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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly motel with free breakfast and indoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in the mountains, this eco-friendly motel is within a 15-minute walk of D Dutchmen Dairy, Sicamous Visitor Centre, and Sicamous Centennial Park. Sicamous Recreation Centre is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) away.
Property Features
Along with an indoor pool, this motel has a spa tub and a business center. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
Room Amenities
All 65 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with cable channels. Pillowtop beds, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Best Western Sicamous Inn
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Best Western Sicamous Inn features an indoor pool and a spa tub. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This eco-friendly motel also offers barbecue grills, a garden, and a picnic area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Best Western Sicamous Inn has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 65
- Number of floors - 2
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Pillowtop mattress
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snowmobiling nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age is 19
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 20 per accommodation, per day
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 80 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Pet fee: CAD 20 per accommodation, per day
Hotel Name
- Best Western Sicamous
- Best Western Sicamous Inn
- Sicamous Best Western
- Sicamous Inn
- Best Western Sicamous Hotel Sicamous
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Up to 3 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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I want to also use VMware with this so I am able to use backtrack with windows vista somehow.
Note: I have looked again through the search engines on this forum and google, but there are too many suggestions. I hope maybe a mod can respond to this since they may have the greatest experience with the wifi usb cards.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.

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Celebrate the great pumpkin and the salmon homecoming Oct. 13 at Orting City Park, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The whole family can enjoy food and beverage booths with pumpkin specialties, live entertainment for all ages on two stages, rod and custom car show, salmon BBQ, salmon and environmental exhibitors, games, bounce house and amusements for kids, arts and crafts vendors, a miniature horse parade and a Little Pumpkin Pals Parade at noon open to kids in pumpkin-themed costumes. Prizes awarded by age group. Bring a carved or peculiar pumpkin for display. Check in for judging and entries at the information booth by the bell tower. For more information visit http://www.TacomaEvents.com.
Organized by ultra-talented Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino, Tripod slide shows are held every third Friday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. at Madera Furniture Company (2210 Court 'A'). Each show features three guest photographers presenting a 15-minute show within a theme. The idea stems from a wish to involve the Tacoma community by sharing experiences, visions and fun, and to expose each audience to the Madera showroom, where custom furniture and architectural elements are crafted. Entry is by $5 donation. Next up on Oct. 19: "Presenting Turkey, The Country." Jill Nordfors-Clark shares "A Visit to Turkey," Rick Mahaffey celebrates "Turkish Ceramics: Old and New" and John Carlton and Claudia Riedener will introduce "Istanbul."
The ninth annual Metro Parks and USA Dance Tacoma chapter's grand dance extravaganza happens Oct. 13 at STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St. The day includes 11 ballroom dance workshops from 2-5:45 p.m.; catered dinner (included in all-day registrations) and Metro Arts Youth Entertainment 6–7 p.m.; cha-cha dance lesson with Christine Luders 7–8 p.m.; live music by Cassanova 8–11 p.m.; and social dance, Pacific Ballroom Dance youth performances, competition and fundraiser for Metro Parks youth programs, and dance with a pro and dance mixes. For rates and further information visit http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/arts. Register by phone at 253-404-3939.
Third Thursday is coming up on Oct. 18, the perfect time to put on your walking shoes, grab a buddy and head out to Tacoma's many downtown art galleries and museums. Beginning at 5 p.m. and going until 8 p.m., admission is free so that everyone can experience T-Town's artistic and cultural offerings. Visit http://www.artwalktacoma.com.
In a uniquely American vision of chamber music, you will hear great works by Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein and others. Fireworks Ensemble has led the charge to bring a fresh perspective on chamber music and is known as "the bridge between the contemporary classical ensemble and the mainstream popular audience." They will be at Rialto Theater on Oct. 13. Free pre-show lecture at 6:30 p.m. will have a discussion of the historical background, salient stylistic features and cultural context of the different styles that will be performed in the evening's performance. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $29, $39, $49.


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*~Welcome to the Dan Green Club~*
This club is for fans of voice actor Dan Green.
He is best known as Yugi and Yami(Atem) of Yu-Gi-Oh!, but he can also be heard in several shows such as: Samurai Deeper Kyo, Descendants of Darkness, Now and Then Here and There, Winx Club, Viva Piñata, as well as miscellaneous characters in most 4Kids shows, Pokémon, and Kappa Mikey. Hes also done the movies: Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns, Pokemon Movie 3, and Jungle Emperor Leo.
His work also includes production such as script adaptation.
Rules and Guidelines
-If you would like to join, then send a note or leave a comment on the front page!
-Please be sure to add the club to your watch list if you would like to be a member!
-Displaying the icon is optional, but if youd like to then simply put :icon dan-green-club: (without space)
-If you wish to submit something for the club, send a note with all the info so we can approve of it first.
-Remember to comment and fav the original artist!
-No bashing, flaming, or fighting of any kind shall be tolerated.
-Do not say anything perverse and/or extremely mature.
-Meet other Dan fans and have fun! ^_^
SO! To prove that we are still alive, I have posted some new art! Yipee! Now remember everyone, if you find the art especially attractive and would like to fav it STOP and click the link, go the the original, and fav it there We want are lovely artists to get the credit now, don't we?
I am a very busy girl, and there hasn't been much to report, so I'm sorry for the lack of update, but I always check in!
As for what's in the works, our sister clubber is working on a new icon!
Other than that, I'm thinking whether or not there should be another contest. But what of and will people enter this time? If you have any ideas, please let me know!
Also! If you have something Dan-related that you'd like to submit, please just send it in a Note and I shall get it up as soon as I can!
That's all!
I do not know Dan personally, I am just a big fan.
Thank you all for being a part of the club! I'm coming up with more ideas every day!
Founder and Admin:
Links for Dan Green info:
Tv.com www.tv.com/dan-green/person/16…
Anime News Network www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyc…
Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Gree…
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Yay! Thanks for posting people's works! I'll always be sure to fav the original


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The Trademark Organization Whats Ahead
T he Trademark organization will continue to move aggressively in the next year to continue to implement the objectives of the USPTO's 21st Century Strategic Plan by redesigning its operations to implement e-Government as the primary means of doing business with applicants and registrants. It is expected that this process will become the sole means for processing work inside the examining operation.
The Trademark organization has achieved considerable success in implementing its business process reengineering plan to move from primarily doing business with paper to doing business in an electronic environment. Completion of an electronic file management system, in addition to our currently available electronic filing and information systems permits:
Reduction in cycle times by consolidating separate processes and eliminating the potential for lost or missing papers that create additional delays and poor service;
The ability to access the current full-file contents of pending trademark applications from the USPTO website;
Enhancements in system functionality and number of electronic filing options; and
The ability to offer a totally electronic filing and receiving process to handle applications from U.S. applicants seeking protection of their mark in foreign countries, and requests for protection of marks from foreign countries in the U.S.
As paper records disappear from internal processes, the cost of handling applications and related materials, along with the reliance on higher staffing levels to handle increases in filings, will be substantially reduced. Applicants will see improved quality with the transition to use data submitted or captured electronically to support examination and to publish documents and registrations. Electronic file management presents an opportunity for the USPTO to offer multiple options for filing that allow applicants to select the method of filing that best suits their business needs. The trademark user community will benefit from the introduction of the multi-track examination, included in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004, which will provide trademark owners options for filing at lower fees than are available today.


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(CNSNews.com)- The Bush family political dynasty has eclipsed the Kennedy family's dynasty by projecting "dullness," according to one political observer. The Bush family continued to enjoy huge electoral success in 2002, while the Kennedy family suffered several political setbacks.
Larry Sabato, political scientist with the University of Virginia, told CNSNews.com "the Bushes have managed partly through creating dullness to convince people that they represent stability and effectiveness."
"Dullness is a very saleable political quality," he added.
Any battle over family legacies is now "being won in a landslide by the Bushes, just like the Florida vote and the national vote [on Tuesday.] It's not a close call," according to Sabato.
"The Kennedys have been on the other side of politics and life, they have had so many controversies and scandals, that people have tired of them," Sabato said.
President George Bush, who campaigned vigorously for GOP candidates in key states, watched election night as the Republicans took over the U.S. Senate and made gains in the GOP controlled House. The president's brother, Jeb Bush, easily won re-election as Florida's governor, despite being the number one target of the national Democratic Party.
Meanwhile, Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D), the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy, shocked many political observers by going down to defeat to GOP gubernatorial nominee Rep. Bob Ehrlich. Ehrlich is the first Republican elected governor in Maryland since Spiro Agnew in 1966.
Townsend lost despite her efforts to drape herself in the Kennedy mantle. She ran television ads featuring photographs of her father, Robert F. Kennedy, and linked herself to the family's history of public service.
Other members of the Kennedy clan also went down to defeat this year. Maryland State Del. Mark Shriver (D), the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and 1972 vice-presidential candidate Sargent Shriver, also the nephew of Sen. Ted Kennedy, saw his quest for higher office fall short.
Shriver lost the Democratic primary for the U.S. House in Maryland, despite invoking the Kennedy name by enlisting Uncle Ted to produce pre-recorded telephone calls to Democratic voters before the primary.
And a Kennedy association by marriage (to Robert F. Kennedy daughter Kerry) didn't help former Clinton administration official Andrew Cuomo, who dropped out of the New York Democratic primary for governor that he seemed certain to lose.
The only bright spot for the family was Townsend's cousin, Patrick Kennedy, the son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who won re-election to the House from Rhode Island.
'Skip A Generation'
The Kennedy political legacy began in 1938 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph Kennedy as ambassador to Britain. Joseph's son, John F. Kennedy, began his political career in 1946 with as a Massachusetts congressman. He later moved on to the U.S. Senate and won the presidency in 1960.
Brother Robert Kennedy was U.S. attorney general, later a U.S. Senator and ran for president in 1968 before being felled by an assassin's bullet. Senator Edward Kennedy, the youngest of the brothers, was elected to the Senate in 1962 and failed in presidential bids in 1972 and 1980.
Since the three brothers made their mark, many Kennedys have entered political life, including Joe Kennedy II, who served six terms as a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts. Kennedy aspired to the governorship until he endured a highly public and messy divorce, effectively ending his political career.
Sabato believes the public is tired of what it sees as the tabloid lives of the Kennedys.
"The Kennedys need to skip a generation, get out of politics, devote themselves to public issues, and leave [the legacy] to the grandkids," Sabato said.
The Kennedy grandkids "will still have name and maybe public memory will have faded about all of the scandals and inadequacies," Sabato explained.
Jeb Bush for President?
The Bush family's politics began four generations ago with great-grandfather, Samuel P. Bush serving as a close advisor to President Herbert Hoover. Prescott Bush, the current president's grandfather, was a Republican U.S. senator from Connecticut. George Herbert Walker Bush was vice president for eight years under Ronald Reagan and served one term as president. The Bushes were only the second father and son elected to the presidency since John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Sabato expects the Bush family may eventually add another feather to its dynastic cap.
"I wouldn't bet against Jeb [Bush] being the Republican nominee [for president] in 2008," Sabato said.
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The skeletons of marine organisms often contain information about their life history and surrounding environment. Decoding this information relies upon chemical and physical clues within a skeleton. Examples of these skeletons include fish ear structures (otoliths), clam shells, and some plankton (like foraminifera). The data in these skeletons can be used to determine migration patterns, growth rate, water temperature, and other information. These skeletons can be viewed as data recorders, much like "black boxes" used in airplanes, constantly adding new data as time passes. The key to using these skeletal archives is to first understand the chemical and physical "language" each uses.
To do this scientists perform detailed studies of how the animals make skeletons (biomineralization), how skeletons grow over time (sclerochronology), and how their different chemical properties form (biogeochemistry). We will be performing this type of work on deep water Stylasteridae corals. Since there are so many mysteries about the deep ocean, it would be useful to understand the records contained in the corals that live there. However, the chemical properties of most of deep water corals are complex and don't contain clear records of environmental conditions. For example, variations in oxygen isotopes (oxygen atoms of slightly different mass) are useful recorders of water temperature in many calcium carbonate skeletons, one example is coral skeletons, but they do not record temperature data in the types of deep ocean corals studied so far. However, oxygen isotopes in deep ocean Stylasteridae corals have not yet been thoroughly examined and preliminary data indicate they may be useful as environmental data proxies.
Similarly, Stylasterids do not have simple growth lines and their skeletal structures do not resemble other corals. Imaging we have performed via scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that the family Stylasteridae does not always have clear growth bands that one would expect to see. In some other corals these growth bands resemble tree rings, but this is not always true in Stylasterid corals.. The lack of growth bands may make it more difficult to determine growth rate. SEM imaging has also shown that the internal crystal structure of the calcium carbonate skeleton are not as well organized as some other deep water coral species.
On this cruise we hoped to gather samples and data that will permit us to analyze these corals and ultimately use their data to answer questions about how long they live, how fast they grow, and perhaps measure past environmental variation using fossil samples. We were not able to collect any live samples on this cruise although water samples collected may give us insight into samples collected on a previous cruise.
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HIST 1210 Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1500 (Fall 2013 # 8892)
This is a course on the history of Europe and the Mediterranean from Antiquity through the Middle Ages. Lectures and a textbook will help you get a handle on major political, social, and religious developments of this long period. You'll also read original sources: these are the basis for reading responses and discussions in weekly sections, where you may also expect to be quizzed on lecture and textbook material. Exams include very short answer questions, short answer questions, and two short essays (see the exam guide). Anyone needing special accomodations should notify me so that we may work together with Student Accessibility Services. Students who complete readings on time, attend lectures and take notes, prepare for discussion sections, and review at the end of each week should have little difficulty earning a satisfactory grade.
Late work is accepted and make-up exams offered only in case of serious illness (documentation required) or emergencies including death in the family (contact Dean of Students, 593-1800). Three unexcused absences from discussion sections lowers a final course grade by ten percentage points (equivalent to an entire letter grade). All cheating or plagiarism acts generate a failing grade for the course and referral to the judiciaries, no exceptions. Do not distract yourself or others with noise, electronic devices, or other annoying behavior, whether in lectures or in discussion sections. Such behavior is considered equivalent to an unexcused absence. See me if you have questions about these or other policies.
Please don't hesitate to come see me or the teaching assistants outside of class to discuss the course. There are too many students for me to know each one well, but I want each of you to succeed.
Outcome Goals
1. A grasp of major developments in the intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of Europe and the Mediterranean area.
2. Demonstrated ability to interpret literary sources as evidence within a historical framework.
3. Coherent, substantive contributions to oral discussions and in written assignments.
Course Grade is weighted as follows:
30% Reading responses, quizzes, & participation in
discussion sections
Required Reading There is one required textbook, whose chapters are designated on the syllabus as WC Western Civilizations, Brief 3rd ed. (Norton 2011). New, discount, and used copies are available online (amz, abe), at Little Professor Book Center (65 S. Court St.), and at other bookstores in town.
All other readings are available online by clicking the link on the online syllabus (you may be prompted to provide your Ohio ID and password). Bring these readings to class and discussion sections when they're assigned.
Finally, bring a large-format (11 x 8.5) 'Blue Book' or 'Green Book' for quizzes and reading responses to every discussion section. They are available at most local bookstores.
Schedule of Classes
Week 1 (Aug. 26-26)
Civilization, Part 1: Bread, Bricks, & Bronze
(M) Charting the Course
(W) Tyranny of Civilization
Read WC chs. 1-2
Discussion Sections (MTuWThF) introductions
Week 2 (Sep. 4, no class Monday)
Dark Ages: Archaic Greece
(M) no class, Labor Day
(W) Prejudice of History unwritten evidence | cuneiform | phoenician | guslar | Iliad aloud
Read WC ch. 3; start ANTIGONE
Discussion Sections (MTu) no meetings (WThF) review
Week 3 (Sep. 9-11)
Epic History: Heroism & Tragedy
(M) Terrible Beauty of War italian cinema | Achilles' shield
(W) Tragedy & Comedy in Greek Society Dionysus (cult | texts) | Dionysia (theater festivals) | masks | kômos | phallus (Priapus | phallika)
Read Antigone & watch The Drama of Ancient Greece online (57 mins.)
Discussion Sections (MTu) review (WThF) Reading response 1
Week 4 (Sep. 16-18)
Forms of Justice & Liberty: Classical Greece
(M) Citizens and the Rest this is Sparta?
(W) Might Makes Right
Read THUCYDIDES; start WC ch. 4
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 1 (WThF) Reading response 2
Week 5 (Sep. 23-25) Exam Wednesday
Great Man Theory: Alexander of Macedon & Hellenism
(M) Conquest, Cult, and Culture
(W) first exam
Read WC ch. 4; Great Man theory <wikip>
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 2 (WThF) no meetings
Week 6 (Sep. 30-Oct. 2)
Forms of Justice & Liberty: The Rise of Rome
(M) Roman Republic
(W) Roman Revolution
Read WC ch. 5; PLUTARCH
Discussion Sections (MTu) no meetings (WThF) Reading response 3
Week 7 (Oct. 7-9)
Great Man Theory: Octavian Augustus & the Principate
(M) Son of Divine Caesar
(W) First Citizen
Read WC ch. 6; ROMAN PEACE
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 3 (WThF) Reading response 4
Week 8 (Oct. 14-16)
Forms of Justice & Liberty: Imperial Rome
(M) Roman Peace
(W) Roman Tolerance
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 4 (WThF) Reading response 5
Week 9 (Oct. 21-23) Exam WEDnESday
Dark Ages: The Fall of Rome
(M) Barbarians at the Gates
(W) second exam
Read start WC ch. 7
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 5 (WThF) no meetings
Week 10 (Oct. 28-30)
Forms of Justice & Liberty: New Frontiers
(M) Rise of Islam
(W) Franks, Saxons, & Northmen
Read WC ch. 7; start WC ch. 8 and CRUSADE
Discussion Sections (MWThF) Reading response 6
Week 11 (Nov. 4-6)
Epic History: Holy War
(M) Reforming Christendom
(W) God Wills It
Read WC ch. 8; CRUSADE
Discussion Sections (MWThF) Reading response 7
Week 12 (Nov. 13, no class Monday, holiday)
Forms of Justice & Liberty: Feudal Order
(W) Bottom Up
Read WC ch. 9; start MAGNA CARTA
Discussion Sections (MTu) no meetings (WThF) review
Week 13 (Nov. 18-20)
(M) Top Down
Great Man Theory: Monarchs & Bureaucrats
(W) Saintly King
Read MAGNA CARTA & MACHIAVELLI
Discussion Sections (MTu) review (WThF) Reading response 8
Week 14 (Nov. 25, no class Wednesday)
Dark Ages: The Four Horsemen
(M) Prosperity's Edge
Read WC ch. 10
Discussion Sections (MTu) Reading response 8 (WThF) no meetings
Week 15 (Dec. 2-4)
(M) Famine, War, Pestilence, & Death
Civilization, Part 2: Guns, Germs, & Steel
(W) Medieval Horizon
Read WC ch. 11; environmental determinism <wikip>
Discussion Sections (MWThF) review
The University Registrar has scheduled the Final Exam for Friday December 13 at 10:10 AM.
Responses are to be composed in your blue book during the first twenty minutes or so of discussion sections. You know the topics in advance. I give you room for creativity. You decide how best to put forward a clear position, supported by concrete evidence or examples from the reading. Ideally, your response will demonstrate some awareness of how the evidence relates to the historical context set up by the textbook and lectures. You shouldn't try to quote texts from paper or memory. Instead, use your own words to paraphrase important passages from the reading. Each response is evaluated on the basis of content (40%), analysis (40%), and clarity (20%). You are allowed to miss one response without penalty. The purpose of these responses is to develop your confidence and ability for reading sources as evidence. They'll also help you develop ideas for the final exam essay.
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Response 1 Come in having chosen three favorite passages from Antigone. Be prepared to write about what they mean to you. 'Passage' here means no more than a few lines in length. To be your favorites you must like something about them. But be thinking as well of what they might tell you about ancient Greek society. This is to warm you up to reading for evidence, not just for the story.
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Response 2 Pick three passages from Thucydides that tell you something about one of the following topics: Honor, Loyalty, Justice. Be prepared to write about what they mean to you. This is to get you reading for evidence with a purpose in mind.
Also, be ready for the first exam to write a short essay entitled 'X [your topic] in Ancient Greek Society' in which you use passages from Responses 1 & 2 as evidence. This is your first crack at fashioning an argument out of a primary source.
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Response 3 Pick at least three passages that you think give the most insight to what Plutarch thought of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Be prepared to write about these passages and how far you think we should trust them to be part of an accurate portrait of tensions in ancient Roman society. Now you're to start worrying about the credibility of our evidence.
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Response 4 Having read about Roman Peace from several very different perspectives, be prepared to write about how Romans defined peace and prosperity and whether they worried about possible negative consequences. You should notice how the author's purpose and intended audience of a source affects our handling of it as historical evidence.
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Response 5 Read the letters between Pliny and Emperor Trajan, as well as the Passion of Perpetua, looking in all three documents for what exactly each author thinks is the problem between Christians and Romans. What does the government want? What do the Christians want? Who else is helping stir up trouble? Be prepared to write about how Roman officials and Christians perceive the trial and execution of Christians. This is another exercise in thinking about an author's intention and the original purpose and audience of our evidence.
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Response 6 Based on lectures and your reading of WC ch. 7, you'll be asked to write a thematic essay about the role of law (religious and secular) in Byzantine, Islamic, and western European societies.
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Response 7 Read the sources related to medieval Crusade and be prepared to write a thematic essay on reasons to fight. What was worth fighting for in the Middle Ages? How was violence justified? How was it controlled or harnessed? Your essay should have a thesis supported by concrete evidence. (If you are unsure what constitutes a thesis, see below.) This is a first rehearsal for the final exam essay.
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Response 8 Magna Carta and Machiavelli provide very different models for the relationship between rulers and the ruled, the best way to guarantee justice and safety, and the limits of political power. Be prepared to write a thematic essay on the reasons for government as proposed by medieval authors. As you would expect by now, your essay should have a thesis supported by concrete evidence. (If you are unsure what constitutes a thesis, see below.) This is a final rehearsal for the final exam essay.
Unsure of what constitutes a thesis? Maxine Rodburg and the Tutors of the Writing Center at Harvard University offer a fine explanation <www>:
An effective thesis cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." A thesis is not a topic; nor is it a fact; nor is it an opinion. "Reasons for the fall of communism" is a topic. "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe" is a fact known by educated people. "The fall of communism is the best thing that ever happened in Europe" is an opinion. (Superlatives like "the best" almost always lead to trouble. It's impossible to weigh every "thing" that ever happened in Europe. And what about the fall of Hitler? Couldn't that be "the best thing"?)
A good thesis has two parts. It should tell what you plan to argue, and it should "telegraph" how you plan to argue—that is, what particular support for your claim is going where in your essay.
and an even better explanation of what does not constitute a thesis:
A thesis is never a question. Readers of academic essays expect to have questions discussed, explored, or even answered. A question ("Why did communism collapse in Eastern Europe?") is not an argument, and without an argument, a thesis is dead in the water.
A thesis is never a list. "For political, economic, social and cultural reasons, communism collapsed in Eastern Europe" does a good job of "telegraphing" the reader what to expect in the essay—a section about political reasons, a section about economic reasons, a section about social reasons, and a section about cultural reasons. However, political, economic, social and cultural reasons are pretty much the only possible reasons why communism could collapse. This sentence lacks tension and doesn't advance an argument. Everyone knows that politics, economics, and culture are important.
A thesis should never be vague, combative or confrontational. An ineffective thesis would be, "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because communism is evil." This is hard to argue (evil from whose perspective? what does evil mean?) and it is likely to mark you as moralistic and judgmental rather than rational and thorough. It also may spark a defensive reaction from readers sympathetic to communism. If readers strongly disagree with you right off the bat, they may stop reading.
An effective thesis has a definable, arguable claim. "While cultural forces contributed to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the disintegration of economies played the key role in driving its decline" is an effective thesis sentence that "telegraphs," so that the reader expects the essay to have a section about cultural forces and another about the disintegration of economies. This thesis makes a definite, arguable claim: that the disintegration of economies played a more important role than cultural forces in defeating communism in Eastern Europe. The reader would react to this statement by thinking, "Perhaps what the author says is true, but I am not convinced. I want to read further to see how the author argues this claim."
A thesis should be as clear and specific as possible. Avoid overused, general terms and abstractions. For example, "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because of the ruling elite's inability to address the economic concerns of the people" is more powerful than "Communism collapsed due to societal discontent."


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January 18, 2001
Mr. Chairman, Senator Specter, members of the Committee.
Thank you for inviting me to appear before you this afternoon. I am honored.
I am honored that President-elect Bush looked to me to embody his commitment to veterans.
I am honored that, if the Senate consents, I will assume leadership over 200,000 V A employees who have chosen careers of service to veterans.
I am honored by the prospect of working, once again, if the Senate is willing, in partnership with our country's veterans service organizations (VSOs).
And most of all, I am honored ------ and humbled, by the prospect that 24 million men and women who answered our nation's call to arms may soon look to me to answer their call for the benefits and services they earned in the service of our country.
I have accepted this challenge for one reason.
I believe deeply in the Department of Veterans Affairs and am fully committed to its mission of service to veterans. If I can make a difference for America's veterans, then my rewards will far outweigh any sacrifice I may make.
And I do intend to make a difference.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is at a critical juncture. Many veterans have lost faith in V A's ability to fairly and promptly decide their claims for benefits.
Not without reason. It takes too long to decide a claim. And the error rate remains too high.
I know that the leadership of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has addressed these problems and I applaud their initiative and innovation. But veterans don't care about process. Veterans are entitled to outcomes.
It doesn't matter what VBA is doing. It matters what VBA does. And what VBA now does remains unsatisfactory in the minds of many veterans.
President-elect Bush promised a top to bottom examination of V A benefits processing. If I am confirmed, I will commission a broad-based and inclusive task force to conduct that examination.
Its charter will be narrow. I am not interested in abstract theories of veterans' benefits. I want hands-on practical solutions. I will not want to hear that problems are intractable because of the language of the law. I will work within the law as the people's representatives in Congress write it.
It will be given a short fuse. If I leave this town with VBA's problems still under study I will count my tour here a failure.
Our history shows that America can solve just about any problem if we are united in a common cause and committed to a victory. I use the word "victory" deliberately. The clearest examples of our country's ability to achieve great ends while overcoming enormous challenges can be found in undertakings such as the Manhattan Project or the creation of entire shipyards out of bare ground in response to World War II's shipping shortage.
It may be necessary for V A to declare its own war on claims processing and bring all of its resources to bear in the campaign to win that war. Success will certainly take bold steps. All of the participants must be willing to unite in the common cause.
I don't want to suggest today that I have a "preferred option" for conducting this campaign. Nothing should be off the table. The members of the task force should be free to propose and discuss any idea, no matter how different it is from the way VBA operated in 1946 or 1972 or even in 1999. V A's challenges are not limited to prompt and accurate decisions on disability claims.
Many veterans are skeptical of V A's ability to provide them with quality healthcare. I believe that, over all, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) does provide high quality healthcare. I commend VHA's leadership for their emphasis on patient safety and quality care. But quality healthcare requires constant attention at every level within the Department. I will keep my eye on that ball.
VHA provides healthcare to the extent that resources are available. That means that the inefficient or ineffective use of limited resources comes at the expense of healthcare for veterans. I will hold VHA'S leadership accountable for their stewardship of the resources entrusted to them --------because sick veterans would pay the price for VHA inefficiency. That would be unacceptable to me.
As Secretary, my bottom line will be access to quality healthcare for veterans. This will be particularly true for veterans who do not have other options, either because they need the specialized services provided by V A or because their circumstances call on them to look to V A as their only healthcare provider.
President-elect Bush has promised a top to bottom review of V A's healthcare system, implementation of the Millennium Health Care Act, and modernization of barriers hindering, veterans' access to health care.
If the Senate confirms my nomination, the President's goals will be my goals. Again, I believe that a broad-based, inclusive, tightly-focused and short-fused task force, drawing on the commitment and knowledge of the VSOs, forward looking V A employees, and V A's partners in healthcare delivery, can help me deliver on that promise by identifying problems and proposing solutions. New technology offers V A new opportunities. It also imposes great challenges. Technology is often expensive, and is almost always complex. Effective application of complex technology to already complex processes, such as V A's, frequently requires rethinking and rebuilding from the ground up. We can't just "pave the cow paths" and expect to improve service.
Information technology can offer a means to break down the bureaucratic barriers that interfere with quick and efficient service to veterans as well as the walls dividing V A from her sister departments in the Federal government and, totally unacceptably to me, barriers within V A itself.
V A has absorbed billions of dollars allocated to improving its ability to collect, process and communicate data. Frankly, I do not see improvements proportional to the resources consumed.
I do not now have a solution to V A's information technology problems. I do know that I intend to find one. And that in my search for a solution I will not be constrained by "how we have always done it." That path is a dead end. It has not worked.
I will not come before you and claim to have in my hip pocket an instant solution to all of the problems faced by V A and by the veterans V A serves. If the solutions were easy they would have been implemented long ago. And while I am blessed with many friends in the veterans community, and can draw on my experience on the Hill, in the Department and on the Congressional Commission on Veterans and Servicemembers Transition, I am also aware that much has changed over the last eight years. While I have a rich background of experience, I also have much to learn.
If I am confirmed, I expect that my initial months in office will be spent building a foundation of knowledge from which I can create a blueprint for action.
But I do not intend to come to Washington to conduct seminars.
I intend to make decisions and to act on them. Those who know me know that I will be decisive. I will act boldly. But I will not act impulsively. I will work closely with you and with your colleagues in the House. I will ensure that VSOs are enlisted as partners in developing solutions as well as in identifying problems. I will look to forward- thinking V A employees for their experience and knowledge. But study will not be an excuse for delay.
If the Senate blesses me with confirmation, I will make decisions and I will see them implemented. I will hold the individuals entrusted with leadership within the Department accountable for their outcomes, just as I expect to be held accountable.
In short, Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, I appear before you today not to make a commitment to specific plans or programs. I have enough knowledge of the Department and its problems to know that I still have much to learn before I can unveil detailed plans or promise specific actions.
Rather, I appear before you today to acknowledge my personal debt to the millions ofAmericans who have served our nation in uniform in the past, and to the millions who stand watch today on the ramparts of freedom.
My debt to them can be satisfied only by a commitment to work with you, and with our partners in the VSOs, as well as the Department's employees, to identify and implement the solutions necessary to ensure that veterans obtain the benefits and healthcare they have earned.
If the Senate consents to my nomination, I intend to satisfy that debt.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Senator Specter and members of the Committee.
I look forward to your questions.
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President Obama wants to extend lower tax rates for the middle class, while allowing the top rate for the wealthy to expire on schedule. Republicans want to make current rates permanent, adding $4 trillion to the debt over the next decade, and is prepared to kill middle-class breaks unless they get what they want. The public is siding with Obama; a few too many cowardly congressional Democrats are siding with Republicans.
A detail that's doesn't get as much attention as it deserves is that the policy everyone's fighting over -- the one the GOP will do anything to protect -- didn't work. Bush's tax policy was a failure, and didn't deliver on any of its intended goals. Bruce Bartlett offers a timely reminder.
Republicans are heavily invested in permanently extending the tax cuts enacted during the George W. Bush administration, all of which expire at the end of this year exactly as the legislation was written in the first place. To hear Republicans, one would think that the Bush tax cuts were the most powerful stimulus to growth ever enacted and only a madman would even think of allowing any of them to expire.
The truth is that there is virtually no evidence in support of the Bush tax cuts as an economic elixir. To the extent that they had any positive effect on growth, it was very, very modest. Their main effect was simply to reduce the government's revenue, thereby increasing the budget deficit, which all Republicans claim to abhor.
The Forgotten Detail: The Bush Tax Policy Was A Failure
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I know what you're thinking -- not another namby-pamby, reasons-to-be-cheerful, holiday-themed list of reasons to be happy while the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Okay, okay; point taken. But sometimes we progressives forget to sit up and take notice of our own progress; we're so wired for seeking cures to injustice that, too often, all we see is injustice, and not the strides or baby steps made toward its correction. At least, that's how it is with me.
But the self-help types tell us that a little gratitude in one's attitude makes the whole darn world a sweeter place, and, after all, who wouldn't want that? So, in that spirit, I seek to rise above my native pessimism, to unfurrow my brow but for just a moment, to breathe in some of the fresh air that blew through the political landscape in the final months of 2012 -- and just look around for a bit. Because some pretty amazing things happened, especially on November 6, and the days that led up to it. And at least one awful thing stopped. (Bye-bye, Romney.) And for these things and more, I am very, very thankful.
12 Reasons I'm Thankful on Turkey Day 2012: A Political Reporter's Gratitude List
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