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A New Culture of Learning: Implications of Digital Culture for Communities of Faith
Hess, Mary, Communication Research Trends
"A new culture of learning"--a bold title for an essay of this sort, but one borrowed from the title of a book published by two luminaries who work in the field of learning more generally, Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown (2011). Yet I think this title aptly captures what we can see all around us, if we look closely, and thus I feel free to borrow it. There are shifts underway in how learning happens in the 21st century. We, as educators working in Catholic communities, in a globalized world, need to be attentive to those shifts if we want to design learning experiences that are effective and constructive in that midst of that shift.
This essay will begin by laying out the elements of this new culture of learning, drawing heavily on the work of those researchers connected with the MacArthur Foundation's "new digital literacies" projects, and which Thomas and Brown so well summarize, particularly Mizuko (2009) and Jenkins (2006). The overall project is accessible via the web at http://tinyurl.com/3vw6xn. I will then contextualize that work more fully in Catholic contexts and make a few tentative proposals for our continued development.
Before I go any further, I need to be clear about my own situatedness. I am a Roman Catholic layperson who teaches in an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA] seminary in the United States. Each of those labels already narrows and constrains the lenses I bring to bear on this situation. At the same time, I have been working in the fields of media education and religious education for more than 20 years, and during that time have traveled to multiple contexts around the world learning from people who are studying the intersections of media, religion, and digital cultures. From that point of view I hope to offer useful "hooks" into the relevant literatures and a frame for considering how these shifts that are being identified might emerge in other contexts and teaching environments. Please understand that what I offer here is meant to stimulate discussion and experimentation, and is not intended to be definitive.
What is this "new culture of learning" we hear about? It is crucial to the argument that Thomas and Seely Brown are making to grasp that learning happens not simply on an explicit or intentional level, but also at the level of the implicit, or incidental, and even ultimately, the null, or taboo, levels. They begin their observations by using the metaphors of the information network, and the petri dish. That is, they point to the potentially limitless nature of the current information environment and argue that in order to support learning in such a space educators must design appropriately bounded spaces. Here the metaphor of the petri dish is particularly evocative because it speaks to the deliberately constructed nature of a biological culture, which necessitates creating an environment upon which the specific organism one hopes to grow depends for development; and the challenge of keeping such an environment, such a "culture," appropriately rich and yet clearly bounded.
As Thomas and Brown point out, this culture is not about:
unchecked access to information and unbridled passion, however. Left to their own devices, there is no telling what students will do. If you give them a resource like the Internet and ask them to follow their passion, they will probably meander around finding bits and pieces of information that move them from topic to topic--and produce a very haphazard result. (p. 81)
As Thomas and Brown--and frankly, most other people who are attending to the challenges of teaching and learning with digital tools--note, we can no longer work in this environment, we can not adequately create such "petri dishes" if our approaches are teaching-based; instead they must be learning-based. The distinction Thomas and Brown make is increasingly common not only in the worlds of digital learning, online and distributed technologies, and so on, but also deep within a variety of accrediting organizations and other institutions dedicated to assessing and supporting learning. …


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QUOTE (Ed Sukach @ Apr 3 2003, 07:05 AM)

What is this ... "We can't HANDLE the truth"?

BBCWorld did a piece on how the media in the middle east was covering things. It didn't take too much reading between the lines to understand they had been sanitizing the news so we didn't get upset. OTOH the new services in the middle east would tend to go to the other extreme and let the viewer see everything. Personally I'd rather make up my own mind.


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O Thou Who holdest the ends of the earth in the palm of Thy hand, O Jesus our God, Who art co-beginningless with the Father, and Who, together with the Holy Spirit dost rule over all things: Thou didst appear in the flesh, healing infirmities, driving away passions, and giving sight to the blind. And, by a divine word, Thou didst raise up the paralytic, commanding him to walk straightway and to take up upon his shoulders his bed, which had carried him. Wherefore, together with him we all praise Thee and cry: O Compassionate Christ, glory to Thy dominion and might.
--Oikos of the Feast
On this, the fourth Sunday of Pascha, we make commemoration of the Paralytic and, as is meet, we celebrate the miracle wrought for him.
The word of Christ was strength for the paralytic;And thus this word alone was his healing.
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Total Parish Education is the goal of the pastoral ministry at St. Michael Church in Van Nuys, California. The success we have had with the youth educational program at St. Michael's is due in no small measure to the parents, grandparents, Godparents, and professionals within the community of our parish. Given the opportunity to engage with the students as the persons they are, and to learn with them, they recognized that education revitalizes their own faith. Fr. Timothy Baclig, Pastor of St. Michael Church will summarize his successes and failures in his attempt to revitalize the participation of his parishioners in the liturgical and family life of the church.
Khouria Gigi Shadid, wife of Fr. James Shadid of St. George Orthodox Church in Houston, TX, is a mother of three, a school teacher, and former youth director. Her passion is teaching with music, and she has produced five educational music CDs to date. Several years ago, she developed the Matthew 25 HUGS program, or Hands Used for God's Service, in cooperation with the Archdiocese's Department of Christian Education. The goal of the program is to nurture generous spirits in the children of our church schools, with targeted activities and lessons at every grade level until children graduate from high school. Antiochian.org asked her to explain further.
Where did the idea for the HUGS program come from, and what do you hope to accomplish with it?
My cousin, Georgina, is known for giving great hugs. One day, we were talking and she began telling me about how much she wishes she could go to the NICU at a hospital and just hug on the little babies there. I told her that her loving hugs are one of the gifts that God has given her and that she should share those hugs with as many people as she can. As we talked, Georgina expressed a desire to do more with that gift... but what?
Hear the voice of gladness, O women; for I have trodden down rebellious Hades, and raised the world from corruption. Wherefore, hasten ye and proclaim the glad tidings to My beloved; for I desire that joy shall break forth thence upon My creation, whence first came forth sorrow.
—Orthros of the Feast, Tone 2
On this day, the third Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the feast of the holy Myrrh-bearing women. And we also make commemoration of Joseph of Arimathea, who was a secret disciple, and Nicodemus, who was a disciple by night.
The women disciples bring myrrh unto Christ;And I bring a hymn as it were myrrh unto them.
Blessed Feast Day to our many St. George parishes!
As the deliverer of captives and the protector of the poor, as the physician of the feeble and combatant of kings, holy champion and great martyr George, intercede with Christ our God to save our souls.+ Troparion of St. George, Tone 4
Thou wast cultivated by God and didst become a most wonderful cultivator of piety, and didst harvest for thyself the sheaves of virtue, for having sown in tears thou didst reap in joy and having withstood to death thou art garnered for Christ. By thy intercessions, O Saint, thou dost obtain for us all remission of our sins.+ Kontakion of St. George, Tone 4
Read the life of St. George
Access liturgical resources for the Feast of St. George
(If April 23 falls on or before Great and Holy Pascha, the Feast of St. George is translated to Bright Monday.)
A Joint Statement Issued by the two Patriarchates of Antioch and of All the East: The Greek (Roum) Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church
On the occasion of the second anniversary of kidnapping the two Metropolitans of Aleppo: His Eminence Paul (Yazigi) and His Eminence John (Abraham) on April 22, 2013
Damascus April 22, 2015
"It is for our hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial." (Acts 23:6)
Paul and John are on trial; the Christian persecution for Evangelization of the first century has now returned to this land. Such persecution is not common in the East or in modern times. The consequences of this trial are not only earthly but heavenly. In this struggle, the Great Judge will prevail, for His judgement is both the case of True Man and True God.
Maybe this trial is unfair, most probably because the kidnapped are not able to plead their case. But their testimony resounds ceaselessly by their spirit and life, and echoes in the wilderness of this world.
O brethren of the Word, you are our children in Aleppo; in you and among you we planted the seeds of the true word, the word of witnessing and of ministry. Behold, the plant is growing! We see this growth in you and we are proud of its fruit. We are astounded by your perseverance, which strengthens our perseverance. We exalt your steadfastness which sustains us. We esteem your patience, which recompenses our patience. How not? You are the crown of our glory and pride (1 Thess 2.19,20) in this trial against evangelization.
St. Michael Orthodox Church, Louisville, KYChrist is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! ~Paschal Troparion
As the Antiochian Archdiocese's first Great Lent under the leadership of Metropolitan Joseph concluded, parishes around the United States and Canada commenced the services for Holy Week and Pascha. Throughout the solemn week, the faithful gathered frequently in worship and prayer, finishing the week with the joyous celebration of Pascha on April 12, 2015. Our photo gallery presents a colorful summary of this apex of the Church year.
If your parish isn't represented yet, it's not too late! Send your photos to email@example.com, and we'll include your community in the gallery.
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Today the fragrance of spring is shed forth, and the new creation shall rejoice. Today the locks shall be lifted from the doors with the faithlessness of the beloved Thomas, as he shouteth out, Thou art my Lord and my God.
-Orthros of the Feast
On the second Sunday of Pascha, we inaugurate the celebration of Christ's Resurrection, and the occasion whereon the Holy Apostle Thomas touched the Savior's side.
On April 22, 2015, Metropolitan Paul and Archbishop Youhanna will complete their second year in captivity. Therefore, His Beatitude Patriarch John X and His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph have dedicated St.Thomas Sunday as a day of prayers for them. All clergy are requested to print the attached statement from His Beatitude Patriarch John X and distribute it to all parishioners.
Statement of Patriarch John X (English)Statement of Patriarch John X (Arabic)
View our Paschal resources section
Pastoral Message for Great and Holy PaschaApril 12, 2015
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, as is meet; and let the whole world, visible and invisible, feast; for Christ hath risen to everlasting joy.(from the 1st Ode of the Paschal Canon)
Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!
We greet you with great joy and love as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Resurrection of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. We are reminded by the hymn quoted above that the entire universe rejoices in this singular event which brings new life to all creation. Even the current state of violence and hatred which plagues this world is shattered to pieces by the Lord's descent into Hades and his resurrection from the dead. We ask all of the faithful to continue to pray for the two abducted bishops, Metropolitan Paul, and Archbishop Youhanna, and the victims of violence around the world, especially in Syria and in the entire region. The victory of our Lord Jesus Christ over the powers of death, and the hope of new life are indeed our only consolation during these troubled times. The triumph of this Paschal season strengthens our faith and renews our hope. Let us therefore rejoice with the heavens and celebrate with the entire universe on this, the Feast of Feasts!
On Great and Holy Friday, the Orthodox Church commemorates the sufferings of Christ: the mockery, the crown of thorns, the scourging, the nails, the thirst, the vinegar and gall, the cry of desolation, and all the Savior endured on the Cross. "Today He Who hung the earth on the waters is hung on the tree," sing the solemn worshippers. Beginning with the Orthros of Holy Friday on Thursday evening, and ending with Vespers on Friday afternoon, the day is one of solemn observation and strict fasting. The richness of the liturgical actions and hymnography on this day, are unsurpassed.
We worship Your passion and Your burial,for by them, You have saved us from death!
For more reflections and resources, please visit our Holy Week section. And for more material dedicated to the pinnacle of the liturgical year, visit Antiochian.org/Pascha.
Fr. Justin Havens of Ss. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Salt Lake City, Utah baptizes new Orthodox Christians on Holy Saturday, 2014.The liturgical texts for April, blessed by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, are now ready for clergy and laity to download from the Online Liturgical Guide.
By now, Orthodox Christians have completed their Lenten journeys by entering into the festive, albeit brief, period of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday. When our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ raised his friend Lazarus from the dead after four days, He confirmed "the universal Resurrection." That is, our Lord shows us that He will raise all of those who believe that He is Life. Then, on Palm Sunday, we commemorate our Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where the people cried out "Hosanna!" (or, "save us now!) and waved palms as symbols of victory. Antiochian parishes around the world festively celebrate this day as a second Pascha, bearing candles and palms in large outdoor processions.
O Christ God, when before thy voluntary sufferings Thou didst explain to all the confirmation of universal resurrection; Thou didst raise Lazarus in Bethany by thine exalted might, after he had been dead for four days. And to the blind Thou didst give sight; for Thou art the Giver of light, O Savior. Thou didst also enter the city with thy Disciples, sitting on an ass, fulfilling the preaching of the Prophets, as though riding upon the cherubim, and the Hebrew youths received Thee with palms and branches. Wherefore, we also carry olive branches and palms, crying out to Thee in gratitude, Hosanna in the highest, blessed is he that cometh In the Name of the Lord.
- Orthros of the Feast
For more Holy Week reflections and resources, see our section here. And for more material dedicated to the pinnacle of the liturgical year, visit our Pascha section.
The Raising of Lazarus (Mount Sinai, 12th c.)"Though I lie in bonds, O Savior," Lazarus cried from below to Thee his Deliverer, "yet shall I not remain forever in the depth of Hell, if Thou wilt only call to me, 'Lazarus, come out;' for Thou art my Light and my Life."
"I implore thee, Lazarus," said Hell, "Rise up, depart quickly from my bonds and be gone. It is better for me to lament bitterly for the loss of one, rather than of all those whom I swallowed in my hunger."
Shaking the gates and iron bars, Thou hast made Hell tremble at Thy voice. Hell and Death were filled with fear, O Savior, seeing Lazarus their prisoner brought to life by Thy word and rising from the tomb.
-from the Canon of the Raising of Lazarus, Tone 1
Palm Sunday – April 5, 2015
Sitting on Your throne in heaven, Carried on a foal on earth, O Christ God! Accept the praise of angels and the songs of children who sing: Blessed is He that comes to recall Adam! (Kontakion for Palm Sunday)
We greet you with love and joy on this Palm Sunday which celebrates the Triumphant Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
The Kontakion for the feast which is quoted above expresses with great eloquence the worship and praise which are due to our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ by His children. Today He enters Jerusalem not majestically as an earthly king, but as a humble servant. He who is the mightiest King of all deigns to sit on the back of a lowly beast so that He might teach us humility.
Thou didst sever with the sword of abstinence the snares of the soul and the passion of the body, O righteous one. And by the silence of asceticism thou didst choke the sins of thought. And by the stream of thy tears thou didst water the whole wilderness, bringing forth for us the fruits of repentance. Wherefore, we celebrate thy memory.
-Vespers of the Feast
On the fifth Sunday of Lent, we commemorate St. Mary of Egypt. By her example, we are reminded of the extraordinary power of repentance and God's mercy, by which even the greatest sinner may be transformed and sanctified.
Read about the life of St. Mary of EgyptRead a reflection on St. Mary's life by Fr. Patrick TutellaVisit our full section on Great Lent
View the photo gallery of the one year memorial
Thursday, March 19, 2015, marked the one year anniversary of the repose of His Eminence Metropolitan Philip of thrice-blessed memory. On Sunday, March 22, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph celebrated the Divine Liturgy and one year memorial for Metropolitan Philip at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn. In his eulogy, Metropolitan Joseph spoke about the many accomplishments of Sayidna Philip over 48 years, but in the end reminded the faithful that ultimately his desire to build up the Archdiocese and its institutions was driven by his desire to bring people closer to Christ so that the Orthodox faith could manifest itself on this continent.
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America also attended and, after concelebrating the memorial, gave a wonderful homily recalling his many years of working with our late Metropolitan in both SCOBA and the Assembly of Bishops. He remembered both his strong convictions and beliefs as well as his love and ability to cooperate.
Verily, Gabriel did come to thee, disclosing the purpose which was before the ages, hailing thee and saying, Rejoice O unseeded land! Rejoice, O unburning bush! Rejoice, O depth inaccessible to vision! Rejoice, O bridge leading to the heavens! Rejoice, O lofty ladder whom Jacob did behold! Rejoice, O jar of divine manna! Rejoice, O dissolution of the curse! Rejoice, O recall of Adam! The Lord is with thee.- Vespers of the Feast, Tone 6
Metropolitan Joseph's 2015 Pastoral Message for the Feast of the AnnunciationClick here to read more about the Feast of the AnnunciationHomily on the Annunciation by St. Gregory the WonderworkerOld Testament Women at the Annunciation: Gleanings from the Western Rite Lectionary by Lynette A. SmithGod's Free Gift, by Fr. Steven Rogers
March 25, 2015
Behold, our restoration is now made manifest; God is ineffably joined to man. At the words of the Archangel, error has vanished. The Virgin has received the joyful news, and the things of earth have become those of heaven. The world is released from the ancestral curse. Let the whole creation rejoice, singing a hymn of praise, Lord our creator and deliverer, Glory to You! ~From the Vesperal Aposticha for the Feast of the Annunciation
We greet you with love and joy on this Feast of the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to the Most Holy Theotokos.
The reading above transmits to us the essence of this feast, which is the action of a loving God which initiates the events by which humankind is saved from the ancestral error of Adam and Eve. The Archangel announces to the woman who will become the Most Holy Theotokos that she has been chosen to be the vessel through which God Himself will take human flesh, become a Man, and dwell among his creation.
Let us honor John, that pride of ascetics, that angel on earth, that man of God in heaven, that adornment of the world, and that bliss of virtues and good deeds; for, planted in the house of God, he flourished with justice; and, like a cedar tree in the wilderness, he caused the flock of Christ to grow, those sheep endowed with speech, in righteousness and justice.
On the fourth Sunday in Lent we commemorate St. John, the great seventh-Century ascetic and author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent. As we continue the Lenten fast, we recall St. John's account of the labors necessary to approach God, and we take comfort in the Lord's words: "he who endures to the end will be saved" (Mt 24:13).
Read the life of St. John of the LadderListen to Fr. Thomas Hopko on St. John of the Ladder
The Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos, depicted on the apse of Holy Trinity Antiochian Orthodox Church of Santa Fe, New Mexico
The fifth week of Great Lent serves as a preview of sorts for Great and Holy Week in the Orthodox Church, for it also offers a multitude of beautiful, spiritually transforming divine services. The liturgical texts for them, blessed by His Eminence, Metropolitan Joseph, are now ready for clergy and laity to download from the Online Liturgical Guide.
Usually, on the Wednesday night of the Fifth Week of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church offers Little Compline and recites "The Life of St. Mary of Egypt" by St. Sophronios, Patriarch of Jerusalem along with the Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew, Archbishop of Crete. However, in a rare occurrence this year, this day coincides with the great feast of the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos, March 25.
Rather than try to celebrate these divine services all in one day, the Typikon ("rule book") directs the Church to reschedule some of them so that worshippers can celebrate all of them fully and properly, so that the theology contained in them can permeate their souls.


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hey guys,
i have had trouble with my softmodding. I have Mechassault version MS02301L L1 01 and AR 8mb card, and i used Krayzie's AutoInstaller for MA. I got it to desktop, dragged it to ActionR. And put it on the 8mb card. then to my xbox HDD, then ran Mechassault, campaign, Run Linux. BUT, when i open <Run Linux>, i get an error, "Unable to load <Run Linux>". And the controls and level are all "UNKNOWN" My HDD saves for Mechassault were cleared. But by default it creates "MechWarrior" Did i do anything wrong? please correct me if i did.
I appreciate all the help i can get!
Is Mecha. Version Ms02301l L1 01
Started by blakemanf , Jun 26 2005 01:40 AM
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Posted 26 June 2005 - 01:40 AM
Posted 26 June 2005 - 01:43 AM
I am thinking that possibly since you go on live.... you have downloaded a live update for mechassault which has the flaw patched. Try deleting all saves on your box for MA, load up a couple of other games, like crimson skies, h2, etc(this will overwrite the cache files in your x,y,z drives ) then retransfer your installer and try it again. I am not 100% sure you can get rid of downloaded content this way but making sure the cache is cleared out may help. I dont mine for softmodding so i am unsure of the function of the installer you are using, i use it to tsop flash boxes so the save game is different. Hope this helps ....
THanks for the PM man, I try that! [From StrictPuppet]
Any other ideas would be appreciated!
Edited by blakemanf, 26 June 2005 - 01:43 AM.
Posted 26 June 2005 - 03:21 AM
i don't think updates can patch the flaw. the security loophole is in the actual mechassault disc and not the hard drive
Posted 26 June 2005 - 10:41 PM
From what I know of softmodding from when I softmodded mine, when you run MA now, it adds a new savegame that does something to stop the exploit. Just delete the MA save data like StrictPuppet suggested. Should work fine! :-D Have fun modding!
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that I saw this somewhere around the fourms.... oh well :-p!
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that I saw this somewhere around the fourms.... oh well :-p!
Posted 26 June 2005 - 11:00 PM
Is this a new MA disc? If so it will not work, the flaw was patched. Has to be an old version of MA from before they patched it, otherwise it'll place a blank savegame in front of the exploit one you're trying to load on the HD, as the game boots, which stops it from loading the exploited gamesave.
*Edit* From what I see you have the right version of the game. In which case like they said just be sure to clear the whole MA title spot and try again.
*Edit* From what I see you have the right version of the game. In which case like they said just be sure to clear the whole MA title spot and try again.
Edited by ViOTeK, 26 June 2005 - 11:04 PM.
Posted 27 June 2005 - 05:34 AM
this is like the 4th topic you crated on this question in all were sugested you had to delete all the other ma saves and/or downloadable content. Was that too hard to understand or something?
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How do I remove/change this?
I've managed to hide the standard header so I can use WP in my own site layout. But now there's a grey "border" around the page. I want the background to be white?
How do I remove/change this?
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Thanks for the reply. I followed your instructions, but the grey borders are still there?
A link to your site would help.
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In the navigator click "weblogWP"
Do you know by any chance how to make the lay-out wider?
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Combatives UnderGround >> Para Ord LDA?
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Has anyone tried the LDA from Para Ord? How is the trigger? I love Paras, but I have never tried the LDA. I heard it was the best double action trigger out there. I love the fact that it is a double action on a 1911 frame.
On a second note, does anyone know where I can rent one to try around the SoCal area. Preferably around Glendale, CA? I'm willing to drive 1 hour to try it out.
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I have owned two LDA's, a 14-45 and a 7-45, and I have to say the triggers are very nice, but do take some getting used to.
They break somewhere around 3 lbs, but are long, with travel that feels longer than my glock triggers, the reset is pretty much full length as well, which can mess with you if you do a lot of shooting from reset.
I highly recommend the para LDA's. Once you get used to them, they run great.
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"I love the fact that it is a double action on a 1911 frame."
For me, nothing special about the 1911 without that awesome SA trigger.
Anyone try those new trigger systems from Sig, HK, and Walther? I don't know much about them other than something to do with all those guns are approved for airline pilots. What are they like? Any advantage over a standard glock or other good striker fired pistol trigger pull? I never fired a Sig but I hear the SA on them is incredible, and well worth the long DA first(I always liked and wanted a Sig, but on the other hand they do have a higher bore axis than I'm used to on my old Glock or 1911, seems like it would produce a lot more muzzle flip...sorry to get off track). How can you describe these systems; DAO with lighter and shorter travel?
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SH, I just recently got to play with one of hte new H&K's with their DAO trigger. I wasn't that impressed. They seemed like a poor copy of the Para Ord LDA trigger. It was definitely better than their standard triggers, but still not as a good as a 1911 trigger, and not as good as the glock trigger, IMHO. I highly recommend you go find a para LDA and try the trigger on it, everyone that I have shown a LDA to ahs liked the trigger, from experienced shooters to total newbs. There it literally almost no resistance to the trigger until it breaks, just travel.
Still haven't gotten ahold of a Sig DAK yet though. I'm kinda interested, but had a bad experience with a sig and probably won't buy another one.
The standard Sig SA trigger feels a lot like my buddy's glock with a NY1 trigger when you're shooting from reset. A little bit more travel in the sig's trigger though.
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Fantastic! And with toy camera's taking 135 film, I can spool up and sell a few canisters form my 'vintage' 100' rolls, complete with authentic light-leaks!
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Fantastic! And with toy camera's taking 135 film, I can spool up and sell a few canisters form my 'vintage' 100' rolls, complete with authentic light-leaks!
I think you'd get a lot more fun out of buying some new stuff and bunging it in the microwave.
There's quite a market for old film for "lomography" but I think the seller of the FP4 is being rather greedy in their pricing. Over the last 35 years I seem to have accumulated an amazing collection of odds & ends in films, usually the last few of various "bricks" of film. Realistically I'm never going to use them all, so I often put little batches on ebay but start them at a low price. That way I'm at least getting back a little bit of the money I spent on those films years ago! People seem satisfied as I get a lot of repeat buyers.:)
Buying long expired black & white film is not going to improve creativity.
One of the reasons I buy expired film is that I can usually get it dirt cheap if not free. If it isn't cheaper than new film I don't bother but it seems to me that those that buy Lomo cameras think that they are being "Retro Trendy" and so buying "Retro" r.e. old film fits with their misguided thinking. More power to 'em.
*cough* I occasionally sell some very bad colour (c-41) lucky film on ebay as lomo film but that's because it does really have weird colour lightleaks on the two rolls of it that I shot before giving up on it. And I give examples of the film in the auction. I've sold most of it, though.
Expired color film can look pretty interesting, but I would never pay more than for a new film. I could just put them in the oven at low heat for a few hours or soak them in household chemicals... expired black and white film is useless anyway. It just looses contrast over the years until it's completely unusable.
Picked up some Kodak Pelicula duplicating film (SO-339) in 5x4, and some tech pan off this guy for very reasonable prices. Both perfect for lomo!
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A few years ago, as I was cranking back up into photography after my wife and I got our empty nest I could find batches of ten or twenty rolls of expired film dirt cheap. And I could get them processed locally, too.
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1/2 cup long grain white rice
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1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup or more raisins
3/4 tsp grated lemon rind
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1 tsp nutmeg
2-3 tbsp cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
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Preheat oven to 300
Cook rice in salted water till tender, then drain.
In a medium bowl beat eggs slightly. Stir in sugar, vanilla, raisins, lemon rind, nutmeg & cinnamon.
In another bowl combine milk & cooked rice.
Add rice mixture to egg mixture.
Pour into a 2 quart casserole pan. Sprinkle with more nutmeg and cinnamon to your taste. Then dot with butter. (I add one cinnamon stick in the middle)
Set casserole in a baking pan; fill baking pan with about 1" hot water
Bake uncovered about 1 hour and 25 minutes, stirring once after the first half hour.
To avoid breaking the top of crust, insert spoon at edge of pudding, draw gently back and forth along bottom of the casserole. Near the end of baking time, insert a silver knife in center of custard, if it comes out clean, custard is done.
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Once upon a morning dreary, I left Brooklyn with eyes bleary, Wearily I took the subway to a poet's old forgotten home.
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"It was an exciting match," W-P coach Karen Huwe said. "It was senior night, and they played well to get the win."
Alyssa Hafen, Iris Batalla, Rachelle Oseth and Nora Solis ended their home volleyball careers at W-P.
Hafen had "kind of an all-around game," Huwe said, with 11 kills, seven digs, four blocks and was 11-for-11 serving with two aces.
Batalla had eight digs and eight kills, with Krystal Harris tallying 11 kills and seven digs, Kayla Huxoll had 32 assists, Ronnie Hulce recorded 14 kills and three blocks, and Amanda Cook had three kills.
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Marvel Comics' green goliath is fond of saying "Hulk smash!," and this weekend his movie counterpart did just that, laying waste to tanks, helicopters and box-office records as "Hulk" took in nearly $63 million to become the #1 movie in America.
Director Ang Lee's dark psychodrama about a scientist's rage-fueled alter ego enjoyed the biggest June opening in history, according to studio estimates. (Click for photos from "Hulk." ) "Hulk" is now the seventh consecutive Marvel film to debut at #1 and the third Universal film in the last six weeks to open with more than $50 million (along with "Bruce Almighty" and "2 Fast 2 Furious").
Marvel Films CEO Avi Arad has said he intends to build a Hulk franchise, which now seems certain in light of the weekend's box-office numbers. "I haven't given [sequels] much thought," said "Hulk" star Eric Bana recently, who is contractually obligated to at least one. "But I am obviously signed on to the idea of it."
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Wilson was born in Arkansas and grew up in Miami, Oklahoma; over the course of his long and prolific career, he worked as a painter, printmaker, art teacher, lecturer, historian, and magazine and book illustrator --- and his works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol, the Smithsonian, and other notable institutions. A Lawmaker Calls for Action on Repairing the State Capitol Building By Marshall Stewart • Apr 1, 2013 KWGS News File Photo Lawmakers are back to work in Oklahoma City today after a brief Easter break. Rush Springs Democrat Joe Dorman hopes the legislature decides quickly what to do about the crumbling state capitol building. He says it's a part of the history of our state that needs to be repaired. He especially wants the south doors reopened and the yellow barricade markers in front of the capitol steps removed. 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Application of chaos measures to a simplified boids flocking model. Swarm Intelligence 9(1): 23-41 (2015)
- [c21]Bing Wang, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Hussein A. Abbass:
Autonomous Hypothesis Generation as an Environment Learning Mechanism for Agent Design. ACALCI 2015: 210-225
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- [c20]Essam Soliman Debie, Kamran Shafi, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Chris Lokan:
An online evolutionary rule learning algorithm with incremental attribute discretization. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2014: 1116-1123
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Task allocation under communication constraints using motivated particle swarm optimization. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2014: 3135-3142
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Evolution of intrinsic motives in a multi-player common pool resource game. CIHLI 2014: 36-43
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Self-motivated learning of achievement and maintenance tasks for non-player characters in computer games. CIHLI 2014: 44-51
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Effective motive profiles and swarm compositions for motivated particle swarm optimisation applied to task allocation. CIHLI 2014: 52-59
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- [j9]Essam Soliman Debie, Kamran Shafi, Chris Lokan, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Performance analysis of rough set ensemble of learning classifier systems with differential evolution based rule discovery. Evolutionary Intelligence 6(2): 109-126 (2013)
- [c15]Essam Soliman Debie, Kamran Shafi, Chris Lokan, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Reduct based ensemble of learning classifier system for real-valued classification problems. CIEL 2013: 66-73
- [c14]Essam Soliman Debie, Kamran Shafi, Chris Lokan, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Investigating Differential Evolution based rule discovery in learning classifier systems. SDE 2013: 77-84
- 2012
- [j8]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Intrinsic Motivation and Introspection in Reinforcement Learning. IEEE T. Autonomous Mental Development 4(4): 315-329 (2012)
- [c13]Medria K. D. Hardhienata, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Valery A. Ugrinovskii:
Task allocation in multi-agent systems using models of motivation and leadership. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2012: 1-8
- [c12]Kamran Shafi, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Essam Soliman Debie:
Evolution of Intrinsic Motives in Multi-agent Simulations. SEAL 2012: 198-207
- [c11]Bing Wang, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Hussein A. Abbass:
Developing Attention Focus Metrics for Autonomous Hypothesis Generation in Data Mining. SEAL 2012: 290-299
- 2011
- [j7]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Kamran Shafi:
Achievement, affiliation, and power: Motive profiles for artificial agents. Adaptive Behaviour 19(1): 40-62 (2011)
- [c10]Mary Lou Maher, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Benjamin Graham:
Reasoning in the Absence of Goals. AAAI Fall Symposium: Advances in Cognitive Systems 2011
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A computational model of achievement motivation for artificial agents. AAMAS 2011: 1067-1068
- [c8]Kamran Shafi, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
A curious agent for network anomaly detection. AAMAS 2011: 1075-1076
- 2010
- [j6]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Modeling Behavior Cycles as a Value System for Developmental Robots. Adaptive Behaviour 18(3-4): 237-257 (2010)
- [j5]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
A Comparative Study of Value Systems for Self-Motivated Exploration and Learning by Robots. IEEE T. Autonomous Mental Development 2(2): 119-131 (2010)
- [j4]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
An Empirical Evaluation of Puzzle-Based Learning as an Interest Approach for Teaching Introductory Computer Science. IEEE Trans. Education 53(4): 677-680 (2010)
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- [b1]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher:
Motivated Reinforcement Learning - Curious Characters for Multiuser Games. Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-89186-4, pp. I-XIV, 1-206
- [j3]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher:
Motivated Learning from Interesting Events: Adaptive, Multitask Learning Agents for Complex Environments. Adaptive Behaviour 17(1): 7-27 (2009)
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- [c7]Mary Lou Maher, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Rob Saunders:
Achieving Creative Behavior Using Curious Learning Agents. AAAI Spring Symposium: Creative Intelligent Systems 2008: 40-46
- [c6]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Designing Toys That Come Alive: Curious Robots for Creative Play. ICEC 2008: 149-154
- [c5]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Modelling Behaviour Cycles for Life-Long Learning in Motivated Agents. SEAL 2008: 1-10
- 2007
- [j2]Mary Lou Maher, Michael Rosenman, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Agents for multidisciplinary design in virtual worlds. AI EDAM 21(3): 267-277 (2007)
- [j1]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Modeling motivation for adaptive nonplayer characters in dynamic computer game worlds. Computers in Entertainment 5(4) (2007)
- [c4]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher:
Motivated reinforcement learning for adaptive characters in open-ended simulation games. Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2007: 127-134
- 2006
- [c3]Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher:
Motivated reinforcement learning for non-player characters in persistent computer game worlds. Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006: 3
- [c2]Mary Lou Maher, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Owen Macindoe:
Intrinsically Motivated Intelligent Sensed Environments. EG-ICE 2006: 455-475
- 2005
- [c1]Mary Lou Maher, Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick:
Agent Models for Dynamic 3D Virtual Worlds. CW 2005: 27-34
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David Hare's Stuff Happens is a political drama based on events that transpired between the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 2003's invasion of Iraq, and in his director's notes for Augustana College's fascinatingly uneven production of the play, Scott Magelssen writes that the "national, racial, and ethnic backgrounds" of the show's characters - which include Colin Powell, Sadaam Hussein, and Yo-Yo Ma - presented "a steep challenge to Augustana College Theatre's casting pool."
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Augustana College's production of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest is perfectly acceptable entertainment, rarely inspired but always watchable. Yet it has the enormous good fortune to feature one performance that shoots way past the acceptable and enters the realm of the extraordinary – David Cocks' portrayal of the delectably devious John Worthing is the sort of riotously funny and brilliantly executed stunt that makes you more than eager for his next appearance; he's so elemental to the show's success that it's nearly distracting when he's not on stage. And here's the kicker: This is freshman Cocks' first appearance on the Potter Hall stage. The mind boggles at what may be in store for audiences over the next four years.
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The 2008 American League Most Valuable Player is now under contract with the Boston Red Sox for years to come, and both the player and the ball club couldn't be happier.
"I'm extremely excited," Dustin Pedroia said at a Fenway Park press conference this afternoon confirming that the popular and remarkably productive second baseman had signed a six-year, $40.5 million contract extension. "I definitely wanted to be here a long time and help the Red Sox win. Today it happened, [and] hopefully the next six years we can win some championships."
Pedroia will receive a $1.5 million signing bonus and a $1.5 million salary in 2009. He will be paid $3.5 million in 2010, $5.5 million in '11, $8 million in '12, and $10 million in both 2013 and '14. The club option for '15 is for $11 million, or the Sox can buy him out for $500,000.
The 25-year-old, who batted .326 with 17 home runs and 83 RBI en route to winning the MVP in his second major league season, said signing the deal was an easy decision.
"My first thought about the whole thing was I play for the best team in the major leagues," Pedroia said. "Who wouldn't want to play for the Boston Red Sox? We're going to have an opportunity to win every single year. The fans are the best, the city embraces their team. So why not? It fits."
Pedroia, 25, led the AL in hits (213), runs (118) and doubles (54), and also won the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, becoming just the eighth player in league history to take all three honors in one season. He also became the third player to win an MVP award the season after being named rookie of the year.
With his hard-nosed style, Pedroia established himself as one of the Red Sox' leaders on the field and off, a characteristic general manager Theo Epstein acknowledged during the press conference.
"Dustin plays hard, first and foremost, all the time," Epstein said. "He plays to win. He plays for his teammates, not for himself. He's the type of player, he's not motivated by money, he's motivated by championships. He's prepared, he takes care of himself, he's professional . . . he's kind of everything you look for.
"He's a leader in the clubhouse, I think he's a leader on the field with the way he approaches the game, and he's really talented and helps us win every night. . . . If we had 25 guys like this we'd be in good shape. I don't think we'd be the Red Sox right now without Dustin Pedroia."
For the Red Sox, the significant point is that they bought at least two of Pedroia's free agent years for $10 million per season. If the club exercises the '15 option, they will effectively have signed Pedroia, who is eligible for free agency in '12, to a three-year deal worth $31 million. It is one of the four biggest non-arbitration contracts ever, along with those signed by Florida's Hanley Ramirez, the Mets' David Wright and Milwaukee's Ryan Braun.
The benefit for Pedroia is that he guarantees himself a good deal of money now and gains a great measure of long-term security, though he conceded he probably could have made more money had he eventually gone to free agency. He said that wasn't a consideration in his mind.
"I know that if I would have gone year to year, yes, I would probably have made a lot more money. I understand that without a doubt," Pedroia said. "But I'm here in a place that I love, my family loves it. They treat us unbelievable. It's like a family here. I'm happy with this. I'm extremely excited, my wife's excited, my parents, they're ecstatic. . . . I want to be here. I want to play for the Red Sox and I don't want to play for anybody else. So it just seemed right to do something."
If the Red Sox exercise the seventh-year option, Pedroia's contract will be worth $51 million, an average of just under $7.3 million per season. Without the option, the deal is worth an average of $6.75 million, which becomes Pedroia's average annual salary from 2009 to 2014. That $6.75 million is the number which will be used in the formula to determine the Sox' payroll for luxury tax purposes.
The option will increase to $13 million if Pedroia wins another MVP at any point over the next six years. Anytime he finishes in the top three of the voting, his option would increase by $1 million each time, capping at $13 million. At most, barring award incentives, the deal could be worth $53 million over seven years.
Pedroia, who owns a .313 batting average with 27 home runs and 140 RBI in 327 games with the Red Sox, will be 32 at the end of the deal. He was typically confident regarding how the contract will play out.
"I'm going to be the player I am for longer than 32, I can tell you that for sure," Pedroia said. "I saw how long the deal was and I was excited about it. That means I get to be here with the place I love for the next six or seven years. That's the way I looked at it."
The Globe's Amalie Benjamin and Tony Massarotti contributed to this report.


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Re: If you don't think Nemesis is better than Star trek 2009....
However it came about, Trek's racial toerance message is a powerful one - and it's one that Star Trek '09 encapulates better than any Star Trek has before! There is more (human) racial diversity in this movie than any prior Star Trek one. Look around on Earth, on the Kelvin, at Starfleet Academy, and on the Enterprise.
Case in point: Captain Robau. A Middle-Eastern guy commanding a Federation starship.
Hell - even members of Nero's Romulan crew were given assorted lumps and bumps, indicating Romulan racial diversity.
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