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Big River Between Us
by Carl Pope
NAFTA divides the United States and Mexico as never before
By the time it bisects Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, the mighty Rio Grande has pretty much petered out, the victim of a prolonged drought and enormous diversions of water on both sides of the border. However tiny, the river remains a chasm--one made wider by NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
What happens to garbage is a good indicator of that gulf. The Rio Grande Valley on the Texas side is one of the poorest and most polluted parts of the United States, but at least a bulldozer covers over the day's garbage at the landfill. When the Sierra Club Board of Directors visited the dump on the Mexican side in February, it had been burning for four months. A few weeks earlier, fire trucks had soaked the smoldering garbage for days to keep the smoke down for a visit by President Vicente Fox, but no one knew how to put out the fire.
Dump fires are often set by scavengers to burn off organic matter in order to uncover metals and other material that can be salvaged and sold. In Mexico as in much of the Third World, dumps are essentially recycling centers, although a far cry from the familiar U.S. facilities where newsprint, aluminum, and glass are neatly sorted into dumpsters, and the only unpleasantness is the smell of stale beer. Prime recyclable items from Matamoros's dump are skulls and other bones from the slaughterhouse, piled up in stinking heaps to bleach in the sun.
Back in 1993 when it was ratified by Congress, NAFTA promised better. It was supposed to be a new-style trade agreement that would not only facilitate economic progress in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, but protect workers' rights and the environment through "side agreements." The U.S.-Mexico border--even 20 years ago the world's longest toxic-waste zone--was to be cleaned up with loans from the new North American Development Bank, dubbed NADBank.
Since NAFTA, the number of workers in the border assembly plants known as maquiladoras has doubled to one million. Baja California now generates three times as much hazardous waste, but still lacks waste-treatment facilities. NADBank hasn't done much, but it did loan Matamoros $14 million for a new, 40-acre, state-of-the-art sanitary landfill. The dump that was built, however, in addition to being on fire, is only 14 acres, and already over capacity. Nothing about it could be described as "state of the art." The main difference between the new landfill and the old is that Matamoros will have to repay $14 million to NADBank for the new one.
All along the border, more people are competing for limited supplies of drinking water and electricity, generating more solid refuse and sewage, and being exposed to ever higher levels of toxic wastes. NAFTA has left no mechanism to generate money for basic environmental services or public infrastructure: Workers' wages are too low to provide much tax income, sufficient levies on the factories are not allowed, and tariffs on exports were banned by NAFTA. The perverse structure of the system ensures that none of the benefits of industrial growth reach those who create it.
The people of Matamoros are more than ready to do their part. (See "Free-Trade Triage,") On its tour, the Sierra Club Board visited a colonia, or squatter community, created by what the locals call invasiones, mass takeovers of private land arranged (often with the landowners' blessing) by the political parties to provide housing for refugees from economic dislocation or environmental devastation. Known as "Derechos Humanos," ("Human Rights"), the colonia is only three years old. Some of its residents fled flooding in southern Mexico caused by deforestation, while others were peasants forced off their land by low corn prices, another fruit of NAFTA. (See "Tinkering With the Tortilla,") Already there are many neat yards boasting bougainvillea and papaya and lime trees. Eventually the city will annex the colonia, but until then its residents lack sewers and electricity to match their sweat equity. What progress the residents of Derechos Humanos have made is despite NAFTA, not because of it.
We might expect that the proponents of NAFTA, faced with the results of their handiwork, would pause to reconsider. After his visit to Matamoros, President Fox did call for a reevaluation of the agreement. But President Bush has never visited the maquiladora zone, nor any of the cross-border colonias on the Texas side of the border, even when he was governor there. Yet he is seeking to expand NAFTA's flawed vision to the entire hemisphere through the Free Trade Area of the Americas. (See "Tricks of Free Trade")
Like Fox's visit, the arrival of the Sierra Club Board of Directors in Matamoros had a momentary impact--some of the sites on our itinerary were actually cleaned up for our appearance. If President Bush and the CEOs of the major corporations with a presence on the border were to make a regular habit of visiting the maquiladora zone, that small step would probably improve the situation more than NAFTA has.
But imagine if instead of trying to make it bigger, our leaders tried to get NAFTA right. They could see to it, for example, that trade agreements require that those who profit pay taxes to provide communities like Derechos Humanos with sewers and clean water. Modest duties on goods crossing the border could clean up that toxic divide. And workers in the maquiladoras can only blow the whistle on pollution if their right to organize is as strongly protected as the right of industry to invest. Then, perhaps, by the time the lime trees in Derechos Humanos mature, the Rio Grande will be a crossing between neighbors, not between worlds.
Carl Pope is the executive director of the Sierra Club. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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So, babysitting circles. Does anyone still have them in their area?
What are they, I hear you ask?
When we were kids, we lived on a commuter village housing estate full of families with school age children. It was a really friendly place to live, everyone seemed to know everyone else and there were lots of events in the village that everyone got involved with as an estate…meaning lots of dodgy photos of us from way back, dressing up and decorating floats for the annual school fete.
When it came to parents going out for the night, babysitters were easy to sort out as there was a babysitting circle. This entailed a list of all the mums (it always seemed to be mums, I guess the dads were all busy looking after their own children or weren't keen to go out as much as the mums were) involved and a divvying up of little plastic tokens (some whole, some halved). When someone needed a babysitter, someone offered, they got given tokens by the parents going out, and so the chain continued with the exchange of tokens according to the time that babysitting took.
Great idea…if you live in a community based area where you know lots of people and are happy to have them babysit your children.
I do remember one night my mum going out, my brother and I had been in bed although it was early as we always had to be in bed when sitters came even if we weren't asleep. The sitter thought it was too early so persuaded us to come downstairs for a while. My mum wasn't happy when she found out, and we weren't really that fussed about being downstairs anyway.
It was a disadvantage as a teenager wanting to earn some pocket money by babysitting though. With most people in the babysitting circle, it meant unless the whole group went out together, there was no need for any teenage babysitters.
But, I think babysitting circles should make a come-back (if they ever really went away).
We find we tend to use family, as do lots of our friends, but there are some occasions where there's a big farming event going on that we all need to go to and can't then get babysitters for. But with babysitters costing a lot of money (even teenagers), plus potentially having to drive them home afterwards, it makes sense to try and group up with friends you all trust for some reciprocal babysitting.
I can think of a few people I can try and get involved with my area, so I shall have a think about it and spread the word to see if it would be a goer. Feels a better way than just the same person potentially being called on with no way of returning the favour (although I guess wine or cake might go down well).
What do you do for babysitting? Are there babysitting circles in your area?
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Hi Emma,
just read your blog.I have faced the trouble of finding babysitting often myself. That's why I set up Day&Night Sitters, an online Babysitting Agency.
The babysitters have been checked and interviewed, all you have to do as a parent is book a babysitter online.
I would love to hear your thoughts of it and if you would use such a service?
Many Thanks,
My fella and I rarely go out together as there is a lack of babysitters for us….His niece who's about 20 will babysit once in a blue moon but we rarely ask her as she's always busy on a weekend….Babysitting circles sound such a fab idea!
Just need to know local community people. I guess people from baby groups could group up to set one up.
I know the feeling Emma, we're the same and tend to use family – but we would like to get out more so on the hunt for babysitters….
Thankfully N now has one of the nursery staff look after him on a Thursday after nursery school, so guess in the future could ask her, but she'd be pricy. And in a few years we could have the oldest 2 nephews potentially doing it, but it is a minefield.
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Her Majesty Queen Sirikit celebrates her 6th cycle or 72nd birthday anniversary this year. For many months prior to the auspicious 6th cycle birthday on August 12, plans were worked out and activities and projects were conducted to pay tribute to Her Majesty on this special occasion.
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In 1985, Her Majesty was honored with the Asia Foundation's Humanitarian Award, in recognition of her work for her own people and her efforts on behalf of the thousands of refugees who fled to Thailand.
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Her Majesty the Queen's achievements in conservation are evident. She was presented with a certificate proclaiming her as an outstanding protector of forests and wildlife by the World Wildlife Fund in 1986. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 1992 presented her with the UNEP Gold Medal of Distinction.
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He was born Jan. 20, 1934, in Atwood to Murray and Maude Edwards. He was a high school graduate of Atwood.
He married Neva LouAnn Morgan in 1954. He graduated from Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1958 and was selected as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Teaching Fellow at the University of Michigan. After earning his doctorate, he served as a professor of English and department chairman at Fort Hays State University (1963 to 1969; 1974 to 1999) and at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (1969 to 1974). He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955 and later served seven years as a mission pilot with the Civil Air Patrol.
He especially enjoyed teaching American literature and doing scholarly research and publication in his chosen field of study. He was a devout Christian.
He was a member of Celebration Community Church, Hays.
He was an avid reader and enjoyed music, especially playing the guitar, banjo and piano to his father's old-time fiddling, and playing music and singing with his family and friends. An aviation enthusiast, he enjoyed flying, construction and remodeling projects for his family.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Mark Edwards and wife, Patty, Manhattan; two daughters, Marilyn Engel and husband, Bruce, Hays, and Cecily Hill and husband, Paul, Rockaway, N.J.; a sister, LoRita Hilmes and husband, Ralph, Montrose, Colo.; a brother-in-law, Paul Brown, Goodland; 11 grandchildren, Cara Rignell and husband, Lonnie, Riley, Caleb Edwards and Mariel Edwards, both of Manhattan, Lorita Edwards Davis and husband, Kane, Manhattan, Lee Stroup, Kansas City, Laura, Landon and Layton Stroup, all of Hays, Ryan Hill and wife, Jasmine, Fort Campbell, Ky., Olivia Hill, Florence, Ala., and Austin Hill, Rockaway; three step-grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Shirley Brown.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Celebration Community Church, Hays; burial will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Chardon Cemetery, rural Rawlins County.
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North Shore Conference coaches tapped into a youth movement when they cast their votes for all-league honors in girls' soccer this spring.And the Grafton Black Hawks were right there with the top award recipients.Coach Don Arnold's squads had three players — goalkeeper Alissa Viste, defender Hannah Knauer and midfielder Emma Fatla — named to the All-NSC first team and another, forward Hannah Eichler, chosen for the second team.Among other local squads, Port Washington had two players — midfielder Bre McDonald and defender Mallory Mueller — chosen for the second team. All of Grafton's standouts are sophomores and Port Washington's are juniors, underscoring a voting trend in which 19 of the 22 top honorees are underclassmen."There are a lot of young, talented players in the North Shore Conference, and the coaches recognized that," said Arnold, who guided the Hawks to a fourth-place, 4-2-1 league record, a 20-6-2 overall mark and runner-up honors in the WIAA Division 2 state tournament.A major key to Grafton's success was its staunch defense, which produced a streak of seven shutouts entering the state quarterfinals.Viste anchored the Hawks' back line with quick feet and sure hands, posted 16 shutouts overall and allowed less than one goal per game."Alissa worked extremely hard in the off-season and built off what she accomplished last year," Arnold said. "For her to make the first team in the North Shore as a sophomore goalkeeper speaks for itself."Knauer, Grafton steadiest defender, was usually called on to mark the opposing team's top scoring threat and responded with an unrelenting approach."Hannah was the workhorse in the defensive midfield for us," Arnold said. "She was phenomenal in her approach to the game."Knauer also showed her offensive skills by contributing two goals and four assists.Fatla, another player known for her nonstop motor, sparked the Hawks' transition game with 10 goals and nine assists."Emma was the one of the players everyone focused on for us," Arnold said. "She was the anchor of our midfield."Eichler, who earned all-league second-team honors for the second straight year, led Grafton with 25 goals and had nine assists. She teamed with sophomore Carley Pfannerstill, who received honorable mention in the coaches' voting, to give the Hawks one of the area's most dangerous offensive tandems."We were very lucky to have two young forwards who play so well together," Arnold said. "Both of them can score but also create a lot of opportunities for their teammates."Pfannerstill had 13 goals and was the Hawks' top playmaker with 13 assists."Carley has really improved since last year," Arnold said. "Her assist numbers show how valuable she is to our team."Grafton's Audrey Dickmann, a freshman defender, also received honorable mention. A versatile player, she used speed and tenacity to help steady the Hawks' back line."As a freshman sweeper, she faced a lot of pressure and handled it very well," Arnold said. "Audrey reads the game well and was a huge asset back there."Port Washington was winless in conference play (0-7) and just 2-11-1 overall but received solid leadership from McDonald and Mueller. The pair were key contributors on an offensively challenged squad that continued to improve.McDonald, one of the Pirates' co-captains, "was really a playmaker and a tremendous worker," Port coach Sean O'Brien said.Mueller earned a reputation as "one of the best on-the-ball defenders in the conference," O'Brien said."There was no give-up in Mal. Even when she was hurt, she never wanted to come out of the game."McDonald and Mueller are among nine juniors on a Port team that will lose only four players, including one starter, to graduation.
Top talent and title contenders go hand in hand, so it's no surprise that the Cedar Grove-Belgium and Ozaukee girls' soccer teams are well represented in coaches' voting for this year's All-Central Lakeshore Conference honors.Cedar Grove-Belgium, which shared the league crown with Howards Grove before relinquishing the title due to a rules infraction, had four players named to the top two All-CLC teams. Midfielder Taylor Ansay was a unanimous choice for the first team, and midfielders Hannah Kaul and Rachel Slotman and goalkeeper Kristen Slotman were named to the second team.
State championships don't come easily.Members of the Grafton girls' soccer team knew that heading into last Saturday's WIAA Division 2 title game — and a 1-0 loss to a talented Waukesha Catholic Memorial squad underscored the harsh reality."We showed we can play with them, but we just couldn't come up with enough offense," Grafton coach Don Arnold said after his team came up short in a hard-fought match at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee."You're always disappointed to come this far and then lose, but I can't fault our effort. The girls gave it everything they had."Grafton, which was playing in its first state final since winning the Division 2 crown in 1997, faced a tough test against a team seeking its third championship in the last five years.Catholic Memorial (23-2-2) hadn't lost to a Wisconsin team all season and wasn't about to change things Saturday.The Crusaders, coached by John Burke, had trouble cracking Grafton's bend-but-don't-break defense but maintained offensive pressure throughout the match. Their attacks led to seven first-half shots, including three that required saves by Alissa Viste, the Hawks' sophomore goalkeeper.Although Grafton (20-6-2) managed to keep itself in a scoreless deadlock at halftime, the Crusaders broke through in the 56th minute.Junior defender Valerie Gonyo gave Catholic Memorial the winner when she launched a shot from 25 yards out on the left side. Viste extended herself and got her hands on the ball, but it popped up and rolled behind her into the net."It was a good strike and a tough ball," Arnold said. "Alissa made a good play but just couldn't quite corral it."The Hawks tried to rally with their quick-strike offense, led by sophomore forwards Hannah Eichler and Carley Pfannerstill, who combined for 35 goals this season.However, the Crusaders wouldn't budge, keeping the ball on Grafton's side of the field much of the second half. When the Hawks did make runs to the Catholic Memorial end, defenders thwarted the threats. "We just didn't string our passes together like we usually do," Pfannerstill said. "It was frustrating because we couldn't get anything going."Sensing it had control after Gonyo's score, Catholic Memorial didn't deviate from its game plan. The Crusaders held their positions defensively and let high-scoring Nikki Condit lead the attack.Condit, a junior who had 34 goals this season, was held in check, thanks in large part to close marking by defender Molly McElligott. However, Catholic Memorial's relentless approach helped stymie Grafton's comeback hopes."We were doing everything we could to push forward, believe me," Arnold said. "We had some chances, but it wasn't enough."The Crusaders finished with a 12-5 edge in shots. None of Grafton's attempts were on goal.Despite the heartbreaking finale, the Hawks had plenty of reason to celebrate an outstanding season. They won 12 of their last 14 games and outscored their last nine opponents, 30-2."We had a bunch of young girls who really learned how to play together and stepped up their game when they had to," Arnold said."They have a lot to be proud of."It's a realization that may take a little more time for the Hawks, who will lose six players — McElligott, Ashley Aman, Rachel Janczak, Melissa Henke, Ali Lorge and Katie Best — to graduation."We have a young team, and most of us will be back next year," Pfannerstill said."But it's a bummer because we wanted to win it for the seniors."


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A look at other public universities and their histories of applying differential tuition Photo by Ian Fike
Students in selected majors could see an increase in the cost of attendance if the UW follows the nationwide trend of differential tuition.
According to a brief released by the Office of Planning & Budgeting (OPB), 57 percent of public universities nationwide use some form of differential tuition. The definition for differential tuition, however, is broad. Program fees, course fees, and in-state versus out-of-state tuition all fall under the term's umbrella.
"There really is an infrastructure for differential pricing already," said Sarah Hall, OPB director of planning and state operations. "It's just at the undergraduate level when we think of doing this."
The OPB brief outlined the national trend of differential tuition. Of 11 engineering schools that implemented differential tuition in 2010-11, the average tuition increase was 14.99 percent. The nationwide average of all major tuition increases in 2008 was 10.8 percent. The range between all universities, however, was between 1 and 82 percent.
Senate Bill 6399 (SB 6399) would allow for the use of program fees in Washington state public universities if passed. High-cost majors such as engineering and business would be at risk for these add-on costs.
Hall said the UW model for program fees is still in the works and does not have projected numbers yet. But she said it would likely affect the Foster School of Business and the College of Engineering.
The high costs of these programs result in less available seats for students. Because of the growing market for engineers, these seats are in high demand. Matt O'Donnell, dean of the College of Engineering, said the college currently turns away more than half of the applicants. In certain departments, he said it can be as high as two-thirds.
"What we're very worried about is access for students who want to follow an engineering degree," O'Donnell said. "We know that we have to increase the overall number of seats that we have. … At the same time, the state's cut the funding in half in the last three years."
In the 2010-11 budget review, the College of Engineering requested a $5,000-per-year program fee for 2012-13. O'Donnell said this money would allow the college to avoid cutting enrollment in half. If implemented, the fee would be among the highest national differential tuition fees.
Although the nation's highest public undergraduate engineering programs, UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech, do not currently implement differential tuition, the University of Illinois, tied at second, charges a program fee of $4,728. The revenue often goes toward faculty retention and additional seats for students.
Differential tuition is essential for the UW College of Engineering to maintain the quality of its program, O'Donnell said. With a build-up of budget cuts over the past three years, the college is struggling to pay high faculty salaries and lab accreditations.
"Our faculty are very marketable outside the university," O'Donnell said. "The salaries that we have to pay to have good faculty are high by university standards. Our people can pop off in a minute and double their salaries."
O'Donnell said he is not worried about additional costs deterring students, though the OPB cites no data on socio-economic factors affecting students' enrollment in courses with program fees. Financial aid, he said, will be a key factor to include in the program costs.
"We would take a piece of the program fee itself that would go directly into the financial-aid pot," O'Donnell said. "You can't just say, 'I'm going to jack up this fee and not get the financial aid,' and not assume it's going to affect people's choices."
The role of financial aid and program fees is still unclear, Hall said. Although the UW is hoping to develop more aid through the revenue of the fees, Hall said scholarship donations will also have to increase.
Additionally, program fees would remain outside the reach of other types of aid, such as Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) credits. GET covers base tuition through point credits purchased in advance. Program fees would not be covered by these credits.
Financial aid was crucial for civil-engineering senior Mark Ullery. As a Husky Promise student, Ullerly said the aid he received will allow him to graduate without debt. Even with additional program fees, he said he would have pursued engineering.
"The investment in being in civil engineering was worth the costs even if I hadn't had as much financial aid as I have gotten," Ullery said.
Because of the need to expand, Ullery said he understood why the College of Engineering would implement program fees. However, he did not agree with the fee structure and said he could see how it would deter other potential engineering students.
"I understand that the cost is more. To get competitive faculty and to really have a good department it does cost money, but that's an investment worth taking," he said. "I'm not necessarily sold on differential tuition being the avenue that we should take to expand."
In Junior Khoi Nguyen's case, course fees — a current differential pricing structure — have discouraged her from taking courses, and she could see how this would happen on a broader level with program fees.
Nguyen, a bioengineering student, commutes to school in order to save money. One of the main reasons she said she chose the UW was her eligibility for state Pell Grants. Nguyen said she plans to move onto campus next year, but if program fees were implemented, the move would not be an option.
It is not likely for program fees to come to the UW for the next school year though, Hall said. For the UW, she said, the conversation is still in the very preliminary stages, and they will use the time after the bill passes to discuss how to implement program fees.
Other majors included in the national trend for program fees are architecture, journalism, education, nursing, fine arts, and the sciences. Hall, however, said the trend is not reflective of the UW model if program fees are implemented.
The Foster School of Business would be affected comparable to engineering, Hall said. Similarly, the school has high costs due to faculty salaries and demand for seats.
Nonetheless, UW junior Lynsey Rohrbach, a human resources management major, said it's unfair to charge business students more.
"I worked really hard to get into the business school," Rohrbach said. "For me to have to pay more money on top of that to get an education is disappointing."
Hall said the fairness of tuition is a main focus of differential tuition.
"Do we want our liberal-arts majors who learn from faculty who aren't as expensive as engineering faculty to be paying for all of those engineering positions that we want to open up?" she said. "Some students are in programs that are less expensive to deliver and should be paying the fair market-price tuition for that program."
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Woman shot in the face after car break-in | WCNC.com Charlotte
Be very careful when trying to stop a crime....
This is a discussion on NC woman shot in face during car break in. within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Woman shot in the face after car break-in | WCNC.com Charlotte Be very careful when trying to stop a crime.......
Woman shot in the face after car break-in | WCNC.com Charlotte
Be very careful when trying to stop a crime....
The police are not there to protect you from crime, they are there to arrest the guy after the crime has been committed, assuming they find him. It is your responsibility to protect yourself and your family.
Newsome doesn't understand why someone would shoot at another person over such a petty crime.
Because they are crack heads and they don't care, when on that stuff they don't see reality. they are in a state of euphoria
Am I wrong in thinking that her best self defense move would have been to call 911 and stay in her house? Armed or not (which I believe she wasn't) losing a stereo pales in comparison to a shoot out with several others.
A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein
Criminals do such things, and approaching one during the commission of a crime puts a person at risk of everything under the sun, up to and including the potential to be murdered outright for the effrontery of daring to question the idiot's crime. Incentive to avoid capture and to profit from crime can be powerful motivators to a criminal. Combined with a deadly weapon and no compunction, a deadly encounter isn't unlikely. Beyond that, the average citizen simply needs to appreciate that there are good reasons why police wear bullet-proof vests.Newsome doesnt understand why someone would shoot at another person over such a petty crime.
Absolutely. If a person's willing to waltz into a crime-in-progress blindly, armed with nothing other than outrage at the violation, then a person had better be willing to accept the likelihood of meeting violent resistance head-on ... ready, nor not. Reality's harsh, for the unwitting.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
She didn't come out shooting... she came out and got shot at... she could have used deadly force in NC or most anywhere else, including Chicago, to defend against the deadly force being used on her...
Stuff is insured, or should be... wouldn't be worth it to me to try to stop the thief... but to get a tag number if possible and call it in. In Texas, she probably could have gotten into her car, chased 'em, and shot 'em down... but that's Texas...
It could be worse!
I suppose
So the guns were responsible for the crime and not the criminals behind the guns.Police did not identify the victim but a police report says she had a serious, but non-life-threatening injury from at least one gunshot wound. The report lists a second victim who was threatened by the gunman, but not hurt, and says as many as three guns may have been involved.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."


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Bay Area resident with Ph.D. in Performance (Steinhardt School, New York University, 1979) where he studied with Eugene List. An M.S. in Music Education with emphasis on Musicology (Queens College, City University of New York, 1970). Studied with Adele Marcus and Eduard Steuermann leading to the Artist's Diploma (The Juilliard School, 1964).
Earned an A.B. in Music as a student of John Kirkpatrick and of music historian Donald J. Grout, author of A History of Western Music (Cornell, 1960). Performances in many countries (1969 to present). Teacher of Music, NYC etc.; Supervisor/Director of Music for school districts Lexington, MA; Copiague, NY; Jackson, NJ. Professor of Music at Long Island's Hofstra University; Adelphi University; LaGuardia Community College; Suffolk County Community College; Chair/Associate Professor, Five Towns College.
"In the past three months of taking lessons with Kenn, I've learned more technique than I have in my twenty years of playing. I feel I have grown as an interpreter of classical music in such a short period of time that I can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeve to help me improve even more! He is an amazing pianist for whom I have so much respect for and am blessed to be under his wing," Tara O'Brien
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A little over a month ago, I wrote about my daughters' desire to help a hungry girl at their school lunch table and how we made the decision to pack extra in their lunches daily so they could give to her and any others who may not have quite enough: These lunches – my girls – could change her life. Just like He did so long ago, Jesus could take that lunch and multiply it exponentially. He can make it feed her body and her soul. He can take simple snacks and turn them into nourishment for her life. I pray He will.
He did. Through the simple act of packing a little extra lunch, a life has already been changed. "N told me we're the only girls who have ever really been nice to her. She said we're the only ones who care enough to bring her food when she doesn't have any. She asked me why, Mama. She asked if you made us do it. I told her you wanted us to help her, but I also told her we do it because Jesus wants us to." "What did she say?" I asked, anxiously wondering what happened next.
"She asked me who Jesus is, Mama." With eyes pooling and heart swelling, I sat on the edge of my seat waiting to hear more. "Well? What did you say?" "I told her to meet me at recess and I would tell her all about Him. She found me and we talked, and I asked her if she goes to church. She said she didn't, so I told her how Jesus came and died for us to save us from our sins. She wants to know more about Him, so she said she's going to tell her mom she wants to go to church."
"Awesome," I said as she sat beaming. "When was this - yesterday?" "No, it was a couple of weeks ago - and guess what? She goes to church now. She told me she goes every week."
That little girl found Jesus because of a bag of cookies.
I think of the words to an old hymn – Does the place you're called to labor seem so small and little known? It is great if God is in it, and He won't forsake His own. Little is much when God is in it – and realize just how great God truly is. Even though there are areas in which we lack ourselves, He is faithful to use what we are able to give, big or small, to touch the lives of others.
A cookie told the gospel, an apple brought life, a sandwich nourished the spirit, 10-year-old compassion changed her world. A simple lunch truly can change a life.
Matthew 25: 40 (NIV) – 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
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WHITE HOUSE ABSENTIA: First Lady Michelle Obama, quoting Miles Davis, summed up her feeling about national design on Wednesday, while inadvertently giving a potential reason why Rodarte's designers did not show up for a White House ceremony in their honor. "The great jazz musician Miles Davis — one of my husband's favorites — once said, 'Don't play what's there, play what's not there,'" said Obama. "I think that is pretty much a good description of what each of you does every day: You're playing what's not there."
Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy, winners of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards fashion design category, were no-shows at the ceremony hosted by Obama, which also paid tribute to other design fields and winners who were able to attend. A spokesman for the Mulleavys, who launched their fashion line in 2005, sent an early-morning e-mail that said the designers "had a change of plans" and could not come to the event. The spokesman later added the sisters "had a family obligation to attend to in Los Angeles" as way of further explanation but did not provide details.
Meanwhile, Obama told the audience that designers have "spent their lives pushing boundaries," adding "we know a little about boundary pushing." Obama has pushed a few boundaries herself with her sartorial choices since her husband, Barack Obama, became the first African-American to become president in 2008. Once again she gave a nod to American fashion designers Wednesday, donning a flowing, dark pink two-piece Isabel Toledo ensemble adorned with an oversize embellished pin.


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Whipped cream used to be my arch nemesis. After many failed attempts of over-mixing and under-mixing, I finally caught on and realized it to it's full potential. What helped me the most to learn the proper stages of whipping was practicing by hand. Which isn't nearly the outrageous task that I thought it would be. I recommend you try this if you have difficulty knowing when your whipped cream has reached the proper stage. I still often whip it by hand when a recipe calls for anything under a cup because it saves the hassle of dirtying the mixer and let's face it, it's just plain satisfying whipping it yourself. :)
I wanted to share with you a couple of pointers that I have learned along the way as well as some delicious ways you can perk up your whipped cream and add some pizzaz to your desserts. Most of these are common knowledge for the avid baker, but for a newbie it could be valuable information:
- There are 3 stages when whipping: soft, medium, and firm peaks. Whipping to soft peaks means that the whipping cream forms peaks when the beaters are lifted but they easily fall over. Whipping to firm peaks means that you whip until the peaks hold their shape when the beaters are lifted. Medium is right in the middle. :)
- When you are whipping to firm peaks you want to make sure not to over-whip. Only whip until the peaks hold their shape, no longer, or the cream will begin to curdle.
- If you are whipping the cream and using it immediately it is most common to whip it to firm peaks. But, if you are going to be folding something into it, putting it into a pastry bag, or spreading it back and forth, then just whip it to soft peaks because it will continue to firm up as you are using it in those ways.
- Keep everything as cold as possible. This includes the bowl and beaters/whisk. If the cream is too warm it will remain a liquid no matter how hard you try. The fat in the cream is what gives it the stability and (just like butter) when it is cold the fat deposits are nice and firm, but when it warms up they melt and cannot cling together properly.
- Although many people use granulated sugar, I prefer to use icing sugar as it melts better into the whipping cream.
- If you whip your cream ahead of time (storing it covered in the fridge) and it gets all limp and liquidy, simply give it another quick whip to bring it back to life.
- When whipping by hand you need to make sure that you are incorporating air into the cream by lifting the whisk out of the cream as you are beating. If you are simply whisking with no air flow getting into the cream you will get very aggravated because the cream will take forever (learning from experience). :)
The following recipes are meant to be a guide. I am hoping they will inspire you to try different flavours and experiment on your own. Feel free to tweak and adjust these recipes to your own taste. There are many more versions that you could make, even combining recipes to make Raspberry Chocolate Cream or Lemon Almond Cream. Let your imagination be your guide and don't be afraid to go wild. :)
Chantilly Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Whip all ingredients together until firm peaks are formed.
* Feel free to substitute a different flavor of extract, such as almond. Although it will no longer be called Chantilly Cream as that only refers to the vanilla.
Citrus Cream
Lime Cream
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. lime juice
- 1/2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
- Whip cream to soft peaks then fold in sugar, juice and zest.
*Substitute other citrus fruit juices and zest.
Fruit Cream
Raspberry Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- Puree raspberries with sugar. Strain to remove seeds. Whip cream to soft peeks, fold in raspberry puree.
* To amp up the flavor of this cream add a corresponding flavor such as an extract or a spice, or perhaps a mixture of fruit.
** If you do not have fresh fruit on hand then you can substitute jam (you won't need to add any sugar). The ratio is 2 Tbsp of jam to 1/2 cup of whipped cream, and you can add the jam right away before whipping.
Spiced Cream
Cinnamon Whipped Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- Add all ingredients and whip until peaks hold their form.
* Substitute other spices and extracts. Or use a mix of spices such as Chai.
Nut Cream
Hazelnut Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts, chopped
- Whip cream, sugar and extract to soft peaks. Fold in hazelnuts.
*Substitute other flavorings or nuts.
Quick Chocolate Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2.5 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 2.5 Tbsp. sugar
- Stir ingredients together and refrigerate 30 min. so that the cocoa powder "melts" in.
- Whip to firm peaks.
Real Chocolate Cream
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 4 oz. chocolate, chopped
- Heat cream in a small saucepan until boiling. Pour over chocolate in another bowl. Let sit for a minute and then stir together until smooth. Let cool and refrigerate, covered, for 4 hours or until completely chilled.
- Whip cream to firm peaks.
Anybody have some great whipped cream flavours they would like to share? Or more tips perhaps?


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ap or ad?:/ and why is it better.. *new kat user here so be easy on me i just cant seem to understand why people think ap or ad is better on kat
On the first glance, AD give more bouncing blade dmg while AP gives better shunpo. But actually AD gives better damage to your ultimate as well. However an AD katarina has no survivability and relies on an coordinated team to be effective (think amumu, or galio) AP, while it does do less damage it has more ability to burst (shunpo + lichbane nukes into the thousands) and relies on Rylais and ZHongyas for survivability after ult. Conclusion: AD = better damage overall, less survivability. Use it if your in premade AP = better damage against single target, more survivability. Use in solo queue
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don't use AP at all... grab some Guardian Angel or Banshee for AD and you're set.
so AD kat ult has more dmg than AP kat? i see.. cuz now i get rylais first on kat then everything depends on the enemy.. rylai-boots-void staff is what i get pronto. +++having bad luck in solo cuz i keep on getting ******s on my team
AD with a Randuins is a better build.
AD is better overall. You have to take into considerations your auto attacks has well. When all your skills are on cooldown and the enemy has 200 hp left and is 2 sec away from being safe behind a tower: AD: lool *auto attack* u dead thought you could escape? AP: noooo whhhy my auto attack only do 50 damage? dammmm game! /rage quit
AD farms better, less item dependent (Just BF swords, pretty much, doesn't need the full epic item to be useful), better after spells are on CD, better at taking down towers, better early game, BB is a full team nuke, Killer Instinct's passive benefits AD more, and the only con could be survivability, but that actually isn't a problem, as the HP from Rylai's Scepter or MR from Abyssal Scepter wont save you from being focused and surviving.
I always build kat like this, (cause most of the time i'm fed) Dorans Sheild(Helps me to harass with regen HP) Boots of Swift/Merc Treads Bf Sword Bf Sword Bf Sword Bf Sword to blood thirsterx4 infinity edge. sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much damage.
TL Frolo
AP kat aoe slows, more health, shunpo hits for 700, use shunpo and your passive in team fights for multikills


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There are thousands upon thousands of comic out there on the web and I can only think of a dozen or so capable of making any sort of reasonable money. For most of us, then, the appreciation of fans is the only payment we get for all our hard work.
And it's very important that we do because it is all we get. We need something to keep us going, something to make the hard work worthwhile - and, after all, humans are social animals. Respect and appreciation are important to us.
There are basically three ways of getting this. Firstly, email - or fan mail in this case. Secondly, the ever popular tag-boards. And, of course, a forum.
The problem is that people will set these up and start writing their comic and expect gushing fans to appear out of nowhere. It does not, by any stretch of the imagination, work like that.
At its peak, my Phantasy Star fan comic, the Conversations Within Elsydeon, had 250 readers. Of them, I only had five who were actual fanatics. They were the ones who sent me regular fan mail, asked me questions and just generally showed an interest.
If you work that out, it comes to just two percent and observations since have shown me that's it's pretty accurate, too, as rules of thumb go. If anything, it's a little generous, although Justin Pixler of Masters of the Art worked it out at three percent.
Around there somewhere, anyway. It does vary from comic to comic although probably within a fairly narrow range. I doubt any comic, for example, can boast 10%. That's fully one in every ten readers sending in fan mail, and would be an awful lot even for a exceptional comic.
That small percentage of your readers will be the ones who'll be there waiting for you to update every day, who'll occasionally send you fan mail, who'll leave messages on tag boards and who'll join a forum if you have one. They're the fans rather than the mere readers.
Even if you have thousands of people who like your comic, they might not necessarily discuss it on your tagboard or in your forum. A lot of writers just don't write the sort of story that gets discussed. That's not a criticism. Fine literature doesn't get discussed in everyday life, but Harry Potter certainly does. Some writing styles encourage discussion and some don't.
A quick check of the CTRL-ALT-DEL forums seems to confirm this. It's an extremely popular comic and although the forums are very busy, most of the discussion is about popular culture - computer games and so on - while the comic is barely touched upon. It makes sense. CTRL-ALT-DEL is almost purely a gag comic and about all you could say about most episodes is "Haha! Man, that was funny!".
(As a side note, it's worth mentioning that you can get an active forum that doesn't discuss your comic by tapping into a popular niche like CTRL-ALT-DEL has with gaming. However, I'm mainly concentrating on the writing aspects here.)
So... what gets people talking, then?
Firstly, dramatic turnarounds. A massive loss which is turned into a win, such as the arrival of the undead army in the last Lord of the Rings movie; or that key moment when a character changes from what he was to what he becomes such as when Neo, in the first Matrix movie, comes into enough faith in himself to tackle Agent Smith in the subway. Or even both at once, such as when Darth Vader turns on the Emperor at the end of the last Star Wars movie.
And dramatic surprises - bombshells if you like - such as the revelation of the last surviving Dalek in the first season of the new Doctor Who series. Or Darth Vader's revelation to Luke Skywalker at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.
Mystery, too, such as the nature and appearance of the predator in the movie of the same name. Or what was done to River Tam in the laboratory wherer she was imprisoned in Firefly and its movie sequel, Serenity.
Good cliff hangers, such as the ends of Back to the Future One and Two. In movies, a cliff hanger is usually executed with a change of scene, leaving the poor character in deadly peril for another couple of minutes, but you don't even need that. In the movie Sneakers, there's a point near the end where the main characters are about to be shot and the movie hangs on the moment for a good minute as one of them tries to convince their ally in the roof that now would be a good time for a rescue. Of course, with webcomics, you can happily have a cliff hanger at the end of each comic.
Character drama. The soap opera elements, if you like, which are mostly to do with relationships. How much of this is down to personal preference. I prefer less soapy and more realistic character drama, myself, but GPF Comics for one has managed quite well in full-blown soap mode.
And, finally, punch lines. This is largely specific to webcomics because of how they're presented. When you have one short page a day, humour will often get people talking even if there's nothing else in that particular four panels worth commenting on.
So, turnarounds, surprises, mystery, cliff hangers, character drama and punchlines. What comics do we know which have all these? The ones with active forums full of fans, of course. The comics College Roomies From Hell and It's Walky, for example, both have very big, devoted forum communities and both comics are full of well executed dramatic twists and turns, mysteries, character drama, cliff hangers and so on. The forums were built up around people wanting to know - and discussing - what happens next.
I should point out that, although I've basically just laid out a neat blueprint for a talked-about comic, there's a certain level of skill involved in the execution. The keyword all the way through, after all, is drama and that comes down to how you do something more than what it is you're doing.
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- A webcomic fan
Most people sit back and wait for this to happen - which is fine and in many ways more honest. Compliments which are asked for are always thought to be perhaps less sincere than those that come from nowhere.
Still, there's nothing wrong with asking. Remember that comments and compliments is the only payment most comic writers get and it certainly helps you keep slogging away when you know that your work is appreciated.
And remember also that it's not quite the same as walking up to a friend and asking them what they think of your comic. In that case, you've put them on the spot and they probably won't want to hurt your feelings. On the internet, though, even if you ask for fan mail, the fan mail you get will still be honest. The readers are not put on the spot in the same way and if they don't happen to like the comic enough to send fan mail, they simply won't send any.
It also probably wouldn't occur to a lot off people to send fan mail even if they like your comic. I never do, hypocrite that I am. Letting them know you appreciate feedback will make the idea occur to them.
Count Your Sheep is one comic that asks for emails regularly and the writer, Adrian Ramos, is quite honest about the fact he loves getting them. He goes out of his way to show an interest, asking readers for anecdotes, opinions and so forth. It's not something that would ever have occurred to me to do but Adrian manages to pull it off and comes across as an amazingly nice guy in the process.
It should be barely worth mentioning, but emailing is a two-way street. Replying to fan mail is only polite and lets people know that you appreciate, even enjoy their comments. Be nice, be gracious and be grateful.
Remember that two percent we discussed? If you have 250 readers of your comic and you start a forum, you can therefore expect five to show up. That's makes for a pretty empty and uninviting forum. Like a dinner party, there's a certain number of people you need to get it started off or it'll simply be dull and people will make their excuses and leave.
And a forum is a bit of a hassle for your fans. You have to sign up, choose an avatar, bookmark the site and check back every day. If people just want to drop off a comment saying they like the comic, it's too much bother.
So, no matter what the temptation, no matter how much you want feedback, do not create a forum until you're sure you have the reader-base to support it. If people turn up and find it empty and lifeless, they'll go away again, but if you have a thousand readers when you start the forum, then it'll will be more active from the get-go and that will help get more people involved. It's also not a good idea to have more than one forum until you need them. Most forums today allow you to have multiple sub-forums - General Discussion, Off-Topic and so on - but if you don't have many fans yet, then it's just one more level of hassle to get to an even more lifeless forum.
It never hurts to actively work at making the forum interesting and friendly. A lot of people just set up a forum and expect complimentary fans to just materialise. Nah. Give 'em a reason to go there, a little competition for some signed artwork or something, perhaps to guess some secret in the story as that'll encourage them to speculate. Post artwork on the forum you don't show elsewhere, draw requests - a lot of effort but people love it - or post a short story based on your comic. Whatever you do, report it on the main page and hopefully people will not only stop by the forum but stay.
And keep working at it, too. Try to make the forums a fun, friendly and interesting place to be. Record birthdays of the posters so you remember them, post polls, encourage discussion, give away unimportant and non-plot related background information of your comic. There're all sorts off things you can do to make and keep a healthy forum.
However, one mistake people with forums make is becoming too eager. You don't need to reply to every post or involve yourself in every discussion. Remember that a forum is a place for your fans to discuss your comic, not for you to. I know from personal experience that it is very, very tempting to join in too much, especially since you have all the secrets of your comic in your head and humans are very bad at keeping secrets. You always want to give hints.
Don't. I also know from personal experience how bad that can be. Maritza Campos of College Roomies From Hell is sitting on some huge secrets but she never involves herself in any discussion of the comic itself except to correct misconceptions from the comic she didn't intend.
Tagboards are a wonderful idea, with most of the advantages of forums and none of the disadvantages. At their simplest, tagboards are a cross between internet chat and a forum. They're put in the main page and people can quickly and easily drop a note about the comic with the bare minimum of hassle. Discussions can spring up and the authors often pitch in.
And tagboards are much more lively than an average forum for two reasons. Firstly because of that "bare minimum of hassle" bit. Dropping in a comment can be done as quickly as it takes to type it in and click a button.
And, secondly because the tagboard is put on the main page where people can see it. The tagboard acts like a suggestion box. It occurs to you to comment only after you've seen it. Since it's on the main page, and since it's so easy, people will tend to drop in comments far more.
On the flip side, a tagboard will take up valuable space on your main page and many tagboard servers spring pop-up advertisments on your website's visitors. Nevertheless, tagboards are a good source of comments.
If you have any comments, please feel free to drop me a line. This document will be added to as new things occur to me but I'm always open to suggestions and criticism.


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According to MJ Hippern, a wellness education teacher at Dover High School, she began noticing a few years back that she had a few special needs students in her former physical education classes who were not integrating well with their peers. She developed an idea to create a unified wellness course that accomodated the physical and intellectual needs of an array of students so they could participate as a whole instead of being separated into different units. While attending a conference for training, Hippern heard about "Project Unified" and soon after wrote a grant to begin funding unified sports programs at Dover High School. Five years later, Hippern has not only developed a well-attended unified wellness program during the school day, but also coordinates after-school unified sports activities for students. Dover's Unified soccer, basketball and volleyball teams have drawn much interest from students at DHS, and Hippern will accompany a team of a dozen students to Kentucky for a national unified sports volleyball match later this year.
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Spaulding High School in Rochester founded its unified sports program last year, creating the opportunity for students with and without special needs to participate in soccer, basketball and volleyball teams.
In Rochester, the response to the unified sports program has been so great the school has had to create a rotating roster for regular education students to ensure that all of them will get a chance to participate during the year.
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The Unstoppable Gorg is a type of video game very rarely seen. It's a game which knows exactly what it wants to be from the get go and gets everything right. It manages to nail everything required to be the best example of its genre but takes a new spin on old designs through a mixture of style and mechanics.
Or to put it in layman's terms – this is the Half-Life of tower defense games.
The story is nothing particularly ground-breaking but really it doesn't need to be. Storytelling has never been a particularly core element of tower defense games anyway. Aliens and robots attack humanity, either seeing them as a blight upon the solar system, wanting to eat their brains or for religious reasons. What really elevates the game is in its presentation – featuring new developments a genius mix of 1940s wartime news reports and 1930s science fiction film serials. Through a combination of stock footage montages, cheesy live action performances, over the top villains, wire-worked flying saucers which would make Ed Wood proud, and B-50s retro designs, the game manages the impossible. It somehow manages to out-Flash Gordon, Mike Hodge's Flash Gordon.
Each cut scene only lasts a minute or two but they're like the live action cut scenes in the Command and Conquer games. Even if the game was bland, generic and broken, you'd probably find yourself playing it to see what you would get next. Thankfully though the gameplay itself is excellent.
One of the big problems which comes up with a lot of tower defense games is that they can be predictable. Enemies tend to follow the same pattern and you can just place a huge kill-everything laser at the source of the enemies, at which point you're left waiting for the level to finish with nothing to do. Unstoppable Gorg gets around this by having a much more fluid turret system and a very different way in which enemies approach you.
Turrets are put in various placed on orbital rings surrounding the planet/ship/station you are protection in select positions. You then move these rings around to bring the turrets into range of enemies and blow them away, adapting to new situations as enemies try to head along new paths to your base. This means you'll be constantly playing an active role as you're spinning defenses around to shoot down flying saucers as they come at you from all direction and taking an active role. This already puts it miles ahead of a lot of online tower defense games but what further helps is that the enemies shoot back. You're constantly watching as they open fire on just about any turret they pass by, and on the higher difficulties you're constantly having to repair and replace guns. And you have a big variety of guns to repair and replace.
When you start off in the game only armed with light machine guns and power generators, you later end up with things such as plasma generators, laser cannons, nuclear weapons and black hole bombs. This is admittedly as much a strength as it is a weakness. While the multitude of different turrets and variety does create a sense of escalation in the campaign and suits most play-styles, you're probably going to end up using only the same four or five types once you've unlocked them. Pretty much anything which the lower level turrets can do can be done ten times better by the later ones, so they're really just obsolete. There's also a good chance you'll never end up using the support turrets except against very specific enemies – the rarely useful radar stations being one example.
Aside from having to unlock them to begin with, what helps to offset the desire to just ignore a lot of the weaker weapons is the challenge modes. These are rehashes of levels you've beaten in the campaign but have been altered to be far more challenging. This can either be preventing you from being able to move the turrets, not allowing for the use of generators and making you rely upon very limited resources, or just leveling up every enemy to something much harder to kill.
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Another irritation is unfortunately the soundtrack, which is limited to say the least. There are only a handful of themes within the game which, while well composed, lack any real variety but that's probably due to the clichéd formulaic nature of its campaign and overall style. It does have a very nice victory fanfare though.
Despite the few minor flaws outlined above, at £6.95 you're going to be getting your money's worth with this one. The levels are interesting, the tactics you have to use against enemies continually change, even after you complete the campaign you're still going to have plenty to play through and there is a nice variety of weapons to use and enemies to kill them with.
It is definitely the best game of its genre to date and if you're a fan of any tower defense games this one is highly recommended.
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Contact Us
If you have any other questions or need more information about having your wedding in Bayfield please call the Bayfield Chamber and Visitor Bureau at (715) 779-3335 for assistance or email us at [email protected].
Would you like to send your wedding guests our Visitor Guide to help them plan their stay? Email us your mailing list and we'll take care of the rest!