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After several years of drought, there's going to be a new Star Trek game. It's being developed by Namco-Bandai and is based on J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot film and his upcoming sequel. But that's not all: supposedly it will be the very first video game ever that lets you play as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, portrayed by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto respectively. That seems a little, shall we say, inaccurate to me, but maybe they don't remember the old point-and-click Star Trek adventure games. You know, Star Trek Judgment Rites and Star Trek 25th Anniversary, the games that let you play as Kirk, Spock and McCoy, portrayed by Bill Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and the late DeForest Kelly…but then again I'd never accuse the new guard in charge of Star Trek of knowing their Trek history very well.
While the whole Trek reboot endeavor was generally enjoyed by fans and moviegoers alike, if you looked a little closer at the film it just didn't resemble Star Trek all that much. The film indicated a very shallow, superficial read of the source material: Abrams and his writers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, were all about the zap guns and green women and KHAAAAN but in the end, it feels like all they were familiar with was Trek's warmed over pop culture ephemera. It's as if someone was doing a modern reboot of MASH but all they could remember was Alan Alda cracking wise while drinking martinis and something about a Mediterranean dude running around in drag. Yes those elements were certainly there but if the only things you know about a franchise come from pop culture osmosis then it's safe to assume you're missing the point.
And you know what? I would be perfectly fine with that if J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman were competent storytellers. I don't care if they've seen a single episode or film from the original run (and they probably haven't anyway), just as long as they could use the Star Trek license to tell an engaging, challenging science fiction story. But as far as current evidence goes, they can't. Abrams is pretty good at making monster movies with disappointing monster reveals, while Orci and Kurtzman have made a lot of money (but very little respect) with Cowboys and Aliens and two of the execrable Transformers flicks. Star Trek, however, requires a different kind of storytelling.
If you're going to do a reboot right then you must, at the very least, nail the spirit of the property you're rebooting—the core premise or idea—or the whole thing will look like a house of cards. If Abrams had used his ticket to Star Trek to do what Trek does best—namely, tackle a difficult issue from a unique and novel angle by way of science fiction—his reboot would've been amazing. If he had said, "Ok, this is a reboot people, old continuity doesn't apply, we're doing this fresh and smart," he would've at least had the right intention. But instead he took the show's superficial trappings, pasted them onto a generic action movie, and occasionally had the characters making shaky rationalizations about how the new movie linked up with the old Trek canon. The end result felt like an awful lot had been lost in translation to the new "supreme court" of writers and director. It would've been much, much better if Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman had just started fresh and confident.
Likewise, the majority of Star Trek games, whether they're from the original continuity or Abrams' NuTrek, make the same mistake. Too many of them copped their gameplay and design from other more successful games, and then sloppily tacked on the Trek trappings. The results were usually pretty banal; instead of being Star Trek games telling Star Trek stories through creative use of gameplay, they were typically just first person shooters that replaced guns with phasers, or WW2 fighter sims that had you flying the starship Enterprise like an airplane.
And I don't blame them. Being saddled with the Star Trek license is a heavy burden, because Trek is hard to do. Unlike Star Wars, an action-fantasy setting that is pretty easy to translate into our nominal idea of a video game, Star Trek has never been about traditional action adventure, gag comedy or simple good vs. evil conflicts—a fact that Abrams and his writers apparently still don't understand. From the beginning, Star Trek was creator Gene Roddenberry's way of sneaking optimistic humanism and sharp cultural commentary past the censors, by cloaking it in science fiction. Trek routinely deals with ethics, racism, sexism, and a whole host of political issues that are far too nuanced to simplify into "go here, shoot this bad guy."
Star Trek probably works best as a big RPG, and if you're a Star Trek fan you can tell that BioWare, the people behind Mass Effect, are probably Trek fans too. Think about it: you have a multi-species team of professionals, the best in their fields, coming together under a shrewd and valiant commander, all onboard a cutting edge starship. They travel to distant alien worlds, overcome their own personal demons and solve difficult and unique challenges in a mission to explore the galaxy and stop a nebulous, complicated evil. Sounds a lot like Star Trek to me! So if Mass Effect can do Star Trek so well, why haven't we gotten an actual, awesome Star Trek RPG yet, or at least a really good Trek adventure game or 4X space sim?
The answer is obvious and disheartening: Star Trek games are licensed games, often rushed to coincide with a movie or at least follow a rigid development and release schedule. To make a genuinely good Trek game you have to make a damn spectacular game in general, the kind of narratively challenging, gameplay-dense title we're just now getting from Portal, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Bioshock. A massive RPG is the only logical way to explore both the ethical, moral weight of Star Trek at its best and the sheer detail of the Star Trek universe itself. The majority of prior Star Trek game developers, most of them at Activision, were never given the resources or time necessary to tackle such an ambitious project.
…But that doesn't mean a few of them didn't try anyway, and for perspective's sake I've compiled some of the results. Below I've listed some of the better Star Trek games I've played. I'll go into why they're good both as games on their own and as Star Trek games in particular, and what they could've done better.
Star Trek the Next Generation: Interactive Technical Manual (released 1994)
I figured I'd start with the earliest Trek game I played (excluding the arcade shooter on the Atari 800 of course). My dad has been a huge Star Trek devotee ever since he watched the original series as a teenager, and the Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual was one of, if not
main reason he bought a modern desktop PC in the early '90s. More of a souped-up reference guide than a game, the Interactive Technical Manual was based off of the book of the same name by Trek sages Rich Sternbach and Michael Okuda, a detailed archive of the Enterprise and its many functions and subsystems.
The Interactive Technical Manual let fans do what they'd only dreamt of up until then: roam the USS Enterprise 1701-D at will, exploring its decks and discovering the myriad secrets and factoids hidden within. The dense information packed into this game is impressive to this day, and the way it was presented is equally cool. The game used Apple's then-cutting edge QuickTime, stitching together thousands of renders and set photos into a seamless open tour of the Enterprise.
Although extremely primitive by today's standards (and nigh-on impossible to run on modern OS's), the Interactive Technical Manual took what had been a nerd-fan obsession—poring over blueprints, specs and diagrams—and made it available to all Trek lovers. As pixilated and low-tech as it appears today, it's still difficult to describe just how joyous it was to wander around that ship that I'd only been able to glimpse on TV for seven seasons. I literally got goosebumps when I stood on the Enterprise bridge and stared out into space. While Star Trek: Captain's Chair did something very similar (but much more limited in scale) with a handful of other famous starships a few years later, the Tech Manual was the first to really hint at what was possible in a detailed, well-made Star Trek game.
Star Trek Generations (released 1997)
Man did this game have a lot working against it. Generations was based on one of the more disappointing Star Trek films. The movie was a rushed affair that has the dubious distinction of both killing Captain Kirk and crashing Captain Picard's Enterprise, both for contrived reasons and in frankly disrespectful, ham-fisted ways. The plot involved convoluted time travel, one of the worst kinds of Trek story as fans will tell you, and the production values made the whole thing look like a glorified TV episode. It certainly wasn't the right way to kick off the Next Generation series of movies.
It's a good thing, then, that the game was almost nothing like the movie. Generations the game paid lip service to the movie's plot but otherwise constructed a big and incredibly ambitious Star Trek experience…it just happened to be a victim of its time. Generations is an interesting hybrid—it took elements from the then-dying point and click adventure genre, in which many older Trek games counted themselves, but mixed in large chunks of both first person shooters and flight combat sims. The game let you play as every main character from the movie, including the time-displaced Captain Kirk, and explore a whole host of exotic planets and spaceships, not the least of which was one level where you played as Captain Picard trying to retake the Enterprise. It's amazing the end result worked as well as it did, but several technical issues held it back from greatness.
For one, it was released in the late 90s, so the technology just wasn't there to create the kind of epic experience the developers were going for. The FPS graphics, though detailed, felt like a turbocharged Doom clone, and the interface, which included controls for shooting, RPG-style inventory and environment interaction, were as clunky as the original System Shock. You couldn't even save your game mid-level.
The space combat fared even worse, and while it was better than previous Trek games it was still incredibly obtuse and overly difficult. Generations was also released in 1997, a full year after the subsequent Trek movie, Star Trek First Contact had been in theaters, and a whopping three years after the original Generations film had been released. Ironically, a First Contact game would've been a lot more straightforward—it would've essentially been about shooting Borg on the Enterprise.
That said, Generations broke a lot of new ground for Trek games and was an impressive undertaking for the developers. It had top-notch production values for its day, including extensive voice acting from the entire cast and the first digital representations of several iconic Trek locales. It was also one of the first games to get the golden Star Trek formula down, if not perfect—space combat in a starship, with away team exploration on a planet. While the early TOS point-n'-clicks had toyed with that classic, essential combination, Generations infused it with real time action both in first-person and in space…not too shabby for a movie tie-in game that practically no one remembers.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (released 1997)
Now this game is an interesting animal. Released in 1997, the same year as the troubled Star Trek Generations, Academy was the first game to attempt recreating the highly cinematic, suspenseful starship combat scenes made famous by Trek films like Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock and The Undiscovered Country. Academy was set in the same era as those films, so you had Kirk and company still off saving the galaxy while a new generation of Starfleet cadets sweated their way through simulations at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco.
Academy had you playing as a fresh-faced cadet and his intrepid crew of fellow classmates, as they tried to graduate and become a real crew in their own right. Apparently they were all done with academics at this point in their studies, because the gameplay consists entirely of space combat simulations. Academy was novel because it was so cinematic, and immersed you in the Trek movie-era universe so completely. It came on a CD wallet-stuffing six discs, and most of that space was taken up by a ton of full motion video cutscenes.
Sure the acting was cheesy—most FMV games of that time were downright cringe-worthy—but the presence of real actors on real sets made the game feel like some lost Trek TV show, set during the original series movies; something the fans have always been clamoring for, incidentally. The story was also partially dynamic—at certain points you had to solve conflicts between your crew members so that they would be more loyal and unified later on. You could actually screw up so badly that your entire class could be dishonorably dismissed from the Academy.
On top of the student crew, Bill Shatner, Walter Koenig and George Takei reprised their roles as Jimbo Kirk, Pavel Chekov and Hikaru Sulu respectively, offering sage advice and reminiscing about their academy days. You even had to run the infamous Kobayashi Maru no-win scenario, with the option to cheat your way out just like Kirk did, with...varying results and amusing reactions from Kirk himself.
Of course the game was not without its problems. Constantly swapping CDs back and forth was a common drawback of the FMV craze back then, but the game's mechanics never felt quite right either. While you could operate all of the various stations onboard your simulated bridge, the combat had the most problems. It was obvious from the start that Academy was an attempt to compete with the highly successful X-Wing and Tie Fighter space combat sims from LucasArts, so your starship handled like a nimble X-Wing starfighter piloted by Luke Skywalker. Star Trek ship combat has always been analogous to naval battles between big destroyers or submarines, not the WW2 dogfights that George Lucas emulated for Star Wars. Pulling a tight 180 in your Enterprise-class heavy cruiser was pretty jarring, especially when the Klingon ships could do essentially the same thing.
Academy also had its share of bugs and incredibly flimsy game logic. If you did almost anything out of order or strayed too far from the mission parameters, the game would get stuck in a loop or just flat fail the mission on you, necessitating a full restart of whatever mission you were on. While I might have had a love-hate relationship with a few of the game's missions, I also have a lot of fond memories of Academy. I got into it a few years late, right around the time the tragically underrated Star Trek: Enterprise series was just getting started, and I remember it was cool to have my own crew exploring the galaxy at the same time…even though it was all just a simulation in the end.
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (released 2000)
This is where Star Trek gaming hit the big time. While past Trek games had been more of a niche interest among hardcore fans, similar to war simulation or economy-based space sims, Elite Force was Trek's first foray into a mainstream videogame genre, and it doesn't get more mainstream than the first person shooter. Developed by Raven Software, longtime veterans of id's engine tech, Elite Force is a curious footnote in gaming history because it is one of the very first games built on the Quake 3 engine. Raven was just starting to get the feel for an engine they'd exploit for everything from Soldier of Fortune 2 to Jedi Outcast, so it's curious to see development with the Quake 3 tech so early in its life. So, yes, Elite Force is basically Star Trek Quake—the game's tagline was "set phasers to frag!"—but simply dismissing it as such would be a disservice to a very good game.
The story begins with the USS Voyager being teleported to a starship graveyard, a sort of Bermuda triangle in space. This plot let the writers drop in elements, aliens and concepts from all over the TV series' run, and from the larger Trek canon as well. In fact, sharp-eyed fans will remember that this starship graveyard plot is lifted from the episode "The Time Trap" of the animated Star Trek series from the mid '70s. Voyager's security chief Tuvok has been training up a Hazard Team, an elite away party prepared to go in "when diplomacy fails." The team is led by Alex Munro, a hotheaded young ensign with some impulse-control issues. Munro and his team must go on increasingly dangerous missions (exponentially dangerous if you're wearing red) in a bid to help Voyager escape. The story might not be original by Trek standards and the premise—an away team whose entire job is to go in shooting—might be more Kirk than even Kirk would prefer, but it's at least interesting, right? Well it would be, if it weren't smack in between the 6th and 7th seasons of Star Trek Voyager.
Voyager didn't exactly start out hot in the mid '90s, and by the time Elite Force was released, the series had descended into awkward, unintentional self-parody. The writing was paper thin, the characters were either unrealistically flawless (Janeway, Seven) or unrealistically pathetic and incompetent (Neelix, Paris, Tuvok) and the TV episode plots started to feel like crushingly banal fan fiction. By at least the 5th season most of the fans were laughing at Voyager, not with it, and this uncomfortable hokey-ness carried over to the game as well. I actually sympathized with Munro and his ever-optimistic team of redshirts, as they were usually the only people doing their jobs in Voyager's crew and under constant ridicule and discouragement from the main cast, no less.
Intrinsic Voyager annoyances aside, the developers at Raven took their Star Trek Quake a lot more seriously than expected. A few of them must have either done a ton of research or had been huge fans (or a little of both) because Elite Force was anything but a licensed churn-out. Everything, from the environments to the starships to the dialogue to the costumes, was completely show accurate, and anything original had been thoroughly researched. The Hazard Team might not have been the most…traditional of away teams, but while their tactics were less "boldly go" and more "seek out new life—and shoot it," their universe was wholly believable as Star Trek.
This painstaking accuracy to the Trek universe made it less distracting when you beamed down to wherever you were going and proceeded to vaporize everything that moved. The game had a classic assortment of FPS weapon staples but they were all Trekkified just enough to fit in, and of course you always had your trusty phaser to fall back on. The story—though often goofy—flowed well and sent Munro and his team to multiple alien locales, including a ghost ship that was basically an enormous gun that you had to load and fire, and the foggy, cavernous depths of a Borg cube.
My favorite level was a scavenger base, conveniently cobbled together from several species' ships and populated by their space and time-displaced crews. The level gave you glimpses of a Klingon ship, a few races exclusive to Voyager's run, and even a Kirk-era Enterprise-esque ship teleported over from the sinister, goateed Mirror Universe. In between missions you could explore a few choice areas of the USS Voyager itself, and even visit the holodeck for some eclectic target practice. This away mission/Voyager duality was another hint at the Star Trek game that fans still desperately want—that golden mixture of a big, elegant starship to call your own and thrilling alien planets to explore, a formula that has existed since the original series in the '60s but has yet to be perfectly translated into a videogame. Of course Elite Force also offered a classically addictive Quake-style multiplayer, but set in the holodeck and lovingly painted with unmistakable Trek styling.
If you're going to graft Trek onto an established and not exactly appropriate game genre like the FPS, getting every last detail of the surrounding environment right counts for a lot. This wasn't just a glorified Quake mod with phasers instead of nailguns; it was packed with little references and callbacks that only ardent fans would get, specifically because the developers knew what they were talking about and knew that the fans would appreciate it. That's dedication.
That's it for part one of this article. Keep your eyes on Gaming Nexus for part two, where we'll look at the pinnacle of Star Trek gaming, its decline into doubt and stagnation, and a possible future resurrection for Star Trek games and fans alike.
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USD medical alumni recognized by SDSMA Several University of South Dakota School of Medicine graduates were recognized at the South Dakota State Medical Association (SDSMA) annual meeting, held recently in the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Sioux Falls. �
Kevin L. Bjordahl, M.D., a USD student from 1978-1982, was selected as the new president of SDSMA.
Bjordahl, a Lake Preston, native who is currently a family practice physician in Milbank, became the 124th president of SDSMA. He attended graduate and medical school at the USD School of Medicine. He did his medical residency in family practice at Siouxland Medical Education Foundation in Sioux City, IA. After completing his training, Dr. Bjordahl practiced in Webster from 1985 until 1995. Since 1995, he has practiced in Milbank.
Dr. Bjordahl's legacy at USD continues today. His son is currently enrolled in the School of Medicine and his daughter-in-law has been accepted, but has deferred her enrollment until next year.
Joy M. Falkenburg, M.D., and a 2000 graduate of the School of Medicine, received the Media Award, which recognizes outstanding medical and health care reporting. Dr. Falkenburg is a family physician in Custer. She has written columns for area newspapers, and has developed presentations, such as one dealing with sexually transmitted disease prevention for Custer High School. She is also involved with a summer TV series with KOTA-TV in Rapid City regarding important medical issues.�
Matt Bien, M.D., who practices in Sioux Falls and was a 1985 graduate of the School of Medicine, received the Outstanding Young Physician Award. Dr. Bien is board certified in both pediatrics and internal medicine.
Dr. Bien has been actively involved with SDSMA by serving as alternate councilor and Madison/Brookings district president. He is also involved with Child Protection Services as the consulting physician for Brookings County. Dr. Bien has been a guest expert for the On Call program. Dr. Bien also stays active with community projects such as organizing the annual Brookings Marathon.�
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When President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney come before the cameras in Denver on Wednesday night to respond to domestic policy questions, expect talk of budgets and taxes, education and jobs, the economy and quality of life in America.
There almost certainly will be talk about the greatness of this nation, and what these two men — the former a Harvard Law School alumnus and the latter an alum of both Harvard Law and Harvard Business School — believe will ensure its greatness going forward. But almost anyone should be able to read the writing on the ivy-covered walls.
With our economy lurching along, our businesses trying to keep pace in the world market, cities and states cash-strapped and unemployment continuing at disturbing levels, these rallying cries and plans of action are informed by a nagging recognition that the country is not as great as it could be.
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"One of the fascinating things about this juncture that America finds itself in — and Chicago is a perfect prototype for this — is that many of the things that are going south are the result of human choice," Jan Rivkin, a professor at the Harvard Business School and head of its strategy unit, said in an interview. "They are not the inevitable results of physics or demographics. They come from choice, and we're going to see if we've got the foresight to find a productive path or let the ship run aground."
Rivkin was in town Monday for the latest stop in a series of invitation-only events staged by HBS in various economic centers around the country to promote discussion of the nation's competitiveness and what's required to improve living standards for average Americans.
With the U.S. Competitiveness Project, the school is looking to advance its faculty research by drawing on the insights of its alumni and others. The traveling panel discussions are designed to engage local leaders, take stock of regional issues and galvanize attendees' resolve to consider what's needed for everyone to prosper.
Informing the call to action is a survey of Harvard Business alums in which almost three-quarters of respondents believe the nation's ability to compete will be on a downward swing in the next three years that will affect a broad swath of concerns, ranging from manufacturing to finance. Potential solutions floated include lower taxes as part of a federal tax policy more consistent with that of other nations and education to better prepare prospective workers.
"I do not believe the sky has fallen," Rivkin said. "I believe there are pieces of the sky that are dangling and we can patch them up. They all can be patched. The only one where I still am struggling to see what the patch looks like has to do with federal policy, where we seem to have gotten to the point of paralysis that is, if not unprecedented, rare. That worries me, but all the stuff at the local level, I see a lot of innovation, a lot of will to make things work. And we're not Greece."
What's needed goes beyond quick fixes, such as Chicago's infamously dubious decision to lease out its parking meters, or Illinois' penchant for handing out financial incentives to secure businesses for the state.
"If they have to pay you to go there, that's a danger sign," Rivkin said, adding the practice tends to "attract the most mercenary of all possible companies."
Enlightened leadership that aligns interests between different sides of the aisle in government, between government and business, and between business management and labor is a start.
Businesses should consider treating suppliers as strategic partners and helping them build resources rather than simply trying to get the best price. A company can cut its workforce to the minimum needed to achieve its immediate goals but risks not having capacity to grow and inhibiting innovation.
"I don't think anybody will question the importance of innovation to future growth and new jobs," said Willy Shih, another Harvard Business School professor and co-author of "Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance," due out later this month. "So what we're pointing out is, inadvertently or because we weren't thoughtful about it, we've let go a lot of the manufacturing capabilities in this country and that is now seriously impacting our ability to do innovation."
From 1948 to about 1980, real wages and real output per worker productivity lined up, with more productivity rewarded by greater pay. Then productivity continued to rise and wages flattened out. One major factor in this was technology, which created new efficiencies. Another was the rise of globalization, which sent U.S. jobs to other nations, again saving companies money but at a human cost.
"Where you stand on that is in whether you feel the reality has changed so the bargain's got to change, or you feel, no, it's just not right," Rivkin said. "There's a real divide between those who say we should fight over the pie and those who feel we should find ways to grow the pie, and then we'll divide it up and all be better off."
One concept in the U.S. Competitiveness Project is that businesses need to understand the industrial eco-system — or commons — that they both feed off of and feed. Every business in any location draws on a set of features that locale provides, such as an educated populace, a vibrant supplier network, laws protecting its interests.
"Historically in the U.S., companies invested deeply in building commons," Rivkin said. "Then we moved into an era of globalization where it becomes possible to do business from anywhere to anywhere. A lot of executives, in their justifiable excitement over globalization, concluded now we don't need to put down roots. We can move from place to place to whatever place gives us the best deal today. The problem is when you do that, the commons gets run down. You start to not have the skilled workforce you need. You don't have capable suppliers."
Shih told me by phone that it's important "to think about capabilities, not just within your walls," but to take a more holistic approach. "Are you doing things that foster the health of the commons, nurture the growth of capabilities, or are you — and this is the tragedy of the commons problem — are you just taking from it and not worrying about the health of that?"
In the big picture, unlike the presidential debates, it's more important to find the common ground than the differences.
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Disadvantages of Antibiotic Medications
The present generation can by no means think of the times when antibiotics were not available to mankind. But there actually were times when humans were treated without the aid of antibiotics. The first antibiotic appeared on the scene in the 1930's and was termed as a wonder drug - a panacea for all infectious diseases. Antibiotics acted quickly and destroyed bacteria very effectively.
As human beings went about destroying the environment in the race for advancement, newer strains of bacteria developed. New toxins that polluted the environment gave rise to new diseases that lead to further research and the development of new antibiotics. The process continues even now, and we create conditions for new diseases to occur and only later realize that we need to now search for their cures.
As life became fast paced, so did the need to get back to work as soon as possible. The antibiotic alternative gradually ceased to be the last resort for treatment. Actually it became the first resort for treating even the common cold. Initially there was no information on micro-organisms that were resistant to antibiotics and their side effects. As new information started pouring in, it was already too late - neither doctors nor patients had time to waste on slow acting herbal antibiotics.
In the present day scenario, it is difficult to avoid disease. Antibiotics, however, should always be used discriminately. Antibiotics may be indispensable in some cases, but they should not be used as long as they can be avoided safely. Antibiotics have some very undesirable properties, such as:
- They have side effects that can sometimes prove to be more difficult to manage than the ailment they are meant to cure.
- They destroy friendly bacteria along with disease-causing bacteria. The body needs friendly bacteria for a number of processes like detoxification, easy elimination of wastes and cleansing of the blood and the liver.
- Over-use of antibiotics lead to their becoming ineffective due to bacterial mutation. Simply stated, it means that certain bacteria get used to a particular antibiotic and start using it for their own benefit. Penicillin and tetracycline are classic examples of how antibiotics become redundant for killing some bacterium.
Frankly speaking, we have lost track of the meaning of true health. A truly healthy person is one whose immune system health is perfectly capable of handling attacks from viruses and bacteria. Have you ever wondered how a minor cut from shaving cures by itself? Or how the common cold mostly vanishes in seven days even when you do not treat it with antibiotics? It is the immune system that is at work, which activates on recognizing foreign substances and releases chemicals to destroy them.
Before antibiotics were discovered, silver and colloidal silver were used as regular treatments. The properties of silver are mentioned in ancient therapies like Ayurveda. It treats silver as a rejuvenating elixir. Homeopathy uses silver in its various forms to encourage vitality and promote immune system health. Herbs for immune system like pau d'arco and the time tested natural remedies can help in keeping antibiotics the last resort for treating ailments that cannot be handled naturally.
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Last weekend, Shutter Island was released. This week it's The Crazies. They are two very different movies. Different movies require different strategies. In a previous alert, we asked for ideas.
It's a science fiction horror film and remake of a 1960s cult classic. It has nothing to do with mental illness in the real world, but links an extremely stigmatizing title to an extremely stigmatizing plot. A town's water supply is infected by a mysterious toxin turning people "insane" and violent. Those who are unaffected have to fight their way out or die from "the plague or the military."
Language + stereotype = stigma. The plot is so extreme and disgusting that many people won't take it seriously. Protest may seem ridiculous or only help sell tickets by giving the film more publicity-except it is an example of the most outrageous kind of stigma.
What's sad is that Chris Albrecht, president & CEO of Starz Entertainment, which owns Overture Films, the studio that produced the movie, is "a long time advocate" for homelessness and children's health. He has raised funds for Los Angeles' Shelter Partnership and co-chaired a $250 million fundraising campaign for Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.
Please contact Mr. Albrecht to express disappointment that he is even remotely associated with a movie that undermines everything he stands for. Please send a copy to Los Angeles' Children's Hospital.
Mr. Chris Albrecht
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Tell Overture Films that the film's title and linkage of violence to the buzzword "insanity" stigmatizes people with mental illness. The U.S. Surgeon General has warned that stigma and stereotypes, like the ones they have generated, are a barrier to people getting help when they need it. The company now needs to help set the record straight by funding public education on mental illness.
Mr. Chris McGurk, CEO
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This one is a serious film with megastars, but its significance may be lost in too many dark or disturbing images. StigmaBusters have hated the promotional advertising, but those who have actually seen the film are split.
The story is about a 1950's "asylum for the criminally insane" (authentic language from that era), a struggle for recovery and conflict between competing methods of psychiatry at a critical point in history- surgery, medication, and intense psychotherapy. The novel on which the movie is based credits Boston's McLean Hospital and the book Mad in America, which NAMI NYC Metro once honored, for providing background.
Ask Phoenix Pictures, which produced the film, to help fight the stigma that surrounds mental illness in 2010 by donating some of the film's profits to community mental health services in your community. Express disappointment that advertising around the film has been so extreme. If you have seen the film, offer your comments (pro and con).
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Use the publicity that has surrounded both movies to create a teaching moment in your community.
Because of the large number of StigmaBuster messages received, they cannot all be answered individually; however, we appreciate every e-mail and do review every stigma report and prioritize them for action.
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Tear out all the sheets from a 36-sheet pad of 8.5" square scrapbooking pad (the pad should be two-sided).
Roll the sheets into cones. Use scotch tape to secure.
Staple 1" from the bottom of each cone.
Cut some cardboard into an 8" circle. Mark as a 6" line and a 3" line.
Hot glue the cones to the cardboard matching the staple up with the 6" circle line. Rotate around the circle.
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- Cultures & Religions 11 matches
- Cycles & Systems 1 match
- Ecosystem Health 10 matches
- Ethics & Values 3 matches
- Food Systems & Agriculture 4 matches
- Human Impact & Footprint 7 matches
- Human Heath & Well-being 3 matches
- Lifestyles & Consumption 9 matches
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Finding the Personal Voice of Sustainability part of Activities
Kevin Saari
Making Sustainable Business Decisions In Four Different Industries and Their Effect on People (Social), Planet (Environment), and Profit (Economics) part of Activities
Walt White
The student will gain a better understanding of "Global Warming" and the "Triple Bottom Line" by viewing the first two videos. Further the CEO2 game will introduce many new ideas/options that specific industries have to select from in achieving their desired corporate/company goals.
Interviewing the Past: Developing a Sense of Place through Oral Histories part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Bob Abel, Olympic College
Local changes in climate, flora, fauna, and the human population can be anecdotally explored through interviews with long time locals.
A Sense of Place Collage Essay part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Kathleen Byrd, South Puget Sound Community College
The "collage essay" is a formal writing assignment for English 101. The "collage" format of this paper offers students the opportunity to explore a sense of place from multiple perspectives without needing to demonstrate a stance as is usually expected in a thesis-driven essay.
Writing and Walking, Pilgrimage and Process: Working with the Essays of Linda Hogan & Henry David Thoreau part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Rebecca Chamberlain, The Evergreen State College
By comparing and contrasting the essays of Hogan and Thoreau, students begin to develop a more complex understanding of their own identity and sense of place; the historical and cultural context around issues of sustainability and environmental ethics.
Civic Stewardship and Interdependency: Rethinking Our Local Patterns of Consumption and Development part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Tara DerYeghiayan Roth, Seattle University
This "Exploratory Essay" writing assignment asks students to acknowledge themselves as stakeholders in their communities, to take a closer look at the urban or suburban town they call home, and to re-examine notions of entitlement.
Critical Thinking on Sustainable Food Production and Consumer Habits part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Michael Faucette, Seattle Central Community College
Students are assigned to research, write, take a position and present it on the complex issue of sustainable food production and consumer habits.
Phased Assignments in a Quarter-Long Argumentation & Research Course with a Sustainability Focus part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Don Foran, Centralia College and The Evergreen State College
This teaching-and-learning activity is a phased process for developing a credible sustainability component in an Argumentation and Research course. The major assignment is a creation of an 8-10 page research paper in MLA format. All readings in this course are from the anthology, Listening to Earth (Hallowell and Levy).
The Sustainability of Place: Making Scholarship Public part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Jill Gatlin, University of Washington
Students are assigned to observe and research a local place of their choosing and to develop a unique analytical argument about the social and/or ecological sustainability of this space. The final project is a pamphlet directed to a public audience accompanied by a proposal for its production and distribution.
Toxic Hygiene: How Safe Is Your Bathroom? part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Danielle Gray, Whatcom Community College
Students learn about potential safety and health concerns of personal hygiene products. Students examine labels and advertisements of these projects and then engage in rhetorical and cultural analysis of these advertisements.


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The Logistics Division consolidates the functions of fixed facility and motor fleet maintenance, equipment and supply allocation in addition to procurement and research to facilitate efficient and effective utilization of fire department resources. The division's goal is to provide quality goods and services to the members of the Henderson Fire Department in a controlled, expedient manner.
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The Logistics Division coordinates closely with station officers and the City's Facilities Maintenance Department for the repairs and maintenance of the Fire Department's facilities. The Facilities Maintenance Department and/or private contractors perform most of the work. This includes HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, overhead doors, appliances, renovations and pest extermination.
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From Stephen Baxter, master of science fiction and national bestselling author of Bronze Summer, comes an all-new Doctor Who adventure…
Resilience. Remembrance. Restoration.
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Hurtling through a vortex beyond time and space is a police box that's not a police box. The TARDIS has carried the Doctor and his companions, Jamie and Zoe, to all sorts of places, but now, when they don't want to go anywhere, the TARDIS makes a decision for them. Like it or not, they're coming in for a landing, who knows where or when…
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There's a difference?
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You're from Russia. What are you doing here?
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Oh really.
Actually, they just came here, did you know that?
No. I just--
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I would love to see the Russian ballet.
Finally, we have the bad boy. Yes. Let me just say, I warned you. You cannot change a bad boy. Excuse me, hi, I was just wondering if you have a time.
No, I don't.
But for me it's time for a glass wine though.
I think so.
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Okay. Do know where we going?
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4.5-star luxury hotel with 3 restaurants in Beijing (Tianzhu - Capital International Airport)
This luxury hotel is located in Beijing (Tianzhu - Capital International Airport), near the airport and China International Exhibition Center. Regional attractions also include Beijing International Convention Center and National Stadium.
Hotel Features
In addition to 3 restaurants, Crowne Plaza Beijing International Airport features an outdoor tennis court. Other amenities include a marina and a bar/lounge.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions include satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature deep soaking bathtubs, refrigerators, and wireless Internet access (surcharge).Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
- General
In addition to a marina, Crowne Plaza Beijing International Airport features an outdoor tennis court and an indoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants. The property also offers a grocery/convenience store. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4.5-star property offers access to a business center, secretarial services, and technology support staff. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and banquet facilities. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a sauna, and spa services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Crowne Plaza Beijing International Airport has designated areas for smoking.
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 600
- ATM/banking
- Audiovisual equipment
- Number of floors - 12
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Business services
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Computer rental
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- Multiple large conference rooms
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
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- Event catering
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- Express check-out
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- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Free Wi-Fi
- Technology support staff
- Designated smoking areas
- Full board rates available
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Marina on site
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Free parking
- Free guest parking during stay
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- Free parking (limited spaces)
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Crowne Cafe - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Afternoon tea is offered.
Jing Tai Palace - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Yozakura - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
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Boiling Springs, N.C.
- The Gardner-Webb wrestling team will compete in the program's first-ever
conference championship this Saturday, as the Runnin' Bulldogs will participate
at the 2012 Southern Conference Championship hosted by the University of
Chattanooga at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Gardner-Webb posted a 2-5 dual match record against their
Southern Conference foes on the season and had five grapplers record winning
records in conference action on the year.
At 125 pounds, redshirt-senior Michael Slaughter will
compete for GWU, as he posted an overall record of 15-9 on the year and 4-3 in
Southern Conference action at 125 and 133 pounds.
Sophomores Robbie Golde and Alex Hamm will suit up for the
Runnin' Bulldogs at 133 and 141 pounds, respectively on Saturday. Golde has a 5-15 overall record and is
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Hammer of Ohio in his last match.
Hamm is 6-13 overall on the year, yet has posted a 2-3 record in
conference action with both wins coming at 141 pounds.
GWU's Davante Andujar, who has filled in most of the year
for the injured Ryan Medved at 149 pounds, will weigh in at 149 pounds. The freshman is 10-13 overall at 149
pounds this season and 3-2 in conference action at that weight class.
At 157 pounds, redshirt-junior Alex Medved will compete for
the Runnin' Bulldogs, as the 2011 NCAA qualifier and East Regional Champion has
won nine straight matches and 12 out of his last 15 bouts. Medved leads the Runnin' Bulldogs with
17 wins on the season, five of which have come in conference competition.
Fellow redshirt-junior Justin Guthrie, who also has 17 wins
on the year, will compete at 165 pounds, as he is 3-4 in dual match action
against Southern Conference foes, while at 174 pounds sophomore Erin O'Dell
will weigh in for the Runnin' Bulldogs.
O'Dell, who missed much of the season due to an injury, is 1-3 in
conference dual match action and 3-8 overall on the year.
The Porters, Jason and Travis, will compete at 184 and 197
pounds, respectively on Saturday. Jason is 3-2 in Southern Conference action
and 6-12 overall on the season with five of those wins coming at 184
pounds. Travis, who has won two
straight matches at 197 and was named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the
Week on February 9th, has posted a 13-10 overall record on the season. Travis, who like Medved was a 2011 NCAA
qualifier and East Regional Champion, is 4-1 in Southern Conference dual match
action on the year.
At the heavyweight position, freshman Justin Kozera will
suit up for the Runnin' Bulldogs, as he is 13-15 overall and 4-3 in Southern
Conference action.
Tickets for the event are as follows:
All Tournament Pass - Adults $15
All Tournament Pass - College Students/Youth $10 (Youth 17
& under)
Special Group Rate - $8
Students of Southern Conference member institutions get in
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