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Microsoft Frees Code for .NET Build Engine
MSBuild is now just another GitHub project as Redmond continues its path to the light.
Researchers Demonstrate Hack by Heat
Malware could pass data and commands between disconnected computers without leaving a trace on the network.
Kernel Developers Adopt Code of Conflict
New rules emphasize collegiality in coding.
Ubuntu Switches to systemd
Upstart lands in the dust bin as a new era begins for Linux.
Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.


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Sound testing: Arturia Prophet V vs. SCI Prophet 5
Comparison of the factory sounds of a real hardware Prophet sound demos on the internet recreated with my Arturia Prophet V software synthesizer. Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 was one of the first fully programmable polyphonic analog synths, the Prophet 5 is the most classic synthesizer of the eighties! It is capable of a delightful analog sound unique to Sequential's Prophet series in which the P5 was King! Five voice polyphony – two oscillators per voice and a white noise generator. The analog filters, envelope and LFO all sound great and are extremely flexible. The P5 had patch memory storage as well, which scanned and memorized every knob setting for storing and recalling your sounds – a desperately needed feature at the time!
The P5 lacked MIDI (a feature that came later on the P5 spin-off, the Prophet 600). But it is still loved even today for its great string sounds, analog effects, and punchy analog basses. Unfortunately the P5 is not immune to the dark side of vintage synths – it has its fair share of analog synth problems such as unstable tuning, it's difficult to repair, lacks MIDI, etc.
Prophet 600 playing by itself in a duet with piano
I hadn't used my prophet 600 (mid 80's analog synthesizer) for a long time. When I took it out to a gig it started playing by itself, changing sounds and pitch randomly, it was quite musical I think. I sat down at the piano and improvised together with it while my friend Chris filmed.
Please do comment if someone has a technical explanation on how it could play by itself! The buttons have not been working very well for a while, I think it's something to do with the computer that scans the settings of the buttons, and also which keys are being pressed down, and this function was obviously not working as it should.
Funny thing is how it stopped at the end of this video at the same time as I stopped.
After I left it plugged in for 48 hours it has gradually come back to normal, so no more music from it.
I'm thinking that maybe one year in a flightcase was to much for it to take, so it had a lot of music inside that just had to come out.
You can hear more from the prophet 600 here (together with also oberheim obx, SEM, arp 2600, jupiter 6, b3 organ and more):
– I'm playing the synths there, they don't play by themself
Moog Voyager and the Vmodular rack running drone sounds and sequences.
In this video:
My first song using East West plugins Voice of Passion. Starts out with the Moog Voyager and the Vmodular rack running drone sounds and sequences. The violin solo is East West Symphony Orchestral played on the Voyager. Filling in is Addictive Drums, Prophet 08 for strings, my newly restored Roland JD 800 and the Fantom G for Orchestral percussion triggered by a Korg Padcontrol. Hope you enjoy it.
Synthporn Saturday – inside Jorge's studio
Well you can definately everything you need in this guys studio
One things that caught my eye was the Teisco 110F. In the beginning of the 80's Kawai began manufacturing synthesizers under the company name of Teisco. Their early designs resulted in synths like the S110-F above. The Synthesizer 110-F is an upgraded S60-F, with dual analog VCO's and an updated look. It has a small but usable 37 note keyboard. Classic analog sawtooth, square, and triangle waveforms plus noise are on-board and can be mixed with external sounds run through the 110-F's filters and envelopes. The oscillators can be de-tuned for duophonic textures or phatter leads and bass sounds.
There's plenty of modulation ability and classic analog effects in the 110-F to really liven up the sound. There's an LFO which can modulate the VCO and VCF and can trigger the EGs. The VCF resonant low pass filter is great too. There's also a VCA section with Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release controls and finally there's a Hi-Pass filter. There is also a portamento effect, a ring modulator, vibrato and sample-and-hold for those classic analog synth effects and tricks! Lots of pretty blinking lights, a sleek and straight-forward layout and very nice analog bass, lead and synth sounds are all a part of the Synthesizer 110-F experience.
But also the Octave Cat. Octave released this analog classic – the Cat – during the era of the Minimoog and ARP Odyssey synthesizers. The Cat is actually very much like the ARP Odyssey, so much so that ARP had sued them in the late 1970's for cloning their designs. The Cat is a monophonic/duophonic analog synthesizer with 2 oscillators capable of square and sawtooth waveforms. VCO 1 also has a triangle waveform. Each of the waveforms can be played simultaneously and mixed together and there are additional sub-octave oscillators on each oscillator to blend new and interesting sounds.
In this video:
Bob Weigel of http://www.sounddoctorin.com begins his month or so long journey to see former Bozeman residence the Wiest family in Sheriden, WY and former roommate Alfredo Pinto in Denver area. Also quick interview with Jorge about his awesome synth studio featuring a Jupiter 8, Teisco 110F, Prophet 5, Juno 60, Minimoog, Korg MS-20, (I said 10…) Roland SH-5, Octave Cat, etc.
Pimp my Synth
Synthesizer modifications (keyboard replacement / aftertouch / card reader as a HD replacement) in the synthesizer studio of Martin Höwner. Music played by Martin and Dietmar Höwner Steinhauer on Prophet V, Oberheim OB-X, PPG 2.3 and Memorymoog.
DSI Prophet '08 Module: Advanced Sequence
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DSI Prophet '08 Module: Advanced Sequence
Audio & video by Arjen Schat
I bought the Prophet '08 Module back in 2008 but never really used the internal step sequencer to its full potential. In this video I use three layered sequences which were all composed using the internal step sequencers. The first sequence modulates the pitch of oscillator 1 in layer A, the second sequence modulates the pitch of oscillator 2, also in layer A. The third sequence modulates the pitch of both oscillators in layer B.
I use key step triggers to trigger the different steps of the sequences and alternate between three different notes with yet another sequence coming from my DAW (Renoise). These notes transpose the pitch of the sequences at their respective steps and create intricate polyrhythms due to the different lenghts of the internal sequences and the key step trigger sequence from Renoise.
The notes in the trigger sequence are also transposed a few times to keep things sonically interesting.
The audio is routed through a Moog MF-104Z BBD delay, a Maxon AD999 BBD delay and T-Rex Room-mate reverb.
Improvisations with Prophet 5, Oberheim OBX and Minimoog
we are planning a music-project with only analog synthesizers from the wonderful synth-collection of martin forrest. he owns more than 140 instruments from every synthesizer generation und they are all in perfect condition! You find all the legends from moog, ARP and oberheim over sequential circuits to PPG, EMU, Roland and Yamaha and all the Samplers of Akai, Emu and Roland.
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Free virtual analog instruments for Windows
Roberson Audio has updated their site and released updated versions of three free virtual analog instruments for Windows:
- RA Mowg – The Roberson Audio Synthesizers interpretation of the MiniMoog Model D synthesizer.
- Oddly-Free – The Roberson Audio Synthesizers interpretation of the Arp Odyssey Mk. II synthesizer.
- Prophanity - The Roberson Audio Synthesizers interpretation of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer.
Oddy-Free and Prophanity have been bumped up to version 1.4, and RA Mowg has been updated to version 1.2. The main changes to all have been the filter implementation so that these instruments have a bigger sound to them without being untrue to the original instruments.
Roberson Audio Synthesizers is the premier provider of vintage synth emulations as well as specialty request plugins.
Named after Chris Roberson, the lead designer of said instruments, Roberson Audio Synthesizers aims to build the best possible VST effects and instruments for the Windows PC platform.
Roberson Audio specializes in mimicking analog synth technology, but also builds model-based synths, and is open to specific commissioned requests if feasible.
Chris can be reached for questions about his synths and products, as well as questions pertaining to commissioning specific plugs, at firstname.lastname@example.com
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MARK JENKINS & The Land of Yrx 1983 "Annus Mirabilis"
"Annus Mirabilis 1983″ MARK JENKINS guesting with The Land of Yrx, Shrewsbury open air 1983. Mark Jenkins (Sequential Prophet 600 & Pro One), David Gate (keyboards, drum machine and MC), Rob Andrews (Bass), guests Ray Gordon (flute), Steve Collins (guitar), drunk audience (shouting). Video by Nick Elborough.
For this improvisation I think we'd been listening to Gong, Can, early Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Cluster and very early Kraftwerk…
The synthesizer sounds used were also used in my set at the first UK Electronica Festival also in 1983, from which there's no video. This piece is also otherwise unreleased, but I have similar music from around that period on my CD "Analog Archives" available worldwide through Amazon.co.uk and on the CDR "Live Archives" available through www.markjenkins.co
Chaka Kahn goes Moog
This me like I Feel for You To…
"How the track was put together:
The original Chakakhan version is extremely over produced, so it took me a while to get the same sort of result.
The machine drums at the start, which keeps on running throughout the whole track, was originally done using a DMX, Linn and TR808. All these can now perfectly be recreated inside Reel Machines by XLN-Audio.
I wasn't really pleased with Reel Machines initially, but having given it a second chance it's rather convincing and pleasant to work with.
After the rap intro Addictive Drums kick in, to put another layer of drums ontop and to give it a live feel, which I do with all my tracks.
My aim is always to find the middle between the original recording and a live feel.
I could have left Melle Mel rap out, unless I had the original isolated track, but no one has that luxury, so I did it myself.
Only then I realized how difficult that rap was. Not having an American accent and of course Melle's deeper voice makes it somewhat sound silly, but it's effective enough (I hope?).
A lot of Prophet-5 and Jupiter-8 was used, especially all the brass sounds.
The harmonica was another difficult thing to replicate.
I used a sample from my TR-Rack.
The Minimoog is completely unprocessed."
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Oil Rig Explosion
POSTED: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 8:46am
UPDATED: Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:32pm
Louisiana - The Coast Guard says at least 11 people are missing and seven hurt after an explosion and fire at an oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
The rig -- which is still burning -- is owned by Transocean Ltd. of Houston. Spokesman Greg Panagos says the rig was drilling but was not in production.
The rig is under contract to BP.
Chief Petty Officer Mike O'Berry says most of the 126 people on the rig are believed to have safely escaped after last night's explosion.
The site is about 52 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip.
O'Berry says the rig is listing at about 10 degrees.
Seven workers were airlifted to a Naval air station near New Orleans, then taken to hospitals.
Two of the seven were taken to a burn center in Mobile, Ala.
O'Berry says the Gulf of Mexico is being searched for lifeboats.
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Something that we never expect, hopefully the missing people can still survive from that tragedy. An oil rig explosion took place yesterday night critically injuring 7 individuals, Deepwater Horizon, the Transocean oil drilling rig that exploded contracts with BP, and they're doing everything they can to help.


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Open Inventor
Open Inventor is a powerful 3-D graphics library that allows the user to create interactive 3-D applications quickly and easily. It adds object-oriented programming to OpenGL, the most widely available standard 3-D API. This layer of object-oriented abstraction does not come at the expense of losing control of our applications—all the power of programming directly with OpenGL is still available.
One measure of how much detail is needed in order to get things done is the size of the standard reference books. My personal top five essential books on graphics programming are listed in Resources. To be functional in Inventor programming, the most essential one is Josie Wernecke's The Inventor Mentor.
Inventor organizes its data into a scene graph, a structured collection of graphical objects stored as nodes. These nodes can represent many things, from geometric primitives, engines, lights and material properties to transformation nodes that can include scaling, rotation and translation properties.
Inventor efficiently handles many of the graphic operations which would otherwise have to be coded by the user. It has facilities for scene graph management, picking, viewing and user interaction. The standard viewers come in five basic flavors: fly, walk, plane, examiner and render area.
Editors for materials, directional lights, transformations and other node properties can be attached to the scene graph, and changes rendered interactively in any of the standard editor viewers. These editors come in source form, so they can be customized to suit the user's specific needs.
Open Inventor was developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI), a company that builds graphical workstations. It is the second version of Iris Inventor, which encapsulated IrisGL, from which OpenGL is derived. The Inventor/GL API is richly featured and has been maturing for about a decade now. It has proven worthy of the time and effort needed to learn it. Although there is a lot to learn, much can easily be done even by a newbie, as will be demonstrated shortly.
Template Graphics Software (TGS) has a source license to Open Inventor and OpenGL. TGS takes care of porting and distributing Inventor to Linux and other UNIX platforms and Windows NT/95, enhancing and enriching it along the way. In September 1997, the first version of Inventor for Linux appeared on the TGS Internet site (see Resources).
The Inventor file format was chosen as the basis for the VRML version 1.0 file format, commonly distinguished by its .WRL extension. Many of the Inventor nodes were used directly in VRML, and it has often been referred to as "Inventor with all of the good stuff ripped out". With the new definition of VRML 2.0, the recent releases of Inventor, including the latest Linux version, have been updated to be able to read, write and process VRML files. Actually, I have found the standard Inventor viewers make better VRML model viewers than some of the ones available for Windows and UNIX/Linux. They provide better performance and a better rendering appearance.
Inventor is an ideal environment for creating animations, simulations, data visualizations, VR work and CAD.
At Pratt & Whitney, we use Catia on high-end UNIX workstations for our design/manufacturing process in the development of gas turbine engines for aircraft, industrial and marine applications. Catia is a very powerful 3-D CAD/CAM system, and has its own API for querying drawing models to retrieve geometry and other information.
Using this API, an Open Inventor program xmtriag was written to convert Catia solid models to stereolithography (STL) format, ready for input into an STL machine for rapid prototyping. In addition to the STL format, the program generates an Inventor file for us to visually verify that the part was translated correctly.
My company uses this program as a utility in our design process to take a 3-D snapshot of an engine part, convert it to STL format and send it via FTP to a supplier, who then sends us back a quote and, eventually, a part. These parts can be used for design reviews or for casting purposes to make precision molds. This method saves both money and time in the design/review/manufacture cycle and increases quality. In fact, this process has been so successful we are in the process of installing our own in-house rapid prototyping facility.
Besides those in engineering, many others are interested in seeing and querying our drawing database. To avoid tying up Catia licenses, a viewer was developed to extract the 3-D geometry from the model database and convert it to Inventor format. These new Inventor models can be kept as a light version of the parts instead of storing them in Catia. Using an SQL database, we can select parts from a hierarchical drawing tree regardless of the platform being used and view associated engineering and other data of the selected parts. In addition to Catia, this converter/viewer will process Unigraphics and other CAD drawing formats.
As a result, we have not had to buy new Catia licenses or other expensive third-party viewers. The bulk of the graphics development was done by one person, with some ancillary help from database-oriented personnel over a period of six months. Excluding the price of the Inventor licenses, which are free on SGI workstations, the ratio of prices for third-party viewer licenses to this person's salary was over 100 to 1.
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text: Alex Wackii - Ode To Felix by Pulsar Recordings published on 2012/10/15 00:30:07 +0000 Trance gives you wings! Inspired by the man who jumped into the stratosphere, Alex Wackii brings us his latest production, 'Ode To Felix,' an idyllic tune packed with melodic brilliance. This track starts with a bouncing, energetic bass that drops with the beat. As the bass rises, a dancing electronic melody slowly takes the lead. But it soon fades to give way to the voice of Felix as he glides the skies, leading to an orchestral breakdown that is sure to send you soaring the planet, followed by the return of the melody that slowly calms down as it brings you back to the ground. Buy this release on: iTunes: http://pulsr.to/awotfit Beatport: http://pulsr.to/awotfbp Amazon: http://pulsr.to/awotfam CD: http://pulsr.to/awotfcd Try vip membership: http://pulsr.to/vip Join Pulsar Recordings: ● Facebook: http://pulsr.to/fb ● Twitter: http://pulsr.to/tw ● Youtube: http://pulsr.to/yt ● Website: http://pulsr.to/web Join Alex Wackii: ● Facebook: http://pulsr.to/awfb ● Twitter: http://pulsr.to/awtw ● Soundcloud: http://pulsr.to/awsc


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Tonight I learned:
1. Go for the best girl – push yourself to do so. You will feel tired, exhausted, energy spent, but you will not regret it
2. You will learn by pushing yourself about your game vulnerabilities, and to be able to fix them
3. You will get success by pushing yourself]]>
What I learned:
*Peak experience going out
*2nd time in 2 weeks, after 2 month break. Completely free, outcome independent
*Easier when you are already getting laid – puts sex into perspective
*Jungle is open, danger + opportunity, must see things as they are as close to reality as possible
*Not the best place "judge of character", but again, its honest and real, where people don't "pretend"
*Overall, not the best place to meet high quality women to date percentage-wise
*When to NOT have sex
*I'd rather die than misrepresent myself to women who give themselves to me
*Walk away from negativity, genuinely not care, look at them weird
*Feel sorry for the other person
*Most guys are just as afraid as you, the ones looking to start trouble will gravitate toward negative energy, if you are polite and smile he has nothing to grab onto. De-escalation]]>
2. Plan on going to a least 2 bars, or run street game, where the refresh rate is high. This allows you to bomb a few sets quickly, or get back into it. Go up to the hottest girl and say anything, "hey you're cute"
3. You are going to feel fear again. I did, after 2 months of working hard on a project and not going out. I haven't felt approach anxiety in a LONG time. To try to switch up bars, and let your wings know that you're "rusty" but getting it back
4. After about 20 sets, you'll start to feel the groove again, and the next day, my game was A LOT smoother. You just have to get back onto the bike again. The muscle memory and all the skills you've accumulated are still there player.
5. Have faith in the process. Process > Outcome.
Quotes in "Trust Me, I'm Lying"
"We play by their rules long enough and it becomes our game" –
Orson Scott Card
"Social media isn't a set of tools to allow humans to communicate with humans. It is a set of embedding mechanisms to allow technologies to use humans to communicate with each other, in an orgy of self-organizing… The Matrix had it wrong. You're not the batter power in a global, human-enslaving AI, you are slightly more valuable. You are part of the switching circuitry"
-Venkatesh Rao (Entrepreneur in residence at Xerox)
"It's a prime example of the feminist blogosphere's tendency to tap into the market force of what I've come to think of as "outrage world" – the regularly occurring firestorms stirred up on mainstream, for-profit, woman-targeted blogs like Jezebel and also, to a lesser degree, Slate's own XX Factor and Salon's Broadsheet. They're ignited by writers who are pushing readers to feel what the writers claim is righteously indignant rage but which is actually just petty jealousy, cleverly marketed as feminism. These firestorms are great for page-view-pimping bloggy business."
-Emily Gould from Slate.com
"Companies should expect a full-scale, organized attack from critics. One that will simultaneously overrun blog comments, Facebook fan pages, and an onslaught of blogs, resulting in mainstream press appeal. Start by developing a social media crises plan and developing internal fire drills to anticipate what would happen."
-Jeremiah Owyang
"Our illusions are the house in which we live; they are our news, our heroes, our adventure, our forms of art, our very experience."
-Daniel Boorstin
Practice Advice from the Book
Media historian W.J. Cfambell once identified the distinguishing markers of yellow journalism as follows:
Concepts from the book
Ongoing Narrative /Iterative Reporting -damage is already done, there's no such thing. Iterative reporting is bullshit, people treat news headlines as "cultural truth", the damage is already done, even it it is a baseless accusation.
Faking leaks with email editor (from different sources)
The Psychology of Error – Errors and mistakes get rewarded, causes outrage = pageviews = money
For example, each picture is a different load screen = more pageviews (short term vs. long term metrics). Usability vs. profitability – publishers are focused blindly on pageviews, but in the longterm, user trust will be important. Meanwhile, irresponsible bloggers are making millions from sensationalizing untrue stories.
Snark – deadly weapon (humour in its dark form. Example = "Your Daily Douchebag: John Mayer Edition". Another online example: Hot Chicks with Douchebags
All that happens -> All that's known by media –> All that is newsworthy ->All that is published as news -> All that spreads. This is the systematic limiting of the information seen by the public
My Action List / Lessons from the Book
Here are 3 of my favorites:
Jinx Falkenburg – all class, a model and later TV star who got her nickname from her mother, thinking it will bring them "good luck"
Often confused with her sister Anita, Francine Counihan was a brief moment in the modeling industry. Later appearing in films and then leaving quietly to tend to family life, she's the definition of timeless beauty:
My 3rd pick is not as classy, but she's stayed strong over the years, and her beauty has captured and destroyed the lives of some of the most powerful men in the world during her peak. Once dubbed by the media as the girl with "the most beautiful face in the world", she's dated photographers, actors, rockstars, and is actually still alive today. I'm talking of course about Jean Shrimpton
I'm a supporter of democracy, equal rights and openness and freedom. My dad was a diplomat, and my whole life the theme of open expression and world freedom has been ingrained since my childhood traveling the world with my family. Recently, the media coverage of the PUA community and the response from so called "feminists" have compelled me to write this blog post explaining what I think is going on in a fair and concise manner. For me, the seduction community was an enriching experience when I joined in 2007 where I met lifelong friends who helped me on my journey to become better with my social skills and with meeting women I truly wanted. It also came full circle in helping me become a better man and having more core confidence in myself.
Something that so helped enrich my life is now being bashed in our culture, and I wanted to take a moment to write to anyone who is interested in having an open discussion about why that is.
PUA Views
There has been many accounts of the PUA community being misogynistic and with every group there are the X-Men and the Brotherhood – seducers and bad apples / misogynists. I have been in several lairs over the last few years (PUA groups in other cities) and have gotten to know the guys quite well. The majority of the guys in these groups are just good, regular guys who want to improve their skills with women. Their desire to do is is driven by a love for women and a drive to improve their lives. All in all, these guys are positive, well-intentioned dudes.
Somewhere along the line, money got involved, and "gurus" began pitching products to "get laid fast" because that's what sold. The outside world views this as the main theme of the community. In my experience, it is not. Go-to any well-run lair in your city and you will most likely find monthly meetings of guys talking about fitness, making money, and improving their dating lives. The essence of these groups of improvement of ourselves, and to establish social ties to help us do this. For example, in San Diego we have a group called "The Mission", and the leader of that group interviews guys like Tim Ferris and Tony Robbins on lifestyle hacks that he shares with the group and implements. Our last meeting involved talks of meditation and "morning routines" – how your morning routine can effect the quality of your whole day.
I think the reason that the impression of the seduction community is one of misogyny has more to do with the marketing of seduction products, more-so than the actual groups of men trying to improve themselves. This is just based on my personal experience.
Julien Situation
There's already been lots of takes on this from Kezia to Julien to Tyler, The owner of RSD himself (thread hidden) The best summary of this whole fiasco is probably by Russell Brand:
Was Julien asking for it and was he wrong? Absolutely. But did the feminists / white knights get their facts right? They went a little overboard. The picture of the sexual assault chart was a mock parody (albeit in bad taste) of what not to do, and the idea that Julien teaches men to choke women is simply untrue. If you review his videos he's been doing this for 7 years, arguably one of the best in-field coaches. Anyone who watches his videos and seen him out in-field knows this. He was experimenting to see if he could approach a girl, and place his hands around her neck, as if mimicking choking, and get away with it and still get her to like him. Does he actually use force? no, he's simply placing his hands there. Does he tell other men to do this? No, he's just demonstrating that with proper game, in a real social environment, you can get away with a lot. Is this done in good taste? Absolutely not. But forget the facts. "Ban Women Hating Dating Coach From Teaching Men To Choke Women! He Hits and Assaults Women!". These one-dimensional bite-size news pieces are simply untrue.
Feminist Situation
There have been some support from women and feminists that men improving their social skills is a good thing, however the majority of the back and worth between feminists and Roosh and Heartiste is plagued by personal insults and and name calling instead of real discussion. I admit, Roosh is a bit more on the misogyny side, while I think Heartiste is a great writer and actually encourages open debate, despite the tone of finality of his writing style at times.
My recollection from documentaries of the feminist movement in the 1950s and 60s were that brave women stood up along the civil rights movement and championed for equal rights. Those women should be acknowledged for their stance. In the 1970s and 80s, things were getting better but also worse for men and women.
Perhaps one of the things I didn't understand was how feminists blamed Hugh Hefner for exploiting women. Of all the things that Hefner loves, women was on the top of his list. In fact, Playboy, under Hefner's rule, was one of the first companies to host black comedians, and champion civil and female rights in the country.
The very women that Hef helped turned their backs on him. @1:40 Hefner recalls:
"The concept behind the fact that Playboy objectifies women avoids the recognition of the fact that women are sexual objects. If women aren't sexual objects, there wouldn't be another generation. That's who we are" In another interview, Hefner says, "Women are sexual objects. They are so much more than that… but in one aspect, they are the fascination of our male desires".
Example of feminists going overboard? As commented on by a woman:
"As a woman I feel so terrible about all of this, because these feminazis say they are speaking for all women… but they are actually only speaking for their own hateful mindset. "
Equal Rights vs. Sameness
A lot of feminist these days demand equal rights. I would argue that in the US, we're legally there. There are no institutional boundaries against females as pertained by law. In fact, divorce laws and sexual harassment laws mostly favor women because the legal system has not kept pace with economic and cultural developments. In California, wives still get 50% without a prenup.
Yet some feminists still cry out "it's not fair", and one can't help but wonder, where is this emotion of "we're oppressed" coming from?
As a racial minority I can tell you that race is more of a factor in job interviews than gender. Having worked at some of the top companies in Silicon Valley, I have seen firsthand the benefits of being woman in a sea of engineers. Also, I do believe in equal rights and feminism in developing countries – women not being able to vote, or drive, is ridiculous and this should be fixed.
So why the anger? I don't understand it. If you read feminist replies to Quora questions about relationships. or their responses to anything written or said about the PUA community, its seething with hate and finger pointing, instead of mutual understanding and agreement.
Common threads such as "you're sexiest!" "so a woman has to be beautiful to be of worth?" come to mind. Not all of them are like that. But the ones we experience, yes, it is quite common to get those reactions.
Beyonce, Natalie Portman, Emma Watson etc are self proclaimed feminists, and are often cited as celebrity examples to the cause. I admire their efforts and applaud them, however you can't ignore the fact their fame and fortune are partially due to heir sex appeal. So while they are condoning men for objectifying them, the paradox is that through that objectification they have become famous and rich.
Moderate vs. Extreme Feminists
I applaud moderate feminists for the fight. Blogs like http://www.feministfrequency.com/ talk about sexism in video games and cites specific examples of why gamers need to embrace women too. In my opinion, for the most part, we have already won. There are some cultural differences, but the legal pillars have fallen. There are no legal barriers that prefer one sex over the other in this country.
Extreme feminists, however, seem determined to prove their "oppression" and how unfair the system is. As a person who has lived in Africa and the 3rd world, I find it a bit of a "first world girl problem"… when there are real lives at stake in so many other parts of the world. Also, I've seen, first hand at top companies, favoritism towards females in corporate ladders so any cultural bias about "women making less money " just doesn't jive logically. I see girls working tables and at nightclubs afforded much more privileges than men. Sometimes, it makes me wish I was a woman.
In fact, I think in certain situations, being Asian or a minority in the US has more cultural bias and negative social consequences than being a white female. But I don't go on bitching about it!
Here is one girl's take on whether or not she's feminist:
The Real Situation / #TakeDownJulienBlanc
Another problem with extreme feminists is that they're not really that careful or diligent in their analysis of situations. Jen Li certainly came up with a whole slogan of things to accuse RSD:
First of all, isn't she over-reacting a bit to the situation? Of all the things to be upset about, what's really the source of this anger?
Further investigation into really understanding the situation will reveal that the majority of Julien's videos are about helping guys improve their game. Sometimes he's a little outrageous and provocative. Why? Because Julien is bored. He's gotten so good at game that now he just wants to push the boundaries to see what he can get away with. Mainstream media and white knights and feminists don't fully understand the situation. Its like a biologist writing about gorillas instead of living among them or observing them in the wild. As a guy who's been in-field for 7+ years, I can tell you that most women respond not according to what society "thinks". Notice how all the Japanese women in the video are smiling? They are finding Julien's antics funny. No one is getting hurt.
We tend to think that men need to treat women a certain way – open the door, show respect. But what happens out in the field doesn't flow along this logic. Raw attraction happens in-field. Among playful teases, push/pull, coyness. You can deny this all you want, but go in-field, and see the Matrix for yourself.
Mainstream Media and Loudest Feminists
Thirdly, some feminists are basically stating untrue things. Like, "PUAs pick up women by choking them" or "promoting rape culture". Actually, learning pick up prevents rape from happening. It gives guys a chance to come into their own and learn to talk to girls in a way that's fun for her, and for him to overcome his fears.
The mainstream media isn't helping. Not one journalist has really dived into the facts and explained the situation. Instead, they are all juicy titled pieces that garner viral hits and hate. Its not about proper journalism anymore. Its just about Internet traffic and the money. Isn't that sad to anyone else but me?
Put this into context. In pick up, Julien and other instructors have basically come up with ways to engage and open girls. And if you actually review in-foot footage, women can be turned on by bold moves. Yes this goes against mainstream social narrative but – not every interaction occurs with hand shakes and white knight date gestures. In a nightclub, anything goes. All Julien was saying is that, he tried to open girls my mimicking a choking gesture. That was his in-field challenge. Some other PUAs try to engage a girl by kissing her without speaking. Others even try to engage women by "the claw", pulling them in as they are walking by. Are these situations "oppression against women"? Or are they purely made up statements from viewers of the material? Why don't we ask the women themselves?
Julien's statements are extreme, and yes, I agree that some of it is inappropriate. But you have to put it into context – these are 2 out of hundreds of his videos that are made to be provocative.
A glimpse of What really happens in-field:
I don't see anyone complaining about this: touching 1000 boobs:
But what happens in night clubs around the world and what really works is different than what mainstream thinks. Actually, even in Sex And The City, there's a moment that illustrates that raw sexual attraction exists beyond social norms of "I need to shake the girls hand first and buy her dinner".
Other Opinions (Not Mine, Just Citing them)
Roosh V has a different take on this, citing Patriachy of the old white knights.
A more raw opinion answer from "seeker of truth" on Yahoo! Answers:
I know I'll get about 50 or more Thumbs Down's for saying this, but when you break it down to the core, basic animalistic level, Feminism was founded by ugly women that society ignored because they weren't attractive enough.
If your a woman, and not attractive 'at all', your then ignored, treated unfairly, and you become jealous of beautiful women. You also have tons of time to think about your situation as an unnattractive woman. You start seeing how without beauty, women don't go very far in society, at least 60 years ago. The anger starts to build, your start sharing your feelings with other women like you about things like how if the man cheats and leaves for a more beautiful woman, she's left with nothing and how unfair that is, next thing you know you have the beginnings of feminism.
I say this because a very attractive girl would not be the first woman to need something like feminism in her life to give her more opportunities since she has tons of free bees just being a pretty lady. Only after the ugly ones with problems create the path to feminism do the pretty ones start being convinced by their words of oppression. Then begins the disscussion about ripping down what makes male and female who they are, which is an action based on trying to make the playing field equal. Meaning, if everyong looks and acts like the same gender, the ugly women don't have to compete with the pretty ones any more. Society won't see the pretty girls as more "woman" than the ugly ones. I know this isn't what those feminists were thinking, but I have a feeling they were drivin by this feeling subconsciously.
Fast forward to today, now we have pretty and ugly feminists, but even still, there are more ugly feminists than pretty ones because the pretty still recieve more opportunities much easier. The pretty still like being "women" and like being "a pretty female", and they still like aspects of gender that gives them power as pretty women.
I think this is the core reason why their are so many different views of feminism. Look at a very pretty and successful female feminist, then look at the ugly one who isn't as far in life, and there will bound to be vast differences in how they view feminism.
EDIT: This final comment will surely get me epic thumbs downs, but again, I can't ignore what I notice in people:
Think about it. Pretty girls like shaving and looking attractive. It's usually the ugly ones who fight the idea of shaving. The pretty ones are usually fine with having a boyrfriend since it's easy for them to get one. The ugly ones are usually the ones who tend to say "I don't need men", and are more likely to eve experiment sexually with other women, even if their not truly bi or lesbian. Pretty girls usually love wearing dresses. It's usually the ugly ones who are oppose to it, and all about wearing pants and simply shirts. Pretty girls usually enjoy their femininty. The ugly ones tend to see fenininity as a weakness, mostly because they are too masculine already to pull it off. And then it's the ugly ones who tend to hate words like "Masculine" and "Feminine" because they don't want to be seen as "Masculine." Basically the ugly ones are all about restrictions due to their own insecurities that they then push on men as the problems in their lives.
As evil and wicked and painful as this all sounds, it actually makes a lot of sense. Not that men never oppressed women in some ways in the past, but the ugly factor does play it's part in this. And lastly, I'm not even talking trash about "ugly" women. What is "ugly" anyway? Thats all relative at a certain level. And the women who feel ugly, usually aren't really ugly, they just feel that way in the presence of rare women = to super models. Which is a shame. Nerdy ugly guys have the same problems. And I'm not Brad Pitt, just a average dude.
Now, I know I deserve nothing but pounds upon pounds of Thumbs Downs for this, but because of how much I rip into seeking the truth, I had to say that which was revealed to me
Freedom of Speech
Let's assume that everything is true. (Actually ,it's not, but let's assume). Julien teaches guys how to choke girls. That's fucked up. Even so. The first amendment protects free speech. Even hate speech. Supreme court ruled that the government has no right to exert power in any public speech, even if it is deemed hateful. That means, if someone went to a public street and started or a gathering and talked about white supremacy, or nazi glory, they would have a right to do so. While you may not agree with what they are saying, they have a right to do so in a free and democratic society. Forbes published an attorney's view on this here. So ironically, feminists who are supposed to be fighting against oppression and rights, are oppressing free speech, and asking governments to shut down a man based on what they think [incorrectly] he's saying in a video. I'm not sure what is worse. The minister of Australia caving the public pressure, or the inability of today's advocates to see the full context of what's going on, or seeing the big picture by supporting one action but in the process, killing the idea of a broader democratic freedom.
Expression of feelings of oppression, hate, distaste VS. Expression of understanding, love, and openness
True feminists are women who understand their nature – sexuality is a part of the female nature – they embrace it, they use it to relate to the masculine, for we are all one. Instead, what's happening is that some feminists are waving the "feminist" flag. If it wasn't the feminist movement, they would channel it into something else because their negative emotions need an outlet. I see girl models all the time and they tell me, some of their greatest moments is in front of the camera, being appreciated for her beauty. She understands that one day it will be gone. She understands that she's so much more than that, but she is also that – beauty incarnate. She also enjoys the whole process of getting ready for the shoot and understanding the industry and the illusion of the model's role in society.
Yes, we're here, And we are men. And we see you. A witness to your beauty. To your energy. We want nothing from you. Simply to be in the presence of your energy. Your femininity. We don't care what you look like, only that you embrace your nature. And we will too – as real men, not betas or emasculated males, but strong, stable and wild. Together, we can traverse this world. Together, we can be as one.]]>
#1. Seek to understand first, then to be understood
This one is self explanatory, and allows you to make good friends, even with girls. Not all girls are honest, but in expressing honesty yourself and openness, you give other people a chance to open up to you. Without this, no one can open up to you. Eventually you will meet a guy, or girl, who opens up in a way that creates a good bond.
In nightclub situations, talking about yourself first helps to put the other person at ease. The girl will follow the guy's lead, usually, if he is congruent enough.
#2. Give (value) first before you receive
Instead of viewing the game as a winner takes all experience, view it as a giving value experience. You're here to help others feel good about themselves and have good emotions. You're a professional good emotions booster. Think of yourself as a comedian, or a good friend, or a stand up guy. These ideals help you move towards the person you want to become.
When you seek nothing, then any potential rewards are just more positive experiences, instead of feeling entitled or feeling like you expect something from someone.
#3. What gets measured, gets managed
Start measuring your sets, recording your audio, or have a friend film your approach. Seeing yourself in 3D and with proof blasts away any blind spots or excuses one may have about the game. I see guys making the same mistakes for years. If you adhere to a numbers-driven, data-driven method, you will improve.
Trying to be financially responsible? Measure your weekly or monthly income vs. expenses, and you will start to see a pattern. Studies have shown that those who check and manage their financial statements at least twice a month are much more financially well-off than those who do so less frequently.
#4. Process over outcome
Focus on the process and learning each skill-set, over the specific outcome of one particular night. Over time, yes, your results do matter, if things are going nowhere, you need to examine the real reasons as to why. However, have patience, and focus on your process. With a solid process in place with the right levers, you are guaranteed to have results.
#5. Embrace good pain and good fear
Change is never a matter of resources, but always a matter of motivation – Tony Robbins
Short term comfort = long term pain. Too tired to go out? Too lazy to get a healthy meal instead of a unhealthy one at McDonald's? These little decisions add up to the trajectory of your life. Do not let losers influence you, they are people and they have a right to their life decisions and perogatives. See them as just people. Or, if you're more like me and sometimes have to deal with being annoyed at them, save your anger and view them as pawns – pawns that are the most loyal are the ones you treat as most human will fight hardest for you. They are your troops in the battle towards your ambitions.
When I was visiting San Francisco, I realized that my natural state is that of a leader, and in traveling and experiencing new things, my mind isn't able to rest and instead moves extremely quickly. The high level of endorphin make me think more consciously about the world and my life and I reach a new state that is pure and addictive. This can only come from a little bit of good fear, and the ability to step out of my comfort zone time and again.
#6. Never take rejection too personally
You can never know the other person's life or their worldviews without talking to them, so any approach has a chance of being rejected. So what? Accept humiliation, but point is, no rumination – thinking about it over and over again and making it worse than it is. See things as they are. No better, no worse. Truth is, most "rejections" don't matter because you will never see her again, and all you need is ONE. One girl who finds you attractive. I've seen guys in wheelchairs who get girls to like them, because they've found someone who does and they don't give up.
You defining your own success – what is "success" to you? Success may be getting rejected by 3 girls! Other people do not determine your success, you do.
#7. Win the war without a fight (or just appear to do so to the public)
Remaining unaffected by negative outcomes as well as positive ones (it is ok to feel good, but don't let it go to your ego. Do your best – try to decipher obvious mistakes and calibrate with real data. Don't dwell on details – she could have rejected you for any number of irrational reasons. Kanye West recently touched upon the idea of "fighting and winning". "I've fought many battles and I always win, but Jay-Z, you just see his wins. I'd like to be more like him, where you just see me win, instead of all the fighting and then the win later". Hugh Hefner is the same way. He doesn't get twisted in the bad PR and media narrative. He simply wins. When Crystal left him before the wedding, he simply tweeted, "I thought she loved me." Eventually, she came back and married him, and Hefner, at 83, continues to win the game without seeming like he's trying at all.]]>
First, if you are the muscular type, by all means, show it off. I see a lot of guys in tank tops on the beach
Just also muscle dudes with interesting colored shorts:
Yet I've always wondered what to wear as a skinnier guy, or, as a guy who doesn't always fit the persona of the steroid or gym douche. Well, here are some my favorite summer styles:
The theme here is Summer + Class and High Fashion
Tips and tricks:
The 49er is perhaps a disparaging term in the Bay area that references the local football team (SF 49ers) to describe girls who think and act like they are 9s but in reality are just 4s. This numerical metric applies to both looks and personality and reasonable expectations from the dating scene.
This archetype was born from a variety of factors stemming from the great sphere known as Silicon Valley. As always, when I choose a city or location I look at 3 factors: singles gender ratio, the culture, and the style-sense and hotness of the girls (related to the culture of the city).
Factor 1: Bay Area Singles Ratio
The distribution of women to men in the Bay area is 51% men and 49% women, however if you plot out data by age from city-data.com you will see a stark contrast in the male and female ratios by mating age
In New York, women out number men from 21+ onward
In San Francisco, the men outnumber women by a lot after age 25:
The only redeeming quality of the bay is that if you are into teenage or younger girls, their ratio is pretty good.
Factor 2: Bay Area Culture
A mecha for tech companies like Yahoo!, Google, Facebook and the other blue chip technology firms, this place is ripe with engineers whose daily attire includes shorts and sandals at the office. Even during my time at the Googleplex, our sales team was probably one of the better dressed divisions in the whole company. There is a stark difference between the engineers of the Valley (Mountain View, San Jose) and the gay men and high-end shops on Market Street in San Francisco. But by the majority of new hires that come to the bay area, the men are not the sharpest dressed.
Further compounding the factor is that the culture of the valley focuses on hard work and startups, and dating is somewhat swept under the rug. You're assumed to know it already or to go online to find a match. Tons of my coworkers meet their significant other through work, and that's how they settle for their partners.
The average salary for bay area works is probably one of the highest in the country minus NY's financial giants. Programmers get paid six-figures to work Google and other tech firms, so it is easy to shell out money to try to "impress the ladies". Unfortunately this leads to arbitrage as even mediocre looking girls get treated like 9/10 done up models in L.A., because of the lack of game from the techies, and an abundance of cash from the tech gold-rush.
A lot of graduate students and women with MBAs abound in the bay. Some of them are truly intelligent and stunning. Unfortunately, in my experience, most of the ones I've met are complete bitches with "work is my life" complex who lack the femininity that comes naturally to the women of LA or San Diego or even Brazil and Eastern Europe. They're all about paper resumes and professional careers. I don't have a problem with women being smart – I think Larry Page's wife is stunningly beautiful and she's got a PhD from Stanford. Same goes for Steve Job's wife. But a lot of times these women trade their feminine charms to compete and they lose the connection to the source of their essence. Nothing, to me, is less attractive than a woman who lacks femininity.
On the other side of the coin, you have the would-be gold diggers – a lot of Asian girls fall into this category. Because they went to some ivy-league school they now expect to marry a guy who is worth six-seven figures. Sorry bitch, there's only one Mark Zuckerberg and you… ARE… Not… That… Hot.
So what do 49ers look like? Well. I was going to post some examples from Facebook but it was just too mean so. Here are some pictures from Google's public image search of what a 4-9er looks like:
The 49er mentality is not just about fat or super ugly "4" girls. They can also refer to girls who are pretty cute but think they are hot shit because of the disparity of money and sex ratio in the bay area. Here's a picture of a girl I gamed who I don't feel bad about about posting (because she was just so dismissive and cold, I remember now years later):
At first glance, this 49er looks cute! But its not just about looks, but mentality. Basically, an over inflation of one's actual status so disproportionate to reality that one can't help but say, "Bitch, you're not that hot ok".
This girl is a slightly overweight short cutie blonde from Germany (I love German girls, this one just happens to be stuck up). An 8 at best. But, when we talked to her, she treated all the guys (our group of friends) as totally dispensable. She came across as "I only date guy models, or you know, guys who buy me boats. Any guy whos not tall blonde and rich better not talk to me" vibe and sub-communication.
She will respond to guys who she thinks are "not up to her level" with an extremely elitist attitude via text and in person. I know this from personal experience because she dated my old roommate and I knew how she selectively discarded the rest and got with him.
This makes guys (including me) who meet her feel like shit, and its just… not a nice feeling, to be treated so badly by a girl barely cute. She can barely compete with any average blonde girl in LA or San Diego, but because of the bay area's shortage of hotties, she gets away with behaving like a princess and men REWARD her for it.
Bay area Asian girls are also prone to being 49ers. They expectations are SO out of whack from the inflated attention they get from Asian guys with no game, and inflated salaries of Asian engineers and white guy's fetishes. Most of my Asian female friends are cool, so I can't post pictures, but every now and then, a very mediocre Asian girl expects the world on a platter.
In essence, the 49er isn't so much a 4 who thinks she's a 9, but any girl who acts like she's a 9 when she doesn't have the pre-requisite personality and looks to back it up at all. After living like this for a few years, and realizing on vacation elsewhere that girls NO WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD BEHAVE LIKE THIS, it makes you wanna:
|4-9er, Forty-Niner Chick, 49er girl, bay area 49er chick
|Pop Culture Analogy
|Star Jones, Rosie O'Donnel, Chelsea Lately, Sally Jesse Raphael
|Natural Habitat
|At posh bars with rich old men, Santana Row, social circles with posses that support their 49er perspective, among desperate bay area guys in salsa classes and other activities.
|Unique Physical Qualities
|Overweight, short, clothes a few sizes smaller than her actual fit, superior race / elitist complex when she plays with her hair / sun glasses, dismissive hand gestures and facial expressions.
Sometimes, Asian girls who have out-of-whack expectations and beta male oribters
|Mostly in the south bay, Stanford and super-educated girls who are actually not hot, San Jose. South San Jose. East bay.
Anything outside of San Francisco.
|Age Range
|Usually younger girls who do not understand reality
|Favorite Halloween Costume
|Slutty Fairy Tale Character a size too small for her actual measurements
|Natural Male Counterpart
|-Rich guys who have no game, guys who are good looking or otherwise superficially superior but lame in personality and have 0 game
-Good looking guys who think very lowly of themselves or aren't that intellectually challenged are extremely prone to 49ers
-As are intellectually smart engineers who thinks they can't do better, settle for 49ers who suck him dry of his financial resources
|Natural Enemy
|-Any girl of equal hotness who's actually nice and decent. Any hot girl whos physically beautiful and also has a pleasing personality
-Other fat girls who are actually good people and nice
-Other girls who look like them who are actually decent human beings
|How To Game?
|Start running the other way
|Additional Notes
|-49ers is named after the football team, the 49ers, who in fact are actually awesome
-Deep down, 49ers are actually over-estimating their dating value as a defense mechanism for being insecure and secretly feeling like they are low value, thus compensating for being over-confident and cold towards anyone deemed "lower value" instead of showing love to everyone.
Additional Reading:
Today I went out and in the midst of this I think I may have found an answer. It is still forming but I wanted to write it down.
2 weeks ago I was with 3 girls and one of them was the most beautiful, coolest girls I've met in a while. And I was getting pussy thrown in my face left and right. This week, my leads have dried up as I have been working on my online projects quite intensively.
I realized that pick up does take my brain to a higher state, and its almost like a drug withdrawal when I don't go out for a long time and talk to strangers. The adrenaline rush has become addictive. Another side effect is that my ego has been tied to being a guy who gets laid a lot. And now, that's not the case. I think whenever an "alpha" in monkey society becomes a "beta", there are certain psychological triggers that cause pain in his brain to forc him to try and retain his alpha status. This may explain the downfall of lottery winners and once-upon-a-time celebrities who destroy themselves thereafter.
At the end of the day, the bigger picture is that we are working for the future – a future where I can travel and meet cool friends and be happy. If we lose sight of this, then we lose. Also, at no point should be ego be associated with getting laid – my ego is simply my awareness of myself and my humanity. My worth as a human being and as a person has nothing to do with my ability to pick up girls.
There will come a time where female energy is all around us, and it exists in a sustainable, renewable manner. Without this phase of the cocoon and the ability to develop a deep skillset or establish a lucrative channel for money making we will be forever stuck in perpetual worker / middle class mode.


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mixing of plants
I would like some advise on combining plants with somewhat different culture needs. I have windmill and sago palms, cannas, bannanas, taro and callacsia(sp!!), varigated and solid yucca(both with the softer leaves) that I'm going to try keep trimmed to look palm like.
My biggest question is what should NOT be grown together. My gardens are mostly part sun/shade with heavy shade most of the morning and the best sun in early to mid afternoon. I'm afraid mostly of heavy watering needs of one rotting another. Also asthetics, now and in the future.
Another concern is placement for optimal veiwing from our deck. It sits up from 5' to 8'with the yard sloping down to the front and the right continuing down the side to a small drainage creek bordered in the back with large shade trees (wich is SE and heavy in shade untill late morning/early afternoon). The creek sits about 15' down from the veiwing level of the deck. I don't want the tops of bananas or palms blocking the veiw but I want to play up the water feature. Looking straight out the back I have a center island garden then a wide border with a 6' privacy fence at the back, where the we can see over to the neighbors yard wich is quite nice so don't want to block that veiw either. The NW side is in mostly shade all day and the veiw isn't so important. There's a large maple near that side I'm contimplating cutting down, but thats so drastic, we love trees but there's a row of oak and a few other trees along the fence line.
I guess another question is how to deal with the massive root structure from the tree-how much dirt would have to be piled on top in order the be able to dig adequite holes?
Thanks for any imput
windmill palm -- average watering; tolerates occasional wet periods and tolerates drought with age; full sun to light shade
sago palm (not a real palm) -- average watering; tolerates occasional wet periods and tolerates drought with age; tolerates sun in coolest areas, better with light shade in most areas
cannas -- best with full sun and lots of water
bananas -- best with full sun and lots of water; out of wind
taro -- lots of water when actively growing; full sun to light shade
calocasia -- same as taro
yuccas (both) -- dry soil, full sun
Never pile soil up on the root zone of an existing tree. If you cut the tree down, have the stump ground out; then you can plant anywhere.


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These are my notes on various topics. They may be incomplete and inaccurate, so take them with many grains of salt.
The bone-chilling scream split the warm summer night in two, the first
half being before the scream when it was fairly balmy and calm and
pleasant, the second half still balmy and quite pleasant for those who
hadn't heard the scream at all, but not calm or balmy or even very nice
for those who did hear the scream, discounting the little period of time
during the actual scream itself when your ears might have been hearing it
but your brain wasn't reacting yet to let you know.
-- Winning sentence, 1986 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.
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Find out what freebies are in store right now in this week's Freebie Friday roundup. Hint: I've got news from Cumberland Farms, the ASPCA, Disney, and ThredUp.
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Funeral service for Hester Sue White, 87, of 407 Revere Circle in Camden will be held Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She died Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Pearlene White Wright, 116 North Gate Drive, Camden, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Born in Pontiac, South Carolina, she was the daugther of the late David L. and Sallie Bell Thomas White. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, at Gethsemance Baptist Church, Mitchellville, Maryland, with burial in Maryland National Memorial Cemetery. Brown's Funeral Home, Camden and J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home, Landover, MD are serving the Wright family.
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Are you gonna buy or make them? And if UR planning on making them what will you do?
Valentines for the class
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we made them-
I had some left over pages from scrapbooking,so I cut them into good card sizes and I cut up a bunch of haerts from different colored construction paper, I also had some sequins, and foam hearts. I gave ds the glue and let him go at it-
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We're doing maxwell house coffee boxes on their sides (as mailboxes) with flags and a little metal thing that will let 'em move up and down. Maybe a brad or something? Can't remem. the name.
For my daughter's kindergarten class, we are giving valentine pencils--she's writing a note on a cardstock heart and we will attach them to a pipecleaner and wind the pipecleaner around the pencil.
An idea that we did for class holiday gifts could be easily adapted for v-day: Recycled crayons. Use a heart shape for the crayons and put them in a plastic gift bag with a little pad of paper or a blank card. See instructions on www.craftplayground.com


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