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Developing a GMAT Study Plan – Part 2
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How do you study? More importantly, how do you know that the way in which you're studying is effective—that is, that you're learning what you need to learn to improve your GMAT score? Read on!
In the first part of this series, we discussed how to get started with your GMAT study plan: setting up your timeframe, picking out your materials, and so on. (If you haven't read it yet, please do so before you continue here!) In today's installment, we'll talk about how to study and make progress over the actual length of your study timeframe.
HOW Do I Learn?
This section addresses probably the single biggest mistake that people make when preparing for the GMAT.
At first, you're going to concentrate more on what you need to learn/re-learn, but as you progress, you're going to concentrate more on learning how to think. Yes, you need to know the formula for the area of a circle and how modifiers work and so on. But that's only the start. Once you learn or re-learn a lot of that content, you will then need to move to the next level, which is what this test is really testing: how to think your way through any given problem.
At the end of each study session, jot down in your journal what you did that day, what you think went well, and what you think needs more work. (This knowledge will all come from your analysis of what you did that day.) If something didn't go as well as you'd hoped, then feel free to adjust your calendar. At the end of the week, review your journal and set up your GMAT study plan for the next week.
Now, how do we learn how to think? When doing GMAT-format problems, be aware that roughly 80% of your learning comes after you have finished doing the problem. Your goal here is not to do a million questions—your goal is to do a much more modest number of questions and really analyze them to death. Here's how to review GMAT practice problems. You can find additional articles illustrating this process here, in the How To Study section.
I'll repeat: you do not need to do every last OG problem out there. You do, however, need to learn something from each and every problem that you do—ideally multiple things. Otherwise, you are literally wasting your time!
You'll spend roughly the first 4 to 10 weeks focused more on the content (what's parallelism, what's an inference question, how do I solve simultaneous equations). Perhaps 80% of your focus will be on content for the first few weeks, but you'll gradually begin to add in the how to think aspect—in fact, the How To Analyze series of articles is all about training ourselves how to think. As you start finishing your test prep books (the ones that teach you the actual content), though, you need to start shifting the focus more towards how to think about problems that test those content areas.
By the time you're done with those content books for the first time, perhaps 60% to 70% of your time will be focused on thinking your way through a problem, for example, how to know that a particular problem is testing divisibility, what the shortcuts are, and so on. (You will still be studying content/facts/knowledge—but that will no longer be your primary focus because you'll have learned a lot of it already!)
The GMAT Study Plan
Okay, so you know your goal score, you know your strengths and weaknesses, and you've gathered your materials. You also know how to study: content/memorization, yes, but also a focus on how to think through problems. It's time to develop your specific GMAT study plan.
If you are taking a course, follow the syllabus. If you're working with a tutor, figure out the study plan with your tutor.
Otherwise, pick a timeframe (generally two to three weeks) and decide what weaknesses you want to improve in that timeframe. In general, start with your biggest weaknesses in areas that are frequently tested on the GMAT. If you're not sure which areas are most frequently tested, look on the forums. (I'm not listing them here because they can change over time.)
Get a calendar and block off one to two hours each day (okay, you can have one day off each week 😊). Also, you don't have to do the 2 hours all at once. Also, you'll probably have some days on which you can study only 30 minutes or even 15. That's fine—start off planning for 1-2 hours each day, but it's okay if a few days slip. You may then have other days on which you want to study 3 or 4 hours; that's fine as well, as long as you don't study for more than about 2 hours at a stretch. (Why? Read this.)
In your journal, write down what your focus will be for each of the first six study days (one week). The first 5 sessions might, for example, consist of reading various chapters in various books and doing practice problems associated with those chapters. Estimate how much time you think it will take but be flexible; some study will go faster and some will be slow! Day 6 is a review day; you might do some sets of random problems, review what you did during the first 5 days, do a few problems from stronger areas or older areas that you haven't studied recently, etc.
During a particular study session, if you are reading lessons and then doing skill drill type practice problems (not GMAT format) in that same area, you should spend about 50% to 60% of your time learning and the rest drilling. If you are doing and then reviewing sets of GMAT-format practice problems, then you should spend at most 40% of your time doing a set of questions and at least 60% of your time reviewing those questions. (The 60% includes whatever you need to do in order to get better—re-read part of a chapter, figure out a more efficient way to do something, post a question on a forum, make up a couple of flashcards, etc.)
Quizzing and Testing Yourself
Periodically, quiz yourself. Mini-quizzes can be done a few times a week—a 5 or 10-minute flashcard quiz, for example, while you're on the subway or waiting for that conference call to start. Regular longer quizzes should be done roughly once a week—a 5- to 10-question set of GMAT-format practice questions done under timed conditions, for example. (Don't forget to analyze these thoroughly when you're done!) As you progress through the test prep books (especially after you have been through all of the content material once), you may begin to do regular quizzes two or three times a week.
Repeat until you feel you've made good progress and are ready to test yourself on a CAT again. (This will typically take at least two to three weeks. Don't take a CAT every week—that's a waste of valuable study time!)
When you take your second CAT, don't worry about the overall score. Specifically check the areas on which you'd been concentrating for the previous several weeks. Most students' scores stay the same or even go down on CAT 2 because there's a pretty good chance you'll mess up the timing in some way. For the areas that you did study, though—did they get a little better (though you may still be struggling on time)? Can you move on to other topics or question types, or are there still things you need to improve? If you want to improve more, figure out how to review this area again.
Then, do the overall test review again (the same thing you did on the first test) and add the highlights of your analysis to your GMAT study plan journal. If you still have more to do for your first pass through your study materials, continue on with the next thing on your list/syllabus. If you have been through all of your study materials (the stuff that teaches you what to do, from test prep companies) at least once, then your test results will tell you which areas to prioritize for review. If that's the case, figure out what your new priorities are, set up your first 6-day study plan, and repeat the whole process for several weeks until you feel ready for another test.
Keep doing this until either your practice test scores are in your desired range or you hit a hard deadline and are forced to take the test even if your score isn't quite where you want it yet. (And accept that you'll have to lower your goal.)
Good luck and happy studying! 📝
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Based on the learning activity, we will proceed to discuss what are the potential issues arise from the activity and how parents could advise the child when working online.
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Draper garners prestigious recognition
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University sophomore Christion Draper has known from
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of adolescent youth. Draper wants to sing opera.
"I know I want to gig," Draper said. "I want to go to some opera house and just tear it up on stage and leave it all out there. I want to sing in Sydney (Australia). I want to sing all over the world and be in every single opera I can be in for the baritone role."
It is Draper's insatiable love of music that led to his being selected to represent the WBU School of Music in the prestigious Texas Association of Music Schools scholarship competition at which Draper was named the grand-prize recipient.
A charismatic soul, Draper quickly made a name for himself on the Wayland campus. Hungry for knowledge, his professors took note of his willingness to learn and his passion for music.
"He is so excited to be a music scholar," said Dr. Ann Stutes, Dean of the School of Music at Wayland. "He loves performing, but he also loves learning. When we have students in our classes who enjoy learning as much as he does, it makes our jobs incredibly worthwhile."
Not only is Draper a model student, but his professors also realized that he is phenomenally talented. As a result, Draper was nominated as the school's representative in a scholarship competition hosted by the Texas Association of Music Schools.
Stutes explained that a generous donation from the Clara Freshour-Nelson family funds the scholarship competition. The gift was given to the state organization due to the family's desire to give music students from across the entire state a chance to earn scholarship money. As a result, TAMS set up three competitions, for two-year schools, four-year private institutions and four-year public institutions.
"Every school that is a member of TAMS is allowed to nominate one true second-semester freshman for the scholarship competition," Stutes said.
The contestants compete and scholarships are awarded based on musical performance and need. Stutes, who judges the two-year and four-year public schools competitions, said the judging committees generally award multiple scholarships in each category depending on how many students they feel are worthy. The judging committee also names a single grand-prize recipient for each of the three categories.
Draper was nominated by the School of Music and submitted an essay and a 10-minute recording of his music. As a result, he was named the grand-prize recipient for the four-year private schools competition, competing against music students from schools such as Baylor, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian University.
"Christion is probably one of the finest vocal students we have ever had at Wayland," Stutes said.
As a grand-prize winner, Draper will be invited to perform at the TAMS meeting in January.
"I get flown to Austin to sing for all the deans in Texas. I get to put on a mini concert. It's very prestigious. They are flying in my family, my accompanist, my voice teacher and my fiancée by then … probably," Draper said with a smile.
His girlfriend/fiancée, Andrea Hamric, has also been recognized as a scholarship winner at the TAMS competition.
Draper said he plans to complete his degree in opera at Wayland then continue his education, earning a doctorate in vocal performance.
"We know he is going to go on from this institution and – what we like to say around here – make the world a better place through his music," Stutes said.


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Seagulls left-back Gaetan Bong admits he has played through the pain barrier in the best part of the club's last two games.
The 27-year-old, who has 12 caps for Cameroon, suffered a nasty cut on his left foot after just 20 minutes of the game at Leeds on Saturday, which required stitches afterwards.
He then maintained his ever-present record in the starting line-up for Championship games in the win over Bristol City on Tuesday.
Talking about the injury, Bong said: "It was a bad cut. I think it happened after about 20 minutes, I was running with one foot and I thought to go off but GG (Gordon Greer) and Liam (Rosenior) had problems, so I needed to wait and see to half-time.
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Bong is hoping the team can continue their outstanding form and said: "We arrive with the ambition to win every game but we respect the other team. We have the confidence in the team and maybe, maybe, that's the key.
"Every game is hard. Every team is fighting and wants to win. When you play every three days, you need to just find a way to win."
Bong also praised Albion's matchwinner from the last two games, Bobby Zamora.
Zamora scored 83 goals for the club between 2000 and 2003, before rejoining in the summer. Bong said: "We know what he did before and know what he can do.
"Everyone likes him and he's proved he can score and he can play and help the team, which is most important.
"You can speak about the past but you just need to speak about now and what he can give. He has a lot of experience.
"To accept to be on the bench and to help the team, you need to be strong and you need to be calm and relaxed and this is Bobby.
"I have a lot of respect for him. He's a great player and when you know you are more close to the end (of your career) than the beginning, you keep going, give the best and smile."
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Tiffin reports
Paul D. Snyder, 18, of Tiffin, was charged with theft Tuesday evening.
A caller requested to speak to an officer Tuesday night about the theft of baseball equipment from Oakley Park.
Philip T. Conley, 27, of Tiffin, was cited with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and no headlights early Wednesday morning.
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Imagine a cookie that dissolves on your tongue with ravishing yet subtle sweetness. That's Scottish Shortbread for you, and it is, of course, a classic for all times.
Making vegan shortbread poses a challenge because butter is one of the most important ingredients here. Unlike some recipes where butter usually provides mostly the fat and just a little of the flavor, in shortbread — which is made with just a handful of ingredients– it provides ALL of the flavor.
In my cardamom-pistachio shortbread, my almond shortbread cookies or my lemony shortbread, I usually use oil and shortening because the nuts and lemon provide enough deliciousness so the butter won't be missed. But for just plain old Scottish Shortbread, which I adapted from the Joy of Cooking, I use vegan butter sticks.
Because these butter substitutes which are easily available now in supermarkets do such a great job of mimicking the flavor and texture of the real thing, no one would be able to tell that this shortbread is vegan– yes, made absolutely without harming an animal.
I also used 2 tbsp of shortening because I find it gives shortbread the perfect texture: flaky, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth and simply delicious.
Vegan Shortbread
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 tbsp vegan butter , like Earth Balance
- 2 tbsp trans fat-free vegetable shortening
- 1 1/4 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Beat sugar, salt, vegan butter and shortening on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.
- Sift in the flour gradually into the butter-shortening mixture, mixing with a spatula. Stir together with the spatula until the dough comes together. If needed, sprinkle a few drops of ice-cold water so the dough holds together.
- Grease an 8 X 8-inch baking dish.
- Put the shortbread dough in it and press with your fingers into a smooth, even layer.
- Using a fork, pierce holes into the shortbread dough in a decorative pattern.
- Bake in a 300-degree oven for 45-50 minutes until the shortbread is pale golden in color and slightly dark at the edges.
- Remove to a rack and let cool until it's slightly warm. With a sharp knife, cut almost all the way through to form squares. At this point you can sprinkle the shortbread with 1-2 tsp sugar.
- When completely cooled, break into bars and devour!
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- Configuration ability: Many asdf packages require some configuration to be made prior to usage. The most common example is perhaps for FFI-librarys, to specify the location of the external libs. Some interactive prompt for setting these (with default settings) would be useful, especially for newbies. Whether this is best done in asdf-install or in conjunction with asdf is left unspecified for now.
- Multiple signatures: Make it possible to have an ASDFI pacakge signed by multiple PGP keys, and allow installing it as long as at least one of the keys is trusted.
- Non-HTTP fetching: Teach ASDFI to use subversion and cvs to fetch sources. Not sure how that would work with signatures...
- Documentation support: More and more ASDF-INSTALL packages come with documentation packages (as do rpms). It would be nice if we could install documentation packages to a particular location, and index them all together (we'd like something like install_info that's offered by gnu info).


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text: At UBC Sauder, an international perspective runs through everything we do - from the global influence of our teaching and research activities to the diversity of our faculty, staff and students to our international partnerships and worldwide business and alumni networks. Partnerships Our partnerships enhance UBC Sauder's reputation as a global business school. They also increase the opportunities available to our students to study and work internationally. Read More Faculty Our faculty members enjoy worldwide recognition for their research excellence, innovative teaching and active business outreach. Read More Network The UBC Sauder Global Alumni Network is a worldwide community of over 30,000 alumni in 70 countries. Our alumni are committed to helping one another succeed. Read More Research UBC Sauder is recognized as the leader in Canada, and among the best in the world, for business and management research. Read More "It may be the most international program in Shanghai. We have great professors and solid education, as well as awesome alumni with strong multi-industry experience." - Elyn Chen, IMBA 2011


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The striking new eco-house on a hill in Hudson began life as three cucumbers in a container on a terrace in Old Montreal.
Owners Melissa Yip and Bart Pleszewski were living in the city, working as radiologists and wondering how to make the jump from apartments to a place where they could grow their own food and leave a gentler imprint on our fragile planet. Through a miracle of coincidence or fate, they met old high school pals Katarina Cernacek and Sudhir Suri at a birthday party in 2004 and learned they were both green architects, committed to building in a sustainable way.
"They shared our vision of having as green and ecological a home as possible," Yip recalls. The words "rammed earth" were mentioned.
The next year was spent looking for a site and planning.
"Originally, we wanted to stay on the island," Pleszewski said. "But land was too expensive, and restrictions were a nightmare." They settled on five-and-a-half acres up a long, woodsy gravel lane in lovely Hudson, off the western edge of Montreal.
It was originally farmland, and the presence of an ancient apple orchard seemed a good omen. The A-frame kit home on the property did not. "It was a writeoff," Pleszewski remembers, but it was also an opportunity to put into practice what he'd been preaching. A lot of the interior cedar finish was reclaimed from the kit, as were doors and cabinets.
With a clean slate, the owners and architects decided to build with rammed earth, an ancient building alchemy of earth, sand and cement (part of the Great Wall of China is rammed earth, and has held up pretty well). It is still a common, inexpensive material in warmer climates, but, until now, has never been attempted in the colder conditions of Quebec.
Still, it made sense to try. Rammed-earth construction is rot-and-fire resistant. Walls store and radiate heat. Their sheer mass reduces energy loss and acts as a sound barrier. Sandwich foam core insulation in the exterior walls and you have a construction technique peculiarly suited to our long winters and hot summers.
It also worked with the owners' and architects' building mantra of honouring old ways while incorporating the latest technology.
Constructed in 2006-07 and being fine-tuned to this day, the modestly sized 2,700-square-foot house is traditional, with stained cedar siding and stone.
It is also robustly modern: solar panels; enormous end-wall berms that conserve heat, store the mechanical guts of the place, and eliminate the need for finished outside walls; and a funky geodesic greenhouse out back to please the heart of that old visionary Buckminster Fuller.
There are a pair of hybrid cars in the driveway by the garage, a water feature with falls for the couple's young twin girls to splash in, and plantings everywhere.
The greenhouse is alive with raised beds of rhubarb, asparagus and ancient, gnarled rosemary. There are tomatoes and beans, and high hopes for the orchard Pleszewski is rebuilding with heritage varieties almost lost to monoculture.
"We're already self-sufficient for vegetables," he says with pride.
"The greenhouse is four-seasons and passive. We get vegetables through February, then begin the new season."
The house faces squarely south, with a second storey wall of windows that let sunlight in during the winter and deflect it in summer.
There's a geothermal heating system with underfloor pipes, a 10,000-gallon rainwater tank for toilets and garden and vacuum-tube solar collectors to heat water in a tank in the mechanicals room. There is also a small electric boiler for days when the clouds move in, and a massive soapstone wood stove from the Finnish maker Tulikivi to warm hands and bake bread.
Though there is little doubt this house thinks way outside the suburban box, the open interior is surprisingly bright, warm and friendly, in a minimalist way.
There is wood everywhere, local ceramic tile or Spanish eucalyptus from managed forests on the floors and walls of recovered clay.
And what walls!
"They're 12 inches thick inside, and 17 inches outside, with four inches of insulation in the middle," Pleszewski says. The walls were all compacted by hand.
There's also a gardener's dream by the back door — a poured concrete sink to rinse fresh fruit and veggies from the gardens.
The upshot of all this intensive labour is a house that uses less than $1,000 of energy a year, and this despite the fact the owners work from home half the time, on enormous computers central to their professions.
"We had to learn everything from scratch," Pleszewski admits.
"And we're still learning. Passive homes are very tight."
He's fiddling with the air exchange system, and believes the house will cost less to operate as the owners fully understand this very smart and integrated property.
"It was difficult because we were using the rammed earth technique for the first time," architect Cernacek says.
"We had our moments. We were lucky the clients were friends, and shared our vision. In the end, we surpassed all the building norms. The clients are happy. We're happy."


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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's plans to impose punitive economic sanctions on Russia — potentially its strongest response to Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine — already are facing resistance from administration allies in Congress and Europe.
Although administration officials say they are prepared to freeze assets of top Russian officials and possibly target state-run financial institutions, European allies — who are heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas supplies — signaled they aren't ready to follow suit.
Top Democrats on Capitol Hill also are split, with some, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, arguing that the administration should wait for European support to give the sanctions more bite.
"To be effective, sanctions need to be multilateral, not unilateral," Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday in a statement.
Other lawmakers, including House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), said they supported sanctions and were ready to move quickly to adopt them.
President Obama sought to emphasize agreement among world leaders, saying during an appearance at a Washington public school that "together, the international community has condemned Russia's violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
But key European governments, including those in Germany, Britain, France and Italy, indicated in emergency meetings in Brussels that, for now at least, they prefer other routes of persuasion.
The split underscores a broader divide between the United States and Europe, partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance for 65 years, over how to deal with Moscow.
The Europeans, closer and more intertwined economically with Russia, don't share the U.S. enthusiasm for sanctions as a diplomatic tool, and worry that curbing trade and business could hurt them without persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
Russia is the European Union's No. 3 trading partner, following only the United States and China. Trade totaled $462 billion in 2012, more than 10 times America's $40 billion in trade with Russia, mostly between banks, energy companies and consumer products concerns.
Europe has little alternative to Russian energy.
Europe's mood "is indicative of the uphill battle in the effort to make some of these sanctions effective," said Andrew Weiss, a former Clinton administration advisor on Russia and now vice president for research at the nonpartisan Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"Sanctions will make it look like we're responding, and will give the administration something to point to.... But I'm not sure if we're firing off sanctions bullets that we'll be as effective on the diplomatic side," he said.
The Europeans have turned for leadership to Germany, which has the best relationship with Russia.
Though Chancellor Angela Merkel's aides have declared an interest in asserting a more "robust" foreign policy, they have been notably cautious in the Ukraine crisis, in part to keep a separate diplomatic channel open. They have resisted proposals, for example, to kick Moscow out of the Group of 8 leading industrial nations.
Instead, they have argued for direct talks with Moscow and for setting up a "contact group," a diplomatic committee that would keep all sides informed of developments but wouldn't seek to mediate the crisis.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledged after multiple conversations with Russian diplomats in Geneva that he has so far made no headway, describing the talks as "difficult, long and serious."
French and British diplomats who usually are close U.S. allies in international disputes also are "taking a softer course" on how to respond to Russia. They worry that "if they try too much to isolate Russia they will isolate themselves" in the United Nations Security Council, where Russia has veto power, said Jan Techau, director of the Carnegie think tank's European office.
Even authorities in Poland, which this week called for consultations with NATO's North Atlantic Council because Warsaw said it felt threatened by Moscow's moves in the region, "fear that it's not useful to push hard," Techau said.
European officials have said they will halt arms sales and cancel various diplomatic and trade meetings with the Russians, including the G-8 summit that was planned for June in Sochi, Russia.
The Obama administration has suspended military ties to Russia, and is considering other moves "that will isolate Russia and will have a negative impact on Russia's economy and its standing in the world."
So far, administration officials have indicated that they will sanction individual members of the Russian elite who were involved in sending troops into Crimea. They haven't made clear if they would seek broader sanctions on the Russian economy.
Weiss says that the Russians discount U.S. threats.
The White House threatened to isolate Russia in August 2008 after its military fought a five-day war with Georgia over a breakaway province, but then-President Bush ultimately took little action. Five months later, newly elected President Obama proposed a "reset" in relations with Moscow.
Now when U.S. officials condemn Russia, "you get a sense of Russian indifference," Weiss said. "It's just not that important to them what the U.S. thinks.... They are less invested in good relations with the U.S. than at any point, arguably, since the end of the Cold War."


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In early January, I had the opportunity to engage with European policy-makers and analysts in Brussels, Vilnius, and Copenhagen. Given President Obama's announcement of the new defense strategy guidelines on January 5, my visit provided an opportune moment to share U.S. perspectives on the state of the transatlantic alliance as well as policy objectives for the coming year. My central message was clear: three years into the Obama Administration, the strategic alignment between the United States and Europe has never been greater. This theme underpinned Secretary Clinton's speech at the recent Munich Security Conference, as she praised ongoing cooperation across a range of foreign policy issues and called for increased collaboration on emerging challenges.
From the earliest days of his Administration, President Obama has prioritized the re-establishment of strong transatlantic relations. He put this goal into action by developing three objectives that have guided our engagement with Europe: (1) enhance transatlantic partnerships to address global challenges; (2) work together to complete "unfinished business" in Europe, including the extension of stability, prosperity, and democracy to the Balkans, Caucasus, and Europe's east; and (3) set relations with Russia on a more constructive course, cooperating where we have common interests while speaking frankly about areas of difference.
Progress has been made in all three areas, including: joint action through NATO in cooperation with Arab partners to prevent a massacre in Libya; a tough, united diplomatic front against Iran and Syria; significant movement on the accession of Balkan countries to Euro-Atlantic institutions; coordinated responses to the troubling events in Belarus; and agreement with Russia on the New START Treaty, 123 nuclear agreement, and military transit accord on Afghanistan. On every issue of international importance, the United States and Europe are working together to develop effective policy responses. But more work remains to be done.
Now in early 2012, the global financial crisis is foremost in the minds of policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. We remain confident about Europe's ability to resolve its economic challenges. From a security perspective, we will have to adapt creatively to this new economic reality by finding ways to make our collective defense spending smarter and more efficient. We support NATO Secretary General Rasmussen's emphasis on "smart defense" and hope allies will back initiatives that help ensure security while minimizing costs. Even in this period of budgetary constraint, the United States remains committed to a strong Europe, the collective defense of our NATO allies, and to building and maintaining the capacity that allow us to work together globally.
President Obama is looking forward to hosting his counterparts for the NATO summit this May in Chicago, where many of these issues will be discussed. While allies have not yet finalized the agenda, we can expect significant attention on Afghanistan, capabilities, and partnerships. In particular, the summit will address the next phase of the transition of internal security responsibility to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Over the coming months, I look forward to continuing the dialogue with my European counterparts about the many challenges facing the transatlantic alliance. Whether the issue is the security transition in Afghanistan or the continuing violence in Syria, it is clear that the United States has no better partner than Europe.
Editor's Note: Assistant Secretary Gordon is on travel to Brussels, Belgium and Moscow, Russia February 14-18, 2012.
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European countries are useful and comfortable allies, in terms of shared culture and norms, but I hope the United States is not being naïve in its placement of trust.
About a month ago, Geoffrey Van Orden from the United Kingdom, Derk Jan Eppink of Belgium, and Jan Zahradil of the Czech Republic, who is president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), comprised a panel for an event titled "State of the European Union.†These men wanted to tell the American public that Europe does not have a single viewpoint and that the viewpoint is not always favorable to the United States.
Concerning the current economic crisis and the failing Euro, the panelists explained that many member states want to work economically with anyone but the United States. They implied that the European Union and the United States are now staunch competitors even if the U.S. is not aware. Van Orden raised the point that while Americans may feel the creation of E.U. defense systems would serve as a complementary force and encourage Europe to fill in its lacking foreign defense assistance, these defense systems are actually being designed to go against the U.S. It was Van Orden's opinion that if the E.U. wanted to further help the U.S. defensively, it would go through NATO.
The United States should maintain good relations with European countries because they have been and are, at this point, allies, but the United States needs to be aware of the differences in opinion and reluctance to assist Americans within European countries. Europe, as a whole, may no longer be the ideal partner.


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Considering nearly every /. article eventually makes it here, sorry if this has been posted already.Convinced that businesses will use nonmalicious worms to cut down on network security costs, a high-profile security researcher is pushing ahead with a new framework for creating a "controlled worm" that can be used for beneficial purposes.
Dave Aitel, vulnerability researcher at New York-based Immunity Inc., unveiled a research-level demo of the "Nematode" framework at the Hack In The Box confab in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, insisting that good worms will become an important part of an organization's security strategy.
Anyone else think this sounds useless? I feel like someone is trying to make a name for themself with this concept...
It needs it's own language?The concept includes the use of "Nematokens," servers that are programmed to only respond to requests from networks cleared for attacks and the NIL (Nematode Intermediate Language) that can be used as a specialized and simplified "assembly for worms."
If you have control of your network, why would you need to haul your patches around on an exploit? If you know where your machines are, why would you need worm methodology to find them?"We already have an engine that takes exploits and turns them into worms and does it in a way that allows you to inject control mechanisms into that. That's something that will appeal to businesses.


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Beautiful Icelandic Landscapes in Time-Lapse
Photographer and Iceland Review reader Carlo Resta shared with us this wonderful time-lapse video of his...
Iceland in Motion — Hallgrímskirkja
Incredibly cool video of Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík.
Holuhraun Eruption September 2014
A slideshow with images from the Holuhraun eruption site by Geir Ólafsson.
Holuhraun Eruption September 2014 - Video
A video of the eruption at Holuhraun.
Ingólfshöfði Bird and Puffin Watching
Oliver Degener took this video of a guided bird watching tour to Ingólfshöfði in South Iceland.
Iceland's South Coast
Watch a slideshow of images from Iceland's South Coast. Photos by Geir Ólafsson. Slideshow by Páll...
Interview with Highlands
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson of Retro Stefson interviews Karin Sveinsdóttir, who recently founded the group...
Icelandic Confirmation
Watch an audio slideshow of a Lutheran confirmation, a longstanding tradition in Iceland.
The Making of Icelandic Easter Eggs
Watch this audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic Easter eggs are made at the chocolate factory Nói...
Ice and Caves
Watch a slideshow of images from Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon and an ice cave in Vatnjajökull. Photos by Páll...
Icelandic Video Art
Introducing the exhibition Icelandic video art from 1975 – 1990.
Birdlife and Rock Formations at Arnarstapi
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Flash Chromatography
Flash chromatography is a fast preparative column chromatography technique used for separation and purification of analytes. The system is based on using small silica gel particles for separation and a pressurized gas for driving the solvent through the column. Features to consider include throughput, elute purity, sample load, automation, columns, software, solvents and pumps.


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Dead Island: Riptide Review
The follow-up to the surprise hit of the same title, Dead Island: Riptide is now on shelves and ready for you to play with your buddies. Some of you are like me -- you'd heard of the zombie RPG original but missed it in the flood of constant video game releases. So, with fresh and untarnished eyes, here's my look at Dead Island: Riptide.
Dead Island: Riptide takes place on a tropical island overrun with zombie hordes. As with any good zombie game, they need to be exterminated. Because this game is designed to be played cooperatively, with up to three other friends, you won't have to slaughter the undead all on your own. As long as you have some friends to play with and an internet connection, you'll have a fun time covering each other's backs along the way.
For fans of the first game, you'll be glad to know that the four main characters have returned and one new character has been added for good measure. I chose the new character, John Morgan, for my play-through. Specifically, he is designed with an emphasis on hand-to-hand combat. He can be equipped with some sweet brass knuckles, Wolverine-like battle claws, or just skin and bone. The combat features some visceral animations including exploding heads and aerial head stomps. Also, the game developer's clever use of rag-doll physics makes the slaughtered undead flip-and-flop playfully throughout the levels. For a game designed as a first-person shooter, the developers did a nice job implementing believable hand-to-hand combat. It was a nice change of pace from other first-person games where bullets are the only way to progress quickly.
From the start, Dead Island: Riptide places a heavy emphasis on the wide variety of zombie enemies you'll face. Through the first few chapters of the game, you'll splash through various island locales against zombies playing possum in the water, chomping on dead bodies, and spewing bile. Not only do the zombies have various states of being, each zombie is designed to have its appendages lopped off. Its a effective design element that has been done before but adds a nice dose of terror as zombies continue to assault, even if they can only crawl ahead.
Crafted with an RPG construct at its core, Dead Island: Riptide makes each battle a mix of planning, improvisation, and quick reflexes. This game is not a straightforward shooter like Left 4 Dead 2 (albeit a great game but one that focuses on teamwork and not upgrading weapons). Instead, paramount to survival in Dead Island: Riptide is counting bullets, conserving flares, upgrading your gear, and managing your skill tree. You'll be forced to pay attention to the health of your team while looking to mod your weapons in various ways (my personal favorites were the shocker mods). There's more to this game than just cutting through the undead, you'll need to successfully juggle multiple weapons to survive efficiently.
I couldn't shake the feeling that Dead Island: Riptide is very similar to the two Borderlands games. Both deliver a FPS/RPG hybrid with a heavy emphasis on loot comparison. As in Borderlands, many battles in Dead Island will result in weapon pick-ups to compare with what's in your backpack. Unfortunately, the menus in Dead Island are clunky and not as organized in comparison. Because these menus are so poorly designed, a simple task like comparing one giant hammer to a slightly different hammer is inefficient. Most of the time, I just dumped the weapons with the smallest resale value and kept moving along. Unfortunately for Dead Island: Riptide, as a whole, the game isn't polished enough to come close to the excellence of Borderlands.
Another inconvenience that I had with the menu system was the quickdraw menu. The quickdraw menu exists so that players can pre-set their weapons to allow for an arsenal change mid-combat. I found the selection wheel had too many slots and was too slow to effectively make weapon selection quick enough. Instead of using the quickdraw menu, I stuck with the standard weapon change button and hoped that my next weapon had a chance to kill an attacking zombie.
In addition to a clunky menu system, Dead Island: Riptide suffers from a range of nice to ugly graphics. While in one instance I marveled at the scenery off in the distance, I was then disgusted by the horrendous water effects just at my feet. The facial animations of the main characters are less than thrilling and the game should look better for the price tag that they are charging. And, although I enjoyed the flippity flop ragdoll physics, defeated zombies would constantly clip through the surrounding walls and floors. In varying situations, the work on the look of this game either seems rushed or incomplete. A show piece for the glory of modern video game graphics this is not.
In the story department, I didn't connect with the characters as much I might like. Still, when it comes to zombie games, my standards are pretty low. To keep me interested, a developer need only place zombies in my vicinity and I will be drawn to them with a rabid bloodlust. I am pretty easy to please in this regard. The story wasn't so bad as to turn me off but it never engaged me as better games, like Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising.
In the end, Dead Island: Riptide is a mixed bag of experiences. I was looking for another opportunity to kill zombies and this game does that well. Too bad the menus are lackluster, the graphics are inconsistent, and the game itself seems short on polish. I enjoyed the visceral experience of destroying the zombie menace but I cannot recommend it above the much more fulfilling games in this genre. Perhaps, by the time they take this game to the next generation, they will have smoothed out the jagged edges.
This review was based on the PlayStation 3 version of Dead Island: Riptide. A copy was provided to us by the publisher.


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In a community blog post, Marcel van Espen from the Adobe presales team demonstrates how you can use LiveCycle and AIR to build a Twitter solution for your organization.
… you can use LiveCycle to build a process and an AIR application to publish tweets to a corporate Twitter account, where you have control on what's published or not. Part 1 focuses on building the client with Flash Builder 4 with the LC Service Discovery plugin. In part 2 you will see how to archive all tweets in a PDF/A format within LiveCycle Content Services.
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I've had the privilege of traveling with Secretary Kerry on all of his trips since taking office, and have used that special access to take pictures aimed at capturing the unique nature of his work. Here are a few of my favorites, as well as the stories behind them.
During his first trip abroad, Secretary of State John Kerry came back to the press section of his plane to chat with the reporters accompanying him to Europe, the Middle East, and Persian Gulf. He makes these visits frequently, both on- and off-the-record, accompanied by members of his senior communications staff. During this February visit, it was Victoria Nuland, then the department's spokesperson.
Secretary of State John Kerry likes to mix a bit of history and exercise with his official diplomacy. In this case, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague showed him World War II bomb damage to the entrance of the House of Commons in the British Parliament during a February stop in London.
This photo within a photo tells a rich story. During a February visit to Berlin, Secretary of State John Kerry decided to take a late-night walk. As he approached Brandenburg Gate, he pulled out a cellphone and took a photo. As an 11-year-old son of a Foreign Service Officer, he famously rode his bike through the gate, from West to East Germany. On this night, he walked through the other way in a united Germany -- and as the country's chief diplomat.
John Kerry's first day as Secretary of State coincided with a suicide attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Exactly one month later, on his first trip abroad, he visited the embassy for a memorial service for Mustafa Akarsu, the Turkish national who stood guard over the Americans inside and lost his life in the attack. In this March photo, he greets the daughter and other relatives of Mr. Akarsu. It was especially emotional moments earlier, as he hugged Akarsu's widow.
Wherever he travels, Secretary of State John Kerry likes to thank the Marine Security Guard detachment that protects workers in U.S. embassies and consulates. The Navy veteran chats with the Marines about where they are from, how long they have been in country, and he gives them a special admonition to be safe. This group gathered in March in their dress uniforms outside one of the buildings at Embassy Baghdad.
Secretary of State John Kerry surveyed Kabul, Afghanistan, as he arrived in a Blackhawk helicopter in March for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and employees at the U.S. Embassy. The thump-thump-thump of the rotors requires earphones, and the Secretary frequently uses the communications button so he can speak directly to the pilots.
As the son of a Foreign Service Officer, Secretary of State John Kerry feels a special kinship for the children of State Department and USAID workers. In this April photo, he bent down to speak eye-to-eye with a group connected to the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem. The girl with the pink shirt and her mouth open later hugged his waist during a more formal portrait.
Secretary Kerry is a fan of walks. During a break in an April G-8 foreign ministerial meeting in London, he was strolling through Green Park when he asked me about the crowds assembling nearby, outside Buckingham Palace. I told him it was the Changing of the Guard ceremony and he said, "Let's go." As we left, an Argentinian tourist asked him for a photo.
I was waiting with a couple of staff members for Secretary Kerry to finish an April meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang when the early evening breeze caused a flutter in the U.S. flag on the Secretary's car as it sat parked outside the Purple Light Pavilion in Beijing. Far from home, yes, but not far from country.
It's rare for Secretary Kerry to get a moment of pause on the road, but in this photo, I saw him relaxing against a colorful backdrop during a break in meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He laughed as a staff member related an equally colorful story.
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Welcome to Toronto! If you're arriving on a domestic flight, this is where you'll find everything you need to know to get you on your way.
Check the status of any flight arriving at Toronto Pearson.
Use the baggage maps to quickly find the baggage claim carousels.
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Whether you're planning to explore Ontario or simply have a meeting to attend, you can pick up and drop off a vehicle at any of the six on-site rental agencies right at Toronto Pearson.
You'll find rental car agencies on Level 1 of the parking garages adjacent to both terminals. Offsite car agencies are located at Viscount Station which is accessible by Terminal Link.
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Where are you headed? The Airport Ground Transportation Association offers out-of-town service to many cities.
A number of companies offer bus and shuttle service to and from Toronto Pearson. Find routes to destinations throughout Ontario and select US cities (i.e. Buffalo, Detroit).
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Granger Smith Begins 100-Mile Walk in Texas With Gov. Rick Perry in Tow
Granger Smith will literally be 'Sleeping on the Interstate' this week as he begins his second-annual 100-mile walk for the troops. The Texas-based singer-songwriter took off from south Austin on Sunday afternoon (April 15), followed closely behind by Texas state Governor Rick Perry, United States Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and a supportive group of family, friends and fellow walkers.
The singer, who continually masters the Texas music charts with hits like his current single 'That's What I Do With It' and 2009 smash 'Don't Listen to the Radio,' will take it one foot at a time until he reaches the Fort Hood military post in Killeen, Texas, only stopping to eat and rest in an RV on the side of the highway each night.
This is the second time that Smith has made the journey from Austin, Texas to the big military base 100 miles north, and with this kickoff it has officially become an annual event. So why is it so important to him? "My purpose is to raise awareness for the soldiers," Smith told Taste of Country exclusively, just before beginning his trek. "Freedom is a gift. You know, we get to live these really cool lives, as musicians and whatever else we do -- it's pretty amazing that there are people who are volunteering their lives so that we can have ours here."
"They need to be thanked for that," he adds, referring to the men and women overseas, as well as our veterans and those in the reserves. "So, it's a big deal to do it again -- to raise awareness. That's why we're here and that's why we'll do it again."
Also walking with Smith is the Boot Campaign, a group which donates the proceeds from the sale of military combat boots to soldiers in need. Of course, Smith has slipped on his own pair of combat boots for his journey.
The singer is expected to reach Killeen on Thursday, April 19, where he'll then deliver an acoustic concert to the military and their families as a way of commemorating the big finish of this year's event.


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I am giving a presentation next week to the The North Hills Genealogists (of Pittsburgh) and the students of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh on "Preparing for a Research Trip to Washington D.C." The handout has quite a few links in it and they are easier to click on than retype, so I decided to post them here. The benefit is that although many of you will not be at GRIP to hear the presentation, you can still use the advice and links.
Researching in Washington D.C.
Preparing for your research trip:
1. Check to see what records are available online, and what is available only in the repositories.
2. Use the online catalogs to identify the books and records relevant to your research.
3. Create a research plan of records to search. This will help make your research time more efficient.
National Archives
Think of ways that your ancestors may have interacted with the federal government so you will know what types of records you want to research. Did they serve in the military? Did they buy federal land or apply for a homestead? Did they immigrate to the U.S.? Did they work for the post office or another federal agency?
The most commonly used records for genealogists are military service and pension records, and federal land records. The census, passenger lists and naturalization records have been digitized and are available online.
Land: Search the BLM database for ancestors who obtained federal land http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Military: Search indexes at FamilySearch, Ancestry and/or Fold3.com for ancestors who served in wars. See links to military indexes below.
Other records: See links to research guidance by topic at http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/topics/
Online Catalog (OPA) http://www.archives.gov/research/search/
Downloadable PDF publications http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/index.html
NARA resources for genealogists http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library
The books are cataloged by "call words" rather than a numerical cataloging system. Search the online catalog by subject, geographic location, or family surname. HINT: Create a research plan, but also go and "sit" in front the books for the area you are researching and browse all the titles available.
Online Catalog http://www.dar.org/library/onlinlib.cfm
Genealogical Research System http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?tab_id=0
In the Genealogical Research System (GRS) you can search for Revolutionary War patriots and their descendants, as well as the Genealogical Records Committee volumes (family bibles, cemetery transcriptions, etc. collected by DAR members).
Library of Congress
There are wonderful resources in the Library of Congress and you may want to visit the following reading rooms: Local History and Genealogy, Newspapers and Periodicals, and Geography and Maps.
Online Catalog http://catalog.loc.gov/Research and Reference Services http://www.loc.gov/rr/
Military Indexes on FamilySearch.org
Pension Indexes
Service Record Indexes
Regular Army Registers of Enlistment
United States,
Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914
Park Service
Indexes on Ancestry.com
National Park Service
Military Indexes on Ancestry.com


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The One Ring Lounge
There should be a thread on this site where people go to just so they can hangout and talk about whatever they feel they want to. This would be a great way to get to know each other better, and will hopefully establish friendships
I mean, how awesome would it be if some of us got together to do a commentary for Tolkien films?? That would be magnificent!!


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Celebrating a First Anniversary
By Jinger Wallace
It's hard to believe we are celebrating the first year anniversary of the Laguna Bluebelt and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). It's exciting to watch the marine life along our shores thrive. The California gray whales are traveling south to the lagoons in the Baja to give birth to their calves, blue whales astonish us with their size, squid have arrived in record number, and there are sightings of thousands of dolphins as well as uncommon species like loggerhead turtles. Sandy Dildine, a local year round swimmer and snorkeler for over 20 years, talks about observing more baby and juvenile fish than she has ever seen before. "Many times on a calm day swimming in the kelp it felt like I was in an aquarium."
We can also celebrate the completion of California's Underwater Parks, the first statewide network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the entire nation of which Laguna is an important part. Covering 16% of our state waters, these new MPAs safeguard the spiritual and economic benefits we all enjoy and depend upon. It is the largest network of undersea sanctuaries in the continental United States. Michael Sutton, a California Fish and Wildlife, commissioner explains, "It's not rocket science. If you protect wildlife habitat and you don't kill too many, wildlife tends to do well. We've done that on land. Now we've done it in the ocean for fish." As studies increasingly show, MPAs keep fragile habitats like kelp healthier. Kelp is the birth place and home to prolific fish, which means more fish for the future.
Much is being done to ensure the successful restoration of marine life. Citizens, fishermen and scientists are studying our new MPAs to help inform future policy and to plan for the five year review. The California Ocean Protection Council awarded $4 million to the South Coast MPA Baseline Program to provide a summary of ecological and socioeconomic conditions, inside and outside South Coast MPAs. Part of this program is the Lobster Monitoring Project, to quantify baseline levels and short term changes in the abundance, size structure, habitat use, and movement of the California spiny lobster.
More is going on than you may know. Dozens of local volunteers participate in the OC Coastkeeper MPA Watch Program in which they record the human impacts to our marine resources in order to assist state resource agencies. New signage has been installed at the entrance to our beaches and coves to alert visitors to the new regulations. The Marine Safety Department and lifeguards continue to make thousands of eco-contacts to encourage a responsible attitude toward our marine life and observance of marine rules. When necessary, Fish and Game wardens as well as Marine Safety personnel are available to write tickets. While many opponents to the new MPAs worried about the cost of enforcement, the Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say supporters and opponents alike are respecting its rules.
Many local non-profit organizations, such as the Laguna Bluebelt and Laguna Ocean Foundation, work to inspire and engage the public to support the protection of our MPAs and to bring back the historic abundance that has made Laguna and much of Southern California famous. There is a wide cross-support in town by local organizations ranging from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Zero Trash, One World One Ocean and many more.
While visiting the Caribbean island Bonaire last month, I had the opportunity to speak with the manager of their marine park. Established in the 1970s, it is one of the oldest MPAs in the world and most successful. We have much in common with Bonaire. We both must balance the impacts of tourists on our marine resources while admittedly handsomely benefitting economically. They have met this challenge through a public-private partnership, in their case with the scuba diving industry. Most noticeable is that they fiercely protect their beloved reef, prohibiting spear guns, and speak of it with an affection and maternal pride that acknowledges the living qualities of their coral reef. I hope we will join them as a community and see not just the beautiful blue color of the ocean but the vibrant life that calls it home.
Sailor and scuba diver, Jinger Wallace has lived in Laguna since the 1970s and, as a member of the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition, worked successfully on the Marine Life Protection Act.
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January 24, 2013 at 6:40 pm
Great article on Celebrating a year's worth of Marine Protected Areas in LB. I loved reading this and viewing the winning photos at the same time. What an upbeat piece of writing reminding us of the value and incredible volunteer resource the Laguna Bluebelt is. It is also very generous of The Indy to keep us and our Marine Resources to the forefront of the media. Thank you,


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Hothead Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sept. 22, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by James Trujillo
Who would have thought that DeathSpank would have something in common with Sisqo? No, hes not an ex-R&B singer struggling to re-emerge in the spotlight. As hilarious as that would have been as a plot point, it just isnt so. However, they both have quite an interesting affiliation with thongs. Yes, you read that right. Thongs. Not only are they a feminine fashion statement, but in the world of DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, they are the heroic undergarments of power, justice, and wedgies.
If you missed out on the original DeathSpank, which was released just barely over two months ago, then you surely missed out on something special. The game received fairly high-praise for its slapstick-wit and polished gameplay. With that in mind, this newly released sequel doesnt feel too far off, especially considering they were both developed around the same time.
The storyline for Thongs of Virtue continues just after the events of the first game, where the enigmatic DeathSpank had just discovered that his entire lifes quest was a lie. He proceeds to travel north in search of answers, but is captured by his enemies and left to rot away in a POW camp. After a short escape from the prison camp, DeathSpank reunites with his old friend Sandy who helps him to continue his quest. She reveals information concerning the Order of the Thong, six individuals granted six magical thongs, forged in the Fires of Bacon, who were corrupted by an evil force within the mighty unmentionables. DeathSpank, not being known to turn down a call from the downtrodden, jumps at the opportunity to once again become a Dispenser of Justice in the trials ahead. So now its up to him to recover these mysterious thongs and set right the wrongs of the world.
With all this talk about thongs, you have to realize that this game is known for its sense of humor. There is so much jovial wit crammed into this game that its hard to know where to begin, but fans of TV shows like The Tick and The Venture Bros. will feel familiar with DeathSpanks style of absurdity. From the dialogue, item descriptions, and everything in-between, youll be fighting off random fits of laughter that will make your cheeks ache. Aside from its ridiculous sense of humor, the game has also built a very solid foundation of gameplay within its action role-playing genre.
At first glance it may seem like your basic hack-and-slash title, but there are a few subtleties within the combat system to avoid repetition. Weapons and items can be quipped to any face button or spot on the d-pad to give you plenty of options during battle scenarios. Within this context, the developers at Hothead Games have granted players a small combo system that lets you string a series of multipliers together, provided that you alternate weapons with each assault. Not only does it make your attacks stronger with each swing, but it also allows you to perform a knock-back strike on your seventh multiplier. This can be pretty useful when opposing more powerful foes, in conjunction with performing perfect blocks to help build up your Justice Meter.
The Justice Meter is responsible for unleashing unique attacks specific to various Weapons of Justice that can be found throughout your quest. This gauge is represented by a demonic-looking head at the center of your health bar, and can be filled by killing enemies and performing perfect blocks during combat. Once it is full, you can use any currently equipped Weapon of Justice to trigger a unique move. These actions are far more powerful than your standard weapon attacks, and can help turn the tides of battle to your favor in a pinch.
The combat surely isnt the most engaging part of the game, however, true loot-mongers will have plenty to keep themselves occupied with the amount of weapons and items it has. Melee weapons include anything from swords, axes, and hammers to your random construction items, like shovels and sledgehammers. Long-range weapons consist of anything from machine-guns, hand grenades and bazookas, to even alien ray guns. Luckily, the inventory system is something you can wrap your ahead around pretty easily, and if youre familiar with any sort of role-playing game itll be a cake-walk. There is even a box you can check that will automatically adorn you with the best armor possible.


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Two high school seniors were recognized Wednesday as the 2012 recipients of the Cape Coral Police Department's Do The Right Thing scholarships.
Ashley Gosling, 18, of Ida S. Baker High School, and Tyler Silcock, 17, of Mariner High School, were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship at the 14th annual luncheon. A committee picked them from a pool of 18 applicants.
"It means a lot," Gosling said of winning the scholarship.
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High school seniors Ashley Gosling and Tyler Silcock, third and fourth from the left, were recognized Wednesday as the Cape Coral Police Department's 2012 Do The Right Thing scholarship winners. From left to right are: Pat Stevulak, of the Cape Coral Ladies Lunch Bunch; Police Chief Jay Murphy; Julie Lombardi, also of the Cape Coral Ladies Lunch Bunch; and detective Kurt Grau, president of the Cape Coral Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33.
Others that she has received were based primarily on scholastics.
"This shows that I can step up when a problem arises in my community in a positive way," she said.
Gosling was a winner in the monthly Do The Right Thing program, and she was named the winner of the year. When a neighbor's 2-year-old girl fell in a pool, Gosling performed CPR on the toddler until emergency crews arrived.
"Honestly, I didn't think anything. I just knew what to do - it took no thought," she said. "I just figured I was going a good deed."
Gosling will attend the University of South Florida, where she intends to double major in pre-med and biochemistry. She currently wants to become an anesthesiologist, but definitely wants to do something in the medical field.
"It's always fascinated me," Gosling said of her chosen field.
Silcock also wants a career in the medical field, but physical therapy.
About a year ago, he had two of his vertebrae fused during back surgery because of a pinched nerve that was the result of sports, including football and hockey. Silcock had hoped to be a helicopter pilot in the Coast Guard.
"It sucked," he said. "I really wanted to do it."
The surgery and therapy, however, opened the door to a new future.
"I thought it was really cool to help other people in that situation," he said, adding that he experienced an unexpected side of the medical field.
"It caught my attention," Silcock said.
With plans to first attend Edison State College, he wants to transfer to the University of Central Florida later on and continue his studies. Unlike Gosling, Silcock simply learned about the Do The Right Thing scholarship and applied.
"I needed money for college," he said, adding that he was surprised and excited to learn he had been selected as a winner. "It means a lot."
Cindy Naumann, community outreach program coordinator for the Cape police, said the department is glad to help local students by offering the scholarships. Not all applicants are recognized by the monthly program.
"We know that every student that's doing positive things may not be nominated," she said.
Those who attended the luncheon included the winners and their families, members of the CCPD and Cape Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33, the Cape Coral Ladies Lunch Bunch, former and current council members and more.


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Parfaits Gain Traction Thanks to Breyer's YoCrunch Fruit Parfait
The yogurt category experienced rapid growth in recent years, due in large part to a greater focus on healthier lifestyles. U.S. sales of yogurt and yogurt drinks grew 32 percent between 2004 and 2009 to reach $4.1 billion, according to Mintel International.
Breyers Yogurt Co., North Lawrence, N.Y., launches YoCrunch Fruit Parfait, the only parfait to provide consumers with a layered fruit, yogurt and granola parfait in their local grocery store. Flavors include Strawberry, Blueberry and Peach.
Each cup is loaded with a thick, visible layer of fruit, smooth and creamy vanilla low-fat yogurt and a separate topping of premium crunchy granola that can be mixed in to ensure the perfect crunch in every bite. YoCrunch Fruit Parfait is kind to the waistline with just 120 calories per serving and offers a healthier snack with fewer calories than any quick service restaurants yogurt parfait offering.
"We are thrilled to introduce another innovation in the yogurt category with the arrival of YoCrunch Fruit Parfait," says CEO Jim Nolan. "McDonald's, Panera Bread and others have popularized these healthy and great tasting products, and now the YoCrunch brand is making it possible for the consumer to enjoy this nutritious trend in the convenience of their home."
Suggested retail price for a four-pack is $2.89.


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After a whole day of sewing, thinking, trying on, ripping seams, sewing again and so on and so on, it was almost done... and fit me like a potato sack. Hm, not quite the plan... I tried it on with my corset underneath, then it looked better. (This is where I was hit by major PMS and felt about as graceful as a hippo). So, I put it in the stash and went to bed angry. Later I decided to finish it and maybe give it away if it still looked like crap on me... But, when it was done... it magically looked great!? Yay happy day! The only thing I did was the stitching around the neck and armholes, can't really see how that made such a difference, but hey - I'm happy!
Sneak peak (or rather, a pic with sneaky) here, more pics below:
Before you will get to see more of the dress, in case you don't know: What's up with midsummer?
So, here's traditional midsummer: Everyone leaves town for the countryside, dressing up (a lot of people dress up in traditional folk costumes), dancing and singing around the maypole, eating and drinking (herring, potatoes, beer and schnapps is usually the big thing), and overall celebrating summer...
Pretty idyllic huh? Too bad this is more like what midsummer is for lots and lots of swedes today:
Haha, well anyway, the midsummer party we are throwing this year is now up to around 50 guests... Hopefully we'll have at least something in between midsummer A and midsummer B.
Now: last but not least: The dress!
The only things that are holding it together are the ribbons in the back! Not so easy to construct, but so nice to wear and no zippers, no buttons, nothing that can break! :D