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Posted on 04/27/2009 8:54:51 AM PDT by lewisglad
Widespread hiring freezes and layoffs have brought these problems into sharp relief now. But our graduate system has been in crisis for decades, and the seeds of this crisis go as far back as the formation of modern universities.
In my own religion department, for example, we have 10 faculty members, working in eight subfields, with little overlap. And as departments fragment, research and publication become more and more about less and less. Each academic becomes the trustee not of a branch of the sciences, but of limited knowledge that all too often is irrelevant for genuinely important problems. A colleague recently boasted to me that his best student was doing his dissertation on how the medieval theologian Duns Scotus used citations.
The emphasis on narrow scholarship also encourages an educational system that has become a process of cloning. Faculty members cultivate those students whose futures they envision as identical to their own pasts, even though their tenures will stand in the way of these students having futures as full professors.
The dirty secret of higher education is that without underpaid graduate students to help in laboratories and with teaching, universities couldnt conduct research or even instruct their growing undergraduate populations. Thats one of the main reasons we still encourage people to enroll in doctoral programs. It is simply cheaper to provide graduate students with modest stipends and adjuncts with as little as $5,000 a course with no benefits than it is to hire full-time professors.
In other words, young people enroll in graduate programs, work hard for subsistence pay and assume huge debt burdens, all because of the illusory promise of faculty appointments. But their economical presence, coupled with the intransigence of tenure, ensures that there will always be too many candidates for too few openings.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Tenure needs to go.
Online education will replace the university system and its corrupt, overpriced, communist indoctrination!
It will take time, but the universities are pricing themselves out of existence, especially given the very low payback of an undergrad education.
I really can't understand why it hasn't already happened.
Tenure, along with the universities and their ideologies.
In the following document, note especially #'s 17, 18, and 19:
Communist Goals (1963)
Documention below
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
"Online education will replace the university system and its corrupt, overpriced, communist indoctrination!
It will take time, but the universities are pricing themselves out of existence, especially given the very low payback of an undergrad education."
Read my post #6.
Obama has recently stated that he wants to nationalize student loans. That pretty much hammered the last nail in the coffin for many conservative students wishing to attend a university.
For a liberal arts major, you learn less and less about more and more until you know nothing about everything. So go figure.
I fail to see how this is a secret, I also fail to see how there's anything "dirty" about it.
The problem only comes about when you have disciplines which have no application outside of university - things like Chicano Studies or Critical Theory. Those of us who study subjects that are actually useful, we can find jobs outside of academia. Getting a 4-year degree in a useless subject is for most people not a problem, their degree does show that they have intelligence and perserverence, they can move on to a good career, even if they're not directly applying the things that they learned. But when you go on to a doctorate in one of these fields, there's no way to use your degree other than being a professor, and that restricts your employment options.
I surely agree that the university system, as we know it today, has to change.
Part of the issue is defining what a university is supposed to be and do.
Certainly, acquiring knowledge in a field or fields of study can be accomplished quite easily without a university. Some would argue that universities hinder the acquisition of knowledge and replace it with dogma.
The one advantage colleges and universities have is the awarding of a degree. Certainly, the value of a degree has been diluted, but it remains as some measure of achievement - if only that you can keep focus on a single goal for two or four years at a time.
IMHO, we need to have several types of education. The university model seems to be pretty well suited for things like hard sciences, research, perhaps engineering. Areas where having a body of knowledge is important, but skills are less so.
On the other end, trade schools do a great job of imparting skills with enough knowledge to get by.
There needs to be something in between. What that is, I don't know, but the key will be having "something" - a degree, a certification, a standardized test score, that can be used by employers to identify that a student has indeed obtained both a set of skills and mastered a body of knowledge. This is the group that most employers pull from for the bulk of their workforces, and this is the area that a meaningless degree is the default ticket for entry because there isn't really any other measure for employers to use to evaluate a person.
I think that "something in between" you are referring to USED to be called a HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION....
The goal of getting a University Degree should not be to get tenured employment at the University....
Bitter truth. I left a doctoral program $75,000 in debt. Thankfully I jumped ship when I did, before I got to $100,000.
I'd hire the best lecturers in the world, record their lectures,
There are akready lots of courses online - free - to anyone who want to do the work. But of course they cannot get credit. MIT, Harvard, open course, etc.
The underlying problem or relevancy is tenure-—lots of depts carry deadwood - tenured profs who do nothing but pleasure themselves over the "post modern ramifications of Joyce Carol Oates" or the "lesbian repercussions of Jane Austen."
Don't get me wrong - enjoy both authors but do not feel that 100K of public moneys should be paid to cacademics who teach and write about them ad nauseum.
Depends—many community colleges and regular universities offer on-line options, but often they cost as much or more per credit hour than in-state tuition for brick & mortar classrooms.
"In my own religion department, for example, we have 10 faculty members, working in eight subfields, with little overlap. And as departments fragment, research and publication become more and more about less and less. Each academic becomes the trustee not of a branch of the sciences, but of limited knowledge that all too often is irrelevant for genuinely important problems. A colleague recently boasted to me that his best student was doing his dissertation on how the medieval theologian Duns Scotus used citations."
Sounds like left-brained overload, but there may actually be a point to studying the sources of Duns Scotus. Particularly if it involves a comparison with the sources of Aquinas and Anselm. Although, hopefully Eliade, William James, Rudolf Otto , and van der Leeuw, will figure in here somewhere. They might want to add Newman's Idea of a University to the departmental discussions at Columbia. Read as a group in a seminar for the whole department. Just try to get ten eggheads to agree on anything.
The internet is making wasting time listening to liberal professors somewhat irrelevant and outdated now. I'd be more worried about the Columbia graduate following Richard Hofstadter, Fanon, Gramsci, Alinsky, Adorno, and the Fabians in the White House. Along with the model UN Dag Hammarskjöld/Hans Kelsen neo-Kantian theories of international cooperation.
Robert Pirsig/Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Alert
No thanks.
My kids are using them now for preparation for the AP.
The underlying problem or relevancy is tenure-
Actually, I disagree there. IMO, the underlying problem is accreditation. As to dead wood, besides useless professors, the administrative hierarchy is even worse, especially in public universities.
Scream? Really? Do tell.
...most markets in the United States respond to the law of supply and demand....not the Academy!...it cranks out 40,000 PhDs a year despite the fact that there's no demand for them all...a collegue of my wife told his class of doctoral candidates "look, out of the 30 of you only 2 will get jobs teaching....if anybody wants to quit, now's the time".....nobody quit, because each one thought they would be one of the lucky two that gets hired.
Yes, I think the author should have specified that he was speaking about HUMANITIES depts, not hard science, engineering, etc.
Wow - I've experienced that...over and over.
The IT folks shudder at faculty who refuse to become come to terms with change. Or how about those who teach online courses and never "show up" —seen that too. The publisher creates a course and the prof simply monitors if that — no interaction whatsoever.
The institution has to be able to fire them. Period.
Our eldest had been attending a number of online college classes in order to earn his prereq. requirements for his major. He has also attended several on campus courses.
The online classes are ideal for a number of reasons. The students do not have to deal with activist hostile profs. face to face.
For example, a number of our friends children attend a CC. They have been insulted and berated by their profs. in front of the class simply because they are Christians.
What were you doing paying for a Doctoral program?
iTunesU??? Tell me more....I may have to get an IPOD now....
"For a liberal arts major, you learn less and less about more and more until you know nothing about everything. So go figure."
Thats it!! Has been a while.
The example I heard was professors who are addicted to the feel of chalk between their fingers. Even though a chalkboard, and chalk dust, literally cuts the lifespan of hard drives in the room in half.
The problem, pure and simple, is accreditation. For a "degree" to be worth anything, it has to be accepted in the work community; and that means accreditation; and that means that the ESTABLISHED system has to approve the new competitor.
I worked for ten years with YU trying to get a BA program accredited. I quit, and it was another five before they finally got a degree in government approved. I can't tell you how much BS was involved in class revisions, "behavioral objectives," writing this plan and that plan . . . ALL WITHOUT A DIME OF INCOME. At some point, profs like me give up. It's not worth the possible future payout.
So, no you wouldn't just "rent lab space" and make multimillionaires out of professors. The accreditation community will not permit it. And if you just put it out there, you won't have any takers because the knowledge without the sheepskin is useless to most would-be employees.
Precisely what I said on post 23.
And if you just put it out there, you won't have any takers because the knowledge without the sheepskin is useless to most would-be employees.
If the professors were indeed the top of their field, and the grading standards exacting, do you really mean to tell me that employers wouldn't hire? I agree with you about the structural restraint of trade, but it would seem the customer base could do something about it.
>>>I work for a major university IT department and I've seen faculty scream at administrators, blow off classes, block technology improvements, etc., and nothing can be done to them. We are involved in a lot of the online training programs and iTunes U, which has been a big success, but a lot of the older faculty want to go back to the 60s and 70s, so they try to block it at every chance.<<<
I'm in the belly of the beast at the secondary level, and the story is the same at this level. The school wanted me to create a web page back in November - something that should have taken me about six weeks, considering the small size of the school and my own background in basic web page design. Here we are, more than six months later, and at every step, someone in the school district heirarchy has blocked, stopped, confounded, or confused something in the development of that web page. I could go into details, but those details are petty beyond imagining.
A private business would have had this project done long ago.
Yes, get rid of tenure, certainly. Then get rid of government-operated schools. The situation I find myself resembles the old television program "The Prisoner." Since I often have contact with universities, your story doesn't surprise me, either. And there's more to come from our new president! *sigh*
Agreed. Been there done that. There is lots of BS associated with the educationist establishment-—schools of teacher ed which need to become relevant in order to survive and massive bureaucracies at the state and federal levels which would make Stalin's SU proud.
OTOH - the proliferation of majors/programs/courses is astounding. These often needed new programs etc are added to instead of replacing what irrelevant stuff already exists.
bump for a great topic
No non-accredited school will attract anyone, even if Milton Friedman returned from the dead to head the econ dept.
Yorktown U. had TOP people, people whose classes pack out in accredited universities, but who have zero activity.
DOE and the courts, again.
It will happen eventually. At that point, I wouldn't want to be a JC professor. The College Board has made effective inroads with the AP and the universities are taking it.
My guess is that it may happen abroad first. At that point, we'll be screwed, glued, and tatooed unless we follow suit. It's inevitable.
We get the point. But maybe The Times will invite the student to write a rebuttal on the purpose of studying religion and Christianity in college. The topic dovetails with some of the primary sources of Christian philosophy and theology in the Western tradition: Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus: Natural Theology in the High Middle Ages by Alexander W. Hall. With some creativity it could pick up on where Philipp W. Rosemann, Catherine Pickstock, Sebastian Day, Allan Wolter, and Richard Cross left off.
Public universities and the media could merge and we'd never know the difference.
Repair of American universities require great land mines and pieces of real thought and usefulness.
I quit college once over sitting in some young prof's class where she was teaching 'body theory.' I looked at her and just plain thought, "You know. She has done this school thing her whole life and really believes all this stuff. I can't believe this is considered higher order thinking."
Bingo. It's a problem. Most faculties are unbalanced, tilt left, and are out of touch with mainstream American culture and the students. There are exceptions, but generally, yes.
Teacher unions & tenure must END.
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text: The Girl Scouts of South Carolina Mountains to Midlands Council has approved a long-range property plan which includes the sale of nearby Camp Cofitachiqui.The property came into the Mountains to Midlands Council with a 2007 realignment of Girl Scout Councils that transferred Aiken Girl Scout troops from the Central Savannah River Council, which became the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council, to the South Carolina Council. In 2008, Mountains to Midlands formed a long-range program and a property planning committee and initiated a survey of approximately 17,000 Girl Scouts, volunteers, troop leaders and delegates in the Council's coverage area, which includes 22 counties. From that survey came a strategic plan which includes the sale of all campgrounds except Camp Mary Elizabeth in Spartanburg, Camp Wabak in Greenville and Camp Congaree in Lexington, and the construction of a new Mountains to Midlands Urban Leadership Center in Columbia. The plan was unveiled in April and is detailed at sheseesthefuture.org."What they were telling us in the survey is that the girls are interested in activities. Arts was the No. 1 category for all age groups, and in no particular order after that came outdoors adventure, healthy living, leadership, science and technology, engineering and math and business enterprise," said Susan Schneider, director of public relations and advocacy for the Mountains to Midlands Council."In listening to them, the conception came about for the Urban Leadership Center," Schneider continued. "It all comes back to the programs, and most of what the girls were requesting can be done at an indoor facility. What they're telling us is that part of the allure of camping is being thrown into a new environment away from home with their friends and spending the night. So the thinking is to have 'indoor cabins.' We're looking at the idea of an indoor climbing wall, an indoor pool with a slide and a lazy river that goes through it all."Not all members of the Mountains to Midlands Council agree with the indoor camping concept, however. "There's nothing wrong with having all that, but you also need to have the girls outside. If you don't take them outside, they'll never know they want to be outside," said Wanda Payne, leader of Girl Scout Troop 5075 in Aiken. "The emphasis for us in our troop is Camp C, which has been in Aiken more than 50 years. When we go to the Girl Scout camp, it's pretty much free; if we go to the state park to camp, the cost goes to the Council and to the girls."The 116-acre campsite straddling the border of Aiken and Edgefield counties was given to the Girl Scouts of Aiken in 1956 by Claudia Phelps, who founded Aiken's first Girl Scout troop in 1920. The property was officially designated a Lou Henry Hoover Memorial Sanctuary in 1968 in honor of President Herbert Hoover's first lady, who campaigned for nature conservation from the White House.Schneider said one of the factors that was looked at in evaluating properties was usage rates, and Camp Cofitachiqui scored low in this area. The low annual usage rate since the camp came into Mountains to Midlands' possession is due to a logging project on the campground initiated by the Central Savannah River Council, according to Payne."We couldn't use the camp while the logging was going on. They didn't clean up after they finished, and it looks terrible out there," Payne said."Our daughters did their Gold Award project out at Camp C; they redid the map and marked the trails," added volunteer Jean Fishel. "They wouldn't let them put up trail markers, so they had to mark the trees, and now those trees have been logged. So now you can't see the trails."Brenda Guerry of Aiken now volunteers with Troop 5335 but grew up camping at Camp C with Girl Scout Troop 41. Her troop had a cleanup work day at the campsite in September. "The timbering really took away a lot of the atmosphere. Some of the girls have replanted some trees out there, but it's going to take a lot of years to grow those trees back," Guerry said.Because the Central Savannah River Council was dissolved in the 2007 reorganization, no representative of its successor - the Historic Georgia Council - could comment knowledgeably on the logging project. Schneider estimated that 90 percent of the camp's 116 acres has been logged."One of the reasons we decided to sell Camp C is that it would be too expensive to do what needs to be done to make it a destination choice for the girls," Schneider said. "We want to put more money into programming, and the decision was made to have programming determine our properties, not the other way around."Fishel feels that because the Aiken troops were brought into the Council during the long-range planning, they were not given as much of a voice in the decision-making process as other groups, a charge Schneider denied in a phone interview. For Payne, the main concern is the loss of a site with ties to Aiken history that include a display of wildflower photography from Camp C housed at Gregg Lodge. For many former Scouts in the area, the sale means the loss of a site that figures prominently in their personal histories. "I went to day camp there every summer and overnight outings all year," Guerry said. "We practiced skills like different outdoor cooking techniques, collecting water from hand pumps, pitching tents over the tent platforms. When I got out of college, I worked for the Girl Scouts, and one of my ideas was a competition between the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts at Camp C around 1990; all the girls and boys interested competed in outdoor cooking, tying knots and orienting with a compass."The Mountains to Midlands Council has not yet engaged a broker or listed the camp property for sale, but the decision to sell is final, according to Schneider. Plans for the Urban Leadership Center have not yet been finalized, but Schneider said her personal hope is to see the center up and running in time for the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary in 2012."It would really be wonderful if we could celebrate that anniversary with the center opening; it would be the icing on the cake," she said.Guerry focused more on what Aiken and Edgefield girls will lack as the Girl Scout centennial approaches."Camp C is so close, and it's so different from anything else our girls do, and the pure wilderness is enchanting to them," she said. 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Sister Elsie Mier, O. Carm., formerly Sister M. Richard Mier, a Sister of Mount Carmel and teacher, died July 15, 2011 in Lafayette, Louisiana. She was 76 years old and in the 56th year of her religious profession.
Sister Elsie was born on Jan. 30, 1935 in Rayne, LA to Camile Mier and Edes Landry of Rayne, LA. She entered the Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Sept. 1, 1951 and received the habit of the Sisters of Mount Carmel Aug. 4, 1952. On Aug. 3, 1954, she made her first profession, and pronounced perpetual vows Aug. 1, 1957. She celebrated her fiftieth jubilee in 2004.
Sister Elsie attended St. Joseph School in Rayne, LA and graduated from Mount Carmel Academy in New Orelans, LA. She received her bachelor's degree from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA in Education with a minor in mathematics. Devoting over 34 years to education, beginning in 1954, she taught at Mount Carmel schools in Abbeville and New Iberia, LA and at St. Augustine, St. Dominic and St. James Major in New Orleans, LA, St. Joseph in Rayne, LA and St. Elizabeth in Paincourtville, LA.
After certifying in carpentry from Delgado College Sister worked at Tulane Medical School and was self employed as a carpenter for a period of time. From 1990-2001 she served at Cathedral-Carmel School in Lafayette, LA as teacher-aide, support services and support staff teacher. Since 2001 and until her death she served as Evangelization Visitor in Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Lafayette, LA.
Sister Elsie was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Camile Mier, Jr. and Robert Joseph Mier. She is the fourth of seven children and survived by her brother Richard Daniel Mier of New Richmond, WI and three sisters, Sister Robert Joseph Mier, a Sister of Mount Carmel, Audrey Ann Darcé of Jennings, LA and Roberta Marie Guidry of Crowley, LA. Visitation will be at Gossen Funeral Home, Rayne, LA on Monday, July 18 at 8:00 a.m. followed by Rosary at 9:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Joseph Church at 11:00 a.m. Interment is in St. Joseph Cemetery.
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Zelda: Skyward Sword and Mario 3D Land Each Surpass 500k Units Sold
3DS and Wii sales were up big last week, with the Wii selling 500,000 units on Black Friday.
The biggest Wii game launch of the year and the first big original game release on 3DS are each off to a strong start in the United States with both titles having already sold over 500,000 units.
According to Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime, who spoke with USA Today, Super Mario 3D Land has sold in excess of 500,000 units since it launched on November 13. That's a strong enough start to make it the fastest-selling portable Mario game ever. It's not as impressive a figure as it would be if it included console titles, where the majority of Mario's success has been experienced, but it's good news for Nintendo nonetheless.
That's particularly true for a game on a system that many consider to be struggling. That notion may not be accurate as we recently learned first-year sales of the 3DS are set to surpass those of the DS in its first year.
As for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, it, too, has set a record. Since being released last Sunday it's already reached 535,000 units sold in the U.S. That may not sound particularly good after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million units in the U.S. and U.K. in one day, but it's actually quite good -- Fils-Aime says Skyward Sword is now the fastest-selling Zelda game ever.
The release of the games, along with Black Friday, helped to drive sales of the two systems this month. Sales of 3DS were up 49 percent during the debut week of Mario 3D Land compared with the week prior, while last week its sales were up 325 percent compared with the week before Mario's release. Wii, meanwhile, had its biggest Black Friday ever with 500,000 units sold on Friday (including pre-Black Friday openings) alone.
We should get a better idea of how both systems, along with the competition, did during November when the NPD numbers are released next month.
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as far as sales figuresPosted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by sunmofo
skyward sword to modern warfare 3 is a false comparison, because mw3 is just so much more widely available for people to play.
a more accurate comparison would be to compare skyward sword to another one-console-exclusive, high-profile game that a lot of people seem to have forgotten about; gears of war 3. gow3 sold over 3 million copies in its first week, around six times as much as skyward sword, and considering they're both highly touted entries in a popular-yet-somewhat-niche series, THAT is a really impressive number.
still, 500k in the first week is nothing to frown about, and nintendo games are notorious long-burners, so i wouldn't be surprised at all to see skyward sword top gears of war 3 in total year sales by this time next year.
You make good points...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
But seriously, if you own a 360 then a GoW title or MW3 is going to be the game you're gonna play. Nothing else comes close to selling as great as a shooter on said console. I would be pretty surprised if a 360 owner passed on those type of games. They are some of them out there. But they're most likely full-time Kinect users.
On the other hand, the Wii's user base is a lot more diverse. Not all of them are the type of consumer that will buy a Zelda game. Presently, looking at the Wii charts you see that Zumba and Just Dance 3 are selling greatly. And the ones that make those games big are not likely to dive into Zelda.
So with a fractured user base such as the Wii's (and considering its on its last leg in the race), the fact that the Wii sold half a million units in the US alone, is actually pretty impressive. So are the figures that Zelda managed to get.
And again, these dales figures are mostly coming from TWO DAYS. Two days and in the US alone.... not considering how much it sold or will sell in Japan and EU and AU.
Again, very impressive.
sure it doesPosted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by sunmofo
it's a third-person science fiction cover-based shooter. it is definitely niche.
it applies to gow as much as zelda. 'niche' doesn't mean 'unpopular,' it just means that it appeals to a very specific audience, no matter that audience's size.
Yeah but shooters...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
GoW3 is actually a mainstream niche game due to the high demand it generates on the platforms it comes out on.
However, its understandable that one would find it odd that shooters of any sort would be considered "niche" on the big consoles. Especially when that very genre is actively supported by a large margin of their user base and demographic. And when most devs try to cater to it at almost every turn.
@SatoriPosted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by j0eStER
But seriously, if you own a 360 then a GoW title or MW3 is going to be the game you're gonna play. Nothing else comes close to selling as great as a shooter on said console. I would be pretty surprised if a 360 owner passed on those type of games. They are some of them out there. But they're most likely full-time Kinect users.
REALLY SATORI!?! What are you, 12? No REAL man likes to play the same buillcrap game with the SAME Graphics, SAME Gameplay, SAME Weapons. Talk to me when you own BF3.
@j0eStERPosted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
Dude, you try to put me down as a kid, and yet you came here writing exactly like one.
Besides, I wasn't even talking about the same b-crap you're getting the vapors about.
Especially about playing any games that compensate for the fact that you're not a "real man". Who the hell does that? Oh, yeah... a kid does that.
Niche?Posted: Nov 30, 2011 12:00AM PST by MrArmageddon
Who cares if a game is "niche" or not? What matters is that they're good games and they're selling well, which is good not just for their respective companies, but also for the industry as a whole. I'm not a Modern Warfare fan, and I'm a Kinect player, either. But I don't wanna see a good game fail even if it's one I don't particularly support even though I think the Modern Warfare games are great and I don't blame anyone for liking them.
Of course it won't sound good...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by Rennik_Repotsir
...if you pit one game on one system in one region against one game on three (if not five) systems over 2 regions.
What did you expect?
I'd sayPosted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by octoberfleshed
this isn't that surprising, Nintendo is putting out some huge games (and they're garnering loads of attention because many were seeing what they'd put out next, even if it is an entry in tried and true IPs of theirs, many wanted to see how they'd turn out) since they turned out to be exactly what many expect them to be, they sold. The trolls also helped in a strange way, more attention was probably gained because of them...lol.
"Compared to other huge games..."Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
How about we compare Zelda's numbers with a recent EXCLUSIVE "huge game", ok? That's a more fair comparison...
*Skyward Sword (Wii exclusive) sold 535,000 copies in the U.S. in a week.
*Uncharted 3 (PS3 exclusive) sold 581,069 copies in the U.S. in a week.
Now, U3's 1st week sales numbers were a bit better than Zelda's. But they also dropped like a ton of bricks by its 2nd week on the market. U3 sold below the 150k mark in the next week. And please consider that Nintendo 1st party titles such as Skyward Sword tend to become "evergreen" titles that continue to sell well after the launch period.
With that in mind (and people buying Zelda as a present for this coming X-mas), you'll understand that Zelda has sold and will continue to sell in a very STELLAR way.
Gears of War 3 did sell incredibly well in its first week, though. But that's a no brainer on the 360 since who in their right mind would pass on it? A 360 owner owns said console for such games.
Yet on the Wii, its totally different. ts unlikely that a big chunk of its casual user base would support a game like Zelda. Instead they're making the new Zumba and Just Dance 3 hits on the charts. So instead you have a reduced user base made up of hardcore Nintendo fans and also just core gamers, buying Zelda. So yes, the numbers will not blow away GoW3's first week numbers. But I'll be surprised if in 10 weeks on the market, Skyward Sword doesn't make a big dent on GoW3's overall U.S. numbers.
I meant thatPosted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by octoberfleshed
for an exclusive first party Wii game that isn't "casual" (I loathe the term but for the purpose of this conversation it's forgivable) this sold well. I can't wait to play my copy that's still in transit from the US...
I can't wait for WiiUPosted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by Gamemasterflex18
Specifically to see Skyward Sword on it. Hopefully it will upres like the Dolphin emulator so i can have all that awesome on my 55 inch without having to spend money on a better comuputer.
Wii U will not make Wii games look like Dolphin emulated games...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
But they will probably play 100% BETTER than on an emulator that is still not at that same percentage of reliability.
And as anyone who has played Skyrim on the PS3 can tell you, how the game LOOKS is meaningless if the game cannot run decently.
LOLOLOLOLPosted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by Gconnection
ONE MORE YEAR FOR THE ROAD NINTENDO, LOL!! I remember (on this very site) battling Sony'Xbots at the beginning of this round of console wars. What was it? "Wii is dead after this Christmas season!!" That was every year since '06. That's Zelda pushin' those Wiis, lol. That's 500000 hardcore fans. Not even the grandma meme can hold up anymore, lol!!
In before the trolls!Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by joshnickerson
Great to see these games doing well, as well as the 3DS appearing to pull itself out of its rut. The Wii looks like it still has some life in it yet as well.
And now, approximately 157 troll posts about how much Nintendo sucks... gotta love the internet.
The sad thing...Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by octoberfleshed
I'm pretty sure there are only about 2 or 3 of them...and they flood the boards with comments about Nintendo sucking then posting something about CoD or any other game unrelated to either Mario or Zelda for that matter. They're attracting attention to Nintendo though...
The 2 games I'm playing,Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by SamuraiTerry
and they are both great.
Waiting for...Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by octoberfleshed
SS to get here in the mail, I am. But I've got 3D Land and I'm on the S worlds...it's an awesome game.
The S worlds are great. Love the Evil Mario levels.Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SamuraiTerry
Mediocre how?
SamuraiTerry...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
Do you REALLY want to read the opinion of someone that actually called Super Mario 3D Land and Skyward Sword "mediocre"?
Anyone that says that is either a rabid fanboy or a troll. None of which has any credibility.
can you really compare a multiplatform with a first party game?Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by V4Viewtiful
Obviously COD will sell more on 2 (3 if you count pc) consoles. regardless, awesome
Actually...Posted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by eat24gours
it was also released on the Wii. So it was actually released for four consoles. So yeah, 4 to 1 is a mismatch.
CoD is a dudebro multiplayer game...Posted: Nov 29, 2011 12:00AM PST by SatoriSatya
Zelda on the other hand, is an old school game that caters to players that want to play solo. Its a different ball game.
But yeah, CoD came out on almost every device with a screen on it or that gets hooked up to one. Activision is doing another Guitar Hero milking-fest.
NicePosted: Nov 28, 2011 12:00AM PST by ngamer-90
I know I contributed to these sales, well softwarewise lol But anyways glad to know the Wii has some life left and the 3DS isn't a total failure as some say.


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The game feels very much like a third person version of "Command & Conquer."
Solid and well-builtits just not going to knock your mechanical socks off in the imagination department.
Official Xbox MagazineWhat it lacks in style or personality, Gun Metal more than makes up in gameplay and action.[Sept 2002, p.90]
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*St. Paul, MN(MN LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY)* *2 Months* Job Description: Job scope & responsibilities: This position will implement a list of 10 changes to the existing Siebel CTMS 8.1 system. The person filling this position must be an experienced Siebel developer that has a proven track record of independently implementing system changes, interpreting requirements, and interacting with business customers. Experience with Siebel and Oracle databases is required. Candidates must have strong working knowledge of relational databases and query languages as well as the ability to effectively work with a business analyst and testing resources to implement the changes that meet business needs. Key Responsibilities · Analyzes, designs and develops new solutions. · Updates system documentation according to the IS methodology (designs, test specifications, and other deliverables as necessary) for Siebel CTMS. · Participates in all phases of the software development project including: design, construct, implementation, and testing activities. · Accountable for technical issue resolution including diagnosis of problem, recommendations for workarounds, and defect correction. · Understands customer s business implications and incorporates understanding into technical and process improvement recommendations. · Maintains collaborative working relationship with IS business partners, IS services (database, data center, servers, desktop, networking, security), and software vendors, as needed. · Researches and applies new technologies, development techniques and best practices by leveraging experience, industry contacts, seminars, and books. · Leverages software version control tools and provides software configuration management support. Qualifications · Excellent written and verbal communications skills · Excellent problem solving and analytical skills · More than five years of IT experience · Experienced in facilitating requirements gathering sessions and documenting user needs · Experience working in a regulated industry · Experienced in test development and execution · Ability to monitor schedule deviations and assist in the development of alternative methods for corrective action at the project level · Experience with the project life-cycle feasibility, initiation, planning, execution, and shutdown Education Requirements · Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or a related field. Quality Systems Duties and Responsibilities: · Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements. Thanks and regards, Jenny Smith | Sr.Recruiter jenny.sm...@itbtalent.com | #609-935-3773(Ext.101) ITBrainiac Inc. | www.itbrainiac.com 116 Village Blvd, Suite 200 - Princeton, NJ 08540 **************************************************************************************************************************** Notice: This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intendewed only for the named recipient (s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message by "REMOVE". If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or reply on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer system. domain if required -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP or Oracle Financials" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sap-or-oracle-financials+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sap-or-oracle-financials. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.


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Left to right, Dorothy Todd Meyer Foust (1907-1975); Imogene Todd Cessna (1905-1987); and Mary Todd Kemp (1900-1982). The daughters of Wallace John Preston Todd and Anna Belle Kronk Todd.
Dorothy and Imogene lived most of their adult lives and died in Indiana Co, PA.
Photo taken January 1947.
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Exclusive Roof Club and Garden at Gramercy Park Hotel
May 21, 2007
By: Editorial AdvisoryBoard
It's official, the new, ultra-exclusive Roof Club and Garden is open at Gramercy Park Hotel on Lexington between 22nd and 21st Streets. Located 16 stories above the city with retractable roof, the Private Roof Club and Garden is an original and unique indoor and outdoor space with custom furniture and a rare display of 20th century masterpieces from renowned artists Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst.
For now, the Roof Club and Garden can only be accessed via a special, private keyed-off elevator within Gramercy Park Hotel. In the future, membership will be offered with additional privileges from Gramercy Park Hotel and all of the other Ian Schrager projects. Until then, indoor and outdoor services and privileges include: access to the Roof Club from 6:30 am to 12:00 am (and until 2 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday), breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, sunset cocktails, late supper, spa services and a full service special event and meeting space.
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The New Chunnel: Europe-Africa Train under the Strait of Gibraltar
The dream of connecting the two continents-- only nine miles a part at the narrowest point of the Straight of Gibraltar-- may at last become a reality. After years of terrain tests, engineers have come up with a blueprint plan for a high-speed rail tunnel connecting Europe and Africa. As reported by the Associated Press:
This tube for passengers, cars and freight would bore deep under the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow waterway where the Atlantic flows into the Mediterranean, and run from Tangier, Morocco, to the Spanish town of Tarifa at Europe's southernmost tip, possibly extending further both ways in the future. Big-name European engineering consultants brought in a few months ago are to complete a feasibility study this year.
This would be a true engineering marvel, the deepest underwater tunnel anywhere. There are plenty of challenges. At the proposed project site, the water is about 1,000 feet deep, six times deeper than the depth of the English Channel where the Eurostar tunnel is located. In addition, there are geologic complications, as the terrain is muddy and unstable with pockets of debris from tectonic slides. If the Straight of Gibraltar Project gets the green light in 2008, the cost would be over $13 billion and take about 20 years to construct.
The Little Nell, Aspen Hosts Special Event for Food and Wine Classic
You are invited to The Little Nell, Aspen's only five-star, five-diamond hotel, for an innovative cocktail hour and three-course lunch to save farms across the country. On Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 12:30 p.m., join Montagna's Executive Chef Ryan Hardy and BRAVO's Top Chef Ilan Hall, along with Montagna's Master Sommelier Richard Betts, for a special event at The Tavern. 50 percent of the proceeds will benefit Food & Wine's "Grow for Good" campaign, launched to raise $1 million for Farm to Table, a national initiative dedicated to supporting local farms and encouraging sustainable agriculture. Tickets are available for $125 per person, but hurry, space is limited. For reservations, call 970-920-6382.
Million Dollar Buyout of Miami's Stylish Venue: The Tides, South Beach
What will $1 million get you? Million dollar memories with the over-the-top, $1 million hotel buy-out package at The Tides, South Beach. "The Diva of Ocean Drive" is yours for three days of all-inclusive luxury in Miami's most sought-after neighborhood. Managed by Kor Hotels, the chic boutique property draws well-heeled jetsetters from around the world who enjoy expansive Atlantic views, captivating art-deco design, and three penthouses with terraces. With The Tides's Million Dollar Buyout Package, treat your friends to these incredible amenities along with lots of activities and premium perks: $1,000 amenity in each guest room, an extravagant dinner for 90 guests at the Versace Mansion in South Beach, gift certificates for the finest upscale shopping at Bal Harbour, golf outing for the men, a poolside salsa dance party, pajama brunch, private butler service for each room, five private limos, and unlimited food and beverage service. This complete weekend rental of The Tides Hotel, South Beach is yours for $1,060,000.
What a Hotel! 15-acre Peninsula Resort & Spa …
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White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia at the W Hotel
Just in time for the 2008 White Nights Festival, Starwood has announced the opening of a new W hotel in the Russian city on the Neva built by Peter the Great. Throughout the month of June, the sun never sets and St. Petersburg celebrates in style with music, festivals, and ballet performances at the Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theater. Indulge in some caviar and ice-cold vodka and take in the city sites: the Hermitage (which rivals the Louvre), the Russian Museum, and the imperial estate of Peterhof. Scheduled to open in mid 2008, the new W hotel will be the first W in Eastern Europe. The hotel will showcase historic architecture complemented by exciting contemporary interiors (and plenty of signature W design elements, like the W Living Room). Located on Voznesensky Prospect, the hotel will feature spectacular views of the gold-domed St. Isaac's Cathedral from the guest rooms. The best part of all? A rooftop bar overlooking the historic city's sparkling lights.
The Terrace at Conrad Chicago
Celebrate the 2007 grand opening of the Terrace at Conrad on Friday, May 25th five stories above pedestrian life at the Conrad Hotel Chicago. As the hotel describes: "The lofty ambiance of Conrad Chicago's stylish new seasonal outdoor gather spot is perfect for unwinding with a TerraceTini or sampling the globally inspired tapas menu." In addition, terrace guests can enjoy "Movies on The Terrace," which presents movies produced in Chicago along with new releases, every Sunday and Monday evening at sunset (as we've talked about before). After May 25th, the Terrace will be open for dinner with a 1950's South Beach inspired ambiance. The outdoor area features a spectacular bar, and modern furniture such as oversized chairs, sofas, daybeds and umbrellas providing a relaxed, yet elegant setting. Be prepared for the Terrace at Conrad to become a contendor for the perfect weekday or weekend hot spot. Prepare your own "TerraceTini" in preparation for the opening with the following ingredients: 1.5 oz Malibu Passion Fruit 1 oz Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice Splash of Lavender essence ½ of lime pressed Cassis Liqueur thinly layered
Going to Galle, Sri Lanka: The Fortress Hotel and Spa
The historic seaport of Galle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, boasts a marvelous mélange of European and Southeast Asian architectural traditions. (The famous Galle fort, first built by the Portuguese, was then modified by the Dutch in the 17th century.) For centuries, the ancient city of Galle was at the crossroads of major worldwide trade routes, the strategic port en route from Arabia to the Orient. After the devastation caused by 2004's tsunami, the fortified city is back on its feet and is home to some of the finest luxury hotels in the region. One of these fine establishments is The Fortress Hotel, fashioned to resemble a powerful fortress rising from the sea. Perched on the beach, the new resort offers exquisite, perfumed gardens, a renowed spa with Ayurvedic treatments, free flow swimming pool, Sri Lankan tea room, wine cellar and restaurants. A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, The Fortress features beautiful rooms with designer amenities, designed in a style which forges Dutch and Portuguese styles with Sri Lankan motifs.
What's Hot: Do & Co Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Talk about a room with a view. Vienna's Do & Co offers a heavenly hotel experience in the very center of the action off the pedestrian-only Stephansplatz. From your floor-to-ceiling windows, gaze out at the 12th-century St. Stephen's Cathedral. Owned by Istanbul-born entrepreneur Attila Dogudan, the hotel is a magnificent contemporary structure of glass and steel. The 43 guest rooms are extravagant, with dark teak wood details and heavenly bathrooms (two-square-meter showers, with flat screen TVs). Conveniently located in the middle of it all in the imperial city, Do & Co also offers an excellent restaurant and Vienna hot spot, the Onyx Bar.
Summer Savings at Nine Zero Hotel, Boston
Spend a holiday weekend at one of the hottest hotel properties in Boston and save up to 40 percent off this summer. Nine Zero has announced a great deal for folks celebrating Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day weekends in the city. Rates start from just $159 per night. (Plus, any other summer weekend will cost you just $10 more per night!) The stylish boutique hotel combines Boston's traditional elegance with a hip, young vibe. Listed on both the Gold List and Travel and Leisure's Top 500, Nine Zero is located just one block from Boston Common in the thick of things in downtown Boston. Guest rooms are ultra-comfy: custom-designed beds, billowy down comforters, thoughtful amenities, complimentary wireless Internet. Plus, there's an evening wine reception, the trendy bar, and award-winning Boston restaurant named one of the "Top 50 Hotel Restaurants" by Food and Wine magazine.


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The IS 350 sedan and IS 350C convertible are stronger versions of Lexus' IS 250 and IS 250C by virtue of their 306-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6. The IS 350 and IS 350C are sporty rivals to the BMW 3 Series. Rear-wheel drive is standard, and all-wheel drive is optional on the sedan. Competitors include the BMW 335i, Infiniti G35 and Mercedes-Benz C350; the entry-level IS 250 plays against some of those cars' less powerful siblings.
Lexus also offers the IS-F, powered by a 5.0-liter V-8. The IS 250 and IS-F are covered separately in the Cars.com Research section.
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New for 2011
A brake override system that reduces engine power if the brake and accelerator are pressed at the same is a new standard feature. The IS 350 sedan is now available with all-wheel drive as an option to the standard rear-wheel drive. The convertible remains rear-drive only. The optional pre-collision system and swiveling adaptive headlights are discontinued.
Lexus says the latest IS bears a strong resemblance to its larger GS sedans. A long wheelbase and wide stance help give the IS 350 a muscular appearance. The IS 350 ranks as a compact car. An optional Sport Package includes a sport suspension and 18-inch wheels with grippier summer tires.
The sedan gets a new grille and front bumper and standard high-intensity-discharge headlights, headlight washers and LED daytime running lights. A new optional F Sport Package for the sedan includes a sport suspension, 18-inch wheels and front and rear spoilers, plus available Ultrasonic Blue paint. Exterior features include:
- Standard 17-inch alloy wheels
- Optional 18-inch alloy wheels
- Optional rain-sensing wipers
- Optional backup camera with front and rear parking sensors
Up to five occupants fit inside the IS 350, though the backseat is tight. Bright electroluminescent instruments light up the dashboard. Black and silver metallic trim is standard, and wood trim is available. The optional navigation system's voice-recognition software picks up casual-language commands, and the standard audio system has a USB port to better integrate iPods or other MP3 players. Lexus' Enform service, included with the navigation system, can assist in finding street addresses, restaurants and more. It comes with a year's service free; after that, you have to pay a monthly subscription fee. Interior features include:
- 10-way power front seats
- Dual-zone automatic climate control with rear vents
- Power moonroof
- Manual tilt/telescoping steering wheel (powered version optional)
- 13-speaker stereo with USB input for portable music players
- Optional ventilated front seats
- Optional dynamic radar cruise control
- Optional navigation system
Under the Hood
The IS 350 sedan is now available with rear- or all-wheel drive, like its IS 250 sibling. The convertible remains rear-drive only. There are no engine or transmission options. Mechanical features include:
- 306-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 with 277 pounds-feet of torque
- Six-speed automatic transmission
- Larger brakes than IS 250
Lexus' Safety Connect service, which automatically notifies authorities in the event of a crash, is standard. Like Enform, a year's service is included, but after that you'll have to pay a subscription fee. Standard safety features include:
- Antilock brakes
- Electronic stability system
- Vehicle Dynamic Integrated Management, which is meant to integrate all systems to anticipate skids and react faster than an electronic stability system alone
- Knee airbags for both front occupants
- Side-impact airbags for the front seats
- Side curtain airbags for both rows
The IS 350C has a retractable hardtop that Lexus says can operate in just 21 seconds. The four-seat interior features anti-glare gauges, plus audio and climate systems that automatically adjust their settings to compensate for top-down noise and temperatures. Other safety and luxury features remain similar to those on IS 350 sedans. Changes for 2011 include:
- Interior trim changed to a black metallic finish, except for silver finish trim added to steering wheel and above glove box
- LED daytime running lights added to HID headlamps
- Headlights that swivel in the direction of a turn discontinued
- Brake override system added
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* Elwood Engel's Lincoln Mk IX concept, intended to replace the 1961 Lincoln Continental, never made it beyond the mockup stage, but it ended up inspiring many a car throughout the decade, both at Ford and at Chrysler, thanks to Elwood Engel's hasty departure from the former, or at leas ... Read more
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Audrey M. Valdez, the Director of Sales at Staybridge Suites, Las Cruces was awarded at the Homecoming recognition breakfast by the School of Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism and Management. As an alumnus from the University of New Mexico she was awarded because of her genuine service to this university and community!
Great Job Audrey! We are so proud of you!
All Departmental Alumni Honorees
Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business: Dr. Garrey Carruthers
Agricultural and Extension Education: Robert Booky
Animal and Range Science: Dr. Ed Sceery
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Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology: Michael Montoya
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7 Inch Dino Blast Plates will be a hit!
These 7 Inch Dino Blast Plates will look great on your dinosaur themed tables. Each 7 inch board stock plate is available in packages of 8. Your guests will have a roaring good time with Dino Blast Party Plates and tableware.
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Fixing Finance
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Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis
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Niagara Falls sparkles after windy deep freeze
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- Niagara Falls has become an icy wonderland, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew around and froze the mist on surfaces and landscaping.
"It's stunning," Virginia Kuebler of East Aurora told the Buffalo News while taking in the site.
A section of the American Falls has frozen. The Niagara River rapids and larger Horseshoe Falls continue to flow unimpeded.
And it's all surrounded by a white blanket of snow and ice, which coats viewing railings and lampposts, trees, shrubs and boulders.
The cold even brought the return of the "ice bridge," an occasional formation of ice that stretches across the Niagara River below the falls, linking the United States and Canada. Until 1912, tourists were allowed to walk on the bridge to look at the falls from below. That ended when the bridge broke apart and three tourists died.
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Socialist coalition hands right-wing Portuguese government defeat
The unity in Portugal has been made possible by a very evident left turn on the part of the Socialist Party.
Liberal election victory in Canada holds lessons for Americans
Liberals campaigned on making investments in infrastructure to create jobs, raise income taxes on the richest Canadians to fund services for those at the bottom, and democratize the political system.
In Dresden, PEGIDA meets opposition
Racism and fascism are real dangers here and elsewhere. One can hope that this weapon of biting sarcasm will at least rein in the PEGIDA danger.
South Africa 2014 elections: ANC triumphs, opposition gains ground
A new R1-trillion [$96 billion] economic and social infrastructure program aims to transform many poor areas by building new roads, rail links, ports, universities and schools.
The New York Times describes an East German model city -- and is fair!
The author did not embroider what she saw or heard. The result did tend to make me angry, but not because of prejudice or dishonesty; it was because of the story she told.
Suez Steel owner refuses to reopen plant, adding to Egypt's woes
The owner of Suez Steel is refusing to reopen the plant unless the workers he forced to strike there three weeks ago unconditionally return to their jobs.
Taking China's bullet train with slow clock
Last year, after participating in a Beijing conference on the crisis of capitalism and the future of world socialism, I took the bullet train to Nanjing, 620 miles away.
Trumka: Mexico on path of "low wage development"
Mexico, the large U.S. trading partner and southern neighbor, is on a path of "low-wage development," including weakening its labor law and oppressing independent unions.
India's shopkeepers go on strike over "Walmart decision"
Storeowners across India shut down their shops to protest the government's decision to allow foreign companies like Walmart access to the nation's retail market.
Trans-Pacific trade pact would kill more jobs
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It has been nearly three months since the 2011 NFL Draft, and the New England Patriots selected nine players this year: two defensive backs, a pair of running backs, two offensive linemen, a linebacker, a tight end and a quarterback.
Considering the amount of time that has passed and the fact that the NFL lockout has dominated the headlines, some of us may need a refresher on the new crop of players who will (hopefully) be reporting to camp.
Let's take this opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the Patriots' 2011 draftees, shall we?