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Did you look at the list of units? I just plain run out of time. They will also get much more exposure to the Enlightenment in High School, whereas areas like West Africa, Japan, and the Middle East get very little attention after 7th grade according the the California state education standards.

The Men Who Stare at Goats - Very amusing. In fact I found most of the movie to be a pleasant surprise. I thought the ending was a bit of a letdown, but I can see that there wasn't really much room to go anywhere with it.

Picked up Just Cause 2. So far it's decent, I'm still learning the ropes of the grappling hook though.

Actually I teach religion in Social Science (which is a fancy term for History.) If you don't mind my asking Hurl, how closely do you have to teach to your text? Not closely at all, really. I have a co-worker who has pretty much written off our most recent textbooks as rubbish and uses the older sets as well more specialized supplemental material. We have to address certain standards. We are basically given a framework, for example I cover 11 different units in a year, starting with the Fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Feudalism in Europe, the Rise of Islam, West Africa, 4 major Chinese dynasties, Feudal Japan, Meso-America, then back to Europe for the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and if time permits (which it never does) I cover the Enlightenment. Now my textbook is designed to follow that path, but it is a very simplified version of the events. So I go through and expand on certain parts of the content. I know a lot of teachers, and very few do not do this. That is why I think this whole Texas school board stuff is a bit of a non-issue. A good teacher will cover the whole spectrum no matter what is in the text. I am more worried when school boards try to tell me what not to teach.

Probably not, since it is now a Disney property I believe.

Wait, your wife bears your child, cooks you meals, and brings in a paycheck? Yeah, you need to get over the lack of sex. Marriage is a long road, you will get plenty of opportunities to shag.

Actually I teach religion in Social Science (which is a fancy term for History.)

I'm not sure what this really has to do with the creationism argument, this is history curriculum. I don't know any history teachers that stick strictly to the textbook. History is about looking at as many sources of information as you can gather and then thinking critically about them. To be honest, this is the type of stuff we deal with in every state when it comes to textbook creation. That is why all decent teachers supplement lessons heavily with different sources. Textbooks are mediocre compendiums of curriculum, they help create a skeleton for a teacher to follow, but the teacher has to flesh it out themselves.

I don't want to give anyone the impression it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it is well worth the $15 I dropped on it.

This means very little to quality teachers.

I didn't realize Turbine was such a favorite over there. That's great. Also, DDO is not exactly there strongest property. Asheron's Call was a major player back in the day, and LotR Online is probably their cash cow.

Welcome back, it's good to hear you are still plugging away at school. There are a few new crazies here, but it's pretty much status quo.

That would produce pretty much zero response. Cartoonists lampoon presidents all the time.

Very nice slug

Wierd, I can't vote, even logged in.

No, small business owners are rightfully worried that it is going to be a cost that they can't take in an already fragile economy.

It's like the old expression "You don't have to attend meetings to be an alcoholic."

Engage your brain. It much easier to pay for something for 30 million people who have the highest taxes in the world then it is to pay for 300 million people with one of the lowest taxes in the free world. I mentioned earlier that my financial guy said taxes were at a 30 year low, which surprised me. I'm guessing the taxes will go up a decent clip and everything will turn out a-ok.

That is pretty gushy. Nobody cares about your esoteric numbering system.

The character creation is vastly different in Two Worlds than it is in Oblivion. I like it, there is a lot of detail and different skills you can work up. The alchemy and magic systems are neat. The world itself shares some similarities with Oblivion, lots of stuff to explore and run across. It's not quite as sharp graphically, but it has a fairly amazing draw distance on my PC. There seem to be more NPC's around than in Bethesda titles, which make sit seem like you really are in a village. It's not perfect, it has some pretty big flaws. Again, the voice acting and the translation itself is atrocious. But I'm getting past that easily enough because it is fun just exploring.

Surprisingly dense and quite large. There are really too many unique NPC's, they are hard to keep track of. It's a solid sandbox game. I'm not quite as gushy about it as Volourn, but I've enjoyed it quite a bit so far. Granted I am late to the party and playing with the benefit of the uber 1.2 gig patch.

I don't remember the Two Worlds reviews being outright horrible. It was given pretty average scores, in the 6-7 out of 10 range in most places. It's not a blockbuster, but it is a very playable game with quite a bit of depth. Although I'm going to murder the next NPC that says forsooth or verily. Actually whoever did the translations just needs to be shot, it was like they hired someone who has never had an actual conversation in English to translate the game.

Why? My mother just stayed the weekend at a private hospital and got abdominal hysterectomy done for less than 10K NZD. How does this work? Actually quite a few Americans are traveling out of the country for certain procedures, particularly ones that aren't covered by health insurance.

I don't think Calgary is all that appealing as a first round opponent either. Here is my list of postseason teams, 1 being most comfortable and 8 being scariest. 1. Nashville - We've been here before. They just don't have the skill guys 2. Los Angeles - Very young, including the tender. 3. Colorado - Basically LA with better fans. 4. Phoenix - Scary because of Doan and Bryzgaloff, but I don't think they have the depth. 5. Calgary - Again, Iginla and Kipper can ruin any teams day, but depth. 6. Vancouver - Actually I might not be too worried about this one, Luongo hasn't been huge in he playoffs yet. 7. Chicago - Young and talented, should win the conference 8. Detroit - They are a sleeping giant.

80000 dollars is still way too much. Unless they replaced the leg with a golden one with studded diamonds and breasts. Go big or go home. I really doubt the materials are the problem in terms of cost, the rod could not have been much more than $1k. In fact I get it out in a few months, I hope I get to keep it! A night at a hospital can run you $10-20k even without surgery. There are major problems with health care costs in this country. This bill doesn't fix that, but it could open the door to further reform.