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Hello Framers,
Hope you are well. We are back after a break! This is the next post in the series, we are doing to provide accurate and complete information to our user base. Today, we will be discussing a very important topic, one which has been discussed several times in the FrameMaker user community. The topic is how do you run FrameMaker on Macintosh platform?
Today, we will be going over ways in which you can run FrameMaker on a Mac machine. Although the support of FrameMaker on Mac was discontinued some time back, we do realize that many of our users continue to use Mac and would like to run the latest version of FrameMaker on their Mac computers. So, let's see what options there are to run FrameMaker on Mac..
Options for running FrameMaker on Mac
From our conversation with users, we have found the following ways in which they are running FrameMaker on Mac.
- Parallels for Mac: Parallels Desktop for Mac, is a software providing hardware virtualization for Macintosh computers with Intel processors. Each virtual machine operates identically to a standalone computer, with virtually all the resources of a physical computer.
- VMWare Fusion: VMware Fusion is a virtual machine software developed by VMware for Macintosh computers with Intel processors. Fusion allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 and x86-64 Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- Boot Camp for Apple: Boot Camp allows owners of Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers to install Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 on their Macs. It lets you install Windows on a Mac computer in its own partition, so you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer.
- CrossOver: CrossOver, is an emulator that allows you to install many popular Windows applications on your Mac computer. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing Windows software simple and fast.
So, how good is the experience really of running FrameMaker on Mac?
We wanted to try it ourselves and so, we decided to run FrameMaker through one of these options. We chose Parallels because it is a popular choice among our users. Since, we also wanted to compare the experience of running FrameMaker in a virtual environment to that of running it natively on Windows, we decided to set up 2 environments on 2 separate machines. The first machine was a Windows Desktop and the other was a Mac Desktop running Parallels. The hardware configurations of these 2 machines was similar and as follows.
|iMac Details
|Dell Optiplex 780 PC
|3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
|3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
|Mac OS X 10.6.8
|Win7 Enterprise 64 bit OS
In particular, we wanted to closely look at performance differences (if any) between the two. This is because performance could be an area of concern or a question mark for some of our users. So, as part of this test, we executed some common workflows in FrameMaker on the two setups and compared the performance for each. We also ran the steps multiple times and the times mentioned below are averages across these multiple runs.
So, here are the results:
|Test file details
|Time (on PC)
|Time (on Mac)
|Slowdown in performance
|Brittanica Encyclopedia ditamap with about ~450 topics
|DITAMap Save as Composite document
|6 mins
|6 mins
|0 %
|Brittanica Encyclopedia ditamap with about ~450 topics
|DITAMap Save as Book with FM documents
|14 mins
|14.2 mins
|1.4 %
|DITA XML having more than 50 Cross-References to other DITA topics and concept XMLs. The XML also had more than ten 3D objects.
|File Open time for an XML heavily loaded with external links and objects.
|22 secs
|23 secs
|4.5 %
|A .fm document loaded with embedded images, text insets and text content spanning 50 pages, roughly 20 MB in size.
|FM file open time
|1 sec
|1 sec
|0 %
|A 1,000 page FM book (created in Item 2) with 450 chapters components
|Save book as PDF
|2 mins
|2.1 mins
|5 %
Based on these test results, we observe that there exists no significant difference in performance between running FrameMaker on a Windows and in a virtual environment on a Mac. In many cases, there was no performance degradation at all and in others, there was minimal performance hit. The worst degradation we saw was with a large ditamap and saving it as a FrameMaker book (This operation took 12 secs more than it did on Windows, a degradation of 1.4%)
In summary, we did not see any significant performance issues while performing various operations on different kind of files in the two environments.
But, we would like to learn about your experience.
Although we feel pretty satisfied with our experience of running FrameMaker virtually on a Mac, we are closely watching the need for providing native Mac support for Framemaker. We are continuously monitoring the adoption of Mac in the community and talking to users who have this requirement.
On these lines, we would like to understand your requirements on this particular topic and your experience, if you currently run FrameMaker in a similar virtual environment on Mac. To gather these inputs, we have created a short survey. We would really appreciate if you can take this survey, as this information would help us with our product strategy decisions. Click here to take the survey. Thank you in advance for your time and look forward to your inputs.
Link to a helpful Webinar by Tom Aldous (Director – Global TechComm Business Development) on a similar topic:
Until the next blog post.
Nakshatra Bhardwaj – Lead Software Engineer, FrameMaker Team
Kapil Verma – Sr. Product Manager, FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server
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Since you charge a monthly fee to "RENT" all your software why should I run ANOTHER operating system to use my rented software? Using my other resources like, oh maybe another hard drive, to keep another less secure OS on and to purchase VM software, making this a loosing deal to the end user. If you can't see your way to support only TWO platforms I guess I can just keep my very OLD version and rock on.
I'd like frame back on my mac.
Thats where it came from and where it belongs
been working with frame since the 80th on Sun Next and Mac
now on windows on VMware/OSX
but that never really counts
I'm in the novice class here. Used to run Framemaker back in Sun days on a Mac and PC. Kept the Mac's and now I have a report breaking MS Word….yes I know that is a different planet. Anyway, I tried to download Framemaker 2015 on a Mac and despite some great help it does not reach an executable state. Pity.
Let's face it, a Mac version is what Mac users want. Unfortunately, it will never happen. I still miss using FM every time I have to do any word processing.
Everyone who is interested is invited to join our Yahoo group on this discussion topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/fmforosx/info (including Adobe reps!)
Maybe no difference in performance, but a difference in experience. No AppleScript for example (for workflow issues, productivity hotkeys etc)! Fewer hot keys in the user interface.
Would love to keep using FrameMaker using a solution like Parallels Desktop or Fusion to run Windows-based FrameMaker on my Mac. Additionally, Parallels Desktop 9 is rumored to be OS Mavericks 10.1 compatible.
Check it out: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
A first step for a Version of FrameMaker for OSX on Mac would be to take the existing code for FrameMaker on NeXTSTep, that was killed by Adobe after buying FrameMaker. The Code is already written in Objective C, same code as in the NeXTStep successor OSX, only with some Objective C evolutions till today. So some kind of recompiling, adding support for unicode, adding some import and export filters for .doc, .pages, .rtf – files etc. and you will receive the best word processor and DTP program available on OSX for the Mac. FrameMaker on NeXTStep was already running on machines with Intel processors too. So I can't see bigger problems for a new start directly on the Mac on OSX. A Windows version under Parallels Desktop etc. is no alternative.
I ran FrameMaker on my Mac until I got a new laptop that didn't support Classic. I tried Sheepshaver and it just crashed when I ran FrameMaker. So now I run FrameMaker for Windows under XP (couldn't get it to install in Windows 7!).
I run Frame 7 on one of the last PPC G5s. My coworker has an Intel Mac and runs the newer version with Parallels and Windows 7. I'm going to hold onto mine as long as humanly possible. Hers is buggy, crashes a lot, can't seem to communicate with printers properly, and has lots of font problems when printing to PostScript. I would kill for a native Intel Mac version.
Running FrameMaker in a VM seems to be a good choice. However, I miss any details on how well FrameMaker runs under Crossover? Is Crossover a viable choice for FrameMaker or would you discourage users to do this?
Regardless how often it is repeated – moving to Windows is not an option for many established tech writers due to many smaller and bigger issues (font migration, the lack of support for ligatures on the Win-FM version, etc. pp.). I took me some time to establish a new workflow which I am reasonably happy with by now. Yet I would still consider moving back to FrameMaker natively on Mac, if the new version is anywhere as good as the classical versions so many of use used successfully over decades. The last FrameMaker versions which I still followed did not actually add anything substantial any longer, but only made some core components (like output management) less stable. Hence I would quite carefully test any new version of FrameMaker before changing ships again.
Running FM on a virtual Windows box is about as smooth as suggesting: "We won't need Photoshop any longer: we can always run Gimp on a virtual Ubuntu machine" .. 🙂
I have filled out the survey and am following the threads in the Yahoo group. I'm glad to see that Mr. Verma and Mr. Bhardwaj are continuing to communicate with us on this subject.
I have just come across an issue that I can't add to the survey's comments since I filled it out already. This is an ongoing issue that I haven't found a solution for.
I have a book with black and one Pantone color. Because FM uses Windows GDI, all document colors, even those defined as CMYK in FM, are converted to RGB. The result for offset ink printing is that my printer cannot isolate the single non-black color to set its ink for the press. This worked fine in FM 7.1 in Mac. CMYK was maintained. Now I'm under deadline to get my new edition to press. I've converted all of my files to FM9 running in Windows 7 within VMWare fusion. I don't have an OS9 machine anymore. I'm at a loss how to resolve this. If anyone has any ideas I'd greatly appreciate it.
Same issue here. I seem to remember this is a well known issue for color management under any version of Windows.
I switched to InDesign when Adobe abandoned Mac FM and I'm not sure I'd go back, given the investment I've since made in ID. Running Windows FM virtually was a non-starter fro me — the math fonts I've used since 1993 have cross-platform compatibility issues serious enough to prevent docs made on the Mac from being usable in Windows FM. I just keep my fingers crossed that none of my three PPC machines dies before I do.
When Frame was dropped as a Mac product electronic publishing and sales of electronic books were a niche market. Today electronic books are rapidly becoming the dominant method for book distribution and authors of large documents need the type of tools that can support those projects. Frame always was a leader in large document production, and I'd wager that the market for Frame on a Mac, given Apple's vastly increased sales would be significantly larger then it was. In addition just look at comparative products, Apple's own iBook Author, while very easy to use is frankly a joke for large projects. Adobe, the time is perfect to bring Frame back on the Mac!
Your survey misses a significant issue. Adobe's behavior was a clear signal that FM had no future and that we should find a solution sooner rather than later or suffer years of annoyance and pain from aging hardware and emulation. Indeed, part of the reason we use Macs is to get away from Windows and all of its problems. So we switched to Office, OpenOffice, and LaTeX. Not as good as FM but at least they run natively and we don't feel like Adobe is treating us like dirt. If you are going to change your tune, so would we. A native FM is the only way we'll use it. And more and more of our colleagues are switching from Windows to Mac so now would be a great time to roll out a native FM and try and capture a growing market. But no one is going to switch from Windows to Mac only to run FM in virtual Windows or some other 3rd class solution.
After the FrameMaker dismissal, I tried to run away from Adobe completely, but preparing a technical manual with OpenOffice was a disaster. I'm now slowly switching to InDesign from FrameMaker, but I am keeping my fingers crossed every day, because I experienced too many bad jokes from Adobe. Have you seen the latest Acrobat (X and XI)? Are we supposed to work with a convoluted Windows GUI even when choosing a Mac?
Nakshatra. You might also be aware of the FrameMaker for OSX petition? http://www.petitiononline.com/fmforosx/petition.html
Over 4400 signatures.
I tried to install Frame in Parallels with Windows 7 and it simply wouldn't work. I managed to install it under Windows XP ("Forwards to the past!") but now when I try to install it on a new (Lion) computer the package won't expand. Even when I get it installed it still doesn't support AppleScript. My wife is using it for a book and every time Windows reboots (often) she has to go back into the preferences so that key sequences like CMD-X works. And the Mac's consistent key sequences for special characters (which she needs for her music book) don't work, so what she does in every other program doesn't work here. There's only one solution and that's Frame on OSX. I am forced to use Word for many major (several hundred page) technical documents and Frame, despite its creaky UI, blows the doors off Word in so many ways.
For me, that train left the station long ago. When Adobe dropped Mac support, I dropped Frame. "Just switch to Windows" wasn't an acceptable workaround then, and it isn't now, whether native or in emulation.
The company I work for has since decided to standardize on a collaboration tool, and we're moving other departments off Frame one by one regardless of which OS they're using.
Too bad… Adobe had a great product and let it slip into an ever-declining niche.
I used FrameMaker on various generations of Macs for many years. FrameMaker is _way_ better than any similar software I've ever experienced. I was profoundly disappointed when Adobe ceased to develop the Mac version. For a while I kept a Mac running OS 9 solely to support my old version of FrameMaker. But that choice gets more and more messy.
I use lots of Adobe software on my Mac– it's only FrameMaker that is missing.
I tried installing VMware Parallels– but found that when I tried to run FrameMaker under Parallels, it choked for lack of sufficient memory. (At least, I think that was the problem… it just ground to a halt without a specific error message.)
Last year I bought a PC solely to be able to run a current version of FrameMaker under Windows 7. That PC sits beside my Mac. But having to keep switching or transferring files is a pain. (Not to mention having to clutter up my desk with that otherwise-useless PC.)
As soon as Adobe comes out with a version of FrameMaker that runs under a current Mac OS, I'll be right up there near the head of the queue to purchase it.
Running Windows on Mac to use FM is not an option for me. I kept my old PPC Mac when my company upgraded my office computer just so I could access my book-length technical documents with FM on native Mac OS. I would pay any price for a current FM native Mac version. After years of trying InDesign I am abandoning it, as it will probably never have the FM features I need.
I misspoke. I would like to run FM on an Intel Mac. Windows avoidance is more important than up-to-date software, so I'm okay with using FM 7.1 or 7.0 and using a Mac OS 9 PPC simulator running under OSX. But I would gladly upgrade tonight if FM ran natively on OSX.
I'm settling for Apple Pages. Let Adobe express all the petulance it likes.
Paul. Are you having a problem running the Mac version of FM on a PPC Mac? That shouldn't be an issue. The last native Mac version was 7.1.
The problem with windows emulation on a PPC Mac is the processor. On those machines the emulator must emulate the processor as well as the hard drive. This severely affect performance of the virtual machine. On Intel Macs that isn't necessary and the virtual machine runs better. Not native fast but acceptable for the most part. The problem for me is the "hooks" between files and applications between the two environments. For example, double-click on an image imported into FM and open it in Photoshop.
In my view, FrameMaker 7.1 Mac was a better program than FrameMaker 9 Windows (that I'm using now). Shortcuts were easier and more complete, special characters (even very common ones) very easy to type, stability much better. To say it all: I have experienced a couple crashes in ten year of use under Mac, very frequent crashes (especially caused by opening the "pods") under Windows. Shame there are no decent PowerPC emulators under Mac (Sheepshaver works very bad on my system).
I would like to have seen comments on how to run the Mac version of FM on PPC Mac. Running a Windows environment is not an option for me, and I've been preparing to abandon FM altogether as my last PPC Macs wear out without replacement options.
Are you aware of the FMforOSX group? It's been up since Dec 2004 and over 1700 posts have been made, though the frequency has dropped off over the last couple of years as hope for a native version has dwindled. I think some have resigned themselves to a windows box or some other authoring environment. But I also think there are still a large base of Mac users (like my company) that author in FrameMaker using virtual machines. Maybe you or someone can join the group and provide some feedback there?
I am VERY glad to read this post and to hear that native Mac support is considered. We've been using FM since 2000 and are still a Mac production environment.
Scott Prentice beat me to the punch on the issue of RAM allocation with virtual machines. I have an early 2008 MacBook Pro with a Core2 Duo, and the maximum 6GB RAM. Later models can take 8GB RAM. I moved from VMware Fusion to Parallels, partly because Fusion didn't seem to be without problems, and partly because of a special free (IIRC) cross-grade offer. Currently using Parallels 7, which seems more trouble-free than Fusion was.
The FrameMaker task performance comparison doesn't state what other Mac and PC applications are running simultaneously, and it doesn't report data for switching between applications, between PC applications, or between Mac and PC applications. For example, compare switching from FM to edit a graphic in Mac Photoshop or Illustrator, then switching to virtual FM to import or annotate the graphic, vs. working completely in Windows, switching among FM, Photoshop, and/or Illustrator.
Can anyone who works in these situations, comment?
For the past 2+ years I've been doing all of my work on a MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and run Windows (XP and 7) in VMWare Fusion VMs. I no longer have a native Windows system to compare to, but all in all running Windows on a Mac is much more efficient and easier than ever before.
Note that your comparison testing doesn't really provide all of the information. If the Mac itself has 4GB RAM, then the VM has less .. possibly 3GB, but maybe only 2GB. It would be interesting to know how much RAM has been allocated to the Windows VM.
With 8GB RAM, I allocate 3GB to each Windows VM so I can run 2 Windows instances and still have 2 left for the Mac. This is great for testing and development, and in general, everything works quite well.
That said .. I think it would be fantastic if you had a native OS X version of Frame. Over half of the TCS products are already on the Mac .. just FM and RH are left out in the cold. Definitely something you should focus on.
Hi Kapil,
This was using TCS 2.5 (FM 9). I only had this when using Parallels on the Mac. Never had the issues I saw when on a native Windows machine. For example, if I wanted to add a new Book level chapter in RoboHelp, it could take up to 20 minutes to appear in the TOC.
I've had no issues with FrameMaker running on my MacBook Pro (2010 i7 with 4Gb RAM) via Parallels with Win 7. However as a Technical Communication Suite user, linking a FrameMaker Book (unstructured) to a RoboHelp project caused no end of performance issues on the RoboHelp side.
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His vocal training with Rupert Bruce Lockhart followed an English degree at King's College, Cambridge where he was also a choral scholar. His first operatic appearance was in the Buxton Festival in Ronald Eyre's staging of Cavilli's Giasone which was followed by appearances in Lyon, Cologne, and three seasons with Kent opera. Subsequently, he has performed in the Sydney Opera House, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, La Scala Milan, New York, Lisbon, Oviedo, Paris, Amsterdam and with Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, and English National Opera. Festival appearances include Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, BBC Proms in London and Salzburg.
His appearances in oratorio and recital have taken him to concert halls all over the world including Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Neue Gewandhaus and Berlin's Philharmonie. He has given recitals in Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam, Israel, New York and London's Wigmore Hall with a variety of programmes, ranging from Elizabethan lute songs to new works commissioned for him.
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His belief in extending the counter-tenor repertoire has prompted new work to be composed for him by Richard Rodney Bennett, Alexander Goehr, Tan Dun, Anthony Powers, John Tavener, and Elvis Costello—amongst others. He sings regularly with the viol consort Fretwork, and recently toured with them to Japan and the United States.

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HANOVER – The University of New Hampshire hockey team had less than 24 hours to turn things around and atone for what was probably its worst performance of the season.
That was enough time for the Wildcats, who bounced back from a disappointing loss to intra-state Dartmouth with a 3-2 victory over Bemidji State in Monday's consolation game of the Ledyard National Bank Classic at Dartmouth's Thompson Arena.
It wasn't easy. After UNH gave up the tying goal midway through the third period, Trevor van Riemsdyk scored the game-winner goal at 2:08 of the overtime period on a slap shot from the point that beat goalie Matt Walsh through a screen.
UNH dropped a 4-1 decision to Dartmouth in Sunday's first round. In snapping a two-game losing streak Monday, the second-ranked-ranked Wildcats improved to 12-3-2.
"They played hard tonight," said UNH coach Dick Umile. "It would have been disappointing if we didn't win."
The Beavers of the WCHA, who lost to UMass in the first round, fell to 5-10-3. UNH rallied from a 1-0 deficit after falling behind early for the third straight game.
The Wildcats' fourth line of sophomores Jay Camper and Matt Willows and freshman Dan Correale played a key role in the win. Camper had a goal and an assist and Willows added two assists.
Both assisted on van Riemsdyk's goal with Camper winning the faceoff and Willows sending the puck back to the sophomore defenseman, whose hard shot helped the Wildcats salvage something from what was beginning to look like a lost weekend.
Van Riemsdyk also finished with a goal and an assist.
"(The effort was) definitely better tonight," van Riemsdyk said. "I thought we controlled the play a bit tonight. I thought (Sunday night) they took it to us and we made them look really good. We were slow and they were energized by that huge crowd. We knew (Sunday night) was unacceptable and we couldn't do that again, and we responded pretty well."
UNH led 2-1 at the end of two periods. The Wildcats took their first lead in three games when Camper scored his first goal of the season from in tight at 8:32 of the second period with assists going to Willows and defenseman Justin Agosta.
Camper, Willows and Correale were seeing their first action of the tournament after sitting out Sunday night's game against Dartmouth as healthy scratches.
Persistence by Bemidji's Jordan George made it 2-2 at 9:05 of the third period.
"Our fourth line played pretty well all night and we put them out there at the end," Umile said. "You've got to give them credit. They got a chance to play and they worked hard."
The teams were tied 1-1 after one period. For the third consecutive game the Wildcats fell behind early when the Beavers' all-freshmen fourth line scored on their first shot just 2:12 into the contest.
Markus Gerbrandt one-timed a short centering feed from Brad Robbins high into the cage to give Bemidji a 1-0 lead. The Beavers led UMass 2-0 after one period in a first-round game Sunday, but the Minutemen rallied with three goals in the second period to advance to Monday night's championship game against Dartmouth.
Trailing 1-0, UNH nearly tied it several minutes later but John Henrion's shot from the left circle during a Wildcat power play hit the post.
"The puck didn't bounce our way this weekend," Umile said. "We had our chances to put it away tonight and we didn't do it. Hopefully that doesn't come back to haunt you."
The Wildcats had another chance with the man advantage later in the period, and this time they capitalized when sophomore Grayson Downing scored his eighth goal of the season on a wrist from the right circle with 4:35 remaining in the first period. van Riemsdyk and Kevin Goumas assisted.
UNH outshot the Beavers in the first period, 11-4, and 36-20 overall.
"(Sunday night) was disappointing," Downing said. "Any time you play in the third-place game it's frustrating. We came out with a lot more compete than we did (Sunday)."
"It would have hurt," Umile said, "if we didn't pull that one out."
Bemidji State (5-9-3) 1 0 1 0 -- 2
First Period: Scoring: B-Gerbrandt (Robbins) 2:12; NH-Downing (van Riemsdyk, Goumas) 15:25 pp. Penalties: B-Prapavessis (tripping) 3:51; B-Brewer (hooking) 14:16.
Second Period: Scoring: NH-Camper (Willows, Agosta) 8:36. Penalties: NH-Kostolansky (cross-checking) 1:52.
Third Period: Scoring: B-George (McLeod, Orban) 9:05. Penalties: B-Illo (high-sticking) 10:18; B-Robbins (hooking) 12:42.
Overtime: Scoring: NH-van Riemsdyk (Willows, Camper) 2:08. Penalties: None.
Goalies: B-Walsh (33 saves on 6 shots); NH-DeSmith (18 saves, 20 shots).
Attendance: 2,365
Wildcats beat Bemidji in OT
HANOVER – The University of New Hampshire hockey team had less than 24 hours to turn things around and atone for what was probably its worst performance of the season.


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Warn the Village
After the cutscene, grab a horse as Kaniehi:io instructs and follow her to warn your village. During the ride there, you will be ambushed by a bunch of Bluecoats. Your horse will be shot, this cannot be prevented. Do your best to keep Kaniehi:io alive to continue with the mission. Once they're all dead, new horses will be provided and Kaniehi:io will guide you to the village.
After the cutscenes have ended, the village will be attacked by many Bluecoats. There is no special objective other than to defend the village. Stick by Kaniehi:io as you hack and kill many Bluecoats until King Washington arrives. When you are prompted to kill the Mad Kind George, fear not if you feel like you're doing a bad job. You weren't meant to kill him, yet. He is too powerful.
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Guard thy-selves in armor, for it is time to make haste and travel to the land of floating sky castles on a Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. Yes, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is no longer a quest for merely those graced with closed beta access. Starting today, the action RPG has lowered its draw bridge and challenged everyone to invade each others halls and pillage the goods within.
The open beta for The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot marks the end of a fairly lengthy closed beta in which Ubisoft made a surprisingly large amount of changes based on player feedback. In fact the open beta adds some of the largest changes the game has seen in recent months. With the open beta now underway players have been treated to an all new Open Creation system used in planning the defense of their castle. Previously, castles had several restrictions which capped players on how many minions they could place in one area or how close traps could be to one another. Using the new Open Creation system, Ubisoft says these changes will "minimize barriers on your creativity, and let your imagination become the only limit".
Ubisoft has also added a few IQ points to the castle's creatures. Creatures are now susceptible to their master's own traps and will actively attempt to avoid them. They will also attempt run in order to heal before returning to the fight. These changes make stacking large amounts of fire traps in one area particularly dangerous for nearby creatures creatures which will add a new layer of strategy when crafting your defense. Players will also be required to defeat their own castle before they can finalize the design, ensuring each person's castle remains beatable.
Players can choose from four characters to plunder with including The Runaway who became available in the open beta. The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is available to download through Steam with more information regarding the open beta changes found here.


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What skiers and riders should know about backcountry access
If you're thinking about ducking a rope for that untouched powder, think again. You're risking more than just a ski pass. The rules and ordinances that regulate backcountry use in Tahoe's South Shore aren't as clear cut as the ropes that designate a ski area's boundary. Since consequences vary depending on which side of Stateline you're on, it's important to know the terrain, current conditions and county ordinances. Fact number oneThe ski company can and will pull your pass if you're caught cutting a rope into the backcountry. "If we see someone duck a rope, we're definitely going to have a conversation … There's a reason we have backcountry gates. They're set up based on demand and an agreement between the Forest Service and the resort," Heavenly Mountain Resort General Manager Pete Sonntag said Friday. The ski resorts operate on U.S. Forest Service land. Irate taxpayers might contend that the resort can't limit access to public property, but it's not an argument that holds water, according to El Dorado County Search and Rescue Lead Coordinator Greg Almos. Forest Service concessionaires set their own regulations and can prohibit people from ducking a rope to go out of bounds, he said. Heavenly employees have already pulled two passes for the season, suspended 98 more and given 578 warnings. Sonntag cited crossing into closed terrain and reckless behavior on the slopes as the main reasons why skiers and riders lose their privileges. People can access the backcountry through designated gates placed around the resort that funnel recreationists to safe locations. What the gates don't do is provide current information or avalanche conditions, Douglas County Search & Rescue Senior Operations Leader Shaun Thomas said. "People who are participating in backcountry should always go with someone and they should always have a plan," Thomas said. Fact number twoWhile El Dorado County does not currently have an ordinance that penalizes ducking a rope, law enforcement could pursue negligence charges depending on the situation. Almos said county officials discussed passing an ordinance that would have prohibited skiers and riders from cutting a rope to access the backcountry with a ski lift. Another option would have pulled the ski resort boundary in by 10 feet, enabling law enforcement to penalize people for entering that 10-foot closed area — not the backcountry. Both ordinances have stalled partly because of recent low-snow years, Almos said. "It's very political. We don't want to put fear into people so they don't call. We're not trying to come in and say you can't take advantage of those opportunities. If you know how to recreate safely in the backcountry, we want to encourage that," he said. It is a misdemeanor in the California penal code to cut a rope to access a closed ski area trail. If Heavenly closes Gunbarrel, El Dorado County law enforcement can issue a citation to anyone who ducks that rope, Almos said. Fact number threeIt is against county ordinance to cut a rope to access the backcountry on the Nevada side of Stateline. "If you go under a barrier outside the designated ski area, you're violating the law," Douglas County Sheriff's Office Capt. Joe Duffy said. Skiers and riders who are caught in violation of that ordinance can be fined $110 and cited for a misdemeanor, Duffy said. And if they're caught on the backside of Kingsbury —where private property abuts the ski area boundary — they could face trespassing charges, SAR leader Thomas said. The county typically hands out about six citations per year to people who disobey closures to access the backcountry. The search-and-rescue team will conduct up to 30 rescues per season for people who cut ropes and end up stranded in a canyon or floundering in deep snow, Thomas said. "I think having a citation is to show people to follow the rules and be prepared. But we definitely don't want people not calling. Skiers and riders get stranded, they sit down, give up and they could die," he said.


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Pollen analysis - Montady (F-34), L'Etang de Montady
Naturel site: drilling. 10 palynological samples + 1 radiocarbon dating. Archaeological site of Ensérune (34). All of the remaining samples analysed by Sébastien Guillon.
Pollen analysis - Plancher-les-Mines (F-70), Peat bog du Rosely
Natural site: peat bog. 64 palynological samples + 6 radiocarbon datings. The results are difficult to interpret due to a possible inversion of a core depth levels.
Pollen analysis - Chaffois (F-25), Les Barbouillons
Natural site, peat bog. 77 palynological samples.
EBSD mapping of shear zones strain gradient - deformation mechanisms
Objective : characterize the deformation mechanisms and the crystallographic fabrics within homogeneously deformed granitic samples.
EBSD mapping of brittle shear zones precursors
Objective : microtextural characterization within a shear zone brittle precursor
EBSD mapping of shear zones strain gradient - seismic anisotropy
Objective : calculate the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of each mineral phase in order to rebuild the elastic properties of the polyminéralic aggregates.
Microprobe analysis on a brittle shear zone precursor
Objective : compare the chemical compositions of minerals within the brittle precursor and in the host rock.
Piezometric monitoring in soils of the Clauge catchment area (Chaux forest, Jura)
Long-term piezometric monitoring in soils of the Clauge catchment area (Chaux forest, Jura) in different topographical positions.
Quantitative X-ray mapping of brittle shear zones precursors
Objective : characterize the chemical zonings in plagioclase and garnet related to fluid-rock interactions within a shear zone precursor
CARPODATA : archaeobotany database
CARPODATA database allows the storage and retrieval of all raw data related to the archaeobotanical analyses (plant macro-remains) of archaeological sites.
Continuous regional climate change projection for France
This data-set concerns the regionalization at 12km resolution of the two Radiative Pathways Projection RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 simulated by the CCSM4 Earth System Model. This dynamic downscaling experiment uses the ARW/WRF model version 3.8.1 run in climate mode. The simulation were conducted by the CRC ...
AGAM : archaeobotany database
La base de données AGAM, permet de stocker et de retrouver l'intégralité de données brutes en rapport avec les analyses carpologiques (macro-restes végétaux fossiles) des sondages archéologiques intra- et extra-sites d'habitat.
Geochemical data on rainfall and groundwater at Douala (Cameroon)
Stable isotopes (oxygen-18 and deuterium) data on rainfall at monthly and daily scales at Douala. Concerning groundwater, there is two sets of data: one on water stable isotopes (oxygen-18 and deuterium) and another one on major ion chemistry.
Satellite images of cloud types products in West Africa from March to August in 2017
It is products developped by Meteo France through the SAF application, showing the types of clouds in function of their elevation.
Pollen analysis - Mondelange (F-57), rue de Metz
4 palynological samples from two Roman wells.
Pollen analysis - Bouverans (F-25), L'entonnoir
Natural site: lake. Lake bottom sampling during the 2018 drought. 9 palynological samples.
Pollen analysis - Rochefort (Suisse, Neuchâtel), Cotencher Cave
10 palynological samples taken from lower levels (older than 72,000 years). Partly sterile or very corrosive. Interesting presence of hornbeam (Carpinus) mixed with steppics in a sample.
GNSS time-series on 6 sites in the French JURA arc, located taking into account a tectonic-neotectonic strategy. The GPS-JURA network is integrated in the French national RENAG network (CNRS-INSU) for research geodesy.
Pollen analysis - Trizac (F-15), Tronque peat bog
Natural site: peat bog. 16 palynological samples in 2019. 3 radiocarbon datings. Palynological tests positive. The last six millennia. Worth re-analyzing with a tighter sampling step and new dates.
Pollen analysis - Sciez (F-74), Chemin de la Renouillère
Archaeologiocal site. Plain in edge of a lake. 4 palynological samples.
Pollen analysis - Dizy (Suisse, Vaud), En Delèze
Two series of pollen analyses at En Delèze, Dizy. Natural site: peat bog. Series 1: Samples from three trenches (M20, M25 et M80) Series 2: Drilling with a mechanized Russian core (DZ6) All together, 289 samples analysed and 18 14C dates.
Pollen analysis - Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (F-26), 28 avenue de la Forge, calcareous tuff
A single palynological sample from a layer of calcareous tuff. Sterile.
Pollen analysis - Siracusa (Sicile, Italie), Aqueduc du Galermi
A single palynological sample from carbonates in a Roman aqueduct. Poor but exploitable.
Pollen analysis - Saint Benoît (F-86), Pièces de la Chaume, carbonates from a Gallo-Roman aqueduct
Two palynological samples taken from a carbonate inking in the Gallo-Roman aqueduct of Poitiers. Poor.
Pollen analysis - Fontenu (F-39), Lac de Chalain, Station 3 (calage 14C)
Neolithic lake dwelling. 4 palynological samples.


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What are the risks?
Many illegal abortions are unsafe and are carried out without proper information, resulting in women getting infections or other complications. Because women often don't dare to go to the hospital, treatments are often too late.
Therefore, it is important to follow our instructions carefully and seek medical advice as soon as possible in case of any of the following:
Heavy bleeding
- Symptom: Bleeding that lasts for more than 2 hours and soaks more than 2 maxi sanitary pads per hour. Feeling dizzy or light-headed can be a sign of too much blood loss. This is dangerous to your health and must be treated by a doctor.
- Treatment: a vacuum aspiration (curettage). Very rarely (less than 0.2%) a blood transfusion is needed. When available, a woman should start taking 2 misoprostol under the tongue immediately at home before going to the hospital. For these cases it is advisable always to have 2 extra tablets of misoprostol available.
Incomplete abortion
- Symptoms: heavy or persistent bleeding and/or persistent severe pain.
- Treatment: a vacuum aspiration (curettage),or 2 tablets of misoprostol under the tongue during half an hour (WHO). In case of any doubts, or heavy clinical signs please have a check up with a doctor.
- Symptom: If you have a fever (more than 38 degrees Celsius) for more than 24 hours, or you have a fever of more than 39 degrees, there might be an infection that needs treatment.
- Treatment: antibiotics and/or vacuum aspiration.
If you think you might have a complication you should go to a doctor immediately. If you live in a place where abortion is a crime and you don't have doctor you trust, you can still access medical care. You do not have to tell the medical staff that you tried to induce an abortion; you can tell them that you had a spontaneous miscarriage. Doctors have the obligation to help in all cases.
The symptoms are exactly the same and the doctor will not be able to see or test for any evidence of an abortion, as long as the pills have completely dissolved. If you took the pills vaginally, you must check with your finger to make sure that they are dissolved. Traces of the pills may be found in the vagina up to four days after inserting them.


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Leonid Kvasnikov
Leonid Romanovich Kvasnikov (2 June 1905 – 15 October 1993) was a KGB official. He graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Machine-Building in 1934 and worked as an engineer in a chemical plant for several years in the Gorsky region. He continued postgraduate engineering studies and joined the KGB in 1938 as a specialist in scientific-technical intelligence. Beginning in 1939 he was the section head of scientific and technical intelligence. Kvasnikov served a few short-term assignments in Germany and Poland and rising swiftly to become deputy chief and then chief of the KGB scientific intelligence section. Kvasnikov was known for his high professional level, and for his fundamental understanding of the problems of scientific and technical intelligence.
In 1940, Kvasnikov was one of the first Soviet agents to begin to investigate ongoing efforts to develop an atomic bomb. He had noticed that British, American, and German scientists who had regularly published their findings on uranium and related atomic research had ceased to publish. Kvasnikov supervised the initial KGB penetration of the British and American atomic bomb projects and in 1943 went to New York under diplomatic cover as the deputy of the Rezident. Under his management, the Soviets obtained the most important materials regarding atomic energy and its use for military purposes, and also the information and equipment models on questions of aviation, chemistry, medicine.
On his return to Moscow in 1945 Kvasnikov became deputy division head of scientific and technical intelligence, and in 1947 it headed the division until his resignation in 1963. Attained the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of Lenin, twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, twice the Order of the Red Star, and other medals the Soviet Union.
- Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press (1999).


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Drowned in Sound Recordings is very excited and proud to formally announce that Brett Anderson has signed to our independent record label.
To celebrate, we've got ten tickets to his sold-out-in-less-than-five-minutes, before-we-could-announce-them shows at Bush Hall, London. The dates for the diaries: March 5th, 6th and 7th. Click here to add a date to your gig calendar.
The self-titled debut solo album by the former Suede front man is released on March 26th via Drowned in Sound Recordings. Preceding the album is the single 'Love Is Dead', released on March 12th.
Talking about the album Brett reveals "In the past I've hidden behind characterization and vignette but I've not done that here. Essentially I have taken a knife to myself and am showing the world my insides. The songs are a comment on how I really feel, whether it be the death of my dad, my hatred of consumerism or just the loneliness of life."
The album was co-produced by Fred Ball, who also uses the nom-de-plume Pleasure; he recently released a single, 'Back To You', featuring Brett on vocals. Brett commented on this track on his messageboard, saying:
"Before the inevitable cries of 'Why isn't 'Back To You' on the album?', I will tell you the story. When I first started working with Fred, the intention was to write for his new Pleasure record. Then we wrote 'Love Is Dead' and a handful of other gems and I got greedy and said I wanted to make a solo album with these songs. Making the album was a hugely enjoyable experience but inevitably, like anything worthwhile, fucking hard work. At the end of it I thought the least I could do was to offer this song to Fred for his record."
To win one of five pairs of tickets and a copy of the Pleasure single, simply send a DiS private message (you must be signed up) to the competitions user (click here) with the answer to this question:
Can you name three other acts on Drowned in Sound Recordings?
Winners will be notified via private message on Wednesday 21st February. Editor's decision is final.
To keep up to date with news from Brett, subscribe to his blog. To hear an acoustic version of 'Love Is Dead', check out Brett's newly launched MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/brettandersonofficial. The first track from the album will go up on MySpace on Friday. Check out a feature on Brett in Sunday's Observer Music Monthly.


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Clicking through my Facebook friends, one could be forgiven for assuming I do a lot of socializing at preschools. One would be wrong, of course: the truth is that countless of my pals have replaced their profile pics with snaps of their wee ones; their status updates with diaper-status updates. Continuing along, one might also assume that, somewhere in my travels, I infiltrated a tribe of Carrie Bradshaw clones: beautiful, successful folks living the life, traveling to important places to do important things, wearing fabulous clothes while hanging out with fabulous people.
On the surface (and what is Facebook if not surface?), everyone's having a dandy time living the lives they chose. Which is dandy. But how real is it?
We'll come back to that. First, though, let's take a look at an interesting piece on Salon.com entitled "How Facebook can affirm a woman's singlehood." In it, Tracy Clark-Flory makes the point that, for many women, spying on their married-and-mommied friends via the 'book makes them feel validated to have put career first. Here's a bit:
My friend Katherine is successful, dynamic, and fiercely intelligent–but, unmarried and childless at 32, she feels pressure from some to hurry up and achieve something that really matters: settling down and having kids. There is nothing new about a woman wondering if she's sacrificed her love life for her career–but what is new is how Facebook is allowing these women to compare how their life choices have panned out with those of their peers, and sometimes it's actually validating.
Katherine recently told me, 'I go on there and I see these beautiful, intelligent women that I grew up with and they're all married to these accountant types who wear polos and golf on the weekends. Yes, they have kids, a home and a husband — but it just looks so painfully, unbearably boring.' Granted the whole truth is that she also sometimes feels jealousy — for instance, when a friend who is married with a baby posts about 'drinking a glass of wine and eating oysters with her husband at their cute house with the bathroom they just remodeled themselves.'
…Despite all the choices available to women today, many still fret that in putting their career first and worrying about marriage and kids later they will ultimately miss out on the latter. There is a biological reality behind those concerns, but there are also plenty of cultural myths and trumped-up anxiety — the lonely cat lady who dies without anyone noticing and ends up being eaten by her hungry companion, for example — that serve as cautionary tales. The warning, of course, is that we will be punished for being too ambitious and going against our basic nature. Given the high stakes, it's no surprise that this often leads to comparison and competition — and Facebook serves as a virtual looking glass through which to explore the path not taken.
So interesting isn't it, how even here, life is presented as either-or for women. One path or the other. Career or love. Driven or domesticated. And if that's the case, no wonder we have such a hard time making the choices that will take us down one road or another: they mean too much. And they're too narrow. What if we want some of one, but more of the other? Where's the profile for that?
And speaking of profiles, perhaps all of this angst–and uncertainty–over whether or not we're making the right choices is why we're so compelled to present ourselves so charmingly. We all have doubts. Do you think Katherine's oyster-eating DIY couple posted the fact that they nearly killed each other while drywalling their new commode? Or the flipside:
'Here I am, sitting in traffic, getting home to my tiny one-bedroom apartment, and eating macaroni and cheese after an 11-hour work day,' [Katherine] says. 'But I don't post things about traffic, or sitting in my pajamas watching 'Top Chef' on Facebook! I write status updates about attending premiere parties and meticulously select profile pictures. I have to believe it's all relative.'
Of course it is. Women today have every choice–and every one of us is, at some point or another, terrified we've made the wrong ones. Is it any wonder, then, that we treat our public personas like we might a disssertation: something we must present and defend? Here is my choice, and look how great it is! I have achieved the American Dream–witness husband and spawn! Or: I'm single and successful and fancy-free–witness the world travels and amazing fun! When in reality, of course, both are bullshit. Because life is life and it's fabulous at times and at other times there are diapers to change or douchebags to date, and either way there's bills to pay… But just because we've come up against yet another dirty diaper–or douchebag–does not mean we chose wrong.


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i'm not sure where i came across this out there on the web,
but it is a sweet, touching love letter,
written by former President Ronald Reagan to
his wife, Nancy Reagan.
they always said theirs was a great love story.
if this letter is any indication, i would have to agree.
(i KNEW i liked that man!:)
here's the letter...
the writing is kind of small so i'll re-write it for you.
"My Darling Wife,
This note is to warn you of a diabloical plot entered into by some of our so called friends (ha!), calender makers and even some of our own children. These and others would have you believe we've been maried 20 years.
20 minutes maybe......but never 20 years. In the first place, it is a known fact that a human cannot sustain the high level of happiness I feel for more than a few minutes......and my happiness keeps increasing.
I will confess to one puzzlement but I'm sure it is first some trick perpetrated by our friends (Ha again!) I can't remember ever being without you and I know I was born more than 20 min. ago.
Oh well......that isn't important. The important thing is I don't want to be without you for the next 20 years, or 40, or however many there are. I've gotten very used to being happy and I love you very much indeed.
Your Husband of 20 something or other."
so SWEET.
a real life love story.
that's it for today, my shabby friends.
still waiting on news of my Dad.
thank you so much to all of you who have contacted me
and to those of you who popped in for a visit and took the time
to say a prayer for him.


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Rehabbing Niese 'ready' to return to Mets' rotation
NEW YORK -- When the Mets envision a rotation of the future, Jonathon Niese certainly figures into the plans. At just 26, the starting pitcher was New York's Opening Day starter -- the ace in a time before Matt Harvey was the essence of dominance that he's become.
An injury has derailed the left-hander as the rest of the rotation's future has emerged in his absence. Rookie Zack Wheeler debuted three days before Niese went on the disabled list with a rotator cuff injury, and Jenrry Mejia has recaptured some of the brilliance he briefly displayed as a rookie.
Niese said he "should be ready for Sunday" to rejoin that bunch after making a final rehab appearance with Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday. The starting pitcher tossed five innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four in a win over Double-A Altoona.
"Each one of my rehab starts have felt pretty strong," Niese said. "Velocity's been back, and the command, for the most part, has been where I wanted it."
The Mets have still not announced a starter for Sunday's series finale against the Diamondbacks, but manager Terry Collins indicated on Tuesday that if all went well in Niese's rehab start he would likely return for that series.
As for whether he'll be at full strength remains another question. The lefty has been on the disabled list since June 21 with a partial tear of his left rotator cuff. He threw 80 pitches in his final rehab start and said he should be good to throw about 95 in his next outing, though he could potentially top the 100-pitch plateau.
"We'd like to get him to where 80 and 90 would be easy," Collins said, "so therefore you've got to condition the arm to be able to throw 100 or more."
Niese said his injury likely won't be totally healed until the offseason, when he'll "have the time to take to heal it." It won't change his offseason program at all, and it won't change the way New York handles him too much. The club will keep a closer eye on him but would like to get him back to that 100-pitch ability.
"We try to take care of all our pitchers," Collins said. "And obviously, as the game goes on -- as the game gets deeper -- we'll make sure that if there's any signs of fatigue, any signs of dropping his arm, those types of things where it looks like his shoulder's getting tired, we'll be on top of that."


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text: Dvorák#s Violin Concerto was composed between 1879 and 1882, with the active assistance of Joseph Joachim, and was issued by the publisher Fritz Simrock, Berlin in 1883. Its premiere took place in October of that same year with Frantisek Ondrícek as soloist. This new Urtext edition is based on the first edition (score, solo violin part, piano reduction and orchestral parts). It also takes Dvorák#s autograph which served as a master copy for the engraving into consideration. A fresh assessment of Dvorák#s manuscript made it possible to reconstruct several variants ignored in the first and subsequent editions and to clarify ambiguities in the notation and articulation. An important component of our Urtext edition is the original piano reduction, which probably stems from Dvorák himself, and in which Joseph Joachim#s fingering is published.


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Jonathan Martin's quest to earn spot with 49ers begins
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jonathan Martin returned to practice this week for the San Francisco 49ers after missing more than three weeks recovering from a of mononucleosis.
Martin returned to the practice field Monday and has been taking part in organized team activities on the field for the first time with his new team.
MORE: Martin taunts LeBron James
"It felt good out there," Martin said Tuesday. "Just trying to get my timing back. It felt good to be back out there with my teammates and get this offense down."
Martin took part in the early portion of the offseason program before coming down with the viral infection just before the start of OTAs. He lost about 12 pounds because of the illness and spent last week trying to regain his strength.
"I just have to get back in shape," he said. "The biggest thing is timing, getting your hands down and footwork back. I lost a little bit of weight. That's what I worked on last week."
Martin spent most of his time Tuesday working as a backup right tackle. He is also seeing time at left tackle and could get a look at guard as he tries to earn a spot as a reserve offensive lineman in San Francisco.
The transition to a new team has been helped by Martin's familiarity with coach Jim Harbaugh's offense, having played for him in college. Martin also played on a West Coast-based offense with Miami
"We have a lot of plays," he said. "It's been good. There are only so many plays in football. It's just getting the language down, the calls, the adjustments and different looks."
Martin was traded from the Dolphins to the Niners in mid-March, providing him with a new start after his departure from Miami last October. He accused teammate Richie Incognito of bullying in a scandal that overshadowed the franchise's 8-8 season.
An NFL investigation determined Incognito and two other Dolphins offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of Martin. Incognito was then suspended and missed the final eight games.
Martin praised the locker room culture in San Francisco, calling it a "great environment" where players take care of each other.
The NFL is traveling around the league to meet with all 32 teams this offseason to stress anti-bullying. The Niners will have their presentation next week.
"I think it will be a good discussion," Harbaugh said. "I look forward to it. I don't think it will hurt and I'm sure it will help."


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Hello Good people who read this blog
(there may be some editorial mistakes I missed still swimming about)
( this post is very long to save your eyes from going funny copy it & print it!)
I am still coming down from the high of going to Solfest where although there were some initial stresses a thoroughly good time was enjoyed by myself and my companions.
You just can't beat Solfest as a small friendly creative festival. It has no pretentions of grandeur it is what it is like most of the festival attendees it's simply there being alternative, subversive, artistic, musical and just a having bloody good time . It doesn't need to do any social climbing or promote itself.
It sold out but it doesn't sell out to corporate nonsense or music biz nonsense.
The clips I put up were made by other people I was too busy enjoying myself to film anything!
This is the Human Jukebox you have to put a pound and they will play what you chose!
The Journey to Solfest
Although my son decided to travel from London up to the festival some 10 million miles away in a small car containing 4 blokes, 4 different types of guitar, a mixer, a saxophone, computers, a keyboard and 4 tents, 4 rucksacks and probably more. I decided to travel up the easy way by train and was due to borrow one of the lad's guitars to perform as I couldn't carry mine along with everything else.
I have a lot of respect for any festival that puts on a free bus from the local train station and no respect for those who don't! We all need to be green and some of us don't drive. There was a lot of traffic trying to get into the festival and our friendly patient minibus driver took us through the lake district on a detour to avoid congestion he then took me and a couple of others near the artist's gate which I was very grateful for.
There were a few teething problems on the Friday at The Chill-Out (Dogs in Space) stage jointly organised by Michael Dog of Megadog and Fred of SPACED which was where I was due to camp and perform. I think there were gremlins at work either that or just the heavy rain. The power was failing frequently all evening leaving punters in the dark and with acts having to start and stop, plus there were sound problems with feedback when anyone used a microphone onstage and other technical problems with speakers and then with the generator but the vibe was still good. Thanks to the hard work and brainpower of the crew the many various difficulties were all sorted out by Saturday . I was due to perform the next day at Saturday lunchtime and didn't really start to relax and enjoy myself fully until after my gig.
Another creative lunatic from Solfest this year!
Never lend a guitar to a man at a festival (even if it's Bob Dylan wanting try out his new song)
I got up Saturday around 11a.m. after a couple of hours sleep , being camped backstage is great in many ways but you have to be able to sleep through the universal "doof-doof-doof-dum dum doof-doof-doof etc…" from the Dance Tent combined with the much quieter all night djs in the Chill Out tent and louder than both of these were the bass lines bursting out from the Disco Fromage nearby.
Subsequent nights I slept fine with some well placed earplugs and an extra layer of clothing to keep me warm in bed.
I had my pre-gig nerves but knew these could be handled if I followed my plan to rehearse alone and spend some quiet time to relax before going on. But hey, it's a festival… I should have known better than expect anything to go to plan!
I borrowed a six string acoustic guitar from one of the two Hamishes resident at the Chill-Out tent.
I started to rehearse backstage with a bit of an audience and this poet who was also about to go stage just before me wanted to play me a song and said he was going to use the guitar onstage. He was a nice guy and in spite of the fact that I soon wanted to garrotte him with a guitar string in a very unhippie way I am sure he is still a very nice guy.
I reluctantly handed him the guitar and to cut a very long story short this was a big mistake. He kept telling me that if I was nervous I had to do this breathing exercise and trying to persuade me to do this exercise while simultaneously breaking the strings on the guitar one by one. Then he was rushing off to get another string to put it on and then telling me to do the breathing exercise again for my nerves, then showing me how to put on a guitar string ( as if I didn't know how to do this after putting them for myself for 35 years) and each time he would snap the string again. Somehow he got through two spare sets of guitar strings. He would not let me or the owner of the guitar have it back as he was deeply apologetic and was adamant he would fix it himself.
I lost count of how many strings he broke after 4 or 5 I could no longer stand watching him and was frantically going up to random people asking them to lend me an acoustic guitar as I was about to play on stage. Eventually he found a replacement guitar for us ( thanks to Blenkie the owner of said guitar) but I decided I'd had enough and was not going to risk any more damage. In a very unhippie way, I grabbed the guitar and made a mad dash off with it while the poet was still telling me to do this breathing exercise to calm my nerves.
The adrenaline from stage nerves , the string breaking incident plus some feedback problems on stage meant my performance had a few mistakes in it but no one seemed to notice and it went well, the lovely people at Solfest came up to me throughout the festival to say they enjoyed it.
I sincerely hope to play there again and other festivals but with my own guitar which will be kept hidden from poets.
Doof! (Mr Psik)
Some of the people I met
Here is one of the enthusiastic and vibrant people I met and saw perform Buntyface in the Chill-Out tent this year but this footage is from the previous year…need to feed my brain now…
All the people I met at Solfest were friendly and approachable although a minority were too out of it to really communicate including one old hippie complete with hippie hat who came into the Chill-Out tent and played with the decor of dangling shiny silver threads in the middle of the tent then proceeded to climb on the tables and fall on people, another old drunken hippie was shouting "What about me?" to various people very loudly during a film and I also saw a steward crawling into a speaker under the stage to pass out from the evening's excesses ( I checked to see that he was still breathing). But generally speaking people were able to hold full conversations and/or dance wildly to the proceedings.
Various people made an impression on me for instance I was chatting to a singer the same age as me. She said she wouldn't even bother with women who lied about their age that it was a kind of dishonesty , that she was proud of who she was and that her age meant she was able to give advice to people. She was a (young) grandmother and proud of it. She also had a disability which meant she had to take very strong painkillers every four hours, even in the middle of the night or be in such pain that she would pass out and needed a special kind of bed to sleep in. This woman was performing in a band and camping at a festival. She also had a varied lovelife. I suddenly felt that there were no excuses not to live your life fully no matter what your circumstances and to wear your age with pride.
I was also impressed by a woman working at "The Camel's Arse"café one morning. She was single-handedly taking a constant stream of orders, dealing with the money and calling out people's names when their meals were ready. She was clearly exhausted and stressed and yet she had a smile on her face illustrated with facepaints and greeted each customer with a welcoming cheerful tone that warranted a medal.
The Saturday fancy-dress code enabled people to be endlessly inventive. There were hundreds of interesting costumes for instance in our tent I saw someone dressed as a whoopie cushion, a couple of dominos danced with a pack of fascinated little children while a Big Friendly Giant on stilts scared them a bit.
Outside at night I saw an incredible sight. Four illuminated people on bicycles. Each bike and rider covered with carefully placed fairy lights, each a seperate colour, they were spectacular when they cycled in the darkness.
Loads of men in drag, usually the butch macho men.
Outside the Chill-Out tent I shared a fag with "Martin" and "Amy", two bumbling drunk hairy macho scousers with big black wigs, mini skirts ( frequently falling down and needing to be pulled up again), and make-up plastered on their face. One of them staggered up to me and asked if I had any crack cocaine. I was a bit taken aback until I realised he was "in character" and was pretending to be Amy Winehouse. He showed me his tattoos on one bicep he had a delicatedly drawn diagram of male sexual equipment and on the other a more scrawled "BLAKE". "Martin" who I suggested should be called "Martina" was well over six foot tall . He asked me if I liked his make up as he had spent hours getting ready. I looked up at his face, his crimson lipstick was not just on his lips but also plastered all around his stubbly face along with eyeliner that was also heftily and precariously applied. I just looked at him and laughed. They ranted about how they had left their wives and children and were going to have the operation and other things. Everything they said and did made me laugh. I told them they made a great double act and should be onstage. Martin responded "You haven't seen us together in bed yet" the image was too much for my mind to cope with.
The "Dogs in Space"crew were great too and I had many rambling and bizarre conversations with them at all times of day and night, I already knew most of them some being part of the family past or present.
Here is a clip of the Chill-Out tent at night taken by Michael although it was a lot brighter than this in real life! ( I am hoping he won't mind me linking it up here but I don't think he will. Go to Michael Dog's myspace
for more photos of Solfest 2008 and another video of daytime in the chill-out tent!)
Some of the acts I enjoyed
In terms of entertainment I missed a lot of it because there was simply so much going on and I was spending most of my time at the "Dogs in Space" tent. I still have not attended a Solfest workshop or other activities such as sauna etc..
At the Chill-Out ( Dogs in Space) tent there was a huge variety of acts going on and it was very different to the previous year. The tent ran 24 hours a day and ended at 8 a.m. Monday morning so there was room for variety.
They had acoustic bands with harps, hurdy gurdies, jazz, singer-songwriters, djs, vjs, experimental electronica bands, films, poetry, weird jams, hip-hop rapping and probably more that I missed. Hosted by Michael Dog and assisted by Len from Needle and Thread not forgetting the invaluable input of the second Hamish and sound engineer Matt both great characters.
Some of my favourite acts from the "Dogs in Space" tent included……..
The 2.2 killaVolt Cables whose beautiful melodic electronica that can be listened to lying down or when dancing. In their spare time they also put on shows with a dance company from the Laban School in London.
To listen to their music check out their myspace : http://www.myspace.com/twopointtwokv
I also greatly enjoyed an extended set from the Bonsai Big Band from South London. Their brand of nu- jazz was immaculately performed and structured in sections like a symphony with layer upon layer of tastily textured instrumental lines.
I missed Mixmorris Morris' set as he was on in the middle of the night but had a chat with him and hope to see him again. He said he'd been in Canada and Japan djing recently and he was very excited to tell me that he had sung with a band his own songs at The Big Chill Festival earlier this summer. It was the first time he had sung on stage for years. He looked well and relaxed.
I also enjoyed hearing the acoustic guitar virtuosity of Hamish Meany ( whose guitar was trashed by a poet and who drove half the performers 10 million miles up to the festival).
The cheerful jazz showtunes of Tres Fez fronted by the talented Helen Maher ( singer and accordion player)
and more….
I didn't visit the Drystone Stage ( Acoustic Music) much. This was because I spend a lot of time in acoustic clubs performing or listening to acoustic music and I wanted a break from it. However you can listen to a podcast of some of the performers by copying and pasting this link:
I was also not in the mood for dancing as my legs were tired so I didn't venture too far into the Disco Fromage or the Dance Tent.
However I was unexpectedly taken backstage into the Dance Tent and sat on a metal box onstage behind Michael (Dog of Megadog ) while he did his set. The sound wasn't too loud through the on stage monitors and I was able to rest my legs and enjoy the music and the spectacular lightshow/projections. God I sound like I'm 100 years old. Some really mad band went on after him and I danced a bit to that. Sorry that is such a brief and sedentary review of the Dance Tent!
On the Main stage I saw a bit of Supergrass , a bit of Alabama 3 , a bit of Dreadzone.
My favourite acts included the very manic folk/rockabilly/ska Black Velvet Band. Although there was an embarrassing moment when the over-energetic lead singer said " This next song is the story of a virgin and a ( something or other)…Are there any virgins out in the audience?"
Then he looked down as there were about 20 or 30 little girls and boys dancing right in front of the stage and said . "..except for you of course" .
Oh how I cringed on his behalf! * (see comment by Louis of The Black Velvet Band below this post)
I also very much enjoyed dancing to the mute Bikini Beach Band who dressed in orange costumes, fez hats and shades played a variety of pop tunes re-arranged in ace surf music style and accompanied by two Hawaiian grass-skirted dancers.
On the Bar Stage I went to see The Hamsters but arrived just in time to hear them say a final " Thank you and Goodnight". Still I can go see them back in London at the Half Moon in Putney where they play the last Saturday of every month.
I saw a couple of mad heavy rock bands that made me laugh, cheered me up and made me realise I'm not that good a guitar player and should learn more.
Firstly a band called "Off the Hook" with an impressive over-the-top lead singer and frontman with a wrestler's demeanour, stomping about the stage like a stormtrooper hitting cymbals attached to the microphone stand aggressively. He also took the bass player by surprise hitting him between the legs with his drumstick. (This sounds rude but it wasn't, it was just bonkers.)
The final act on the Bar Stage was just so entertaining I've saved writing about them until last.
Forget MOTORHEAD, forget BLACK SABBATH, forget "The Darkness" ( who? they were easily forgotten) for now we have a band who not only are Motorhead and Sabbath rolled into one but they can turn any pop tune into a heavy metal epic.They're bloody good musicians and hilarious too.
I am speaking of a band who are the new Spinal Tap and Bad News but more inventive.( they might even be as good as Bludgen..seeThe Chainsaw Party (still feeling guilty about this)
This is a band descended from Vikings (having emigrated to Newcastle) known as "AROCKALYPSE NOW".
Here is a clip from their Rockumentary the full thing is up on youtube ( starting off with a cover of a "Bad News" song and then to disco hit "You Spin Me Right Round")
On Sunday night I had left my son and his friend dancing at the Disco Fromage as I wanted to go hear some live music.
I then came across the fabulous "Arockalypse Now" doing a heavy metal version of " Play That Funky Music White Boy" on the Bar Stage and it was so good that I ran back down the hill and dragged them off the illuminated dance floor saying "I'm taking you to a higher place where you can both dance and hear good live music". ( or something less dramatic but it doesn't sound as good).
They were persuaded and when we got there they were not disappointed. The audience were going completely berserk dancing and headbanging carried away by the passion and lunacy of the performers on the stage. Some people behind me were all dancing while holding up a carpet, it was mad. They played a number of tunes including codpiece Cameo's "Word Up". The thing is the quality of the musicianship and how they arranged the songs was just amazing. If they were in London I'd go and see them every Saturday night to shrug off the stresses of the week.
Here is a clip of them at Solfest doing "The Final Countdown" but it's not as great as I remembered at the time. I think being far away from the stage , poor sound quality and not being actually there in the drunken crowd has a lot to do with it.
Check out their myspace site…. http://http://www.myspace.com/arockalypsenow
(they do a great version of Ziggy Stardust).
Love and peace
(Undercover Hippie tempted to start headbanging again)
(My thanks to Michael for "strongly suggesting" I play in the Chill-Out tent and putting me on his artist list and to Len (for strongly accepting the suggestion))


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After Friday's storm, I've had enough excitement for the season. For those still looking for a thrill: I provided some suggestions for getting to the higher elevations without a car in this week's Real Change column. (Thanks to Laura from Bellevue for the tips.) Winter sports aren't really my "thing" (plus, I have word count limits), so please let me know if I missed any good options.
A Bus to the Pass
I have to admit it: I'm not much of a winter sports fan. My first clue that snow-related activities weren't for me was in 7th grade, when, less than an hour into my first skiing lesson (bundled from head to foot but still teary-eyed from the cold), I asked the instructor if I could head into the lodge for the remainder of the afternoon. A few years ago, I tried snowboarding. It was fun and all, but after every fall, I thanked the man upstairs that I didn't break, tear, sprain, strain, or hyperextend something. And the thing is: I need my legs to get around.
Many of my fellow Seattleites, on the other hand, take their winter sports seriously. For those who actually like performing death-defying acts in ungodly temperatures: If you've decided car-free living isn't for you because you can't imagine giving up your weekends on the slopes, it might be time to reconsider. After all, you can take the bus to the Pass!
One of the coolest options is Snowbus (www.snowbus.com), which heads to Snoqualmie Pass every Thursday night during the season. It leaves Seattle (from Pyramid Alehouse) at 5:30 p.m., stops again in Bellevue at around 6, and arrives at the pass by 7. For $49, you get a lift ticket, a sandwich and beer courtesy of Pyramid, and a round-trip ride on a luxury bus (with a bathroom). If you don't need a lift ticket, you can ride the bus only for $25. Snowbus is reputed to be as much a social event as a form of transportation, but you must be 21 or older to ride. (Hey, they can't be handing out pints of beer to teenagers.)
Beeline Tours (www.beelinetours.com) offers daily trips to Snoqualmie. It leaves the 65th Street Park & Ride at 7:00 a.m. and makes two stops — Colman Dock and the South Bellevue Park & Ride — on the way to the Pass. The ride costs $35. On weekends, you can buy a ride/lift ticket combo for $75. Beeline offers the advantage of daylong trips, and children are welcome.
For those who'd rather head farther afield for their winter adventures, Crystal Mountain (www.crystalmt.com) operates weekend shuttles to the Pass from Seattle and Tacoma. Cost for adults is $70 with a lift ticket and $35 without.
If you're not into tour buses, Rideshare Online (www.rideshareonline.com) has a special section for folks looking to carpool to the slopes. For the cost of a few gallons of gas, you can probably find a ride to any pass in the region.
Of course, if you don't know how to ski or snowboard yet, you can always sign up for lessons with a ski school like Fiorini (www.fiorinisports.com) and travel to the Pass in style: on a yellow school bus.


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This is probably the most obvious reason why anyone and everyone should go see Catching Fire! With Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth sharing screen time, you always have something hot to look at. Throw in newbies like Sam Claflin and you have a full-on swoon-fest. We're talking shirtless scenes, major brooding, and a ridic amount of smoldering!
2. Action-Packed Amazingness + Heartstring-Tugging Romanticness
So you may be more of a chick flick than action movie kind of girl, but Catching Fire is really both! There's the perfect amount of action scenes, but it's not just hunky guys getting in on all the action! Katniss, aka Jennifer Lawrence, kicks some major butt! But then you also get a Notebook-worthy love-triangle between Katniss, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) for major heart-stopping romance.
3. Katniss
Try your best to forget about Josh and Liam for a second (like try as hard as you can!) because now it's time to focus on the actual best part of the movie, Katniss. She's possibly the most fearlessleading lady to ever hit the big screen, not to mention the best friend you wish you had. From the moment she volunteered to take her sister's place in the games to every second she is fighting in the arena (where all the victors have to literally fight for their lives), Katniss is the perf example of a heroine. Not to mention, she would totes be our pick to join us if we were stranded on an island—her survival skills are seriously ridic. Or we'd have Katniss over for a girls night for movie of testing out Pinterest-worthy braids, she also happens to be a pro at that!
4. Taking The #Team Love Triangle To The Next Level
If you thought you were conflicted on who Bella should've chosen in Twilight (any #TeamJacob-ers left?), then get ready to feel 20 times more torn over CF's love triange. J.Law's alter ego is having a problem we all wish we could have—deciding between Josh and Liam. Even without reading the books, you will feel super connected to these characters, so when Katniss is with Peeta you can't help but wish she would choose him. Then throw in the Katniss/Gale scenes, and you're sure it's Gale she should totes end up with.
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