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UK Gov to open access to publicly-funded science
July 25, 2012
Science Minister David Willetts has indicated support for the Finch report recommendations. The Government intends to:
- Move to deliver open access through a 'gold' model, where article processing-charges are paid upfront to cover the cost of publication.
- Ensure walk-in rights for the general public, so they can have free access to global research publications owned by members of the UK Publishers' Association, via public libraries.
- Extend the licensing of access enjoyed by universities to high technology businesses for a modest charge.
For the full response, see Press Notice: Government to open up publicly funded research.
See additional comments :
- Editorial, Openness costs, Nature 486, 439 (28 June 2012)
- Ian Sample, Free access to British scientific research within two years, The Guardian, (15 July 2012)
- Geoffrey Boulton in Open your minds and share your results, Nature 486, 441 (28 June 2012)
SPARC Europe responds to Finch report
July 13, 2012
SPARC Europe's response to the Finch report has been posted at http://sparceurope.org/sparc-europe-response-to-the-finch-report/
Drafted by Dr. Alma Swan, Director of European Advocacy, the major points are:
(i) The Finch study is disappointing in not focusing properly on providing Open Access but instead on providing Extended Access.
(ii) The UK is already in the forefront in providing Open Access, but the way it has achieved this success (via Green Access and a network of open repositories) is neither recognised by this study, nor used to build further similar progress.
(iii) Recommending paying for 'hybrid' Gold Open Access without securing full re-use rights in exchange for the payment is not the advance we were hoping for, and will hamper academic and commercial research progress.
(iv) The overall recommendations are out of line with those of every other policy from every other nation, region or institution. This is not brave leadership, but a serious mistake.
UK releases Finch Group report on access to scientific literature
June 19, 2012
The report, Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications prepared by the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings (the Finch Group) has been released.
The report seeks a slow and exclusive path toward the Gold publication model, the costs of which it expects UK funders to carry. It seems that existing publishers must be fully sustained during this transition period and perhaps beyond, as HEIs, funders and users scramble to pay the fees one way or another. As Cameron Neylon observes,
This whole discussion seems to revolve around protecting publishers rights to sell reprints, as though it made sense to legislate to protect candle makers from innovators threatening to put in an electric grid.
Commentary can be found here:
- http://cameronneylon.net/blog/first-thoughts-on-the-finch-report-good-steps-but-missed-opportunities/
- http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/opening-access-the-finch-report/
- http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/06/18/the-finch-report-on-open-access/
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jun/19/open-access-academic-publishing-finch-report
- http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420307&c=1
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18497083
- http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/904-Finch-Report,-a-Trojan-Horse,-Serves-Publishing-Industry-Interests-Instead-of-UK-Research-Interests.html
UK Communications Green Paper abandoned
June 16, 2012
The National Union of Journalists reports that UK Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has shelved his potentially controversial communications Green Paper until after the Olympics. According to Ian Burrell of the Independent:
The document had the potential to draw further accusations of bias, as it would have dealt with contentious issues such as the future of public service broadcasting, the handling of internet piracy and the allocation of broadcasting spectrum.
It will be replaced by a series of five half-day seminars between July and September, intended to encourage investment and competition.
Content Mining Manifesto
June 3, 2012
The Open Science Working Group has posted a draft manifesto demanding rights to mine digital resources where users have legitimate access to them. The manifesto asserts:
- Principle 1: Right of Legitimate Accessors to Mine. The right to read is the right to mine.
- Principle 2: Lightweight Processing Terms and Conditions. Users and providers should encourage machine processing.
- Principle 3: Use. Facts don't belong to anyone.
Dr. Peter Murray-Rust has invited comment at A Scientist and the Web.
Creative Commons statement to the Committee on IP and Development at WIPO
May 11, 2012
From TechnoLlama:
Creative Commons affiliate Andrés Guadamuz attended the 9th session of the Committee on IP and Development at WIPO to present CC's comment on the Agenda Item CDIP/9/INF/2: Scenarios and Possible Options Concerning Recommendations 1c, 1f and 2a of the Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain. The Study by Prof Dussolier can be located here for reference. The recommendations that we are talking about are:
"1(c) The voluntary relinquishment of copyright in works and dedication to the public domain should be recognised as a legitimate exercise of authorship and copyright exclusivity, to the extent permitted by national laws (possibly excluding any abandonment of moral rights) and upon the condition of a formally expressed, informed and free consent of the author. Further research could certainly be carried out on that point. [...]
1(f) International endeavours should be devoted to developing technical or informational tools to identify the contents of the public domain, particularly as far as the duration of copyright is concerned. Such tools can be data collections on works, databases of public domain works, or public domain calculators. International cross-operation and cross-referencing of such tools is of particular importance. [...]
2(a) The availability of the public domain should be enhanced, notably through cooperation with cultural heritage institutions and UNESCO (through its work on the preservation of intangible cultural heritage)."
Creative Commons statement to the CDIP on the Public Domain
Thank you Mr Chairman, we would like to congratulate you on your election to preside this Committee.
In his keynote presentation to the Global INET Conference here in Geneva just a couple of weeks ago, Dr Francis Gurry described intellectual property as a balancing mechanism for all of the often competing rights and equities that occur in and around the creation of innovation. Creative Commons strongly believes in this balance of rights, and strives to offer technical and legal tools to make that balance possible. We also believe that an integral part of that balance has to be the protection and promotion of the Public Domain. The public domain enriches the global cultural and intellectual environment; it allows the reproduction and reuse of countless classics that are often modernized and reintroduced to new audiences and new generations. One could almost say that they are remixed.
It is with that in mind that we welcome the Secretariat's inclusion on this session of the Scenarios and Possible Options Concerning Recommendations 1c, 1f and 2a of The Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and The Public Domain, and commend the author of The Scoping Study, Prof. Severine Dusollier. We encourage the adoption of all three recommendations, but we would like to complement the information contained in the document with regards to recommendations 1c and 1f.
With regards to Recommendation 1c, and as the document CDIP/9/INF/2 accurately describes, Creative Commons offers CC0, a universal tool that allows users to voluntarily relinquish all copyright, database and related rights to the fullest extent allowed by law. CC0 is a tool that was conceived and created out of both necessity and demand. Dedicating works to the public domain is difficult if not impossible for those wanting to contribute, voluntarily and of their own free will, their works for public use before applicable copyright or database protection terms expire. Few if any jurisdictions have a process for doing so easily and reliably. Laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction as to what rights are automatically granted and how and when they expire or may be voluntarily relinquished. We understand the inherent difficulties with dealing with this issue in a comprehensive manner given the different approaches to copyright seen from Common and Civil legal traditions. Moreover, our conversations with copyright holders over CC's 10 years in existence revealed that for some rights holders, there is a desire to signal clearly and unequivocally that their work may be used without reference to restrictions that the holder no longer wishes to retain for any number of reasons. This demand, coupled with the complex and lack of harmonized copyright frameworks, resulted in the creation of CC0. CC0 has been leveraged by numerous important rights holders, including the Dutch Government, the British Library, and the Personal Genome Project, and is part of the legal framework for important projects such as Europeana. For these reasons, we second the Secretariat's recommendation to conduct a study on copyright relinquishment, and we also encourage this Committee to continue this important avenue.
With regards to Recommendation 1f, we once again welcome the Secretariat's specific mention of the practices and tools available through Creative Commons. The possibility of marking copyright works with license metadata can tell search engines what is available for reuse, and under which conditions. We applaud all of the national and regional practices cited in the Secretariat's document, and agree that these efforts must continue. Specifically, we encourage member states and regional bodies to continue to attempt to make public registry data more widely available. We would like to see a more proactive role by WIPO in the international arena. Among other promising avenues, WIPO could host some tools to facilitate the sharing of public registry information on their website, such as an aggregated database of existing registries
Concluding, Creative Commons thoroughly supports efforts that will enhance the ability of rightsholders to voluntarily relinquish copyright thereby enriching the public domain, and of the public to access and use the public domain as copyright law full intends.
Thank you.
New Online Journal of Public Interest IP
May 9, 2012
From Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors:
The Journal of Public Interest IP is the first publication of its kind that solely focuses on the range of legal rights within the umbrella of IP and the complex ways it impacts human capabilities and endeavors. The human development and capabilities approach will provide a broad and useful framework for analyzing the social impact of IPRs because the approach defines the purpose of development as enlarging the choices and capabilities that people have to lead a life they value. This framework focuses on a wide range of actual and potential human consequences that are of concern to diverse peoples in the world.
The next edition will focus on "Food, Climate Change and Intellectual Property: Defining the Issue." PIIPA is now accepting online submissions for this edition and encourages intellectual property professionals around the world to contribute to this body of knowledge. Online Submission guidelines can be found in the 'About' section of the website. The deadline submission is 30-June-2012.


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"An interesting piece of fiction"
Maybe not your first or second choice in fiction tonight but it is an interesting one. Our story starts with a corporate aquisition of an American manufacturing company. We follow Geogre Breal, a displaced executive from the acquired company move to Boston and work for Electronic Technologies Inc., a firm run by a controlling founder, John Lowell. Mr. Lowell has many problems on his hands including a German competitor who is positioned to eat his lunch, an estranged daughter and a girlfriend with an agenda. Breal is brought into to make ETI more profitable and ends up fighting to keep the company in business. Stone Lion is an interesting book that doesn't necessarily compell you to keep reading hour after hour, but eagerly awaits your return and rewards you with an palette of well developed characters and a fully crafted story of challenges, successes and failures. You'll want to finish Stone Lion but you can take your time and savor some fiction without a murder, sex scene or a lot of foul language - something of a rarity today. Take a break from all of the back biting and violence found in a lot of today's fiction and enjoy a book that challenges it's characters, shows how they grow and develop and doesn't insult you (unless you are or work for an aggressive German Corporation trying to dominate the world of photoelectric micro-switchs).
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Keep you beliefs grounded in fact. Questions and confirm what you are told. Otherwise, you could find yourself alone, confused and unable to connect with what it is that you love.
After the End is a fast paced and well constructed story that I thoroughly enjoyed even to the abrupt end. Some have complained about the end of this story. I disagree with that complaint. I would rather an abrupt ending like this than one that drones on only for purpose of setting up the sequel (e.g., Gone Girl). I'm satisfied with the story of Juneau as presented in After the End. If there is a sequel let me pre-order it now.
"Thought provoking mix of sci-fi and religion"
I listened to The Sparrow and immediately moved on to The Children of God. Enjoyed listening to both and following the adventure into the discovery of other intelligent live in the solar system. Many well developed and memorable characters with dialog which propelled the story forward to discover a world beyond our own. It has many political and societal issues woven into the story, if you pay close enough attention to catch the author's attempts to make statements about the church, capitalism, politics, belief in a higher power, slavery and population control. Some of the characters switch from good to bad and back several times during each book. These are novels that can make you listen for a while and then think about how this effects our present, our past and our future, for just as long. I found myself often stopping to contemplate these issues before continuing on with the story. If you have two credits and want several hours of intelligent novels, by all means get The Sparrow and The Children of God. (please note, you don't need to get COG, but you really must start with The Sparrow. I don't think you would understand near as much of COG without first listening to The Sparrow.)
"An interesting take on higher powers."
I listened to The Sparrow and immediately moved on to The Children of God. Enjoyed listening to both and following the adventure into the discovery of other intelligent live in the solar system. Many well developed and memorable characters with dialog which propelled the story forward to discover a world beyond our own. It has many political and societal issues woven into the story, if you pay close enough attention to catch the author's attempts to make statements about the church, capitalism, politics, belief in a higher power, slavery and population control. Some of the characters switch from good to bad and back several times during each book. These are novels that can make you listen for a while and then think about how this effects our present, our past and our future, for just as long. I found myself often stopping to contemplate these issues before continuing on with the story. If you have two credits and want several hours of intelligent novels, by all means get The Sparrow and The Children of God. (please note, you don't need to get COG, but you really must start with The Sparrow. I don't think you would understand near as much of COG without first listening to The Sparrow.)
"Disappearance, return, young love, pursuit & more"
A strange disappearance after winning a state championship softball game, her return 5 years later, young love, unknown pursuers, a secret government agency and a grand conspiracy. What's not to love? The Taking is an enjoyable Audible listen of a story about sixteen year-old Kyra Agnew, the winning state champion softball pitcher is abducted shortly after the game and returned five years later without having aged a day. First having to deal with the changes in her friends and families lives during her absence, Kyra has much bigger problems on the horizon. A secret government agency wants to capture her and she has strange new abilities. What has happened to her? Who has done it to her? Are there any others like her? What will happen next - makes for an enjoyable listen without getting too far out into conspiracy land to make it seem to be within the realm of possibility.
Well written, very appropriate and capable narrator make this an fine production and another great Audible listen. Hopefully, there were be more stories featuring Kyra Agnew .
"Truths are not as they appear."
Truths are not as they appear - even to those closest to us.
John Searles crafted an entertaining novel - presented as a paranormal mystery with pro-religious overtones. But things are not always as they first appear. Searles uses Help for the Haunted to expose the fact that we not only keep secrets from those we love and those we don't, but we often keep them from ourselves. At the very end, you have to decide for yourself what is fact and what is not.
Sylvie, the smart, young teenage daughter of Sylvester and Rose, is dragged from bed in the middle of a snowy night by her parents to meet their older daughter, also named Rose. Sylvie's parents are murdered at the church and Sylvie is assaulted. Sylvie then tells us the stories of her family, their work, and travels. These stories are woven in between Sylvie's stories as a ward of her older sister and their treatment from those in the community.
Sylvie learns the prime murder suspect has a rock solid alibi for the time the murders were committed. Sylvie searches for the truth about the deaths of her parents and learns about their lives along the way. She also learns secrets about them, her sister and plenty of others before finding her parent's murderer. The story moves along quite steadily and had me finding reasons to keep listening past the end of several chapters. While not all the questions are answered, there is enough of a conclusion to make reading Help for the Haunted satisfying.
Some reviewers here have complained about the narrator. I completely disagree with their unfavorable comments about Emma Galvin, the narrator of Help for the Haunted. I enjoy listening to her performance of this book and others. She is very appropriate for narrating a story from the young female perspective, especially someone with a world as upset as Sylvie's.
"Steelheart had me looking for ways to listen!"
Super-human Epics take control and enslave the populace with terror. A small boy (David) witnesses an Epic kill his father and obliterate an entire city. Fast forward 10 years and the boy has survived the orphanage/factory system that has educated and sustained him. Now, he hunts Epics and teams up with a small group of 'Reckoners' dedicated to eliminating Epics. David's done his homework and planning and convinces the Reckoners to go after the most powerful Epic of all - the one who killed David's father. Oh, don't forget there is also a well-written sweetheart story artfully woven into all this plotting and fighting. What's not to love? It has fast-paced action scenes and wonderfully quirky conversations which let you catch your breath without have to pause the recording. David, I'm looking to hearing more of your battles with Epics.
"I'm never living in London"
The Bone Season creates an interesting future London where a tear in dimensions has allowed super-spirits to enter our realm and take control of natural human clairvoyants. This creates an underworld for 'voyants' in London who must evade capture and death or banishments for having unnatural talents. (London, of course is the setting for so many 'unnatural' occurrences, aliens, cybermen, etc., that I wonder if there isn't something in the water - - maybe Stonehenge is to blame.) Our hero is a dream walker, a rare voyant who has the ability to walk through other's dreamscape and learn secrets that the underworld gangs use to their advantage. When she is cornered by the conscripted voyants who are charged with rounding up the unnaturals she kills one of them and scrambles the brain of the second, exposing her talents to the super-spirits who want to acquire her abilities. She is eventually captured and then claimed by a high ranking super-spirit who rarely ever deals with humans.
I have to admit that I started this book a couple of times and listened for maybe two chapters before I set it aside. Eventually I came back faced with a long Thanksgiving week drive. I hit play to give it another chance and glad that I did. This book got better as it went along and I concentrated on the world Ms. Shannon created. It is probably something that I will listen to again, perhaps several times to get a full appreciation for the characters and story. There are plenty of interesting characters and delicious plot lines to experience in the Bone Season. The author has done well in crafting them together. Pay very close attention throughout the entire book to truly enjoy The Bone Season.
"Not as strong as others in this ilk"
Another in the young heroine leads the rebellion breed of young adult novels. Not a strong of character development or plot as Hunger Games or Divergent but an enjoyable listening experience. Kitty has just turned legal age and must be tested for assignment to one of the six classes of citizens in future America. Her disappointing upbringing in an orphanage in Washington D.C. leads to a less than satisfactory class and work assignment in a distant city away from her slightly younger lover interest. After seeking an alternate life style on the edges of society she is recruited by the heads of the country to serve as a replacement for a deceased third in line successor to the throne. To tell you more would spoil the enjoyment of Pawn.
The story makes several half-hearted stabs at making social commentary about the divisions which separate the 'haves' and the 'haves not' of the country and the abuses which corrupts those with absolute power. The author inflicts no particular judgment allowing the reader to decide for themselves the proper level of outrage they wish to assign to any particular atrocities exposed through Kitty's assumption of the secretly deceased niece's life.
Pawn is a perfectly adequate expenditure of a credit and may just be the start of as entertaining series of novels. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
"Takes us in a different direction than anticipated"
Allegiant concludes the trilogy about a girl who made changes - changes to herself. her family, and the world she inhabits. Those who are giving poor ratings are likely looking for popcorn ending and complaining when the get a steak dinner. It is worthy of the investment to read Allegiant even though the conclusion is not what most readers likely expect. I hope it is the story Ms. Roth wanted to tell because she did so with style and dignity for Tris Pryor - putting Tris's story above easy fortune.
Great stories and characters challenge us to be better than we currently are. They should force us to realize time is short and heroes are few. The story of Tris Pryor should get us to question the changes going on us and, more importantly, the lack of change heading towards the better. Tris stands for questioning and acting against the status quo. Tris is a hero, even before the start of Allegiant. Although she may not 'officially' be thought of as one at the end, the change she brings forth is indeed heroic in so many unstated ways. Take time to think about the story beyond the words on the page. Contemplate what this diminutive teenage character accomplishes from the time she walks home from school wondering which faction to choose until the final confrontation with David in the laboratory. Recognize Tris's sacrifices for people who knew her and the thousands of others who never had that privilege. Let go of your on selfish expectation and see the change in you the author is trying to develop today, so that a Tris in the future doesn't have to end like the one in Allegiant.
Expect to be moved by Allegiant instead of handed another formulaic and marketable conclusion. Congratulations Ms. Roth, for choosing to be Divergent. Emma Galvin will forever be the voice of Tris Pryor - an accomplishment for which she should be proud.
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Pandora Saga combines elements of magic and strategic war tactics to create a challenging gaming experience. This Japanese MMORPG is centered on three warring nations in medieval Europe. Players have their pick from six distinct races, each possessing extraordinary abilities. There are four basic classes in Pandora Saga that can later progress to twenty-eight higher classes. The first class change starts at level 20. Listed below are the four basic classes:
Warrior – Warriors are masters in hand-to-hand combat. They specialize in the art of the sword and melee fighting. Warriors are key players in battle due to direct attacks and ability to withstand a considerable amount of damage from opponents.
Scout – Scouts are skilled archers. They serve as deadly assassins striking enemies from far off ranges. Scouts can quickly attack assisting aiding party members in intense battles.
Acolyte – Acolytes are valuable players. They possess the ability to keep a group alive in the midst of war. Acolytes cast healing and support spells that can revive multiple members.
Mage – Mages are one of the most powerful classes when it comes to battle. They cast a variety of magic spells that deliver massive damage to opposing enemies. Their only weakness is close-range fighting.
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Note: This review is for the MyRosso version of Pandora Saga.
By Ange Perdu
Players embark on a medieval adventure in Pandora Saga. This MMORPG takes players deep into a fantasy-based Europe, where three divided nations are at war. Scattered among the territories are six races, consisting of Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Myrines, Enkidu, and Lapins. Players select their race and nation to defend. Dangerous quests, creatures, magic, and battle lie ahead in the virtual world of Pandora.
Journey of a Warrior, Core Gameplay
The gameplay in Pandora Saga varies. Players are free to explore and accept quests. When a quest is completed, players can receive XP points, items, or gold coins. Gold coins can be used to upgrade weaponry and buy special items to help customize a character. All of the quests heavily involve the cinematic storyline of Pandora Saga. Objectives for quests range from passing messages between NPC,characters to eliminating menacing monsters. In Pandora Saga, creatures alive and undead roam the territories outside the city limits. Along the Soplar Highway territory, a wide variety of enemies lurk waiting to attack. Players must battle large maggots, packs of ferocious coyotes, massive snakes, jerboas, giant ants, zombies, and skeletons using their magical arsenal of weapons. Fighting in a party is the easiest and fastest method to progress in the game. It's also fun. The monsters in Pandora Saga often attack in groups. Players have to use strategy and teamwork to take down opposing foes. As players level up, they earn the privilege to battle in one of Pandora's large-scale wars.
When Warring Nations Collide
To participate in the war and enter the battlefield, players have to reach a level of 10 or higher and belong to a party within the same level range. All players must be present at the gate for guards to let them in. Players in a party can meet up at the gate, or join a party in need of an extra member. When parties join the Epic War each member must register with the NPC War Admisionner as Nation Commander, Regular Soldier, or Volunteer Soldier. Volunteer Soldier registration is free, but the other two options costs 10,000 gold coins. Playing under Nation Commander or Regular Soldier earns honor points after the war. Once on the battlefield, groups use various strategies to conquer rival nations. There are castles with guards and soldiers from various nations. To be victorious players have to defeat guards, storm the castle, and abolish the Cores that do not belong to their nation to successfully capture the stronghold. War points are given for every castle captured. Reinforcement troops and the security of a player's nation stronghold also pose as threats during war. All participating soldiers' efforts in the same nation determine whether the war is won or lost.
Weapons for Medieval Warfare
The weaponry in Pandora Saga is somewhat extensive. The nine basic forms of weapons used are the hand sword, hand axe, hand blunt, lance, pole arm, hand trump, bow crossbow, and wand. As a player levels up in their class, they can acquire a more powerful version of each weapon. The hand sword has eleven upgrades. Warriors can upgrade to a Flame Blade or Assassin's Dagger, while Mages may use a Wand of Moonlight for their magical spells. The selection of arsenal gives players plenty to work with during battles. Horses are purchased at the town stables. All weapons and other accessories can be purchase with gold coins in the Innkeeper's Shop.
Browsing the Innkeeper's Shop
Located in the heart of Astir Neutral City, there is a road filled with Innkeeper's shops. Different Innkeepers sell various items. Here players can converse and trade items with each other, or walk directly to the desk to purchase what they need. Healing potions that restore health can be bought in the following three sizes – mini, small, and medium. Panacea is a powerful medicine that can cure any sicknesses, and is also available at shops. Traps to aid in catching difficult creatures, holy water for demonic enemies, arrows, and magical mana potions can be purchased too. There is even an egg-making tool that can be used to make talking eggs that pass to your members chat within the group. Every item costs an allotted amount of gold. Some of these, and other valuable items, can be collected from completing various quests or kills. Clothing in Pandora Saga can also be customized. At specific Innkeeper's shops players can choose from several versions of gloves, belts, tunics, leggings, boots, shields, and helmets.
The items can be cheap, or expensive – offering a higher level of protection. Although specialty items are available through Pandora's cash shop, there is no need to spend actual money. The goods that other players trade in the game are usually the same rare items for sale in the cash shop. Stones for magic spells, fang glaciers, golden hammers, and headdresses can be traded for gold coins through members.
Final Verdict: Good
Pandora Saga is a decent game with potential for loads of fun. To really enjoy all this game has to offer, players need to join with a group of friends and level-up together. The small population of active players in Pandora Saga makes the gameplay seem slow, and participating in the large scale wars very difficult. Solo players have to rely on luck and timing to find a party to wage war with. The almost cinematic RPG style quests, stellar graphics, and challenging monsters create an atmosphere that demands a party of five to explore. Playing Pandora Saga can be mediocre or loads of fun depending on the company you keep. This innovative MMO has the qualities of a great game. It's worth playing if you have friends to test it out with, or if you revel in a challenge.
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Pandora Saga System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
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CPU: 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD processor
RAM: 1GB Free
HDD: 2.0 GB Free
Graphics Card: Any VGA Card with at least 128MB memory (Geforce 6600 video card or better)
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A prayer book for the High Holidays.
Although we tend to unite Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) in our thinking as the High Holidays or the Days of Awe, the two holidays are distinct in their themes and observance. Nevertheless, the liturgical texts for the two holidays often are put into one book, the High Holiday Machzor (literally "cycle," here "festival prayer book"), and this forces us to look at the two holidays together.
The first page of a Rosh Hashanah Mahzor
The Rosh Hashanah service is distinguished from the standard festival prayer services in five major ways.
1) the use of a distinctive set of beautiful melodies,
2) the inclusion of lots of liturgical poetry (Piyyut, plural: Piyyutim),
3) the recitation of the prayer "Avinu Malkenu" (Our Father, Our King)
4) the blowing of the shofar (the ram's horn), and
5) the recitation, in the Musaf ("additional") service, of verses on the themes of God's sovereignty (Malkhuyot), God's consciousness of humanity and the Jewish people (Zikhronot, literally "memories"), and God's past and promised redemption (Shofarot, referring to the shofar as a symbol or herald of that redemption).
Only the last four leave their mark on the text in the Machzor. The liturgical poetry, which in medieval times was a standard part of the Shabbat or festival prayers but which nowadays is only common on the High Holidays, has been inserted in three main places: in the first blessing before the recitation of the Shema, and in the reader's repetitions of the Amidah during both the morning service (Shaharit) and the Musaf service. These focus primarily on images of judgment and God's kingship; these themes also pervade the Avinu Malkenu, which is recited after the Amidah of the morning service.
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1. Mettarë Night
He stood that evening next to his father Ecthelion at the great doors of Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts. As he had done for a score of years and more, saving only those times when duty had kept him in the field, Denethor smiled courteously and greeted each entering guest to the Steward's Feast.
Every mettarë night, the nobles of Gondor gathered here to celebrate the eve of midwinter and the last day of the year. The tradition had begun centuries before, as a way to encourage all the greater and lesser landholders to come to Minas Tirith once in the year. Though the season was chill, snow rarely fell this early save in the Ered Nimrais, and while they might not make the journey every year, many of the distant lords did enjoy the excuse to travel regularly to the capital. Most arrived early in the month of Ringarë and spent the weeks before mettarë meeting with the Steward and their fellow nobles. Their families, meanwhile, explored the city, searched for bargains at the tradesmen's stalls, danced and dined together; Ringarë was traditionally the month when betrothals were made between the sons and daughters of the great houses of Gondor. (1)
Indeed, the Steward had spoken to his son at the beginning of the season, reminding Denethor once again that it was time and past time that he marry.
"The House of Húrin must have an heir," Ecthelion had declared, fixing his son with a firm gaze. He had leaned back in his chair and rested his elbows on the carved arms, steepling his fingers in front of him.
"It has one. I am your heir," Denethor had replied stubbornly.
Ecthelion had dismissed that with a wave. "And after you? Your sisters are long wedded, but they have borne only daughters. You must marry, and soon. I wish to see a grandson before I die."
"Die? You?" Denethor had scoffed. "You are as tough as the hide of a mûmak, Father, and not like to die."
"Life is chancy, my son, and the staff of the Stewards is no lighter weight than the Wingèd Crown must have been – as you will one day learn," Ecthelion had said.
"Long may that day be in coming," Denethor had murmured politely.
"Indeed. But you seek to change the subject. I have given you many years, my son, to find your own bride, and you have not. Now must I command your obedience in this matter. You will marry, and soon. If you do not choose for yourself this winter, I will find a woman for you."
And there it stood. Denethor had no wish to explain to Ecthelion just why he had never sought a wife. As he continued to mouth the pleasantries appropriate to the occasion, bowing to or clasping hands with each guest, his mind drifted back to his twentieth year.
Lotheluin had been his eldest sister Sellas's closest friend, some six years his senior, and he had cherished a passion for her that none other had since inspired. She had the dark hair and fair skin common among those of Dúnadan blood, but remarkably blue eyes rather than the usual gray. Denethor had first noticed her at a riding-party; she chose to ride garbed like a lad, rather than wearing the divided skirts usual for young noblewomen. He had been greatly taken by the freedom with which she moved, so unlike most girls of his acquaintance. But he had not yet summoned the courage to tell her of his feelings when her betrothal to the heir of Ethring was announced and his hopes were dashed.
She was here tonight with Baran, of course. They had been among the first to arrive. He had seen her in passing over the years and she had never ceased to take his breath away, though she showed no sign of realizing her effect on him, being clearly content with her husband and children. Her presence at the earlier dinner-parties and dances of the season had held his attention nonetheless, so that despite Ecthelion's command, he had found himself scarcely able to look at other women.
I wonder, had I but spoken all those years ago, might she not have been mine?
This evening his hand had trembled as he had lifted hers to his lips, but he had passed it off with a laugh and a quip about the chill of the air in the doorway
But to tell Ecthelion of his feelings would have made him weak in his own eyes. Therefore Denethor resigned himself to the inevitable: he would have to wed some woman, and Lotheluin was no longer free. He must take this last opportunity before Ecthelion would choose his bride for him; that would be humiliating indeed.
So although Denethor stood now with his father as he had done many times before, this year was different. Now he forced himself to attend closely to the sisters and daughters of each lord he greeted, evaluating them as suitable partners, rather than simply dismissing them from his thoughts as soon as they had passed.
"Good mettarë to you, Forlong," he greeted the lord of Lossarnach.
"And to you, lord Denethor. How fares the Captain of the White Tower?" came the rumbled reply.
"Well enough; glad to have the holiday to celebrate. And you and your family?" said Denethor courteously.
"We are all well, though not all present in Minas Tirith this year. You recall my wife Caradhwen, I am sure. Our son Derlong is now sailing with the fleet in the Bay of Belfalas, and could not obtain leave. But our daughter Elerrína comes tonight to the feast and will join the dancing for the first time," said Forlong.
Denethor took the girl's hand and bowed politely over it.
"Welcome, my lady," he said.
She giggled, and blushed, and looked back at Denethor as her parents shepherded her into the hall.
Not that one. He shuddered. She is far too young, and I have not the patience to rear a child bride.
He felt Ecthelion's gaze upon him and turned to the next guest.
"Duinhavel of Morthond, greetings. And your son Duinhir. How pleasant to see you both again. How fares it in the Blackroot Vale?"
"All is well there. My lady wife remains at home with our younger children this season. It seemed like to be rough traveling for a woman expecting, so I brought only my eldest lad," answered Duinhavel gravely.
"I am pleased that you felt able to make the journey, then. Good mettarë," said Denethor, and the men of Morthond continued on.
Next in line was one of Denethor's fellow captains. Dark-haired Thorongil was one of the few men the Steward's Heir had ever met who matched him in height; truth be told, the other man was a shade taller. They even resembled each other in appearance, with the set of eye and jaw that usually marked only the greatest kindreds of Númenórean descent, though Thorongil claimed no such connection. He had taken service bearing a recommendation from King Thengel of Rohan, and had quickly risen to lead his own troops in Ithilien across the Anduin River. Gondor still claimed the region. None of her folk had lived there, however, since the Enemy had returned to the fastness of Mordor just to the east nearly twenty years before.
Ecthelion thought highly of Thorongil's abilities as a leader of the Rangers in Ithilien, but Denethor was not so easily disposed to trust a man concerning whose history he knew nothing. Thorongil was notoriously tight-lipped about his past, saying only that he had grown up in the northlands before joining Thengel's éored.
A bastard, I make no doubt. But surely there can be no truth in the rumors that he is also my father's son? I know that my father has at times patronized the houses on Nightingale Street, but I did not think he did so before my mother's death – and Thorongil is my own age, near enough.
Denethor clenched fist against thigh, remembering his own single abortive visit to those houses. The lushly decorated rooms, the careful poses of the waiting women – though he knew they were meant to invite, he had instead been repelled, leaving in haste, thankful that he had tried the venture alone. At least there is no chance such rumors will ever attach to me. No. They cannot be true. As Steward to Heir, Father would have told me, warned me. Our resemblance is pure chance, the fellow is just some northerner, perhaps once an outlaw as well. But at least unlike some of the other captains of dubious birth, he has manners fit for these feasts, thought Denethor grudgingly as he gave the man a perfunctory greeting.
Thorongil appeared not to notice his chilly reception by Denethor. He spoke for a few moments to Ecthelion before bowing respectfully to both the Steward and his heir and disappearing into the increasingly crowded hall.
Denethor continued to meet and greet the guests, careful to personalize his remarks to each. Ecthelion had often reminded him that without the support of the lords great and small, the authority of the Stewards could scarce be maintained. Seeing that all felt themselves to be well-known and appreciated by the ruler helped to ensure their continued loyalty.
Half an hour later, the line was nearly at an end, much to Denethor's relief. He had had no time for the noon meal, with all the preparations to oversee, and the smells of roasted meats were beginning to make his stomach clench in anticipation. He glanced at the next family party, preparing to say one of the usual pleasantries, and thought for an instant that Lotheluin again stood before him.
"My lord," said Prince Adrahil of Dol Amroth to Ecthelion. (2) "May I present my son and heir, Imrahil."
The Steward inclined his head as the young man bowed. Denethor shook Imrahil's hand absentmindedly. He had eyes only for the young woman who stood by Adrahil's side.
"And of course I remember your daughter Finduilas," said Ecthelion gallantly. "Could your mother not join the rest of the family this year, my dear girl?"
She shook her head, and answered, "No, my lord, I fear she is unwell this season and was unable to make the journey."
Of course. Adrahil's daughter. How did I not see her before? Because you looked only at Lotheluin, Denethor. Well. She would serve, would she not? The daughter of Dol Amroth would be more than suitable as the bride of the Steward's Heir. His mind played with the ramifications of such an alliance even as Finduilas turned to him and curtsied gracefully.
"Good mettarë to you, lord Denethor," she said.
He recollected himself, speaking a few appropriate words and bowing, before the family moved on and he turned to receive the next person in line.
At last all the guests had entered, and the Steward gave the command to let the banquet begin. Normally Denethor enjoyed the feast, but despite his hunger on this night he ignored a plate of his favorite roasted quail as his eyes roamed along the tables set throughout the hall, searching until he saw Finduilas again.
She sat next to her young brother Imrahil among the other young folk and lesser lords halfway down the great room. Though on mettarë night considerations of rank were set aside, Denethor was surprised to see the Prince of Dol Amroth and his family seated so far from the high table. Finduilas leaned forward to hand a silver saltcellar to her father across the board, and he saw that the man seated on her other side was Captain Thorongil. He was speaking intently to Adrahil, and the latter nodded thoughtfully as he cut a slice of roast pork. Denethor could see him offer it in courtesy first to his daughter, who waved it away, and next to Thorongil, who evidently accepted. Adrahil carved another slice for himself and leaned forward to reply to Thorongil.
Nodding at the Prince's remarks, Thorongil then turned to Finduilas and spoke again; her head turned slightly to show her lovely profile clearly to Denethor as she laughed at Thorongil's remark.
Denethor felt a pang of apprehension, remembering his delay with Lotheluin. So Thorongil amuses her? I hope that is all. The man wins hearts all too easily – the men of his company, the other officers, even the Steward himself. May he not find the heart of Finduilas so quickly swayed. She has the look of a woman who knows her own mind, as Lotheluin did.
The rest of the meal passed in a haze, as he considered how he might follow his father's demand and pay court to the lady. He ate and conversed with the lords and princes seated at the high table, but afterward had no idea of what he might have eaten or said. He looked forward to the dancing that would follow the feast as he had never done before. Dancing had always seemed to him a foolish pastime, something to be mastered for the sake of courtesy to women. Now for the first time he was glad of his skill.
He would have liked to approach the girl during the meal and ask her to give him the first dance, but decorum forbade it. He would simply have to maneuver towards her through the crowd and hope to claim her hand for a dance before the evening was out.
As ill-chance would have it, Denethor was doomed to begin with Elerrína, Forlong's giggling daughter. He replied civilly but absently to her awkwardly flirtatious remarks, apologized for his clumsiness though it was she who trod on his foot, and relinquished her gratefully to young Duinhir of Morthond when the opening dance came to an end. He glanced around, but Finduilas was nowhere in sight. Reluctantly he turned to choose another partner and bowed to Eilinel, the widowed Lady of Tolfalas, leading her into the newly forming line.
As they danced, Eilinel chatted of the fish runs of the past year and other such local matters. The biggest excitement on the island, or so she said, had been her son's wedding at midsummer. He had been but a weakly child when her husband was drowned in a winter storm, and their folk had dreaded lest they lose their ruling family altogether.
"But he lived, and throve, and now is safe wedded and a babe expected already," she said cozily. Then she gave Denethor a wink. "And when can we hope to hear the same of you, my lord?"
Denethor cleared his throat. He had always rather liked Lady Eilinel – she was a third cousin on his mother's side, and he thought of her as an aunt – and so he did not take offense at the question. "Oh, perhaps sooner than you might think," he said, as lightly as he could.
"Ah," she said knowingly. "Some girl here tonight has caught your eye, I suppose. I hope not the one you danced with last. She is pretty enough, but she would never make a good Steward's helpmeet."
Denethor mumbled a negative. He had no wish to insult Forlong – it was not the man's fault that he had a foolish daughter – but he certainly did not want Eilinel that he had such poor taste in women.
"Well, I'll not press you to say who. I'll merely hope to find out at your wedding within the twelvemonth," she said, and swept a beautiful if slightly mocking curtsey as the dance ended.
He took the opportunity of a pause in the music to resume his duties as a host, hoping that he might also be able to find Finduilas in the crowd as he circulated and made certain that all present were having a pleasurable evening. He reached one end of the room and turned back to move along the other wall when he saw her.
She was dancing more gracefully than any other maiden in the room, as if the music of pipe and viol were in her made flesh. Compared with her even Lotheluin was awkward. It will be no hardship to dance with Finduilas, no, nor to pay her court. Denethor felt his own face break into a smile as he stepped forward, intending when the music stopped to ask her if he might have the pleasure of the next dance, but his expression became fixed as he noted the partner in whom she apparently found such delight: Thorongil.
Of course. A rival for command, why should I not expect him as a rival here as well? He dined with her, and now they dance together. But no matter. He can hardly have met her before this evening, and for all his successes on the field, he has no home or lands to offer any woman, as far as I or anyone has ever heard tell. And I am certain he would have too much pride to beg a place at his bride's table.
He shook his head slightly, and bowed.
"My lady Finduilas," he said. "If you have not already promised away the next dance, might I have the honor?"
Finduilas replied, breathless, "Why, certainly, my lord Denethor. I would be delighted."
She turned to her previous partner. "Thank you, Captain Thorongil, for a most enjoyable dance."
"My pleasure, lady. I hope we may repeat it soon." Thorongil bowed to Finduilas, bowed again to Denethor, and departed, making his way through the press towards the tables on which flagons of spiced wine and other refreshments stood waiting to slake the dancers' thirst.
Too bad Thorongil is too conscious of his responsibilities to overindulge in the wine. Denethor dismissed the thought as unworthy. Finduilas's station is far above such a man, and I would imagine she is wise enough to know it. No daughter of Dol Amroth could be unaware of the necessity of making a suitable alliance.
He was resolved not to waste this chance, and after they had exchanged a few commonplaces about the weather and the city, he asked, "May I see you tomorrow, lady?" He realized with mild astonishment that he was waiting anxiously for her reply.
His request surprised her, and a slight flush stained her pale cheek. The steps of the dance drew them apart just then, and when again they were close enough to speak, she answered, "I regret, my lord, that I have already promised to ride tomorrow afternoon with Captain Thorongil."
So he has beaten me twice already. I could wish that tomorrow were not yestarë, for he would not be able to find so many free hours were it not a holiday, thought Denethor a trifle grimly. But third time pays for all, they say.
He pressed, "The following day, perhaps?"
"Why, certainly, if you will. When may I expect to see you?"
Denethor thought quickly. Normally he was busy throughout the daylight hours, but if he worked on First Day instead of taking the holiday. . .
"An hour after noon, if that will suit you. I thought I might show you the city, if you would like and the weather holds fair?"
"That would be very much to my liking, sir," Finduilas said in her sweet voice. "I have visited Minas Tirith before, but I do not know the city well at all. I should enjoy having you show it to me. I thank you for the dance," she added, as the melody and their steps came to a halt.
Imrahil stood close, waiting to step out with his sister. He was younger than most of those present – the children had been taken away by their nursemaids after the meal – and shy about asking strange girls for a dance, it would seem.
Denethor felt himself curiously reluctant to part, taking Finduilas's slender hand and bowing over it. He raised his head to say, "Thank you. I have rarely had such a fine partner. I will come to your father's house two afternoons from now." He turned away, exulting in his success. How foolish I am, to be so happy over such a small thing. But where is the harm in it, after all?
For the rest of the night, Denethor wore a small and unaccustomed smile. Ecthelion noted it at once, and nodded to himself, but held his tongue until his son should speak.
The music and merriment in the Hall of Feasts lasted until the early morning hours, when slowly the celebrants trickled out into the chill night, mingling as they left the Citadel with the lesser folk of the city, who had held their own festivities that evening. High above in the sky, Menelvagor swung to the west, his sword gleaming through thin wisps of cloud. Denethor glanced out of his window as he prepared to retire, and gave the heavenly swordsman a friendly wave.
"Good mettarë to you," he murmured, then looked down, as if through the wall of the seventh circle he might see the town house of the Prince of Dol Amroth. "And to you also." The smile lingered on his lips as he drew the shutters closed and stepped to his bed.
(1) Mettarë was the last day of the year, a day of festival that fell outside the months. Ringarë was the last month of the year, equivalent to December. Yestarë, another festival day, was the first day of the calendar year.
(2) In point of fact, Adrahil was not yet the Prince of Dol Amroth at this time. His father Angelimir was still living, and survived until 2977. (HoMe, vol. 12.) For the purposes of this story, I postulate that Angelimir's health would have been failing, however, and that he had effectively retired so that Adrahil was ruler in fact if not in name. Thus for simplicity's sake I refer to Adrahil as the Prince.
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Lamb Stuffed Peppers (Greek Style)
Stuffed peppers have been on my todo list for a while now. Luckily the farmers market was still full of red peppers on the weekend and I picked some up. I have been seeing stuffed pepper recipes on food blogs over the last few weeks and each one was different. Stuffed peppers are pretty versatile. You can stuff them with pretty much anything you want. Since I had all of the ingredients for the Greek Style Lamb Burgers from the other night I decided to go with a lamb stuffing with Greek flavours. Many of the stuffed pepper recipes that I saw included either rice or bread crumbs. I had been meaning to try bulgar for a while so I decided to use that instead of rice. The stuffed peppers turned out to be pretty tasty. I am really enjoying the flavourful lamb meat.
When looking at the recipe and photo now, I realize that there was no cheese in it. I think I might mix in some feta or sprinkle some pecorino on top the next time I make this.
1.5 cups water
1 cup bulgur
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
1 pound ground lamb
1 zucchini (grated)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon dill (chopped)
4 or 5 large bell peppers
1. Bring the water and bulgar to a boil.
2. Cover, turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Heat the oil in a pan.
4. Add the onions and saute until tender.
5. Add the garlic and saute until fragrant.
6. Add the ground lamb and brown.
7. Add the zucchini, tomatoes, oregano, lemon zest, salt and pepper and simmer for 15 minutes.
8. Mix in the bulgar and dill and remove from the heat.
9. Cut the tops of the pepper off and remove the seeds and veins.
10. Stuff the peppers with the mixture and place in a baking dish.
11. Bake in a preheated 400F oven until the peppers are tender, about 30 minutes.