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AIM Wins Five Folio Awards
Active Interest Media Wins Five Folio Awards
El Segundo, CA (September 25, 2007) - Active Interest Media, Inc. (www.aimmedia.com; AIM) has won five Folio Awards in recognition of editorial and online excellence, winning in every category for which the company was nominated:
* Yoga Journal Magazine (www.yogajournal.com), won the Silver in the "Best Full Issue" in the Consumer: Health/Fitness category. The magazine has previously won four Folio Awards for "Best Health and Fitness Magazine" in the country as well as the top award for "Best Consumer Publication."
* Backpacker Magazine (www.backpacker.com), won the Bronze for "Best Full Issue" in the Consumer: Enthusiast category, and the Gold for the "Online: Best Tool" category. AIM acquired Backpacker from Rodale in May 2007.
* Vegetarian Times (www.vegetariantimes.com), won the Bronze for "Best Full Issue," Consumer: Epicurean category.
* Wild Oats Magazine won the Bronze for "Best Full Issue," Custom Publication (6x-plus/year) category.
"We are honored to win these five Folio Awards," says Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III, CEO of AIM. "Our mission is to publish the finest consumer enthusiast publications, both in print and on the web. We are thrilled that the Folio Awards have recognized this achievement."
Yoga Journal, Backpacker, Vegetarian Times and Wild Oats are part of AIM's Healthy Living Group, whose magazines and websites are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of its readers through healthy eating and fitness.
More than 3,000 entries were submitted. A full list of nominees can be found at http://www.foliomag.com/
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AIM operates four divisions: Healthy Living, Marine, Homebuyer, and Western Art and Living. The company publishes 13 market-leading magazines and websites, including Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Backpacker, Better Nutrition, Optimum Wellness, Wild Oats, Southwest Art, American Cowboy, Log Home Design, Log Home Living, Timber Home Living, Building Systems, Black Belt, and Yachts International magazines.
In addition to magazines, AIM produces and markets category-leading DVDs, books, yoga conferences, log-home shows, and more than 24 building seminars.
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Aims The Summer School 2005 of Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, the third one on Engendering Economic Policies in a Globalising World, focused on the WTO-Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), on the progressive liberalisation in the agricultural sector and the globalisation of free trade in food. Women are specially affected by agricultural politics as small-scale farmers, as workers on fields, in food production and the trade chain, as consumers, and providers of care and nutrition in private households. The multilateral Agreement on Agriculture has been one of the most controversial issues within the WTO, and it will be once again a highly contested area at the forthcoming WTO-Ministerial-meeting in December 2005 in Hong Kong.
The Summer School 2005 aimed at building capacities with regard to macro-economic policies in the field of agriculture and wanted to demystify the pretended gender neutrality of trade agreements, liberalisation processes, and the WTO-regime. It analysed the linkages between macro-economic policies and micro-economic structures, in particular womens livelihoods using concepts and tools of feminist economics.
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Background Economic policies are no longer made within national contexts. Globalisation implies that financial, monetary and trade policies are shaped and increasingly formulated in international institutions (World Trade Organisation, International Monetary Fund, World Bank) with far-reaching consequences for regional and local governments and for civil society. The neoliberal forms of globalisation invoke new governance mechanisms that have differential impacts across the social spectrum, i.e., relative to class formation as well as gender relations. Partly at issue therefore is the degree to which the competitive pressures of the new global market order tend to fragment human communities, increase social inequality and intensify human insecurities.
Globalisation has impacted upon gender relations in complex and contradictory ways, and gender inequalities are fundamentally shaping the global political economy. The world market is based on an increasing international division of labour, but as well on the the gendered division of labour. Women are specifically affected by economic and other crisis situations, since they are the main care providers in the households and communities while they lack livelihood rights, and the gender bias in the allocation of resources persists. The liberalisation of trade relations has also increased the feminisation of the labour force, such that more women are income earners but at the same time more jobs are precarious, informal and without social protection.
Women have been active in campaigning for global economic justice and gender equality. They have taken the initiative in exploring theoretically and empirically new ways of engendering macroeconomic and international trade policies, and have analysed the implications for specific macroeconomic policy questions within democratic governance frameworks. A large gap continues to exist between government commitments of the Beijing Platform of Action, which was ratified by 189 governments at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, and the silencing of gender issues in the agendas of the WTO and IMF.
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Focus on Agricultural Politics Since the beginning of negotiations on a multilateral Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) in 1994, it has been one of the most controversial issues in the WTO-regime. The main objective of the agreement is to liberalise agricultural markets and to establish mechanisms which reduce and phase out various trade distortions. Additionally, the Doha Declaration addresses non-trade concerns and states to aim at enabling the developing countries to effectively take account of their development needs, including food security and rural development. The basic assumption is that intensification of global trade will ensure food security all over the world, and will result in global efficiency and welfare gains.
However, contrary to the articulated intention to balance needs and interests of agriculture-based and industry-based, of import- and export-oriented countries, and provide Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) for developing countries, inequities and distortions in trade persist: OECD countries continued their high levels of protection and maintained high tariffs, in the wake of a protective farm bill, the USA increased subsidies substantially, while developing countries were forced to reduce tariffs and remove their import restrictions. The globalisation of agriculture and food systems is directed towards industrialised export production which normally externalises social and ecological costs and enhances the expansion of transnational corporations. Exactly, this system has failed to feed the world, and to globalise food security. End of 2003, the FAO had to state that hunger is on the increase again. Critics blame the AoA to be a root cause of this problem instead of being the solution.
It is obvious that trade liberalisation has different impacts on different agricultural economies, on different social groups of farmers within economies, and on gender. Due to the gender specific division of labour in agriculture and a strong male bias in the control and allocation of resources within the households, women and men are differently affected by trade liberalisation. Liberalisation tends to benefit large-scale farmers, commercial producers, trade corporations, and sometimes medium farmers. At the same time, trade distortions by the industrialised countries such as export subsidies and dumping of food crops in the south have the most adverse impact on small-scale farmers in the south, and on the livelihoods of women farmers. It is women farmers who lack resource rights, in particular rights to land and water, as well as access to credit, agricultural extension services and technology. Their production for subsistence and local markets gets undermined by the export oriented structural adjustment programmes and outcompeted by trade liberalisation. These gender inequalities influence the agricultural productivity, trade performance as well as food security in different countries. Macro-economic structures and policies have an effect on micro-economic conditions and gendered resource rights, labour and livelihoods, and vice versa.
The negotiations on agriculture are considered to be the key to the conclusion of the Doha Round. At the 5th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Cancun in September 2003, the denial of Northern countries to reduce their export subsidies and their domestic support was the main reason for the collapse of the negotiations. At the package negotiations in Geneva in July 2004, which the WTO praised to be a win-win-game, countries of the North made some vague promises on agricultural reform in exchange for the opening of markets in developing countries for manufactured goods and service companies from abroad. Accordingly, commitments on Special and Differential Treatment for developing countries were unsatisfactory. Agriculture, food security and ultimately the right to food become part of a trade off within the WTO regime. The AoA is far and away from referring to the right to food as normative principle, and from setting up a regulatory regime for the sake of sustainable, environmentally sound agriculture and fair trade. The equitable balancing of needs and interests is still pending in the post-Doha round of the WTO, the promise of development largely disregarded. At the same time, a differentiation of interests among countries of the South can be observed which lead to new political alliances and power formations.
Critics from civil society and peasant organisations demand to take agriculture out of the WTO regime. Due to its focus on free trade at all costs, WTO seems to be not in a position to provide the appropriate mechanisms and regulations to ensure food security. They advocate for the establishment of an alternative system of agricultural production and distribution which should be based on food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, and fair trade.
Regarding gender and food security, presently discourses move into two directions: - A womens-rights-oriented, gender mainstreaming perspective explores ways to make trade liberalisation in the agricultural sector work in favour of women and to engender the WTO regime and agreements,- a food-rights-oriented perspective explores ways to change the global system of agricultural production and trade in a way that it doesnt undermine feminised agricultural systems and food sovereignty.The challenge is to intertwine trade justice and gender justice in a comprehensive concept of sustainable agriculture and fair trade, food sovereignty and womens livelihoods. Urgently needed is more analysis of the gender impact in different world regions and the conceptualisation of gender strategies as input to the national and global negotiations of the AoA. The Summer School intends to develop recommendations from a gender perspective, hoping that these could be submitted to the negotiating bodies of the national governments as well as directly to the WTO.
Objectives of the Summer School 2005 on Agriculture
1) Capacity building on free trade in agriculture and food, on power relations within the WTO-regime, and the progressive liberalisation of the agricultural sector from a gender perspective, 2) Understanding of linkages between macro-economic and micro-economic systems, between multilateral agreements on agriculture, national policies and the livelihoods, labour and resource rights of women, with the help of feminist economic concepts,3) Reflections towards a feminist concept which links sustainable agriculture, fair trade and gender justice and towards an alternative to the neoliberal logic of the world market of food, and the export- and industry-led model of agricultural production and food security, thinking beyond the WTO-Regime,4) Enhancing alliances and networking between HBF-partners, feminist economists, experts, like-minded policy makers, and grassroot activists in their struggle for food security and gender democracy,5) Bridging the gap between economic theory and political practice with regard to macro-economics and trade, as well as regarding gender justice and gender democracy, coordination of strategies directed at the global, national and local level.
Programme The programme consisted of lectures (some of them open to the public) and workshops, one field trip and a visit to the German Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Agriculture, and Food. The lectures provided a general introduction in the AoA within the neoliberal governance regime of the WTO, an analysis of linkages between macro- and micro-economics, and womens role in the globalised agricultural and food systems.
The purpose of the workshops was to exchange information on ongoing liberalisation of the agricultural markets in various regions of the world, and share experiences about successful political campaigns and interventions. They provided the space to the participants to assess and connect their knowledge on agricultural policies in their respective countries as well as their attempts to revisit the concept of food security and their political strategies. This aimed at encouraging the participants to network on the various topics in future.
The Summer School 2005 took place from September 1-7 with around 55 participants from different regions of the world.
Participation Summer School 2005
Participants were expected to come from different regions of the world, with different political and academic background, and various work experiences, from NGOs, universities, or public institutions. Interested participants, women and men, were selected according to geographic regions and some prior knowledge of trade and financial global issues, agricultural politics, and gender dimensions. Conference language was English.
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Contact: Heinrich Böll FoundationIngrid SpillerRosenthaler Str. 40/4110178 BerlinGermanyFax: 0049 30 28534-5302 e-mail: email@example.com
In cooperation with: HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN - AGRICULTURAL-HORTICULTURAL FACULTY - CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN RURAL - DEVELOPMENT (SLE)
Heinrich Böll Foundation The Heinrich Böll Foundation, affiliated with the Green Party and headquartered in the heart of Berlin, is a legally independent political foundation working in the spirit of intellectual openess. It was founded in 1997 by uniting the three foundations Buntstift (Göttingen), Frauen-Anstiftung (Hamburg), and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Cologne). The Foundations primary objective is to support political education both within Germany and abroad, thus promoting democratic involvement, socio-political activism, and cross cultural understanding. The Foundation also provides support for art and culture, science, research, and developmental co-operation. Its activities are guided by the fundamental political valuesof ecology, democracy, and non-violence.In 2003, the Foundation started a programme on globalisation and gender with the aim to engender economic policies. The Summer Schools are one important element of this programme. The first one in Summer 2003 in Berlin was focusing on GATS, the second (regional) one took place in October 2004 in Johannesburg and was on the international trade regime, the third one on agriculture will be organised in September 2005 in Berlin.
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Tag Archives: Tim Scott
The Don Lee Special
A striking image by Tim Scott of Fluid Images, showing the Don Lee Special Alfa Romeo P3, on the Pebble Beach tour in 2010, the year that the Alfa Romeo was the featured marque.
This car reportedly joined the Ferrari-run Alfa team in 1934 and later was sold to Count De Villapadierni from Spain. The car ran in the Indianapolis 500 twice pre-war and was acquired by Don Lee and prepared and run again in the 1946 -1947 Indy 500 events driven by Hal Cole. You can look back on an earlier photo here of the P3 Alfa ready to get loaded on a plane for the trip to Indy in 1947 with Don Lee's W154 Mercedes. Photo courtesy of Tim Scott
Tim Scott – Fluid Images
We are extremely pleased to be able to introduce yet another very talented photographer this week. Tim Scott of Fluid Images in the UK is joining us and we will be sharing his photography here on the pages of The Old Motor and also on the new art and photo gallery we are constructing. Tim also operates the Fluid Images site were you can purchase his work, or your own mounted and ready to place on your wall. We hope you enjoy his photograph of this very attractive P3 Alfa Romeo.


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As it has recently found its way into our Bloody Elbow news cycle I thought I'd take a minute to show this recent interview with Kris Iatskevich talking about the history of Catch Wrestling and how it relates to the history of MMA. It's a well put together conversation on the roots of a sport that is so heavily intertwined with what we now call mixed martial arts and yet entirely separate.
Here's an excerpt from Kris, talking about the similarities between the classic Catch matches and MMA:
They were going in there expecting to do a wrestling match. But a lot of the time they were drinking, expecting to prove something...
They were expecting to do a wrestling match and then out of nowhere somebody would hit them and they would just go out into an all out brawl. So they had to expect anything and everything.
Well there was a lot of mixed matches back then. Wrestler against boxer, that was very popular at the time. And there were also a lot of performers at the carnivals who were doing both wrestling and boxing. MMA is not a new concept, if you want.
It's good to see people driving their instruction of the art through a passion for its history and its connections to current martial arts culture. Catch can and should have a real home in the martial arts world, but it will take the dedication of people invested in its past as well as its future to give it one. There are a couple of Catch Wrestling tournaments coming up, so if you can check them out. NACWA Liberty Classic & the 10th annual ISWA Catch Wrestling Tournament.
More from Bloody Elbow:
- UFC 163: Champ Jose Aldo hospitalized post-fight with broken foot and kidney stones
- Ronda Rousey goes off on Miesha Tate and Bryan Caraway in Google Hangout
- Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson set as UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Munoz co-main event
- After 2012 death of UFC backed SOPA, Obama administration still looking to make online streaming a felony
- How's Taste My Tweet Tweet? Don't talk about Jon Jones' soul, broken hands, and car thieves


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Marcy, N.Y. -- A 64-year-old Oneida County woman has been accused of raping a 14-year-old boy, Major Rodney Campbell of the New York State Police said Thursday.
Mary Ann Acee, of 4827 Stop 7 Road in the town of Westmoreland, was charged with one count of second-degree rape. She had sex with the boy last summer, state troopers said.
Acee has been arrested and sent to jail. She is being held on $20,000 bail.
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Buy Your Own Quantum Computer for $10 Million
No, it cannot play Crysis.
A Canadian company in Burnaby, BC is now selling a quantum computer that you can buy for your lab, or even your home if you have the resources and needs of Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark.
D-Wave Systems is offering the D-Wave One as the first commercial quantum computing system available on market. Dr. Geordie Rose, CTO of D-Wave, explained a bit about the D-Wave One's function in a blog post.
"The processor in the D-Wave One – codenamed Rainier – is designed to perform a single mathematical operation called discrete optimization. It is a special purpose processor," Rose wrote. "Rainier solves optimization problems using quantum annealing (QA), which is a class of problem solving approaches that use quantum effects to help get better solutions, faster."
The D-Wave One 129-qubit processor is only meant to tackle optimization problems. The other part of programs still runs on conventional systems.
Rose gave the simplified example of "supervised machine learning" for binary classification, such as yes or no. For example, an algorithm could train a binary classifier to return a response to an input of a first name of whether it is more likely to be a male or female name.
Obviously quantum computing has far greater reaches than just name classification, but artificial intelligence is one of the fields where the technology is going.
D-Wave's website for the machine is devoid of much info, but those who know they need it will know what it's all about. The only sticking point might be price, which Engadget was told is around $10 million. Yowza.
4rantoc , May 20, 2011 11:15 AMAsk this one if humans are needed, if the answer is no you have Skynet and are in the real world if the answer is yes - take the blue pill!
Let me just pull out my quantum wallet...
1cmartin011 , May 20, 2011 11:33 AMAWESOME! small problem is the interesting only form of computation it does
1demonhorde665 , May 20, 2011 12:06 PMMister TwoYeah, but can it play Crysis?
no no no , who cares about crysis now , crysis 2 is how can it paly that ????
jokes a side this joke is liek an 80 year old crack whore, used, abused, Thrown away a few decades ago
stop with the crysis jokes
-5nebun , May 20, 2011 12:12 PMso what can this computer do that my computer can't??? just use some CUDA computing...much faster at the same time
6carlhenry , May 20, 2011 12:16 PMQuote:Yeah, but can it play Crysis?
no. and you can't read either.
2Anonymous , May 20, 2011 12:33 PMGive this about 5-6 years and it'll be sitting on the shelves at Fry's or Microcenter for about $200.00...
4lewbaseball07 , May 20, 2011 12:35 PMI think I just shot a quantum load...
0vrikkgwj , May 20, 2011 12:41 PMdemonhorde665no no no , who cares about crysis now , crysis 2 is how can it paly that ???? jokes a side this joke is liek an 80 year old crack whore, used, abused, Thrown away a few decades ago stop with the crysis jokes
While we are at it, learn spelling. Or "Spell Check".
4jgiron , May 20, 2011 12:54 PMthat's nothing compared to my flux capacitor
3JohnnyLucky , May 20, 2011 1:30 PMThere are an awful lot of zeroes after the 1.
1NuclearShadow , May 20, 2011 1:35 PMTen million dollars? Sure let me just get out my checkbook.
2randomizer , May 20, 2011 1:35 PMI have 3 on order.
7marraco , May 20, 2011 1:41 PMWhere is the tomshardware review?
2igot1forya , May 20, 2011 1:47 PMWhat the hell is "$10 Milion"? Is that anything like $10 Million?
1alchemy69 , May 20, 2011 1:56 PMThat's not a true quantum computer. That's sticking the word 'quantum' on regular silicon to charge a premium price.
1Anonymous , May 20, 2011 2:04 PMThat's like free to Goldman Sachs considering they would round 10 million down to zero.
0hoofhearted , May 20, 2011 2:10 PMGive me one that does Shor's algorithm so I can start my own wikileaks and it will pay for itself
0drwho1 , May 20, 2011 2:38 PMtheir logo is nice, but I wouldn't give them 10 millions for their logo on a black box.
Now if they are willing to send me one of this "quantum" systems for "inspection"....
0lamorpa , May 20, 2011 2:54 PMHow big is a Milion (Mylion?) Is it a personal (my) numbering system? Interesting.


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Several years ago I took my first class from you. You changed my life! I began to grow bolder in my exploration of fabrics and all the wonderful things that can be done. You gave me permission to "sew outside the lines" and do whatever I wanted. I continued taking classes from you whenever you came to town, subscribed to Cloth, Paper, Scissors and bought your books. You are my Muse and I thank you every time I play with photos, fabrics, etc. All my friends and acquaintances "know" you through my works!
Elaine Stephens
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your workshop! I learned so much, met so many wonderful and talented people AND realized a lesson that I have been struggling with for a while - being true to myself! I've decided that from now on, my time will be spent creating my own art. More people need to take your workshops! Hope to see you at another event in the future!
Lauren Sgranfetto
My husband said I came home with a glow from your class and suggested I do the whole week next year! I'm looking forward to it. It was nice meeting you. You taught me a lot.
Cynthia F
I had a great time and learned so much. I have orders into a lot of places and I'm anxiously waiting to start experimenting with the materials. It was a grand experience. You are a wonderful teacher with a very kind and supportive spirit.
You gave me a lot of food for thought and I needed that. I was able to question why I haven't been finishing things I need and want to finish. I'm grateful to have people put into my life who make me aware of and confront my fears.
Thank you for everything. I certainly hope to see you again.
Janice Castiglione
This was an exceptional class. Lesley is a gifted teacher with considerable expertise. The class was very well organized, her technique and tips were wonderful, her demonstrations were clear and inspirational. Best of all, Lesley has a lovely way of being with people. She is open and warm, supportive and encouraging; the studio feels very comfortable under her care. A delightful sense of humor keeps things lively, too. There is a beautiful spirit which Lesley brings to her teaching, a kind of grace with which she hold the entire process....and it is as rare as it is valuable.
It is thanks to people like yourself who unselfishly pass on the benefits of your experience to the rest of us that may never do anything fantastic, but have a heck of a lot of fun trying --- and how good it is!!!!! I love your book.
Lois Wadsworth
In 2005 Lesley rocked my world when it came to creating stitched art. She made it simple. She used luxe fabrics and "crooked" stitches, and she dared to call it "quilted." For me, Lesley redefined quilting, broke open the mold and let the inmates out of the asylum! (Put another way, Lesley was one of the influential stitchers in my life who helped to make sewing fun again.)
Debbie Bates
I am still feeling the wonderful aliveness from the class.... I learned so much and I am excited about exploring the new path I found. Thank you for all that you shared with us!
Robin Brandes
I wanted you to know what a wonderful time I had playing around with all the new materials and new techniques that we learned. Thank you so much, Lesley, for a great class. I can't imagine better. I also wanted to echo someone else's comment and thank you all for creating a wonderful supportive environment.
Lori Zimmerman
A big thank you to you as my first and best instructor for fabric art. I remember sitting in class at one of my first Art & Soul adventures. I sat in the back of the class hoping I would go pretty much unnoticed. However, with your easy-going style, I was soon caught up in the whole concept. Having been taught that you never have raw edges etc, I loved hearing about breaking some of those rules...or all of them for that matter!
Ruth Krening
I just wanted to thank you again for the half-day workshop with the Springfield QU group. I had a blast! I'm a dyer, and never considered using paint as an alternative to coloring whole cloth in certain situations. Lots easier, less mess, and more controllable.
I know that I will be using both of the transfer techniques you showed us in all kinds of projects for years to come. Who knew it was so easy? And so much of a different look than just printing on fabric? I love it. So thanks for an afternoon of fun and learning and stretching a little. I got a lot out of it, and I'm so glad to have had the opportunity.
Barb Sherwood
Lesley is one of the most wonderful teachers I've ever had & a kind and generous friend as well - everyone needs to take a Lesley Riley class AND read her books/watch her many videos! Money very well spent for mixed media/fabric artists! BTW, this is an unsolicited testimonial!!
De Crow
I just wanted to thank you for sharing the creativity, wisdom, and insight during class last week.
nne Quinlan
I wanted to email you and thank you for a wonderful class on Thursday at Houston. You taught me to use a lot of products that are in the books without having to buy them and then find that I wouldn't enjoy them. However, I did enjoy using all of them and walked through all the vendors to make sure I took some of all of them home with me. You are an excellent teacher and I look forward to continue learning through Cloth Paper Scissors and Quilting Arts.
Brenda Wall
Thank you for creating such a calm sharing class on Tuesday at the Festival. I really appreciated how you helped people when they needed help, but let them get on with it when they wanted to get on.
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Last night he VGA aired on Spike, and has become a nice event between E3 for studios to release new trailers. I am covering a few of the "Best" ones. Either because they were very nice to look at, or a premiere trailer to a game I didn't know about. There are other interesting ones of course like :
Original Tony Hawk Remake (Didn't know people were crying for this). Amazing Spider Man (Which has nothing to do with new movie?). Alan Wake sequel (Very underrated game). Bioshock Infinite (Looks awesome… but nothing new to this Trailer). Mass Effect 3 (Is this even an RPG anymore?).
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance wins the award for most fucking outrageous trailer. I want people to watch it, and linking it here… but it is not deserving of the "Best of" category that will go below. Revenge with a Vengeance? What the hell does that even mean? Produced by Kojima studios… obviously not made by them.
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Our friends over at RockyTopTalk.com took the time to preview the 2013 Tennessee Volunteers with us on the latest installment of our 2013 SEC Preview.
How did Seattle do with their many picks, despite not having a first rounder?
With less than two weeks until Aprils NFL draft here's who I think the Broncos may target. No Tank Carradine this time. Only because he'll be taken before we pick.
The 49ers have a bounty of draft picks this year, and use them to beef up the secondary in SB Nation's three-round mock draft.
Is Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet a fit for the New York Giants? Jesse Bartolis examines that question in today's prospect profile.
We unveil our All-Underrated Team, continuing with the running backs.
In his senior season, Christine Michael tallied 12 touchdowns on just 88 rushing attempts.
The NFL Combine is history. Did it change the draft scenario for the Giants?
Big Wednesday coming up. See what's in store and get your Daily Bull at the same time.
Texas A&M running back Christine Michael wowed scouts in combine drills, but overslept and missed two interviews.
Michael feels a weight off his shoulders now that his nightmare senior season has come to an end.
The Texas A&M Aggies need to replace their starting running back and could get some help from 2013 Pearland (Texas) Dawson bruiser James White, who signed with the Aggies on Wednesday.
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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions have officially put right guard Stephen Peterman on the injured reserve list. Peterman was replaced on the roster by receiver Eric Fowler, who starred at Grand Valley State University.
Peterman suffered a right ankle injury last week against the Minnesota Vikings and saw a specialist today. Fowler was impressive in training camp but was waived after suffering a hand injury. Fowler, who is now fully recovered, was recently signed to the team's practice squad.


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For the Jays it seems that the Cleveland Indians might be their local Walmart Superstore. Get everything you need in one spot, save some gas and time (but probably not money).
Jays needs seem to be 2B, LF and SP this off-season so why not go after Justin Masterson, Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo in a mega deal?
My proposed deal would involve sending Yunel Escobar, Henderson Alvarez and one of the Lansing starters or Marisnick to Cleveland (plus maybe another lesser prospect). Escobar is a better defender and cheaper than Cabrera so Cleveland may have interest there, Alvarez still has a lot of potential and with the Jays adding Masterson plus hopefully a FA starter he won't necessarily be in the plans here. An elite prospect like one of the Lansing starters or Marisnick would appeal to anyone.
Masterson is 27 and a great ground ball pitcher with an infield of Hech, Lawrie and Cabrera he could be effective, and keeping the ball in play in the dome is key. He's coming off a rough year but was good in 2011
Choo might not be in love with playing LF but would give the Jays a solid OF and as a lefty hitter that gets on base with some speed and power he'd be a good leadoff hitter for the team. He is a FA after the '13 season so the Jays could try to get him signed to an extension or worst case scenario give him a qualifying offer and either have him for 2 years or get a 1st round pick back.
Cabrera has been a good SS recently and has a solid bat but costs a bit more that Yunel but would be more willing to play 2B for the Jays I would think.
Preparing for the dissection of this post now!


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The Holocaust in World Literature ~ LIT 217
Dr. Jonathan Alexander
Office, Academic Center, 317
609-894-9311 or 856-222-9311 (x1123)
E-mail: email@example.com
Online syllabus http://staff.bcc.edu/faculty_websites/jalexand/217syl.htm (Rev 2014)
Images from the Holocaust: A Literature Anthology (Brown, Stephens, Rubin 1996).
Once the Acacias Bloomed (Spiegel, 2004). (available from instructor for $15)
Course Description: This course will focus on unique written expressions across various types of literature, including novellas and short stories, plays for the screen and stage, non-fiction memoirs and diaries. The world literature to be investigated constitutes works on the Holocaust by men and women, Jews and non-Jews, private and public individuals, eyewitnesses, survivors, victims, and second- and third-generation writers. It's an opportunity for each in our own way to hear the voices, feel the experiences, and promote awareness.
Course Expectations:
Attendance: If the student is to profit from any course, he or she must attend class on a consistent basis.
Students must attend all classes for the full duration of each session. Should you need to miss a class for observance of religious holidays, jury duty, military duty, bereavement, or illness, you must notify the instructor by telephone or e-mail prior to or within 24 hours after the class. Without such communication, students forfeit the right to make up missed work. If such communication is made, students will be permitted to make up missed work at the beginning of the following class meeting. It is, therefore, the student's responsibility to read the syllabus and be prepared for current as well as missed assignments.
Entering class late or leaving class early (without prior authorization) is considered disrespectful and will not be tolerated.
Academic Etiquette: Students will respect themselves, their peers and their instructors by considering the following:
Cell phones must be kept on silent. No calls are to be made or received during class. If you are expecting an important call during the class meeting time, notify me prior to class and quietly excuse yourself if the call is received. No text-messaging or game-playing will be tolerated.
Students who wish to use the restrooms may do so by quietly leaving and re-entering the room. If a student believes he or she will require an absence of more than a few minutes, it is his responsibility to notify me accordingly.
Communication: Many means of communication are available to the student including telephone, e-mail and mailbox.
If you leave a message on my office voice-mail (x1123), please remember to speak clearly and provide your name, course information, and phone number if you request a return call.
If you contact me via e-mail, it is expected that you use the BCC "Mymail" account provided to you by the College. Messages sent through any other email account may not be received or responded to.
Students who send me e-mail and do not receive a reply of any kind within 48 hours should assume it was never received. Such e-mails should be resent. If your message doesn't present itself as urgent, I may reply quickly and briefly and ask to get back to you before long.
Students who send e-mails containing attachments must save these documents as one of the following types: DOC, DOCX, TXT, or RTF. Please do not send any MAC "Pages" files, ODT, or WPS files. You may also choose to copy and paste the text of your assignment into the e-mail message itself, and always send a copy back to yourself (or another email account) as a receipt to verify if the transmission fails to reach me.
Class Assignments:
All work written and submitted should utilize standard rules of grammar, sentence organization, paragraph organization, and diction.
All formal papers are to be typed, titled, double spaced, and carefully proofread. Documents are not to be held together by paperclips, alligator clips, or other creative measures. Papers will not be accepted unless they are stapled prior to arriving to class. Asking me to borrow a stapler will not place you in a positive light.
All assignments are due on the date specified on the syllabus. Assignments which are not submitted during the class session they are due will be penalized. If you happen to be absent for a particular class session and you wait to submit a paper until the next class meeting, it will lose 15% for each day it is late. NOTE: A "day" is a calendar day, not a class meeting. A paper which is received by email within two hours of the end of the assigned class session will be considered submitted on time (without a penalty for lateness). A paper which is received after two hours, but before 10pm, will incur a late penalty of 5%. All other papers received after 10pm on the assigned day will incur a 15% penalty per day.
If a student presents reasonable justification for an absence, this absence will not be counted against the student's course grade; however, such an absence does not allow for more time to complete assignments. Since students are provided with all assignments and deadlines on the first day of the semester, excuses such as "crashed computers," "misplaced data," "misplaced flash drives," or "empty printer ink cartridges" will not be accepted. There is no excuse for not saving all documents twice (hard drive and floppy/flash).
Plagiarism will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Be aware that plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) copying someone else's words without crediting the source; paraphrasing someone else's words without crediting the source; using someone else's ideas without crediting the source (even if rephrased in your own words); using facts not universally known which are obtained from a source without crediting the source; asking someone else to write your paper, either in whole or in part; or obtaining a paper or portion thereof by any means and submitting it as an original document. The penalty for plagiarism is failure of the assignment and potentially failure of the course (at the instructor's discretion), and it may result in suspension or expulsion from the College (at the discretion of the Student Affairs Committee). Please refer to the BCC Student Handbook for additional information regarding College regulations and the handling of plagiarism.
Questions to be considered: Is the Holocaust moving so far away from our reality that many individuals experience merely a mythological understanding? Why do so few people recognize the immediacy of messages portrayed in Holocaust writings? Can the literature be seen as purposeful and relevant across cultures? Can the literature be seen as some means of therapy? Is there a lesson to be learned? Can the story of the Holocaust even be told? Is there such a thing as "the story" of the Holocaust? If so, who is authorized to tell it? In what circumstances? To whom?
General Outline: To achieve the goals in this course, the student will be held responsible for the following work. (If this syllabus is accessed online, students can click on the following links for explanations of assignments and reading lists):
points earned
final grade
88.5 - 100
87.5 - 88
79.5 - 87
77.5 - 79
74.5 – 77
69.5 – 74
0 - 69
Note on assigned readings: Below are all the scheduled readings listed by author last name and page number. Following each author is a key question to get you started with interpretation. As you respond in your journal to the stated question, find a quote or passage from the selection that you feel is essentially important, compelling, or provocative. All readings listed in a session will be discussed during that session. Please have all scheduled readings and all journal responses completed and brought to each class. As this class is focusing on items of fiction, film, and memoir, no poetry will be covered, but please consider taking Poetry of the Holocaust here at BCC for additional exposure to Holocaust literature.
_1-22____SESSION 1: Course Introduction
Discussion of procedures and selection of assignments
"Historical background of the Holocaust (PPT part one—to Kristallnacht, 11-9-38)
"FILM EXCERPTS-1: "The Longest Hatred" 44m
_1-29____SESSION 2: Chapter One--Rumblings of
Danger (p. 1)
MELTZER (4): Why is it necessary to remember? What makes the Holocaust unique? What makes it universal? What kinds of "threats" did Jews live under?
ROGASKY (8): What were the significant elements prior to World War II which contributed to discrimination of the Jews?
ADLER (14): Why were there relatively few protests about the treatment of the Jews inside and outside of Germany? Comment on the following passage: "I don't remember the pain. But I do remember the laughter of the other children" (15).
FRIEDMAN (22): Why is it poignant that the Nazis labeled people with physical disabilities as "undesirables"? Comment on the following passage: "You can have all the fun you want. You don't have to worry about getting pregnant." (24).
PLANT (25): How did the Nazi Party use postwar social unrest to its advantage? Comment on the following references: "syphilization of our people" and "the epidemic of homosexuality" (28).
FRIEDMAN (30): Why is it ironic that Jehovah's Witnesses were given the opportunity to denounce their faith while Jews were not given similar opportunities? Comment on the following passage: "I didn't feel as brave as I sounded" (33).
WEINBERG (34): Along with physical terror, what
psychological terror could an event like Kristallnacht produce?
Comment on the following passage: "…I think it is typical for the Nazi mind in
which order and chaos were neatly compartmentalized" (39).
"FILM EXCERPTS-2: 80m
_2-5____SESSION 3: Video Presentation: Triumph of the Spirit
"Historical background of the Holocaust (PPT part two—to Wannsee, 1-20-42)
_2-12____SESSION 4: Chapter Two--In Hiding (43)
KEREN (46): What images does this narrative evoke most strikingly for you while reading? Comment on the following passage: "I felt like an animal, ruled by instinct" (48).
STERLING (54): With what attitude does the speaker relate his experiences while in hiding? Comment on the following passage: "…it would've been comforting to know we weren't the only ones" (58).
ORENSTEIN (60): How would you characterize the people who
helped the Jews compared with those who refused to help them? Comment on the
following passage: "One should not have children" (62).
"Historical background of the Holocaust (PPT part three—to Nuremberg)
"FILM EXCERPTS-3: 12m
_2-19____SESSION 5: Chapter Three--Fleeing for
Their Lives (73)
LUSTIG (88): Did Hynek Tausig see himself as a brave man or a coward? How do you view him? Why do you think he took the action he did? Comment on the following passage: "That is how things are: some men are human beings and some are beasts. And some a little of both, and that's me" (91).
JOFFO (94): What motivated the doctor to give the diagnosis that saved the boys? Comment on the following passage: "Well done!" (98).
(109): What qualities did Esther have that made her the leader of the group?
What role did faith play in her decisions? Comment on the following passage:
"It was irrational to stake her life on a dream, Esther knew. But this was no
time for logic" (111).
"FILM EXCERPTS-4: 25m
_2-26____SESSION 6: Chapter Four--Surrounded by
Ghetto Walls (115)
WIESENTHAL (136): How were adults and children treated differently in the ghetto? Were you left with a sense of hope or despair after reading the selection? Comment on the following passage: "…in time they developed a sort of sixth sense for danger, no matter how small they were" (137).
GORDON (139): Why did the Nazis establish a Jewish government in the ghetto? Comment on the following passage: "Everyone would tell you what you wanted to hear. Each was trying to cheer you up and to cheer himself up" (139).
GORDON (142): What role did the Jewish police play? Should the Jews have given up their valuables? Comment on the following passage: "I could tell that the uncles felt sorry and that they knew they had made a mistake" (144).
MEED (145): What were the ghetto conditions that led some Jews to "voluntarily surrender" for deportation? Comment on the following passage: "The temptation, even for once, to still that gnawing hunger eclipsed all other considerations…." (146).
BUSH (174): What conflict does the narrator feel with his
father? How does he act on this conflict? Comment on the following passage:
"Maybe the faith that I thought I had when I was little was just a way of
consoling myself, like sucking my thumb" (175).
"FILM EXCERPTS-5: 28m
"IN-CLASS ACTIVITY: Judenrat
_3-5____SESSION 7: Chapter Five--Imprisoned in
the Camps (201)
ROMANO (203): How would you answer the narrator's sister's question, "What is a concentration camp?" Comment on the following passage: "All we could do was talk about politics and survival" (206).
LEVI (213): How does Levi describe and interpret how people act when they are condemned to death? Which incident or scene in the selection had the strongest impact on you? Comment on the following passage: "…man is bound to pursue his own ends by all possible means, while he who errs but once pays dearly" (214).
ELIACH (247): How did Michael and his cousin "beat the system?" Comment on the significance of the "washboard" criterion Mengele used for selection (248).
DELBO (251): Describe the gypsy mother's fierce emotions and how Delbo uses language to create a mood of despair and hopelessness. Comment on the following passage: "You see nothing, each one is enclosed in the shroud of her own skin" (253).
FRANKL (267): How did Frankl transcend
the conditions of the concentration camp to find a way to survive spiritually?
What impact did nature seem to have on the author? Comment on the following
passage: "Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still
alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance" (269).
"FILM EXCERPTS-6: 69m
►MIDTERM EXAM; Video Presentation: The Grey Zone
____________________________________________ SPRING BREAK 3-17 to 3-21
_3-26____SESSION 9: Chapter Six--Resisting Evil
VAN MANSUM (295): What factors influenced van Mansum to help Jews and work for the resistance? Which of the author's deeds was the most heroic and why? Comment on the following passage: "But I still say there was nothing special about what I did" (298).
ELIACH (307): What can you infer about the kind of person Zvi was? Why is it significant that the role he played was able to convince the widow? Comment on the following passage: "He reserved for himself the privilege of shooting the town's notables…" (308).
LEVI (310): What is significant about calling the village a "republic of the marshes"? (310). Comment on the following passage: "Despair is worse than disease" (315).
MEED (326): How did the attitudes of the local Polish
population change the longer the uprising continued? What do you think is the
most poignant statement made by Mordecai Anielewicz on pages
332-333? Comment on the following passage: "They had never expected the
miserable Jews to put up a fight" (327).
"FILM EXCERPTS-7: 63m
_4-2____SESSION 10: Chapter Seven--Liberation
WIESEL (337): What is the author's emotional state at the time of liberation? What is the significance of the title, "Death Against Life"? Comment on the following passage: "I spent my days in a state of total idleness" (338).
LEVI (345): What emotions did Levi experience during the first few hours and days of liberation? How did shame affect various people during the Holocaust? Comment on the following passage: "But I was aware of what was going on around me in only a disconnected and hazy manner" (349).
SELZER (358): How did former prisoners react to Germans? Did their reactions influence American soldiers? Comment on the following passage: "I'd like to kill 'em with my bare hands" (365).
BOROWSKI (372): What was life like for the former prisoners?
Do you think the actions of the former prisoners were justified? Comment on the
following passage: "…please pass the sons of bitches over to the camp guards"
"FILM EXCERPTS-8: 28m
Special Guest Speaker: Fred Spiegel (LAU 320)
►Film Essay Due (Triumph of the Spirit or The Grey Zone)
_4-16____SESSION 12: Chapter Eight--The Days
After (375)
EICHENGREEN (397): How does this selection portray life in a displaced persons' camp? What factors complicated the author's quest to leave Germany? Comment on the following passage: "Even the future was blocked; I was still not free" (398).
GOTFRYD (403): What does the protagonist learn when he and his brother are reunited? Comment on the following passage: "Slowly I was coming to terms with the fact that, at the age of twenty, I was alone in the world" (404).
LEITNER (410): How does the author describe dangers survivors continued to face after liberation? Comment on the following passage: "There is no common language between us, yet we speak the same tongue" (414).
LEVI (431): How did the author react to being on German soil? What is the significance of his dream? Comment on the following passage: "I feel a deep and subtle anguish, the definite sensation of an impending threat" (434).
(437): What does the author seek from God? What does he get? How does it make
him feel? Comment on the following passage: "You must look at them carefully.
Their appearance is deceptive. They are smugglers" (443).
"FILM EXCERPTS-9: 46m
_4-23____SESSION 13: ; Chapter Nine--A Mosaic of
Courage (445)
OPDYKE (446): Why do you think the author felt compelled to share her story with others? Which of the author's experiences had the biggest impact on you? Comment on the following passage: "I myself realize that when I came to the United States, I put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on my mind" (451).
ELIACH (454): Why did Jacob's mother push him away? How does irony play an important role in this piece? Comment on the following passage: "Jacob's face was burning with insult and shame" (455).
NOMBERG-PRZYTYK (456): Why do you think Dr. Mengele kept Natasha alive just to listen to her tirades day after day? Who had the advantage, Natasha or Mengele, and why? Comment on the following passage: "Why should they suffer? I am sending them to the gas for their own good" (457).
BRECHER (460): What motives might have Schindler had for
what he did? Do you see Schindler more as a hero or a self-serving opportunist?
Comment on the following passage: "In the shower, they waited ten minutes to
panic people" (462).
"FILM EXCERPTS-10: 26m
"IN-CLASS ACTIVITY: Last Written Message
_4-30____SESSION 14: Chapter Ten--Echoing
Reflections (513)
►Journal Responses Due
PAPANEK (514): Why does the unanswerable question "why me?" have such an impact on many survivors? What does the concept of "survivor's guilt" mean to you? Comment on the following passage: "She manages. She copes. She functions" (516).
ADLER (520): What lessons can be learned from the experiences of the survivors? Comment on the following passage: "'Where was God?' Is a difficult, perhaps impossible, question to answer. Some feel it is not even a proper question to ask. But 'Where was man?'" (523).
ZABLE (526): Why does the German man feel he must atone for his father's actions? What does he do? Comment on the following passage: "I grew up in a house of denials and secrets" (527).
FURTH (550): How does Furth justify her return to Auschwitz?
How do these reasons evolve during the journey? Comment on the following
passage: "Now I know why I have returned to Auschwitz" (553).
"FILM EXCERPTS-11: 43m
►Critical Analysis Due (Once the Acacias Bloomed)
FILM EXCERPTS #1—44m The Longest Hatred NAME_________________________________________
1. What accusation was widely
accepted by Christians against Jews which gave rise to initial feelings of
anti-Semitism at the dawn of Christianity? _______________________________________________________________
2. What fraction of European Jews were killed by Nazism during the Holocaust? _________________________________
3. What Jewish approach to religion brought them into conflict with Pagan Romans?______________________________
4. What New testament source professed the notion that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ? ____________
5. In what year occurred the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple of Jerusalem by the Roman Empire? ____________
6. When did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire? ____________________________________
7. Who called the Jews the "common disgrace and infection of the whole world"? ________________________________
8. In 1095, who led the first Christian Crusade against the Moslems and Jews? __________________________________
9. Which British king was responsible for a massacre of several thousand Jews at York in 1190? ____________________
10. In what year did Pope Innocent III decree that Jews wear yellow badges to distinguish them from other people? _____
11. What public display of intolerance was encouraged by Christian clergy against Jews each Easter? ________________
12. What term correlated to the myth that Jews used the blood of Christian children during Jewish rituals? ____________
13. What term means the act of lending money with interest (the only income Jews were permitted by the Romans)? ____
14. In what year were more than 100,000 Jews tortured in and expelled from Spain under Isabella and Ferdinand? ______
15. Who established Protestantism in 1519 and denounced Jews with the suggestion of violence and intolerance? _______
16. In what year did Wilhelm Mahr first use "Anti-Semitism" as a derogatory term against Jews? ____________________
17. What composer wrote anti-Semitic and racist pamphlets which were embraced by Hitler? _______________________
18. Who was Hitler's Enlightenment and Propaganda Minister? ______________________________________________
FILM EXCERPT #2—80m NAME______________________________________
1. Explain how the characters exhibit different concepts of what it means to be Jewish.
Nazi Medicine
2. What did the July 1933 Sterilization Law attempt to accomplish?
3. Who were considered the "lives unworthy of living"?
4. What were the goals of the T-4 program?
5. Explain how Reynard Heydrich (Kenneth Branagh) exhibits uncompromising authority.
6. What did Heydrich think was ineffective about the Nuremberg Race Laws?
7. How do the characters illustrate the value and problems of euphemistic (symbolic) language?
8. How were the first experiments with gassing victims carried out?
9. What did the speaker mean by saying, "pink is as low as you can get"?
10. How is the concept of self-preservation at any cost illustrated in this excerpt?
Purple Triangles
11. How was the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses different from that of other ethnicities or religions?
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
12. What is the most striking, noteworthy, or remarkable concept expressed in this excerpt?
FILM EXCERPT #3—13m NAME______________________________________
Schindler's List
1. What concept of self-preservation does the soldier propose to the victims?
2. How is the resourcefulness of the child displayed in this excerpt?
Swing Kids
3. What message of personal responsibility does Arvid express?
4. What concept of collective guilt is expressed?
5. How is it suggested that people don't feel guilt about that which they don't see?
Pink Floyd, "Another Brick in the Wall"
6. Considering the issues of education and relationships, explain how this piece illustrates the different concepts of authority in our lives?
7. How is resistance to authority illustrated?
8. How are weaknesses exposed?
9. How does the oppressed individual become the oppressor?
FILM EXCERPT #4—25m NAME______________________________________
Escape from Sobibor
1. How do the soldiers attempt to prevent future escape attempts?
2. What does the commanding officer mean by "simple mathematics"?
3. Choose three of the escapees being executed and describe how their "selection of a partner" expresses a unique visual gesture of compassion, sorrow or fellowship.
4. What is the overall tone of the discussion of escape?
5. What message of "bearing witness" does this excerpt suggest?
6. When the escape begins, what is suggested by the few prisoners who simply stand idly by in the courtyard?
7. Considering the percentage of the prisoners who escaped the camp that day, do you consider this a success?
FILM EXCERPT #5—30m NAME______________________________________
The Pianist
1. How do the characters illustrate different views on the events that are unfolding?
2. Why does Vladek (Adrian Brody) appear to believe it is unfortunate that his family has been reunited prior to deportation?
3. What message is illustrated by the parable of the woman who smothered her baby while in hiding?
Life is Beautiful
4. What do you imagine the soldier is thinking of the woman just moments before stepping aside to allow her to board train?
5. Explain whether you think the father's lies and exaggerations to his son about the events are a good or bad idea.
The Pianist
6. What does this excerpt say about randomness and chance?
Schindler's List
7. What is ironic about Goeth's shooting of the engineer?
8. What does the dying engineer mean by saying, "It will take more than that"?
9. What does this excerpt say about the meaningless of tasks and the barbaric working conditions?
The Believer
10. What do you think is both good and bad about "young" Daniel's views of God (presented during flashback)?
11. In "young" Daniel's opinion, what does the parable of the Jews' Covenant with God suggest about the relationship between intention and action?
FILM EXCERPT #6—71m NAME______________________________________
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
1. What was the daily killing capacity at Treblinka, and how many were killed at Treblinka before it was dismantled?
Nazi Medicine
2. How do you feel about human experiments which might have resulted in valuable information for human well-being?
The Death Camps
3. What were the predominant emotions felt by the survivors who experienced their arrival at Auschwitz?
4. Describe the emotions portrayed by different individuals while in line for initial selection at Auschwitz.
The Last Days
5. How do you define the tone being used by the war criminal while describing the atmosphere of human experimentation?
Sophie's Choice
6. What is Sophie's immediate reaction to being told that she would have the "privilege" of choosing to save one of her children?
Schindler's List
7. How would you describe this scene of "selection" to someone who's never seen these images?
The Death Camps
8. Why would the Nazis reduce the killing of people to an "industrial process"?
Apt Pupil
9. With what tone does the Nazi soldier tell of the gas chamber process? Does he seem regretful and compassionate or cold and heartless?
The Grey Zone
10. How did the sonderkommando ("special squads") assist the Nazis by furthering the deception played onto the prisoners?
11. While the Nazi soldier hands the watch back to the sonderkommando (David Arquette) after the fight, what do you imagine the smiling soldier is thinking?
12. What do you think Arquette is thinking when he finally reaches up to take the watch?
13. How do some prisoners come to the aid of others in dire moments of grief and exhaustion?
The Shawshank Redemption
14. How does Andy (Tim Robbins) feel about the role of hope during times of peril? How does Red (Morgan Freeman) feel differently?
15. What sense of hope does the rabbi portray in this scene, and would you be encouraged to hear this if you were one of the prisoners?
FILM EXCERPT #7—65m NAME______________________________________
1. How would you describe Janusz Korczak to someone who's never read about him or his actions during the Holocaust?
2. How did the Warsaw Ghetto "underground" manage to make progress while maintaining nearly absolute secrecy?
3. How is the concept of German collective responsibility suggested in these scenes?
4. Interpret Korczak's saying, "We cannot take another child, but then, we have no choice, do we?"
5. How did Korczak manage to keep the children calm (and possibly unaware of) their imminent destruction?
6. What does the suicide of Judenrat Leader Adam Czerniakow (Donald Sutherland) mean or signify to you?
7. Describe the significance of Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria) saying, "If you can't fight, run. If you can't run, then hide, but you must resist."
8. If the resistors within Warsaw didn't necessarily think they'd win this battle, what else did they suggest might have been their greater goal?
9. What role (or lack of role) did the Polish Underground play in the Warsaw Uprising?
10. What is the lasting impression left on you after witnessing these dramatic events?
FILM EXCERPT #8—28m NAME______________________________________
Liberation: Dachau
1. Why were the local townspeople brought in after liberation to view the devastation of Dachau?
The Last Days
2. What impressions are relayed to you by the American liberators while retelling of their first encounter at Dachau?
Band of Brothers, "Why We Fight"
3. How are the impressions of these dramatized scenes similar to or different from the archival footage and the witness testimonies from the previous excerpts?
FILM EXCERPT#9—47m NAME______________________________________
1. What images of liberation are portrayed in this excerpt?
2. How does the survivor react to the passerby on the trolley differently through the excerpt?
The Shawshank Redemption
3. How might Morgan Freeman's concept of being "institutionalized" apply to victims of the concentration camps?
4. What does Brooks express in his voiced-over "suicide note" which relates to issues raised by authors of Holocaust experiences?
5. What does Freeman mean by saying that Brooks "should have died in here"?
For each of the three episodes which follow, explain how they relate the difficulties of dealing with traumatic experiences and repression of painful memories:
7. I-Robot
8. Reign Over Me
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Protocols of Zion
1. How is a Jewish "conspiracy to destroy/control the world" proposed through the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
2. What is the relationship between Jewish concentration camps and the persecution of people of color?
3. How do you interpret the claim that "the world begins to believe what it wants to believe"?
4. How/why does the Neo-Nazi entrepreneur try to distinguish himself from more iconic Skinheads?
5. Why do you think he makes a point to say that he "bought beer in Auschwitz"?
6. What relationship between Israelis and Palestinians is portrayed in these excerpts?
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School Ties
1. What does the schoolmaster mean by saying, "you people are very determined"?
2. How is anti-Semitism exhibited by those who do not necessarily mean harm, but also do not know they are in the presence of a Jew?
3. What does Chris O'Donnell mean by saying that "Jews are different. It's not like the difference between Methodists and Lutherans"?
American History X
4. To what degree do you believe Derek's father is influencing Derek's attitudes about race?
5. How was Derek influenced by the circumstances of his father's death, and how have these forms his attitudes about race?
6. What attitudes about race relations are shared and what are in conflict among members in the "dinner" scene?
The Believer
7. What does Danny mean by a "hierarchy of races"?
8. How would you interpret Danny's claim that "we hate them … cause we hate them"?
9. How do you interpret the claim that "religion's not about making sense"?
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BALLSTON, N.Y. - The Guardian House in Ballston, home to nine female veterans, opened their doors to a two-star general and made a call to action Friday.
Maggie Kenworthy has lived at the Guardian House for nearly two years. Before to her move there, she was homeless and battled alcoholism. But thanks to the house, she has turned her life around.
"I just finished my first year of college. I work full time, I go to school full time and I am house manager," she said.
Friday she gave General Peter Lennon a tour of the home in an effort to create similar houses for female veterans around the country.
Guardian House recently won a $25,000 home improvement grant and is in the running for $250,000 from Aprons in Action, something they urge everyone to log on and vote for.
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"The amount of votes that come up to us is an emotional support saying that people are out there and recognize the female veteran," she said.
A large contingent of state and local leaders recognized and applauded Maggie and her housemates Friday, Senator Farley and Assemblyman Tedisco even taking time to announce a way to channel more resources to the house and other local veterans groups.
A new bill has been proposed to offer donation boxes for veterans on New York State tax return forms.
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The Tennessee Smokies scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a dramatic come-from-behind victory over the Mobile BayBears, 4-2. The win staved off elimination in the Southern League Championship Series. They now trail Mobile in the best-of-five series two games to one.
Ryan Seale got the start against Moblie's ace Tyler Scaggs, but Searle didn't get any help from his defense in the first inning. After a leadoff single, a passed ball moved the runner to second base who then scored on an error by second baseman Nate Samson. A wild pitch then allowed BayBear first baseman Ryan Wheeler to score all the way from second base and the Smokies found themselves down 2-0 before they even came to bat.
But the Smokies pitching staff didn't allow another run to score the rest of the game. Searle pitched five innings and gave up two unearned runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out three. Searle was relieved by Hung-Wen Chen, who pitched two shutout innings, allowing only one hit. He didn't walk anyone and struck out one.
The Smokies got on the board in the bottom of the second inning to make it 2-1 on a Nate Samson double that scored Rebel Ridling. Samson was 1 for 4 tonight.
Jeff Beliveau threw a scoreless inning in the top of the eighth inning and got the win when the Smokies struck back for three runs in the bottom of the inning. Pinch-hitter Nelson Perez tied the game with a lead-off home run. The next batter, Jim Adduci, walked. After a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk, Rebel Ridling singled home Adduci with the go-ahead run. The Smokies got another run with two outs in the eighth inning on a BayBear error.
Rafael Dolis entered the game in the ninth inning and despite giving the Smokies faithful a scare, he nailed down the save. Dolis allowed two baserunners on a hit batsman and a single, but got a long fly out to end the game. Dolis had one strike out.
The Smokies will try to force a fifth game tomorrow as they take the field at 4 pm Central Time. Trey McNutt is scheduled to pitch for the Smokies.


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NuVo Technologies earned the Platinum Award for its corporate environmental policy, which includes a reduced use of natural resources, a recycling program for products and recycling policy at its headquarters, in addition to its four Energy Star-rated products, the Essentia E6G six-zone audio distribution system and three NV-T2 Tuners.
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The BBVA Rising Stars Challenge is tonight which means we're going to get to see the best of the next generation of NBA stars go at it in what will no doubt be an exciting and entertaining game. From Damian Lillard to Kyrie Irving, Ricky Rubio and Anthony Davis the best of young stars in the NBA are going to-to-toe as part of Team Shaq vs. Team Chuck.
But while tonight's game will no doubt be entertaining, what we really want to know is if the NBA's future is bright, and judging from our panel experts that future is indeed bright.
If you were the coach of one of the Rising Stars teams, who would you make your No. 1 pick?
Vytis Lasaitis, King James Gospel: Kyrie Irving, and it's not even close. Irving is by far the best player participating in the event and the only All-Star.
Caleb Nordgren, Pippen Ain't Easy: Definitely Kyrie Irving. There's nobody else in the game that's even remotely on his level. He's basically a top-five NBA point guard in his second season.
Stephen Ajamie, It's Always Miller Time: I would make Kyrie Irving my number one pick as I've grown very fond of his game and his ability on the floor. It's important to have that floor general, and I believe he would make the ideal number one choice.
Chris Walder, Sir Charles In Charge: Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving. He's the only player participating that will also be competing in the actual NBA All-Star game on Sunday night. He was also named the MVP of last years Rising Stars Challenge (8 for 8 from three-point range, 34 points), so it would seem like a no-brainer really.
Who has the better overall roster, Team Shaq or Team Chuck?
Mike Acker, Rip City Project: Team Shaq, almost without question. He's got both of the best players, Lillard and Irving, who also happen to also be the best scorers. Losing Drummond to injury is a bummer, but Andrew Nicholson has been a pretty unexpected surprise. Throw in Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, and Chandler Parsons, and not only does Shaq have the best scorers, he has ALL the scorers.
Michael Waterloo, Nugg Love: The two teams are so different on paper. Shaq's team is quicker and has more depth than Chuck's. Chuck's team however has an extreme size advantage. Barkley selected this past year's No. 1 pick Anthony Davis first for his squad and took the Manimal second. There' s no doubt that Barkley's team will have the rebounding advantage in the game, but Shaq's team will be able to set the tempo with Irving and Damian Lillard running the backcourt. With Team Shaq's depth and ability to run the floor, I have to give them the advantage.
Cole Patty, Life on Dumars: Shaq's team is definitely much more fun, even if he's lacking Andre Drummond to catch some oops. Even without Drummond, I feel Shaq has the best two players in the game in Lillard and Kyrie. I think the rosters are closer than some think though. Just because Barkley's team isn't filled with most watchable guys doesn't mean it's a bad. Kyrie gives Shaq the edge.
Brett Roberts, Hardwood Houdini: Charles Barkley for some reason thought it best to stack his team with big men. Given that even Nikola Vucevic knows that doing such won't pay off in a game that is perimeter oriented, one would think that Sir Charles would have considered that.
Are there any players on either of the Rising Stars team that will be in the All-Star Game next season?
Caleb Nordgren, Pippen Ain't Easy: Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard seem like the obvious choices. And Kyrie is actually in this year's game, so there's that. But I think Ricky Rubio could be a dark horse pick. Once he gets fully healthy after tearing his ACL last season, he's an exciting playmaker and the Minnesota Timberwolves should be pretty good
Ryan Stone, Swarm & Sting: Kyrie Irving since he has already made it this year and possibly Damian Lillard with Tony Parker getting older it could open the door for Lillard.
Stephen Ajamie, It's Always Miller Time: I think Kyrie Irving gets in as a reserve, but don't think anyone gets voted in as a starter.
Vytis Lasaitis, King James Gospel: In my books, Kenneth Faried and Damian Lillard are the two primary candidates, but the competition in the West is fierce. As good as Lillard is, who would he replace? Paul, Kobe, Harden and Westbrook will most likely be locks in the All-Star game next season as well, and then you have the likes of Tony Parker and Stephen Curry who are ahead in the line. The East is somewhat weaker and with Kevin Garnett most likely out of it next season, Anthony Davis could potentially have a shot.
Who is going to win tonight's game: Team Shaq or Team Chuck?
Chris Walder, Sir Charles In Charge: Team Shaq by 17. If I wanted a team to take in to an 82-game season, I would go with Team Chuck and his plethora of big men (T. Thompson, Davis, Faried, Vucevic). However, the uptempo style of the Rising Stars Challenge strongly favors Team Shaq and his vast amount of playmakers, dunkers and shooters.
Michael Waterloo, Nugg Love: I hope and think it's going to be a good game. Team Shaq has the speed and depth while Team Chuck has the size advantage. If Team Shaq is able to set the tempo and run the floor with Lillard and Irving, then I think they win 142-129.
Brett Roberts, Hardwood Houdini: Team Shaq could win this game by double-digits. As I said, it's a guard dominated team in an event which favors perimeter players. In addition to that, team Chuck has no premier scorers at all. The highest scoring average of any of his players is just 13.2 points per game (Bradley Beal), Team Chuck just doesn't have the scoring punch to keep up with with a team that features two point guards who average a combined 42 points per game.
Mike Acker, Rip City Project: I think Team Shaq wins in a blowout. I get what Chuck was going for. Kawhi Leonard is a phenomenal player, same with Kenneth Faried and Anthony Davis, but looking at his roster, it's hard to figure out where the scoring is going to come from. If Ricky Rubio plays well, I can see Nikoal Vucevic and Tristan Thompson getting a lot of easy buckets. But other than that, Bradley Beal, Alexey Shved, and Isaiah Thomas are going to have to outscore Irving, Lillard, Thompson, Barnes, Parsons, Dion Waiters MKG, and Kemba Walker. I don't see that happening.
Cole Patty, Life on Dumars: I've talked about one man a lot, and I feel he's going to win the game and MVP. Give me Kyrie and Shaq for the win.
Caleb Nordgren, Pippen Ain't Easy: #TeamChuck will probably win, if only because they're less likely to start chasing highlights, as far as I can tell. They'll win, but my guess is that #TeamShaq will produce at least 7 of the Top 10 plays of the game.


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Not so in London, Ontario, apparently. There, amateur programmers are cobbling together software specifically designed to help Londoners identify and remember their trash collection day. UnLab, a gathering place for the city's hackers, is cooperating with London's solid waste manager to design and distribute the program, which will consist of a website and texts or e-mails alerting residents to impending trash collection.
Unfortunately, this is distracting from more important work, like the creation of an iPhone app that reminds people to take a shower.
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Searching for recipe for chicken thighs last night and found this one almost immediately; did minor changes, as in cooking it stovetop where it only took about 35 min, and using a farmers market fresh packet of snow peas, which I added about 3 min from plating, so they still retained a nice "crunch" factor. Doubled the thyme, using 1/2 when called for and adding the remainder about 20 min from end of cooking time. Also added a dash of red pepper flakes just before serving. Agree with other reviewers who suggest browning the chicken first for more flavor, but it's not a necessary step and does add to your total "hands on" time.
Easy Greek Chicken Casserole
This easy one-dish meal is prepared and cooked in only one pot, saving you space and cleanup. You can decrease the sodium in this chicken casserole recipe by using less anchovy paste or by replacing it with the olives.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 thighs and 2 cups potato mixture)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 488
- Calories from fat: 23%
- Fat: 12.6g
- Saturated fat: 4.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.1g
- Protein: 34.5g
- Carbohydrate: 62g
- Fiber: 7.3g
- Cholesterol: 134mg
- Iron: 7.8mg
- Sodium: 775mg
- Calcium: 250mg
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups chopped onion (about 1 large)
- 2 tablespoons dried thyme
- 1 to 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 10 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 cups (1/2-inch) cubed red potato (about 2 pounds)
- 2 cups (1-inch) cut green beans (about 1/2 pound)
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons anchovy paste or finely chopped olives
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
- 8 skinned, boned chicken thighs (about 1 pound)
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the thyme, pepper, and garlic; sauté 1 minute. Increase heat to medium-high. Add potato; sauté 8 minutes or until potato begins to brown. Stir in green beans, water, anchovy paste, and tomatoes. Remove mixture from heat. Nestle chicken thighs into potato mixture. Top with feta cheese. Cover and bake at 375° for 45 minutes.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Exhibition Game
So, if anyone wants to get a chance to play this thing early, come to Kulturbygden in Sollefteå this friday! There will be a limited number of physical copies of the game on sale, and you'll be able to play the game on site of course.
15 comments:
- QOG said...
Looks quite nice.
Will you actually release this game?
- June 16, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- r.kachowski said...
looks cool dude!
abe sure to stick any unsold copies on etsy, in case some random internet people want to purchase ;)
- June 17, 2010 at 12:05 AM
Well, since I am both lazy and swamped with work I'd have to charge pretty much for mailing cds. But if people aren't discouraged by that, then why not ;P
The game will be released as a free download soon aftet the exhibition :)
- June 17, 2010 at 1:14 AM
- Benjamin said...
I would easily pay out money for a physical copy of this game.
- June 17, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Mister Scoops said...
Can't wait to play it, looks fucking awesome.
- June 17, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Robin said...
kan man paxxa en kopia? (:
- June 17, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Awesome, love the visuals!
- June 19, 2010 at 1:49 PM
That looks epic awesome.
- June 20, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- R13 said...
Will pay for cd with it, that's for sure ;)
- June 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- j a said...
the game looks very interesting and the visuals are stunning and unique, congratulations!
also the music is fantastic. may i ask who composed/performed it?
- June 21, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Music is by Isolee :)
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