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Where's Santa? Here's how to track were he is and where he's heading next
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay
It's Christmas Eve, which means Santa Claus is comin' to town.
For a lot of eager little kiddos though, the questions is when, exactly, is Santa Claus comin' to town? To answer that question, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is tracking Santa and his reindeer for the 64th year as they make their way around the world.
Since 1955, NORAD has been keeping tabs on jolly ole' St. Nick every Dec. 24 and sharing his flight path with everyone wanting to see just where he was last seen, where he's headed and how many gifts have been delivered so far (spoiler alert: it's a lot.)
"In addition to our day-to-day mission of defending North America, we are proud to carry on the tradition of tracking Santa as he travels along his yuletide flight path," said Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command.
You can follow Santa on NORAD'S Santa tracker website and mobile app. You can also call 1-877-HiNORAD for an update on Santa's location.
To start tracking Santa, click here.
For more information, visit the NORAD website.


Having lived in NYC burbs for almost 15 years, you could save a lot of time and money and just go to one of the major courthouses that process immigration/green card issues and easily find someone who would probably easily fulfill your every whim and desire.
The same information above would work in Boston too as between the two cities there are more illegals from Ireland, Scotland, UK then just about anywhere else.
Now having known the immigration side of it you better sit down and discuss everything. How he or you like your coffee/tea down to the number of sugars, cream...etc. You better know each other like you have known anyone else. How does he like his steak, what his favorite steak condiment is....etc. Birthmarks, Birth Control...the whole gambit.
Guiness will be on draft at the bar.
Someplace in the establishment there will be a dart board.
Be careful the fine is like 15,000 for immigration fraud.
I so wanted to find an Australian who looked like Olivia Newton John since I was like 15. Having been there around 10 times I never found her and quite frankly while the people for the most part are nice...there is a ton of problems down there too.
I no longer could pull someone out of their fishbowl. They like their beer...fish and chips or whatever they fancy and if they don't or can't get it they have issues. Truthfully it is easier to marry someone from Team USA. I know a bunch of people who are married to foreigners and some worked, a bunch did not.
him: But she's not African!
It's pretty much a statistical long shot, doomed from the start. It's like being down by 20pts in a basketball game with 5 minutes to go, and thinking YOU'RE the exception. Well, in actual basketball you learn to play tough and grit it out, etc., and can have a moral victory -- all for what? 5 game minutes? So you lost a game... not a big deal. You're weren't actually expecting to win -- the odds were so low. But there can be a miraculous rare win -- it's worth it.
IRL, in dating/relationships -- it's a lot more than that sacrificed. Your chances are the same. Fooling yourself that you are the exception (based on little to nothing) improves your chances, sure, but makes it go from 0% chance to 1-3% chance. Very very poor odds. It's only a "dream" because it's a rarity that worked out. Over 95% of the time, it's "What the hell was I thinking? Gawd, am I that desperate??"
spooky, I have dated several people that live in other countries.
But I have never picked a country and wanted to date only someone that lives in XXXX country. Why do that?
You should date someeone because of the person, not where they live.
May be because they can 't find it in the States?
You have to realized that men here are pigs " For the most part."
Romance is "Wang ,bang thank you mam ."
Most are not what I call great women" For the majority."
Come down here for 5 years , and then come back and tell us, if you think the same way ?
Most are arrogant brats, self center, no manners, and a Royal pain. And not good in bed what so ever.
I guess they make a good match "Men and women here." They deserved each other.
That is may be why the one who are " Cool", are looking some where else.
It is so hard to find a good one here . " Men or women."
Why the UK ? Simple, y'all have the same language.
You know, I'm starting to consider browsing the European areas more and more. Lifestyle wise, I've always thought European customs were a better fit. I also have a huge weakness or British or French accents.
Good luck with that. Long distance relationships never work. Better to stick to your area unless if the guy/girl from the UK wants to marry you.
We american's (a) love the accents (b) think everyone wants to live here (c) are whacky enough to search outside our borders (d) just wanna bring everyone back together since we all started over there anyway.
They have good taste and good sense to realise how much cooler we are.
Oh yeah, we can spell better, too.
...and have a hard time discerning when Lead refers to a Leader rather than a Pipe!!
Again, thanks for your responses however, I still would like to ask a question relating to this thread.
If someone wants to move-to or pursue moving to another country if they're an American, is then their "head in the clouds" & should they just surrender to the fact it's a bad idea?
How could any of us say whether it's bad? If you don't like where you are now then move. Just have a plan/job/housing in store for once you get there. It's starting to sound like you want us to discourage you?
Being born in America doesn't mean that you have to be "stuck" here.


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Girl, 10, accused of stomping on 6-month-old baby, killing him
Posted 4:35 AM, November 6, 2018, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 04:36AM, November 6, 2018
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – A 10-year-old girl has been charged after she allegedly stomped on the head of a 6-month-old boy at a Wisconsin day care, killing him.
The girl, who was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, appeared in court Monday morning.
According to the Star Tribune, the sobbing 10-year-old's mother held her as the judge explained the charge before ordering a $50,000 cash bond.
The sheriff's department received a 911 call October 30 from the caretaker of a licensed day care in the Town of Wheaton who said a boy was bleeding from the head and wasn't responding, according to Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk.
"Later that afternoon, the sheriff's department received a call from medical personnel, a doctor, attending this youth and his belief was that the injuries sustained by the 6-month-old boy were not an accident," Kowalczyk said.
The boy was rushed to a hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota but didn't survive. He was pronounced dead Nov. 1, according to the Tribune.
District Attorney Wade Newell said the girl later confessed to hurting the boy, according to WEAU.
"She stated she was holding the child and that's when she dropped the child," Wade said. "The child hit its head on the footstool and then the child started crying and she panicked and didn't know what to do and didn't want to get into trouble and then she proceeded to stomp on the 6 month-old's head."
While she appeared with her biological parents in court, the Tribune reports that she was with her foster parents, who operate the day care, at the time of the incident. Authorities had removed her from the custody of her biological parents in September.
12-year-old boy charged in fatal shooting of brother, 10
Infant dies after being left inside Florida day care van
Suspected home intruder who got hit with a machete and escaped from the hospital has been caught
Suspect thwarted by machete-wielding 11-year-old during home invasion flees hospital
The man accused of killing teen internet personality Bianca Devins in NY is charged with murder
News Queens
6-year-old girl among three dead in Queens house fire that was intentionally set: sources
Police: Mother, boyfriend beat 7-year-old, tied him up in infested basement
Seven kids rescued from hot car after 4-year-old boy calls 911 from inside vehicle
Queens fire that killed three, including 6-year-old, was intentionally set: authorities
Suspect charged in Crown Heights shooting: police
Woman whose dead babies were found 'squalid, vermin-infested' home cleared of murder
Dad 'executed' daughter during 'petty argument' about baby gate, prosecutors say

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Liquid Lies is the debut novel not only in the new Elementals series but for Ms. Hanna Martine as well. This new world is fascinating and thoroughly intriguing.
Ms. Martine combines elements of the paranormal with science fiction and weave it seamless into a romance simply titled, Liquid Lies. This is a new and fascinating world. The existence of the Secondaries (those not native to the Earth) among the Primaries (native humans) and their elemental abilities are interesting. The complicated hierarchy of their secret society and how they have blended into the modern world is truly captivating. The history of Gwen's people is intriguing including the war between her people, the Ofarians, and their sworn enemy, the Tedrans. Don't get us wrong, there are a lot of layers to this world, but the talent is in how Ms. Martine has been able to weave it together into something so completely fresh and new.
Gikany and Una enjoyed the chemistry between Gwen and Reed. Their attraction was fiery. The give and take in Liquid Lies and the ever-breathing overshadowing of deceit added wonderful elements to enrich the plot. Their situation was unique and we enjoyed the character development that they each undergo. The tension created by Gwen knowing her attraction to a Primary (Reed) is wrong, coupled with the fact that he is her abductor is gripping. We were concerned as the novel was coming to an end that we would not see the "what happened after." However, Ms. Martine rewards us with just enough of a glimpse of the "ever after" that when it ends we are given a well-rounded novel.
Ms. Martine's writing style is simplistically rich. Her storytelling is easy to follow and easy to lose yourself in. Gikany and Una had difficulty putting it down because we were so easily sucked in. The pacing was well balanced between the world-building, the romance, the conflict between the Tedrans and the Ofarians, and the need to keep the Primaries in the dark. We especially enjoyed the fact that nothing quite went as we expected it. To be completely surprised by the twists was very refreshing. Considering how Liquid Lies ends, we wonder what the future holds (but not who the next novel will feature).
The new Elementals series shows extreme promise and with the fabulous ride, Liquid Lies took us on, we encourage you to pick it up and join in. Gikany and Una eagerly look forward to the next book in the series, A Taste of Ice. For those who enjoy the torture, there is a snippet from it at the end of Liquid Lies.
I really liked this book! Can't wait for the next.
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I just returned from a work-related trip to the Texas Panhandle Plains region, and I gotta admit the area wasn't nearly as ordinary as I expected. From a jaw-droppingly stunning canyon to the state's largest history museum to unexpected entertainment in a small town, my experience was pleasantly plain-free.
The Panhandle isn't near the top of most people's vacation destinations. OK, it isn't anywhere on the list. But it should be. Or it at least deserves consideration for adding an extra day to the itinerary when passing through on a cross-country trip.
I discovered some great family-friendly destinations, soaked up the wide-open vistas, and experienced authentic down-home Texas-style eateries. I'll detail these worthy locales in upcoming posts; meanwhile, here's a sampling of my nearly 300 photos -- a surprising number of captivating images from an area that's far from ordinary.


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Die Serie A wurde in zwei regionale Gruppen eingeteilt. Ein Sieg brachte 2 Punkte, ein Remis 1 Punkt ein. Die Sieger beider Gruppen traten in einem Finalspiel um die Meisterschaft gegeneinander an.

Serie A Ost

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Schweizer Meister 1909: Young Boys Bern

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Fußballsaison 1908/09

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package org.knowm.xchange.bitstamp.dto.trade;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

import org.junit.Test;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

/**
 * Test Transaction[] JSON parsing
 */
public class PlaceLimitOrderJSONTest {

  @Test
  public void testUnmarshal() throws IOException {

    // Read in the JSON from the example resources
    InputStream is = PlaceLimitOrderJSONTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/trade/example-place-limit-order.json");

    // Use Jackson to parse it
    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    BitstampOrder newOrder = mapper.readValue(is, BitstampOrder.class);

    assertThat(newOrder.getId()).isEqualTo(1273070);
    assertThat(newOrder.getAmount()).isEqualTo(BigDecimal.ONE);
    assertThat(newOrder.getPrice()).isEqualTo(new BigDecimal("1.25"));
    assertThat(newOrder.getType()).isEqualTo(0);
  }

  @Test
  public void testError() throws IOException {

    // Read in the JSON from the example resources
    InputStream is = PlaceLimitOrderJSONTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/trade/example-place-limit-order-error.json");

    // Use Jackson to parse it
    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    BitstampOrder response = mapper.readValue(is, BitstampOrder.class);

    assertThat(response.getErrorMessage()).isEqualTo("Minimum order size is $1");
  }
}

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On a sunny bright morning, I entered Cafe Cartel, wanting to try their breakfast set.
Saw it from the Menu the other night I was at the Plaza Sing branch, after TIMBRE (Old School), so decided to jio Regina for breakfast.
To my surprise, they do not serve breakfast on Weekdays! I didn't know initially. What a bimbo!
So... I waited for her at Siglap MACS while writing my X'mas cards & decided to go back for brunch, instead. If you know me, I have to satisfy my cravings. SO, to satisfy my craving for a nice breakfast, I immediately looked at the 'Sandwich' section on the normal-day menu, & ordered 'Ham & Cheese & Egg Sandwich', (they have it on the breakfast menu). So technically I would have eaten about the same thing if it were to be for breakfast. Only that for the sides, I get fries and salad w awesome vignette sauce, instead of hash browns. And, now it's fried egg instead of scrambled eggs which I prefer the latter.
Headed down to Bugis to try this new Ice Cream store, SOYATO.
Located in the basement of Bugis Junction, not many will notice even if they walk pass, because it's a really small shop front. However, what they serve is very unique. As how their name goes, SOYA-TO, yes, you may have just guessed it - Ice Cream made from Soya Bean!
Fret not, if you don't like the original soya bean form, because at SOYATO, it comes in many different flavours. From Green Tea to Chocolate, they have it all. To top it off, they have a variety of toppings and syrups to choose from to elevate your soyato experience.
I did taste sample size of afew flavours, however, for me, I preferred the Chocolate one! The Green Tea one was not bad as well, but a little too sweet for me +plus since my friends ordered that, I took Chocolate topped with Cranberry.
1) The portion is very generous sized!
I couldn't finish it because the 1 scoop seemed like 2.5scoops. It was huge for a 1-scoop Ice Cream.
2) I like the texture of the Soya Ice Cream.
It was very soft (perhaps that's what Soya does to it) and it gives you a full mouthful feeling when putting into your mouth!
3) I don't really like the mixture of taste, of Soya and Ice Cream.
Yes, it's a healthier alternative and it has a unique taste, but I found that personally, I don't like it. I prefer the original types of Ice Cream. It's because when I tried Soyato, despite ordering flavoured ones, I still could taste the SOYAbeans and I don't like the combination of them both. I would be better if customers were not able to taste the soyabeans. Also, after eating for a few mouths, I didn't want to continue already cause the taste was so overwhelming and it's one of those food, after eating a few mouths you just won't continue.
Sweet as it may be, it was fresh and refreshed me!
Parkway was next on the list. We went shopping for different stuffs!
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Okay, pretty much, yes, you may have guessed it?
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Tutorials for the In-game System Mechanics of God Eater 3.
God Eater 3 has a lot of micro systems and things going on during gameplay. The game doesn't do a very good job of explaining exactly what everything does beyond telling you to look at the in-game database. Therefore this post will explain all of the slightly more advanced systems in great detail. These systems are extremely important in enjoying God Eater 3 so please pay very close attention and read carefully until you fully understand how the game works.
Take note that all system mechanics in this post will be explained in conjunction with the default PS4 control scheme.
The Dive mechanic is a high-speed shield bash that covers a large distance. Its performed by pressing R2+X and flings your character forward in the direction they are facing. If you are locked-on to an Aragami, you will automatically Dive in the direction of the target instead. Dive consumes a large amount of stamina so use it carefully.
Dive is perfect for covering large distances in a short space of time. It can be used to travel, quickly move in on an Aragami or even reach Aragami that go beyond your jumping height. It can also be used as an emergency escape, but you have to make sure that you disengage lock-on first before you try to do this.
During the Shield Bash portion of the Dive, you can guard incoming attacks and can even Just Guard attacks if you time the Dive properly. If you input the Dive command while you are diving, you can cancel the action early.
If you are in Gun Form, using Dive will transition you back into Melee Weapon Form. Use this to dodge attacks incoming attacks or to return to the heart of battle after using long ranged attacks in Gun Form.
The amount of Stamina a single Dive consumes depends on the kind of Shield you are using. A Buckler uses a smaller amount of Stamina per Dive as opposed to a Tower Shield, so take this into account when you decide which kind of Shield type you would like to use.
*Dive can also be mapped to the D-pad left and right slots via the options menu.
The main purpose of Devouring is to refill your Burst gauge (The Burst system is explained in the following section of this post).
The Devour is one of the most unsafe and risky attacks in the game. The rewards of the Devour are also only yielded if you perform the entire Devour and its recovery animation without getting hit. But since God Eater 3 is a game where the enemies attack constantly without letting you stand around, you have to learn how to exploit Aragami openings in order to Devour successfully.
The Quick Devour and Air Devour are the two Devours you should use most frequently. In most cases, they can be used from an attack's blind-spot to safely Devour without getting hit. The Charge Devour should only be used when an Aragami runs away to get food, or when its been Downed or when there is an equally big opening.
Learning how to successfully Devour is really tricky since you need a good amount of experience to understand which kinds of an Aragami's Attacks are punishable with a Devour and which aren't.
If an Aragami has an attack with either long startup or long recovery times, get out of the attack's hitbox and do a Quick Devour.
If a teammate has the Aragami's aggro, you may get behind the Aragami and devour easily because they will ignore everyone other than the player with the aggro.
Always Devour on attacks you know for sure can be punished with a Devour. This is because you never know when a chance to fill your Burst gauge will come again.
If an Aragami has an attack that hits the ground, you may be able to safely do an Air Devour.
If an Aragami has a linear running or jumping attack, you may able to move just out of their movement trajectory and send a Quick Devour in the direction they're moving.
Don't be afraid to test which attack can be punished with a quick devour, but once you know for sure there isn't enough of an opening, stop attempting.
When you become familiar with Devouring safely, try to establish a devouring rhythm that allows you to keep Burst and deal damage.
Of course, these tips are not the only things that will put you on track to having good Devour habits. Like I said above, Devouring successfully stems from your experience as a player. This means you should just play the game and look carefully at Aragami attacks and think "Hey that one looks like I could get a quick/air devour done safely if I stand here.".
It also helps to watch advanced players online fighting Aragami and carefully see how and when they Devour. Even if you end up watching a beginner online, think about what they could do to Devour better and try to apply it to yourself.
Devouring a Dead Aragami 's body will give you materials needed for crafting so never forget to do this.
*The Quick Devour can also be mapped to the D-pad left and right slots via the options menu.
Burst is the God Eater Series' Mega Buff. Burst increases both your Attack and Defense and it allows you to use Burst Arts, Burst Plugins and Burst Units.
The kinds of benefits Burst grants are immense which make it desirable for all players to be in Burst at all times.
Your Burst Gauge is indicated at the bottom of the screen by a gauge that reads "LEVEL" on top of a Red bar.
The 'LEVEL' indicates what your current Burst Level is and the bar that constantly drains underneath it, indicates your Burst Duration.
A Full Burst Bar has a Burst Duration of roughly 60 seconds. In this time, the Bar will constantly drain and dwindle down. When the Burst Bar empties and your Burst Duration reaches zero, Burst will end and you will lose all of the benefits of Burst. Dying during Burst or getting devoured by an Aragami will also end your Burst.
In order to replenish your Burst Bar and stay in Burst, you must land successful Devours, consume Burst Inducers or receive Link Burst Bullets from your teammates.
As explained in the previous section of this post, landing successful Devours is the primary way of maintaining Burst. Each Devour replenishes the Burst Bar and extends your Burst Duration. But since the Burst Gauge continuously empties, you must always be on the lookout for openings to Devour and get Burst.
The other way of refilling your Burst Bar, is by receiving Link Burst Bullets from your teammates. In addition to granting you a filled Burst Bar, receiving a Link Burst Bullet also increases your Burst Level. Burst Level is explained in more detail below.
There are 3 Burst Levels. Each level of Burst further increases the benefits of Burst. As such, its natural that we would want to be in Burst 3 all the time since its the max Burst Level.
The only way to increase your Burst Level, its to receive Link Burst Bullets from your teammates. Likewise, Firing your Link Burst Bullets at a teammate will increase their Burst Level.
Link Burst Bullets are obtained as a sub-product when you perform a successful Devour. A Charge Devour gains 3 Link Burst Bullets and Quick & Air Devours gain 1. The maximum amount of Link Burst Bullets you can carry is 3. But some equipment have special skills that allow you to increase the maximum amount of Link Burst Bullets you can hold.
Each Link Burst Bullet is worth 1 Burst Level. If your teammate is on Burst Level 1 and you fire two Link Burst Bullets at them, they will be in Burst 3. If you fire a link Burst Bullet at a teammate who already has Burst 3, you will fill their Burst Gauge and extend their Burst Duration.
Link Burst Bullets have no other uses so make sure to fire them at your teammates and share in the holy hot sauce that is Burst 3.
Unfortunately, you can only give Burst Levels to your teammates and receive Burst Levels from them in the same way. You cannot give Burst 3 to yourself. This means that if you play Solo or if you play with teammates you who don't use Link Burst Bullets, you are doomed to be in Burst 1.
Share this post. Explain Burst to your friends. Ask them for Link Burst Bullets. Threaten to delete their game data. Hold their families hostage. Do whatever it takes to have your teammates hit you with Link Burst Bullets. If everyone in the world just took 5 seconds out from the battle to shoot a couple of these bullets at their friends, so many more people would be in Burst 3.
Do it for your friends. Do it for the love of DPS. Do it because you want someone to do it to you. Do it because it needs doing. Do it for the Burst-less kids in the Far East who have never had Burst in their lives.
USE YOUR LINK BURST BULLETS AND GIVE YOUR TEAMMATES BURST 3.
Oh. Hugo and the Online Avatars are fairly good at sharing bullets with you too.
**There is a way to give Burst 3 to yourself using the Engage Link system explained later in this post.
Burst Arts are essentially special moves that are outlets for your main source of melee damage. You can equip three different types of Burst Arts onto Ground, Step and Jump attacks respectively. This means you effectively have 3 kinds of special moves to use during battles.
Each Burst Art can be leveled up by using it repeatedly and the more you level up different Burst Arts, the more unlock for each weapon type. As an individual Burst Art increases in Level, it's effectiveness increases as well. Thankfully, unlocking all the Burst Arts on a weapon isn't an intensive task as it is getting them all to Level 5 which is their max level.
Burst Arts can greatly change the way you would play a weapon so its highly recommended that players really experiment with different Burst Arts and find what suits their playstyles. There is a training mode room that can be reached from the Burst Art Edit screen by pressing the Options button. Use this to mix and match your Burst Arts until you find a set you like.
Accompanying Burst Arts, are Burst Art Effects. These are additional effects tacked on to the core Burst Art that change the after-effect of the attack. Fire off projectiles or pillars of light, create energy beams, explosions or send a shockwave through the ground.
Burst Art Effects add another layer of customization to Burst Arts that players are encouraged to experiment with. Even if you have the Burst Arts you like on the weapon you like, you can still edit those Burst Arts further by changing what they do how they attack.
You can also find information about each weapon's Burst Arts on its respective overview page.
Accel Trigger is a a temporary buff that triggers when certain battle conditions are fulfilled. There are many different kinds of Accel Triggers with different kinds of activation requirements and effects which can be set from the EQUIP menu in the terminal. You may only have one Accel Trigger equipped so make sure you choose carefully.
Its worth mentioning that the Accel Trigger increases are huge and its highly recommended that players find ways to activate their Accel Triggers as often as possible.
All of the buffs that Accel Triggers give you last for around twenty seconds or so. They have very short duration, but the increases they grant are extremely big making it very worthwhile to take the time out to level them up or select ones that complement your playstyle.
If you fulfill the conditions for an Accel Trigger again while its already been activated, it will activate again and the duration will be reset (in most cases).
Like Burst Arts, Accel Triggers level up the more you use them. As Accel Triggers of a certain type level up, they unlock more of that type and the more you level an individual Accel Trigger, the more its effectiveness will increase. Also like Burst Arts, the max Accel Trigger level is 5.
Engage Link is an interesting system. It allows you to temporarily link up with your teammates in order to gain access to a special Engage-only skill you set via the EQUIP menu. The Engage Link skills are incredibly good and players are encouraged to pick ones that accentuate their play-style or complement their teammates Engages.
New Engage skills can be unlocked by completing the 8-Player Online Assault Missions. Engage skills can be purchased using EP which is earned from clearing these 8-Player Assault Missions.
As you fight in close proximity with a teammate, a yellow circular gauge above the respective teammate's head slowly fills up. As the gauge is completely filled 'ENGAGE START' will appear on the gauge and this means you are ready to perform Engage Link with the respective teammate. Pressing L2+R2 starts the Engage Link.
You may only Engage with one teammate at a time and when Engaged, both players get access to both Engage Link skills set by each respective player. In most cases, you may use this to stack same-skills to double their benefits with your friends.
While Engaged, Players also share a Burst Gauge and share Accel Triggers should you activate them.
This means that you can use Engage Link to give Burst 3 to yourself. Simply Engage with a teammate, then give them Link Burst Bullets. Since your Burst Gauges are shared, both of you will end up in Burst 3.
If either player dies or gets devoured/corrupted by an Aragami when they are Engaged, Engage Link will end.
**The Engage Start action can also be mapped to the D-pad left and right slots via the options menu.
Increases Gun damage to the specific type of Aragami you have Devoured. This increase only applies to one type of Aragami. So if you devour another Aragami, you will now have increased Gun damage to the Aragami you last devoured.
The Bullet Editor is a complex creation tool that allows you to create Custom Bullets for use in real combat. The kinds of Bullets you can create are mind-boggling if you are willing to learn how the creation systems work. When creating Custom Bullets, you can edit the trajectory, element type, module type, what happens when it hits, whether you want it to have debuffs, whether you want it to heal allies and much, much more.
Custom Bullets don't use OP when fired and they have their own dedicated 4 slots separate from normal bullets. Custom Bullets can also be used with all gun types regardless of how they are constructed. The Bullet Editor offers a lot of freedom in the kinds of Custom Bullets you can make but not without some restrictions that keep it from breaking the game.
The main such restriction is the COST system. Custom Bullets don't use OP, but instead impose a COST value onto each module you use when you are making the Custom Bullet. The stronger the module, the more the COST racks up. When you are done creating the bullet, the net COST of all its modules dictate how many shots of the bullet you will be able to equip.
This is different from normal bullets in that Custom Bullets don't use OP, but you can only equip as many shots of a Custom Bullet as according to the COST LIMIT. This means that you will only be able to equip a small amount of shots of a very strong Custom Bullet. Which essentially means that you can't rely on Custom Bullets one-sidedly as your primary source of damage since they have a hard upper limit.
Aside from the COST restriction, you can only use up to 8 modules per Custom Bullet and with each non-deco module you install, the damage will decrease by 10% each time. Deco modules are modules that have no hitboxes and serve to simply carry payloads. In this case, you have to carefully think about whether you want to power up a certain Custom Bullet further by adding more modules, or just opt to fire it twice since sometimes that may deal more damage.
I may cover the Bullet Editor in more detail somewhere else on this site, but for now, this is it for this post. Please take your time reading this and make sure you've read everything here until you have a good understanding of the game's mechanics. If you don't understand God Eater 3's mechanics, there's a chance you won't enjoy the game.


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"""This module contains the Student Model."""

__authors__ = [
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
  '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
  '"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
]

from google.appengine.ext import db

from django.utils.translation import ugettext

from soc.models import countries

import soc.models.role
import soc.models.school

class Student(soc.models.role.Role):
  """Student details for a specific Program.
  """

  school_name = db.StringProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext('School Name'))
  school_name.group = ugettext("5. Education")
  school_name.help_text = ugettext(
      'Please enter the full name of your school, college or university in'
      ' this field. Please use the complete formal name of your school, e.g.'
      ' UC Berekeley instead of Cal or UCB. It would be most wonderful if you'
      ' could provide your school\'s name in English, as all the program '
      'administrators speak English as their first language and it will make'
      ' it much easier for us to assemble program statistics, etc., later if'
      ' we can easily read the name of your school.')

  school_country = db.StringProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext('School Country/Territory'),
      choices=countries.COUNTRIES_AND_TERRITORIES)
  school_country.group = ugettext("5. Education")

  major = db.StringProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext('Major Subject'))
  major.group = ugettext("5. Education")
  # TODO add more degrees because this should be used in GHOP as well
  degree = db.StringProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext('Degree'),
      choices=['Undergraduate', 'Master', 'PhD'])
  degree.group = ugettext("5. Education")
  expected_graduation = db.IntegerProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext('Expected Graduation Year'))
  expected_graduation.help_text = ugettext("Year in integer format only!")
  expected_graduation.example_text = ugettext('Year only, for example "2012"')
  expected_graduation.group = ugettext("5. Education")

  #: Property to gain insight into where students heard about this program
  program_knowledge = db.TextProperty(required=True, verbose_name=ugettext(
      "How did you hear about this program?"))
  program_knowledge.help_text = ugettext("Please be as "
      "specific as possible, e.g. blog post (include URL if possible), mailing "
      "list (please include list address), information session (please include "
      "location and speakers if you can), etc.")
  program_knowledge.group = ugettext("4. Private Info")

  #: A many:1 relationship that ties multiple Students to the
  #: School that they attend.
  school = db.ReferenceProperty(reference_class=soc.models.school.School,
                                required=False, collection_name='students')

  can_we_contact_you = db.BooleanProperty(verbose_name=ugettext(
      'Can we contact you?'))
  can_we_contact_you.help_text = ugettext(
      'Please check here if you would not mind being contacted by the Program'
      ' Administrators for follow up with members of the press who would like'
      ' to interview you about the program. You will not be contacted unless '
      ' you successfully complete your project.
'
      'Please note that checking this  box has no effect on your chances'
      ' of being accepted into the program.')
  can_we_contact_you.group = ugettext("2. Contact Info (Private)")


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The 26 individual events on the Olympic program for swimming were contested over eight days of racing in Adelaide with the Australian Olympic Committee officially selecting a 44-strong team for London 2012.
The following is a wrap of every event at the Olympic Trials and the athletes who excelled.
Arguably the hottest property in international sprinting, James Magnussen, who rose from obscurity last year to win the 100m freestyle World Title, stepped it up again at the Trials. His performance in the same event at this week's trials was the fastest in a textile suit, despite the 19-year-old not being at peak fitness due to illness. The man dubbed "The Missile" is determined to knock a further fraction of his time in the blue riband event in London, with the super-suit world record his goal in addition to Olympic gold.
Keeping Magnussen company is an impressive depth of male sprinters such as teenager James Roberts who also claimed an individual berth in the 100m, touching the wall in 47.63, the same time that Magnussen clocked to win the 2011 World Title. With dual Olympian Eamon Sullivan, powerhouse swimmer Matt Targett and youngsters Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D'Orsogna rounding out the relay spots, Australia will undoubtedly be the ones to watch in the 4x100m freestyle.
Magnussen and Sullivan again shone in the splash and dash 50m freestyle event going coming first and second in 21.74 and 21.92 respectively. Magnussen surprised even himself in winning the event that he doesn't focus on in training, and for Sullivan it is the realisation of a dream in securing an individual berth for London.
Over the 200m distance, the men's freestyle ranks are also strong with Thomas Fraser-Holmes taking the title ahead of Beijing Olympian Kenrick Monk. In the 200m relay ranks will be four Olympic debutants in David McKeon, Ned McKendry, Ryan Napoleon and McEvoy. McKeon, who took up competitive swimming just over a year ago, follows in the footsteps of his father Ron McKeon and uncle Rob Woodhouse both Olympians in swimming. The 17-year-old from Illawarra will also contest the 400m freestyle, after taking the title in 3:46.36 ahead of teammate Napoleon.
Fraser-Holmes secured a second berth in the 400 individual medley ahead of Daniel Tranter. Not his favoured event, Tranter did not even realise he had achieved Olympic qualification until some time after the race. Towards the end of the meet, he ensured he would swim the Olympic double, winning the 200m IM in a hard fought race ahead of Jayden Hadler, with two more swimmers finishing in A-qualifying time.
Swimming the fastest time of the year thus far, Christian Sprenger dominated the 100m breaststroke, breaking the one-minute barrier just ahead of long-time teammate and rival Brenton Rickard. An Australian title came Rickard's way a few days later with the 28-year-old Olympian taking out the 200m event.
The men's backstroke saw Hayden Stoeckel make his second Olympic team ahead of Daniel Arnamnart in the 100m. The 200m distance saw a big upset in the pool, with favourite Ash Delaney failing to qualify. Mitch Larkin grabbed pole position in a time of 1:57.90 ahead of little-known Victorian swimmer Matson Lawson who finished in 1:58.32.
Nick D'Arcy took the 200m butterfly title with a dominant swim that will see him tough to beat in London. Southport swimmer Chris Wright was not far behind D'Arcy, securing the second spot in the event. Wright continued his fly dominance in the 100m, taking the title in 51.67 ahead of Hadler. Comeback swimmer Geoff Huegill missed out, finishing 5th.
Australia's women look set to reignite the spark which saw them dominate the Water Cube in Beijing four years ago.
Making history as the first swimmer to go to four Olympic Games is breaststroke star Leisel Jones. Although she surrendered her 12-year reign of the 100m national title to Leiston Pickett, Jones secured her individual spot on the team and will go to London with the aim of adding to her current Olympic medal haul of three gold, four silver and one bronze. Jones was also unable to win the 200m, with young-gun Tessa Wallace and 2008 Olympian Sally Foster taking first and second place respectively. Wallace's win was especially impressive as the 18-year-old after overcoming a serious knee injury and a bout of Ross River fever.
All eyes were on Beijing golden girl Stephanie Rice, whose journey to reach London has been hampered by multiple shoulder surgeries. On the first day of trials, Rice sent a strong message to her doubters and rivals with a convincing 4:33.45 win in the 400m IM making her the first pool swimmer to secure her London berth, ahead of Blair Evans who came second. Rice ensured she would defend both her Olympic titles when she went on to win the 200m IM with Alicia Coutts in second.
Coutts, who was the golden girl of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, will also compete in the 100m butterfly after an impressive win ahead of Jessicah Schipper. Heading to her third Olympics, Schipper will also contest the 200m fly which she won in a tough race ahead of Samantha Hamill.
Dominant backstrokers Emily Seebohm and Belinda Hocking went one-two in the 100m. Hocking then shone through in the 200m event, winning in 2:06.68 ahead of Meagan Nay in 2:07.83.
With heavy focus on the myriad of "comebacks" at the trials, Libby Trickett broke the run of unsuccessful attempts when she qualified as a relay swimmer in the 100m freestyle. Trickett's 5th place in the final was enough to see her selected for her third Olympic Games where she will be in fine and very fast company.
Melanie Schlanger, who won two relay medals in Beijing, shone at trials, winning the 100m in 53.85. She will be joined in the much anticipated 100m race by Cate Campbell with Brittany Elmslie, Yolane Kukla, Trickett and Coutts also complementing the relay which will be a sensation in London.
In the 50m freestyle sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell went 1-2 on the final night of racing. In a real highlight for London they will be the first Australian sisters to compete in the same event and the first siblings since 1972.
The 200m was also very exciting with Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer selected as individual swimmers and Schlanger, Elmslie, Jade Neilsen and Angie Bainbridge rounding out the relay spots.
Palmer and Barratt reversed their form in the 400m finishing first and second respectively, meaning they will both swim the 200 and 400 disciplines in London.
In the 800m, Palmer ensured she was the most successful swimmer of the meet, qualifying for her third individual Olympic spot by winning convincingly in 8:26.60. Jessica Ashwood qualified for her first Olympic Team by placing second.
The final event of the Olympic Trials was the men's 1500m. Jarrod Poort did an 11 second PB of 15:13.38 and just missed the A qualifier by two seconds. With his B qualifier he now must wait until Australia is allocated the quota place from FINA in June before he can be selected.


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Q: Why does CacheManager receives code 202 for MapQuest? I notice that it seems impossible to use the CacheManager with the tiles source MapQuest, it receives http code 202 and doesn't download the tiles.
Do you know why?

A: Just ran across on this on the osm mailing list

MapQuest is moving to a 100% cloud solution - the new infrastructure dictates that all tile access will require a key. Details on how to get keys, SDKs and general migration information is below:
On Monday, July 11, 2016, our direct tile access to MapQuest legacy maps will be discontinued. After Monday, July 11, 2016, we'll require those using our direct tiles access to sign up for a plan on the Developer Network and transition to one of our four mapping solutions:
  MapQuest plugin for Leaflet
  iOS mobile SDK
  Android mobile SDK
  Static map API
Get new keys and SDKs here:  https://developer.mapquest.com/

I'd bet this is the reason

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This year's field includes South Dakota State University, the University of Washington, the University of Nevada and George Mason University. The four teams have a combined 37 NCAA Tournament appearances and 10 trips to the Sweet 16. All four programs finished in the Top 150 in KenPom rankings last year, a statistical category based off the differential between a team's offensive and defensive ratings.
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Two-time PAC-12 Coach of the Year, Mike Hopkins, enters his fifth year leading Washington. The Huskies have produced a string of NBA draft picks in the last five years including Isaiah Stewart (No. 16, Portland Trailblazers, 2020), Jaden McDaniels (No. 28, Los Angeles Lakers, 2020), Matisse Thybulle (No. 20, Boston Celtics, 2019), Jaylen Nowell (No. 43, Minnesota Timberwolves, 2019) and Markelle Fultz (No. 1, Philadelphia 76ers, 2017).
"We're very excited to be a part of the Crossover Classic at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota," said Hopkins. "As a program, we have prided ourselves in building a strong non-conference schedule, and this event is exactly on par with that mindset. It will be a great early season test for us in a unique venue. South Dakota has amazing basketball fans and we're looking forward to being a part of this event."
George Mason made a memorable run to the NCAA Final Four in 2006, knocking off perennial powerhouse programs Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut. First-year head coach Kim English recently served as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. The former NBA draft pick inherits a Patriots team that returns seven letter-winners and finished last season at 13-9 and sixth in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
"Our guys are looking forward to playing at the Sanford Pentagon, one of the country's best and most unique basketball venues," English said. "I have always admired the work of Complete Sports Management. They annually run some of the best and most well-respected events in the nation. This tournament presents an exciting challenge to compete against three outstanding programs and will be a formidable early season test for our team."
South Dakota State returns to the Crossover Classic for a second straight year. The Jackrabbits finished the event 1-2 last year, defeating Utah State while falling to Saint Mary's and top-25 ranked West Virginia. Head coach Eric Henderson, who guided SDSU to the Summit League regular season co-title in 2020-21, brings back a loaded roster including Douglas Wilson, Baylor Scheierman and Matt Dentlinger.
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Poll list of election held in the Foster ( later Reifsnyder ) school house in the the township of Middlebury, county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, on the evening of sixth day of January 1855, for the purpose of electing three trustees to receive conveyance for a tract of land for a burying ground in said township and to transact all the lawful l business as such trustees.
List of Voters,Thomas Slight, Jacob Ulrick, Jacob G Cooper, John Koonse, F. C. Fracks and Jacob Geisinger.
Hereby certified that the number of electors at this amounts to six.
It is certified that Isaac Cooper, Thomas Slight and Michael Hoff has each six votes and that are duly elected. That notice by publication in the Goshen Democrat, a newspaper published in Elkhart County, that the above burying ground is called and named "Cooper Burying Ground" . That Jacob Geisinger was chosen clerk of said election.
I, Dean Garber, have not found when the name was changed to Geisinger.
NOTE: Jacob Geisinger was born in Canada and settled on a tract of land situated across the road from this cemetery. His buildings were located back a long lane on the north side of the road and east of the cemetery . It is said that he was a compassionate man. He taught school at the Foster School.
Middlebury Township Trustee maintains cemetery.


Mitra Khazai has lived in the Madison School District since 1996 with her husband, Greg. They have three boys, whose experiences at Madison schools have informed her views on public education. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University and has worked in state government policy, environmental and economic development fields in three states. She has also led a Southwest regional environmental nonprofit. In Illinois, she served as Governor James R. Thompson's Executive Assistant for Natural Resources and staffed Governor Jim Edgar's natural resources transition team.
Mitra is co-chair of the Madison Advocates. She served as chair of the Madison Simis Site-Based Management Team and as coordinator of the Simis DIGGS gardening program for 8 years. Mitra is a founder of the non-profit organization, Family Promise – Greater Phoenix, a homeless family service provider and served as president of the board of directors. She is currently an honorary board member.
Mitra consults with non-profit organizations on capacity and program development, strategic planning, and board recruitment and training.
Mitra believes that public district schools play an important role in achieving and reflecting American ideals. She serves on the governing board because she believes how students are educated today will substantially determine the kind of society we all live in tomorrow. She is committed to ensure that Madison students continue to achieve a high level of academic achievement; our society profits from better informed citizens and a highly skilled workforce. She believes one of the greatest challenges is to strike the correct balance between our academic programs and the constraints of our financial resources, while advocating for sufficient funding from the Legislature.
John Dewey, the American education reformer, wisely said that "Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." The role of public education is for the common good; all Americans deserve equal opportunities to maximize their individual potential. This in turn, positively impacts our society and culture. Madison schools and our students, mutually benefit all our taxpayers.


The closing note is from C3 Affiliated Faculty Ted Hovet, who writes about the pedagogy of fair use in media education and recent discussions about fair use at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies meeting in Chicago.
This piece is the final section of a three-part series which Dr. Jenkins has prepared for the C3 Weekly Update and is excerpted from his anthology Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, a collection of Jenkins' work over the past 15 years which was published a few months ago by New York University Press. The first two parts of this series were featured in the past two weeks here in the C3 Weekly Update.
The first week's piece set the stage for Jenkins' concept of pop cosmopolitanism, in relation to our recent discussion surrounding MTV Desi here in the C3 Weekly Update. Last week's essay primarily focuses on understanding the "desi" phenomenon in relation to the pop cosmopolitanism concept. The final piece of this excerpt from Jenkins' book looks at American fans of Japanese anime.
These same paradoxes and contradictions surface when we turn our attention to American fans of Japanese anime, the "Otaku." "Otaku" is a Japanese term used to make fun of fans who have become such obsessive consumers of pop culture that they have lost all touch with the people in their immediate vicinity. American fans have embraced the shameful term; constructing their identity as "otaku" allows them to signal their distance from American taste cultures and their mastery over foreign content. While a minority of Otaku are Asian or Asian-American, the majority have no direct ties back to Japan.
Sean Leonard, the president of the MIT Anime Society, is typical of many of his generation whose interest stemmed from his initial exposure to Japanese children's programming: "I first discovered anime around when I was in 10th grade. I started hearing and watching a little Sailor Moon, which aired periodically on USA. What really got me into it, though, was when a Mexican friend of mine lent me the first ten episodes of Fushigi Yuugi (The Mysterious Play), fansubbed. It's a really cool shoujo series, and it was totally different, and totally more complex, than anything else I had seen before. I resolved that I really liked anime and that I would pursue it. Shortly thereafter, I decided to look at anime from an academic perspective: I wanted to figure out its history, its creators, its principles, and all of that stuff."
Initially, anime, like Bollywood videos, entered this country through small distributors who targeted Asian immigrants. Fans would venture into ethnic neighborhoods in search of content; fans turned to a handful of Japanese bookstores in New York and San Francisco for manga which had not yet been translated or distributed in North America. The web enabled fans to start their own smallscale (and sometimes pirate) operations to help import, translate and distribute manga and anime.
As Leonard explains, "Fansubbing [amateur subtitling]has been critical to the growth of anime fandom in the West. If it weren't for fans showing this stuff to others in the late 70s-early 90s, there would be no interest in intelligent, "high-brow" Japanese animation like there is today.? On college campuses, student organizations build extensive libraries of both legal and pirated materials and host screenings designed to educate the public about anime artists, styles, and genres. The MIT Anime society, for example, hosts weekly screenings from a library of more than 1500 films and videos. Since1994, the club has provided a website designed to educate Americans about anime and anime fan culture.
Increasingly, larger commercial interests are capitalizing on this growing Otaku culture. Disney, for example, has purchased the American rights to the films of Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away), has redubbed these films with the voices of American film stars, and insured their distribution across North America. The Cartoon Network features a wide array of anime series as part of its late night Adult Swim programming. ADV Films, the major importer of anime series for the American market, has announced the launch of a 24 hours Anime Network.
Tokyopop, a San Francisco-based company, will publish 400 volumes of translated manga for American consumption this year. Shueisha, the Japanese comics publisher, launched a monthly English-language version of its successful weekly, Shonen Jump, predicting that they would be selling 1 million copies a month in the American market within the next three years. It is a striking mark of the growing competence and confidence of American manga fans that Shonen Jump is being published Japanese style--with text designed to be read from back to front and right to left -- rather than flipping the pages.
Ethnographers who have studied this subculture disagree about the degree to which "otaku" seek any actual connection with real world Japan or simply enter into an imaginary world constructed via anime genres. As Susan Napier writes, "The fact that anime is a Japanese product is certainly important but largely because this signifies that anime is a form of media entertainment outside the mainstream, something 'different.'"
Napier suggests that fans are attracted to the strange balance of familiar and alien elements in Japanese animation, which openly appropriates and remakes western genre conventions. Some anime fans do cultivate a more general knowledge of Japanese culture. They meet at sushi restaurants; clubs build partnerships via the internet with sister organizations in Japan. Members often travel to Japan in search of new material or to experience that fan culture more directly; some study Japanese language in order to participate in various translation projects. As American fans go online and establish direct contact with their Japanese counterparts, it creates an opening for other kinds of conversation.
Discussion lists move fluidly from focus on anime and manga specific topics onto larger considerations of Japanese politics and culture. These different degrees of cultural engagement are consistent with what Hannerz has told us about cosmopolitanism more generally: "[In one kind], the individual picks from other cultures only those pieces which suit himself. In another mode, however, the cosmopolitan does not make invidious distinctions among the particular elements of the alien culture in order to admit some of them into his repertoire and refuse others; he does not negotiate with the other culture but accepts it as a package deal." What cosmopolitianism at its best offers us is an escape from paroachialism and isolationism, the beginnings of a global perspective, and the awareness of alternative vantage points.
Henry Jenkins is the chief faculty investigator for the Convergence Culture Consortium and is Director of the Comparative Media Studies program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities at MIT. His blog is available at http://www.henryjenkins.org. Jenkins' new book, Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, features Jenkins' work on fan communities, collective intelligence, and video games in the past decade-and-a-half, an anthology of several of his essays. The first two parts of this essay were featured in the previous two weeks' C3 Weekly Updates.
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Viacom's iFilm Questioned by Online Reporters for Having Copyright Violations Among Online Videos. A series of questions launched by Eric Bangeman at ARS Technica has gotten a lot of attention on the Internet, leaving people questioning its implications on Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube.
The 2007 meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in Chicago, Illinois, earlier this month featured a workshop on "SCMS and the Future of Fair Use." As an organization made up largely of university-level researchers and teachers, SCMS seeks to develop statements on the best practices of fair use of media content in both teaching and publication (more on this below).
Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or university's film or media studies department, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of those works for educational use in the classroom by media studies or film professors" (http://www.asc.upenn.edu/dmca/).
In shifting attention to "fair use," where such direct statements of law or legal precedents are more difficult to come by, teachers and scholars will benefit from further clarification not only for our own purposes, but because the issue of fair use provides rich ground in the study and application of media by our students inside and outside of the classroom.
One especially valuable document presented at the SCMS workshop as a model of addressing fair use in one realm of media was the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use (the entire document can be downloaded at http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/statement_of_best_practices_in_fair_use/), published through the Center for Social Media at the School of Communication, American University (http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/). One thing that struck several of us at the workshop is how similar the uses of media in documentary film is to the potential uses of it in an educational setting--not surprising, of course, since the documentary film itself rests firmly in the realm of pedagogy in seeking to instruct its viewers by organizing, presenting, and analyzing its subject matter.
As I have suggested elsewhere (http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/12/what_is_a_media_educator.php) the understanding of the role of a media educator can't end at the borders of a traditional classroom. As we encourage students to create their own documents and analyses, we should extend our emphasis on appropriate citation and attribution of sources to an exploration of the issues around fair use in the larger corporate, media, and educational realms. Critical thinking about fair use within the larger (and nebulous) area of copyright law can certainly be a valuable and productive area of inquiry in any classroom. In this light it is worth remembering that in a given media studies course we are likely to find not just future scholars and critics, but future media providers--a convergence of ideas and interests that should be extended beyond the classroom.
The SCMS Best Practices Statements are being developed in conjunction with the American University School of Law (who also helped develop the documentary filmmaker statement mentioned above), and they will be published on SCMS's website (http://www.cmstudies.org/), with the Teaching statement expected to be available this summer and the Publication one to follow. These will be important and valuable documents in the ongoing exploration of fair use in the study, teaching, creation, and distribution of media content.
As a part of continuing dialogue in this area I plan to suggest a workshop for the 2008 SCMS conference on the pedagogy of fair use, and hope that this conversation can take place in other forums (including here) as well.
Special thanks to Jason Mittell for assistance on this piece.
Ted Hovet is an Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies at Western Kentucky University. He teaches classes on American studies, film theory, the history of narrative film, and composition and has published on early film exhibition, pedagogy, and film adaptation. His current research focuses on the ways in which various media create "lines of display" that distinguish the content from the context and the introduction of new technologies into educational settings.


Tupperware aimed to launch a niche product for health-conscious millennials who belong to the microwave generation. This innovative cookware (3-in-1 cook, serve, and store) targets young, urban millennials and it was necessary to develop a creative design that appealed to them.
Bright, fresh and dynamic. We used a trendy flat lay composition with fresh ingredients to highlight the purple color of the product. It was also important to demonstrate how easy, fun and healthier it is to cook with the Pocket Cooker.
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It's a pizza or something.
Food trends occur every couple of years and frankly, they're pretty damn obnoxious. Why? Because you have thousands of people acting like they adore food products slightly more than they actually do and I just can't take it!
First it was bacon. Everybody loved it – and don't get me wrong, people always have and always will love it – but for some reason around 2011/2012 bacon was really damn popular. People acted like bacon was the second coming of tap water. It was inexplicable and bizarre, but people went with it.
Then it was pumpkin spice, which isn't even really a food but cinnamon and white girl sweat. (Tee hee, token 'pumpkin spice white girl joke.' I know…) In 2013 and 2014, pumpkin spice might as well have been made of flakes of gold.
In 2015, it was a fairly basic one – pizza. And we haven't left that since.
Let's get one thing straight: pizza is amazing. Everybody loves pizza because there's no way to really screw up the formula. It's one of the most adaptable meals out there and can bring nations of people together. But can we stop wearing ironic pizza shirts and talking about wanting pizza every night? Think of fashion! Think of health! You're getting fatter and showcasing your drug of choice.
Why can't a moderately healthy food come into style? Why not oatmeal? Why not a second run of kale?
I think we all need to take a stand and say, "no thank you, Papa John, I'm having celery tonight." Then, maybe when our rate of obesity isn't through the roof, we can give pizza the comeback it deserves.
Jenn Camp is a writer and graphic designer from Queens, New York.


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Posted on February 17, 2013 July 18, 2016 by Debbie Young
Who could resist a book with a title like that?
Walking past my local public library just before Christmas, I nearly fell over in delighted surprise when I spotted a big sign announcing an imminent personal appearance by one of my favourite living novelists, M C Beaton.
Although my nearest public library is in the middle of an old-fashioned shopping centre, its managers are up-to-the-minute on what makes modern readers tick. M C Beaton is the author of some of the most borrowed library books in the country (more details here). I've been hooked on her mystery stories ever since I heard a snippet of a radio dramatisation of the first Agatha Raisin book, Agatha Raisin and The Quiche of Death. I've now worked my way through all 23 books in the Agatha Raisin series, another 28 about Hamish Macbeth, and some of her others too. Always enormously prolific, at the age of 74 she still writes at least two books every year, an Agatha and a Hamish, for which her fans are truly grateful.
I immediately snapped up tickets for myself and her other fans in my family: my parents and my sister. We were all impatient for the day of her talk to arrive. After giving them a big build-up to the event, I became a little anxious. Would M C Beaton live up to our sky-high expectations? Supposing she wasn't as fun, witty, warm and anarchic as her books? When I was a child, I met Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear and Olga da Polga, and found him rather dull. There wasn't a jar of marmalade nor a duffle coat in sight. (Apologies to Michael Bond, by the way – my disappointment reflects my childish grasp of authorship rather than his personality!)
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The audience hung on her every word
Thankfully, Marion Chesney, to use her real name, was even more fun than I'd dared hope. On the appointed evening in January, we battled through wind and rain to gather in the little local library. The room was buzzing with the chatter of eager fans, yet the minute she walked in, the room fell silent. She progressed across the room, her Edwardian-style velvet gown billowing about her in a multitude of jewel-like colours. Beneath it shimmered a copper silk shirt. She knew how to create a dramatic entrance. Taking her seat on a plain library chair in the middle of the room, she picked up the microphone and with no more ado began to speak. Without reference to notes or slides, she took us through a highly entertaining account of her career, swiftly moving from bookshop assistant to reporter to theatre critic to novelist, holding the audience completely in her thrall.
It would be easy for a bestselling writer to use library events simply to sell their books. M C Beaton preferred to entertain. She also demonstrated herself to be as prolific a reader as she is a writer, just as all good writers ought to be. I was especially pleased to hear that one of her favourite authors was another of my literary heroes: Dorothy L Sayers, creator of Lord Peter Wimsey.
"I've even bought Fifty Shades of Gray," she announced to our astonishment. "I bought it by mistake at an airport when I didn't have my glasses on. I thought, 'Oh, here's a new P D James I haven't read yet'."
The Icing on the Cake
Making my mum's day
We were putty in her capable hands. Her self-deprecating tales served only to hold us deeper in her thrall. After the talk, not only was the queue to buy her books enormous; many people went back two or three times with further purchases.
Were we the unwitting victims of clever, cynical marketing tactics? Oh no, she was entirely genuine. How do I know? I asked her to sign a book for my author friend Sandy Osborne, whose own debut novel Girl Cop had been published the previous week. As she was autographing the frontispiece, I had a sudden, cheeky impulse to tell her about Girl Cop, and I offered to send her a free copy.
"Oh no, dear, give me the details and I'll order it from Amazon," she said with a winning smile. "I believe in writers getting their royalties."
The writer's revenge!
M C Beaton's writing career has not all been plain sailing. She is still bitter at the way she was treated by the producers of the Hamish Macbeth television series many years ago. They took extraordinary liberties with her characters and plots, which bear no resemblance to her creations. Scandalously, they don't even pay her royalties for repeats. But is she downhearted?
"Oh no, I got my revenge," she asserted. "My next Hamish Macbeth book was called Death of a Scriptwriter."
Now that's what I call a class act.
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Laura Zera says:
What a lovely event. She sounds like such a gem, and funny, so funny! If I were to pick up my first M.C. Beaton book, with which one would you recommend I start?
Debbie Young says:
She is definitely a national treasure! Still chuckling about some of the things she said. I'd recommend you read the very first book in either series – so that's "Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death" or "Death of a Gossip". If you want to read about an English village, go for Agatha Raisin; if you prefer Scotland, read Hamish! The village of Carsley that she writes about in Agatha is very like the one I live in (both are in the Cotswold hills in Gloucestershire, though she lives in the north of the Cotswolds and I'm in the south). Hamish is set in the Scottish Highlands, where we spend a lot of our summer holidays, and I always picture them in villages there that I know. A friend of mine used to go on holiday to Plockton, near Skye, just because the Hamish Macbeth television series was set there. We've been there too, and there are photos of the filming and the stars in the pubs there even now, nearly 20 years after it was made, and the locals speak fondly of it, even though M C Beaton doesn't! Totally unlike the books, though. Enjoy!
Excellent. I've added the first book of both series to my Goodreads list. Will probably start with Agatha. The timing is good because after I finish my current reads, I was wanting to get into some humorous stuff.
dmayhew15@cogeco.ca says:
Hi Debbie, thanks for introducing me to M.C. Beaton. I haven't read her books but watched Hamish Macbeth tv series. Interesting to find that the tv series was not like the books. Now Curious. Will make a note to read them….amongst the books by others Dunant, Evanovich, Mott-Davidson, Reichs, Hay,Cooper,Moning-waiting to be read depending on my mood for entertainment be it crime, back in time, humorous/crime, fantasy. I am reading a canadian author Peggy Blair to which her second book "The Poisoned Pawn" is on my coffee table waiting….she is a good writer of mature crime mystery set in Cuba.
As always, I enjoy your posts.
Loved that comment by M C Beaton on Fifty Shades of Gray….too funny. I've read D L Sayers.
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Hi Deb, lovely to hear from you, as ever! Do read her books in the order they were written, as relationships within them progress and they will be more enjoyable that way. Glad you've read Dorothy L Sayers too – she seems sadly overlooked these days, though I have loved her books since I first read them as a teenager, and have read most of them at least a dozen times since. I like the sound of Cuban crime mysteries – I'll have to look those up!
Nest wishes, Debbie
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