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A micromirror array 110 fabricated on a semiconductor substrate 11. The array 110 is comprised of three operating layers 12, 13, 14. An addressing layer 12 is fabricated on the substrate. A hinge layer 13 is spaced above the addressing layer 12 by an air gap. A mirror layer 14 is spaced over the hinge layer 13 by a second air gap. The hinge layer 13 has a hinge 13 a under and attached to the mirror 14 a, the hinge 13 a permitting the mirror 14 a to tilt. Spring tips 13 c under the mirror 14 a are attached to the underside of the mirror 14 a. These spring tips 13 c tilt with the mirror 14 a and provide a landing point for the mirror 14 a onto a surface of the underlying pixel element structure.
1. An array of digital micro pixel elements, comprising:
a mirror layer having a mirror associated with each pixel element;
a hinge layer spaced under the mirror layer, the hinge layer having a torsion hinge under each mirror and attached to the mirror such that the mirror may tilt above the hinge layer; and
an address layer spaced under the hinge layer, the address layer having circuitry for controlling operation of the pixel elements,
wherein the hinge layer further has spring tips under each mirror and mechanically connected to and moveable with the mirror.
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9. A micro pixel array, comprising
a substrate having electrical components fabricated on the surface of the substrate;
an array of pixel elements, each element comprising a mirror, a hinge under the mirror spaced under the mirror by an air gap and mechanically connected to the mirror such that the minor may tilt above the hinge, an address layer spaced under the hinge and in electrical connection with the electrical components of the substrate, and spring tips mechanically connected to the underside of the mirror, such that the spring tips may move with the minor and provide landing points for the mirror.
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15. A display system, comprising:
a light source for producing a light beam along a light path; and
a micromirror device in the light path for selectively reflecting portions of the light beam along a second light path toward an image plane, the micromirror device comprising:
a substrate having electrical components fabricated on the surface of the substrate;
an array of mirror elements, each element comprising a reflective mirror, a hinge under the mirror spaced under the mirror by an air gap and mechanically connected to the mirror such that the mirror may tilt above the hinge, an address layer spaced under the hinge and in electrical connection with the electrical components of the substrate, and spring tips mechanically connected to the underside of the mirror such that the spring tips move with the mirror and provide a landing surface for the mirror.
16. The display system of
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This application claims priority under 35 USC �119(e)(1) of provisional application number 60/339,759 filed Dec. 12, 2001.
This application is related to co-pending application Ser. No. 10/298,423, filed Nov. 21, 2001 entitled "Yokeless Hidden Hinge Digital Micromirror Device".
This invention relates to micro-electromechanical devices and their fabrication, and more particularly to a digital micromirror device having an improved design.
A Digital Micromirror Device™ (DMD™) is a type of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. Invented in 1987 at Texas Instruments Incorporated, the DMD is a fast, reflective digital light switch. It can be combined with image processing, memory, a light source, and optics to form a digital light processing system capable of projecting large, bright, high-contrast color images.
The DMD is fabricated using CMOS-like processes over a CMOS memory. It has an array of individually addressable mirror elements, each having an aluminum mirror that can reflect light in one of two directions depending on the state of an underlying memory cell. With the memory cell in a first state, the mirror rotates to +10 degrees. With the memory cell in a second state, the mirror rotates to −10 degrees. By combining the DMD with a suitable light source and projection optics, the mirror reflects incident light either into or out of the pupil of the projection lens. Thus, the first state of the mirror appears bright and the second state of the mirror appears dark. Gray scale is achieved by binary pulsewidth modulation of the incident light. Color is achieved by using color filters, either stationary or rotating, in combination with one, two, or three DMD chips.
DMD's may have a variety of designs, and the most popular design in current use is a structure consisting of a mirror that is rigidly connected to an underlying yoke. The yoke in turn is connected by two thin, mechanically compliant torsion hinges to support posts that are attached to the underlying substrate. Electrostatic fields developed between the underlying memory cell and the yoke and mirror cause rotation in the positive or negative rotation direction.
The fabrication of the above-described DMD superstructure begins with a completed CMOS memory circuit. Through the use of six photomask layers, the superstructure is formed with alternating layers of aluminum for the address electrode, hinge, yoke, and mirror layers and hardened photoresist for sacrificial layers that form air gaps.
One aspect of the invention is an array of digital micromirror pixel elements. The array has a structure defined by three layers spaced from each other with an air gap between each layer. A mirror layer has a reflective mirror associated with each pixel element. A hinge layer is spaced under the mirror layer, and has a torsion hinge under each mirror and attached to the mirror such that the mirror may tilt above the hinge layer. An address layer is spaced under the hinge layer, and has circuitry for controlling operation of the pixel elements. The hinge layer further has spring tips under each mirror, with the spring tips being mechanically connected to the bottom of the mirror layer. The spring tips are cantilevered from the bottom of the mirror in a manner that permits them to land and flex when the mirror tilts.
As stated in the Background, conventional DMD designs have spring tips that are attached to the structure underlying the mirror rather than to the mirror. These prior spring tips are stationary. In the present invention, the spring tips provide landing structures that move with the mirror.
As compared to DMD designs in which spring tips were attached to mid-level yokes placed above the hinge layer, the present invention provides a much simpler design. As compared to other DMD designs that eliminate the yoke and use spring tips at the hinge layer, an advantage of the present invention is that it supports low voltage drive operation. The placement of the spring tips out at the end of the mirror corners provides better tilt stability and reset torquing impulse. In addition, the ability of the spring tips to pass through a void in the addressing layer provides reliable operation at lower voltages as compared to previous designs.
The pixel elements can be made more compact, as compared to previous DMD designs, by requiring less space between the mirror and the underlying addressing layer. This, in addition to a larger electrode area on the hinge layer, permits the pixel to be driven by lower voltages. The spring tip further provides a solenoid effect, which helps latching during operation.
The following discussion is directed to a DMD design in which the mirror elements have spring tips that are attached to the bottom of the mirror. Thus, the spring tips move with the mirror. A different design, in which the spring tips are attached to the structure underlying the mirror rather than to the mirror, and are stationary, is discussed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/298,423, entitled "Yokeless Hidden Hinge Digital Micromirror Device", incorporated herein by reference.
DMD Pixel Elements with Mirror-Attached Spring Tips
DMD pixel element 10 is a monolithically integrated MEMS superstructure cell fabricated over a CMOS SRAM cell 11. Two sacrificial layers (see
The uppermost metal layer 14 has a reflective mirror 14 a. The air gap under the mirror 14 a frees the mirror 14 a to rotate about a compliant torsion hinge 13 a, which is part of the second (middle) metal layer 13. A third metal (M3) layer 12 has address electrodes 12 a for the mirror 14 a, the address electrodes 12 a being connected to SRAM cell 11. The M3 layer 12 further has a bias bus 12 b, which interconnects the mirrors 14 a of all pixels to a bond pad at the chip perimeter. An off-chip driver supplies the bias waveform necessary for proper digital operation.
The DMD mirrors 14 a are each 16 um square and made of aluminum for maximum reflectivity. They are arrayed on 17 um centers to form a matrix having a high fill factor (˜90%). The high fill factor produces high efficiency for light use at the pixel level and a seamless (pixelation-free) projected image. The hinge layer 13 under the mirrors 14 a permits a close spacing of the mirrors 14, and because of the underlying placement of the hinges, an array of pixel elements 10 is referred to as a "hidden hinge" type DMD architecture.
In operation, electrostatic fields are developed between the mirror 14 a and its address electrodes 12 a, creating an electrostatic torque. This torque works against the restoring torque of the hinge 13 a to produce mirror rotation in a positive or negative direction. At their bottom surfaces, the two tilting corners of mirror 14 a are each attached to a spring tip 13 c, by means of a spring tip support. The mirror rotates until the spring tip 13 c under the downward tilting corner comes to rest (or lands) on the silicon dioxide that covers the CMOS surface and supports the addressing (M3) layer 12.
An optional metal pad placed on the CMOS surface directly below each spring tip 13 c can supply attractive torque to add to locking the mirror element 10 in place. This pad could be held at the same potential as the spring tips 13 c (and the mirror 14). The result is a capacitor comprised of the spring tip 13 c, the silicon dioxide, and the pad.
Through the use of photomasking techniques, the M3 layer 12 is formed above the CMOS 11. This M3 layer 12 is formed with aluminum for address and bus circuitry. The aluminum is sputter-deposited and plasma-etched using plasma-deposited SiO2 as the etch mask. Other than the formation of void 21, M3 layer 12 may be etched in a pattern similar to that used for DMD structures previously described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,028,690, entitled "Reduced Micromirror Gaps for Improved Contrast Ratio, and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,583,688, entitled "Multilevel Digital Micromirror Device", both assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated. These patents are incorporated by reference herein.
To reduce undesired light scattering, an optional antireflective TiN (titanium nitride) layer and an oxide layer may be placed over the addressing (M3) layer 12. These layers are patterned and etched to provide the appropriate open pads and vias onto the addressing layer 12.
A spacer layer 21, identified as S1, is then deposited over the M3 layer 11. Spacer layer 21 may be formed from hardened photoresist. Later in the packaging flow, this spacer layer 21 is plasma-ashed to form an air gap. A typical thickness for spacer layer 21 is 9400 angstroms.
A number of vias are then formed in spacer layer 21, formed by conventional pattern and etching techniques. These vias are evident in
Referring to
Two spring tips 13 c are located under each of the two tilting corners of mirror 14 a. As indicated by the dotted lines, as a result of subsequent fabrication steps, spring tip connection vias 14 c will connect the spring tips 13 c to the bottom of the mirror 14 a.
In the embodiment of
The packaging flow begins with the wafers partially sawed along the chip scribe lines to a depth that will allow the chips to be easily broken apart later. Before separating the chips from one another, each chip is tested for full electrical and optical functionality by a high-speed automated wafer tester. The chips are then separated from the wafer, and proceed to a plasma etcher that is used to selectively strip the organic sacrificial layers, S1 and S2, from under the mirror layer 14 and hinge layer 13. The chips are then plasma-cleaned, relubricated, and hermetically sealed in a package.
In operation, the attachment of the spring tips 13 c to the underside of the mirror has distinct advantages as compared to previous DMD designs that have stationary spring tips attached to the structure underlying the mirror. The mirror-attached design frees up electrode surface space at the hinge level 13.
Additionally, the mirror element 10 may be driven by lower voltage, and a solenoid type lock prevents upset that could otherwise occur when a pixel element is reset. Prior DMD designs have used a 7.5 volts to increase the electric potentials associated with "stay" and "crossover" transitions. The design of the present invention does not require such large voltages to separate these states due to the advantage of using the CMOS level 10 as a "lock-in" dielectric capacitor, as well as the electrostatic solenoid effect of the spring tip 13 c falling below the M3 layer 13 during transition.
DMD Pixel Elements With Mirror-Attached and Hinge-Level-Attached Spring Tips
A feature of hinge layer 140 is that it has mirror-attached spring tips 141 as well as hinge-level-attached spring tips 142. Each mirror element 10 has a total of six spring tips.
The mirror-attached spring tips 414 are similar to those discussed above. The hinge-level-attached spring tips 142 are supported by spring tip vias 143 into the first spacer layer 21. Hinge support beams 146 extending at an inward angle from the ends of hinge 145 connect spring tips 142 to the hinge 145.
The fabrication of a pixel element having hinge layer 140 is the same as the fabrication of the above-described pixel element 10, except for the patterning of the hinge layer to form spring tips 142 and the formation of additional vias 143 into the first spacer layer 31. If desired, any or all of these vias 143 may be plugged with an oxide plug after fabrication of the hinge metal layer.
In operation, a tilting corner of mirror 14 a lands on three points provided by two spring tips 142 and a spring tip 141. An advantage of the design of
Other Embodiments
Although the present invention has been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, or Single's Awareness Day as some like to call it, I have noticed more and more people rushing to Walmart to buy that all important last-minute gift. Whether it's a life-sized stuffed bear, a wilted potted rose, or an oh-so-heart-felt Hallmark sentiment, the thing I'm left wondering is — where did the thoughtfulness go?
When did it become okay to accept a $15, pre-wrapped basket filled with Valentine's Day garbage from the person who is supposed to be madly in love with you, or at least like you enough to put up with you?
It would be easy to say the days of well thought out gifts have gone by the wayside with the invention of Facebook and the Internet generation, however I'm not sure those days ever existed. Even on episodes of shows like "Leave it to Beaver," Ward got June roses as a gift only because they were the stereotypical gift for women, not because she had any sort of botanical pursuits or fascinations.
I'm not saying every gift has to be a bank-breaking masterpiece, but Walmart's $5 special on roses and a stuffed dog should not be your go-to idea.
It seems like there is no thought required when purchasing a gift for your significant other — all women love diamonds and flowers and all men love beer and football, easy right?
I don't think it should be so easy, at least not easy in that everyone automatically gets the same thing. It should be easy because you know the person you are buying for so well that you don't even have to think about what they'd like, you just know.
You should know if she has a thing for a certain author or if he has an obsession with a well-known science fiction saga, and you should be able to take that knowledge and find or make or at least think of a nice gift for your person.
Take time this year to really pay attention to what your gift is saying about you and what you know about the person you're buying for. Whether it's the old ball and chain, a crush, your mom, or your kid, you should know what they would like, because you might be saying the wrong things to them with the wrong gift.


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Anzia Yezierska
In America, a female sweatshop worker from a Polish shtetl could become a renowned writer and Hollywood commodity.
By Saul Austerlitz
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For many of the Jewish immigrants who came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the experience of life in a new country was often one of grinding poverty, social exclusion, and the desperate struggle to survive. America was a land of new beginnings, but those beginnings offered no guarantee of a satisfactory conclusion.
Anzia Yezierska was one of the millions to leave Eastern Europe in search of a better life, departing Poland at the age of 15 along with her family and coming to New York in 1898. Yezierska's family settled on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where her still-pious father resumed his daily Torah study, and her mother worked to earn money for the family. While her brothers were encouraged in their educations, Anzia was sent to work in a series of sweatshops. Yezierska eventually wangled her way into an undergraduate program at Columbia University without a high-school diploma, pursuing her education against the express wishes of her family. At school, she studied literature and philosophy, and went on to work as a teacher for a number of years. After a brief, failed marriage, Yezierska met the noted scholar John Dewey, with whom she was romantically involved for a number of years, and his encouragement pushed her to try her hand as a writer.
She Begins to Write
Hungry Hearts (1920), Yezierska's first book, was a collection of stories about people familiar from her own Lower East Side upbringing. Stories like "Hunger" and "The Free Vacation House" summon the indelible, Yiddish-inflected voices of Yezierska's childhood. "You piece of earth!" a man shouts at his lovelorn niece Shenah Pessah. "Worms should eat you! How long does it take you to wash up the stairs?" Shenah Pessah is the protagonist of three stories in Hungry Hearts, and her arc—from first love to despair, from brutal work to a glimpse of America's promise—echoes Yezierska's own, as well as that of future protagonists like Bread Givers' Sara Smolinsky. "Can I help it what's in my heart?" pleads Shenah Pessah. "It always longs in me for the higher."
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Where to start…Oh, what exactly IS the game?! This part will take quite some time. There is a lot good about Bang! Howdy. If you want to know how it all got started (walking in the woods thinking about bugs), you'll want to read back to our interview of its designer, Michael Bayne, from last year's GDC. It's launched later than Michael originally expected when we first talked to him, but the extra care taken during that time shows.
Bang! Howdy is a Persistent World (it exists always and your character advances through it); it is multiplayer and can be massively so; it is a series of small 1-4 player battles that take 3-10 minutes to complete that earn the players rank, badges and in-game currency (scrip); it also contains a single-player element of games with pre-defined goals for completion, not quests but with rewards; it will have a "gang" component for friends to play in multi-player combat against other gangs with tournaments, gang outfits, rankings, etc. Yeah, I know, it still doesn't make sense.
Bang! Howdy is not a role-playing game; you have no stats or skills to adjust; your rankings are completely based upon their relation to others playing the game, ergo they can change from one login to another; it is not a turn-based strategy game in the truest sense of the word, but neither is it real time - each unit is assigned a series of ticks and as the ticks count down to zero, the units move - some before others; though it is highly social (gangs = guilds, pardners = friends) there is no way to interact with or show your avatar to another outside of a game or a "social" parlor (I'll explain in a moment). Ok, do I have you confused yet?
Let's play a game, shall we? Because, quite frankly, I've written this twice and I don't think I can explain it any other way.
Each player chooses a Big Shot when they create their account: there's the Old Codger - tough as nails, packs a wallop but doesn't move very far; there's the Cavalry - moves a long way on that horse but he's vulnerable from the air (Artillery and Dirigibles...you know, blimps with guns!); and the Tactician - Mr. Fancypants is your all-around average joe, doesn't move particularly far but that umbrella he carries? It deflects incoming ballistics - artillery not only doesn't hurt him, it bounces.
Me, I'm Bonnie Ophelea. Folks 'round these parts call me Bonnie (American Education). I chose the Old Codger because I have thing for old men.
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Next up will come one of four games (this is only Frontier Town; we won't be leaving there in this review):
To do this, you'll enter the Saloon and either jump right into a game or enter a Back Parlor. Back Parlors are for social chatting and the like and because of this, you can play games but they won't count towards your rank. You'll still earn scrip, but because you can "game" the winner, you'll earn no rank and no badges. Only directly from the Saloon interface where you don't know who you'll be playing with, can you earn all the goodies.
You do have some control here in the Saloon. You can choose the number of rounds, players, ranked/unranked, how closely matched, and how many Tin Cans. I don't think I've sufficiently explained this. You see, Bang! Howdy is Steampunk. If you don't know Steampunk, think of the TV Show (or the movie based upon the same) Wild Wild West; if that doesn't help - it's cowboys in an era when steam power is prominently used to make things like robots or cannons or engines that do anything. Or just click on the Wikipedia link. Anyways, Tin Cans would be the number of NPCs you'd allow in your game if you can't get a "full game". A full game can be anywhere from 2-4 players.
Back to Gold Rush!
I've entered the Saloon! I've chosen a Ranked, Looser Match (so I can play against people that'll whoop me (or me them)), one round, 2 Tin Cans and I get myself a 3-player game with one tin can on any of nearly 100 maps!! I kid you not. I've been playing 3-5 days a week since December and to this day I still see maps that are new to me. You'll get a brief but all critical glance at the terrain then you have a moment to choose: your Big Shot (some people have more than one); your units and your cards.
Your units are the additional fire power you'll take into the game with you. Your Big Shot is just your lead. Based on the terrain and the units you have unlocked, your choices could be critical. A hilly environment or one where you need to lug gold over train tracks (I hate trains!) and you'll want to make sure you've got that Dirigible with you; a narrow pass will warrant the almighty Artillery; if you've earned it (or bought it) you'll want your Sharpshooter - she could knock a gold nugget off a fence post a mile a way in a strong wind! And there are others.
And just to liven things up, you may have cards. Cards can be purchased (for scrip, or scrip and Gold which is currency purchased outside the game or traded for at the Bank) from the General Store and have a number of different bonuses. Not all cards are available to you when you first begin the game; some must be unlocked through the earning of Badges. However, for our game, we'll choose a Giddy-Up card (makes you move faster) and an Iron Plate card (gives you protection from shot for a limited time).
Now, you're off! (This entire process took all of about 45 seconds…)
You, your live opponent and the Tin Can will each have an empty claim and there will be two pieces of gold randomly placed on the board for each of you. Generally, where gold spawns once, it will spawn again. When you click on a unit, it shows the movement allowance of that unit through squares (like hex movement). If you can attack someone, you see a reticule. You choose to either a) move to that square b) attack or c) choose to a square within range and attack. This is, of course, assuming that you don't choose to pick up gold. You do this for each unit you want to move.
Now, as I mentioned above, every unit has ticks assigned to it. Steamgunners - cannons on wheels - are fast, light and move far. Artillery? Not so much. After assigning their movements, chances are your Steamgunner will take off. Your Artillery will just sit there, waiting for its ticks to count down (but it's got a long reach on that cannon). Once it reaches its destination, you don't have to wait for it to tick down again to tell it where to go or to target, you can plan ahead. The initial move can often seem a little slow, but after that, it's this planning ahead and the different tick times that keep the game moving at a rather quick clip. And you've got to pay attention; other people are planning ahead so if you were planning to move into place and weren't directly aiming at an enemy unit, you could just end up in the middle of nowhere!
Your cards can be played at any time. To use them, you simply click on them and place them over the unit you want to have the advantage. Or, conversely disadvantage if that's the card you have.
One last thing on the board: bonuses and influences. Something that's rather nagging about real-time strategy games is that you can reach a certain point and it's certain that you're going to lose. It just is - overwhelming odds and all that. Bang! Howdy has a system whereby cards, bonuses and influences will drop onto the board near you and, should you be able to take advantage of them, you can even the score and bring yourself back up to snuff. There's Bonus Points, Ramblin (move faster), Reinforcements (bring in another unit) and a wide range of others. Getting to them may be difficult, but you're never out of the game.
Finally, no matter what place you take, you'll always win scrip. Even for last place.
Now, those Badges I keep mentioning. There's lots of 'em. Some you earn simply for playing - I got one for dying. Some you earn as achievements - get a score of 500 in a game and you'll unlock the Steamgunner unit. Others will unlock colored hair, eyes, multitudes of cards to be played, and still more units.
But I've still not said what exactly it is you do with all this money and ranking. Well, as I briefly mentioned above there are two currencies: scrip which you earn by playing games and gold which you can buy. However, both are exchangeable at the Bank. So, effectively, you don't ever have to spend a penny should you earn enough scrip.
Some items such as small groups of cards, basic hats for your avatar and the like you can purchase for scrip only. But nearly everything else is purchased for a combination of scrip and gold. This includes multiple big shots; units you just can't seem to unlock; new clothing; new looks (the default avatar choices are rather limiting); multiple looks - you can have a standard post, victory pose and Wanted Poster pose; purses - these give a % bonus to your winnings; and my favorite, a train ticket to Indian Trading Post where there are 3 other Big Shots, 3 new units, 3 games that are not at all like those in Frontier Town (including one co-op) and a whole host of maps, clothing, etc.
The Good
I'm not someone who cares about graphics or sound. They don't make or break a game for me, well ever. But the art design in this is dead-on perfect. It's fun! And I can say with honesty that the sound adds to the game. This is the first game I have ever played where I leave the sound on intentionally because it's more fun with the music. They hired SomaTone Interactive Audio to score it, and after many requests, made the tracks available in game for 5 gold pieces.
The systems designer is one of the best I've seen when it comes to understanding balance. I've never played a better balanced game from day one. Some units may have advantages over others but all of that can be negated by terrain, the drop order of the units, cards in play or simply player skill. And although the AI is easier to beat than a human (as most are), it will give you a run for your money until you understand it.
That is, until you hit Bounties. These are a bird of a completely different color. Bounties are a recent addition to Bang! Howdy and will try even the best tactician. Bounties are single player missions where it's your job to hunt down outlaws and return them to justice. You must do so through a series of trials. The first simply introduce you to the system. You don't get to pick your units; you don't get to pick your cards; and your goals are not to win with the most points - ex. you may have to come in at least 2nd place and have 8 pieces of gold while having no respawn on units in Gold Rush. This last part is crucial. It's a wonderful way to learn new strategies and how to use units in unique ways, but until you realize that the AI isn't playing to win, but to keep you from making your goal, you'll never win a single game. They're fun, they're tough and they pay well…but they take time.
The items for purchase are just the right items, primarily vanity items. Nothing that is for purchase is something you need to play the game. You don't need clothing; you don't need cards; you don't need second big shots or additional units. But, you may want them. That being the case, if you don't have a lot of time or patience, you can buy gold for as much as $.25 each or as little as $.22 each. If you've got the time, play the games, earn your badges and your rank, and trade in your scrip for gold.
The Bad
I don't know that I define this as bad as much as I do annoying. Communication for the game seems limited to the bulletin board that supports it and nowhere else. There is an in-game "newspaper" in the saloon but it doesn't get updated. Patches are listed on the boards, but not changes. People find out about clothing items that had to be removed (and refunded) because of avatar limitations only after they logged in, saw them missing and then asked. No warning. And there have been other instances - trivial, but again, annoying.
There's no key for "help" in the game. You're expected to go to the forums, and you're expected just "to know". As the game isn't and won't be in retail channels, I suppose this isn't completely unreasonable, but neither is it particularly service oriented. In a persistent world, service is key.
I will give Three Rings the benefit of the doubt at this point, however. The game has just come out of beta 2 months ago and they have a history of releasing a game, testing the systems and adjusting accordingly over the long haul. My hope is that as the community grows, so will their community support.
The Ugly
There's no trading in this game. It's a customer service issue for them; I accept and I respect that. However, because avatar viewing is limited to playing games and "if" you want to visit social parlors - as someone who doesn't enjoy immature social banter I do not - I have little to no way of meeting people or sharing my victories. I can't show off my new hat. I can't trade my hat for gold or scrip. One could argue that to monetize the game they're limiting trade so that people must purchase.
But, economies don't work that way. The one way to make any economy grow, small or large, is to stimulate trade. And the one way to make any social system grow is to play to the ego - show off that avatar and everything you have with it. As I said above, Three Rings has a history of releasing a game and testing its systems, then tweaking. This area I'll be watching closely. I find it an interesting experiment.
Despite my above reservations, I unequivocally recommend this game. Both of my sons play it, and quite well. They don't partake of the social aspect and don't care about the clothing. But wow, do they love the games! I find that it's an easy game to spend 20 minutes on when I need a break. It's also far too easy to spend 3 hours on when I'm not paying attention! It has a really steep learning curve if you're not familiar with tactical games; use the tutorials to your advantage. Also, there's a Ranch where you can practice with units - give it a try. Once you get past the, "I'm just clicking on thing and I'm not sure why!" experience, things just click…and then Bang! Howdy!
Update: There's a player-managed compendium of game information at HowdyPedia, which helps mitigate the lack of player documentation for Bang! Howdy.
My children both play games so I often play them first, getting to know exactly how something may effect my sensitive and easily stimulated older child vs. my stoic and imperturbable younger.
I like games for games; for the pure enjoyment of them and believe that no game is wholly bad, though some are real stinkers.
I also have the dexterity of a camel in mittens so find playing FPSs difficult (and I also don't like the gore) and RTSs at times can stump me. I just can't seem to move quickly enough to keep up with them. Some of my favorite games are arcade games and I'll spend 3-5 years on the same 5-6 levels because I just never get any better. But, I have fun.


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A leading American legal scholar offers a surprising account of the incompleteness of prevailing theories of freedom of speech. Robert C. Post shows that the familiar understanding of the First Amendment, which stresses the "marketplace of ideas" and which holds that "everyone is entitled to an opinion", is inadequate to create and preserve the expert knowledge that is necessary for a modern democracy to thrive. For a modern society reliably to answer such questions as whether nicotine causes cancer, the free and open exchange of ideas must be complemented by standards of scientific competence and practice that are both hierarchical and judgmental.
Post develops a theory of First Amendment rights that seeks to explain both the need for the free formation of public opinion and the need for the distribution and creation of expertise. Along the way he offers a new and useful account of constitutional doctrines of academic freedom. These doctrines depend both upon free expression and the necessity of the kinds of professional judgment that universities exercise when they grant or deny tenure, or that professional journals exercise when they accept or reject submissions.
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BRADENTON – The Marauders clinched the South Division second half championship for the third time in four years with a 3-2 win over the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Sunday morning at McKechnie Field. Chad Kuhl (W, 13-5) set a new franchise mark for wins in a season with 5 1/3 strong innings.
Walker Gourley had the decisive hit for the Marauders, breaking a 1-1 tie in the fifth with a bases loaded single to right field. Gourley's single plated two runs. Jordan Steranka plated the first run for the Marauders with an opposite field double in the first. All three Marauders runs were scored with two outs.
Yhonathan Barrios (S, 10) induced a double play to escape a bases loaded jam in the sixth inning and pitched a perfect seventh to clinch the playoff berth. The win pits Bradenton against Fort Myers on Tuesday night at McKechnie Field in the first game of the Division Series.
The Marauders established a new franchise record for wins in a season with 78, sweeping the twin bill with a 4-1 win in the second game of the double header. Six Marauders pitchers combined to hold the Stone Crabs to five hits. Josh Smith (W, 4-2) earned the win with a scoreless fourth inning, while Joan Montero picked up his first save.
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George W Bush meets Moses!Submitted by boloo2 on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 11:49.
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Recently, we've been writing a lot about Senator Olympia Snowe's sudden retirement announcement. We discussed at length the impact this has on ocean politics, and will continue to work closely to find and help the best pro-ocean candidate to replace her. Today, I read an op-ed from Senator Snowe on why she's leaving, and it made me want to write this quick blog.
First, you've got to read the Senator's op-ed in the Washington Post. It's thoughtful and interesting, and is consistent with ideas she's expressed to us recently. It also lays bare a critique that many people have these days; the Senate is simply a dysfunctional mess right now.
We don't disagree, and many of our friends feel the same way. Unfortunately, a fairly common response we see from some of our friends is to disengage from politics and from the democratic process. On this, we vehemently disagree. The only way to fix a broken system is to engage in more intensely than ever. In her op-ed, Senator Snowe implores people to do this, saying:
"For change to occur, our leaders must understand that there is not only strength in compromise, courage in conciliation and honor in consensus-building — but also a political reward for following these tenets. That reward will be real only if the people demonstrate their desire for politicians to come together after the planks in their respective party platforms do not prevail."
This is what we do. Ocean Champions works with Members from both parties to try and find common ground on good policies that will help the ocean. When that happens, we applaud and reward the Members who made it happen. These may not be "perfect" environmental solutions, but they are positive, they're the ones that are able to get done, and they keep us moving forward.
I must also say that as I've gotten to know our endorsed champions better over time, I am almost always impressed that these are the people who will work across the aisle to keep moving forward for ocean health (and for other important issues as well). These are people you can feel good about, trying to build a democratic process that you can cheer.
So, ocean lovers out there, don't walk away from the mess you see. Help us solve it by engaging in democracy and politics more deeply than ever. Together, we can take our government back from polarizing special interests and restore the place of consensus building public interests.
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William Russell Cone, the oldest member of the Hartford city bar, died at Hartford on the 10th day of January, 1890. He was born in East Haddam in this state on the 23rd day of June, 1810. His father was Joseph W. Cone, a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of that town. The son prepared for college first under Rev. Isaac Parsons of East Haddam, and later in the grammar school at Hartford, and entered Yale College in 1826, graduating in 1830. He then studied law in the Yale Law School under Chief Justice Daggett and Prof. Hitchcock, and after being admitted to the bar formed a partnership with William Hungerford of Hartford, a native of East Haddam, then regarded as the most learned lawyer in the state and with the largest practice in our highest courts. To the firm thus formed Mr. Cone brought a rare vigor of mind and great industry, and soon became noted for the thoroughness of his preparation of the cases committed to it. He took special charge of the business of the firm, leaving mainly to Mr. Hungerford the argument of its causes in court. The firm of Hungerford & Cone became a famous one and had for a quarter of a century the largest and most important and lucrative practice in the state. In 1860 the partners retired from practice, with handsome fortunes, though the partnership continued in the ownership of property until Mr. Hungerford's death in 1873.
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This place has one of the best tacos in the area but if you order more than 3 items, it's a guarantee that your order will be messed up. In addition, allow more than an hour delivery time on a slow night.


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Have you ever gotten a call or an e-mail from a credit-card company asking if a recent charge on your account was legitimate? Credit-card companies are on the hook for fraudulent charges for amounts over $50, even if the customer doesn't report the fraud. So it is in their powerful self-interest to spot phony charges quickly. That's why they have programmed computers to alert the company to charges that are out of pattern. Say your American Express bill usually runs between $400 and $600 a month, with the usual bump at Christmas time. Suddenly there is a spate of charges for expensive clothes, electronic equipment, airplane trips, etc. You can bet you'll be getting a jingle from Amex to make sure things are on the up and up.
If they are not, they cancel the card, send you one with a different account number, and try their best to track down the bad guys.
Such obvious precautions, it seems, are beyond the capacity of Medicare, which pays out half a trillion dollars a year to medical-service providers. At least $60 billion — one dollar in eight — of that is paid out for claims that are not legitimate. CBS's 60 Minutes, not exactly a member of the vast right-wing conspiracy, ran a story on it last Sunday that you can find here (h/t Instapundit). The reporter, Steve Kroft, warns that the report will raise your blood pressure. That it certainly will.
As the report shows, Medicare fraud is ridiculously easy to carry off, little effort is put into preventing it, and few resources are committed to catching suspected attempts at it. All you need is a physical address, a list of Medicare recipients (available on the black market for about $10 a name), and a list of Medicare billing codes. Medicare is required by law to pay these claims within 30 days. Every few months you shut down the ABC Medical Supply Company and open up the DEF Medical Supply Company at a different address. Medicare direct deposits the money you bill them right into your bank account — none of those annoying $100 bills to launder — and you don't have to worry about being gunned down in a parking lot by a rival criminal. No wonder the FBI thinks it is now a larger criminal enterprise in South Florida — where the report was filmed — than cocaine-trafficking.
How bad is it? One woman interviewed says that she has been reporting an endless stream of false charges on her Medicare statement for six years. Medicare keeps saying they'll look into it, and the phony charges just keep coming and just keep being paid. A retired federal judge who has his God-given arms, reports that Medicare was billed for two artificial ones for him at the same time. Medicare paid the bill without question, despite the fact that losing two arms simultaneously is, to put it mildly, a rare medical event.
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Exclusive: Josh Thomson Responds To Lady Noises Comments: Diaz only one making noises | BJPENN.COM RADIO
The latest episode of BJPenn.com Radio featured Josh Thomson's official response to the accusations of Nate Diaz also featured on our from weeks prior. Thomson as always remained humble even in victory, but the AKA fighter says Diaz was actually the one making noises in the octagon. As we all know there is two sides to every story, and the producers at BJPenn.com wanted to give Thomson an opportunity to say his piece, and so he did.
Thomson told George Matthews and Pedro Carrasco, "I could make the point that he made the same noises. The only noises I recall in the fight was when I kneed him a couple times, I kind of knocked the wind out of him when he was against the fence, going (Thomson imitates gasping noises) like he was holding his breath. So if anyone was making noises it was him. There was the finish, maybe he thought the crowd was me making noises when I finished him. Other than that there is no other noise that I recall, that's the best I can tell you." So now there is no telling who was making noises inside the octagon that night, perhaps it was the phantom microphone from UFC 159.
Josh also responded to Nate's claims that the San Jose based fighter was 'running scared,' telling George and Pedro, "Honestly I don't know what he's talking about, I had a game plan and the game plan was definitely to stay outside of his range. So that's what I did, I stayed outside of his range and I used my kicks to counteract the length of his punches. Other than that, I obviously used my speed to get in and get out."
Thomson also made it clear he has no ill will towards Diaz stating, "I respect Nate a lot, I don't want to talk trash on him, and he's probably pretty upset. He's never been finished before, not like that anyways, so I just think he's a little upset about the situation. I think it's probably best that we both just get back in the gym and get busy again. Work on getting better today, that's the best we can do."
6 Responses to "Exclusive: Josh Thomson Responds To Lady Noises Comments: Diaz only one making noises | BJPENN.COM RADIO"
They need to do something about point fighters. Nobody wants to watch that crap! UFC is going to go downhill with boring ass fights.
You do remember that Thomson finished that fight, right?
Also if Nate would of stayed out of range it would of been a snooze fest. Both fighters need to engage and attempt to finish the fight.
Thomson ended the fight dipshit. Its Nates fault for being a predictable slug that just moves forward all the time and blocks punches with his head.
Josh Knocked him out, idk how much more of a finish you want…
Yeah seriously.. Idk what Big Daddy's problem is. lol
Apparently the Doc dropped him on his head at birth.
Josh= class act
he looks even classier when he responds to low-brow bullsh*t from Nate in a classy way.
Good Gameplan = Good Win = Good Composure in the aftermath = Good paydays in future
I watched that fight,it was in no way a point fight…Thompson landed that same head kick.The third time it was with his shin.Just face it,Nate got KTFO….. HA HA !!!!!!
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VIP Treatment: Johnee Sou's Swanky BMW 528i
Red carpets, suede ropes, flashing cameras, and a table for you and your crew with a bucket of that good stuff on ice. Sounds like a glamorous night at an upscale club downtown, doesn't it?
Allow me to introduce Johnee Sou's '08 BMW 528i, a car that can provide this same glamorous feeling while looking much more appealing in the process than a couch and a candle lit coffee table to place your champagne flute.
It all began during the fall season of 2010 when Sou got his hands on the E60. Inspired by the fact that there was barely anyone that had tried building this particular chassis he went to battle the very next month to take the lead in breaking new ground in SoCal.
He started with 15% tint all around, then slapped on a set of Eurosport Monza one-piece wheels & H&R lowering springs. He eventually became bored with the Monzas so he installed Forgestar F10 one-piece wheels accompanied by an M5 rear bumper, carbon diffuser, side skirts, and a CSL trunk.
As the years kept advancing his projected goals and theme ideas did as well, leading up to the most recent modifications: an Air Force bag/coil suspension combo and three-piece Superstar Leon Hardiritt "Waffle" Super VIP wheels with 3.5" stepped lips in the front and 4.5" stepped lips in the rear.
They're held on by beautiful Motorsport Hardware neo chrome extended lug nuts that provide a colorful accent to the whole car's appearance. Due to the "Waffles" being weathered and beat up when he got a hold of them he had the pleasure of rebuilding the wheels from the ground up, making them his most favored mod on the car.
To top it all off he went with a custom front VIP table and custom rear VIP table trays from David Deezign, while allowing comfort to be easily obtained via his Junction Produce "Missions" neck pillow pads so drinks and cigars could easily reach passengers' mouths.
The most recent modification stage has been the most enjoyable for Sou, where members of his crew, Eleven11thDynasty, taught him a thing or two.
"I didn't know anything about air suspension until my crew showed me the ropes. I got to learn the whole process hands on, and it was great experience for me to learn and spend time with them," he explained.
But when asked which stage was the most difficult he replied with "every stage, there's not enough time in the day to get everything done."
Sou's an everyday family man for his wife, two daughters and son, but his crew is a very tightly stitched family-like group all in its own. The most diverse crew in SoCal, Eleventh11Dynasty initially congregated together because of suspension, but the crew supports all makes, models, and categories.
Since Sou can never stop moving forward or declare the VIP mission to be complete he's planning to add a BMW or ARMA Speed supercharger, a sound system and TVs, a suede headliner, and a champagne refrigerator in the rear among many other additions in the near future. Remember what I said about this car providing more than a couch and candle lit table for your champagne flute? Keep your eyes open for this car if you're out at any MFest events or major car shows in SoCal, it's highly likely Sou will be there shinnin'. He may even pop a cork or two.
And to think he claimed he wanted to keep the car stock and drive it daily when he first got it, thankfully that particular mission was never completed either. He does have one wish, though, and that is to inspire future trendsetters to never stop progressing.
Big ups to Johnee for creating a car worthy of red carpet covered asphalt, and the Eleven11thDynasty crew for never letting their boy give up.
Shout outs from Johnee: "First and foremost thank you to my wife for putting up with me and my money pit. Shout out to Jack at VR Wheels, Avian and Raymond for the Air Force suspension, and my crew Eleven11thDynasty for all the help and motivation. Shout out to David at DynastyMotorWerkz, Manny from Afterhours Garage, and David from David Deezign for really doing the most to this build."


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Rondo: I will have no trouble playing with Shaq
NEW YORK -- Rajon Rondo makes a major impact for the Celtics with dribble penetration and dishing off to open teammates streaking to the basket or at the 3-point line. And there has been a level of concern that Rondo won't have as much space to manuver with mammoth center Shaquille O'Neal cemented in the paint during offensive possessions.
Rondo said he will have no problems getting into the paint or making passes with the presence of O'Neal.
"Shaq's not a perimeter shooter and neither is (Kendrick Perkins)," he said Saturday from Madison Square Garden. "They're both great finishers around the rim, very efficient, shoot a high field-goal percentage. A lot of people are saying Shaq is going to clog up the paint but Perk didn't clog up the paint. They are two different players but at the end of the day we've got Paul (Pierce), Ray (Allen) and Kevin (Garnett) on the perimeter to spread the defense. There's only so much you can do as far as clogging up the paint."
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I am writing everyone to tell them of the recent decision my wife and I have made. For a few months now, we have felt like the Lord was making some changes in our hearts although we were not positive what they were. The Lord has allowed us to be missionaries with Macedonia for 12 years (8 years in Argentina, about 2 in Peru and 1.5 on deputation) and for much time we thought we would live our lives in Argentina. We love the people and are thankful for the many blessings the Lord has allowed us to see there, but we believe the Lord is now pulling our hearts from Argentina. Our move now will be to transition from Argentina and return to the US where we will serve as the director of Vision Baptist Missions and begin traveling from there. Although we will be taking some steps to transition smoothly from Argentina and other areas, we plan on making the move and begin working in the next month or two. We ask that you pray for us in this step, the biggest step we have taken in our lives. We are excited and count it a great honor to begin this new phase of ministry.
Since this decision was just made last week, we have a lot of responsibilities to take care of to make this transition correctly and with integrity. Of course we spoke with our pastor before going forward and from there talked to Macedonia World Baptist Missions whom we have worked with and appreciate greatly. I spoke personally with the president of Macedonia and the directors as well as went before the board of Macedonia. I have tried to call the majority of our pastors that support us although I still need to get ahold of some. A letter was sent yesterday or today to our supporting churches letting them know of our decision and asking them to pray about supporting us through and into this new phase of ministry. I have called Argentina and the pastors there know of our decision. We are grateful for the 4 churches the Lord has allowed us to have part of seeing started in Argentina and praise the Lord for the maturity and godliness of the pastors as they take steps forward advancing for God.
I leave you with my cell phone number to call for any questions or anything that I can do to help with. We covet your prayers right now and we greatly appreciate the many friends and churches that have been so good to us through the years. I am also attaching the letter that was sent to our supporting pastors. Again, this decision has only been within the last week, so I beg for your understanding if you have not received a letter or word from us. We believe this step will allow us to do more for the cause of Christ and the spreading of His Word and ask you to pray as we go forward for Him.
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Students and alumni came out strong for Volcanoes game
First-year students took in a Volcanoes baseball game on Saturday as part of Opening Days student orientation.
The event drew more than 800 members of the Willamette community — students, alumni and their families — to the ballpark for an evening of fun with new friends and an opportunity to see Blitz the Bearcat throw out the first pitch.
Photo ops and autographs with our bearcat buddy were in great demand by fans. Bearcat spirit soared as the sea of cardinal and gold in the stands rang with the Bearcat Rumble.


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Workship Two: Teach for America and AmeriCorps.Teach for America is a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and young professionals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. They are a diverse group of talented individuals who possess the leadership skills needed to make a real impact over the short- and long-term. Teach For America seeks graduates from all majors. No previous education experience or coursework is necessary. AmeriCorps is a network of three programs—AmeriCorps*State and National, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)— that each year support the engagement of nearly 75,000 Americans in service to meet critical needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other areas. Since 1994, nearly 500,000 AmeriCorps members have served with thousands of nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations nationwide-from small community groups to nationally known organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Red Cross, and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Members tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, clean parks and streams, and recruit, train, and manage community volunteers. In return for their service, AmeriCorps members receive an AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans; members have earned more than $1 billion in education awards since 1994.


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A new Fox poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead over Democratic primary opponents narrowing. And Oscar-winner Al Gore, everybody's favorite undeclared candidate who probably won't run, is third. That places him ahead of John Edwards, who has basically been running since he and Sen. John Kerry lost in '04.
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Ilona & Stewart
Ilona & Stewart's wedding was only 6 days before Lila's due date but Eva was so excited about all their amazing plans that there was no way she was missing it. At one point I was running to get a better angle and as I turned round I was overtaken by Eva (and bump) sprinting past me, heh heh! Linzie Russo was with us again and we all had an amazing day at the beautiful Pollok House in Glasgow. Ilona & Stewart had a special guest with them too, their pet dog Sid, looking very dashing in his tuxedo. Sunshine, a beautiful location, a wonderful couple and a dog in a tux, c'mon...it doesn't get much better than that. C & E xx


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When I came home from the Vietnam War in 1972, our nation was bitterly divided. As we all know, the war was not easy, nor was it popular. When time came to honor those who had fought it, the process was likewise neither easy nor popular. Plans for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington met adversity at many turns. But The American Legion was an advocate from the very beginning, raising $1.17 million for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), making our organization the largest single contributor.
Maya Lin's concept for the Wall we now consider a national treasure received considerable public criticism. The Legion never weighed in with an opinion about the aesthetics. Rather, as then-National Legislative Commission Director E. Philip Riggin put it in a 1988 letter, "we supported the process within which artistic decisions were made." The American Legion stood by Lin and the panel of judges that deemed her design the best possible tribute to our fallen comrades.
Dedication ceremonies took place on Nov. 13, 1982, at the culmination of a five-day "National Salute to Vietnam Veterans." Legionnaires from across the country participated in the parade and helped visiting Vietnam veterans and their families with lodging. Gen. William C. Westmoreland praised the Legion for its "unwavering support of the memorial" and added that "the Vietnam veteran has a loyal friend in The American Legion."
Concerns over the design, location and general message of the memorial have been forgotten since then. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become the most visited memorial in a city full of them. It is a place of great solemnity, respect and honor, and continues to evolve as new generations interpret the war and its meaning.
The next phase is an Education Center at the Wall. The Legion has passed two resolutions supporting the center, which is meant to be a place where the lessons of the war, its impact on our country, and the bravery of those who fought it, can be shared for decades to come. At a ceremony in March commemorating the 30th anniversary of the memorial's groundbreaking, the concept for the center was unveiled. The VVMF has a goal of housing within the center a "Wall of Faces" that will include a photo to go with every name on the Wall. Those who wish to contribute a photo or learn more can visit the Education Center website [3].
While a national monument to honor those who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan will eventually be built in Washington, the Vietnam center includes plans to incorporate those most recent fallen heroes into its design, as well. A visit to the center will, in fact, begin with a walking history of America's wars. "Patriotism will be shown to be timeless," the center's website proclaims.
As we observe Memorial Day this month, let's acknowledge that every ceremony, every monument and every name etched into the Wall are all part of the same chain, forged through history, forever connecting "those who served, those who fell and those who wait at home." We welcome plans for the new education center as another important link in that chain.
[1] http://www.legion.org/print/163506
[2] http://www.legion.org/magazine
[3] http://www.buildthecenter.org