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At last! The much awaited Return to Ravnica Pre-Release has arrived! And me and my girlfriend Liz are both excited to be playing today! I am pretty sure that the other players out there feel the same way as we do. However, that would have to wait because I had to attend my friend's son's birthday party which was held on the same day as well, at the SM San Lazaro branch. Luckily, the party was scheduled around 11 in the morning which gives me the opportunity to participate in the prerelease event at least later in the afternoon. Not to mention that the mall was just one jeepney ride away from where I live. I left Liz at home to attend the party first so she could get some more rest and tackle some online tasks before following.
And the thing was that I ended up staying at the party for longer than expected and me and Liz reached Eton around five o'clock in the afternoon. She was already feeling disappointed for me that we arrived there late and was getting the impression that we'd probably be playing the day after which was Sunday. I was not worried though. When we got there, we were relieved that there was still some Izzet guildpacks available for me to pick and that there was one more pod that I can join. The tournament organizer was just waiting for a couple of more players to arrive before starting the last pod.
Unfortunately, Neutral Grounds, which was just located within the same building and just a few steps away no longer have any Guild Packs for some of the players which also includes Liz. It means that Liz will no longer have the opportunity to get her own prerelease card, as well as the limited edition die that we initially wanted to get. And because of this, I had her refunded the whole payment. Liz was really disappointed since she really wanted to have her own Guild pack and play that day. And the thing was, Regran no longer have available slots that she can take for her to participate at their prerelease event. I consoled her and told her that she can just play during the launch party which will be held on October 5th. Though we won't be able to get any guild pack at that time, we at least get a launch party foil card unlike if she joins the prerelease since she's paying for just a regular prerelease entrance fee but without any freebies. I added that not getting a prerelease card seems not that worth the experience and the payment. Liz was already sulking when the tournament organizer in Regran offered his slot to Liz saying that he was already able to participate in a couple of pods. The news made Liz really happy and got her really excited. I was very thankful to the tournament organizer and within a couple of minutes, the pod where I was part of started. I got my Izzet Guildpack which was what I really wanted, along with the limited edition Izzet guild die.
And I have to say this but I am really impressed with the packaging of the guild packs. Wizards of the Coast really did think this through and put everything in it. No wonder that Neutral Grounds no longer had stocks for the other participants. I'd say that me and Liz really got lucky this time.
Unfortunately, it's kinda difficult to remember everything that took place in a pre-release match. Well, at least for me, I find it difficult to remember what happened on each turn of each match especially that I don't have a notebook with me to record or take note of anything at all. However, I do remember scenarios where a certain card in my deck performed and that are what I will be sharing here instead.
To start with, here's the deck that I constructed:
Return to Ravnica Sealed Deck: 4-0 Izzet Guild
Lands: 18
4 Island
2 Izzet Guildgate
2 Mountains
7 Plains
1 Rogue's Passage
2 Tranquil Promenade
Creatures: 14
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Azorius Justiciar
1 Archon of the Triumvirate
1 Crosstown Courier
1 Hover Barrier
1 Hussar Patrol
1 Hypesonic Dragon
1 Keening Apparition
1 Lobber Crew
1 Mercurial Chemister
1 Precinct Captain
1 Seller of Songbirds
1 Soulsworn Spirit
1 Sunspire Griffin
Spells: 8
1 Azorius Keyrune
1 Downsize
1 Explosive Impact
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Paralyzing Grasp
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Swift Justice
1 Volatile Rig
1 Firemind's Foresight
1 Grave Betrayal
1 Tavern Swindler
1 Blustersquall
1 Oak Street Innkeeper
1 Racecourse Fury
1 Sphere of Safety
1 Call of the Conclave
2 Teleportal
1 Rix Maadi Guildmage
1 Slitherhead
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Cremate
1 Daggerdrome Imp
1 Mind Rot
1 Sewer Shambler
1 Ogre Jailbreaker
1 Perilous Shadow
1 Dispel
1 Mizzium Skin*
1 Chronic Flooding
1 Cancel
1 Inspiration
2 Void Wielder*
1 Isperia's Skywatch
2 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Axebane Guardian
1 Chorus of Might
1 Rubbleback Rhino
2 Horncaller's Chant
2 Bellows Lizard
1 Electrickery
1 Gorehouse Chanwalker
1 Viashino Raketeer
2 Cobblebrute
1 Battlehorn
1 Survey the Wreckage
2 Swift Justice
1 Trained Caracal
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Eyes in the Sky
1 Courser's Accord
1 Risen Sanctuary
1 Chemister's Trick
1 Essence Backlash*
1 Goblin Electromancer
1 Auger Spree
1 Spawn of Rix Maadi
1 Trestle Troll
1 Sluiceway Scorpion
1 Frostburn Weird
Now, let me discuss the creatures which performed in my deck starting with:
Azorius Justiciar: Azorius Justiciar on its own is not really impressive, not to mention that she is only a 2/2 creature for four mana. However, she's great if you play her on a timely manner. My opponent on the first round lost the second game because of this card. She was part of my first seven hand and I held on to her until my opponent's life was low enough for me to make a critical swing.
Archon of the Triumvirate: The only time that I was able to play this big fellow was on game 2 of the fourth round. My opponent was sporting an Azorius deck who had just wiped my board of a newly-casted Mercurial Chemister and Hussar Patrol with his Supreme Verdict. Fortunately for me, I had the Archon in my hand and as soon as he passed the turn, I didn't think twice of playing it with one blue mana up for a Mizzium Skin which I was holding. At the end of my turn, he tried bouncing it back with Dramatic Rescue but I used the Mizzium to grant my Archon hexproof and my opponent tank for a second and eventually decided to use the other Dramatic Rescue to bounce my Archon. He was frustrated that he was forced to use two cards just to bounce my Archon which I just re-cast on my next turn.
Hover Barrier: This is one of the good cards that I have in the deck. This card helped me keep off the initial onslaught especially that it has a toughness of 6 which is not that bad. Unfortunately, it is often killed by my opponents since it's a hindrance.
Hussar Patrol: One of the cards that I am happy to draw. With its flash ability, it has helped me ambush unsuspecting creatures deployed by my opponent to the red zone. Not to mention the fact that it has a big rear *read: 4 toughness* and has vigilance.
Hypersonic Dragon: once I draw this card, it often leads to victory and the thing was that I often drew this card on most of my games which was a big help especially that it has evasion and has haste. There was even this one time wherein I had it in my initial 7 but wasn't able to play it due to mana restrictions but my patience was rewarded and I was eventually able to play it for the win. But perhaps the most memorable time I played it was against my last opponent Remember the time when I played the Archon? Just a turn after, I drew this one so in no time, my opponent who was at twenty plus life was staring down on an attacking Archon and a Hypersonic Dragon along with a Precinct Captain dealing him a total of 11 damage. Unfortunately for him, he was no longer able to draw any answer on both of the cards and eventually extended his hand. Overall, I love this card in my games and is perhaps the most which has contributed a lot to my victories.
Seller of Songbirds: Not really that impressive but the 1/1 evasive token it generates is big especially when you are on the defensive. In fact, the token helped me won the first game against my Azorius opponent in the last round. He was at 6 life and I was holding an Explosive Impact and have a Hussar Patrol in play as well as a bird token. On his turn, he was able to draw an answer, though I forgot what that was but he was deciding between removing my Hussar and the bird. He initially chose to remove the bird and in fact I already had put it aside when he suddenly changed his mind and removed my flash patrol. Though I was showing a poker face at that time, inside, I was relieved and told myself that victory was mine. He passed the turn and I drew, didn't really matter what that was but I attacked my bird token and he took the damage dropping him down to 5 which was enough for me to kill him with my Explosive Impact.
Soulsworn Spirit: This was also a neat evasive creature. Not only does it detains a creature an opponent controls which keeps his hands off you, his evasive ability helps you race opponents. Most of the time, I cast him for the purpose of racing with the opponent. Though he often dies to spot removal, he already has dealt enough damage to the opponent.
Below are the spells which have helped me win my games:
Azorius Keyrune: One of the best cards that you can draw in the early game as well as the late game. Not only is the artifact immune to mass removal as well as sorcery speed removals, but it is also an evasive creature on its own and can help you race with the opponent especially when the ground is in a stalemate. The keyrune also helped me ramp up to be able to cast my more expensive spells such as the Hussar Patrol, Explosive Impact and my bombs.
Explosive Impact: This is the second card which won me a lot of games. During the first game on the first round, my opponent slammed a Hover Barrier to keep my only creature from getting past the red zone. Since I already had it in my opening hand, I made sure to attack with my ground creature every turn even if my opponent would surely block the creature with his wall. I conditioned my opponent in blocking it without giving it much thought so when I already had six mana up, I blew up his damaged wall with an Explosive Impact. And the thing was that this scenario happened in both the first game and the second game. In addition to using it to win the first game against my opponent in the last round, I also used it to snatch victory from my previous opponents.
Inaction Injunction: Not superbly impressive but it did help a lot in racing against opponents and the added card draw was invaluable.
Izzet Keyrune: Though not that impressive as compared to its Azorius counterpart, it did help me net cards against my last opponent in one of our games. It was also thanks to Rogues Passage which made sure that the 2/1 Keyrune got in to help me filter my hand. Furthermore, it really helps smooth out the mana especially that I was playing a three-colored deck.
Paralyzing Grasp: Is one of the best cards that you can have in your deck if you are playing blue. Though the funny thing was I wasn't able to use much of this cards but whenever I draw it, I make sure to stop a big threat.
Pursuit of Flight: This card helped me get my creatures past the red zone. In fact, this card won me the first game against my opponent on the third or was it second round? Anyway, he has ground creatures to block my offensive but I only needed one creature to get passed him to win the game and drawing it was timely.
Notable Sideboards:
Mizzium Skin: The most memorable performance it showed was the time when I was against the Azorius player in our last game of the final round. As mentioned above, it forced the opponent to use two of his Dramatic Rescue to bounce my Archon, leaving him with no other answer in hand.
Void Wielder: A neat card when you are trying to push through your creatures in the red zone. Though I rarely drew this card, the times that I am able to cast it helped me get more damage to the opponent which forces them to be on the defensive.
Essence Backlash: The card that I sideboarded in the most. It countered my first opponent's Chaos Imp on the second game, dealing a massive six damage. An opponent also fell victim to the backlash. It was when he decided to play his Chaos Imp a turn after he cast a Hellhole Flailer. He regret not playing the Imp a turn earlier which was when I was still tapped out. It also countered an opponent's Carnival Hellsteed, dealing him a painful five damage not. I also used it to counter the Vassal Soul of my Azorius opponent. Even though it only dealt a measly 2 damage due to the low power of the creature, it did keep him from being able to block my aerial assault which helped me win the game. Overall, this is perhaps one of those cards that I am really happy using in my deck. Like the Hypersonic Dragon, this contributed a lot in those games that I won. You just have to be patient when playing this.
In all my games, I only lost once which was against the Rakdos player I suppose when he was able to overwhelm me with his creatures on the second game but then again, I still won that particular round.
Overall, I am proud of my performance as well as the deck that I had constructed but then again, my victory was not only my own, I had help from one my good friends. Thanks Alfred Banaag! He was the one who suggested that I put in the Explosive Impact as well as to make it 18 Lands as opposed to my usual 17 lands at the time I was constructing my deck. If it weren't for those suggestions, maybe I wouldn't have won those entire match ups. But then again, I also owe my wins to myself. The battles fought were hard but at the end of the day, my efforts were rewarded.
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I love showing off pictures of my pets! Here's one of my three pets:
Charlie vs. the Squirrel.
That is soooo adorable!!!
I think I spend far too much of my life going gooey over my feline friend Ilana. Here she's doing this hilarious thing in the long grass; jumping all over it and patting it down with random bursts of energy, like it's the only thing to do in the world!
My crazy dog duet is the perfect photo model - they are always in the mood, and it's pure fun to take a break from thinking/taking food photos and focus on them...
Winter time entertainment by Oggy and Snoopy
My cat Jasmine asleep next to the cat food and her mouse toy!
Omg!!! Soooooo adorable! I'm in love!
Today is my little Gizmo's golden birthday. He's 10 on the 10th!
So sweet! What a beautiful cat.
Our lovely Fidg.
Here is our little girl, Jill. Enjoying a hot day in her pool.
This is Zeus and Mary Jane! My sweet babies
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This is my little dingo girl, Athena She loves car rides!
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Krysta Anderson, Lifestyle Reporter
The threat of rain did not stop lovers of things food from making their way to Hope Gardens in St Andrew last Saturday for one of the highly anticipated annual foodie events: Kgn Kitchen.
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The Foreign Language Department offers a dynamic program in French and Spanish in grades 9-12. In addition, we also offer an introductory language and culture course in Japanese. Opportunities to learn Latin and Mandarin Chinese are also available to students.
The ultimate goals of the Foreign Language Department, as stated below, strongly reflect Lake Ridge Academy's Mission Statement: "[To] send into a changing world confident young people of integrity who think critically and creatively, while embracing the joy of lifelong learning." The department adheres to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL) five goals in their National Standards for Foreign Language Education: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. Furthermore, the Department has collaborated to create additional outcome-based curriculum standards of achievement.
It is widely accepted that the study of foreign languages promotes international peace, human understanding, and business opportunity. However, the advantages to be derived from learning a second language go far beyond this.
Research has shown that students exposed to a second language perform far better with their work in English than those who have not had such an opportunity. Exposure to a foreign language tends to broaden vocabulary and it advances reading and analytical skills in one's primary language. In addition, foreign language study improves memory, logical reasoning, self-discipline, and it enhances verbal and problem-solving skills. Students can also gain greater insight into their own society and themselves by learning about foreign cultures. Furthermore, the in-depth study of a foreign language fosters various aspects of creativity.
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In the Libray you can find about 1 million volumes, 674 incunabola, over 15,000 sixteenth-century publications, 452 manuscripts, many autographs and letters, periodicals, drawings and maps. The Library's audiovisual and multimedia collection is constantly being increased
Some important collections are:
Collezione Giulio Casalini (History of Socialism)
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Standing Work Groups
Instruction Work Group
Committee of the Whole
TJ Mertz
Staff Liaison
Lisa Kvistad
Work Group Description
This work group will focus specifically on the mission of the School District and will address matters and issues leading to the improvement of student learning, including curriculum, instruction, assessment, and intervention, as well as topics related to educator effectiveness. Work will also include the ongoing review and revision of policies related to the range of subject matter encompassed within the Work Group's domain.
Operations Work Group
Committee of the Whole
Mary Burke
Staff Liaison
Mike Barry
Work Group Description
This Work Group will focus on financial management, including budget planning; building and facilities maintenance, operations, and planning; land/property transactions; and District administrative operations, including human resource systems issues such as the retention and hiring of staff and staff equity issues. Work will also include the ongoing review and revision of policies related to the range of subject matter encompassd within the Work Group's domain.
Education Resource Officer (ERO) Ad Hoc Committee
Dean Loumos, Chair
TJ Mertz, member
Anna Moffit, member
The ERO Ad Hoc Committee membership also includes 9 school district and community members
Charge to the Ad Hoc:
Review existing MMSD data, federal and local guidance, contracts and policies related to Educational Resource Officers
Review current research on the use and effectiveness of Educational Resource Officers and/or School Resource Officers
Review best practices related to Educational Resource Officers and/or School Resource Officers from other districts and locales
Develop possible recommendations for amendments to contract language and board policy based on feedback from the community in regard to our discussions, information-sharing sessions and monthly meetings
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If as an employee, I receive an internal email asking me to enroll for an online course, what would be my reaction? Most probably "Why should I?" followed perhaps by "What's in it for me?" I would probably question the underlying intention and skeptically dismiss it as the organization's latest fad! On the other hand, I may have had a different reaction, if I got a proper orientation to the concept of online learning earlier.
If you are a marketing professional, you would probably know that any new product will need to go through 5 stages of adoption – Awareness, Interest, Evaluation, Trial, and Adoption. The same can be applicable to a new idea or system, such as e-learning within an organization. So, taking cue from the product adoption process can we follow a similar methodology for introducing e-learning within an organization?
|Stage 1: Creating an Awareness About E-learning
It is a good idea to build awareness about eLearning, as a one of the methods of training, among the employees. Employees need to warm up to the idea and get comfortable with the process. You could share some industry statistics, on how similar organizations have started to adopt eLearning within their organization. Paste this information as flyers in canteen, notice boards or even in company newsletters. This makes employees realize that your initiatives are not isolated.
|Stage 2: Generate Interest in Online Learning
Create a buzz about the activity, by sharing success stories about its implementation elsewhere. Suppose I read about Smith, or Jack or anybody in another company or department who have taken eLearning and received a pay hike or promotion. I am bound to be interested,wouldn't I? Give specific instances of how this can help them on an individual basis. This always attracts attention and you would have generated sufficient interest for your online learning or e-learning program.
|Stage 3: Allow Employees to Try & Evaluate the New Technology of Training
Before buying a new product in the market, I would like to try it out first. Get a first-hand feel, of what it is going to be like using the product. The same is applicable in the case of eLearning. If you issue a circular saying that here is an online course on, "Know your product to sell it better", I may be wary of the whole idea, or may view it as another chore. However, if I am asked to click on a link that gives a demo of how it is going to be like, such as trailer video, I may be more interested. While planning to implement E-learning on a large scale, it is a good idea to develop short e-learning modules, of say 5mins or maximum 10mins,on simple yet handy subjects – "What you need to do if you lost your access card?", "Things you need to know before you use the company's intranet" or "Do's and Don'ts while answering customer calls". Get your employees to access these modules, so that they can familiarize themselves with the whole idea of gaining knowledge from a computer instead of a physical instructor.
|Stage 4: Implement E-learning on a Trial Basis in One Department
It is a good idea to first implement e-learning in one department. For example, you could roll out an eLearning program for the sales team, with an online module on product training. As there has been some general awareness and acceptance about the new concept; it is easier to get employees involved in the trials. It also allows you to iron out the teething problems, technological or otherwise, and develop a fool-proof system that can be duplicated across other departments.
|Stage 5: Enterprise-wide Adoption of E-learning
The trials you conduct will help develop systems and process for an enterprise-wide eLearning initiative. The successful implementation in one department will convince employees in other departments, to receive it with less resistance. Your e-learning initiative is more likely to be a success. Don't you think, instead of a sudden enforcement of eLearning programs on employees, a gradual stage by stage implementation will help better the chances of its acceptance within the organization? Would you not agree that this is a methodical way to strengthen your company's training capability through e-learning? Would love to hear your thoughts on this.


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Sengupta, P., Krinks, K. D., & Clark, D. B. (2015). Learning to Deflect: Conceptual Change in Physics During Digital Game Play. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 24(4), 638–674. doi:10.1080⁄10508406.2015.1082912
The current study presents a microgenetic analysis and case study of one student's processes of knowledge construction as he played a conceptually integrated digital game (SURGE Next) designed to support learning about Newtonian mechanics. (p. 2)
Genetic epistemology—link the way knowledge is constructed with the way someone experiences related phenomena. Inheret. (p. 2)
CONCEPTUALLY INTEGRATED GAMES (p. 2)
In a conceptually integrated game, domain-specific learning goals are integrated with the mechanics and narrative of a game. Games designed in this way can allow students to build on intuitive understandings of complex physical phenomena (p. 2)
Each game level (i.e., mission in the game) involves specific challenges that are designed to engage learners in reasoning about key concepts in Newtonian mechanics. Players navigate through the game by placing impulses on Surge's ship so that it reaches the desired target, often avoiding obstacles on its way. (p. 3)
Conceptual integration in SURGE Next can be understood more concretely in light of two key characteristics in the design of the game levels: (a) the representational format of dot traces in each level and (b) the sequencing of levels. (p. 3)
That is, an increase in Surge's speed results in a greater gap between successive dots, whereas a decrease in speed results in dots placed closer to one another. (p. 3)
Along the second dimension, it is noteworthy that our pedagogical approach bears deep similarities with, and builds on, previous research about learning Newtonian mechanics using microworlds, in particular, the ThinkerTools microworlds-based learning environment (White, 1984, 1993). (p. 3)
In this sense, when interacting with microworlds, learners themselves are acting simultaneously as users and designers (Edwards, 1995; Hoyles et al., 2002). In ThinkerTools, the objective is for students to construct a series of increasingly sophisticated causal models for reasoning about how forces affect the motion of objects, in a sequence of progressively more complex microworlds. (p. 4)
FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPTUAL CHANGE (p. 4)
Two prominent theoretical approaches have tried to account for mechanisms of conceptual change in humans—theory change (also known as the coherence view) and KiP (also known as the fragmentation view). (p. 4)
concepts are embedded in theories (i.e., cognitive structures that represent a range of phenomena and the causal principles that explain them; e.g., Carey, 1985, 1999; Carey & Spelke, 1994; C. Smith, Maclin, Grosslight, & Davis, 1997; Wiser, 1995). Whereas theory change can sometimes involve the gradual change in beliefs formulated in terms of the same concepts—Carey (1988) termed this kind of change weak restructuring—in other cases, concepts in successive theories may themselves differ, and this type of change is known as strong restructuring (Carey, 1988, 1992, 1999; Carey & Spelke, 1994). (p. 4)
A complementary perspective, the KiP perspective, frames conceptual change as a gradual and continuous process that relies on bootstrapping as opposed to discarding ideas that students bring in with them to the instructional setting (Clark, 2006; diSessa, 1988, 1993; diSessa & Sherin, 1998; Gupta, Elby, & Conlin, 2014; Gupta, Hammer, & Redish, 2010; Hammer, 1996; Jeppsson, Haglund, Amin, & Strömdahl, 2013; Sengupta & Wilensky, 2009, 2011; J. Smith et al., 1993). (p. 5)
diSessa (1993) postulated that the building blocks of sense of mechanism are phenomenological primitives (p-prims). P-prims are small knowledge elements developed from repeated abstractions of familiar events. Cued on recognition of contextual cues, p-prims are used to construct intuitive understandings of the physical world. diSessa (1993) argued that conceptual change occurs through a gradual development of coherence through the alteration of structured priorities (diSessa, 1993) in relation to relevant p-prims and other knowledge elements. (p. 5)
In terms of the analysis of learning, the coherence and fragmentation views of conceptual change thus entail starkly different bootstrapping accounts (Amin, 2009). Although both acknowledge that the process of conceptual change takes time, the coherence view treats conceptual change as a gestalt shift with a great deal of consistency attributed to both the naïve and expert knowledge structures. (p. 6)
Fragmentation views argue instead that naïve understanding is highly sensitive to context and that predictions and explanations depend in subtle ways on which particular knowledge elements happen to be triggered in particular situations. diSessa (1993) argued that according to the KiP perspective, conceptual change involves a gradual increase in coherence of understanding, and also suggested a cognitive mechanism through which coherence can emerge. Recent work by Chi, Roscoe, Slotta, Roy, and Chase (2012) has also shifted away from an incompatibility stance to a more continuous one, similar to diSessa (1993), especially in the domain of mechanics. (p. 6)
Chi and colleagues (2012) defined direct schemas as intuitive explanations that involve direct causation by an agent (typically in the form of local intentional interactions of the agent with one or a few other agents or entities) and argued that sequential processes can be explained by additively "summing" or "chaining" these local events (pp. 9–11). (p. 6)
Vosniadou's (2013) perspectives are also evolving in a manner that can be interpreted as shifting away from an incompatibility stance toward a finer grained and organic elemental account of conceptual change (Clark & Linn, 2013). (p. 6)
To this end, coherence perspectives would provide rather low-resolution accounts— replacement of incorrect ideas with correct ones. The KiP perspective provides a comparatively more mechanistic and fine-grained account (diSessa, 1993; Hammer, 1996; J. Smith et al., 1993) that aligns with the evolving trends toward fine-grained and organic elemental accounts on conceptual change across research perspectives. (p. 7)
ANALYTICAL APPROACH (p. 7)
Students often posit that forces cause motion in the direction of the force independent of prior velocity (diSessa, 1988, 1993; Halloun & Hestenes, 1985; White, 1984). (p. 7)
diSessa (1988, 1993) has shown that this form of incorrect explanation is a result of the Force as Mover p-prim being cued in the learner's mind. (p. 7)
As the application of this p-prim illustrates, the abstracted features in this case are object, push, and result. The feature that does not get abstracted from these situations is the previous velocity of the object in motion (diSessa, 1993). (p. 7)
diSessa (1988) argued that the development of a more expert understanding raises the priority of the competing Force as Deflector p-prim. (p. 8)
From the perspective of canonical physics, whereas Force as Mover neglects the role of the momentum of an object, Force as Deflector takes momentum into consideration. (p. 8)
However, it is challenging for researchers to identify p-prims based on verbal explanations (diSessa, 1993, 2007). (p. 8)
Therefore, although our primary method of data collection focused on semistructured clinical interviews conducted at the end of each game level, we also triangulated and corroborated our analysis of students' verbal explanations during the interviews with screen-captured videos of the students' actual game play during the level, changes in the students' written explanations in preand posttests, and researcher field notes. (p. 9)
RESEARCH QUESTIONS (p. 10)
● What conceptual resources does Jamal use as he plays a digital game in the domain of physics, and how do these resources manifest in the game play? (p. 10)
● How does Jamal's use of these resources evolve as he progresses through (p. 10)
METHODS (p. 10)
Because SURGE Next is a conceptually integrated game, learners' game play is deeply tied to the underlying concepts in physics. This means that the canonical concepts of force, speed, acceleration, and momentum are leveraged in an intuitive and qualitative manner during students' game play, in the form of both representational elements such as dot traces as well as conceptually salient actions such as placement of impulses. (p. 11)
Research Context and Case Study Approach The setting for this study was a 100% African American high-poverty public charter school located in a metropolitan school district in the southeastern United States. (p. 12)
All of the students were Title I students (i.e., they had been identified by the state educational body as failing, or being most at risk for failing, in science, math, and reading). (p. 12)
Using Taber's criteria of typicality and representativeness for case selection, we present the case of a single student named Jamal (a pseudonym). Jamal's case was selected after we analyzed, coded, and compared data for all of the students. Representativeness implies that the selected cases should aptly represent key aspects of the instructional process. Jamal's case is representative because Jamal was present every day and interviewed frequently, so his case provides an authentic representation of all of the instructional activities. Typicality implies that Jamal's reasoning should be similar to that of majority of the students in the classroom. (p. 12)
Data analysis consisted of transcriptions of interviews, development of open coding schemes, application of codes to data to identify patterns, triangulation with other data sources (i.e., video, tests, and field notes), and selection of written and verbal excerpts to represent the data. (p. 12)
Data Collection (p. 13)
The study lasted for five consecutive days during which the students played SURGE Next for 1.5 hr per day. Data collection used the microgenetic method (Siegler & Crowley, 1991) to study short-term conceptual change. The microgenetic method requires a high density of regular observations that span the entire duration of the learning activities and a qualitative analysis of the change (Kuhn, 1995; Kuhn, Schauble, & Garcia-Mila, 1992; Siegler & Crowley, 1991). (p. 13)
In our study, these regular observations took the form of semistructured clinical interviews. (p. 13)
Each interview ranged from 1 min to approximately 10 min, and each student was interviewed several times during each class. (p. 13)
Coding for P-Prims (p. 13)
We identified p-prims based on categorization of (a) students' actions as recorded during videos of game play and (b) utterances during their interviews in which they explained their actions. In order to categorize their actions and utterances, we used diSessa's schematic for identifying p-prims (diSessa, 1993, pp. 217–223). (p. 13)
These observations were mainly descriptive in nature and corresponded to what Miles and Huberman (1994) termed descriptive codes. (p. 14)
We then began open coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1990). During this phase of analysis, we carefully rewatched the interview videos and read the transcripts multiple times with the goal of generating analytic codes that Miles and Huberman termed pattern codes. (p. 14)
Descriptive codes in our study corresponded to discrete events that we identified in the Camtasia screen recordings and interview transcripts. (p. 14)
The pattern code here therefore corresponds to diSessa's schematization of Ohm's p-prim: increased effort or intensity of impetus leads to more result. (p. 15)
FINDINGS (p. 15)
Initial Misapplication of Force as Mover and First Appearance of Force as Deflector (p. 15)
In Level 1, Jamal began his game play using Force as Mover and completed the level without any difficulty. (p. 15)
In Level 2, students needed to maneuver Surge in two dimensions in order to reach the target. When Jamal encountered this level, he initially cued only the Force as Mover p-prim, which had been productive in Level 1 but which is not productive in Level 2. (p. 16)
On noticing Surge's deflection (or "slant"), Jamal adopted an instrumental approach to refine his strategy. That is, instead of explicitly reasoning about how deflection emerged, he decided to use the deflection to design Surge's trajectory. (p. 17)
Using this discovery, Jamal created a new trajectory for Surge, and his actions bear evidence that he used the Force as Deflector p-prim to do so. (p. 18)
Persistent Misapplication of Force as Mover (p. 18)
Despite his successful cuing and use of the Force as Deflector p-prim in Level 2, Jamal initially unproductively cued the Force as Mover p-prim in Level 3. (p. 18)
Use of Canceling to Correct the Misapplication of Force as Mover (p. 20)
After his unsuccessful application of Force as Mover in Level 3, Jamal revised his attempt using a downward impulse immediately before Surge encountered the right impulse. This revised strategy led to canceling the effects of the initial up impulse, thus enabling Surge to turn right by 90 degrees when it encountered the right impulse (see Figure 7).4 (p. 20)
It is important to note that Jamal's choice of the magnitude of the impulse was incidental, or subconscious at best, in the sense that he did not explicitly reason about it. (p. 21)
In the subsequent level, Level 4, Jamal encountered a similar situation that required deflecting Surge by 90 degrees. He solved this level iteratively on his third attempt. In his initial attempt, it appears that Force as Mover was still being cued with a higher cuing priority than the Force as Deflector or Canceling pprims (p. 21)
Jamal had two 4 N impulses to move Surge to the right, however, and only one 4 N left impulse to the left. Jamal thus did not successfully cancel the rightward horizontal velocity, resulting in an unexpected diagonal deflection (see Figure 10e). (p. 23)
In contrast to Level 3, Jamal's attempt here shows that (a) he had a canceling strategy in mind but (b) his strategy of using the default magnitude of the canceling impulse did not work. This in turn created a situation that necessitated explicitly taking into account Surge's previous velocity—both its direction and its magnitude. (p. 23)
Toward this end, Jamal removed one of the 4 N right impulses, leaving a single 4 N right impulse to begin Surge's motion (see Figure 11a) and the two impulses (4 N left and 4 N up) at the corner (Point S) as shown in Figures 11b and 11c. When the simulation was run, Surge made a 90-degree turn and successfully hit the target (see Figure 11d). (p. 24)
Following diSessa's schematization (see Appendix), the situational elements salient in Jamal's actions are the magnitude of the canceling impetus and the effect of the impetus (i.e., the horizontal speed of Surge). (p. 24)
Productive Stabilization of P-Prims for Interpreting Deflection (p. 25)
Is it fair to say that there was still no force as deflection p-prim in Jamal's game play?
Wondering whether the game should have been designed to have grid to scaffold students' thinking on deflection — because it is hard to construct an accurate deflection to hit the target. (p. 26)
Analytical Summary: Distributed Encoding and the Development of an Expert-Like Conceptualization of Deflection (p. 26)
Table 1 shows Jamal's learning trajectory in a graphical form in terms of the p-prims he cued during his attempts on each level. (p. 26)
We posit that the development of reliability in the cuing of appropriate p-prims in these later levels can be explained in terms of what diSessa (1993) termed distributed encoding. (p. 26)
According to diSessa, the mechanism of conceptual change involves distributed encoding, a process in which learning to "see" (i.e., interpret) a phenomenon through canonical lenses (e.g., a physical law) involves "many intuitive contributors that each play some small role in 'knowing the law'"(diSessa, 1993, p. 115). (p. 26)
In Jamal's case, distributed encoding is evident in (a) Jamal's learning to differentiate between situations involving perpendicular and diagonal deflections and (b) Jamal's development of a progressively sophisticated sense of mechanism for dealing with perpendicular deflections. (p. 26)
DISCUSSION (p. 29)
Overall, the current study demonstrates the promise of designing conceptually integrated games around the KiP framework in terms of being able to foster, support, and investigate conceptual change in the domain of Newtonian mechanics. Specifically, this article makes two deeply intertwined contributions. The first contribution concerns the design of conceptually integrated games for learning Newtonian physics and beyond. The second contribution concerns analytical and methodological issues for investigating students' learning as students interact with conceptually integrated games or games of other designs. (p. 29)


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Just defeated the first boss, and found some guy for the king. What do I do now? =(
Err which boss did you just beat...what did it look like?
Damn, I kinda forgot. But the FIRST ever one. After I beat him, I arrived at some town.
It's pretty simple to advance in the game. Whenever you cannot access the next area in the field (you'll know what I'm talking about) just go to town and look for diamond map markers. People with question marks are subquests (just accept em all) and ones with party symbol are game advancement. Go to options and turn story skip to ON (default OFF) so you can speed things up. Most addictive game I've played on the DS, being a big fan of Diablo, SD, PSO type games
I went to all the people with diamonds, nothing happened . x.x
Find the guy or item with the three people over him
What? What do you mean three people over him? And is it in town?
you two not going anywhere ... lol
He mean find the person with a speak bubble above their head which have 3 colour figure of a person (blue, red and yellow)
After fighting the first boss of the game, you end up wondering around the town,
goto the second top floor of the town and speak to the person standing between two pillars dressing in red and yellow outfit. After yakking - leave the town by heading west and then head norths of the forest - fight the second boss.
once you have defeated the second boss talk to the those injury soldier, teleport yourself back to town and speak to the same person before. After yakking again! head back to the forest and make your way to east.
Ha! I'll try thanks. Any of you guys have msn so you can help me more along the way?
Yea, I got it, lolz. I didn't see the other passage.
Hey guys i am stuck in act 3. I just killed the first mini boss around the fourth warp in the desert. I am talking to everyone around town with the diamonds but they just say something random and do not give me any choices. Any help please? Also what classes are you guys using? I am rolling the game so far with Einsantz as a brawler wielding a 2 handed hammer. Mistakenly put 7 points into dex though =/, thank the lord for defeufeu's translation or i would have dumped more into that haha.
Haha, Dex isn't THAT bad. I have a Jadis with a two handed axe, pretty easy so far. Got a sick weapon with 54 ATK! + other effects. When I'll get to where you are very soon, hold on.
Anybody with act 3 help?
Yea, dude just walk around, you'll find the diamond eventually!
i see lots of diamonds but the people with the diamonds dont offer anything. i converse with them and it doesnt lead me anywhere...can you be more specific?
Diamonds with question marks are sidequests, don't bother. If you can't find a diamond with party balloon over their heads, just get going onto the field; you probably skipped a path.
Umm it's not a diamond, you have to go to a place that you haven't been before. When you enter the desert place, then go to the second map, there are 3 routes. One leads to some people, the other two are sealed when you begin, one of them should no be open. Try that.
just finished the game... kinda too easy for my liking... but a good game nonetheless!
Yeah I'll have to agree on the difficulty
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Mortgage rates have been all pleasure and no pain for an oddly long time.
Take five-year fixed rates. They've drifted lower for more than a year and a half with no significant upturns along the way.


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International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on May 12th, to note the contributions of nurses to the development of our society.
Take a look at our Famous Nurses Infographic – What We Learn About Nursing From the TV, when we celebrate the Nursing Week May 6-12 2015 remembering the world- famous nurses.
Celebrate International Nurses Day With Famous Nurses from TV
Let's be honest- most of the things we know about famous nurses comes from the screen, whether its from famous movies or TV series. All the pictures, that form in your mind with the words – Scary Nurses, Sexy Nurses, Famous Nurses, probably were planted there by Hollywood creations.
Famous TV Scary Nurses
When you think about nurses, especially in a mental hospital, does an image of a nurse, who abuses her patients, come to your mind? Well, you have some movies and TV series to thank for such a personalization. Nurse Diesel, Nurse Ratched, Laura Harriman, Annie Wilkes- are all examples of scary, evil nurses, that lurk on the edges of our imagination. For some scary nurse action be sure to check out movie "Misery", The Nurse (1997), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, High Anxiety (1977).
Famous TV Sexy Nurses
Kate Beckinsale, Sally Kellerman, Madeleine West, Shell Kepler, Shell Kepler, Margaret Sullavan, Majel Barrett are all famous, beautiful actresses partially responsible for this "sexy nurse" image that we create in our heads. These women prove, that nursing is not only about mercy and talent, and caring nature, but sometimes, about healing the patients just with their beautiful looks. People say, that beauty will save the world, right?
Famous Real-Life Nurses, Featured in Our Famous Nurses Infographic
We are forever indebted to Florence Nightingale, Juanita Redmond Hipps, Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, Elizabeth Grace Neill, Walt Whitman, Eunice Verdell Rivers Laurie and others, for their work and efforts, that helped transform nursing into a whole new industry in the last 150 years. Watching some of the movies, portraying life 100 years ago, and looking at the levels of sanitation and medical care, I think- Boy, am I glad, that I am not living in the Dark Ages.
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Carry on.
Epth is a state of mind, not a place. Reading this will give you a virtual drivers license in that state, but you'll still need to be 21 to purchase alcohol. And you can't get any there anyway, so stop asking.
Who: Sufjan Stevens (w/ band)
Where: Lakewood Theater,
When: Wed, Sept. 13
I know music is supposed to be a matter of subjective taste, but I just can't imagine how anyone could dislike Sufjan Stevens. He's wholly unique in the world of music (don't think so? I'll explain why in a sec…), he's almost criminally talented, he melds genres like a Vulcan melds minds, he's unassuming, his songs are beautiful and amazing, and he has the stated goal of making an album for each U.S. state. How could you not like that?
To put it another way: Unless you're one of those people who absolutely only listens to a particular genre of music (in which case you probably don't know what "genre" means, but will gladly put a boot (country), cap (rap), or kitana (death metal) in my a__ if I point that out), you have no excuse for not liking Sufjan. Even if you can't stand "indie" rock, which Sufjan barely even qualifies as anyway, you can at least recognize the man's talent. He plays semi-orchestral indie pop-rock with heavy use of a banjo. And it's awesome. The only band I can think of that's doing anywhere near what he does right now is the Polyphonic Spree, but they're far more trippy and creepy. Well, ok, at least more trippy.
But music isn't the thing that makes Mr. Stevens "wholly unique," as I asserted 2 paragraphs ago. His lyrics are the wholly unique thing, and I don't just mean the "basing an album around a state" thing, or the fact that he makes concept albums. Both of those things have been done before and will be done again[1]. What Sufjan does with his lyrics constantly amazes me. First of all, nearly every song of his relates to a Christian theme in some way, no matter what event or place it's about. And this Christian theme is Out There for all to see, but non- and even anti-Christian fans don't seem to notice or mind. It's almost like his songs are coded, or coated, in a sad story or clever conceit, and only those with "ears to hear" can decode or decoat them to find the meaning. Take, for example, the song "
I fell in love again
all things go, all things go
drove to Chicago
all things know, all things know
we sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind
He immediately sucks you in with the plight of a poor young man (or boy?) driving to the big city of
you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go
Now, is he talking about the city of
I drove to
in the van, with my friend
we slept in parking lots
I don't mind, I don't mind
I was in love with the place
in my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind
Same thing, different city. Mr. Stevens keeps presenting these romanticized versions of poor trips to big cities, then torpedoing them with "I've made a lot of mistakes in my mind." Let's look at that chorus again:
you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go
Trust me – on at least one level, he's talking about Jesus. I'd provide the relevant Bible verses, but suffice it to say that Jesus coming to "take us, recreate us, and finding our mindset and changing it" it entirely and beautifully Biblical. It's just coded and coated in the story and the catchy "all things go" repeated phrase. I don't know if the story is an actual thing that happened to him, or if it's just from some fictional person's point of view, but see what happens next (in the emotional climax of the song):
if I was crying
in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom
from myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
Why is he crying? He's made a lot of mistakes, but he is free from them. He realized this while traveling cross-country in a van, and felt truly free because he's been taken and recreated by the one who found him.
And "
That's not to say that all his songs have a specifically Christian message, or that he even can be considered a Christian artist[2]. The secular music press has embraced him, and not even begrudgingly. It's like nobody notices the guy is a Christian, or if they do, they just don't care. I mean, he released "Seven Swans" (a specifically Christian album) in 2004 and nobody batted an eye. All but the most rabid anti-Christians just saw it as another Sufjan record. How insane is that? Usually when an artist is a Christian that's the only thing reviewers can talk about -- look at how Sixpence None the Richer had to practically perform a Peter-like renunciation of Christ to get people to ask them about their music. But thanks to Mr. Stevens strangely oblique yet positively brilliant lyrics, he gets to be a Christian and an artist. How Wholly Unique.
It helps that the stories in Sufjan's songs are so universal and personal. They're mostly told in first person, and most of them involve divorce or loneliness or job loss or death or betrayal or unrequited love or other emotionally wrenching things. Now, he'll also record a joyful song on you, so watch out – but all of his songs involve some sort of real human emotion that's expressed in a way you don't expect, even if you've heard a bunch of Sufjan's stuff before. The naked emotion, whether it be joyful or fearful or whatever, makes the songs resonate with people. It makes the songs intimate. And that intimacy covers over whatever religious problems people might have with them.
Not surprisingly, the Lakewood Theater resides in the Lakewood section[3] of Dallas, just south and west of White Rock Lake on the city's near east side. That won't mean anything to a non-Dallasian, but the important thing to remember about
We were seated in the first row in the back part of the balcony, pretty dang good seats for getting there seemingly after everybody else. The row in front of us was in the walkway, and those people had a hard time seeing. When Sufjan came out, everybody stood up and clapped, then sat down and listened. Everybody except four people. Those four people stayed standing, and they happened to be directly in front of us. As the concert started, the person directly in front of me asked me if he could stand (because he couldn't see very well.) I said ok, but could you stand over by the wall? Well, this guy saw four people standing directly in front of him, realized he could see even less, and stayed standing to become the fifth jerk in the building. We were trying to get a glimpse of Sufjan's head in the space between their silhouetted arms and bodies, and the people behind us were getting pissed. It should have been an easy-to-resolve issue, right? The five morons should have seen everybody else sitting down and been embarrassed, right? Well, that's not exactly how it played out.
A minute or so into the first song, a girl behind us yells "Sit down!" The guy in front of me, the one who politely asked me if he could stand, says "F__ you! Stand up! Get the bouncer if you want me to sit down!" He was gambling that nobody was going to do that. Thankfully, after a tense minute or two, the 4 idiots sat down one at a time, as if they just got tired of standing and weren't embarrassed by their toolery or whatever. Then the dude in front of me, seeing he was alone, shrugged his shoulders and sat down, too. A peaceful end to what could have been an ugly problem. And this doesn't change the fact that people who stand up at concerts should be killed[5].
Mr. Stevens and his band all came out wearing what looked like khaki-and-red Nehru jackets with bird wings on the back. It was a nice look, but Sufjan's wings were bigger than everyone else's and he kept running them into stuff and people on the stage. There was a movie-style screen in back of them that played multimedia presentations that went with each song[6], most of them psychedelic or artsy in nature. The band had (at my count, but giant speakers blocked my view, so I may have been wrong) 15 members including Mr. Stevens. All but the drummer, a guitarist with a Team Zissou-like red cap, and the main chick backup singer/guitarist/keyboardist/opening act[7] were on his right side in a two-row pack. I'm not sure, but I think some of them were missing wings. They all looked like they were having fun while they were playing, with lots of smiles and interaction.
Sufjan's band makes a concerted effort to sound just like the albums sound. They sometimes switch up the background music to a song, but it all fits into the recognizable Sufjan milieu. There are sweeping crescendos followed by hushed lows, with lots of strings and horns and banjo. It's wonderful to experience live, and it made me rediscover a love for many of the songs he played. It's always interesting to find out which songs are better in concert than on the album, and which ones don't translate as well. "Sister[8]," "The Transfiguration," and of course "Chicago" were probably the highlights for me, although hearing "Detroit" in concert was a special treat, being as it's one of my favorite songs (and the only one he played) off his "Michigan" album. The only song I didn't totally love was "Majesty's Snowbird," which I had never heard before and went on too long. Plus, the bird-themed screen presentation was giving me flashbacks to the movie The Falls.
The one moment that stands out was during the Transfiguration, when he goes into the last repeated chorus of "Lost in the clouds, a voice…" The screen was showing clouds and the band was tight and the chorus was magical and Sufjan and Chick Lit's voices were blending amazingly and that's probably my favorite part of any Sufjan song ever…I got actual goosebumps. Something about seeing the clouds on the screen was just indescribable.
As expected, they played a bunch of songs (5) off the album "
They also only played one song off their new outtakes compilation, "The Avalanche." It is incredibly cool that he didn't feel the need to do more to promote it. You gotta respect that. The final two of the 14 songs slots were filled with unreleased songs about birds. He seemed to indicate that he had been working on songs about birds, and the wings they were wearing indicated that "birds" was kinda the theme of the whole concert. Maybe that's why they played the song "Seven Swans.[10]"
Sufjan's concert persona is quiet, with an understated sense of humor and some mild fake-outs[11]. He also didn't register a response when this audience exchange happened:
Fan One (yelling): We love your band!
Fan Two (yelling): All of it! (laughter from audience)
Fan Three, in balcony (yelling): We love your body! (pause) All of it!
He's actually really good at ignoring that kind of tomfoolery, or for that matter anything else the audience says. This could come off as too serious or pretentious (especially when wearing giant wings), and thankfully that "We love your body" guy got the hint and didn't yell anything else.
I'm tired of praising the man -- just go see a Sufjan show, now. You shan't regret it.
Set List
Sister (Seven Swans)
Casimir Pulaski Day (
The Lord God Bird (Unknown)
Dear Mr. Supercomputer (The Avalanche)
The Transfiguration (Seven Swans)
The Predatory Wasp of the
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (
A Good Man is Hard to Find (Seven Swans)
Majesty Snowbird (Unknown)
Seven Swans (Seven Swans)
The Dress Looks Nice on You (encore, from Seven Swans)
[1] In fact, my wife says that concept albums are "The wave of the future," and she suggested I use that exact phrase when writing this. For previous concept album artists, see every band of the 70's. It's also the wave of the past.
[2] "Christian artist" being of course a term more loaded than a baked potato, and one I personally abhor. I would call him a Christian artist, since he's a Christian and an artist and his art reflects Christianity. Others (including myself sometimes) would have a definition that's either more or less broad than that. The point is, things are what they are no matter how we define them. And Sufjan's undeniably both Christian and secular, and he's rapidly approaching territory nobody (save possibly Pedro the Lion -- possibly) has walked in years. I mean, U2 practically did backflips in the mid-80's to get off this very path.
[3] Instead of making extra suburbs like
[4] As estimated by eyeballing the crowd, as well as the amount of increased clapping for the song "The Transfiguration," which is a basically Bible story in song form and a fave among the his Christian fans. Admittedly, this correspondent didn't take any polls or anything. Notice 50% is exactly half-and-half. I'm playing weatherperson here a little bit.
[5] Obviously, this rule comes with some caveats. Standing at a punk rock show is mandatory, for example. But the hard-and-fast rule is this: The majority rules. If the majority of people are sitting, you're sitting. And it doesn't matter how crappy your seats are.
[6] I feel I must mention the main faux pas of the evening, which was that a Superman-themed multimedia presentation clearly made for Sufjan's "Man of Metropolis Steals our Hearts" was played during "
[7] Referred to as "Chick-Lit" from this point on, because with her thrifty dress, funky hair, and glasses, she looked like a Chick who could write some serious Lit.
[8] Made even better by the fact that the audience (including me) clapped after the "loud" part, not realizing the song wasn't over. My wife even thought the second part of "Sister" was a whole other song.
[9] A song about kids with an indifferent mother, it probably remains his best "story-telling" song, at least in the gut-churning emotional sense of "best." True story: As we were walking out, my wife started to have a conversation with the guy behind her, and his one regret was that Sufjan didn't play "
[10] Most surreal Christian moment of the show: This song's ending, which is a ghostly chorus of "I am the Lord" with Sufjan whispering "He says" in between and scary music playing in the background. It was great.
[11] Ex) He introduced the last song as "A song about one of my favorite cities," and the band started in with the theme song to


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Two Cambria fundraisers — a Jan. 25 soccer tournament and a Jan. 31 chicken barbecue — are being held to help pay for medical treatment for Hector Merlos, 18, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer Christmas Day, which has metastasized.
He's been going back and forth between his Cambria home and the Stanford University Medical Center, where he's being treated with chemotherapy.
Friends also have established the Hector Merlos Benefit Fund at Rabobank. Donations can be made at any branch.
Merlos was a student at Cambria Grammar and Santa Lucia Middle schools. He attended Coast Union High School until his senior year in 2012. He then transferred to Loma Vista Community School in San Luis Obispo where he graduated.
He worked in area motels, including the El Colibri Boutique & Spa, and then at Cambria Drug and Gift.
Merlos' medical bills are mounting quickly, even though he is covered by some health insurance, according to his parents and friends.
His father, Salvador "Chava" Aguilar, said his son was to have returned to Stanford for another round of chemotherapy Friday, Jan. 16, but doctors said his white-blood-cell count was too low. San Luis Obispo physicians will try to bolster that count so chemo can continue, perhaps as soon as Friday, Jan. 23.
Both parents said separately they are so grateful for how the community has rallied around their son and the two families.
Soccer tournament
The benefit soccer tournament will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Coast Union High School, 2950 Santa Rosa Creek Road on Sunday Jan. 25, according to Merlos' mother Susona Merlos. She said various edibles and drinks will be available, such as pizza, carne asada and tacos.
For details, call her at 835-2168.
American Legion barbecue
American Legion Post No. 432, Sons of the Legion and Hector Merlos' father, Salvador "Chava" Aguilar, are sponsoring a drive-through fundraiser chicken barbecue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Jan. 31, at the post and the Veterans Memorial Building, 1000 Main St.
The meal will include rice, beans, salsa, bread and drink.
Tickets are available now for $10 at the Legion hall, from Aguilar and at a few other locations. They're selling fast, Aguilar said Tuesday, Jan. 20, but he expects some tickets also will be for sale at the door.
For details, call him at 909-7616.


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by Viv Sade
Child rearing has remained basically the same since the beginning of time. The only thing that has changed with the times are the parental phrases, threats and idioms and the number of prescriptions for anxiety medications.
It's a generational thing that started with Adam and Eve. The following parental wisdoms from 50 years ago are some of the warning remarks my parents used on my siblings and me which we, in turn, threw out at our kids, and now our kids have modified those threats for their kids.
Admittedly, things have changed since the '60s. What used to be threats have now turned into negotiations. That's good because I'm an old hippie who is all about peace, love and harmony. That's bad because when I was young, all kids knew from birth who had the upper hand. Today, treading the waters of parental hierarchy sometimes gets a bit murky.
50 years ago: If you don't eat all your dinner, you cannot have dessert.
Today: Here's $25 — order a couple of pizzas and there's Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey in the freezer.
Adam and Eve: Here's some grapes, and be very careful not to eat that apple in the garden.
50 years ago: Go to your room!
Today: Get out of your room!
Adam and Eve: Get out of the rain and into your cave!
50 years ago: Quit fighting with your brother!
Today: Quit fighting with your brother!
Adam and Eve: Quit fighting with your brother!
50 years ago: Want me to pull this car over and cut a switch?
Today: Put a movie in your DVD players and watch them until we get there.
Adam and Eve: Carry your own rocks and watch your step.
50 years ago: Here's your quarter allowance.
Today: Here's your $10 allowance.
Adam and Eve: Here's a pretty gold-flecked rock for your cave.
50 years ago: "Don't go putting on airs; you're no better than anyone else."
Today: "Contrary to what you may believe, the Earth does not revolve around you."
Adam and Eve: "Quit acting like you are the only two kids on Earth!"
50 years ago: Pour yourself some homemade lemonade from the thermos bottle.
Today: Make that two caramel macchiatos and two vanilla bean frappuccinos — to go.
Adam and Eve: How many times have I told you not to drink from the ocean?! It's too salty and will raise your blood pressure.
50 years ago: As punishment, you cannot talk to your friends on the telephone for two weeks.
Today: No texting for an entire hour while we have Thanksgiving dinner.
Adam and Eve: If you holler into the valley, it sounds like other kids are hollering back. Try it.
50 years ago: If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you?
Today: If a friend offers you pills, don't take them.
Adam and Eve: Careful on that cliff!
50 years ago: "Grow up. There is no scary clown man under your bed."
Today: "That's wonderful! You're only 2 years old and know how to call 911 on your cell phone if daddy falls off the ladder."
Eve: "Eek! Boys! Come here and kill this snake!"
50 years ago: Eat! There are kids starving in China.
Today: Eat like the Asians. They are not obese and have a very low rate of colon cancer.
Adam and Eve: Quit hitting your brother! There are four buffalo legs — two for each of you.
50 years ago: Because I said so, that's why!
Today: Because it's mandated by the state and it's the law.
Adam and Eve: Because your Grandfather said, so it's gospel.
50 years ago: Your face will freeze like that!
Today: OMG! Is that a tattoo?!
Adam and Eve: Those bear scratch scars healed nicely and look exactly like a starfish.
50 years ago: Want your mouth washed out with soap?
Today: Now, listen up. There's going to be a lot of bad language in this movie. Don't repeat it.
Adam and Eve: &*#$! What do you mean fire has not yet been invented?!
50 years ago: We can't afford to buy enough school pictures for you to hand out to your friends.
Today: Look — I just got a notification that this is the 800th photo we've posted on Facebook this year.
Adam and Eve: Everyone look into the water at the same time and smile.
50 years ago: Wait until your father gets home!
Today: You're both at your dad's next weekend.
Adam and Eve: Follow dad's lead and club the critter between the eyes real quick-like.
50 years ago: It's not nice to say you want to kill your brother.
Today: Believe it or not, someday you two will be best friends.
Adam and Eve: What do you mean you killed your brother?!
50 years ago: Don't get smart!
Today: You're smarter than that.
Adam and Eve: Do you think we should we take the fur off before we eat it?
Mrs. Gump: Life is like a box of chocolates.


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Q: Can the energy-cost increase be seen as a tax increase? If so, how big is it? How does it compare with the last tax cut?
A: An increase in the world-wide price of oil serves as a kind of tax increase because it reduces the ability of U.S. consumers and businesses to spend on other things. But likening oil-price increases to tax increases is more metaphor than precise analysis.