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This implies two capabilities:
- I can control what information other players can see about me.
- I can control how information about other characters is displayed to me.
So: From the point of view of other players, I want to be able to turn on or off any information about my character that isn't part of my personal appearance (body, clothing, gear, badges/rank insignia, etc.).
Suppose my character is wearing a Starfleet uniform in a Star Trek MMORPG. Based on what I've chosen for my character to display, you'd be able to determine the following information: "species = Human, faction = Starfleet, department = Tactical, rank = Commander." If I'm wearing my dress uniform, you could see "Human, Starfleet, Tactical, Commander, Grankite Order of Tactics, Palm Leaf of Gallospey Peace Mission."
But if I'm wearing civvies, you'd only be able to see my character's species and (if my species has such a thing) sex. There's nothing magically and inexplicably floating above my head, so you don't know my name, rank, serial number, or anything else. If you want to know those things, you'll need to talk to me and ask... unless I choose to turn on other information about me, such as my name, factional allegiance, rank, awards/badges/medals, biography, and so on, in which case you can have that information about me displayed to you in whatever way you like (more on that in a moment).
The reason for this approach is threefold. First, this information about me could serve a tactical purpose if PvP is ever enabled. The more you can learn about me before a fight, the better your odds of beating me. Therefore I ought to be able to control what information about me is available to other players.
Second, control over this information serves roleplaying. If I prefer that you should talk to me to learn my character's history, I shouldn't have that option taken away from me by having that "personal" info displayed without my consent.
And third, I believe that character customization is the next big battleground for MMORPG features. People want to have control over their personal information in games, just like many people do in real life. Respecting this desire as part of the game's design by giving players control over what information about their character is displayed would make a small but useful contribution to the overall satisfaction of players with the game environment.
So that's what I'm thinking about what information about my character is available to you. The other side of this coin is what power you have to determine how information about other characters is displayed to you.
Let's say I go into my character options screen and turn on all possible information about my character. You should then be able to go into you UI options screen and choose settings that determine what information about my character is displayed on your screen, and how it's displayed.
If you want to roleplay, you absolutely should be able to turn all that "floating" stuff off so that you have to click on someone's avatar to bring that information up. But if you're there to "win the game," then you should be able to turn on all kinds of information about other characters (if they've chosen to make that information available) -- their name, allegiance, rank, branch, guild/clan/fleet/crew membership, etc. And if there's a way to display that information other than as floating text, then you ought to be able to select those alternative presentation choices yourself.
Finally, I should reiterate that all this is information is innate stuff; these are things that aren't part of a character's "physical" appearance. If you put on some visible article of clothing or gear that is associated with a particular piece of personal information about your character (such as a uniform associated with a particular faction), then other players will know that information about you regardless of whether you've turned that bit of info on or off in your character information display options.
The point of all this is that players should, within reason, be able to customize their gameplay experience to their preferred playstyle. Giving players control over the management of information about characters -- their own and others -- would be a useful means to that end.
(Note: I emphasize "character-level" and "inside the game world" in my fundamental definition to distinguish such kinds of information from game-specific [usually numeric] information about characters that they wouldn't know themselves. If the characters would know it about themselves, then the gamer playing that character ought to be able to determine how it's presented or received inside the game world. But that should not be read as a justification for expecting the game to expose low-level internal game data about characters to their players that the characters wouldn't know about themselves.)


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Title: Autumn: The City
Author: David Moody
Genre: Zombie
Pages: 330
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
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The sequel to Moody's Autumn doesn't fail to live up to the first one. This volume happens during the same time period as the first, but focuses on a group of people in the city. We don't get a mention of what city, but that doesn't really matter. All we need to know is it's a city somewhere in England. And that works just fine throughout the book. We're focused more on the survival of the characters than the setting. Once again, the zombies are more of an ever-present threat than the focus. This time they're even more present, constantly just outside the university buildings.
There was a wide range of characters unlike just the few we met in the first one. My favorite was definitely Cooper, the soldier tucked away in a bunker until after the event and then left in the outside world. He had the biggest learning curve of all the survivors, not being present during the event. We see the event fresh through his eyes. I loved his matter-of-fact approach to the threats and his clear thinking. He sounds like someone I could have gotten along with. I also enjoyed Donna, the no-nonsense office worker. Her strength grew as the book enfolded. She would definitely be an asset in case of a zombie apocalypse. We even remeet Emma and Michael from the first book. They made it out and away from the farmhouse, but they're definitely not out of danger.
Once again, we get a nonending. There's no "happily ever after," no epilogue, no grand event and that's why I love these books. It's like we're looking at one chapter of a greater saga. It leaves the ending open to the imagination or horror depending on your outlook.
An ad in the back of the book mentioned two other volumes in the series. I will have to do some research.
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Chicago has an unwritten code for parking in snowy weather. Whoever digs out the space OWNS the space. Yes, all of a sudden public property becomes private. Chairs, crates, whatever's handy marks the space to whoever shoveled out the space. You might ask, "What happens if you want a space that has been claimed by a chair?" DO NOT REMOVE THE ITEMS TO PULL IN YOUR VEHICLE. Or do so at YOUR OWN RISK. You risk your tires being slashed, car being keyed, among other horrifying results.
Have we done this? Have Jimmy and I considered ourselves so self important as to claim city property as our own personal property just because of a shovel? OF COURSE! It's called sweat equity. Now we have a miraculous driveway, but for many a year we participated in this long standing Chicago tradition.
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This past weekend market the second annual actives vs. alumni sports day: Ducks vs. Ducklings. It was a great event where the brotherhood competed against alumni in several sports. The sports included on Sunday were; softball, flag football, soccer, dodgeball, and basketball. Unfortunately the alumni took 3 out of 5 making them the winners for this year tying up the record 1-1. It was another great turnout by the boys in blue and gold as well as the alumni. Almost the whole brotherhood was there and over 50 alumni were there to play, watch, and have a good time.
It was fun listening to the alumni reminisce about "the good old days" in the early 2000s all the way up to 2013. We could tell they had so much fun during their time at SJSU and in DU. After the event was over everyone headed back to the house for a mass BBQ and some corn hole. Meeting these alumni opened up a lot of perspective for brothers and have inspired us to try even harder to be the best fraternity we can be. Until next time.


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Sarah Gaunt, England, 1803
Sarah Gaunt worked this wonderfully developed sampler in England in 1803. The lively scene features a grand estate house boasting 26 mullioned windows and a similar door; quoining has been stitched in a complimentary color and the rooftops are lined with balustrades. In the foreground a plethora of animals – peacocks, deer, and other birds – fill the lawn along with many trees. The yard is framed on the left and at the top by a walkway that passes over the front staircase of the home, and along the bottom by a wonderful row of ducks and birds that line a dark stitched band, which may imply a stream. On the right is a delightful fenced-in flower garden in a charming display, and the walkway continues along the right of that. Above/behind the house are a large pair of stylized trees filled with fat fruits, as well as a variety of additional plants.
A pair of hymns stiched along the bottom of Miss Gaunt's sampler, divided by her inscription reads: "Soon as the morn salutes your eyes / And from sweet sleep refresh'd your rise / Think on the author of the light / And praise him for the glorious sight" and "Take not at night the least repose / Ere you to heaven your soul disclose / Consider how you've spent the day / And for divine protection pray." A strong, undulating vine of flowers frames the sampler on all four sides.
Interestingly, there is another known sampler sharing precisely the same excellent and salient characteristics, and these two samplermakers must have been taught by the same teacher, although years apart. That sampler was stitched by Ann Cooper in 1826 and carries the provenance of Witney Antiques.
Worked in silk on linen, Sarah's sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a fine gold leaf frame.


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Running Helped Me Conquer My Addiction to Cocaine
At my lowest point, I was an addict living in my dad's basement. Now, I'm happy, healthy, and passionate about life in a way I never could have imagined before.
Lots of kids party in college, no big deal, right? Not for me. I really enjoyed partying, but I never could stop at one or two drinks and always ended up staying out later and drinking more-to the point where it felt like I couldn't stop. Drinking made me feel smarter, more attractive, outgoing...invincible, basically. Then one night at a party there were people using cocaine. I refused the first couple of times they offered it to me, but eventually I gave in and tried it. I fell in love with it. It was the ultimate escape from the problems and painful feelings of reality.
Eventually, I graduated and got a job. But while some people can walk away from the party lifestyle after they graduate, I got sucked into a cycle of addiction, abusing alcohol and drugs for years. At first, I was able to hide it well during the day, but eventually, my addictions took over my life. Finally, my boss got sick of me chronically showing up to work late and hungover or going for days without sleeping, and he fired me. After that, I lost my apartment. Then I got two DUIs, which were the last straw. I knew I needed help at this point to stop drinking and using drugs, so I moved in with my dad. Nobody wants to be nearly 30 years old and living with their parents, dead broke, jobless, and friendless. It was absolutely the darkest time of my life, and in 2007 I made the life-changing decision to get sober for good. I checked myself into rehab and thanks to a lot of hard work and vigilance, I've been sober ever since.
At first sobriety felt great. I got a new job, moved to a new town, got a whole new circle of friends, and started taking care of my body by exercising and eating right. But then in May 2012, I twisted my ankle while hiking. Immediately I knew something was seriously wrong with my calf and ankle. Doctors diagnosed me with a calf strain, which hurts way more than you'd think. The injury, besides being incredibly painful, sidelined me and took me away from my new lifestyle. I coped in the only way I knew how: by resorting to addiction. But I knew drinking and using drugs was not an option because I had truly hit rock bottom and was determined to never go back to those vices. So instead I turned to food. (Related: 5 Symptoms of Food Addiction)
As a child growing up in an Italian family, we showed each other our love with food, and I kept that same emotional attachment to it in adulthood. Eating all my childhood comfort foods, I wallowed in self-pity. I had poor eating habits to begin with and was overweight. But after the injury I gained 70 pounds, becoming obese. The poor diet combined with obesity caused me to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, insomnia, and anxiety.
In September of that year, I finally decided to have surgery on my leg to fix the painful inflammation left over from my injury. Afterward, I started walking again and for the next year I did my physical therapy exercises diligently. But I wasn't exactly fit, and I didn't feel good about myself. Then in November of 2013, my friend Christine Hiler, who also happens to be a state sports psychologist and amazing trainer, challenged me to start running. She inspired me to sign up for a Turkey Trot 5-mile fun run. I was nervous about re-injuring my ankle but she reassured me I could do it. I was slow, but I finished. And I loved the sense of accomplishment I got from it. (Read how another woman turned to running to help with a different addiction.)
I was hooked! Running turned into a serious passion for me and I began running five days a week, both with a group and on my own. In 2014, Christine and I completed a half marathon in Ft. Lauderdale, crossing the finish line together. And, as I logged longer and longer training runs and proudly crossed more and more finish lines, the weight dropped off. It took nearly three years but I didn't care because I was having so much fun doing it. I love running so much that it's never felt like work.
But then in July of last year, I hurt my knee and had to drop out of a race. I'd never had to do that before and I was devastated. At first, I panicked. But this time instead of turning to something outside to make the pain go away, I looked inside myself and found I had the strength to recover and overcome the disappointment. I wasn't going to let an injury mess up my health again. Even though I couldn't run, I focused on lifting weights, active recovery, eating well, and getting a solid eight hours of sleep every night. It worked. My knee is all healed and I'm back doing what I love. And now? I'm strong enough, all on my own, to handle whatever life throws at me. I know it's true because I'm proving it every step I run, every day.
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Update on 3/11/2019: We heard from Jennifer Harrod in the AG's office that the official closing date of the HCA/Mission transaction was January 31, 2019, so the Effective Time was 12:00:01 a.m. on February 1, 2019. This has been corrected in the last paragraph below.
Also, there's a new page on Mission's website that gives a lot of detail about the student loan program at this link.
There was a great deal of interest in the topic of student loan forgiveness during the review of the acquisition of Mission Health System by HCA. Students must work for an agreed to number of years at a non-profit institution in order to qualify for this tax-free program. An extensive article explaining this program was published by The Student Loan Planner financial coaching company here. What will happen to these people who have not finished their work requirement now that the Mission system is owned by a for-profit company?
The good news is that, with much concern and comments from many individuals and organizations, the amended Asset Purchase Agreement makes provision for that. The three references to it in those materials are listed below, with bold and red highlights for the most pertinent elements.
In the documet "Overview of DOJ Review of Mission/HCA Transaction", issued by the AG's office, there is this reference:
- HCA has committed to make its pilot student loan payment program available to all former Mission employees as quickly as possible. This program provides an unlimited number of years of loan assistance up to $150 per month.
In the "Nonobjection letter – final – executed" document, in "Section D Other Forward-Looking Commitments", paragraph 4 provides this information:
- Buyer agreed to make its pilot student loan payment program available to all
transferred employees as quickly as is reasonably possible. See Amended APA §
Lastly, in the "Amended and Restated APA – Main Text(public) document, paragraph 7.1(b)(iv):
- Buyer shall provide any Transferred Employees who, pursuant to the Transition Plan, were terminated without cause during the twelve (12) calendar months immediately following the Effective Date with the following information: a link to the websites where Buyer and its Affiliates post advertisements for job vacancies; (x) information about how such Transferred Employees can search for, and access applications for, job vacancies within Buyer and its Affiliates; (y)
general information about how Buyer and its Affiliates manage the typical job application process; and (z) to the extent reasonably practicable, answers to any additional questions such Transferred Employees may have regarding the application and employment processes with Buyer and its Affiliates. If any such
terminated Transferred Employee is hired by Buyer or any of its Affiliates for a new job position during the period of twelve (12) calendar months immediately following such Transferred Employee's termination, such Transferred Employee shall retain his or her seniority level he or she previously held immediately prior to termination. Buyer shall make HCA's pilot Student Loan Assistance Program available to all Transferred Employees as quickly as is reasonably possible. Buyer shall provide Transferred Employees with information on that program within thirty (30) days of the Effective Time.
Paragraph 3.1 of the "Amended and Restated APA – Main Text(public) document defines the Effective Time this way:
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the Contemplated Transactions shall be effective for financial, tax, and accounting purposes as of 12:00.01 a.m. on the first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs (the "Effective Time").
The Closing Date for the transaction was Janucary 31, 2019, making the Effective Time 12:00:01 a.m. on February 1, 2019. As we learn more about how this pilot student loan forgiveness program is being implemented we will post more information.


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Laura Bennett (N. Palm Beach, Fla. / Boulder, Colo. / Noosa, Australia)
Mary Beth Ellis (Rehoboth Beach, Del. / Thornton, Colo.)
Julie Swail Ertel (Irvine, Calif. / Irvine, Calif.)
Sarah Groff (Cooperstown, N.Y. / Boulder, Colo.)
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Top 20 Albums (New and newly discovered) in 2010
End of year lists are kind of like a big left-overs meal where you sift through everything you've collected up over the year and pick out what you liked well enough to have more. I decided to add the "new to me" caveat to the list because, frankly, I have a life and unlike when I was in high school and college, I can't devote all of my time to chasing down the next new thing.
20. Falcon – The Courteeners
I first heard The Courteeners when they opened for Morrissey, and was really impressed. A seemingly under-rated, unknown band, (at least in the US) which is disappointing for their amount of talent.
19. Witching Hour - Ladytron
This album by Ladytron came out late last year, but didn't show up on my radar until early this year; I have since been hooked. This year has just seen the release of singles and remixes, but hopefully they are just teasers for 2011 .
18. The Best of the Undertones- The Undertones
This re-release of the classic Undertones ranks high for me. I first discovered The Undertones in a backwards sort of way. I first heard "Teenage Kicks" as a cover by Thee Headcoatees, then traced it back to a cover by The Vibrators and eventually to legendary band, The Undertones. That was a lot of work pre-internet. A great primer album for those learning their music history and a must-have for collectors.
17. Sherlocks Daughter- Sherlocks Daughter
Like an Australian version of Sigur Ros, Sherlocks Daughter is sure to impress.
16. There is No Enemy- Built to Spill
This one came out late last year, but I didn't pick it up until January. I did, however get to go see Built to Spill play again a few months ago. Having seen Built to Spill play more times in my life than any other band, I never pay more than $5 to see them, but no matter whether I seem them play for free at a neighborhood street fair in Boise or headlining a Festival halfway across the country, they never disappoint.
15. Trans-continental Shuffle- Gogol Bordello
I really wish I had listened to Gogol Bordello more BEFORE I saw them at Lollapalooza. It's always refreshing to hear bands that come up with a completely new sound and identity. On the flip side, I hope they have enough to say to outlast this current bright shining star they are riding. The band has the message and energy to be the new political band of the decade, like Rage Against the Machine in the 90s or REM in the 80s, but lack the angry passion of youth to push them forward. Fantastic album, but a bit skeptical about their future.
14. Idyll Intangible- Navvy
Every year I seem to get hooked on something kooky. Two years ago it was Art Brut, last year the Aquabats, this year it's Navvy.
13. Sister Kinderhook – Rasputina
Thanks to Guy Magnificent for the introduction to Rasputina. Now if only I hadn't missed their concert….
12. Music for Men- The Gossip
The Gossip create such marvelous dance tracks. Another band I am looking forward to hearing more from.
11. A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation –The Wombats
The Wombats put out my favorite workout album of the year. Probably not a conventional "workout" album, but it helps me get started taking those first steps on the treadmill like none other. Also a "late arrival".
10. High Violet - The National
This album was the first I had heard of The National, but I love it. I need to spend some time with their archives.
9. Senior-Royksöpp
Royksöpp is simply delicious.
8. Crossing the Rubicon - The Sounds
The Sounds are my favorite new girl-lead band.
7. Sleep Forever – The Crocodiles
The Crocodiles are like having Jesus and Mary Chain's musical twins putting out new music.
6. Smart Accessories – The Cute Lepers
The Cute Lepers had better keep putting out new music, and not break up again (they used to be the Briefs) or I will be very put out.
5. Under the Great White Northern Lights - The White Stripes
This is one of those albums that no one seems to agree upon when exactly it was released since the tour pre-dates the print date and release dates. Anyhow, I say it counts for this year. I usually only buy older music on vinyl, stuff I want to sit around and savor, but this was a only a slight deviation from that norm. The music is old and familiar to White Stripes fans, but the live performance was the new element. I plunked down 35 clams from my stash of "un-mommy money" at Reckless Records in Chicago for two heavy pieces of vinyl and it is worth every copper penny. The combination of favorites like "Iky Thump", "Little Ghost", "Blue Orchid" and "Seven Nation Army" combined with gems like the cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene", Meg and Jack make this a must have for music collectors.
4. The Resistance- Muse
Yet another late arrival. Apparently one of the casualties of living in Turkey was I didn't discover Muse earlier. Sheer musical genius.
3. A Brief History of Love- The Big Pink
Just can't get enough of The Big Pink. This band has "it", that non-pinpointable thing I search for in music, a combination of smart lyrics, unique rhythms, clarity and distortion, beauty and elegance with a heaping dose of dark human grit. It doesn't hurt their cause having AkikoMatsuura, the coolest female drummer on the planet (tied right next to Meg White of course). Very high on my watch list to see live and crossing my eyes, fingers and toes for more from them this next year.
2. Peghead & Friendly Dog Salad & The Last Polka- Black Happy
Technically these Black Happy albums are re-issues that have been out of print for at least 15 years, but I have brand new 20th anniversary copies, AND they are now available on Napster and iTunes. There is nothing like a 20th anniversary edition of anything to make you simultaneously feel old and young in the same instant.
1. Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam
In my mind nothing has come as close to musical perfection this year as Foxy Shazam. They are the whole musical package. Seeing them play live 3 times and getting to know them a bit hasn't hurt either. But even if that hadn't been the case I would still stand by this year's number 1 choice as the very best new thing out, and they have made the biggest impact on my musical tastebuds this year.


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Murder is not an anomaly in war - Chris Hedges
(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Early warriors massed on bloody battlefields with everything from sticks and screams to swords, bows and arrows, muskets and cannons. That scene remained both disgusting and ridiculous.
The grim reaper heard the call of wild, raging bloodthirsty troops who could never get enough of head-slicing swords and cannon fodder.
If that description of what goes on in battle is heinous and upsetting, waken to the reality that we encourage at a distance, nourish and sponsor and celebrate when the young--willingly sacrificed--return in body bags for burial.
It's not only the buried dead who rattle the Gatling guns of our souls. Listen to the unforgiving voice of ex war correspondent Chris Hedges:
Warfare has now reached the psychotic stage of comfortable blood-letting at a distance with remote controlled predator drones.
Comments Glenn Greenwald, "The military slang for a man killed by a drone strike is 'bug splat', since viewing the body through a grainy-green video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed."
How psychotic it is when a warrior sits comfortably at a computer guiding an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hundreds of miles from his target to a "bug splat".
Instead of growing up, maturing after centuries of mass murders at the whim and fancy of bloodthirsty madmen, we satisfy our murderous desires at a safe distance from the exploding bodies that splat like bugs!
America's drones are nothing more than a clever attempt to distance America's vampires from their bloody victims.
In the past decade 30 countries have been involved in one kind of war or another--from America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to separatist movements, civil unrest, insurgencies and uprisings, religious and ethnic conflicts.
After WWII, the United Nations was founded to avoid further catastrophic wars. But there have been more conflicts in the world since the founding of the UN than during any previous period in history.
In any war, nightmarish atrocities become commonplace. People get used to hiding and running in fear, to refugee camps, secretly hating the blood-letting violators of decency.
"War is always about betrayal," says Hedges, "betrayal of the young by the old, of idealists by cynics and of troops by politicians."
Those who bleed, those who bear excruciating pain, and those who struggle to take their last breath have all been betrayed.
As Hedges reminds us, "The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that the loss was futile and unnecessary."
That the people of 30 countries continue to struggle with the futility of war doesn't seem to faze any but a few idealists with no control over their own fate, much less that of others.
Unable to control their bloodletting urges, America, Iran and Israel are sabre-rattling to prepare for yet more murder and maiming sessions of missile madness.
Netanyahu's government reserves the right to strike directly at Iran if it doesn't believe Washington and others are doing enough--through diplomacy or sanctions--to stop it going nuclear.
When are we going to reach the stage where useful energy replaces the vampire within and empathy replaces violence?
___________________________________Throughout his life as an educator, Dr. Paul J. Balles, a retired American university professor and freelance writer, has lived and worked in the Middle East for 40 years - first as an English professor (Universities of Kuwait and Bahrain), and for the past ten years as a writer, editor and editorial consultant.
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Diane: My 11 year old daughter is in a pull out sixth grade reading class. Recently, a 14 year old eighth grade boy was placed in her class after being removed from his class for disciplinary reasons (sexual comments, inappropriate behavior). Do I have the right to have this boy removed from her class?
I have seen classrooms where such students were placed with younger kids or in special ed classrooms. It is a strategy. In most cases, it is a break for the older student to be with younger students away from triggers. The administrators may notice improvement in behaviors due to the classroom change. The child is closely watched and monitored as classroom culture should not be disrupted due to such behaviors. You don't have a right to have a child removed. Talk to your daughter to insure she keeps communication lines open with you and teach her self advocacy. Remember, that student also has his rights just like your daughter. Your concerns are valid but work with your daughter and let the system work with him. He may need reading support or just "out" of his other classroom.
How did you find out about why this boy was placed in the classroom? That too me is alarming that you seem to know something that is confidential. As far as your question you probably have not much sway with the school district regarding this child. You can bring your concerns up to the teacher or even the principal. However, be prepared for them to decide not to move this child because he already left one classroom. It does sound like this boy has behavior issues and probably needs an FBA along with a PBIS. He also needs more supports such as a para.
How did you come to know the confidential information about the reasons the 8th grade boy was placed in your daughter's class in the first place? As a parent, I would be concerned that the school does not value confidentiality and that in the future sensitive information about MY child would be shared inappropriately. Regarding your question, I would doubt that you would have any sway in getting the 8th grader removed from your daughter's reading class unless you could convince the administrators that the other children in the class are in imminent harm's way.


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Hitman director on Conan?
The Director of Hitman (Filmstalker review) is apparently looking to direct the next Conan film, as in Conan the Barbarian, that muscle bound role that saw Arnold Schwarzenegger in full fitness mode.
There's not much substance with the rumour other than Xavier Gens is set to direct the next Conan film due out in 2009.
The film is little more than a concept at the moment, with plans to make it more faithful to the original story from Robert E. Howard, something that seems at odds with the director Xavier Gens.
Not that I'm saying he's not a good Director, I actually enjoyed Hitman for what it was, devoid of tense storyline with any emotional involvement as it was. It had great style and some superb camera shots, but it was definitely a case of style over substance.
So what could he bring to a Conan film? A film about a warrior way back in the early ages of time and staying true to the original work? Well I'm not so sure that they could stay true with Xavier Gens, I think he'd be pushing that style and swish all through the film, and perhaps rightly so.
The rumour comes from Le Film Francais through Dark Horizons and First Showing.
Oh, and expect that Arnold Schwarzenegger won't be taking the lead, despite the recent words that he may be returning to film very soon, I doubt he will don the mantle of Conan once again.


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On the 21st of September we took the bus into town to visit the Natural History Museum. We met Catherine who showed us various animal skulls as part of a workshop called 'Skullduggery'. We learned how to identify animals as predators or prey, as well as what type of food they ate. It was a great day out – apart from getting caught in the rain on the way home!
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Diary 6: Back home
In his sixth set of diary entries, Saul Pope tackles the question of why he chose to move to Russia and starts teaching again after the Christmas break.
Thursday 6th January
Ten things I've learnt from the two weeks I've just spent in England, in no particular order:
- I'm totally out of touch with modern British music (aren't Blur cool any more?).
- Judging by the two matches I saw, Leicester City aren't going to get promoted this year.
- Some newspapers not as good as they used to be.
- British people complain a lot about trivial things when it'd be easier just to get on with it.
- Russian people complain a lot too, but much of it is justified.
- Houses in Britain are expensive.
- So are most other things, although for some strange reason clothes are much cheaper and better quality than in Russia.
- I miss the people there, and the banter, much more than I thought.
- I'd definitely like to live in Britain again one day, but at the moment St. Petersburg is more than sufficient.
- Despite the continuing trend for ghastly top 100 programmes and wasted half-hours on how clean people's houses are, British TV is a lot better than Russian TV. By about 1000%
When I first came over to Russia, I kept a daily diary on my computer. In one of the first entries, I made a somewhat lofty attempt to explain my motives for leaving the relative security of Britain to move to one room in Petergof, where I had no friends and was the only foreigner amongst the 80,000 residents. 'I moved from Britain to get away from the game shows, the reality TV and the Big Strong Boys and to live life', I clumsily wrote, perhaps at the same time as sticking a big black and white picture of Jack Kerouac on my wall and attempting to develop that 'On The Road' look.
I was indeed on the road, and I suppose Petergof is as good a place as any to escape life's humdrum routine. Initially I did achieve everything I wanted to and was happy, though three years later the joke is back on me, at least in terms of the television thing. Maybe it's my imagination, but British TV seems better these days, whereas I'm definitely not imagining it when I say that Russian TV is deteriorating fast. Anything goes these days, with reality TV, game shows and repeats of ALF seemingly never off the seventeen terrestrial channels. At present there's a 'Big Brother'-style game show screening that's been on since last summer and the Russian 'Pop Star' clone never stops churning out young and ambitious 'five out of ten' singers. We've even got a version of 'Family Fortunes' on out here now. What next?
When back in Britain, and even when I'm not, one question I'm forever being asked is the following – Why Russia? At first I usually think 'Oh no, here we go again', but then I come to my senses and realise that I ought to answer properly, if not only to understand for myself why I am living here.
In many ways Russia has become a habit for me, and generally a good one. My interest first began about twenty years ago when, on pouring over my school atlas, I came across foreign and alien (to me) names like Kazakhstan, Vladivostok and Minsk. I tried to imagine what living there must be like, and in particular what the people were like. I was further inspired by a teacher who, bucking the trend of a generation, told my class that the Soviets were just people like we were and that children there went to school just the same as we did. I grew up thinking of the Russians as friends rather than, as many did, enemies, helped in no small part by my mum, who had been to Russia as a schoolgirl in the sixties and had come back with many positive experiences.
From the ages of nine to twelve more important things like cars, football stickers and girls began to take over my life and Russia remained on the backburner, though I always looked out for the country on the news and half-heartedly supported it in international sporting competitions. My curiosity was reawakened in 1990 when a Soviet teacher joined our school, and I decided to take Russian GCSE. At best, I thought, I'd kindle a passion that could last my entire life, at worst I'd get a 'D' in GCSE. Luckily the best option prevailed, and I went on to study Russian at university, and during my year abroad met the girl who was to become my wife several years later.
I'm now into my fourth year in Russia, and can probably at last answer with some confidence the question 'Why Russia?'. It's just a part of me, and always will be.
Friday 7th January
Having already had Christmas and New Year in Britain, I am lucky enough this year to have made it back over here in time to also be able to celebrate Russian Christmas, which is today. Not that you'd really know. I first realised that it wasn't going to be a particularly big day when I congratulated my wife in the morning, only for her to ask me what for. I've spent the day with my relatives, but Christmas was barely mentioned; the dinner we had was in honour of my wife and I returning. Under the atheist Soviets Christmas was of course not a celebration, with New Year being the one where everyone met their friends and relatives, drank champagne and exchanged presents. Nowadays Christmas is an official holiday, but one with little tradition or importance attached to it unless you are a believer, and so it is that New Year remains the biggie. In terms of the presents, thankfully even that has not reached the heights of the over-commercialised spend-fest splurge we now have in the UK.
Anyway, seeing as this is meant to be a diary about teaching, I'd better try and talk shop for a while. We start back, following the success of the play, on Monday, and I hope we'll be able to ride on the crest of that wave for a while, even though it seems like months since we did it. At present my main concern is that now everyone will be back on time, as most people went back home for the holidays and some didn't have return tickets but were fairly confident of being able to get one. Call me a pessimistic boss but I wasn't so confident, so fingers crossed everyone will be ready for action come Monday morning.
A couple of teachers have also left us as their contracts expired in December, so there are several new people turning up this month, three of whom should already be here. I've been trying to get in touch with them all day to no avail. This could mean one of two things a) they like it a lot here and already feel confident enough to go out for the day on their own or b) they changed their minds about coming to Russia at the airport, and are still in Luton (or wherever)….
Monday 10th January
Well, they almost all made it back. Just one missing, but for the moment I'm going to have to reserve comment on him. The most important thing is that the three new teachers have all settled in well it seems, and I hope that their first day's teaching has gone well. Three more are arriving on the night train from Moscow on Sunday morning, so it's early doors for me. At least the weather's good for it. Yesterday was the hottest day in January in St. Petersburg for over fifty years; we reached the heady heights of four degrees.
Saturday 15th January
If I was hoping for a quiet first week back, then it didn't happen. On Tuesday I 'released' one teacher from his contract (the one who didn't come back), cue protracted arguments about how to get his bags back to America, who his visa belongs to and who is to blame for the whole situation.
At that point it seemed that things could only get better, at least that was until some of the teachers who are still here stopped turning up for lessons, leaving yours truly to cover with precisely no minutes preparation time when I'd had some quality time with my wife planned instead. One even sent pupils instructions for the lesson by SMS, hoping to bypass the inconvenience of telling me or anyone else in authority that there wouldn't be a teacher at the lesson and hoping that they would just get on with it. They didn't.
Hopefully a fine for each of the teachers involved will put a stop to these no-shows, and I suppose the silver lining is that they seemed repentant when I spoke to them yesterday. On the plus side, the new teachers all seem to be doing well, both in terms of teaching and slotting in to the school. Today I'm going to meet a friend who, until this morning, I hadn't spoken to for seven years. I worked and shared a flat with Rob during my first spell teaching here in 1997/1998, and whilst he has moved on to bigger and better things, I am still getting to grips with the conditional and trying to stop teachers delivering lessons by SMS. He's back for a holiday this week, and I'm looking forward to catching up with him.
Monday 17th January
Had a pretty good weekend with Rob – I'd forgotten how good some of the bars in St. Petersburg are, even if one we visited had run out of beer. Their green tea was nice though. He also made me think about the future, and what I want to do once my contract is up in the summer and I am once again a free agent. I really enjoy EFL teaching – the creativity involved in making a good lesson, the thrill of rolling it out and seeing if it works as well as you'd imagined, the joy of interacting with and (hopefully) inspiring people – but it doesn't leave a lot of time for your nearest and dearest. On a good day I get a couple of very tired hours after work with my wife, and that's not what I want for the rest of my life.
The quality hours were shortened even further yesterday by me getting up at 6.00 on Sunday morning and heading to the Moscow station to meet our latest staff additions, though for some strange reason I always enjoy getting up much earlier than I would usually at the weekends. I think it's because it means I actually have a weekend rather than two half days.
I was also pleased to see that although looking a little shocked, all three are very pleasant people who, it seems, want to work hard and are looking forward to life in frozen St. Petersburg.
Tuesday 18th January
Just spent 1 ½ hours in the cold waiting under a huge statue of Lenin for a teacher who, due to an administrative error, was never going to turn up. Frozen St. Petersburg indeed.


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The commons, common property, and environmental policy
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- Bromley, Daniel W., 1989. "Property relations and economic development: The other land reform," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 867-877, June.
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2-Disc Collector's Edition
MPAA Rating: R (For Violence, Some Graphic Nudity, Sexual Content, Language and Some Drug Use)
Running Time: 143 minutes
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho
Written by: Guillermo
Directed by: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Studio: Paramount
Retail Price: $34.99
Features: Common Ground: Under Construction Notes, Theatrical Trailer
Specs: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, English Closed Captions, Scene Selection (24 Scenes)
Released: September 25th, 2007
"Babel" is presented in anamorphic widescreen, with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. It's a pretty solid transfer that certainly captures the variety of locations featured in the movie. Detail is outstanding, the bold colors are rich and the hues well-saturated, and fleshtones look quite nice. The print used is rather clean, and there's no edge enhancement whatsoever. The overall image quality is pretty sharp too, though some scenes exhibit a bit of graininess. If there's any downside to this transfer though, it's that the noise and edge halos exhibited is distracting, especially in parts of the movie where there is heavy color filtering. Regardless, the film's strong visuals are well-represented here - and that's what's most important.
The English Dolby Digital 5.1 track is remarkably robust. There are some discrete surround effects that make powerful use of the rears, such as the aftermath of the fateful gun shot (namely the cattle running) or the bustling city streets of Mexico. I was really impressed though just how great the variety of music sounded - the songs and Gustavo Santaolala's score are layered thick, and are creatively spread out through the channels. It really brings ample power to the movie, and makes you feel like you are lost in the chaos.
Fidelity is pretty high, and the dynamic range of the track is quite excellent. There's also ample subwoofer use, and great imaging to boot. Dialogue is clear and easy to hear, but sometimes become overpowered by sound effects or music. Given the film's themes of communication (or lack of thereof), this might be intentional.
Also included on the disc is an English Dolby Surround track, a French Dolby Digital 5.1 track, and subtitles in English and French. English closed captions are available through your television set.
If you held out for this Collector's Edition, you might be disappointed that there is only one extra (other than the Theatrical Trailer on the first disc) that eats up the entire second disc. Still, it is a goodie though, and it's the feature-length documentary Common Ground: Under Construction Notes. Lasting a whopping 87 minutes, this is a phenomenal and incredibly entertaining piece that covers the film's worldwide shoot. There's plenty of interviews with all sorts of people who worked on the movie, and even some footage of rehearsals, but the real focus of this documentary rests on "Babel"'s passionate director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Inarritu digs incredibly deep here: about his own fascination with humanity, the themes of the film and finding the proper tone for it, and him being a very demanding filmmaker. Inarritu certainly has a vision, and he's very candid about his process, which results in a few disagreements with his collaborators. "Babel" was a very demanding shoot, and the documentary also gives way to a lot of challenges the crew faced, an insight into the process of many talented people who contributed to the movie, and even an overlap with issues the story touches upon with those making the film (namely, Mexican emigrants as extras). I don't want to ruin what's in here - since there is a lot - but rest assured this is a real, honest look at filmmaking that is far from produced fluff that is often crammed onto DVDs. To paraphrase Inarritu in the documentary, it's a miracle that when making a movie, anything goes right.
Subtitles for the doc are available in English, French and Spanish and there are chapter stops. But why, oh why, is the documentary in non-anamorphic widescreen!?
"Babel" is definitely one of the more polarizing films in recent memory, and while I don't think it reached the dramatic heights of the last Arriaga-Inarritu collaboration - "21 Grams" - it's still worth seeing at least once. The transfer and 5.1 mix are quite good, and the documentary is wildly engrossing. As great as the documentary is, I'm not sure I can justify plunking down 30 dollars just for it if you bought the movie the first time. If you didn't purchase "Babel" a few months prior, then by all means this is a worthy purchase. If you already own the movie and are a fan, then I highly recommend a rental of this "collector's edition" to see the sole extra.


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