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Over the years, Margaret Thatcher was wrong about a lot of things. One thing she got right, however, was the length of British general election campaigns. "Three weeks is long enough," she pronounced in 1997. That was the year in which, trailing in the polls but optimistic that the election could somehow be turned around, John Major began January by exposing the nation to something called "the long campaign". Immediately after the Christmas lights were off, Mr Major threw himself into a series of presidential press conferences and midweek regional campaign visits and, amid speculation about a possible March election, made an unusually early announcement that the vote would after all be held in May. His purpose, he explained to groans, was to put his youthful rival under pressure and to expose the opposition's policies to scrutiny. When the votes were eventually counted many weeks later, it had all achieved precisely nothing. In theory, though, Mr Major had a case, just as, in theory, Gordon Brown has one today, as he makes an eerily similar throw of the new year dice on behalf of Labour 13 years on. In an ideal republic, sure, the more political debate the better for us all. In principle, a long campaign offers the public more information about policies, more chance to weigh the talents of the rival leaders and to digest their prospectuses, as well as more time to make the richly informed and well-balanced decisions that beleaguered incumbent prime ministers always hope will save their parties at the last from the ungrateful rejection which the opinion polls predict.
In practice, the world simply does not work that way. An election campaign does not start at some artificial year zero moment, least of all at one of the politicians' own devising. It arrives swaddled in its own past, not actively sought but recognised as a necessary catharsis, with a cast of familiar characters and with the parties' individual and collective baggage prominently in tow. That is especially true when so much of that baggage, in expenses-tarnished 2010 just as in sleazy cash-for-questions 1997, is strewn indiscriminately across the political stage. For all the thought and energy that the politicians invest in it, the campaign all too often changes little and inspires less. It can easily outstay its often grudging welcome. Mrs Thatcher's instinct was better than Mr Major's or Mr Brown's. Perhaps that partly explains why she was better at winning elections. Mr Brown nevertheless feels that a long campaign offers rewards. He may believe it protects him from internal challenge, while David Cameron, confident that Mr Brown is a Tory asset, is happy to play along. Both leaders, however, have started the new year with appearances that provoke as many questions as answers. Having spent much of the latter part of 2009 promising an age of austerity and cuts, Mr Cameron moved yesterday to promise extra emphasis on public health and the less well-off. Mr Brown, meanwhile, has toned down the class war and instead gone to war to the classroom, using a promise about one-to-one tuition as an attempt to frame the election as a contest between Labour investment and Tory cuts. In truth, neither party has yet found a consistent and convincing message. Nick Clegg, suddenly love-bombed by both of them after years of disdain, is right to keep his distance from such inconstant suitors.
Believable debates may eventually emerge from this effortful flailing. For the moment, though, it remains a phoney war rather than the real deal. The Commons returns today with some proper business to attend to – from financial services, the Copenhagen debacle and airline security through to parliamentary reform and Labour's shabby attempt to disenfranchise NW Leicestershire by denying it a by-election. There is a few months' political meat left on the parliamentary bone. Stick with it. The election campaign will be with us soon enough.
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This is a problem most players have, which is they try to win instead of trying to improve, and this thought is the root cause of many problems and complaints. I'll try to keep this short.
First of all, when you have the mindset of playing to win, yes, you'll play better, but you'll be watching the goal (which is to win) much more than yourself and your teammates. The higher your hopes, the harder your disappointment as they always say.
Soon, when you make mistakes, you become desperate, as it puts you further from the goal, and you will try even harder to win, being more aggressive or more afraid depending on your style, opening up more window of errors for the enemy team. Should your teammates make mistakes, you will start to complain at how they're so bad at playing LoL and you'll be flaming that you're in Elo Hell and they should uninstall for making you lose plus various other insults and their mums.
If your game has a troll, things escalate much higher, you would be internally cursing the guy for screwing up your game and you would think of quitting LoL or so and complaining about how toxic the community can be.
So why should we play LoL if we don't play to win? League of Legends have other similarities to chess besides the Elo system - the mindset for people to win games. In chess, if you play to win, the psychological effects can backfire you hard. Downwards Spiral Effect etc. There are thousands of games where a game can be drawn by causing unintentional stalemates because they tried too hard to win.
This is what Grandmasters told lesser players the secret to increase Elo - play to improve.
The difference you ask? Playing to improve and playing to win still has the same goal of winning, but the mindset is much different.
When playing to improve, it's not only "I'm playing to improve myself", it's also "I'm playing to improve the game condition."
How to play to improve? Keep asking questions on before and after every occasion, and make split-second decisions asap.
For instance, when you want to go to unwarded territory, you ask yourself "Is it safe?", and you'll check if the enemy players are on the map, if yes then it's most likely safe, else you don't facecheck.
Or if you die after a gank, you ask yourself "how do I not die again?", then you analyze if are you still in lane trying to farm instead of returning for safety, or are you hugging towers while 3 or 4 full health enemies are trying to hunt you down. Try not to blame teammates unless you really can't find any errors in your play, which is very unlikely.
Keeping this up will make you make you think "Am I playing better? Have I improved enough?" the more you play. Don't think of the game as a burden, think of it as a problem solving puzzle. There's trolls in your team? Enemyis goddamn fed with 20 stacks of Mejai? Think of them as an obstacle in a normal puzzle. What is the best move you can make?
This is exactly like chess. You improve conditions, you improve positions, no matter how bad they are. When most chess players or even normal people who know the simple rules are offered a simple "mate in one" puzzle, they can obviously do it, no problem. When the same puzzle arrives as an actual game, they can miss it, because most chess players still have the mindset of "play to win", instead of "play to improve".
When you "play to improve", even if you can't get a positive result, you would try not to get an even worse result. In a bad position? Think of a way to make it better, or even turnabout it should chances appear.
At the end of the game, ask yourself, "Am I playing properly?" "What mistakes have I made during the game?" "Did I do my job?" "Did I try to turnover bad coditions to good?" Figure that out from here and you'll actually improve, and you'll realize "Elo Hell" is all but a myth, troll players can continue trolling as they don't affect your skill, and just report any toxic players that get in your way, since it's also part of problem solving.
Don't think "meh, it's just a game" or "I'm just playing for fun" either, because that's called game irresponsibility. LoL is a team game, and people will get mad at you for not trying. That sort of idea is equivalent to "I give up, LoL is just a place for me to troll". Again, same thing in chess, you're wasting the other person's time for the most idiotic chess moves in the world because you don't even think before moving.
Yes, there may be inevitable games, but if you play to improve, it makes it much harder for the enemy to have a total win. Playing to improve is tournament-level play, yet it's still much more emotionally-easier and efficient to handle than playing to win. --Mineko Charat Lucky (talk) 03:20, January 11, 2013 (UTC)
EDIT: Alright, I think this blog post is too short, some people still misunderstand my point.
"Playing to improve" still has the SAME GOAL as "Playing to win", the goal may not be shining for you to grab it, but you go along the process of "manipulating the game to victory", which will led you to the goal naturally.
The difference between "playing to improve" and "playing to win" is that 1. the former focuses on the process, the latter focuses on the result. "Playing to improve" has the same advantage as "playing to win", except that it also allows you have a better mindset, you are NOT that tryharding for a victory, you would sit down, calm down, and think over where went wrong.
You start with "Am I playing perfectly?", most likely the answer would be no, which is good, and it means you can improve further. Once that question is settled, you followed up with. "Are my deaths a lot?" "Are my deaths worth it?" "Is it possible to avoid the death?" "How should I handle that situation?".
You would probably watch better players on various videos you can easily find on Youtube or livestreams, you would watch them play, you would try to learn from them.
"Playing to win" mindset is different, it's much less efficient and has a more emotional impact to you if you can't control it, and as always, getting controlled by emotions would make the game worse, and you won't improve.
"Playing to improve" is not "a losers way to deal with games", how can you play to improve and still give up? That's blatantly contradicting the entire thought process, as ridiculous as saying you surrender at 20 when you "play to win". Chess games ended up as surrenders even when both sides are skilled and have equal opportunity? Don't you really think that sounds stupid?
"Playing to improve" doesn't equal "Playing to have fun" either. "Playing to have fun" has its own merits, but players with this mindset tend to give up easily, and rarely improve on their gameplay even further, because they are not serious of the game. So how on earth did you think "Playing to improve" equals "Playing to have fun"? They may not be mutually exclusive, but I don't get how a person would manage to think both are similar. Mineko Charat Lucky (talk) 15:59, January 11, 2013 (UTC)

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text: 1. TITLE OF COURSE AND COURSE NUMBER: Race, Gender, and Social Justice (WGS 225; AWS 225) 2. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course analyzes multiple forms of social oppression and inequality based on race (and color), sex (and gender), sexual orientation (and identity), and class in the United States. It will examine systemic aspects of social oppression in different periods and contexts and the ways that systems of social oppression manifest themselves on individual, cultural, institutional and/or global levels thus becoming self-perpetuating but not wholly unaltered structures. Individual and group agency, strategies of resistance, and visions for change will also be studied. 3. COURSE PREPREQUISTES: None 4. COURSE OBJECTIVES: To develop an understanding of the concept of diversity as it relates to notions of justice, oppression, tolerance, inequality, and difference. To explain the differences between individual prejudices and institutionalized systems of social oppression. To critically examine theoretical explanations for the development and perpetuation of systems of social oppression. To discern commonalities and differences in the development of various systemic aspects of oppression and inequality. To prepare students for effective citizenship in a diverse society and world. To develop an understanding of individual agency and collective action in envisioning and creating a just, fair, and healthy society. 5. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will be able to: Effectively express in class discussion and in writing an understanding of how diversity relates to structures of inequality. [Area Outcome a; UCC Program Outcomes 1, 3] Explain the difference between individual prejudices and systems of social oppression in essays, exams, and/or class discussions. [Area Outcome Bullet a; UCC Program Outcomes 1, 3] Demonstrate in writing knowledge of the historical development and practices of various forms of social oppression. [Area Outcome b; UCC Program Outcomes 1, 5] Think critically as demonstrated by effective use of the conceptual frameworks used to analyze diversity and multiculturalism, inequality, and justice in exams and/or research papers. [Area Outcome Bullet b & c; UCC Program Outcomes 3, 5, 6,] Integrate knowledge and ideas by demonstrating an understanding of the multiple and intersecting ways that inequality based on social oppression manifest themselves in everyday practices in exams and/or research papers. [Area Outcome Bullet c & d; UCC Program Outcomes 5, 6] Discuss individual and collective action for change inclass discussions,exams, or research papers. [Area Outcome Bullet e; UCC Program Outcomes 1, 5, 7] 6. TOPICAL OUTLINE FOR COURSE CONTENT: The meanings of diversity, difference, multiculturalism, and equality in a just society. Features of systems of social oppression: Pervasiveness, structural and material restraints, hierarchy, multiplicity and intersectionality and internalization. Forms of social oppression: Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, andClass Inequality. Lessonsfrom history: Examination of patterns that constitute social oppression over time; investigation of how structures of inequality have changed and how they have not changed. Social oppression and everyday practice: The study of how social oppression is normalized through social norms, rituals, language, media, etc. Violence and the threat of violence as mechanisms of social control Contemporary issues such as immigration, sexual violence, equal marriage rights, gender freedom, income inequality, health care, environmental justice, and media analysis. Visions of change: Forms of resistance and agency; movements for social change. 7. Writing Intensive: 8. Technology Intensive: 9. SUGGESTED TEACHING METHODS AND STUDENT LEARNING ACTIVIES: Lectures, group discussions, individual and group projects, films, guest speakers, and service learning projects, etc. 10. GUIDELINES/SUGGESTIONS FOR METHODS OF STUDENT ASSSESSMENT: Exams, quizzes, research papers, informal and formal writing assignments 11. Suggested readings, suggested or required texts, objects of study: Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2010. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and Racial Inequality in Contemporary America. Third Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Sue, Derald Wing. 2010. Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. Douglas, Susan J. 2010. Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work is Done. New York: Times Books. Newman, Katherine S. and Victor Tan Chen. 2009. The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America. Boston: Beacon Press. Grusky, David, and Szonja Szeleny. 2006. The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Rosenblum, Karen E and Toni-Michelle C. Travis. 2008. The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, and Disability. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill. 12. Bibliography of supportive texts and other materials: Adams, Maurianne, Warren Blumenfeld, Carmelita Rosie Castenada, Heather Hackman, Madeline Peters, and Ximena Zuniga (Eds.). 2010. Readings in Diversity and Social Justice. Second Edition. New York: Routledge. Adamson, Joni, Mei Mei Evans, and Rachel Stein. 2002. The Environmental Justice Reader: Politics, Poetics, and Pedagogy. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. Bacon, David. 2009. Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. Boston: Beacon Press. Barek, Gregg, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin. 2006. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. Barry, Brian. 2005. Why Social Justice Matters. New York: Polity. Barusch, Amanda. 2008. Foundations of Social Policy: Social Justice in Human Perspective. Florence, KY: Brooks/Cole Publishing. Bennett, Judith M. 2006. History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2010. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and Racial Inequality in Contemporary America. Third Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Bush, Melanie. 2004. Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Forms of Whiteness. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Calderon, Jose. 2007. Race, Poverty and Social Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Press. Capeheart, Loretta. 2007. Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Chavez, Leo R. 2008. The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens and the Nation. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Chomsky, Avia. 2007. "They Take Our Jobs" And Twenty Other Myths About Immigration. Boston: Beacon Press. Cudd, Ann E. 2006. Analyzing Oppression. New York: Oxford University Press. Douglas, Susan J. 2010. Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work is Done. New York: Times Books. Early, Jessica Singer. 2006. Stirring Up Justice: Writing and Reading to Change the World. Portsmouth, NJ: Heinemann Publishers. Enloe, Cynthia.2004. The Curious Feminist: Searching for women in a new age of empire. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Gilbert, Dennis. 2008. The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality. Seventh Edition. Los Angeles, CA: Pine Forge Press. Grusky, David and Ravi Kanbur. 2006. Poverty and Inequality. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. Grusky, David, and Szonja Szeleny. 2006. The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Johnson, Allan G. 2005. The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Harvey, David. 2009. Social Justice and the City (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation). Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. Heldke, Lisa and Peg O'Connor. 2004. Oppression, Privilege, and Resistance: Theoretical Perspectives of Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism. New York: McGraw-Hill. Henderson, Sarah L. and Alana Jeydel. 2010. Women and Politics in a Global World. New York: Oxford University Press. Hines, Sally. 2010. Transgendered Identities: Toward a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity. New York: Routledge. Kymlicka, Will. 2007. Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity. NY: Oxford University Press. Lee, Janet and Susan M. Shaw. 2010. Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women. New York: McGraw-Hill. Modood, Tariq. 2007. Multiculturalism (Themes for the 21st Century). Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. Newman, Katherine S. and Victor Tan Chen. 2009. The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America. Boston: Beacon Press. Painter, Nell Irvin. 2010. The History of White People. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. Paludi, Michelle. 2009. Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide. New York: Praeger. Peterson, Spike V, and Anne Sisson Runyan. 2009. Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Phillips, Anne. 2007. Multiculturalism without Culture. NJ: Princeton University press. Phillips, Lynn M. 2000. Flirting With Danger: Young Women's Reflections on Sexuality and Domination. New York: New York University Press. Plante, Rebecca F. and Lis M. Maurer. 2009. Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real World Practice. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Rimmer, Susan Harris. 2010. Gender and Transitional Justice: The Women of East Timor. New York: Routledge. Rojas, Maythee. 2009. Women of Color and Feminism. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press. Rosenblum, Karen E and Toni-Michelle C. Travis. 2008. The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, and Disability. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill. Rothenberg, Paula S. 2010. Race, Class, and Gender in the United States. Eighth Edition. New York: Worth Publishers. Rubin, Rachel and Jeffrey Melnick. 2006. Immigration and Popular Culture. New York: NYU Press. Ruger, Jennifer. 2010. Health and Social Justice. New York: Oxford University Press. Scott, Jacqueline. 2010. Gender Inequalities in the 21 st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Restraints. North Hampton, MA: Edward Elgar Pub. Sen, Amarty. 2009. The Idea of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Stein, Rachel. 2004. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Sue, Derald Wing. 2010. Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. Swain, Carol. 2007. Debating Immigration. New York: Cambridge University Press. Trepagnier, Barbara. 2006. Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. Walker, Samuel, Cassia Spohn, and Miriam Delone. 2006. The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America. Wadsworth Publishing Co. Zinn, Howard. 2003. The Twentieth Century: A People's History. New York: Harper Perennial. Zinn, Howard. 2002. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times. Boston: Beacon Press. 13. Preparer's name and date: Prof. Carole Sheffield March 28, 2010


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The Walt Disney company's TV output in the '80s and '90s was never very impressive overall. They had previously resisted doing any animated series for TV at all, on the basis that it would damage the Disney brand name to do less than top-quality animation, and especially to use overseas studios for the animation (an economic requirement for TV cartoons). When Michael Eisner came in, he ordered the company into the Saturday-morning-TV and direct-to-video market, which may well have had the effect of diluting the brand -- all those pointless video sequels tend to devalue the feature-length movies -- but was probably a necessary step, economically speaking.
However, the Disney TV stuff rarely had the effectiveness of the best TV cartoons of the '90s, like the Warner Brothers TV cartoons or "The Tick" (which Disney now owns and is about to release on DVD). Most of their TV product was based on their movie, short-cartoon, or comic-book franchises: "DuckTales" animated the Carl Barks universe; "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" became animated TV series; "Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers" and "Goof Troop" found new formats for familiar characters. None of these shows did much more than remind us of why we liked the original versions better. One exception, as I recall, was "Tale Spin," which was a pretty good comedy/adventure featuring characters from "The Jungle Book" as adventurous pilots -- it was basically "Only Angels Have Wings" with Baloo the bear, and it worked surprisingly well.
Another Disney TV cartoon that was better than most was "Darkwing Duck", due for a DVD release this year; the story of an inept superhero -- or, more specifically, an idiot who thinks he's a superhero because he wears a cape and mask -- it was a bit like "Inspector Gadget" (bumbling hero with an intelligent niece), but much better and funnier. It was a very funny show, in fact, with great vocal acting from Jim Cummings in the lead role, and a fine team of writers. The DVD will probably be worth picking up, especially if they have some extra features.
The best-known of the Disney TV cartoons was "Gargoyles," their attempt to out-dark "Batman." With its dark storylines, violence (more violence than "Batman" could get away with) and seemingly endless story arcs and flashbacks, it was a fascinating show and often very well-written, though it perhaps took itself a bit more seriously than was really warranted by the story of stone gargoyles coming to life in New York. The show "Freakazoid!" did a parody of "Gargoyles" called "Lawn Gnomes," where the lead characters spend the entire episode filling us in on the backstory of how they got turned into stone, and by the time we cut back to the present, there's no more time for the contemporary story. The episodes of "Gargoyles" are being released on DVD; two box sets have been released so far and one more should come this year to complete the series.
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The Stacker, designed for children 6 months and up introduces 5 educational concepts.
Colors – each shape is one of six rainbow colors
Shapes – the shapes are a triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and circle
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Numbers – each of the sides of the shape have a number engraved on the top – triangle has 1-2-3, square 1-2-3-4 and so on.
Patterning – lightest to darkest colors, smallest to largest size
The stacker also helps little ones work on their gross motor skills and provides wonderful tactile experiences. Made from solid hardwood maple, each piece is finished with water based dye stain colors and sealed with a non-toxic clear coat. The entire stack measures just shy of 5" tall (each piece is 3/4" thick) and the largest shape – circle is 5 1/2" across. The dowel to hold the pieces is a hefty 1" thick.
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If you are in college, you probably want to become famous in one way or another. Alright, so you are athletic enough and have been playing hockey for quite a while. Why don't you give yourself a chance to improve your performance in this sport? The best way to do that is of course none other than joining the hockey academy sport team. Yes, colleges often play against other institutions during the competitions and it will open doors for you to all the more enhance your self-confidence and mastery of the hockey skills and techniques.
A Few Pointers to Keep in Mind
It is always best to admit that you are yet a hockey rookie. And so, the more that you should focus on sharpening your skills. It will give you a wonderful feeling to know that your teammates are rendering their all out support for a newbie like you. As a beginner, here are a couple of tips that you can work on.
Take time to observe your team members as they hit the rink for the rehearsals. By properly observing their moves, you are certain to pick up techniques and strategies that you may apply on yourself as well.
Don't get inside the rink to play if you are not yet prepared. Hockey is a game of smartness and precision and your team doesn't have a need for someone who is absentminded or one who doesn't know what to do. You might just end up being hurt because your teammates are moving so fast in their attempt to score.
Because you are still harnessing your hockey skills, you can try on scoring some goals and trying some assists for a start. If you can't aim that precisely, you can always try standing in front of the net while the puck is on the offensive part of the ice. This gives you the chance for rebounds.
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Simple Triangle. This is the most basic power play and often used by the younger team members. The strategy allows the easy movement of the puck as well as more passes.
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In earlier posts I have written about the problem of pleasing all the people all of the time. The responses below amplify this problem. The first response is not overly critical but you can see the difference in need from these two lecturers using the same room.
I now there will be people reading this shouting the 'f' word...flexible. This is not a panacea for all rooms. It has it's place but we also need specific layouts, and that being the case, the needs of the user should be matched up with room types available. If only it were that simple!
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C43 is not quite so appropriate for the class I have - I have a grammar lecture with finalists and because of the set-up they have to twist around to look at me and then twist back to write at the tables. When I use PowerPoint it seems to be ok as there is more than one screen they can watch. It's the same problem with the middle whiteboard needing water for cleaning, so I tend to avoid it and use the other two. With another class immediately following in another building there is no time to spend doing lots of cleaning.
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Overall I think the refurbishment (C43) is excellent, and has allowed me to change the way my lectures run, because of the new layout - much more favourable for in-class discussions etc. Below are a few more specific comments for you:
a) The technology - to a very high standard. Not used to its full potential yet - this is mostly due to planning on my part.
b) The decoration - bright and vibrant. creates a much nicer atmosphere to work in.
c) Lighting and lighting control - simple, easy to use and effective in each of the pre-programmed modes,
d) Blackout - not had to use, so can't comment.
e) Furniture type - I like the 'triangular' tables for small groups. I think it could work up to groups of 40-50 students too, so would encourage larger, similar rooms. Chairs comfortable.
f) Furniture layout - flexible. I would actually like another table in C43 near the front (or at least the option to request another table).
g) Does the room work for you? If not why not? - absolutely, and I was sceptical at the beginning.
h) Other comments good or bad. - more of the same!


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aaaaaand this is what I do while I'm studying to keep sane
I'm sitting at school in a delightfully empty computer lab reading over and making notes concerning my upcoming midterm this Monday. I didn't get to go to the kegger (sad face) due to an overrunning CMPE lab last night which I didn't get home from until about 7:30pm, and which effectively turned my brain into mush. So emotionally stunted and drained I opted for a little R&R, watching a few eps of Dead Like Me, eating some smart pop and reeces and reading American Psycho in the bathtub. Looking forward to next weekend, where I will make my own kegger god dammit.
For those of you wondering, the colin issue has been dismissed. After thinking long and hard I decided that bothering to be facebook friends with him was not really something I wanted, or would benefit me. But being curious about his intentions I instead sent him a casual msg reading: "Sup? I see I was defriended, again huh" Thinking I would get some form of reply along the lines of "yea colleens nuts" or "i'm coming to fredericton this weekend", something to explain his sudden interest. I instead get no reply and mysteriously the friend request disappears. Can friend requests be revoked by those who make them? Curiouser and curiouser I check his account seeing that the msg I'd sent had been deleted and the friend request was there no more, meaning either he changed his mind (completely possible), or else his gf (who also knows his fb password) signed his account up to her Blackberry (which would explain why he had that on his profile news feed even tho he doesn't own a blackberry) and the msg infact went directly to her phone instead where she proceeded to delete the friend request. Either way, I'm a free bird and that was the longest run on sentence ever. Ha! I am relieved. Let's all cross our fingers that well enough is left alone.
Halloween is coming! Need costume ideas...
Girl Scout?
Bank robber?
Greek Goddess?
Just a few of the ideas I'm tossing around right now. For some reason I'm leaning toward bank robber. I really want to run around with a stuffed burlap sack with a dollar sign on it. It's hilarious to me I don't know why, but it feels right.
If I were a boy I would dress up as Vincent Price. I just watched House on Haunted Hill. Not gonna lie, I was kinda scared.
Also I feel the need for some pumpkin carving and leaf pile diving!!!!
It's casual Friday.
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Washington Times reported Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party just lost both chambers of Congress, will leave his position in January, and the post as party chief has been offered to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele.
This is a very good move. I don't know how good he is at organization and planning; he may need to have some very good assistants, but having a black chairman of the party is a good idea. It looks like the Dems may have thought that too. Ryan Lizza wrote in The New Republic Some big name Democrats want to oust DNC Chairman Howard Dean, arguing that his stubborn commitment to the 50-state strategyWhich is responsible for the Dems winning seats in Red States.and his stinginess with funds for House races cost the Democrats several pickup opportunities. The candidate being floated to replace Dean? Harold Ford. Says James Carville, one of the anti-Deaniacs, "Suppose Harold Ford became chairman of the DNC? How much more money do you think we could raise? Just think of the difference it could make in one day. Now probably Harold Ford wants to stay in Tennessee. I just appointed myself his campaign manager."


text: Thanks for the comments. I've updated the patch to use example.net, and I cleaned up the LDIF. I've tested it against my devel server (its running devel from yesterday) and it passes schema checking. I also switched it to use ldapadd instead of slapadd. The patch is available as ftp://acca.nmsu.edu/pub/ian/ian-logan-quickstart-000718.patch That should be the same path as in ITS 628. Thanks, Ian "Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote: > > Looks pretty good. I suggest > s/example.edu/example.net/ > > IIRC, only .com and .net are reserved for examples. > > The "dn: dc=example, dc=edu" entry (s/edu/net/) > should have objectclass values "organization" and > "dcObject". "top" need not be listed. > > Following 'person' object has 'mail' attribute which > is not allowed per schema. Attribute should be removed. > (Limit yourself to schema defined in core.schema... and > conform to it). > > We also need to update tool use a bit... but can do > this subsequent to this set of changes. Such as: > slapadd v. ldapadd (I prefer to use ldap* tools > in quick start guide, leaving slap* tools for > another section). > -h 127.0.0.1 is not needed (is default). > -x needed (simple authentication) >


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Austin has been working hard at his great new job in OKC! Unfortunately we've had to get used to new schedules. Our friendly neighbor comes by to check on our pets a couple days a week (when I'm super busy) and Austin gets to help take care of my brother & sis-in-law's dog, Pete :) I've also started staying up a lot later than normal. Oh well. We do make the most of our weekends. One weekend we had a backyard picnic and I made a delicious new cookie recipe:
Salted Caramel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together 3 sticks unsalted BUTTER and 1 cup SUGAR with a mixer until fluffy. Beat in 1 1/2 tsp VANILLA extract. Gradually add 3 1/2 cup all-purpose FLOUR, 1/2 tsp SALT, and beat to combine. Press dough together and roll into 1 1/4" balls. Dip each ball in beaten EGG (recipe calls for 2, you could probably just use 1) and roll in COCONUT flakes. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets and press an indentation in the center with your thumb. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove and re-press thumbprints. Bake an additional 8-10 minutes until golden. Place 40 Kraft CARAMELS and 6 tbsp HEAVY CREAM in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth. Spoon into thumb indentations and sprinkle (while warm) with flaky SEA SALT.


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Aquarium Photos Video Tour from This Great Maui "Thing to Do"
If you love fish, the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it you will
love The Maui Ocean Center" Aquarium in Maui Hawaii.
Located at 192 Maalaea Rd, Wailuku, HI 96793
Hours: Open today · 9AM–5PM and open until 6PM in the summer time.
Phone: (808) 270-7000
This place has a lot of interactive things for kids and the size of
some of the aquariums is huge. Normally one of the last places is the
aquarium that you walk through and that is a huge aquarium with a host
of sharks, manta rays and other fish floating around.
I highly recommend this place and in addition to visiting this place twice
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with gifts and souvenirs.
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WOLFEBORO, N.H. -- A chorus of prominent conservative voices is worrying aloud that Republican candidate Mitt Romney's play-it-safe strategy is jeopardizing his chance to win the presidency.
As President Barack Obama's campaign intensifies criticism of Romney's background, influential Republicans -- right-leaning leaders in business and the media -- say that Romney's message on the economy is short on detail and muddled at best.
Romney dismissed the negative attention as he faced reporters Friday to respond to another weak federal jobs report.
"I don't say much to critics," he said.
In an editorial Thursday, The Wall Street Journal said the Romney campaign is "slowly squandering an historic opportunity."
"The Romney campaign thinks it can play it safe and coast to the White House by saying the economy stinks and it's Mr. Obama's fault," the newspaper said. "We're on its email list and the main daily message from the campaign is that 'Obama isn't working.' Thanks, guys, but Americans already know that. What they want to hear from the challenger is some understanding of why the president's policies aren't working and how Mr. Romney's policies will do better."
The harsh critique comes as Romney nears the end of a weeklong vacation at his New Hampshire lakeside home, where he has been mostly out of the public eye, except for a brief Fourth of July appearance. Polls show Obama slightly leading Romney nationally and in several states that are critical to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
"I put out 59 steps for how I'd get the economy going. And I don't think I've seen any from the president that show what he's planning on doing," Romney said Friday at a hardware store not far from his vacation home. "I've laid out my 59 steps. Take a look at them. I think you'll find them very specific."


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update from HQ
As of today, over 2,000 people have committed to boycott Google on Valentine's Day, over 45,000 emails have been sent to Google's executives, and over 4,300 emails have been sent to executives at Yahoo, Microsoft, and Cisco.
We just created a new video (45 secs) which is posted on the site: http://noluv4google.com and moved our blog from Blogger (owned by Google) to Wordpress - you can see the new one here: http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/
Our campaign has been covered by a number of media outlets including the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. I also did an interview for American Public Media's Future Tense which you can hear at: http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/futuretense/mpr_20060206_futuretense.mp3


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While Chicago and parts of the Midwest enjoy a Nor'easter-style blizzard on Tuesday, the Boston weather gurus see quite a dose coming this way as well. There is consensus that snow will arrive in two separate episodes, but much less agreement on the total amount of white come late Wednesday. But that means that when The Boston Forecaster (TBF) weathercaster grades come out late on Wednesday, some will receive high marks and some not so much.
As of mid-evening on Monday, here's how the various weather outlets saw the coming 1-2 punch. We'll update the various forecasters' predictions as often as they change.
WHDH (4): 3-6 by nightfall Tuesday. Snow (some sleet south of MA Pike). Two-day storm totals from 10 to 20 inches
WCVB (5): By Wednesday, 12-18 west of Boston, 12 in Boston; lesser amounts southeast of Boston.
WBZ/Accuweather (2): 3-6 inches Tuesday; Wed 12-16. Total 16-20 (12-16 south of Pike)
FOX25: 4-6 inches Tuesday; 6-12 snow/sleet Wednesday
National Weather Service: 4-8 inches Tuesday; 1-3 Tuesday night; mix Wed. Total 12-16 through Wed. evening.
NECN (6): 12-18 inches for two-storm totals (18-24 north of Route 2)
You can follow the progress of the forecaster predictions here. We're also on Twitter and Facebook.


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I nearly forgot about making the bloggings.
So, I don't know…today was a typical rep day. Went and bought doughnuts and coffee and took them to a meeting. Did not consume either of them! Drove a whole, whole bunch and saw a bunch of cool bike shops and such. Got in a little ride in the evening. Very nice little canyon. Lots of other cyclists on the roads. Lots of cars too, which isn't as cool, but it was good.
Anyway, I'm wiped out. I'm staying at my partner in CO's place on a blow up mattress. I don't tend to sleep well when I'm on the road, for whatever reason. And then, even when I'm tired, I tend to stay up later than normal. It's weird.
I guess that's all I have for tonight. Farewell and adieu.


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Studio Series: Animating a Fall (Youth Session)
GradesAges 7-17
Date & TimeSat, Feb 24 | 1–2:30pm
CostSOLD OUT
In the cartoon world, characters can defy gravity by hanging still in the air for many seconds before realizing there is no ground under their feet and then falling rapidly to Earth. Even with a simple trip, a character can go into a series of impressive tumbles and flips. Come join us in animating a character fall as well as exploring the principles of timing, anticipation, and squash & stretch.
See a full schedule of upcoming films here.
Schedule subject to change. Please check calendar or ticket desk on the day of your visit for most current schedule.


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Never would we've expected this back when Volkswagen first launched the present Jetta to the 2011 model year. Though it boasted improved space, son-of-Audi styling, along with a more reasonable price, the Jetta was soundly criticized to its utter dearth of character, relentlessly cheap-feeling cabin, gruff five-cylinder basic engine, and chassis that had regressed to the Ancient with rear drum brakes plus a torsion-beam rear suspension.
Since then, VW has made incremental and significant improvements to the North American bread-butterer, and with 2014, all U.S.-market Jettas featured four-wheel disc brakes with an independent rear suspension. Furthermore 2014, another EA888 1.8-liter turbocharged base four-cylinder engine forced the cantankerous 2.5-liter five-cylinder into retirement. Go into the 2015 Jetta, featuring its midcycle update which brings new front and back styling, improved interior materials (including-at last-a soft-touch dash top), and a new EA288 diesel engine in TDI models. Alas, it seems that the Jetta has now become the car Volkswagen should have been building forever.
Usually, the most important parts of a vehicle's midcycle refresh are modified lighting and fascia elements, however in the 2015 Jetta's case, they're arguably at least fascinating of its changes. A fresh grille focuses on the car's wider, as does the latest rear bumper, as new head lights give extensively offered LED daytime running lamps and the taillamps evoke its Audi-brand cousins. And for the first time, perhaps the least expensive Jetta rides on aluminum tires. To what extent the adjustments improve the Jetta's looks depends on the observer, however arguably it has become actually harder to tell the gap between the Jetta and also the one-size-up Passat.
The cabin, when one of the Jetta's worst features, has turned into a convincingly nice area to hang out for 2015. It's still Teutonically austere along with the door panels are hard plastic, but the dashboard looks far classier, covered which is with tunneled gauges and refractive piano-black trim sections. High-end material including navigation has trickled below higher trims to low- and mid-grade ranges, and interestingly, an available touch-screen infotainment system without navigation is actually larger than that of the navigation-equipped cars. And also the seats on the S, SE, and SEL types we drove were secure and helpful.
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1.0 Credit
The primary content emphasis for this course pertains to the study of United States history from Reconstruction to the present day. Students will be exposed to the historical, geographic, political, economic, and sociological events which influenced the development of the United States and the resulting impact on world history. So that students can clearly see the relationship between cause and effect in historical events, students should have the opportunity to review those fundamental ideas and events which occurred before the end of Reconstruction.
Students in American History are given an opportunity to:
1)Gain a basic knowledge of events and facts of National and State History from earliest cultures to the present,
2)Become familiar with the literature of American History,
3)Develop social studies skills such as map and graph interpretation,
4)Develop skills in interpretation and analysis of both primary and secondary documents or sources,
5)Develop historical writing skills.
1- Introduction
1- Introduction
2- Course Description
3- Understanding Plagiarism
4- Pretest
Assignment: Pretest
5- Review: America in early 19th Century
6- Review part 2
7- MLA Formatting Word 2007
8- MLA Documentation updates
9- MLA Citation
10- MLA Incorporating Sources
2- Unit 1: Civil War & Reconstruction
1- Introduction
Handout: Abolitionism
2- Civil War Overview
Handout: Causes of the Civil War
Handout: The Civil War
3- The Union Dissolves
4- The Start of the War
5- Fighting the War
Handout: Mapping Assignment
Assignment: Mapping Assignment
6- Civil War Aftermath
Assignment: The Emancipation Proclamation
Essay: Civil War Essay
7- Reconstruction
Handout: Reconstruction
8- Reconstruction continued
Essay: Reconstruction
3- Unit 1: Settling the West
1- Western Frontier
Handout: California Gold Rush
Handout: Life in the West
Assignment: The Great Plains Indian Wars
Assignment: Life in the West
2- Native American Experience
Assignment: Native American Reeducation
3- Oregon Trail
Handout: Oregon Trail PowerPoint
Handout: Oregon Trail Scavenger Hunt Assignment
Assignment: Oregon Trail Scavenger Hunt
Assignment: Westward Expansion
4- Unit 1: Industrialization
1- Gilded Age
2- Transcontinental Railroad
Handout: Transcontinental Railroad
3- Rise of Industry
Handout: Age of Great Inventions
5- Unit 1: Urban Migration
1- Move to the Cities
Assignment: Ellis Island and the Immigrant Experience
2- Reform
Quiz: Unit 1 Test
6- Unit 2: Progressive Era
1- Progressive Era
Handout: Progressive Era Politics
2- Progressive Era continued
Handout: Muckrakers and Reformers
Essay: The Standard Oil Monopoly
7- Unit 2: American Imperialism
1- Seeking Empire
Assignment: America as World Power
2- Spanish-American War
Handout: Spanish American War
Assignment: Spanish-American War
8- Unit 2: World War I
1- Road to War
Handout: WWI
Assignment: The U.S. Enters the War
3- WWI Propaganda
4- End of WWI
Essay: The Versailles Treaty
Worksheet: World War I
9- MidTerm
1- Midtest
Assignment: Midtest
Quiz: Midterm
10- Unit 2: The Roaring 20s
1- Roaring 20s
Handout: The 1920s
2- Old Values vs. New
Assignment: Flappers
3- Flowering Culture
Essay: The Impact of Broadcasting
Worksheet: Roaring 20's
11- Unit 2: Great Depression & The New Deal
1- America Between the Wars
Assignment: Great Depression Photo Essay
2- 1930s and 40s continued
Handout: Great Depression
Handout: FDRs New Deal
3- FDR and the New Deal
Handout: FDR & The New Deal Presentation
Assignment: FDR and the New Deal
4- Causes of the Great Depression
Handout: Causes of the Great Depression
Essay: The Great Depression: The Stock Market Crash
Worksheet: The Great Depression
Quiz: The Great Depression Quiz
Quiz: Unit 2 Quiz
12- Unit 3: World War II
Handout: World War II
Assignment: Yalta and Poland
Assignment: Analyzing Motives
2- The War at Home
Handout: WWII Homefront
Assignment: The Homefront
3- Holocaust in Europe
Assignment: Memories of the Holocaust
Essay: The Holocaust and Hiroshima
13- Unit 3: The Cold War Begins
1- Post-War Challenges
Handout: Causes of the Cold War
Assignment: Marshall Plan
2- The Cold War
Handout: The Cold War
Handout: Cold War Vocabulary
Handout: Cold War Graphic Organizer
Assignment: Cold War McCarthyism
Assignment: Cold War Vocabulary
3- Cold War Continued
Handout: Cold War Overview PowerPoint
Worksheet: The Cold War at Home; Truman's 'Fair Deal'
14- Unit 3: 1950s — Happy Days?
1- 1950s
Assignment: Truman Doctrine
2- Civil Rights
Handout: Civil Rights Movement
Assignment: Recipe for Civil Rights
Quiz: Unit 3 Quiz
15- Unit 4: American Camelot
1- Kennedy Administration
2- Rising Tensions
16- Unit 4: Culture Shock
1- Vietnam War
Handout: The Vietnam War
Essay: Johnson and the Vietnam War
Worksheet: Vietnam War
2- Time of Malaise
Assignment: Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
17- Unit 4: End of the Millennium
1- Winding Down
Essay: The War Powers Act
2- New Gilded Age?
Assignment: Cold War Map
3- End of the Century
18- Unit 4: America in the 21st Century
1- Turn of the Century
Assignment: Last 50 years
2- Growing Problems
Quiz: Unit 4 Quiz
19- Final Exam
1- Post-test
Assignment: Post-test
Quiz: Final Exam
20- Course Survey
Handout: Course Evaluation
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Dire Straits - Before We Became Famous. (X Rekords :: CD 2 DEF/DS81)
Recorded Live at Werchter, Brussels, Belgium - July 5, 1981.
Excellent Soundboard Recording -> Bootleg Silver CD :: CBR 320 kbps.
01. Once Upon a Time
02. Skateaway
03. News
04. Private Investigations
05. Angel of Mercy
06. Tunnel of Love I
07. Tummel of Love II
08. Down to the Waterline
09. Sultans of Swing *
10. Wild West End *
Personnel: Mark Knopfler - lead guitar, lead vocals :: Hal Lindes - rhythm guitar, backing vocals :: John Illsley - bass guitar, backing vocals :: Alan Clark - keyboards :: Pick Withers - drums.
Notes: The cover art suggests that this show was recorded "On the first european tour of '79", but the majority was taken from a radio broadcast recorded in Belgium on 1981. Sourced for CD release from LP from vinyl, has some crackles and pops. Still, it's an important part of history from the "Golden Era" of silver CD bootlegs, and to me as well as it was the first Dire Straits ROIO CD I ever obtained. * t09-t10 Cologne, Germany - February 17, 1979. <-(Info taken from geetarz.org).
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First of all sincere apologies for my absence. I'm not sure if anyone other than me noticed I haven't posted in ages but I feel I should acknowledge it anyway! I've had plumbing problems (the actual type NOT a euphemism lol), an embarrassing backlog of housework and several social engagements to contend with. Not that I'm complaining. It is beyond me how women all over the world manage to run households, raise children, sew kick-ass outfits for themselves and keep their blogs up to date.
Anyhow, last Wednesday night I received a party invitation in the post – for Friday night! Short notice at the best of times but this was fancy dress. Having studied costume for three years I take this topic, justifiably I think, very seriously. The theme – Degrassi Junior High.
Oh the horror! Anyone who lived through the fashion vacuum that was the 80's would tell you IT WASN'T THAT GREAT! Seriously, my year 12 ball was in 1986 and it was hideous. Still with a positive attitude I considered my options:
- Make something – no way, I have so many projects started, waiting to start or almost finished that it is ridiculous. I could not justify spending my entire Good Friday sewing something for just one night. The last fancy dress I went to I produced a medieval princess and a Viking in only 4 days – but it really put my Christmas present making behind schedule. So my only choice was:
- Op-shopping. Usually I am a total failure at this so I was dubious, especially given the short notice. I finished work at 2.30 on Thursday and raced to the two op shops on the way to my fella's house – nothing. So I picked him up and we screamed over to the next closest shop, about 15 minutes drive away. By this time it was 4.10 and the shop closed at 5. My blood pressure was extremely high by now. I grabbed a skirt, belt and handbag without trying anything on and my fella found some hideous pale blue high-pant jeans and a spotty shirt to coordinate with my skirt. Twenty eight dollars later we were done…
The party was pretty good too. Here's a pic.
Doesn't my fella look classy with his beer and ciggie?
On a more serious note I do have many many more interesting projects to update on and I'll try to get to them ASAP. Bye for now


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When it comes to Colleges and Tuition, Bob Marshall lines up with Warner/Kaine.
Spank That Donkey has a excellent series of posts about how the cost of tuition has pretty much doubled since Jim Gilmore left office. UVA-Wise is covered here. Gilmore froze tuition and used excess tax revenue to help colleges, students, and parents carrying the load.
Enter the Bob Marshall fans, all three of them, attacking Gilmore for this must needed action. The Marshall fans are desperate and everyone can see that. Their candidate has a record of failed legislation that has no end. Their only recourse is to attack the accomplishments made by Gilmore to ease the burden of cost for a higher education. I know for a fact the UVA-Wise crowd appreciated the help. I also believe the majority of voters will support Gilmore's actions. That will become evident as delegates cast their votes.
Check this out about Bob Marshall and Drilling for oil in ANWAR. Hilarious if not so pitiful. Bob Marshall is endorsed by the Sierra Club, those anti oil drilling, anti coal, anti mining tree huggers. That is all a SWVA resident needs to know. There is no need to ask for the republicans in the Coalfields to vote for Gilmore...They Will.


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The ABC Family's new series The Middleman is much like Men In Black and the Ninja Turtles, that it is based on a comic book that is every little known. According to its Wikipedia article, the Middleman was first conceived to be a television pilot but was worked as a comic book, limited, and ended up as graphic novels.
If you love The Middleman and don't mind getting spoiled, check out the blog.


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Hello there!
If you have found my books, I hope as a result you have also found your way here. So clear some clutter off a chair, sit yourself down and make yourself at home. Welcome to the empty nest. Feel free to poke around and become part of what happens here, I will always be very pleased to see you.


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N.K. Newsletter
Vantage Point
North Korea
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 53 (May 7, 2009)
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronological review of major developments related to North Korea between April 30-May 6, 2009.
30 The Mangyongdae Prize Sports Contest closes with due ceremony in Pyongyang. The event opened on April 7, marking the birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung.
30 The (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) says North Korean leader Kim Jong-il received a congratulatory message from Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz on April 23 to mark Kim's reelection as chairman of the National Defense Commission (NDC).
30 A national meeting is held in Pyongyang to mark the 119th May Day, attended by Kim Jung-rin, secretary of the Workers' Party, and Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA).
30 A spokesman with the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland issues a statement warning that the South Korean government will have to take full responsibility for the "grave consequences" caused by its suppression of South Korean civic groups acting in support of a summit agreement between leaders of the two Koreas in June 2000.
30 A delegation of the North Korean Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, led by its deputy minister Sim Chol-ho, leaves for Vietnam.
1 A spokesman for the Central Special Zone Development Guidance General Bureau says North Korea is deepening its investigation into a South Korean worker detained for over a month at a joint industrial complex and warns of "consequences" should South Korean authorities continue to raise allegations of human rights abuses over the detention.
1 A grand banquet is given in Pyongyang to mark May Day, attended by some 15,000 leading workers from various coal mines, steel complexes as well as ranking officials, including Kim Yong-nam, president of the SPA Presidium.
1 A grand evening of fireworks is held on the banks of the Pothong River in Pyongyang to mark May Day.
1 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il watches a performance given by the State Merited Chorus together with workers from the metal industry and those of related enterprises on May Day.
2 Buddhist ceremonies are simultaneously held at temples across North Korea in celebration of Buddha's birthday and to pray for inter-Korean reunification.
2 The KCNA says Kim Jong-il watched the North Korean opera "The Flower Girl" together with workers from the metal industry and related enterprises who participated in events celebrating May Day.
2 The KCNA says Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun reaffirmed Pyongyang's decision to boycott the six-party denuclearization talks in a speech to the ministerial meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries held in Cuba on April 29.
3 A spokesman from the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland says North Korea will reinforce its "self-defensive nuclear deterrent" against Contingency Plan 5029 reportedly set up by the U.S. and South Korea to deal with an emergency situation in the socialist nation.
3 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of greetings to the Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak on his 81st birthday.
3 Kim Jong-il sends a congratulatory message to the Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak on his birthday.
3 Kim Jong-il sends a wreath to the bier of the late Choe Ki-chol, People's Designer and head of the Mt. Paektu Architectural Institute, expressing deep condolences over his death.
4 Rodong Sinmun, organ of the Workers' Party, accuses the UN of being unfair to countries not aligned with the United States, citing its condemnation of Pyongyang's April 5 rocket launch as evidence.
4 Students in Pyongyang and Chinese students studying in the North hold a friendly gathering at Kimilsung University to mark the "China Day," attended by the Chinese ambassador to the North. The two countries designated 2009 a "friendship year" to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
4 A foreign ministry spokesman says the Obama administration is no different from its predecessor led by President George W. Bush, citing Washington's role in pressing for the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of Pyongyang's April 5 rocket launch.
4 Yang Hyong-sop meets with a friendly delegation of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations led by General Secretary Dao Duy Tien at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang.
4 A Chinese government scientific and technological delegation headed by Vice Minister of Science and Technology Cao Jianlin flies into Pyongyang to participate in the 43rd meeting of the North Korea-China inter-governmental committee for scientific and technological cooperation.
4 Pak Ui-chun signs an agreement on cooperation with his Cuban counterpart in Hanava.
4-5 The 11th Pyongyang symposium of Koreans in the North and abroad on medical science is held in Pyongyang, attended by public health officials and medical scientists.
5 Kim Yong-nam receives credentials from Richard Stuart Mann, New Zealand ambassador to the North, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
5 The 4th symposium on architectural beauty is held in Pyongyang, attended by Kim Ki-nam, secretary of the Workers' Party, and officials from the architecture, construction and building materials industries in Pyongyang and surrounding areas, as well as designers, technicians, teachers and researchers.
5 Kim Yong-nam receives credentials from Ante Simonic, Croatian ambassador to the North, at Mansudae Assembly Hall.
5 The KCNA says Kim Jong-il inspected the University of KPA Unit 10215.
6 Pak Ui-chun holds talks with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla to discuss further development of relations and cooperation between the two countries and to exchange views on international issues of mutual concern.
6 The KCNA says the North is intensifying preventive efforts to protect against an influx of the new type-A influenza (H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, and is on high alert as the virus is spreading rapidly around the world.
6 Kim Yong-nam leaves for a visit to South Africa and Zimbabwe, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong-nam and Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong-jun.


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A Blessing from the Trash Can
This remarkable story begins with the discovery of a Bible that is nearly two centuries old. It was found in a trash can in a back alley in San Diego, California. Read the story of its journey from the trash can to its rightful heirs and all the individual people involved make for a fascinating story of discovery and reconnections.


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Although I have made some very interesting progress with my project, I have some other things I'm working on at the moment.
I've talked to some people in the industry in the meantime and learned a lot of things. Most important thing I've learned so far, is that I won't be needing as much money is I thought I would, so that is great news! Second: If you have an ambitious plan and it will take a while to get it outthere, stick to your plan; Listen to people who know how you can move your project forward. After all there's enough people who can tell you how hard it is what you're doing. It won't get you anywhere.
My next first big step will be submitting my project at Cartoon Movie in Lyon. Trying to get my project selected in March 2012 means I have to submit my 'project in concept' before November this year. I'd say that is an attainable goal.
I hope I can keep you updated in the meantime...


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Julia, our amazing American language assistant has finished working with us. She has been absolutely great and we'll try to have her back next year.
Julia, we have recorded this silly song for you.
We hope to see you soon!!!!!!
This is the record of our experience as the first bilingual group in our school. This is also a place where you can participate and give your opinions about given topics.


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When Boris was Mayor of London, the battles for the rights of Londoners, the black cab trade, police numbers, funding and economic decisions, were always full bloodedly thrashed out in private, away from the media.
So discreet was Boris, at one stage, he was getting it from both sides. Black cab drivers were abusing him on the roads as he rode his bike, while Osbo and Cameron were ganging up to force him to favour Uber, and push black cabs off the road. An immovable Boris wouldn't shift. He didn't think it was right, so in the end, Osbo took the issue of Uber away from Boris and handled it himself. Continue reading


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Voices of Faith
This recent Op-Ed from the LA Times makes the case:
According to the Pew Forum, a majority of mainline Protestants and Roman Catholics now favor legalizing same-sex marriage. So when our more conservative Christian kin claim that gay marriage is against God and against the Bible, we beg to differ. And since Christians are a "people of the Word," we look to the Bible to justify our thinking. That's essential to Christianity, although all too often we get it wrong, at least at first.
....Most New Testament Greek scholars now point out that there are only three passages that deal with homosexuality in the New Testament — Romans 1:23-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:9-10 — and those passages don't deal with homosexuality as we define it today but rather with temple prostitution and other abuses. .....
Literalism, says LGBT activist and Episcopal priest Susan Russell, leads to using Bible passages as weapons. "Instead of taking the Bible literally," she says, "we should take it seriously, with deep faithfulness to the Old and New Testaments' core values of compassion, justice and peace."
An ever-growing number of Christian clergy and lay people now believe that rejecting gay civil rights because of a literal adherence to certain verses directly contradicts these themes. They point out how these views are hurting all of the church, especially its most vulnerable members: young gay people who are convinced that their very essence is sinful. Furthermore, they can no longer support unjust laws that penalize committed same-sex couples and their families.That's why there were battles in MN between equality-minded Roman Catholics and their hierarchy. We live in an era where the Episcopal Church now has a rite for blessing same sex couples (many think full marriage is on the way church wide, although it is already happening in some Dioceses), the UCC, the Lutherans, Quakers, and others are also on this road.
CHRISTIANS do not oppose marriage equality. And those who claim otherwise, are lying.


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Monday, December 26, 2011
129 The Herring Murder Mystery
Title: The Herring Murder Mystery
Studio: Columbia
Date: 12/30/43
Credits: -
Series: Color Rhapsody
Running time (of viewed version): 7:08
Commercial DVD Availability: -
Synopsis: Man on trial for crimes against fish.
Comments: Non parallel window struts. Fish shadow. Screaming fish. Fishmonger guilt. Footsteps (and tapdancing as a related idea). Sherlock fish (Sherlock Shad by name). I wonder if Hitchcock got some shot angle ideas from these Columbia cartoons. Octopus looks good. Helpfully defines some of its own terms with a dictionary (shad roe, in this case). Cool shell organ. Self referential soundtrack appearing as a character. Puns. I think the judge may be a radio host caricature. Wait, was marinated herring a euphemism for properly lubricated lady business? That's what the last joke seems to imply. H.P. Lovecraft might have enjoyed the fishman elements of this. I wonder if it directly compares with Fish Police? Man's name is apparently Oscar (unless "you will Oscar, you will" is a line lift).
Interesting cartoon on several levels; surreal narrative, decent jingle, good voice acting and design. Like a funny episode of the Twilight Zone... Good for Columbia on going out for the year on a high note.
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