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Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro Adds Second Hybrid System
Even though the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans is many moons away, Audi teased the new R18 E-Tron Quattro, firing off the first shots of the 2014 endurance racing season. Porsche responded in kind by announcing their LMP1 competitor would use four cylinders and two hybrid systems. Not to be outdone, Audi announced it has added a secondary hybrid system to the R18 as well.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, and the new Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro is a lot like the old one. A turbodiesel V6 powers the rear wheels, and an electric hybrid system drives the front wheels, controlled by a boost button used at the discretion of the driver. New for this year though is an electronic turbocharger that captures waste heat and turns it into electricity
That energy can then be dumped either into the electric motor at the front wheels, or into the turbocharger to keep it spinning at maximum RPMs. Audi also made a number of aerodynamic enhancements to keep the R18 at the front of the pack. While their winning streak is impressive, it will someday come to an end, and with more challengers announcing their intentions and race cars every month, one has to wonder if the curtain isn't closing on Audi's winning streak.
After all, how long can it last?
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There are a number of web sites that offer copyright free photos that you can use as inspiration for your watercolour paintings. Some are totally free and others are free for certain uses or for certain size photos only. I suggest you read any terms and conditions on the site before you start downloading lots of images.
Copyright free photos or free for certain uses
PaintingWithWatercolors.com: This is my demonstration and reference site and contains a number of photos, usually connected to my demonstrations, that you can use as references for your own work.
PaintMyPhoto: As the name suggests this website actually encourages people to use the photos on the site as reference for your painting. It has some excellent photographic material and a friendly membership base last time I had a look.
WetCanvas.com: This group has been around for a very long time. Their library of images is quite extensive and well worth looking at if you are after some photographic inspiration.
CopyrightFreePhotos.com: Here is what they say on their site "The copyright (royalty) free photos available on this site have been made available, free of charge, for any application as you require – web design, graphics, backgrounds, printed images, desktop wallpaper & screensavers. The only exception is that images may NOT be added to other photo libraries (either online or offline) – without written permission from the site owner."
Morguefile.com: "Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!" Read their conditions please.
Photos4Artists.co.uk: "Photos4artists offers a wide variety of high quality, mega pixel and copyright free photos for artists of all abilities to use as reference for their art."
If you know of any other useful sites that offer copyright free photos please let me know.

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Our seventy-seven guest suites provide access to an unrivaled mountain lake sanctuary. Outside your room sits a 5,330-acre expanse of pristine, glacial water at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Inside you'll enjoy luxuriously appointed guest quarters with all the accoutrements of fine living. You'll also enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi, flat screen televisions, and all of the other in-room amenities that you'd expect from a Four Diamond resort.
Resort fee encompasses the following amenities: wireless internet, bicycle usage (seasonal), year round heated pool and hot tub, parking, fitness room, 43 seat movie theater, transportation (within city limits), ski valet, newspaper, game room, local phone calls, valet parking, and nightly Fire Pit gatherings with s'mores on the beach.
Our ADA Guest Rooms enjoy the same attractive room décor with all of our amenities plus an extended accessibility design. The rooms offer a king size bed with clearance on all doorways and between furnishings. The bathrooms provide a roll-in shower and closet constructed to provide convenient access.
When booking your reservation online, please look for rooms with the ADA code or, if making your reservations by phone, request an ADA compliant room and we will be sure to accommodate your needs.
Should you need to cancel your reservation, please do so at least 15 days prior to arrival. A full refund will be given for cancellations received 15 days prior to arrival. Cancellations or date changes received less than 15 days prior to arrival, including no shows, will result in full forfeiture of the entire deposit. Travel insurance is highly recommended to protect against any unforeseen circumstances. Departures earlier than the scheduled departure date will be charged for one additional night at booked rate value.


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The choice before voters in Maine's 1st Congressional District is familiar: Vote to re-elect Democrat Chellie Pingree or cast a ballot for a little-known Republican challenger with little backing from his party.
The Maine Republican Party has failed moderate voters in southern Maine for years by not building up a cadre of qualified, reasonable candidates who would be able to win a primary and seriously challenge Pingree. The district leans Democratic, but by failing to put up serious candidates, the party is disenfranchising a large percentage of voters.
As GOP consultant and 1st District resident Lance Dutson wrote earlier this year, "Republicans have a winning message for CD 1 if they can focus on what matters to the district and not what plays best to the talk-radio base."
Mark Holbrook, a psychologist from Brunswick, eked out a win in the 1st District Republican primary against Ande Smith, a more moderate candidate.
Holbrook, who sees many veterans in his private practice, has a personal understanding of problems within the Department of Veterans Affairs and has worthwhile suggestions for improvements.
But his extreme conservatism and denigration of people who weren't born in Maine is not a good match for Maine's 1st Congressional District.
Holbrook has mocked political correctness, opposed extending civil rights protections to transgender students and praised Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for "saying what he thinks."
Pingree has made support for small farms a priority in her eight years in Congress. The most recent Farm Bill contains many provisions she championed, which will help local growers and producers by improving their access to financial support from banks and the federal government and helping to expand markets for locally grown products.
Pingree also has worked on veterans issues, and she sponsored legislation that made it through the Republican-controlled House to help military sexual assault victims obtain VA benefits. The bill was named for Ruth Moore of Milbridge, who was raped while in the Navy and later diagnosed with a mental illness.
Pingree supports raising the minimum wage and opposes repealing the Affordable Care Act, which we think are helpful policy positions for low-income Maine residents. Pingree also occupies a valuable seat on the House Appropriations Committee, one of the chamber's most influential committees.
She has put her influence to good use in recent years as a member of the minority party in a challenging political environment. She deserves to return to Washington, D.C., where she will continue to ably represent Maine's 1st District.


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Disney and Popley Group join hand to launch jewelryMay 21, 2008
Disney Consumer Products (DCP), Walt Disney Company's merchandising arm has joined hands with Popley Group to launch a jewellery collection. Disney Consumer Products (India) director, Roshni Bakshi said that the limited edition jewellery range shows that the Disney brand is well recognized in India and its products had a broad based appeal with the Indian consumers.
The main target will be women and the jewellery range includes rings, earrings and neckpieces which will have designs from famous Disney characters like Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse and friends and also Disney princesses. The jewellery shall be available in gold and platinum along with diamonds and shall be priced at above Rs 25,000 or roughly $600 USD and more.
Director of Popley Group, Rajiv Popley said that at first the jewellery range shall be available at 4 outlets in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and then gradually the merchandise shall be available all over India through exclusive outlets.


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A lot has changed in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) since Quark sub-licensed its AtuRNAi compound to Pfizer in 2006. Most notably, the monoclonal antibodies against VEGF, Lucentis and the cheaper derivative Avastin, are replacing laser photocoagulation as the standard of care in this condition that adversely impacts the vision of up to 10% of those living with diabetes.
Quark last week reported 12-month data from the phase II study of PF-04523655 run by Pfizer (DEGAS) enrolling 184 patients with DME. The data suggest that the drug was on track of meeting its primary end-point which would have been superior improvements in mean visual acuity at 24 months compared to laser treatment: a 5.8 letter improvement for '655 at the highest dose (3mg) compared to 2.4 for laser (p= 0.08). Pfizer, the company that ran the trial, however, decided to terminate the study at this midway point as it deemed that the study objectives could no longer be met.
This is likely at least partly due to the new competition from the Roche/Novartis drug Lucentis that showed 24-month improvements of 12.5 letters versus 2.6 letters for sham control in a pivotal phase III study (RISE). Nevertheless, the efficacy of '655 looks much better if one considers that taking into account the 12 month completers only, the improvement was a very promising 9.1 letters for '655 versus 3.2 letters for laser. Moreover, the '655 data were reported to be dose responsive whereas the Lucentis data were not. Importantly, no serious adverse events were reported, although additional details remain to be reported at an upcoming conference.
Based on this dataset, it seems to me that '655 was efficacious, but unlikely to match the Lucentis data with the doses studied even when allowing for more patients to complete the study. Given the encouraging data, Quark decided to run a phase IIb study on its own dime, hoping that with higher doses the efficacy of Lucentis can be matched or even surpassed. This would confirm that the safety profile in DEGAS was satisfactory. In return, Quark would receive increased milestones and royalties should the drug eventually be approved.
Overall, the data are good news for RNAi Therapeutics in ocular indications in general. 3mg siRNA translate into almost a whopping 100mg per kilogram of human eye that were apparently well tolerated in this study (note, however, that the cost of goods for monoclonal antibodies would still be higher even at the current 0.3-0.5mg/injection). This paves the way for improved RNAi Therapeutics candidates with larger therapeutic indexes due to enhanced uptake and at the minimum the same frequency of administration as Lucentis (monthly). Some RNAi approaches, such as attempted by RXi Pharmaceuticals and Eyegate, may even dispense of the need for needle injections altogether. This would be a major differentiating factor.
Moreover, even with comparable single-drug efficacy, safety, and route of administration, '655 may be a viable alternative or complement to Lucentis as its mechanism of action is anticipated to be anti-apoptotic (stabilizing the blood-retina-barrier) instead of anti-angiogenic (preventing abnormal blood vessel formation). However, as indicated in my somewhat less optimistic blog entry last week, this is yet to be convincingly proven given the possibility that '655 may have at least partly worked through a non-RNAi mechanism. Demonstrating synergistic action in some animal models would go a long way in showing this.
For investors of Silence Therapeutics, I consider this better-than-expected data as they keep the drug alive and demonstrate the safety of the AtuRNAi design. How the new terms between Quark and Pfizer will affect Silence's financial stake in the program and whether the present result will trigger any immediate payments, remains to be seen.
Update from March 18 Quark registration statement: In the parallel study of '655 in wet AMD, an interim analysis has shown improvements in mean visual acuity over 3 month period, but at 4 months, the primary endpoint, no numerical benefit over Lucentis was seen in any of the doses. The trial will be continued with full data expected in the second half of 2011.


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Monday, 27 April 2015
Flying farfalle {a finished quilt top}
11 comments:
It's really gorgeous Megan! How are you planning to quilt it?ReplyDelete
I really like the subtle aquas And the little pops of colour are perfect!ReplyDelete
I totally get what you mean. I don't understand what all the fuss is about with Cotton and Steel. I know what colours I love, and Cotton and Steel don't make fabrics in those colours. Yes, some people love the colours Cotton and Steel make, but I do wonder if some people are just trying to convince themselves they like the fabrics, when deep down they don't. You've tried them, and decided that it's not for you, and you can give this quilt away. It's still a very nice quilt and some lucky niece or nephew is going to nice and warm this winter (which is starting here today).ReplyDelete
Well I think it looks lovely, nice soft wintery shades.ReplyDelete
It's wonderful. I like the surprise pops of colour ; )ReplyDelete
I love the bluey-green look about it... dappled wintery sunlight, icy cold swimming pool! And the little 'pops' of bright are indeed perfect! It'll be a lovely TV cuddle quilt for someone special! LReplyDelete
I don't like C&S that much either - gasp. I saw it in person for the first time in Feb and just stood there thinking I should lim them more than I did. I managed to buy one purple print and that was it.ReplyDelete
That said, I do like your quilt!
I don't like it either! Haha! I thought I was alone. I see it all over Blogland and I can't really figure out why there was such a big deal made over it. All said, your top turned out nice.ReplyDelete
You are not alone in your non loving attitude towards C & S, there are a few prints I like, but nothing that screams buy me. Great quilt, I like the little colour POPS.ReplyDelete
I love the quilt and I love pretty much all the C+S fabrics. Clearly I am weird, ha ha.ReplyDelete
I like some of the C and S, but definitely not all of it! I think Mochi is my favourite in terms of the colours. This is a great pattern choice though and you have made a cute quilt top :-)ReplyDelete


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Tomb Raider: Anniversary – FAQ/Walkthrough
FAQ/Walkthrough by Mike7000
Updated: 06/10/07
+Tomb Raider: Anniversary=
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* Date Started: 8/5/07 *
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|0001|Version Histry |
|0002|About Me |
|0003|Walkthrough Brief |
|1000|Walkthrough |
|2000|Character Bios |
|3000|Weapons |
|0004|Clothes |
|0005|Tomb Raider Saga |
|0006|Legal Rights |
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|0002|About Me |
|Real Name: Michael|
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(*) Sorry I have no E-mail to date becouse my Outlook Express is not working
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A Hi! And Welcome to my walkthrough of U
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As the Game starts you see Los Anglos Mexico and a big explosion
Quite diffrant from TR I Not only that a Bat Creture Escapes from Some Ice.
Very Diffrant indeed.
After the Intro You Get a menu hmm, Lets go Crof Manor Shell We?
Another Intro Of LARA reading a letter about whats happen here Kind Of Bad
I guss.
Read The Book On The Table Infront of You (THE TRIALS OF GILLIAD VOLUME I)
and you will here the word BOW This is a Clue. Head Left Toward the crates
and locate the MOVABLE CRATE Move this onto that presure pad If you Did
Not Step On the pad before then you will see a CUTSCENE of a Wall Sliding
down and a GOLDON ARROW is visable!
To get it we need to put out the fire. Climb the crates on the right hand
side and jump to the picture and go accros to the other side Jump the gap
and collect the SCULPTURE GEAR.
Drop to the floor safley then head over to the stairs go Left and through
the first door.
Head through the hall to the end. Now we are locked in In otherwords we
need to find a way out on the left bookshelf is a book push it and take
the MAZE MAP.
Head upstirs and notice the ARTIFACT on the way up. (Silver Elepant)
Nope its not just for show.
In the next room push two more books one on each side to collect
DUEL PISTALS on the wall. Also read the book in the middle to get
the ARROW clue,(TRIALS OF GILLIAD VOLUME II)
And what did we see in the main hall?
Anyway head back outside and shoot the glass protecting the
ARTIFACT and head back to the room just outside from there jump and
grap the picture and it will dock down jump back to the stairs and
Shoot the butten, A WAY OUT!
At the boxes shoot them all to find a Empty Bucket For First Person veiw
press R3 after you've got it press the butten and get out of here.
Wow LARA's Tophey Room head upstairs to the room and shoot the glass with
the SUNDIAL GNOMAN inside and take it head over to the end book next to the
glass and read it. You will get the 3rd of the 4 clues the clue is:
11 2 7
Well we are done here head back downstairs go up to the alarm and
let LARA enter the code so now The LIBARY and the TROPHY room are
Head through the hall and back into the Main hall.
Now head back up the other Stairs and into the secand door.
Now we are in LARA's bedroom lets get that JOURNAL shell we?
Behind you is a statue and two daggers pull the two daggers and there
it is take it.
Now read the final clue in the book on the right
(THE TRIALS OF GILLIAD VOLUME III) And our last clue is GEARs
now head out and back to the main hall.
Now Face the Staircases and go through the door to the left of
them into the gardan.
Head down the corridoor and go up to the cresant moon On the
floor notice the SUNDIAL GNOMAN Place yours here the moon will tilt
now remeber the 3rd clue
11 2 7
Enter the Numbrs undernith the clue into the sundial a large
beam of light will catch the Sundial and some gates will open to the Maze
Im going to try my best to guide you use your MAZE MAP if needed
So the start is the gates we will also need a compas so im makeing one up
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Okay thats great now From the gates head:
west, north, West, South, East
Pick Up The ARTIFACT and go back to the gates
This time go:
East, North, East, South, West, South, East, West, South, East, South, East,
North, East.
Pick up another ARTIFACT
Get out of this area and go North as much as you can and go West from ther.
When you are in the center go south into another Grassy area and collect
another ARTIFACT head south through the gates and your there!
Yeah I do understand this may be hard to follow so im also giving you a link
to a map of the maze ALL CREDIT FOR THE MAP GOES TO:
Tomb Raider Chronicles.com
Anyway Collect Your GRAPPLE and use it to open the gates now go back inside
the Manor head back up the left Stairs to the Libary. (Frist Door)
However this time the doors will Unlock use your GRAPPLE on the lamp ou above
the desk and pull it down to reveal the next ARTIFACT. Pick it up and leave
the way you came.
Go through the door left of the fire. head through the court yard and into
the GYM. Right there is alot to do here ill number them.
1) On Mat One Jump Onto the Pole then to the ledge on the wall, onto the
ledge to the left, back jump onto the pole, onto the next legde jump to the
ladder and jump back onto the rock alcove (Jump and pull back on stick)
Push the butten rasing the Stands
2) Jump from Mat 2 onto the ledge jump up again to another ledge swing round
all the way left and Back jump onto the first stand jump to the second stand
Jump to the ledge go round hop up a ledge go all the way round left and back
jump to the ledge to collect another ARTIFACT.
3A) Jump from Mat 3 onto the ledge hop up another ledge and go round all the
way left hop up another ledge back jump and Wall run to the ledge go all the
way round and drop jump to the butten.
Press the butten to release a pole.
Jump from Mat 3 onto the ledge hop up another ledge and go round all the
way left hop up another ledge back jump and Wall run however this time back
jump onto the slope. how? Simple aim your camra at the slope and then jump
from the first slope jump to the second and jump onto the pole turn around
and jump into the alcove and pick up the Secrat use the slope to get
down safely
3C) This is the last one.
Jump from Mat 3 onto the ledge hop up another ledge and go round all the
way Right hop up another ledge and back jump onto another ledge go round
to the metal ledge jump to the one on the right drop down go round back
jump and wall run to the ledge go round and jump onto the pole push the
switch and grap the large medi-pack.
3D) Soz I was joking this really is the final one =p.
Jump from Mat 3 onto the ledge hop up another ledge and go round all the
way Right hop up another ledge and back jump onto another ledge go round
to the metal ledge jump to the one on the right and back jump onto the pole
jump to the other pole and then to the sand bag jump both the poles and pick
up the WRENCH finaly we can leave this place. To get down saley jump to that
ladder again.
Head Outside but this time go right to the end of the corridor and to the
pipes use the WRENCH and turn the pipes and we have water use ur
EMPTY BUCKET on the founten near here and you will recive BUCKET OF WATER
Head back inside and use the BUCKET OF WATER on the fire and take the
DECORATIVE ARROW. So we have got the:
But what about the BOW? the BOW lies in a room we have not yet been to, the
room to the right of the fireplace.
So the poolhouse is a mess THERE on the statue thats it! we need to cut the
Shoot that target first then head up the crates to the left of it use the
pole to jump to the ledge swing round and jump to the plank back jump to
the other planks then jump to the golden peace the statue is holding it will
break off and the pole will lower alowing you to use it whilst your down here
go move the Skip to the middle of the two ledges (The Gap In between) to use
as a standable pole repeat everything and use the pole as a swinging place
now you are at a statue move the LUG bin with poles in to the switch on the
floor Legand Players know what to do here but I will tell those who don't
Move the sticking out pole facing the one in the floor and the staues pole
into the other and watch what happens Shoot it doors will open inside is
the final ARTIFACT hop over to the first rope and shoot it one down two to go.
For the next statue hop up the boxes again use the pole shimmy round jump to
the plank and back jump then use the pole from the skip to jump accross
jump the gap and wall run push off the MOVEABLE CRATE and go accross to the
balcony you see that staute with the ball on it thats ATLAS we will see him
again later in the game Only MUCH MUCH BIGGER! anyway for now grapple and
pull to see a mini version of whats going to happen for now place the ball on
the switch to open the other door in the swiming pool again shoot the rope.
drop down. Place the crate so u can get back up easy. Now go round near the
other crates and grapple and pull now climb up and jump to the seesaur and
grap onto the plank go round back jump to another plank back jump again and
shoot the last rope go diveing now and grap the DECRATIVE BOW we have all the
peaces of the puzzle so head back to the maze and through the gates to the
middle oh and don't forget to use the new tunnel and collect your final
Ounce inside the maze jump up to the statue but your DECRATIVE BOW & ARROW
in his hands where you can see them on the floor
but nope you still can't pull that leaver GRAPLE that ring and place your
SCULPTURE GEAR. Yank that leaver and claim your prize! One thing though
there are two arrows now one in Gilliads hand and the other in the chest of
the statue why? I guss we will never know that item is for the last room in
the house the Music Room. its the second door on the left stairs thats the
end of the level enjoy playing with them. oh and I forgot when you unlock
music you can play it in this room now complete this level on time trial!
Wow LARA must be froze. Head past the well and from the snowey rock jump up
onto the ledge and shimmy all the way to the end now back jump onto the
large rock behind you jump over and climb the steps jump up the ledges to
the top and GRAPPLE accross head up to the GUIDE head up the other steps
left of the Door and grapple accross use the ledges to reach the top notice
the markings you will see alot of them in Peru anyway press the one with a
switch Wolfs attack the GUIDE and LARA is left to deal with them.
Now run forward and step on a presure pad it will activate some Arrows to
avoid loosing health lets switch them off.if you turn your camara you can
see some ledges hop up them and leap onto a switch Nothing happened?
thats becouse theres two Back jump onto another ledge shimmy round and
drop onto the second switch no more Arrows.
Climb the steps and jump accross the gap and then accross the other gap
turn around and jump to that ledge climb up. Jump all the gaps until you
reach a gap that is to big to jump slide down the slope infront of you and
jump near the end to grap the ledge climb up take the ARTIFACT and jump to the
Music will play and three bats will attack kill them take the left hop on
that rock and jump and grab the ledge pull up and take the LARGE MEDIPACK
hop down and take the way the bats came from when you get to the grassy
patch more will attack kill them but don't go down yet!
When you reach the slope look up to see a ring slide down jump and grapple it
pull up and swing to the ledge hop up the ledges back jump drop shimmy round
back jump one last time and collect the ARTIFACT. Use the ledges to drop to the
floor and wipe out two more bats head to the door pull the leaver and go out
go under the doorway and into a room with a bridge go down there and kill the
wolves and head past the bridge and head in a small cavern undernieth the
second bridge climb back up and go accros the first bridge it will brake
but will leave useful planks that can be used as a ladder head up the ledges
and turn around jump onto that ledge on the Column hop up and go round back
jump onto another column go round and jump to collect a SMALL MEDIPACK head
back to the second bridge and cross over it. jump up the ledge and jump to
the rope turn left till facing the LARGE MEDIPACK and swing over to it
pick it up and ropdown safetly fight the bear NOTE: if u ever fall down here
again you can use the ledges to get back up however this time go through the
cavern and pull the switch drop down and collect the ARTIFACT head back to the
rope, jump grab the rope and swing to the other side. head left instead of
going down the ramp and behind the second column on the left there is a
SMALL MEDIPACK now head down the ramp. and through the tunnel until
you reach a pit.
Jump to the horizontal pole and swing across climb the ledges avoid the Arrows
and get to the door. (The best way to dodge the Arrows is to roll) Jump up the
ledges and kill the Wolf now head back to the ledges and hop up them all
side jump to the weight head back to were you fought the wolf on you left there
are 3 horizontal poles swing across them beware at the other side there are 2
wolves make them history.
Then jump up the ledges backwards jump onto the horozontal pole swing, and leap
onto the weight now drop down onto the preassure pad the door is now open.
DO NOT GO THROUGH DOOR YET!!! Climb the ledges and make your way back to the
second weight. climb the ledges near the second weight back jump onto the pole
then immediately jump off if done correctly Lara will grab the ledge. there
is then a second pole jump to it and swing to it you will land on a ledge
jump up the ledge.you will then see another pole behind you backwards jump to
swing and grab onto the ledge climb up and take the RELIC. DO NOT FALL GET DOWN
SAFELY OR RELIC WILL BE LOST. walk through the doors.
Have ago at TIME TRIAL now!
From here go up to the opening and a Bear will attack Kill it and head
through. Ounce round the cornor reach the poles and drop to the pit
by useing the pole to slide down turn around (If the pole is infront of you)
and go behind that mossy rock then pick up the SMALL MEDIPACK.
Climb back up useing the ledges on the right wall, Back jump onto the second
pole and then jump to the other side.
1) To perform ADRENALIN DODGE when the bear gets yellow markings at his
head and charges press the Roll butten and press Left/Right.
2) To perform head shot use ADRENALIN DODGE but hold the Roll Butten
However DO NOT SHOOT WHILE IN THIS MODE insted wait intil the game
targets the enemys head then shoot: BOOM HEAD SHOT!
After the title and music show and play head down the steps and meet
two Wolves ounce there both dead head down to the small pool and battle
the 3rd bear of the game kill him and jump in the pool.
(The Bear comes from behind the smallest hut which is over the road of you
from the stairs.)
Make sure LARA is facing the water that is pouring down then dive down
and swim through the tunel when you reach the end pull that switch and swim
upwards to catch air get out of the water here. In here pull the leaver to
make a quicker passage if you should come back. but for now climb the
steps and stop when you reach the gap. jump the gap and look at the
SMALL MEDIPACK there are two ways to recive it the quickist way
is to run along the planks and jump at the very end before they break
or we can use the cage to vault up there. Ounce you have it open the
wooden gates by shooting the lock and push the cage into the next
room under the arch when its in the next room use it to jump up to
the wall on the left and pull up cross over the bridge and collect
the SMALL MEDIPACK and SHOTGUN SHELLS.
Drop down and take more SHOTGUN SHELLS down here go inside the area with
the key on the oposit side there is nothing so push the crate back into
the other room then into the village through the newley opened gates.
Push the cage past the smallest hut and round the other side and push
it right upto a pole. Hop up onto the cage and then jump onto the pole.
Climb to the very top and jump to that ledge carefuly. Shimmy round
pull up and kill those two bats quickly. Jump to the pole and swing
over to the outcroping rock. <-- Heh rimes.
Now jump and grapple to the sticking out ledge shimmy round and
jump the two poles, Swing accross and pick up the
first and final ARTIFACT then kill all them bats.
(They come from near the poles.)
From here facing the water fall go left and jump to the roof of
that hut where you pull up from the water and slide down.
Go round the side and place your Key into the KEYHOLE next to the
wooden gate.
The wooden gate opens and you hear a Wolf howl kill two wolves
and head through another Wolf attacks so kill him while you can
then face the door and head up the steps.
Study the door It has two locks that must be released in order
to pass through next to the door is two openanings and above
them sevral ledges to use to get down safley I am taking
the left one first if you want to go otherwise I am seconning
1. For the Left door type LEFT DOOR in the box when you press
[ctrl] and [F]
2. For the Right door type Right DOOR in the box when you press
[ctrl] and [F]
NOTE: I Mean press them on the GUIDE not on the PC version.
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Ouce inside head up the steps and enter a small pool area.
Don't go for a swim there is nothing in this one insted head up the steps
to your left and jump to the outcrop then jump to a ledge traverse accross
and jump to the second traverse all the way to the right then backjump to
the Exit head up the ramp to the top then kill two bats jump accross the
gap, if you miss you land in the pool but if you make it you are back in the
first room now jump to the wooden thing that is sticking out it will turn
and the LEFT LOCK will Activate Forming a Wolf Head.
Use the ledges to get back down.
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Ounce again head up the steps to a small pool area this time go for a swim
and dive under and pick up a SMALL MEDIPACk from the bottem. now run up the
stairs to the right and jump to ledge on the other wall hop up to the other
ledge traverse left and hop up again shimmy left and side jump to yet
another ledge shimmy round and hop up to the opening. head up the ramp to the
top then kill two bats jump accross the gap, if you miss you land in the pool
but if you make it you are back in the first room now jump to the wooden
thing that is sticking out it will turn and the RIGHT LOCK will Activate Forming
a Wolf Head. Use the ledges to get back down.
Now the two Wolf Head magnets will activate and pull the door open.
Go through and down the dark and gloomy hallway. when you get to a pit
jump to the stone that slopes and slide down kill a single Wolf before
picking up the SHOTGUN SHELLS. Now pull out that cage and place it where
the ledge is use it for exstra hight and reach the ledge. Again slide
down the slope but this time near the botem of it jump to grab a pole
that is sticking out of the wall jump to the bridge in the middle and jump
ontop of the pole to perch. In the next pit drop down and head to
the other side. Hop onto that rock and jump onto the ledge traverse right
and back jump onto that pole swing to another ledge traverse hop up and
shimmy around hop up again and dodge the Arrows jump to perch on that pole
jump and head down the next hallway it will get bright and we are finaly out
of them caves
TIME TRIAL for this level is a dodle. why not have a go?
Go outside and drop off the rock you are on then fight two Wolves.
Now here's the situation there is a dam mechanisam that needs to be
activated to get behind the warter fall and into the tomb, and we need three
cogs to do this. If you look up you can see the dam it is a big horizontal
rock sort of thing. Well for now lets get the frist two cogs eh? Hop ontop
of the rock left of the waterfall and take the first cog that was easy now
lets head for the hard one. But before we climb any higher go for a swim.
Face where you just came from and dive under and through the tunnel climb
out on the left side and pick up the SMALL MEDIPACK Trust me you will
really need this, Now head back to the main pool.
Climb out and go back to where you collected the first cog head up another
rock and run to the the end and jump to the set of ledges jump to the first
then hop up traverse round and climb up and pick up the SHOTGUN SHELLS
now hop up the ledges all the way to the top.
If you like now you can look up and get a good look at the dam bigger than
you thought eh? Head through the short tunnel and jump from the steps to the
other side hop up the ledges and you will see a hanging bridge at the top
eqip your DUEL PISTALS and you will target the rope Shoot it to lower the
bridge which will then breack and go flying down the river leaving nothing
but a pole where it ounce stood LARA can swing on that pole but how do we
get to it?
Jump onto that ledge infront of you facing the wall and traverse round
back jump onto the pole and swing to the next Tunnel.
Notice the ring then jump and GRAPPLE to the bridge in the middle look
up to see where you ounce placed the cogs in TR I its diffrant in this game
Face the wall on the right and jump to its ledge travers round left
Then hop up sevral ledges Side jump right on the final ledge to find another
one climb up and head through the passage way cross over the bridge and
pick up the second cog two bats attack from the waterfall make them history
then pull out your guns again target the bridge and shoot its suport ropes
leave it for now since we will be comeing back jump to the in motion pole
and swing to a set of ledges hop them all and backjump to a cave and locate
a switch to pull, It will open a door. Now use the Roll butten to grab the
ledge here and drop down twice.
Shimmy left and jump to that same pole again now head back up the river
until you reach where the bridge ounce stood that you destroyed about a
minite ago this time jump and grapple turn to face where you just jumped
from to discover a small hole swing a jump to there and climb in.
(To get there you will have to decend on the grapple use Action and
the down direction on the Analog Stick. It is best to decend to the
very bottem.)
Ounce inside here DO NOT JUMP INTO THE WATERFALL becouse the force of the
water will kill LARA if you walk over to the other side you will find a
LARGE MEDIPACK and guss what?
|Well Done You have Found the SHOTGUN! |
Exit the same way as you came and ride the flow all the way down.
At the bottem three Wolves will attack, Perfect target practice for your
new SHOTGUN!
This time go right of the waterfall to discover a wooden ladder no third cog
sorry, Climb the ladder and insert your first cog. Pull the leaver to start
the gears use the pole on the first one and one of the two poles on the
second to reach that other ladder. I think you know what to do Insert second
cog and pull leaver. Use the ledges to get up to the top, Yes, there is
a moveing platform but we don't need to use it yet insted turn around
face the ledges to the right of the ones you used to get up here and jump
to grab one traverse round a jump up to the next. Shimmy all the way right
and drop down grab a ledge and go inside to find a LARGE MEDIPACK slide back
down to the bottem and then hop all the way back to the rope and backjump
onto it swing left (facing the waterfall) grab another ledge side jump ounce
and drop to breack yet another bridge LARA is so distructive aint she!
Hop up the rock and go straght on roll under another rock and meet another
Bear, Is it me or do we meet a Bear on every level? Still use ur new
SHOTGUn to difeat him quicker also another NOTE: If you ever replay a level
from now on you will have your SHOTGUN, Its ace I know.
Hop up all the ledges and collect some DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTAL ammo, which
was very good for me since I was replaying the level with them guns and
I had extra ammo to use up on the next enemies. (You may have gussed what
they are apart from two bats.) Look down facing left to see a slope jump
from here onto it and jump off to grab a ledge. (This will not hurt LARA)
From here traverse round and back jump to a opening. Inside pick up an
ARTIFACT go back to where you got the DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTAL AMMO.
Now face a tick right of the entrance and jump to the visable ledge.
Hop up one then Backjump and purch on a pole jump to a second and finaly
into the next area.
Slide down and head up to the steps pick up the SHOTGUN SHELLS if you
can't your too full of SHOTGUN SHELLS and I advise picking them up on the
way back Or sometimes you can press Action to reload bullets then pick
the new ones up 40 is the max SHOTGUN SHELLS for the SHOTGUN.
Jump to the slope and quickly jump off near the end to grab a ledge
side jump right and pick up the SHOTGUN SHELLS if you can't same
reason as the first load. From here jump to the horizontal pole and swing
over to the ledges hop up them all you are now at the top.
Jump from the wooden platform to the ledges traverse then backjump to reach
another traverse drop then kill two Bats now take the LARGE MEDIPACK,
Remember to save SHOTGUN SHELLS here for the new enemys. Head past the rock
and down the completly harmless cave. Ounce at some wood it will breack and
you are forced to slide down.
When you emerge prepare to fight the new enemies RAPTARS!!! Always use
HEADHSOT WHEN YOU CAN here they can be hard to kill use your SHOTGUN
while I use my DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTALS When you kill the first three
another three come from behind the rock the T-REX came from in TR I
and after they are dead don't think you have escaped fighting the T-REX
you still have to fight him but not as you remember. after all six Rapters
are dead a cinamatic starts. Well atchaly it is not really a cinamatic
its more of a Interactive Movie
Interactive Movie 1
Note: Only Press Them As they Apear or LARA will die.
Can be touch for begginers this one I however find it very easy now infact
I find it About the same as the Centaurs which I think are just jokes of
Okay lets kill this thing!!!
I do not recomend useing your SHOTGUN here it reloads too slow and is only
close range insted use DUEL PISTALS Line up with a Spiked log then shoot
repatedly at his head The RED BAR (RAGE) undernith the YELLOW BAR (HEALTH)
will rise while you shoot him when it is full he will charge at you infront
of the Spiked Log use HEAD SHOT but insted it will turn into a eye shot
and will make him loose eyesite for a while he should run into a Spike Log
Takeing off alot of health. Repeat on the other logs to deal the most
dammage your own Weapon Fire Takes off a little health too as does making
him crash into stones and trees However logs will kill him the fastest when
he's dead your Second INTERACTION MOVIE will start only two buttens this
time oh and one last thing:
Interactive Movie 2
Well there is one big goner. Collect some Pick-ups around here there are
DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTOL AMMO, SHOTGUN SHELS and a SMALL MEDIPACK.
Locations of Pick-ups
DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTOL AMMO/ Over by the big ledge you came from.
SHOTGUN SHELLS / In the bush next to the Left one of the two SL(*)
SMALL MEDIPACK / Left Side of the T-REX
(*) SL = Spiked Log
Now head inside the temple and pick up the third and final Cog Jump in the
water to the right of you dive under and swim through.
Use the pole and ledges to reach the top if you look right as you come
out you are alraider at the foot of the roof where you found prizes in TR I
and prizes you will find up here jump over and jump again to find
the bottem section SMALL MEDIPACK jump back to the entrance and this time
use rocks to climb back up and head across the roof and drop. Jump round
using all the platforms and you will eventualy reach a pole acend it turn
right and hop off use ledges to rech the wooden walkway go to then end
slide down jump over grab the pole and climb in the rockey and mossy area
collect the SMALL MEDIPACK inside then go right through the exit and up
some more ledges. Run out and you can see the bridge which you will most
definatly remember from TR I jump accross like last time however this time
it doesn't end there and there is no Cog this time go past the ledges and
inside the mossy area pick up the LARGE MEDIPACK and exit. If you dinn't
see the ledges face the mossy place and look on its left piller from the
first one navigate round left then drop shimmy left ounce again hop up all
the platforms to the top. face the slanted platfroms with water driping down
them and notice the other platfrom beond the first one first face your
camara at it then jump while moving right on the Analog Stick if done
correctly your on that platform and have gained accsess to a ARTIFACT near
some bushes take it hop back up and get back to the slopes.
This time jump to the slope then near the end jump to the second repeat
slope one to grab some poles swing across both to reach a wooden platform
jump accross again and head through. We're back in the harmless tunel with
a few extra items in our pack however we are atchaly on the second floor
of the tunnel. Now Head through it at the end look down the hole to see
where you collected that LARGE MEDIPACK insted take the other entrance slide
and near the end grab the ledge backjump and drop then shimmy round backjump
again to get back to the top of the sloped platforms area. jump to the first
one slide jump to grab the ledge you grabed before only this time hop up
shimy right and drop onto another slop jump near the end and climb up to
the stairs if you dinn't before pick up the SHOTGUN SHELLS if you have
enough ammo space. In the area where you fort the Bear hop up the pole perch
on the other small pole jump to the platfrom slide down the wood and get
back to where you destroid the bridge upun entrance to where you just came
Dive into the water or just jump climb out and climb the ladders to reach
that moveing platform again now jump it and place your third Cog pull the
leaver and watch the dam come down stoping most of the water.
Before leaveing we have one last ARTIFACT to secure hop up to the top then
jump in the water near the dam, Don't worry there is no currunt now swim
under and in that cave you seen when you puled the switch after collecting
the second Cog. Ounce inside here swim through climb up and collect the
RELIC which is a KERO MUG. Now use the opeaning under the waterfall.
Before Trying TIME TRIAL I recomend getting the DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTOLS
so you can kill monsters faster, However still have ago you might get lucky.
Back to them Caves eh? thats something I dreded nothing but more rocks and
ledges, well I supose LARA is a Tomb Raider and not a Land Raider.
Head all the way through the cave until you reach a pit perch the poles to
get to that platfrom use it to jump to the exit ounce out of here this is
the main area. Which is ALOT diffrant from in TR I and yes the first switch
is still in here walk up to the slope and head up to the second slot run
away from that boulder that you will remember from TR I escape the slope
and as soon as your out go Left or Right to allow the bolder to pass without
hiting you. The Gates will lock which again also happened in TR I so we need
to find three switches to open them.
(NOTE: There is a cool glitch to dodge the bolder as it comes down the ramp
it moves to the right so you can roll to the left and dodge it, this is
no shortcut however since seconds after poor LARA will die.)
Drop down to the floor level safely by useing the ledges near the entrance
ounce down push the crate over to the ledges ill explain why later.
Now head over to the other side so that the gate is above you and move the
big suport to the left (Facing the gate above you) Look up to find some
ledges thats where its headed. put it where you can jump to it from above
jump onto it then climb up the ledges jump right to the other ledges and
pull up climb the vertical pole and hop off turn to face the hanging gong
target and shoot it down double GRAPPLE and pull the first leaver GRAPPLE
back and drop down safley useing the second pole and droping off.
Now notice another part of the bridge is gone now you have accsess to two
supports and also the next gate is the chicken one which is also the one
ontop of the right door (facing the gate) so move both supports there and
use them to jump accross.
Ounce you reach a pit use some ledges to drop down go to the other side
and right of the pole is the first ARTIFACT head back up to the entrance.
Jump through the ARROWS and purch on the pole now jump to the ledge on the
left and shimmy right jump right through more Arrows to another ledge drop
down one ledge backjump and purch on the very very small pole. Head through
and into the room.
Obvously a trap notice the switch is bigger than usaly so that LARA has to
jump onto it to use it and also the creaking floor as you step to the switch
when you are almost a metre away the ground will fall and the hungry Wolves
will attack kill both of them and then head up the walkway. In the middle
of the walkway pull out the cage and push it off the walk way.
Now go down and move it upto the piller with ledges hop up the ledges back
jump to a hanging pole use the poles to reach the other piller traverse
round the ledge back jump and pole swing to yet more ledges climb them
backjump to the next hanging pole and from there jump left into the balcony
and look whats behind the piller its a ARTIFACT.
now get back onto the pole and from there jump to the the switch to use
it, The second of three doors will open.
Jump right to catch the horizontal pole and swing to the ledge climb up
another ledge by traversing left then hoping up on the now climb up head
to the door and drop down. On the way back you may wan't to take those
SHOTGUN SHELLS right of the door. Head back to the main room.
In the coridor near the pit a Rapter will attack use the SHOTGUN to kill
it. Drop down ounce you reach the pit kill the Rapter here and climb the
pole use the ledges to get out.
In the main room the next icon on the third gate is also above the left
door so move the supports so you can reach it.
Ounce at the deep pit jump through the Arrows and onto the horizontal pole
then jump to the ledge infrot of you jump from ledge to ledge until there is
a gray ladder behind you jump right onto another ledge keeping heding left
and drop down when you can now back jump and purch the ledge jump over and
pick up the SMALL MEDIPACK and continue along the hall jump through the
Arrows and notcie some traps are not working including the blades on the
celing. When a rockey area is insite two of the five Arrow traps are working
so make sure you don't get hit. Ounce past them hop up onto the steps useing
GRAPPLE to swing to them face left and jump to the vertical pole.
Turn and face the horizontal pole and jump to it (move the camara as you
jump) swing and jump to the ledges climb up and use the wood as a walkway
collect the DUEL 50 CALIBER PISTOL AMMO on the other plank then jump and
grab the switch the third and final door is now open.
Head back to the main room all the traps will now be active and a rapter
will come from round the cornor. Ounce at the ledges get to the gray ladder
and jump left this time use the ledges to get back to the pole and back to
the main room
In the main room head up the ramp yet again but this time there is no bolder
go up and around the column
Enjoy the cutscene.
Oh and you do not have to fight QUALOPEC just escape the Tomb during your
escape Raptors will attack use the SHOTGUN and they don't stand any chance
of suvival also you have the SCION OF QUALOPEC in your INVENTRY. Ounce you
escape watch a cutscene then begin the Interaction Movie
Interactive Movie 3
And if you did not collect the Shotgun in THE LOST VALLY you will have it
Well Done you Have completed the level.
Time Trial Can't be that hard right?
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June's Story - Assignment letter - take two
Knowing we were unable to wait any longer than the first waitpool draw, we decided to play it safe and list our 2nd choice school, Lafayette, as our waitpool choice. When turning in our application initially we debated whether to put Peabody or Lafayette first. We loved both schools, and could see Maddie at either, Peabody won out only because of the later start time. This time around we figured Lafayette would have less waitpool demand – increasing our chances - and additionally many of Maddie's friends were going to Lafayette, so it would be nice for her to go to school with them.
At the same time we were hoping for a small wait pool and enough openings, we were also preparing for bad news. After all we did not feel we had a risky list in round 1, so we could be deluding ourselves again. We drove all over the East Bay looking at neighborhoods, researched school districts, questioned why we want to stick to SF at all and spent many anxious nights wondering what our future would hold – all based on the results of the letter that was to go out April 30th.
I checked out the waitpool cohorts nervously on April 30th, Lafayette had no one left in our 0/7 pool. Dare we hope? Or could the EPC had made a mistake; there was one in the sibling pool, which should have had priority over us. I dared not get excited till I had the letter. And the letter that was to arrive on Saturday, did not arrive. Then on Monday it did not arrive either! I knew, reading here that everyone was in the same boat, but I felt like I was going to loose it! My family's whole future was riding on that letter!!! Today I waited, and waited, and waited – for our mailman who always comes after 4pm. Finally I had it in my hands. I ripped it open and…. WE GOT IN!!! Lafayette, our waitpool choice school!!!
I am soooooo happy, I can't even describe the relief. I can finally make plans again, know we will not be moving, not need to begin a frantic search for a new place to call home. We can stay in SF, can tell Maddie where she will start Kindergarten, who she will see on the play-yard. I can breathe again.
It is just too bad my joy comes with such a sour feeling towards the placement system. This long drawn out process totally sucked, that is all I can say about it. And for many people who did not get a good letter today, it sucks even more. They may decide to upend their lives and move, they may decide to wait again and again for another letter that may or may not bring better news. If you are in that spot I am sorry, I am so so so sorry. I hope whatever you do it all works out and you will be happy very soon. I also hope that the new system will be easier for K applicants next year, that middle school will be easier for us in 6 years, but call me a pessimist - I will not believe it till I see it.
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- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Congrats June! I felt your sigh of relief as you ripped open that letter that you had to wait an extra 3 days for. I can only hope for the same.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Congrats, June. Glad for your happy ending--and Lafayette is indeed a good school.ReplyDelete
I do think the new system will be less sucky in the sense that it provides more certainty, although those who are placed (by neighborhood) in a school they hate will probably not want that certainty! But at least they will KNOW back in the fall what they are dealing with. You folks out in the outer Richmond will be fine, anyway--it's those of us on the margins of wealthy/poor neighborhoods who willing be sweating the new maps.
Re middle school, I'd be shocked if Lafayette didn't feed into Presidio--or at least Roosevelt. Both excellent schools academically and in many other ways. I think you'll be fine for middle school. And you'll have plenty of warning anyway.
I realize you are a pessimist because of this recent experience though--and who can blame ya.
Again, congratulations. I hope Maddie has a wonderful K year.
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 6:36 PM
June, I'm so happy for you! Lafayette is a great school. The only reason it is not more popular is b/c of the location. Everything else is top notch.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 6:38 PM
"loose it" ???ReplyDelete
Ahem. LOSE IT.
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 6:41 PM
What's wrong with Lafayette's location? Wish I could afford to live in that neighborhood!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 6:53 PM
6:41, I think people just mean it's pretty far out in the avenues - not that central so it's hard for people from other parts of the city to get there.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 7:45 PM
6:36 here. 6:53 is correct. I live in the Richmond and love it. I only meant that Lafayette is far out in the Richmond, making it inconvenient for many people in other neighborhoods (for exp., it is the opposite direction for those who commute downtown). Nothing wrong with the location, just logistically inconvenient for many.ReplyDelete
- betty westbrookMay 4, 2010 at 7:57 PM
That's great news, June! We also got Lafayette (in Round 1) and are excited to start K in the fall. I look forward to meeting you. (If we ever get past our pen names.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Isn't it sad that so many of us (including myself) would never send our kids to certain high poverty schools? Where is our outrage about the system as a whole? Yes, of course we want the best environment for OUR kids, but what about those kids with families who can't/won't advocate for them? Why is it OK for poor kids to go to low performing schools, but unacceptable for the middle class? Why do we as a City allow this to continue? We're all really good at bemoaning the "undesirable" schools- and we put a ton of energy into navigating the system for our own families- I wonder what would happen if we all put as much thought into changing the system for everyone.ReplyDelete
Just a thought. I'm as guilty as anyone else for not taking any sort of big action on this.
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 8:44 PM
What big action could anyone take? As others point out, no school system anywhere in the world has succeeded in "making all the schools good" and closing the achievement gap between privileged, white and Asian students and low-income black and Latino students. If you know the secret, you could change the world.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 9:48 PM
The secret is parenting.ReplyDelete
I am Latino and was raised in a low-income household in a low-income neighborhood with underperforming schools where parents, mine included, did not emphasize education. I was lucky that I somehow made it out of East LA. Today most of my friends are higher income whites and Latinos of all income levels who come from households where education was a huge priority.
What I've learned by observing my very large extended family and those of many friends is that parents who care about education have children that succeed; where the parents are not involved, the results are grim. We spend millions of dollars improving school facilities and shrinking class sizes, yet there is zero emphasis on parenting programs that teach people how to help their children succeed academically. Until we aim our tax dollars at the right people—parents, we are not going to help disadvantaged children get ahead. Teachers and school systems will help some kids, like me, but for the most part they are not going to overcome what is happening at home.
Btw, we're 0/14 on K Spanish immersion.
- AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Agreed, 9:48 -- I should have asked what action schools, or activists (as 8:10 implies), could take to close the achievement gap. They can't make people parent.ReplyDelete
Sorry you're 0/14 -- best of luck!
June, I am so glad for you. This process looks grisly and stressful. From where I live, it beats neighborhood schools, but there's no doubt that our state's whole educational system needs help. I wish you and your family all the best!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Congratulations - Lafayette is a fabulous school!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Did your kid test Spanish-dominant?
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Bravo 9:48,ReplyDelete
Finally someone admitting to the correct problem. I wouldn't mind sending my child to a low income school but I want one that has parents that are involved and that care about education. Otherwise, school is just babysitting, not even day care where kids are learning.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Amen to 9:48. I know wealthy white people whose kids are barely-literate jailbirds due to poor parenting. We all know the Chinese paradox: a school can be around 70-90% free and reduced lunch and have a Great Schools ranking from 7-10 if the majority population is Chinese because of the cultural emphasis on education. Occasionally a bright child from a poor parenting environment will really take to school and do well, but the odds are stacked against those kids.ReplyDelete
June, congratulations on Lafayette. We're one of the families for whom the way-out-in-the-avenues location doesn't work, but we have friends there and it sounds like an awesome place.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 9:27 AM
I'm sure you will be a great asset to Lafayette.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 11:08 AM
9:08 AM, a good example of a school with low-income kids and good results is ER Taylor. Another is Moscone, a school in the Mission that really beats the demographic odds. Sheridan on the SW side is another one with high test scores and mostly low-income kids (and not all Chinese either). I'm surprised more middle/upper class parents from the east and south sides of town don't look at these schools.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 11:17 AM
I think that some of the schools you mention don't have before and after-care, which can be an issue for middle-class families where both parents work and there is no nearby extended family to help with child care.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 11:24 AM
"I think that some of the schools you mention don't have before and after-care, which can be an issue for middle-class families where both parents work and there is no nearby extended family to help with child care."ReplyDelete
Moscone has limited childcare (there's a CDC round the corner for low-income families), and I think some families from there go to childcare at Flynn. Don't know about E.R. Taylor or Sheridan.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Sheridan only has aftercare for low income kids.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Newsflash to SFUSD - You can't integrate the schools if you only provide aftercare for the low income kids!!ReplyDelete
I am stuck with this problem right now - I have no aftercare for my child - yippee!
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations and welcome to Lafayette! We love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 1:41 PM
1:30pm, agreed. Bringing GLO afterschool care to Fairmount was what made it possible. It needs to be standard!ReplyDelete
There are a few major providers of care in town (YMCA, GLO, etc.). Worth asking them about expanding. Or talking to the school about providing bus service to another site while it can be worked on at the first site. Monroe buses to Buena Vista, I think.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 1:52 PM
When did GLO come to Fairmount?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM
I am just learning about the public school enrollment process now, and the biggest shock of all has been the after-care situation. I had just assumed that every school provided after-care for any child who needed it. Pretty naive, I guess.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 2:18 PM
"When did GLO come to Fairmount?"ReplyDelete
I think in 2002 or 2003. It was then called West Portal Care Inc., as that is where it originated. Name change was a few years ago. It had earlier expanded to AFY and Alvarado, and then Fairmount came on board. It is has since further expanded, though I can't remember now where as we are no longer an elementary school family.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Way naive. Even most trophies don't have guaranteed after care. Most popular after-school programs have waiting lists, and you might get a school but not a program, or a program but not a school. As with the lottery, something eventually works out for most people, but depending on your family and job situations that uncertainty can be a deal-breaker. We have no nearby family who can help and we don't know any SAHPs with whom we could make arrangements. After-care program stability was one reason we ended up private. I have not heard of any private schools that don't make after-care available to all families at the school who want it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 2:53 PM
"you might get a school but not a program, or a program but not a school"ReplyDelete
OMG. So, how early do I need to get on the waiting list for an aftercare program? Is it like fancy preschools, where applications are accepted "in utero"???
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 3:06 PM
No, not in utero. Call as soon as you have an assignment to get on the list.ReplyDelete
Also, it's quite as dire as is being suggested. You may have to ask around to see what other families are doing. For example, when GLO at Alvarado maxed out and had a waiting list, several families went with the latchkey program at Douglass Park, and others went to the program at St. Aidan's Episcopal up on Diamond Heights (there is school bus service from Alvarado that drops the kids there). There is a latchkey program at Glen Park as well. Many schools have bus service to off-site programs at YMCA, Boys' & Girls' Club, other schools' after school programs, JCC, etc.
This may not be ideal, but can suffice until a spot opens up at the on-school program. They often open up midyear as families' needs change. You will certainly get a spot the following year. Heck, the cost of hiring someone to do afternoon care for one whole year would be far less than paying private school tuition for six years, so it should not become "the" reason to go private.
Other families I have known have been able to stagger their work so that one parent is on for the morning and the other for the afternoon. Granted that takes job flexibility.
The point is, ask parents at the school site what they are doing. You are not the first to confront this issue. It may be time to build after care at the school site, but in the meantime, other families are doing *something.* What is it? You can contact parents through PPS ambassador program.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Do any kids get picked up after school? Not after after care? I was the opposite of the other poster. I didn't know any schools had aftercare. I thought I needed to make my own arrangements (parent, grandparent, babysitter, etc.) I'm looking for a carpool b/c my babysitter doesn't drive and we of course couldn't get in the school w/in walking distance. I'm just wondering if I'm going to have any luck with an after school car pool. Sounds like all the kids stay at school til 5 or 6.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Some kids go home right after school gets out but I think it's pretty rare.ReplyDelete
Lack of after-care was not the only reason we went private (my husband said "absolutely not" to the school we got even though many parents like it and I thought it would be OK), but it was certainly a factor.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 3:46 PM
a side note--has anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here? Often when they haven't done the legwork to tour, read about them, get under the statistics to understand that test scores track demographics, etc.? And a corollary--those same husbands are almost always citing test scores above all.ReplyDelete
A sociological phenomenon....I wonder if/how that works in lesbian and gay families, but that is my (anecdotal) observation about het families: the women are willing to be more adventurous in their picks.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Yes, absolutely. I think for a lot of men, certainly my own DH, if they don't perceive a school to be "the best" or at least pretty far up the food chain, they feel like they have failed as providers. My husband did at least go to the school we were assigned and spend several hours there. Seemed like lots of moms were going "it's neat, isn't it honey, we can really make a difference here" and the dads were nodding politely in the building and shaking their heads once they left. I think guys are more likely to want to find a way to afford oranges rather than make lemonade out of lemons. I am painting with a VERY broad brush here of course.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 4:40 PM
That absolutely fits my husband. We can afford private, and he was pushing for that. When we didn't get the privates we wanted (being rather picky, in the East end sense of the word), he was impossibly upset, even though we got a public that many would cut off their right arm to send their kid to. Now he is "tolerating" it, and plotting for the next round of private applications. sigh.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 4:50 PM
I think most men leave the rose-colored glasses at home. I count on my husband to provide the gut feeling -- the one before the brain kicks in. Not saying he gets his way, but he is sometimes right.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 5:14 PM
9:08 My son was accepted at moscone and I had to switch him in round II because there are no aftercare options for a kindergartner. No buses to Buena Vista or Flynn, no opening at Las Americas (CDC) for families that will pay, and the Boys and Girls club is only for 6yrs and up. 4 or 5 children of various ages walk UNSUPERVISED down the street to a depressing looking gymnasium with a sweet caregiver, but I wasn't comfortable with my 4 yr old doing that. The receptionist had no info or contacts to help me either. So, I'm a middle class mom who tried to give Moscone a chance, but got burned. Until they are able to at least help new families connect with other incoming parents to coordinate childcare they will not meet the needs of the middle class, and I felt like they didn't have any interest in doing so. Plus the Principle left on maternity leave and we never heard back about who was going to take over. The playground is terrible, not a tree or ounce of shade, it is on top of a parking garage! I really wanted to like it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM
5:14 - Did you get a hardship or a new school on your R2 list?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM
I have an almost manic instinct to want to take on projects. Visions of a beautiful school community where housing project kids beat the odds and go off to college because we've joined the team at their elementary. Talk about delusions of grandeur. My husband has to tactfully remind me that I really don't have time, and our family cannot afford for me to take the time since I am the primary breadwinner, to help turn marginal school X into the next Miraloma.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM
5:26 - That is hilarious. That is exactly the same as our family except I am the one saying we don't have the time, my partner always wants to take on new projects!ReplyDelete
"...has anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here?"ReplyDelete
This was my husband when we were looking at then-downtrodden Aptos Middle School in 2002. We were lucky in having a native guide, parent activist Dana Woldow, whose son was already there. She took us on a tour of the school and used reverse psychology on my husband. She told him: OK, you're going to see the most disgusting thing you've ever seen -- if you can handle this, you can handle anything. Then she sent him into the boys' locker room. He came out saying cheerfully: "Hey, it's just like my junior high school locker room!" (Palms Jr. High, LAUSD, about 1964-66, for the record.) That did it.
Also, my son was absolutely insisting. He had been impressed by Aptos institution Russ Addiego, then the GATE coordinator, on an earlier tour, and was absolutely not willing to consider glossier Hoover or Giannini. I guess when the kids are old enough to be in the mix, that complicates things for the naysayer husbands.
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 7:01 PM
My child loves Mr. Addiego in social studies! Even though (um, maybe because?) he can be really outrageous. But he also teaches the material and the kids are expected to learn it. I think the outrageousness has to be a mark of teaching middle schoolers since the mid-1970's.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 10:27 PM
"a side note--has anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here? Often when they haven't done the legwork to tour, read about them, get under the statistics to understand that test scores track demographics, etc.? And a corollary--those same husbands are almost always citing test scores above all. "ReplyDelete
Probably depends on the type of husband. Alpha males, yep.
Me, I went into male geek data collection mode, visiting 30+ schools, and being able to rattle off the APIs for non-low SES kids for most publics in a 2 mile radius of our house.
- AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Blogger ate my comment last night but -- my alpha male but technically female partner wants only the very best private school for our daughter, despite our thuddingly middle-class income. So it's been me who has had to tour the publics and conjure up magical visions of change wrought mostly by others, because I am the breadwinner and have a killer commute and she hasn't seen the places. Some comfort for the straight women in the audience, maybe?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 2:23 PM
"a side note--has anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here?"ReplyDelete
Agreed!! I've noticed this along with the fact that it's the dads who spend a lot of time railing against the assignment system. Lots of comments like, "Back when I was going to school in the [1960s/1970s] in [small Midwest town], everyone just walked to their neighborhood school. So why can't we do that here?" Whereas the moms work like mad to figure out the system and make it work. I know one dad who couldn't believe that we were considering West Portal because it had such a bad reputation...back in the 1970s, when he was in elementary school in SF.
Obviously this is painting with a broad brush, as someone said, and I must say that my husband was incredibly supportive during the entire (two-year!) process, but I definitely have noticed gender differences in the approaches.
- AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 9:37 PM
on the gender gap view, is it because you are SAHM, and want to keep it that way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 10:07 PM
Um, no. I commented earlier. I work full time, and have done so ever since my maternity leave ended when my child was less than six months old. I don't think the comments were meant to start some sort of gender/mommy war. Just some random observations.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 6:27 AM
9:37, uh, yeah. I'm a full-time working lesbian mom, and when it comes to schools I'm living the gender gap with my sweetly clueless, SAHM butch partner. Your point about SAHMs and the gender gap is what, precisely?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 9:05 AM
"a side note--has anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here?"ReplyDelete
Interestingly enough, it was the exact opposite in my family. Hubbie comes from a well to do family and attended some of the best schools in the east coast area and even went to Phillips Exeter Academy.
I went to S.F. public school all the way from K-12. I HATED the idea of sending my kid to public. I was a child of the dreaded and nonfunctional "Social Experiment." I went to a school that most all people here would shutter to send their precious children. I wanted to go to private. Hubbie insisted on public. Luckily, we got into an acceptable school that is getting better by the year.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM
9:05, I suppose the grass is always greener!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM
That is assuming there is or ever was grass around. I can tell you that there wasn't any at the school I went to that gave me such horrible memories of SFUSD.
Shuttering at the reflections of those times,
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 11:46 AM
What was the social experiment?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Busing and ensuring that kids, that were not socially disadvantage, were assigned schools in the ghetto as often as they could.
I can offer a good guess that around 50% of the children I went to school with, at the disadvantaged school, are either dead or in jail.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Yes, it turns out that diversifying educational environments alone does not mitigate the effects of shoveling public monies upwards (as in deregulation and the bailouts) and starving the majority of people out of basic social services.ReplyDelete
A shame, that. The real social experiment was trickle-down economics for 30 years, and it clearly hasn't worked. Neither busing nor a lottery can fix the gigantic hole where a decent middle-class existence used to be.
- AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM
"as anyone else noticed it is almost always the husbands saying "absolutely not" to a variety of schools around here? Often when they haven't done the legwork to tour, read about them, get under the statistics to understand that test scores track demographics, etc.?"ReplyDelete
I attribute this to the insular world where many upper-middle-class and wealthier men dwell.
Women are out on the street more. They mingle with people of different social classes more.
Men stay hunkered down in the cubicle/office world, where they divorce themselves from the Real World as much as possible.
- AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Me Tarzan, you Jane. Men from Mars, Women from Venus.ReplyDelete
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Our prayers have been answered! Alamo here we come! We are so excited to get into that school, and sooooo looking forward to August!ReplyDelete


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The U.S. has confirmed one of the world's top terror leaders, Ahmed Abdi Godane, the head of the Somalia-based Al Shabab, was killed in a U.S. strike this week.
Friday's confirmation of his death was celebrated in Somalia, where the Shabab has lost most of its local support and territory in recent years, but remains East Africa's most dangerous Al Qaeda affiliate.
Godane had claimed responsibility for last September's attack on the Nairobi Westgate Mall, which killed more than 65, including two Canadians and sanctioned dozens bombings inside Somalia over the last six years.
It had been rumoured since the Monday airstrike in Somalia's southern Lower Shabelle region that Godane was among the dead.
A White House statement Friday called Godane's death a "major symbolic and operational loss to Al Shabab." The U.S. had offered $7 million for information leading to his capture after Godane officially pledged his group's allegiance to Al Qaeda in 2012.
Although the Shabab has other leaders within its ranks, including many Kenyan members such as "Ikrima" who the U.S. has unsuccessfully targeted in the past, Godane's death is significant.
"Al Shabab will never again be the same as it was under his leadership," Mogadishu-based analyst Abdi Aynte wrote this week, arguing that Godane's despotic rule weakened the group. "(I)t is difficult to imagine Al Shabab remaining a cohesive entity. He made no obvious attempts to groom a successor."
Godane's death could also spark an exodus of young Somali jihadists into Syria and Iraq, as the Islamic State (or ISIS) gains global notoriety. Security services are already concerned with the prevalence of ISIS recruits who are of Somali heritage from North America, Europe and Australia.


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