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Avoiding dairy foods is key if you wish to obtain optimal health. First of all, cow's milk is designed to help a baby calf reach a multiple of it's birth weight in a specific time frame. Mammals in their natural habitat do not consume milk of other types of mammals. Human beings are the only creatures who do this.
Cow's milk is designed to take a baby cow from 90 pounds at birth to several hundred pounds in less than two years. However, humans normally grow from around 6 to 8 pounds at birth to between 100 and 200 pounds at the age of 18 years. Therefore, if humans continue to consume dairy products throughout life, they can be expected to most likely gain weight at a higher than normal rate.
Dairy products are simply liquid, cream, or solid forms of meat. They are high in cholesterol and fat, and contain no fiber. This is in no way a healthy composition of a food.
Yet, we are brainwashed at an early age into believing dairy is essential to be healthy. The dairy industry has done an outstanding job of promoting the myth that we need three servings of milk, cheese, and/or yogurt a day to maintain strong, healthy bones and overall health. In fact, the countries with the highest rates of dairy consumption, including the United States, New Zealand, Britain, and Sweden, also have the highest rates of osteoporosis.
In contrast, people living in rural China, who consume one-third the amount of dairy we do in the U.S., have almost no cases of osteoporosis.
Dairy is simply a concentrated, disease-promoting, and nutritionally compromised food. I will address more of the reasons dairy is a disease promoting food in part 2 about dairy.
In the meantime, enjoy all the wonderful plant substitutes for dairy products, such as rice, soy, almond, oat and hemp milks. When you eliminate all forms of dairy, you be eliminating allergens, lactose, animal protein and saturated fat, and in it's place you will have many new exciting healthy foods to enjoy instead.


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The debate over a 2-year J.D., spurred by President Obama and touched upon in a preliminary report from an American Bar Association (ABA) task force, is just a small window into the larger challenges facing the business of law in the United States.
President Obama's comment sparked a debate within the legal community that has spilled over into mainstream media. While these exchanges are important, the discussion must be broader.
I look at the challenges facing the business of law from the perspective of a 30-year legal career, as a lawyer in Washington and now as a law school dean.
The law has an ecosystem just like any industry, with demand, supply and standards. The demand for lawyers has changed dramatically in the past few years. That affects supply, which is the domain of law schools. The ABA sets national quality standards and state bar associations set them state-by-state.
Let's focus on demand.
In any industry, the amount and nature of demand is the ultimate driver of change. While there are those who say that demand for lawyers is declining steeply, I argue instead that demand is still strong, but changing.
Is it true that there is less demand for lawyers to fill associate and then perhaps partner positions in large traditional law firms? Yes. But that does not mean that the world does not need more lawyers or professionals with a legal education. It just means we need legal expertise in different realms.
I've written about the changing world of law recently. For example, JP Morgan plans to hire 5,000 people to shore up its compliance department in the face of a series of government investigations and other legal woes that have befallen the embattled banker.
This level of demand for compliance experts did not exist a decade ago. But with the globalization of business, and compliance and risk issues that vary from country to country, JP Morgan and other major banks now must manage a labyrinth of rules and regulations. In the global economy, country borders are artificial, but rules of countries must be abided.
Another example of an area requiring new legal expertise is privacy, which is emerging as the number one civil liberty issue of our time – driven by technology that is pushing boundaries. Data collection and analysis tools now exist that can rapidly and continuously gather massive amounts of data – right down to when you made your last phone call – and produce an actionable report on whether that phone needs more attention from law enforcement or Homeland Security.
Similarly granular data collection by web-based firms enables businesses to track every move you make on the web to better serve your needs.
This phenomenon, known as big data, exposes a heightened need for lawyers who can sort out what governments and businesses can and cannot do in a digital world. This change in the nature of demand for lawyers was one catalyst for the ABA to look at the ecosystem and ask, "Based on the demands for lawyers moving forward, do we really have the right programs to fulfill the societal need?"
This question is at the heart of President Obama's speech, the preliminary report from the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education and the national conversation about the value of law school.
For its part, the ABA task force addresses issues much broader than simply how much time future lawyers should spend in law school. It advises law schools to address costs of delivering a legal education, value of services and career success for graduates, among other priorities.
The ABA made its recommendations based on two central issues facing students contemplating or already enrolled in law school: 1) the high cost of tuition; and 2) tight job prospects post-graduation, especially for traditional, high-paying positions. There is no question that making law school a greater value to the student and society is the ultimate challenge.
To act on this challenge and these recommendations, law schools must connect deeply with businesses, government and law firms to truly understand their needs for people with a J.D. We then must test and prove what we learn as hypotheses in the real market.
In the meantime, Brooklyn Law School and others have instituted various 2-year J.D. options. The 2-year program at Brooklyn Law School, for example, is for highly motivated students who can complete the 85 credits required for a 3-year law degree in 24 months. But all 2-year programs are just a piece of a complex puzzle – one that legal educators must solve as quickly as possible while still upholding the standards set forth by our individual law schools and the ABA.
Our most important measure of success is whether law schools produce lawyers that business and society are quick to hire for their specialized skills and relevant practical training, and that can look forward to rewarding lifelong careers in the law.
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Religion among the Milennials
By some key measures, Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans. Yet in other ways, Millennials remain fairly traditional in their religious beliefs and practices.
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My ideas coming into the offseason for what the Reds should do were a lot different than what has actually been done. I hold out hope of a Blanton for Cueto+3 other non-Bailey/Bruce/Votto minor leaguers deal, but I'm at the point where I think we're basically set for the season. While I'm comfortable with what's been done, here's what my ideal (and, to me, realistic) offseason would've brought us:
- TRADE GRIFFEY AND VOTTO, MOVE DUNN TO FIRST BASE: I would've explored moving Griffey and Votto for quality relief pitching. I'm sure that we could've gotten a servicable reliever. Mark Kotsay (.575 OPS, 56 games, lingering back issues in '07) and some cash got Joey Divine, a former 1st rounder! Maybe if we'd jumped in early we could've landed Brad Lidge? Huston Street?
- DEAL FOR BLANTON - I still think that Cueto + a maybe Frazier, Dorn, and Soto may be enough for Blanton. I think that he'd become the #2 guy for the Redlegs for the next 3 years. Plus he's from Kentucky. Maybe with Cueto, Votto, and some others would get us Blanton + Street.
- GUARANTEE HOMER A SPOT: Harang, Arroyo, and Blanton will eat a ton of innings. That'll give Bailey and the #5 pitcher less pressure to go deep into games.
- SIGN 2 VETERAN PITCHERS TO WIN THE #5 SPOT: I'd like to have seen a deal to Prior. Affeldt is fine for me.
- CUT/TRADE CASTRO & STANTON. A bag of balls would due.
- KEEP CANTU for a RH bat off the bench. He plays a decent 3rd or 1st.
- DON'T USE A RULE 5 PICK ON AN A-LEVEL PLAYER WITH AN ERA LIKE STANTON'S. If you want to burn money, just give it to me. Or lower ticket prices!
1B- Dunn (4)
2B- Phillips (3)
SS- Gonzalez (7)
3B- Encarnacion (5)
RF- Hopper (1)
CF- Hamilton (2)
LF- Bruce (6)
C1- Ross (8)
UT- Freel
UT- Keppinger
C2- Valentine
1B- Hatteburg
UT- Cantu
SP- Harang
SP- Arroyo
SP- Blanton
SP- Bailey
SP- Belisle
RP- Salmon/Coffey/Majewski/McBeth
RP- Coutlangus/Affeldt
RP- Bray
RP- Trade acquisition
RP- Weathers
RP- Burton
CL- Lidge?
Taking on Lidge's, Street's, and Blanton's salaries would less than the salaries of Griffey and Cordero.
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A Peek Behind the 'Tease' of Male Exotic Dancers
Backstage, preparing for their performances, male exotic dancers like those at the new Adonis L.A. primp, pump, and shave to look their best and meet the expectations of their free-spending patrons. Once they're onstage, the teasing and interest in patrons are all part of a performance mostly for financial gain, on occasion developing into a bond with their admirers.
In his show Tease, photographer Jan Rattia delves into the glamorous nighttime fantasy of a possible sexual fulfillment that is rarely satisfied. The collection of photographs explores issues of masculinity, outward expression, and defining emotions through the portraiture of male dancers.
Rattia interviewed, befriended, and photographed many dancers across the country — Atlanta, Miami, New York, Phoenix, Washington, D.C. — to expose the individual men behind these fantasies. "I wanted to give a voice to a subculture that is heavily prejudged," he says. Rattia discovered that each of the dancers has a story, which in a lot of cases is quite mundane. He was surprised to find that many are heterosexual and carry on unrelated careers, although their patrons rarely know the truth. Adopted stage names and personae help maintain anonymity as well as the charged fantasy.
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Some Thoughts on Politics
For some *strange* reason, I've been thinking about politics a lot recently.
I could go through the thought process, but I'm pretty tired, so I'll jump to the end.
I think the purpose of laws is to:
1. Maintain social order.
2. Protect our freedoms.
And really that's about it. I don't think moral standpoints should be laws. I understand there is room to debate around these definitions. But I'm running with this theme until its inherent fallacies become clearer to me. I like it. It is a nice way to balance and think about laws. Does it maintain social order? Does it protect a freedom? Then it shouldn't be a law.
The Shit People Believe (Politics, Not Religion)
So, I don't actually recommend watching this.
But apparently my in-laws do.
It's… pretty special.
This woman has five reasons she's not voting for Obama: Life. Marriage. Israel. Freedom. America.
I don't even know where to begin. Do you bother talking about these issues with someone who can make such ridiculous statements?
I hate how polarized politics is. Is it really so awful to have an actual discussion about policy? The ads they run… fuck. Both sides fling out the most ridiculous shit in the campiest way possible. None of it is real, none of it related to what they've done or what they'll do.
I have trouble understanding how anyone could take these ads/videos seriously. There are so many strong, philosophical, intellectual issues you could use to combat policies you fear, policies you disagree with. It lacks showiness though…
Out of curiosity, do people make these videos about Romney?
I'm 'friends' with the relative of a good friend on facebook. This guy has serious addiction problems. At a few points that led to him losing his job. He collected unemployment and used the money to further his habit.
So on facebook today he's griping about Obama and says, 'That's right, let's give more free shit to losers who don't work.'
I mean, I guess he'd know about people abusing a system designed for those really in need. Right?
Holy fucking shit, I hate hate hate (three times!) political ads. They're awful.
You know what? Hollywood should start making that shit. At least then we'd have explosions and better drama. The voiceover dude who talks about how much shit is going to suck (HE WILL TAKE AWAY 35000 JOBS. WAITRESSING JOBS. REALTOR JOBS. YOUR JOB.)– whereas it could be:
In a world where Republicans control the Senate, where the Tea Party plots to destroy the meaning of Libertarian, where people believe that the Morning After Pill aborts a child, there came the One. A diamond in the rough, he fought his way through tax bill after tax bill, wheeled and dealed to make Health Care better. Highly intelligent, he changed the boundaries of the Presidency. Now, with the world on the brink of war, with the country drowning in debt, with jobs disappearing like David Blaine on a Monday, he's the only one that can SAVE THE WORLD. [a high speed chase ends in a firey crash, Obama walks through the wrecked, torn and bloody, but holding the alien head in his hand, to raise up to show a thankful nation]
So much cooler.
They could do Bond too.
Pierce or Daniel? Such a tough choice.
Feeling the Hate. Politics Blow.
So my in-laws were on fuego this weekend with the political shit.
Here's my perspective. I'm liberal. And foreign. They're down-home and republican. From conversations, I know way more about religions, which is not much, than they do. But I don't belong to a religion and they do. So my play is to avoid those two topics.
I'm also, as it happens, a woo-man (think Madagascar) with advanced degrees in scientific areas.
So. When the father in law, a bit drunk, bellows that 'OLD WHITE MEN ARE WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT', yeah, I'm going to stand up and say, "I'm going inside. The old white men thing is too much for me.' And when my mother in law refuses to understand, from a conversation with my husband, that voter fraud is ~1/5,000,000 and the voter i.d. law would prevent 5-12% of people from voting, it's hard.
The vitriol. The love of Fox News. The 'Liberal Media,' that Christians are Republican, but they're open minded because they've met some really nice Mormons… The absolute fucking hatred for anything not Conservative.
I'm not even anti what I'm starting to call the old Republican ideals. It's a philosophy. States vs. government. Fiscal conservatism. Free markets. These arguments could win me over. But the 'we're Christian, we hate gays, we're afraid of minorities, we're afraid of immigration, and you, you fucking liberal asshole, more than anything we hate the fucking shit out of you.'
Why? It is so polarizing. It is so unnecessary. It is so anti-humanitarian. Depressing.
Boys Scouts Shock Everyone. No, Wait, They're Still Jackasses
Quelle Surprise. BSA decided to uphold their ban on openly gay scout leaders and scouts. I think it's wrong across the board but especially as it pertains to the scouts themselves.
Per the BSA themselves: The Boy Scouts of America believes — and, through over a century of experience, knows — that helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society.
You know, unless they're gay. Don't help the gay youths. And teaching acceptance/tolerance/love never leads to a more conscientious, responsible, or productive society. Not at all.
When Will Obama Realize We Should Be Besties?
First, I totally mistyped that title as Beasties at first and thought 1) it would be even cooler if we joined the Beastie Boys or 2) I had some weird image of me and Obama as under the bed monsters in a children's book.
I digress.
Seriously, I love that dude. I don't think he's perfect, I don't agree with every policy but I do think he's a good dude. When I was much younger I was talking to my father about religion and he told me he didn't have the answers but that Jesus was a good dude that wanted us all to be nice to each other. And before I say this – I AM NOT COMPARING OBAMA TO JESUS -but i would describe him in the same way. I'm sure lots of you disagree with his politics and that's fine, that's beside the point (anyway, I will just totally not approve hate comments). The point is that I believe he does a lot from his heart, because he really believes it will help our country, because he really believes in us, as Americans. I loved Clinton too but I never got the same sense of altruism driving him. Now that I live in Chicago, Obama tales abound – about the kind words he sent to a teacher on medical leave when all the other parents were complaining about the change in Little Precious' daily routine, about Michelle cleaning up herself and other people's kids when they threw up all over- instead of just handing off the kid. I read this morning his remarks about how we succeed as a group not as individuals, how whether we like or not or can admit it or not none of us ever got anywhere without some kind of help – and I had that arrogant fangirl moment of I Was Just Saying This Clearly I Am A Genius.
Plus, holy hell, is he gracefully handling all the hate thrown at him. I'm not talking about the usual opposing politics hate. I'm talking about the marked difference in language that's suddenly being used because the President is black. I'm talking about that bitch Jan Brewer pointing her finger in his face which would never have happened if he were white. I'm talking about the use of the word 'boy', the refusal to use the term Mr. President, the questioning of his religion, the authenticity of his race, and whether or not he's a Muslim. I'm talking about racist hate. Deny it, that's on your conscience- not mine- but he's taking a level of ignorance and hatred not known before in US politics and handling it with aplomb. Such a stellar man.
So I wander around Chicago hoping for a casual run-in (on the rare occasions they're here) which results in the Obamas inviting us for dinner and the four of us become BFFs. Sigh.
Denmark Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage, Is Awesome
Denmark approves same-sex and church marriage
Go Denmark!
US, take note.
You know, there is all kinds of shit that happens in the world. There are horrific things that countries to do their citizens, to each other. The world, humans, can be the worst kind of evil. Then you throw in natural disasters, disease– events that devastate. It is good to know despite all of that, despite how hard life can be, people still fight for their rights in society. And they succeed.
A victory like that feels like a breath of quiet in the chaos.
The Nun Crackdown
Coming from a Catholic family and being v. liberal, I have tons of thoughts on the Catholic church.
Those thoughts are irrelevant here.
All that I want to say is that I love the headlines in this discussion:
Rogue Nuns
Crackdown on American Nuns
American nuns come out swinging against the Vatican
Vatican criticizes American nuns' sex book
And on. Love it.
Why yes, I did use a pic from Nuns on the Run. Two actors I love. Shit, did you watch Cracker? That show was awesome.
Halves/ Women that Deserve it.
So I was reading this morning about a woman in Detroit who was viciously attacked including being set on fire and it reminded me that I've read that murder is one of the top causes of death for pregnant women. But the political focus is on abortion not violence against women.
And then I started thinking about slut-shaming and all the advice about not going to bars from people who don't think rape is a woman's fault but do think she should try to avoid it. I didn't realize there were times when I wasn't avoiding being sexually violated and attacked.
I thought about the times when women are accused of lying about sexual assault and how, statistically, less than 6% of reports are false. I thought about how I agree lying is bad, especially lying about such a horrible crime and then I thought about how many times I've doubted a woman or, even more, excessive, how often I've heard others doubt. How the conversation has been about what happens to that poor accused man. But at 6% – I'm wrong, they're wrong, we're all wrong and I've just re-victimized some poor woman. But let's focus on the liars and forget about the men that rape.
And then I thought some about domestic violence and the myriad of issues that come with it. I thought about how our society has recently sent the message that pummeling the shit out of someone's face isn't worthy of jail time or even remorse.
I know. I live in a male-dominated society. I get paid less. I have less autonomy over my body. I matter less. But at the end of the day, I have to remind myself that I am half of this society, half of the US, half of the world. And I want at least half of the conversation to be about the men. I want to hear about the sentence terms for a man who commits a crime like that against the Detroit woman. I want him to go to jail longer than I would if I got caught with pot. I want the political bills to not get stalled when they provide services for women. I want services for women of violence to not be determined by an old white man. I want to talk not just about how our culture shapes women's life-long body issues but also about what signs we're sending about violence and rape and domination. I want half of the conversation to be about how we teach our men better, how to be better. I want to talk about self-defense and raising a daughter who can throw a killer right hook. I want to talk about better paternity leave as well as maternity leave. I want to hear proposals for better maternity insurance and I want to see magazines about being a better dad and encouraging dads as parents. I want to talk about women in the media and celebrity and how early we're fucking up our children with these messages. I want to see us as a half, instead of less. I don't want more, just half. Just equal.


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By Adam Hetrick
06 Nov 2009
Creators Nick Blaemire (music/lyrics) and James Gardiner (book) will be joined by original Broadway cast members Steven Booth, Andrew C. Call, Adam Halpin and Jesse J.P. Johnson for the 11:30 PM reunion concert.
The evening also promises special guests from the casts of Hair, Xanadu, South Pacific, Avenue Q, Wicked, Rock of Ages and American Idiot, all of whom participated in various incarnations of Glory Days during its development.
Sh-K-Boom's Ghostlight Records label captured the original cast recording in July. A release date for the album has not been announced.
Glory Days transferred to Broadway's Circle in the Square in May 2008 after a run at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. Critics didn't warm to the musical about four high school friends who reunite on a football field a year after graduating. After playing 17 previews, Glory Days shuttered following its opening-night performance.
The creators are currently at work revising the musical, which will be available for licensing shortly.
For tickets to the concert, priced $20, visit JoesPub. Joe's Pub is located within the Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Street.


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Just wondering what everyone thinks of these 2 signings...
John Smoltz and Rocco Baldelli supposedly deal is done.
Will Smoltz be healthy next year ?? and how bout BALDELLI...what do u guys think this means for the Red Shucks ??
Also,Chan Ho Park signed with the Phillies look out now !!!!!
I'm also wondering what the regular season record the last few years vs Boston has been.. I seem to remember us having success against them in the reg season.but of course they have gotten us in the pay-offs.
How is the weather in LA anyway ?? Its colder then cold here..lol..lots of snow and wind.. I bet it would be nice to spend these cold months there.


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www.pedestrians.org --We attend the dedication of a new trail in Frostburg, MD. --We visit the Parley's Creek Trail in Salt Lake City. --A planner looks at how the trail is part of a walkable city. --We learn about the active living partnership in Winnebago, Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . "Perils For Pedestrians" can be seen on public access cable channels in 150 cities. Help us get it on the public access channel where you live.
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text: I am very happy to find out that Pantera is not the only group keeping hard heavy music in the mainstream. Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society pound out some of the heaviest songs I have ever heard. The main thing I like about this album is, much like Pantera, there is no fear of a guitar actually being heard. Guitar solos are not back, they never left. Zakk proves this throughout this CD. When Zakk said that this album was to dismiss all the "boy bands" he wasn't kidding. All you have to do is hear Counterfeit God and it will all be very clear. Just buy this CD. I cannot say enough good bout it. Except that he is one of the best "real" musicians around.


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The results are in and voters have approved the creation of a special taxing district for a streetcar line to run through Kansas City.
The final tally was 460 ballots were submitted by registered voters living within the proposed district. The election board spent Wednesday counting the ballots and certifying the results.
The measure passed with a final vote count of 319 to 141.
Now there will then be a second election later this year that will address specific tax rates.The maximum property tax rate increase would be 48 cents.
"The people are very excited to have this downtown," said David Johnson, who serves on the Streetcar Governance Committee.
More than 600 people applied for ballots.
The district would include a two-mile route from the River Market to Crown Center.
Warren Erdman, who was appointed by Mayor Sly James as chairman of the committee, said a new authority would oversee the system if it's put in place.
"A new authority will be created and appointed by the property owners and the city. And that authority will be contracted to operate the system," Erdman said.
The actual rate and the start dates would be set by that authority. The project is expected to cost $100 million and so far the city's efforts to secure federal funding have been rejected.
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You may know me as B-Sol of the horror blog The Vault of Horror. But when Katie invited me to contribute a guest post to her blog, I decided it was high time to take things in another direction. Sure, I could go on and on about my favorite horror novels—which Katie herself has recently done on my own blog. But instead, I will be looking at a collection of books outside the genre I typically explore. These are all books that have influenced me greatly in one way or another, and which I will always carry with me…
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
OK, I'm going to be a completely predictable geek here and get this one out of the way. There's just no avoiding it. Tolkien's masterpiece of fantasy had an incalculable effect on me from the age of 12, and has continued to impress me in repeated readings over the years. An amazing work that has more to say about the 20th century than most supposedly more "literary" reality-based classics of the same era.
All in Good Time by Jonathan Schwartz
An absolutely enthralling memoir from one of the finest radio personalities of the past 40 years. I grew up listening to Schwartz on New York radio, and share his obsession with Sinatra. This is an engaging story of his unique life, told in his own unmistakable voice. I read this over the summer of 2004 and was virtually incapable of putting it down.
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
I'm obsessed with Twain, which you already knew if you've ever visited my Clemens blog, Following the Equator. He was this nation's finest writer, and I feel at his best when writing his travel books. And this first one, detailing his first-of-its-kind pleasure cruise to Europe and the Middle East, is most definitely his very best. A joy to read, and it rightly put the young Sam Clemens on the map.
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Of science fiction's "holy trinity", I'd have to say Clarke is my favorite, and this is my top choice of the works of his that I've read. A brilliant novel of mankind's modern relations with a powerful alien race from its past, this is the kind of novel that demonstrated what sci-fi is capable of accomplishing at its very best. I first read it 20 years ago, and it helped mold me into the sci-fi nerd I am today.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
I discovered Dan Simmons while working at a reference book publisher, and having to write a biographical article about him. That led me to pick up this, perhaps the greatest world-building piece of science fiction since Frank Herbert's Dune. Simmons has a literary mind, and applies it to the kind of material that very few truly literary minds ever do.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
After deftly avoiding this one for years in school, I finally agreed to read it some months ago at the request of a friend, and boy was I glad I finally did. I'm not much for spirituality, but this is a sublime and staggering work of beauty that gave me pause nonetheless. Short but effective, it is both a novel and a fable, that is guaranteed to change the way you look at the world.
God Is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Speaking of my lack of spirituality, this provocative atheistic work is what I'm currently reading, but I still had to include it because it is completely blowing me away. I have swayed from agnostic to atheist slowly but surely over the years, and this impeccably argued treatise states the case for the madness of organized religion better than I ever could.
Hooker by Lou Thesz
Believe it or not, I spent many years of my life as a pro wrestling fanatic, and even worked for WWE for a number of them. This criminally underrated memoir by the business' greatest legend should be required reading for anyone who considers himself a fan, and will capture your attention even if you're not. Thesz' accounts of life in the wrestling game during the '30 through the '60s reads like Henry Hill's narration of Goodfellas. Great stuff.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Yes, the English major in me comes out. I can't help it. Melville's whale story truly is this country's most revered novel, and with good reason. The tale of Starbuck, Ishmael, Queequeg, Ahab and the rest is so much more than what it seems to be on the surface. Forget the stigma of boring classrooms and stuffy teachers. Just approach this book with an open mind, and you'll be glad you did.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
I never was one for Joyce's more ambitious works like Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake, but I identified strongly with this more straightforward text, a semi-autobiographical novel that rings true like few works of fiction ever do. Joyce was a master of the English language, and this was the book that made me realize it.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Some call Verne the first science fiction writer. I consider him a damn fine adventure novelist, and can still recall the joy of first reading this book in the fourth grade. The consummate boy's novel, the saga of Nemo and the Nautilus still holds a fascination for me. A perfect gateway novel for a parent looking to interest a young son in the pleasures of reading.
A Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Another of sci-fi's "holy trinity", Heinlein was at his best looking at real-life society and social issues through a futurist lens, and this, in my opinion, is the best example. Came across it in high school, and it remains a genre favorite of mine. And I wasn't the only one, as this seminal work had a profound influence on the '60s generation, encompassing questions of science, religion and humanity itself.
Mozart by Maynard Solomon
An excellent biography of the greatest musical genius the world has ever known. I've long been fascinated by Mozart as a historical figure, and found this to be the ultimate work on his life and music. Exhaustive in its attention to detail, it is also quite moving—I found myself nearly brought to tears during Solomon's heartbreaking account of the composer's final moments, as gleaned from his widow's letters.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Guest Post: 13 Books I Will Never Forget
You may know me as B-Sol of the horror blog The Vault of Horror. But when Katie invited me to contribute a guest post to her blog, I decided it was high time to take things in another direction. Sure, I could go on and on about my favorite horror novels—which Katie herself has recently done on my own blog. But instead, I will be looking at a collection of books outside the genre I typically explore. These are all books that have influenced me greatly in one way or another, and which I will always carry with me…
Posted by KT Grant at 8:25 AM
Labels: B-Sol's 13 favorite books, guest blog
8 comments:
- RKCharron said...
Hi :)
Thanks for sharing your list.
I read & love a few of the books.
All the best,
- September 10, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- Kwana said...
Thanks for your list! Loved Joyce.
- September 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Hilcia said...
Thanks for sharing your favorites. Love Tolkien, Joyce and Hess... :)
- September 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- KMont said...
I've been thinking of tackling Hyperion for a looong while now. I need to just get it.
- September 10, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Laurie said...
Thanks for the list. Siddartha is a beautiful, beautiful book. Hyperion and God is Not Great are on my current list -- love Christopher Hitchens, and I've heard such great things about Dan Simmons.
- September 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM
- orannia said...
Oh, I love it when I learn new things. I never knew that Mark Twain wrote travel books! (I'm terribly bad with reading classic authors.) Was The Innocents Abroad the first?
And God Is not Great sounds rather interesting. My grandfather would have loved it!
Great list B-Sol - thank you!
- September 10, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Katiebabs a.k.a KB said...
I have been wanting to read Lord of the Rings forever. Ah the memories of reading Siddhartha!
This list of book is truly amazing. Thanks again B-Sol!
- September 10, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- SonomaLass said...
Nothing has ever affected me quite the way The Lord of the Rings trilogy did -- and does, every time I re-read it. I've read a lot of wonderful epic fantasy since then, but that's the touchstone for me, always.
I agree about many of your other books here. In particular, Heinlein's Stranger In a Strange Land. Wow, what a book. I read the expanded "director's cut" version when it came out, and that was good too, but for my money the real power was there even without the added scenes.
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News: Rihanna Teases Fans W/ Steamy Bikini Pics, "Oh You're Upset?"
Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 5:40PM
Grammy-winning singer Rihanna is keeping the tradition of releasing steamy photos on a regular basis going by flaunting some bikini photos with her girlfriends for fans.
The R&B singer's shots show RiRi hanging out with some lady friends while on vacation this week.
If you want to know why Drake and Chris Brown are at odds: just take a look at these pictures. Barbadian beauty Rihanna is on holiday with her girlfriends, but she's inviting the rest of us along for the adventure by posting pictures like these on her Twitter account. The girls reportedly rented a boat in Sardinia earlier this week, where they enjoyed glasses of white wine while soaking up the sun in some ultra sexy bikinis. (RumorFix)
RiRi also hopped on Twitter to flaunt her off-duty activities.
"Feelin myself I don't even need a X pill," she tweeted Tuesday (July 17).
"N*ggas in the same spot, I don't know what they do!...Me? I'm dodging raindrops. Meanin I'm on vaca, chillin on a Big Yacht..."
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"#RATCHETS I'm your biggest fan I'll follow u until u love me http://instagr.am/p/NMSGlKBMxw/" (Rihanna's Twitter)
Back in April, the music diva heated up the Internet by posting topless Facebook photos.
Rihanna has continued her tradition of posting racy photos online, sharing photos of herself topless in a waterfall with her Facebook fans last night. Straight off her performance at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival over the weekend, it appears that the "Umbrella" singer took a moment to update her photo album on Facebook, posting a slew of photos from her vacation to Hawaii over the holidays. Several of the photos would get a PG-13 rating. (New York Post)
Despite her wild side, Rihanna recently revealed her struggle to get romantically involved with people.
"[I'm] rebellious through my music, through my fashion, tattoos, and my hair. I have been conservative in my love life. ... It's pretty much nonexistent. ... If I come across someone who I find really cool, I'll hang out. But the minute I find that we're getting too close I just -- I don't let people in. ... When I was in love, I fell so hard. I was really, really, really in love. The way it made me feel was priceless. And in a blink of an eye, my whole life changed. ... Everything that I knew was different. I never thought I'd feel that pain in my life. I'm afraid of feeling that again." (Harper's Bazaar)
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Say what you want about sending two lottery-level NBA clubs on a cross-Atlantic trip to play a pair of ultimately meaningless games, but not one of the 18,500-plus in attendance for the Toronto Raptors-New Jersey Nets game last night can fairly complain about not getting his/her money's worth.
Those attending the O2 Arena for the Saturday night festivities got a whole lot of action, as the teams went into triple overtime before the Nets finally overcame by a huge final score of 137-136 while wowing thousands and naturally breeding the blogosphere and YouTube. News 'n' notes from the game follow.


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Tod Leonard. SDUT Nwagbuo wowed Mike Pompa, Southwestern's head coach in 2005, with his athleticism. "Anybody who can play defensive line in football and power forward in basketball is a tremendous athlete," Pompa said. "You don't see that combination very often." Said Nwagbuo: "I've tried to be a hard worker because that's the only way you get anywhere in life."


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A SPECIAL study to find out more about the wildlife in Hurn Forest has revealed a rare bat, smooth snakes and hundreds of fungi in the area.
The project, started by Hurn Parish Council, saw a biodiversity study funded by the Forestry Commission take place across the 370 hectares of forest.
The rare Bechstein bat and smooth snakes were just some of the finds.
It is hoped the results of the study, which will be revealed in the spring, will be used to educate the community and others about the ecological value of the forest. It will also be used to help conserve species in the area.
Until now the fauna of Hurn Forest has not been well recorded. So the parish council employed the services of specialist surveyors across the four seasons of 2013.
Margaret Phipps, chairman of Hurn Parish Council, said: "We already have some really interesting finds, including a rare Bechstein bat and the first confirmed record of smooth snakes in Hurn Forest.
"Two hundred and eighty-six species of fungi have been recorded here over the last few months – most are new records for Hurn Forest and, amazingly, 33 species are new to Dorset.
"Surveyors have found dozens of new species records for Hurn.
"Despite such a wet and cold spring, wildlife recording picked up and has allowed us to confirm the importance of Hurn for some species that were already well known in the local landscape, for example the silver-studded blue butterfly, which has a strong population here.
"We knew the forest contained a wide range of valuable wildlife habitats including coniferous woodland, broadleaf woodland, bog, grassland and heathland, but the extent and diversity of wildlife in these areas was not fully documented."
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Two Waretown men were arrested for allegedly stealing from a Lacey Business.
Patrick Cornelius, 23, and Michael Pansulla, 26, were arrested by Lacey Police for allegedly stealing three air condensing units valued at $1,500 from a secured area in the Lacey Business Park.
Cornelius and Pansulla were identified by police with the help of a surveillance video, information from citizens and emails from the crime tip portion of the Lacey Police website.
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The U.S. government spent $40 million to develop a robotic arm as part of a larger project to improve prosthetic limbs. It was designed to produce near-natural upper extremity control to amputees. The arm system has the same size, weight, shape, and grip strength an adult's arm would produce.
In "The Empire Strikes Back," Darth Vader sliced off Luke Skywalker's hand. In the final scene, Luke is fitted with a robotic arm.
Now real life has caught up with science fiction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees fittingly named after Luke. The arm translates signals from the brain to then perform multiple simultaneous movements, a huge advance over the metal hook currently being used by some amputees.
Deka Research and Development, founded by Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway), developed the prosthetic arm. The FDA approved the Deka arm system after it was tested and 90 percent of the amputees who used the device were able to perform complex tasks such as using keys and locks, feeding themselves, using zippers, and brushing or combing hair.
Dr. Bruce Pomeranz, the medical director for the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, in New Jersey, said the robotic arm will be life-changing for amputees.
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Pam Gilliam spent the past four weeks getting ready for her yard sale. But, it's no ordinary yard sale because Pam is selling almost everything her family owns. "Dishes, beds, computers, cd's, TV's, anything we don't have to have and everything that's considered luxury and extra," said Gilliam.
She hopes to raise $100,000 to pay for her brother Roy's kidney surgery. "My brother needs a kidney and for paying for expenses, and medicine to support him. It's an outrageous price," said Gilliam.
Every dollar counts, which is why the kids are even selling their toys. "I know it's going to my uncle, and when it's going to him, I could just sell everything," said Tiffany Gilliam.
But, selling almost everything they own, including three cars, is not the end of their generosity. Their uncle Roy still needs a donor and he doesn't have to look far. "My 14-year-old son wants to be a donor, my 13-year-old daughter has offered, my niece has too," said Gilliam.
"If mine matches, I just want to give it to him, because if mine doesn't match, I hope someone else's does, he's my uncle and I love him," said Jeffrey Spears. This family says giving the gift of life to a man they love is priceless.
The Gilliam family yard sale is July 27th and 28th and August 3rd and 4th at 10 McWhorter place in Wolfforth. Or you can make a donation to the Roy Gilliam kidney fund at the Alliance Federal Credit Union in Lubbock, which is formally known as the Lubbock Federal Credit Union.
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That was also the name of the leader of the Pilgrims. Wierd.Myles Standish
Well, it wasn't me.
That was also the name of the leader of the Pilgrims. Wierd.Myles Standish
Well, it wasn't me.
Whenever there is anomalous data such as the Pioneer experience, we should retest: Eliminate variables. Simply assuming there is something that the researchers are missing is unfair to them, and an offense to the spirit of discovery.
I do not disagree with your thought. First try to eliminate simple explanations. If the anomaly still remains, try different hypothesis, to try to resolve the anomaly.In reply to Jerry's, "Whenever there is anomalous data such as the Pioneer experience, we should retest: Eliminate variables. Simply assuming there is something that the researchers are missing is unfair to them, and an offence to the spirit of discovery."
In this case, I believe the Pioneer anomaly is real. I think I can see a link between a group of anomalies. I have a rough hypothesis, with no new forces or particles, that seems to explain what is observed. I will see if I can tidy it up and see what you guys think. Probably take a couple of months.
It would be funny if the hypothesis is correct, as it seems a bit obvious, if the anomalies are viewed as a group rather than individually. Particularly if no new physics is allowed.
Or is possible....or show why it isn't possible.
Additional Spacecraft motion anomalies.
Mysteriously, five spacecraft that flew past the Earth have each displayed unexpected anomalies in their motions.These newfound enigmas join the so-called "Pioneer anomaly" as hints that unexplained forces may appear to act on spacecraft.A decade ago, after rigorous analysis, anomalies were seen with the identical Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft as they hurtled out of the solar system. Both seemed to experience a tiny but unexplained constant acceleration toward the sun.Now Jet Propulsion Laboratory astronomer John Anderson and his colleagues who originally helped uncover the Pioneer anomaly have discovered that five spacecraft each raced either a tiny bit faster or slower than expected when they flew past the Earth en route to other parts of the solar system.
101101011 started a new thread on this article.
There are six sets of anomalous data relative to near-earth events that I am aware of 1) Gravitational assists, 2) Periodic displacements of the the GPS satellites during calibration 3) Displacement of Faulcutt pendelums during the delta g maxima, 4) Gravity 'B' probe calibration anomalies 5) Differential weights found in the continental mass standards when they are brought together. 6) Different values measured for 'g' in various locations.
It would be interesting to pull the net residuals for all of these unexpected observations together and look for threads of commonality.
Delta g maximum is when the rate of change in the net gravitational force vector is the greatest. It is an interesting phenomenon that has not always been repeatable, but it has shown up often enough in well-controlled situations that it shouldn't be written off as an artifact...yet.
Good but old overview:
There was a lot of anticipatation prior to the 1999 solar eclipse, but very little follow-up on what was actually observed. I suspect the results were rather ambiguous:
http://home.t01.itscom.net/allais/bl...a/wuchterl.htmTis year's eclipse in August, NASA and other groups attempted a range of experiments to finally confirm or deny the result. Their conclusions are still awaited, though at PASS Maths we have already heard that one laboratory in Austria replicated the effect.
Obviously, more testing is needed....We propose a mechanism, based on pressure-modulated air drag, to account for the observed deviations. An eclipse-effect on a Foucault pendulum can then be explained as air drag modulation caused by the atmospheric pressure modulations due to the moon's shadow.
Before you ask, I had nothing to do with this.
I once typed 'James West Telescope' - and failed to correct it. Much of what I type comes out phonetic, and I have to go back and plink threw it again. I presented on the foulcutt pendulum effect, I wonder how i spelled it then. Sometimes, I have to admit, I will leave something wrong just to see who is still listening (Try posting an equation where the units don't add up, and Celestial Mechanic always pops out of the woodwork.)


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After I took this picture of my new tiny ninja bunny periwinkle girl beside her friend, a tiny ninja bunny blue boy, the wind blew twice. First blow, the girl fell. Second blow, the boy fell.
And the two mini rabbits just landed next to the other, perfectly!
There's magic everywhere.
- Au Revoir Simone (Tell me)
The bunnies fragilely stood by the window on those needles.
Thank you for your interest in my miniatures.
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text: I hiked up to Lower Red Castle Lake the first day--about 9 miles. It was raining for the last part of the trip, which made things harder. I had hoped to go all the way to East Red Castle, but I just got too tuckered out. Besides, I found a perfectly sheltered, flat, soft spot and wasn't willing to just walk on past. The second day I backpacked up to Smith's Fork Pass Lake, hoping to set up camp. But it was just too windy, exposed, and rocky. I stashed my pack, hiked up over the pass, ate lunch and took some photos, and came back to my pack. Not wanting to spend a miserable night in those conditions, I decided to carry my pack back down to the previous camp site. On the way I watched a white wolf along the eastern meadows of the basin. I didn't even know there were wolves in the area. That afternoon was perfect: a nap, no hurry, comfortable temperatures, enough sun and a breeze to dry me after washing, and one of those very slow sunsets that I welcomed with full attention and a few tunes on my harmonica. Moments like those are, for me, the primary allure of backpacking. The next day I just hiked back to my car, listening to tunes on my MP3 the entire way. Usually I enjoy the silence, so that was different for me.


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The Boston Celtics played some the best basketball of the fresh season when they arrived at the AT&T Center. They outmatched the Spurs until Coach Pop sent Manu to the bench. Ginobili put on a show of an argument before sitting quietly and closing his eyes. Under his lids he stared at the rugged rookie, DeJuan Blair.
On the court, Blair dropped into a trance, but continued to play. Guarding the taller Rasheed Wallace, Blair swatted the ball away. He repeatedly drove the ball to the hoop scoring on crowds of larger Celtics. But the other Spurs fumbled, throwing away crucial possessions.
Ginobili was only able to focus on one Spur at a time. Pop relented. By the time Manu was physically back in the game it was too late: Celtics 90, Spurs 83.
The next loss, to the Denver Nuggets, hurt more. The Spurs lingered in their locker room long after the crowd, the media, and the visiting team left the SBC Center. For hours they sat in silence.
When the fingers of night traced the outline of a coming dawn, Popovich broke the vigil, "I am pleased with the aggressiveness and hustle, but the turnovers are the killer."
Turnovers, Pop's shorthand for those moments of consciousness that broke the teams extrasensory bond to Ginobili, their psychic nexus.
"Miscommunications," added Tony Parker, "and some bad luck..."
"... That's out main problem right now." Keith Bogans finished Tony's sentence as he and new Spur Antonio McDyess, nodded in unison with the other veteran players. The distinguished Michael Finley, his sprained ankle on ice, sported a look of steely determination. George Hill and DeJuan Blair sat closest to Pop, attentive to everything. Young players -- do they know any better? -- RJ thought as he looked at them.
RJ played for other contenders and a storied Arizona Wildcats college team. This was different. Was Meta-psychic training the secret to the Spurs' success over the last decade?
RJ nodded along.
"I think we're getting there, slowly but surely," Hill interjected, eager, "It's still going to take time."
Popovich smiled at Hill and continued, "Some guys are just starting to figure out the program, what to do in reaction to their teammates. It's an on-going process, but they're getting it and going in the right direction."
Pop looked squarely at RJ, "We're adding things, but we're taking it slowly, and we're probably not going to add as much by the end of the season as we usually do."
RJ tried to hide a nervous flinch. What other strange disciplines would Pop introduce from his playbook?
And what really happened when he passed out on his own front lawn two weeks ago? Was it just food poisoning from a bad dish of Wasabi Crusted Ahi Tuna at the Cheesecake Factory?
As the team filtered out into the parking lot, RJ held Tim Duncan back. Tim was his best friend on the team, the reason he was there at all. "I'll be a lot more comfortable, understanding what to expect..."
"Stuff happens," Tim poker-faced.
Above them flocks of grackles chattered ever louder.


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4/4/4/6 vs 3/3/3/9 vs 1/1/1/15
This is one of those questions that will plague any travian player from the moment they realize not all villages are built the same. From now on, instead of those long names we shall refer to the choices as 6c, 9c, 15c, the same as the amount of croplands.
Conclusion (summary):
Sadly, even though people say different things, everyone will be happier with a 15c capital. That's the long and short of this rant. If you don't want to read further, that's more or less it.
If you do, enjoy.
Yes, there are villages like 4/3/5/6, but those will never be capitals, as they can never be your original village, and if the extra field of a certain type matters that much to someone to switch the capital... well, they are crazy.
A few things to note, in general: capitals are unconquerable, only destroyable. To switch, you make a L1 embassy and a L1 palace (after destroying your original palace, if any) in the new desired capital, and declare that your capital. You NEED to do this, it doesn't do it for you, even with a destroyed capital.
Any resource field over L10 and the stonemason is destroyed in the old capital. Any great barracks/stable is destroyed in the new capital.
We will start with the simple statement: you WANT a 15c capital, with as many crop oasises as you can snag.
Let me repeat: you WANT a 15c capital.
That being said, that's not always easily done, or even possible, or sometimes, in RARE RARE ULTRA-RARE cases, even desirable. Let's look at some problems:
1) Your original capital (OC) will rapidly evolve beyond level 10 fields. This is unavoidable, even to experienced travian players. By the time you can even think of switching, you will either have wasted resources, or build a higher-level resource field. It hurts to have this destroyed. You might have invested a lot, including up to L17 or L18 crop fields (the first cost almost a million total ressources, the 18... don't even look).
2) You lose a ton of production. Your capital can easily have 4k/hour production of a certain ressources. This is equivalent to 4 auxiliary villages.
3) You don't snag a 9c or a 15c quickly enough. Experienced people will snag it as their 3rd village or 4th village (while building the other two villages around that square and vigorously defending it), while less experienced and overeager people will snag it as their 2nd. People often put "pre-claimed" croppers in their profile to deter others. This only works if you are teuton and part of a big alliance, or plan on having everyone gang up on you. We'll go into detail WHEN you should settle the cropper later.
4) You lose troop upgrades. This is less of an issue, but still sucks. Generally, if you plan things through and will build the army in a new cropper early, you won't do any upgrades. The benefit is minimal and generally, you can be better served by building more troops for raiding.
5) You have a huge army in your OC, and will lose it because of #1. Non-crop is less important than crop/hour. If you have L13 or L14 crop fields, which are easly achievable, and move the capital, you will lose a TON of crop, and your army might starve. This is generally the reason why people don't switch. It's a tough decision, and often made for you if, hypothetically... you know... you lose everything .
6) #1 + #2 + #4 + #5. Often, a combination of the above.
Ok, so these are the major (but not only) issues with switching. Let's see what you gain. Whenever I mention crop-fields, I always do so with a L5 grain mill/L5 bakery. If you don't have that... I can't help you. You should go play tetris.
A L10 cropfield gives 300crop/hour. So:
- 6c -> 1800 crop/hour
- 9c -> 2700 crop/hour
- 15c -> 4500 crop/hour
It's pretty geometric here, but you can see that even a non-capital cropper can support a sizeable army.
Let's look up to L15 crop fields, which are buildable with 2 warehouses, which is reasonable from even 3 support villages, even 2 in a pinch. They give 1200crop/hour each. So:
- 6c -> 7200 crop/hour
- 9c -> 10800 crop/hour
- 15c -> 18000 crop/hour
L16 crop fields, each giving 1500 crop/hour, requiring 3 warehouses are still doable, and net:
- 6c -> 9000 crop/hour
- 9c -> 13500 crop/hour
- 15c -> 22500 crop/hour
I won't go further, but a L17 field has 1950 crop/hour, a L18 has 2400 crop/hour, a L19 has 3000 crop/hour (and requires 12 warehouses and 3 granaries. L20 cannot be build.
AAAANYWAY. As you can see, a 15c with manageable L16 fields can maintain a 20k crop army with no problems. With no plus account (which is another 25%).
So this is more or less what you gain. You can build with absolute impunity. All the big players (some taking it for granted) are doing this, and doing it comfortably. There's the occasional dude with a 9c capital in the top bunch, but none will have a 6c, even though it is possible.
It's tough to maintain an army with 9000 crop/hour. You will often be something like -25k crop/hour negative when your army is being used, and that hurts to maintain. You will need to wake up in the middle of the night, you will start building the L17 fields (5 warehouses), and you'll have to destroy buildings (which cripple your production) to make space.
Not worth it. It IS possible, but it's not worth it. Really, the ONLY thing that should matter to you is #5. If it happens that a cleaner has gone wrong, and you lose your army and have to rebuild, do yourself a favor: take the leap. If the natars are here, then there's not much point, really, but any time before that, especially if it's a LOT of time before that, screw the resources, screw the time, screw everything, make your biggest 15c your capital and start OWNING.
But what about the 9c capital?
This is a good question. It often happens that all the 15c are gobbled up, but you snag a few 9c with little problem. What should you do?
First, consider the fact that the 9c capital will easily outproduce your other villages. If the 15c has a problem, it's that it requires CONSTANT merchant control on it. This means that if your cluster of villages is far from your 15c capital, you will have pains. You cannot build on the meager resource production (a max of 200 from the field, plus the oasis's which you should only get if it's 25% crop with it, and the resource extenders, which you shouldn't build). So you will be forced to move stuff around a lot, which is far less painful than a big army on a 6c, but you have to do it. Gaul merchants help a lot, because they are quick and carry a lot. At least Teutons carry more, but roman merchants are horrific.
It's less painful, but equally important. You don't want to stagnate. Build close-by support villages, and be aware you will sink money in it.
So a 9c capital has a solid production. I won't bother analyzing the numbers, except in 2 cases, for L10 fields, and L15 fields, with no oasis, but with the brickyard type buildings:
- 6c -> 1000/hour
- 9c -> 750/hour
- 6c -> 4000/hour
- 9c -> 3000/hour
As you can see, not a really big change. Nor is the gain in crop, but that's far more useful than the gain in resources. A 9c capital will need little support, although it does help to have a village funnel resources into it.
A 9c capital has a few more advantages, one of which I covered already. You are able to get one with little trouble, and a bit of scouting. People won't fight you over it, knowing that there are more around, AND they are looking for a 15c anyway. This means that you can comfortably wait until your 3rd village to cap one, even if you start slow.
The second advantage is also described above. It's not an impotent village until you sink a lot of stuff into it. You can still have a strong economy in a self-sufficient, but slower, village, and start building an army alongside the economy.
Ok, so until now, you hopefully understand that you should go for a 15c, and if not, a 9c. A 6c can never really hold a big army. If you are still unconvinced, think it through.


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Years like this are awesome for Midnight Madness events...and for Purdue it's great for two really big reasons:
-It's always exciting to get a first look at an important freshman class
-Big name recruits will be in attendance.
People have views about such events that make sense (in that its only a practice)...but a packed Mackey can pay dividends in recruiting. Visiting prospects could be sold on the program if fans help make it happen. Since basketball is always exciting at Purdue, we should have a pretty great crowd. It's probably safe to assume that the H&R community is aware as well, but this is just a heads up. Should be a lot of fun!
(Note: Apparently a special musical guest will be at this event. Elliot Bloom wouldn't give specifics on a GoldandBlack.com chat.)


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Now I'm devloping an applicaiont using Carbide.C++
First, I've made Test Project to test some functions.
When I tried to change icon but I could not find any ways how to chage it.
In default settings, it uses svg and mifdef files and makes mif file.
And then make icon using this mif (it describes in Test.rss)
But I want to change icon which I want to use.
How Can I change Icon ?
I already tried as follows
1. make mif with bmp
I import bmps, make mifdef file with setting imported bmps.
But when I built this project there occured "Bmconv" error.
2. make aif
I tried to make aif file by using aifdef. But there occured "Save Failed:null"


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Good Fortune & Cheer Cookies Recipe
You'll love stuffing Christmas greetings and well wishes into these fun homemade cookies—and your family and friends will love receiving them! —Beverly Preston, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
- Crushed peppermint candies
- Red, white and green nonpareils
- Write fortunes on small strips of paper (3 in. x 1/2 in.); set aside. Using a pencil, draw two 3-in. circles on a sheet of parchment paper. Place paper, pencil mark down, on a baking sheet; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg whites and extracts until well blended. Add flour; mix well (batter will be thick). Spread a scant tablespoonful of batter over each circle. Bake at 400° for 4-5 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Slide parchment paper onto a work surface. Cover one cookie with a kitchen towel to keep warm. Place a fortune in the center of the other cookie; loosen cookie from parchment paper with a thin spatula. Fold cookie in half over fortune so the edges meet; hold edges together for 3 seconds.
- Place center of cookie over the rim of a glass; gently press ends down to bend cookie. Cool for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack. Repeat with second cookie. If cookies become too cool to fold, return to oven to soften for 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter and fortunes.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. Partially dip cookies or drizzle as desired; place on waxed paper. Sprinkle with crushed candies and nonpareils. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Originally published as Good Fortune & Cheer Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p65
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{Brandon's POV}
I took a long, deep breath as I stared at the tall skyscraper towering above me.
Come on, Langston. You can do this. Just walk through the door, and get to work. You got this. You already got the internship. Nothing can get in your way now.
I took another deep breath as I pushed opened the heavy glass door, stepping into the air-conditioned building and making my way across the white marble floor to the reception desk.
The receptionist looked up from her computer when I stepped in front of the desk. She smiled politely. "Welcome to Wexford Enterprises. May I help you?"
"Uh, yeah." I cleared my throat. "I'm Brandon Langston. I'm the new intern for Mr. Thomas Wexford."
She nodded, typing something into her computer. "Right. Of course. If you'd follow me, please, Mr. Langston."
She stood up and began walking somewhere else in the large building, with me tagging along right behind her. We arrived to another set of large glass doors, and she pushed right through them, only to be met with another receptionist's desk.
She walked to the desk as I stayed behind. She exchanged a few quick words with the second receptionist before they both walked back towards me. The first girl shot me a quick smile and left to go back to the foyer, leaving me alone with the second receptionist.
She smiled at me, pointing straight ahead of us. "Right this way, Mr. Langston."
Geez, this place is freaking ridiculous. I so don't fit in here.
I followed the second receptionist over to another door, where she paused and gestured for me to stay where I was. She opened the door slightly, poking her head inside. A few seconds later, she came back out to face me.
"Mr. Wexford will see you now." She smiled and walked back to her desk.
I hesitantly opened the door, suddenly terrified at the thought of working here.
I spotted Wexford sitting at his desk, waiting for me.
"Ah, Brandon Langston. I'm so glad you've decided to come on board here! You all ready to get to work?" He stood up, walking over to me to shake my hand.
I grasped it firmly, giving it a good, professional shake. "Yes, sir. That's what I'm here for." I smiled.
He reached around my shoulder to pat my back. "Good. Now let's get you started."
* * *
Spending my life making copies and running errands for the boss. I'm an intern, what else would I be doing?
So far, this internship is actually perfect. I'm finally learning how to get exactly where I want to be in life, how to make my dreams come true. I honestly don't think my life could get any better right now.
I meandered around the building slowly, taking in my surroundings. This place was amazing. I don't even understand how I'm in a tall, narrow skyscraper right now - it's fucking huge in here.
I was on my way to the production room to pick up some copies for Mr. Wexford, taking my sweet time. Nobody seems too strict here, everything is so laid back.
I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going. I kept my eyes on the high ceilings above me and all the people sitting at their cubicles and in their offices. Did I mention how insane this place is?
I suddenly felt myself collide with something. I quickly stepped back, regaining my composure. I looked down at the floor to see that I had bumped into a girl, and completely knocked her down to the ground. And she was staring -- no, glaring up at me.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" I blurted. I held my hand out to help her up, but she ignored it.
She stood, brushing herself off. "Yeah, you should be. God, watch where you're going."
As she spoke, I took a good look at her. Damn. She was absolutely flawless. She was a few inches shorter than me, with a body to kill for. Long, dirty blonde hair, green eyes, tan skin. She seemed to be my age. And she's fucking perfect.
"Did you hear me?" Her voice pulled me out of my trance.
"Sorry, what?"
She made an annoyed sound. "I said, can I help you?"
"Oh, no. I was just... I'm Brandon," I said, holding out my hand for her to shake.
She stared at me as if I hadn't even spoken. She looked down at my hand, almost as if she was absolutely disgusted. When she looked back up at me, she scoffed.
"What makes you think I want to know who you are?" she asked, raising her eyebrows in disbelief.
My hand awkwardly dropped to my side in embarrassment. "Um. I thought... I was trying to be nice. Introduce myself, you know?"
She laughed loudly, throwing her head back. "Oh, because I care who a nobody like you is? Ha, alright." She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "How did you even get into the building?"
"Uh... I got an internship here. I'm working for Mr. Wexford."
Her amused expression completely fell. "Well, shit. That sucks."
Huh? Why does that suck? "What?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
She crossed her arms, sighing exasperatedly. "I guess I'll have to figure out a way to get rid of you, then." An eyebrow cocked up on her forehead, and she turned to walk away.
"Wait! Get rid of me? What are you talking about?!" I yelled after her. But she just kept walking, acting as if I hadn't just yelled across the building and everyone was now staring at me. Who the hell is this bitch?
And why am I so interested in figuring out who she is?
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Illinois schools got their own report card Tuesday, on whether they are meeting "No Child Left Behind" standards. In Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer county there are 145 schools. However, only 46 are meeting standards. The other 99 are not. The standard: 85 percent of students have to meet state standards in reading and math.
While many schools did not make the grade, there some in our area that not only made it, but also won an award for it. Apollo Elementary in Aledo and New Boston Elementary both won awards.
"I couldn't be prouder. We have a great staff here and they work really hard and our kids try to make them proud," said Bill Fleuette, Principal of Apollo Elementary.
Fleuette got a little emotional when talking about the schools "Academic Excellence Award." There are more than 4,000 schools in the state and only 454 received the honor. To win, at least 90% of the students met or exceeded state standards in both reading and math for 3 years in a row.
Meanwhile at New Boston Elementary, students and teachers were recognized with the "Illinois Spotlight" award. Only 105 schools received this honor. To win more than half of their students had to be considered low income. and they had to meet "No Child Left Behind" standards 2 years in a row.
"I was very pleased, I was very excited," said Nancy Robinson, Principal of New Boston Elementary.
Robinson says the award came as a pleasant surprise. She says she believes team work, supportive parents, and the schools "Response to Intervention Program," which focuses on reading, are all factors in the students success.
"We work hard at it. We are very diligent, very persistent, if we have to change things we do," Robinson said.
Teachers at the school say the are passionate about their craft and seeing their hard work is paying off is very rewarding, especially in a time when schools are facing so many challenges.
"It's wonderful to get positive news because with budget cuts, everything out there is so negative.It's nice to be honored as whole school. I think this award shows what we are doing works," said Tracy Sackville, a first grade teacher.
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SPRAGUE LAKE, Wash. - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office has confirmed with KHQ that one person died following a boating accident on Sprague Lake.
The Sheriff's office says that about 3:00pm Tuesday afternoon they responded to a report of two people who had washed ashore at Sprague Lake. Once they arrived they found a man and a woman on the shore. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was transported to Sacred Heart in Spokane and her condition is unknown at this time. Neither person has been identified.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Right now, preliminary information is that the two people became dislodged from their power boat and ended up in the water. The boat as not been located yet. It is unknown if the two people were wearing life jackets.
This story is developing and as soon as we get any additional information we will be sure to update this story.


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Greater St. Louis Area Council: Boy Scouts of America
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The health and
safety of your child while in camp is very important to us. We have a
first-aider on our staff who is available to assist your son's leader
in administrating simple first aid. We have daily sick call following meals
for any minor complaint.
Your sons leader should be given any medication and any directions.
If the medication needs refrigeration, our Medical Director will make
that happen.
Please note all medications on your sons medical form. Camp is not
the time to change or eliminate your sons dosage, especially for ADD/HD
We have an agreement with both St. Joseph and St. Anthonys Hospitals to handle emergencies.
We ask that anytime a Scout or leader needs hospital care that our
Camp Office and Medical Director be notified. We have your sons medical
form on file and would send it along with your son, as well as a map to
the hospitals. We also will call ahead to notify the emergency room.
Each person's (Scout or leader) medical insurance is the prime
coverage for all medical emergencies. Your insurance provider should be
noted on the medical form. If there are any special requirements by
your carrier or HMO please note them on the medical form.
Our Council does carry accident insurance on our members and leaders at no cost to you. But this insurance is secondary only.
Additional information regarding this policy can be secured by calling
our MacArthur Service Center at (314) 361-0600 or 1 (800) 392-0895 and
asking for Denise Fisher who coordinates this information.