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- After staring down the business end of a pikathulhu one too many
times, my mind has cracked. In the depths of my madness I developed
this: the outline for the quick-playing Pokethulhu: the Insanity
Generating Card Game!
Cultists begin the game by drawing five cards into their hand. Order
of play is determined by having each cultist roll a Dodecahedron (d12)
. The cultist with the highest roll gets to go first. Cultists begins
the game with 10 Hurty Points.
Each turn, a cultist may bring one 'thulhu, (if he doesn't currently
have one out) and one of any other type of card onto the field. A non-
'thulhu card may either be set, or brought into effect immediately.
Set cards are kept hidden face down until they are activated. Under
normal condition, a cultist may have no more than one 'thulhu card,
and three other cards on the field at any one time. This restriction
includes set cards, continuous effect cards and instant-activation
Example: Randy has his trusty Pikathulhu on the field. In addition he
has one continuous effect card in play, (an NPC) and two set cards
face down. He has just drawn the Poor Little Orphan Child card, and
wants to play it to give Pikathulhu a power boost on his next attack.
But with three cards already on the field, he will have to get rid of
one before he can use the new card.
'Thulhu Cards
'Thulhu are the bread and butter of any young cultist. Your monster
companions are your primary method of attacking and defending. Use
them to keep your own Hurty Points safe, and to try and lower your
opponent's to 0 so that he can be devoured. Each creature has the
following statistics.
Aspects: These define the type of creature. 'Thulhu that are weak
against your creature's aspects take a -1 to all their Defense checks.
Weakness: Choose one Aspect, your 'thulhu is weak against attacks from
creatures with this Aspect type.
Power: A numerical rating representing the 'thulhu's attack strength.
When making an attack you roll a dodecahedron (d12) and add this
number to it.
Defense: A numerical rating representing the 'thulhu's ability to
either get out of the way of attacks, or to simply shrug off the
damage. When defending against an attack, roll a dodecahedron (d12)
and add this number to the result.
Hurty Points: How many wounds the 'thulhu can take before being KOed.
Special Abilities: Some 'thulhu may have a particular special ability,
if so it will be described here. These abilities take the place of the
creature's normal attack for the turn in which they are used.
Attacking and defending.
Each turn, a cultist may use his 'thulhu to attack. If the other
cultist has no active 'thulhu, and no other cards that allow a
possible defense, he takes one Hurty Point of damage; the first
cultist to be reduced to 0 Hurty Points is devoured by elder forces
from beyond the universe, and loses the game.
If the defending cultist does have a 'thulhu in play, then the
attacking cultist rolls a dodecahedron and adds the result to his
monster's Power rating. The defending cultist rolls a dodecahedron and
adds the result to his creature's Defense rating. The 'thulhu
belonging to whichever cultist rolled lowest takes a Hurty Point of
damage, putting it one step closer to being KOed. 'Thulhu which are
KOed. 'Thulhu which are KOed are removed from play, and may not be
brought back out under normal circumstances. A cultist may switch his
active 'thulhu at any time, provided the previous 'thulhu is not
currently the target of any enemy special abilities or KOed. The
cultist who does this may not use her new 'thulhu to attack that turn.
Sample 'Thulhu Cards
Aspects: Fungus, Luminescent
Weakness: Sticky
Power: 4
Defense: 4
Hurty Points: 3
A cute little horrible fungus monster with floppy ears and tentacles.
Aspects: Non-Euclidian, Icy
Weakness: Squamous
Power: 5
Defense: 2
Hurty Points: 3
Special Abilities: Billy can sacrifice one point of Defense to freeze
the other cultist's 'thulhu; reducing its Power by 1, and preventing
it from being switched for another creature or attacking until the
cultist manages to score an Attack roll (d12 plus the 'thulhu's Power)
of 9 or higher. Attempting to break free uses up the creature's
attack for that turn.
An icy goat made of strange angles. He has a powerful kick, but is
rather brittle.
Aspects: Luminescent, Squamous
Weakness: Luminescent
Power: *
Defense: 3
Hurty Points: 5
Special Abilities: Cuthugaforret has the bad luck of being against his
own attack. He can defend just fine. But once you make an attack with
him, he is consumed in a fiery. On the downside, this automatically
KOs the little guy. On the up side, both the enemy cultist and his
active 'thulhu suffer a Hurty Point of damage.
A bright pink ball with tentacles emerging from the bottom. When he
attacks, he explodes in a giant ball of fire.
Wild 'Thulhu
Wild 'thulhu are the exception to the rule of only one creature on the
field at any given time. Any cultist stupid errr brave enough can
through a creature on the field at the beginning of his turn, and
declare it wild. He may use that 'thulhu to attack as normal that
turn. At the beginning of the next turn, he and his opponent roll a
dodecahedron. The cultist with the highest roll may then use that
'thulhu to attack in addition to his normal creature attack for that
These wild 'thulhu always attack before any other attacks or cards are
played. If a cultist loses her 'thulhu to one of these attacks, she
may not summon one until the beginning of her next turn. Fortunately,
wild 'thulhu can be attacked and KOed as normal.
Continuous Effect Cards
These types of cards provide an effect that remains in play from one
turn to the next. One of the more common examples of these are NPC
cards; characters from the hit pokethulhu show who show up to aid you
in your battles. Some, like the rare Randy card, provide bonuses to
all rolls relating to 'thulhu of a certain aspect.
A cultist may have no more than one continuous effect card active at
any time.
Instant Effect Cards
These cards provide a one-off bonus, gained in the round which the
card is played. These are the only types of cards that can be played
during an opponent's turn. One of the most popular cards of this type
is Poor Little Orphan Child, which allows you to sacrifice your
parents to get a bonus on your 'thulhu's next attack!
A cultist may play no more than one instant effect card in any turn.
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I followed the getting started guide for the arduino board and it work (skipped the arduino parts). You can power it from USB alone via the otg port, but external power is necessary for running as a USB host. 7-15 Vdc on J21 or a LiPo cell on J2 (iirc - check the schematic).
I don't think there's any connector, but you could solder wires to another connector or larger breadboard. They're a standard 0.1" grid
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Here are the schematics for this board: https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-23323 – Intel's hardware guide doesn't tell you enough
I got my preorder in! Do you sell the mating 70-pin connector by itself?
Nice! Just one thing: "the toolkit is currently only available on Linux and iOS" – I think that should be OSX, not iOS.
yep, wondering the same thing… I'm thinking of incorporating this into a design but am wondering what the future availability will be – is SparkFun just not ordering enough at a time, or is this product actually hard to get?
No public wish lists :(

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Billed as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," The 97th Running of The Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 26, 2013. In 2011, the race celebrated it's 100th year (it was suspended during WWI and WWII, so it wasn't the actual 100th running of the race).
Here is a sampling of photos from the last 10 decades of history at the track – showing victory, spectacular crashes and other memorable moments.
On May 29, 2011, 33 drivers took to the track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, marking the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. The 100th running of the race will actually be in 2016, as as the event was suspended during WWI and WWII.
The inaugural race, on May 30, 1911, was won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.602mph, and it took Harroun 6 hours and 42 minutes to complete the 500 miles. In 1990, Arie Luyendyk posted the fastest average winning speed at 185.981mph. That record still holds.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the largest spectator sporting facility in the world, with more than a quarter of a million seats and a total capacity of nearly 400,000 fans. The 2 1/2-mile track encompasses 253 acres, and according to the Indy 500 organization, Churchill Downs, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Roman Coliseum and Vatican City all can fit inside the oval.
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Hi all!!! Back in the beginning of September America and I went to our first show in almost 2 years. We really went just to get out there and do it. (I have anxiety issues) So it was good in that sense. My trainer and I have really had to do a rehaul of him as he had a lot of holes in his training, I also have a lot of holes in my training. So just getting out there and doing it was a huge success for us.
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LOL - Katarina by beanbean1988Watch
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My lady, katarina!
Nice :3
"Where are you Garen?"
I love it Nicely done !
That's so beautiful Q_Q
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Why she looks so sad... She's so pretty though..
Nice work!
I LOVE IT! >w<
Woow, Kata *w*
hey hey~ she looks like Shana.. but sure looks great though
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Love her..
noo Kata dont be sad plz!!
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why is she on the verge of tears?
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Beanbean1988 amazing job... you just won my right-away +fav.
Beanbean1988 amazing job... you just won my right-away +fav.
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Look like a Special Agent
Your ability to give live and emotions to your drawings makes you one in a billion artist.
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I meant that seriously
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my fav character too
A good likelyness of myself. I approve artist.
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A definitive compilation consisting of 24 films. Included are the 6 films in the Cowboys series, all of the Ten Commandments, The Sound Of Music and The Sex Life Of A Chair. An antidote to all that is kitsch and sentimental in animation. Witty and acerbic fables that comment on human nature and contemporary values. Definitely not for the easily offended.
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A love of record stores inspired friends Matt Goias and Serge Becker to open this music-themed variety shop. Patrons can jam to the beats of reggae icon Bob Marley—spun from a retro DJ booth that also houses a 24/7 Internet-radio station, Radio Lily—while browsing through Caribbean-inspired T-shirts, jewelry and albums. The space is meant to resemble a 1960s Jamaican record store, with classic album covers from the era hung on the wood-paneled walls. Baubles from local jewelers such as That's Mona ($75–$95) and Kaya Jackson ($47–$600) fill the front counter with unique designs, including Africa-shaped gold-wire earrings ($168) and multiband rings ($47). Women and men alike can scoop up tees emblazoned with "I Heart NY" ($35) and graphics from a Jimmy Cliff concert ($35), as well as stylish tops from a forthcoming Steven Alan collaboration. You'll also find House of Marley headphones ($300) and earbuds ($40–$120) alongside vintage reissued records ($7–$200). Hungry customers can snack on Jamaican patties ($4), sweet treats ($6) and fruit juices ($7–$10) at Miss Lily's Bake Shop and Melvin's Juice Box, located at the back of the store.
Miss Lily's Variety
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WDDX was created by Simeon Simeonov from Allaire Corporation in 1998,[1] initially for the ColdFusion server environment. WDDX was open-sourced later that year.[citation needed]
WDDX and XML-RPC, both created in 1998, were the precursors to SOAP and Web services. SOAP borrows the envelope/header/body structure and the transport + interaction neutrality from WDDX and the HTTP and RPC bindings from XML-RPC.[citation needed]
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Adler portrays the tensions between a mother and her teenage daughter very well. Her characters are believable, and Caroline, a single mother, is particularly sympathetic. The vivid descriptions of the setting and interesting glimpse into Caroline's restaurant business make the story entertaining. Unfortunately, the pace of the novel is a bit too leisurely, causing the suspenseful portion of the story to sag.
Caroline Evans leaves her cheating husband and moves, along with her teenage daughter, to the English countryside. After some adjustment, she finds work as a chef and her daughter settles into a boarding school for girls. Just when things seem to be settling down, Caroline's ex-husband James shows up unexpectedly, then vanishes. She begins looking into his involvement in the financial world and learns her ex was involved in far more than infidelity. (ST. MARTIN'S, Jun.,384 pp., $25.99)
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Episode Reviews (17)
Deadlock was a really excellent episode of Battlestar Galactica and I enjoyed watching because of the intrigue, drama, and suspense. Ellen boards Galactica and eventually gets to see the other final four Cylons. It was great to watch the interactions with everyone. Baltar returns to his followers to perhaps rediscover himself and finds things have changed. I as a viewer can see how human the Cylons have become and find it interesting that more humans don't see it. It's strange to think of every thing that every one has been through, holding to their ideals, but that is no longer a luxury which can cause some tension. In the end Adama chooses progress and cooperation, which he and President Roslin discover in the end is the right way to go. I look forward to watching the next episode!!!!!!!!!moreless
Ellen returns to the Galactica and doesn't take to kindly to Saul and Caprica's relationship, especially the fact that she is pregnant.
Ellen returns to the Galactica and doesn't take to kindly to Saul and Caprica's relationship, especially the fact that she is pregnant. Gaius returns to his flock and gets a mixed welcome. When he convinces them to share with those less fortunate someone comes in with bigger guns and takes their stuff. He convices Bill Adama to give them bigger guns to protect themselves
Bill Adama is concerned abount the compound the Cylons are using to fix Galactica with. He is afraid that it may look like the Galactica on the outside, but on the inside it will be cylon.
Re remaining five cylons vote on whether to return to the Base Ship. The votes to return outnumber the ones to stay, but it remains to be seen if that return.moreless
Revealing.... but clumsy.....
I seem to be out-of-step with many of the commentators here where it comes to BSG. The whole "reveal" of the Cylon heritage didn' quite work for me while others found it deeply satisfying; the "uprising" seemed overly drawn-out to me, with much of the action somewhat "forced", while others found it compelling....
...And now we have Deadlock. "Filler!" seems to be the rallying cry around this one. Well, while there is undoubtedly Not Much Going On in any physical sense, I would suggest that the story here is rather more than simply filling time as we draw closer to the finale. No, I'd actually classify it as rather revealing. Because when it comes down to it, the segment ultimately reveals just how close to humanity - with all its flaws, faults and hang-ups - the Original Five really are (and by extension, their entire race). People have commented that it is a "shame" Ellen reverted once she reached Galactica, or that it "didn't make sense" for her to do so after everything shown in "No Exit". But the fact of the matter is, it made perfect sense, underlining as it did that the Ellen we've come to know and loathe is one and the same person as the Ellen who showed such brilliant compassion in "No Exit": all we'ver seen are two different sides of the same potentially brilliant (given she did lead the Original Five in their endeavours) individual who is flawed by and almost crippling lack of self-worth and jealousy. The jealous / vindictive Ellen has nothing to do with Cavil/John's manipulation of her memories or personality - it is actually exactly who she is, and always has been. A small hint of this was given in "No Exit" in her question to Cavil regarding booze on his base ship. The bottom line is, she's a deeply passionate woman, and that passion can lead her as much into acts of destruction (her toying with Tigh and others on her first arrival on the Galactica, and now her vindictiveness towards Caprica Six and Tigh) as it can lead her to the heights of understanding and brilliance (her ability to bring a team together capable of resurrecting the resurrection technology). And if this is true of Ellen, then again, what you see with the others - Tyrol's moodiness, Tigh's alcoholism - aren't fabrications created by Cavil before he sent them to humanity - they are their natural temperaments. And it is the single aspect of the Five that reveals them as being all too human - and as such, very much a part of the fleet around them. No, the problem with this episode is not that people seem to be "out of character" - they're not. The problem with this episode is simply this: it is clumsily written and poorly executed. Others have mentioned the repeated shots of a worried Adama inspecting the Cylon repairs going on aboard his ship - and i have to agree; the message was loud and clear the first time we saw it, and while a further shot would be acceptable to cover in case people missed it the first time around, the 3rd and 4th, etc., shots were really belabouring the point to sledgehammer/nut proportions. This is the most obvious demonstration of the carelessness inherent in the story. Then there is a the whole "Dogsville" situation. Exceuse me, but when, exactly, did Galactica become the home of the disposed and unwanted, with sections of the ship now seemingly lifted directly out of Babylon 5's Brown Sector? Baltar's little nest of followers never really did sit well....but seeing these kinds of conditions apparently rampant across the ship just didn't work, and again smacked of one of those 3:00am "good ideas" writers will thrown into a script. And don't get me started on the sudden and apparently drastic food shortage in the fleet. Gee, maybe it's just as well Zarek DID have the Quorum shot - if he hadn't, we'd have had to have all those pesky politicos screaming and shouting about food shortages, rationing, etc. Now, with them well, dead, there's no need to get bogged down with all that reasonable extrapolation stuff and nuisance backstory plotting....
Without a doubt the core message of this segment really could have been handled a lot better and in a more fitting manner than unfolded here. Certainly, the pacing was certainly off, and while the further revelations on the real nature of the Original Five (anyone for the slogan, "more human than humans"?) did largely work, one still has to ask was it really necessary - I think it fair to same most of us Get It when it comes to the nature of humans and the nature of the Original Five. One can only hope that - with the piano, Thrace's return to moodiness, Sam's brain kick-starting itself - we're now about to start the final rollercoaster to the finale. Even so, it's really hard to see just what, in the overall story arc, has warranted this season being extended by an additional episode (with "Daybreak 2" being a "double" episode in length) - other than a nagging fear that we have more clumsy / lazy writing to come.moreless
Adama's frustrated when using Cylon technology on Galactica. Ellen returns. Adama's frustrated when using Cylon technology on Galactica. The Cylons debate leaving the fleet. Adama's frustrated when using Cylon technology on Galactica. Tigh's baby dies.
What is there to say? The episode covered the necesarry points to move the plot forward. The theme that Cylons and humans must integrate in order to survive is reinforced especially through the death of Liam. While the plot points are necessary, the episode developed in a way that was a bit emotionally uninvolving. Basically, I'm glad I saw it to prepare for what's next but I don't have a lot to say about it and doubt much of it will stay in memory for long. One good point was the re-introduction of some humor. Have to love Baltar loading a magazine into his weapon.moreless
This feels more like a bog standard filler hour; a competent concentration on character intrigue, yes, but certainly not one of the final five big episodes.
Last week, Battlestar Galactica upped the ante. Hell, it far more than upped the ante: it damn well ripped it apart, stamped all over the remains and Roadrunnered into the distance, leaving the rest of us to pick up the pieces, windswept and shell shocked. It was a thoroughly thrilling feeling, watching the show give us a huge chunk of the answers we've been craving for the better part of four years and it seemed to truly reinforce the notion that we are actually on the final stretch, the last, desperate gasp before the finish line. The final sprint, as it were. Unfortunately, you really wouldn't know from simply watching this episode. If you'd missed 'No Exit', sure, there'd be a few plot points you might have trouble following, particularly in the character interplay, but you certainly wouldn't immediately be aware that we are building towards the end. Jane Espenson's script feels more like a bog standard filler hour, a competent concentration on character intrigue, yes, but certainly not one of the big final five episodes.
It is perhaps more a fault of scheduling than anything else. Arguably, any episode that followed such a heady fan-pleasing fest as 'No Exit' was bound to struggle to live up to its lofty heights... but it might've been nice if the production staff had actually tried. There is so much unresolved story still hanging in the balance, so many interesting places that Galactica's season-spanning narrative can still go, that it's almost a little insulting that they choose the throw the brakes on again and engage in a wee bit of navel-gazing. This seems to suggest that the final hours of the show, the four episodes that remain (series finale is two hours long, so we get five hours), are going to be bursting at the seams with plot and revelation, provided the writers follow through on their promise to tie up all the loose ends, and this, boys and girls, is a little worrying. The last thing we need is for Battlestar Galactica to sacrifice its cornerstone, the modus operandi that has caused it to be so successful over the years, and favour exposition at the cost of character development. The two need to be married: the show's best episodes see them working together in equal harmony. With so much story to get through (Roslin/Six's dreams, the Cylon/human child, the remaining Cylons who didn't rebel, STARBUCK, original Cavel, Final Five's roles etc. etc.), it's questionable whether the show can afford to produce episodes like 'Deadlock' that just seem to stall its overall progression.
The essential story can be summarised thusly: Ellen returns to Galactica and is forced to confront the changes that occurred among her fellow Final Five members. Baltar returns to his flock. Adama wanders around the ship a bit, pulling distressed faces and worrying about the morality of what he's doing. There's nothing essentially wrong with this triad as a series of narrative tropes but it certainly feels underwhelming given where we've been taken to in the past few weeks. Ellen's return, to begin, is nicely handled and Kate Vernon does an excellent job throughout, but her essential conflict becomes very tired, very fast. She reverts to the manipulative, selfish woman she seemingly was in the first few seasons and abandons the wise demi-God-esque insights that elevated her character in last week's episode. Now, okay, so perhaps this a telling psychological point: when she's around Sol, this is what she becomes. It is perfectly plausible that this is a deliberate character decision on the part of the writing staff; however, it simply rankles somewhat because we are forced to play out the frustrating 'jealousy over new flame' motif. And boy, do they play it out. Ellen is given a number of scenes that essentially echo each other vis a vis her opinion on the matter. By the time we get around to Six's miscarriage, we've been so battered around the head with Ellen's self-obsession that it is difficult to muster any empathy for the woman as she begins to repent, seeing the wrong in how she has been acting. Problematically, the death of Liam is rather telegraphed too, particularly as Ellen essentially determines, in her dialogue no less, that his existence rather rubbishes the point of Hara. Oh well, we'd better get rid of the pesky critter then. Can't have two plot vehicles vying for the same level of attention, can we? And the continued syntagmatic juxtaposing of Ellen and Sol's romantic machinations with Caprica Six's 'baby pangs' is just too obvious for words.
There are some very nice scenes in amongst all of this, of course: Ellen's interactions with her fellow Cylons tend to work rather well and Bill and Sol's two comparative sequences in which, first, Sol reassures his friend about the decision to amalgamate human and Cylon technology and then, conversely, Adama comforts his friend over the loss of his child, are both excellently played and considerably moving. The strength of the friendship between these two is always wonderfully illustrated by the sheer quality of the acting. Honestly, I challenge you to find a better, more achingly human relationship depicted on contemporary television. It's a shame that this is the only strength in Adama's function in the episode: elsewhere, he simply strokes his chin a bit while examining the changes that are occurring on his ship. Honestly, there are so many unnecessary ten to fifteen second silent scenes peppered throughout the hour, in which Bill simply looks at a Cylon worker or looks at some damaged part of Galactica, that I lost count. Now, perhaps Espenson included them simply to break up the Final Five's sequences and to remind us that, yes, Adama still exists. Frankly, I wish she hadn't. There's no way any one of us is going to forget Edward James Olmos in a hurry and while he is the central character, there's no reason why he can't take a brief breather and only appear in the one or two scenes in which he is actually relevant. We don't need to see him every six or seven minutes! If anything, it just makes the ship-as-metaphor-for-social-situation motif far too obvious. It's like we're being hit over the head with the point and I, for one, am not a fan of it.
And then there's Baltar, back with his fans. The jury's out on this one, kids. While there are some considerably amusing lines of dialogue in these scenes that illustrate subtly just how in-over-his-head Gaius is, the essential drive of the story is a little questionable. Sure, it seems set to give Adama the counter argument for his human/Cylon interaction policy, but do we really need to reignite the whole 'Baltar as religious intercessor' notion? It was kooky enough back when it was first introduced in the early stages of season four and just seems to smack of a distinct loss of something constructive to do with the character. I mean really, does anyone buy that he would successfully fool all of these people into thinking he is some form of Heavenly messenger? Especially after he jumped ship the moment things looked bad for everyone? Do we really think there would be one objection alone to his returning once everything has calmed down and not helping them during their hour of need? Oh sure, he seems to be slightly repentant now, feeding the needy and that, but this is largely to assuage the doubts voiced by the ONE OBJECTOR and regain his place as 'head of the tribe'. It doesn't comes across as true, selfless vindication and that's obviously the point, but the religious mumbo-jumbo that it's tied up with still rankles with me. Again, it's a distraction from the business of resolving the main plot and I'm not convinced it's the best resolutory arc for Baltar's character. But, as I said, the jury's out. We'll wait and see.
Something of a curious beast, this one. There is much to praise, particularly the stellar performances provided by the vast majority of the cast, and there are some superbly written scenes, but the whole feels rather lacking. Coming off the heels of last week's reveal-fest, the slow-burning character examinations that typify 'Deadlock' feel more than a little disappointing and out of place. It's as if they put their foot on the accelerator and then jerked to a sudden stop for no good reason. With such a wealth of unresolved plot points left to address and an ever-dwindling amount of time to do so, you'd think this kind of navel-gazing would've been a thing of the past. A season ago, hell, twelve episodes ago, this would've been a great, reflective instalment... now it's an unfortunate distraction.moreless
Ellen is back, and up to some of her old tricks.
Not as much action or revelation here but I believe it is the stage setting episode for the grand finale.
I had a hunch Ellen was going to be trouble for Tigh and Six and I hate that I was right. It seems she gets around Tigh and she reverts to a manipulative trouble maker. I would use a different word but clean is required!
The stage is set to learn what Boomer will do now that she is back on Galactica, and how will Tyrol react. If how he acted after Callie died is any indication he's still in love with her.
The groundwork is laid for more about Kara and Anders. Lifesigns spiking at the end may lead to some interesting stuff.
I think that Baltar's flock is going to be a key factor now that they are armed.
Some nice touches: the cylon memorial wall, Adama comforting Tigh after the loss of his son, and the constant monitoring of the repairs. I think that's a symbol for the new blending of human and cylon.moreless
Too much hysterical nonsense
After the mind-blowing exposition marathon of the previous episode, which left the fandom in a whirl of discussion over the true history of the Cylons, it makes sense that the implications would need time to filter into the final arc of the series. It also makes sense that the arrival of Ellen Tigh would force the revel Cylons to make a decision about their own future. As it turns out, that decision was already made; the Cylons, like the Humans, are simply resisting the inevitable.
The repair/rebirth of the Galactica is about as blatant a metaphor as it gets, but it works as an ongoing theme. Right after the mutiny, the Galactica is ready to tear itself apart at the seams. The only solution: use organic Cylon technology to fill in the gaps and bring it new strength. Which is a nice way of communicating what many had speculated as early as the second season: the Cylons and Humans will only survive if they forge a future together.
To prove that out, however, certain things had to be resolved. First and foremost, there was the small matter of Caprica-Siz and her unborn child, which held the potential for pure Cylon reproduction. The writers try to frame the loss of the Cylon child as something brought on by Ellen's typical destructive behavior, but it's far more likely that it was just the inability of the Cylons to mate. (And thematically karmic, given what Caprica-Six did at the beginning of the series, just before the Cylon attack.)
This brings up an interesting point of continuity. If Ellen held the belief that a Cylon/Human hybrid was the hope for the future of the Cylons, then is it possible that she and the Final Five intentionally designed the skinjobs as unable to reproduce biologically? Is it possible that the Final Five understood the principle that Tigh voices in this episode from the beginning, and the skinjobs were specially meant to be more compatible with Human genetics? (The cloning/replication process of the skinjobs aside, of course.)
After all, in her own way, Ellen admits that "pure" communities of either kind, Human or Cylon, will ultimately destroy themselves. Humans always seem to come along and build Cylons, and if Earth is any indication, Cylons eventually follow suit. If one accepts the theory that the Lords of Kobol were the surviving Cylons of an even earlier cycle, then Cylons themselves might have attempted to foster a pure Human society that could break the chain. But, as seen, the Humans disregarded the warnings and created artificial life, and the rest is history.
The "majority rule" concept has been around for a while, and ultimately led to the Cylon civil war, once it was thwarted by the boxing of the Threes. It helps to explain why the Cylons continued down the path of creating a biological hybrid, even after Cavil convinced them to eliminate the 12 Colonies. If Cavil had been fully in charge, it's unlikely that the breeding experiments would have taken place. If anything, Cavil would have pushed the Cylons towards more lethal and efficient mechanical forms. The fact that Cavil was unable to fully control the path of the Cylons coming into the decimation of the Colonies does much to explain his grab for control of the Cylons in the wake of the New Caprica debacle.
In terms of what's coming, the "blended future", Baltar's predicted role has come to pass, though a bit later than expected. It's certainly not an easy alliance to forge, given the histories involved, but it does make sense. Baltar has a massive following, and now that the old religion of the Colonies has fallen in the wake of the discovery of Earth's true nature, his movement is the natural (if disturbing) replacement. It's still not clear what his religion is all about, but it does bridge a philosophical gap between Human and Cylon in its talk about the one loving God. And as Baltar says, it is the only remaining Human solution to the breakdown of Human society.
If nothing else, it's a stopgap solution, something to help the Human population come to terms with what it will take to survive. The Cylons are becoming more and more Human as they adopt Human rituals. The fact that Cylons are putting pictures of their dead on the wall, right next to the pictures of victims of the Colonial holocaust, is a poignant sign. Perhaps most telling is the unspoken implication: there hasn't been a confrontation about it, and no one is tearing down the pictures. In other words, despite the friction between both sides, this new practice has been accepted. As Adama says, the process has already started. Lee and Laura don't have to voice their acceptance of it to make it real.
On the one hand, the likelihood is that this alliance and eventual "blended future" will allow Humanity to survive. On the other, that survival is, from a certain point of view, the final capitulation to the Cylons. In essence, the series will probably end with the rather dark notion that the Cylons did exactly what they set out to do. The fact that this allows Humanity to continue in some fashion doesn't change that fact. And that goes a long way towards explaining Adama's self-destructive binge of late.
Considering how much of the episode was actually focused on Ellen and her whirlwind tendency to disrupt everything, I haven't said very much about it. That's because Ellen has always annoyed the hell out of me, and I'm not convinced that her character logic adds up. Part of the problem is that the episode felt like it was edited using a blender. I can only assume that this is one of those episodes that had to be butchered to get it down to time. The producers made it clear at one point that many of the final episodes would need to run long or be cut dramatically, and based on the haphazard storytelling at play here, this would seem like a prime example.
Ellen seemed to be trying to prove a point about Tigh's true allegiance: Bill Adama, the Galactica, and the Colonial Fleet. He's never been particularly unclear on that point, so I'm not sure why it had to be reinforced under such circumstances. Perhaps Ellen wanted the other models to see that any decision to leave the fleet would only fracture them more? Whatever the case, Ellen's motivations seem like their all over the map, and that makes it hard to follow.
The Liam connection was very moving, of course, and it makes perfect sense. Bill and Saul have been carrying each other since the very beginning, which is why Adama fell apart so completely when Saul admitted that he was a Cylon. It also explains why Adama has been able to accept the notion of a "blended future". His dearest friend has been a Cylon all along, and chose not to abandon him or their friendship. How could Adama turn his back on that?
Ultimately, this episode suffered from two fatal flaws. The focus on Ellen Tigh and her chaotic, destructive personality is off-putting and frustrating, especially when there is so little time left for resolution. But more importantly, the episode just felt like it was crammed into an hour when it needed much more time to tell its story organically.moreless
Felt more like an episode of the O.C. rather than BSG.
Pretty much a filler episode. Nothing new happened. It felt more like an episode of the O.C. or 90210 or One Tree Hill or any one of those other teen soap operas. Although the past 3 episodes have been good, this one really tanked. Overall I find BSG in every 10 episodes of BSG, I find that there's is only 1 good episode. When it's a good episode... it's really good. However I hate having to sift through countless episodes of filler for just one really good episode. I hope the finale will be a "good" episode. No more OC-like episodes please.moreless
Too much soap and too little going on
In my opinion this was the weakest episode in this season. Not much was going on and that Ellen hasn't changed much if at all didn't come to a big surprise. There aren't many episodes left to wrap this gigantic story up and this episode felt like a lost chance to bring the story further. I also had a problem with Bill Adama. This is now the second consecutive week in which he re-enacts Saul Tigh from season one - being drunk as skunk. I get it. He is depressed. His girls (Galactica and Laura) are both dying and he can do nothing against it. We get it, now can he please sober up and figure out what to do with this whole Cylon/human mess? The best scene in my opinion was when Adama and Roslin strolled around and found out that the Cylons are also posting the pictures of the Cylons who have died since joining the fleet in the same memorial place as the humans do. It really made a point in regards of the nature of the ship and the fleet. Both have already started becoming hybrids. In any other series this would have been an outstanding episode but BSG is exceptional and is much, much better then this. This makes the episode okay but not good. Come one BSG only four more episodes to go. Show us what you got!moreless
Lame, lame, lame. Skip it.
Lame, lame, lame. Nothing happened, but worse, it jut feels like BSG has really lost its way. The original premise was so cool and so brilliant, but with all the revelations as to the identity of the Final Five, the focus of the show has shifted from humans trying to save the human race to these non-humans whose goals and desires are unknown and therefor impossible to identify with.
At this point, I can't even figure out why the Cylons nuked the colonies in the first place if they were all on the %$##ing Battleship. Hoping remain eps will be good, but glad show is ending before it gets strays even farther for its original awesomeness.moreless


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Hear is what I had ( I manually updated afterwards )
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
Itunes 10.1.2
Default Browser: Firefox 4
Non-default but installed - IE 9
Symptom: iTunes alerts me that there is a newer version and prompts me to download or "remind me later"
I click on "download update" and then window disappears.
I wait for a while
Nothing happens. iTunes continues to work normaly.
I can click on "check for updates" and repeat this scenario as many times as I'd like.
If I manually go to the download page on apple.com, I can download and install the new version without fail.
This has been going on for a while (several upgrades), though I did not note when it first occured.
Any ideas why the download button never works?
you could download the latests version from here.
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As in the title, does anyone know why the
ICollection interface does not contain an Add method? It seems very odd that the generic version,
ICollection<T>, has an
Add but
ICollection does not. Anyone with deeper knowledge on this would be really helpful.
As to why I care- unfortunately the developers who build SharePoint have never learned about generics, so every single collection in the API is a a non-generic collection based off of
ICollection. I'd like to attach several extension methods to
ICollection that involve adding to the collection, among other things, but this seems to be impossible (at least not possible without reflection).
Quite a few people are speculating the reason is because
ICollection.Add would require an
Object, and thus wouldn't be typesafe. This isn't the case.
IList has an
Add method that takes an
Object. You simply need to do a typecheck and a cast in a method that takes
The argument that an array implements
ICollection and therefore it can't have an
Add also doesn't hold water. If
ICollection had an
Add method, it would just need to be explicitly implemented on arrays and throw an Exception (as many of the methods arrays implement currently do).
I was really hoping someone had a reference to an explanation by one of the designers.


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Smoothest ride ever, I'll miss it in 10 yrs when mine is ready to go to pasture.
Been driving Chevy trucks since '75. My 2004 Avalanche is the best one I've ever had, and will be for a few more years.
Avalanche is an excellent & flexible truck. If they eliminate the removable midgate hatch couldnt this still be produced on the silverado or sierra line?
We had to have 4 door trucks custom built in the '80s
GM's marketing department needs a swift kick in the pants. They seem incapable of any accountability for failing to sell a particular model or even an entire brand. Chevy Camaro/Pont Firebird in early '00s -- couldn't outsell mustang despite comparable (arguably better) offering, so they killed it. Oldsmobile -- just as the revamp started to produce quality vehicles in the late 90's/early 00's, they killed it. Pontiac -- same demise, 10 years later. Saturn -- same. Creative experts like Bob Lutz and improved engineering and mfg. can only go do so much. Marketing needs to connect the products to the right customer base. GET PEOPLE IN THE CARS! Their dinosaur marketing department needs to be laid off en masse if they don't get it.
Yeah, my cousin, a professional tiler and an artist, really loves his Ava. That said, it's the same niche market as the Honda Ridgeline, which this blog also surmised might twilight real soon due to low sales. I gotta say the concept is pretty neat, somewhat innovative, but I'm not surprised that the average American Joe isn't turned on by this niche. Perfect, though, for 4-5 dudes with their mountain bikes strapped into the back. Even saw some on the highway with dirt bikes (fuelies) strapped in.
GM Fanboy above is living in the past. It's not just GM marketing that are dinosaurs. GM itself was a relic and many of those silly divisions just didn't need to exist. The newer, leaner GM actually makes (as well as imports) some pretty great cars now. I'd rather have them survive by focusing on fewer, higher quality, cars - and yeah, sometimes niche vehicles don't survive even if owners love 'em...
As a self-employed, long-time Chevy Truck driver and owner I have always favored the full size half ton trucks with an extended cab and a long bed. But they were not problem-free and required several trips to the dealer for warranty service to get it right. Some more than others. I liked the 4-door version when they came out for the half-ton class.
So, after the full depreciation was taken on my 2002 Silverado ExtCab, I bought a 2007 Nissan Titan with 4-doors and 4X4. It was so much better and more reliable than any of my Chevies had been. When I retired from work I bought a 2009 Tundra 4dr 4X4 and continue to drive it to this day. Truly an amazing truck! Best of all: no warranty issues!
Point here is, I could have bought an Avalanche, and briefly considered doing so. But I could never make the case to myself to buy an Avalanche over a full-size half-ton Silverado, Titan or Tundra. The Avalanche is a Suburban with the rear quarter converted into a semi-bed. It will never be anything else. The Avalanche fills a niche and not a big one at that.
I'm sure that Avalanche owners are happy campers with their niche truck but the vast majority of truck owners would not choose an Avalanche. That's the decade-long track record of the Avalanche; not enough sales to pay for itself.
BTW, the Ridgeline is in a smaller class than the Avalanche. The Ridgeline competes against the Colorado/Canyon, Tacoma, Frontier, Dakota and Ranger in the market place. The Avalanche competes against the Silverado/Sierra, F150, Dodge Ram, Titan and Tundra. Size matters.
There is no way for GM to keep subsidizing production of the Avalanche in Mexico at the expense of the full-size trucks. The money would be better spent on new DOHC engines for GM's trucks to replace the OHV dinosaurs of the fifties they still use today. I think it is a smart move.
Now if only the rest of the Avalanche-wanna-be track SUVs would go with it. The Escalade and Lincoln versions are awful and the Ridgeline can go any time.
"The car maker's move marks the end of a pioneer vehicle that helped open the now-huge market for for-door "crew-cab" pickup trucks that function well as work vehicles and family haulers."
Point of order: Ford Explorer Sport Trac hit the market a year before the Avalanche. Although I guess that was technically a 4-door short bed Ranger.
So its been ten years.... I always thought that the Ava was a bit too radical a design for us pure pickup guys. but as the model evolved it grew on me. There are a couple major items ( for me at least) that never allowed me to take the plunge and buy one over a conventional truck.
1. the Ava carried about $3.2K higher msrp than a crew cab equal.
2. You could not get a 6 passenger configuration. (it needed a split front seat option badly.)
3. the pass through rear gate was not considered a plus feature.
4. Not all good options (ie: Leather seating) were available in all trim levels. You could not get leather seating for example, in the once offered split bench front seat.
So, i always opted for the crew cab truck with a soft box cover....now that I am an old retired guy, I find myself looking for a classier ride and would consider an Ava..oh well.. The previous contributors were right about Chevy / GM marketing... they need to actually talk to prospective customers to see what they liked and didnt like and then incorporate those points into a new product..... too often marketing invents something and then does thier damdest to sell it simply because "its what we have" .... or, trashes it because they dont ask the customer why they are not buying it. Sometimes all it would take is small changes.... the changes could be suttle, and fire a whole new demand and marketing direction,,
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We are also looking to hire the services of a web developer to aid us in building a brand new website as we will be losing support for the old one. Experienced web developers only please.
If you have any interest in using your skills to promote the well being of the Atheist community through our organization please email me directly at email@example.com with your resume.
Thank you for your continued support
-Lee Moore
President of We Are Atheism
I want to continue to keep everyone up to date on the auditing process we are currently putting our books through. Its currently taking a bit longer than I had hoped, but we did start this process in the middle of tax season and our CPA is quite busy. As soon as we have the results you can be assured that they will be posted here.
We do have a slight issue with a small fundraiser we did a few months back that I want everyone to know about. I am sure everyone here heard about the Chapel Hill shootings. We wanted to raise a bit of money from our godless community to help the victims family with any of the expenses these things tend to generate. We raised a bit under 300 dollars and planned to send it directly to the family. Our attempts to contact the family didn't have much luck. We did however receive a link to a crowdfunding page that the family wants any donations to go to. The nature of this page however had us a bit skeptical. It claimed that the funds would go towards humanitarian initiatives and was filled with quite a bit of religious language and no details on where exactly this money would go. At the time I viewed it, the fundraiser had already pulled in almost 2 million dollars. None of us here at We Are Atheism felt comfortable sending your money that way.
I personally emailed everyone who donated to this to inform them of the situation and ask them if they were ok with using their money for this, if they wanted a refund, or if they wanted us to use their money for one of our other projects. So far we have heard back from two of the donors requesting that their donations go towards some of our other projects. We are still waiting to hear back from the rest. If we don't hear back by months end we will be refunding those donations. I know it's not a lot of money but I feel that any amount you folks send us must be used in the best possible way.
Lee Moore
President of We Are Atheism
I have retained the services of an independent tax firm to do a full audit on the We Are Atheism books since its inception. Amanda Brown has stepped down from her position on our board of directors until such a time as the audit proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was no foul play.
We are in the process of amending our bylaws to ensure they are compliant with the highest of standards for non profit organizations.
I would also like to announce that we are currently looking to retain the services of a full time graphic designer and web developer to add to our team. Please email me directly at email@example.com if interested.
There are plenty of other changes on the horizon and I will continue to keep all of you up to date.
Thank you again for your support, and if you have any questions or concerns about us please feel free to email me. Or, if you plan to attend the upcoming American Atheist convention in Memphis TN in a few weeks time, come and bring them to me in person.
Lee Moore
President of We Are Atheism
It wasn't the first time I had delved into the past of We Are Atheism. Several years ago, like Hemant Mehta, I was informed by an individual calling himself Mark Felt about possible corruption within the organization. This was before I was ever involved with We Are Atheism and had received the message due to my work with A-News. Like Hemant Mehta, I found that the money was going to where it was intended and dropped the matter.
Last year I was contacted by Amanda Brown about taking up a role on the newly formed board of directors as We Are Atheism was making strides in its process to become a fully-fledged nonprofit organization. I jumped at the chance to work on a project that I still believe to be one of the best possible ways to not just provide aid to those in need but to help our fellow Atheists feel like they do not have to hide their understandings of our universe. Later last year Amanda stepped down as President and the board elected me to take her place.
Upon taking the reins I wished to make a number of changes in how we presented ourselves and our organization. The first initiative was to insist on total transparency of our finances. I had always been appalled at the lack of accountability from some of our religious neighbors and wanted to show the world that being open and honest about where their support is going should be considered the default way to do these kinds of things. I had the full support of our board of directors to post not just our current income and expense reports on our website but to show the past ones from the time before We Are Atheism had its nonprofit status.
I was concerned about what we were discovering in those early years. While the money was going to where it was supposed to go there were a number of irregularities, odd filings, and miscommunications. We came to the conclusion that Amanda set out with the highest of goals but found herself in over her head, and many mistakes were made. After careful review, we were confident no laws were broken and no money was stolen. We made no attempt to hide this and went ahead with the publication of our finances on the transparency section of our website. We have not found any malicious acts on the part of our founder or anyone else involved in the early days of We Are Atheism.
To ensure that no filing or communication errors could happen again I stated that from this point on there would be no form of financial compensation for any labor anyone in our organization had done until such time as we had the kind of income and workload to justify it. I should also point out that no financial compensation has happened since February of 2014. We are also working to overhaul our websites to reflect our current state of being. Because we want to keep our operating costs to the absolute bare minimum we are doing the web work ourselves in our spare time. We ask that you be patient with us throughout this process.
With that in place plus the fact that no movement of finances can be authorized without a vote from three of our board members I was confident that the mistakes of the past will not repeat themselves.
In light of Hemant's recent post about past errors I have been forced to ask myself if there was more we could do to show the world our commitment to our mission and that we are a fully compliant nonprofit organization. To that end I have asked Amanda Brown to step down as the current treasurer and will be temporarily turning those duties over to Justus Cade, our current director of public relations, until such time as a permanent replacement can be found.
We apologize deeply about any confusion this has brought on and hope that with the changes we have made and will continue to make that we can still count on your support. We Are Atheism is more than just a way to come out godless, its more than a way to help others in the name of our godlessness, it is now and shall continue to be a message to the world that Atheists are just as good as anyone else.
Thank you for your time and understanding. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to email me directly at email@example.com
Lee Moore
President of We Are Atheism
March 16, 2015
To all of our supporters:
First off, let me thank you for being a part of our humanitarian initiatives. Thanks to your donations our organization has been able to render aid all over the country.
It has come to my attention that a recent blog post by Hemant Mehta has brought forth some questions about our founder's activities during the early years of our organization. This has been of great concern to our board of directors and we are currently investigating the claims and will be issuing our findings and an official statement on them within the next 48 hours.
Let me assure you that since the time I and our board members (Ben Blanchard, Georgina Capetillo, and Justus Cade) signed on with Amanda Brown, there have been no paperwork irregularities and that we are dedicated to total transparency. We are devoted to the mission of We Are Atheism and will do our absolute best to put any concerns you may have about its early days before myself and our current board signed on to rest.
I appreciate Hemant Mehta's dedication to transparency and ethical behavior as I have never been one to tolerate corruption within the Atheist community, as demonstrated by my other organizations takedown of the National Atheist Party for rigging its internal elections. Thank you all for your continued support of our project
-Lee Moore
President of We Are Atheism]]>
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The Board of We Are Atheism is deeply saddened by the senseless and heinous deaths of Yusor Mohammad, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Deah Barakat, who were killed on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We wish to convey our sympathies to the families of the victims, and everyone touched by this tragedy. They were driven individuals who were dedicated to serving both their community, and those who needed help abroad. It is always a shame when someone's life is cut short, but it is especially painful when the lives were so caring with so much potential to help others. We are disturbed that the killer is a member of our community, and that his act was likely influenced by bigotries that exist in our community. Atheist rhetoric against Islam often becomes dehumanizing, generalizing, and racialized. We hope that, moving forward, our community will become more mindful, and that future tragedies can be averted. We once again wish to give our condolences to the families and community of those lost, and we will mourn the loss of three outstanding young people.
To help the families of those lost as they go through this turmoil and loss, we will be collecting money to help pay for final costs of these lost lives, with all extra money going to the Syrian American Medical Society Foundation, an organization very close to those lost.
Lee Moore, President
Amanda Brown, Vice President/Treasurer
Benjimin Blanchard, Director of Development
Justus Cade, Director of Social Media & Public Relations
Shayrah Akers, Secretary
$269.77 raised to help the victims of this awful tragedy
-We Are Atheism
Lee Moore, Amanda Brown, Benjimin Blanchard, Justus Cade, & Shayrah Akers
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Mti-Pesa Group
This will be Amri's 2nd loan from Tujijenge Tanzania. He used the previous loan to buy wood for his carpentry business and has paid this loan back successfully. He hopes to receive a loan to buy a machine to drill and plane wood.
Amri will share this loan with his loan Group, Mti -Pesa, which totals 24 members. The members of the group will hold each other accountable in paying back the loan.
In the picture, Amri is second from the right, in the back row wearing a grey t-shirt
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About Tujijenge TanzaniaThis loan is administered by Tujijenge Tanzania, which was founded in 2006. It has operations in Dar es Salaam, the coastal region, and the Lake Victoria region. The organization aims to reach out to micro entrepreneurs and provide them with financial and social intermediation services because capital is one of the major barriers to development and success for micro-enterprise initiatives in Tanzania.
For more information on Tujijenge Tanzania, please visit its partner page, or join its lending team.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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The multidimensionality of multicultural service learning: The variable effects
of social identity, context and pedagogy on pre-service teachers' learning
Shih-pei Chang
, Dorothea Anagnostopoulos
, Hilda Omae
Michigan State University, 331 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Center for International Studies Huey Deng High School, Taiwan
School of Management and Commerce, Department of Commerce, Strathmore University, Kenya
article info
Article history:
Received 17 October 2010
Received in revised form
21 May 2011
Accepted 27 May 2011
Multicultural service learning
Pre-service teachers
Urban schools
Multicultural service learning (MSL) seeks to develop pre-service teachers' capacities and commitment
to teach diverse student populations. We use multiple regression analyses of survey data collected from
212 pre-service teachers engaged in 22 MSL sites to assess the effects of pre-service teachers' social
identities, MSL contexts, and university pedagogy on pre-service teachers' awareness of cultural bias,
understanding of social inequality, and commitment to teaching diverse students. We find that peda-
gogical engagement positively contributes to all three outcomes. Pre-service teacher's social identities
and MSL contextual factors, however, have variable effects. We explore the pedagogical and research
implications of this multidimensionality.
Ó 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
1. Introduction
Multicultural service learning (MSL) aims to increase pre-
service teachers' understandings of culture, diversity, and social
justice through engagement in communities and schools that serve
low income, linguistically, and culturally diverse children. MSL has
been incorporated into teacher education courses and programs in
many countries, including Canada, Australia, Singapore and Israel. It
has become a key component of efforts to prepare teachers capable
of and committed to addressing the educational needs of culturally
diverse student populations (Alviar-Martin & Ho, 2010; Anderson &
Erickson, 2003; Carrington & Saggers, 2008; Cochran-Smith, Davis,
& Fries, 2004; Conle et al., 2000; Lake & Jones, 2008; Melnick &
Zeichner, 1998; Mitton-Kükner, Nelson, & Desrochers, 2010; San-
toro & Allard, 2005; Sleeter, 2001; Tatar & Horenczyk, 2003; Wade,
2000). In the US, these efforts are made more urgent by the
growing cultural divide between an increasingly diverse Ke12
student body and a predominately White, middle class and
monolingual teaching force, a divide that contributes to the low
educational attainment of low-income students of color and
a shortage of certified teachers in the largely urban schools which
enroll these students (Boyd, Lankford, & Loeb, 2005; Nieto, 2000;
Villegas, 2007).
A growing number of studies by teacher educators across
national contexts find that MSL can increase pre-service teachers'
understanding of cultural diversity and improve their views of and
commitment to working with low-income students of color and
linguistically diverse students (e.g., Baldwin, Buchanan, & Rudisill,
2007; Brown, 2004; Calabrese-Barton, 2000; Conner, 2010; Mit-
ton-Kückner et al., 2010; Sleeter, 2000; Wade, 2000; Zeichner &
Melnick, 1996). Some of these same studies, however, also find that
pre-service teachers can retain beliefs that blame school failure on
students and their families while ignoring powerful structural
inequalities (Bell, Horn, & Roxas, 2007; Hones, 1997; Wade, 2000).
Further, when MSL is not integrated into university coursework
current studies suggest that it can reinforce pre-service teachers'
negative stereotypes of non-dominant students and their families
(Boyle-Baise, 1998; Ladson-Billings, 2001).
Thus, while teacher educators increasingly turn to MSL in their
efforts to prepare teachers who can work effectively with diverse
student populations, existing research points to what we refer to as
the multidimensionality of MSL. MSL appears to facilitate pre-
service teachers' learning in some areas and in some contexts,
but not in others. Because most existing studies of MSL in teacher
education examine the experiences of small numbers of pre-service
teachers serving in one or two MSL sites, our understanding of the
factors and conditions that contribute to this variability in learning
outcomes remains limited. In particular, few studies have disen-
tangled the effects of pre-service teachers' race, social class, and
gender on different MSL learning outcomes or assessed the degree
to which differences in MSL contexts impact these outcomes.
Corresponding author. Tel.: þ1 517 355 1727.
E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@example.com (S.-p. Chang), firstname.lastname@example.com
(D. Anagnostopoulos), email@example.com (H. Omae).
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Teaching and Teacher Education
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tate
0742-051X/$ e see front matter Ó 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to another great year of performing arts experiences! Last year, more than 5,000 Chautauqua area students came to Rockefeller Arts Center at Fredonia to experience top quality performing arts productions chosen especially for young audiences. The goal of On Stage For Youth is simple; to make the very best of the performing arts available to area students and to showcase these performances in a professional theatre setting. Reservations for the 2015-2016 season are now being accepted. Links to reservation brochures and order forms are at the top left hand column. Please make all reservations through your school's main office.
See the complete 2015-2016 schedule!
"Dog Loves Books"
Wednesday -Thursday
November 18-19
10:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Grades K-2
Louise Yates New York Times best seller comes to life in ArtsPower's newest musical about the irresistible Dog who loves everything about books. In fact, he loves books SO much that he decides to open his own bookstore. Dog decides that the best way to sell books is to act out all kinds of fun stories for his customers – everything from dancing dinosaurs to funny fairy tales. His customers can't help but get into the act, too! How could Dog's bookstore not be a huge success? ArtsPower's delightful new musical celebrates the power of the imagination and the satisfaction that comes when you share books with others.
Dog Loves Books Study Guide
TheatreWorks USA
"Curious George"
Tuesday – Wednesday
December 1-2
10:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Grades K-3
Join the inquisitive, lovable little monkey Curious George, star of books, movies and the award winning PBS television show in this delightful new musical.
All–You-Can-Eat Meatball Day came just once a year. George had been waiting all month for that day, a day almost bigger than his birthday! On Meatball Day, George helped his friend Chef Pisghetti cook some delicious meatballs, and serve them to the hungry crowd. But this year, the crowd had vanished! Something was keeping people away. Something pretty big.
And that "something" was Phinneas T. Lightspeed and his speedy Meatballs O'Matic machine. In despair, Chef Pisghetti vows to cook no more. Determined to help his friend, George goes on a mission to enter the Chef's meatballs in the world-famous Golden Meatball Contest…in Rome. With every swing and flip, George takes the audience through a fun-filled adventure in which he learns more about Rome...and meatballs...and the "secret ingredient" to cooking!
A Curious George Preview
Curious George Study Guide
TheatreWorks USA
"The Lightning Thief"
Tuesday - Wednesday
December 8-9
10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Grades 3-6
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect.
Now Percy has ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. Based on the popular book series by Rick Riordan.
The Lightning Thief Preview:
The Lightning Thief Study Guide
TheatreWorks USA
"Miss Nelson is Missing"
February 2
10:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
King Concert Hall
Grades K-4
Miss Nelson is a grade-school teacher whose students constantly take advantage of her nice nature. After their constant misbehaving and rudeness, and their refusal to learn, Miss Nelson determines something has to be done. But then one day, she does not come to school. "Now we can really act up," yells one of the students. However, before they get the chance to make mischief, a substitute, Miss Viola Swamp, shows up. Swamp is a strict disciplinarian and gives the students significantly more school work than Miss Nelson ever did. The contrast between the two teachers is so great that the students actively go looking for Miss Nelson and make unlikely conjectures about what may have happened to her, including some students who go so far as to fill out a missing person report with the local police. After many days of tyranny under Miss Swamp, Miss Nelson returns to class and the children rejoice, now being more respectful of her. it is revealed that Miss Viola Swamp was Miss Nelson in disguise, and a police detective has called off his search for Miss Nelson and will now look for this enigmatic Miss Swamp.
Miss Nelson is Missing Study Guide