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Tera Rising & Guild Wars 2 - new classes
Posted 20 March 2014 - 04:57 PM
Posted 20 March 2014 - 05:04 PM
madcatz75, on 20 March 2014 - 04:57 PM, said:
Introducing a new class would require a lot of development work and either have a fee attached to make it available or have a lower priority over content that has a more direct connection to revenue increases. For instance, if they could be sure that people would choose to unlock an additional character slot to make room for the new profession instead of freeing up a used slot or that there were a sufficient lack of active accounts with free slots. Otherwise, such develop receives less priority.
If you feel one game is better at meeting the needs of its players over another, then you probably pay more attention and money to that game. While you are well within your rights to play whatever you want and make whatever demands you want, you honestly cannot expect them to be acknowledged if you are consistently shoving money into the developer's pocket whilst they ignore you.
Every patch is like ArenaNet walking out onto the stage of the International Don't Kitten Up Championship, and then proceeding to shiv itself in the stomach 30 times while screaming "IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!"
Posted 20 March 2014 - 05:23 PM
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Posted 20 March 2014 - 05:31 PM
Krazzar, on 20 March 2014 - 05:28 PM, said:
Edited by raspberry jam, 20 March 2014 - 05:32 PM.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 05:46 PM
raspberry jam, on 20 March 2014 - 05:31 PM, said:
But Ritualists were so cool!
Posted 20 March 2014 - 05:48 PM
Phineas Poe, on 20 March 2014 - 05:23 PM, said:
It is very obvious that the game is incredibly boring and since nothing of new and substantive is introduced what would the point of having a new profession really do?
Same dead DEs, same dead zones, same dead POIs.
They would need a lot more than a new profession. It would make them money sure - pay for the profession, the character slot + bank tabs etc.
But when players run into the above and realize they have been duped what then?
and lets talk about 6-8 months for a balance patch as well - I mean adding another profession really? they cant deal with what they have now for 2 years and you want to make it even more difficult for them?
Edited by nerfandderf, 20 March 2014 - 05:52 PM.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 06:40 PM
The rate of GW2 development is fast as snail on 100m dash......
Posted 20 March 2014 - 07:09 PM
Oh, sorry, I thought this was a thread for stuff we wanted.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 07:36 PM
You have 1 weapon choice which is a spear.
Button 1: does your general button 1 thing.
Button 2: summons all nearby friendly players to your location to form a zerg.
Button 3: buffs all nearby players.
Button 4: makes an AoE centred on you that combines the combo fields of all nearby players.
Button 5: jumps into the nearest corner.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 07:42 PM
Posted 20 March 2014 - 08:05 PM
Craywulf, on 20 March 2014 - 07:42 PM, said:
In a manner of speaking, yes. It has an online store to purchase goodies, vanity items and MOUNTS. Yes, I know GW2 has a "fast" teleport system. But most of the time if a waypoint is contested then you have to travel further sometimes to get to where you're going. That's not exactly convenient. And let's look at loot drops. Kill a mob, get a crunchy spider leg / gobbly goo / rag / something worthless to just vendor for a measly few copper. Kill a mob in Tera, you are guaranteed silver / gold depending on the mob's level. Open world PVP in tera, none in GW2. Which would you prefer, a living story beta game for almost 2 years and the only way to make gold is to champ farm / boring TP flipping (which is hard as heck to do), the only way to get GOOD armor is to spend gems / real money to buy from the store... I could go on and on.
Yeah, I know there's good things about GW2 like, no mob / node stealing, but that's really about it.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 08:09 PM
Craywulf, on 20 March 2014 - 07:42 PM, said:
Let's talk ESO or Wildstar. Not things that had their chance and basically failed (in the West.)
Edited by FoxBat, 20 March 2014 - 08:09 PM.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 08:23 PM
Desild, on 20 March 2014 - 05:46 PM, said:
Posted 20 March 2014 - 08:38 PM
raspberry jam, on 20 March 2014 - 08:23 PM, said:
You must be under the impression I care about "The Meta". I conquered the Domain of Anguish with zero Paragons! Give me a Ritualist with Shelter and Union, and I will conquer Tyria.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 08:39 PM
Desild, on 20 March 2014 - 08:38 PM, said:
Posted 20 March 2014 - 10:14 PM
nerfandderf, on 20 March 2014 - 05:48 PM, said:
They just released the first of subsequent blog posts outlining pretty much every change coming into the feature patch---all the major stuff that players have requested over the past year---and you're suggesting that they don't cater to us?
You're out of touch. I don't know what else to say.
Posted 20 March 2014 - 10:25 PM
Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:19 AM
I spun a scythe, I spun a scythe again.. hey!
nah but rly I love dervs, and sins were #1 yolo class (remember the suicide sins in RA? lmfao "I can take this monk out!")
So many cool memories of new classes in GW.
Edited by rukia, 21 March 2014 - 09:19 AM.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:30 AM
Phineas Poe, on 20 March 2014 - 10:14 PM, said:
You're out of touch. I don't know what else to say.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:40 AM
raspberry jam, on 21 March 2014 - 09:30 AM, said:
If you look at the side bar in the main feature pack article, you can see multiple topics they are going to debate:
- Traits Unleashed: Forty New Traits and More!
- Announcing the April 2014 Feature Pack!
- mar 21 The Art of Combat
- mar 21 Critical!
- mar 24 A New Way to Explore the Looks of Guild Wars 2
- mar 24 A Colorful Outlook
- mar 26 Looking For Group?
- mar 27 Removing Restrictions
- mar 27 Account-Bound
- mar 28 A Solid Foundation
- abr 2 Facilitating Friendly Play
- abr 3 Facilitating Friendly Play: Part Two
- abr 4 Facilitating Friendly Play: Part Three
Hoenn confirmed?
Ahem... While I SERIOUSLY doubt it is to announce account bound dyes, we can only hope they are not wasting an entire article to hype us on the new dye packs they are adding to the Gem Store...
On the hand, TERA is adding Grim Reaper Bunny Girls. I must roll one!
Edited by Desild, 21 March 2014 - 09:52 AM.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:56 AM
Desild, on 21 March 2014 - 09:40 AM, said:
Hoenn confirmed?
Ahem... While I SERIOUSLY doubt it is to announce account bound dyes, we can only hope they are not wasting an entire article to hype us on the new dye packs they are adding to the Gem Store...
On the hand, TERA is adding Grim Reaper Bunny Girls. I must roll one!
Mar 27: To help people buy more gems, using account-bound features now cost 800 gems.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 11:20 AM
The way I see it, every game has some kind of story in which it's implented. I am not familiar with GW2 story but if there's a place for a new class inside of it I am sure we will get it, you can't just decide one day and say: Ok lets make Warewolfs or whatever.
Doing it only beacuse another MMORPG introducted it would be very careless and irresponsible.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 11:44 AM
madcatz75, on 20 March 2014 - 08:05 PM, said:
Yeah, I know there's good things about GW2 like, no mob / node stealing, but that's really about it.
Seems like you dont really like GW2, may I ask you what are the reasons for playing it?
You see, there are people who actually enjoy the way the game it's made and we play it beacuse of that.
You are contradicting your self by playing this game,
seems like you like this Tera game much better.
1.) MOUNTS: I am not familiar with GW2 Story, but if there is no description of horses and stuff like that in there, than this isn't really viable. If it's not with contradiction with GW2 Story than there is possibility they will introduce them l8er on, noone is in hurry.
Teleporting system in GW2 is really great, with waypoints discovered, the maximum amount you would have to walk in this game is few minutes; we dont need mounts for that.
2.) Farming: I dont know how farming works in Tera, but in GW2 farming Champions is not the only way to get gear. It is also not true that you get crap for farming mobs in open world PvE.
Farming mobs in open world PvE also gives you materials and various bags which you can be opened and get materials. You also get weapons / armors. It is not that bad, you can still make some money from this option, all depends what mobs are you farming.
There are also dungeons from which you can make money.
Materials gathering.
Actually there is really a lot of ways to make money in GW2, beacuse you can convert karma, skillpoints, lauriels, influence points and more into gold. So the list how to get gold in GW2 is really big and rich, and this is one of the things I love about this game.
I am not forced to farm just one way, but I can choose among more ways and do what pleases me.
You say Open world PvP in Tera, and none in GW2. Than what the is WwW and PvP system which we have in GW2? Is this PvE by your opinion?
GW2 is made this way and I dont mind it, altho there has been talk that they will bring PvP and PvE closer in future.
The only way, by your openion, to get good armor is to buy GEMS, I dont see what game you been playing but that's not the way in GW2. Top armors and weapons are only craftable, so in order to get Ascended and Legendary you will have to craft them, ofc you could buy gems, transfer them into gold and buy some materials on TP, but that would be very expensive. (I believe 500+ euros for legendary)
Basicly, to get exotic gear, which gets you through every content game offers, except high level fractals, you dont need to put much effort into the game, it's affordable to every player, and you dont have to play game 10+ hours a day.
If you want a better gear, legendary or ascended, which is few % better you will have to grind or put down big bucks, and this is only fair.
My answer to you: Go play Tera and dont bring that Tera crap to us, we dont play Tera and we dont give one tiny F what they have.
Edited by Jernej, 21 March 2014 - 11:52 AM.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 12:36 PM
Desild, on 20 March 2014 - 08:38 PM, said:
Posted 21 March 2014 - 03:55 PM
raspberry jam, on 21 March 2014 - 09:30 AM, said:
It's on the China client. I expect it's coming as part of this "bit feature patch" for us.
Dyes unlock for all characters on account, but no longer drop as rewards. You can still craft them with cooking, or buy dye packs in the gem store.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 04:08 PM
Gray Lo, on 21 March 2014 - 12:36 PM, said:
I took M.O.X. with an Avatar of Grenth build before that was even a thing or remotely viable. He tanked Titans like a boss.
Posted 21 March 2014 - 05:20 PM
Posted 21 March 2014 - 07:12 PM
I'm now imagining you complaining at an orange seller to make his product more "attractive" because the hot-dog seller located down the street is running a promotion. Metaphorically speaking, If you prefer oranges to hot-dogs then you will buy oranges, and you prefer hot-dogs to oranges, you will buy those instead... or... if you like both, why not simply get a bit of each for yourself? To ask each side to run a fancy campaign to "steal" buyers from the other is just silly reasoning IMO. Specially since we're talking about 2 F2P/B2P games with no attachments or contracts whom you had to sign with your own blood.
Now... if you meant to say that ANET should improve their post-release "expansion content", compared to what it is now, then I agree. However, its not a class that is going to solve the core problems of a game. What good does new classes do in a game if the content I will go through with them is just dead-pan dull? What good does new classes do when the previously existing ones are still unbalanced (or the core game itself is)? What good does new classes do when the end-game content is basically the same for, say, Mesmer or --insert new class--? Where's the incentive?
Improving the LS, balancing the classes and the core-game, adding features that were promised a long time ago, etc, these are just a few examples that would honestly interest the community a lot more than a mere class.
Edited by Datenshi92, 21 March 2014 - 07:24 PM.
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Desild, on 21 March 2014 - 04:08 PM, said:
Lol, I hated mox. The only hero I never used.
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- Pilot actions in Asiana crash scrutinized by investigators
- Rescuers recount first moments after Asiana 214's crash at SFO
- Jet crash TV coverage: KTVU claims victory
- Investigation continues into whether plane crash victim was hit by rescue vehicle
- San Jose, Oakland airports expect normal operations Tuesday
- Mercury News editorial: Asiana crash at SFO inspired heroism
- Herhold: What made an Asiana flight attendant a hero in SFO crash?
- Asiana Flight 214 crash: First responders describe surreal scene at SFO
- Jul 7:
- SFO crash: Asiana Flight 214 crew tried to abort landing, NTSB says
- San Francisco: Survivors of Asiana plane crash at SFO tell tales of flying cinnamon buns, iPods and gaping exit holes
- SFO crash: Official probes whether rescuers ran over, killed crash victim
- Two girls killed in San Francisco plane crash were students headed to summer camps in U.S.
- NTSB: Asiana flight tried to abort landing at SFO just seconds before crash
- SFO 'glide slope' inoperable during Saturday's crash
- Air travelers should brace for more delays on Monday
- Live Coverage: Investigation of Asiana Flight 214 crash at SFO
- SFO Crash: Victim may have been hit by rescue truck after plane crash
- Jul 6:
- SFO crash: Terror inside plane that slammed into runway, began to burn
- SFO crash causes chaos in California skies
- SFO Crash: Asiana Airline statement
- Obama grateful to first responders at jet crash
- SFO Crash Raw Video: Coverage of Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport
- A look back at previous airport approach crashes
- Asiana Airlines connects major technology markets
- Boeing 777 that crashed in SFO has a stellar reputation among pilots
- NTSB launches team to investigate airline crash at SFO
- Asiana Airlines at a glance
- Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg nearly on plane that crashed at SFO
- SFO Crash: 2 girls dead, almost 200 other people injured after Asiana flight 214 slams runway
WEST HILLS, Calif. -- Leaders of the West Valley Christian Church and School said Sunday they were shocked and devastated to learn that the two teens killed in Saturday's plane crash in San Francisco were among about 35 Chinese students planning to be at three-week summer camp the school was set to host starting Monday.
We're "like stunned and kind of numb," said Rev. Glenn Kirby of West Valley Christian Church between morning services. "We didn't know them, hadn't met them yet, but we can imagine what it's like to lose teenagers and our hearts go out to the families."
Derek Swales, administrator of West Valley Christian School, said he first got a text from a third-party who is helping to organize the camp about the plane crash Saturday while he was in a car heading back from San Francisco after a July Fourth celebration.
"We were devastated; is this really happening?," Swales told reporters outside the church Sunday. "Our first response was there is no way there are any survivors on that airplane."
Authorities said one of the girls apparently died in the crash of Asiana Flight 214 on Saturday morning and are investigating whether the second 16-year-old died after being hit by a fire truck responding to the crash.
Although they've confirmed that the two teenage girls who were died were scheduled to attend the camp, "we have no idea how many of the (other) students were burn victims; how many were injured critically," Swales said.
Swales said he had heard the students may not be coming to the summer camp, which is hosted by the
school and organized by a third party, in light of the tragic crash and said he completely understands.
"If I was a parent, I'd want to be with my kids. I'd want to come here," to the U.S., Swales said.
Swales said the students were all scheduled to stay with host families within the area so they could attend the camp at their school. The church did not assist with placement of families or recruit the teachers in this case, he said.
The camp consisted of English-language and likely American culture classes as well as sight-seeing opportunities for them in the afternoon, including visiting premiere colleges in the area, Swales said.
"They are exceptional students," Swales said. "These are kids that are very driven academically and their parents are putting a great investment for them to come to America for them to learn the English language" and to encourage them to study in the U.S.
Kirby said his church is going to open up their worship center at 7 p.m. Thursday for a community prayer for the victims of the crash.
"It will be a prayer meeting and we'll share whatever updates," he said. "We asked our church to pray...and we're also offering an opportunity to give money" to help the students on that plane and their families in some way.


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Bayou Country Cyclists have scheduled a Spring Ride and Run for Sunday starting at Peltier Park in Thibodaux.
There will be 25-, 42-, 66-mile bike rides starting at 7:45 a.m.
A 5K walk and run starts at 7 a.m. And a kids' obstacle course will be open from 10 a.m. to noon.
Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit that aids veterans.
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Last Week, Lady Gaga accidently/on-purpose showed off her penis to the world. We don't think she's really a hermaphrodite, but the fiction has already joined the great pantheon of celebrity urban myths.
Though we don't think it's true, fans will be trotting out Gaga's supposed confirmation for years. They'll also be blowing up the photos of her "dick" in all its pixellated glory until it looks like the first photos of the Loch Ness Monster on the cover of the Weekly World News.
The original celebrity hermaphrodite was Jamie Lee Curtis. We prefer to tell it like she is a "super female," born with two X chromosomes and one Y, because sometimes being a hermaphrodite isn't exotic enough. Of course Curtis only has two X chromosmes, she's only guilty of being really tall and kinda butch.
The story goes that Rod Stewart had go to to the hospital because he had ingested so much semen that his body couldn't process it and he had to have his stomach pumped. That's a whole lotta love-juice. This tale was recycled and used on New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight in the early '90s. We can't wait to hear this about a Jonas brother.
The exact details of the myth surrounding Broadway and Gimme A Break star Nell Carter are fuzzy, but they always boil down to this: she had no clitoris. Either it was burnt off or ripped off backstage in a quick change or fell off from doing too much cocaine with her vagina (seriously?!).
One of the best urban legends is that the kid who played Mikey in the Life cereal commercials died from eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke at the same time. While actor John Gilchrist is still alive, we're afraid this tale will soon die out. What former child star can we afflict with a deadly sweet tooth to keep it going?
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The problem with universal access to technology is the fact that it provides almost unrestricted access to information. Much of this information is fantastic and can give a real boost to the learning experience. The danger exists where there is mis-information, inaccuracies and worst of all information that might promote prejudice, discrimination, hatred and violence.
Personally I think a problem exists when we focus students on authority rather than giving them the tools to think critically about information.
Last week, the publisher unveiled the last of five special covers featuring disciplines that guide school curricula nationwide — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, also known as STEAM. It's part of an effort, the company says, to encourage young readers to double-down on their studies and explore fields said to lead to better jobs.
"We plan to continue to motivate our fans to explore their passions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and math and present these disciplines through some of our favorite young heroes who are doing just that — following their dreams and preparing for the challenges that await them ahead," David Gabriel, Senior VP for Sales & Marketing of Marvel Comics said in a statement.
Available in November, the covers are alternative prints of several titles. Famous heroes such as the Hulk and Spiderman make appearances. So do lesser-knowns Gwenpool — an amalgam of Spiderman's Gwen Stacy and meta-jokester Deadpool — and kid genius Moongirl.
The covers also coincide with the debut of Marvel's new Iron Man, Riri Williams, a 15-year-old engineering prodigy, who is also featured.
Article covers quite a bit of activity in the media space around support for STEM. Lots of good info.
What's wrong with the following picture? Jobs in computing are widespread, they are multiplying far faster than in other fields, and they pay much more, yet only 22 percent of U.S. 12th-graders say they have ever taken a computer programming class. More than half couldn't take such a class if they wanted to, because their high schools don't offer any. Students of color, low-income students, and rural students fare worst of all.
At a time when millions of Americans worry about wage stagnation, inequality, and dwindling opportunities, this situation is perverse. Change the Equation's new analysis of recent federal data reveals the depth of the problem. Fortunately, some states and school districts are committing themselves to giving every high schooler access to computer science.
"Computers have already beaten us at chess, Jeopardy and Go, the ancient board game from Asia. And now, in the raging war with machines, human beings have lost yet another battle — over typing.
Turns out voice recognition software has improved to the point where it is significantly faster and more accurate at producing text on a mobile device than we are at typing on its keyboard. That's according to a new study by Stanford University, the University of Washington and Baidu, the Chinese Internet giant. The study ran tests in English and Mandarin Chinese."
How The Activity Learning Theory Works
Vygotsky's earlier concept of mediation, which encompassed learning alongside others (Zone of Proximal Development) and through interaction with artifacts, was the basis for Engeström's version of Activity Theory (known as Scandinavian Activity Theory). Engeström's approach was to explain human thought processes not simply on the basis of the individual, but in the wider context of the individual's interactions within the social world through artifacts, and specifically in situations where activities were being produced.
In Activity Theory people (actors) use external tools (e.g. hammer, computer, car) and internal tools (e.g. plans, cognitive maps) to achieve their goals. In the social world there are many artifacts, which are seen not only as objects, but also as things that are embedded within culture, with the result that every object has cultural and/or social significance.
Tools (which can limit or enable) can also be brought to bear on the mediation of social interaction, and they influence both the behavior of the actors (those who use the tools) and also the social structure within which the actors exist (the environment, tools, artifacts). For further reading, here is Engeström's own overview of 3 Generations of Activity Theory development. The first figure shows Second Generation AT as it is usually presented in the literature.
In a Meetup hosted by EdSurge on Aug. 17, more than 100 people gathered to hear speakers present how their organizations are embracing the future of digital learning. Held at NovoEd's headquarters, five speakers gave their six-minute lightning talks and then led a smaller group discussion with attendees"
A comprehensive, national analysis identifies the 50 most segregating school district borders in the country.
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"Income-based segregation between school districts is rising. Today, high-poverty school districts enroll half of America's schoolchildren. Often these high poverty districts neighbor wealthier school systems where children have access to greater resources. Because property taxes play such an important role in school funding, affluent communities have an incentive to establish school district borders around their neighborhoods in order to ensure that the benefit of their wealth is reserved for their children alone. When the families with means isolate themselves in wealthy districts, low-income children are left behind and income segregation between school districts increases.
"This report presents the results of EdBuild's analysis of the degree of income segregation across America's school district borders. In particular, it highlights trends among the 50 most segregating borders, and tells the stories of Detroit, MI; Birmingham, AL; Clairton, PA; Dayton, OH; and Balsz, AZ, whose borders with wealthy neighboring districts are the most segregated in the country."
Online learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more from Stephen Downes
that it's important for young people to become economically independent and self-sufficient. But to do that, he argues, they shouldn't all learn the same thing. Instead, they should be learning to be adaptable, to be innovative, to flow with change, to collaborate and other globalized skills that will apply to whatever area of work they are passionate about pursuing. An education can help expose students to different life paths and support them in finding their passions, while giving them the transferable skills to attack any problem.
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that it's important for young people to become economically independent and self-sufficient. But to do that, he argues, they shouldn't all learn the same thing. Instead, they should be learning to be adaptable, to be innovative, to flow with change, to collaborate and other globalized skills that will apply to whatever area of work they are passionate about pursuing. An education can help expose students to different life paths and support them in finding their passions, while giving them the transferable skills to attack any problem.
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I started applying for jobs in private prisons because I wanted to see the inner workings of an industry that holds 131,000 of the nation's 1.6 million prisoners. As a journalist, it's nearly impossible to get an unconstrained look inside our penal system. When prisons do let reporters in, it's usually for carefully managed tours and monitored interviews with inmates. Private prisons are especially secretive. Their records often aren't subject to public access laws; CCA has fought to defeat legislation that would make private prisons subject to the same disclosure rules as their public counterparts. And even if I could get uncensored information from private prison inmates, how would I verify their claims? I keep coming back to this question: Is there any other way to see what really happens inside a private prison?
This article has garnered tremendous amounts of media attention and is credited with influencing the U.S. government to cease its contracting out of prison operations to private firms.
Minecraft just received another education boost. An ed tech startup that encourages students to build their own mods for the popular online virtual world game has received a second grant from the National Science Foundation that will enable it to continue development of its coding environment for novice programmers.
ThoughtSTEM received its initial NSF funding in 2015 to test the use of its Minecraft extension, LearnToMod, for teaching rural middle school students how to program. During that phase, the company said it taught computer science (CS) concepts to "over 50,000 students," who produced 1.5 million Minecraft mods.
Regular readers of this blog know that some wealthy foundations — especially the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest, but also the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation — have in recent years taken unusually active roles in trying to align public policy with their education goals, such as the Common Core State Standards and charter schools.
Indeed, the involvement of foundations in corporate school reform — which, broadly, has been an attempt to change public education to operate like a private business rather than as a civic institution — has been unprecedented in the history of American public education. Tompkins-Stange wrote: "Arguably, no social sector in the United States is more heavily impacted by foundations than K-12 education."
To understand just how influential the Gates Foundation has been with the Obama administration in terms of education policy, consider this passage from the book, which refers to Arne Duncan, Obama's education secretary from 2009 to the end of last year:
During his 15 minutes with each executive, Lee explained his simple method for achieving peak productivity:
-At the end of each workday, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks.
-Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance.
-When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task.
-Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task.
-Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day.
-Repeat this process every working day.
I agree, this is really good advice.
Aside from the word "hack" being the current most overused word on the planet, this reminds me of learning how to manage the "tyranny of the urgent." For all of us, there are too many tasks, too many urgent matters or emergencies which makes it even harder to prioritize each day's tasks. But that also reminds of a poster in a colleague's office: "The failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine." If only.
The course is limited to 25 participating sites, although up to five people can participate from each site. Last year the course was quickly filled with an amazing variety of participants from around the country and around the world. This has been the case for the last few years, so you should enroll quickly to guarantee a space. We still have some spaces left.
The course is generally not in real time except for an occasional optional live Skype or Google chat. The course is on a dedicated website that you access as you have time, responding to each section as we open it and responding to the posts of other students in the course. The site has videos, audio interviews, book excerpts, etc. So you can access it as you are able from anywhere in the world.
The two instructors are Jerry Mintz, director of AERO, and Chris Mercogliano, author of How to Grow a School and long-time director of Albany Free School. But the key to the course is the interaction between the students.
AERO is an organization dedicated to alternative schools. For over 10 years it has been offering an online course on how to start an alternative school. Registration is now open for the 2016 version of the course - which begins Sept. 26. The graphic and the headline link to information about this year's course. You may also view a webinar that described last year's course at
"Here's the question that I recommend:
Could you tell me about a time you lacked the skills or knowledge to complete an assignment?
It's a very simple question, and that's by design. It's so open-ended that there are no giveaways about the right and wrong answer. And that's why it's so effective at differentiating high and low performers. You can see more questions designed like this, and how tough they are to answer correctly, with the free online test "Could You Pass This Job Interview?"
The following are responses given by real candidates applying at this company, note how easily you can identify the potential high performers based on how the organization defines innovation."
Actually quite a good article to help one self-assess by reviewing the various responses to the key question.
Keith Holyoak, a UCLA professor of psychology and one of the world's leading thinkers on analogical reasoning, recommends people ask themselves the following two questions in order to hone their skills: "What does this remind me of?" and "Why does it remind me of it?"
By constantly looking at objects in your environment and material you read and asking yourself these two questions, you build the muscles in your brain that help you make connections across traditional boundaries.
This article is well worth reading. It emphasizes the effectiveness of cross-disciplinary learning and thinking.
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"New York liberal arts school Hamilton College will introduce a diversity requirement across all majorsthis upcoming academic year. Departments and programs are still deciding how to incorporate the coursework to get students thinking about cultures, identity and race. But not everyone is on board: An alumni group has expressed concerns about the requirement limiting the school's "freedom of inquiry." Others don't feel like the sciences benefit from such course material."
Five higher-ed technology startups are soaring this week.Michelson Runway, a San Francisco-based accelerator, announced the handful of companies that will be in its inaugural cohort. Each of the five startups focuses on technology innovation in higher education, with products that range from student
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Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. The Science Leadership Academy is an inquiry-driven, project-based, 1:1 laptop school that is considered to be one of the pioneers of the School 2.0 movement nationally and internationally. Science Leadership Academy is the Dell Computing Center of Excellence for Technology in Education. The school was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the Ten Most Amazing Schools in the US, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School from 2009 through 2013 and has been written about in many publications including Edutopia Magazine, EdWeek and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In September 2013, Chris opened Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber campus, the second campus in the SLA model. In 2013, Chris co-founded the non-profit Inquiry Schools with Diana Laufenberg to help more schools create more empowering, modern learning experiences for students, and he serves as Superintendent and Chair of the Board. Chris returned to his native Philadelphia after nine years as an English Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Girls Basketball Coach and Ultimate Frisbee coach at the Beacon School in New York City, one of the leading urban public schools for technology integration.
Chris is the 2014 winner of the McGraw Prize in Education. In June 2013, Chris was named Outstanding Leader of the Year by the International Society of Technology in Education. In November of 2012, Chris was named one of Dell's #Inspire100 – one of the 100 people changing the world using Social Media. In April of 2012, Chris won the Lindback Award for Excellence in Principal Leadership in the School District of Philadelphia. In September of 2011, Chris was honored by the White House as a Champion of Change for his work in education reform. In June 2010, Chris was named as one of the "30 Most Influential People in EdTech" by Technology & Learning Magazine. In 2009, Chris was a honoree for the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development's Outstanding Young Educator Award. Chris was named as one of "40 Under 40" by Philadelphia Business Journal in 2009. In 2006, the National School Board Association named Chris one of "20 to Watch" among American administrators. In 2001, Chris was honored by MOUSE as a Champion of Technology and Education for his work on building the portal at the Beacon School.
Lehmann is one of the most outstanding educators of our time. In this 3+ minute video, he describes how he was inspired by the teaching of Thomas Sobol, one of his professors and the former Commissioner of Education for the state of New York.
Perhaps the most important reason for developing metacognition is that it can improve the application of knowledge, skills, and character qualities in realms beyond the immediate context in which they were learned. This can result in the transfer of competencies across disciplines—important for students preparing for real-life situations where clear-cut divisions of disciplines fall away and one must select competencies from the entire gamut of their experience to effectively apply them to the challenges at hand. Even within academic settings, it is valuable—and often necessary—to apply principles and methods across disciplinary lines.
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Perhaps the most important reason for developing metacognition is that it can improve the application of knowledge, skills, and character qualities in realms beyond the immediate context in which they were learned. This can result in the transfer of competencies across disciplines—important for students preparing for real-life situations where clear-cut divisions of disciplines fall away and one must select competencies from the entire gamut of their experience to effectively apply them to the challenges at hand. Even within academic settings, it is valuable—and often necessary—to apply principles and methods across disciplinary lines.
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Two suicides in less than two weeks. To the people in these small towns, it felt like the beginning of something bad, something sickeningly familiar. Something that had happened too many times in too many towns in Greenland. A cluster of suicides, inexplicable and indiscriminate, tearing its way through the youngest generation in a country that has the highest known suicide rate in the world.
Such a haunting, sad, disturbing tale. And ones like it happening all around the world as indigenous cultures and their people continue to be crushed by "modernism". Does it have to be this way? Can you think of how technology can possibly help? Cell phones seem to be widely available among these youth, but of course language barriers pose a large difficulty.
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"Critical thinking is an incredibly important skill, but it's not often taught in public school curriculum. Brush up on your rhetoric, grammar, and logic with Trivium's free resources."
This site takes the classic subjects of the Trivium and the Quadrivium (the 7 Liberal Arts) quite seriously and provides the reader with textbook-style instruction in each of them. If you want to see what education looked like in the second half of the 19th century in the U.S., this will show you. Don't miss the 1895 8th grade final exam from Salinas, Kansas if you've not seen it before. Personally, I find the section on Rhetoric quite interesting.
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After years of terribly one-sided results, the Big Bone Game between Lincoln and San Jose might be entering new ground.
The 70th game in the series, which will be played Thursday at San Jose City College, matches teams looking to put the cherry on top of superb seasons.
San Jose is unbeaten and ended what is believed to be a 63-year drought without a league or division title. Lincoln also won a division title and has lost only once.
"What I can say is I do think this is the first time both teams won league and come in representing their leagues as league champions," San Jose coach Darrell Williams said.
But will the game be close? Lincoln has won the past 14 games in the series, and its recent triumphs have been anything but competitive.
The Lions outscored San Jose 116-7 in the past two games and 261-25 in the past five.
"Last year, I said we've got to get to a point where we can compete in the game," Williams said. "Before you can win a game, you've got to compete, and in the last several years we haven't competed. I'm hoping this year we represent ourselves well."
Both teams represented itself well this fall. Lincoln won the Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division (the "B" division in the league's three-tier structure) and San Jose won the BVAL West Valley Division (the league's "C" division).
Asked about San Jose's turnaround, Lincoln coach Kevin Collins said, "They're real consistent with what they're doing. They're playing very good defense."
Given the teams Lincoln (8-1) beat -- and the scores by which it beat them -- it will still come in as the favorite. But San Jose (9-0) hopes the dramatic strides it made in Williams' second season will carry over to its biggest game of the year.
"We're going to go over there and give it our all," San Jose quarterback Gabriel Miranda said. "We're the underdogs, and that's what we want to be."
San Jose's improvement from two wins in 2011 to perfection could put more fans in the seats Thursday. As Miranda noted, alums who haven't been to the school in decades have stopped by this fall to watch the team.
"We had the stands halfway full at a practice," Miranda said. "That was pretty crazy. I don't know what high school has that?"
Imagine what those alums might do if San Jose reclaims the Big Bone?
Receiver Romie Rodriguez, whose dad won the trophy when he played for the Bulldogs in the 1980s, knows what a victory over Lincoln would mean.
"It would mean more than anything that I could accomplish right now," Rodriguez said.


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OXNARD -- It was a training camp practice for the Raiders unlike any in recent memory.
A joint session with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday afternoon at their circuslike complex at the River Ridge Marriott brought all the intensity coach Dennis Allen had hoped for -- and then some.
Besides 8,326 fans, the vast majority of which were adorned in silver and black, Magic Johnson and Tommy Lasorda showed up.
What they witnessed was something considerably more electric than the usual drab mid-August practice session.
There was crisp hitting, probably a little more than Allen and Cowboys coach Jason Garrett had in mind. There were two scuffles, which delighted the crowd as much as the on-field action.
When Dallas cornerback Morris Claiborne put a lick on Raiders tight end Mychal Rivera that was excessive by any training camp standard, the teams engaged in a spirited skirmish.
Fullback Marcel Reece was first on the scene, flying in to mix it up.
"I'm proud of every single one of my guys," Reece said. "That's how you've got to do it. And it's not about fighting. It's about having each other's backs. It's about us taking care of each other, playing the game the right way."
Claiborne said he hit Rivera only because Rivera had first lowered his shoulder.
"When he did that, I thought it was my cue to go in for the tackle," Claiborne said.
While Allen said the plan was for no tackling to the ground, both teams clearly went beyond that standard. It wasn't the no-holds-barred type of football the Raiders will play Friday night in their home opener against the Detroit Lions, but it was close.
"That was a great atmosphere," Allen said. "We've got a lot of support, and not only in the Oakland area. We have it in Southern California and across the nation. I think they all got a good show."
Minus the two scuffles, Allen liked what he saw, with the contact being the byproduct of playing someone from another team.
"That happens in a competitive environment, but I thought it was good work," Allen said.
With overwhelming fan support, Reece thought it was a good lesson for young players who had practiced only in Napa and played in a 10-6 preseason loss in Minnesota.
"It's a reality check for all the new guys who thought they knew what the Raider nation was all about. They'd heard all the stories and put on their jerseys for one preseason game. They have no idea what it is, and they come to another team's training camp and out-show their fans."
Dallas quarterback Tony Romo acknowledged the geographical advantage that gave the Raiders a home field of sorts.
"We're in California. If they didn't have any fans out there, it would probably not be a good sign for them," Romo said. "It's great for the Raiders having that, and it was great for us having the atmosphere. It was pretty unique and something that everybody should get a chance to have in camp."
Raiders owner Mark Davis said, "I wasn't surprised there were that many (fans), but I was surprised it was 3 to 1 Raiders fans to Cowboys fans."
"I hear they're crazy," Webb said. "You always hear about the Raider fans, the Black Hole. They're loud, they're crazy. You've just got to block them out. Or try to."
"Boy, that No. 77 was putting some hooks in there," Jones said. "But seriously, that passion, that's what we hoped we would be getting out of putting these teams together."


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Sharon Ann Means, 61 passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
A celebration of life will be held at 12pm Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Mexico Moose Lodge.
Sharon was born June 18, 1951 to John David and Beatrice Means.
Survivors include: two daughters, Korena Giles and her husband of Ridgeway, MO and Angiela McDonald of Boonville, MO; five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.parkerfuneralservice.com.
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The Scion Music(less) Music Conference is an annual event held in Los Angeles, California. Participants include prolific metal producer Kurt Ballou, hip-hop hero The 45 King, dance music sampling champion Todd Edwards, and premiere remixer and producer XXXChange. The Scion Music(less) Music Conference consists of panels, interviews, and workshops designed to offer insights and practical advice for those looking to enter or take their next step in the music industry. Each presentation is filmed in high definition and offered for free so it can exist as a digital resource to those who are interested in expanding their creative possibilities or improving their business approach.
A central part of the Scion Music(less) Music Conference was a series of in-depth one-on-one interviews with producers. The producers had the opportunity to explain the details and realities of their profession, as well as reflect on their own histories.
Kurt Ballou, interviewed by Adam Shore, is a member of Converge. Along with producing some of that group's most loved albums, he has also worked with dozens of metal and punk acts, including Cave In, Disfear, Torche, Trap Them, Magrudergrind, Black Breath, and Kvelertak.
The 45 King, interviewed by Sacha Jenkins, is an innovative hip-hop producer and DJ with a historic career. He was a founding member of Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit and was behind hits including Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life," Eminem's "Stan," and his own "The 900 Number."
Todd Edwards, interviewed by Vivian Host, is a pioneer in the house music world. This producer and DJ created a distinct sample-based sound that he's continued to develop for decades.
XXXChange, interviewed by Eric Ducker, is a member of Win Win. He also produced Spank Rock's debut album and has worked with artists including Kid Sister, Kele, The Death Set, and The Kills.


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One resident wondered if volunteer firefighters might help. Another asked if mobile units were considered. How about consolidating forces with another district and creating one giant firefighting team?
Suggestions, questions and comments flowed last week during town hall meetings in Pittsburg, Lafayette and Clayton as the public confronted the same issue that's bedeviled the Board of Supervisors: What's to be done about the financially distressed Contra Costa Fire District?
The three cities were selected because each lost a fire station this year to budget cuts necessitated by (1) reduced property tax revenue; (2) increasing retirement costs; and (3) the defeat of an annual $75-per-parcel tax. The district is spending money faster than it's coming in, and something needs to be done.
In a search for answers, the supervisors -- who also act as the fire board -- hired consultants Fitch & Associates, which presented preliminary statistical findings two weeks ago and last week invited public input.
Those findings show that emergency calls follow somewhat predictable patterns, both in when and where they occur, and that peak staffing during busy times and reduced staffing during lulls might better stretch resources.
The town hall turnouts were modest -- perhaps 250 people (including many firefighters) in three nights -- but there was no shortage of interaction. Senior consultant Jim Broman, who moderated, said they were as active as any of the 30 or so similar meetings he'd led previously.
Residents asked how long Fitch has been in business (32 years). Has it advised other districts this size? (Yes, but none with this much "financial distress," Broman said.) Might some fire engines be replaced by smaller vehicles? (Yes, that's being studied). Is fee-for-service fire protection an option? (Anything's possible, but do you want to go there?)
There were concerns voiced about station closures. There was interest in another parcel tax ballot issue (likely next year). But there were more puzzled looks than anything else, except when firefighters spoke. They were adamant that it's risky to cut personnel, that flex staffing won't work, and that incident charts don't convey the resources needed for a three-alarm fire. Their bottom line: Any remodel that cuts firefighters is unacceptable.
No one respects firefighters more than I do. I think voters were either shortsighted (you like station closures?) or ill-informed (a "no" vote didn't trim pension costs) when they rejected a parcel tax. But the reality is the current system is unsustainable. Money's lacking, and costs must be trimmed. That's why the Fitch study was commissioned and why staffing likely will be reduced.
When a Clayton attendee contended that rising property taxes and a possible federal grant will fix everything, County Administrator David Twa's brows twitched. When the speaker added that the county was playing games in not fully funding the fire district, Twa stomped to the podium.
"Let me see if I can make this exactly clear," he said, uncharacteristically agitated. "ConFire is going broke. There's no other way to put it. It's burning through its reserves to the tune of $12 million per year. If there is no change in the system, if there is no infusion of new dollars, this district will be bankrupt in 2016."
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Her funeral Mass will be held Monday, June 17 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford Visitation will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. A prayer service will be held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, New Rockford.
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Q:What is another term that has been previously used for bipolar disorder?
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A prehistoric stone or metal implement with a bevelled cutting edge, probably used as a tool or weapon.
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- Evidence potentially contradicting this interpretation consists of scapula hoes and celts, tools normally associated with swidden horticulture.
- There are three chipped stone celts of Smoky Hill jasper in the collection and one of a very well cemented, fine-grained quartzite.
- Their surfaces betray hints of carving: the carved supports may once have presented imagery of personified, sacred stones, probably supernaturally charged greenstone celts.
Early 18th century: from medieval Latin celtis 'chisel'.
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1A member of a group of peoples inhabiting much of Europe and Asia Minor in pre-Roman times. Their culture developed in the late Bronze Age around the upper Danube, and reached its height in the La Tène culture (5th to 1st centuries bc) before being overrun by the Romans and various Germanic peoples.
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- The Urnfield cultures were a group of central European Bronze Age cultures associated with the Celts.
- Similarly, the racial character of the Neolithic and Bronze Age inhabitants of England is uncertain, although we do know that by the Roman era many were Celts.
- These are typical of the deep belief of both Celts and Romans that every place had its own deity.
1.1A native of any of the modern nations or regions in which Celtic languages are (or were until recently) spoken; a person of Irish, Highland Scottish, Manx, Welsh, or Cornish descent.
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- In the end, James concedes that modern Celts exist as a legitimate ethnic group on the grounds that they are self-naming and have a shared sense of difference and history.
- On Wednesday we'll be getting our own back when several thousand Celts descend on the place for the make or break game against Rosenborg.
- Kenny Dalglish's Celtic might be out of the Tennents Scottish Cup, trailing Rangers in the league and actively seeking a new coach, but what price a Celt landing the Martell Grand National at Aintree.
From Latin Celtae (plural), from Greek Keltoi; in later use from French Celte 'Breton' (taken as representing the ancient Gauls).
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American consumers are now seeing relief at the pump as retail
prices more closely reflect the long anticipated autumn decline that comes with 'winter blend' gasoline, flat demand and stronger supply levels. But nowhere in the country are the price decreases more pronounced than in the Great Lakes region.
"The biggest weekly decline occurred in Michigan where the average price at the pump fell by 27.3 cents per gallon," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst, GasBuddy.com.
"As our data confirms, consumers in the Great Lakes region saw the greatest relief, by far," he added.
From Oct. 11 through Oct. 18 the most notable price decreases have occurred in the following states:
Michigan, down $0.27/gal.
Ohio, down $0.24/gal.
Indiana, down $0.23/gal.
Wisconsin, down $0.19/gal.
Illinois, down $0.19/gal.
Nebraska, down $0.16/gal.
Missouri, down $0.16/gal.
Minnesota, down $0.15/gal.
Oklahoma, down $0.15/gal.
"With the national average now at $3.70, down 14 cents per gallon over the past month, obviously we're glad to finally see prices moving down," added GasBuddy's Gregg Laskoski, "but we remain concerned about geopolitical events and what Iran/Israel conflict might bring."


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Welcome to the Edmund J. Gleazer School of Education at Graceland University. Our undergraduate and graduate programs have been uniquely created with our students in mind. With four separate undergraduate sites, three graduate sites and an online graduate program, we make every effort to deliver to both traditional and nontraditional students a quality educational experience in the format they prefer most.
Our faculty are concerned with your learning experience and go the additional lengths to make certain you are being served by our program. In addition, all faculty for our programs have been selected because of the unique contribution they make to the Graceland mission.
Our programs center around you. The undergraduate teacher education programs are taught using progressive methods and a student-centered philosophy. Our Master of Education in Collaborative Learning and Teaching has garnered national praise for its unique design, in which graduate students create their own learning experiences based on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards propositions. Our online Master of Education was recently honored with the prestigious USDLA Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming. We have some very exciting experiences waiting for you.
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Local broadcasters Ed Crook, Curtis Fong and Bill Kingman will be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame on Aug. 18.
Radio station KTHO will host an open house at its station, located at 1001 Heavenly Village Way, Suite 36A, on Friday, Aug. 10, from 4-7 p.m. in their honor.
According to KTHO senior vice president and general manager Paul Middlebrook, Kingman has been in the Tahoe radio market for 51 years, Crook for 30 and Fong for 35.
Crook has more than 50 years of broadcasting experience. During his career, he was owner of Sierra communications in Stateline, Nev., and helped with station start-ups and FM translators in Nevada, according to a press release. In 2001, he was asked to help KTHO get back on the after the station was silent for nearly a year. He served as general manager of the station until the owner sold it in 2009. Crook currently serves as the director of operations for KTHO.
Fong, aka "The Guy from Tahoe," does a daily snow and resort report during the winter for stations in northern Nevada and California. He also provided live reports from the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games. Fong has been a member of the North American Snowsports Journalistst Association for more than 20 years and currently serves as the vice president of the western region. Fong is also the chief executive and event director for TGFT Productions/Bike the West and has produced cycling events in the region.
Kingman took a job at KOWL at Tahoe Harrah's in Stateline, Nev., in 1961 and has since been a disc jockey and chief engineer at every Lake Tahoe station, in addition to freelancing at Reno and Carson City stations. According to a press release, he aims to provide what he calls "useful broadcasting," which includes reporting on community information such as a snow-day school closings, highway conditions, power outages, last-minute cancellations and lost and found. King has helped report on major events in Tahoe, including the bombing of Harveys in 1980 and broken pipelines in 1986 and 1987, as well as announcing the Lights on the Lake Fireworks each year.


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Man instinctively desires to have an understanding of the life Hereafter, i.e. the life after death and the state of the Barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection), which we all have to face. Certain questions rise in his mind, like: what sort of people will he encounter there? What kind of beings live there? Do eating, drinking, sleeping, waking friendship, enmity etc, exist there, and if so in what form? What is the span of time between death and resurrection… (more)
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