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Published in Green Magazine, 1987
By Neil M. Clark
Chapter 4
John Deere brought the tools of his trade with him, or at least those most essential; for no sooner had he arrived, than he was asked to repair a broken pitman shaft in the sawmill on Pine Creek nearby. He needed a forge for this, and there was none. So he built one in a hurry, using stones picked up along the river; clay serving for mortar. Within two days, the shaft was repaired and the sawmill was running again, ripping out boards for the homes waiting to be built; and the community had learned that it now had a mechanic who knew how to use tools and should be able to serve them well.
Right from the first, the Vermonter had all the work he could handle. Farmers who had been wishing for a blacksmith but had done without because of the 40-mile trip to the nearest shop, dumped their broken clevises, trace-chains, etc., on his floor for prompt repair . He built a little shop in Grand Detour, and near it a small snug frame house, 18 X 24, divided into five rooms, with a fireplace in the living room, a steep stairs, two upstairs bedrooms. The house, restored, still stands. It reminds a visitor strongly of a white cottage in some New England town. To John Deere's wife, who made the long journey to join her husband in 1838, it must have seemed cozy, comfortable, homelike, even on this far, strange frontier. There is a tradition concerning her arrival. She did not come by canal, as he did, but in a mover's wagon from Hancock, Vermont, to Buffalo, New York, thence by lake steamer to Detroit, and thence overland by wagon again; and most of their household goods and her brother- in-law, William Peek, came too; also the three daughters and two sons of John Deere. It was a terrific, six-weeks' journey. Stepping down at last from the wagon that brought her, she handed her husband a bundle that squirmed.
"Here, John," she said, "you hold him a while. I've carried him all the way from Vermont!"
It was their year-old son, Charles, whom John had never seen. The baby was to grow up and play an important part alongside his father...
Very soon plows began to absorb more and more of John Deere's attention, for the reason that the plow was the all-important implement of settlers; and the plows they had were giving trouble. In the winning of this continent from Atlantic to Pacific, the man with a rifle came first. He walked softly; the thunder of his gun soon faded; he left few traces of his passing. Next came the man with an axe and a plow. The land changed under his hand. It was only when these forerunners had gone ahead and prepared the way, that the pioneers with steel rails, the merchants, manufacturers, and, all others who constitute modern civilization, began to pour into the wilderness and fill it up.
At first, the axe was all-important. The eastern part of the country, as far west as Ohio and Indiana, was densely wooded, and the trees had to be cleared or killed, before the plow could do its part. The prairies, however, were different. They were not forested, except in scattered groves and along the rivers.
Even the groves, when the first settlers arrived, were clear of underbrush, kept so by annual spring fires. The eye traveled straight ahead with little obstruction through marching rows of tree trunks. There was ample timber, however, for building, for fences, and for firewood. An early writer says, of the country in the immediate vicinity of Grand Detour, that in addition to the river timber,"...which extends from one end of the county to the other, on either side of the river there are 21 groves, containing from one-half to six sections, or from 350 to 3,840 acres of timber each; and so distributed over the whole as to accommodate every township in the county...
"An ideal arrangement, a delightful-seeming land to settlers who had known the hardship of clearing every acre and pulling hundreds of stumps in order to have a few acres free for the plow. Here a plow could travel almost as far as the eye could see, over a gently- billowing landscape, and never turn out for a stump or strike a buried tree root.
But in every ointment there must be a fly. The prairie farmers' ointment had a big one!...
Plows, like most other agriculitural implements shortly before that time, were but little better than their medieval predecessors. Much of the early plowing in the United States was done with implements that were hardly more than pointed sticks, or tree roots trimmed to shape and pointed with crudely-hammered iron shares. But at about the beginning of the nineteenth century, invention turned to the improvement of the plow. Considerable advances were achieved. The record shows that the first cast-iron plow in America was produced by one Charles Newbold, about the year 1796. He is said to have spent a fortune developing his plow, and to no personal advantage; for farmers conceived the strange notion that cast-iron poisoned the soil, impaired fertility, encouraged weeds.
This notion gradually wore itself out, and other inventors took up where Newbold left off. Versatile Thomas Jefferson interested himself in working out what he considered the proper design for a moldboard; however, he never incorporated his ideas in an actual plow. Daniel Webster, momentarily forsaking oratory, tried his senatorial hand at the design and actual construction of an improved plow. Notable practica1 designers were Jethro Wood and David Peacock. "Clute" and "Wiard" were other familiar names on early plows that served their purpose more or less well in the East and found their way to the West, usually securely tied to the side of the covered wagon. Wood's plow, in particular, marked a great advance, because of the assembly principle; he made the iron portions in three parts instead of one - share, moldboard, landside - so that if a part were broken, it could be replaced without buying a new plow.
Now for the fly in the western settler's ointment, Prairie soils were different from those of the East. The latter, as a rule, were loose and somewhat pebbly. The earth fell away from the cast iron share and moldboard, causing little trouble. The prairies, however were composed of a sticky muck. Instead of falling away, the earth stuck, great gobs of it, like balled snow on a man's bootheel, till the plow could no longer move in the furrow. John Deere paused often with hammer poised over hot iron, to hear talk between farmers like this "These prairies are fine and dandy to look at with the eye. But they're no good to a farmer if he has to plow as I did today."
"How was that?"
"Two teams of oxen, and a paddle. The beasts pulled till they could pull no more. Then I'd yank the plow out of the furrow and clean it with the paddle. That soil, I tell you, sticks like brother Jonathan's gluepot. I spent a whack more of my time cleaning, I reckon, than I ever did plowing."
"I believe you. These prairies will never be farmed till we have a plow that scours."
"And that, to my thinking, will never-"
And as the poised hammer finally fell on hot iron, it must have been singing a strange refrain to the blacksmith from Vermont:
A plow that scours-
A plow that scours-
A plow that scours.
A practical man, this blacksmith. One who thought in terms of present needs and materials, but of a product a step in advance. Could this thing that all the farmers wanted, be made? Could a mechanic who knew his trade thoroughly, build a plow that wou1d scour? If so, how? Not a paper-and-drawing board plow, but one built in frontier shop, for frontiersmen to use behind sweating oxen, of materials such as might be found in a frontier community? . . .
It was a challenge.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Well, well, well. Some quick, pertinent details from Duke's buzzer-beating 85-84 win over hated rival North Carolina after a 10-point rally in the final two minutes ...
Overview: Getting into a run-and-gun game with North Carolina is never a good idea, but because Duke's defense has struggled so often this season, especially recently, the Blue Devils didn't really have a choice. If they were going to win in the Dean Dome, they were going to have to outscore UNC. And for nearly 20 minutes, it worked. Duke came out hot, hitting 7-of-17 from 3 in the first half and leading Carolina the entire way. The Tar Heels couldn't stop Duke's screen action. They couldn't close out on shooters. They couldn't keep Austin Rivers out of the lane. There was the creeping suspicion that the early lead was built on a foundation of sand, but hey: This was Duke's chance. The Blue Devils deserved credit for taking it.
Alas, it didn't -- and maybe couldn't -- last long. If UNC picked up the pace late in the first half, it absolutely exploded in the second. Kendall Marshall began to push the pace, Harrison Barnes started to work his midrange game and, by the 16:34 mark, the Tar Heels rushed out to a 54-44 lead. Rivers remained hot from 3, but the rest of the Blue Devils cooled off.
However, they never went away. Every time it looked like North Carolina was going to snuff the life out of the game, Duke got a big bucket, or a key steal, or a big 3 from Rivers or Seth Curry. Slowly but surely -- almost quietly, if you can believe it -- Duke snuck back into the game. With a minute left to play, Mason Plumlee's steal led to a Curry 3, which cut a seven-point lead to four. Barnes was called for a charge on one end; Ryan Kelly made a big 2 on the other. Just like that, it was a two-point game, 82-80, and UNC's fans had no choice but to realize the sudden seriousness of the situation.
Strange events followed: At 83-80, Kelly's attempt at a 3 became a 2 when Tyler Zeller (somehow) tipped it in. After a missed free throw at 84-82, Rivers backed his hesitant defender (Zeller) away and, just milliseconds before the buzzer, launched a 3 that -- wouldn't you know -- went in. It was, well, pick your adjective. Miraculous? Ridiculous? Insane? It was all those things and more, and no rapid reaction could ever do it justice. Wow. Just ... wow.
Star of the game: Duke's Austin Rivers has been mercurial and inconsistent for much of the season -- have you seen this? have you heard about this? -- but wow, what a second half and what a finish. A star is born. Rivers finished with a career-high 29 points, made six of 10 shots from long range and even pulled down five rebounds.
Rivers was Duke's early spark, scoring 13 points in the first half, and his second-half shooting (including a pair of 3s in the midst of UNC's run) kept his team in the game when UNC looked ready to totally blow it open. When all else was failing, he kept his team's chances viable much deeper into the game than they had any right. And then, well, you saw the final shot. You're going to see it a million more times, too.
Stat of the game: Duke connected on 14 of its 3-pointers, the most the Blue Devils have hit against a North Carolina team since March 2001.
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But forget the ACC standings. Honestly, who cares? This game was another insane chapter in one of the best rivalries in the world of sports, and Rivers' shot will join the all-time great players and plays in the pantheon. You'll see it replayed over and over and over, and it will be warranted, because it immediately becomes one of the greatest shots in a rivalry full of them. This was Jeff Capel-type stuff. It was nuts. And this writer won't soon forget it.
On March 3, UNC travels 8 miles to Durham for a rematch at Cameron Indoor Stadium. "Big game" doesn't even begin to describe it.
What's next: Duke hopes to carry the momentum over to a Saturday afternoon home matchup with Maryland, while North Carolina better bounce back quick because No. 20 Virginia comes to Chapel Hill next, also Saturday afternoon.


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There are some who place value on a designer brand whereas I will happily slouch my way around Matalan or Primark placing value on the fact I can get two tops for a fiver.
Similarly, there are those who place value on a personal brand, a categorisation of the self, an all encompassing heading for their lifestyle choice. It could be political, familial, or professional but as this is the Boudoir I shall dwell on the sexual.
Maybe it's a sign of the times, perhaps it is good that we are all so much more enlightened these days, but the proliferation of sexual labels sometimes has me bewildered. I have to go and look things up. I read a post and think "I don't want to offend you but I don't even know what that is." When I was growing up you were either straight, queer or pervy. That was it. I liked the Rocky Horror Picture Show so I knew which camp I fell into and all was well.
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Admittedly these subdivisions are less common than the all-pervasive Sub and Dom labels which have sprouted up online like dandelions on a lawn. I can see that a label is a convenient shorthand for selecting like minded companions but at the same time it's very restrictive. It's self limiting and, for me at any rate, dull. How uninspired to only like one variety of interaction from the vast selection available. Rejecting "vanilla" and forgetting that spicy is indeed a wonderful thing but works best in contrast. Vindaloo every day is hot stuff but you'll soon crave a sorbet, possibly around your ringpiece.
To return to an earlier blog theme, I blame 50 Shades of Shite and easily accessed generic "kink" on the internet. It replaces imagination in the unimaginative. Look at the Twitter Dom avatar uniform, for example. (Suits and ties are not the only fruit.) And don't get me started on all the boring submissive pics. (Shaven minges and visible ribs are not the only body type.) It can all feel so joyless at times which is a shame as the reality where I'm concerned has much more laughter and silliness in it.
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2014 marks the 15th anniversary of Arch Hill Recordings. To celebrate this milestone Arch Hill will be putting on a special show in Auckland with...
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Um, DK…that's really not so much of a great blog topic.
No wait. Really. Stick with me here.
Last night, I went to dinner with my beautiful bride and a bunch of friends to one of our most super fun favorite restaurants in York, PA. This place is called Tutoni's and it is owned and operated by a husband and wife duo who we super love (Hi Tony & Toni! …see why it's called "Tutoni's" now?). The reason for the dinner was that all of us who were there last night won this in a live auction during a fundraiser that builds funds for the City of York to be able to host many of our city-wide public events throughout the course of the year. "A Taste of York City" dinner and auction is one of the main reasons that other events like live music during lunch hour in a downtown public pocket park, a New Year's Eve event, York Bike Night, and one of the coolest art experiences in the area (a little event called Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival) can all happen for the community. So this dinner was a way to raise funds for some great happenings throughout the year in York. And that by itself might be a cool reason to blog about an evening out.
But that's not the reason why I'm writing this either. I'm telling you about my dinner last night because of a concept called "home."
See during the course of the evening as we were all chit-chatting, getting drinks, and finding places to sit (our table was group-styled, U-shaped…so it gave an appearance like we were about to call the meeting to order, gavel in, and then review the board minutes.)… but shortly after, we began to one-by-one "introduce" ourselves to the entire group and give one reason why we loved York so much. It really did have the feel of every ice breaker exercise you ever experienced on Day One of Annual Conference [Insert Your Industry/Field Here]. It could have been blah and that moment when we all collectively sighed a little heavier than normal and mutter to ourselves ("oy.. I so don't want to do these silly exercises that everyone here hates.")… admit it, you've said that almost EVERY TIME a meeting organizer breaks out the "ice breaker game/activity", c'mon admit it!
But then people told their stories.
Some were funny, some were poignant. Some had been born and raised in York and the surrounding York County, PA. Others of us told of our journey that brought us to The White Rose City. As the stories kept coming, I began to think to myself…
"These are all about home."
No matter the reasoning, no matter the time between visits to York or the multiple moves in and out of York.. one constant was evident in the stories… home. York was a home. OUR home. And the pride that people had in sharing the transformation from what it once stood for, into what is stood for now… was truly amazing.
I talk a TON about The Connection Economy and building community by building our connections, and those beliefs are so strong in me there are times I feel like I'm "Caine" from the TV show Kung Fu, wandering the countryside sharing my beliefs and stories to anyone who will listen. But there are these moments where all the planning, meetings, conferences, videos, talks, and debates are shaped by these pockets of "guerilla humanity" – you don't see it coming, but it hits you like a ton of bricks.
Each one of us at the table was sharing his/her story, and that story brought us all back to relive our own journeys… and brought us back home.
I didn't even realize what I had said until afterward when my Way-Better-Half Korey said in the car that I had said a nice line going into a group toast following the last person's intro. "What did I say?" I asked my wife.
"Welcome Home."
So thank you Tutoni's for hosting such a wonderful dinner. Thank you to my friend J.J. Sheffer and her team for putting on "A Taste of York City" that gave us all the place to bid on this dinner experience and assemble us to share our stories. And thank you to my fellow dinner-goers from last night. Thank you for connecting our individual journeys to our collective community. The power of connection is often felt in places and spaces that are designed with the spectacle in mind: big community events, sports contests, large assemblies.
But community can be built across the table, with some wine and great food…and especially with the love of friends (old and new).


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Some time has passed without any updates again. That's been because there has been enough other stuff happening I guess. Haven't had much to talk about too, because what I've been doing has either been not of general interest, or has been in a phase where it's not ready to be announced, or too damn technical to explain without some effort.
Anyway, situation is that Valo was kinda announced on KVR forums and got some feedback. Then I basically rewrote it's modulation stuff and some minor additions and whatever. Still haven't been making much noise about it though, because I still haven't got a website up for it. The other thing is that I'm currently reconsidering what I'm going to do with it, because I'm not sure if I have time right now to add those features that I would like to see done before I start messing with licenses to people. I'm trying to fix the most critical stuff as soon as possible, but whether I'm going to do a commercial release is open. I'd like to see it used though, so I'm keeping the possibility open that I just release the current version as freeware instead and then do some new stuff in a successor as some stuff wouldn't easily fit in Valo anyway.
In any case I managed to come up with some sort of a tune using (mostly) Valo, which gave me a better perspective of where it is currently. There's definitely a lot of things it could be doing, but at least I'm starting to believe that it actually already fills the initial design goals quite nicely. It can provide me some of the edge, but also warmth, that my previous attempt was incapable of. On the other hand adding the old filter from the previous project as an alternative might be a good idea, because the transistor-ladder-wannabe in Valo cannot quite do some of the sounds that I so liked about the previous project.
I'm going to allocate some more time for DSP development again though. I've got a lot of ideas, but Valo is still my priority, and after that I'm considering a small personal platform of some sort, so I can go faster from quick&dirty prototypes to quality product. This will take some thinking and trying and testing, but I might talk about those things in the future here, since as far as I know, there's not that much audience on this blog that I would alienate.
I'm also thinking of setting up a more generic website to collect and write about some stuff that is really hard to find on the web. Topics would probably fall between music theory, sound design theory and audio signal processing theory. I could write some of the stuff here, but I don't think a blog is necessarily the right format for that, and mixing my personal rants and proper content probably isn't such a great idea. I'm not going to build yet another open community forum though, because we've got enough venues for freeform discussion I think. Rather I'm thinking of focusing on editorial content.


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Supply catalog and building trades, janitorial and technology contracts were awarded for use through Choice Partners cooperative during the February 2015 board meeting of Harris County Department of Education. Governmental entities that have signed an interlocal contract with HCDE may access these legally procured contracts.
Newly awarded contracts include
IDIQ Building Trade Services: Acme Fence Services Inc.; Business Flooring Partners LLC; Carl M. Grossman, Sr. dba CM Grossman Plumbing; Carlos L. Hernandez dba AAA Time Saver Services; Clean Tile and More Inc.; David Michael Erp dba Soteria Safety Services LLC; DuraPlay Inc.; Facilities USA LLC; Heat Transfer Solutions Inc. dba HTS Texas; Interfacing Company of Texas; Maintenance Solutions Inc.; Millennium Project Solutions Inc.; Mitchell Paint & Wallcovering Inc. dba Mitchell Contracting; Nash Industries Inc.; Pfeiffer & Son Ltd.; Precision Safe Sidewalks LLC; Raven Mechanical LP; RMB Management LLC dba Corestone Construction Services; Rubber Duck LLC dba Miracle Method Mid Cities; Schramme Construction; Spec Pro Inc.; T&R Mechanical Inc.; Tandus Centiva Inc. dba Tandus Centiva US LLC; Texas Liqua Tech Secs Inc. dba Liqua Tech; TSP Specialty Products Ltd. dba Texas Specialty Products; Washington & Son's A/C Heating LLC; and Williamson Services Inc. dba Williamson Restoration Inc.
Janitorial Cleaning Services: ABM Janitorial Services; Ambassador Services LLC; Hospitality Cleaning Services; Metroclean Commercial Building Solutions; and Tulip Building.
Technology Products and Services: Allegis Group Holdings Inc. dba TEKSystems Inc.; Barnes & Noble Booksellers Inc.; Bass Computers Inc.; CDI Computer Dealers Inc.; Double M Laser Products Inc. dba Enhanced Laser Products (ELP); FireFly Computers LLC.; Gaggle.Net Inc.; Houston Information Team LLC (HIT); Insight Investments LLC; Insource Technology Direct LLC; iTech Enterprises dba iTech Solutions; LyncVerse Technologies Inc.; Netsync Network Solutions; NWN Corporation; Optus Inc.; PC Specialist Inc. dba Technology Integration Group (TIG); Phonoscope Enterprises Group LLC dba Phonoscope Cable; Phonoscope LightWave Inc.; QA Systems Inc.; Rugged Protection LLC; Set Solutions Inc.; SHI/Government Solutions; Tele-Communication Inc. dba Unified Communications; Total Technologies LLC; True North Consulting Group LLC.; and Way Tech LLC dba Silicon Mountain Memory.
Contracts that were renewed and may be accessed through Choice Partners include
Educational Materials: Abecedarian; ACE Educational Supplies; Assessment Services Inc.; Attainment Company; Capital Microscope; Express Booksellers; Health Edco/Childbirth Graphics/Health Impressions; National Reading Styles Institute; NCS Pearson Clinical Assessment Inc.; Oriental Trading Company Inc.; S&S Worldwide; School Datebooks Inc. dba The Student Planner; and VWR International LLC/Sargent Welch;
Fine Paper: Bosworth Papers Inc.; Butler Business Products LLC; and Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company;
Graduation, Yearbooks and Commemorative Items: Herff Jones Scholastic; Jostens Inc.; Pride and Recognition Inc. dba Balfour Company; and Taylor Publishing Company dba Balfour;
Indoor/Outdoor Athletic Surfaces: Hellas Construction Inc.;
Job Order Contracting: P2MG;
Moving and Relocation Services: A-Rocket Moving and Storage Inc.; Pioneer Contract Services Inc.; and Roadrunner Moving & Storage Ltd.;
Online Tutoring: Focus Cares Inc. dba Focus EduVation Inc.; On The Third Day Christian Ministries dba Laureate Learning Center; and Tutor Pace Inc.; and
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In addition, contracts were awarded for the 2015-2016 Choice Partners Supply Catalog, which includes hard bids for 1,300 items. Catalog items will be available from April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016, and include
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Athletic Supplies: Buddy's Allstars Inc.; Orr Textile Company; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; S&S Worldwide; School Specialty Inc.; and Varsity Brands Holding Co. Inc. dba BSN Sports LLC;
Classroom Teaching Supplies: Butler Business Products LLC; DGS Educational Products; EarlyChildhood LLC dba Discount School Supply; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; S&S Worldwide; and Standard Stationery Supply;
Food Service Supplies: Calico Industries Inc.; Orr Textile Company Inc.; Pollock Investments Inc. dba Pollock Paper Distributors/Pollock Packaging; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; Unisource Worldwide Inc. dba Xpedx LLC; and Wallace Packaging LLC;
Janitorial Supplies: Buckeye International Inc. dba Buckeye Cleaning Center-Houston; Calico Industries Inc.; and Pollock Investments Inc. dba Pollock Paper Distributors/Pollock Packaging;
Medical Supplies: Heartsafe America Inc.; NAO Global Supply LLC; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; and School Health Corporation;
Office Supplies: Butler Business Products LLC; Educators Depot Inc.; Elgin School Supply Co. Inc.; National Art & School Supplies; Office Depot; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; School Specialty Inc.; and Standard Stationery Supply Co.; and
Technology Supplies: ACCO Brands Corporation dba GBC; Butler Business Products LLC; Pyramid Paper Company dba Pyramid School Products; Scott Electric; and Standard Stationery Supply Co.
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Organizations and governmental entities that became members when contracts were approved by the HCDE board of trustees on Feb. 24 include Christian Women's Job Corp of the Highland Lakes, Burnet; Era ISD, Era; city of Farmers Branch; First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi; Gadsden ISD, Sunland Park, NM; Hosanna Fellowship Inc., Houston; Joe Barnhart Bee County Library, Beeville; NYOS Charter School Inc., Austin; city of Richmond; River Oaks Baptist School, Houston; San Marcos CISD, San Marcos; South Texas Collaborative for Housing Development Inc., La Feria; Southwest Human Development Services Corporation, Austin; St. Agnes Academy, Houston; Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association, Austin; Texas Municipal Power Agency, Bryan; The Beta Foundation, Houston; Travis County ESD #12, Manor; and Young Scholars' Christian Institute, DeSoto.
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Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first female president in Latin America's largest economy by winning the run-off presidential race on October 31 with 56.1% of the vote, compared with 43.9% for her opponent, Jose Serra. The result was expected given recent poll results. The new president will take office on January 1, 2011.
According to the press, in her acceptance speech, Rousseff said that her main goal is to eradicate poverty while maintaining a responsible fiscal stance and committing to low inflation. Rousseff highlighted her pledge to solid macroeconomic management, economic stability and social development. She also said that she will maintain a pro-business environment and improve efficiency in the tax system and government. Rousseff also mentioned that the outgoing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will play an important role in her government as he will likely be consulted on key issues.
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Four stars. Rated PG, for dramatic intensity
By Derrick Bang • Originally published in The Davis Enterprise, 1.27.17
If this film doesn't tug at the ol' heartstrings, you've no business calling yourself human.
W. Bruce Cameron's 2010 novel spent just shy of a year on the New York Times bestseller list, and — if released back in the day, when movies hung around for more than two or three weeks — this big-screen adaptation likely would have done the same. Even so, it's a welcome bright spot in the January doldrums dominated (as usual) by stinkers held over from the previous year.
|Ethan (Bruce Gheisar) and his new dog Bailey quickly become inseparable, the latter
finding this boy — his boy — the perfect "guide" for how best to maneuver through a
world of people, and their confusing, often peculiar behavior.
That said, the book's fans may be a bit surprised. Although Cameron worked on the screenplay — assisted by Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells and Maya Forbes — significant liberties have been taken with his original narrative. But that's part of the book's magic: The premise easily lends itself to manipulation, and as long as the crucial plot elements are retained — which they have been — the result is no less beguiling.
On top of which, Swedish director Lasse Hallström is precisely the right talent for this adaptation. Looking back over his glorious career, I see that he has helmed many films that continue to rank among my favorites: My Life As a Dog, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, up to the under-appreciated Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Hallström has a thoughtful, sensitive touch that ensures the successful delivery of poignant material, without slopping over into overly sentimental treacle.
Make no mistake: His new film is boldly, unapologetically manipulative. But Hallström's handling is so gentle, and the premise so irresistible, that we forgive such calculation.
On top of which, A Dog's Purpose also benefits from sensational narrative work by Josh Gad, who voices the canine protagonist throughout its many lives. An entire generation will forever remember Gad as the voice of Olaf the snowman, from Frozen, but — as this film demonstrates anew — his expressive talents are so much greater than that one role.
The wrong voice, the slightest false line reading, could have ruined everything, but Gad never misses an emotional note. He imbues this canine character with just the right blend of playfulness, confusion (over "weird" human behavior), instinctive devotion, and the sense of wonder that belongs solely to trusting, innocent beings.
Cameron's core premise — the story's gimmick — is that a single canine soul endures through a series of dog bodies, remembering the experiences from each of its lives. All the while, it wonders why it has been graced with a place in our world, and — as the title suggests — what its purpose might be.
The first round is abruptly, shatteringly brief: Hallström signaling, right from the start, that this tail-wagging tale won't be all sweetness and light. The next round initially seems similarly dire, until unexpected rescue: Thus, 8-year-old Ethan Montgomery (Bryce Gheisar) becomes the owner of a rambunctious Golden Retriever puppy. Ethan's mother (Juliet Rylance) couldn't be happier; his tightly wound father (Luke Kirby) ... not so much.
The growing bond between boy and dog — named Bailey — is depicted joyously, with droll sparkle supplied by cinematographer Terry Stacey's ground-level, "puppy cam" shots. In time, Ethan matures into a popular high school football star (now played by KJ Apa) who nonetheless remains shy around girls. Bailey orchestrates a chance encounter with Hannah (Britt Robertson), and the inseparable boy/dog twosome becomes a boy/girl/dog threesome.
Ah, but things have deteriorated at Ethan's home front. Crises erupt; tragedy takes a toll ... but, throughout, Bailey's bond with Ethan remains absolute. And the canine soul wonders: Are these the golden years?
The question remains unanswered, as nature takes its course and Bailey eventually slides into another reality. This passage of time — from one canine life to another — is tracked cleverly via the dozens of pop songs that dot the soundtrack. The dog's sojourn with Ethan begins in Kennedy-esque 1962, and we gracefully move through subsequent decades as cars, clothing, mannerisms and political focus change.
And as the years progress, Bailey returns as Ellie, a German Shepherd K-9 first responder working with human partner Carlos (John Ortiz); Tino, a Corgi who becomes the best and only friend of a lonely college student (Kirby Howell-Baptiste, as Maya); and ... well, more to come.
Each new life teaches Bailey/Ellie/Tino/etc. more about people, and their peculiar traits (particularly the way they often lick each other's noses). But the salient question remains: Why has this particularly canine soul been placed on Earth, experiencing — and remembering — each of these existences?
Hallström daringly allows the story's tone to fluctuate between the wild extremes of physical comedy and grim pathos, and — truth be told — he occasionally oversteps. A slapstick dinner table encounter involving Ethan's family and his father's boss (and wife) is needlessly excessive, hearkening back to dumb 1960s Disney animal comedies, when every wayward dog was required to spill multiple cans of paint.
A few of the lesser supporting roles also could have used stronger actors; Logan Miller is particularly weak as Todd, one of Ethan's high school peers, who has Bad News written all over him.
But such shortcomings are easily overlooked amid the stronger performances, and the core story's appeal. Both Gheisar and Apa are excellent as Ethan, and Robertson couldn't be better as the caring, sensitive Hannah: a winningly understated, fresh-faced, girl-next-door type.
Howell-Baptiste, in turn, is heartbreaking as the isolated, forlorn Maya.
Be on the lookout, as well, for Dennis Quaid — still getting maximum charm from his megawatt smile — and (of all people!) Peggy Lipton, well remembered from both Twin Peaks and The Mod Squad.
The compelling storyline also finds time for some crucial canine advocacy. Hallström, Cameron and their co-scripters insert sequences that depict the dangers of a dog left in a hot car; or chained and neglected in a back yard by people who've no business owning a dog in the first place.
(The latter remains one of my pet peeves: Dogs are pack animals, as this film repeatedly makes clear, and they regard us as part of their pack. Why get a dog, if you've no intention of spending time with it?)
(Ahem. Forgive the soapbox.)
The smorgasbord of pop tunes is complemented by another of composer Rachel Portman's gentle, tender and finely tuned scores: again, an element that could have ruined the film, if overblown. But Portman — who has collaborated frequently with Hallström — is similarly attuned to just the right notes, at just the right moments.
The story builds to a genuinely heartwarming climax that does indeed reveal this particular canine soul's purpose. That answer is clever and deeply emotional, and will strike a particularly strong, wouldn't-that-be-nice chord with dog lovers. It's the perfect way to conclude a thoroughly charming film, which I've no doubt will enjoy a long and happy afterlife on home video.


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By Tina Foreman
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It may come as no surprise, but area schools have all reported an increase in enrollment.
Johnson Corners Christian Academy increased by five students, Alexander Public School increased by 10 students and the McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 saw a net increase of 43 students.
"The increase was to be expected with the influx of oilfield-related families," says Murray Kline, Alexander Public School superintendent. "Even with 10 new students, we still have below average student-to-teacher numbers, so we haven't added any additional staff."
As of the first week of school, McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 had 581 students enrolled in kindergarten through the twelfth grade compared to 538 students at the end of May, 2010. Alexander Public School District No. 2 saw its enrollment increase from 63 students last spring to 68 students to start this school year, while Johnson Corners Christian Academy's enrollment increased from 16 to 21 students.
Both Alexander and Johnson Corners were able to accommodate students with their current staff. However, the Watford City Elementary School was not.
"We are in the process of hiring a third kindergarten teacher to accommodate our 43 kindergarten students and Mr. Diede, the high school principal, is teaching a section of Geography, says Steve Holen, McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 superintendent. "Thankfully, Donna Johnson, one of our recently retired teachers was willing to come back and teach the kindergarten class until we have someone in place."
According to Holen, Watford City High School was a pretty crazy place to be on the first day of school.
"We had 40 new students at the high school," adds Holen. "We wanted to make sure that all of the new students received the attention they needed. It made for a crazy day, but things worked out pretty well."
While Alexander and Johnson Corners aren't concerned about their student numbers throughout the year, it is something they will be watching at the Watford City schools.
"I'm not really concerned about our numbers throughout the year, but it is something we will definitely be watching," adds Holen. "Our staff is very professional and I have no doubts that they can handle the added students. But, we will still continue to monitor the numbers and make any necessary changes."


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Halkbank CEO Osman Arslan said in a statement he made about the cheap foreign exchange sale scandal, "It was noticed in ten to fifteen minutes and it lasted half an hour. 1763 customers conducted transactions worth 4.6 million dollars." Halkbank CEO Osman Arslan noted, "The transactions were cancelled. Customer accounts have reverted to their former state."
Halkbank CEO Osman Arslan fielded questions on a live NTV broadcast. The key points from Arslan's comments are as follow:
"Banking is a service sector that can be conducted 24/7. We have many individual and corporate customers. We are one of the banks that conducts foreign exchange purchases and sales through our customers' internet banking when markets are closed. Nearly all banks get their foreign exchange quotes from Bloomberg Reuters. We get them from Bloomberg, too. After the markets have closed, we continue with Bloomberg data. If it comes to the dollar, we take the purchasing and selling rate and there are also interest rate differences between the two currencies.
The exchange rate data was not entered incorrectly but there was an incorrect entry deriving from the effect on the exchange rate of the interest rate differential between the countries as a corrective factor. We have encountered such an error for the first time.
It started at 22:01 and lasted for more or less half an hour. Our colleagues at our bank noticed it within fifteen minutes and shut off transactions. The accounts of customers who made erroneous transactions or made purchases or sales at a cheap exchange rate were blocked.
What happened here was an exchange rate arising from an error in the system. The circumstances here amount to unjust enrichment. So, our customers' accounts were blocked and these transactions were reversed using special software. 1763 customers made purchases worth 4.6 million dollars."
Halkbank also announced that a limited number of transactions had been made and depositors had suffered no loss.
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This little song about the joys of spring leaps over the 600 years since it was written, and speaks to us as if it were written yesterday. Which isn't to say the music isn't strange, in a way that sounds grammatically wonky to modern ears. But it's a strangeness that we can relish, because it's carried along above a bedrock of familiar things: a swinging rhythm, and a good tune that very quickly lodges itself in our ears.
This can't always be said about the music of Guillaume Dufay (or Du Fay). As with all medieval and early Renaissance composers, we have to piece together Dufay's life from fleeting references in letters and cathedral account books. Combined with tributes from other composers, they paint a picture of a canny operator. During his long life (he died in 1474, aged around 77) he worked in the Papal chapel, the ducal court in Savoy, and in Bologna, as well as at the cathedral of Tournai, where he was a chorister.
Much of his music was written for the church, sometimes for special occasions such as the completion of Brunelleschi's great dome for Florence cathedral. It's grandly impressive and technically enormously sophisticated. We also have around 80 songs by Dufay, some in French, some in Italian. This one is in French, but the Italian word "Carissimi!" (dear friends!) is dropped in, which shows how easily these well-travelled sophisticates slipped from one language to another.
These songs are as elite as anything in classical music. You have to imagine them sung in some tapestry-bedecked room in front of a tiny audience of nobles. There was no conception at this time of "accessibility". The aristocrats wanted an art for those "in the know", where half the pleasure comes from seeing how cleverly an artist overcomes a technical challenge.
In writing a song, the first challenge was to the poet, who had to write in very strict verse forms. Then the composer had to match his music to the verse form exactly. This meant the verse and refrain aren't alternated in the way we're used to. They're shuffled in odd ways, and part of the pleasure of these songs is enjoying these unexpected patterns.
00.00 In this performance the Medieval Ensemble of London launch the tune with a trio of medieval lute and bowed instruments, before the three voices pick it up. There are hints in the music that this is how it was done, but we don't really know.
00.06 "In this month of May," they sing, "Let's be happy and joyous, and remove melancholy from our hearts. Let's sing and dance and have a good time to spite those envious wretches."
00.43 Verse two says: "More than in other Mays, let each be careful to serve his pretty mistress well; In this month of May let's be happy and joyous and remove melancholy from our hearts." Notice lines three and four are the same as lines one and two of verse one. The music has to obey this pattern, so we get only the first half of the piece, played twice.
1.33 Verse 3 eccentrically tells us we must enjoy May "because Dufay asks you to do this". There are no internal repetitions, so this time we get the whole melody.
2.17 The last verse is a repetition of the first. By now you may find your foot is tapping. Dufay makes the rhythm swing by mixing up skipping short-long patterns with swaying long-short ones.
Adieux ces bon vins
This song, dated 1426, is Dufay's sad farewell to Laon, where he spent two years at the cathedral (like all composers at that time Dufay was also a churchman). "Farewell, you fine wines of Laon, farewell ladies, farewell townsfolk, farewell she whom I loved so much, farewell all pleasing joy, all you bawdy companions..." This one has the same pattern as the previous one, known as rondeau. The tune is beautifully shaped so that the highest note comes on the line "farewell all pleasing joy". It's sung by the German group Freiburg Spielleyt.
Je veuil chanter
Dufay wrote a number of songs inspired by the courtly love ideal of the unattainable noble lady, who can only be worshipped from afar. The coldness of the lady wasn't the only problem – there were also rivals to contend with. The second verse of this song reads, "With all my heart I will be careful, though encompassed by the spite of envious men, to serve my sweet lady well." Perhaps that worry accounts for the strangely anxious tone of this song, performed here in an all-vocal version by the Hilliard Ensemble.
Same song, different performance
Like most of Dufay's songs this one is in three closely woven parts, and the manuscripts are vague about how these were performed. Were all three parts sung, or did instruments take one or more parts? We really don't know, which is why recordings of the same song can sound very different. In this recording of Je veuil chanter, by a group called Diabolus in Musica, one of the parts is played by a vielle (a medieval bowed instrument) together with a lute.


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Prince Valiant
Since my time in school I'm interested in Prince Valiant. But now I have the opportunity to read all adventures of this noble hero - thanks to the town library of Ingelheim!
Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg presents on it's site all up to now published adventures of the planned complete edition of this great comic epos by Hal Foster. A summary of each book is included.
This is my main page of Prince Valiant as a Wiki, a kind of encyclopedia. Here you will find tables which summarize all adventures of Hal Foster and the other authors. Also you will find a lot of German Covers for several editions. © by Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg
The Encyclopedia is based on the Carlsen-Edition, but it's also only available in German.
In the Forum all fans can post their opinion on the comic, this site, ... feel free to add YOUR comment!.
Using book store pages, e.g. Amazon, you will find all orderable Prince Valiant adventures.
At www.abebooks.de you want to look for out-of-sale editions.
And in ebay you may bid for the different editions. Good luck!


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Saturday, 15 December 2012
Fun In Puerto Rico
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The wind is howling around the house, the blooming cat Mimi is yowling and howling too, and the rain is slashing at the windows here.
Have a wonderful holiday, wish I was there.
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Oh it was wonderful F and soooo warm and sunny, hard to come back to a very cold NYC I could have stayed until the Spring. :)Delete
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It was fantastic and it was amazing how being in the Rainforest reminded me and my daughter of being back in the forest where we lived in England - lovely memories :)Delete
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Newlands Corner Riding Club Members Only Unaffiliated Evening Dressage
Newlands Corner Riding Club Members Only Unaffiliated Evening Dressage
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Contact: Lesley Selway 01483 205049 / 07876 624167
Starting at 5:30pm. Times: Please look on our website: www.newlandscorner.org on the Monday before each show or look on our Facebook page.
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Introductory - B ( 2009) - Short
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Combination of horse and rider must not have been placed first, second or third in a preliminary dressage test or above.
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Introductory - C ( 2016) - Short
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Combination of horse and rider must not have been placed first, second or third in a preliminary dressage test or above
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Preliminary - Test 14 ( 2006) - Short
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Hotel Palacio Marqués de San Felipe
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Hotel ChainHabaguanex Hoteles
Tourist DestinationLa Habana (Colonial), La Habana
The minimalistic interior blends perfectly with the baroque style of its façade. The Hotel Marqués de San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal is the first Habaguanex Hotel on San Francisco de Asis Square. The hotel benefits from a privileged location, nearby the Convent of San Francisco de Asís, home to one of Havana's best concert halls, dedicated to chamber and choral music.
In the vicinity you find the Carmen Montilla gallery, the elegant Café del Oriente, the business center of Old Havana (Lonja del Comercio), the popular Museum of Chocolate and the Cuban Contemporary Ceramics Museum.
From the roof top terrace on the sixth floor of the hotel, visitors can use a telescope to take in the splendor of old Havana. San Francisco de Asis square, with it's many pigeons and charming Lions Fountain, carved out of marble from Carrara by the Italian artist Giuseppe Gaggini, also treasures the statue of El Caballero de Paris, one of Havana's most cherished personages.
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My life's philosophy is all about being super bright and colorful. Colors induce happiness no matter what is happening around you. My bedroom has a lot of colors, my clothes are happy and colorful, and when I get to bake something vibrant it automatically becomes one of my favorite baking experiences. These pinwheel cookies are one such experience. They're happy, they're fun, they're colorful, they're bright, and they can bring an instant smile to your face!
They don't even need a fancy presentation, they are pretty in themselves, just like that! The swirly design is my favorite. I mean, it's genius!
The entire making and baking experience of these pinwheels is crazy awesome. I love it! I enjoy baking these so much that I'd be ready to bake up a batch whenever somebody would ask. It makes me feel so much happier and lighter - ultimate stress reliever right there!
I love them. I just simply love them. They look beautiful even in raw cookie dough form. You basically make the cookie dough, divide it into two halves, and then shade them whichever color you desire. Today I'm showing off my pink cookies. For this once I shaded them a gorgeous rose pink color. Rose pink is not the bubble gum or Barbie kind of pink; as you can see in the picture it's sort of more like a coral color. I love it! Next, you do some magic. The dough is shaped into rectangles, placed one on top of the other, and then tightly rolled up into a log. The log then goes to the fridge for chilling up - but that happens only after I've spent a good long while admiring how beautiful the cookie dough log looks. I went ahead and rolled my log in sprinkles. What this does is add a sprinkly border to the pinwheel cookie making it even more gorjabulous.
I baked two versions of this rose pink pinwheel. One I rolled up in sprinkles and made it all rainbows and sunshine. The second one I wanted to be a bit sparkly and girly. So I combined pink and purple sugar crystals and then rolled the log in them. It looked like I'd jeweled the cookies up. Seriously pretty. I'm talking real gorgeous stuff here!
See how pretty they turned out?
The sprinkles melt ever so slightly and create a pretty colorful border around the cookie.
The crystal sugar turns out as if you've rolled your cookies in some glittery crystal mix. It's SO pretty!
This right here is a jar full of happiness. Cookies in a jar never looked so gorgeous and so pretty!
Oh and the taste. They taste like dessert. Not even kidding. I took these to college to eat as dessert after I was done with my lunch. These have an extremely vanilla flavor to them and a sweet kind of satisfaction. They're so velvety soft. It feels like you're eating a cake when you're eating a cookie. So they taste like cake but the texture is like a cookie. So you're eating cake and cookie at the same time. Get it? I think I'm going to lose my mind just talking about how absolutely delicious these babies are!
Another time when I baked the Pinwheel cookies I was hosting a Mad Hatter's tea party for Abbie's birthday. I had cupcake poppers that matched the Mad Hatter, cupcakes that were Alice In Wonderland Themed, and to match the Cheshire Cat I decided to do these pinwheel cookies. I kept the same pink and purple sugar crystal border which was SO SO SO Chesire Cat. Instead of shading the cookies rose pink this time I shaded them a bubble gum vibrant kind of pink. When done the swirly designs looked exactly like the stripes on the Cheshire Cat. It felt like if you'd pick one up and turn it over you'd see the mischievous grin shining in your face from the other side of the cookie.
I've customized these to go with an Alice In Wonderland theme. Once, and I save these for another time, I've shaded them green and yellow for another kind of theme. These are so customizable and just so pretty, I can totally imagine them being a part of any and every party theme I'd ever like to bake for. The sprinkly ones can go with rainbow themes, these can be so pretty for baby showers or gender reveals, I could totally see them shaded any color to celebrate any occasion at all - birthdays, graduations, fourth of July, this, that, EVERYTHING!
All the mouth-watering pictures in this post are original Sara's Baked Creations' content. Please have some shame and refrain from copying, recreating, and cheating without giving proper credit and mention!
Sara's Baked Creations is on Mission Sweetness! Sara and Abbie are hobby bakers who bake for friends and family only. We are not a commercial bakery business; it gives us joy to spread smiles while enjoying sisterhood and living our passion for baking.
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Scuba Diving in Fiji
There's a reason that a bottled water company chose to name themselves after the country. The waters are crystal clear, with visibility up to 130 feet. The islands here offer so many different options, making it a liveaboard cruise as well. Divers of all experience levels and preferences can take solace in the fact that there's assuredly something in Fiji that they'll love.


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There's yet another new mobile operating system coming out this year from Mozilla, the makers of the popular Web browser Firefox.
Firefox OS will launch on smartphones later this year, which makes it the third major new mobile OS along with BlackBerry 10 and Ubuntu.
Here's what you need to know about Firefox OS:
- Sprint has committed to carry Firefox OS phones. It's the only U.S. carrier on board so far. Several international carrier have committed to carrier Firefox phones too.
- Apps will be based on HTML5, which should make it easy for developers to distribute their product.
- It'll have an app store called the Firefox Marketplace.
- The OS will have direct Facebook and Twitter integration, just like the iPhone.
- A new searching tool will let you search content within apps along with basic stuff like contacts and emails.
- Alcatel, LG, ZTE, and Huawei have committed to make phones running Firefox OS. Sony will make a Firefox phone in 2014.
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The #100DaysOfCode is a challenge that aims at making coding a habit. The concept is very simple. Every day, you spend at least an hour doing non-work related programming. The challenge also insists on building projects, and not spending your time doing only tutorials or following courses. You must put what you learned in practice doing real projects. The projects are totally up to you of course, depending on your current skills and/or needs.
You can find more information about the #100DaysOfCode on Alexander Kallaway's blog post.
The most important thing, in my opinion, is not the habit in itself, though it is very important. The crucial thing to me is being accountable. Hundreds of people are taking this challenge. You have the knowledge that you are not alone. You are also committing to tweet your progress and encourage at least two people each day. There is a level of accountability and connectivity with other people that just make the whole thing so much more appealing to me, and therefore, I feel confident I will be able to do it.
What to build?
That is the bit question that I had. I finished the FreeCodeCamp curriculum, all three certificates. So, I won't be re-building any of those projects. In my opinion, in order to succeed, the projects I will choose must follow a few rules:
- Must not take too much time to realise (the goal is to create several projects in that timeframe of 100 days)
- Must be challenging, but not impossible. I'm not the best developer out there, so I need to choose projects I an actually do. In the mean time, the goal is to push myself, I must choose something outside of my comfort zone.
- Must be something I would like to do. There are billions of different things I can code, but not every single one will be appealing to me. This is outside of work. **Having fun **is the number one thing I'll be worried about.
Every single project I will choose to do will have to follow those three rules.
The brainstorm (!!!)
I spent a little bit of time thinking about this, and I cam up with this, so far:
- War (Card Game)
- Make a Diary application
- Make an app using the NASA's API
- Belote (French Card Game)
- A real-time application (socket.io)
- Something with Bots ?
Here are 6 different projects that I came up with. As you can see, it is still very vague. I only researched the first one a bit deeper (War). In the holidays, I played a lot of card games with my family. That was amazing and this is why I put two cards game in there. The socket.io application is kinda related to my work, but I always enjoyed working with real-time technologies. The rest are just the scratch your own itch type of application.
Will I be able to do all of this in 100 days? Doesn't matter. The goal is to build an habit of coding every day. The goal is to make sure that you are use to be outside your comfort zone and learn every day.
In each of theses applications I want to build, there are things I don't have much experience with. The animations that will be required in the cards games for example, never used that before.
So, this is it! I'm personally starting tomorrow (January 3rd). I look forward to see any of you on this path.
As always, feel free to comment and share.
Have a nice day!