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"Reincarnated" opens with a huge puff of marijuana smoke, an appropriate image for a documentary starring the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg. The newly christened Snoop Lion appeared on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" a few weeks ago, and throughout his segment, Maher kept smelling his guest. You can bet your last money that Snoop didn't smell like April Fresh Downy.
Somewhere between inhales, Maher told Snoop "you smoke too much weed in this movie!" Snoop agreed, and boy, he was not kidding. If the MPAA were remotely creative, their rating description for "Reincarnated" would be "Rated R for rampant reefer, pervasive pot, some shizznit and constant kutchie passing." This is the first movie that would benefit from being released in Smell-O-Vision.
"Reincarnated" has a built-in audience, most of whom will watch it while partaking in Snoop's favorite lung filler. They will find much to enjoy here, 80 percent of which will be due to the fact they're high as hell. But if you're a sober fan of Snoop Dogg's rap songs, as I am, you're in trouble. "Reincarnated" comes not to praise Snoop Doggy Dogg but to bury him, documenting Calvin Broadus' tossing of the Snoop Dogg moniker and the rap career that came with it.
After deciding he wants to make a reggae album full of positive messages, Snoop travels to Kingston, Jamaica, to immerse himself in Rastafarian culture. While exploring places like Trench Town, where Bob Marley and his cohorts grew up, Snoop talks about his early years in Long Beach, Calif., and how his environment produced "Murder Was The Case," while Marley's beget "Concrete Jungle." The goal of Snoop Lion is to offset Snoop Dogg's "negative rap" with "positive reggae."
In an early scene, Snoop meets with reggae legend Bunny Wailer, one of the original members of Bob Marley's group. Wailer smokes with Snoop and rechristens him "Snoop Lion." The lion is a powerful, respected symbol, and the dog is not. This is a compliment of the highest order, so it becomes a permanent moniker. Snoop asks Wailer to sing on his album, and when Wailer does, his excellent singing contrasts strongly with Snoop's attempts.
It's not that Snoop is a terrible singer; there's a great moment in the film where he does a nicely sung impromptu jam with some awestruck kid musicians laying down a wicked, live reggae groove. It's just the snippets of the vocals he presents are overprocessed with Auto-Tune and other aggravating holdover devices from rap. Wailer's vocal is free of these tricks, and more powerful for it.
To create the "Reincarnated" album, Snoop hires producer Diplo and songwriter Angela Hunte. He meets reggae singer Cutty Corn on the block where Peter Tosh used to live, and when Corn sings him an original composition, Snoop asks if he can record the song with him. Corn brings the "struggle part" to the "Reincarnated" album's mission statement of "songs of peace, love and the struggle." Snoop also records with his own daughter, who sings a catchy hook that he wrote for her. (Thankfully, she's not T-Pained into oblivion by the producers.) Songs like "No Guns Allowed" deliver Snoop Lion's new message, and while "Reincarnated" includes recording session scenes, we're deprived of full versions of any of the songs.
As expected from his rap output, Snoop is a good storyteller with a spoken voice I never tire of hearing. To compare and contrast the Snoop Lion persona, he talks about his previous life as "Snoop Dogg." This life included robbery, gangs, gunfire, murder trials and the funeral of friend and singer of numerous rap hooks, Nate Dogg. Nate Dogg died of a stroke way too early at 41, and as a fan, I was moved by Snoop's account of their friendship and collaboration. Snoop also speaks of his upbringing and his time at Death Row Records. Death Row's founder, Suge Knight, gets mentioned doing something nobody else had ever done in the L.A. area, and no, it's not an act of violence.
"Reincarnated" shines when it focuses on comparisons between the birthplaces of the two sides of Calvin Broadus. The kids who play instruments for Snoop Lion are from a school for troubled boys run by Sister Shirley Chung. As rewards for good behavior, the boys are taught to play musical instruments. "Had something like this been in Long Beach," Snoop tells Sister Shirley, "I would have been here instead of the street."
Another scene compares the block Peter Tosh and Bob Marley lived on with Snoop's old 'hood. Both blocks' residents are intensely proud of their location, and Snoop tells the Jamaican residents he understands the concept of neighborhood pride. When someone from another block confronts Snoop regarding a perceived disrespect, Snoop quickly and easily deflates the situation. Things might not have been so quick and easy in Long Beach.
Unfortunately, these moments of reflection and comparison are few. "Reincarnated" seems more interested in showing us countless scenes of people smoking herb than in giving us details about the making of the album it purports to be documenting. Granted, Snoop is immersing himself in a culture where this is a customary process, but it gets old and tired very quickly. A ceremony scene involving the Rastafarian equivalent of baptism fascinated me, but "Reincarnated" neither explains it nor shows it in full. In the ritual, Snoop is officially christened and renamed "the light."
I saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival, and after the 20,000th shot of somebody leisurely toking, I thought to myself, "I could have seen this for free at my 'boy's house in Jersey City. And in Odorama." Watching "Reincarnated" again for this review, I still found sitting through it to be a chore. It clearly caters to the smokers in the audience. Other folks will most likely be as disappointed as I was. If you're in the former category, please don't let me dissuade you from buying a ticket. Like the man says: Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
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The summary below is from the full report titled "Cardioselective β-Blockers in Patients with Reactive Airway Disease: A Meta-Analysis." It is in the 5 November 2002 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 137, pages 715-725). The authors are SR Salpeter, TM Ormiston, and EE Salpeter.
Doctors use β-blocker drugs to treat many conditions, including high blood pressure, chest pain (angina), heart attacks, and migraine headaches. There are several types of β-blockers. Cardioselective β-blockers (β-1–blockers) act mainly on the heart. They slow heart rate, decrease blood pressure, and reduce the heart's workload. Other β-blockers act on the heart but also may narrow blood vessels throughout the body and the airways to the lungs (bronchi).
Doctors often avoid β-blockers in patients with lung diseases such as asthma. They worry that the drugs will narrow airways and cause severe asthma attacks or sudden shortness of breath. Unfortunately, many patients have both lung disease and a condition that can be treated with β-blockers. In theory, the β-1–blockers that act mainly on the heart may be "safe" for these patients. But what does research evidence show?
The researchers wanted to see whether β-1–blockers worsen lung function and symptoms in patients with airway disease.
381 adults with reactive airway disease (asthma) who had participated in 1 of 29 different studies.
Rather than doing a new study, the researchers summarized information from previous randomized trials. They looked at trials that compared β-1–blockers with dummy (placebo) drugs in patients with mild to moderate reactive airway disease. They checked the following outcomes from these trials: symptoms of lung disease, use of inhaled asthma drugs, and the maximum amount of air that patients could exhale in 1 second (a measure called FEV1) before and after taking a β-1–blocker.
19 trials assessed outcomes after one dose of a β-1–blocker. Compared with placebo, the β-1–blockers decreased FEV1 only a small amount and did not increase symptoms. In 10 trials, β-1–blockers were given for 3 days to 4 weeks. Compared with placebo, the β-1–blockers did not increase symptoms or inhaler use and did not worsen FEV1.
In the reviewed trials, patients took β-1–blockers only for short periods (1 day to 4 weeks). None of the trials included patients with severe airway disease.
Beta-1–blockers do not significantly worsen lung function or symptoms in patients with mild to moderate reactive airway disease. They should not be withheld from patients with reactive airway disease who would otherwise benefit from them.
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[August 10, 2003] The sayings of Jesus on self-image. Are you trying to boost your self image by doing the activities that our culture values? Find out how your real self-worth is measured by God. A message by Jon Morrissette.
Self Worth
This week I thought of Matthew 6:26 (NIV) where Jesus is talking about worry and says, "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them." But then Jesus asks a question, "Are you not much more valuable than they?"
A father was giving his daughter a last minute course in defensive driving as she was heading out the door with her friends. "Honey," he explained to her, "Remember, if you're driving down the road and you see an animal, do not swerve to avoid the animal. Your life is much more valuable than that of a cat, or dog, or bird, or whatever may cross your path." Later that night the father was waiting up for his daughter when the phone rang. A police officer explained that his daughter was okay, but that she had been badly shaken after being involved in a one-car accident. The father rushed down to the hospital and asked for an explanation. The daughter cried, "Daddy, I'm sorry I wrecked your car. But I saw a squirrel off the side of the road and I did exactly what you told me to do!" Confused, the father asked, "Honey, I love you and I'm glad you're okay. But if you did exactly what I said how it is that the car landed fifty yards out in the field next to the highway?" After a short pause the daughter said, "Daddy, you told me that if I saw an animal that I shouldn't swerve to miss. Well I didn't miss. I saw that squirrel on the side of the road and I flattened him out like a pancake!"
Jesus invites us to consider our worth to our heavenly Father.
In Matthew 6:26 Jesus isn't just talking about worry. He is inviting us to consider our worth to our heavenly Father. Are we not much more valuable than the birds, than the sum total of our worries? I thought about this verse some time ago while waiting in my car for Lara. Somebody had just thrown an unfinished McDonald's Happy Meal out the window and the sack was sitting on the ground near my parking spot. As I sat there these huge ugly black birds began swooping down out of the sky. The first bird tore a hole in the paper sack and flew away. Then another bird swooped down and poked its head in the hole and fluttered off. Then two other birds swept down. The first bird reached in the hole, pulled out a huge french fry, and then darted off. Then the other bird got a fry. And pretty soon, dozens of crows were taking turns eating french fries. Finally one of the crows snagged the last french fry. Feathers flew in the air as the last lucky crow fled for its dear life with all the other crows in hot pursuit. God loves those dirty disgusting birds enough to give them a Happy Meal! Jesus says, "How much more valuable are you than they?"
The drive to establish self-worth.
So we are more valuable than the birds. Big deal? Only a militant, tree-hugging, bird-loving environmentalist would think differently, right? I am convinced that one thing we don't do often enough is to weigh our worth in God's eyes. We wreck our lives because we forget that we are more valuable to our Father than everything else in all creation, not just the birds.
On one level this may not seem like a big deal. But have you ever considered what happens when we lose our self-worth? Jesus saw our lack of self-worth as a driving force behind sin and evil. Even psychologists today, secular and Christian, trace bad behavior to low self-esteem or low self-worth. "Tommy isn't a bad boy, he just has low self-esteem." When our self-worth isn't rooted in God we will go to great lengths to establish worth somewhere else. We set up artificial measures by which to gauge our self-worth. We compare. We compete. We devalue those around us in order to build ourselves up. We become jealous and envious. We open the door to evil.
Applause of men and self-worth
When we shut the door on God, one of the first places we try to establish self-worth is in the eyes of the world. If the world loves us perhaps we can love ourselves too. Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 through Matthew 7 is a case study detailing the lengths that men and women will go to in order to establish self-worth in the eyes of men. Instead of being salt and light to our world, we forfeit our distinctiveness and values. Our greatest fear becomes that someone might reject us, insult us, persecute us, label us, think less of us, or somehow exclude us from his group. So we stop resisting the ebb and flow of culture. We stop living the counter-culture life of Christ. We stop hungering and thirsting for righteousness. We stop taking those stands for Christ. We suppress our convictions. We hide our faith. We live to please men, to be accepted, and to be safe and secure. When our self-worth is measured outside of God, the praise of men becomes more necessary and urgent than the applause of heaven.
And when our self-worth is based on the applause of men, we willingly enter into one compromise after another. There is a disconnect from the qualities that God values. Do you remember the beatitudes? Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are those who mourn, blessed are the meek, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, blessed are the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and blessed are those who are persecuted. These qualities are meaningless to people obsessed with trying to establish their self-worth outside of a relationship with God. If anything, these values cause us to be demoted and to have a lesser standing in our families and workplace and society! And that is the point. The blessed life arises out of a relationship with God as we find greater worth in God's eyes than worth in things men value.
Religion and self-worth
By way of example, consider the religious things we do in order to establish worth in the eyes of the world. Religiously we might live the lifestyle of the Pharisees and teachers of the law that Jesus describes throughout the Sermon on the Mount. They strived to live moral lives not in order to please God, but to distinguish themselves in society or to be valued. Their motivation was to look good. They judged others' negatives in order to accentuate their own positives. They became legalistic about those behaviors and actions they'd mastered and they became hypocrites in those areas of their greatest failures. They promoted themselves and demoted everyone around them.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus speaks of their tendency to use prayer, fasting, and giving to the needy as ways to elevate themselves. Instead of using prayer to draw close to God, they used it to manipulate people's perceptions. They were more interested in looking spiritual than in actually being spiritual. It's a sad state of affairs when our quest for self-worth is intermingled with religious activity. It's sad when we feel a need to go through the motions of loving God in order to establish worth among people. It's sad when we get so desperate that our every deed is weighed by the stature it might give us in the eyes of others.
Anger and self-worth
In Matthew 5 Jesus addresses the problem of anger. We can't help but notice that much of our anger comes when we try to establish our worth with others. Anger arises out of unfulfilled expectations. Someone isn't paying attention to us, so we get angry. Our efforts aren't being acknowledged, or someone is stealing the limelight, or our status is being diminished, so we get angry. We assert ourselves by insulting the offending party.
The big news this week was that of a father who drugged his son's opponents in a tennis competition. If I heard the story correctly, one boy died in car wreck and the other was hospitalized for days. That father so badly wanted his son to be valued that he wrecked everything for him. His anger escalated into murder.
Marriage and self-worth
Our lack of self-worth takes a toll on the marriage relationship as well. Lust. Fantasy. Adultery. Divorce. All these activities reflect a misguided evil desire to establish worth for ourselves outside of the marriage relationship. These activities say, "Look at me. Look at this attractive person who values me. I'm still a hunk."
Speech and self-worth
And let's not forget what Jesus said about speech in the Sermon on the Mount. So many of our lies arise out of our lack of self-worth. We lie in order to make ourselves look good in the eyes of men. Our "yes" stops being "yes" and our "no" stops being "no". We swear and put God's holy name behind our words. We exaggerate our accomplishments. We pad our resumes. We cover our faults and blemishes. We make false promises to our families. We misrepresent the truth in order to protect ourselves or to advance our image.
Possessions and self-worth
Many of our purchases are driven by a lack of self-worth. So much of what we purchase is not driven by practical necessity, but rather by a fanatical whim to establish our identities and worth to others. We purchase flashy jewelry that sparkles and intrigues. We wear that expensive perfume or cologne. We buy the expensive tools and toys. We try to one-up the Jones family next door. Materialistically, we begin storing up treasure for ourselves on earth. We buy that home in that prestigious subdivision not because that neighborhood is safer for our family, but to make a statement that we're on the up-and-up of society. We buy that foreign brand car or that oversized SUV not because it has practical value, but to signal to those around us that we are someone important who should be noticed. We purchase name-brand clothing not because Tommy Hillfiger holds up better than Big R's Wrangler jeans, but because it impresses our friends and peers.
Judging others and self-worth
In Matthew 7 Jesus speaks about judging others. He knows us so well, doesn't he? He knows that so much of what we do is good old image management. With good intentions, we put on masks and create false impressions. Our clothing, our jewelry, our outward adornments, our behavior; all these things are instruments we use to cover our insecurities and advance our standing. And this is true of worry.
The point of Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV) is that so much of what we worry about relates to our self-image or sense of worth in men's eyes. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Great freedom can be found when we stop running after the same things the world runs after and when we begin to grasp our value and infinite worth to the Father. God doesn't measure our worth by how much work we do for him, by what clothes we wear, by how spiritually we act, by how much money we make, by whether we are on the starting lineup or sit on the bench, by the grades we get on our report cards, by how witty and cool we are, by our appearance, by our social or economic status, by our degrees, by which side of the tracks we live on, by which people we associate with, by how much we sin or don't sin, or by any of the superficial standards our world uses to gauge our worth.
In God's eyes you are more than your job title, you are more than your academic merits, you are more than your works, and you are more than your performance on or off the court. You have value inherently as God's creation. Now if that doesn't free you from running, I don't know what will!
You are worth the price that God paid for you.
This past week I saw a book by Alister McGrath and his wife on self-esteem. As I thumbed through the book I read a few pages where he explains how God has established an objective measure for us by which to gauge our worth. In scripture we discover that we are worth whatever price God was willing to pay for us. When God redeemed us from sin, he liquidated his greatest asset in heaven so he could buy us back. He sent his Son Jesus Christ to seek and to save us, but also to die for us. To pour himself out. To die on a wooden cross, taking God's curse upon himself in our place.
We get kind of goofy sometimes, wondering if we really have worth in God's sight. We get emotional. The world beats us down. Family discourages us. We get tired of just punching a clock or going through our routine. The cross stands as an objective reminder to us of our worth in God's eyes. The cross was God proving to us how much he values and esteems us. The cross reminds us that esteem, value, and worth are not found within, or in this world, or even in the reflections others have on our lives. Instead our worth is found above, in relationship to a heavenly Father who treasures us more than anything else.
When our self-worth is rooted in our relationship with God, we are free to live. It will matter less what people think or say about us because ultimately, it doesn't matter. What matters is God's assessment of our value.
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"Those who construct their own shelter replicate themselves at their deepest and most significant level, in their houses. They are what they build."
—Jack McLaughlin in Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder (Henry Holt, 1990).
When you think of green builders, Thomas Jefferson probably isn't the first name that comes to mind. But the Declaration of Independence author, governor of Virginia, and third president of the United States was also an architect who created an innovative home that maximized sun and wind power: Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia.
"Monticello is one of the most sophisticated passive solar houses in the world," says William McDonough, an architect known for creating buildings that are people- and environmentally-friendly. A principal of the Charlottesville-based firm William McDonough + Partners, McDonough is passionate about this subject. "Jefferson was very precise in his understanding of the way the sun moves around a building and how it would integrate with a house," he says.
According to McDonough, Monticello, built in the Roman neoclassical style and featuring 43 rooms and 11,000 square feet of living space, is small when compared with the great mansions of the time. He considers the home's mountaintop location—which allowed Jefferson to look to the west, in the direction of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition—to be his one act of hubris.
Living with the elements
Much of the subtlety and elegance of Monticello's design comes from Jefferson's study of Renaissance humanist Andrea Palladio. Palladio rediscovered the classical architecture of first century b.c. Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who described where to locate rooms relative to the sun's movement. However, McDonough believes a basic understanding of how to live in relation to the sun and the wind was common to almost everyone in Jefferson's time. "Jefferson was a farmer, and farmers are intensely connected to the land," he says. "Jefferson happened to have a grand, eloquent perspective on the world, yet anybody who lived on a plantation or farm at that time would have done similar things."
McDonough points out that Monticello's main rooms—the east entrance portico, Jefferson's bedroom suite, and the dining room and tea room—are positioned to take advantage of passive solar gain based on what times of day and in which seasons the rooms were in use. "The east entrance portico could use a little warm-up as you greet the day and doesn't necessarily need to be heated in the winter for evening," he explains. The western-facing living room, shaded in summer by its portico, allows late-afternoon winter sun to warm it for evening use.
William Beiswanger, the Robert H. Smith director of restoration at Monticello, says the home is built so that cold air is brought in through the cellars and hot air is vented through the skylights. During Jefferson's time, the skylights in the third-floor bedrooms could be opened via a pulley system, and it's assumed the skylights over the stairwells worked the same way.
Jefferson's personal suite—bedroom, library, and study—on the home's southeast side includes passive solar design elements such as a glass-walled orangerie (greenhouse) and a "breathing" skylight in which the panes of glass are separated from each other by one-sixteenth of an inch, allowing air to leak out. This slowly moves warm air from the greenhouse through the bedroom suite and vents it through the skylight.
"I'm now doing that at the Ford Rouge plant—designing the building as a duct—moving the air through the building by controlling how it leaks out," McDonough says. "It's very elegant."
Other green features include bricks crafted from mud on the building site, woodwork made from trees felled nearby, double- and triple-sash windows for greater flexibility in controlling air flow and heat, double-glazed (storm) windows in the west-facing dining room, and sliding glass double doors that keep heat in the north-facing dining room without losing light.
Permaculture before its time
It appears that Jefferson used very little water to sustain Monticello's extensive gardens; there is no written account of his watering plants even though he was a meticulous record keeper, says Peter Hatch, Monticello's director of gardens and grounds. The mountaintop landscape offers a variety of natural microclimates, which Jefferson organized brilliantly. He placed an ornamental forest on the steep north side of the mountain, where nothing could be cultivated, and located his kitchen garden on the southeast mountainside. This 1,000-foot-long vegetable garden functioned as a source of food for the family and as a laboratory where Jefferson experimented with 330 varieties of more than seventy vegetables. It was hewed into the mountainside and supported with stone walls that also provided radiating heat for warm-weather fruits such as figs.
"The microclimate of this garden orchard had a Mediterranean effect that enabled Jefferson to grow tender plants such as French artichokes, figs, pomegranates, grapes, and peaches very successfully," Hatch says. "It enabled him to extend the growing season, and he would plant greens in November and December to eat during winter months."
Jefferson also loved native species at a time when Europeans were belittling American flora and fauna, and he had a holistic view of gardening. He believed that plants grown in rich soil would "bid defiance" to insects, diseases, drought, and all the pests that plague gardeners today. "Sometimes we think of gardening as a war, so it's nice to look back upon Jefferson's more balanced belief in the inevitable tension that exists between nature and the garden," Hatch says.
These days Monticello's gardens, including the organic kitchen garden, function as a seed bank. Hatch and his staff now grow many of the plants that Jefferson cultivated in the hope of preserving and disseminating varieties such as Blue Prussian peas, Newtown Pippin apples, Painted Lady pinks, and Keizerskroon tulips. Many of these heirloom varieties are available to the public through the Monticello garden shop or through its seed catalog and online store.
Jefferson's legacy
In Monticello, McDonough points out, Jefferson taught us invaluable lessons about connecting with the sun and celebrating local culture and materials. "This Renaissance man didn't only consider, 'Does it work, can I afford it, do I like it?'" he says. "His mansion was a celebration of the abundance of his own creative imagination, and I think that's really what a house can be."
Today, we are Jefferson's seventh generation, and McDonough believes it's time to revisit what he stood for. "If Jefferson were here today, he'd call for a Declaration of Interdependence, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," McDonough muses. "And, instead of a bill of rights to pollute, he'd call for a bill of responsibility."
Historic home
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization, owns and operates Monticello, the mountaintop home of Thomas Jefferson and the only home in America included on the United Nations' elite World Heritage List.
The foundation's twofold mission is preservation and education, and its facilities now include the house and gardens on nearly 2,000 of Jefferson's original 5,000 acres; the International Center for Jefferson Studies, a headquarters for Jeffersonian research and teaching and home to the new Jefferson Library; a museum shop; and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, which propagates heirloom varieties and makes them available to institutions and individuals.
The Monticello Visitor's Center houses a permanent exhibition, a theater, a second museum shop, and the Foundation's Department of Education. More than 500,000 people visit Monticello each year.
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May 27, 2010
Dear Friend of Idaho State University,
For more than 60 years, the federal Fulbright program has provided opportunities for students and professors to travel to another country, become involved in another community and culture, and bring new knowledge and awareness home.
At Idaho State University, we have benefited from both the students and faculty from our institution who have been accepted into the program and from those from other countries who we have welcomed into our community.
Master's student Bethany Hundley is going to a small village in Nepal to study deaf literacy at a school for the deaf. Bethany, who is 80 percent deaf herself, will live, work and learn in a remote village in a country where there can be a negative cultural view of deafness in some areas. She will not only study and learn Nepalese sign language, but, hopefully, will change the lives of children in that country.
This fall, we will be welcoming Sebnem Kurt, from Kirklareli, Turkey. Sebnam is a university instructor at Akdeniz University, and will be teaching Turkish language classes at ISU. While here, she hopes to study world languages and cultures, teaching and learning, and comparative literature.
English professor and folklore program director Jennifer Attebery will travel to Uppsala, Sweden in spring 2011 as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at Uppsala University. She will give lectures on American Studies and pursue her research on Swedish immigration folk culture.
Attebery's designation as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair is an honor not many receive. Fulbright Distinguished Chair positions are a highly selective part of the Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Program, an international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government with additional support from host nations. The Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program awards are among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program and are awarded to candidates who are "eminent scholars and have a significant publication and teaching record."
Idaho State University is honored to have 15 Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholars among its faculty. The benefits of having so many faculty and students who have been able to take part in the program are incredible. They gain new knowledge that helps them in their research and teaching in our institution, and, perhaps, equally important, they share the knowledge they have, and bring a part of ISU to the world.
Go Bengals!
Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D.
President, Idaho State University


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Annual Youth Day
By Herman Norwood | July 1, 2012
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Youth will celebrate their annual day on July 22, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. The theme for the Youth Annual Day is "SWAG (Soldier Walking Along with God) Waging War; Taking Demons Out One by One". Theme scripture is Ephesians 6:10-18. The key verse is verse 12 (For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against wickedness in high places). The guest church will be the St. James Missionary Baptist Church of Emporia, KS, Rev. Dr. Michael Moore, Pastor.Back


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Pedestrian struck by car, killed in northeast Dallas
Update posted at 10:08 a.m. Sunday: A driver fatally struck a 55-year-old man who was crossing the street Saturday night.
Police say the man stepped off the center median and began crossing the street around 8:40 p.m. He did not yield the right of way, according to the police report, and was hit by a passing car in the 6000 block of E. Northwest Highway, near Greenville Avenue.
The man, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No criminal charges are expected.
Original item at 9:48 p.m. Saturday: A pedestrian was killed Saturday night in a fatal accident involving a vehicle in the 6000 block of East Northwest Highway in northeast Dallas, police said.
Police said the driver did stop to render aid after the accident.
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The Irish male and female students living there did experience some difficulty when some iPods and cash were stolen.
"We called the police. They didn't do much," Conway said.
Conway, a science student at the University of Limerick, explained that at the start of the summer, 12 of her girlfriends found accommodation, but after one month they discovered that their landlord did not actually own the house.
"The restaurant next door got a call from the bank to see if anyone was living there," she said.
Unfazed, Conway explained the girls found somewhere else to live.
During her stint in the Jersey Shore, Conway went through three jobs before she found something secure at a local pizzeria.
"It was owned by an Italian family," she said.
Working as a waitress and hostess, the student said her Irish accent was a great asset.
"When they heard the Irish accent they upped the tips," Conway said. "The customers would be telling us they are Irish, but they wouldn't know where they were from."
The money, she says, was enough to cover her costs.
"One day I did a 15 hour shift and made $250," she said. "I usually made about $70 a day and was paid $3 an hour."
Highlights of her summer included a trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as well as enjoying the final days of her summer in New York City.
"We did a lot of shopping," Conway said, adding she would love to live in the Big Apple. But for now, it's back to college to finish her studies.
At the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers, in recent days, J-1 students have been coming in to print off their tickets for their return flight home.
Órla Kelleher, executive director of the center, reported that there were no major incidents among J-1 summer students this summer in New York.
"We surveyed almost 700 this year," said Kelleher, who says students were affected by the common problems with work and accommodation.
"The best advice is to be prepared in advance of coming out next year," she said.
Of those students that were surveyed by the center, some were not reachable by midsummer.
"When we did call the students about a month in, a lot of phones were disconnected or out of service," she said.
"They realize that if they have not found work in the first few weeks it doesn't make sense to stay on."
As the J-1 adventure for this year's students draws to a close, Kelleher reflected on the importance of their contribution to the Irish community in Woodlawn.
"It is nice to see a young, vibrant community coming in every May," she said. "It's uplifting."


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Natural Bridges students are rolling into the second quarter of our Draw to Learn program with focused, outstanding work. In the photo, shown above, Briana works on a color pastel drawing after the artist Piablo Picasso.
In the above photos, students from last year continue with their interests in subject matter and media while new students learn about lines, shapes, patterns, form, proportions, positive/negative space, and tonal values.
Shown above, Natural Bridges sketcher Gianna continues her studies of plaster casts of faces and hands.
Students learn how to use charcoal to depict 3D form while looking at real life objects. Above left are Briana's pencil studies of a pumpkin and larger finished charcoal drawing showing contours and shadows. To the right are realistic drawings of a pumpkin by Jade.
As students move from beginning level skills to exploring color and experimenting with various media, we're beginning to see amazing results. Above left is Grace's work-in-progress drawing of a peacock using soft pastels. Above right is Briana's soft pastel drawing after a painting by Picasso.
NB Sketchers explore subject matter and drawing techniques. Above left is a character design sketch by Emilio. And to the right is a tightly rendered drawing by Jade showing accurate proportions and detailed line work.
We tried a fun assignment in abstract drawing and using lines as a language to express human traits and emotions such as anger, human energy, depression, and joy. The photo, above left, shows how Erik used the artist Kandinsky to launch into an abstract drawing. Above right is Frank's abstract composition and his line studies of human traits.
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Sometimes being a writer means not writing
I didn't write a word in March. Other responsibilities took priority — mostly looking after my daughter while my husband finished a huge contract. At first I was cranky about the not-writing part. I'm so close to finishing my novel, The Glass Doll. I've reached the point where I just want it done and out the door so I can move on to the next thing.
Now I see that the timing was right for a break. I've been promising myself some downtime as soon as I finish my novel. Except, it keeps not being finished, and I keep pushing myself a little harder, and a little harder. When the demands of my husband's contract grew, I knew this was the opportunity I needed to rest my brain and get some perspective.
Something I never allow myself time for is thinking. About what I want to write next, about what kind of writer I want to be and why I write stories in the first place. I've done a lot of that kind of thinking this month and it's taken me to some surprising places (more on that in another post).
Another thing I did this month was I read through the third draft of The Glass Doll. It's not done yet, but it has grown into something that actually resembles the shiny little pearl that first formed in my brain a year and a half ago. It's become something I can imagine putting out into the world. I can't wait to get started on the next round of revisions. After some time away, I feel genuine excitement about diving back into the story, rather than just a dogged determination to get 'er done. I'm pretty sure that's a good thing.
And while I didn't make anything with words, I did make some stuff with clay. Also, I went for a lot of walks. I smelled flowers and balanced on rocks and pushed little girls on swings. I did my best to focus on nothing more than flower, rock, girl, swing. As a result, I feel quieter and calmer than I did a month ago. I hope I can hold on to that feeling as I shift back into my writing life.


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BENTON - Beginning one year from Jan. 1, communities and counties that fail to plan for disasters can expect to get no help from the federal government, according to Joe Burton, Scott County E-911 administrator.
Burton said the federal government has changed the criteria for awarding disaster relief funds. To remain eligible for federal disaster funds, every community and county must have a written hazard mitigation plan in place by Jan. 1, 2004, Burton said. "It's a nationwide thing, not just the state of Missouri."
All incorporated municipalities will be considered a "community" and will be required to have a plan in place, according to Burton.
Counties and cities who do not come up with a plan by the deadline "will get no funding from the federal government should a disaster happen," Burton noted.
Other states have already opted not to draft plans and participate, according to Burton. "They said they didn't have the funds to write their plans and put them into place."
Scott County is among the five Missouri counties selected from this region to receive financial assistance for their plans.
The Bootheel Regional Planning Commission will write plans for Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and Cape Girardeau counties. "It's going to be a major task for the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission," said Burton. "The best part for us is we won't have to put any money into it."
The cost of drafting the plans will be covered by the State Emergency Management Agency.
Counties bordered by the Mississippi River were selected for assistance based on their past flooding disaster declarations, Burton said, although past federal buyouts of flooded property make it likely Cape and Scott counties will not have future flooding claims from the river.
Burton said they will need to form a committee made up of representatives of the county's communities to advise the BRPC on their needs.
Once completed, each county or community's plan must first be approved by SEMA and then by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "Then we'd be set for getting funding," said Burton.
Plans will typically include things like putting up warning sirens for tornadoes, establishing building codes which consider the area's potential disasters, flood control measures, and even commerce mitigation in which businesses plan for ways to stay open in the event of a disaster, Burton said.
Counties and communities will not be forced to actually implement their plans because most won't be able to afford it, Burton said.
When federal mitigation funds are allocated, however, they will go toward implementing items appearing in approved plans while measures not appearing in the plans will not be funded.
In other Scott County news:
* The west end of County Highway 504, closed recently by county commissioners due to a rusted out culvert at Blue Ditch, should be open in time for the holiday weekend, according to Commissioner Jamie Burger.
County road and bridge crews are slated to replace the pipe today, he said during Tuesday's county commission meeting.
Burger also reported the bridge on County Highway 427 south of Morley should be open soon with crews just waiting on guard rails.
* The courthouse will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.


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May 16th is Endangered Species Day - a time to emphasize the importance of protecting species on the brink and the everyday actions that people can do to help protect them. Every tip from Project AWARE's modernized 10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet can help the world's most threatened marine species every time you dive and travel. For this month, Tip #3: Take Only Photos – Leave Only Bubbles is a no-brainer.
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Kovas, Y., Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., Oliver, B., Dale, P.S., Bishop, D.V.M. and Plomin, R. (2005) Genetic influences on different aspects of language development: The etiology of language skills in 4.5-year-old twins. Child Development, 76 (3). pp. 632-651. ISSN 00093920Full text not available from this repository.
The genetic and environmental etiologies of diverse aspects of language ability and disability, including articulation, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and verbal memory, were investigated in a U.K. sample of 787 pairs of 4.5-year-old same-sex and opposite-sex twins. Moderate genetic influence was found for all aspects of language in the normal range. A similar pattern was found at the low end of the distribution with the exception of two receptive measures. Environmental influence was mainly due to nonshared factors, unique to the individual, with little influence from shared environment for most measures. Genetic and environmental influences on language ability and disability are quantitatively and qualitatively similar for males and females.
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The quest for achieving gender equality through policy intervention has led to the design and implementation of various policy approaches worldwide. Building on the merits and limitations of the previous approaches, Women in Development (WID), Gender and Development (GAD), and Gender Mainstreaming, the more recent policy approach - Women, Culture and Development - advocates a comprehensive and context-driven approach for achieving gender equality. The panel examines conceptual-structural limitations of and operational obstacles of gender policies in Afghanistan and Nepal and makes structural and policy recommendations.
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Definition of congé in English:
An unceremonious dismissal or rejection of someone: she gives him his congé, and at the same time avows her real love for him
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- The reader will now understand why I received my congé from Angelique with such perfect philosophy.
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Emergency Services, Provider Education and Telehealth in Rural Areas Targeted
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded 32 grants to VA facilities for projects that will improve emergency health care services for women Veterans, expand women's health education programs for VA staff, and offer telehealth programs to female Veterans in rural areas.
"Our goal is 100 percent accessibility for women Veterans who need our care," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "These new projects will improve access and quality of critical health care services for women."
This is the largest number of one-year grants VA has ever awarded for enhancing women's health services. The complete list of grant recipients is given below. VHA's national Women's Health Program Office, Office of Rural Health, and Office of Healthcare Transformation are jointly supporting the winning proposals.
Telehealth concepts that received grants involve tele-mental health, tele-gynecology, tele-pharmacy, and telephone maternity care coordination. The grant program is part of VA's continuing effort to improve access and quality of care for the increasing number of women Veterans seeking care at VA.
"We are committed to providing individualized, sensitive care to women Veterans," said VA Undersecretary for Health Robert A. Petzel. "These grant-funded projects enable VA to continue to enhance care for women Veterans and exceed patient expectations."
Education grants will expand mini-residency training for VA providers and nurses in primary care and emergency services to include topics such as gynecology and early obstetrics emergencies, military sexual trauma, and performing breast and pelvic examinations. Grants will also be used to upgrade emergency services for women Veterans in several VA health care facilities through the purchase of new gender-specific equipment and supplies and the development of protocols to aid in the management of common conditions in women.
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> Hi all.
> For the past week, I have been reading and watching news about the
> Portuguese governments plan to put a laptop in each school children's
> hands.
> It is a hot topic right now in Portugal. The government has been under fire
> about some of their policies so this project, that has been in the works
> since 2006, comes at a great time for government.
> It is going to be the biggest change in the teaching system since the
> printing press was popularized. If it's for better or worse time will tell.
> Are school books on their way to the History web sites?
> Each child when entering school in September will get one. It will cost 50
> for most children but will be free for children of low income families
> (about 15%). It will have Internet access in the schools.
> For the older students there is already help from the government where you
> get a "normal" laptop (various models and brands available) for 150 plus
> 3G (7 Mbps) Internet access for around 30 per month.
> Intel got the deal because the laptops are going to be produced in part in
> Portugal. OLPC can't compete with that even if OLPC's offer is technically
> better and a bit cheaper. Any way, it is due to OLPC that the Magalhaes
> (the laptop's name, Magellan in english) and many of those small cheap
> laptops exist. They opened the door, the others rushed in not to loose the
> oportunity. That in it self makes the OLPC project an accomplishment and a
> success.
> Magalhaes users will have a choice of Windows XP or Linux. Windows XP and
> Linux are the OSs currently used in the basic education system so there is
> already tech support present. Presently, MacOS X, *BSD, Vista and all
> others are almost non existent, making these OSs very problematic to get
> support for.
> A bunch of software (e.g. Firefox, OpenOffice, GIMP and lots of educational
> software), most of it FOSS, is also included and is the same for both OSs,
> making the application support a non issue in the OS of choice.
> At first I thought that Windows XP would dominate but I'm hearing that most
> schools will recommend Linux to their students to increase security and
> reduce maintenance and administrative work.
> Any way, both OSs are trivial to install and come already fully configured.
> Don't know if they always come with both OSs or Windows XP only comes if
> requested/paid. Half a million Windows XP licenses have a cost that is not
> irrelevant.
> It will be very interesting to see the results of this policy.
> I have searched for similar "one laptop per school children" deployments
> projects but found none. There are larger deployments of computers (e.g.
> Brasil) but those are not for a exclusive computer per child and that
> exclusivity makes a big difference.
> Do you have any examples of similar deployments? I would like to hear about
> it, especially if you have personal experience. How was the learning
> process and children's problem solving changed? How have the teachers
> adapted?
> Regards
From what I read, they have to run SUGAR on the laptop.
Not any linux distro. And SUGAR is slow on the laptop.
Windows seems much faster.


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A born and bred Cumbrian I returned here to bring up my family, after 13 years training and working as a woven textile designer in London, selling work world wide with my designs appearing to name a few in Italian Vogue, House and Garden and John Lewis. I now find myself painting and drawing more, observing light and colour and its partnership of vibrancy. This work I have exhibited and sold locally and nationally and you will see some are with collecters abroad.
My speciality as a designer was with experimental woven Jaquard fabrics. But this brings problems with very large looms and other equipment. I have managed to transfer my ideas into hand and machine emboidery on dyed and painted silks and organza and been able to produce tactile and atsmospheric pieces.
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A growing student population, crowded schools, and community involvement led to plans for a new high school on Chicago's southwest side. Ground was broken for the new high school on October 3, 1963. Until the new school was built, the high school students were housed in every nook and cranny of the Kinzie Elementary School. Thus, Kennedy High School was originally named John H. Kinzie High School. Tuesday, November 16, 1965 was a memorable day in the history of our school. On this day, the name of our school was officially changed from John H. Kinzie to John F. Kennedy High School. The ceremony was highlighted by a phone call from the vice-president of the United States, Hubert Humphrey and included comments by Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Superintendent of Schools, Benjamin C. Willis. The program was broadcast over closed-circuit television, thus allowing parents and friends to view the ceremony in the various classrooms.
In 1965, Kennedy High School and St. Paul Catholic High School initiated a successful dual enrollment plan, the only plan of its kind in the state. Students attended St. Paul part time taking English, social studies, and religion and came to Kennedy High School for all other subjects. Because of declining enrollment, St. Paul closed its doors in 1977 by order of the Chicago Archdiocese, thus ending the dual enrollment plan.
Kennedy's enrollment grew rapidly, approaching over 3,800 students in 1972, which made it necessary to use classrooms in Kinzie Elementary School and mobile units which were located where the parking lot now exists. The school day consisted of twelve periods with students coming in four different shifts.
In the fall of 1973, the overcrowded conditions at Kennedy High School were alleviated when another high school opened its doors. Kennedy High School now operates with an approximate enrollment of 1,600 within the framework of an nine period day.
May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of our country, the first Catholic and the youngest man ever so elected. He was graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940. As a navy Lieutenant, he commanded a PT boat squadron during World War II. For his heroism and leadership, he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. In 1946, he was elected to the US House of Representatives and reelected in 1948 and 1950. In 1952, John Kennedy was elected to the US Senate from Massachusetts. He was inaugurated on January 20, 1961. During his two years and ten months in office, he emphasized America's youth through physical fitness and educational programs. Among his accomplishments: the space program, the Peace Corps, the Cuban missile crisis, Civil Rights, the Trade Expansion Act, and the Alliance for Progress.
On November 22, 1963, John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery where an eternal flame burns in his honor. John F. Kennedy High School is part of the Garfield Ridge-Clearing Community. Originally named 'John H. Kinzie', the school was renamed 'John F. Kennedy' in 1964, and officially dedicated on November 16, 1965.
In May, 1974, a bronze plaque, donated by 25 seniors, was placed in the main corridor. The plaque bears the inscription from John Kennedy's inaugural address, 'The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.' We like to feel that our young men and women represent the determined generation he hoped for.


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Brazilian female rower Kissya Cataldo da Costa has also been expelled from the Olympics for failing a dope test for EPO prior to the start of the official Olympic period, a Brazilian rowing team official told Reuters.
The 18-year-old Palomeque is the fourth athlete to have been officially suspended, provisionally or permanently, from the Games since the start of the Olympic period on July 16.
Several other athletes have been confirmed as positive by their own federations.
Palomeque, scheduled to compete on Saturday, had provided a urine sample on 26 July in London that tested positive for testosterone of exogenous origin.
"Upon receipt of the results of the B sample analysis, a final decision will be pronounced by the Disciplinary Commission," the IOC said in a statement.
Should the second sample also come back positive, Palomeque faces a possible two-year suspension as a first-time offender.
Kissya, 30, tested positive for performance-boosting EPO in a pre-competition test carried out in Brazil on July 12 by the International Rowing Federation (FISA), the Brazilian Olympic Committee said.
Russian track cyclist Victoria Baranova, who has already been sent home, has been officially expelled following a July 24 positive test for testosterone in Belarus.
The 22-year-old Baranova, ranked two in the world in keirin, was a medal contender in London.
"I do not think this changes where we are at all," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters when asked whether the latest positive tests were showing a wider use of banned substances at the Games than expected.
"Cheats are being caught and ejected," he said. "At this stage it is a pretty low number."
On Friday, Moroccan middle-distance runner Amine Laalou was thrown out of the Games after his team confirmed he had failed a doping test in July.
Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina and Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku have also been expelled by the IOC while St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Tameka Williams admitted to taking a banned substance and was told by her Olympic team to return home.
There were 20 proven cases of doping at the Beijing Games four years ago, including six horses, down from 26 cases in Athens in 2004.
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William H. Bolon, Woodsfield, services, 11 a.m. Thursday, at St. Sylvester Catholic Church, Woodsfield; visitation, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., today, at Watters Funeral Home, Woodsfield.
Gary Lee Butler, Parkersburg, service to celebrate his life will be held Friday (Aug. 17) at Faith Gospel Church, Lost Pavement Road, Parkersburg, with visitation at 5 p.m. and service at 6 p.m.
Beverly A. Doyon, Marietta, memorial service to celebrate her life, noon, on Saturday (Aug. 25) at the Reno School Hall on Sandhill Road.
Art Fordham, Marietta, visiting hours, 5 to 7 p.m., today, at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, Front Street, Marietta and 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday (Aug. 16) with services immediately following at the funeral home.
Denise Hendershot, Belpre, funeral services, 11 a.m., Thursday (Aug. 16) at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home; family will greet friends after 6 p.m., today, at the funeral home.
James E. Palmer Sr., Marietta, funeral services, 11 a.m., today, at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home; burial will follow in Tunnel Cemetery.
Charles Robert "Lovey" Schilling, Lowell, Funeral liturgy with Mass, 10 a.m., Thursday (Aug. 16, 2012) at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church; burial will be in the church cemetery; the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., today, at the Lowell Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, where there will be a vigil service at 8 p.m. today.


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Gap? What Gap?
I've been asked a lot recently what "gap" I refer to when I'm banging on about my radical new business model. This is the most important one.
When I nosed around the Danish game industry two years ago, I was looking for causes to the symptoms that I saw. The symptoms were that good game ideas never got to make it into production, and a lot of those that did ran out of cash before reaching the market. I don't know which scenario is saddest, but focusing on the first and asking "why" four or five times, you get to some of the root causes, and two stuck out. The first was that investors (other than the incumbent publishers whom I want to avoid) have little or no competency in games, and thus it's pretty difficult to assess the risk, hence difficult to calculate the returns, and then the money goes to some other, more predictable, industry. The other was that developers tended to have a sort of romantic impression that the whole world would love their game as long as they loved it themselves. Those were the parties meeting up. A pretty impossible situation. So that's the first gap I want to close: The gap between developers and investors, and the bricks and mortar of that solution is called co-creation. We take all the good things from both sides and build the games proposition together, framing and reframing the game design and the market need. The inspiration comes from open innovation thinking.
There are other gaps, such as suboptimal use of our best talents – and the missing management skills. You'll get those stories, and more, in a later post.
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Hi Maz,
You say that "The inspiration comes from open innovation thinking". I would like to dig a bit deeper into that sentence. 'Innovation' is a word used by many – but nobody seems to be able to explain what innovation actually is. So what is innovation?
1. A buzzword to tell investors to get funding?
2. Idea to revenue – how you go from idea and invention to a revenue stream? Meaning that you could also innovate aspects of your company, which is not related to your product or service.
3. The process of transforming ideas into inventions that deliver value – which is not necessarily a revenue stream?
I guess that there are different types of innovation too – but what is your definition on "innovation"?
You are probably right about #1. If you do a search on, say, a job site on "innovation" you can probably find someone looking for innovative cleaners. But I am using it in a specific sense, namely ideas that are converted into products that actually change the world. Ideas that don't change the world are merely inventions. I did a blog entry on this very topic earlier here with some additional game context.


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Archos have again released the Android 1.6 Donut firmware update for their Archos 5 Internet Tablet. This marks the second attempt for the company, who briefly released an update back in December 2009 before promptly yanking it over a "major issue" with the web browser.
The update brings with it all of the non-cellular improvements we're used to seeing in Android 1.6: a new Quick Search feature and improved power management are likely the two biggest draws for Archos 5 owners. However there's also improvements in media file support, a new version of the ThinkFree Mobile documents viewer, and better UPnP support over WiFi. There's a full changelog here.
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Probably within the hour, the Irving City Council will meet in private session to discuss a draft contract that would make Chris Hillman its next city manager.
The council voted nearly unanimously last month to name Hillman, the city manager of Surprise, Ariz., its lone finalist.
Hillman would replace Tommy Gonzalez, who stepped down last fall, and interim City Manager Steve McCullough. A person who has seen the contract said Hillman would earn about $20,000 a month, plus standard employee benefits, and start in early August.
The council will vote on the contract Thursday. The only opposition to picking Hillman last month was Joe Putnam. The council member told me this week that "it's a very fair contract for the city and the employee." He plans to vote for it, so I expect that Hillman's hire will be unanimous.


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>We have a vintage Novell 3.2 server that I use Backup Exec Pro (on a separate
>PC) to backup to tape on a Colorage 8GB drive. Three weeks ago we moved
>all our servers to our "new" server room. Before the move, the two boxes
>communicated through a 3com 10/100 hub. Now, after the move, the two boxes
>communicate through a D-Link 16 port 10/100 switch.
>I have configured two backups. The first is a backup to a file on the backup
>PC's harddrive at 9 PM that can miss a file opened by anyone who is working
>late, or who leaves something open. That backup usually finishes by 11
> The second is a backup to tape that runs at 12:10 AM only after Novell
>chased everyone else off the server. If the backup to tape fails, then
>can run a job that backs up the PC's hard drive with the file backup. Until
>I adopted that strategy, I would have to get certain people (payroll personnel)
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> This was getting too frequent for our VP of Finance to tolerate.
>Everything functions correctly, except that BE Pro now causes the server
>to hang some time into the backup to tape! It isn't consistently one file
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>rather than a hub and now using CAT 5e certified cables!
>I have doubled the SPX values using SPXCONFG. That worked over the July
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>I switched the ISA network card (running at 10 MHZ) for a newer D-Link 10/100
>card. I will be in early to check it tomorrow morning.
>If anyone has any further suggestions, configuration tweaks for the Novell
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> It Never used to be a problem. This server is especially critical because
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The Green Lantern has come out of the closet
DC Comics announced Friday that the company will reboot the comic book series and make Alan Scott, aka the Green Lantern, young and gay.
He's probably extremely well-groomed, likes electronic music but isn't afraid to wear a non-ironic (he says) Johnny Cash T-shirt, and dabbles as a guest DJ at the club near his loft.
Well, that's just a guess.
In his prior life, Green Lantern was married with two superhero kids. Now, in the second issue of "Earth 2" out next week, he'll be an unmarried media mogul, according to TMZ. Reportedly, there are 7,200 members of the Green Lantern Corps in DC's comic book world. So the chances are pretty good that there's at least one unmarried media mogul who's gay.
And, of course, the interest groups had to get their two cents in. One Million Moms released a statement saying, "Why do adult gay men need comic superheroes as role models? They don't but do want to indoctrinate impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light."
Maybe they just want to teach them to dress better.
In response, GLAAD told TMZ, "The idea that a comic book character will make young people gay is as outlandish as saying it will give them a green power ring and the ability to fly. Even more outlandish is the idea that there are 'one million moms' who believe this hate group's anti-gay nonsense. From Christian churches to sports fields, to now even fictional comic book worlds, our culture overwhelmingly supports gay and lesbian Americans and that's what anti-gay groups like this are working against."
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