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Sometimes I think my entire life is a roller coaster ride.
The week started out with the roller coaster rocketing across with thrilling ooohs and ahhhs.
Monday began with stellar (finally!) online sales (sure hope it stays that way). At 10:30 A.M. the printer called to tell us Rifts® Path of the Storm™: One writer's vision for the Rifts® movie would be arriving later that day, a day earlier than expected. The book looks great, reproduction of the interior pencil art and the color cover is beautiful, and we are just geeked about this title. This is Matthew's first, fully authored book with his name on the front cover, so he was beside himself with anticipation. I'd have to say Christmas came early for him this Monday. Matthew's excitement and energy made me silly, and we clowned around all afternoon while packing books. Wayne and I teased poor Matthew without mercy the entire day, making up stories and calling him "Mister Hollywood." It was a fun, if busy, day. Busy, because we also had a zillion Christmas Surprise Packages to process. It made the day seem to zoom by at lightning speed. Whew.
Distributor orders for Rifts® Path of the Storm™ shipped on Monday, pre-orders shipped on Tuesday, and I've been tossing copies into Christmas Surprise Packages at a liberal pace. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SCREENPLAY. Okay, you don't have to, but I recommend it. It is a fun, entertaining and worthwhile read. I hope people like it as much as we do. Matthew and I can hardly wait for fan reaction. Of course, this is not likely to be the movie Jerry Bruckheimer Films makes – if they ever make one at all – but it's a fun ride. I think I can report that the screenplay currently under development for JB Films is very different from Path of the Storm.
Tuesday was another busy day that felt like a racing roller coaster. We packed and shipped another big stack of Surprise Packages, I worked on Rifts® Lemuria a bit, addressed several correspondences, met with a freelancer, talked on the phone, ran some errands, paid some bills, signed a stack of books, handled several business matters and the next thing I knew it was 8:00 PM and time to call it a day.
Wednesday turned into one rapid-fire meeting after another. As soon as one ended, another started. I met with Wayne and Matthew to discuss the status of books in the pipeline in the morning, snuck out to get an oil change for the car and haircut for myself, then came back to the office, where I met with Carmen Bellaire, followed by Mark Dudley, followed by a freelance artist and a trio of pals. Next thing I knew it was 9:15 PM. Yikes.
Today has been quiet by comparison. My day started at 6:30 AM with news of another strong day of online sales. Got to the office at 7:30 AM, put out food for the birds, made Surprise Package selections and signed some books, spoke with Matthew and Wayne briefly, paid some bills, talked with Mike Mumah by phone, answered a few Private Messages (sorry for being so behind) and now it's lunchtime and I'm writing this Weekly Update.
UPDATE: Robotech® The New Generation™ Sourcebook and Rifts® Path of the Storm™ have shipped and are winging their way to you or stores everywhere. Both books should hit store shelves sometime next week. If you ordered online, then your book is on its way to you. Both are outstanding products.
UPDATE: Rifts® Path of the Storm™ – Shipped Monday. This product is part Rifts® movie screenplay, part sourcebook and all fun – especially for the low, low price of $12.95 retail. Cat. No. 305, 96 pages.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria. This is going to be a sourcebook that is epic in scope. I spoke with the author, Greg Diaczyk, on Tuesday and he's on board with the tweaks, changes and additions we're making. He is pumped up about seeing this book released. That makes two of us . . . no wait . . . it's more like a few thousand of us. Hey, I know the delays are frustrating, but this beauty is nearing completion and worth the wait. You will love this book. It is packed with clever ideas, many new Biomancy Magic spells, Ocean Magic spells, Millennium Tree items, aquatic riding animals, sea monsters, sea dragons, living armor and weapons, symbiotic organisms, information about the Lemurian people, their floating cities, great artwork and more. Getting it to the printer in the next week or two remains my top priority, but my printer's schedule is such that it will be a January release.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. I was showing off the artwork to Mark Dudley and a host of others, and everyone has been blown away by it. I keep telling people Endless Dead™ is going to surprise and create bone chilling amazement, with zombies like you have never seen them, new survivor O.C.C.s including the Wheelman and Zombie Hunter, vehicle armor rules, many encounter tables, adventure tables, what the military is doing and more. At this point, also a January release. Sorry. But you will love it. I can hardly wait to finish it and get it to the printer.
(Can't get your zombie fix fast enough? Order the 11x8½ inch or 17x11 inch Endless Dead™ zombie print by artist Mike Mumah. The prints may be requested in Christmas Surprise Packages but only some requests will be honored and you are most likely to get the small, 11x8½ inch version. You can also request a staff photo with us as zombies – our drawn heads from the print superimposed on our photographed bodies. Silly fun.)
UPDATE: About Palladium's new releases. As I said in the last Weekly Update, I know some of you are frustrated with books getting delayed, but I want you to know that the guys and I are working hard to get them out as quick as we can. We have one great book coming your way after another and you are going to love them. Lemuria™, Endless Dead™ and The Rifter® #57 will all be released in January. Fear not, they are coming soon. I hope you can focus on the fact that books are coming out and new releases should continue on a regular basis every month from this point forward. Help us keep these releases coming by gobbling them up when they come out and spreading the word about how much you enjoy them.
Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook will follow after Endless Dead™, followed by (in not exact order), Robotech® Genesis Pits, Rifts® Black Market, Rifts® Megaverse in Flames®, Rifts® Northern Gun, a couple of Palladium Fantasy® sourcebooks, Splicers® sourcebooks and bunch of other cool stuff.
UPDATE: Online sales are finally rockin'. Orders for the two new releases and Christmas Surprise Packages are streaming in at an excellent pace. So are orders for back stock items, T-shirts, the bookmarks and other product. Awesome. Please keep 'em coming! We're still working toward seeing December sales skyrocket over the next three weeks, carrying us into the New Year like a runaway freight train. ;)
16 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS! Palladium's Christmas Surprise Package is a deal gamers cannot afford to pass up! I keep saying it because it's true: Palladium's Christmas Surprise Packages are the best deal of the holidays. $80-$90 (or more!) worth of Palladium Books product for only $38 plus shipping and handling. A minimum of eighty dollars ($80) retail. Sometimes much more! Santa Kevin often packs in $90-$100 worth of goodies. It is our way of saying thank you to our fans and putting smiles on the faces of gamers around the world. Offer ends December 23, 2011. Just over two weeks till Christmas – and you need to factor in at least 3 to several days in shipping time – which means order your Grab Bags SOONER than later!
BIG SALE at Kevin's Online Toy & Collectibles Store ENDS Monday, December 12. We'll still have nice items at low prices after the sale, but our big additional discount (all items are 20% to 30% LESS than the usually low prices) ends December 12. There are action figures, toys, original artwork, and Palladium collectibles looking for a nice new home for the holidays. All are from my personal collection and are generally in very good to mint condition. Check it out.
Carmen Bellaire – Children's book author. Many of you may not know it, but Palladium's own Carmen Bellaire took a year hiatus from doing RPG material to write a children's book in the vein of Harry Potter. It is entitled Persephone's Tale: A Daughter in Rhyme, 274 pages of epic adventure. We enjoyed it and now YOU can order your copy. Carmen has made his enchanting fantasy novel available as a print-on-demand book from both CreateSpace and Amazon.com.
Keep those Christmas orders rolling in while you still have time! Oh, and let us know what you think about Robotech® The New Generation Sourcebook and Rifts® Path of the Storm, and keep those imaginations burning bright!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Surrogate Santa
One of the best holiday deals anywhere is right here: The Christmas Surprise Package – $80-$90+ worth of merchandise (often more!) for only $38 plus shipping and handling. And you also get autographs in every book if you want them and the element of surprise with your wish list. Heck, the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package may be the "very best gift" money can buy, period! At least for gamers.
Buy one or several as gifts for your friends or for yourself. Use it to get books on the cheap to fill in holes in your gaming collection, try new RPGs and game settings, or get back issues of The Rifter®, or get original art, art prints and autographs. Surprise your fellow gamers with one choice book or a big pile of books for Christmas thanks to Palladium's Surprise Package. Can you imagine the look on your friend or loved one's face when you hand him or her a pile of role-playing products worth $90 (or more) . . . with autographs? And you only paid $38 (plus shipping and handling). Word it right and you may get a Surprise Package that has enough items to give to two or three friends.
No other game company offers an opportunity like this. And for a lot of people this is the only way to get books signed by some of the creators and Palladium staff. What are you waiting for? Order yours today. :)
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Priority Mail: This is a very reliable method of shipping. It is supposed to take three days, and usually does, but sometimes 4-5 days during the Christmas season. Note that orders shipped via the US Postal Service cannot be traced or tracked.
UPS Ground takes 1-3 days to deliver to most places east of the Mississippi. 4-5 days to those of you west of that dividing line, so those living out west should take that into account. Orders shipped via UPS can be tracked at any time and the contents are insured if lost. This early before Christmas there is NO NEED to have orders shipped via 3-Day or 2-Day UPS.
UPS 3rd Day Service: Guaranteed to arrive 3 days after being shipped. REMEMBER, it can take one or two days for your order to be processed and shipped. This is definitely the case when you place an order on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. We cannot process your order till Monday and that means it ships on Tuesday.
To expedite your order, PLEASE make your Wish List/Special Wants clear, include 8-12 currently available books/items, and make certain your address is complete and correct. We MUST have a complete street address including Apartment Number to ship via UPS. UPS cannot ship to a P.O. Box (see Priority). If you give us the wrong or incomplete address and the order gets lost – the loss is yours. Palladium cannot replace the order as a result of your mistake or omission. Remember, we are packing Christmas Surprise Packages full, often with $85-$100+ worth of product, and Palladium cannot afford to send the package out twice due to your mistake. We hope you understand. Likewise, numbered, limited editions and original artwork can NOT be replaced if lost. BE CAREFUL, send your complete, current address – including your apartment number – and use a reliable, trackable and insured method of shipping like UPS.
Note to Customers Outside the U.S.A.: 1. You, the customer, are responsible for any and all duties, taxes or Customs fees. Books have the lowest fees and duties, but they can still be costly (typically around $20-$30). 2. Palladium Books is not responsible for any delays at Customs. We cannot guarantee time of arrival, so give yourself a few extra days. International Priority Mail should arrive within 5-7 business days, but give yourself a little extra time to be safe. 3. Palladium charges you ONLY for ACTUAL postage plus a small handling fee. We are a small company and can not offer the low or no shipping that big companies like Amazon are able to provide. We hope you understand.
Starting December 5th, Palladium Books processes Christmas Surprise Package orders EVERY day (except weekends) in an effort to get them to you before Christmas. Have a wonderful and joyous holiday.
During the holiday season, we like to let you see some of the many comments we get with the Christmas Surprise Packages. It's a nice way to acknowledge some of our fans and to share with you the kinds of words we hear from gamers throughout the season. We show only initials as some people would rather keep their identity private. Our thanks for your kind words of appreciation and encouragement. We're happy to see so many satisfied customers and the rampant enthusiasm.
We are happy to do the Christmas Surprise Packages and spread a little joy and fun around the globe. It is a privilege and an honor to touch so many people with our games. The Surprise Packages are our way of giving back and saying thank you to our legion of amazing fans. Game on! – Kevin Siembieda
R.G. in Salt Lake City, Utah, writes: I have tried to order this [Surprise Package] every year. Thanks for all the great stuff you put in these. It's one of the best surprises for me under the tree.
J.G. in Prosper, Texas, writes: I've done at least one grab bag for at least the last decade and it is one of the most amazing things in gaming I have ever seen.
G.S. in Pueblo West, Colorado, writes: Kevin & crew, thanks for doing the Christmas Grab Bags again this year. I really like the suspense of waiting to see what's inside. Your generosity has allowed me to bring the wonder of role-playing to my children. I have been playing Palladium's RPGs for 27 years and I hope to be playing them with my children and grandchildren for 27 more. Thanks Kevin and everyone at Palladium. Happy Holidays!
J.H., in Louisville, Kentucky writes: I would like to tell all of you thanks for everything you do to make this the best RPG [company] on the planet. And I hope you have a great year.
R.V. in Eugene, Oregon, writes: Hi Folks! This awesome Surprise Pack is for my husband. When I met him four years ago I was shocked to find that he had never participated in an RPG. That seemed pretty weird, since he was an articulate, creative guy who reads sci-fi and fantasy books. So one afternoon I took him down to the game shop and introduced him to Rifts® . . . pretty much since that day there is always a Rifts® book laying around within easy reach of the couch, dining table or bed. . . Thank you so much for the marvels of Rifts. This is one Christmas gift that I can't wait for my husband to open!
P.F. in Columbus, Ohio, writes: I love Palladium Books! Met Kev and he is a great guy. I am happy you guys are working on Robotech® again (wish you could do Star Wars). My only suggestion is get out more Palladium Fantasy® books, those are the first Palladium Books I was ever exposed to and they are still the best darn RPG out there.
J.B. in Pagaso Springs, Colorado, writes: Another year of growing pains that has seen some really great work. Keep up the job gang.
R.C. in Victoria, Texas, writes: We LOVE you Palladium Books!
D.M. in Dunedin, Florida, writes: I only want one of the these [two Surprise Packages]. I am purchasing two so that someone else can get a Christmas present. Feel free to pick someone – anyone – at random and give them my second Surprise Package. Merry New Year and all that!
[Wow. Now that's Christmas spirit. And I'm proud to say that D.M. is not the first or only person to do this. How awesome. I sent the extra Grab Bag to gamers I know are having a rough time. And some people wonder why I always insist Palladium fans are the greatest in the whole wide world. Well, take a look at this. Makes me proud. – Kevin Siembieda]
This sourcebook is epic in scope and opens up an entirely new range of game play by allowing mecha and O.C.C.s from all eras of Robotech® in one setting.
For the first time ever, Veritech Fighters, Destroids, Battloids, Hover Tanks, Cyclones, and something called "Frankenmecha" – giant mecha amalgamations that combine the limbs, weapons and body parts of two or more mecha. There are also rules for creating Frankenmecha, new weapons and vehicles, seven new resistance fighter character classes, Invid Hives, key characters from the TV show, world overview and more. 8½ x 11 book format (not manga size), 96 pages.
The battle for the liberation of Earth starts here. For the first time in its history, the Earth has been invaded and occupied by alien invaders – the Invid. The Invid think they have won, but Freedom Fighters, UEEF soldiers and other heroes continue to fight until they win.
Everyone wants to know what's going on with the Rifts® movie. Well, this book presents an insight and behind the scenes info on that front by Kevin Siembieda, plus an entire screenplay written on speculation by Matthew Clements as well as game stats and artwork for major characters in the script. Kevin was so impressed with the writer's screenplay that he had Matthew make changes and improvements and sent the second draft to Jerry Bruckheimer Films for their consideration. Meanwhile, Matthew and Kevin hit it off and the next thing he knew he became Palladium's new staff writer.
We thought it would be fun to let Rifts® gamers and Palladium fans see the type of Rifts® movie we at Palladium Books would like to see made. So we are presenting Matthew's screenplay as a proposed Rifts® movie script and Rifts® sourcebook. The screenplay is a fast, fun adventure story that is sure to please Rifts fans. To make it more fun, the author has statted out the key characters in the script and gamers can use the heroes, villains and story ideas in their own campaign should they choose to do so.
This is a unique product and a fun read that should appeal to all Palladium fans. After all, it lets the reader step behind the veil and see what goes on behind the scenes.
The power, secrets and magic of the underwater realm of Lemuria revealed. Player characters can use symbiotes, magic and technology to breathe underwater and spend time below the waves.
Lemuria is more than an underwater civilization of aquatic beings. They can trace their lineage as far back as the Atlanteans and can survive on dry land as well as underwater. In fact, their greatest secret is that there is no one resting place for the Lemurians, their great cities are always moving. Learn about the people of Lemuria, new Biomancy magic and weapons, Biomancy engineered riding animals, sea herbs, new powers of healing, sea monsters, and more. Epic adventure awaits.
As time goes on, the zombie hordes only grow in number and strangeness. This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is going to be epic. Kevin and all the Palladium creators are pushing the envelope with each and every book they work on.
The ultimate Zombie Apocalypse T-shirt: The front depicts a woman armed with a shovel standing on the roof of her car as a massive horde of zombies swarm around her. The front of the shirt reads: "Ever have one of those days?" Below the art is the Dead Reign™ logo and the words "The Zombie Apocalypse." Printed white on a black T-shirt. Art by Amy Ashbaugh.
The back of the shirt is red on black and says, "Relax, it's not like it's the end of the world or anything." - but most of that statement has lines crossing it out, leaving only the words "it's the end of the world." Under it is a Nick Bradshaw zombie silhouette and a small version of the Dead Reign™ logo. Funny, poignant, awesome!
With zombies and horror all the rage in film and books, this RPG captures all the best aspects of the zombie genre. The setting is as much about survival in a post-apocalyptic world as it is about battling legions of walking dead. If tales of human survival, horror and zombies are of interest, you will love this fast paced game and its sourcebooks.
A zombie horde stumbles toward you, but these aren't ordinary zombies, they are the Palladium staff and freelancers! That's right, this horrifying mash of zombies includes Kevin, Wayne, Alex, Kathy, Julius and Matthew, as well as Kevin Long, Ramon Perez, Freddie Williams, Mike Mumah (the artist), Mark Dudley, Chuck Walton, Nick Bradshaw, Carl Gleba, Jason Richards, Brandon Aten, Greg Diaczyk and many, many others (36 monstrous faces total). Available in two sizes, both signed by the Palladium staff.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
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How a wholesome drink became a villain.
America's international reputation is as the land of milk and money. Here, milk has long been thought of as not just another nutritious beverage but as purity, even patriotism, in a glass. The title of a recent chronicle of the rise of milk-drinking in America reflects the national view of the beverage: Nature's Perfect Food. "In the U.S., milk is virtually the national emblem (apple pie, in comparison, is an also-ran)," London's Guardian pronounced last year. If pollsters asked such questions, for most of the 20th century milk's favorability ratings would probably have exceeded even water's. In the 1980s, milk was so venerated that a sociologist in the New York Times linked a decrease in its consumption to the declining public faith in all institutions, from the church to the academy to the press to government.
Since then, America's belief in the goodness of milk has taken a darker turn. Milk has turned from a symbol of true-blue Americana into a token of everything that's wrong with the country. As with most cultural changes, the transformation began with extremists, but it has crept into mainstream discourse. Like Hulk Hogan suddenly becoming a wrestling villain, the symbol of saying your prayers and taking your vitamins, of right-thinking Americanness, has now become the bad guy.
These days, milk's chief sin is its cost. In May, the price of dairy products shot up by nearly 7 percent, the largest monthly increase in almost 60 years. Nationally, a gallon of milk runs around $3, and in some places you'll pay nearly $5. Local papers everywhere are running stories bemoaning the high price of milk. West Virginia's Sunday Gazette-Mail listed ways that local residents are stretching their milk dollars: One couple canceled the Sunday paper and switched their long-distance service. One area woman is limiting the amount of milk her children can pour into their cereal. Another pours orange juice over her breakfast. Another woman is buying milk in bulk and freezing the extra. And still another is buying 2 percent milk and adding water to it to turn it into skim milk, though she hasn't confessed the crime to her family. The malaise is obvious. What next, milk lines?
But before milk was too expensive, it was too cheap. Milk was attacked as government-subsidized pork, propped up by economic Stalinism. It's committed other offenses, too. In our health-conscious times, the once-wholesome drink is fingered for fattening kids and clogging arteries. Or is it, as others would have it, corporate poison inserted into the food supply by rapacious Big Business? Or Frankenfood engineered by egomaniacal scientists? Does hormone-altered milk fuel teenage sexuality by causing early puberty in girls? Because Northern Europeans (and Saharan nomads) are about the only people in the world who can digest milk as adults, is it racist?
There's a national frenzy for milk reform. Some think whole milk and 2 percent milk should be banned from schools. The Congressional Black Caucus has blamed the USDA food pyramid for institutionalizing milk in the national diet. Others have sued the federal school-lunch program for racial discrimination for refusing to subsidize nondairy beverages without a note from a doctor. Animal-rights advocates attack dairy farmers for keeping cows in a state of permanent pregnancy and then selling off the calves for veal. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals once put Rudy Giuliani on a billboard with the tag line, "Got prostate cancer?" The author of a book called Milk: The Deadly Poison blamed milk for the death of Florence Griffith Joyner. Even "Got Milk?" is under attack. Some dairy farmers claim that the mandatory payments they must make to fund government-supervised industry advertising is a violation of their First Amendment rights.
These reform movements are reversing a long national tradition. Milk reform began as soon as milk drinking became an entrenched American habit—during the mid-1800s, as Americans moved to cities. But the early reformers wanted Americans to drink more milk, not less. (Milk-drinking is an industrial, urban activity, not a rural one. Before pasteurization, most milk was too dangerous to drink.) As E. Melanie DuPuis, a University of California-Santa Cruz sociologist, details in Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink, the early reformers blamed rising infant mortality on city life: The new cities, they argued, caused women to become morally degenerate and physically weak, and they transmitted those ailments to the infants they breast-fed. The solution: Feed babies cleaner, purer cow's milk.
For the next 100 years, reformers tried to make milk-drinking more healthful. In the early 20th century, the phrase "the milk question" was shorthand for the dilemma the beverage posed: Americans needed to drink it to improve their health, but because milk carried bacteria and diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid, it was dangerous to imbibe.
Milk's reputation has suffered not because milk is worse today—if anything, it's safer—but because we've changed our attitudes toward other things. We used to like Big Government for protecting public health; now it's robbing our pocketbooks. Before industrial farming raped the countryside, it created a bountiful food supply. And before milk was contemptibly Eurocentric and racist, it was admirably Eurocentric and racist. DuPuis cites a 1920s National Dairy Council publication in which a nutritionist declares, "The people who have achieved, who have become large, strong, vigorous people, who have reduced their infant mortality, who have the best trades in the world, who have an appreciation for art, literature and music, who are progressive in science and every activity of the human intellect are the people who have used liberal amounts of milk and its products." A 1933 history of New York agriculture asserted, "A casual look at the races of people seems to show that those using much milk are the strongest physically and mentally, and the most enduring peoples of the world. Of all races, the Aryans seem have been the heaviest drinkers of milk and the greatest users of butter and cheese, a fact that may in part account for the quick and high development of this division of human beings."
You can't blame milk for being confused. It's getting attacked for exactly the same reasons it was once celebrated. But perhaps the milk skeptics are right—justice may finally be catching up to this innocent-seeming beverage. After all, on the Fourth of July in 1850, President Zachary Taylor dedicated the Washington Monument and spent the day eating cherries and milk. He fell sick. Five days later, he died. For 150 years, milk's gotten away with murder. Isn't that long enough?


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UNESCO promotes climate change education in Africa
How can climate change education support education systems in Africa so they can respond to the challenges posed by climate change?
At a three-day UNESCO Regional Expert Meeting on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in Africa, some 100 experts will develop recommendations to promote education as an important means to enhance adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development in African countries.
Many African countries are already confronted with the threat of rapidly accelerating desertification, floods and other hazards but they do not have the means to adapt to, or mitigate, climate change. If they are to move further along the path to sustainable development and achieve national goals, they will need to strengthen these capacities.
The recommendations will serve as a contribution to the upcoming UNESCO World Conference Education for Sustainable Development scheduled in 2014 in Japan.
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A Carteret County man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl has been returned to Carteret County, authorities said Saturday.
A Carteret County man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl has been returned to Carteret County, authorities said Saturday.
Timothy Newman, 38, a registered sex offender who lives in the Bogue community of Carteret County, was located Sept. 26 in Florida with Abigaile Lefevers, also of Carteret County, who had been missing from her home for two days.
He is accused of child abduction and was in custody at the Broward County Jail. Carteret officials said Saturday night that Newman was in custody at the Carteret County Jail.
Charges for Newman include child abduction, grand theft auto and probation violation. Carteret County authorities filed the child abduction charge, and court records in Broward County indicate that the grant theft auto charge was filed by Hallandale Police Department in Florida, which is the law enforcement agency that located Newman.
An investigation into Abigaile�s disappearance began Sept. 24 after her father reported her missing.
Robert Lefevers said he spent the day with Abigaile Sept. 23 and last saw her at about 10 p.m. When he awoke the next morning she was gone. She was returned home Oct. 2.
Newman, who lives in the same community, was also gone and did not report to work that day.
Authorities said Newman, a registered sex offender, had been in contact with Abigaile several times prior to her disappearance.
Lefevers said Newman, an acquaintance, had apparently texted his daughter without his knowledge.
Newman was placed on the sex offender registry in 2005 for convictions in connection with two counts of engaging in a sex offense with a 14-year-old girl in 2003 in Stokes County.
Newman was being held on a $1.2 million bond.
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Kelly G., a quilter on our worldwide quilting facebook group, shared this beautiful Infinity Knot quilt she's in the process of finishing. Don't you just love the polar bears and the cute tracks that make up the knot?
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Roscoe swept Rotan in a basketball doubleheader on Friday as both teams won for the first time in District 9-A, Division I play.The Roscoe boys are 1-1 after edging Rotan 33-32, following a 42-26 win by the girls (1-2) in the opener.Roscoe's Jesus Leanos had a team-high 19 points the boys led 10-6 after one period, 18-12 at halftime and 27-23 at the end of three quarters before holding off a late rally by Rotan. Dillon Freeman had six points, John Hermosillio four and Cutter Davilla and Keeston Ford two apiece.Roscoe's girls led Rotan 14-4, 21-13 and 32-17 at the quarter breaks in getting their first district win. Faith Boren paced the Plowgirls with 18 points while Jacinda Morales had nine, Lynnsi Moses five, Kendall Moses four and Sara Kingston, Torrey Willman and Natalie Anthony two. Morales had 10 steals and Kingston eight for the Plowgirls.


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Paralegal Associate's Degree
View courses for our Paralegal Associate's degree. Download the course catalog for more information.
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Course listings are subject to change. Please see our course catalog and/or addendum for most current listings.
Paralegal Associate's Degree Course List
Major and Core Courses
- Computer Applications and Business Systems Concepts
- Career Development
- Criminal Law and Procedures: Crime and the Courtroom
- Introduction to Law and the Legal System
- Civil Litigation and Procedure I
- Civil Litigation and Procedure II
- Contracts: Managing Legal Relationships
- Paralegal Ethics
- Real Estate Law
- Corporate Law
- Law Office Technology: Cyberspace and the Paralegal Profession
- Torts: Auto Accidents and Other Legal Injuries
- Family Law
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing
This course teaches students basic to advanced computer concepts and skills, including creating and modifying Word documents, designing databases, spreadsheet creation and analysis, using the Internet and E-Commerce tools, and creating presentations with enhanced features and web tools.
Course ID: CGS1240
Credits: 3
This course is designed to study the personal and professional characteristics necessary for obtaining and maintaining suitable employment. The student will assemble a complete jobseeking portfolio including his/her resume and references, letters of application and appreciation, documentation of work and educational history, and demonstration of skills through examples of student work. The course includes an indepth study of self-marketing approaches, job interviewing techniques and professionalism as well as participation in a mock interview.
Course ID: E242
Credits: 2
This course introduces definitions and terminology of criminal law and procedural elements of prosecution of a criminal case. Students will examine prosecution of criminal cases in the federal and state court system. They will study crimes against persons, property, against public order, public health and safety, and defenses that may be raised in a criminal case. This course will prepare students to explore suspect's procedural rights at all steps of a criminal case.
Prerequisites:Policing in America or Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: CJL1381
Credits: 4
Students will examine the American legal system from a variety of perspectives. They will survey topics including essential history, the working structure of government, issues of court procedure, and specific legal concepts. In addition, they will investigate the role of the paralegal in the legal system, and the impact of legal ethics on the paralegal. Paralegal students will gain a foundation for further paralegal study, and students from other disciplines will gain an appreciation of the legal system's impact on their disciplines. Students will prepare a resume as part of this course.
Course ID: PLA1013
Credits: 4
Students will examine the lawyers and paralegals' roles in handling civil cases and the means by which the objectives of litigation may be achieved. Strategy and mechanics of civil procedure will be explored in depth, and students will be required to prepare complaints, motions, and answers.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA1203
Credits: 4
Students will continue to develop and refine litigation skills. The course will focus on discovery, pre-trial procedure, trial procedure, post-trial procedure, and initial appellate documents.
Prerequisite:Civil Litigation and Procedure I
Course ID: PLA1223
Credits: 4
This course will provide students with a practical approach to the law of contracts. The class discussions and assignments will include analyzing contracts, breach of contracts, and the remedies provided for a breach of contract.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System or enrolled in Certificate
Course ID: PLA1573
Credits: 4
This course provides a strong theoretical and practical foundation for solving ethical dilemmas. Students will gain a realistic picture not only of what ethical questions arise in paralegal studies, but also how to resolve these issues with sound moral decisions and proper responses.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System or enrolled in Certificate
Course ID: PLA1310
Credits: 4
This course provides the basic concepts of the law of real property enabling the student to perform connected duties in a law office, title company, or financial institution. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to prepare purchase and sales agreements, deeds, mortgages, closing statements with perorations and other real estate related documents. The student will have a working knowledge of title searches and a thorough understanding of closing procedures. The student will also become familiar with mortgage foreclosures, landlord/tenant law, and zoning regulations.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA2610
Credits: 4
This course will provide students an overview of the formation, operation, and dissolution of the corporate entity. Stockholders rights and remedies as corporate owners will be examined. Corporate documents and corporate formalities will be discussed.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA2435
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of how to use computer technology to accomplish tasks performed by paralegals in a law office. Students will be introduced to and given the opportunity to utilize law-oriented computer software applications. Students will be exposed to exercises designed to provide the skills utilized by paralegals in file management, time, and docket management and computer-based legal research and document movement.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA2204
Credits: 4
This course examines the fundamentals of tort law and provides a basic understanding of the principles of tort litigation. Through classroom discussions, projects and supervised library research, students will develop an overview of causes of actions in torts and their relevancy to the paralegal.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA2587
Credits: 4
This course is designed to teach the student to handle client interviews, to draft necessary pleadings and supporting documents, and to perform research relative to the practice of family law and domestic relations matters. The student will develop an understanding of the law relating to marriage, cohabitation, divorce, annulment, custody and support, adoption, guardianship and paternity. Students will draft pleadings and documents including antenuptial and property settlement agreements.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System
Course ID: PLA2800
Credits: 4
This course introduces the Legal Research process for paralegals. An overview of legal source materials and how and when they are incorporated in the legal research process will be examined. Students will develop information literacy skills specific to the Paralegal field by working with primary sources, like state and federal enacted law and secondary sources, like legal encyclopedias, treatises, and state specific practice books. Students will develop skills such as legal application, analysis, and synthesis skills by identifying and classifying the best sources that apply to legal problems. Students will evaluate the relevance of sources for specific problems and critically evaluate the level of authority of various legal sources.
Prerequisite:Introduction to Law and the Legal System or enrolled in Certificate
Course ID: PLA2320
Credits: 4
After examining the sources of law and the structure of the federal and state court systems, students will be introduced to case and statutory analysis and to an understanding of the role of the paralegal in performing substantive legal analysis and writing tasks. They will learn how to analyze and synthesize written opinions. Students will use the results of their research from the Legal Research course in connection with at least three (3) significant writing projects, including memoranda of law. High level communication skills will be developed to effectively communicate in writing to different potential readers, including clients, attorneys in an office, trial court judges, and appellate panel judges. Analysis and preparation of high level legal content as well as formatting, citation rules, and other items needed for writing in this field will be developed. Students will organize an appellate brief which requires specific, rule based, formatting and structural content. This content includes items such as tables of cases and other authorities, a table of contents, statement of the case, argument, and conclusion.
Prerequisites:Legal Research; English Composition
Course ID: PLA2330
Credits: 4
Chose either Track I or Track II
Track I
- Paralegal Internship
This course provides the student with the opportunity to gain practical work experience under the supervision of an attorney. The student must periodically submit written reports to the supervising instructor describing his/her experiences during the internship. The student is evaluated by his/her supervisor at the conclusion of the internship.
Prerequisite:Students must be enrolled in their last or second-to-last quarter
Course ID: PLA2940
Credits: 5
Track II
- Paralegal Capstone
This course will provide students with an opportunity to integrate learning, skills, and theoretical knowledge from the Paralegal program in the form of real-world paralegal activities simulated in the online environment. Interview videos will be reviewed and analyzed, paralegal files completed, and electronic office and paperless office methods will be practiced.
Prerequisite or Co-Requisite:Law Office Technology: Cyberspace and the Paralegal Profession; Students must be in their last or second-to-last quarter.
Course ID: PLA2816
Credits: 5
General Education Courses
English Composition (Required course)
- English Composition
This course is designed to guide students in understanding the writing process and developing their ability to write and express ideas in an organized, unified, and coherent manner. Students will produce college-level writing that reflects awareness of rhetorical strategies, writing purpose, student voice, and appropriate grammar, punctuation, and usage skills. Through reading, writing, discussion, research, and collaboration, students will practice effective writing and apply course concepts.
Course ID: ENC1101
Credits: 4
Communication (Select 1 course)
- English Composition 2
- Introduction to Communication
- Oral Communication
This course builds on students' understanding of the writing process through an exploration of various writing strategies and research. Students will analyze readings and apply critical reading and writing skills. This course will develop argumentative writing and application of research.
Prerequisite:English Composition
Course ID: ENC1121
Credits: 4
The course will introduce students to basic models and theories of the communication process. Students will learn about a variety of elements involved in communication. They will also explore how factors such as race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and gender influence communication. Students will focus on developing an awareness of the effects of various types of communication on themselves and others. They will also develop practical skills for improving their ability to communicate in personal, social and professional contexts. Specific topics will include perception, self-concept, verbal and nonverbal communication, effective listening and communicating in culturally diverse settings.
Prerequisite:Passing grade in Foundation coursework or placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score
Course ID: COM1002
Credits: 4
This course will present students with a broad understanding of communication in a variety of contexts. Students will learn the processes and strategies of oral communication by exploring speech anxiety, audience analysis, and organizational speech patterns. Students will research, use supporting materials, and use effective language to develop and present a narrative, informative and persuasive speech.
Course ID: SPC2017
Credits: 4
Humanities (Select 2 courses)
- Humanities
- Film Appreciation
- Art Appreciation
- Creative Writing
- Introduction to Critical Thinking
- Introduction to Literature
- Conversational Spanish
This course investigates human creative achievement. It is designed to increase the student's understanding and appreciation of cultural literacy and the pursuit of humanitarian goals. Representative disciplines may include art, music, literature, architecture, drama, and philosophy.
Course ID: HUM2023
Credits: 4
Students will study different elements, forms, techniques and styles of film and will learn a critical approach to film and the motion picture industry. Students will critique films and filmmakers through various approaches and assessments that demonstrate analysis, interpretation, and evaluation skills as well as fostering a deeper appreciation and understanding of film as an art form.
Course ID: G145
Credits: 4
Students will examine the historical, social, and technological factors that contribute to understanding the function and meaning of art in this course. Using a global and thematic approach, students will be introduced to the basic elements of art, while learning about a full range of media used to make art, and the fundamental concepts of art criticism. Western and non-Western art is represented, with a strong emphasis on a global perspective in relation to culture, communication, politics, and economics.
Course ID: ART1204
Credits: 4
This course will develop the student's talents in creative writing. Various forms of writing will be studied, such as short stories, novels, poems, plays and non-fiction. Works by students and others will be critiqued. Students will also develop editorial skills so that each writer may revise and improve his/her work. Students will compose a minimum of 6000 words over the course of the program.
Prerequisite:Passing grade in Foundation coursework or placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score
Course ID: CRW2001
Credits: 4
A study of the rules of valid judging and reasoning, both inductive and deductive, in a traditional, language-centered context rather than a symbolic context. Logical analysis of both formal and informal fallacies and of the consistency and logical consequences of a given set of statements. Logical analysis is applied to concrete problems dealing with our knowledge of reality.
Prerequisite:English Composition
Course ID: PHI2103
Credits: 4
This course offers an introduction to the most common literary genres: fiction, poetry, drama, and literary non-fiction. Students will study the basic elements of each genre, learn how to compare genres, become familiar with sample texts that illustrate the particularities of each genre, and practice the skills of analyzing and writing about literary texts. Reading and analysis of texts will include a variety of literary forms and periods. Students will engage in approaches to determine literary meaning, form, and value.
Prerequisite:none [English Composition recommended]
Course ID: G230
Credits: 4
This course focuses on common words and phrases students need to develop a working vocabulary which will enable them to communicate with Spanish-speaking individuals in their personal and professional lives. Although oral communication is stressed, included is an overview of Spanish grammar, phonetic pronunciation and Hispanic culture.
Course ID: G238
Credits: 4
Math/Natural Sciences (Select 2 courses)
- Structure and Function of the Human Body
- Scientific Literacy
- General Education Mathematics
- Introduction to Human Biology
- College Algebra
- Introduction to Astronomy
- Introduction to Geology
This course provides a working knowledge of the structure and function of the human body. A general introduction to cells and tissues is followed by study of the anatomy and physiology of the skeletal and muscular systems. The student is introduced to the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, and endocrine systems.
Course ID: PHA1500
Credits: 4
In this course students will explore the role that science plays in the world. Students will survey different natural sciences such as: biology, health sciences, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and geology; as well as analyze specific case studies from these fields. Throughout the course students will develop their scientific reasoning skills. They will learn about the scientific method as well as how to detect common fallacies and misuses of science.
Course ID: G152
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to topics from modern mathematics that are relevant to everyday life and not typically covered in the standard college math sequence. Students will be exposed to a variety of mathematical tools from diverse branches of mathematics. They will utilize these tools to solve interesting real-world problems. Topics may include, but are not limited to, game theory, graph theory, the mathematics of growth, applications of geometry, probability, and statistics.
Prerequisite:Passing grade in Foundation coursework or placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score
Course ID: MAT1402
Credits: 4
Students will explore fundamental concepts of human biology. They will examine cell structure and function, body systems, and biochemistry. They will also learn basic concepts of genetics and evolution. Students will explore the relationship of human populations and the ecosystem. Students will complete laboratory exercise coordinated with course content.
Course ID: BSC2145
Credits: 4
This course provides students with the skills to achieve mastery of algebraic terminology and applications including, but not limited to, real number operations, variables, polynomials, integer exponents, graphs, factoring, quadratic equations, and word problems.
Prerequisite:Passing grade in Foundation coursework or placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score
Course ID: MAT1031
Credits: 4
Examines astronomical phenomena and concepts, including the solar system, stars and galaxies, planetary motions, atoms and radiation, and the origin and evolution of the universe.
Course ID: AST2002
Credits: 4
Examines basic geologic principles from a physical or historical perspective. Includes such topics as the formation of rocks and minerals; internal and external processes modifying the earth's surface and phenomena; and the evolutionary history of the earth, including its life forms, oceans and atmosphere.
Course ID: GLY1000
Credits: 4
Social Sciences (Required courses)
- Introduction to Sociology
- General Psychology
This course introduces students to basic sociology terms and concepts. Students will understand how to apply sociological concepts and theories and analyze the structure and relationships of social institutions and the process of social change. Students will explore a variety of topics of sociological interest, including socialization, social inequality, social movements, and the impact of technology and social change on society.
Course ID: SYG1000
Credits: 4
This course will provide students with a general understanding of basic methodologies, concepts, theories, and practices in contemporary psychology. Areas of investigation may include the goals and research methodologies of psychology, the science of the brain, theories of human development and intelligence, concepts of motivation and emotions, the science of sensation and perceptions, and the current practices pertaining to psychological disorders, therapies, and treatments.
Course ID: PSY1012
Credits: 4
Developmental Education Courses
- Reading and Writing Strategies
- Practical Math
This course develops students' reading and writing skills in preparation for college-level coursework. Through review of grammar, punctuation, and the writing process, students will enhance their ability to compose sentences, paragraphs, and short essays. The study of active reading strategies will provide students with the tools necessary for comprehending collegiate-level texts.
Course ID: B080
Credits: 4
Mathematics is learned through communication. In this course, students will learn to communicate how problems are solved and how solving problems can be applied in real-world settings. Students will have opportunities to learn multiple problem solving strategies. This course also provides practice and skill problems.
Course ID: B087
Credits: 4
Total Associate's Degree Credits
General Education Credits: 32
Major and Core Credits: 62
Total AAS Degree Credits: 94*
* Credit totals do not include Foundation Courses. Students must either demonstrate mastery of the subject matter in Foundation Courses through a Rasmussen College entrance placement exam or by successful completion of Foundation Courses.


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Eleven years ago today, one of the greatest tragedies is modern history occurred at the hands of men of pure evil. September 11, 2001 was to my generation what the attacks on Pearl Harbor was to those young men and women living in the 1940s. The senseless events of that day brought on emotions ranging from shock to sadness to fear and anger. And, I will never forget where I was that fateful morning. It's as fresh in my memory as the moments of yesterday.
This being an arts related blog, I've decided to post a few things below from the world of the arts that honor the victims of the acts of 9-11-01 and ensure each and every one of us remember this always.
God Bless America!


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WelcomeWelcome to the website for official University Policies. A University Policy is a rule that has been officially sanctioned by the president of Carnegie Mellon University and that generally has university-wide applicability. A Policy may include governing principles, it may either mandate or constrain action, it may ensure compliance with laws, or it may mitigate the University's risk. Broadly, a Policy is either academic or administrative in scope and application and must be approved by the president (and Board of Trustees as required), in order to become official University Policy.
Managed by the University Policy Coordinator, this site serves as a repository of current Policies, and provides information about new, revised or deleted Policies. The Policy coordinator oversees the Policy developent, review and approval process, provides documentation, publishes Policies and communicates Policy activity, advises on the availability of training and education for individual Policies, and maintains the online Policy library.
Questions, suggestions or comments about University Policies are welcome. Please contact the University Policy Coordinator.
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To confidentially and anonymously report suspected unethical activity relating to financial matters, academic and student life, human relations, health and campus safety or research, please call 877-700-7050 or visit the Ethics Hotline website (user name: tartans; password: plaid). All submissions will be reported to appropriate university personnel.


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Inspired by this lovely diamond-weave straw hat over at An Innocent Bystander blog, I've been hunting out an equally summery straw hat for a couple of weeks now. But from the high street up, most versions around are pork pie style with that rather mean brim. To my mind, this style has become synonymous with English lads abroad, so the more classic options I stumbled on at Marks & Spencer are a welcome relief. My favourite here, wider brimmed with the genuine Panama-style pinched crown and a tasteful striped trim, comes in a flattering yellow tone and looks much more expensive than the £45 price tag suggest. Who'd have thunk it?
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have arrested eight more retired officers over their alleged involvement in the ousting of an Islamic-led government in the late 1990s.
Anadolu Agency reports say the eight, including seven retired generals, were detained on Wednesday and late Thursday pending a trial over a military campaign that forced former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan to resign. No trial date has been set.
Anadolu said Friday that authorities were also questioning six other generals, including a former Air Force commander. They had not been arrested.
Several other officers have already been charged in Erbakan's ouster, which has been dubbed Turkey's "post-modern coup" because the military simply pressured the government to resign.
Turkey has curtailed the military's powers and is making generals account for intervening in government affairs.


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KNOW THE FACTS: Tax proposal critiques ignore crucial facts
BATON ROUGE – Today, both the Baton Rouge Advocate and Gannett News printed stories concerning the Governor's ideas for tax reform that were one-sided and lacked fact-checking and opposing views of how the reforms could benefit Louisiana. The stories were based on comments made by a special interest group.
Both stories simply cited the group's comments as facts and lacked an opposing view about how eliminating the personal and corporate income tax could help Louisiana's economy grow. For instance, multiple studies show that companies and people move to places where taxes are lower. Additionally, the Gannett article cited as fact a report issued by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) that erroneously claims the effects income tax reform would have on Louisiana by ignoring many key factors and making false assumptions.
Below are a number of key facts and figures that were left out of the Advocate and Gannett stories:
Studies Show That States Without An Income Tax Create More Jobs:
Studies Show That Between 2002 And 2012, 62% Of The Three Million New Jobs In America Were Created By The Nine States Without An Income Tax. "A new analysis by economist Art Laffer for the American Legislative Exchange Council finds that, from 2002 to 2012, 62% of the three million net new jobs in America were created in the nine states without an income tax, though these states account for only about 20% of the national population." (Editorial, "The State Tax Reformers," Wall Street Journal, 1/29/13)
"The No-Income Tax States Have Had More Stable Revenue Growth, While States Like New York, New Jersey And California That Depend On The Top 1% Of Earners For Nearly Half Of Their Income-Tax Revenue Suffer Wide And Destabilizing Swings In Their Tax Collections." (Editorial, "The State Tax Reformers," Wall Street Journal, 1/29/13)
Reporting Based On A Debunked Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) Study:
Gannett News Bases Reporting On An ITEP Study That Is Greatly Flawed And Has Been Debunked. "A previous study of what's known about the governor's plan said it appears to present a tax increase for 80 percent of Louisiana taxpayers but a significant tax break for the top 20 percent of wage earners and businesses." (Mike Hasten, "Studies Question Wisdom Of Swapping Taxes," Gannett , 2/13/13)
The ITEP Study Is Deeply Flawed:
ITEP Uses "Worst-Case Scenario" Figures To Conduct Their Study, Figures That Are Not Under Consideration For the Plan."ITEP's numbers do not reflect reality. ITEP falsely assumes a 'worst-case scenario' in which every dollar in state revenue lost from the elimination of the personal income tax (PIT) and the corporate income and franchise taxes (CIFT) is restored solely by increasing the state sales tax rate. Under those conditions, the state sales tax rate would need to be 7.94% to make up the lost revenue. No scenario currently under consideration requires a sales tax rate nearly that high." ("Know the Facts: ITEP Sidesteps the Truth," Louisiana Department Of Revenue, 1/23/13)
ITEP Does Not Factor In To Its Study Offsets For Low-Income Groups That Are Being Considered, Including An Earned Income Tax Credit. "ITEP's financial scope is distorted. ITEP does not factor in an offset (such as an Earned Income Tax Credit [EITC] or some other mechanism). News reports available to ITEP reveal that a variety of offset mechanisms for low-income people are currently being discussed and analyzed. The state is determined to ensure that the final proposal will make no Louisiana citizen worse off." ("Know the Facts: ITEP Sidesteps the Truth," Louisiana Department Of Revenue, 1/23/13)
ITEP's Study Ignores Key Factors, Such As The Fact That Many Essential Goods Are Exempt From State Sales Tax. "ITEP's scheme ignores key facts. Food for home consumption, prescription drugs, and residential utilities are exempt from state sales tax. Expenditures such as rent or housing costs, insurance costs, etc. are also not subject to state sales tax. So, in order for ITEP's study to be remotely accurate, a taxpayer with an income of $25,000 must spend $23,500 per year on things like clothing, restaurants, electronics, home supplies (cleaning supplies, home maintenance supplies, etc.), some forms of entertainment, etc. It is extremely unlikely that the average person with income at $25,000 exhibits such exorbitant spending habits." ("Know the Facts: ITEP Sidesteps the Truth," Louisiana Department Of Revenue, 1/23/13)
The Non-Partisan Tax Foundation Said The Louisiana Tax Reform Plan Would Greatly Improve The State's Standing Nationally:
The Tax Foundation, A Non-Partisan Tax Research Group, Stated That If The Louisiana Tax Reform Plan Is Passed, The State Would Move From 32nd To 4th Overall On The List Of Best State Tax Structures. "For now though, all told, the changes would bounce Louisiana from 32nd to 4th overall on our list of tax structures (assuming the changes were in place as of July 1, 2013)." (Richard Morrison, "Louisiana Tax Reform: Sizing up the Jindal Plan," The Tax Foundation, 1/18/13)
Tax Foundation: "This Plan Is A Step In The Right Direction. Corporate And Individual Income Taxes Are Generally Considered The Most Destructive Taxes To Economic Growth, And Both Have A Great Deal Of Complexity And Compliance Costs Associated With Them. Elimination Yields A Perfect Score In Those Components Of The Index."(Richard Morrison, "Louisiana Tax Reform: Sizing up the Jindal Plan," The Tax Foundation, 1/18/13)


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Tonsillectomy is surgery to remove the tonsils.
The tonsils are glands at the back of your throat. The tonsils are often removed along with the adenoid glands. That surgery is called adenoidectomy and most often done in children.
Tonsils removal
The surgery is done while the child is under general anesthesia. Your child will be asleep and pain-free.
After surgery, your child will stay in the recovery room until they are awake and can breathe easily, cough, and swallow. Most children go home several hours after this surgery.
The tonsils help protect against infections. But children with large tonsils may have many sore throats and ear infections.
You and your child's health care provider may consider a tonsillectomy if:
Risks for anesthesia and surgery in general include:
Rarely, bleeding after surgery can go unnoticed and cause very bad problems. Swallowing a lot may be a sign of bleeding from the tonsils.
Another risk includes injury to the uvula (soft palate).
Your child's provider may ask your child to have:
Always tell your child's provider:
During the days before the surgery:
On the day of the surgery:
A tonsillectomy is most often done in a hospital or surgery center. Your child will go home the same day as the surgery. Children rarely need to stay overnight in the hospital for observation.
Complete recovery takes about 1 to 2 weeks. During the first week, your child should avoid people who are sick. It will be easier for your child to become infected during this time.
After surgery, the number of throat infections is most often lower, but your child may still get some.
Wetmore RF. Tonsils and adenoids. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 375.


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Scriptet galaxys animation.
I need to make in Studio 3 some animations with galaxy flights. I need a script language code, that can place many random points in space, and then attache to each point a texture, so when rendered instead of points to appear galaxies. Then I'll fly the camera through space and create my animations. Can this be done with Studio ?
Richard Haseltine Posts: 45,595
Not literally, though you could create a series of plane primtives for your galaxy images and distribute those at random.
But if I create some primitives with pictures on them, then the galaxies would not look 3d. Can't I somehow put the galaxy pictures in Studio without primitives ?
Ostadan Posts: 870
Unhelpful anecdote: Astronomy professor wants to see if anyone in his class is paying attention. He puts up a slide of a galaxy, appearing as a round disk. "Here's the galaxy X324." He then puts up another slide of a galaxy viewed at a more oblique angle. "Here's the same galaxy, photographed from a different angle." Nobody in the class saw any problem here.
Richard Haseltine Posts: 45,595
You'd need some kind of 3D model to do that, I think. it might, in principle, be possible to do something with a custom shader but that would be a lot of work and would, I fear, be as slow as working with a simple 3D galaxy model.
use 3d objects with textures
maybe try to model some in Hexagon if you are real keen!
can do all sorts of spirally things (don't ask ME how though, dunno, I use Carrara, I can do them there)
can add glow, opacity maps etc
or just look on sharecg etc for shapes
I have tried to make the galaxies with primitive planes, it works fine as long as the camera is not getting to close to any galaxy, because then it becomes obvious that the galaxies are not 3d but just 2d pictures. Can't I somehow turn the pictures into sprites or quads, or at least the pictures to face the camera always ?
Look at this animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08LBltePDZw
It was made in blender, the galaxies are just some textures that the author has turned into quads (or so he says on his blog: http://miguelaragon.wordpress.com).
And the second problem I'm facing: how do I randomly create thousands of primitive planes distributed randomly in 3d space ? I can't simply place every plane manually, I need to use some kind of script. Can this be done ?Post edited by ro_smihai_cb1ef7b2f9 on
not in Daz studio.
You can using relicators in Carrara,
infact you could do what you originally wanted to do in Carrara, that is, replicate induvidual stars.
possibly Bryce could do something simillar with instancing
(I do not use Bryce)
download it while it is free and ask on the Bryce forum perhaps.
I have both, Carrara and Bryce...and Hexagon.
So I could obtain everything I want in Carrara ?
A short list of what I need:
1. Pictures of galaxies turned into some kind of 3D objects (I already have about 100 high quality HD textures with alpha channel made from astonomical photos), or at least to give the false impression of 3D objects (like a sprite, or a quad, or a 2D picture with a 3d halo, or the pictures to always point at the camera.)
2. Adding some light effect to the textures, like a 3d diffuse halo or something.
3. Placing randomly thousands of objects in 3D space via a script or something.Post edited by ro_smihai_cb1ef7b2f9 on
replicators randomly place virtual instances of objects in grid, ball or arc patterns or on surfaces
in Carrara drag the replicator icon in to your scene and in the spanner room for it add the objects you want to replicate
you have lots of parameters to play with
ask on the Carrara forum
very friendly bunch there
if I had known you had Carrara I would not have suggested anything else!!!!
in Carrara it is just too easy!!
there are also particle emitters and stuff.
once you go Carrara, you NEVER LOOK BACK! LOL! %-P
PhilW has a great galaxy scene http://www.sharecg.com/v/40215/gallery/5/3D-Model/Galaxies-FlythroughPost edited by th3Digit on
Ok, thank you for your kind answers. I'll open a new post in the Carrara forum.
cridgit Posts: 987
You'll need some serious hardware if you're going to create literally thousands of objects in a 3D modeling program. Especially if you're using HD textures. Especially especially if you want to do animation. Dozens of objects are ok; hundreds would be the limit but thousands is an interesting concept.
If you play computer games you'll notice how good those graphics are these days but those guys are very smart at working out where to take shortcuts (for performance), that don't impact the way we see the picture.
You might want to find an image that looks like what you want, and add that to a skydome (see here http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/8284/). This can be an HD image and you could prepare it beforehand in GIMP or Photoshop. If you want to randomize, you could provide say 4 different images, and each image you could rotate and flip for a total of different 64 different possibilities.
Or you could consider buying a space pack - there's one called HFS Space System at rendo.


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BOSTON (CBS) – Jason Terry will be the first person to admit his first season as a member of the Celtics has been frustrating to say the least.
But one thing is certain, Terry's confidence will never waiver. Even as the Celtics sat in a 3-0 hole to the New York Knicks heading into Sunday's Game 4, Terry still trusted his shot would fall when his team needed it most.
For one of the first times all season, that was finally the case in overtime on Sunday. After the Celtics let a 20-point, third quarter lead slip away and it looked as though their 2012-13 season would be coming to an unceremonious end, the Jason Terry the Celtics were banking on when they signed him over the off-season finally stepped up.
Terry scored the Celtics final nine points in overtime, leading them to a 97-90 OT win and keeping the series alive. It started with a patented Terry 3 in transition (which have not been falling too often this season) and was capped off with a pad-the-stats layup as time expired — a little something extra for all the trash Terry had been talking throughout the game. The 14-year vet finished the day with 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, and a little more backing on that never-ending confidence.
"I've been in the hanger for a while, so I let that out," Terry — known simply as JET throughout his NBA career — said after the victory. "I've just been patient. As long as there is time on the clock and another game, there's an opportunity for me to do something special. That's the type of player I am; whether I've made every shot or missed every shot I have the same focus, the same confidence."
"JET played well for us. For us to continue to fight, we're going to need big games from him," said Kevin Garnett, who had 13 points and 17 rebounds in the win. "I thought he was huge; he was bigger than anyone."
"I had all the intentions trying to make and impact on the game some way or another; just any little thing to prolong this season," added Terry. "I'm going to coach AAU, but I don't want to do that right now. We'll go up to New York and it's all about business. It's Game 7."
Terry hit just the one three-pointer on Sunday, going 1-for-4 from long range, but that was the shot to break the final tie of the game and give Boston the lead for good. Now it's on to New York for Game 5 on Wednesday night.
But as Terry said, any game going forward is Game 7 for the Celtics.
"At the end of the day, this is it," he said. "Every game, every possession is crucial. This was the first time we really came out with fire in our eyes, and I guess that's because it's elimination."
Garnett On Victory, Terry:
"We have a lot of basketball in us," said Terry. "That's the first time we've hit 90 points in this series. We just feel our offense is coming. You can feel it, but it's been one quarter holding us back. If we can put together four quarters of great Celtics basketball, ball movement and getting out in transition, then this series is going to be a long one."


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"How many scientists are in your government?" People asked me all sorts of things when I visited Moscow last year, but that simple question, and its expectation that naturally there should be many, made me pause. I knew of Russia's multimillion-dollar "megagrant" investments to encourage expatriate researchers to work in the country and the around $11 billion set aside to gin up nanotechnology businesses. Visiting Doha, Qatar, I learned about that country's pursuit of a "knowledge-based economy" and its aims to foster solar energy for desalination as well as telemedicine. At the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, I saw nearly billboard-size portraits of science's eminent figures, celebrity-style. Clearly, many nations see science as their ticket to a better future.
I reflected on my own country's uneven relationship with science. Technological innovation is responsible for half the U.S.'s economic growth since World War II. It has been the engine of our modern prosperity. Yet today we are faltering in critical areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and in maintaining sufficient budgets for research. It was high time, I decided, that the U.S. started focusing on what matters.
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At the second annual Google Science Fair awards event, I had the privilege of bestowing trophies on the 14-year-old winners of the Scientific American–sponsored Science in Action Award. The award, for a project that helps a community with a social, health or environmental issue, is $50,000 and a year of mentoring to continue the work. Bonkhe Mahlalela and Sakhiwe Shongwe developed a simplified hydroponics system that uses 90 percent waste materials (cardboard boxes, sawdust, chicken manure) and improved productivity in crops tested by 140 percent. Believing that education and simple science can create self-sufficiency, they plan to use part of their prize money to train Swazi subsistence farmers. —M.D.


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Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office Announces Arraignment of Former Securities Broker Charged with Allegedly Stealing Nearly $350,000 From Former Clients
In 2007, the Attorney General's Office began an investigation after Selewach's alleged activities had been referred by the Massachusetts Securities Division (MSD) in the Secretary of State's Office. The MSD's investigation concluded that while working as a securities broker-dealer agent for a major financial company, Selewach had misappropriated client funds he had been entrusted to invest. As a result, Selewach was fired from his former employer and his registration was terminated in April 2006. The MSD subsequently suspended Selewach for three years, beginning in May 2006.
Investigators from the Attorney General's Office discovered that from July 2005 through November 2008, Selewach allegedly solicited investors for funds for proposed investments such as a commodities hedge fund or real estate. Selewach allegedly deposited these funds in various personal and business accounts, withdrawing these funds for personal uses such as paying his mortgage and international travel. Selewach allegedly failed to tell these investors, some of whom were his old clients, that he was not registered as a securities broker. Authorities allege that as a result of this scheme, Selewach stole nearly $350,000 from six investors.
On September 24, 2009, Selewach was arrested and subsequently arraigned in Barnstable District Court where he entered a plea of not guilty and was released on $20,000 bail. On October 20, 2009, a Barnstable County Grand Jury returned indictments against Selewach. Today, he was arraigned in Barnstable Superior Court where he entered a plea of not guilty and released on the same bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on February 2, 2010, for a pre-trial conference.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Award-winning fine art photographer Dody Weston Thompson, one of the founders of the prestigious photographic journal "Aperture," has died in Los Angeles. She was 89.
Family spokeswoman Helen C. Harrison said Thursday that Thompson died Oct. 14.
Thompson favored creating sharp-focus, realistic photographs of natural objects in the style popularized by photography icons Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, both of whom she assisted.
In 1952, Thompson was the second photographer to win the San Francisco Museum of Art's Albert M. Bender Award. Adams was the first.
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10/30/2012 - Asheville part of Clean Cities for alternative fuel
by Dale Neal - Asheville Citizen Times
BENT CREEK -- It used to be fuel in Western North Carolina came in two basic flavors -- regular and premium petroleum.
Now more drivers are pumping biodiesel, ethanol, propane or compressed natural gas into their tanks. Other motorists bypass the pumps altogether, plugging in their vehicles to recharge on electricity.
On Monday, the Asheville area was officially named the nation's 85th Clean Cities Coalition by the U.S. Department of Energy, capping more than eight years of work promoting alternative fuels, cleaner cars and better air quality for the region.
In a signing ceremony at the N.C. Arboretum, elected officials, business and civic leaders marked the long road that led to the award.
Bill Eaker of Land-of-Sky Regional Council recalled that when the initiative started in 2004, the region had only about 100 alternative-fuel vehicles and a handful of motorists driving the Toyota Prius and other hybrid cars.
"Now fleets have 1,300 alternative-fuel vehicles, and there are over 1,700 gas electric vehicles registered by N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles," Eaker said.
In 2011 alone, the program saved 500,000 gallons of petroleum locally and prevented an estimated 4,000 tons of greenhouses gases from escaping into the atmosphere over Western North Carolina.
As a Clean Cities Coalition, the Asheville area becomes eligible for more federal grants that, in turn, could encourage ever more cleaner vehicles on area roads and cleaner air for the five-county region of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania.
The coalition will help the city of Asheville stake its claim as the greenest city in the Southeast, said Maggie Ullman, the city's sustainability coordinator.
"Fuel and fleet are a huge part of the solution to reducing our carbon footprint, and the coalition offers a workable road map to get there. This means so much to Asheville," she said.
Alternative fuel is a good fit for Asheville with its history of manufacturing as well offering protections for the natural environment with cleaner air and fewer greenhouse emissions linked to climate change. "Those high-elevation balds we have are really special. As we pursue alternative fuels, we are better able to protect those places," Ullman said.
The program has already paid off in funding for the region. The coalition won $1 million in DOE funds to help Asheville and Hendersonville, Henderson County and Mission Health System buy 37 compressed natural gas vehicles. The money helped in expanding compressed natural gas fueling stations for Asheville and Henderson County, Eaker said.
Stan Cross saw the coalition designation as the next step to weaning WNC off dirty energy toward cleaner, more renewable power for cars.
"I love petroleum, but it's day is done. We need to move past oil-based and even coal-based power all the way to more renewable energy," said Cross of Brightfield Transportation Systems. Brightfield is promoting Electric Vehicle Tourism, offering electric rental cars for tourists to travel the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The coalition designation isn't the end of the road, Cross said. "This is just the beginning. This is the starting line. Now we need to move forward."