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Chaco Canyon National Monument is important primarily because it contains outstanding archeological remains of the Anasazi (Basketmaker-Pueblo) culture. Within the monument there are over 400 recorded archeological sites ranging from simple one-room pithouse dwellings to complex pueblos containing several hundred rooms. In addition to the thousands of living quarters and storage rooms, these archeological sites include ceremonial structures known as kivas and great kivas, pictograph sites, prehistoric stairways carved in the cliffs, and several archeologically important trash mounds. They also include complex water conservation and distribution systems which have only recently come to light. From these sites has come a wealth of stone, bone, clay, and fiber artifacts which, in combination with the physical remains, have been helpful to the archeologist in deciphering the story of man's existence here.
Occupancy of this area dates from about A.D. 600 to about A.D. 1275, during which time the cultural traits changed quite radically from a simple farming culture to one with a high degree of sophistication. The greatest distinction of these prehistoric people lies in the massiveness of the multi-storied buildings they constructed, the excellence of their stone masonry, the high peak of proficiency shown in their arts and crafts, and the engineering knowledge evidenced by their highly developed water collecting and distribution systems.
Perhaps the most distinctive, yet least known aspect is the highly complex social and religious organization of the community which would have been necessary in achieving all they accomplished.
The economy was principally based on floodwater farmingat first corn and squash and later beans. These farm products were supplemented by the gathering of wild plants and seeds and by wild game which was snared or hunted. They did some weaving and made elaborate baskets, jewelry, and pottery. These items formed the basis for a lively trade with peoples in far distant places as indicated by the remains of numerous parrots, macaws, and copper bells.
During the earlier Basketmaker periods, these people lived in small circular structures called pithouses (because the floors were 1 to 3 feet below the surrounding ground level). The walls and flat roof were made of poles, chinked with bark and brush, and the whole covered with a thick layer of mud. Later these individual pithouses were replaced by multi-family dwellings built entirely above ground and with walls made of stone laid in adobe mortar. The small rectangular, flat-roofed rooms were at first built in rows or clusters. Later, additional rooms were built beside or on top of the earlier rooms and the development of the great multi-storied, multi-roomed pueblos began.
The largest of these villages was Pueblo Bonito which had approximately 800 rooms, including more than 30 kivas and 2 great kivas. This village covered more than 3 acres, in places was 4 or 5 stories high, and may have housed as many as 1,200 people. Other major prehistoric developments include:
In studying the later periods of development at Chaco Canyon, archeologists have identified three main cultural phases, two of which (the Bonito and Hosta Butte) were the end products of long developing traditions in the Chaco area, and the third phase (McElmo) involved migrants who came into the area later.
The Bonito Phase is represented by the large classic villages concentrated mainly on the north side of the canyon (Pueblo Bonito, Chettro Kettle, Pueblo del Arroyo, Hungo Pavie, Una Vida, and Wijiji); by the isolated great kivas (Casa Rinconada and Kin Nahasbas); and by certain of the outlying villages (Penasco Blanco, Pueblo Pintado, Old Alto, Kin Biniola, Kin Klizhin, and Kin Ya-ah). Architecture is characterized by preconceived plan, multi-storied structures, "D," "E," or oval-shaped ground plan with open plaza or courtyard area enclosed by rooms. Masonry is heavy, cored and with decorative veneers. Kivas and great kivas were common. The wide rock stairways of possible ceremonial significance and the extensive water conservation and distribution systems are closely associated with this phase. Artifacts from these sites contain a greater number and variety of luxury items such as turquoise mosaics and necklaces, jet or gilsonite inlays, tall cylindrical vases, painted sandstone, parrots, macaws, and copper bells.
The Hosta Butte Phase villages are generally small and scattered along the south side of the canyon. They are characterized by random, irregular clusters of rooms, generally limited to one or two stories. The house blocks enclose kivas of a different type than in the Bonito Phase. There are no open courtyards or plazas and no great kivas. Masonry is thin and fragile, not cored and without decorative veneers. The luxury-type artifacts seen in the Bonito Phase are absent.
The McElmo Phase architecture is characterized by compact, multistoried, planned villages with kivas enclosed in house blocks but no great kivas. Sites representative of this phase are Kin Kletso, Casa Chiquita, New Alto, and Tsin Kletzin. Masonry is cored, thin-walled, and often faced with large blocks of sandstone, pecked and "dimpled," with chinking between stones. Artifacts were generally poor in both quantity and diversity except for the large-scale manufacture of the distinctive McElmo black-on-white pottery.
In summary, the Bonito Phase is represented by the large multiroomed villages concentrated along the north side of the canyon.
The Hosta Butte Phase, which was present at Chaco from nearly the same time as the Bonito Phase, was largely concentrated along the south side of the canyon as small suburban units.
The McElmo Phase sites are viewed as latecomers into the area. The people of this phase were migrants from the San Juan area who came into Chaco during the period 1030-1050, bearing their distinctive architecture and carbon-painted pottery. Their arrival caused no break in activities among the large cities of the Bonito Phase or in the suburbs of the Hosta Butte Phase where these original settlers continued making iron painted pottery and pursued without disruption their own socio-ceremonial, agrarian way of life. All three groups of people henceforth lived cooperatively side by side. The inference is strong that although the urban centers of the Bonito Phase were the directing force in the fields of architecture, town planning, and irrigation systems, the populations of all three phases participated in and benefited from the construction of the wide stone stairways and the extensive irrigation developments.
Between 1150-1200 both natural and man-caused forces acted with equal vigor on the Chaco population, causing them to abandon the area. The urban centers of the Bonito Phase, the suburban Hosta Butte villages, and the intrusive McElmo Phase towns were all abandoned about the same time.
Although additional research on the reasons for abandonment is needed, past studies seem to indicate that there probably was no single cause but a series of complex and interrelated causes. The Chaco was an area of marginal pine forest interspersed with stand of pinyon and juniper; it was on the edge of the gradual, upward recession of southwestern pine forests that has been in progress from fairly remote times. Coupled with this natural, gradual recession, the forest border was further reduced by the profligate cutting of young trees for construction, most active over a hundred-year period beginning in the early 11th century. Intensive farming, numerous ditches, and the extension of small house sites, with their usual barren environs, out in the canyon floor, eliminated much of the perennial cover there, leaving it particularly susceptible to erosion. Local tree-ring records are not available for the Chaco in post-A.D. 1124 times. Hence it is entirely possible that a localized drought occurred of such intensity as to cause crop failures, to have triggered arroyo cutting, and to have reduced the population. In short, a receding forest, coupled with forest denudation, soil erosion, arroyo cutting, and a probably change in rainfall are viewed as the initial causes for abandonment. With the resulting crop failures would have come famine, lowered resistance to disease and a general reduction in the population. Lacking a sound understanding of the relationship of these causes and effects, this series of apparently unrelated calamities would have raised serious questions as to the effectiveness of the social and ceremonial structure which was supposed to prevent them.
The resulting internal pressures, doubts, and conflicts undoubtedly resulted in at least a partial breakdown in the previously well-organized social structure. Neighboring nomadic tribes may well have taken advantage of these disruptions in carrying out their ceaseless attempts to rob and harass the Chaco villages.
Whatever the cause or causes, the Chaco people gradually left the area and, by about 1200, the numerous villages and farms were abandoned.
At least a large part of the population who abandoned the Chaco followed the retreating forest border and the retreating arable land upstream beyond the headwaters of the presently entrenched arroyo, reestablishing themselves 25 to 35 miles east of Pueblo Bonito. Some of this group may have shortly thereafter continued on to the Rio Grande drainage to the east as forerunners of the general movement from the San Juan to the Rio Grande. Other groups lingered in the extensive area between the Chacra Mesa and the Rio Puerco where they were met by survivors from the San Juan from which some pushed on to the Rio Grande.
Between 1200-1350, small groups of Mesa Verde migrants drifted in and out of Chaco, either reoccupying some classic Chaco sites or constructing small, new units.
During the period 1350-1745, Pueblo peoples fleeing the Spaniards after the Rebellion of 1680 commingled with the Navajos, built fortified sites, lived in Navajo occupied country for awhile, and eventually returned to their original homes.
During the period 1772 to 1889 the Chaco region was populated by scattered Navajo families. Actually, this occupation extends to the present day and represents the last Indian occupation of the region.
The name Chaco, of unknown derivation, was first referred to by the Spaniards in 1768, when "Mesa de Chaca" (Chacra) appears in a document concerned with the western boundary of a tract of land. The name Chaco also appears on maps of the late 1700's, and reference to the ruins first occurs in Josiah Gregg's book, Commerce of the Prairies, published in 1844, although he did not visit the area. In 1849, Lt. James H. Simpson and the artist Richard H. Kern took notes and made sketches of some of the ruins, while accompanying Lt. Colonel John M. Washington's expedition through the Navajo country.
Aside from occasional scouting trips passing through Chaco Canyon in conjunction with military operations against Navajos to the west, no significant visits were made until W. H. Jackson in 1877 led a Hayden Survey Party into the ruins area of the canyon. Jackson's photographic record was lost, due to experimentation with a new process, but his report was published in 1878. Victor Mindeleff photographed the ruins in 1887-88 for the Bureau of American Ethnology. In the latter year, Charles F. Lummis, the prolific writer on southwestern scenes and Indians, visited the area.
In 1896, Richard Wetherill, who earlier had discovered a great many outstanding prehistoric ruins in the southwest, including the great cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, moved to Chaco Canyon. In the same year he interested Talbot B. Hyde and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr., of New York in undertaking excavations in the ruins.
The Hyde expedition of 1897-1900 was the first to conduct scientific excavations in Chaco Canyon. These were under the direction of F. W. Putnam of the American Museum of Natural History, with George H. Pepper as the Field Director. Included was a geological survey of the canyon under Richard E. Dodge of Columbia University. The final results of these investigations in 198 rooms were published by Pepper in 1920 in the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (Volume 27). Several articles of specific interest were published earlier in other scientific outlets.
In early 1900, Wetherill applied for a homestead which encompassed three of the major ruinsPueblo Bonito, Chettro Kettle, and Pueblo del Arroyo. In his affidavit of 1901, Wetherill indicated that he would cooperate with the Government and relinquish title to the ruins when requested to do so.
In 1902, Dr. E. L. Hewett, who later became the prime mover for the "Antiquities Act of 1906," mapped the ruins of Chaco Canyon. Passage of the Antiquities Act to preserve the country's prehistoric ruins from vandalism or unauthorized search was enacted on June 8, 1906. In January 1907, Wetherill relinquished any claim that he had previously held on the 36.75 acres containing the three ruins and on March 11, 1907, Chaco Canyon National Monument was established.
Three years later, Richard Wetherill, who was operating a trading post in the canyon established during the days of the Hyde expedition, was murdered. His grave is located in a small cemetery a short distance down the canyon from Pueblo Bonito.
In 1916, N.C. Nelson and Earl Morris trenched refuse mounds at Pueblo Bonito, and Hewett, then with the School of American Research, conducted a reconnaissance of the ruins. In 1920-21, the School initiated its first project in the monument but discontinued further work while the National Geographic Society project of 1920-27 was in operation.
The Society's excavation was under the direction of Neil M. Judd, Curator of Archeology at the U.S. National Museum and included tree ring studies in 1928-29 directed by Dr. Andrew E. Douglass of the University of Arizona. The results of these intensive studies of the large pueblos, including Frank H. H. Robert's report, Shabik'eshcheeAn Early Site, have since appeared in a number of journals and monographs, the most recent in 1964.
In 1929 the School of American Research renewed work under Hewett's direction in cooperation with the University of New Mexico and conducted a number of excavations yearly through 1937. Since that date the National Park Service has made periodic research studies, salvaged ruins threatened by erosion, and maintained a continuing stabilization program to preserve standing ruins.
There are few historic remains at Chaco. Richard Wetherill's trading post, built against the back wall of Pueblo Bonito in 1897, has long since been razed, as have the numerous buildings and hogans built by the University of New Mexico to house its field school in archeology between 1936 and 1947. The ruin of a coal mine, developed and used by Richard Wetherill and others, is located in the South Gap section of the monument. The only other evidence of occupancy, other than Indian, is the remains of a small masonry building located under the cliff north of Penasco Blanco, which was built by a cattle company prior to 1896.
Natural History
GeologyThe walls of Chaco Canyon are part of a geological formation known as the Mesaverde Group. Two strata of this group are visible in the canyon walls. The upper rust-colored strata, characterized by the presence of marine fossils, is called Cliffhouse sandstone. Below this lies the Menefee formation1,800 feet thick and composed of strata of coal, shale, and buff-colored sandstone, in which fossil plants predominate. The Mesaverde Group, of the Upper Cretaceous period, is overlain in the northern sections of the monument by Lewis shale and Picture Cliffs sandstone.
These sedimentary formations were laid down in ancient seas and lakes. Subsequent earth movements elevated the area to form the southern reaches of the San Juan Basin, a part of the Colorado Plateau. Erosional forces have continuously eaten away at the great beds of sandstone following the uplifting of the area.
VegetationThe flora of the Chaco Canyon area is of neither great abundance nor wide diversification.
Mesa tops are sparsely spotted with juniper and pinyon pine. Numerous species of shrubs, annuals, and grasses are also found on the mesa tops; some of the predominate are saltbush, the snakeweeds (Gutier reziasarothrae and microcephala), prickly pear cactus, gramma, Indian wheat, and rice grass.
Greasewood and saltbush predominate on the canyon floor and rabbitbrush is common in many sections. The exotic tumbleweed is very common. Shrubs, including mountain privet, sumac, and wild cherry, are found mainly in the sheltered breaks.
This general region was seriously overgrazed in the past and, as a result, the vegetative cover was greatly altered and the land was badly eroded. Because the monument was fenced and grazing was eliminated in 1946, the vegetative cover is now gradually returning. Extensive soil and moisture conservation work has been done in the area in an effort to stabilize the land and prevent further erosion and danger to priceless ruins. In addition to constructing check dams, diversions, and dikes, considerable areas have been seeded to native grasses. In attempting to control streambank erosion, jetties have been installed and several species of cottonwood and willow were planted. In the early days the exotic salt cedar was utilized in this work and it continues to thrive.
WildlifeWapiti and pronghorn are known to have been hunted by the prehistoric inhabitants of Chaco Canyon, and these animals are reported to have been seen in the monument on rare occasions within the past 30 years. The monument, however, does not constitute a complete habitat for the larger animals and space is too limited for reintroduction.
Observations of mule deer are common within the monument at all seasons. Bobcats are also commonly observed. Desert fox are common but are not often seen by visitors since they are nocturnal in habit. The population of coyotes is reduced periodically by predator-poisoning projects conducted by other agencies beyond the exterior boundaries.
The most important rodents to the visitor are the antelope ground squirrel, prairie dog, and the cottontail rabbit.
The most important of the resident birds are the scaled or blue quail, the brown towhee, loggerhead shrike, great horned owl, and rock wren. Turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, common raven, cliff swallows, and numerous other migrants are commonly observed by visitors.
Visitors find the several species of small lizards which inhabit the ruins interesting to watch. Gopher snakes and bull snakes are common. The one poisonous snake, a prairie rattler, is common, but seldom seen by visitors.
Legal Factors
EstablishmentChaco Canyon National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation No. 740. March 11, 1907 under authority of the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. The area thus established consisted of the monument itself (31 sections of land) and four detached areas; Kim-me-ni-oli (now Kin Biniola), Kin-Yai (now Kin Ya-ah), and Casa Moreno (now Casa Morena), each containing 160 acres, and Pueblo Pintado with 320 acres.
A resurvey of the lands in this area revealed that some of the lands described in the proclamation did not, in fact, contain the described ruin and a second proclamation was required to correct this situation.
The second proclamationNo. 1826 of January 10, 1928added one section of land to the monument itself (a section containing the Tsin Kletzin Ruin) and added 40 acres of land to the Kin Biniola detached area so as to include the Kin Biniola Ruin itself. It also added a new 40-acre detached tract containing the Kin-Kla-Tzin Ruin (now Kin Klizhin). On the map which accompanied the original proclamation, this ruin was shown one mile to the east and in the main monument section. A 160-acre area containing the Pueblo Pintado Ruin was also established by this proclamation. This unit is 1-1/2 miles west of the 320-acre tract erroneously established by the previous proclamation to protect this ruin.
The second proclamation corrected previous errors by adding lands on which the ruins were actually located, but did not delete any of the previously authorized lands.
The Seventy-first Congress, in an Act dated February 17, 1931 (46 Stat. 1165), authorized the exchange of private lands within the monument for Federal lands elsewhere in New Mexico; authorized stock driveway use across monument lands to owners of certain lands in and adjoining the monument; and specified certain means by which the University of New Mexico, the Museum of New Mexico, and/or The School of American Research could continue scientific research on their former lands, orat the discretion of the Secretary of the Interioron other lands within the monument.
Legal Provisions
Oil, gas, and mineral rights on Sections 3 and 11, T.21N., R.11W. (except for that portion of Section 11 which was originally included in the Ackerly Tract) are still outstanding, as the owners retained these rights when they sold the land to the University of New Mexico.
Under provisions of the Act of February 17, 1931, a memorandum of agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Regents of the University of New Mexico was prepared to reserve their rights to continue scientific research, This memorandum of agreement, which was signed by the Secretary of the Interior on June 3, 1949, grants the Regents perpetual preferential rights to conduct research on lands within the monument formerly owned by the University.
This same Act provides that "any owner of patented lands in the monument now owning other lands adjoining said monument, which may be separated by the acquisition of land in the monument . . . shall be . . . authorized to drive stock across said monument at an accessible location . . . which right shall also accrue to any successor in interest to said adjoining lands or to any lessee of such lands." As a result of the checkerboard pattern of railroad land grants which existed in this area, the above provisions, in effect, give perpetual rights to drive stock across the monument to owners or lessees of most of the adjoining lands. Although in recent years nearly all the stock is trucked rather than driven, the right to drive stock across the monument still exists.
Land Status
The acreage of land within the existing boundaries is as follows:
The climate at Chaco Canyon is generally mild, dry, and sunny. Temperatures range from a high of 108° to a low of minus 38°. Precipitation averages 8.42 inches per year. Approximately 18 to 19 inches of snow accounts for less than 1 inch of the total precipitation. Snowstorms usually deposit about 4 inches of snow, which normally evaporates within 2 or 3 days except on north-facing slopes. Most of the precipitation comes from thundershowers which occur somewhere in the immediate vicinity almost daily in July and August.
Windstorms of several days' duration, with speeds up to 40 or 50 miles per hour, can be expected in the spring. Generally winds are from the west and carry varying amounts of dust and sand.
First frosts come about September 1 and the last frost of the season occurs about April 30. The ground may be frozen to a depth of 3 feet during January, February, and March. Rainstorms and flash floods which cause gully-cutting and make access roads temporarily impassable can be expected periodically from about June 15 through September 15.
Fire History
Fire seasons extend from March through June and September through November. Only one fire, burning less than an acre, has occurred in the past 10 years, but the vegetative cover is dense enough on the canyon floor to support a wild grass and brush fire at any time during the fire seasons.
Chaco Canyon extends from the west boundary of the monument for 25 miles in a southeasterly direction to its headwaters at the base of the Continental Divide. At about the southeast boundary of the monument, the relatively flat canyon floor widens to a maximum width of about 1 mile. The sandstone cliffs rise vertically to a height of 100 to 150 feet and a short distance above these cliffs is a second broken cliff line about 50 feet in height which runs parallel to the first. The Chaco Wash itself is a 30-foot-deep vertical-walled channel almost 300 feet wide, which meanders down the center of the canyon floor.
The Chaco and three main tributaries, the Gallo, Fajada, and Mockingbird Washes, come together within the monument. Near the west boundary the Chaco Wash joins the Escavada Wash to become the Chaco River, which flows into the San Juan River near Shiprock, New Mexico, some 65 miles to the northwest.
Barren rock, or a very light soil cover, is usually found on the mesas in the vicinity of cliff tops, with progressively deepening soil cover on more sheltered locations beyond the edges of the cliffs. Core drilling, made in 1963 to a depth of 200 feet on the canyon floor immediately adjacent to the monument's Gallo entrance, showed uninterrupted deposition of sandy-clay soil over the entire depth of the test.
The soil composing the canyon floor is predominately very fine wind-blown or water-borne clay-like particles mixed with coarser particles of disintegrated sandstone. When dry it is very hard and compact to at least a depth of 6 to 8 feet. Percolation is generally slow. The surface washes away rapidly during summer rainstorms. A distinctive quality of the soil is that it is very subject to "piping" which is said to be caused by the presence of a high ratio of salts and alkalis, which dissolve in water to leave voids in the soil composition. Pumice-block buildings and concrete slab floors, walks, and entries, built from 1952 to 1958, have cracked badly.
There are no permanent lakes, streams, or impoundments within 15 miles of the monument. Domestic water for the Fajada (Headquarters) area is obtained from two shallow wells excavated in the Chaco Wash. A more adequate and dependable supply of water is expected from the recently completed and tested deep well located in the utility area.
Visitor use at Chaco Canyon has increased steadily in recent yearsfrom 2,013 in 1950 to 28,830 in 1960 and 32,943 in 1967. This is in spite of road conditions which most travelers of today consider intolerable and try to avoid. As access roads are improved and paved in this vicinity, substantial increases in visitation can be anticipated.
All visitors to Chaco Canyon now arrive by car and out-of-state travel accounts for approximately half of the total. Most of the visitors come in family groups, with about 4 percent in organized or special tour groups. The average length of stay is 4.5 hours for non-campers and 18 hours for campers. At the present time only about 8 percent of the visitors camp. During the heavy travel season, which extends roughly from April through September, weekend travel is heaviest with a second peak during midweek. Slightly over half of the visitors arrive at the monument from the north.
No lands at Chaco Canyon have been identified as Class I (High Density Recreation) or Class IV (Outstanding Natural).
The campground, visitor center, residential and maintenance area and all major public roads including the one-way loop road on the floor of the canyon have been identified as Class II (General Outdoor Recreation). Portions of the mesa tops with no significant ruins have been designated Class V (Primitive).
Only the major ruins have been identified as Class VI (Historic and Cultural) and the major portion of the area is Class III (Natural Environment). As additional study and research identifies other significant prehistoric features, they will also be identified as Class VI.
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Josou, a discussion – Part 5: Boku no Pico as progenitor of the otokonoko
One of the earlier milestones in the "otokonoko trend" was likely the infamous erotic anime series Boku no Pico. The series, though reasonably successful in Japan, is one of a very small handful of erotic anime in the shota genre, and possibly even the first work which clearly invokes the genre (excluding a few prior entries such as Enzai which are not often considered part of the genre). It has also garnered a certain notoriety among western fans, having acquired a reputation as shock material despite the series' (relatively, for the medium) tame actual content.
Granted, much of this is only true in hindsight, as the series was originally presented and marketed as a yaoi title – as evidenced by the advertising of the first title in 2007 at Boy'sParty, the division for female-aimed androphilic works at the DreamParty convention. And, indeed, 2006′s eponymous Boku no Pico is structurally very much reminiscent of works in the yaoi genre: for example, the principal characters Mokkun and Pico play into the classic seme and uke roles, and there are no prominent female characters. Moreover, though Pico is depicted as extremely feminine, the final act of the work involves Pico attempting to assert his male-ness in light of Mokkun viewing him as essentially female.
However, the first title's popularity in the yaoi community was small and short-lived. Particularly, Pico's character design is far more feminine than the popular standard for yaoi works, even in the final act when Pico's hair has been cut short. In fact, though he's ostensibly biologically male, Pico is essentially drawn as a female – in some sense, a prototypical otokonoko. Moreover, the producers of the series, Natural High, are better known for their work in non-animated, male-oriented heterosexual pornography. What I mean to propose is that the creators of Boku no Pico, though attempting to create a work for the yaoi market, came up with one whose mores and structure better resemble those erotic works aimed at heterosexual males despite its nominally homosexual content – i.e. a Josou-style work.
This is evidenced in many ways in the second Pico title, Pico to Chico, released less than a year later in 2007. Though in some sense a "sequel" to the original 2006 title, it evidenced a number of significant stylistic departures therefrom. First, though Boku no Pico ended with Mokkun and Pico having reconciled, Mokkun is not present in any of the following works at all. Pico has returned to his original, more feminine image, and does not so much as mention Mokkun. The principal cast of Pico to Chico marks an even clearer deviation: the cast is now the first work's otokonoko, Pico, a slightly more boyish but still clearly feminine otokonoko named Chico, and Chico's unnamed maid, a fully-grown woman. That is, Natural High have replaced a two-character cast intended to fit the standard seme/uke pair with a cast of three characters who are each intended to appeal through their femininity.
Moreover, though there are some scenes of nudity before it, the first sex scene proper in Pico to Chico is in fact of the maid masturbating in her room. This evokes a radically-different pornographic lineage from Boku no Pico's initial scene, which plays off of Mokkun's acceptance of Pico being biologically male. Though the maid is only present in two of the three sex scenes, both times alone and both times shown as secondary to whatever acts Pico and Chico are occupied with, she is still the narrative's first presentation of sexuality – metaphorically, I hope to demonstrate, indicating Natural High's awareness of their newer, heterosexual male audience, in signaling that the work's sexual content is based on a gynephilic rather than androphilic underlying sexuality.
This is, in fact, present at the textual level as well: both Pico and Chico can be demonstrated to have developed an understanding of sexuality primarily from a feminine point of view. During the scene in question, in which Pico and Chico observe the maid, Chico indicates that he secretly watches her masturbating regularly, though it is apparent he does not understand what she is doing. Pico, for his part, had his first sexual experience with Mokkun in the 2006 title, and in that work it was also clear at a textual level that Mokkun treated Pico as a girl. Despite Pico's resistance to this in Boku no Pico, in Pico to Chico he appears to have embraced this sexuality. In each of the ensuing scenes in Pico to Chico, neither of the principal characters clearly inhabits either the seme or uke role, and the power dynamic in their relationship is actually fairly fluid.
Pico to Chico sold somewhat better than Boku no Pico on DVD, and since 2007 Natural High have clearly moved their emphasis in marketing and character merchandise from a female to a male audience – cf. a contest at the aforementioned Boy'sParty which included a prize of a female-fitted T-shirt, compared with a later male sex aid product associated with Pico to Chico. And, in the final installment in the Pico series, 2008′s Pico x Coco x Chico, all three principal characters are otokonokos – though, otherwise, Pico x Coco x Chico is fairly thematically uninteresting.
Still, this creative/marketing evolutionary arc aligns strikingly with the timeline of Josou considered in Part 3: Pico, a full professional erotic OVA, is released in 2006, and the more gynephile-friendly sequel follows in 2007; shortly after, the terms "Josou Shounen" and "otokonoko" are coined in Japanese; and in 2010, Natural High return to animation with another otokonoko-centric erotic anime, Shounen Maid Curo-kun. In tracing the history of the Pico series, one can see how Natural High's first animated work, in struggling to find a profitable niche in gynephilic depictions of the male form in a queer narrative context, likely helped to pave the way for that niche's existence.


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Mr. Sawiris is however considering not submitting any proposal at all "in view of the alleged [Italian Government's] preference for Telefonica reported in the Italian press," the spokeswoman added.
On Friday, an Italian newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said Rome would be more interested in a merger between Telecom Italia and Telefonica rather than a deal involving Mr. Sawiris.
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With McCullers returning to school I'm just updating my 6th round pick....but I like what I've read about this guy....
#13 DT Sheldon Richardson
#43 CB Logan Ryan
#73 TE Jordan Reed
#109 FS Phillip Thomas
#125 WR Ryan Swo.pe
#140 RB Rex Burkhead
#171 DE Quanterus Smith, Western Kentucky
Height: 6-5. Weight: 249.
Projected 40 Time: 4.69.
Projected Round (2013): 5-7.
A late season ACL tear sunk Smith's draft stock even though he recorded 12.5 sacks in 2012. He also had 38 tackles with 18.5 tackles for a loss and three forced fumbles. Smith returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Florida Atlantic. Injury and size are keeping him out of the top rounds, but talent and production are there. We all know we deal well with knees, and as a situational pass rusher from the line or SLB this guy could be a steal once healthy.
Tall and thin with a frame to add weight
Has some burst off the snap, top end speed to win around corner
Exposed by quicker opponents in the open field, change of direction skills limited
Flexible hips to dip around the edge as a pass rusher
Prevalent motor as pass rusher and in pursuit, gets to the ball often
Understands the gameplan, disciplined pass rusher vs. various quarterback types
Overall energy level is high
Pass Rush:
Works bullrush to some effectiveness, lacks combination moves
Can become swim move reliant, but his swim move is very effective
Initial punch can be lacking at times, but his hands are generally active
Unpredictable pass rusher who can get around the corner or shoot through gaps
Leverages quarterback well, doesnt often run past him
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Plays gap sound and always sets the edge with his outside shoulder free
High pad level and lean frame limit ability to anchor when head up
Ball aware, locates it early and has ability to shed and pursue
Naturally plays high, bullrush and anchor vs. run require bending
Plays with arms extended to separate and not get locked up
Ability to disengage and close on the ball quickly shown vs. run and pass
Quanterus Smith notched 12.5 sacks before his senior season came to an end due to a torn ACL against Louisiana-Lafayette. He had a very productive season and was consistently a disruptive force for the Hilltopper defense. Smith is a polished prospect with room to grow. His natural ability paired with his understanding of the game are enough to ensure a middle round pick despite injury question marks. If he can make a full recovery from the ACL injury there will be little to worry about. In his previous three seasons at Western Kentucky, Smith had not missed a game due to injury. The injury will limit him when it comes to draft workouts and off-season activities, but a team who can afford to be patient while he works his way back as a rookie may see it pay off as soon as he gets healthy. His level of production and polished skills tell me he can produce immediately.
If we don't get Martellus Bennett, we absolutely have to target Ertz or Jordan Reed.
if we draft jordan reed im going to be pissed. weve already got 1 dissappointing 3rd round TE, we dont need another that drops easy balls as well. Ertz, escobar, or kelce are all much better options than reed
--- Quote from: dexmonkey on February 02, 2013, 03:46:31 PM ---if we draft jordan reed im going to be pissed. weve already got 1 dissappointing 3rd round TE, we dont need another that drops easy balls as well. Ertz, escobar, or kelce are all much better options than reed
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I understand that Reed isn't as complete as those that you mentioned, and that he has a few flaws in his game. But to me the allure is the athleticism, playmaking ability after the catch, and long term potential. You can't compare Reed to Stocker....nothing alike....and I do believe Stocker was a 4th right??? Or we're you talking about TE Alex Smith???
Take this for what it's worth but Charlie Campbell's latest mock on Walterfootball.com has us taking Johnthan Banks. While this isn't new, there was a nugget of new information in the reasoning for this pick.
"Sources with the Buccaneers have said that there are key members of the staff who really like Banks and will push for the team to draft him. One member of the front office told me Tampa Bay has needs all over its roster, so the team could target Banks in a trade down"
As I've said before, Banks isn't my favorite CB. If we were able to trade down and get some extra picks, I would call it a win-win situation. This very well could be a smokescreen, as I doubt the Bucs would be tipping their cards this early in the process.
I just don't think Banks' skill set is going to make us a better team. I've never seen him left outside on an island with top receivers, but that is exactly what we would ask him to do here. He's also weak in run support. I just don't buy that Schiano is high on him.Maybe "key members of the staff" like him, but I have a feeling Schiano will make this decision. It's his defense and his ass on the line.
--- Quote from: JDouble on February 05, 2013, 07:11:04 AM ---I just don't think Banks' skill set is going to make us a better team. I've never seen him left outside on an island with top receivers, but that is exactly what we would ask him to do here. He's also weak in run support. I just don't buy that Schiano is high on him.Maybe "key members of the staff" like him, but I have a feeling Schiano will make this decision. It's his defense and his ass on the line.
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Don't like Banks either. Donte Moncrief Ole Miss burned him when they were matched up.
--- Quote from: TomRiddle on February 05, 2013, 11:05:08 PM ---It's time for Tom Riddle's Mock draft:
Tom Riddles Mock Draft: 1st Edition.
Trade down to 16, and pick up an additional 2nd.
1. Xavier Rhodes CB Florida State
2a. Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame
2b.Matt Barkley, QB, USC
3a. Logan Ryan, CB, Rutgers
Trade our 5th, and 7th to get back into the 3rd:
3b. Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers
4. Gavin Escobar, TE, San Diego State
6. Zac Stacy, RB, Vanderbilt
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Nice. I don't know how realistic it is, but I like all the picks bedsides Barkley.
Dolorous Jason:
Well Tom:
You have a reach with the 1st pick and then unrealistic optimism on all the rest... but I like a lot of the same players you like.
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Hey, PEACEBUNNY, welcome to the team. I've been where you are and very recently. What I did was basically go back to the beginning. I ordered The Spark Solution, which won't be available until May, but it got me reading some of the things I read when I first started. And I get three months coaching free with the Spark Coaches which has been a big motivator. Here's some things I've done to add a spark;
1. Redefine your goals. Long term first - where you are now and where you ultimately want to be. Cut that impossible dream in half to something more doable - woohoo! - now we're getting somewhere! Now we break the doable down into short term goals, and we write down what we need to do to see that happen. Be realistic! If you've never run before, don't plan to do a marathon three months from the from now! LOL! Be specific. I'm going to eat better is too general. I'm going to eat 5 fruits and veggies 5 days a week is specific. Don't overwhelm yourself with all the changes all at once, but keep moving forward.
2. Stay active on SP. Track daily. Measure your food, weigh your food (if possible) - it's surprising how far off guesstimating can be. Share with your teams. I bought some 1/2 cup storage containers and premeasured out my frozen fruit for my smoothies, and some of my snacks. It saves time later and I just grab and go. (The box stores have the plastic ones with lids, so I can put them in my husband's lunch and if something happens to it, no big deal.)
3. Never give up. I've looked back too many times and thought, "If I hadn't quit I'd be 20 pounds lighter rather than 10 pounds heavier and having to cover the same plus more ground!" This time there is no quit.
I hope we'll hear from you often. God bless, Kim
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I am 37 and I am not a new sparker, but I've lost my desire to work out after a change in work routine last year. I started on SP in March of last year and did very well up until August of last year when I changed work locations. I allowed myself to completely fall out of sync with my diet and excercise goals that prior to this I had been completing dilligently.
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Massimo Pigliucci, Ph.D., is a professor of evolutionary biology at SUNY-Stony Brook. He is the author of the IHS Continuum for Humanist Education course, Evolution, Creationism, and the Nature of Science. He is also the author of two books, Denying Evolution: Creation, Scientism, and the Nature of Science and Tales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science. "Rationally Speaking" began as an online column in August 2000, and was syndicated by HNN since 2003. In August 2005, "Rationally Speaking" evolved into an Internet Web log, or blog. Archives of "Rationally Speaking" can be found at www.rationallyspeaking.org and on the Institute's Darwin World Site. This entry from the "Rationally Speaking" blog was first published on Sept. 29, 2005. This item is republished by permission of the author. To find out how you can republish "Rationaly Speaking," visit www.rationallyspeaking.org


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Student Spotlight: Carson Beattie
Date: February 28, 2013
by: Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor
Riverview High School freshman Carson Beattie moves his drumsticks with intense speed as the rhythm flows through him. The former clarinet player, who started playing the drums less than a year ago, won a Superior Grade 5 tenor solo and a Superior Medal at the Solo and Ensemble Festival in February, at Braden River High School.
Carson says he switched to the tenor drums from the clarinet because of the freedom it allows him. "I didn't have to have breathing techniques (which playing the clarinet requires), and it was fun," says Carson.
Carson attended the Solo and Ensemble Festival with the other members of Riverview's drum line, who also won the Superior Grade 5 tenor solo.
"Everyone in drum line is at that level because we are all a very talented group of people," Carson says.
Following his success at Braden River, Carson will compete in a statewide drumming competition in April in Fort Myers.
The International Baccalaureate student hopes to become a surgical pathologist, but he wants to continue playing the drums in college and keep it as a hobby throughout his life.
"When you are a drummer, that's what you want to do all the time, and I wouldn't want to give it up," Carson says.
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7:11am Thursday 13th March 2014 in Entertainments
FLATULENCE sounds much the same in middle English, as audiences are discovering this week.
Tacit Theatre has brought their compressed version of The Canterbury Tales to the Playhouse, transferring a handful of Chaucer's 600-year-old stories to the stage with a mix of music, mirth and mummery.
The highly-animated cast of six swap roles and genders and make the most of a clever little set which is most often the Tabard Inn – the pilgrims' home from home in Southwark.
The songs, which are mostly traditional numbers cherry-picked from across the intervening centuries, prove to be thoroughly catchy, and are performed by the cast on a variety of instruments.
Importantly, Tom Daplyn, who plays Tabard landlord Harry Bailey and adapted the tales for the show, introduces them with sparkling passages of Chaucer's original middle English.
Those watching, most of whom looked as though they were familiar with Chaucer from school, were reminded of the strange otherness of medieval England at the same time as appreciating the continuities of lust, greed, vanity and sheer vulgarity.
The rhythm of the show was never predictable, and Daplyn and his hard-working company are happy to embrace the more cartoony aspects of bringing Chaucer and his fart gags to the stage.
There were even a couple of naked backsides on display for a medieval miller to kiss.
Perhaps the sinister cunning of some of Chaucer's characters never really stalks the stage, and the use of props is overly restrictive, but the verve of the cast is infectious in a show that is never windy and lasts just over two hours including the interval.
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A CITY of Greater Bendigo- commissioned study has shown the value of the region's construction industry.
The Residential Building Construction Economic Analysis found the region's construction industry contributed an estimated $922 million to the council's total economic output.
Of this, $261 million is from the residential building construction sector.
The analysis also found 6.7 per cent, or 2510 jobs, came from construction and residential building employed 659 people.
The study, undertaken by Bendigo-based company REMPLAN, estimates the economic contributions of residential building construction in terms of output, employment, wages and salaries, and value-added.
The council's strategy manager Trevor Budge said the analysis showed that a strong and adaptable residential construction sector would be vital to Bendigo's economy in the future.
"From 2001 to 2013, the number of residential building approvals increased 16 per cent, the majority of which were new houses," Mr Budge said.
"The result of this rapid growth also has flow-on affects to the wider economy.
"Residential building construction in Greater Bendigo makes a greater relative contribution to the region's annual output compared with that of other regional cities Ballarat and Greater Geelong.
"To encourage and accommodate development, it is important local industry meets this demand with high quality, affordable and diverse housing options."
Urban Development Institute of Australia board member Damien Tangey said the residential development sector would need to shift its mindset to provide for the region's expected growth.
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Patch 3.3Patched on Wed 1969-12-31
Version 3.3 Patch Notes
The Outpost:
The Outpost is now live. Located south of Alpha County the Outpost has a new player-craftable town, new faction missions, World events and bosses as well as new armor and vehicle recipes. The Outpost attacks will be less frequent than other player built towns, but the difficulty of the attacks will be higher.
• Murder of Crows/Unkindness of Ravens attack delay reduced to 1 seconds from 1.5 seconds.
The price of Stump Seeds has been lowered to reflect the cost of materials.
• Fixed tooltip errors and typos.
Primal Vigor no longer stacks with higher ranks
The cooldown for Molotov Cocktail was increased to 30 seconds
The cooldown for Inconspicuous was lowered to 3 seconds.
Abilities that apply Damage Over Time Effects will be easier to remove if more than one is applied to a target.
Patch 3.2Patched on Mon 2014-08-25
Version 3.2 Patch Notes
Level Equalizer Debuff
Snare Immunity
Weapon Stances
"DoT" and Snare Effects
Training Abilities
Escape Artist
First Aid
Group Tactics
Heavy Weapons
Sonic Influence
Thermal Control
Coresuit Procs
• Bulwark : Now increases Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary armor by 600, 800, and 1000 also increasing Melee Defense and Range Defense by 60 for 10 seconds with a 60 second cooldown.
• No longer reduces incoming damage by a percent.
• Deadeye : Now increases Power and Precision by 160 and 70 also increasing Mutation, Grenade, and Heavy Weapon damage by 10% for 10 seconds with a 45 second cooldown.
• Continues to not apply to Damage Over Time effects and no longer increases Physical damage by a percent.
• No longer dispels snares or other negetive effects from the user.
Stage 3 Coresuits
• Power modifier increased to 75 on Suit from 70
• Precision modifier increased to 10 on Helm from 8
• Melee defense modifier removed from Coresuit.
• Melee defense of 65 added to Coresuit.
• Murder of Crows is no longer a dual wield weapon.
• Person Red Titanium Key : Tooltip updated to no longer show resistances, health, or dodge.
• Rifles no longer reduce melee defense.
Grenades and Consumables
• AoE snares from Consumables and Grenades have been reduced to 5 seconds in duration along with snare percentages being reduced.
• Single target snares have been reduced to 10 seconds in duration along with snare percentages being reduced.
Snares from Consumables
• Polyneural Poison no longer drains stamina and snares has been reduced to 10% and 20%
• Production from crafting this item has been doubled.
• Locialize Anesthesia snares hav been reduced to 10, 15, 20, 25 (%) based on level requirements.
• Production from crafting this item hav been doubled.
• Slowing Poison snares have been reduced to 10/15/20 (%) based on level requirements.
• Production from crafting this item have been doubled.
Snares from Grenades
• Sting Grenades have had their effects reduced to 10/20/30 (%) based on item level and skill requirements.
• Production from crafting this item have been doubled.
• Scrap tier now hits 5 targets and requires 150 Heavy Weapons skill.
• Average tier now hits 8 targets.
• Snare Grenades have had their effects reduced to 10, 15, 25, and 30 (%) based on level
• Production from crafting this item have been doubled.
• Average tier now hits 5 targets and requires 150 Heavy Weapons skill
• Improved tier now hit 8 targets.
• Deadfall Ice Grenade snare has been reduced to 25% and can now hit 7 targets.
• Production from crafting this item have been doubled.
Damage Over Time Grenade and Consume changes
• Parasitic Spore Poison : Now can be dispelled properly and properly states it may only hit 8 targets.
• Crude Spore Culture : Tooltip updated to show it may only hit 8 targets.
• Boiling Acid : Improved tier now hits 7 targets compared to 3.
• Viral Bomb : Impure tier now hits 10 targets compared to 8.
• Desiccating Acid : Improved tier now hits 8 targets compared to 5.
• Inferno Bomb : Scrap tier now hits 7 targets compared to 5.
• Maiming Acid
• Average tier now requires 150 Heavy Weapons Skill and hits 5 targets compared to 3.
• Improved tier now requires 180 Heavy Weapons and can hit 8 targets compared to 3.
• Splattering Acid
• Average tier now hits 5 targets compared to 3.
• Improved tier now hits 8 targets compared to 3.
• Disintegrating Acid
• Average tier now hits 5 targets compared to 3.
• Improved tier now hits 8 targets compared to 3.
Direct Damage, Draining, and Debuff Grenade changes
• Asphyxiating Acid : Now requires 150 Heavy Weapons.
• Deranging Acid : Now hits 5 targets compared to 3.
• Psionic Bomb : Scrap tier now hits 7 targets compared to 5.
• Decomposing Acid : Impure tier now hits 7 targets compared to 3.
• Scorching Bomb : Scrap tier now hits 7 targets compared to 5.
Phosphorous Grenade : Average tier now hits 5 targets compared to 3
• Concussion Bomb
• Average : Now hits 7 targets compared to 5.
• Improved : Now hits 10 targets compared to 5.
• Shrapnel Bomb
• Average : Now hits 7 targets compared to 5.
• Improved : Now hits 10 targets compared to 5.
• Average DT serums production have been increased by double.
◦ Non-DT material requirements have been doubled.
▪ Will now cost 29700 DT per 10 from 59400 DT per 10
• At 20 cost will be 59400 DT from 118800 DT
• Creeper Serum's Gamma regeneration have been reduced at the following tiers.
◦ Inferior : 17 Gamma Regeneration
◦ Average : 22 Gamma Regeneration
• Christmas Consumables will now stack up to 20 rather than only stacking during production to 10.
• Rum-Soaked Fruit Cake's Gamma regeneration replaced with Health regeneration.
• Block of Fudge regeneration modifers reduced to the following.
◦ 8 Health Regeneration
◦ 6 Gamma Regeneration
◦ 6 Stamina Regeneration
• Gingerbread Bundle should now properly apply for 1 hour.
• Coumatoxins can now stack to 20 from 10.
• Narcotoxins can now stack to 20 from 10.
• Gamma Maximizers now increases maximum Gamma and Gamma Regeneration.
◦ Crude : 34 Gamma and 5 Gamma Regeneration.
◦ Impure : 62 Gamma and 10 Gamma Regeneration
◦ Average : 98 Gamma and 18 Gamma Regeneration
• Gamma Drainers will no longer reduce Gamma Regeneration, they will instead drain gamma instantly. Cooldown increased to 1 minute and shares cooldown with offensive consumables.
◦ Crude : 60 Gamma
◦ Impure : 80 Gamma
◦ Average : 100 Gamma
◦ Improved : 120 Gamma
• Gamma Converters will now instantly restore Gamma at the cost of Health.
◦ Cooldown increased to 1 minute, shares cooldown with defensive/healing consumables.
▪ Crude : 100 Gamma for 50 Health
▪ Impure : 120 Gamma for 60 Health
▪ Average : 140 Gamma for 70 Health
▪ Improved : 160 Gamma for 80 Health
• Gamma Restorers now instantly restore Gamma.
◦ Cooldown increased to 1 minute, shares cooldown with defensive/healing consumables.
▪ Crude : 70 Gamma
▪ Impure : 100 Gamma
▪ Average : 130 Gamma
Removed several dynamic light objects from Post 23.
Fixed collision on several buildings in Territory Control zone.
Fixed a collision issue with rubble piles outside Los Alamos.
Fixed the benches in the Medical Facility in New Flagstaff.
Fixed a hole in a rock pile in Blockade.
Fixed a collision bug in the bathroom wall of a building in Rothium Ridge.
Made the Lifenet bunker in Warhall more accessible.
Made the Lifenet bunker in North Alpha zone more accessible.
Patch 3.01Patched on Thu 2014-07-03
Version 3.01 Patch Notes
Xmas Event
The Grunch is back! To participate in the event find Cindy Loom Whom in one of her four locations - Spider Hill, New Flagstaff, Trader's Flat or Los Alamos to get the mission to stop the Grunch . The keep an eye out for the Grunch world event, if you participate and collect enough Gingerbread cookies Cindy will reward you with a Xmas box filled with all kinds of random Holiday goodies. The missions are repeatable so you can try and collect all the new gear – including new clothes and new camp a new holiday car!
Level 55 players also have the opportunity to turn in Gingerbread cookies in exchange for a book of holiday foods. But act fast some of the ingredients only drop from Whoms during the holidays
Cows and Pigs now drop leather on basic tables and protein on rare tables.
Added cheery holiday decorations to LifeNet Facilities, Bunker bars, and Character select screen!
Altered the object models for certain keeps to limit PvP exploits.
Removed a floating knife model from Tinkersdam.
Removed Debris from beneath switch in assault
Added No Vehicle zones around Fender's Gate keeps.
Removed clutter from Progress Town to prevent NPCs from getting stuck
Fixed a collision issue in the tutorial
Strategic Maneuvers in Papermill no longer excludes Pistoleers
Patch Hot FixPatched on Thu 2013-11-21
Hot Fix August 21st
Patch Hot FixPatched on Wed 2013-09-11
Death Toll is no longer divided among the group. Each group member will receive full DT for a kill
New items have been added to the Black Box
Fixed a bug in the Borrowed Chemistry Outfit, it no longer clips with the legs on the male model.
Fixed a collision issue that prevented players from entering the Post 23 bunker bar
Patch 3Patched on Wed 2013-10-09
Version 3 Patch notes:
AP Augmentation:
With this patch we are introducing the AP Augmentation system. The Dome vendors and the Bloodsports merchants in Los Alamos are now selling the Knowledge books and components to assemble these weapons.
AP Weapons cannot be respec'd, so think carefully about where you spend your points!
Battle rifles:
Continuing the combat tweaks Battle Rifles have been standardized. Base stats for Battle Rifles now have a Reload :25, Recharge : 6 Clip size :16-20 Range: 60-66 depending on the quality and level of the gun.
Assault rifles:
Slightly decreased delay on Assault Rifles to provide greater separation between Battle and Assault rifles.
Adjusted reload times on some heavy pistols that had been missed
Fuzzy Bunny pistol now requires 195 pistol
Adjusted resists for State 3 suits, there was a bug with how the individual resists were calculated, giving some tertiary resists to few points and others too many,
Precise Hit 's cooldown has been changed to 20 seconds
Reduced the amount of Death toll earned from Assault
Increased the amount of Death toll earned from open world PVP
Reduced cost of GORE recipes for weapons and restoration kits.
Added recipe for Dijon mustard - food item that gives 12 health regen and 259 Fire resist to the Cold Prep knowledge book
Fixed a bug in the Hatchback Tonneau engine recipe so it requires 8 instead of 81 geologic chemicals
Fixed a bug with Personal Red Titanium keys that was allowing it to be traded
Fixed a bug in which Fancy Lifenet Jacket would appear to have dyeable slots.
Fixed a bug in which Fancy Lifenet Pants would not properly render.
Fixed a bug in which GlobalTech Lifenet Pants would not properly render.
Added a staircase to the exit of Kingman Prison, players no longer have to climb a ladder here.
Fun Stuff:
It's Halloween in the wasteland! Jack o' Lanterns containing the extra rare Halloween boxes have been dropped through the wasteland.
Patch 2.71Patched on Wed 2013-09-25
Version 2.71
Before the Introduction of the AP Augmented Weapons we wanted to bring a bit more balance to the existing tiers of weapons, Pistols had become more "all-purpose" than we had originally intended them to be. These changes should help establish their role in combat better without negating the advantages of Rifles.
Increased the reload times of Light and Medium Pistols to 3 seconds.
Assault Rifles now have a reload of 20, recharge of 5 and range around 4000 damage has been slightly raised.
With the overall combat changes, we've been putting too much emphasis on burst damage , the following changes were implemented to give sustained damage more of a role in combat. Jackal now divides damage between electric and ballistic.
Minor Jackal- Ballistic 120, electric 50
Alpha County Faction Trophies no longer boost mutation stats.
Redhand's will now gives +4 Dodge +25 Body Save
Added a fix so that Gear Pants render properly with boots.
Increased cooldown of all Ranks of Beast Might to 15 seconds
Resilience now boosts secondary and tertiary damage instead of Saves.
Lowered health of scorpions and eggs
Fun Stuff
Black Box now has a chance to drop Winged, Gearhead and Cammo hoodies, Duster Dexlue, Phoenix Fire suit, Gear Pants and GlobalTech LifeNet Jacket and Pants.
Patch 2.7Patched on Tue 2013-07-30
2.7 Version Notes
The Dome