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Austin,Tex - After the teams first meeting this season, Blake Griffin said he hoped Oklahoma's win over Texas would set the tone for the rest of the Big 12 season. That's certainly proven to be the case.
Coming off the best game of his career, Griffin leads the surging Sooners into the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday night to face a Texas team that's struggling but has won five straight at home against top 5 opponents.
Oddsmakers from Online Sportsbook Sportsbook.com have made the Texas -1.5 point spread favorites for Wednesday's game against the Oklahoma. Current College Basketball Public Betting Information shows that 54% of more than 243 bets for this game have been placed on the Texas -1.5.
Oklahoma (25-1, 11-0) pushed its winning streak to 13 last Saturday, defeating Texas Tech 95-74 behind Griffin's 40 points and 23 rebounds - both career highs. He became the third Sooner and first since Wayman Tisdale had 61 points and 22 boards against Texas-San Antonio on Dec. 28, 1983, to post a 40-point, 20-rebound game.
Griffin's performance was also the first 40-20 game in Big 12 history.
"Have you guys ever seen the movie, 'The Terminator?' That's what that kid is like,'' Red Raiders coach Pat Knight said. "That kid has no facial expressions. He just plays and it's like every kid out there on him is like Sarah Connor, and he's just going to take his time and kill him."
Griffin's 23 rebounds tied a Lloyd Noble Center record and his 22nd double-double of the season set a new program mark.
"There are certain times certain guys say they were in the zone,'' he said. "I thought I was kind of in that zone today."
Against Texas on Jan. 12, Griffin had 20 points and 10 boards as Oklahoma snapped a six-game skid to the Longhorns with a 78-63 victory. Now the Sooners will be looking to end a three-game slide in Austin, with their last road win over Texas coming by a 74-58 score Feb. 28, 2005.
A victory over the Longhorns would not only give the Sooners their best conference start ever - they opened 11-0 in the Big Eight in 1985 - it would mark Oklahoma's first 14-game winning streak since it won 14 in a row to open the 1987-88 season.
"We can't get complacent," Griffin said. "We've got to keep being hungry, keep playing hard and not stop until we get our final goal."
Guard Willie Warren, a Fort Worth native, looks to continue his strong play when he returns to the arena where he scored 27 points for North Crowley High in its state championship victory last season. Warren - the Sooners' second-leading scorer at 14.9 points per game - had 17 points and five boards in the win over then-No. 11 Texas last month.
The Longhorns (17-8, 6-5) return to Austin following a 1-1 road stretch that ended with an 81-66 loss to Texas A&M on Monday. Texas has dropped four of its last six.
"It's not anything about X's and O's, we just didn't play with the intensity we needed to tonight," senior guard A.J. Abrams said. "If I could figure that out, if Coach could figure that out, I'm sure we would do it."
Texas, though, has knocked off five straight top 5 opponents at home since a 110-103 overtime loss to then-No. 2 Kansas on Feb. 11, 2002. The Longhorns have won nine straight home games against ranked foes since the February 2005 loss to then-No. 20 Oklahoma.
Abrams, 13th in the nation with 37.3 minutes per game, played the entire 40 against the Aggies, but scored just seven points. He needs 10 points Saturday to move past Joey Wright (1,819) for fifth place on Texas' all-time scoring list.
Abrams, averaging 18.3 points in his last four games against the Sooners, will also set the program record for games played with 135.
Oklahoma leads the series with Texas 46-27.
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Diversifying is hotter than ever in Alberta. Even Progressive Conservatives are diversifying into hard-core labour socialists, as Sandra Jansen did last week when, after bailing from the PC leadership race, she found a more secure gig by joining Rachel Notley's NDP in bashing her former Tories.
Diversifying is breaking out among Alberta's progressives, too, with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi clashing with Notley over her flirtation with passing laws that would retroactively nullify inconvenient provincial contracts with power producers. And mayors and councillors from across the province, normally fans of big-spending lefty provincial governments, are letting their own diversity flags fly: They booed the deputy premier at last week's convention of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, over the NDP's climate policies.
Albertans from all walks of life are showing diverse ways of being miserable, either with the province's bewildering politics or its battered economy, or most likely — given that the Notley government's popular support has sunk below 20 per cent — the effect of politics on the economy. The latest polls show 80 per cent of Albertans nursing some personal list of grievances. As Tolstoy might say, every unhappy voter is unhappy in their own way.
Politicians give subsidies claiming Alberta is undiversified, but it's not actually true
Presumably that isn't the kind of diversifying the NDP government was hoping to see in Alberta when the party launched to power last year promising to reshape the provincial economy to make it more diverse. What exact level of diversification would be the perfectly correct level, the NDP has yet to say. But it's hard not to notice that no matter how much diversification happens in Alberta, it's never quite enough for governments that spend as much they can get away with to encourage more of it.
Last week, the NDP government rolled out plans for new subsidies for tourism businesses, digital media businesses, film production and high-tech, as part of its ongoing plan to wean the province from its reliance on the finicky cyclicality of oil and gas revenues. There's already new subsidies for craft brewers and cosmetic companies. Notley also planned more diversification by ordering the crown investment agency, AIMCo, to put half-a-billion dollars worth of Heritage Fund money into "growth-oriented companies," and another $1.5 billion into the crown-owned bank, ATB Financial, as loans for "entrepreneurs and job creators."
The NDP is holding forums to talk up the shift to a more "sustainable" diversified economy. Notley created a diversification committee, chaired by a big union boss, to create more "value-added" jobs in the province. Even the phasing out of Alberta's coal plants and new carbon taxes is held up as part of the crusade to diversification by Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips. "As soon as you price carbon, you open up investment opportunities that were not there previously," she said at the UN climate meeting in Morocco last week.
Well yes, taxing fossil fuels and subsidizing renewables can draw investment, but that's not to say the burden on taxpayers and the economy won't be far higher than any benefits.
Somehow, the need for Alberta to be more diversified, into industries that are more "value-added" than oil and gas, is an idea rarely challenged. Yet, as University of Calgary economist (and FP Comment contributor) Trevor Tombe discovered in a crucial paper for The School of Public Policy last year, it is unlikely Alberta can create many businesses and jobs more "value-added" than extracting oil and gas. Processing, manufacturing and high-tech don't come close to the value added by digging naturally occurring fossil fuels from the earth and selling them for cold, hard cash.
Now Tombe has come along with another study that gives Albertans yet more reasons to stop swallowing all this diversification hype. In a paper released through the policy school last week, Tombe and his co-author Robert Mansell point out that politicians seem simply to assume that Alberta is undiversified, but never bother to actually measure whether that's true. Once you do, as Tombe and Mansell have, it turns out Alberta ranks alongside Saskatchewan as having the most diversified workforce in Canada — that is, one less concentrated into certain sectors than even Ontario and Quebec. Meanwhile, the real GDP contributed by oil and gas in Alberta has been outpaced over the last 20 years by growth in other sectors.
Where Alberta is distinctly undiversified, note the economists, is in its export markets, where it relies — for energy exports mainly — more heavily on the U.S. than most provinces, with Ontario not far behind (New Brunswick's dependence on the U.S. is the highest of all).
It's hard to escape the fact that one big takeaway from the Tombe and Mansell study isn't just that the shamanistic mantra of "diversification" is tossed around dangerously by Alberta's politicians and pundits who really have no firm idea what the diversification situation already looks like and what they're hoping it will be. It's also that, if Alberta wants to be better diversified, it needs to spread into new export markets. More oil and gas pipelines to Canadian sea ports that serve overseas markets is one obvious way to do that.
Notley has indeed been championing Energy East and Trans Mountain (but not Northern Gateway). Yet she seems just as determined to force Alberta's economy away from fossil fuels and into something — anything — else. She isn't the first; previous PC governments famously wasted fortunes on handing out money to non-energy industries, and they all went out of business. And she surely won't be the last premier to squander money on forced diversification — at least until Albertans one day finally realize the foolishness of it.


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In this vivid document of moviemaking, Premiere Editor Veronica Chambers shadows Singleton from the early days of preproduction through the final editing, moving from the streets of South Central to Oakland to Big Sur and beyond. By recording the daily struggles and triumphs of cast and crew, she captures the unique voice and vision of a singular American filmmaker.


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TORONTO (CP) – Of all the barriers blocking crucial preparations for the next flu pandemic, and they are legion, the biggest may be psychological.
People – legislators, authorities, your average Joes and Josephines – cannot wrap their brains around the idea that in the modern world a virus that circulates every year can turn into a killing machine capable of wiping out tens of millions around the globe, experts admit.
Experts even fear talking publicly about the potential scope of the problem. They're concerned that when projected death tolls run to the tens of millions, people will dismiss the figures as the fantastical imaginings of doomsayers.
But the sooner people come to grips with the possibility, the better prepared the world will be for the next pandemic, they say. Experts say one is inevitable, though they cannot predict when it will begin.
"Most people are not ready yet for a flu pandemic. If we're aware of the possibility at all, we imagine something like the annual flu season, or at worst something like SARS," warns Peter Sandman, a risk communications expert.
"Infectious disease experts are quaking in their boots, and then they are harnessing their fears, setting priorities, planning and preparing.
"The public needs to go through the same process."
Sandman insists the public's attention needs to be drawn to the spectre that flu experts fear is looming, so they can mentally prepare themselves for what will be a terrifically taxing period.
"We cope better with a bad situation when we have rehearsed it in our minds, imagining how bad it will be, how we will feel, how we hope we'll respond," Sandman, who is based in Princeton, N.J., said in an e-mail.
"Too often our leaders, and even the media, hesitate to give us a chance to get emotionally ready. They're afraid we might overreact, and they're afraid we might blame them, especially if the crisis never comes."
The fresh memories of SARS may be exacerbating the problem, says Michael Osterholm, a leading U.S. epidemiologist and infectious disease expert.
That disease sparked outbreaks in a number of countries and panic around the globe. But with stringent infection control measures in hospitals and quarantine outside them, public health officials were able to extinguish the outbreaks within a few months.
However, on the scale of infectious diseases, SARS wasn't particularly impressive once the medical professions knew how to recognize it and stop its spread.
Pandemic influenza will be far more contagious. And unlike SARS, a person infected with flu can spread the disease before knowing he or she is ill.
"In some ways there is this mindset: even when it was really, really, really bad, we fixed it. So I think that we have to fight that," says Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
The head of the World Health Organization's global influenza program agrees that people may believe modern medical science is capable of conquering nearly every challenge it faces.
"In our society we currently believe that everything is controllable. You're getting sick, you take a drug. You get more sick, there's a surgery possibility," Dr. Klaus Stohr says.
"It's not a given that because we are further advanced in our knowledge that we will be prepared. We have to use what we have the best way, otherwise the best technology will fail to reduce death and disease."
There are tools to help weather a pandemic – anti-viral drugs and, some months after the pandemic starts, it's hoped there will be vaccine for a portion of the world's population.
But unless critical changes are made to production systems now, countries with no vaccine makers within their borders will go without, experts warn.
All authorities are assuming governments will nationalize drug companies within their borders, meaning supplies of anti-virals and antibiotics needed to treat secondary infections will dwindle.
Vaccine expert Dr. David Fedson uses Switzerland as an example. That country imports flu vaccine from Australia for its population of 7.4 million people. During a pandemic, Australia would likely suspend that contract.
But Switzerland has the world's only factory for Tamiflu, an anti-viral drug that works against the strain of influenza that experts fear may cause the next pandemic.
"So Switzerland will find itself without any domestic vaccine supply and will do the only thing that it's possible to do if you happen to be Swiss, and that is it will nationalize its Tamiflu production," Fedson predicts.
"And that means if a country doesn't have supplies already and hasn't stockpiled it, boy it's going to be a long time before it's going to get any."
Copyright © 2004 by Canadian Press
My complete response to Helen Branswell's email asking for my comments on the psychology of pandemic preparedness is on this site.


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Are we there yet? No, we're recalculating
The guys don't say, "Are we there yet?" They ask, "Are we lost yet?" I spent a week after we moved to Fort Irwin making wrong turns and taking twice as long to get places - fortunately, "twice as long" is only 20 minutes.
Still, if you've ever been to our cozy, compact little desert oasis that's side-splittingly laughable. Lost at Fort Irwin? How the heck?
Believe me, it takes talent - or lack thereof. I'm what's known not-so-affectionately back home as an "educated idiot." Good with the books, not so much on the streets. Any street, no matter how small. It's not like the guy thing, where they refuse to ask for directions. I'll ask for directions all right, but promptly become misdirected again 90 seconds later.
Given all that, it defies logic that it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I took the GPS plunge. "I don't go anywhere very often," I rationalized. "I can get by on Google Maps."
A pending - more like, looming - trip to Los Angeles convinced me. That city's my personal Waterloo. The traffic. The confusing and shifting street alignments. The maze of freeways. The traffic.
For the life of me, I can't figure out why it's so terrifying. What's the worst that could happen? A month-long hospital stay - been there, done that. A totaled car and skyrocketing insurance - survived that, too.
And being lost and confused tends to turn me into a raving maniac. "Now, be quiet guys! I'm coming up on a turn and I need to concentrate," I'll chirp. That's followed minutes later by, "could you please hush," which within seconds devolves to "Shut the heck up I am STRESSED up to my ears."
To make it worse, we were headed to Dodger Stadium, a destination my husband and I have never managed to make it to on time in our lives. Not that anyone else noticed. We are talking about Dodger fans, who traditionally show up in the third inning and leave in the sixth.
Fine. I'll buy the GPS.
It turns out that the GPS doesn't keep me from getting lost at all. In fact, at times it's caused me to get lost, such as when it first directed us to an employee entrance and then to a closed street near the USC campus.
It does, however, help me get back on track with minimal tantrums. I don't have to try to look at a printout as I'm driving or stop and study a map. I can simply listen to the endless chant of "recalculating" as I keep going in circles until I eventually wind up in the right place.
It's created a whole new dialog in the car. Used to be, I'd blast out a "dang it" - or something more profane - and the guys would ask if I'd gotten lost again.
These days, Big Guy will whisper "recalculating" just second before the GPS rats me out.
Copyright 2011 Debra Legg. All rights reserved.


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So, you have a great idea for a film or video project, congratulations!
I suspect you're looking into film and video consulting services because you want to make sure your project is a success. And, you're thinking that if "this-project" can provide you with enough income and boost your reputation enough, it might also help you launch future projects. – You're looking for a strategy.
If that's not what you're thinking, you should be. Shooting any important project without a well thought out strategy is a huge mistake.
Every important film & video project should be seen as a "Stepping Stone Project."
It should be designed to help you step up to the next level and arrive at the door to new opportunity.
When you approach a new project strategically and get clear about what skill level you're presently operating at, what resources you presently have and what strategic purpose this project is designed to accomplish, everything other subsequent decision becomes easier because every move you make has a specific purpose.
When every project is designed as a stepping stone your efforts will have leverage and will help you move closer to your ultimate goals. That's why it called a Stepping Stone Project.
This strategy works for both new and veteran filmmakers.
The fact that you're here, looking at this page makes you unique. It separates you from the "passive-dreamer" and moves you into the "active-doer" club. And, as long as you stay an active-doer, you're going to reap rewards of some kind. If just half of your moves work out positively, you'll be moving in the right direction.
People who keep moving along a structured path will eventually arrive at their destination. Which is why my first objective is to get you to work from a proven plan. My second objective is to get you to stretch and take measured risks beyond your comfort / knowledge zone.
I'm going to encourage you to stretch by twenty percent.
I'll also show you how when this is a calculated, well planned project-stretch it can have amazing results.
If we want to grow, and we must if we're going to reach our goals, our projects must be designed to make us stretch into the "sweet-spot." The sweet-spot is located approximately twenty percent beyond what you presently have the skills and resources to do.
Stretch beyond that, say by fifty percent and a major portion of our decisions will result in mistakes. You and your team will be spending to much time in uncharted territory. The stretch is to far.
Most projects can absorb a small number of mistakes, but as a collective, numerous mistakes will negatively influence the quality and future growth of your career.
On the other hand, if you're operating one hundred percent within your comfort / knowledge zone, you're likely making very few mistakes. While that might be comfortable, it's deadly!
People who've become competent at a job or a way of doing things fall into this area.
It's deadly because you're not stretching, you're not growing.
Studies have been done that show that both project success and maximum personal growth happens when we stretch out of your own personal comfort / knowledge zone by twenty percent.
Real growth happens when strategize early, do the proper preparation and surround yourself with people who have skills and knowledge you don't. It only makes sense – right?
The effect is exponential because now "the stretch"is outside of "the groups" collective comfort/ knowledge zone, not just your own.
It makes a big difference!
A project set up properly can achieve truly amazing results. When this is done consistently, even small projects become stepping-stone projects that form important bridges along the road to the bigger rewards.
WARNING – The Project Must Come Before The Ego!
The needs of a stepping stone project must always come before the needs of any other individual including the director. All decisions must be based on what's best for the project.
This is one of the common places unseasoned directors fail. They think they're putting the project first, but when they are in too far over their head they become protective and rigid. This is the sign of an insecure director that's letting the ego take control.
* Note – This page deals with project consulting, if you'd like information about career coaching please check out this page. Film and Video Production Career Coaching
The Question to Ask Before Every Project.
"How can I leverage my efforts, financing and existing resources in a way that reduces risk, maximizes my energy and fulfills the project's goal objectives?"
This is the question every seasoned filmmaker and successful entrepreneur asks before starting any new endeavor. I mention entrepreneur because it's important to think of your project as a "start-up" and yourself as an entrepreneur with limited resources and financing to work with.
When you see your film from this perspective it becomes clear that your responsibility is to deliver a product that satisfies your audience large or small. This is key to your film's success and your long term survival.
Make no mistake. You're in the movie making business.
Understanding Risk
A smart entrepreneur realizes that bringing a product to market is a process with many steps and each of these steps involves some level of risk. It goes with the territory.
So, the smart entrepreneur does every thing possible to eliminate as much risk as he can. He knows that the more he can learn about each step of his manufacturing, marketing and distribution process the less likely he will be caught off guard. He knows that knowledge affords him the opportunity to leverage a good product into a sale or an opportunity.
Like manufacturing, filmmaking is also a process with multiple steps. Like the entrepreneur, filmmakers must use knowledge to reduce production risks in or before pre-production stage of the process. This can only be done once each and every step, as well as the tasks within the steps have been identified.
Unseen steps, left unattended will later return as production problems – guaranteed!
When a novice filmmaker attempts a project above his present skill level or outside his knowledge zone, the risk of failure is extremely high. The risk is high because the novice has multiple gaps in his knowledge of the process – risk resides within the gaps.
The biggest source of risk for every start-up is hidden in the unknown, unseen steps that live within the process.
How Consultants Eliminate Risk
The role of the consultant is to bridge the gaps:
- Make the unseen steps seen.
- Define all tasks associated with the previously unseen steps.
- Empower the filmmaker with "best practices" to be used in pre-production, production and post production.
- Highlight value and strategize opportunities to leverage the resources that already exist.
- Point out the resource gaps and strategize a recruitment plan for needed resources.
- Eliminate as much risk as possible – before it becomes a problem.
The tricky part is, some gaps are known to the filmmaker and some are not.
To better appreciate this, let's look at the three boxes of knowledge. Here's an illustration.
Box 1 = What you know.
– I know what I need to do and I'm confident in my execution approach. If I have a problem along the way I know how to go about analyzing and fixing it.
Box 2 = What you know you don't know.
– I don't know with certainty what I'm going to do, but I know enough about the process that I can find the knowledge and discern helpful from bogus information.
Box 3 = What you don't know.
– I'm not even aware that there is more information I need, much less what that information is. I typically learn about this only after I am confronted by it as a problem that needs to be fixed.
The obvious risks reside in the "What I don't know, I don't know" box.
So, the first job of the consultant is to transform material from Box 2 into Box 1. That's the empowering part of the process I was talking about earlier.
Once the filmmaker becomes aware of something that must be addressed they're empowered. The "unknown" becomes a task that needs to be "cared for," before it becomes a problem.
The bigger the project, the bigger the "what you don't know you don't know box is. Helping a filmmaker see the steps that exist in Box 3 can be a very rewarding process.
Box 4 = What you thought you knew.
– I thought I knew with how this part of the process works, but later found out I was wrong.
Some of the most deadly risks reside here.
They're deadly because these mistakes often find their way into the final process or even the product. The over confident filmmaker learns about this so late in the process that it's ignored or fixed at an extremely high cost.
Transforming Box 4 into Box 1 can be the most important and most difficult part of the consultants job.
I've probably produced, directed and shot over a thousand projects, so I've got a ton of experience with project breakdown.
Most of what's in the "What you don't know you don't know" box, I've encountered numerous times. Some, I've overcome with the advice of mentors. Other's, I've learned about in books and still others, I unfortunately learned about only after they became a problem. Those I usually addressed early in the next project.
This stuff isn't rocket science, but it does take study. And if you want faster results it takes guidance.
I offer guidance. I offer guidance in numerous forms and at affordable rates. If you'd like to find out what these are please click one the "Work with Me" page.
A little advice in the early stages can go a long way to ensure a project's success.
Good luck with whatever path you decide pursue.
Best, John


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Sekure D x Kidorobot 5" Dunny Pink
Price: $30USD
The first ever 5" Dunny by Kidrobot and my first production toy collaboration. Very excited to finally unleash Codename Unknown into the world.
Release time is Friday May 14th at 9am Melbourne, Australia time.
This is the Kidrobot web exclusive Pink colorway
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Canadian band councillors making up to $1 million
Dozens of First Nations politicians earning more than PM
New figures made public by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show that 82 band chiefs and councillors from across the country earn more than the prime minister, who makes $317,574 annually, and 704 take in more than $100,000 a year, with one earning close to $1 million. The announcement comes three days ahead of a scheduled vote on a private member's bill outlining requirements for councillors and chiefs to report their earnings. The individual band chiefs and councillors aren't identified in the report, which contains data released by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, though it does reveal the populations of the bands in question. The million-dollar councillor, for instance, is from a community of 304 people. "One million a year for one person, that's obscene," said Nova Scotia NDP MP Peter Stoffer. "And I think the people on that reserve, and other First Nations people across the country, would be quite upset with that."


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Stonebwoy has won the Best International Act:Africa at the 2015 BET awards
Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy has won his debut nomination for Best International Act: Africa at the 2015 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
Stonebwoy was in a fierce competition with Ghana's Sarkodie, South African cool kid A.K.A, and Nigerian beauty Yemi Alade.
Many Ghanaian celebrities were present at the ceremony to support Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and MzVee. Stonebwoy won the Artist of the Year, Reggae/Dancehall song of the year and Reggae/ Dancehall artiste of the year at the 2015 Vodafone Music Awards.
Stonebwoy real name Livingstone Etse Sateklaa is the Chief Executive Officer of Burniton Music Group.
Livingstone has won dedicated fanbase in Ghana and out its borders, "Bhim Natives " through his submissiveness and good music.


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We are being sent one of these sets to review, both my boys are fans of dinosaurs and this set seems to have plenty for imaginative play. With a vehicle, a couple of dinosaurs, a cave man and a dinosaur egg to crack there is lots of scope for adventures and the two of them could use the set together quite happily, so I think its good value and another lovely prize to the list. WOW Toys look very sturdy and chunky, just right to be handled by youngsters.
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We are being sent one of these sets to review, both my boys are fans of dinosaurs and this set seems to have plenty for imaginative play. With a vehicle, a couple of dinosaurs, a cave man and a dinosaur egg to crack there is lots of scope for adventures and the two of them could use the set together quite happily, so I think its good value and another lovely prize to the list. WOW Toys look very sturdy and chunky, just right to be handled by youngsters.
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ASUS Introduces New Eee PC for Complete Mobile Internet Enjoyment
Majority of activities conducted on the laptops today are Internet related. Whether it's checking emails, reading news, communicating with others or simply utilizing online share spaces, Internet usage has become a big part of the daily computing operations – for both work and fun. To accommodate the increasing total Internet computing demands as well as growing number of users, both young and old, ASUS launches the revolutionary Eee PC to provide users with a new mobile Internet experience like never before.
This is a new line of PCs that focuses on providing users with the most comprehensive Internet application based on three Es: Easy to learn, work, play; Excellent Internet experience and Excellent mobile computing experience, and hence the product name of Eee PC.
Easy to Learn, Work and Play
Learn the latest technology without a technical manual! For easy hands-on, the Eee PC offers two modes of intuitive user interface design: the easy mode and the full desktop mode in order to accommodate both experienced and inexperienced PC users. The Eee PC is also Windows XP compatible.
Excellent Internet Experience
Built-in WLAN connectivity allows users to stay connected for dynamic Internet usage on the go. With the Eee PC empowers users to share photos without waiting till one gets home; connect face to face with just a few clicks; enjoy online entertainment live; stay on top of emails for high work efficiency and more!
Excellent Mobile Computing Experience
The 7" Eee PC 701 weighs at a featherlight 0.89 kg, with large flash-based storage capacity and built-in webcam for compact mobility with wireless freedom. The special solid-state disc design based on built-in flash-memory gives the Eee PC a great shock-proof advantage over traditional notebook PCs allowing extra flexibility and a worry free mobile computing experience.
EeePC 701 Specification:
- 7″ Display
- CPU & Chipset: Intel mobile CPU & chipset
- OS: Linux/ Microsoft Windows XP compatible
- Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem
- WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
- Graphic: Intel UMA
- Memory: 512MB, DDR2-400
- Storage: 4/ 8/ 16GB Flash
- Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
- Audio: Hi-Definition Audio CODEC; Built-in stereo speaker; Built-in microphone
- Battery Life: 3hrs (4 cells: 5200mAh, 2S2P)
- Dimension & Weight: 22.5 x 16.5 x 2.1~3.5cm, 0.89kg
About ASUS
ASUS is a leading provider of 3C total solutions (computing, communications, and consumer electronics). Its global revenue for 2006 was $17.4 billion U.S. dollars, up from $12 billion in 2005. The company has a global staff of more than 100,000, and its R&D design team is world-class. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week's InfoTech 100 for 9 straight years, and was ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal for best quality products in Taiwan.
Editor's Note: Word from the Computex show is that the Eee PC will retail around $300. If true, these portables are going to be a hot commodity when released.
UPDATE: Reuters confirms pricing: "The units would sell for $199-$299."
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I Can't Stand Sitting In The Sun
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 11 People
SickeningUnless it's pool side..no. I don't know how people do it. I drove by a girl sunning herself on the hood of her car. Seriously..like a slab of bacon. Besides being too hot, too fast, I get bored. I need a book, headset, big tumbler of water..I get up..go back...
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Bombing Cars is now online on www.vitalitygames.com. Drive in this dusty desert and collect as many bombs as you can in order to launch them on your opponents to get further so you ca win the race. Have fun!
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The Condition of Dogs Trailer (2001)
"short" 01 January 2001 Factual 6 mins
Shows a market where puppies are bought and sold. Several puppies are placed in a cloth bag, and they struggle to break free. One bites through the bag, pokes his head, and is observed in his triumph and then confusion.
Watch the official The Condition of Dogs 2001 trailer in HD below or find more The Condition of Dogs videos on Vidimovie.


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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Pacific Rim Hotel is a 3 star business and tourism hotel which is located in Shangri-La County. Charming scenery will bring you a new feeling here. The hotel is well decorated and suitable for your living. The hotel supplies you with 157 rooms with verity type rooms. The newspaper and the bottles of mineral water are free everyday. It will cost you CNY6.00 per hour to surf the internet in the guestroom. There are many modern facilities in the room, such as satellite TV, IDD, DDD, mini bar, writing desk and chair, a luxurious bathroom with bathtub and shower. 2 conference rooms are offered for holding the business meetings, the largest one can contain 200 persons. The hotel has a Chinese restaurant that provides you with the Sichuan style dishes and a western restaurant. The hotel has chess and KTV for you relaxing. The hotel warmly welcomes you with our good services.


text: 'The stories compiled in this book are part of the national narrative of the emergence of Australia as a nation. Descendants of Manilamen in Broome and Torres Strait tell us what it is like to be both Aboriginal and Filipino, one culture enriching the other. Contributors include; Kevin Puertollano, mitch torres, James Frederick Jahan, Miquel Castillon, Elsta Foy, Sally Bin Demin, Mary Manolis, Ellen Puertollano, Evelyn Masuda, Anthony Ozies, Magdalene Ybasco, Peter Sabatino, Lillian Elarde Majid, Mary-Rose Hampson, Josie Cowley, Camilla Sabatino, Mary Bin Juda, Patrick Mau, Regina Turner, Maria Sabatino and Josephine David-Petero. Debora Ruiz Wall and Christine Choo have made an important contribution to Australian history by documenting these stories.' (Publication summary)


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On this weeks episode of Digital Download we discuss the news of Tuesday May 30th, as well as ponder our thoughts about the relationship between EA and E3. As always you can find this on Youtube with the link below.
Digital Download Ep. 44 Is Master Chief Enough to Save Halo 6?
ON this episode of Digital Download we dive into all things, Halo 6, Nintendo 2DS, Atlus Streaming rights, and even some Harry Potter. Is Master Chief enough to save Halo 6, or do we need even more of a shake up after Halo 5 Guardians. Is a Nintendo 2DS necessary after the overwhelming success of the Switch? Has Atlus fixed the problems the backlash they received from trying to stifle… Read Article →
Digital Download Ep. 39 Is Emma Stone too Popular for Kojima?
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On this episode we discuss JonTron's racism and how that will impact parents' decision to filter certain YouTubers based on what they believe. Plus we dig deep into gaming journalism's care, or lack thereof, for Mass Effect: Andromeda. We had a special guest for this Podcast, Community Member Sam got to join Dan and Nick for this episode. So sit back and enjoy. And remember we are still hunting for… Read Article →
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On this episode of Digital Download we have Gamerations member Mike Rosenberg back on the panel! With this fully formed panel we discus potential concerns for the soon to be released Nintendo Switch console. We also dig into some heavy hitters to will be released in the coming weeks such as Horizon Zero Dawn, Breath of the Wild, and Nier Automata. At the end of this episode we have a… Read Article →
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On this week;s episode of Digital Download we discuss some games we can't get enough of, like NiOh and For Honor. As well as the reveal of a Castlevania TV series coming to Netflix, and E3 being open to the public for the first time ever.
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I was invited to give a presentation on "Effective Listening" for the teachers and volunteers at Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services last year. Wow! It was a fantastic experience. The lead person that I worked with was very professional, organized, and a pleasure to meet. The actual day-long training session, in which I was a part, was also well planned and skillfully carried out. The best part: The participants at the session were incredibly friendly, enthusiastic, and very dedicated to their work in assisting adults develop their literacy skills. Overall, a very positive experience!!
As a career counselor at a college, I have the privilege of helping my school's students find employment every day. Even for students who have a college degree or are working towards one, it can be difficult to find employment in the current job market. The challenge for individuals who don't have a high school diploma or who are not proficient in essential skills (math, reading, English language, etc.) is even greater. Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services makes it possible for low-income residents in our city to further their education and develop skills they need to secure employment.
I first became acquainted with Milwaukee Achiever a year ago, when the organization participated in the volunteer fair at the college at which I work. I was so impressed by the breadth of their programming and services that I began volunteering there, myself. Since then, I've worked with two adult learners: a young woman, who had a high school diploma, yet could not pass the math proficiency exam to get into a CNA training program at a local technical school; and a mother of two, who was hitting a glass ceiling at work without a high school diploma and some college-level training. The tutoring they've received at Milwaukee Achiever is making it possible for them to pursue career opportunities they might not otherwise be able to and to envision more for themselves and their families.
As a volunteer tutor, I've received support and training form the Milwaukee Achiever staff in the form of an initial orientation and tutor observation, learner progress reporting, and semi-annual tutor training events. You don't have to be a K-12 teacher to volunteer here; the staff provide you with educational materials and a study plan customized to the adult learner to which you're assigned.
At a time when so many people are unemployed/underemployed and companies report a skills gap in our local workforce, an organization like Milwaukee Achiever is essential to help our city's residents prepare for jobs of the 21st century. The staff can't do it alone, though. This organization relies on the help of volunteer tutors, and I'd encourage anyone with a passion for learning and 2 hours a week to contact a site coordinator (www.milwaukeeachiever.org/index.php/contacts).
Wonderful organization that is known for their committment to Milwaukee and to their adult learners. I'm honored to serve as a volunteer with Milwaukee Achiever!


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] In the sole vision of its director Jens Jonsson, Matias Varela leads the cast of this film of Sweden, with script in Swedish (available with subtitles), whose presentation to the public was scheduled for 2013. You can watch Snabba cash - Livet deluxe online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Swedish at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
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Runtime: 127 minutes
Matias Varela, Joel Kinnaman, Martin Wallström, Malin Buska, Dejan Cukic, Madeleine Martin, Cedomir Djordjevic, Sasa Petrovic, Mats Andersson, Pablo Leiva Wenger, Hugo Ruiz, Maja Kin, Hamdija Causevic, Igor Cantillana, Claudio Oyarzo and Victor Gadderus.
Drama, Thriller, Criminal.
127-minute film (full movie) directed by Jens Jonsson.
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It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Fredrik Wikström, Jens Jonsson, Maria Karlsson and Jens Lapidus.
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Lumière Home Entertainment, Nordisk Film, Film1 and Madman Entertainment.
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"Thump! A Kemari Tournament Filled with Hollows"
Episode Summary: The kamari game officially starts; the referees are the proprietors from the Urahara Shop, Jinta Hanakari and Ururu Tsumugiya. Kisuke Urahara himself oversees the proceedings, and set up a gigantic barrier around the play field to indicate the assigned area. The two teams, each with varying characters attempt to keep the ball away from each other in different, comical ways. Ikkaku Madarame joins in the game, while sparring with Ichigo under the impression that he was undergoing intensive training. Then a hollow appears on the field, drawn by everyone's spiritual pressure. With the help of Ichigo, Chad and Uryū, the hollow is quickly dispatched; the game ends because Lurichiyo's team dropped the ball. Before she can lament about going back to her world, Shū Kannogi enters the human world and shows Lurichiyo that her idea about a kemari tournament in the Soul Society was not such a bad idea in the eyes of the commoners after all. Satisfied at this, Lurichiyo returns to the Soul Society.


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Norman Conquest of England of 1066 added many new elements to the already vibrant culture. Among these were thousands of new names. The Peret name is derived from the name Peter. This name was a baptismal name that was originally derived from the French name Pierre and was a diminutive of the name Parrot, which means little Peter. Baptismal names began to appear as surnames relatively late in the growth of the naming tradition. This is a little surprising, given the popularity of biblical figures in the Christian countries of Europe. Nevertheless, surnames derived from baptismal names grew in popularity during the Middle Ages, and have become one of the foremost sources for surnames. The name Peret is also a nickname type of surname for someone who likes to talk or chat like a parrot.
Peret Early Origins
Pembrokeshire where they were granted the lands of Ystington, Haroldston, and Carew Castle in that shire by King William for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Sir Stephen Perrott married Helen, the daughter of Marchion Ap Rice, Prince of South Wales at the beginning of the 12th century. Thorp Perrot Hall is a large 18th-century country house standing in an estate on the northern edge of Snape village.
North Perrot(t) is a parish, in the union of Yeovil, hundred of Houndsborough, Berwick, and Coker, W. division of Somerset and South Perrot(t) is a parish, in the union of Beaminster, hundred of Beaminster-Forum, and Redhone, Bridport division of Dorset. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Peret Spelling Variations
Peret Spelling Variations
A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Perrot, Parrott, Parrot, Perrott, Perot, Perott, Perrett and many more.
Peret Early History
Peret Early History
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Peret research. Another 214 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1583, 1571, 1636, 1597, 1604, 1622, 1626, 1629, 1601, 1608, 1611, 1617, 1683, 1659, 1679, 1617, 1683, 1677, 1679, 1659, 1528, 1592 and 1579 are included under the topic Early Peret History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Peret Early Notables (pre 1700)
Peret Early Notables (pre 1700)
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Sir Stephen Perrot, ancient scion of the family; Sir James Perrot (1571-1636), a Welsh writer and politician, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest in 1597, (1604-1622) and (1626-1629), Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire (1601-1608); Sir Thomas Perrott, 1st...
Another 44 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Peret Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Peret In Ireland
Peret In Ireland
Some of the Peret family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 150 words (11 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The Great Migration
The Great Migration
Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Peret or a variant listed above:
Peret Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Peret Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Amo ut invenio
Motto Translation: I love as I find
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The Peret Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Peret Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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Shirley M. Gooch, 64, of 1431 Dee Kennedy Road, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001.
A native of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Gooch was a daughter of the late Morris Berman Sr. and Margaret Koch, and was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Gooch. She was retired from AA Electric and was of the Catholic faith.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Wise-Connolly Funeral Home, Winder. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Ed McCann; a son, Thomas Gooch, Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Helen Holder, Baltimore, Md.; a brother, Morris Berman Jr., Baltimore, Md.; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
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Selective Immigration Policies: Point System versus Auction Model
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Jesuits called to lead new evangelisation of Europe
The President of the Conference of European Jesuit Provincials (CEP) has called on Jesuits to be at the forefront of the evangelisation of Europe in the third millennium. Speaking at the opening of the 9th CEP General Assembly in Czestochowa, Poland, on Sunday, Mark Rotsaert SJ said: "One of our most important concerns has to be the future of Christian belief in the Europe of today and tomorrow. It is a challenge to look for a new understanding of faith and culture and of the relationship between them." Forty-five Jesuit Provincials, including David Smolira SJ from Britain, are attending the General Assembly at which items on the agenda include the Jesuits' new "task force" on the Movement of Peoples, the presentation of a new education project for Kosovo, and participation at the World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne. The CEP President told delegates: "Christian faith leads to a world where justice is a high priority. More and more countries in Europe are confronted with the problem of migration. It is one of the preferential apostolic concerns in the Society of Jesus." Fr Rotsaert also looked forward to the "historical event" of 1 May 2004, when eight new member states of Central and Eastern Europe, together with two states of Southern Europe, will join the European Union. "We can be proud as Jesuits that from the very beginning of the CEP there was no division between Provinces who belonged to the European Union and others who did not. This does not mean that there are no differences between us, but we will continue to foster in our midst a unity in diversity," he said. Source: Jesuit Communications Office, London


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The current state of the television industry can be compared to the idiom, "Is the glass half empty or half full? The pessimistic view is that the end is nigh and television is on a steady decline with internet technology as its biggest threat. But there are many who take the optimistic "glass half full" approach and are looking for opportunities for television online.
Television's once unassailable mass media dominance has been significantly reduced in recent years as networks have been squeezed by falling rates and the fragmentation their once loyal audiences.
Viewers can now choose between a growing number of digital channels, subscription TV and internet downloads of their favourite programs. They can skip the ads using personal video recorders like FoxtelIQ and TiVo, or once gain by downloading the programs.
And that's not to mention the multitude of other devices competing for viewers attention, especially as new generations are being raised glued to mobile devices and 2 minute videos on YouTube.
The sun has set on television's glory years and many in the industry lament its steady demise. These are dire times.
Or are they?
The other view is that we could be entering a new period of opportunity for the television industry, especially by getting into bed with one of the industries main threats….the Internet.
Increasingly, we will see more sport broadcast live online. Already in the USA ESPN broadcasts thousands of hours of live sport online via their ESPN360 service. They consider it a full-fledged TV network that is delivered through the Internet. ESPN360 is covering 3500 live events this year and have more than 25 rights deals with various sports.
ESPN's philosophy is that people want to watch sport wherever they are. Rather than limiting consumers to television, ESPN believe in "best-available screens", providing viewers with more options. Its working, because ESPN360 no has 24 million subscribers.
The Indian Premier League cricket tournament is doing an agreement with YouTube that will see the event available to billions around the globe.
Here in Australia we are beginning to see the industry exploring these new opportunities.
ABC has enjoyed solid success with their iView offering, allowing viewers to catch up on key programs. By the end of 2009 the fledgling iView service had racked up some interesting statistics.
ABC iView had more than 6m views between April and November 2009, with an average of about 600,000 visits to iView per month. In November, there were 286,000 visitors and 1.054 million visits to ABC iView. And video downloads of ABC content had amounted to 7 million.
Hybrid Television Services is a new division of the Seven Network. Their aim is to create new distribution and advertising strategies for Seven to continue earning revenue by filling the screens in Australia's homes.
Hybrid has been using a system called Content and Services Platform Asia (CASPA) to organise video content into genres and then deliver via TiVo. The viewer selects the program they want then can choose to pay for it themselves or have it "paid for" by a relevant sponsor. If it is sponsor "funded" then the viewer accepts advertising at the start and end of the program.
Sponsors also have the potential to create their own programming, Ie cooking lessons by a food manufacturer or retailer, that the viewer can then choose as the relationship moves broadcasting to a more direct relationship.
Hybrid see potential in moving into other mobile and gaming devices with this technology as they can deliver CASPA to any internet connected device, beyond Australia and into Asia.
Elsewhere, former executives and broadcast talent are seeing potential in servicing the fragmented niches.
evoTV is a new internet-based station, run by former TV executives, aimed at time poor business professionals "Where business and finance meets reality TV, branded content and entertainment". They deliver high quality business content in close consultation with the community of viewer they serve. Furthermore, this online station is already profitable.
Increasingly it seems that many in the television industry are seeing the internet as their potential salvation rather than the enemy. As IPTV moves towards reality in Australia we should see the industry embracing innovative new ways to deliver content, marketing messages and engage audiences…wherever they may be.
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- By and large, deployment has few long-term effects on military families. Tweet This
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The U.S. military has sent an astonishing 2.7 million service members to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. While the conflicts have long since faded from the headlines, service members and their families may continue to feel the effects of deployment after it has ended, and not only when a veteran returns with a permanent physical disability or severe psychological trauma.
Yet a large study recently published by the RAND Corporation finds that by and large, military families experiencing deployment return to their pre-deployment levels of family well-being after they are reunited. That conclusion is somewhat surprising in light of prior research linking deployment to problems like a higher risk of divorce and negative behavior among children.
Methodological differences between earlier work and the new Deployment Life Study (DLS) suggest that the findings of the latter may be more accurate. For instance, the DLS research team—led by Terri Tanielian, Benjamin Karney, and Sarah Meadows—surveyed close to 3,000 married couples in different branches of the military, and it measured their outcomes every four months over the course of three years. Not only service members but also their spouses and sometimes a child (if there one in the household between ages 11 and 17) responded to questions separately. Though all participating service members were eligible for deployment within six to 12 months of the baseline interview, some were not deployed at all during the three-year research period, which provided a well-matched comparison group for the families who did experience deployment.
To say that deployment may have fewer long-term effects than generally believed is not to say that the experience is easy. While service members were deployed, they were more likely to show symptoms of depression, and their spouses suffered elevated symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Presumably due to the stress of solo parenting, spouses also exhibited a decline in parenting satisfaction over the deployment cycle.
Many couples returned to their baseline mental status after deployment ended; indeed, the study "found no overall significant effect of deployment on persistent psychological or behavioral health outcomes for service members or spouses." But when veterans had experienced some form of trauma during deployment, their post-deployment levels of depression, PTSD, and anxiety symptoms remained higher. Similarly, when a service member suffered a physical injury during deployment, spouses displayed lasting increases in these symptoms of mental illness and in rates of binge drinking.
In contrast with overall mental health, marital satisfaction declined significantly over the three-year study among both couples who went through a deployment and those who did not. (As negative as that sounds, it's not out of line with research on the general American population: couples tend to report the greatest happiness in the first years of marriage.) Divorce and separation among respondents were too rare to be analyzed with confidence. More frequent couple communication during deployment was linked to higher marital satisfaction post-deployment among non-deployed spouses, even once couples' baseline traits were controlled for.
By most measures, children and teens were not significantly affected by deployment on average, either. The exceptions were that in families who experienced deployment, children under 11 showed (according to their non-deployed parent) worse emotional conduct, more peer problems, and greater need for mental health services than their counterparts in non-deployed families. Though older children and teens in deployed families did not display more behavioral problems, they reported poorer family cohesion and lower relationship quality with their non-deployed parent than teens in non-deployed families. Teens in families experiencing deployment also reported a drop in relationship quality with their deployed parent once the parent had returned.
There were a few domains in which deployment was actually linked to positive outcomes. Members of the military actually report better family environments and greater parenting satisfaction during deployment than before or after—"possibly," the researchers note, "because they are removed from the day-to-day challenges associated with family life." Financial distress decreased during deployment in the view of both deployed and non-deployed spouses.
Despite its methodological strengths, the Deployment Life Study does have a few shortcomings. The authors emphasize that because data collection began in 2012, years after the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of the married couples eligible for the study had already experienced at least one deployment. Couples who found their first deployment particularly difficult could have divorced or left the military by the time the study was launched, meaning the study's sample may have been disproportionately made up of more resilient families. In addition, levels of military conflict were winding down during the study period, so deployments were shorter and rates of injury and death among service members were lower than they were several years before. First-time deployments, lengthy deployments, and deployments in more dangerous conditions may put more stress on families than the average deployment captured in this study.
Even taking this into consideration, the authors were pleasantly surprised by their findings. As Sarah Meadows told the Military Times earlier this month, "Everyone was surprised we didn't find more negative consequences of deployment. We thought we'd find a lot of negative impacts." Veterans still face an uphill battle when it comes to employment and mental health, but it's encouraging to learn that many military families get through deployment just fine.