips Recipe
This recipe was given to me by our pastor's wife. We live on a 65-acre avocado ranch and have many varieties of avocados to choose from. With our children grown and gone, my husband and I keep quite busy ranching.
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each), cut in half lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 3/4 cup thawed pineapple-orange juice concentrate
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts
- Hot cooked brown rice
- 1. In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil. Transfer to a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish.
- 2. In a saucepan, combine the juice concentrate, butter, ginger and soy sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken.
- 3. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or a meat thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally. Brush avocado slices with lime juice. Arrange chicken, avocado and nuts over rice. Yield: 4 servings.
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Mass Effect Review
Despite its short length and often uninspired side quests, Mass Effect is a highly enjoyable, highly cinematic action RPG that should be played by shooter and RPG fans alike
With Mass Effect, it is immediately apparent from the start of the game that Bioware, while very skilled developers, aren't very original. Before Mass Effect, Bioware had worked on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Kotor) games, and had done an excellent job of bringing George Lucas's incredibly famous Star Wars universe into the video game world. It seems that with Mass Effect, Bioware still has a head full of science fiction, and decided to make their own Star Wars universe. While the world(s) that ME takes place on are very rich with back story and history, almost everything about the Mass Effect universe reflects or mimics the Star Wars universe. Luckily, the folks at Bioware did such a fantastic job with it that you honestly won't care that your 'biotic' powers in ME are uncannily similar to the 'force' powers in Star Wars. It's just a shame that they didn't put more time into polishing and side quests, because were it not for a lack of polish and bland side quests Mass Effect would be near perfection.
As it stands, the main story component in the single player campaign can be completed in around 12 hours, which pretty short for an RPG. The flip side of this is that the entire campaign is very well paced and never boring or repetitive. You will move from one incredibly dramatic and epic set piece to the next with hardly a minute to catch your breath. The environments are highly varied and often stunningly beautiful, and the cinematic style of presentation is probably the best I have ever seen in a video game. The musical score is near perfection for the setting; a soft, throbbing techno that plays in the background quietly during dialogue sequences which rises to higher volumes and intensity during important moments in missions. The overall extraordinary quality of the story missions makes you want to continue playing through, and hardly gives you any good opportunities to go off and complete side quests.
Once you do finally tear yourself away from the story arc and go in search of side quests to beef up your character level and play through time, you will be underwhelmed by the options. You usually either have to go talk to someone and convince them to do/not do something, or drive around on some god-forsaken and completely desolate planet looking for a lost squad of scientists or investigating a strange signal. These sections are made even weaker by what is possibly the worst vehicle handling I have seen in a high profile game. You drive a kind of all-terrain space buggy called the MAKO, which stubbornly refuses to drive in a straight line. You will be driven to near hysteria as you weave back and forth, trying in vain to aim at an enemy soldier who is happily plinking away with his assault rifle. These sections are by far the weakest parts of the game, and feel like they were added on as an afterthought so they could add a higher number of play through hours on the back of the box.
Other than these disastrous driving sections, the core game play is excellent. The combat is a hybrid of Gears of War style third person shooting, complete with a cover system, and pause-and-play tactics. At the beginning of the game you will choose between a handful of classes, each of which plays a bit differently during combat. Some classes are based around shooting enemies, others are based around using biotic (as I said earlier, basically force) powers to lift, throw, and push and freeze your enemies so that your teammates can shoot them without risk. There is also a tech class where your character can sabotage enemy equipment, and a few hybrid classes. The gunplay is surprisingly good, and the game is very competent as a shooter, although some enemies like to run up to your face and start hitting you even when they have guns. A nice feature is that when an enemy gets close enough, your character will automatically switch from shooting mode to melee, which is convenient in some of the more frantic battles. You also control 3 party members, and while you cannot take direct control of them you can order them to move to specific places and use specific powers at any given time. If any of your party members go down during a battle, they will be automatically revived once you kill all of the enemies in that area.
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'Last Day on Earth': Out with a whimper
What would you do with your last night on the planet? Make love? A phone call? Turn up the music and dance in your living room until your legs gave out?
That's the promising question director Abel Ferrara poses in 4:44 Last Day on Earth (* * out of four, unrated). Too bad he doesn't come up with an interesting answer.
Despite a top-notch cast including Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh (Public Enemies), Ferrara doesn't give his protagonists room to do much beyond have arguments and sex (though the intimacy is shot well).
Set almost entirely in a New York apartment, Earth posits that the ozone is evaporating faster than anyone imagined. And at 4:44 a.m. (Eastern Time) the planet will go up in a cloud of dust. Dafoe plays Cisco, an actor who shares his hipster home with his painter girlfriend Skye (Leigh).
Yes, those are their near-techno names, part of Ferrara's screed against modernity's march. Characters argue over cellphones, bicker on Skype and nearly whale on each other with laptops.
Ferrara has been a master at chronicling man's waning hours, such as in 1992's masterful Harvey Keitel cop drama Bad Lieutenant. And he captures some stirring moments as the apocalypse approaches, including a man walking nonchalantly off a building ledge and a boy touching his parents' face goodbye on a computer screen.
Those scenes sink beneath the film's sullen skulking, though, as Cisco shouts from the rooftop and Skye pouts over her paintings. The reactions may be realistic, but they're just not very interesting to watch. An hour into Earth and we're waiting for the film to end, not just the planet.
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Is she a dapple grey? Hey guys, so i am buying this new mare, she looks like a dapple grey, but on her papers it says she's just a grey...But i reckon she looks like a dapple grey, the dapples are just on her lower legs and some on her body, here are some pictures... This picture you can kinda see the greyness on her rump and dapples on her back legs.. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O8CJYrLA_C...75018741_n.jpg This picture isnt very good since its small, but you can kinda see the dapples on her back legs... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2O3Q0k3R1...55721691_n.jpg This pic you can see the dapples on her back legs and front legs (sorry about the jump boots, i dont have any other pics of her without them on!) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCA7eFGBIk...08327105_n.jpg This last picture you can see her legs and her rump and her mane has a bit of grey in it too :) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yMzVOKX29m...45536204_n.jpg So is she actually a dapple grey, or just a grey/white like it says on her papers? And while im posting this, do you think im a good size for her? :) i only really like riding horses 15 hands and under cause i feel uncomfortable on bigger horses since i feel their necks are too long, but this mare is 14.2-14.3hh and she feels like a perfect height for me, im pretty sure ill get at least 3-4 years of riding on her before i grow out of her, since i have only grown about 1 inch in 1 year...haha |
Yep, she looks like she is/was a dapple grey. Most registries don't differentiate between the two - they are all 'grey' for the purposes of their papers. She'll probably get progressively lighter with age too. I think you are a good size for her, no worries there at all! |
She is just grey. Dapple grey is just one of the many, many stages that grey can go through. |
Just gray now - she she was probably dappled at one point tho, many grays do go through a dapple stage as they gray out, before going 'white' or flea bitten gray ;) You look great on her :) |
Yeah, she's just turned 9 :) but its weird though cause i looked up this website and it had pictures of each year of this horse, and when it was 8 it was a reallllyy light dappled grey and then 2 years later it became more dappled grey than before! So is it possible that a dapple grey horse will go lighter then a little bit darker but then start to go lighter again and eventually become flea-bitten & then white as age goes on...? |
My guess is that the photos were taken at different times of year :wink: |
Ok, thats good, so she will start going darker since its summer here in Australia :D yay :D haha |
Each horse grays out differently than the last, which is why it is so hard to predict how fast a horse will gray out and what different stages they will go through. Either way, they all reach a stage where they stop graying out either with fleabites or just white. |
Yeah, light dappled gray. |
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What the Los Angeles Clippers lack in talent, experience, and inexpensive stadium parking, they more than make up for with ferocious dunks by players who secretly wish they played on a winning team. On Saturday night, one such player helped fans forget about the squad's 1-13 record by making a Russian immigrant on the New York Knicks feel poorly about his defensive abilities.
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That's your opinion. You do know what an opinion is don't you? Like what this poll is asking for. IMO TBC was utter shit. It was boring, it killed PvP (introduced resilience and arenas) and raiding was more of a job than even Classic and 40man raids. Nothing worse than recruiting people and realizing you have to go back for attunements because you can't recruit people that can do the raids you're guild is currently working on. Terrible design with obviously massive flaws as Blizzard themselves changed it.
Eh. Cataclysm was showing the cracks when they had nothing to release with 5.1 except the Zandalari-revamped troll instances. This is coming from someone who had no problem playing just to raid casually in Cata, and consider its beginning my favorite period of the game. Personally, I secretly harbor the thought that they even had to waste time tuning down Firelands some after how hard Tier 11 hit most of the playerbase. (And we all know how much developer time was taken up on revamped Azeroth + Vash'jir)
Mists is heading on it's 3rd of estimated 4th content patch, and I'd dare say it's already delivered more than Cataclysm. So despite not playing it I can say I am certainly not surprised it is second in the polls. I also presume that maybe Cata's lull has something to do with the positive reception amongst those who stuck around for Mists, myself, but it's hard to really verify these nostalgia/bias arguments, am I right?
I abstain from voting between WoW and BC since I apparently could do both. Not much of a fan of Wrath outside of Zul'drak, Storm Peaks and Ulduar (so original, I know).
Overall, WotLK was the best IMO. Cool raids, better questing, cool zones, lowest amount of complaints on the official forums of any expansion, and fast-paced PvP.
BC also had fast-paced PvP which was fun if you were on the right class/spec, but the raids were boring as can be.
I'm fine with MoP in a lot of ways: class changes, rotations, I can even live with the pandas. The dailies were overdone but they seem to have learned their lesson. I just have a problem with the normal mode raids which seem...extreme for normal. Can't see how that is helping people graduate past LFR. I'd go back to LFR or leave the game if I walked into a normal now.
Mop has the potential to be the best expansion yet they just need to bring back 10/25 man separate lockouts and remove some instant cc from pvp. Ranged need to cast more and so do healers then this will be the best expansion so far. They have already scrapped most of the rng out of pvp as well as almost completely removed pve gear from pvp.
You're right except for 2 things.
1. My name is spelt "God" not "Loucious-sama".
2. I'm not a man, because man is inherently flawed. I am in fact a being so far beyond your comprehension that archaic constraints like flesh, blood, time and consequently, gender, have no meaning to me.
How shocking. Another "best WoW expansion" thread where Wrath is on top, despite all the people with rose colored glasses crying to bring back BC and the laughable Vanilla
If you go by subscription numbers, Wrath was the best with 12 million players playing by the end. Even with the 1 year lapse in new content after ICC was released, Wrath still grew to 12 million players.
Subs have been shedding (and will continue to do so) because Blizzard continues to fail to duplicate what made Wrath a success.
If you had asked me this question some time ago, I would have answered Wrath based on the lore. After seeing two patches from Mists and small amounts of datamined 5.3 info, I have to say I changed my mind. Of course I'm not judging based on lore alone, but lore was what gave Wrath the edge back in 5.0 and 5.1 for me. That has changed, though.
In order least to best: Cata < MoP < BC < Wrath
And yes, that's my final answer.
"I quit WoW."
If I say it's Azshara next enough times, eventually I'll be right. So here we go again. It's got to be Azshara next, so get ready for the Sylvanas expansion we inevitably get instead!
TBC but I think all the people who love it forget one thing about it.
THE FUCKING LAUGHING IN SHATTRATH. It made me so insecure
BC >slightly> MoP > WotLK >>>>>>>>>>>> Cata
1) Load the amount of weight I would deadlift onto the bench
2) Unrack
3) Crank out 15 reps
4) Be ashamed of constantly skipping leg day
For raiding: BC > Wrath > Cata = MoP
MoP isn't done yet, but overall I didn't think Tier 14 was that good.... but then again, tier 13 was completely awful and tier 12 was garbage outside of heroic Rag, which is unfortunate considering how fun tier 11 was (albeit too long).
For PvP: BC >> Wrath >>>>>>>>> Cata >> MoP
IMO the longer the game has been out, the worse PvP has gotten. I understand it wasn't balanced much at all for most of BC and Wotlk, but unbalanced PvP is still a ton better than what we have today.
Since all I really care about it raiding and PvP, my opinion ends there. I am sure there are tons of people who care about lore and questing and achievements and _____ that will disagree with me.... and I am sure there are even more people who never actually played (or raided or PvPed... despite what they say) during BC who will disagree with me.
For me personally it was TBC, but that's just because I had an awesome guild with awesome people to play with back then.
Now I can't commit to raiding anymore because of my work.
Not having an attunment doesn't mean someone is a bad player. Not having the gear doesn't mean someone is a bad player. Most of those with gear and attunments were a huge failures. Having time to play or switching guilds didn't mean someone had skill or was valuable for the guild. Therefor it's better to not have any artifitial blockers for the raid spot and let ONLY your skill decide - this is how it works nowadays.
Also, I see you prolly never really touched recruitment process. I was a guild leader and TBC model was the biggest guild leading nightmare ever.
Wrath of the Lich King, no doubt.
That expansion was almost perfect, Huge raids, very well tuned dungeons, great environment, excelent lore, catch up dungeons when needed, excelent execution of hard modes, non-raiders content, everything.
Blizzard lost their compass after that, Cata was terribly tuned at the begginning and was dull at the end, they made the same mistake that they are doing now in MoP, they are focusing on one aspect of the game and ignoring the others.
MoP is as bad as Cata and i would say its even worse. MoP effectively killed World of Wacraft and turned into World of Dailycraft.
TBC was good, but not as perfect as Wrath.
TBC > MoP > WoTLK >> Cata.
Both PvE and PvP was so much better/fun in TBC than it was in WoTLK.
Feels like the raiding aspect of MoP is almost on par with TBC but the dungeons are not as difficult and fun as in TBC, but challenge mode made up for that.
Classic was the best period, not for its features nor for its content. It was the best because the game was new to us all, an unexplored world of massive scale, the first MMO for many of us. That feeling will never return in subsequent expansions.
As for the best expansion, I would have to say Cataclysm. It blew new life into an entire segment of the world (1-60) making alts more fun than ever. Not to mention Raid finder and Transmog are the best thing since sliced bread for those of us playing WoW for our casual gaming fix.
I can agree that the raids in TBC or WoTLK may have been more intense, and my favourite moments were spent downing Yogg-saron in Ulduar. I do not have time for guild raid shenannigans however, so Cata's features all in all steal the cake.


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+2 votes Thomas "T" D. › September 13, 2011
One of the newest courses in Yamhill County. The park is small but great use of area for a course. Great mix of long, medium and short holes. Good flow with signs for each tee. Natural tee-pads. Picnic'ers might be a problem on some holes on a week-end. Play very early or later in the evening for maximum course usage. Hornings-like baskets are very disc friendly. Play it on your way to Spirit Mountain Casino.
+2 votes Matt Bressler › February 26, 2013
Not a single person throwing plastic other than the group of three that I was with. The course was in decent condition for the middle of February. It had rained pretty heavily the night before so the ground was a little moist. The tee pads are probably the one big con that I can think of, with them being bare ground. Each hole had decent signage that showed you the topography of the hole. The course is a par 27, 9 hole layout. Most pin locations are guarded pretty well by trees. I think the l ...
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+1 votes Mateo of Hylton Baskets › October 15, 2011
this is a very new course... it flows great... nice horning's style baskets (dont catch as well as the horning's baskets) but are well made... id say the chains used are a tad bit too heavy just my OP.
almost every basket is guarded or has some sort of tree along the typical flight path to get to the basket.. making the course harder than it looks... there is steep drop offs behind a few baskets if you over shoot them...
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+1 votes - scottishrob - › November 19, 2011
fun course good use of the area would be 100% better with any kind of tee pads could definitely see very challenging ob rules for tourney play could be fun for an ace race with some temp holes added will play again for sure chains way too heavy should be used for driving in the snow and ice
+1 votes midnightmark thundermckay › August 1, 2014
home course. great little course with two exceptions #1 no cement pads, 2# hole#3 is almost always blocked by cars or pic-nickers. other than that it's a great course to learn on or even refine your skills!
+0 votes rick manley › June 2, 2014
love the variety, and they managed to get full drives in the layout
+0 votes Dewey "DUI" D. › April 24, 2012
Lots of tree's but no tee pads yet. This course is pretty new so its ok about the pads.
+0 votes Dru "Stylez" › February 19, 2013
It's Ok... Not going out of my way to come back... Could be revamped big time... No Tee Boxes.
+0 votes Sean Chapman › January 31, 2016
Great course!!!!! I love this one. The baskets remind me of Hornings. A lot of ace runs. Great tee signs. The only reason I didn't give this course an "A" is cause there isn't any concrete tee pads. great job on this one!!!!
+0 votes Joe King › December 11, 2012
its a decently easy course but there is some water off to the right on 2 holes and then also on the last 3-4 holes is a good sized pond from all the rainfall. i really like the baskets they are basically the same as hornings hideout...
+0 votes Nick Orr › July 26, 2013
good flow. good combo of short, and long shots. Natural tees. signage. cool baskets. Water in play if you throw a bad shot.
+0 votes Elliott N › September 12, 2013
Would give it a C+ but there are no cement tee pads. :( all in all fun short 9 hole course
+0 votes Andrew Hansen › December 4, 2013
T boxes would be nice, but a fun local course.... River seems to like my disks.... But thst all part of the game, throw better or run faster!
-1 votes Michael Schmidt › August 22, 2014
just the one hole I do not like Hole 3 they park right there in the fair way but it is a park so I like it other then that


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I hope they do. And I hope the Democrats adapt as well. And every other party, both in the US and the UK.
Adapting is a good thing. Stagnation is a bad thing.
Problem is, there's a growing feeling of 'us vs them'. Thus any valid point one side has will be ignored, and all focus will be on the negatives. And a vicious circle begins.
The Republicans are certainly in denial. But so are the Conservatives, to a degree.
It's not pessimism. It's math. Republicans widely and blatantly gerrymandered districts in the run up to 2010 in order to get and keep a majority long term. These seats are now so safe that except in the most extreme circumstances--like someone spouting ridiculous stuff about rape and abortion--they cannot lose. This is also why Tea Party candidates can beat more moderate established candidates even in Republican primaries: because the districts are now so deeply red.
Republicans now want to do the same thing at a national level to change the outcome of presidential elections. Basically, they want to divide the Electoral College based on Congressional Districts. Based on the way the these have been gerrymandered, that means McCain would have defeated Obama for the Presidency despite being beat by 7.2% in the popular vote. It means Romney would have won this election even though Obama will end up beating him by 3-4% when all votes are counted. It's being pushed by Republican state govts in place like PA and OH, and could gain traction elsewhere as Republicans seek to "win" without having to change their Party's values.
No I do not think they will. What they need to do is accept the fact they lost, and do whatever they can to seem friendly and work towards improving the country instead of automaticly working against anything the democrats / Obama puts up. Even accepting that you need to tax the rich people for a while to gain the funds - if they don´t they have some funny idea of who is part of the country and who isn´t.
"Only Jack can zip up."
The word you want to use is "have" not "of".
You may have alot of stuff in your country, but we got Lolland.
It does not matter what the GOP does now (or anyone else). This election was won by the "gimme stuff" party. We are past the tipping point now. No way to avoid collapse.
OP i think you are the one in denial. I saw your replies - and you don't think there is a valid point to arguing both sides of an issue? You feel that because you think global warming is real, woman should have the right to fuck around and when they messup - just kill a baby that's inside of them? Well, those are opinions you have the right to have - but to tell others their opinions are wrong and don't matter because they differ from yours is pathetic.
This. People seem to believe that because they're able to open their mouths that suddenly all the crap that comes out is worth hearing. It's not. A thought should be mulled over and developed before you just lob it out there expecting everyone to respect your half baked ideas.
I'm not completely sure that I agree with this. I think that Ron Paul would have swayed independent/middle of the road voters who aren't necessarily fans of Obama, but just couldn't bring themselves to vote for Romney (my wife is an example). Considering there was only a 3 million vote gap, I believe that Paul would have definitely put up a very good fight for Obama by speaking with sense.
OT : I think it's about time for the Pubs to distance themselves from the "Family Values" and religious zealots and just focus on fiscal policy. It would have been much more beneficial for them in the long run as well as this past election. Also, Romney was just not likeable. Like I said above, a 3 million vote gap is relatively small. It's the same amount that Kerry lost to Bush in '04, so it's not like the '08 landslide.
The GOP needs to drop this silly adherence to primitive mythology. Religion isn't needed anymore. We have moved on past silly superstition and mysticism (well, the modern world has) and realize that it offers nothing but false hope and brainwashing.
If they would drop this crap, i.e. opposition to evolution, opposition to same-sex marriage, sticking their noses in women's bodies, cramming their own primitive form of morality down peoples throat, etc. and focused on their stances on the economy and promotion of self reliance and reward for hard work they would have a much better chance of being relevant again.
Well said. It's amazing how powerful ideas are, good and bad. Religious ideas are so pervasive and strong that all these years later we have people who still refuse to face the basic realities of being a human. They opt for a life of fairy tales and bearded men in the sky who like to give immortality when you ask him for forgiveness for.. well, being human.
Unless Ron Paul betrayed almost every policy position he has stood for, I am not even sure he would get 40% of the vote, and I consider about 43% as the normal absolute FLOOR for either party. His positions are simply far, far too extreme on far too many issues, and the ugly skeletons in his closet would be very easy to exploit.
The only chance he would have is if the US was in a situation like being mired in Iraq at the height of the insurgency, and in that case his opponent could easily blunt that by saying they'd end the war too.
I'm not american, but did a sort of test once and there was a question if you belive in creationism or evolution, and I voted that I think I belive evolution is part of creationism, and I saw that at that point I had the same choice as Romney. Doesn't that mean that they do accept evolution in a certain aspect? Maybe not from the same point as people who don't belive in a higher being watching over us, but they still accept it?
On your main point, they don't need to adapt because many americans still belive in them. They like those "less rights for women" and "less healthcare and wellfare" and whatnot. No clue why, but they do. So... yea. As long as these people exist, the republicans won't have a problem.
Well, the question is not just whether or not they need to adapt, but whether or not they need to adapt to win Presidential elections. The answer right now is tentatively yes, and as the demographics continually shift towards less dominance for whites, with every election the "yes" will be stated more strongly.
The danger for them less talked about is how partisan the politics is now, and how the young vote is overwhelmingly Democrat. That means beyond just racial demographics the Republicans could be in a world of trouble.
The difference, to me, seems pretty clear though. It's a hell of a lot worse to have a "gimme" mentality towards people that already have millions of dollars.
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Put simply your vote is incorrect.
A Republican Congressman that's on the Science and Technology Committee (Paul Broun) recently referred to evolution as a "lie from the pit of hell". You don't understand how bugfucking insane American fundamentalists are.
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It's beyond me why they don't realize that when they alienate 60% of the electorate it's going to make it hard for them to win an election. It's proven that more women are voting than men, so making women's rights (Abortion, Contraception, etc.) a talking point for your party is not in the best interest. When you alienate 60% of the population with your far right social agenda on such things as gay rights, women's rights, immigration, etc. it's going to be extremely difficult to win an election.
That being said, they're already blaming everything from Obama's smear campaign to Hurricane Sandy for their loss. I'm a firm believer in a two party system where two different opinions are brought in front of the public and then they decide which ideas and plans they want to put into place. However, it seems we have one party of ideas and one party of naysayers. They down Obamacare, even though it was a Republican idea, and offer no other solution in its place. Unfortunately, I think we're in for a bit more of denial before they move on to the next stage of getting their act together.


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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581483/My-View-Investments-in-quality-pre-school-an-investment-in-the-futur.htmlAs a partner of a law firm with offices across the Mountain West and in Washington, D.C., board chair of United Way of Salt Lake, and a volunteer job coach for refugee youth, I strongly believe in supporting programs that will change the odds for children, communities, businesses and our economy.
Currently, one out of every five Utah students drops out of school. More alarming, only 61 percent of African-American and 63 percent of Hispanic students graduate from high school.
This performance affects these students and our community as a whole. Innovation is a key driver of business success, and innovation demands a well-educated workforce. Yet in today's economy, a high school diploma is just the starting line for our workforce to acquire the kind of knowledge it needs, and high-quality early childhood education programs are the starting line for success in school.
Research from Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman shows that early childhood development directly influences the economic, health, and social outcomes for individuals and society by promoting brain development and productive habits such as persistence and cooperation. While parents are the most important early nurturers of their children, they sometimes need help. Plus children benefit from being in social educational settings that teach them not only their ABCs but also how to get along with others.
Moreover, educational investment in the youngest Utahns – birth to age five – is a cost effective strategy for promoting economic growth. Dr. Heckman says early childhood development investments would increase our graduation rate by five percent, and if that five percent go on to college, their average earnings would increase by $24 million annually.
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I have pain sub sternam pain in my chest and causes of which has not been dectected yet. I was prescribed 1)Flupenthixol 0.5 mg and Melitracen 10 mg for my chest pain. I also have Piles (hammoroids in recter). For which, I was prescribed 1.Doismin 450 mg and hesperidin 50 mg.Now I have taken Doismin and hesperidin (which are together) with Flupenthixol and Melitracen at the same time. Now after taking this two mecicine, I always have high blood pressure. My understanding is Doismin/hesperidin caused blood vessel to shrink and there by increase my blood pressure.
So My questions are 1. What can I take to nuetralize the effect of taking all this- Doismin/hesperidin/Flupenthixol/Melitracen together?
Diosmin and hesperidin are citrus bioflavonoids used the treat hemorrhoids. The common side effects are upset stomach, diarrhea and headache. Neither diosmin nor hesperidins are known for causing an increase in blood pressure.
Melitracen and flupenthixol are used together for mental health in some patients. The common side effects are drowsiness, dry mouth, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea or constipation. The medicine can cause a slight increase in heart beat or heart palpitations, but doesn't generally cause an increase in blood pressure.
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By Joyce Lamb, USA TODAY
It took me a long time to figure out that some of the most epic romances happened in sci-fi TV shows. Firefly, anyone? What about Farscape? I was a little shocked to discover that I'm not the only romance author who's also a 'Scaper. Here, Nina Croft, author of Break Out from Entangled Publishing, shares just what it is about sci-fi that serves so nicely as a background for epic romance.
Nina: Some of my favorite books as a teenager were science-fiction: Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov. … But romance was usually lacking in the stories, and it was rare to find a science-fiction book where the focus was on the love story. That's not so true anymore, and these days — happily — there are a number of authors writing fantastic stories merging the best of science-fiction and romance.
Personally, I love stories that combine genres, but science-fiction and romance is probably my favorite mix. At first sight, and to those not familiar with the subgenre, they may seem like a bit of a mismatch, but dig a little deeper and there are a whole load of reasons why the combination works.
Bad boys in space
Right at the start, I have to admit to a few things. Firstly, I fell in love with Han Solo at a very impressionable age. Second, growing up, I dreamed of being Doctor Who's assistant (I still do, in fact), and of course, he'd fall madly in love with me. Finally, more recently, my devotion to Han has been severely tested by my growing attraction for Captain Mal Reynolds … among others. So I'm predisposed to love sci-fi romance.
But there's a reason most of my love affairs (imaginary at least) have been with "space men." I adore a bad-boy hero, and space men, whether human, alien or something else entirely, can be the ultimate bad boys: living on the edge of civilization, boldly going … pirates, bounty hunters, cops, gun fighters (albeit with a laser pistol rather than a six-shooter). In sci-fi romance, there's no limit but your imagination to what your hero can do and be.
Kick-butt heroines
I've loved reading romance from an early age, and I grew up on those fantastic bodice rippers of the '80s where the men were gorgeous, larger than life, and just a little bit on the forceful side. And the heroines were often … well, feeble. They tended to be young, ravishingly beautiful, innocent, and in desperate need of some man to come along and save them. Give me a heroine like that these days, and I'd probably throw the book across the room (or more likely delete it from my Kindle).
I want heroines who match their heroes. And in sci-fi romance, more often than not, they more than match their male counterparts. In fact, the heroine is just as likely to be the pirate or the bounty hunter, and just as likely to rescue the hero as vice versa.
Opposites attract
I've always loved romances that focus on people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. I enjoy the clash of different beliefs and discovering how couples overcome those differences to fall in love. Mixing science-fiction and romance allows you to push that premise to the limit, bringing together people from not only different backgrounds but also different planets — and even different species. The possibilities are endless.
I think one of the reasons people love to read romance is to be carried away to exotic locations, and the opportunities for that in science-fiction are unending. Space ships, different galaxies, Earth of the future, even Earth of the past (if you happen to come across a time machine).
Any time
People often think of science-fiction as happening in the far future, but it could take place at any time. Who doesn't want to know what the world will be like 10 years from now, or a hundred or a million. … Or maybe we'll take a trip in that time machine and visit a long-ago era. We can walk with the dinosaurs or meet a real live pirate.
So, while sci-fi romance can provide a fantastic combination of adventure and passion, for me, both as a reader and a writer, the real appeal is that the possibilities are as endless as the universe itself.
Have you read any sci-fi romance, and if so what do you love the most? If not, go ahead and give it a go. Chances are you'll enjoy it.
Readers can find out more about Nina and her books at her website, NinaCroft.com.
Check out HEA's review of Break Out.
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Hi Everyone :-).
Now that registration is open, there have been a lot of discussions about which regional teams are attending, and how many they are going to. It sounds like lots of wonderful people are working very hard to put up extraordinary events for you. Good luck teams! Good luck regional committee's! Good luck off-season events! ( ) This week's "Remember that thread?" spotlight a very relevant discussion back at 99' regarding # of regionals teams should attend. In this inspiring debate, Chris Hibner (Coach on team 308) started out by comparing FIRST regionals with open wheeled racing, argued how unlimited practice sessions benefited racing teams who can afford to go to them, and how FIRST teams with huge amount of resources will have the same advantage over poorer teams who cannot afford to go to multiple regionals. Others quickly rebutted by saying these big teams are raising the bar for their team to shoot for and pointed out the benefits of regional competitions. This thread lasted till its 56th post with nothing but pure quality in it. After re-reading this thread, only one though lingers in my mind the rest of the week: I am not worthy I am not worthy Without further delay, in this week's Remember that thread? I present: Multiple Regionals - Posted by Dave, Student on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9639 Last edited by Ken Leung : 11-11-2004 at 07:02 AM. |
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Jeez Ken, you had to go pull up that mess.
That was an interesting time. I remember that thread so vividly. I was really trying hard to play devil's advocate, but anyone that knows me knows that I am generally so non-confrontational and I hate to rock the boat (no one that knew me from that thread could have guessed!). I felt awful for days surrounding that thread since I felt like I was stirring up a hornets nest (as Joe put it) and making people angry, and I really hate to do that. However, I was trying to do something different at that time - I later decided to go back to my normal, more reserved self since it caused me a lot less anxiety. To be honest, I was hoping that thread would stay lost forever. However, after going back and reading it, it was a great discussion. Oh, how I long for the days when the forums were so simple. But such is progress; and looking back only causes you to veer off the road. |
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Joe called this right.
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I think I re-brought this up in a thread that was started by Ken Leung this past year (or maybe I just thought about it in my head and didn't write about it - everything is a blur these days). Basically we discussed weekly, no-frills competitions at a local high-school gym in an effort to provide many competitions while keeping the costs very low. I think this is the eventual future of first, but it may be a long way off. Last edited by Chris Hibner : 11-11-2004 at 09:06 AM. |
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I agree with Daniel from team # 192:
Ultimately, though, being able to go to the Championships our first year was quite an experience for us and it gave us (or at least me) a renewed goal. When you go the competitions and you see all these amazing teams (the "big budget teams") its not just about how many competitions they go to, to me every aspect of these veteran teams is something that I think my team can look up to and aspire to be like that. I left Atlanta with a desire to do everything that I can for my team so that we can also perform at the same level that these teams do. I can honestly say that "big budget teams" present a goal rather than a threat. And thankfully, this year we can also go to more than one regional!! Great discussion! Good points on both sides! |
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I chose this thread because 1. it seems appropriate as people started talking about going to multiple regionals, and 2. it was an incredible discussion. At one point I heard/read someone saying that in an argument even though the answer seems obvious, through the debate people might learn to see the flip side of the argument, and if not, then they learn to support the answer that much better. To me, that thought blew my mind. In a good argument, is it possible that even if people cannot agree with each other, they are still better off than if they didn't participate in the argument in the first place? Well, this thread is the perfect example that yes, it is possible. The truth is, I've tried to stand my ground just like you did, Chris, and many times I've backed down from it, and didn't continue for the sake of the discussion. I probably made less people angry about what I said, but we didn't learn as much from the discussion as we could've. Joe J. said it best in his post: Quote:
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Objective 1| Describe the three main focuses of social psychology.
Objective 2| Contrast dispositional and situational attributions, and explain how the fundamental attribution error can affect our analyses of behavior.
Objective 3| Define attitude.
Objective 4| Describe the conditions under which attitudes can affect actions.
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Objective 5| Explain how the foot-in-the-door phenomenon, role playing, and cognitive dissonance illustrate the influence of actions on attitudes.
Objective 6| Describe the chameleon effect, and give an example of it.
Objective 7| Discuss Asch's experiments on conformity, and distinguish between normative and informational social influence.
Objective 8| Describe Milgram's experiments on obedience, and outline the conditions in which obedience was highest.
Objective 9| Explain how the conformity and obedience studies can help us understand our susceptibility to social influence.
Objective 10| Describe the conditions in which the presence of others is likely to result in social facilitation, social loafing, or deindividuation.
Objective 11| Discuss how group interaction can facilitate group polarization and groupthink.
Objective 12| Identify the characteristic common to minority positions that sway majorities.
Objective 13| Identify the three components of prejudice
Objective 14| Contrast overt and subtle forms of prejudice, and give examples of each.
Objective 15| Discuss the social factors that contribute to prejudice.
Objective 16| Explain how scapegoating illustrates the emotional component of prejudice.
Objective 17| Cite four ways that cognitive processes help create and maintain prejudice.
Objective 18| Explain how psychology's definition of aggression differs from everyday usage.
Objective 19| Describe three levels of biological influences on aggression.
Objective 20| Outline four psychological triggers of aggression.
Objective 21| Discuss the effects of violent video games on social attitudes and behavior.
Objective 22| Explain how social traps and mirror-image perceptions fuel social conflict.
Objective 23| Describe the influence of proximity, physical attractiveness, and similarity on interpersonal attraction.
Objective 24| Describe the effect of physical arousal on passionate love, and identify two predictors of enduring companionate love.
Objective 25| Define altruism, and give an example.
Objective 26| Describe the steps in the decision-making process involved in bystander intervention.
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"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet"
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth jumped in June and the unemployment rate declined to near a six-year low of 6.1 percent, effectively dispelling fears about the economy's health and underscoring its momentum heading into the second half of 2014.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 288,000 jobs, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Data for April and May were revised to show a total of 29,000 more jobs created than previously reported.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a gain of 212,000 jobs in June. It was the first time since the technology boom in the late 1990s that employment has grown above a 200,000-jobs pace for five straight months.
The closely watched employment report added to robust auto sales in June and data showing a steady manufacturing expansion in suggesting a plunge in economic output in the first quarter was a weather-driven anomaly.
Gross domestic product contracted at a 2.9 percent annual rate in the January-March period, causing a sharp downgrading of growth estimates for this year. Growth in the second half of the year is forecast around a 3.5 percent pace.
The sturdy pace of job gains was flagged by reports on Wednesday showing companies hired the most workers in 1-1/2 years in June, with small business hiring increasing for a ninth straight month.
With new applications for jobless aid holding at lower levels and the share of businesses that cannot fill open positions rising, there is little doubt the labor market is tightening.
The 0.2 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate in June to its lowest level since September 2008 came even as the labor force swelled. The unemployment rate has declined from a peak of 10 percent in October 2009, driven by job gains and a shrinking labor force.
The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, was steady at 62.8 percent.
The improving tone of the labor market will be welcomed by the Federal Reserve and could spur debate on the timing of the first interest rate increase by the U.S. central bank.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has argued that there is still considerable slack in the labor force, citing the low labor force participation, which she says partly reflects the departure of discouraged job seekers who could be enticed back into the workforce if conditions were to tighten
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Agriculture, pesticides and the ecosystem
Economists have a good understanding of intra-economic interdependence and a mature methodology of modeling it. Ecologists focus on the complex and sensitive interactions of species in ecosystems. This paper's objective is to suggest a new micro-foundation of ecosystem analysis based on economic methodology, to integrate the analysis of the ecosystem and the economy and focus on the interface of ecosystem- economy relations. Agriculture forms a major part of this interface. The basic assumption is that in the short period the individual organisms of all species behave as if they optimizes their costly offensive and defensive activities given the other organisms' activities (Nash-behavior). We consider an ecosystem with three species in a unidirectional food chain: buzzards feed on mice, mice feed on grain, and grain feeds on solar energy, and there is a fourth species, in fact, the humans, who feed on grain, too. Humans intervene in the ecosystem in various ways. They can grow grain by using seed, farm labor, pesticides and possibly nature conservation measures to maintain the buzzard habitat. A short-run ecosystem equilibrium is characterized, and it is shown, in particular, how this equilibrium depends on farming activities. We then link this ecosystem model to a simple model of an agricultural economy. Both systems are required to settle for an equilibrium simultaneously. From the economic perspective the ecosystem turns out to induce positive and negative externalities related to agricultural production and in consumer 'green' preferences. The inefficiencies of the competitive economy are identified and some (limited) possibilities to restore efficiency through corrective taxes or subsidies are briefly discussed. We also outline how short-run equilibria are connected through ecosystem stock-flow relationships. Due to the complexity of the intertemporal analysis the resulting ecosystem dynamics cannot be characterized in general analytical terms. It is an item fo
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