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Star Raiders
|Star Raiders
Star Raiders cover art (Atari 8-bit)
|Atari, Inc
|Atari, Inc
|Doug Neubauer
|Atari 8-bit family
|Release date(s)
|Atari 8-bit
|Space simulation
|ROM cartridge
Star Raiders is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family of computers. It was released in cartridge form by Atari in 1979, programmed by Doug Neubauer, an Atari employee. It was also later ported to other Atari computer and game platforms. The game simulates space combat in 3D between the player's powerful ship and an invading fleet of alien "Zylon" vessels.
Star Raiders was distinctive for its graphics, which (under most conditions) represented an out-the-cockpit, first-person view from a fictional combat spaceship traveling through a streaming 3D starfield in pursuit of enemy spacecraft. The game's attract mode, a simple streaming star field, was a common sight in computer stores of the early-1980s to show off the Atari computers' graphics capabilities.
While there had already been simple target-shooting games using this perspective (including 1977's Starhawk), Star Raiders had considerably higher quality graphics and more complex game play. As a result, it inspired both imitators throughout the 1980s and later-generation "space combat simulation" games. Notably, it is one of the games that inspired the seminal title Elite, and thus the Wing Commander and X-Wing series. It is also one in a series of first person space shooters (including 1977's Starhawk and 1979's Star Fire) that appeared in the late-1970s and were arguably predecessors of the later seen first-person shooter genre.
Star Raiders was criticized at the time for violent gameplay.[1] In 2007, it was included as #2 in a list of the 10 most important video games of all time, as compiled by Stanford University's History of Science and Technology Collections.[2]
Wanting to make an action-oriented Star Trek-type game, Doug Neubauer designed Star Raiders in about eight to ten months while working for Atari. He left the company while the game was still a prototype to return home to Oregon and join Hewlett-Packard, and reported that it took him six months to reach the highest player level during development.[3] Star Raiders was unusual at the time for Atari as it made relatively few game cartridges for its computers, with most being adaptations of Atari 2600 titles.[4]
Game play[edit]
Galactic Chart and hyperspace[edit]
The overall gameplay in Star Raiders is adapted from the text-based Star Trek games originating in the 1970s, in which the player's ship maneuvers about a two-dimensional grid fighting a fleet of enemy spaceships.[5][6] In Star Raiders, this part of the game takes the form of a "Galactic Chart" display dividing the game's large-scale world into a grid of sectors, some of which are occupied by enemy ships or friendly "starbases". The Galactic Map is the equivalent of the earlier game's Long Range Scan.
Flying about in the 3D view with the ship's normal engines is sufficient for travel within a sector; travel between sectors is via "hyperspace", accomplished through an elaborate and noisy "hyperwarp" sequence with graphics loosely reminiscent of the Star Wars and Star Trek films in which the stars seemed to stretch to radial lines. On the higher difficulty levels, hyperwarp has a skill element; the player has to keep a wandering cross hair roughly centered during the sequence in order to arrive precisely at the desired destination.
Combat, damage and resources[edit]
To the Star Trek formula, the game added real-time 3D space battles.[5] In the main first-person display, the player can look out the front or rear of the ship and shoot "photons" at Zylon ships, which come in three different varieties reminiscent of ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica (whose villains were the similarly titled Cylons). A small targeting display in the lower right corner gives a general indication of a distant enemy or star base's position relative to the player's ship, and also indicates when weapons are locked on the enemy, at which point the player's weapons fire will track the enemy like a guided missile if the targeting computer is turned on. There is also a "long-range scan" screen showing the surrounding region in a third-person overhead view centered on your ship, operating like a long-range radar display.
Enemy ships come in three types. The standard Zylon fighters resemble the TIE fighter. The more powerful Patrol ships loosely resemble the front-on view of a Klingon Battlecruiser. The most powerful Zylon ship, the Basestar, has a pulsating orange glow and resembles a Cylon Basestar. In order to destroy the Zylon Basestar the player must hit the target at close range.
Enemies will fire back, which can cause damage if the player's ship is hit.[5] The ship can also be damaged by collision with random meteoroids. Instead of the multiple lives that were a common video-game convention, the Star Raiders ship has only one life, but is completely destroyed only if hit while its energy shields are lowered or destroyed; otherwise it will sustain varying types of damage, which causes shields, engines, weapons or information displays to be destroyed or damaged. The player has to manage finite energy reserves as well as damage to the ship; it can be repaired and restocked by rendezvous with a friendly star base. The enemy can also destroy a star base if allowed to surround its Galactic Chart sector for too long, so the star bases have to be defended. All this lends Star Raiders a degree of complexity and a sense of player immersion that was rare in action games of the era.
One noteworthy flaw in Star Raiders is that it is possible for the player to avoid incoming objects, while stationary, simply by rotating the ship. This happens because the game engine rotates the positions of objects, but does not rotate their trajectories.[citation needed]
In contrast to many games of the era, the player can actually win the game by destroying all enemy ships in the galaxy. However, there is no running score display; only upon winning, dying or quitting the game will the player receive a "rating", which is a quasi-military rank accompanied by a numerical class with particularly bad play earning a rank of "Garbage Scow Captain" or "Galactic Cook". The rating depends on a formula involving the game play level, energy and time used, star bases destroyed (both by player or the enemy), the number of enemies destroyed, and whether the player succeeded in destroying all enemies, was destroyed, or aborted (quit or ran out of energy) the mission.
Some possible ratings were (from highest to lowest):
- Star Commander (Class 1)
- Commander
- Captain
- Warrior
- Lieutenant
- Major
- Ace
- Pilot
- Ensign
- Novice
- Rookie (Class 5)
Technical details[edit]
Star Raiders uses many techniques that would become common features of Atari 8-bit game programming in the 1980s.
One notable feature of the game was that the main simulation continued running even when the user was interacting with other display. For instance, one might be attacked while examining the Galactic Map. This was unusual for the time, if not unique.[6]
The star field is drawn in a graphics mode that (at full screen coverage) provides 160×96 bitmapped pixels with a palette of four colors. This mode is called "GRAPHICS 7" in Atari BASIC. The use of an indirect palette means that color changes associated with the presence or absence of energy shields, emergency alarms, and the screen flash representing destruction of the ship can be accomplished by simply changing the palette values in memory registers.
Enemy ships, shots, and most other moving objects use Atari's variant of hardware sprites, known as player-missile graphics. The Atari supported only four of these "players" (and four simpler "missiles") but the game sometimes had more moving objects on-screen. In particular, the "radar" display in the lower right of screen was drawn using the background graphics, and updated much more slowly than the sprites. The same was true for the debris particles emitted when an enemy ship is destroyed, and are actually calculated as 3D points. Since the 6502 does not have a native multiply or divide command, the game slows down considerably when several of these particles are active.[6]
The Atari 8-bit family allows different graphics modes and color palettes to be used in different horizontal bands on the screen, by using a simple display list and a type of horizontal blank interrupt. While other games make more extensive use of these techniques, Star Raiders uses them in a relatively simple fashion to combine text displays and graphics; the cockpit display uses a custom character set to display futuristic-looking characters and symbols reminiscent of MICR.
Star Raiders' sounds of engines, shots, explosions, alarms, etc. are synthesized directly using the Atari POKEY sound chip's capabilities. Neubauer was involved in the design of POKEY.[6]
The entire game, code and data, fits into 8K (8192 bytes) of ROM, and requires only 8K of RAM for its working data and display visuals; thus it can run on any Atari 8-bit computer.
After seeing a demonstration Ted Nelson wrote, "The Atari machine is the most extraordinary computer graphics box ever made, and Star Raiders is its virtuoso demonstration game".[7] Compute! wrote that Star Raiders is "incredibly exciting to play and just about as much fun to watch!" It praised the game's use of color and sound to alert the player, and warned that "THIS GAME IS ADDICTIVE!".[8] BYTE wrote "What can you say about a game that takes your breath away? There are not enough superlatives to describe Star Raiders. Just as the VisiCalc software ... has enticed many people into buying Apple II computers, I'm sure that the Star Raiders cartridge ... has sold its share of Atari 400 and 800 computers". It concluded, "To all software vendors, this is the game you have to surpass to get our attention".[5] Softline in 1982 called Star Raiders "quite a game ... stands repeat play well and remains quite difficult",[4] in 1983 the magazine's readers named it "The Most Popular Atari Program Ever", with 65% more weighted votes than second-place Jawbreaker,[9] and in 1984 they named the game the most popular Atari program of all time.[10]
On March 12, 2007, The New York Times reported that Star Raiders was named to a list of the ten most important video games of all time, the so-called game canon.[11] The Library of Congress took up a video game preservation proposal and began with the games from this list, including Star Raiders.[12][13]
Versions of Star Raiders were created for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari ST series of computers. The Atari 5200 version is nearly identical to the computer version, but takes advantage of the 5200's analog joystick and makes some minor graphical changes.
The Atari 2600 version (1982) suffers somewhat from the 2600's weaker graphics and sound capabilities. It shipped with a special keypad controller, the Video Touch Pad, to take the place of the computer keyboard. Although the controller was designed to accept overlays for compatibility with multiple games, Star Raiders was the only game to utilize it. In this version the Zylons are renamed to "Krylons".
The Atari 2600 version was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and Microsoft Windows on March 24, 2010. The game is no longer available.
Atari produced a somewhat less successful sequel titled Star Raiders II. Star Raiders II was at one point The Last Starfighter, a licensed tie-in for the movie The Last Starfighter, written for the 8-bit Atari line. When that licensing deal fell through, the completed game was modified into Star Raiders II. It was then ported to the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum.
Remakes and Clones[edit]
Neubauer's later game Solaris has some elements in common with Star Raiders. Solaris, which was released seven years after Star Raiders on the less-powerful Atari 2600, was in some respects more visually advanced than the original Atari 800 version of Star Raiders.[citation needed]
Star Rangers, an homage to Star Raiders, was released in 2010 for the iPhone. It was written by former 8-bit game programmer Tom Hudson, who was at one time a technical editor for Atari hobbyist magazine ANALOG Computing. As of October 2014, possibly earlier, Star Rangers is no longer in the iOS App Store.
A re-imagining of Star Raiders, developed by Incinerator Studios and published by Atari, was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on May 11, 2011.
Activision's Starmaster for the Atari 2600 (1982) has visuals and mechanics similar to Star Raiders.
In popular culture[edit]
The Doctor Who Audio Dramas (DWAD), a fan-made production based on the BBC program Doctor Who, incorporates several elements from the Star Raiders game and comic series into a number of their episodes.[14] Though most of the stories featuring the Zylons and Star Cruisers are not available to the public, three stories currently are: Mindmask, Terror on Terra, and Target Zylon. The latter two stories also include a heavy Star Trek influence, Star Raiders apparently being set in the world of the United Federation of Planets.[citation needed]
In 1983 DC Comics published a graphic novel inspired by the game; it was the first title of the DC Graphic Novel series. It was written by Elliot S! Maggin and illustrated by José Luis García-López. Early production copies of the Atari 2600 version of the game were accompanied by an Atari Force mini-comic (published by DC Comics). This particular issue was #3 in the series, preceded by mini-comics accompanying the Defender and Berserk games. Two final mini-comics followed with the games Phoenix and Galaxian.
- ^ Nelson, Ted (June 1980). "The Atari Machine". Creative Computing Magazine: 34–36.
- ^ Chaplin, Heather (March 27, 2007). "Is That Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact". The New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ^ Tomczyk, Michael (March–April 1980). "STAR RAIDERS: The Wizard Behind The Game". Compute!. p. 75. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ a b Bang, Derrick (1982-01). "Star Raiders". Softline. p. 16. Retrieved 13 July 2014. Check date values in:
- ^ a b c d Williams, Gregg (May 1981). "Star Raiders". BYTE. p. 106. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d James Hague, "Doug Neubauer", Halcyon Days
- ^ Nelson, Ted (1983). "The Atari Machine". In Small, David; Small, Sandy; Blank, George. The Creative Atari. Creative Computing Press. ISBN 0916688348.
- ^ Klepfer, Joretta (March–April 1980). "Star Raiders Defend the Galaxy". Compute!. pp. 74–75. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "The Most Popular Atari Program Ever". Softline. 1983-03. p. 44. Retrieved 28 July 2014. Check date values in:
- ^ "The Best and the Rest". St.Game. Mar–Apr 1984. p. 49. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ CHAPLIN, HEATHER (2007-03-12). "Is That Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- ^ Ransom-Wiley, James. "10 most important video games of all time, as judged by 2 designers, 2 academics, and 1 lowly blogger". Joystiq.
- ^ Owens, Trevor (2012-09-26). "Yes, The Library of Congress Has Video Games: An Interview with David Gibson". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ Doctor Who Audio Dramas
External links[edit]
- Maury Markowitz's Star Raiders page with screenshots, technical details, extensive gameplay description, and pictures of Star Raiders successors (archived)
- The Star Raiders Tribute Page with screenshots, audio samples, animations and the game manual
- Star Raiders guide at StrategyWiki
- Star Raiders at MobyGames
- Another interview with Doug Neubauer
- Atari 2600 Star Raiders
- Star Raiders Manual - Atari 2600 Atari Age reprint
- Star Raiders Tutorial Reprint of September 1982 article from Byte Magazine
- videogamecritic.net Atari 5200 Star Raiders Tactics
- "Star Raiders Academy" from July 1983 Antic Magazine
- "The History of Star Raiders" by Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton


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PAW PAW, W.Va. — Avalon Resort will be part of a national effort this weekend to break a world record, au natural. The West Virginia resort in Hampshire County will be part of a national effort to set the world skinny dipping record at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 13.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico (October 1, 2013) – After a four-month break the 2013 season of NEC Series-PGA TOUR Latinoamérica will resume with the Puerto Rico Classic presented by Merrill Lynch next week at the legendary Dorado Beach Resort & Club's East Course.
The same venue that welcomed the Tour last season for the inaugural playing of the tournament is all set to welcome a deeper pool of talented players involved in a 14-tournament race for five Web.com Tour cards.
"The PGA TOUR Latinoamérica has an even wider reach now, and it is a great platform for promoting golf in the region while showcasing all that Puerto Rico and Latin America have to offer the world," said Sidney Wolf, chairman of both the Puerto Rico Classic and the Puerto Rico Golf Association.
Besides adding three more tournaments and two host countries to its second season's schedule, this year the Tour has been strengthened by the addition of NEC Corporation as its umbrella sponsor. Several new tournaments and countries are expected to increase the Tour's reach throughout the region next year.
The Puerto Rico Classic will also be bigger and better than ever, thanks in part to its new presenting sponsor. "We expect great things from our new relationship with Merrill Lynch, and we will work very had to strengthen that relationship," said Wolf, who added that the event is also lucky to enjoy significant support from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which remains the title sponsor.
This second playing of the Puerto Rico Classic should also be more appealing for the local fans due to the presence of top Puerto Rican pro Rafael Campos. Last year, Campos missed the Classic because he was at a Q-School qualifier for the PGA TOUR. This time, the former national champion will look to cash in on his 'home course advantage' to notch a much desired first win on the circuit.
Since the inception of PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Campos has consistently proven to be one of the region's best golfers. He finished the inaugural 2012 season ranked 14th in the Order of Merit and is currently 24th halfway through this season. A win in Puerto Rico would not only thrill his many fans and followers; it would put him within striking distance of one of those coveted Top-5 spots that grants an automatic Web.com TOUR card and puts golfers one step closer to their ultimate dream.
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William "Bill" Wade Johnson, 70, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at his home in Renton, Wash.
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He was born Dec. 12, 1943, in Pomona, Kan., to Karl and Eunice Johnson.
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|Dreams are there to be realised
|Written by Jodi Ruckley
|Sunday, 08 April 2012 01:04
It has been evident to me for many years that I have been working towards a dream. In 2006, with the help of Wayne, I sat down and wrote a business plan for a vision I had – called Our Place on Earth. Since then I have led a very different lifestyle to what I was used to. I look back and look at all the skills I have developed and creative projects I have been involved in, seemingly, all are related to this life-time dream. Living in France and learning French, developing the skill of telepathic communication and sharing this knowledge with others through workshops, film editing and directing, the whole process of writing, publishing and selling a book are just some of them.
Last year, on the Walk for Freedom, I saw a duck get hit by a car. Intuitively I knew his neck was broken and he was going to die. I held him in my arms and he passed away peacefully in my arms in about 30 seconds. I held the intention for him to pass on to the light. Then I cried and I felt strong in my heart "I am going to be a vet, no matter what it takes".
So now I find myself studying Animal Science at Murdoch University in Perth – they are reputed for providing alternatives to vivisection throughout the course. I need top marks this year to transfer over to Veterinary Science, and then it will be another 5 years of hard study. I will try with all my heart, and hope one day I can help animals on an even different level, particularly all those ex-factory farm animals who will come into the care of Our Place on Earth in the future.
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Vin Scully was just talking about how great the weather is there...for PITCHERS! Overcast and they like to pitch to contact. Dodgers haven't been able to score in this series and Oakland simply doesn't score. And with Kershaw on the hill I also am not sure how Greg expected many runs. A head scratcher for sure. Wonder how many innings these two would have to play before they totaled 7 runs?
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Indiana Fishing License 2014
Information and Where to Buy Your IN Fishing License
Interested in fishing in Indiana? You'll need to buy the right fishing license if you want to fish in 2014. Here's the deal...
Where to Buy Your 2014 Indiana Fishing License
Getting your Indiana fishing license for 2014 online is one option. If you're not too keen on providing your social security number in an online form, you can go to any of the license agents (click your region on the map, then look for your county).
An annual resident fishing license is $17.00. If you're over 64, you can get an annual license for $3.00, or fish for life for $17. Anyone under 17 doesn't need a license.
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Truecrypt whole drive encryption works well for us. No TPM required, not dependent on windows version.
We are looking at encrypting our staff laptops.
Installed W7 Enterprise thinking to use bitlocker... Need TPM these laptops do not have TPM.
Looking for some free encryption software, easy for staff to use, and will encrypt the whole hard drive.
Truecrypt whole drive encryption works well for us. No TPM required, not dependent on windows version.
Another for Truecrypt
We use TrueCrypt if we can't use BitLocker, though it involves an additional password page which the staff don't like.
Easy to use, though - the staff just input a password at boot, then everything is as normal.
Also TrueCrypt here. We use it on all of our USB drives. Works a treat.
Also on Truecrypt. Any laptops that leave the site have a password on boot, very simple. Their external HDDs are also encrypted. We went with it for the same reason - no TPMs (Lenovo X130e).
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you dont NEED a tpm for bitlocker it makes things easier but im sure it can be used with a flashdrive and pin if you dont have a tpm
You can still use bitlocker without tpm - use a flash drive as a key. Only problem is if staff lose/forget them then you have use recovery password to start the laptop.
Advantage of bitlocker is that recovery keys are saved in active directory.
And the advantage of a usb is that it forms a form of second factor authentication to get onto the laptop. If they use them, they should keep them on their personal keyring, make them less likely to be lost.
What happens if the laptop breaks? and the motherboard is replaced?
One other option is to use usb startup keys with the laptops without TPM or use Windows 8 which allows you to use password on startup as well as the usb startup option in Windows 7 for laptops without TPM.
for bitlocker if you have server 2008r2 (and i assume 2012 is the same or near enough) go to server manager, add features, remote server admin tools, feature administration tools, and tick the bitlocker drive encryption admin utils (for windows 7 install rsat tools then do the same as above). then in active directory users and computers you get an extra tab on computer accounts
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Using ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD to Create and Edit Videos
This document pertains to HP and Compaq Desktop computers that come with ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD video editing software.
The information contained in this document is a general overview of how to use ShowBiz video editing and DVD authoring software. The sections below provide the steps you need to create your own Digital Video Discs (DVDs) and Video Compact Discs (VCDs).
Full instructions and contextual help are also available by pressing F1 while ShowBiz is open.
Creating a quick DVD
If you want to record video to a DVD (without editing), use the Quick DVD feature. This feature allows you to copy video directly to a writable disc as it plays. Use steps below to record video using the Quick DVD feature:
- Insert a blank disc into the drive.
- Open Arcsoft ShowBiz, and select Create a "Quick DVD".If a supported capture device is detected, the Quick DVD capture screen appears.NOTE:If a message appears stating that no supported video capture device was found, the video capture device is not supported by ShowBiz DVD. You can still create a video disc, but the video must be captured using different software.
- Select how often to create chapter points, menu styling and options for the video capture device.
- Play the video that you want to record from the source (VCR, camcorder, digital video camera).
- Click the Start record button.
- Click the Stop button when you reach the stopping point.Showbiz DVD automatically writes the video to the DVD. To reduce the chances for errors, do not use the computer while the DVD is being created.
Editing video
Use the following steps to edit video files:
- Insert a blank disc into the drive.
- Open Arcsoft ShowBiz and select Edit or Capture Video.
- From the Media tab, select < New Album >.
- Click the Add button (the icon that looks like a red book), and browse to the video file.
- Select the file you want, and click Open.An Automatic Scene Detection screen appears. Automatic Scene Detection breaks the video up into different scenes for editing purposes (removing, adding, and rearranging scenes).
- Select the scene detection options you want. If you do not want your video to use scene detect, remove the checkmark from Automatic Scene Detection.
- Click OK to add the video file to the album.
- Double-click the video file to add the video to the Storyboard layout.
- Once all video files are added, you can edit the video or video segments by using the special features of Arcsoft ShowBiz. You can trim video, add audio tracks and text, add special transition effects, and more. To learn more about these features and how to use them, press F1.
- Once you are satisfied with the video you can save it to the hard drive with the Make Movie button.
Creating a DVD or VCD
Use the steps below to create a DVD or VCD from a selection of video files:
- Insert a blank disc into the drive. Use a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc to create a DVD video, use a CD-R or CD-RW disc to create a VCD.
- From the Arcsoft ShowBiz DVD menu, click Create DVD or Create VCD.
- Click Create New Project.The ShowBiz DVD Design screen appears.
- Double-click the theme that you want to use from the layout portion of the screen.
- After the desired theme is applied, click Add Media.
- Select < New Album > from the drop-down menu.
- Click the Add icon (an icon of a folder with an arrow coming out of it) to add video files to the album.
- Once video files are added to the album, double-click them to add them to the layout.
- When you are done adding video files to the layout, click Author.
- At this time you can trim the video or add chapter points. To learn more about these features and how to use them, press F1.
- Click Produce and then click Start.
- Type a file name for the DVD project and click Save.
- Click OK to create the VCD or DVD.To reduce the chances for errors, do not use the computer while the DVD is being created.
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Quest Girls' Glacier Winter Boot
$24.93 $39.99*
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Product Information:
The Quest® Girls' Glacier winter boot is an all-purpose winter boot that has everything they'll need for cold weather fun. A durable PU upper protects against the elements, with a faux fur collar adding a stylish detail. An added molded fleece lined sock liner improves comfort. While 200g of Thinsulate® insulation keeps you warm, the dependable rubber outsole offers unbeatable traction in even the worst conditions.
- Durable PVC upper protects against the elements
- Faux fur collar adds a stylish detail
- Molded fleece lined sock liner improves comfort
- 200g of Thinsulate® insulation keeps feet warm
- Bungee closure with added strap for a custom fit
- Durable TPR outsole offers premium traction in winter conditions
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High quality at a great price. My daughter loves her boots. I got tired of her burning through cheap boots. These are just what she needed at a great price. March 15, 2014
Very misleading The picture shows a grey boot with pink faux fur lining. What I receive was white with little flowers or stars all over them, and the faux fur was grey. I was very disappointed in the discrepancy between the picture and the actual item I received. February 28, 2014
warm and easy to put on Haven't had them long but the are holding up so far. my daughter loves them. She hasn't had cold feet since she got them. uses them mostly for playing in the snow and winter walks. we bought online which we don't normally do because of sizing but they were a good fit with a little room for extra socks if need be February 25, 2014
My daughter loves these Bought these for my daughter. She loves them. They keep her feet warm and dry. Perfect for the cold snowy winter we have had so far. February 22, 2014
Great boots at the great price! Got these boots for my 9 y.o. They do look a little bit like "moon" shoes but she loves them. She says that the boots have springy insoles and not too heavy on her feet. Easy to get on and off - wide enough shaft to tuck jeans in. December 26, 2013
We actually love them I was hesitant to order a brand that I was not familiar with but the cost and reviews were enticing so I went for it. Another concern was the fact that there was not a zipper for easy on and off access. Well, my child LOVES them!!! Had absolutely, no problem getting them on and off and they are comfortable. They were used sledding twice so far and I'm happy to say dry, warm feet returned home. I received them very quick. The first pair were sent in the wrong size but one phone call to customer service went smoothly and they quickly sent out a new pair and a return label for the incorrect size. I received them the night before a big snow storm.I am very pleased with Dick's sporting goods and the product. December 21, 2013
Excellent Choice Very warm, good quality, great price! I recommend these boots for any little girl. You will be pleased with your purchase! December 19, 2013
Awesome boot but beware of size I'm still giving it a 5 star rating because its a really warm and beautiful boot, but I'm usually a size 7 I ordered a size 6 and my toes were still about 1 1.2 inches away from reaching the front, I went to the store and tried on a size 4!!! And they fit ok! December 19, 2013
Warm Awesome winter boot! My daughter is very picky when it comes to how boots or shoes fit. She loves these boots December 4, 2013
excellent snow boot for the narrow calfed These boots are great for keeping my feet warm and dry for long periods out in the snow thanks to thinsulate. Though I have lean calves and the top of the boots barely accommodate them comfortably, which is great to keep the snow out, but I know many people for whom they would not be comfortable. March 18, 2013


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Stay in Purple Jade Hotel Beijing, visitors will have easy access to Beijing Olympic Stadium. With this tour line below, you can visit Beijing's main stadium for 2008 Olympic and also another interesting famous tourist's attractions. Tour details below:
1 Day Bus Tour: Beijing Hutong, Lama Temple, Panda Zoo
Price From: US$ 30( 192 CNY )
Departure: You decide!
Tour Duration: about 8 hours include lunch
Pick-up place and time: Your City Center Hotel about 8:00am
Finishing place and time: Your City Center Hotel around 5:00pm
Payment Method: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire, Western Union
Tour Guide Language: English
Feature: One day Group tour including Hutong, Lama Temple, Panda and the Olympic Stadiums will let you know more about both the modern and old Beijing, service include hotel transfers, tour guide, lunch and entrance tickets.
Traveler's review:
Different with the scenic spots tour, this bus tour is great enough to visit the specific and wonderful places, especially the Panda Zoo. It was quite spread out and was a very nice visit, pandas are lovely and pretty. Of course the popular panda area was quite crowded, but the pandas even cooperated with the cameras a bit. They were adorable and active, even lazy, but just these characteristic made them so cute that I want to hug them closely. Never miss them!


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A co-worker and I have recently been arguing over which BBQ restaurants in St. Louis has the best food. Honestly, I was long convinced it was Pappy's and, of course, he still swears by it. But a recent visit to Sugarfire Smoke House in the Olivette made me start questioning everything I knew about St. Louis BBQ. I did a ... Read More »
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While in Jefferson City recently, I was able to dine at four different local restaurants (within the span of two days.) I was pleasantly surprised to find sushi, Greek-style pizza, and frozen yogurt, choices more commonly associated with big cities. Each restaurant was unique and catered to all tastes. Love Sushi, an intimate Japanese restaurant located on Missouri Boulevard, brings ... Read More »
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I was so excited for us to get our blog up and running because I wanted to share with travelers my familiarization tour of Highway 36 that turned into an onion ring tour. New to my job with the Missouri Division of Tourism, I was very excited to take some travel writers on a familiarization tour of Missouri Highway 36 ... Read More »


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AFFAIRS OF STATE: The Problem with Late Claims in Chapter 13 - Robert K. Coulter
Benchnotes - Deborah D. Williamson and Ronald Hornberger
BEYOND THE QUILL: For Whom the Bells (and Whistles) Toll: Are IEPSs for You? - Lisa A. Tracy
CONSUMER CORNER: The Fragile Middle Class: Hear the Cracking? - Thomas J. Yerbich
FEATURE: "Orderly" Takeovers of Special Properties: A Court Order Checklist - William J. Hoffman
FEATURE: How Free Is "Free and Clear"? A Practical Guide to Protection Against Successor Liability When Purchasing Assets Out of a Bankruptcy Estate - Jo Ann J. Brighton
From the Director - Samuel J. Gerdano
LAST IN LINE: How to Analyze a Trade Lien - Lisa S. Gretchko
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Corporate Financial Scandals Inspire New Proposal in Congress
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Accounting reform Law Adds Broad Securities Fraud Discharge Exception - Prof. G. Ray Warner
ON OUR WATCH: Protecting the Integrity of the System: the Civil Enforcement Initiative - Antonia G. Darling and Mark A. Redmiles
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: The Doctrine of Necessity and Critical Trade Vendors: The Impracticality of Maintaining Post-petition Business Relations in Mega-cases - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
STRAIGHT & NARROW: Mega-case Conflict Issues: Enron Committee Counsel - Michael P. Richman
TOXINS ARE US: Be Careful What You Ask For: You Just Might Get It - Removal, Waiver and Eleventh Amendment Immunity - James W. Herr and Tracy M. Sullivan
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Cash Management and the Turnaround - John A. Dischner
VALUE & CENTS: Recent Judicial Decisions Guide Valuation Analysts - Robert F. Reilly
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: A Tale of Two Chapters - Ed Flynn and Gordon Bermant
CLERK COMMENTARY: Primer on Advanced Courtroom Technology - Mary M. Weibel
CODE TO CODE: Collateral Estoppel and Dischargeability Proceedings - Carlos J. Cuevas
CONSUMER CORNER: Judicial Estoppel in Chapters 7 and 13 - Thomas E. Ray
DICTA: On Promoting "Uniform Laws Respecting Bankruptcy" - Hon. Leif M. Clark
FEATURE: Representing the Oversecured Creditor: Eleventh Circuit Allows Claim for Attorneys' Fees Based on Statutory Formula - Brian C. Walsh
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Financial Reporting Restatements: What Are the Causes and Warning Signs? - Michael C. Sullivan and Darrin K. Wald
INTENSIVE CARE: Treating Latent Medical Tort Claims in Bankruptcy - James T. Markus and Donald J. Quigley
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Bankruptcy Bill Update: Hyde/Schumer Continue to Trade Language on Clinic Access
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Corporate Fraud and Accountability Act (as Passed by the Senate)
LIEN ON ME: A Horse of a Different Color: Problems of Classification Under Article 9 of the UCC - Robert J. Bein
ON THE EDGE: Dangerous Dicta for DIP Lenders: The Risk of a Valid but Valueless Replacement Lien - Jerald I. Ancel, Marlene Reich and Jeffrey J. Graham
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Section 363 Sales: Let the Buyer Beware - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN: From the President - Andrew W. Caine
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Bankruptcy - Indonesian Style - E. Bruce Leonard
TURNAROUND TOPICS: Reporting the Post-restructuring Balance Sheet: It's Not Always What You Would Expect - James Horgan
VALUE & CENTS: Location, Location, Location - David Peress
AFFAIRS OF STATE: Going-out-of-business Sales and State Law: No More Mister Nice Guy - Karen Cordry
BEYOND THE QUILL: Mobile Computing: Wireless Computer Networks' Convenience and (In)Security - John D. Penn
CONSUMER CORNER: In re Jamo: 1st Circuit Increases Creditor Leverage in Reaffirmations - David B. Wheeler
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN: From the Director - Samuel J. Gerdano
FEATURE: Capital Contribution or a Loan? A Practical Guide to Analyzing Recharacterization Claims (or, When Is Equitable Subordination the Appropriate Analysis?) - Jo Ann J. Brighton
FEATURE: Identifying Valuable Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy: Part II - Weston Anson and Rick Schioldager
LAST IN LINE: Critical Vendors: Elevating the Low-priority Unsecured Claims of Pre-petition Trade Creditors - David S. Nathan
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Bankruptcy Bill Conference Reaches Critical Stage
Legislative Update
ON OUR WATCH: A New Approach to Accountability in the Bankruptcy System - Lawrence A. Friedman
ON THE EDGE: Medicare and Medicaid Receivables: Recoupment or Setoff? - Daniel C. Bruton and Thomas W. Waldrep Jr.
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Post-petition Claims and Administrative Expense Priority: Timing Alone Does Not Entitle You to Payment - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
STRAIGHT & NARROW: Goldilocks, Bankruptcy and Divorce: Are the Adversarial Relationships Too Much, Not Enough or Just Right? - C.R. "Chip" Bowles Jr.
SUGGESTED READING: The Executive Guide to Corporate Bankruptcy - Romaine S. Scott III
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Three's a Charm? Russia Adopts Third Bankruptcy Law in 10 Years - Hon. Sidney B. Brooks
TOXINS-ARE-US: Putting the "Brakes" on Federal Court Jurisdiction - Jordan A. Kroop
VALUE & CENTS: Valuation of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Robert F. Reilly
AFFAIRS OF STATE: When Two Worlds Collide: The Relationship and Conflicts Between Asset Forfeiture and Bankruptcy Law - Craig Peyton Gaumer
BANKRUPTCY BY THE NUMBERS: Just Recently Hired: Job Tenure Among No-asset Chapter 7 Debtors - Gordon Bermant, Ed Flynn and Karen Bakewell
CLERK COMMENTARY: Where to Go to Be in the Know: Court Web Sites - David D. Bird
CODE TO CODE: Collateral Estoppel and Dischargeability Proceedings: Part I - Carlos J. Cuevas
CONSUMER CORNER: Are Windfalls Part of a Fresh Start? Avoidance of Judicial Liens Under 11 U.S.C. §522(f) - Timothy D. Moratzka
DICTA: Tips and Tricks - Hon. Leif M. Clark
FEATURE: Identifying Valuable Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy: Part I - Weston Anson
INTENSIVE CARE: Precautions Against "Cherry Picking" for Developers and Other Lessors of Multiple Nursing Home Facilities - Nancy A. Peterman and Robert W. Lannan
LAST IN LINE: When Is Contemporaneous (as in Exchange) Not Contemporaneous? - Geoffrey L. Berman
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS: House Passes Short-term Chapter 12 Extension, Sets Date for Further Conference on Omnibus Bill
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Kohl Letter Urges Colleagues to Keep Homestead Cap
Letter to the Editor - Kenneth L. Anderson
LIEN ON ME: Search Logic from MARS - Hon. John K. Pearson
ON THE EDGE: Proper Perfection Procedures for Intellectual Property - Jeffrey W. Warren and Carrie Beth Baris
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: Assumption of Provider Agreements and Personal Service Contracts - Bruce H. White and William L. Medford
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN: From the President - Richardo I. Kilpatrick
TURNAROUND TOPICS: The Slow Burn of Corporate Distress - John Yozzo and Kevin Regan
VALUE & CENTS: Deepening Insolvency: Plaintiff vs. Defendant - Dr. Allen Michel and Dr. Israel Shaked


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Graphic displays are useful for seeing patterns in data. Patterns
in data are commonly described in terms of:
center, spread, shape, and unusual features.
Some common distributions have special descriptive labels, such as
symmetric, bell-shaped, skewed, etc.
Graphically, the center of a distribution is located at the
of the distribution. This is the point in a graphic display where
about half of the observations are on either side. In the chart to the
right, the height of each column indicates the frequency of observations.
Here, the observations are centered over 4.
The spread of a distribution refers to the variability of the
data. If the observations cover a wide
range, the spread is
larger. If the observations are clustered around a single value, the
spread is smaller.
Consider the figures above. In the figure on
the left, data values range from 3 to 7; whereas in the figure on the right,
values range from 1 to 9. The figure on the right is more
variable, so it has the greater spread.
The shape of a distribution is described by the following
Here are some examples of distributions and shapes.
Sometimes, statisticians refer to unusual features in a set of data.
The two most common unusual features are gaps and outliers.
■ Variables
■ Central tendency
■ Variability
■ Measures of position
■ Patterns in data
■ Dotplots
■ Histograms
■ Stemplots
■ Boxplots
■ Cumulative plots
■ Scatterplots
■ Comparing plots
■ One-way tables
■ Two-way tables
■ Sets and subsets
■ Stat experiments
■ Counting data points
■ What is probability
■ Probability problems
■ Rules of probability
■ Bayes' rule
■ Types of variables
■ Distributions
■ Mean and variance
■ Independence
■ Combining
■ Transforming
■ Random sampling
■ Sampling distribution
■ Diff between props
■ Diff between means
■ Probability dist
■ Discrete/continuous
■ Binomial distribution
■ Negative binomial
■ Hypergeometric
■ Multinomial
■ Poisson
■ Normal distribution
■ Standard normal
■ Student's t
■ Chi-square
■ F distribution
■ Estimation overview
■ Standard error
■ Margin of error
■ Confidence intervals
■ Estimate proportion
■ Small samples
■ Estimate mean
■ Matched pairs
■ Hypothesis tests
■ How to test
■ Test of the mean
■ Diff between pairs
■ Test for a proportion
■ Region of acceptance
■ Power of a test
■ How to find power
■ Goodness of fit
■ Homogeneity
■ Data collection
■ Sampling methods
■ Survey sampling bias
■ Survey sampling
■ SRS analysis
■ Stratified sampling
■ Stratified analysis
■ Cluster sampling
■ CLS analysis
■ Sample size: SRS
■ Sample size: STR
■ Find right method
■ Measurement scales
■ Linear correlation
■ Linear regression
■ Regression example
■ Residual analysis
■ Transformations
■ Influential points
■ Slope estimate
■ Slope significance
■ Experiment intro
■ Experimental design
■ Simulations


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APA President Sharon Stephens Brehm, PhD, has chosen convention programming that explores, among other topics, her presidential themes of integrated health care for an aging population, psychology's role in improving math and science education and the working relationship between institutional review boards and psychological scientists.
The sessions are scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 1:50 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 19, from 2 p.m. to 5:50 p.m., in the Moscone Center. Look for more information in the convention program, available online in June and in hard copy in July.
"Integrative Health Care for an Aging Population: Report on a Presidential Task Force," co-sponsored by APA Div. 20 (Adult Development and Aging) and APA's Committee on Aging. Chair: Toni C. Antonucci, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Participants: Peter Lichtenberg, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit; Deborah A. King, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N..; Jennifer Manly, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City; Gregory A. Hinrichsen, PhD, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, N.. Discussant: Antonette M. Zeiss, PhD, Office of Mental Health Services, Washington, D.C.
"Improving Math and Science Education: What Is Psychology's Role?" Chair: Nora S. Newcombe, PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia. Participant: Nora S. Newcombe, PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia. Co-discussants: Marcia Linn, PhD, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.; John Hagen, PhD, Society for Research in Child Development, Ann Arbor, Mich.
"Psychologists and Institutional Review Boards: Working Collaboratively to Protect Research Participants." Chair: Thomas Eissenberg, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. Participants: Thomas Eissenberg, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Arthur D. Fisk, PhD; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Sangeeta Panicker, PhD, APA, Washington, D.C.; Ivor Pritchard, PhD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Md.
"Launching Diversity Science," co-sponsored by Div. 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). Co-chairs: Mahzarin Banaji, PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Anthony G. Greenwald, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle; Claude M. Steele, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. Participants: David Takeuchi, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle; Marc Bendick, Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Washington, D.C.; Mary Lou Egan, Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Washington, D.C.; Alexandra Kalev, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.; Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Linda Hamilton Krieger, JD, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Discussants: Mahzarin Banaji, PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Claude M. Steele, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
"Actual Innocence: Contributions of Psychological Science to the Correction and Prevention of Wrongful Convictions," co-sponsored by Divs. 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) and 41 (American Psychology Law Society). Chair: Lawrence S. Wrightsman Jr., PhD, University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kan. Participants: Saul M. Kassin, PhD, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; Gary L. Wells, PhD, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Discussant: Lawrence S. Wrightsman Jr., PhD, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kan.
"A Challenge for Psychology in Our Time: Understanding the Causes of Terrorism," co-sponsored by Divs. 8, 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and 19 (Society for Military Psychology). Co-chairs: Jeff Greenberg, PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.; Sheldon Solomon, PhD, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.. Participants: Tom Pyszczynski, PhD, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Arie W. Kruglanski, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; Xiaoyan Chen, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; Jessica Stern, PhD, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
"Sexual Orientation and Military Service": Current Evidence and APA Policy, co-sponsored by Divs. 19 and 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues) and co-listed by Divs. 9, 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) and 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity). Chair: Albert J. Lott, PhD, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. Participants: Robin A. Buhrke, PhD, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; Aaron Belkin, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Bonnie Moradi, PhD, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.; Huong T. Nguyen, JD, King & Kelleher, LLP, San Francisco, Calif.; C. Dixon Osburn, JD, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Washington, D.C. Discussant: Gregory M. Herek, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, Calif.
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Forgive my quirky humoured previous reply. All of the above explains what I chose to omit, but personally, I would allow Hellebores to set seed if only because you cannot have enough of this elegant and garden worthy plant and I rarely say no to a free plant!
I do believe removing old leaves is useful because they can carry fungal diseases or hide emerging flowers and foliage in late winter, although I'm not sure what time of year this job is done.
I'm a newbie with Hellebore and am still reaserching them
Whatever it is, 3 days detention in a jam jar is not doing it any good
The cold spring will be the reason, I don't think you can save bolted veg although you can collect the seed? Don't rip them out before more expert veg growers have commented, but there is still time to plant new crops if that's the only solution
@KG, its actually true that hens can change into roosters due to some hormone difference. There have been stories that it is to compensate for lack of males but I'm not sure about this. I don't think the male-hen can fertilise eggs, it just looks and behaves like a guy.
As I am sure you are aware, the bulbs have a central growth point and very brittle, spider-like roots that sit flat on the ground. They are shallow rooted and hate winter wet.
Much like Peonies, I think age is a major factor in their performance since last year was the first year that I got more than two flower stems and I noticed the growth points this spring were very fat indeed in comparison to very modest ones just a few years back.
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that is an age for your Eremurus.. i only planted mine last year..they lok gorgeous..so fingers crossed they will flower this year.. thou the leaves are different to yours.. long thin and spike upwards.. we are talking about the same plant? here is mine Sorry, couldn't get my cursor outside the quote box
that is an age for your Eremurus.. i only planted mine last year..they lok gorgeous..so fingers crossed they will flower this year.. thou the leaves are different to yours.. long thin and spike upwards..
we are talking about the same plant? here is mine
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in a nutshell, no.
@gardenfantic, dito. I've had mine for a couple of years and they look great against the yellow leaf of my Spiraea Goldflame, but I planted over them last year and I think I disturbed a bunch of them so that there was leaf this year but no flower.
I plan to get loads more this autumn for the middle garden, along with as many Tulips as I can afford
I'm also going to be dividing my Eremurus which is about ten years old and with the twenty flower spikes this year, I think it won't mind the separation.
My objective for next year is to improve my drift planting technique which is rather crap this year as I am beginning to discover too late in the season to change it, but oh hum, t'is a learning curve and next year will be even better once my perennials have bulked up
Your alliums are a little ahead of mine, funnily enough last year I had two clumps of 6, and I don't know why but this year I have one clump of 9 and a single one in the other clump. There is leaf but no flowers.
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Over 3,500 people attended the eight films that have won awards all over the world including an Oscar nominee.
One of Israel's top filmmakers Avi Nesher was in South Africa to scout out locations for his next film and we were fortunate to have him at the Premiere where he gave a fascinating talk.
The Festival kicked off in Johannesburg at the Rosebank Mall Cinema Nouveau Theatres from the 12th to the 18th of August. It then moved on to Cape Town at the V&A Waterfront from the 19th to the 25th. On the 26th of August it came back to Pretoria until the 1st of September and ended off in Durban from the 2nd of September until the 8th.
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In the case of international adoption, when I am "reffered" to a child, what does that mean? I realize there will be a lot of paperwork to fill out in both US and country of adoption, but are we not allowed to specify the characteristics we are looking for in a child? Such as gender and health issues or age? And even if we do, are we not allowed to chose from several that meet our criteria, or are we usually just shown one and asked to take or leave the child? (Either way its aweful, like selecting puppy, and i just want to take them all)
I may be wrong here... but as I understand it, it may differ by program and country.
1- Some countries allow you to specify gender and age range, and medical conditions that you'll consider, AND then they send a "referral" for a child that matches your criteria.
2- In Waiting Children programs, as the name applies, there are children that have not been referred and you may get to select one to be considered.
Again, I am probably not using the right language and I could be a bit off, but that's how I understand some of the differences.
we're looking into starting the international adoption process.
it varies by the country you are adopting from. but, basically when you start the process you can specify certain things ( like the age range you are looking for and some medical conditions you would be open to, etc). some countries let you specifiy the gender... a lot of them don't.
so, basically the agency will let you know when they have a child that matches what you are looking for. they'll send you all the information they have on the child ( medical records, etc) and you usually have a certain period of time to go over the information, have a doctor look over the information ( there are actually doctors that specialize in international adoption). and then you can choose whether to move forward with the adoption or not.
if for some reason you choose not to accept the child referred to you, i thnk in most cases, you are just put back on the waiting list and you wait for another referral.
like i said, we are just getting ready to start the process so this might not be 100% correct but from all the research i've done i think this is the general idea. good luck!!
miss explained it pretty well. Some countries have specific rules about what reasons you can turn a referral down, others do not.
In Peru, for example, they try really hard to match families within the specification that they said they are open to, so a family may only turn down a referral for medical issues or other major issues that contradict with their stated "openness." So a family that said they are open to a child between the ages of 2-6 with learning delays and minor medical problems could turn down a referral of a child needing major surgery and remain in the program, but they would be removed from the program for turning down a referral of a 3 year old with minor ADD and no other medical/behavioral/psychiatric/emotional problems just because they wanted a child who looked more like them, didn't like their name, it wasn't the right time, etc.
I can only speak of my own agency; our agency gave us a 2 page check list of medical issues and potential birth parent medical history (drug/alcohol abuse, mental diagnosis, rape, etc.) and we had to go down through and check if it was something we would accept or not accept. Probably one of the hardest paperwork to do.
I had asked our agency, how often does an adoptive family actually turn down a refferal, I was told that it's not too common, but it has happened. Usually it only happens when there is a miscommunication and they offer you a child that has a medical issue that you had already marked on your paperwork as "not accept". Harsh, I know. If you turn down a refferal, you get reffered another child, once they find a match for you.


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A blog about experimenting with and learning bushcraft and survival skills in Northern Ireland. I am only a student of this subject and am in no way an expert so dont take my word for anything. Check things out for yourself you will learn more that way. Enjoy
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Mora Viking
I want something sharp, and easy to sharpen. Comfortable. Robust and capable of taking serious abuse in the name of experimentation.
And lastly good value for money.
If you pay 100+ for a knife I don't think you can help being more careful with it. And god forbid, what if you lose it.
This mora cost me £2.50 and I have used it for 2 years without incident.
There is nothing you can do with a several hundred pound knife that you can't do with this!
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I will not be able to make tomorrow's telecon. So can we defer discussion of OMG work on a UML presentation syntax until April 10? >4.0 Discussion of Presentation Syntax Documents > OMG update: >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2003Apr/0001.html -EvanReceived on Wednesday, 2 April 2003 17:20:06 GMT
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Q In ''Lost in Translation'', Bob (Bill Murray) makes a hilarious attempt at ''conversation'' with an old Japanese man in a hospital waiting room. What's the guy saying?
A ''How many years have you been in Japan?'' the ojii-san asks in Japanese, adding ''Mmmm, I don't really speak English.'' When Murray doesn't get it, the gent (Akira Motomura) opts for volume: ''Ja-pan!'' he shouts. ''How many years?!'' Murray repeats the Japanese, cracking the man up. Murray making someone laugh? That we understand.
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