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|"I am not a brand."
Maureen Johnson wrote a manifesto … well, she wrote a blog post, and titled it manifesto. If Manifestos have a minimum length, I don't think it qualifies. But it's still pretty awesome.
|When was the last time someone was sued for singing a famous song in school? The last time something more than a takedown notice was the legal consequence of the music on a YouTube video? Sure, YouTube itself is being sued, and individuals are suing in response to the takedown notices, but the answer is actually never.
The penalty faced by those many people who quite publicly acted out the Thriller video? Nothing.
These are just a few of the ways in which this much reblogged article regarding Glee and copyright fails to have its facts straight. Still, it is interesting stuff and the hyperbole does not entirely invalidate the article's conclusions.
|My Roomba is broke, and I need to order a part to fix it. So sad. In the meantime I am forced to stare sadly at its beautiful algorithms.
|Do not forget to password protect your Internet in Germany — you can be fined 100 Euros. In related news, German courts make it illegal for those who are not tech savvy to have wireless internet.
|Apple and Flash, part one:
Take what Steve Jobs says about Flash, and do a copy & paste.
|Apple and Flash, part two:
To demonstrate how HTML5 (as an open standard) is better than Flash, Apple created a little demo page to show you. Of course, if you are not using an Apple's Safari browser, Apple tells you that you need Safari. Even though Firefox, Chrome, and most other current browsers would work just fine.
|I'm sure you heard this, but the Big Bad Blog would be remiss not to repeat it:
Saudi clerics have issued a fatwa … advocating that women should share their breast milk with the men in their life.
|I love Clients From Hell. I'm not sure that most of it is not made up, and I particularly enjoy the rare posted exchange in which the designer is the asshole.
This particular entry goes above and beyond the norm, to the root of most customer problems.
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|Americans value science. When it doesn't disturb their worldview.
|This week's history lesson: Hannah Dunston
|Science has now shown that revenge does not make you feel better.
|They don't call them the "terrible twos" for nothing. Police have given a two year old an anti-social behivour order
|Aunty Pete gives you Handy Household Tips
|A man tries to disprove Flying Spaghetti Monsterism by claiming that pasta was invented 900 years ago.
|On right ear preference in listeners.
|Russia's Gazprom has started a joint venture in Africa … and called it Nigaz.


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I was able to continue to work full time while completing both the theoretical and clinical requirements of the program. It was challenging and rewarding at the same time. The faculty are committed to student success and are always available to provide advice and guidance. In addition to being a student at RIC, I volunteered as a master's student nurse liaison on the masters committee, attending monthly meetings and providing input from the student perspective. I am happy to say I have made some great new friends from diverse career backgrounds and have every intention of maintaining contact with them.

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Tickets also can be ordered over the telephone by calling (609) 258-3538.
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This was taken under far from ideal conditions for a Gigapan, dull but changing lighting and windy. However, I wanted to locate a good view of both the face and the landslippped material in front of it. I shall repeat it when I get there with better weather and lighting.


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By JOYCE LEGGETT BROCK/SOUTHERN ADVOCATE
SNOW LAKE — For several years running, residents of Snow Lake Shores have organized a chilly tradition that benefits charity.
On the appointed day – typically New Year's Day – individuals plunge into the icy cold waters of Snow Lake to raise money for a local charity. Individuals can also participate without getting cold and wet – the divers seek sponsors ahead of time. Sponsors pledge to donate a certain amount of money if their divers actually goes into the cold water. The tradition will continue this year, but has been postponed to take place on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m.
Each year, the event benefits a local charity. More than once, it has benefitted the United Community Action Committee of Benton County. In the beginning, organizers made it their mission to ensure that funds raised stay within the county. The mission of Benton County CAC is "to enable low-income families and individuals of all ages in our served area to attain the skills, knowledge and motivations to become self-sufficient."
Organizers are calling for participants and sponsors from in and around the county. Individuals who are interested in taking the plunge or in donating can contact Laurel Becker 662-224-3257 or Calvin Hightower 662-224-5170.
Last year, the event raised over $1,500 for the organization.
Beyond raising funds, the event provides much of what it was first organized for – entertainment. The annual plunge turns into a sort of mini-festival on the beach of the lake. Many participants dress in festive costumes – from the New Year's Baby to super heroes. Laughter fills the area as people intermingle and prepare to watch the fun.


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$430 is a touch out of my price range for a book.
I took a quick peek at it during SDCC, and as nice as it was, I couldn't see where my money goes in buying it, especially with so many of these high-end SW books coming down the pike the last few years. And when you're talking about a $500 book, one has to wonder why the limited edition size is 5,000. That said, if you are one of those obsessive high-end fans, it'll probably live up to your standards, it's a big book.
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Erik Jones posted the second-fastest lap in the first practice session for the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 123.035 mph.
Martin Truex Jr. posted the fastest single lap in the first practice session for the Toyota Owners 400 with a speed of 124.178 mph.
In addition to driving his regular No. 42 Chevrolet SS in Sunday's Cup Series Toyota Owners 400, Kyle Larson will pilot the No. 42 CreditOne Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Int'l Raceway (RIR) on Saturday.
Brennan Poole is set to make his fifth Richmond International Raceway (RIR) NASCAR XFINITY Series start on Saturday.
Joey Logano will make his 300th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday.
The ToyotaCare 250 will mark Cole Custer's fourth race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway and his second NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the .75-mile oval.
Kevin Harvick is adding two road course races to his NASCAR schedule with entries in the K&N Pro Series West at Sonoma Raceway and the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Watkins Glen Int'l.
Martin Truex Jr. drove the No. 78 Toyota to an eighth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, but NASCAR officials found one of the car's 20 lug nuts was improperly installed in a post-race check.
Dylan Lupton (No. 24 Nut Up Toyota) will be making his second career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Richmond International Raceway.
Rowan Pennink (No. 3 Cape Cod Copper Chevrolet) has three wins, 31 top fives and 69 top 10s in 146 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
Eric Goodale (No. 58 GAF Roofing Chevrolet) has three wins, 19 top fives, 59 top 10s and 2 poles in 126 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
Todd Szegedy (No. 85 Montanari Fuel/Stuarts Automotive/J&R Pre-Cast Chevrolet) has 19 wins, 86 top fives and 131 top 10s in 208 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) starts.
Max Zachem (No. 20 MPZ Motorsports/LuMac's Package Store Chevrolet) has five top fives and 16 top 10s in 37 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
Andy Seuss (No. 11 LFR Chassis Chevrolet) has 22 wins, 71 top fives and 101 top 10s in 152 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
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Blogging in Egypt: Virtual network, virtual oppression
I have been blogging in various platforms since 2006, focusing on human rights conditions and police abuses in Egypt. During this time, the Egyptian regime was widely described as one of the most "liberal-moderate" and sometimes "semi-democratic" regimes in the region, but meanwhile, hundreds of young people were hijacked, jailed, fined, and intimidated. Egypt has been named by CPJ as one of the worst countries to be a blogger, and now resides on its list out today of "10 Tools of Online Oppressors."


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Essence mulberry
Frankenthaler's first woodcut collaboration with Tyler Graphics was Essence mulberry, produced in 1977. The print was inspired by two events. The first was an exhibition of 15th-century woodcuts that Frankenthaler had seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the second was a mulberry tree growing outside the Tyler Graphics studio. Frankenthaler commented upon the vibrant colour of the berries and Tyler squashed some of the berries into juice. Dipping a paintbrush into the juice, Frankenthaler proceeded to paint onto a piece of Japanese calligraphic paper. The resulting mulberry colour against the delicate paper was the starting point for the development of Essence mulberry.
Frankenthaler has remarked that 'The paper itself was so beautiful – a Japanese, long, scroll-like paper. We were about to chop the bottom off but the colour of the paper and the blankness … I thought how wonderful, let's leave that. It is part of the message'.
Frankenthaler experimented with numerous combinations of woodgrain, inks and paper in a total of sixty-five proofs before finally deciding to print an eight-colour woodcut from four woodblocks.
Essence mulberry is regarded as a defining moment in Frankenthaler's print career, the first of Frankenthaler's works to use the traditionally graphic medium of woodcut to produce an image of abstract beauty.
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text: Is anyone out there in need of older POTF2 figures? Orange cards, green cards, Freeze Frames, Flashback Photo lines? Please feel free to send me your have/want lists as we may be able to do some trading. I collected heavily during the old days leaving me little money to buy extras of the newer lines today. If you are a new arrival to collecting POTF2/POTJ lines and want to fill in your blanks on the early releases, feel free to drop me a line.


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U.S. Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill
Last week the Senate voted to reject a $1 increase in the federal hourly minimum wage. The vote fell along party lines, with Democrats voting in favor of the proposal and Republicans voting against it. Interview your classmates to find arguments for and against the proposed increase in the minimum wage.
According to an MSNBC article Senator Kennedy, the originator of the proposal said, "Giving low-wage workers an additional 50 cents an hour can make all the difference. It can help to buy groceries or pay the rent or defray the cost of job-training courses at the local community college. The need is real. Raising the minimum wage can keep families out of soup kitchens and homeless shelters."
Opponents said an increase would hurt small businesses and cause unemployment.They said that increasing the minimum wage, "could actually have an adverse impact upon our economy" and could cause unemployment "that hurts the low-income workers the hardest." -Sen. Rod Grams, R-Minn., said before the vote.
Take a look at some historical data on the value of the Federal Minimum wage (adjusted for inflation) at the U.S. Department of Labor page named "Wage and Hour Division ."
What has the trend been for the last several years?
In what year was the real minimum wage the highest?
Based upon what you see in the chart:
Is an increase in the minimum wage justified? Explain.
Imagine that you are a U.S. senator:
How would you have voted? Why?
What is the issue?
Draw a supply and demand graph that illustrates the situation when a minimum wages is involved. Does the situation involve a price floor, a price ceiling, or neither?
What broad social goals should you consider as you decide how to vote on this issue?
What are some alternate means of achieving these goals?
What are some advantages and disadvantages of each alternative? Be sure to consider who gains and who loses by each alternative.
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\Gun law in Senate now.
Please forward this to all you know and call or email your congressman...and join NRA.
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It may require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.
This bill was introduced on Feb. 24. This bill will become public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting on it at all.


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Weiner, Katzenbach to read, Nov. 7
Posted October 31, 2007; 05:27 p.m.
Bestselling novelists Jennifer Weiner and John Katzenbach will read from their work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Weiner, a 1991 Princeton graduate, is the author of the novel "In Her Shoes," which was made into a major motion picture. She also has published the novels "Good in Bed," "Little Earthquakes" and "Goodnight Nobody," as well as the short story collection "The Guy Not Taken." A former reporter and columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, her work also has appeared in Seventeen, Salon, Redbook, Glamour, Good Housekeeping and Elle magazines.
Katzenbach's numerous suspense novels include "In the Heat of the Summer," "Just Cause" and "Hart's War" -- which were made into Hollywood films -- as well as "The Madman's Tale," "The Traveler," "Day of Reckoning" and "State of Mind." Katzenbach has been a criminal court reporter for The Miami Herald and Miami News, and his work has appeared in many other newspapers.
The event is part of the Althea Ward Clark Reading Series sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing.


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I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
1. Started out grocery shopping
2. Mailed some Relay for Life checks.
3. Posted on SSG, Myspace, MWG forums, 501st forums.
4. Mowed the lawn.
5. Washed dishes.
5 1/2. Made the bed.
6. Called Josh, got his voicemail.
7. Josh called back, spoke with him.
8. Went for a walk with my wife.
9. Ended up at the theatres to watch "Wolverine".
10. Came home and read some Bible verses.
Brushed my teeth, getting ready to go to bed.
2015 RFL Thank You to, TeeEye7 & Slicker, JediTricks, Tycho, El Chuxter, and Darth Jax!!!!
Be an organ donor, save lives!
Just returned from Mother's Day dinner with Mrs. TI7.
Yep. We go the day before to beat the crowds! Tomorrow I make a nice dinner at home for everyone after mom opens her gifts!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Went to the Tulip Festival in Albany, very nice day for it and escaped the showers later on at night. Slick's mom was working one of the Tulip tents, she'd asked you where you wanted her Tu Lips
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
...went to see J.J.Abram's Star Trek..the anything-but-slow motion picture.
"In my experience there's no such thing as luck."
Had a solid plan which got dashed with the surprise appearance of my brother "in law" (would be my actual Bro but for the fact that I ain't legally married)
Went uptown and ate some nachos and got a guided tour of our fave brepub from the brewmaster (who has been my friend for 25 years or so) then came back home and hooked up with another long-time buddy and downed some frosties in classical Canadian saturday night style
Gonna try to enact yesterdays "dropped" plan today \m/
Something about him reminds me of my older brother, Rex.
Saturday was awesome....can't wait for next Sat.
For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is.
My dad and I were in Minnesota seeing family. On Saturday, he and some of his brothers took their mom out to lunch, and I went with an aunt and two cousins to Guitar Center since one of them is getting into drums, just like me. Later that night we watched David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk on TV (so they cut out several songs for time) but it looked beautiful in HD on their really nice TV. Then SNL and off to bed.
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My Star Wars Fan Film: The Lazy Jedi
Woke up at 6:00, did my morning ritual (you don't want details but it involves coffee, the newspaper, and my favorite room in the house,) put on my suit, drove to a Maryland Jaycees convention, ran 5 meetings including 1 1 hour training I did, went out to dinner with my wife, my son, my brother, and my mom, came home and started prepping to make mothers day dinner on sunday.
All in all, I was busy from 6:00 AM till 2AM sunday.
So at the last minute a booking agent calls the singer and says we are scheduled to play at the Acoma Sky City Casino on Friday and Saturday.
There goes my Star Trek premier plans on Fri.
We get out there, free rooms nice place good pay. I ask if there is a movie theatre nearby in the area so I could see Star Trek the next morning... No
Anyways thinking about Star Trek, I do the intro harmonics to the theme song in frustration (more than twice I'm sure)
Woke up with a headache Saturday (non-drinking establishment) and was wondering why then I took a good wiff of the air, and it was a constant permeation of Diesel exaust from the next door truck stop.
I had to leave that place till we played that night so I drove through the apocalyptic wasteland to the nearest town to check out the Walmart there. I found a Resolute Cobra though.
Next time we play there I'm going to see if I can get a portable Oxygen tank. I think I lost some brain cells from the monoxide.
"Ohh, maxi big da fish! Well dat smells stinkowiff"
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16 April 2012
As the second WHO consultation on NCD [2] targets draws to a close, I am increasingly impatient for a result that will drive change for diabetes and the other NCDs. While we have recently seen huge breakthroughs for NCDs in the wider UN system, the target process remains dangerously off the mark.
Twelve months ago, in the fervour of Summit preparations, we urged governments to adopt a set of targets for NCD prevention and control that would be the backbone of the Political Declaration [3]. Our reasoning was simple – if you don't have a clear vision of where you want to go, you won't know when you get there. Political commitments must be backed by measurable targets and delivery dates - or they are just words.
But our ambitions were cut last year by a rushed WHO target scoping process which governments did not support. Instead, we got a commitment that targets would be agreed by the end of 2012. Not ideal, but we recognized the technical complexity of scoping globally applicable targets to cover four diseases.
But now, a third of the way through 2012, the prospect of robust targets being adopted at the World Health Assembly in May is increasingly remote. The latest WHO discussion paper on the targets has slashed the number of targets by half, discarded many important prevention targets, and completely ignored the rights of people living with diabetes and NCDs to essential medicines and technologies. And these proposals, it seems, are based on the views of just 21 UN Member States!
So why has this process proved so hard? The reasons are both political and technical. Governments say they have too many targets to report against and they don't have the data to report on diabetes and the other NCDs. And that is exactly the point. These targets will for the first time oblige all governments to collect data on NCDs and report back to the UN on a regular basis. Bold, ambitious targets in the Declaration of Commitments for HIV/AIDS in 2001 drove governments to act, collect data and deliver change on the ground. If governments are to deliver the promises they made at last year's Summit then we need the same now for diabetes and the other NCDs. Again, I quote Margaret Chan on NCDs: "what gets measured, gets done."
So what needs to be measured? Firstly: access to treatment. We need targets on access to essential medicines and technologies for people with diabetes and other NCDs now. We need to know who has access to what - governments need this information to plan services that meet the right to health of their citizens with NCDs. And secondly, prevention: although prevention was the cornerstone of the Political Declaration, the current targets contain nothing to drive change on the global obesity epidemic or excessive alcohol consumption.
We need now to hear from the other 170 or so governments who have not expressed views on the NCD targets. And we need governments to demonstrate leadership by committing to reporting progress on diabetes and the other NCDs every two years and adopting an overarching target for a 25% reduction in NCD mortality by 2025 at WHA this May.
Last year at the UN Summit governments agreed on the "urgent need" to combat NCDs but for many that sense of urgency seems to have evaporated when they left New York.
We have been patient but every day we see lives cut short and unnecessary suffering caused by lack of action. The NCD epidemic won't just go away – and neither will we.


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Crop Art
Reviving an ancient farming tradition starts at home
By Ty Bannerman
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Sarah Montgomery holds an ear of corn in each hand.
"These look like two ears of white corn to most people," she says. "But they're totally different."
Montgomery is the founder and director of The Garden's Edge, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable agriculture within the state and in Guatemala. A central piece of that puzzle is preserving an ancient farming technique that's endangered: seed saving.
The corn in her left hand is Hopi, she explains, a dry land variety from New Mexico. "Farmers plant it far underground to get the moisture, and the seed is adapted to getting rained on only a few times a year." The other ear is Guatemalan. It's the Hopi corn's opposite, she explains, which is eager to soak up tropical rains and moisture. "Each one is adapted to its particular bioregion."
By saving seeds from crops acclimated to a variety of environmental conditions, growers maintain biodiversity—
On its face, seed saving seems like a no-brainer. Farmers and hobbyist growers simply retain the seeds from their crops to plant in seasons to come. Yet it's no longer common practice, even among small growers. "Farming is so hard, and you're so tired, and you're barely making money," says Montgomery. "It's just so much easier to open up a seed catalog and just order it."
"It's survival. It's self-sufficiency."
Isaura Andaluz, executive director of agricultural nonprofit Cuatro Puertas
Turns out seed saving is technique-sensitive, hinging on planning and specialized knowledge that a grower primarily focused on selling produce may not have. "It starts at the beginning of the season," Montgomery says, when a farmer should be "thinking about saving seeds from the moment they are put into the ground." Instead of harvesting the edible parts of the plant at maturity, some crops—onions, for example—need to grow through a full season. Others are sensitive to cross-pollination, so the plants' distance from other varieties is vital. Then there's preparing the seeds for storage. "You have to know how to cut it, how to dry it, how to process it," she says, and the techniques for each step vary by crop.
Cuatro Puertas is doing its best to fill in those gaps for growers. The Albuquerque-based nonprofit provides small-scale farmers with technical and informational support. It also maintains the Arid Crop Seed Cache, the state's largest seed library of native, heirloom and forgotten crops. The organization's executive director, Isaura Andaluz, is quick to point out that, despite the extra labor and knowledge required, seed saving is vital to the long-term sustainability of small-scale farming. "It's survival. It's self-sufficiency," Andaluz explains. "If you can save your seeds, you can feed yourself. If you can't, then you're going to depend on someone else."
There are cultural benefits as well, "especially for the Pueblos in New Mexico," Andaluz says. "When, for instance, you have someone pass away, you need certain cornmeal of different colors for the prayers." If the corn is lost, then an important aspect of the ceremony disappears with it.
For Montgomery and Andaluz, this kind of connection is what seed saving is all about. Whether it's crops in New Mexico helping farmers in Central America or simply an heirloom tomato that reminds a gardener of her grandmother, the food we grow binds our world. When we allow strains of crops to disappear, we all become poorer for it.0
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Save Your Own
Interested in saving seeds from your own garden? Be forewarned, it's not as easy as you might think. But never fear, the gardening gurus at the Alibi are here with some quick tips to help you get started.
1) Know the seeds you're starting with. Before you think about saving samples of your delicious sweet corn for next year, there's one thing you need to be sure of, especially if you bought your seeds at the store: Is your crop a hybrid variety? If it is, don't even bother. Hybrid crops will grow out beautifully from the package you bought, but if you try to save the second-generation seeds produced by your plants and use them later, there's no telling what you'll wind up with. The seeds could be sterile, or they might result in horrible mutants with no resemblance to their parent. So check your source. If the seed pack you bought says "open pollinated," you're good to go. If it's labeled "hybrid" or "F1," stop right there. Try a different crop or sit out the seed saving experiment this season. You can always purchase seeds for next year with an eye toward picking up pure varieties.
2) Know your crop. Saving corn kernels is a whole different process than carrot seeds, so make sure you've done your research and know how to deal with your specific plants. Some crops have a significant learning curve that's probably best avoided by a beginner. The International Seed Saving Institute recommends that amateurs stick with beans, lettuce, peas, peppers and tomatoes their first season out and hold off on the corn, cabbages and carrots until they've gotten a bit of experience under their belts.
3) Watch out for cross-pollination. Remember what we said about the horrible mutants that could come from second-generation hybrid seeds? That can still happen even if you start from a pure seed and allow the plant to be cross-pollinated with a different variety in your own (or a neighbor's) yard. Avoid a garden of grotesques by making sure there aren't other varieties of your crop-of-choice anywhere in the immediate area. This may require talking to your neighbors, or at least peeking over their fences.
4) Save seeds from as many individual plants as possible. This ensures that next year's planting has a good amount of genetic diversity, a necessity if you want an adaptable crop that can withstand anything Mother Nature throws its way.
5) Clean your seeds! Seriously, they're disgusting. Knock off any stray plant matter, pulp or other filth that may be clinging to your little darlings. Remove any unwanted material by hand.
6) Dry your seeds. Let them sit in a spot with good air circulation and low sunlight, perhaps on pillow cases or sheets, until they are completely dry. Don't put your seeds on newspapers (the dyes can damage them), and don't try to take a shortcut by putting them in the oven (that's called cooking, not drying).
7) Store your precious seeds in a cool, dry place. 45 to 55 degrees is optimal, and make sure they stay out of the sun. Glass jars with lids are ideal for the job. Avoid plastic containers, as they could allow moisture to build up and spoil all your hard work.
8) Do a little research. These tips are a head start on the basics of seed saving, but if you're serious about doing this, you're going to need more help. Native Seed Search, a clearinghouse for Southwestern seeds, has a great beginner's page at nativeseeds.org, and the International Seed Saving Institute offers a more in-depth guide at seedsave.org.
Eric Williams ericwphoto.com
Sowing Change
Cuatro Puertas partners with The Garden's Edge in educating growers about the benefits of seed saving. The two groups hold workshops throughout the state, and you can often spot them at Albuquerque area growers' markets offering free tastes of heirloom crops unique to New Mexico.
The Garden's Edge is also seeing to it that the benefits of seed saving extend beyond the borders of our state. In late May, tropical storm Agatha slammed into Guatemala, causing massive destruction. The villages of Chichicastenango in the El Quiché province, where The Garden's Edge does much of its Guatemalan work, were hit especially hard.
In order to help these rural communities rebuild, The Garden's Edge will collect donations at participating booths (look for vendors with a "Seeds for Hope" sign) at Albuquerque growers' markets over the next few weeks. In exchange for a donation, The Garden's Edge is giving out a 2011 Guatemalan calendar, a packet of native New Mexican seeds and a card explaining the history of the plants. "The idea is that by buying and planting native seeds, you can help preserve these New Mexican varieties," says Montgomery, "while at the same time helping sustainable agriculture in Guatemala."
For information on upcoming workshops, seed saving, permaculture and Seeds for Hope, visit the groups' websites.
Garden's Edge: gardensedge.org
Cuatro Puertas: c4puertas.org
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__git_ps1 not found after upgrade to Fedora 18
If you have enabled git information in the shell prompt (like branch name, working tree status, etc.) [1], an upgrade to F18 breaks this functionality. What's worse, __git_ps1 (a shell function) isn't found, and a yum plugin goes looking for a matching package name to install, making running any command on the shell *very* slow.
A workaround, till the bug is fixed, is to do:
ln -s /usr/share/git-core/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh /etc/profile.d/
Bug 878428, if you want to track progress.
[1] To add such git information in the shell display (for bash), add this to your .bashrc file:
export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true export PS1='\[\033[00;36m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\] \w\[\033[00m\]$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\$ '
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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Pandora Media (P) are up $1.49, or almost 6%, at $27.02, after the company this morning disclosed stats for its online radio operations for the month of September, saying "listener hours" rose 18%, year over year, to 1.36 billion in the month. The company said its total share of U.S. radio listening rose to 7.77% from 6.5% a year earlier.
J.P. Morgan's Doug Anmuth, reiterating an Overweight rating on the shares, writes that the stats were roughly as expected, and that "Near-term focus will shift more toward October metrics which will include a full month of Apple's (AAPL) iTunes Radio in the market."
"We continue to believe Apple's product is limited in distribution across smartphones (iOS only, no Android) and does not provide a compelling reason for users to switch from Pandora; We believe Pandora is at an inflection point on mobile and audio monetization and it remains our top SMid-cap pick."
Shares of Seagate Technology (STX) are up 63 cents, or 1.4%, at $45.33, after Pacific Crest's Monika Garg this morning upgraded the stock to Outperform from Sector Perform, writing that investors are too worried about the PC market, and that the enterprise drive market will outweigh those concerns:
"A decline of 5 million PCs is offset by 1 million more enterprise capacity drives," writes Garg. "So things even out. The top nine cloud customers constitute 35% of Sea- gate's enterprise revenue. Enterprise margins are 70% to 80% higher than PC margins."
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are down 11 cents at $33.47 as the Street continues to ponder the question of who'll succeed CEO Steve Ballmer when he steps down by August of next year. Bloomberg's Dina Bass, citing multiple unnamed sources, writes this morning that the board of directors has discussed various candidates, including, as previously speculated, Ford (F) CEO Alan Mulally, and Nokia's (NOK) former CEO, Stephen Elop.
However, the Detroit Free Press's Matthew Miller and Craig Trudell late yesterday reported that Ford's executive chairman, Bill Ford, stated of Mulally "the plan is that he's going to stick around."
Also today, Reuters's Nadia Damouni and Bill Rigby write that three of Microsoft's top 20 investors are lobbying for founder and chairman Bill Gates, who still owns 4.5% of the stock, to step down, citing multiple unnamed sources.
The authors write investors are divided, with some thinking the "old guard" at Microsoft has got to go, and others thinking Gates is what remains of the company's technology vision.
Reuters's Clare Jim and Reiji Murai this morning write that Apple's iPad mini is unlikely to have a higher-resolution "Retina" screen when it receives an update this month, citing multiple unnamed supply chain sources. The authors write that "One source at a supplier said there were delays in Apple's certification of panel producers, which were given strict power-saving requirements."
Apple shares are up $3.26, or 0.7%, at $491.22.
As the Street continues to ponder the chances of BlackBerry (BBRY) getting taken private, Raymond James's Tavis McCourt this morning picks apart the 10-Q filing from the company's disastrous fiscal Q2, reported Friday.
McCourt finds a couple extra details of interest, including that total sell-through of handsets was 5.9 million devices, which was down 43% from the prior-year period, and down 13% from Q1′s level, "of which 1.7 mln were BB10 devices, well below consensus of 3.5 mln." He also finds "Services revenue declined -28% y/y (-9% q/q) in 2Q14; The guidance for F3Q14 is for Services revenue to drop another 12% q/q (implying -36% y/y) – worse than our model forecasts."
Blackberry shares are down 31 cents, or 4%, at $$7.61.
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JURO, im setting up 2.fly rods for tuna this season, one of my friend wants to go an catch some badboys!
we will have conventional gear, but will fly fish if the opertunity arises, have you been out!!!! an how far,would like to get any info if we can on catching them. will be out of green harbor. if everything go o.k. we will most likley be out 3 times a week for BFT'S we are not looking to catch for sale! just for fun an maby eat a few."GOOD LUCK GOOD FISHIN"
You're gettin SERIOUS! A few names come to mind... Josko, Capt. Bruce Peters, and some guys I used to work with up in Maine. Josko and Bruce head east offshore from the cape, so if you're leaving from the south shore would probably be best researched with the Stellwagen folks. The B-Fast charter guys leave from the south shore and hit the Stellwagen for bluefin. Capt.Tom, a bunch of guys in MA Striped bass, etc. You are talkin' schoolies, I hope. Fly lines are gettin' expensive [img]http://www.flyfishingforum.com/images/flytalk/Wilk.gif" border="0" align="middle">
Art Burton and son are into make shark on flies, there might be some stories to share there.
My best bet would be to ping Smitty on this one. He is connected on the south shore and I know he's chased everything that swims.
Giant bluefin tuna are a little bit out of my range at this point... but I am willing to learn! <img src="http://www.flyfishingforum.com/images/flytalk/Wilk.gif[/img] Tell ya what, if you need someone to tag along and chronicle the adventure on film, let me know. I bought a camcorder to MPEG converter last year and haven't used it all that much. I need a good excuse.
Good topic, can't wait to see the results =8^O
JURO, we want to go an play with them,maby tie up , an chum,an see what we can bring in, if we do it a few times, an hit a few fish,OF ANYKIND. we will be happy.
when we get everything down an use to what we are doing,gladly have you on board!I know Mike from BFAST, I sent hime a client of mine from California that I went BIllFISH fishing with,I just sent him 4 more guys to go COD fishin with. ILL give him a shout, an see what he says also.I have a 12,15 wt I used in MEXICO
Ill just use them.I had a 13wt but BROKE it there, should send it back JUST in case, never have enough BACKUP'S.when thing get going Ill keep you posted on our adventures,plenty of time to look around an ask questions.the BOAT,Rods,Reel,an PEOPLE are READY just
have to wait. will make a few runs out their threw the season,an play around,Ill be here,
P.S.Im running a BIG FISH FLY SWAP 8"-10" flies on Jeff page IT'S closed out, SORRY I forgot to ask you, maby we can do one here if it's not to late,BUT need to keep it at 6 tyers,want to know what you think first befor I put it up, Im doing 24 of them an 18 sre sold an 6 are for the swap another 6 won't mater to me.
Saltydog (Rich I believe?),
Nat Moody is another guy you might talk to up at First Light Anglers in Manchester, MA. He runs a Silverhawk out to the Bank and has tangled with tuna on the fly. I usually get out there 6-12 times a year with a friend who also runs out of Manchester. We usually troll for tuna or bait for sharks, but I just acquired a Penn 13-15 wt. for very short $$$ and plan on doing some similar experimenting with blue sharks and hopefully some other blue species this summer, so let me know if you want to compare notes.
Looking forward to expanding my horizons a little. What boat will you be running out there?
JEFFG, we plan on fishing out of GREEN HARBOR, NOT down South,the boat is a 26'er is a Seaswurl, the outher is 43'er,Burtrum. have you flyfished for BFT'S
out of the Cape Cod?
my friend just go back from MEXICO, last weekend an brought me some pic's of the SAIL he caught on one of my flies ,an whats left to the fly. Im now tying him anothere 6.I have the PIC'S upin the front window this week, an the fly out there to."GOOD LUCK GOOD FISHIN"
By the Bank I meant Stellwagon--I usually do not fish "inside" the Bay (i.e. south of P-Town) but we regularly go to the BE Buoy and the SW corner of Stellwagon, which is only about 15 nm east/northeast of Green Harbor. We fish for bft and porbeagles sometimes. Last season was kind of a nightmare for both, but at a minimum I plan on taming a few 100 lb. blue sharks just to test the equipment...
sounds like your going to have some fun ! maby we will see you out there some time. I was told to go to the BE bouy, to look for them, I think this season will be running around an learning places an just enjoying the water, an maby a FEW fish!"GOOD LUCK GOOD TYIN"
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RE:Simms breathable waders
Hi Doug,
For eastcoast stripers, i've been very happy fishing with the following:
stockingfoot goretex waders with lightweight (llbean) sticky rubbersoled boots (like hiking boots)
wetsuit or dry suit bibs with neoprene surfing boots
I remember a hike out to nauset inlet from coastguard beach when Juro was wearing conventional wading boots and i had my surfing boots on - i felt like i had wings on my feet. For long walks on the beach you _cannot_ beat them, and i personally really like being able to feel the sand & stones beneath my feet.
Wearing a wetsuit or drysuit is something i used to do for safety when i thought i'd be gambling with time on a far sandbar as the tide came in. I'm getting a little too comfortable with goretex now though
Because my surfing boots are too tight to pull over my goretex waders, and I wanted something that could do double-duty on rivers, I got the lightweight llbean sticky rubber sole boots for them, and they also cruise very well over sand, as well as being just the trick for rocky areas. If not for them, i'd surely have gone for a pair of larger dive boots. BTW, neo boots are also a very nice item to have on hand if you ever get a chance to fish the tropics.
( Also, don't expect the sticky rubber soles to work well on streambeds that have algae on them (i see they now come optionally with carbide spikes ) )
Now that i've purchased a pair of (Simms Guide Model Goretex) bootfoots to keep my feet toasty in PNW rivers, i have to say that i really like the convenience of just slipping them on and off, and if i ever move back to boston, i'll be eyeing a pair for myself. The Simms Guide model bootfoots are _really_ expensive, but i agree with Brian that walking in them is quite comfortable and they seem to offer adequate support.
I couldn't agree more with the bootfoot's value of not having to deal with the ordeal of double gaitors, which often still don't keep the sand out if standing right in the wash.
However, i strongly suggest against using felt soles on the beach unless you are looking for a _lot_ of extra exercise. I don't know if they are still available, but last year the Simms Guide Model goretex bootfoots could be ordered with a treaded sole instead of a felt sole, but you've got to be really prepared before you peek at the price. At least the guide models come with a two-year warrantee instead of just a one-year.
A bit off the topic, but the dry suit which i have is a two piece bib & top combo - the top has a comfortable neoprene neck unlike the totally hardcore ones which have a latex seal neck. I keep it rolled up and tied to the back of my chestpack for when it is either pouring rain or when i think i need a measure of safety ( when i think i might have to do some swimming . pulling it down over the top of my chestwaders, drawing the double waistband tight and velcroing the neck gives me almost the equivalent of a drysuit, and eliminates the sea-anchor effect of swimming in chestwaders - considerably more so than just a wading belt.
Lastly, in case anyone has not yet experienced goretex waders for hot summer fishing - the luxury is something you'll appreciate every time the temperatures warm up.
good luck,
RE:Simms breathable waders
Once again...thanks for all the info. This leaves me with quite a few options!
Doug B.
RE:Simms breathable waders
Hi Doug,
I have the bootfoot Simms Goretex and love them. Done a lot of walking and wading in them - winter and summer - the last two years on Puget Sounds assorted steelhead rivers. They're great waders with just about the best boots (comfort, ankle support, etc) I've found on a bootfoot wader!
The $$$ tag is steep, but you'll appreciate your investment every time you put them on.
Brian Lencho
Seattle, WA
RE:Simms breathable waders
Doug -
On second thought as you are a north shore guy boot foots might be the ticket. The sand is hard and the walks are not like the outer cape, flats or Monomoy. There are a number of rocky areas like Ipswich northside and the refuge. My perspectives were largely from the soft and vast sand deposits I walk on the cape.
As far as size, I always just try them on before I buy. Once again, I like to be able to put on my river boots and fish the freestone with my goretex too.
good luck,
RE:Simms breathable waders
Thanks for all the input! A couple more questions concerning scuba booties. Do you go 1 or 2 sizes larger to accomodate the wader stocking feet? How thick is the material on the feet? Being an ex-scuba diver, I remember the occassional battle removing booties. I did have ones with "sneaker type" soles. In fact, I still do...but I don't see wader feet fitting in them!
As for the boot foot waders, I have seen Reddington and Hodgman breathables in the $140-$150 range.
RE:Simms breathable waders
Doug -
How are ya? What I prefer to use on sand is stocking foot waders, scuba boots with soles, and wrap-around neoprene stretch gaitors. The reason? Ninja feet! I can slice through the tide rips, run on smushy soft sand, chase albies down the beach, and walk Brewster Flats at mid-day on a minus tide without feeling like Frankenstein. In fact you can swim with them in the event you miscalculate the incoming tide. The gaitors prevent sand from entering the boots, all but a few grains.
I have converted dozens of people to scuba boots after fishing together on sand. I would imagine that trend will continue.
(none of this applies to anything other than surf flyfishing on beaches)
Another benefit of stocking foot is the ability to use my Danner boots with the Simms waders in river fishing situations. Remember to disinfect with 5 parts water to one part clorox when using felt boots across geographical regions!
Scuba subtleties:
There are a few points to be aware of... the boots should be the type with soles. Scuba boots now come with deck soles (boat soles) and terrain soles (rocky shorelines) as well as the common softsole. Don't even bother with the ones that do not have a good sole.
Zippers - can't live with them, can't live without them. Until they make a pull-on stretch boot (hmmm...) zippers are a necessary evil. The good news is, you only need to futz with them twice a day and there is no problem putting them on. Taking them off - is another story. I keep a pair of heavy forceps to grab the zipper tab for those occasional tough days. Also, make sure the zippers are gusseted (sp?) meaning there is a continuous flap inside the zipper.
Gaitors - get the kind with lots of mating velcro surface area. Race point surf will rip off anything less than aggressive velcro.
All that being said, I still feel it's infinitely more comfortable to work the beach with scuba shoes than with heavy boots.
RE:Simms breathable waders
I think you got some excellent advise on the pros and cons of different breathables (brands) and different types (boot or stocking foot). Personally I have owned two pairs of breathables: the silver label from Orvis and the Simms guide model, both in stocking foot. I would not consider the bootfoot models because for me, walking with comfort, security, and well supported feet (flat feet syndrome!) is more important than the extra warmth and ease of entry of the bootfoot model. If you always fish the beach though, the sand issue mentioned by the other fellows is a major one. At the end of the day, I always get some sand in between my stocking foot waders and the boots.
As far as brands go and if money is no object (or you can at least live with it <grin>, I wouldn't think twice. The Simms are absolutely fantastic. I was so impressed with them that after fishing them a couple of days I sold my fairly new Orvis pair. The fit (comfort)and sturdiness are, in my opinion, superior to that of Orvis'. Breathability... I would guess it to be the same. In other words, just great. No sweat with them on all day.
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You bring up an excellent point, one that entirely slipped my mind (no surprise there unfortunately ). If you primarily fish the beaches then the bootfoot models may be better suited for you. Sand in the boots is a problem for me, and requires me to periodically exit the water and dump my boots - as my feet get very cramped by the sand, making it a neccessity. That would still lead me to try and get a pair of the hybrid models that combine the bootfoot with the lace option. However, I do an equal amount, if not more, of freshwater fishing and will just deal with the hassle for now - as I like the versatility of the stockingfoot's separate boot (as mentioned above).
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Of course I have an opinion.
Well being an old guy which my kids constantly remind of. )))
Back to the subject. After I retired the old red balls...I'm talkin about waders here! And getting over the sticker shock of breathable waders I bought the Orvis Silver Label boot foots. I got lucky and caught an Orvis promotion which gave me twenty percent off of the $225 price tag. First point, I have always had boot-foot waders so I'm used to them. Secondly last year I posted on BBS5 polling the RT knowledge pool. The concensus was that boot-foot waders held a major advantage over stocking-foot waders in respect to SAND. I cannot speak first hand about sand working it's way between the wading shoe and the stocking feet with or without gators. I do know it always works it's way into my swimming trunks. It just made sense to me. Thirdly the Orvis waders have a four or five year prorated warranty for leakage.
And if I spent more bucks on waders I wouldn't have been able to spring for the RPLXi.
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I prefer the stockingfoot waders because I like the comfort when walking long distances. Although the bootfoots score big points in convenience, they fall short IMO on ankle support. I like the more secure feeling of the boots, as my ankle doesn't feel like it is swimming like in the bootfoot models. Probably the best compromise is the breathable waders by orvis, combining the convenience of the bootfoot with the superior support of the separate boot -- Sounds a little like ad copy - sorry.
I have done a lot of wading in rivers with extremely slick substrate, and feel the separate boots have saved me a few falls. I just seem to be less clumsy in the stockingfoots, plus I think the tighter fit around the ankle allows me a more positive foot plant. If this sounds whacked out I understand, but when you prevent yourself from dunking with a fancy pirouette and some fancy footwork you'll appreciate the stockingfoots.
One thing to consider is winter wading - when temps get real cold you may not want stockingfoots as you may have to cut the laces off to get them off, or defrost them in your car/truck before removing them - then the boots come in handy.
One more thing - I can adjust the amount of foot insulation I use with the stockingfoots. In warm water I wear a thin atletic or wool sock and when colder conditions warrant I step up to a heavier sock and polypro wicking layer - affording me more flexibility and comfort level. If wet wading I can just wear the boots, and take advantage of the traction of the felt bottoms. Also, like Juro mentioned, some of those bootfoots are dark in color - the suns rays combined with some insulation equate to some hot feet.
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Juro ( and anyone else ),
I will be in the market for breatable waders this summer. I am curious as to whether most of you out there prefer stocking foot or boot foot waders.
Juro...I think you were mentioning wearing scuba booties over stocking foot waders.
Any other opinions out there?
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As someone who has been wearing waders for more of my life than dress shoes, I have probably tried a fair cross-section of wader styles. I can only imagine how knowledgeable you old guys are Actually, I am forty and so have no say one way or the other!
When I was about 14, I had a pair of those rubber waders which I swear my frugal mother of 5 siblings cut off the tops and made me wear as snow boots. Maybe she didn't actually, but you couldn't tell by the bott design, and they gripped about as well in the water as they did on the ice.
It was a l-o-n-g time until neoprenes came into my life, in fact winter steelheading in the early 80's did the trick. Gone were my Red Balls forever, and I mean that figuratively as well as... never mind.
Upon moving to Seattle, the concept of winter and summer steelhead graced my life, and with it came the need for more than one style of wader. Fearing the return of the plastic bag pants, I was saved by the discovery of OS Systems Waders. These are a non-breathable uninsulated super-tough wader with the most comfortable feet you have ever worn. (See separate review)
OK - so I took the long way around to explaining Gore-tex, but here I am. Even the lightweight OS/S waders caused considerable condensation when the glacial river flow meets 98.6 for extended periods of fishing. The best one can do is wear fleece, because it holds <5% of water and wicks very efficiently. OK - it's 90 degrees out, everybody put on their fleece! NADA... and neoprene's even worse.
Enter the breathable wader. So I guess instead of saying what's so good about Simms Goretex, I mentioned what is sooo bad without them. The Guide Series are guide-tough and a top notch product. I was doubtful of their durability until I beat a pair up for a season. Looks like I'll be beating them for next season too, not even a glitch. They are a bit pricey (~$359), but if you are looking for tough and top-of-the-line this is it. If you've heard good testimonials about them, you can add one to the list. I love my pair.
If I could change one thing it would be the feet. Since I bought them to escape hot weather, the last thing I wanted was black 5 mm neoprene on my feet. I suppose the boot foot would eliminate the problem, provided they are not insulated. The above mentioned OS/S waders have the most comfortable feet on the market, unfortunately they are not interested in the breathable wader market.
Simms has introduced a lower priced breathable this year. Blue Northern had these ultra-new waders at the show. Another post (or a reply to this) will 'splain the deal with those.
Hope this helps.
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I work on a 3D Action RPG in my spare time, [here's] a gameplay video of it so far, yes it's too fast and messy but you get the idea. The game is thought of as a 3rd person game but 1st person is also included (to please players' preference).
It's a single-player game, but thought of as if AI players were human players (ie. they're not lesser unarmed monsters, they have the same moves as human players), and even as a PvP multiplayer game (future feature).
I'm a regular at the UDK forums and a few days ago someone (who I sometimes even talk to on skype) posted his WIP thread, and while his game was purely action, the fighting system idea was similar to what I have/want (basically a slightly different + improved version of Mount & Blade's). I asked what his ideas for improvement were but he wasn't up for the design discussion, and I was left wanting to discuss it.
So basically I have something similar to Mount & Blade's melee and ranged combat. Mine is slightly faster but still without becoming confusing (at least that's what Im trying to). Blocking is just like M&B's automatic blocking mode (ie. you don't have to direct your parries, just time them right).
Improvements on my end including the ability to use a roll move as a dodge, and using A+click / S+click / D+click (only if you're standing still, doesn't work if you're already moving) to do a left / backward / right attack, to make up a little for the fact that regular attacks are always aimed to the front which limits multi-enemy combat very much.
For those (few) not familiar with Mount&Blade's combat, you can choose one attack of 4 possible ones: left-to-right slash, right-to-left slash, up-to-down slash, and forward thrust. this is done by moving your camera-controlling mouse to the left/right/up/down and then clicking the mouse button. might sound a little dizzy-involving but after 3 minutes of getting used to it, it works quite good.
I've also thought about using combos but I'm not sure it fits with the whole "I control the direction of the attack" concept. Other games like Skyrim, Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed base their combat attacks in combos which, while they encourage a click-bashing experience and no strategy, keep things a little interesting visually (except for maybe PoP: warrior within whose combo choices in theory make you think of strategy, though it is itself discussable because in the end using one combo instead of another would cause very little difference strategic-wise).
So how would you tie in combo features in a M&B-like control-attack-direction system? would you at all?
My proposed idea: after an attack, tie-in the best next attack choice in a better way, and to impose a penalty for the worst next attack choice. For example: say you do a sword slashing attack from right to left. the best next attack (based on body/arm/hand flow logic) would be to do another slashing attack, this time from left to right. the worst next attack would be to do the same right-to-left slashing attack again because it'd require the body+arm to re-position again at the right side to start the attack. doing an up-to-down attack or a thrust would cause no penalty, or mean any advantage.
so penalty, advantage? well the penalty for choosing the worst next attack choice would be that the attack would take much longer to get executed, while the advantage for choosing the best next attack would be a much faster next attack, maybe with a different attack animation to keep things visually interesting.
all of this would need to be explained to the player by the "tutorial trainer guy" in-game
I've also thought about a 'Dark Messiah'-like push/stun kick (which I think was later introduced in M&B, but I can't be sure) and other 'Dark Messiah'-like situational moves, and maybe a hold-click power attack.
I'm here to discuss though, so I'm ready to hear what you guys have to say
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CHAPTER VI.page: 79
SHE happened quite accidentally. We were not looking for a Princess at all just then; but Noël had said he was going to find a Princess all by himself; and marry her—and he really did. Which was rather odd, because when people say things are going to befall, very often they don't. It was different, of course, with the prophets of old.
We did not get any treasure by it, except twelve chocolate drops; but we might have done, and it was an adventure, anyhow.
Greenwich Park is a jolly good place to play in, especially the parts that aren't near Greenwich. The parts near the Heath are first‐rate. I often wish the Park was nearer our house; but I suppose a Park is a difficult thing to move.
Sometimes we get Eliza to put lunch in a page: 80 basket, and we go up to the Park. She likes that—it saves cooking dinner for us; and sometimes she says of her own accord, "I've made some pasties for you, and you might as well go into the Park as not. It's a lovely day."
She always tells us to rinse out the cup at the drinking‐fountain, and the girls do; but I always put my head under the tap and drink. Then you are an intrepid hunter at a mountain stream—and besides, you're sure it's clean. Dicky does the same, and so does H.O. But Noël always drinks out of the cup. He says it is a golden goblet wrought by enchanted gnomes.
The day the Princess happened was a fine, hot day, last October, and we were quite tired with the walk up to the Park.
We always go in by the little gate at the top of Croom's Hill. It is the postern gate that things always happen at in stories. It was dusty walking, but when we got in the Park it was ripping, so we rested a bit, and lay on our backs, and looked up at the trees, and wished we could play monkeys. I have done it before now, but the Park‐keeper makes a row if he catches you.page: 81
When we'd rested a little, Alice said—
"It was a long way to the enchanted wood, but it is very nice now we are there. I wonder what we shall find in it?"
"We shall find deer," said Dicky, "if we go to look; but they go on the other side of the Park because of the people with buns."
Saying buns made us think of lunch, so we had it; and when we had done we scratched a hole under a tree and buried the papers, because we know it spoils pretty places to leave beastly, greasy papers lying about. I remember Mother teaching me and Dora that, when we were quite little. I wish everybody's parents would teach them this useful lesson, and the same about orange‐peel.
When we'd eaten everything there was, Alice whispered—
"I see the white witch bear yonder among the trees! Let's track it and slay it in its lair."
"I am the bear," said Noël; so he crept away, and we followed him among the trees. Often the witch bear was out of sight, and then you didn't know where it would jump out from; but sometimes we saw it, and just followed.
"When we catch it there'll be a great page: 82 fight," said Oswald; "and I shall be Count Folko of Mont Faucon."
"I'll be Gabrielle," said Dora. She is the only one of us who likes doing girl's parts.
"I'll be Sintram," said Alice; "and H.O. can be the Little Master."
"What about Dicky?"
"Oh, I can be the Pilgrim with the bones."
"Hist!" whispered Alice. "See his white fairy fur gleaming amid yonder covert!"
And I saw a bit of white too. It was Noël's collar, and it had come undone at the back.
We hunted the bear in and out of the trees, and then we lost him altogether; and suddenly we found the wall of the Park—in a place where I'm sure there wasn't a wall before. Noël wasn't anywhere about, and there was a door in the wall. And it was open; so we went through.
"The bear has hidden himself in these mountain fastnesses," Oswald said. "I will draw my good sword and after him."
So I drew the umbrella, which Dora always will bring in case it rains, because Noël gets a cold on the chest at the least thing—and we went on.
The other side of the wall it was a stable yard, all cobble stones. There was nobody page: 83 about—but we could hear a man rubbing down a horse and hissing in the stable; so we crept very quietly past, and Alice whispered—
""Tis the lair of the Monster Serpent; I hear his deadly hiss! Beware! Courage and despatch!"
We went over the stones on tiptoe, and we found another wall with another door in it on the other side. We went through that too, on tiptoe. It really was an adventure. And there we were in a shrubbery, and we saw something white through the trees. Dora said it was the white bear. That is so like Dora. She always begins to take part in a play just when the rest of us are getting tired of it. I don't mean this unkindly, because I am very fond of Dora. I cannot forget how kind she was when I had bronchitis; and ingratitude is a dreadful vice. But it is quite true.
"It is not a bear," said Oswald; and we all went on, still on tiptoe, round a twisty path and on to a lawn, and there was Noël. His collar had come undone, as I said, and he had an inky mark on his face that he made just before we left the house, and he wouldn't let Dora wash it off, and one of his boot‐laces page: 84 was coming down. He was standing looking at a little girl; she was the funniest little girl you ever saw.
She was like a china doll—the sixpenny kind; she had a white face, and long yellow hair, done up very tight in two pigtails; her forehead was very big and lumpy, and her cheeks came high up, like little shelves under her eyes. Her eyes were small and blue. She had on a funny black frock, with curly braid on it, and button boots that went almost up to her knees. Her legs were very thin. She was sitting in a hammock chair nursing a blue kitten—not a sky‐blue one, of course, but the colour of a new slate pencil. As we came up we heard her say to Noël—
"Who are you?"
Noël had forgotten about the bear, and he was taking his favourite part, so he said—
"I'm Prince Camaralzaman."
The funny little girl looked pleased—
"I thought at first you were a common boy," she said. Then she saw the rest of us and said—
"Are you all Princesses and Princes too?"
Of course we said "Yes," and she said—
"I am a Princess also." She said it very well too, exactly as if it were true. We were page: 85 very glad, because it is so seldom you meet any children who can begin to play right off without having everything explained to them. And even then they will say they are going to "pretend to be" a lion, or a witch, or a king. Now this little girl just said "I am a Princess." Then she looked at Oswald and said, "I fancy I've seen you at Baden."
Of course Oswald said, "Very likely."
The little girl had a funny voice, and all her words were quite plain, each word by itself; she didn't talk at all like we do.
H.O. asked her what the cat's name was, and she said "Katinka." Then Dicky said—
"Let's get away from the windows; if you play near windows some one inside generally knocks at them and says 'Don't'."
The Princess put down the cat very carefully and said—
"I am forbidden to walk off the grass."
"That's a pity," said Dora.
"But I will if you like," said the Princess.
"You mustn't do things you are forbidden to do," Dora said; but Dicky showed us that there was some more grass beyond the shrubs with only a gravel path between. So I lifted the Princess over the gravel, so that she should be able to say she hadn't walked off page: 86 the grass. When we got to the other grass we all sat down, and the Princess asked us if we liked "dragées" (I know that's how you spell it, for I asked Albert‐next‐door's uncle).
We said we thought not, but she pulled a real silver box out of her pocket and showed us; they were just flat, round chocolates. We had two each. Then we asked her her name, and she began, and when she began she went on, and on, and on, till I thought she was never going to stop. H.O. said she had fifty names, but Dicky is very good at figures, and he says there were only eighteen. The first were Pauline, Alexandra, Alice, and Mary was one, and Victoria, for we all heard that, and it ended up with Hildegarde Cunigonde something or other, Princess of something else.
When she'd done, H.O. said, "That's jolly good! Say it again!" and she did, but even then we couldn't remember it. We told her our names, but she thought they were too short, so when it was Noël's turn he said he was Prince Noël Camaralzaman Ivan Constantine Charlemagne James John Edward Biggs Maximilian Bastable Prince of Lewisham, but when she asked him to say it again page: 87 of course he could only get the first two names right, because he'd made it up as he went on.
So the Princess said, "You are quite old enough to know your own name." She was very grave and serious.
She told us that she was the fifth cousin of Queen Victoria. We asked who the other cousins were, but she did not seem to understand. She went on and said she was seven times removed. She couldn't tell us what that meant either, but Oswald thinks it means that the Queen's cousins are so fond of her that they will keep coming bothering, so the Queen's servants have orders to remove them. This little girl must have been very fond of the Queen to try so often to see her, and to have been seven times removed. We could see that it is considered something to be proud of; but we thought it was hard on the Queen that her cousins wouldn't let her alone.
Presently the little girl asked us where our maids and governesses were.
We told her we hadn't any just now. And she said—
"How pleasant! And did you come here alone?"page: 88
"Yes," said Dora; "we came across the Heath."
"You are very fortunate," said the little girl. She sat very upright on the grass, with her fat little hands in her lap. "I should like to go on the Heath. There are donkeys there, with white saddle covers. I should like to ride them, but my governess will not permit."
"I'm glad we haven't a governess," H.O. said. "We ride the donkeys whenever we have any pennies, and once I gave the man another penny to make it gallop."
"You are indeed fortunate!" said the Princess again, and when she looked sad the shelves on her cheeks showed more than ever. You could have laid a sixpence on them quite safely if you had had one.
"Never mind," said Noël; "I've got a lot of money. Come out and have a ride now." But the little girl shook her head and said she was afraid it would not be correct.
Dora said she was quite right; then all of a sudden came one of those uncomfortable times when nobody can think of anything to say, so we sat and looked at each other. But at last Alice said we ought to be going.
"Do not go yet," the little girl said. "At what time did they order your carriage?"page: 89
"Our carriage is a fairy one, drawn by griffins, and it comes when we wish for it," said Noël.
The little girl looked at him very queerly, and said, "That is out of a picture‐book."
Then Noël said he thought it was about time he was married if we were to be home in time for tea. The little girl was rather stupid over it, but she did what we told her, and we married them with Dora's pocket‐handkerchief for a veil, and the ring off the back of one of the buttons on H.O.'s blouse just went on her little finger.
Then we showed her how to play cross‐touch, and puss in the corner, and tag. It was funny, she didn't know any games but battledore and shuttlecock and les graces. But she really began to laugh at last and not to look quite so like a doll.
She was Puss and was running after Dicky when suddenly she stopped short and looked as if she was going to cry. And we looked too, and there were two prim ladies with little mouths and tight hair. One of them said in quite an awful voice, "Pauline, who are these children?" and her voice was gruff; with very curly R's.
The little girl said we were Princes and page: 90 Princesses—which was silly, to a grown‐up person that is not a great friend of yours.
The gruff lady gave a short, horrid laugh, like a husky bark, and said—
"Princes, indeed! They're only common children!"
Dora turned very red and began to speak, but the little girl cried out "Common children! Oh, I am so glad! When I am grown up I'll always play with common children."
And she ran at us, and began to kiss us one by one, beginning with Alice; she had got to H.O. when the horrid lady said—
"Your Highness—go indoors at once!"
The little girl answered, "I won't!" Then the prim lady said—
"Wilson, carry her Highness indoors."
And the little girl was carried away screaming, and kicking with her little thin legs and her buttoned boots, and between her screams she shrieked: "Common children! I am glad, glad, glad! Common children! Common children!"
The nasty lady then remarked—
"Go at once, or I will send for the police!"
So we went. H.O. made a face at her and page: 91 so did Alice, but Oswald took off his cap and said he was sorry if she was annoyed about anything; for Oswald has always been taught to be polite to ladies, however nasty. Dicky took his off, too, when he saw me do it; he says he did it first, but that is a mistake. If I were really a common boy I should say it was a lie.
Then we all came away, and when we got outside Dora said, "So she was really a Princess. Fancy a Princess living there!"
"Even Princesses have to live somewhere," said Dicky.
"And I thought it was play. And it was real. I wish I'd known! I should have liked to ask her lots of things," said Alice.
H.O. said he would have liked to ask her what she had for dinner and whether she had a crown.
I felt, myself, we had lost a chance of finding out a great deal about kings and queens. I might have known such a stupid‐looking little girl would never have been able to pretend, as well as that.
So we all went home across the Heath, and made dripping toast for tea.
When we were eating it Noël said, "I page: 92 wish I could give her some! It is very good."
He sighed as he said it, and his mouth was very full, so we knew he was thinking of his Princess. He says now that she was as beautiful as the day, but we remember her quite well, and she was nothing of the kind.


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Le Fonti is our home and the best family hotel in Volterra! The location was founded by my father, Ghebo Vero Bessi. Fulfilling a dream which my father had spent a lifetime working towards, he involved the whole family in this very ambitious project including myself, my mother and my sister Paola.
For all of us Park Hotel le Fonti is a place of work but also a sanctuary and our home. My whole family spend a lot of time here so that guests may feel at home too.
Perhaps that is why so many guests come back to visit us!
Enjoyment and leisure, the secret of Tuscan living
Be inspired by our joy!
Here in Volterra you can still fully experience the authentic uniqueness of the place and the people.
A complete Tuscan experience of pure energy and ancient vigor. Revel in the beauty of the natural archaic surroundings, savor the exquisite food and excellent wines and have the best holiday you have ever had!
The history of the Bessi family lies in the alabaster craft.
One of the Bessi family's most illustrous ancestors, Cav. Giuseppe Bessi born in 1857 in Volterra, trained and educated at the art school in Florence, was well known and esteemed as a master of the alabaster craft leaving a legacy of a collection of beautifully sculptured female busts.
His son, Mino Bessi, continued in his father's footsteps and added to the collection. After the second world war the valuable collection of artifacts Bessi was inherited by my father, Ghebo Vero Bessi.
Today, this exclusive collection of alabaster sculptures is on display both in the hotel and in our shop located in Via Turazza 1, Volterra.


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