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Between celebrating Thanksgiving and playing LoTRO, my weekend has blown by rather quickly. I'll have more to write about when I get back to work and catch up on gaming news. In the meantime, here's a seasonally-appropriate pic of my rune-keeper.
Filed under: Lord of the Rings Online
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Be sure to spend a good amount of time away from the keyboard with your family, friends, pets, or whomever it is you value in the real world. Outside of family fun tomorrow and some further alcohol-induced celebrating with friends Friday, I intend to devote a good chunk of the weekend to LoTRO.
My guardian is hovering around level 24. He's a tinker, and I've devoted the majority of my game time this week to crafting. LoTRO's crafting system is unparalleled, IMHO. They managed to couple simplicity and accessibility with depth and practicality. There's nothing clunky about it, it never feels dumbed down or like you're grinding through the process to get to the GOOD items (WoW), it never feels like punishment (Vanguard, I'm talking to you), and the quality of the items makes it worth the investment if you put some time and effort into your tradeskills.
I'm still dumbfounded that LoTRO of all games has captured my interest so intensely. The warm, detailed world; the enchanting music; and the strong community trump all the tiresome first gen MMORPG elements of game play that would normally sour me pretty fast. I'm nearing the end of that honeymoon period I always have with a freshly started game (usually around a month of intensive playing for me) and I've found very little to criticize. It's looking like Middle Earth may be my home for a good while.
Filed under: Lord of the Rings Online, MMORPGs
Last night, my brother-in-law and I set out to conquer Middle Earth on our freshly rolled rune-keeper and warden. This was an exciting night for me. You see, we've both been playing MMORPGs for many years now, but we've never quite been on the same page. He avoided WoW because of the cartoonish graphics, while I embraced it. When I started Guild Wars, he had just quit.
When he started LoTRO, my computer fried–and when my new comp was in working order, I began one of my many brief stints in Vanguard. He was playing Tabula Rasa when the reskinned shinies of Burning Crusade lured me back in for a couple months. That, coupled with the fact that having two kids under four-years-of-age severely restricts his game time, contributed to our repeated passing like two pixelated ships in the night.
But yesterday, we breezed through the introductory Thorin's Hall content, settled on our crafting professions, and talked of future adventures. Our timing was finally right. And the same can be said for LoTRO and me–the timing is finally right. The first thing you need to remember is I'm generally mono-game-ous.
I half-heartedly tried a 10-day free trial of LoTRO when I was in AoC open beta, having freshly stepped off the Warcraft hamster wheel for a bit of a breather. Turbine's vision of Middle Earth immediately appealed to me, but I just wasn't able to wash away the putrid taste PvE, level-based gaming had left in my mouth.
Fast forward to present. As WAR proved to not quite be my cup-of-tea over the course of the last month, I warmed up a little to the idea of returning to a straightforward PvE title. WAR taught me that it wasn't PvE I was sick of, but the arbitrary nature of most gameplay in MMORPGs, whether it's fighting PvP battles that don't impact anything, or filling experience bars for the sake of leveling.
After all, that's why I constantly dream about truly persistent environments and non-scripted encounters against AI that actually lives up to the "I" in its name. Patterns reveal themselves all too quickly, the virtual world loses that illusion of spontaneity–and with it any sense of "life"–and the game loses it's luster.
Don't get me wrong, LoTRO is not revolutionary in this way by any means. You've still got the kill, collect, and messenger quests anyone coming from any slew of MMORPGs is all too familar with (and generally tired of). For me though, the care given to storytelling in LoTRO is what breathes life back into what's long ago become a tired treadmill.
As my guardian wrapped up Chapter One, that sense of progressing through a story conjured up the old feeling I'd get running with friends through a D&D module during my fledgling pen-and-paper days. The mechanics and the process of leveling felt secondary here–an afterthought–where it seems to be the focus in all too many other games. After all, if we'd played D&D strictly for our love of rolling dice, we'd all have just become craps players, no?
My first time playing, I didn't give myself much of a chance to interact with the fabulous community LoTRO has. This may sound crazy, but it's almost like the reverence and love players have for the Tolkien cannon somehow rubs off on the game–and that respect and courtesy translates to how players treat one another. I experienced this on a microcosmic level in Vanguard, but at the time, that game had neither the population nor the cohesive world to keep me there.
The community as a whole seems to truly enjoy experiencing the game and its world without eyes and minds locked on the destination–or the progression bar at the bottom of the screen. More than anything, I'm puzzled at how a game that seems so conventional on the surface has been able to rekindle my interest and offer a depth largely absent from the majority of most other kill/collect/rinse/repeat MMOs.
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I woke up this morning to the LoTRO: Mines of Moria expansion fully downloaded and ready to go on my comp. Since my highest level character is only in his twenties, it'll be a while before I experience the new content. However, I was most excited to roll a rune-keeper, the new healer/caster hybrid.
And so my dwarven guardian, Wurlormur, welcomed his new brother, Furlormur, into the world. Just had time to run him through the first few quests in the dwarf starting zone before I had to get ready for work. I have never managed to level a caster to any substantial level in an MMORPG. The closest I've come was the blood mage in Vanguard, so I'm hoping the LoTRO healer/caster hybrid suits me since I'm more at home with cleric/priestly types than glass cannons.
The new trait sets lend a much-needed framework to character-building. From what I've gathered, LoTRO has grouped each trait into one of three sets (or builds, a la other MMOs). If you equip five traits from the same trait set, you receive a nice set bonus geared toward whatever path you opt to focus on. I've only played around with this on my guardian so far, and for that class you have a trio of standard tank archetypes to choose from (a set for defense/damage absorption, a set for damage dealing, and a set for gaining/maintaining aggro).
These sets should really streamline the process of molding your character to suit your desired play style without forcing each player's hand into a cookie cutter build.
I always thought of LoTRO as WoW's prettier, smarter younger sister. Upon launch, I was so burnt from WoW endgame hijinx I needed a solid vacation from level-based PvE gaming, despite LoTRO's stunning visuals; engaging story-driven quest lines; lack of raid-centric gameplay; and fun crafting system.
If I wasn't so far behind the leveling curve, EQ2's new expansion would be quite tempting, and after hesitantly trying TBC out last year, WoTLK isn't a bandwagon I have any desire to climb on right now. Great game, but been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. So for once, Turbine's timing is just right for me, having grown tired of trying to make my own fun in WAR and waiting patiently for TCoS to wash ashore in the U.S.
LoTRO was the first MMO I ever played where I felt crafting was more than a necessary evil. So if I don't get too sidetracked by prospecting, jewelry, and cooking, I'm hoping my guardian will see the Mines of Moria at some point before work closes shop for the Christmas holidays.
I agree with Moore's criticism of Hollywood as a vampiric machine that spoon-feeds moviegoers utter crap and all–especially when comic book licenses are concerned, but putting a hex on a movie?
I think Zack Snyder did a great job with his Dawn of the Dead remake. He was able to perform that difficult juggling act of maintaining the essence of the original while freshening the material and making it his own. Most directors fail miserably trying.
Sure, we're not gonna get a frame-by-frame recreation of the graphic novel in all of it's intricacies, but I think Snyder has proven he has the talent and enthusiasm for the subject matter to capture the spirit of Watchmen without peeing all over the source material.
Heck, it's guaranteed to be better than The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Over the weekend, I purchased my first PS3 games–LittleBigPlanet and Fallout 3. I've played through the first few introductory levels of LBP and have nothing but good things to say about this game. The physics engine is really cool and learning to negotiate the controls was easier than I thought after 3+ years away from any sort of console.
I picked up LBP at Gamestop where they had some leftover preorder cards floating around, so my sock puppet was able to add some neat "God of War" Minotaur and Medusa bonus outfits to his repetoire.
I only played Fallout 3 for about an hour, and quickly became bored with the constant cut scenes. Take my initial impressions with a grain of salt. I'm not a fan of FPS-style games, and prefer my RPGs from behind a keyboard and monitor. I'll have a more balanced perspective when I muster up the energy to play more and get into the meat of the game.
I logged into WAR a couple times over the weekend. I had a great time Saturday night taking a keep in Ostland. We had a decent warband and Destruction put up a good fight, but we ultimately prevailed. Did I mention how much I love the Swordmaster? But outside of open world group play (which is usually a weekend guarantee on my server) I haven't been very engaged with questing or scenario grinding lately.
Last night, I also checked back into LoTRO. My brother-in-law is a Tolkien fanatic and very casual MMO gamer who just got his main to max level in preparation for Mines of Moria. He's probably gonna roll one of the new expansion classes, so I was getting my level 12 Guardian in shape for the influx of low level players who will no doubt be looking for a tank come late November.
After all this RvR hooplah, I could use some good old-fashioned dungeon crawls. And visually, LoTRO still puts all other MMORPGs to shame. Prove me wrong. The world is so damn pretty, I actually enjoy getting lost in it. I'm hoping some cooperative group play will cure some of the existential loneliness WAR conjured up in me too.
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Okay, I picked up a PS3 this week. I haven't even hooked it up or purchased any games yet. I've devoted all my game time the last four years to MMORPGs, so I'm not even up on what seems worth playing. The last two console games I purchased were Red Dead Revolver and X-Men: Legends for the PS2. That's how out of the loop I am.
I'm putting my MMORPG playing on hold for the most part until TCoS is released Stateside. I am riding out my 3-month WAR subscription. As I've pointed out before, the classes are awesome; the look, feel, and style of the world is spectacular; and the game appeals to my fantasy sensibilities more than any other MMO outside of LoTRO, but if they don't fix the current lack of Open World RvR, I don't think I'll be sticking with it long term.
I still feel it's the best MMORPG currently on the market for people who need an alternative to PvE, but the player interaction just isn't there. The PLAYERS are there, but for some reason, no one talks to each other! It's bizarre. In a strange way, I BLAME the ease of grouping, be it the instant scenario queues that wisk people out of the "real" world or the non-commital, freestyle nature of public questing.
When I look at my gaming history over the last few years, it's been all about the fantasy: WoW, Guild Wars, AoC, LoTRO, Vanguard, and DDO. So it's about time that I hang up my sheath for a little bit and try something new. Any suggestions?
I'm eyeing Fallout 3, but beyond that, not sure where to start…


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New cars might be able to park themselves but they have yet to become self-selling. Fortunately for manufactures, newspapers have proven to be valuable partners in this effort and public relations professionals have a lot to learn from that process. In a study based on a survey of 487 Canadian car buyers conducted by Totum Research—and commissioned by Newspapers Canada—print and online newspapers have been shown to be push shoppers to visit dealerships and book test drives more than any other form of media. While that may seem like news for the advertising industry, the research highlights key lessons for crafting successful calls-to-action like the use of long-term campaigns and understanding your target audience that PR professionals can translate to media pitching.
Consistency matters.
Understanding the length of the sales or media cycle is key to success. It is never enough to get a single headline and hope that it will strike your intended audience like a lightning bolt pushing them to your client's doorstep. It takes repeated mentions to keep the brand top of mind.
The survey found that Canadian car buyers take about two and a half months to move through three phases on their path to purchase; thinking about buying or replacing a vehicle, researching the purchase and actually buying a vehicle. Respondents ranked print newspapers first when asked where they would find information about vehicles, compare prices and where to buy their new car.
A single ad won't do that and one headline won't either. Establish your client as an authority through repeated print and online newspaper editorial by pitching different angles and ways they can be a source to future editorial.
Understand your buyer persona and target accordingly.
Every channel has its own strengths and weaknesses demographically. When you know who—and why—you are targeting a certain group, you can choose the right media channels. Respondents ranked social media as one of the least influential mediums during the buying process and 25 per cent did not use social media at all.
When clients ask about something new and shiny, don't jump into it blindly — think about the demographics, user experience and path to action. Respondents to the survey indicated that newspaper ads motivate in person visits to dealerships, while a manufacture's website helped them narrow down vehicle specifics. At the same time, 20 percent never visit automotive websites but rather are entirely influenced by news media advertising and the dealerships they visit.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- IBM Corp. IBM, +0.37% on Tuesday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit of $3.1 billion, or $2.61 a share, on revenue of $24.7 billion, compared with earnings of $2.86 billion, or $2.31 a share, on $24.6 billion in sales in the same period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, IBM would have earned $3.3 billion, or $2.78 a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast IBM to earn $2.66 a share on $24.8 billion in sales for the quarter ended March 31..
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I've got lots of items to use and leads to follow, just stopping by to say this mission is awesome so far! This castle is truly beautiful, both inside and out.
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so good, sensut, so good.
great (frustrating ) architecture, amazing details, and tense atmosphere. so good!
That room with door stopped with a chair you can see through the barred window near the castle main doors outside..is there a way to get in?
Fantastic mission Sensut you make GREAT ones!!! But I can not find the Lady's diary?? I found the clock but need to read the diary.
Anyone have alternate links to the secrets and statue locations? Sensut's site is blocked by malwarebytes.
statue locations here and the secrets here.
What a great mission Sunsut.
Where is the props room please.
where can i find the throne room key? been through all teleports with the overlookkey,i've found only the main door key...
love the mission so far
iirc, that key is right in the throne room.
Note that once you are one the overlook platform, there are two possible ways to teleport. One teleporter right next to the platform, and one when following a long trail through the mountains.
Probably you have explored only one way and therefor did not get teleported there.
4 hours 15 minutes on normal with forum hints and not finding all the statues and stashes! I must be getting old.
Sensut, I'm pretty sure I posted at some time how when I first loaded Dracula - The Love Thief, I said to myself the premise would not work!
How wrong was I! I really enjoyed the series of FMs, as well as the revised campaign. Same with Elizabeth Bathory.
Besides the gameplay and the graphics, you have an excellent talent for creating immersion with ambient sound and read-ables. Thank You Very Much!
Hi! Congrats, it is a really thrilling halloween mission! I love manor missions full of secrets!
I am stuck at a point, so I need help pls:
1.) i have got the overlook key but where to use it? It is for teleporting, as i read here, but how and where to?
2.) may i light the torches (the manor would be so much more friendly ) or would it be more practical remaining in the dark (hiding from enemies, ghosts) - don't want extra anger in the near future
3.) some of you mentioned the stalker area, where is it?
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Brooklyn: that would be nice I hope I can do it in the near future.
1. Up in the big tower near the Throne Room is the starting point of the overlook platform. Use the key on the socket.
2. there are no enemies in the castle so you can lit everything and don't need to shoot down the torches.
3. the Stalker area is a "easter" room only and you can reach through the teleports if you choose the porch way between the cliffs on the first wooden platform. Don't worry, you can reuse the teleports as often as you want and everytime you'll back to the castle.
1. You should have come across a large white spiral staircase by now on the upper levels of the castle with view to the yard, which leads to the locked throne room. Advance to the top of the staircase.
3. You will come across that area once you found 1)
2. No objections at all to put on the candles.... actually it is highly advisable to do so (some secrets to be found by doing so)!
@Sensut: Thanks a lot for this Halloween present!
I found it quite hard to return to some of the places in this giant maze, but since the puzzles were not too complicated, it was a whole lot of fun!
Not to forget the beautiful architecture to admire while making my way through it.
You're welcome.
You can enter in "freeplay" even after finishing the main objectives and you don't need to do everything at once. When you get out Lucy to the starting point and the objective ticks off, just put down her body and don't go forward to the drive on the rock. You can return right from there and things are still changing in the game. You can do this right from the beginning and then you can search for everything without any confusing factors. But still be cautious because the Master at the Music Room just dined This freeplay thing will have more role in the future.
Thank you guys!! I already found the throne room, still closed, but not yet the socket. Well, let's go ahead...
How could I miss it... Thanks again, uhh, it was frightening and so lifeless in the manor, always expecting enemies showing up in every corner... the mood alone was more than enough
can be reached the stone cross on the highest point of the rocks?
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Mission finished on "normal" , i will definitely replay on "expert". I loved this mission, and the castle WoW ! This is the most beautiful impressive castle i've ever saw in a mission, the design, the decoration, the textures selection, the atmosphere, the ambient music is superb, it didn't even bother me getting stuck sometimes because it felt so good to wander and explore the castle. what a sweet experience i had with this mission, very enjoyable gameplay, a very captivating story line, Bravo!
Csabo thank you so much for this excellent production, well Done my Friend!!!
ps: loved the S.T.A.L.K.E.R reference


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[disclaimer: our #nofrillsfriday are normally awkward messy quick snapshots of our works in progress or what we've been up to - but this week we've been doing secret designs we can't yet share, and now Adrienne and Lee are en route to Newquay for a bank holiday wedding! (Not theirs, though!) so instead we thought we'd do a long overdue post instead!]
We've used Blog and Buy Sale in the past to seek out ways to spend money on awesomeness. When we were picked to feature in their Spring Wish List we did a little happy dance.
For those of you that have no idea what this means we'll just let them explain it in their own words (way more succinctly than we ever could).
We were lucky enough to get three of our jewellery designs featured in the list:
Medals of Modern Achievement: Adventurer!
But enough about us. We wanted to share with you our top picks from the other awesome independent designers and makers out there. We have to admit it was a bit of struggle to narrow it down to 5 and so we certainly don't envy the guest curators job in shortlisting the wish list each season, that's for sure.
In no particular order our picks are:
This was an easy pick for us. Wes Anderson. Grand Budapest. Stitching. Need we say anymore?
A cat related item was always going to be in there and with a few to choose from it was tough for Kirsty to decide. However, with her ever growing and unnecessary collection of tote bags there will always be room for one more; especially with such an awesome, bright and minimalist kitty print.
From one Film Club to another 'The Goonies' is an awesome film and as we have a Sloth print on our walls it would have been rude not to promote the Sloth love. Rendered and captured so simply whilst still inherently Sloth - that takes control and editing that Kirsty in particular lacks - she never knows when to say enough!
We long to make our own Risograph prints (But alas, the tech is becoming more and more scarce!) and this print ticks so many boxes: bird lovers, batman fans, and perfect for the walls of anyone of any age. We are now hoping birds will visit our office wearing superhero costumes.
We love the prints of Sparrow and Wolf, origami (duh! check out our origami animals) but Adrienne is also a make-up fiend who loses her make-up bag all the time. This is one bag you would never want to lose with the cute pom pom pulley!
Now whilst that is our 5 picks we couldn't _not_ give shout outs to some of the other makers. Hunkdory Home has some beautifully printed homewares and whilst the wish list features a very tempting Dinosaur, their tiger print is too cute! As needle felting and animal fans the work of Karen Rao in her hat making is awesome! Finally Gaynor Trophies is a new shop getting up and running but uses the most incredible African prints for cushions and bags.
Whatever your cuppa tea there will be something to entice you to spend on the Blog and Buy sale, whether it is from the Wish List or latest product spots, be sure to follow them for a regular dose of shiny - and support local makers.


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MT: I also think gender affects the reception of the subject matter. A man writes a sex scene or a domestic scene and it's an element of a larger narrative—a function, an expression, a grappling-with. A woman writes a sex scene or a domestic scene and poof she's not a serious writer. She's writing homey soft shit that dudes don't want to read about. An irony here is that women buy and read more books than men, so if dudes don't want to read about something the publishers don't have to care. Critics and reviewers, on the other hand, are more often men than women, and are trying to sell their own ideas, not books. [continue]


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A longtime local radio broadcaster and executive plans to pilot six radio stations in central Indiana in an acquisition expected to close in August.
Jerry "J." Chapman, a former sales executive with Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., is heading a group of investors who will buy three stations in Muncie and three others nearby. The group is named Woof Boom Radio, in a nod to longtime Indiana radio and TV broadcaster WFBM, which is now defunct.
With 51-year-old Chapman as manager, Woof Boom will take over operations at the stations on June 1, according to a release from the group. The Muncie stations are WLBC-FM 104.1, WERK-FM 104.9 and WXFN-AM 1430. The remaining three are Anderson's WHBU-AM 1240, WMQX-FM 96.7 in Alexandria, and WMXQ-FM 93.5 in Hartford City.
"The stations we're acquiring are vital links between listeners and the local community," Chapman said in a statement. "We intend to utilize those radio resources to help grow our customer's businesses and to improve the quality of entertainment and information in our new communities."
The estimated combined reach of the six stations is nearly 90,000 weekly listeners, according to the ownership group.
Woof Boom investors expect the acquisition of the stations from Backyard Broadcasting in Jacksonville, Fla., to close in August, pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The ownership team also includes Indianapolis-area executives Ray Kennedy, founder of Conormara Investments; Jason Farmer, managing director of venture capital firm WestBridge Investments; and Aaron Reitz.
Chapman has worked as on-air talent in Indianapolis, South Bend, and Scranton, Pa., and was part of the team that launched Indianapolis Fox TV affiliate WPDS (now WXIN Fox 59) in 1984. Joining Emmis in the late 1980s, Chapman managed various sales teams and eventually led the Indianapolis radio sales organization.


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According to the news article...
- The accident took place in Queens
- Four vehicles were involved; a bus, a truck and two vans
- Five people were taken to hospital
- None of the injuries were life-threatening so we can assume there were no fatalities.
To make matters worse they even had the descriptive text for the article stating that there were three vehicles. Although after about forty-eight hours someone did eventually change the text.


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Klum reflects on 'Project Runway' early struggles
NEW YORK -- Heidi Klum remembers the humble start of "Project Runway" -- when things were so bare bones, the supermodel didn't even have a wardrobe budget.
"We started filming and I didn't have a stylist in the beginning," said the 39-year-old in an interview Thursday. "I was calling friends and asking 'Can I borrow this? Can I borrow that?'"
It's now eight years later, and the Emmy-winning series is debuting its 10th season on Thursday night. Hours earlier, it received four more Emmy nominations.
Klum, the show's creator and host, likened the reality show to being another child.
"It's like one of my babies being born and being out there for so many years already now. So of course I'm extra proud," she said.
When it comes to her real-life kids, the German supermodel said they will not be tuning in for the premiere.
"My children don't really watch a lot of television yet," she said. "Now my daughter, because she's 8 (years old), friends are telling her more and more about 'Project Runway' and she's like, 'Oh yeah, I visited my mom there a few times.' She doesn't really put it all together yet which I think is really nice."
Klum has four children -- three with singer Seal and a daughter from a previous relationship. She and Seal announced they were separating in January.
Klum and her "Project Runway" co-stars, mentor Tim Gunn, designer Michael Kors and Marie Claire's Nina Garcia, rode a double-decker bus through Times Square on Thursday to promote the premiere. They agreed that they took a big risk when signing on for the first season.
"It's a blind date that turned out very well," said Kors.


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Birthday Feelings/
I've never really been a birthday guy. Everyone has one. And they come around so often. Maybe it's the commercialization that I resist. Anyway...I'm feeling a tad more emotional this morning than I have most birthdays before.
I feel so thankful...For the way God lead and carried our family through this last year. One year ago right now we were preparing to travel to Tanzania to scout. Now it's home. So much has happened this year and we are humbled.
I feel so thankful...for a met budget, a supportive sending church and family, for Pat and Joni Kellar being with us for our landing here, for the new friends we are making here, for the joy we are experiencing as we begin to dive into Swahili. Thankful.
I feel emotional...about what we miss. I miss our family back in the states. I miss Cape Town and our community there. I miss cheese and ease.
I feel emotional...about the future. The adrenaline is wearing off and reality is setting in. I was able to keep myself distracted furnishing the house. Now it's becoming real. There's nothing here for me to attach my identity and value to (like I have all my life). I now have no choice but to get it...I'm a beloved son, a husband and a Dad. That's it. No other status, role or position. I don't get to display my gifts for all to see. I get to sit down, shut up, and struggle to learn a language and a culture foreign to me.
The year ahead will be hard, but beautiful. Painful, but rewarding. Seemingly insignificant, yet somehow one of the biggest turning points of our lives. I feel it, I just can't explain it well yet.
Well, those are some random birthday feelings. Cheers to another year of adventure with Jesus. I love you dear friends around the world!


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First Impressions with iTunes Match/
Apple launched their iTunes Match service in the US back on November 14 and I signed up shortly thereafter. I've read some mixed reviews since then, some of which have been pretty negative, but my experience has been very positive so I thought I'd put up a post with my experience using the service for the past few months. If you don't feel like writing the whole piece, I'll sum it up by saying that this is a service I've wanted for years and am very happy that it finally exists.
For anyone not familiar with the iTunes Match service, the idea is that for $25 a year you can have iTunes scan through your music library on up to 10 devices. Using technology that has not been publicly discussed in any detail by Apple but presumably involves using Fourier transforms, iTunes looks through your music library to identify any songs that are already available from the iTunes Music Store. For all of those tracks, iTunes will make a note that you have the song and are entitled to access it. For any tracks that don't match against the iTunes Music Store it uploads your local copy of the song to iCloud.
The magic is that once this process has completed, all the songs in the library (up to 25,000 tracks) are available on up to 10 PCs or Macs running iTunes or iOS devices (iPhones, iPads, iPod touches) where you have signed in with your iCloud account. When a new song is imported it will automatically be added to the iTunes Match library either by being matched against the iTunes Music Store or uploaded if the song is not matched.
All of the iTunes playlists are also synced across devices and changes made to a playlist on one device are instantly propagated to all your other devices that have iTunes Match turned on.
The service is not all things for all people and depending on your mix of devices this may be more or less useful. For me it's great. My primary iTunes library is on a Windows PC and it contains somewhere around 10,000 songs.
I currently have an iPhone 4 and have been an iPhone user since the 3G came out, but I have never been very good about syncing music to it. Even with the highest capacity iPhone there's no way I can have all my tracks synced to the phone so I have to make choices about which songs or playlists I want to sync. And invariably I'll be somewhere away from my computer and want to listen to something I haven't thought to sync. Plus I tend not to plug my phone into my computer all that often and actually I don't even bother turning that Windows PC on much. So mostly I don't listen to my iTunes library at all any more. Pretty sad.
I also have a 17" MacBook Pro but I've never bothered to copy my library to this laptop because, while it could hold the entire library, I don't necessarily want to commit that much disk space to music since I already have it on my home PC. So I don't listen to music in iTunes on my laptop either.
That's been a lot of music just sitting there not getting enjoyed. Too bad.
Since Spotify launched in the US over the summer I've been subscribing to Spotify Premium and doing most of my music listening through Spotify. I love Spotify and they have an incredible selection of music, but they don't have everything that I have in my iTunes library. I don't really buy music much any more since I can listen to most of what I want on Spotify or YouTube, but when I was in my teens and early 20's I bought a LOT of CDs, including a fair amount of obscure stuff that just isn't going to be in Spotify and may or may not be in the iTunes Music Store.
With iTunes Match I now have access to my entire library on my iPhone 4 as well as my MacBook Pro and I can choose to download only what I want to listen to. But I can make that choice spontaneously as I think of something I'd like to hear. I've read some critiques of the service that state that you can't sync everything at once, but that's actually not true. If I open my iTunes library on my MacBook Pro and select everything I can indeed right click and download everything. That would probably take a while. However I have used that technique to download everything by certain artists to my MacBook Pro.
The one feature that would be nice is if there were a web based player on iCloud.com that would let me listen to music streaming through a browser if I happen to be on a computer that doesn't have iTunes or that I can't link to my iCloud account for some reason. But that's a "nice to have" feature request and not a use case whose lack of availability I've actually wanted to use in any real life scenario as yet.
I'll confess that I'm still mostly listening to music through Spotify but I suspect that I will find myself listening to more music in iTunes now that I have my library accessible wherever and whenever I want it. Definitely worth $25 a year.


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Have you been struck by Cupid? What are you doing in honor of the day we celebrate love? Is anyone celebrating tonight and taking tomorrow (President's Day) off?
We didn't have any plans for the weekend other than Scott's usual Saturday afternoon tennis league and making some crab legs for dinner last night as our "special dinner." Tonight, my mom is flying in to spend some time this week with Ava.
We both wanted to get a workout in this morning so Scott and I traded off going to the gym. He went first, and then I went and did a glorious 45 minute upper body workout. I worked triceps, biceps, and abs. As a special treat I showered and got ready there. (Our gym is also a spa, so the locker rooms/showers, are very nice!) And on the way out of the gym, everyone received a long stem rose! So you see, I was already feeling like a million bucks, but when I came home to this…
Well, let's just say, someone knows the way to my 'heart.' Cinnamon buns are among my favorite treats. Not to mention having the house filled with cinnamon, doughy aroma.
The recipe came from Happy Herbivore's blog, so these little guys are vegan and call for whole wheat pastry flour instead of all purpose, and applesauce in place of the butter for the filling. So, as far as I can tell, they are actually healthy! Or at least that's my excuse for helping myself to one before I even set my gym bag down.
The whole wheat flour gave them a heartier taste and texture, which I loved. If you are looking for a light and fluffy cinnamon bun, then these would not be for you. We agreed the only thing we would change is to up the amount of the yummy filling goodness. Excellent snack that held me over quite well until lunch time.
And, my valentine was even more of a sweetheart, he took a few pictures along the way…
Dough rolled out
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Moss Point's Devin Booker has 'eat or be eaten mentality' as star for Suns
After Devin Booker hoisted the trophy for winning the three-point shooting title over All-Star weekend, he said he was bringing it home for the Phoenix Suns fans.
They can use any good news they can get.
The losses are mounting yet again for the young team, with the talented Booker — mature and poised beyond his years — a beacon of hope that someday things will turn around and the Suns will be the exciting, vibrant franchise they once were.
Booker is 11th in the NBA in scoring at 24.4 points per game but, in the talent-laden West, the former Kentucky star didn't make the All-Star Game.
It didn't help his chances that the Suns have the league's worst record at 18-43.
Instead, he was one of the three-point contestants, and won it with a record 28 points in the final round, making 20 of 25 shots, to defeat 2016 champion Klay Thompson.
"It feels really good," Booker said afterward. "I wanted to go out there and make a name for myself."
Booker and the Suns were in New Orleans Monday night to take on the Pelicans, bringing him just 115 miles from the spot he played high school basketball — Moss Point.
Booker wants, he said, to be the best shooter in the game.
The Phoenix guard, in his third NBA season but just 21 years old, has never been shy about his desire to be the best, and his game has been praised by some of the NBA's biggest stars.
"I love Devin Booker, man," Golden State's Kevin Durant said on The Bill Simmons Podcast. "He'll rough you up. … You better watch out for that boy because he's nice. He's next, I'm telling you."
There is a nasty edge to Booker's game that belies his off-court demeanor.
"I always tell people don't judge me how I am between the lines," he said with a smile. "I'm a totally different person when I'm playing. I think it's just the grit and nasty. It's not a pretty game. It might look like that on TV, where everyone's friends. They say the NBA game has gone soft, but it hasn't.
"People are out to take your job. It's like an eat or be eaten mentality. That's the mentality I have every I time I step on the floor."
Booker has 17 games of at least 30 points this season, and don't forget the 70 he got against Boston last season.
But his ability has not turned into wins. There isn't enough talent and experience around him.
The Suns have lost nine in a row and 15 of 16. Among those losses, a 48-point blowout at home against San Antonio, matching the worst loss in Suns history — set in this season's opener against Portland. Two games after the Spurs debacle, Phoenix lost at Golden State by 46.
Booker, out with a hip pointer, could only watch.
Phoenix will miss the playoffs for the eighth straight year, but Booker insists on trying to see the positives and the big picture.
"Just turning around a franchise, I think that would make it that much better eventually when I start winning," he said.
"All these losses in the beginning, obviously they hurt now, but I think two or three years, looking back, it will be really nice to be winning and having to go through that growth with a good group of guys."
General Manager Ryan McDonough has said he wants to accelerate the timetable of the team's growth by using some of the draft picks and considerable cap space the Suns have to work with. They've added Booker to the management brain trust.
"We've made him a partner in the process," McDonough said. "We've invited him and encouraged him to come around in May and June when we're working guys out for the draft and watch the workouts and give us feedback. And he's a basketball junkie. Everybody knows that."
Booker played one season at Kentucky, the team's shooting specialist off the bench. The Suns picked him at No. 13 overall.
"We had him rated higher than where he was selected," McDonough said. "But I'd be lying to you if I said we thought he'd be one of the top four or five scorers in NBA history before his 21st birthday, be able to put up 70 points in an NBA game a year ago and be able to carry a team offensively at a high level."
Now the Suns are using the Golden State Warriors as a model of what they want to do. The Warriors struggled in Stephen Curry's first three seasons.
Booker fills the role of Curry in those early days. He's even played a little point guard although shooting guard is his natural position. "Every great player I've been around has that passion for the game, that dedication to the game," McDonough said, "and he checks all those boxes."


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It's not often that you see a 120-inch inch screen dangling from the ceiling in a family room, not to mention seven speakers, two subwoofers and a top-of-the-line video projector. Yet you can't see any of the gear in this award-winning space. On the surface, it looks like another nice family room. It's appointed with comfortable furniture, and it presents a warm and inviting floorplan that integrates the kitchen and dining areas.
The custom electronics (CE) pros at Starr Systems Design in Baltimore honored the request of the homeowners and their interior designer by hiding every piece of A/V equipment. Admittedly, a superwide CinemaScope screen and a 3,000-ANSI lumen video projector weren't the homeowners' first choice of video system. "They had originally intended on hanging a big flat-panel TV on the wall," says Starr Systems Design president Sean Weiner. Neither Weiner nor the interior designer cared much for that idea. "We both thought the room would look and function better if the gear were invisible." A trip to Starr Systems' design center, where screens and projectors lower from hiding spots in the ceiling, changed the homeowners' minds.
They immediately erased the big-screen TV from their plans and replaced it with a powerful video duo comprised of a Stewart Filmscreen Firehawk G3 2.39:1 aspect ratio screen and a Runco three-chip 1080p DLP video projector. Construction plans changed as well. Together Weiner and Alexander Baer of Jenkins Baer Associates in Baltimore designed a decorative trim for the ceiling to serve as a hiding spot for the long and narrow screen enclosure.
For the projector, they converted the top portion of a kitchen pantry into a specially ventilated equipment closet. The only visual indication of a projector is the small hole that Weiner and Baer cut into the back wall of the family room so the lens could peek through. A Rotel home theater processor and amplifiers, Kaleidescape media server and AMX automation controller would all need a cool, comfortable place, too. Instead of the pantry, Weiner picked a mechanical room in the basement, where there's plenty of room for expansion should the family decide to add new components.
Walls are precious commodities in family rooms—they're the exclusive domain of large windows, cherished pieces of artwork and interesting faux finishes. It's not where the owners of this family-style theater wanted speakers mounted. And based on the impressive size of the room and the massive video display, this area was going to need a lot of them—seven B&W speakers and two Velodyne subwoofers, to be exact.
The speakers could have been stationed on the floor, but that would have defeated the purpose of keeping the technology hidden, says Weiner. The best placement option was the ceiling. B&W CCM818 models are designed perfectly for this application, says Weiner, as their drivers are fitted at a 12-degree angle toward the listening area—in this case, comfy couches positioned 15 feet from the screen.
The two Velodyne subwoofers did end up in the walls, but down low by the baseboards, making them a cinch to hide behind open-legged cabinetry.
Weiner's job wasn't done yet. In addition to fusing components normally reserved for dedicated theaters into the design of the family room, he had to get that equipment to perform as well as it would in a specially designed theater room.
One of the biggest differences between this family room and a dedicated theater were its windows. Home theaters typically have none; this space had a lot. When the family is hanging out, relaxing with a book or playing board games, the windows let in plenty of natural light. But when it comes to watching movies—especially movies on a 120-inch screen—it's best to keep a room dark. It wouldn't be enough to simply cover the windows with draperies.
The family and designers wanted a more elegant solution, so each window was fitted with a motorized shade from Lutron Electronics. The motorized assemblies, as well as the room's light fixtures, were tied to the same AMX control system that operates the home theater gear. All the family needs to do is touch a button labeled movie to transform the room into a theater. The lights fade to black, the shades close over the windows, the projector revs up and the screen descends from the ceiling. EH


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Does Operational Discipline Replace Strong Safety Leadership?Mar 19th, 2012 | By Laurence Pearlman | Category: Health and Safety
On a recent flight from Newark to Chicago, I sat next to an American Airlines pilot, with whom I struck up a conversation. In the midst of our discussion, the flight attendant began the usual speech on safety instructions, seat belts, and evacuation. The pilot stopped talking and said, "I need to listen to these instructions."
"What the heck!" I thought. "This guy flies the plane. Certainly he knows how to get out of this plane. Why does he need to listen to the flight attendant talk about how to buckle a seat belt?" As we spoke about his action, I realized that the pilot's behavior was all about operational discipline, with a smattering of good safety leadership.
The pilot knows that every detail for flying an airplane can be important. He's not there to judge what's important and what isn't. There's a procedure for flying an airplane, and the procedure needs to be followed. This is operational discipline.
Think about the story of British Airways Flight 9. This plane flew into a cloud of volcanic ash over Indonesia and lost all four engines. The pilot calmly looked for the procedure to restart all four engines. It was there, and the plane was saved. Operational discipline.
Operational discipline ensures not only that an operation is done correctly every time but that it's done the safe way all the time. It's not up to the operator (or pilot) to change the procedure or ignore the procedure. It's up to the operator to have the discipline to follow the procedure.
Look back and compare this incident with the explosion at a refinery in Texas City, Texas. Procedures were in place; granted, they were in engineering-speak and at the university level, but they were there. However, the local culture was to ignore the procedure (e.g., the alarm reset button). Leadership not only ignored procedural violations, it rewarded violations that led to improved efficiencies.
Operational discipline is a function of strong safety (and operational) leadership. It takes leadership to set the expectations and then follow up to make sure those expectations are met. The safety walk that a leader takes, therefore, has to include a review of operating procedures and their usefulness and adherence. We all know that what leaders say and do matters, and the questions they ask are important. It's one of the ways to re-enforce operational discipline and correct deviations.
Let's return to the pilot on my flight. He was in uniform. A pilot in uniform represents the job and the airline. Could a pilot who doesn't have discipline in the back of the plane be expected to have discipline in the front of the plane? That pilot, therefore, was a safety leader and an advocate for operational discipline.
So, in answer to the question posed by the title of this article, no, operational discipline does not replace strong safety leadership. Both operational discipline and strong safety leadership are needed to establish a strong safety culture!
About the Author
Laurence Pearlman is a Director with Corven, Inc. in Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A. He advises energy and natural resource clients on safety performance improvement and change management. Laurence specializes in engaging employees and leaders to drive ownership and sustainability of safety processes. Previously, Laurence worked for Amoco, BP, Exxon, and Pfizer. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois. He was part of the team that assessed the culture of BP Refining after the Texas City incident and identified leadership and cultural interventions to reduce risk. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Iowa.
Photograph: Safety Lights by David Ritter, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
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Pratt & Whitney could boost its rocket business through a new design that would double the payload weight a rocket could carry into space.
Pratt, which developed the RL10 rocket engine, has received a $1.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to study a new nozzle design for a booster rocket like the RL10.
The RL10 is the only Pratt engine not only developed but also built at the government engine division in northwestern Palm Beach County.
"This contract will increase our technology base and provide us with a competitive advantage for future Pratt & Whitney rocket engines," said Joe Zimonis, vice president for Pratt's rocket programs.
In the new concept, the engine's nozzle -- the thimble-shaped part of the rocket that emits exhaust gas -- would adapt to all altitude conditions. All present rocket booster engines, including those in the Space Shuttle, have fixed nozzles.
The new design would help reduce the cost of lifting payloads into space. Rockets could carry greater payloads and would use less fuel, said Bob Faust, director of the RL10 rocket program at Pratt.
Although Pratt is designing the nozzle under an Air Force contract, the design could apply to any rocket booster engine.
Pratt is working on a number of advanced booster engine designs for the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
"It could be an RL10 derivative engine or a larger engine," Faust said.
If the cost is reduced for lifting payloads, there also could be commercial applications for the rocket nozzle design.
"Space is commercializing. So there's a probability of more space business," Faust said.
Pratt & Whitney won the contract award in competitive bidding with Rocketdyne, a division of Rockwell International. Pratt will be designing the new engine nozzle over the next three years and then will test it on the RL10 rocket engine.


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- Category: The KnitLuck Guide to Interchangeable Knitting Nee The KnitLuck Guide to Interchangeable Knitting Nee
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Over the years we have been trying out all of the interchangeable knitting needle sets. We've done Knit Picks, Knitter's Pride, Denise, Addi Clicks and now we've finally gotten the chance to review the Lantern Moon interchangeable knitting needle sets in both rosewood and ebony. Last winter Craftsy had a sale on this set so I snapped up a set to give them a try.
The Lantern Moon sets are some of the most intriguing interchangeable knitting needles on the market for two reasons: firstly they are the most expensive and secondly the needles are handmade with ebony and rosewood. These two attributes make you wonder are the needles worth the price and what exactly makes Rosewood and Ebony so luxurious for a knitter? Read on to find out.
The Lantern Moon Interchangeable Knitting Needle Set Contents:
Rosewood $231.00
- US 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10.5, 11, 13 needle sizes
- 16", 26", 32" and 40" cords.
- Silk carrying case
- Tightening Tool
Ebony $290.00
- US 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10.5, 11, 13 needle sizes
- 16", 26", 32" and 40" cords.
- Silk carrying case
- Tightening Tool
The Lantern Moon interchangeable knitting needle sets are comparable in terms of what they offer as part of a set. You can't get the smaller sized needs, like in size 3 or smaller, which means that this set would not be good for a lace knitter. However the needles on offer are great for anything that you don't need a very small needle for. The set also includes a beautifully made silk carrying case, with room for all of the individual needle tip pairs and cables.
The tightening tool is my favorite out of all of the interchangeable knitting needle sets that require a tightening tool. All the other tightening tools are glorified safety clips. They are so easy to lose. I had four tightening tools for the Knitter's Pride and Knit Picks needles when I purchased them a year ago and now I only have one left. Lantern Moon's tightening tool is sharp, so you'll definitely want to keep it out of reach of children, but it's handy-dandy wooden handle makes it easy to find and easier to tighten your interchangeable knitting needles.
Needle Tips
I've often wondered why rosewood and ebony have been considered luxury materials, now that I've used both the rosewood and ebony Lantern Moon interchangeable needles I have a much better idea. You will not find a smoother surface on another pair of knitting needles, interchangeable or not. I've long been a fan of knitting with bamboo knitting needles for their lightness and the kind of traction you get as the yarn passes over the needles, however rosewood has that same lightness, but with a smoother surface, even smoother than metal. It's the same story with the ebony needles, lightweight, hard surface that is super smooth.
The needle quality is excellent. The join fits seamlessly to the needle tip. There isn't even the slightest semblance of a catch anywhere. The stitches flow quickly and smoothly. That's probably the reason they don't have lace sizes -it would be really difficult to have a join as smooth as these in the smaller sizes. These are not the pointiest knitting needles, they have what I would consider to be a medium tip, not too sharp and not too dull. To give you some context, I consider the Clover bamboo needles to have super dull points, while the Addi Lace needles have super pointy needle tips. The Lantern Moon needle tips land squarely in the middle between these two extremes and would work great for the average knitter.
The only area where I'm a little disappointed is in the cables. They are not as flexible as I would like. I'm sure that if I tried to steam the cables a bit they might loosen up a little, but having spent so much money on the needles I'm hesitant to do so. The stiffness did not affect my knitting. I used the needles on my Shakespeare Cardigan and they cast on stitches with a finicky wool/cashmere/silk tweed without a single problem. It felt good to pair a special yarn that I had been waiting for years to knit with a pair of extra special needles. It did feel luxurious. I didn't think a pair of knitting needles could have that effect on me, but they did.
Silk Interchangeable Knitting Needle Case
The Lantern Moon case that comes with their needle sets is one of the best on the market. The needles easily stay in their little slots, there's room for extras and it's lightweight -I definitely prefer it over the classic Denise plastic case, or even the Addi Cases. I would go so far as to recommend buying the cases on their own for whatever interchangeable knitting needle set you buy. They make your interchangeable needles that much more fun to carry around.
The Lantern Moon Interchangeable Knitting Needles are fabulous. They go above and beyond and truly feel like a luxury set of knitting needles. They make an excellent gift for the knitter in your life. If you want something extra special to complement your knitting this is the set for you. They have the best tightening tool, the best carry case and feature excellent craftmanship. The ebony and the rosewood both add to your knitting experience, offering a super smooth contrast to whatever yarn you're using. The only downsides to these needles is that the cables are rather stiff, but not enough to interfere with your knitting, also they don't have the smallest sizes which is a downer for lace knitters.


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Politics & Government
Polls close in SC. Results in soon
Despite an apparently heavy turnout across South Carolina on Election Day, election officials say the 2016 vote has passed without any major malfunctions or long waits for voters at polling places.
Check out local and statewide races as they come in here.
SC Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said some polling places were likely to have lines still waiting when precincts close at 7 p.m., but officials expect all to close up shop by 8 p.m.
Any voters still in line at 7 o'clock must be allowed to cast their ballots according to state law.
After voters experienced long waits at some polling places in 2012, Whitmire said the average wait time this year seemed to be between 30 and 45 minutes.
"The longest time I heard of was two hours, but we only had one voter call about that," Whitmire said.
Voters in Richland and Lexington counties saw a heavy rush coming in when polls opened at 7 a.m., but turnout appeared to lighten up as the day went on.
Voting was reportedly heavy in Lexington County early Tuesday, as some voters waited for up to an hour to vote before heading in to work.
Others were expected to cast a ballot on their way home, but Lexington County election board vice chairman John Carrigg said voting seemed brisk in the Irmo areas he was covering Tuesday.
"A ton more voted this morning. We had some real long lines," Carrigg said. "I think we'll have a bumper turnout."
Officials didn't have turnout figures immediately available, but after a big absentee vote total this year, the number of votes to count on Tuesday night is expected to be high.
Bristow Marchant: 803-771-8405, @BristowatHome, @BuzzAtTheState


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In Johannesburg, no pavement gardens are safe. If it grows on the road-side of your boundary wall and it contains succulents, there's a chance I've raided your curb garden. You see, I have a succulent addiction. Like all of the best addictions, it's a very expensive habit. Especially when you've got as much garden to fill as I do. Some call it botanical thievery, I prefer the term 'guerrilla gardening'.
A few slips and cuttings plucked here and there, and I'm steadily working my way toward re-homing a succulent jungle on my property – one that is made up almost entirely of shoots and roots from other people's gardens. Every time I post pictures on Facebook and Instagram of my habits, I get questions. So I decided to put together a little blog post, containing all of the tips I've picked up from my personal experience on the thievery, propagation and growing of all things succulent.
Tips for guerrilla gardening: (aka how to perform the pull over, pluck, duck and dash.)
- Keep a pair of tongs, a couple of bags (I prefer canvas bags, plastic bags tend to get too humid and sticky in summer) and some hand sanitiser in your car.
- Use your time in your car to scope out new areas and gardens for potential raiding. Whenever I go anywhere new, I try to give myself at least half an hour to take a drive around a few blocks and see if there are any succulent gardens worth stopping at.
- If you've spotted a garden that you'd like to browse, do a slow drive-by and check to see that no one is home. (It's not impossible to raid someone's garden if they're home, it's just a little trickier.) Or you can do what I do, and ring the doorbell to ask permission.
- Stop your car as close as you can get next to the pavement garden you're raiding. Use the doors of your car as a shield to conceal your guerrilla gardening tactics from oncoming traffic.
- If a car does come down the road while you're busy, just try to look like you belong. Honestly, no one has ever stopped to ask me what I'm doing.
- If you can't raid it right then, move on. If I spot a garden that I desperately want to get stuck into, but the timing isn't right, I mark it. I take a few pictures and drop a pin in the Maps app on my iPhone, with a description. This makes it easier for me to go straight back there the next time I'm in the area.
Tips for planting your newly-acquired succulents:
- If you've snapped a cutting of a succulent off the main plant, it is important to let the stem tip dry out before you plant it or root it, to prevent the cutting from rotting and eventually dying. A freshly-snapped stem looks green and raw. It's ready to be replanted/rooted once the tip has dried out and healed.
- You can put succulent cuttings out to dry on a sunny window sill for a few days. Or you can just do what I do, and leave them in the boot of your car to dry out. (This is where a canvas bag comes in handy, as its breathable. Plastic bags aren't.
- Planting cuttings out into your garden is as easy as digging a hole and filling it with sand. While succulents are known to be water-wise plants, it's important to water them daily until you're sure they've settled in your garden.
- All succulents (and most plants) can and will grow an entire new plant, just from a cutting or a leaf.
- Don't throw away any succulent leaves or roots that you might have left over, after planting any "re-homed" succulents. These can be used to grow new plants, ala succulent propagation.
Tips for propagating succulents from leaf: (aka how to grow succulent babies from just a leaf)
- An entire plant can be grown from just one single succulent leaf, if you're patient enough. It's much easier than you think.
- Use egg cartons filled with potting soil (or dirt you dig up from your yard) and arrange the little leaves on the surface of the soil.
- Leave in a semi-sunny spot. Water daily, using a spritzer bottle.
- In a few days time you'll notice roots appearing from the leaf, and it won't be long before you notice a new plant forming at the stem of the leaf.
- If you're into making an effort and doing things properly, you can use honey as a rooting stimulant. Mix it in with the water in your spritz bottle.
- If you don't feel like using soil, egg cartons or honey, you don't have to. A pile of succulent leaves left in a warm spot will do its own thing.
- These can be planted into your garden when the old leaf has shrivelled away and you're left with just the new plant.


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Opinion: Latin America's left at the crossroads
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"The year 2010 marked the 200th anniversary of independence for many Latin American nations. While the region may have achieved its political independence it still remains, 200 years later, deeply tied – and subordinated – to the larger world capitalist system that has shaped its economic and political development from the conquest in 1492 right up to the present period of globalisation.
The new global capitalism swept Latin America by storm in the 1980s and 1990s. Neo-liberal programmes were imposed by international financial institutions, western governments, and local elites. The region experienced a sweeping transformation of its political economy and social structure. . . . A new breed of transnationally-oriented elites and capitalists forged a neo-liberal bloc and led the region into the global age of hothouse accumulation, financial speculation, credit ratings, the internet, malls, fast-food chains, and gated communities. Neo-liberalism forged a social base among emerging middle classes and professional strata for which globalisation opened up new opportunities for upward mobility and participation in the global bazaar. But neo-liberalism also brought about unprecedented social inequalities, mass unemployment, and the immiseration and displacement of tens if not hundreds of millions from the popular classes, which triggered a wave of transnational migration and new rounds of mass mobilisation among those who stayed behind."
The article: Leftist governments in Latin America are facing resistance not only from the right, but from their own bases, as well.
William I. Robinson
The triumph of left-leaning former army officer Ollanta Humala in Peru's presidential elections this past June has observers wondering if Peru could be the latest "Pink Tide" country in Latin America. The so-called Pink Tide refers to the ambiguous turn to the left in recent years in several Latin American countries. The neo-liberal model that has changed the face of the continent's political economy and devastated the poor and working classes over the past two decades has come under challenge by these nominally left governments, whose populist and redistributional policies, however, may now be reaching a crossroads.
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Adobe After Effects CC 2018 Features
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The Comet
The Comet was an American science fiction fanzine, the first of its kind.
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It was first published in May 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
The fanzine's original editors were Raymond A. Palmer and Walter Dennis.[1] Its second issue, dated July 1930, was called "?", and was the first issue to refer directly to science fiction. The third issue, dated August 1930, took on its third title, Cosmology, a name it retained for the duration of its publication, which ended in 1933.
- ^ a b [clarification needed]Moskowitz, Sam; Sanders, Joe (1994). "The Origins of Science Fiction Fandom: A Reconstruction". Science Fiction Fandom. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 17–36.
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