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It's no secret that sciences' past was dominated by white men, but many people are working to change its future. Initiatives to expand inclusion focused on curriculum, classroom culture, and pedagogy spanning from pre-k to collegiate levels have been underway for decades –but few scholars have taken time to study the systems that reinforce a feeling of "outsider" status for underserved populations. Paul Le is currently a PhD Candidate in the Integrative Biology Department, and he's making it his life's mission to not only better understand science education's past, but to greatly impact its future. His research focuses on the ways that students form perceptions of science and how faculty (especially at the collegiate level) can change so that students from all background can excel in science classrooms.
Drawing from the fields of education, anthropology, and sociology, Le employs multiple modalities to interpret how whiteness might impact science education. In a paper he published earlier this year (Towards a truer multicultural science education: how whiteness impacts science education in Cultural Studies of Science Education, with Cheryl E. Matias) Le talks about a theoretical framework that he learned in anthropology: strive to see the usual as unusual, and vice versa. By challenging norms in this way, Le can look at "whiteness" (the hegemonic racial dominance that has become so natural it is almost invisible) and put it under the microscope to see how it operates in science education. Because literature in science education has yet to fully entertain whiteness ideology, Le's recent paper offers one of the first theoretical postulations of its kind.
One of Le's early research projects at CU Denver looked at how introductory biology students learn and understand complex systems. He says, "Many incoming students enter an introductory biology class with preconceived notions and misconceptions about systems. Due to the complex nature of biological concepts many students have difficulty synthesizing and organizing information learned in lectures into meaningful forms they can use. They may be unable to see connections across scales and broader impacts." His early data collection aimed at course reform and is already influencing of active learning interventions on campus.
Le's own science background was shaped by what he describes as "excellent efforts" on the part of his teachers to make him feel comfortable with STEM studies. Born in the St Louis area, his parents both emigrated from Vietnam, with his father growing up in South Carolina and his mom's family heading to the Chicago area. They met while Le's father was on vacation in Chicago and decided to settle "somewhere in-between." He did his undergraduate work at St. Louis University in Biology, and got into science education research in his sophomore year in Dr. Elena Bray Speth's lab. The lab he worked in studied how students thought about evolution and natural selection.
Le also has interests in ecology and went to get his Master's degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2014. His future as a multi-disciplinary ground-breaker resulted from getting into the lab of Dr. Richard Essner. He describes Dr. Essner as a "Jack of all Trades," who provided a lab where students were given the opportunity to pursue their areas of interest in a supportive, collaborative environment. So while Le conducted ornithology and restoration ecology research (in the Upper Mississippi Valley), one of his lab mates was studying morphology in jumping frogs, and another froze turtles to check their respiration rates as they chilled. He had an amazing experience working in the lab, but says he always knew that he wanted to get back to science education. He had the chance when he applied to CU Denver for his PhD studies.
"I chose Denver because I knew I needed to go to a new place to grow as a person," Le remembers. Professor Laurel Hartley's lab had been on Le's radar for a while, as a place where he hoped his aspirations to do more conceptual thinking within the Integrated Biology framework could thrive. Le credits meeting faculty at the university and community advocates in Denver whose dedication and heart inspired him to challenge himself in his educational pursuits, "I saw what they're doing, the passion and energy in what they're doing, and it's hard to see all that and not what to be a part of it."
Le connected to advocates in the LQBTQ community his first semester at CU Denver by helping out on the host committee and presenting at the national Creating Change 2015 Conference. He made connections though that events that he cherishes to this day: people in education, local government and the non-profit world who helped make Denver feel like a community he was deeply connected to and invested in. He fell in love with the city of Denver and its diverse people, and this fed his desire to integrate a fight for further equity and access into his academic career.
"I want to make sure that I'm part of the movement that's giving students a sense of belonging, and that they have access to resources that they need to thrive and to be successful. I want to reform classrooms so that we aren't just reproducing the same norms and values," says Le. He'll spend his career working, "to really create a classroom experience that reflects what students know and what they need."
Last year, Le received the President's Diversity Award for his research in multicultural science education and his service on behalf of LGBTQ issues. In his work as part of the University's Active Learning grant, Le surveyed and collected multiple data points on CU Denver undergraduates in STEM classes and produced data for faculty, giving baseline intelligence about students currently in their classrooms. Additionally Le included anecdotes about the student experiences in those students own words, reinforcing the impact of the numbers with the human connection he hopes all faculty will strive for as educators. Le sights studies where students say they felt their professors were making an effort to know them as people, and that those studies show how much that attitude can influence student success.
Focused on reforming higher education, he will defend his dissertation in the months to come and move onto an academic position where he can influence college culture and pedagogy. Taking an anthropological and sociological approach, he hopes to encourage those in charge of science classrooms to question common practices in order to create classrooms better designed for underrepresented populations to succeed. Taking into account students individual histories and identity production, Le hopes faculty will make efforts so that all students can feel like they belong in the science world.
"Faculty don't need to be completely transformed, but if I can even get some faculty see their students in a slightly different light – asking them 'how's your day going?' and making them feel welcome – that can make all the difference."


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A retired colonel from Oklahoma recently added a gold medal to his long list of military awards.
Col. Chuck DeBellevue is one of 77 surviving American fighter aces to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow on behalf of the American people. His other military decorations include the Air Force Cross, three Silver Stars, three Legions of Merit, six Distinguished Flying Crosses and 18 Air Medals.
Colonel DeBellevue retired Feb. 1, 1998, after 30 years of service and was the last American ace on active duty.
During World Wars I and II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, 60,000 American fighter pilots engaged in aerial combat. Of those pilots, 1,447 earned the title of ace by downing five or more enemy aircraft.
The award was presented May 20 at Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., by Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, and Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas.
Representative Johnson, a combat veteran fighter pilot, said these patriots are "the best of the best, the cream of the crop in air-to-air combat."
"They have engaged the enemy time and time again over the South Pacific, Europe and East Asia and won," he said. "They have contributed to the aerial supremacy of the United States; their efforts have shortened wars and saved lives, yet have never been rightfully honored — at least not until now. I'm honored that today Republicans and Democrats seized the opportunity to honor the heroism, duty, service, courage and sacrifice of all American fighter aces."
The ceremony at the capitol was convened by Seattle's Museum of Flight, home to the American Fighter Aces Association. The museum brought together more than 20 volunteer pilots and a fleet of small and mid-size jets to fly more than three dozen of the surviving aces and their families to Washington, D.C.
"All these men had an outsized impact on the air war that they fought in," said AFAA president and fellow ace, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland, who accepted the award on behalf of the aces. "They are people who saved lives and shortened wars; they will never be forgotten."
In 1971, then Captain DeBellevue was assigned to the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base. While stationed there, he flew 220 combat missions and is credited with the destruction of six North Vietnamese jet fighters in combat; four MiG-21s and two MiG-19s, earning him the title of leading ace from the war in Southeast Asia.
The experience of it all was pretty awesome and exciting, but Colonel DeBellevue said they had to be very calm and focused.
"If you were worried about going home, well, you might not," said Colonel DeBellevue. "It has been said that 10 percent of pilots were going to get 90 percent of the kills. You had to have a 'devil may care' kind of attitude and not everybody has that. The results of losing meant you weren't going home. You had to win."
Colonel DeBellevue recalled one instance when his friend, Roger Locker, was shot down, but ejected at the last possible second.
"There was almost nothing we wouldn't have done to get him back," he said. Eventually, Mr. Locker was rescued and brought back.
"We were there because we wanted to be," said Colonel DeBellevue. "We had a buddy who was alive and we had to go get him — that's what it's all about. You may join the military for God, patriotism or apple pie, but you fight for your buddy."
Mr. DeBellevue and Mr. Locker remain friends today.
(Some information from the Museum of Flight's website)

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In a new documentary, the three detectives who led his death probe have broken their silence.
Detectives who investigated the death of Michael Jackson have revealed details about the state of his body in the hours after his death.
Speaking in a new documentary about the star, the cops told of the scars and lack of hair on his body but added, "This isn't a man who should have died."
Killing Michael Jackson, which was released in the UK on Saturday, looks at Jackson's death and the events surrounding it.
Jackson died of intoxication from prescription drugs at his home in 2009.
His personal physician, Conrad Murray, was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for having administered anaesthetic drugs without being qualified to do so.
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Detective Scott Smith, from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), told the film: "The thing that was odd that I found myself periodically looking at was his head, his scalp.
"Because whenever he was out in public he was wearing a wig.
"Looking at his scalp, the top of his head had been severely scarred.
"Hardly any hair at all on the sides. To what he had looked like in public with the flowing hair, that was a bit different."
Jackson suffered second-degree burns in 1984 after his hair caught fire while filming an advert for Pepsi, with whom he and his brothers had signed a record-breaking $5 million contract.
He suffered hair loss as a result and later became addicted to prescription painkillers after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his scalp.
RELATED: Most shocking moments from Michael Jackson documentary
"I'm not defending his use of prescription medicine by any means, but when you experience something like that it kind of opens up the door for painkillers and whatever else that may lead to," Detective Smith said.
Murray, who said he had been trying to wean Jackson off the drugs at the time of his death, served two years of a four-year sentence.
He admitted to administering propofol to treat Jackson's insomnia despite propofol not being approved for use as a sleep aid.
Describing Jackson's autopsy, Detective Dan Myers, also of the LAPD, said: "Blood is drawn and then that blood is sent to a toxicology unit.
RELATED: Trusted Michael Jackson insider goes public: 'It's time for the world to know'
"So the initial autopsy didn't show much. Nothing much that you (would) be shocked a 50-year-old body would have.
"He was relatively healthy. This isn't a man who should have died."
The detectives also described the strange items found in Jackson's bedroom, which included a child's doll, needles, a noticeboard with advertisements featuring young children and a number of bizarre post-it notes.
Jackson was well known for spending time alone with children as an adult, and accusations of molestation and sustained sexual abuse first surfaced against him in the early 1990s.
Jackson was eventually charged with numerous counts related to child molestation, but a 2005 trial delivered a not-guilty verdict.
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- Holly Lisle, acclaimed science-fiction and fantasy writer, has a free, 209-page e-book full of very memorable advice on writing, available for download here.
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No more Coca Cola at Vision City?
Coca Cola has declared zero tolerance on land grabbing according to media reports (see below).
PNG's biggest land grabber, says the recent Commission of Inquiry that uncovered widespread fraud and illegality, is Rimbunan Hijau:
Our investigations reveal that over 50% of the so-called developers' currently holding subleases on SABLs are connected in one way or another to Rimbunan Hijau (RH) Limited, which by far is the biggest logging operator in PNG. [p242]*
Rimbunan Hijau has been exploiting the SABL leases to illegally grab land from customary landowners, in collusion with corrupt government officers:
"With corrupt government officials from implementing agencies riding shotgun for them, opportunistic loggers masquerading as agro-forestry developers are prowling our countryside, scoping opportunities to take advantage of gullible landowners and desperate for cash clan leaders." [p242]
Rimbunan Hijau owns and operates the vast Vision City shopping mall in Port Moresby, as well as other retail outlets around the country.
If Coca Cola is being honest about its zero tolerance for land grabbing then Coke will no longer be available in Vision City or any Rimbunan Hijau supermarket, hypermarket or logging camp canteen….
Come on Coke, do the right thing and stand by your commitment to ZERO TOLERANCE FOR LAND GRABBING!
* The full quote from the Commission of Inquiry:
A preponderance of the evidence before us indicate that logging companies are the biggest beneficiaries of the SABL scheme. Most sublease holders are using sublease agreements primarily to extract logs. Most of them do not even make the attempt to clear fell harvested areas to start work on the agriculture component. They take full advantage by exploiting the flawed lease-leaseback process and capitalize on the poorly regulated and badly administered oversight apparatus. Our investigations reveal that over 50% of the so-called developers' currently holding subleases on SABLs are connected in one way or another to Rimbunan Hijau (RH) Limited, which by far is the biggest logging operator in PNG. [p242]
Coca Cola joins wows to stop land grabs
By Jimmy Kalebe in the Post Courier
THE world's largest buyer of sugar, Coca Cola, in a landmark announcement last month, has committed itself and its suppliers to a policy of zero tolerance on land grabs.
The commitment came in a reaction to demands from a quarter of a million people mobilised by a hard-hitting Oxfam campaign targeting the world's top 10 food and beverage companies. The Oxfam campaign states that sugar, along with soy and palm oil, is driving large-scale land acquisitions and causing land conflicts.
In the report released by Oxfam International, Coca Cola worldwide has set the bar high and campaigners are sure to use this to call on governments, investors and the rest of the food beverage industry to step as well.
The report said currently Oxfam International is calling on two other sugar giants, Pepsi and Associated British Foods, to match Coke's commitment.
In many cases in Papua New Guinea, land acquisition and land conflicts have been linked to human rights violations and loss of livelihoods turning land deals into land grabs.
Oxfam International PNG is urging the government and companies to stand against this practice and respect the law of the land.
Over the past decade there has been scandalous land grabbing in PNG as documented by the inquiry into Special Agriculture Business Lease.
Meanwhile, local landowners of Turubu inland in East Sepik claim they have had their land taken away from them.
An oil palm project was established in their region but the villages of Tring, Ibap, Wandomie and Samap never signed an agreement to be part of the project. However, they were surprised to learn that a logging company, engaged by landowner company Limawo Holdings Ltd, logged parts of their forested land without their consent.
Landowner Augustine Mondu of Nimbuam clan said the locals engaged Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights lawyers to take up their legal battle.
Locals have been fighting to protect their land for the last five years. With the help sought from the lawyers they will try to make sure logging and other operations happening on their customary land stops.
Since the oil palm project was introduced in 2008, the entire constituency of the Turubu local level government area falls under special agriculture business lease.
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It's all RH everywhere in this country. Most land in and around POM in one-way or another is owned by RH so I am not suprised RH is said to own 60% of the SABL leases around the country. This is done through corrupt means perpetuated by prominent people in PNG including Politicians and Public servants through "Under table Cash Diplomacy" which is the trade mark of the people concerned!! GOD WILL ONE DAY UNCOVER THIS ROT TO SAVE THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. This will surely happen not in the too distant future but soon!!!


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Bengals beat Chiefs 17-10, win AFC North
CINCINNATI (AP) – The head coach was dry as he ran off the field after clinching a title – no celebratory sideline dousing. Players' eyes were dry, too – all the tears had been wrung out.
In their finest moment, the Cincinnati Bengals didn't act like champions. Maybe it was the ugly way they won. Maybe those tearful practices and wrenching eulogies had something to do with it as well.
Either way, they were in the playoffs.
Carson Palmer's touchdown pass to Chad Ochocinco completed a 98-yard drive in the closing minutes Sunday, sending Cincinnati to a 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs that clinched the AFC North title five days after the Bengals buried teammate Chris Henry.
They wore the receiver's No. 15 on their helmets and their hearts.
"I'm not jumping for joy or glee, just thinking about 15 once that clock hits zero," Ochocinco said. "That was everybody's mindset, to go out and win this one for him."
The Bengals (10-5) reached the playoffs for only the second time in the past 19 years after dealing with Henry's death. His wooden locker stall still has his shoulder pads resting on the top shelf, an assortment of shoes on the bottom rack and his helmet hanging from the side – almost as though he would show up at any moment and suit up.
Given the mood, the Chiefs (3-12) stayed close in a ragged game against a team finishing a very rough week. The Bengals lost in San Diego on Sunday, had a late flight home, then flew to New Orleans on Tuesday to attend Henry's funeral. The receiver died from injuries suffered during what police describe as a domestic dispute in North Carolina last week.
"It was a long week," Palmer said. "We didn't have an off day. We fly back from the coast, and the time change got us. Then we fly to New Orleans and don't get back until like 7:30 p.m. That was a long, emotional day. We were drained and tired."
One good drive at the end was enough.
Cincinnati took over at its 2-yard line with 9:21 to go and put together its longest drive of the season. On the 14th play, Palmer threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Ochocinco, who ran to the stands and touched a poster of Henry, pausing for a brief prayer.
Fans wearing No. 15 decals chanted "Who Dey!" after Matt Cassel's final pass was intercepted and a burst of snow fell on a windy, raw afternoon. Palmer threw for a pair of touchdowns, and Cedric Benson ran for 133 yards in an offense that managed only two drives all day.
"To win this game, no matter how ugly, makes you closer as a team," defensive lineman Tank Johnson said, wearing a gray division champion baseball cap. "Winning makes everything feel better – a broken leg, a broken heart."
The Chiefs have one game left in their third straight season with four or fewer wins.
"I know we're making progress," said Cassel, who was 22 of 37 for 180 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. "We're fighting and continuing to get better. We had a chance. It just didn't go our way at the end."
The Bengals played a pregame videoboard tribute to Henry. Offensive lineman Bobbie Williams pointed at the board, and Ochocinco raised one finger on one hand and all five on the other hand, signifying Henry's No. 15.
Then, both teams played an opening half so dreadful that fans booed repeatedly. The Bengals looked like a distracted team – penalties and mistakes galore.
Cincinnati managed only 53 yards in the half, with its only points coming off a bizarre play. On a Kansas City punt attempt, the snap flew over Dustin Colquitt's head and rolled toward the goal line. Colquitt caught up with it and kicked it out of bounds at the 7.
Even then, the Bengals couldn't get into the end zone because of a snafu. Palmer's apparent 6-yard touchdown pass to Ochocinco was overturned after a review showed he had stepped out of the back of the end zone before the catch. Shayne Graham kicked a 29-yard field goal.
Palmer finished 17 of 25 for 139 yards with two touchdowns passing and an interception.
Even the intriguing subplot fizzled. The Chiefs released running back Larry Johnson on Nov. 9, and he signed with Cincinnati a week later for a reserve role. He was looking forward to running over his former team, and got a handful of chances that didn't pan out – four carries for 11 yards.
NOTES: Playing on his 23rd birthday, Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles carried 24 times for 102 yards, his fourth 100-yard game this season. Charles won the starting job after Johnson was released. … Bengals rookie LB Rey Maualuga broke his left ankle late in the first quarter, a blow to one of the league's stingiest defenses. … Benson set a team record with his sixth 100-yard game.


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Rhodesian Ridgeback: Breed description, characteristics, price, photo
Rhodesian Ridgeback - unique ✅ and rare ✅ breed of huntingDogs, bred in the 19th century in South Africa. This is the only South African representative to receive the official recognition of the International Cynological Association. If you want to get a handsome, energetic and independent friend in a dog's guise, it's worth choosing this breed. To begin with, it is necessary to find out all about the nuances and peculiarities of the content of Rhodesian ridgebacks, and the possible difficulties that will be encountered in keeping and educating the pet.
Rhodesian Ridgeback
|Tendency to training
|Watchtower qualities
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History of origin
The name of the breed is Rhodesian RidgebackPoints to its historical homeland. Rhodesia was once an English colony in South Africa. A new hunting breed was brought out by crossing the local comb dogs with four-legged representatives of the canine tribe brought to the colony by the first English settlers - the Boers.
Local Aborigines needed a breed,Combining the boldness of a hunter with perfect protective qualities. The dog should not only protect the dwelling from uninvited guests and predatory animals, but also be distinguished by courage, endurance and the ability to easily tolerate the African climate with its sharp temperature changes. In addition to guarding qualities, the new breed had to possess a brave and loyal heart, not to retreat before large predators and to take an active part in hunting.
The new breed fully enjoyed allNecessary qualities and performed not only the role of home guard, but also participated in hunting for lions and other large predators. For which it received its second name - the African lion's hound.
Today Ridgeback is most often a pet. Although many owners do not forget about its true purpose and take the dog on the hunt. Ridgebacks have a beautiful vision and a sense of smell and are able to take a trace, both on earth and by air. In New Zealand and Australia, dogs are used to hunt wild boars, and in Tasmania they are hunted by kangaroos. In addition, the representatives of this breed are hardy, athletic and perfectly show themselves in a variety of canine sports and races.
Despite its African origin,Ridgebacks are well tolerated by climate change. Thanks to this feature, they spread throughout the world and won great popularity and recognition. There are legends about their guarding and hunting abilities, not without reason the second name of the breed is the lion hound. In Africa, dogs take the most active part in the hunting for lions. They hunt down a large predator and hold it in place until the hunters arrive, informing people of their barking. At the same time, the dog deftly and quickly dodges attacks of a predator, exhausting it, and not letting go.
This feature of the breed enterprising natives are widely used in various entertainment shows, introducing tourists to demonstration performances called "Catch the lion."
Description of the Rhodesian Ridgeback breed
Dogs of the Rhodesian Ridgeback breed causeA huge interest, both in professional breeders, and in ordinary dog breeders - lovers. Ridgbeck is remarkably beautiful and harmoniously combines amazing grace and power, crushing strength and intellect, ideal proportions, excellent learning ability and devotion. The dog impresses with its explosive energy, dexterity, relief muscles, tremendous reaction and excellent flair.
Representatives of this breed are distinctiveColor, indicating that initially they were typical representatives of the African savannah. A short thick coat, from light wheaten to bright red, makes the dog unusually bright and beautiful. On the muzzle of the animal may be a dark mask, and on the chest - a white spot. Dark color of ears is allowed. The color of the dog's eyes, as well as the color of the nose, correspond to the color of the coat. With a brown nose, the eyes are amber, with dark lining black. An original and unforgettable feature of the breed is the ridge - a strip of wool on the back, growing in the opposite direction.
Ridgebacks - harmonious, active and muscularDogs that combine endurance, strength and intelligence. The dog is self-confident, does not show aggression towards strangers, but does not show timidity. In the event of a threat, the owner is capable of a tough and fearless reaction. Representatives of this breed will be excellent companions for a strong-willed person, able to manage their independent and proud character. Thanks to the cleanliness and short coat, the animal is suitable for keeping at home, but a truly powerful and energetic dog will be happy only at will, among the vast plains and forests.
This breed requires a high physical load. Pets need mandatory walks several times a day for a distance of at least 3 km and the ability to run freely.
Dogs have a strong will and independentCharacter, and yet they are very stubborn. Therefore, the owners of puppies are recommended to start training as early as possible in order to subordinate them to themselves and establish themselves as owners. Training is successful if the instructor is firm and consistent. Dogs are very sensitive to injustice, undeserved punishment usually does not give results, and methods of encouragement during training work very well.
The character of the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rhodesian ridgeback is a determined dogStrong, active, intelligent and independent. She perfectly copes with the protection of the house and has the instinct of the defender. At the same time this breed does not suit all amateur dog breeders. The dog needs a strong and powerful master, capable of giving the pet enough time for his training and upbringing.
If a powerful and stubborn Ridgeback gets into the handsAn unsuitable owner, he can take the dominant role in the family and dictate his terms to the master. To the timid and soft people who are inclined to allow their pets to play innocent pranks and allow them to do whatever they want, they do not recommend starting a dog of this breed. Ridgeback should be strictly instructed to obey the master and to stop manifestations of aggression and demonstration of manifestations of the "leader of the pack".
In the character and temperament Ridgeback experiencedOwners note such positive qualities as nobility, self-esteem and intelligence. The dog is able to make independent decisions in difficult situations and has pronounced protective qualities. In everyday life Ridgeback is not aggressive towards strangers, it is exclusively loyal and attached to its owner. If the owner is not threatened, the dog can be indifferent and indifferent to what is happening around. The representatives of this breed have a wonderful intellect, they all understand and are distinguished by a balanced character. Despite the fact that dogs have an impressive and loud voice, they are rather silent and bark only as a warning.
At the same time, the African hound has a sensitive psyche, they are characterized by resentment and stubbornness, they perfectly feel and understand the mood of the owner.
In a home setting, this is a calm, lazy andObedient dog. She is very attached to the owner, loves children and shows tenderness and tenderness towards them. Ridgebacks get along well with other domestic pets and tolerate even cats, especially if they were brought up with them in the same house. But at large they can be aggressive towards other animals, they like to get involved in fights with other dogs and do not spare street cats.
Ridgeback is easy to train and learnMost teams from the first time. At the same time, it is almost impossible to force him to do something by force, and physical punishment will only spur the spirit of stubbornness in the pet. Only caress, patience and love will help to find mutual understanding and achieve the desired results.
Rhodesian Ridgebacks live from 10 to 12 years old, they remain in perfect physical condition until old age and are always ready to make a company to their master during long walks.
In Russia this strong and deft dog acceptsActive participation as a companion for hunting. He has an excellent upper and lower flair, it's good on the trail. Hunters go with the Ridgebacks to the wild boar, the hare, the moose, the boron and field game. Moreover, bitches are the most skillful and agile hunters, while males are more suitable as guards and bodyguards.
Main characteristics and breed standard
According to the breed standard approved in 1924, the Rhodesian Ridgeback should have the following qualities:
Standard growth Males of this breed - from 63 to 69 cm, bitches - from 60 to 66 cm.
The weight Males - up to 36.5 kg, bitches - up to 32 kg.
Head Should be of sufficient length, proportional to the size of the body, with a flat, wide skull between the ears.
Muzzle Well fashioned, long and deep, with goodA pronounced transition to the forehead and powerful jaws with a scissor bite. Teeth large and strong, lips closely fitting, dry. Eyes rounded, moderately and widely planted. The nose is usually black or brown, the eyes are dark brown or amber.
Ears Hanging, pinned to the head and planted high enough. They have an average size and, with a wide base, gradually narrow to rounded ends.
Chest Not very wide, but deep, lowered to the elbow joint. When viewed from the side, a well-developed sternum arm is clearly visible. The ribs are moderately arched, the thorax is not barrel-shaped.
Back Strong. Loin slightly convex, muscular and sturdy. Legs are straight, muscular, with small compact paws and strong bones. On the feet of the fingers are collected in a ball, dense and elastic pads have a round shape. The tail is not docked, tapering towards the end and has a slight bend upward.
Wool aboutChen is thick, short and tightly fitting. It is constantly lubricated with a fatty enzyme, which makes it seem very shiny. Color monophonic, suit - from light wheaten to reddish-red color. On the chest and tips of the paws are possible white marks, on the muzzle a dark mask is allowed. The color of the ears can also be dark.
Ridge (Comb) is a characteristic feature,Peculiar only to this breed. The comb on the back should be clearly defined and have a conical shape. It should begin immediately behind the shoulders of the dog and be symmetrical. The beginning of the ridge looks like a wool growing in two different directions, it contains two identical curls, in the shape of a crown. It starts at the shoulder blades and continues along the line of the spine to the hips. Acceptable forms of the ridge are defined by clear requirements. The main criteria for compliance with the standard is the drawing on both sides of the ridge and the symmetry of the location on the back.
Rhodesian ridgeback is prestigious and enoughRare breed. She is very beautiful and looks unusual and expensive. Not every dog breeder can afford its content. That is why many show business stars, famous artists and politicians have a four-legged friend of this breed. Among them, the founder of the magazine "Penthouse" Bob Guccione and Russian singer Alexander Malinin.
Care and maintenance features
Rhodesian Ridgeback is perfect forContent in an apartment or in a country house. This is one of the most convenient for the housing content of rocks. Adult dogs require minimal care, they are very neat and clean. Ridgebacks are short-haired breed, their dense and thick wool without undercoat has no smell. It is enough to comb the dog once a month with a special brush made of natural bristles. This breed rotates twice a year. In this period of dogs it is better to comb out on the street with a special rubber glove.
Ridgeback practically does not need washing, doThis procedure as necessary, if the animal is too dirty on the street. During washing, you can add a small amount of conditioner or gloss and the dog's fur will become smooth and radiant. In summer Ridgeback can bathe in water, as long as it likes, the wool on it dries very quickly. In addition to washing and combing, a set of standard procedures for pet care include regular cleaning of teeth and ears and clipping of claws.
When the content in the apartment is the main conditionIs the maintenance of the dog in good physical shape, which requires long daily walks. This will provide the pet with great health and excellent health. This breed is not enough five-minute walking, the owners of the animal should be ready for mobile games in the fresh air, regular trips to nature and long-term joint marathons. Ridgebacks are able to travel very long distances, they are excellent tireless runners. Dogs are very hardy, since they were bred specially for hunting and running. At the same time, they are so active and strong that it will not be easy for children and elderly people to cope with an animal during a walk.
For dogs of this breed, it is very important to haveEnough space for you to be able to run and play plenty. It can be a courtyard of a private cottage or a park next to the house. Ridgeback can not live in an aviary on the street, and the reason is not only in his short coat, which does not protect against cold. Psychological dependence on the host plays a big role. Due to its intelligence, the dog should always be near the owner and take an active part in the life of the family.
An important aspect of maintaining health and physicalForm is proper nutrition. Ridgeback can be fed with both natural and industrial (dry) food. Both options give good results and have a right to exist.
It should be borne in mind that with a natural dietIt is difficult to balance its composition so that the body of a rapidly developing puppy receives the necessary amount of nutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals). In addition, the owners have to spend a lot of time preparing natural food.
Therefore, an excellent alternative to natural foodBecome dry food. They are well balanced in composition and are matched for dogs of different ages. With the same success can be used ready-made canned food, they well diversify the daily diet. Of course, all feed should be of good quality and properly selected in accordance with the dog's preferences and age. Ridgeback is a large breed, it will take a lot of food, and it is desirable to have a premium class.
Training and education of Ridgeback
Ridgeback is a talented, easily trained dog, withGood intelligence. It has many positive qualities (hunting, guard, guard, sports). This breed needs a solid and well-balanced master, able to become a "pack leader" for his pet. The dog must firmly grasp who is the main in the house. The owner must be a confident and experienced dog breeder, able to devote much time for education, communication and training of the dog. Ridgebacks need daily communication, they can not stay alone for long, otherwise pets feel abandoned and show signs of destructive behavior.
With pets, ridgebacks get along well, other cats and dogs living in the house become their friends. But the imperious nature of the breed is manifested in aggression against street animals.
Dogs have a strong will, they are independent andStubborn, can make independent decisions. Therefore, the training of puppies should be started as early as possible, while still quite easy to handle. It should be remembered that dogs are very sensitive to methods of influence. Penalties usually do not allow to achieve a good result, whereas the method of encouraging delicacy and weasel work much better.
During dog training, a largePerseverance and patience. Gross pressure should not be, to force a dog to execute a command is very difficult, the pet must himself want it. Ridgebacks are trained very quickly and differ in training by a wide range of abilities and abilities.
Ridgebacks are extremely smart and smartdogs. Like most dogs, they do not like wet and rainy weather. But where the boxer or rottweiler runs straight, the African hound in the rain will run from one shelter to another, carefully avoiding puddles and jumping over the dirtiest places.
How to choose a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy
Before choosing your puppy for this oneBreed, you need to think about whether you can provide decent content to this temperamental and athletic animal. The dog will need to pay enough attention and time and provide proper training and sufficient physical activity. If the choice on the family council fell on the Ridgeback puppy, you should think about where to find the best representative of this breed. It is better to start your search in specialized clubs dealing with breeding Rhodesian ridgebacks and at dog shows. At exhibitions it is most convenient to talk with breeders, get acquainted with animals and determine your preferences.
An important criterion in choosing a puppy is his pedigree. You should get all the information about his parents and evaluate not only their exterior, but also mental and physical health.
Puppy Ridgeback is best to buy at the age of1,5 - 3 months, at this time they have the most harmonious appearance. They should have strong, strong, but not heavy skeleton, a straight posture and slightly elongated body. When choosing a pet, special attention is paid to ridge, as the main distinctive feature of the breed. It is important to understand that if the crest of the puppy has flaws, then with age they will be even more noticeable.
Another feature of the breed is thatPuppies grow unevenly, and at a more advanced age a pet can acquire less balanced proportions. When buying a puppy, special attention should be paid to his health. Ears, eyes and skin should be clean. The tummy is soft, the wool is smooth and shiny. Puppy should conduct deworming and make the necessary vaccinations. Ridgecks have good health and endurance, but sometimes the puppy has hereditary problems associated with thyroid dysfunction, elbow dysplasia or cataracts. In addition, the puppy must be checked for dermoid sinus (skin tissue defects on the neck and back).
Dogs of this breed are very sensitive to theirOwner and if he is ill, try to ease his condition and distract him from serious thoughts. This is especially important for people who occupy a high position in society and have a high level of psychological and stressful workload. It is a friendly and faithful dog that will allow you to lose negative energy in a short period of time and truly relax.
Price of Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies
Puppies of the Rhodesian Ridgeback from the category of so-called culling (with unsuitable color for the exhibitions, etc.) cost From 70 dollars before $ 350. Puppies that meet the standard and with all the necessary documents are offered for 600-1200 dollars.


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~ Tuesday Morning all girls place Calling Card in Sparrow Post box
~ Everyone has read the Chapter from Little Women during the week
~ Assigned Tea Lady collects the calling Cards and places on the Tea Tray
~ Assigned Tea lady gets the Tea Tray Ready with Tea and Coffee and the Tea Time Treat for the week.
At 2:30 pm Meeting Time
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~ Each take turns reading aloud the chapter all have read during the week.
While doing this the others do hand sewing (projects they are working on. eg. Christmas, Birthday or for self) or Mending that needs to be done.
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~ Plan the craft for next week from the resources and ideas listed
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~ Pray together and depart
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Invincible Louisa-Cornelia Meigs.
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The Child In The Family-Maria Montessori.
Kindergarten in the Home-Carrie S. Newman.
The Heart of Learning-Lawrence Williams.
Creative Play with your Baby- Christopher Clouder
Creative Play for your Toddler- Christopher Clouder
The Spirit of Loveliness-Emily Barnes.
Time Began in a Garden-Emilie Barnes.
Timeless Treasures- Emilie Barnes.
If Teacups Could Talk-Emilie Barnes.
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The Anne of Green Gables Treasury-.Carolyn Strom Collins and Christiana Wyss Eriksson
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Samantha's Friendship Fun-Pleasant Company Publications.
The World of Little House-Carolyn Strom Collins and Christiana Wyss Eriksson.
My Little House Crafts Book-Carolyn Strom Collins and Christiana Wyss Eriksson.
The Little Women Book-Lucille Recht Penner.
Things Happen When Women Care -Emilie Barnes.
The Mother Daughter Book Club-Shireen Dodson.
Lets Make a Memory-Gloria Gaither and Shirley Dobson.
The Catholic Girls Guide-Father Lasance.
Little Flowers Guide- Ecco Homo Press Along with Jessica's Notes
Christian Charm Course-Emily Hunter.
Home for Good-Mother Mary Loyola.
The ABC's of choosing a Good Husband-Stephen Wood.
Beautiful Girlhood -Karen Andreola.
Back to Basics-Readers Digest.
Home Comforts-Cheryl Mendelson.
More Hours In My Day-Emilie Barnes.
The Hidden Art of HOMEMAKING-Edith Schaeffer.
Baby and Child-Penolope Leach.
Mommy Diagnostics-Shonda Parker.
Laurels Kitchen Caring -Laurel Robertson.
The Candlemakers Companion-Betty Oppenheimer.
The Natural Soap Book-Susan Miller Cavitch.
Sewing with Saint Anne-Alice Cantrell.
The Mary Frances Cook Book-Jane Eayre Fryer.
The Mary Frances First Aid Book-Jane Eayer Fryer.
The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book-Jane Eayer Fryer.
15 Minute Family Traditions and Memories-Emilie Barnes.
The Big Book of Family Fun-Claudia Arp and Linda Dillow.
Eureka Entertainments-Granger Index Reprint Series
Lets Make a Memory-Gloria Gaither and Shirley Dobson.
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♥ BRAINSTORMED IDEAS ~ we will add to these as we see fit. They are just an opening creative list of ideas on using this time together. They are just the start of why and what we want to achieve in preparing for a vocation, either single married or religious.
I do belive in preparing for being a Godly wife and mother you are preparing for any other voacationas well.
Tea parties
How to plan a Tea party.
Read Little Women series.
Preparation for vocation in life.
Make a Homemaking Journal
Read a Chapter of group book.
Sew and read aloud at group meeting.
Plan for next week.
Supply of books we will use.
Read do activity and plan.
Make things for Hope chest.
list of achievements.
Life skills.
Project during week in regards to Homemaking,Childcare,Education,Sewing and Craft,Assigned reading,Learn a poem,literature,Health care,Virtues,(Little flowers),Embroider virtue flowers.
Read especially"The Catholic Girls Guide."
Make an apron.
Seasonal stuff.
Calling cards.
Activity ideas
Wit and Wisdom-- Alcott Style
- Keeper of the Hearth
- Traditions
- Liturgical
- Feasts of Jesus
- Feasts of Mary
- Saints
- Angels
- Advent
- Midnight Feast
- Christmas
- Epiphany
- 12 Days of Christmas
- Stir Up Sunday
- Madi Gras
- Shrove Tuesday
- Ash Wednesday
- Lent'
- Passiontide
- Palm Sunday
- Holy Week
- Triduum
- Good Friday
- Easter'
- Candlemas
- Ascension Day
- Pentecost
- Michalemas
- All Saints/All Souls
- Christ the King
- Stations of the Cross
- Liturgical Year
- Faith
- Feminine Arts
- Learning
- Season
- Books
- Saints
- Homesteading
- e-book
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It's difficult to sit by an watch someone you love fall into the darkness of depression, knowing that there isn't much you can do. This short verse was something I used to help me make sense of how it feels to be beside bipolar.
As you look into their eyes you see no light;
no spark, no flame, no internal life.
While their heart still beats and their brain still ticks;
the person you love, is so deathly sick.
You touch their hand to show you're there;
no signs of life, no sole to share.
You speak their name and love them so;
no response, no change, nowhere to go.
The pain they feel so deep inside;
you're a helpless passenger, just standing by.
You beg and plead, to the powers to be;
that no one will take, them away from thee.
Beside bipolar, from the start to the end;
committed to love and my very best friend.


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Reflections on the Hajj
Reflections on the Hajj is a documentary film that takes you to a hajj in distant 1948. That was the first time electric light was introduced in Mecca and Medina, and in the city of Mecca there was no building that was higher than Kabah. Pilgrims came to hajj ships, buses, on foot ... Through exclusive, black-and-white shots, meet Mecca, which almost no longer exists.
Dr. Martin Lings made the last of his journeys to the East in January 2005, a few months before passing away peacefully in his home, deep in the countryside of Kent, at the age of 96.
This documentary film, Circling the House of God: Reflection on the Hajj is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Lings (1909 - 2005).
(c) 2009. Matmedia Productions.
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Brough Beaten: A Portrait of Success
Michael Brough developed 86856527 for the 2013 7DRL challenge (7 Day RogueLike). It was a great prototype that Brough transformed into an iOS commercial release called 868-HACK (2013).
It's taken two years for Brough to get the refined, post-jam version back to its original home on PC. This is where a reviewer might ask, "Well, was it worth it?" Rather than treating the question as some pithy gunk to pad out the opening paragraphs, we would do well to take it more seriously.
Brough's games have a recognisable signature, a combination of pixel lo-fi and procedurally-generated music, which is usually labelled an acquired taste or simply excused altogether depending on who you get your games news from. But go back further to 2011 and you bump into a Brough's previous PC commercial release, Vertex Dispenser, which offers a different visual look: sharp and crisp geometry flanked by needle-thin text.
According to Brough, Dispenser was first conceived in 2005 so the game was developed over a period of six years. The result was a game that received some critical acclaim but was a dud in the box office. I have no doubt that the ultimate failure of Vertex Dispenser was a blow for Brough – it would be a few more years before there was a Jonathan Blow for Brough. Taken from a post titled "2012 introspection" with my own emphasis added:
Putting things in context, in 2011 I released Vertex Dispenser, which I'd been making in the background for years. This was massively stressful: first I overworked myself crunching to finish it while simultaneously trying to do a PhD, then at release some new bugs showed up - this isn't unusual but I panicked over each one, and then sales were very poor and it became clear that I'd failed in a lot of what I'd tried to achieve with it (I'm still proud of it, but it's not what I wanted it to be). This was followed by a period of depression in which I did very little.
After Vertex Dispenser, Brough changes gears. He becomes attracted to game jams and churning out unpolished, quirky shorts instead of embracing long, punishing development marathons. He seems to be searching for a more comfortable approach to development and we see a flow of finished titles rather than just the kind of fascinating fragments that you can find in his Idiolect anthology. All of Brough's PC games are free and the pixel art style also becomes a staple of Brough's work.
Take Zaga-33 (2012), originally made for the 2012 7DRL challenge. It's a turn-based game of tactics pitting the player against a system that wants nothing more than to destroy you; some would call it a roguelike, but that's a term I have trouble pinning down so I merely wave it around here like garlic to stave off jargon vampires. I became so obsessed with Zaga-33 that I wrote up an entire session as a fictional diary. It's not exactly minimalist, but what I like about Zaga-33 is the economy of its rules and the tension present in every single move. It's an intricate device which requires a little patience to master.
Brough's games normally eschew tutorials in favour of a little mystery but his games are not usually predicated on that mystery. As I wrote on Rock Paper Shotgun about Kompendium (2012), Brough's collection of two-player games, "the truth is Kompendium is more than mystery". A lack of a tutorial is intended as a gift to the player: here, have fun working this out and, once you're done, have fun mastering it out.
A new release from Brough is always worth a look. Game Title (2013) is a testing but not overly challenging adventure game, but it's "sequel" Game Title: Lost Levels (2013) is deliriously good. Lost Levels has a particular mechanic which is flat-out bizarre, not surprising as it emerged as a bug during the development of Game Title. I'm not going to tell you what it is because it's fun to figure out – the game features no procedural generation so once you've finished the game, it's done – but it's so outside the norm you're constantly fighting yourself in an effort to solve the game. You become the game's ultimate adversary.
The discomfort of this experience is heightened by the fact there is no save game and you have to complete the game in a single session. Corrypt (2012) is Lost Levels' bigger, older brother. It has mechanics that bite back but also comes with the ability to save progress. That's how, when Corrypt asked me to break it, I was able to stop and never go back.
This remarkable body of work puts a different spin on the failure of Vertex Dispenser; we could argue that Brough's failure was our gain, as players of games, for the next four years. But was it Brough's gain?
At some point, there was not just a Jonathan Blow for Brough (tweet) but a Wired profile which stated that "Brough isn't trying to maximize his profits, he's trying to create something with value for himself and for those who play it". While it seemed like Brough was on the ascendant, none of this converted into what we might term commercial success. In June 2012, Brough reported Zaga-33 sold 1624 copies, and Glitch Tank – extracted from Kompendium – shipped just 378, killing the chances of seeing the rest of the Kompendium collection on mobile. Last year's Helix, after being touted as "game of the year" by his peers has not even sold 4,000 copies. And now we have 868-HACK on PC, having been moderately successful on iOS with 14,000 copies sold.
868-HACK is the meaner, tighter sequel that Zaga-33 never had. Games are shorter, death is more brutal and it has plenty of "locked content" that gradually deepen it's complexity. I've played countless games and I still feel I've not scratched the surface of the strategies here. If you enjoyed the mobile title Hoplite, you will probably enjoy 868-HACK.
Like Zaga-33, carelessness is often rewarded with death but the game hinges on understanding the longer-term consequences of your decisions. Every time you "siphon a wall", enemies are spawned in response – but without siphoning programs (tools) you are unlikely to make it through the game's eight sectors alive. The aim of Zaga-33 was to defeat the alien cortex on the final level but 868-HACK is about score. If you don't take on the risk to siphon some points, you'll end with zero score, which is just as bad as death – all that effort for no reward. It's fantastic.
But will 868-HACK be successful? Here's a review taken from the App Store for the iOS version.
Spoiled a lot by the graphics. I know, I get the "retro" idea, but in this case I think retro is an excuse for laziness on the part of the developer.
I've shown the game to a lot of people.
None are interested in it, because it looks so crap.
I'm torn on the argument that Brough needs to change his style. I understand exactly what Blow means about that Brough look but at the same time, there's a purity about going your own way, making the game your very own Mighty Vision. But at least we've got a snazzy viral-friendly trailer for a change.
After spending years following his own game development instincts and avoiding "maximising his profits" does Brough really want commercial success? He is the great indie paradox made manifest. We're not going to compromise our art for money, yet without money we can't make art. But if there's anyone who wants Brough to succeed, it's his fans. We want sales as incontrovertible proof that his designs are awesome, to ensure Brough won't throw in the towel.
It's difficult for a salesman to avoid blaming themselves when the sales aren't flowing in, a problem a maker of freeware can sidestep. As Brough has thrown more of his designs into that grand meat grinder known as the App Store, he has become increasingly dissatisfied. He has lamented the blight of the iOS update which often breaks his games, forcing him to patch them on a regular basis to keep them alive. Each new release also brings tales of customer support.
Why did it take Brough two years to finish 868-HACK for PC? Because it wasn't exciting any more as he'd already developed it twice, initially for the 7DRL challenge and second for iOS. And Brough's free-wheeling development has been burdened with the grinding drudgery of customer support and bug management. Welcome, my son, welcome to the machine. In December, he said he missed when he just made things and his disillusionment is more strident in a most recent post:
i haven't been starting new things. i haven't been getting into jams lately, not feeling it. so i don't know where i'm going after this. for a while there i thought i would keep producing games at the same rate forever. but now i've done a lot of what i'd set out to do, maybe i am running out of ambition.
The obvious counter to this is that business is more than just "making a great game" and all that cruft around the craft is business reality. Suck it up, right? But 14,000 copies sold on the App Store is not real money. I look at Brough's "success" and it looks to me like a non-choice between withering in obscurity without money, or be asphyxiated by attention for a subsistence-level income. Consider Puppygames' rant about what zero price means for indie customer support:
Now you're worth $1 to us. If you buy every one of our games, you're worth $5. After Valve and the tax man and the bank take their cuts, you're not even worth half a cup of coffee. So, while we're obsequiously polite and helpful when you do contact us for support, even if it's just the same old "please install some actual video drivers" response, you really should be aware that you are a dead loss. Even if you buy everything we ever make again.
No one wants to lose a game designer as remarkable as Brough. Maybe this is just another Vertex Dispenser moment. Maybe he's on the verge of reinventing himself again.
Reaching the end of 868-HACK with no score is as bad as death, all that effort for no reward: so was it worth it?
- I don't want to speculate too much here because I'm not Michael Brough and there are plenty of other problems in the online space right now which make game development sound less appealing than it once did. I'm just struck that Michael Brough was one of the up-and-coming indie stars but despite interesting, unique work, comfortable success has eluded him.
- My Zaga-33 diary: The Alien Cortex Must Die
- My RPS piece on Kompendium and Starseed Pilgrim.
- I recommend having a read of Liz Ryerson's well-meaning piece on preserving Brough's style although it ends up making villains out of other well-meaning people.
- The go-to article on Michael Brough is Alex Pieschel's epic The Works of Michael Brough. The site has long since disappeared as Pieschel has moved onto The Arcade Review, so I'm linking to a copy on The Wayback Machine.
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I was crushed to read Michael's latest blog post. Few developers have his gift for designing game mechanics that function as artistic statements. It will be a huge loss if he gives up.
This is a good article. It would have been easy to simplify things to make it more like "clickbait" but the reality is complex if less exciting and you have been respectful of that. Thank you.
I wanted to add a couple of things because of course the sales numbers I've made public are out of date. All my iOS games have continued to sell in a steady trickle – particularly when 868-HACK got attention everything else spiked a bit too. So Zaga-33 is now at ~3400 sales and Glitch Tank at ~1300. These still aren't amazing but they're a lot better than they were back when I wrote that post! It seems unusual that a game should sell more copies two years after its release than it did in its first year – it goes against the conventional wisdom of "put everything into launch". (It is however a mixed blessing as it means I really ought to keep them alive as operating system updates break things.)
And 868-HACK's now-16000 copies is not the kind of number you'd see touted as an amazing success but it is by no means an insignificant amount of money for a one-man operation! I'll be living on that for a while; before that happened things were looking a lot more dire.
It's a funny place I'm in. I make these numbers public because otherwise people keep assuming they're a lot bigger and that's kind of frustrating to me, but I don't want to /complain/ about them. I have recognition now and people play my games and things aren't bad, this is a pretty great job as things go. And occasionally being called a lazy hipster with bad graphics isn't nice but it feels pretty insignificant compared to the harassment campaign that's been consistently targeting women in game development for the last several months. But yeah I couldn't recommend it to anyone.
I, for one, am a great believer in schadenfreude.
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By LARRY VAUGHT
How good is Kentucky signee Tyler Herro?
The 6-5 guard from Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wis., has a fan in Rivals.com recruiting writer Krysten Peek.
"He is the best shooter in the (2018 recruiting) class from beyond the arc (3-point line)," said Peek. "He could be the best pure scorer in the class.
"I saw him in one workout where he did not miss a single shot. He can shoot a 3 like a lay-up. He is just a pure shooter and there are not many of them out there."
He averaged 32.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.1 steals per game while shooting over 40 percent from 3-point range. He was the top-ranked player in Wisconsin and participated in the USA Junior National Team minicamp. He had 13 points in the Jordan Brand Classic.
"I love his jump shot, love his midrange game," ESPN recruiting director Paul Biancardi said. "For my money, that's where he stands out — inside the arc but outside the paint. He has a nice pull up game off the dribble. He has a good 3-point shot but he has a better midrange game."
Peek also said Herro is more athletic than many believe.
"Any of these top 50 players have to be athletic," Peek said. "They are playing against great competition and sometimes maybe he didn't look as athletic if he was guarding (Duke signee) Tre Jones at a USA Basketball workout. But that's not fair. I think his athleticism is fine and will be fine at Kentucky."


text: Too bad when I was a kid there wasn't a guy in our class that everybody called the "Cricket Boy", because I would have liked to stand up in class and tell everybody, "You can make fun of the Cricket Boy if you want to, but to me he's just like everybody else." Then everybody would leave the Cricket Boy alone, and I'd invite him over to spend the night at my house, but after about five minutes of that loud chirping I'd have to kick him out. Maybe later we could get up a petition to get the Cricket Family run out of town. Bye, Cricket Boy.by Jack Handy Found in Deep thoughts Quotes,


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Posted on: May 8, 2019
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