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****Also I feel like there's more judgment against a female with two males interested in her than against a male with two females interested in him. Hmm.
Friday, April 1, 2011
How Do You Feel About Love Triangles?
****Also I feel like there's more judgment against a female with two males interested in her than against a male with two females interested in him. Hmm.
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i don't know. i can't say a lump statement of being pro or anti love triangle or any plottable point on a spectrum. i guess it always comes down to the individual story and how true the author is to their characters. i have one story with a love triangle in it... and that wasn't intentional- sometimes my characters have more say than they should... anyway, the thing i like about that particular love triangle-which could be said for most in ya, i believe- is that the two suitors bring out two different aspects of the mc's personality, and being a teen and in the middle of a plot arc, she isn't certain who she is or wants to be - so to know who she wants to be with in the end is a struggle for her... i don't know. it feels right to me. but i don't like anything to be written purely as a plot device- i think it's good to understand when you use plot devices and such- but i don't like characters thrown in for no other reason than the plot is fumbling around... does that make sense?!?! speaking of fumbling around- this is one rambling comment! :PReplyDelete
@ aspiring_x No, I get what you're saying completely. And like you, my love triangles are NEVER intentional, haha! There's just a character, and then he and my MC start making eyes at each other, and I think What?? ... Okay, guess I'll go with it, although she already has ... oh well. Fiiiine.ReplyDelete
These things happen :-)
@ aspiring_x I do concede to you the point about 2 suitors bringing out different aspects of the character's personality while she's at a particular point in her life. That's very true.ReplyDelete
tee hee hee! those rascally characters! sometimes their so bad, i just want to tell them to go get a room! but then i think- nonononononononoNOONONONONONOOOOOOOOO!!!!ReplyDelete
that would ruin the whole story!! yikes!
egad. they're not their.ReplyDelete
@ aspiring_x That's okay ... it's Friday.ReplyDelete
Apparently I like them... I have one with a triangle, one with a "herring" and one with a definite triange.ReplyDelete
I like reading them, though, too. For the same reasons you mentioned :)


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Alphabet Discovery BottleSometimes learning letters can be tricky for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Remembering all of those letters (26 is a lot!) is frustrating and difficult and kids just aren't into identifying the letters of the alphabet. Many times you have a child who picks up on letters right away. You can see posts on Facebook where proud parents are touting their two year old who knows all of the letters and the sounds they make. They are proud mamas and papas and deserve to share their excitement with all of their friends on social media! But sometimes, you have kids who just aren't into learning letters. As much as you try to introduce the ABC's, some kids just have more trouble recognizing the way a letter looks, recalling the letter name, and identifying the letter's sound. Creative and multi-sensory teaching techniques can help with kids who are resistant in trying yet another letter learning activity. We made this ABC letter identification discovery bottle to practice letter recognition. Have you made a sensory bottle yet? These are very cool calming sensory tools in learning and play!
Alphabet Letter Recognition Discovery Bottle
My three year old is always up for an interesting activity. She is my little helper when it comes to our cooking with kids recipes. Whenever I have an activity set up, she is always game to play! This sensory bottle was just for her as we practiced naming the letters of the alphabet. She helped me make our letter discovery bottle and that was part of the fun! (I'm including affiliate links in this post.)
To make a sensory discovery bottle based on letters, you'll need just two items:Foam Alphabet Puzzle (This is not the type of puzzle we used in our bottle. We found ours at a garage sale long ago. However, these foam letters would work in your discovery bottle. And if you find a puzzle like ours at a yard sale, grab it up!)
So making this scented scenory letter activity is beyond easy. First, dump out half of the salts into a large bowl. Add in your foam letters. Kids will LOVE doing this part of the activity. Ask them to help you name the letters as you drop them in one by one. Then, when you've got all the letters (or as many as your bottle can handle), start scooping in the remaining bath salts. This is such a great sensory activity for kids. The sense of scent (or olfactory sense) is one linked to recall. How many times do you recognize a scent form your past and recall memories associated with that smell? Invite your child to sniff the air as you scoop the salts back into the container.
**NOTE** Be sure to stay with your child as you do this part, and any parts of this activity. Children should not taste the bath salts and if your child may put items into their mouth, refrain from allowing them to scoop the bath salts. As with any activity on this blog, be sure to use your best judgement with your child's needs and abilities and provide direct supervision.
You may want to glue the lid shut at this point, before allowing your child to play with the discovery bottle.
Next, start playing! Allow your child to shake, roll, shake some more with the discovery bottle. Invite them to shake until they find and can identify the letters in the bottle. Shaking the bottle has weight and provides proprioceptive input to kids. Depending on the size of your bath salts bottle, it can be on the heavy side. Use this activity as a warm up to fine motor tasks such as handwriting or drawing.
Alternate ways to play with this letter sensory bottle:
- Look and search for letters. As you find one, name it with your child. Ask them to shake the bottle and search until they find that letter again.
- Shake and roll the bottle and ask your child to name the first letter they see. Have them shake and roll until they find letters in alphabetical order.
- Ask your child to find a letter that starts the word "apple, ant...". Name words for each letter and ask your child to find those letters in the sensory bottle.
- When your child finds a letter, ask them to name words that start with that letter's sound.
- Use the empty puzzle. Point to a letter spot and ask your child to name that letter and then find it in the discovery bottle.
- Ask your child to shake the discovery bottle and find a letter. Ask them to point to that letter's spot in the empty puzzle.
- Ask your child to find a letter in the discovery bottle. When they do, ask them to use the discovery bottle like a pointer and draw that letter in the air, using both hands on the bottle. Provide hand-over-hand assistance, if needed.
- Look around the room and play "I Spy". Say to your child, "I Spy something that starts with the letter B." Have them guess the item in the room, then shake the sensory bottle and find the letter "B" in the discovery bottle.
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Looking for more discovery bottle ideas using dry materials? The bloggers in the Discovery Bottles Blog Hop Team have created discovery bottles using dry materials this month. You know: rice, corn, paper, seeds...how many dry materials can you think of to use in a discovery bottle? See what the bloggers have made:
Candy Corn Discovery Bottle | Preschool Inspirations
Alphabet Discovery Bottle | Sugar Aunts
5 Little Pumpkins Discovery Bottle | Modern Preschool
Easy Halloween I Spy Bottle | One Time Through
Pumpkin Seed Discovery Bottles for Fall | Fun-A-Day
More creative letter learning ideas that your child will love:
Name Soup Writing Your Name | Building Letters Cotton Swabs | Fizzy Dough Letters | Handwriting Cookie Cutters


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The Opportunities Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (Ontario PNP) is an immigration program run by the Province of Ontario. It is mainly intended to facilitate applications for permanent residence for foreign nationals who are already in Ontario with legal temporary resident status, either as workers or students. However, it can also be used to facilitate permanent residence for temporary residents in other parts of Canada, including visitors to Canada, and also foreign nationals residing outside Canada.
There are two basic types of applicants who can qualify under the General Category: (1) foreign workers, and (2) students.
The General Category of the Ontario PNP is employer-driven, meaning that it is up to Ontario businesses to nominate foreigners that they wish to employ at their companies. The foreign national could be an individual outside Canada, a temporary worker or student in Canada, or a person legally visiting Canada. However, before an Ontario business can nominate any foreigner for permanent residence, they must first make an application to the Ontario PNP to be approved to nominate a foreign worker.
To apply for permanent residence as a Foreign Worker, the applicant must have the following:
1.Job offer in a skilled occupation from a pre-approved company operating in Ontario,
2.Legal temporary status, if in Canada,
3.At least 2 years of work experience in the intended occupation, or a license in a regulated occupation.
The application process is two-part, requiring the employer and employee to obtain approval by the Ontario PNP, after which Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will process the application for permanent residence, including conducting medical examinations and background checks. Processing times will vary, but Ontario PNP approval for both the employer and the worker will take about 6 months, after which CIC processing will take about 10 months. Once nominated as a foreign worker by the Ontario PNP, the foreigner may apply for a work permit to enable them to work while the final stage of their application is processed by CIC. The Ontario PNP will issue a letter to facilitate this process.
An Ontario business can also nominate an international student who is studying in Canada or has studied in Canada. Like the foreign worker category, the pre-approved Ontario company extends a job offer to the foreign student who may then apply for permanent residence on this basis.
To qualify, the foreign student must meet the following criteria:
1.At least half of the student's studies must have been completed at a publicly-funded Canadian college or university; and
2.The student has completed at least a two-year diploma or degree while studying full time; or
3.The student has completed at least a one-year post-graduate degree or certificate which first requires obtaining a previous degree; and
4.The student has an offer of permanent, full-time employment in a skilled occupation (Note: the position does not have to be related to the field of study); and
5.The application is made within two years from the date of graduation (Note: the student can apply during the last semester of studies).
The application process is the same process as for foreign workers, as described above. The student can also apply for a work permit once approved by the Ontario PNP and while waiting for CIC to process their application for permanent residence.
An additional program offered by the Ontario PNP is to allow foreign students who have completed a Ph.D. or Master's degree in Ontario to apply directly for permanent residence. To qualify, the graduate:
1.Must have graduated within the past two years, or be about to graduate, from an eligible publicly funded university in Ontario,
2.Have legal temporary status in Canada.
The specific criteria to qualify depend on whether the graduate is a Ph.D. student or a Master's student.
1.Must have completed at least two years of their Ph.D. studies in Ontario,
2.May apply under the program both from within Canada or from overseas.
1.Must have completed a program of at least one academic year, while studying full time,
2.Currently reside in Ontario,
3.Demonstrate high official language proficiency,
4.Demonstrate a minimum level of income or savings,
5.Demonstrate at least one year of residence in Ontario in the past two years.
Unlike those nominated by employers, graduates applying under the Ph.D. or Master's stream are not entitled to a work permit once nominated, but must wait for permanent residence prior to starting to work, unless they are otherwise able to obtain a work permit.
Business investors willing to make a significant investment in Ontario that will create jobs may nominate themselves or other foreign workers for permanent residence in Canada. To qualify as an investor, the following criteria must be met:
1.The investment must be approved by an Ontario ministry,
2.The amount of the investment must be at least $3,000,000,
3.The investment must create at least 5 jobs for Canadian citizens or permanent residents in Ontario.
Companies investing in Ontario can nominate 1 foreigner for the first 5 Canadians that they employ on a full-time basis, and then can nominate an additional 1 foreigner for every 1 Canadian they employ after that, up to a maximum of 25 nominee positions.
Investors can also nominate themselves. In such an instance they must personally contribute at least a one-third portion of the $3,000,000 required, and must meet the following criteria:
1.Be actively involved, on an on-going basis, in the management of the business,
2.Control, or will control, at least 33% of the equity of the business, or make a minimum $1 million investment in the business,
3.Not have the option of redeeming the investment after a specified period,
4.Invest in the business not for the primary purpose of deriving interest, dividends, or capital gains (should not be a passive investment).
As with other types of applicants, once nominate by the Ontario PNP, the Investor applicant will apply for permanent residence with CIC, who will require medical examinations and background checks prior to issuing permanent residence.
The Ontario PNP program is a useful program to facilitate permanent residence applications for those who are able to secure employment in Ontario, are graduating from Master's or Ph.D. programs in Ontario, or who wish to make a business investment in Ontario. As such, the program compliments the more established programs offered by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and may be used as an alternative to those programs in the appropriate circumstances and for those who qualify.
The Ontario Human Capital Priorities Stream is for skilled workers who want to live and work permanently in Ontario. This stream enables the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to nominate individuals who have qualified for Citizenship and Immigration Canada's (CIC's) Express Entry pool and who have the required education, skilled work experience, language ability, and other characteristics to help them successfully establish and integrate into Ontario's labour market and communities.
Steps in the Application Process
Those interested in the OHCPS must first register in the CIC's express entry stream where they will receive an Express Entry Profile Number and a Job Seeker Validation Code (both of which will be needed to complete your OHCPS nomination form).
Ontario Immigration Nomination Program (OINP) searches the Express Entry pool and identifies potential candidates who:
i. Have a minimum score of 400 on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) in CIC's Express Entry system, and
ii.Meet the criteria of Ontario's Human Capital Priorities Stream (see criteria below).
If you receive a PT Notification of Interest from Ontario through your MyCIC account, you have 45 days to apply to OINP under the Human Capital Priorities Stream. OINP will assess your nomination according to the Human Capital Priorities Stream eligibility criteria.
If your application is approved by Ontario, you will receive a letter from OINP through your MyCIC account notifying you of your nomination. You have 30 days to accept the nomination from Ontario in the Express Entry system. Nomination from Ontario will give you an additional 600 CRS points and you will receive an invitation to apply for permanent residency from CIC. Once you receive an invitation to apply from CIC, you have 60 days to apply to CIC for permanent residency.
Criteria to Apply
Work Experience:
a.If you are being assessed against the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) you must have a minimum of one year continuous full-time employment (Or the continuous part time equivalent of one year full time employment ) in the last five years from the date of notification of interest from OINP. The job must have been one with a National Occupation Classification (NOC) of 0, A, or B. The FSWP allows the employment to be inside or outside Canada.
b.If you are being assessed under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) a candidate must have a minimum of one year of cumulative and full-time employment (1,560 hours or more) or an equal amount in part-time paid work experience in a NOC 0, A, or B occupation in Canada in the past three years from the date of the PT Notification of Interest from Ontario.
Applicants to either stream must have a Canadian Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph. D degree or an Education Credential Assessment (ECA), done no further than five years prior to the application date, indicating your foreign education is equivalent to a Canadian Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph. D degree. The CIC will only accept an ECA from Comparative Education Services at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, International Credential Assessment Services of Canada, World Education Services, Medical Council of Canada or Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada.
All applicants must have the equivalent language level of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7 or above, in all competences (reading, writing, speaking and listening), in either English or French. Applicants will be expected to provide copies of their language test results. Test results must be current; testing should be done within 24 months of application to ensure the results are current at the time of permanent residency processing.
Express Entry Ranking:
Applicants must have, and maintain, a minimum score of 400 points in the comprehensive ranking system. Applicants should be aware of how personal changes can affect their score (ie. a change in marital status, or work experience falling outside the acceptable eligibility period).
Settlement Funds:
Applicants must possess sufficient, unencumbered, funds to cover settlement costs in Ontario. The minimum amount of funds required is based on the number of family members in an applicant's household and are in accordance with the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO). To ensure transparency, an applicant should make sure they provide documentation on any bank accounts in, or outside of, Canada.
Intention to Reside in Ontario:
Applicants to either stream must intend to reside in Ontario, as demonstrated by a statement of intent and indication of ties to Ontario. An applicant can demonstrate their ties through, for example, employment, an employment offer, volunteer experience, a lease, or family ties.
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Never be away from the links again. Gigaputt creates a mini-golf course wherever you're standing. Challenge your friends to see who has the best swing.
Walk the course like a pro or play from your living room.
A fun way to explore your neighborhood. The perfect game for a nice spring day.
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As featured in the New York Times and Gizmodo.
- Uses GPS to create a golf course out of your neighborhood.
- Exploring Mode: Play mini-golf around town (only available on iPhones).
- Snoring Mode: Putt putt away in the comfort of your living room.
- Swing your iPhone/iPod Touch like a real golf club.
- Choose from 8 different colorful characters.
- Pick up giant coins and avoid hydrants.
- Openfeint support.
- Earn all the achievements from Hole in One to Junior Explorer.
- Never lose a ball again.
"Very awesome game I give it 5 stars plays kinda like Wii Sports which makes good use of the iPod/iPhones capabilities and the local virtual golf course makes for interesting game play" - Bobby211990
"Cool Game Great Use of the GPS...I love it." - 3rdamention
"This is a pretty cool concept. I'm not a huge golfer, but it's kinda fun and a fresh take on golf games. Definitely worth the price!" - jbook
"Unique concept, super polished presentation, and lots of fun. The kind of game that takes advantage of the iPhone in the right ways. The price ain't bad either." - DylanPM
"...the really cool concept here is playing in your own neighborhood using Google Maps. Actually walking around the block to hit your next shot is an amazing not-quite-augmented-reality idea. If you like games, and you're interested in supporting developers who are pushing the boundaries of what you can do in iPhone gaming, this is a no-brainer must-purchase." - portermason
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Raquel Junio had a plan. A plan to escape her husband. A plan to give her children a better life. At the Brampton thrift shop where she worked, she bought and stored furniture. She took the bus to the library to search the internet for affordable apartments. She was looking for a second job to make extra money. Raquel Junio had a plan. But after months of working towards her goal it all came to a violent and horrific end last week when witnesses say her husband dragged her from her home into a truck. A few days later Junio's body was found in a pound.
Junio died because of her gender. Because women make up 2/3 of minimum wage earners in Canada – earning incomes that fall far below the poverty-line. Because women's shelters remain largely inaccessible –three quarters of women are turned away each year because shelters are too full. Because gender-based violence is a wide spread Canadian problem – domestic violence accounts for 12% of all violent crimes in Canada – but violence against women fails to be a national priority. Junio died because as a woman, she faced too many barriers to escape in time.
Junio died not for her lack of effort – but for ours. We as a society must ensure women's rights and freedoms are equally protected and enforced.
It is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that in Canada a woman is killed by her intimate partner every six days.
It is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that each year 427,000 women in Canada report having been sexually assaulted.
It is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence.
If we are to empower women like Junio to take greater control over their own destinies, we must ensure their fundamental rights and freedoms. Because without fundamental rights and freedoms, Canadian women are without control over their destinies.


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Local Clare TD, Timmy Dooley has said that recent scheduling decisions by Aer Lingus have caused significant hassle for nearly 1000 passengers, and potentially damaged the reputation of Shannon Airport.
"Earlier this month, Aer Lingus cancelled six trans-Atlantic flights from Shannon, and re-scheduled them to depart from Dublin Airport," said Dooley.
"This is simply not acceptable. The management at Shannon Airport Authority are doing their best to promote the airport, and enhance the services on offer to passengers who want to fly from the airport."
"Aer Lingus cancelling, and rescheduling flights from Shannon to Dublin, does nothing but damage the reputation of the airport, and reduce people's confidence in the services being offered at Shannon," said the Fianna Fáil TD.
"I will be writing to the management of Aer Lingus asking them to clarify why these flights were rescheduled, and whether they expect this to be an ongoing issue."
"This cannot happen again. Every flight and every passenger is crucial to Shannon Airport. Aer Lingus need to commit to Shannon," concluded Dooley.


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Going on two years writing about comics, I still find it curious so many reviewers race to be the first to post their thoughts on 'this week's comics.' I get it. Unless you get advances (I do and so does CB and so can you, probably, if you ask) what's the rush? I'd like to think something I write inspires someone to buy Sheltered or Locke & Key. That's not too egomanical, is it?
For me, writing about comics is a conversation. If I got more chances to talk comics more often with other people maybe I would write less -- Jason Sacks just felt a shiver go down his back.
These reviews ran in September and October of 2013 on Comics Bulletin.
Sheltered #3(Ed Brisson, Johnnie Christmas, Shari Chankhamma; Image)
Sheltered #3 proves when there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire. The stakes rise higher and the screws get tighter as artist Johnnie Christmas, colorist Shari Chankhamma and writer Ed Brisson continue to take a 'slow match' approach to one of the year's most incendiary comics.
If you've been living under a rock, Sheltered tells the story of (what's left of) Safe Haven, a survivalist enclave. After stockpiling and digging in in preparation for the end times, each and every adult is murdered … by their own children. Yep. The Isaac of these 'children of the pre-apocalypse' is Lucas. His opposite number is Victoria. She and her friend Hailey are away from the compound (and apparently) the only two unaware of Lucas's plan when the guns were drawn.
Lucas's charisma has carried the day, but not everyone on 'team Lucas' is … well, well -- parenticide leaves a mark. Victoria and Hailey have holed up in a bunker and although Lucas has the numbers, Hailey and Victoria have … Victoria. Sheltered #3 marks the first battle in the war between the two sides.
Christmas is a forced-perspective samurai. Victoria's gun is drawn, but never fired; it's a weapon of intimidation not incrimination. Christmas foregrounds the weapon -- a hand cannon ready to go off – to show the threat of violence, not the act itself, not yet anyway. Victoria is the last in line and Christmas makes sure she's oversized even though she's outmatched.
Something is always burning in Sheltered, evidence, corpses, or emotions and Chankhamma captures it in pumpkin and persimmon. These shades of orange appear as blocks of color to background extreme furies like when Lucas explains to Victoria why the adults had to die or when some of the younger conspirators refuse to toe the line. Chankhamma brings the fire to Sheltered's creatives.
Brisson's spare approach to storytelling borders on McCarthy-esque. The reader receives only what is needed and nothing more. Hailey and Victoria's story of survival nests inside (is sheltered by) the overarching narrative about the survivors of a survivalist compound; it's a smart move by Brisson and adds depth and scale to an otherwise small canvas. I suspect this nesting instinct to expand to other characters until morale improves which should occur the first of never.
Locke & Key: Alpha #1
As Tuco tells Blondie in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: ''You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those who read Locke & Key and those who should.''
If Locke & Key is beyond your ken, I am envious, envious for the blessed moment you crack the spine on Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft and discover the true consequences of ''the magic of comic books'' and ''the power of storytelling.'' This review is not for you; you have some reading to catch up on.
Locke & Key: Alpha #1 hurts. It's visceral and corporeal, a story felt, in the gut, in the heart and in the soul. Above all, Locke & Key: Alpha #1 is not a story one ruins for others. These are, after all, anxious times for our heroes, as Kinsey says: ''I need to feel something besides panic.''
For this penultimate issue, storytellers Gabriel Rodriquez, Joe Hill and Jay Fotos choose to fight, to do the 'meat work' Locke & Key has been leading to since it began. Three talents (four counting letterer Robbie Robbins) at the height of their powers -- not a line, word, or shade out of place.
Rodriquez's cartooning is on a higher plane -- there's no other way to put it -- backgrounds, figures, all of it. Each panel roils with detail, every crease in every hat and hoodie, the sutures stitched across Rufus's face, and, of course, the terror, the desperate certain terror. The legions of demons Rodriquez draws in triumph and in repose rival a Fuseli nightmare. His character work has so much verve (such a spark) it's easy to miss a riff on a Renaissance master and the Almighty.
Fotos finds Nigel Tufnel's ''none more black'' black for almost every scene except when something is aflame: people, buildings, 'whispering iron.' His delicate colors for starry skies and the crescent moon are the story's only comforts.
Where did Joe Hill learn to write dialogue like this? He had to learn those filthy words, abject anger and maniac passion somewhere, right? What Hill does best is animate evil. In Dodge, Hill offers a gift: a villain's villain.
See Dodge's eyes. The shine? It's experience, knowing it's time for these creators to slip the long shadows of influence and begin to cast their own envious shades of inspiration.
Prophet #39
(Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Giannis Milogiannis, Joseph Bergin III, Matt Sheean, Malachi Ward, James Stokoe, Aaron Conley, Lando, Ron Wimberly; Image)
Brandon Graham is the Yeezy of indie cartoonists. Prophet #39 shows he knows how to party.
Under Graham's watch, Prophet has been an art first comic. Often, in the case of Marvel and DC, artist showcases get ghettoized i.e. Batman Black & White and Marvel Knights. I admire Graham's chutzpah (with Image's blessing) to put out an on-going non-anthology title with an emphasis on cartooning and an unfussiness in regards to monotonous narrative continuity. For a creator who boogies to the music in his own head, it's a comfort to know Graham's got the industry juice to pull off Prophet in the first place. Art takes such a priority in Prophet #39 the credits are listed on the back cover. Ballsy.
Oftentimes when nine artists contribute to a single title it smacks of unreasonable deadlines and assembly line drudgery. Prophet #39 comes off as the exact opposite of a work-for-hire slog -- it's an artistic bacchanal that serves as a family album for Diehard. Each artist takes a crack at the more-human-than-human robot's life (lives?) across the millennia. Series artist Giannis Milogiannis counts off (on the inside front cover) with two half-page panels showing Diehard's current iteration as he noodles on an alien woodwind in a quiet starship corridor, ''an old song played by an old robot,'' poetry in both word and image.Simon Roy, Prophet's other regular artist and the issue's co-writer, rounds out the proceedings. He bookends the story with what Diehard was up to before he meets up (again) with John Prophet in the current storyline. Prophet #39 is a must see for the five pages James Stokoe turns in and for the one panel from Ron Wimberly. One panel? Hell yeah, it's Ron Wimberly, dude's got big ups! Wimberly's cameo has Iron Giant-type heart and charm. Stokoe, the Woo-ping Yuen of comic book battle royales, gets to draw Diehard with a chainsword (a nod to Maximum 'Max' Absolute in King City).
It's fashionable nowadays to wrap a story arc with a palate cleanser character study. Where Graham and Roy break from tradition (?) is to show Diehard's life in montage, a life of war, but also full of families, children and brothers-in-arms. Graham makes Prophet more than its reductive descriptor, 'Conan in space,' by letting the sci-fi fly and allowing creators to create. Prophet #39 goes the does likewise for the 'old robot.'
The Wake #4
(Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth; Vertigo)
The Wake #4 marks an interstitial entry in this otherwise nonstop go series. Either by coincidence or in service to its neither here nor there plot, much of the action in this issue takes place in a tunnel -- O.K., technically a pipeline, but you catch my drift. The Wake #4 exists between stations, between acts. For those 'waiting for the trade' these events will float passed like so much krill.
If it sounds like I'm damning The Wake #4 with faint praise, I'm not. A comic drawn and inked by Sean Murphy and colored by Matt Hollingsworth is a gift and should be treated as such.
When Murphy is being celebrated for his Asterios Polyp, American Flagg! or The Airtight Garage, today's reader will look back and brag about reading The Wake, in singles. Murphy's cartooning verve goes from louds (vivisection, an eyeball attached only by its optic nerve) to softs (pleas and promises). A master of negative space, Murphy's characters look scored out from the living ink itself instead of the other way around. God bless you Sean Murphy.
Hollingsworth's colors on The Wake call to mind the look Matthew Libatique got for the inside of Tony Stark's helmet in Iron Man. Whereas in Hawkeye, Hollingsworth's art provides pulpy vigor, his colors in The Wake add dimension, such is his astonishing range. The shades of calendula and electric green he uses for the heads-up display of the mini-sub tell the story of all hell breaking loose as much as Murphy's pencils and inks and Scott Snyder's words. Also, look for the Easter egg, third screen from the right.
From its start, The Wake has followed an unusual pace as if it told in some 19/16 Frank Zappa-like time signature, or math rockers channeling King Crimson. Which is another way of saying Snyder really wants The Wake to feel epic.
Amid the action-adventure of the main narrative, Snyder peppers in Kubrick-ian 'Dawn of Man' type sequences bordering on Prometheus. These flashbacks deepen the mystery (somewhat), but at this inchoate stage in the overall story these past pastiches read like a malfunctioning strobe light in an already dim room.
What happened to the steampunk-dolphin from the first issue? Why hasn't Snyder gone back to the future and instead remained in the past? Noble savages with laser cannons have caché, but so too does Darwin from seaQuest DSV.
Rocket Girl #1
(Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare; Image)
Amy Reeder makes Rocket Girl #1 go. Her composition is magnificent, her layouts majestic and her colors sumptuous. Never has a video game arcade had so much showroom shine or looked so clean. And yet for all Reeder's first-class art, Rocket Girl's story is stuck in coach.
The pitch for Rocket Girl is genius: Dayoung Johansson is a fifteen-year-old female detective in the New York City Teen Police Department in 2013. Totally radical. She travels across space and time to 1986 to, as she says, ''investigate crimes against time'' and ''save the world.'' Bad. Time traveling law enforcement officials are nothing new in comics, but few can cop to a jet pack as SOP. Bitchin'.
Anyone with basic cable understands how time travel is fraught with confluences, conundrums and complications. Writer Brandon Montclare makes a smart choice to damn the conventions and let Reeder's art propel the story. It's smart because there is time (nudge nudge) to explain how young Johansson's efforts will impact her future and again, Montclare and Rocket Girl have Amy Reeder.
Where Montclare's script gets gnarly is how it establishes stakes. Detective Johansson tasks herself with investigating Quintum Mechanics for ''cooking the history books -- going back and playing in the time stream.'' O.K., if the future is so ethically bankrupt, so time-corrupt it's the least dystopian future in history, except, according to the story's timeline, 2013 is the past. What? This 'past as prologue' is a time and place (NYC) the police commissioner, who rocks ruby red Jubilee shades, sez, ''Quintum Mechanics brought back from the brink.''
And the mustache twirlers from '86 Dayoung is so fit not to acquit are nowhere near nefarious enough in their high waisted slacks, hoop earrings and bustiers, set aside the taste shown in the comic books kept in their apartments. Perhaps that's the point. Perhaps knowing the beginning of the end is brought on by the cast of St. Elmo's Fire makes the future (or the past) more reprehensible.
I have a lot of respect for Montclare. I backed his previous effort with Reeder, Halloween Eve, when it was a Kickstarter and did likewise when the duo first launched Rocket Girl in the same fashion. I will continue to support their efforts because the work holds potential. If Montclare muscles up to the heights Reeder consistently achieves, Rocket Girl will fly. Godspeed, Rocket Girl.
Multiple Warheads: Downfall (One Shot)
(Brandon Graham; Image)
In between stories about the poetics of love for a partner and the ecstasy of double penetration from both a human penis and a sutured on ''severed werewolf penis,'' Brandon Graham gives in to reflection: ''I sure drew a lot of butts in this comic. Maybe I'm just over thinking it. Hmmmm.'' The next drawing shows an earlier iteration of Graham as he pulls up in something that looks like two butts stuck together with ''Bumz 4 Lyfe'' written on the side and, oh yeah, this Graham has a butt for a head and the car (?) makes 'butt, butt, butt' sounds. 2013 Brandon's response sez it all:
Multiple Warheads: Downfall reprints three stories from 2003, 2004 and 2007. In most cases when a writer publishes their juvenilia or a musician releases demos it's because the publisher or record company is looking to make some quick cash off of sycophantic fanboys (the easiest of easy marks). As long as the market will bear it, so be it.
There's a flipside to this kind of cynicism which sez work like this shows the artist at his most naked, most authentic and most raw. If the self-awareness of letting his own ass swing in the air isn't clear enough, Brandon Graham doesn't need his readers to see him naked or unguarded. He's more than happy to drop trou and call himself on his own shit.
Reading Downfall is like watching Mean Streets after years of gorging on Goodfellas -- a realization of how the student became the master. 'The Fall' and 'The Elevator' hint at the charms, goofiness and truths Graham displays in the impeccable King City, his masterwork, so far. More than Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity, Downfall's 'The Fall' proves when organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli hold each other, theirs is real love. For all his bad puns and sophomoric toilet humor, Graham is a softy, in love with love and comics.
From the 'this isn't for everyone category' comes the one story here that requires some massaging. As 'Sex' and 'Nik' were gestating in his imagination, Graham was drawing erotica. The result of this ménage à trois (Graham, Nik and Sex) is a kinky bit of male wish fulfillment only Graham could imagine. It's not for kids and it shows a helluva lot of asses in the air. Then again, maybe I'm overthinking it. But …
Letter 44 #1
(Charles Soule, Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, Guy Major, Shawn DePasquale; Oni Press)
Letter 44 produces a kind of Heisenberg Principle of yarn spinning -- the story depends on the observer's influences -- full of unpredictability and creative chutzpah. Read it as a political thriller, a first contact story, a conspiracy theorist's wet dream or a clever reframing of American military policy in the Middle-East and Letter 44 answers.
Artist Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque and writer Charles Soule imagine a newly-elected US President who learns every decision his hated predecessor made was because ''NASA detected some sort of mining or construction operation in the asteroid belt, up between Mars and Jupiter.'' A team of ''Special Forces guys and scientists'' were sent to investigate, ''and they're getting close.'' Sound familiar? Of course, except for the NASA stuff. Yeah. Yeah?
A wordy 'what if,' Letter 44 suffers some from Soule hammering at
certain plot points and an insistence on text over image which allows letterer Shawn DePasquale to earn his pay, but forces Alburquerque to draw too many meetings and too many talking heads. The gravity of Alburquerque's cartooning occurs on board the spaceship where colorist Guy Major makes the most of CRT greens and greys.
One of the great magical items in a comic book's 'bag of holding' is the page turn surprise. Letter 44 offers a pair. The placement and plotting of these two moments demonstrates Alburquerque and Soule have timed their story for maximum effect. This diamond is not without its inclusions; however, for these two reveals alone the less one knows the better.
This week an excerpt was published from an interview with Bill Watterson in the December issue of Mental Floss, the 'get' of the year, hell, the last thirty years. He's asked why it's difficult for fans to let go after a creator moves on. Watterson says, ''… a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there's always the risk of disappointment. You can't blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like … predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.''
Calvin and Hobbes works a different side of the street than Letter 44. What it shares with Watterson's masterpiece is the idea: 'predictability is boring.' If Alburquerque and Soule maintain the energy and promise of this first issue, 'magic will out.' In a story full of probabilities, disappointments be damned. Read Letter 44 and revel in the risk.
(Brian Wood, Garry Brown, Jordie Bellaire, Jared K. Fletcher; Dark Horse)
(Word to your moms) in The Massive #15 writer Brian Wood came to drop bombs. Or not. In The Massive #16 Wood repeats the series conceit: what's the role of 'direct action' environmental-activists once the Earth has begun to collapse and survival and subsistence have become the rule of law? Who's left to fight and what's worth fighting for?
And then along came Mary.
When this series first shipped, magic realism was not on the manifest; The Massive #15 changed all that. Somewhere deep down in the code of The Massive, Wood wrote a hack, a Trojan. Mary. From here on out, (it seems) this series is heading in a different direction and towards a new destination. In a tense scene halfway through The Massive #16, Mag asks Cal the only (?) question that matters going forward: ''Where's Mary?'' Cal's initial response says it all: ''…''.
For what it's worth, the judges would have also accepted: 'what's Mary?' In a flashback -- and perhaps as a self-fulfilling prophecy -- Mary tells Cal, ''But in the end … not all of us will get what we want.''
In the meantime, a-whaling we go. Like the 'Subcontinental' story arc (#7 - #9), this arc, 'Longship,' looks to ply similar waters in regards to an emphasis on the group over individual interests.
Bors Bergsen is a broken man with good taste in single malt scotch. A former corporate bugbear and (pre-Crash) near the top of Cal's enemies list. Now, Bergsen stands bare-chested in the prow of a Viking longship, the Stúlka, and hunts Minke whales to keep a small community of northlanders alive. What's the harm? Do codes count? Do grudges stand? For Callum Israel, yes and yes. So he bangs the drum and points his ''970-ton military vessel'' at three wooden boats. The horror. The horror.
At this moment of madness, Bergsen radios Cal and asks to speak to Mary. Put another way, he begs Mary to intercede -- make of that what you will -- and put an end to Cal's Kurtz-ian craziness. Thanks to The Massive, artist Garry Brown has become a master at drawing world-weary desperation. The look he draws on Cal's face stands at the corner of impotence and idiot resolve. And so, Cal pushes on. As for Mary? Miss Mary—she gone.
Sixteen issues in The Massive remains a pillar in this golden-age of creator-owned comics.


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I'm lovin' my Moly-Xchanges. This is the one I am doing with Jennifer Kraska – my second entry in my own book, based on the lyrics of the song Memories. If you are interested, this is the link to the rest of the book in my flickr album.
I have wanted to include the lyrics, because they appeal to me, we'll see how that goes as it comes along, it might end up spoiling, what could have otherwise been a lovely book!


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from American Scientist
July-August 2012
When threatened by fish, some marine plankton leap through the air to safety. Researchers studied this previously undocumented behavior in two species of copepods (tiny crustaceans) that swim near the ocean's surface. Although breaking the surface tension is a drag for such tiny animals, it pays off in low air resistance and long . . . → Read More: In the News: Leaping Labidocera!


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Founded Feburary 8th 1991 as Silicon & Synapse and in 1994 changed its name to Blizzard. Today Blizzard and Blizzard North is one of the most known and respected computer gaming developers. Blizzard has released such popular games as Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft.
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8:45 am
March 18, 2012
The SWTOR team has published a blog post regarding the upcoming Eternal Championship comming in Game update 4.4.:
Welcome to the Eternal Championship, a new daily experience that will pit players against some of the galaxy's most notorious fighters. Below Zakuul's sparkling exterior lies The Arena Grand, a decadent venue where citizens of the old world indulge their basest desires as spectators of brutal gladiatorial events. One such event is Mayhem, where beginning with Game Update 4.4 "Profit and Plunder" players may compete to earn the title of Eternal Champion.
The Eternal Championship is a solo-able PvE experience that will be available to all players who have played up through Chapter IX "The Alliance" of Knights of the Fallen Empire. By traveling to the Platform 6 Cantina on Zakuul and speaking with fight master Dominaire, players may enter Mayhem at the Arena Grand. There they will fight through multiple rounds of increasingly difficult enemies, accumulating rewards with each completed round. Only those who are skilled and diligent enough will work their way towards the final round in hopes of unseating the Eternal Champion.
Each round of Mayhem will pit the player against a new boss NPC, each more challenging than the last. These fights are only designed for a single player and their companion of choice, but as the difficulty increases, perseverance will be required to attain the Championship. Upon defeating a boss and completing the round, players will be offered the chance to continue to the next round or exit the competition and claim their rewards. If defeated themselves, players may attempt the round again, but rewards are only handed out once the player decides to leave the competition or if they are victorious all the way through to the final round. Rewards for each round accumulate, so winning round 3 will get you the rewards for rounds 1 and 2 as well.
In addition to the mission to compete in the Eternal Championship, there will also be a collection of Weekly Missions specifically targeting the defeat of some of Mayhem's most challenging round bosses. These Weekly Missions will offer tokens that can be turned in to new vendors located in the Platform 6 Cantina on Zakuul for new gear and other exciting rewards. Finally, we've added a collection of Achievements targeting The Eternal Championship, providing new challenges and new rewards as well.
So tune up those blasters and lightsabers and make sure your armor is in good repair, the crowd grows restless and the Eternal Championship is upon us!
Source: http://www.swtor.com/blog/eter.....ampionship
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Unless punk pop is one of your favorite genres, you may only remember Charli XCX from the brutally overplayed "Fancy" with Iggy Azalea a few years back. Charli has way more to offer than that poor excuse of a hip-hop song (her hook makes it a hit record). Charli's late 2014 sophomore album Sucker released to critical acclaim as she made her way into the global spotlight. Her blend of sticky sweet power pop and punk rock persona have placed Ms. XCX on an exclusive path to stardom. I was never into much of her music strictly because of "Fancy" which is completely unfair to her artistry. Once I gave her a chance I was not disappointed in the slightest.
Last winter, Charli dropped a four-song EP entitled Vroom Vroom. Since it was fun-sized I figured it wouldn't be too much of a task to give it a listen even if it ended up being bad. I was pleasantly surprised however. Although some critics deemed it as a "vapid" experiment with overbearing production qualities, I couldn't disagree more. The almost industrial-like, outside-the-lines instrumentals provided by PC Music's Sophie were charmingly wild and unpredictable, pushing their own agenda. In my opinion, much of pop music suffers from trying to please the masses. That's why we get the same style of song five times a year (if not way more) on the radio. Artists and groups who have the least riveting lyrics seem to spread across the charts like wildfire.
Projects like Vroom Vroom inspire hope in the future of pop music and shake things up with a sonic uppercut the genre so desperately needs. I came into this mixtape/project with high hopes that at least some of the occasionally manic production style made a return. It did not. Nevertheless, Charli herself packs enough punch in her vocal delivery that I wasn't too let down. Number 1 Angel opens with signature XCX flair. "Dreamer" is a quality opening track that appropriately sets the tone for the remaining nine songs. One of several fitting guests, Starrah is making a name for herself as a versatile budding songstress; on top of being an under-the-radar writer for some of music's juggernauts such as Rihanna ("Needed Me"), Travis Scott ("lose," "way back," and "pick up the phone"), Drake ("Fake Love") as well as The Weeknd ("True Colors").
The next track, "3AM (Pull Up)," is catchy without a doubt. However, it does mirror some elements from Grimes' masterful Art Angels album back in 2015. I enjoy the song, but it feels less original than much of Charli's previous work. Another track I love is "Roll with Me". It brings the 90's baby out of me. Its jock jam-inspired instrumental makes the listener want to get up and shake something. The repeating of the word "Yeah" may grow tired for some but it fits the aesthetic of the track in my opinion. "Roll with Me" embodies the punchy atmosphere from Charli's aforementioned extended play and functions as Number 1 Angel's most genre-stretching effort. Some of the songs here are a little dull, though. "Emotional" and "Lipgloss" feel bland and even cliché at times. The prior drags on a bit much for my liking despite clocking in at less than four minutes. The second half isn't as sure-fire as its counterpart. Regardless of that, the various takes on many of the genre's soundscapes does well to satisfy those who appreciate a more textured pop direction.


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"Bishop Robinson's selection by the President-elect to pray God's blessings on the opening event of the Inaugural week is good news not only for gay and lesbian Americans but for all who share the audacious hope of a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all are created equal," said Integrity President Susan Russell.
"It also gives us hope that the age of an 'America's Pastor' is behind us and that we enter a new era where diverse voices of faith speak from the particularity of their own experience of God's grace, love and power. While there are many miles to go before we are done with racism, sexism and homophobia in this country, we look forward to Barack Obama's inauguration, to Sharon Watkins' sermon and to Gene Robinson's prayers as signs of great progress and profound hope.
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This week is the Polka Dots and Stripes challenge at Project Run and Play, and boy, did I have fun with this one! I'm a mix n' match kind a gal, so this project was right up my alley! As you may already know, I love vintage looks, especially from the 40s and 50s (This one is probably circa 1920-ish). This project gave me the opportunity to not only play around with pattern contrast, but also create a tailored outfit for little boys.
I chose soft greens, brown and tan to soften the edges of the tailored look to make it more age friendly. I believe this also helps to move the eye over the various patterns without a super shock :). I varied the width of the vertical stripes, placing the larger stripes on the front of the vest and the more narrow stripes on the back. I was unable to find a striped fabric for the front of the vest in the color palette I'd selected, so I created my own by top stitching vertical stripes onto tan suiting fabric. The vest is fully lined.
With the chilly winter weather quickly approaching here in the South, I thought that a long sleeved knit "dress" shirt would be an interesting look with a dress tie. Remember the "Knock Off" polo tutorial , placket, and Drafting a Collar and Stand tutorials? I started with these and just lengthened the sleeves. The high waist pant was super easy to make (once I figured out the whole button fly thing, ha! ha!) The body of the pant was simple: a straight leg that tapered narrowly toward the ankle. This can be easily drafted using an existing garment or from scratch. The flat cap and super easy tie are from patterns that I've been working on. Soooo, super easy. I hope to have them to you soon! (Well, after everything slows down just a bit. )
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A sign of things to come?
This week may have gotten off to a pretty upbeat start for a group of young bankers at one Morgan Stanley, but a group technology employees at JP Morgan Chase is now looking for new work.
JP Morgan [fortune-stock symbol="JPM"] is reportedly cutting "hundreds" of tech support jobs, according to a Bloomberg article that relies on anonymous sourcing, the latest move in an industry-wide effort to trim down support staff amid the recent decline in trading revenue at many Wall Street banks. Meanwhile, a separate Bloomberg report on Monday featured inside sources claiming that Morgan Stanley [fortune-stock symbol="MS"] is rewarding some of its youngest employees by raising base salaries for junior bankers by roughly 25%.
If the reports are accurate, the raises at Morgan Stanley would apply to the bank's associate-level positions and vice presidents working around the globe in the investment banking and capital markets arms. Associates at the…
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Alander Hurst son of Jacky Hurst an old time settler on Crooked Creek below Yellville Ark. was a member of Co. A Shalers 27th Ark. Infantry C-S A Informed me of the death of Daniel Wickersham who lived on Mill Creek one mile south of Yellville. "One day during winter in war times". said Mr. Hurst "while Wickersham who was an old man was living with his second wife whose maiden name was Betsey Dasier, he was shot one night in his night clothes and crawled on his hands and knees through the snow to Col. Eli Dotson a mile distant where he died. He was shot in the bowels. He was buried in the family grave yard on his old home place. Mr. Alaxander Hurst was born on Crooked Creek in 1843."
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Couples – Communicate, Work Together, Share
Thinking of relationships today and I would like to share some thoughts.
Why once couples get married they think the "work" ends? I have always believed the real work for a healthy marriage begins once you say "I do". This is where the communication which consists of negotiation and compromise comes into the picture. Continue reading


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The Chamber Theatre delivers roses
The kitchen sink drama is a category of theater that revolves around family problems and conflict. The action takes place in a home, and, yes, the set usually includes a kitchen sink.
Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Subject Was Roses" defines the genre. The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's production of it that opened last weekend defines how to do it.
Artistic director C. Michael Wright has elicited magnificent performances from James Tasse, Nicholas Harazin and Tami Workentin in a sensitive staging that sparkles with its attention to detail. Director and actors are doing some of their finest work in this three-character production.
A family triangle is the foundation of the play. Timmy Cleary arrives home in The Bronx in his army uniform after World War II and spends the first few nights with his parents. He is barely through the door when old tensions and resentments flare.
The young man was a pawn in his folks' marital discord before he went to war, and it appears that will resume with him back in the house. But Timmy has grown up, and his allegiance in the frequent skirmishes between mom and dad is less certain. Getting away from home and spending time in the army has given him a different perspective.
Playwright Gilroy gradually peels away the parents' rancor to reveal its causes. No surprising secrets are disclosed. The ordinary pockmarks and potholes of life, lived in close proximity by two people, can turn relationships and marriages sour.
Despite that, flames can still faintly flicker, and love can hide out beneath the bitterness. As the new saying goes, it's complicated.
All of the onstage action in "The Subject Was Roses" takes place in the side-by-side living room and kitchen at the Cleary home. Yes, we see a lot of the kitchen sink.
Tasse's feisty Irish father rings true with resounding authenticity. The character possesses a bare-knuckled charm as well as mercurial mood changes. The actor plays that with a palpable appeal and an ability to switch emotional gears with genuine fluidity.
Workentin's mother is just as real, smoldering with peevish antagonism. Her stiff physicality reflects an unhappy woman older than her years.
Harazin has distinguished himself as an actor in classical roles. Here he is the embodiment of a Bronx kid -- complete with accent -- with the new-found confidence of a chap who has survived the army and a war.
All three actors skillfully shade their performances to show us the familial love that still exists in their characters.
Gilroy's script is beautifully written, and Wright's meticulous direction burnishes this period piece with a stylish patina. Credit is also due designers Michelle Terese Grimm (costumes), R.H. Graham (set), Matthew J.A. Kerr (lights) and Devin Nee (sound) for creating an evocative environment.
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Mathematics Education in The Netherlands
Koeno Gravemeijer & Martin Kindt
Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University
Sheltered behind its dikes, the Netherlands more or less escaped the New-Math wave that swept the world in the 1960's. inspired by Freudhental, the Netherlands developed its own brand of mathematics education, currently known as realistic mathematics education (RME). His idagio of "mathematics as a human activity" was worked out by members of the Freudhenthal Institute and its predecessors, IOWO, and OW & OC. New ideas have taken shape in prototypes of instructional sequences that are construed in developmental research (or design research). Teacher enhancement materials, test, and background publications accompany these prototypical sequences. These materials form a source for textbook authors, teacher trainers, and school councilors and test developers. Mediated by this group, the new ideas have found their way to the instructional practice in schools.
Mathematics as a human activity
Mathematics was an outspoken opponent of the 'new mathematics' of the 1960s that took its starting point in a one-side structuralistic interpretation of the attainments of modern mathematics, especially set theory. Since the applicability of mathematics was also often problematic, he concluded that mathematics had to be taught in order to be useful. He observed that this could not be accomplished by simply teaching a 'useful mathematics'; that would inevitably result in a kind of mathematics that was useful only in a limited set of contexts. However, he also rejected the alternative: if this means teaching pure mathematics and afterwards showing how to apply it, I'm afraid we shall be no better off. I think this is just the wrong order' (Freudenthal, 1968:5). Instead, mathematics should be taught as mathematizing, and this view of the task of school mathematics was not only motivated by its importance for usefulness. For Freudhental mathematics was first and foremost an activity. As a research mathematician, doing mathematics was more important to Freudenthal than mathematics as a ready-made product. In this view, the same should hold true for mathematics education: mathematics education was a process of doing mathematics that led to a result, mathematics as-a-product. In traditional mathematics education the result of the mathematical activities of others was taken as a starting point for instruction. Freudhental (1973) characterized as an anti-didactical inversion. Things were upside down if one started by teaching the result of an activity rather than by teaching the activity itself.
History and school system
We will discuss some of the history of the many innovations in mathematics education in the Netherlands to offer some background for a sketch the mathematics curriculum in the Dutch schools. We will start out with the first projects of the IOWO, the Wiskobas project that aimed at primary school and Wiskivon that aimed at lower secondary. While changes in the primary school curriculum were the result of a cumulative effect of a long-term process of gradual changes, the government usually mandated the changes in secondary education. In the former case, there was an indirect influence by the Wiskobas project and its successors. In the latter case, the government systematically gave our institute the responsibility of developing (prototypes of) new curricula-as was the case with the Hewet project and the Hawex project (both upper secondary), the project W12-16 (for the age group 12-16; together with the National Institute for Curriculum Development, SLO), and the recent Profi project (new curriculum for the 'exact' stream in upper secondary education). Current projects involve goals and learning route for primary school, special education, lower secondary and vocational training.
What is "realistic"?
In RME context problems play a role from the start onwards. Here they are defined as problems of which the problem situation is experientially real to the student. Under this definition, a pure mathematical problem can be a context problem too. Provided that the mathematics involved offers a context, that is to say, is experientially real for the student. In RME, the point of departure is that context problems can function as anchoring points for the reinvention of mathematics by the students themselves.
Freudhental proposed 'guided reinvention' as an alternative for the 'anti-didactical inversion'. Moreover, guided reinvention offers a way out of the generally perceived dilemma of how to bridge the gap between informal knowledge and formal mathematics. This principle is elaborated in many instructional sequences. As an example of the reinvention of an algorithm in primary school, we will discuss the reinvention of the long division. Further we will describe how reinvention plays out in some topics in algebra.
Text books
Most curricular changes in secondary school are based on government decisions. Usually the Freudenthal Institute would be asked to develop new curricula. The government then would mandate these new curricula, and textbook authors would use the prototypical materials that were developed to ground the new curriculum as the basis for the new textbook series. In primary school the influence was more indirect, here inspiring results of developmental research would find their way to textbooks via (journal) publications, conferences and personal contacts. In both cases, differences are to be expected between the original intent of the researchers and the actual textbooks, and their use.
The role of technology in mathematics education is growing that also holds for the Netherlands. We will show some examples of software that is used in primary and secondary education. This will include the use of web-based applets. In addition to this we will special attention to the use of graphic calculators. These are integrated in the Dutch curriculum; moreover, the use of graphic calculators is an integral part of the final exams.
Geometry in the Dutch curriculum can be type-casted as 'vision geometry". The informal experiential knowledge that students have is taken as a starting point for geometry instruction. We will present some examples of vision geometry from primary-and secondary-school textbooks. Further we will discuss how geometry is used in the new profi-curriculum to foster the students' experience with proving.
Proceeding of PME 25 In Utrecht July 12 – 17, 2001
Editor: Marja Van den Heuvel – Panhuizen