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You despised these world meetings and you had a damn good reason to.
France. He claimed to be deeply in love with you and every time there was a world meeting, he always tried something. You were half hoping he'd get sick and stay home, just so you could get through the meeting without having the sudden desire to murder someone painfully.
You had arrived early and the only person there besides you was Britain. Not a surprise, the man was the most punctual person you knew. This worked out rather well for you; Britain was your best friend and secret crush. But, he probably just saw you as a friend. He was the type to like books over girls. But that's what you loved about him.
You greeted him and started a good conversation. You talked until the meeting began. "Excuse me, ma chere. May I sit here?" You looked up and stifled a groan. Looks like France didn't get sick. But really, did the man ever give up?
He didn't wait for you to answer and sat next to you, flashing you a flirtious smile. You rolled your eyes, turning your attention to the person speaking. It was America, going on about global warming and global man. You rolled your eyes again. What a childish idea.
You felt a hand on your leg and you flinched, but showed no emotion. You weren't going to give him any satisfaction. But the hand continued to go up and you felt your face grow warm. Ok, that was it, you'd had enough. "Hands to yourself, bastard." You hissed, forcing his hand onto his leg.
France only grinned, raising his eyebrows. "Ah, but you enjoyed it, did you not?" He had the nerve to wrap an arm around your shoulder.
Had this not been a meeting, you would have slugged him already. "Hands. Off." You were only going to say it once.
Slowly, he pulled his arm away. You thought he was done- until you felt his hand on your leg again. You sighed.
This was going to be a long meeting.
Britain's POV
He watched you from across the table. Looks like you were having an argument with France. No surprise there, it happened every year. Britain didn't like it, though.
Every year, frog face tried something with you, and it really pissed Britain off. I mean really, what gave frog face the right to hug you and try........sexual actions with you? That was something only lovers did, and it was obvious that you hated him. Not that that ever stopped frog face; he was tenacious, Britain would give him that.
It still irked him to no end, though. Britain really, really liked you, so seeing frog face do things to you made him want to murder the French perv. He actually sort of hoped you would get mad enough to punch that sicko in the face; I mean, nothing says fuck off like a good punch.
Your POV
The meeting was finally over and you made your way to the door. There was no way you would stay any longer.
"Wait, ma chere!" The Frenchman called after you. Like hell you'd wait!
You ran to the door, and almost made it- but you tripped over your feet. You silently cursed your clumsiness. France wrapped his arms around you, smiling. "Ah, ma chere! And you thought you could escape me! Smack, smack, smack!" It's like the guy wanted you to punch him in the face.
But then, to your surprise, his smile faded and was replaced by a serious look. "Can we speak, in private?"
You'd admit, you were curious. You'd never seen France get serious before. It made you wonder what he wanted.
You nodded in agreement.
"What's this about?" You asked, crossing your arms, your eyebrows raised.
The Frenchman got down on one knee and looked up at you. "I would like you to marry me." You froze. Oh. Hell. No.
"........What?" You breathed.
"I would like you to marry me." He repeated. And here you thought he was just a perv. He did claim to love you, but you thought it was just an excuse to be pervy. You didn't think he was serious.
"France, I-."
"Please!" He stood up, grabbing your hands, his face dangerously close to yours. You could hear your heart pounding out of your chest. "I do love you!"
"She's not marrying you!" You and France turned to look at the shouter.
It was Britain?
Britain's POV
Britain was absolutely pissed. Marriage? What the hell was frog face thinking?! She wasn't marrying him!
He stomped over to the stunned Frenchman and grabbed the collar of his shirt. "For your information, she's marrying me! So fuck off!" With that said, he grabbed your hand and pulled you away, leaving a stunned Frenchman behind you.
"Hey, Britain. When did I agree to marry you?"
His eyes widened. Damn. "Well, uh-!!" The blond could do nothing but stutter, his face getting redder and redder.
You smiled and swiftly pressed your lips to his. "Stupid. What took you so long?


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Perhaps you are working on an idea for a book, or always said "I want to write a book" and would enjoy meeting published authors. Here is your chance! The Southern Kentucky Book Fest Regional Authors Showcase will be held this Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. If you love to read, love to or want to write, and love books, this event is for you.
The mission of the Southern Kentucky Book Fest (SOKY) is to encourage reading and the love of books and be a positive force in promoting literacy. At the Regional Authors Showcase there will be over 30 authors signing their books and discussing writing and reading from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on September 6.
There is a Regional Authors Showcase Writer's Workshop scheduled for Friday September 5, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There are two sessions: "Why Editing Matters" by Jennie L. Brown and "Creating an Author/Illustrator Media Kit" by Mark W. Adams. You must register to attend this event. To register and for more information, click here.
According to the website, "the Southern Kentucky Book Fest is one of the state's largest literary events … draws thousands of readers of all ages who welcome the occasion to meet their favorite authors and purchase signed copies of their books. The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partnership consists of Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Warren County Public Library, and WKU Libraries."
The special events also include the Kentucky Writers Conference (April 17, 2015), Children's Day (April 17, 2015), and SOKY Book Fest (April 18, 2015). For more information on these events, click here.
This Saturday's Regional Authors Showcase will be held at the Bob Kirby Branch of WCPL, 175 Iron Skillet Court, Bowling Green, KY. For directions, click here.
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Patricia Irene (Davenport) Badger of Glasgow and Columbia Falls passed away on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, of a tragic car accident in Hungry Horse, Mont., at 79.
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She was born on Feb. 7, 1935, to Jay and Pricilla Davenport.
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Alex Raij Will Open Txkito Near Her Former Tapas Bars
The former Tía Pol toque is opening a restaurant, the name of which you'll definitely want to know how to pronounce.
As if Boqueria Soho wasn't good enough news for tapas lovers, Time Out reveals that Alex Raij is opening a new place, bravely named Txkito (pronounced "chee-kee-to") and perched "just a croqueta's throw" from her former spots, Tía Pol and El Quinto Pino: "The 34-seat restaurant takes its name from the Euskera term for a short pour of wine — here you'll be mining an all-Basque list along with shareable plates like bacalao pil pil, a cod dish sauced with its own emulsified liquids. Raij also plans to offer zurracopte, a cinnamon-spiked wine cocktail in short supply at most of NYC's sangriacentric Spanish eateries." If you question Raij's sanity for opening up near two other tapas bars (at 240 Ninth Avenue between 24th and 25th Street), remember that she'll inevitably catch the spillover from Tía Pol, and of course, tapas bars are always best when clustered into a barchipelago.


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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – You'll never see a more stunning 14-point swing in a football game.
The Buffalo Bills led the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs 10-3 on Sunday early in the third quarter, with the ball at the K.C. one-yard line -- apparently about to go up 17-3.
But the Bills couldn't punch it in against the Chiefs' stingy, ball-hawking defence. So on third down, Buffalo's undrafted rookie quarterback Jeff Tuel threw a quick slant to T.J. Graham, the middle of three receivers split to the right.
Sean Smith, the cornerback who was supposed to cover the inside receiver, let his man -- Stevie Johnson -- go free into the end zone. Tuel's pass zipped straight into Smith's hands at the goal line, in front of Graham slanting behind him.
And from there, Smith ran the ball back 100 yards for a game-tying interception return.
Instead of Buffalo leading 17-3, they were tied 10-10.
Pffffffffft. All the air went out of Tuel, the Bills and most of the 68,159 at Ralph Wilson Stadium. They never recovered.
The Chiefs won 23-13 and, inexplicably, are 9-0 heading into a bye week that precedes their AFC West showdown game in Denver against the Broncos on Nov. 17.
Smith was asked if he was surprised Tuel threw the ball right to him.
"So surprised," he said. "It was like Christmas. You know, you go downstairs as a little kid and there's a big box right there. That's how I felt.
"As soon as the ball hit my hands, it was touchdown. No one on that field was going to catch me."
Tuel tried but couldn't.
It's always difficult to rank the latest, ruinous, soul-destroying loss by the Bills. This one ranks right up there. Or down there.
They outgained the Chiefs 470 yards to 210, outrushed them 241 to 95, compiled 10 more first downs with a rookie passer making his first start -- and still lost by 10 points.
Shortly after the game-turning play, a friend -- who like every Bills fan dies a crushing death about twice a month -- texted me from the stands, knowing full well exactly how this game would end: "All that is left is the humiliating walk to the car."
As for the Chiefs, how can they continue to win, week after week, by the skin of their teeth against mediocre teams?
They have four impressive things going for them.
One, a talented, aggressive defence that causes turnovers at opportune times.
Example No. 2 on Sunday: With the score tied 13-13 early in the fourth quarter, Graham caught a short crosser from Tuel deep in Buffalo territory, but Chiefs cornerback Marcus Cooper stripped him of the ball. Linebacker Tamba Hali scooped and scored the decisive points.
Two, a fantastic running back in Jamaal Charles. He gained 90 yards against the Bills, most of it late in the game when the Chiefs needed him to move the chains and bleed clock, and with the Bills knowing it. They couldn't stop him anyway.
Three, the mistake-averse quarterbacking of Alex Smith. It's fashionable to slag him, and tag him with the nose-plugging "game manager" label. But there's something to be said for that, especially when opposing quarterback after opposing quarterback can't match his ball security.
"I think he's a smart quarterback," Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore told me afterward. "He won't force any balls, and if it ain't there, he'll use his feet. Watching him on film, a lot of times if the receiver wasn't open, he ran for a first down.
"He just doesn't turn the ball over."
Smith passed for only 124 yards against Buffalo, on 19 completions. His most important stat on this day, as on most days? Zero interceptions. Football games are lost before they are won, and Smith doesn't lose them.
Four, the coaching of Andy Reid. In his first year in Kansas City, after 14 in Philadelphia, he's pulling all the right strings -- especially with Smith, and as offensive play-caller.
"Smith's reads are easy," Gilmore said. "It wasn't obvious what we were doing in coverage, but I think they made the plays easy for him."
Reid was the opposite of his angry counterpart (Doug Marrone) afterward -- not quite apologetic for the victory, but knowing he and his team had escaped with another maybe-not-fully-deserved victory.
Then he reminded everyone that there's only one statistic that matters in this game. Well, for them, actually two.
"We were outgained by a ton," Reid said, "but the turnovers and the score are kind of the important things."
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb Previewed on Mysterious Motorola Tablet
Andy Rubin just wrapped up at the All Things D conference, and proceeded to blow our minds with something completely unexpected: a mysterious new tablet made by Motorola that so happens to be running Android 3.0, which is commonly referred to as Honeycomb. Certainly there are a lot of features in Honeycomb that are still under wraps, Rubin did drop a few nuggets of Honeycomb wisdom upon the audience while he was at it.
Frankly, just having a preview of Honeycomb would have been plenty to keep us drooling, but then he had to over-deliver by pulling a cool new tablet out of his bag that nobody has ever seen before.
Among the highlights of Honeycomb and the tablet:
- Honeycomb will be launching "sometime next year", which is an incredibly broad deadline to set but at least we know it's on its way
- The tablet features video chat capabilities, a dual-core 3D processor from NVIDIA
- Honeycomb will feature the ability to fragment apps (interesting word choice for Google, I think) and split them up into separate widgets on the home screen
- Honeycomb will be much more optimized for tablets
- Tablets running Honeycomb will have a two-pane Gmail app, much like iPad's email app
- The Motorola tablet has no buttons
Since the tablet was only briefly shown, details are incredibly limited at this moment. Nobody got close enough to the tablet to get a for sure indication of size, but from pictures it appears as though the tablet could be between 7 and 10 inches, with my guess being around 9 inches, roughly the same size as the iPad.
We hope to get much more information about both this tablet and the now-officially announced Honeycomb very soon. We will update you as we learn more.
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Both systems feature a 320GB hard drive (with room for a secondary 2.5" unit), 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and include the same connectivity options -- six USB 2.0 ports, 802.11n Wi-Fi, HDMI and VGA display outputs, S/PDIF and a combo eSATA/USB port. Amazon lists the ION 330-HT and 330HT-BD as barebones, priced at $459 and $589 respectively, although there's not much left for to the user to install besides an operating system.
A Wi-Fi-less 330Pro model is also available priced at $423. ASRock quotes sub-26dB noise levels, and says the systems measure only 12 x 9 x 4.5 inches, which makes them great candidates for a home-theater setup. We've been playing around with the ION 330HT-BD for a few days now and are really happy with its compact design, snappy Windows 7 performance, and smooth 1080p video playback -- expect a full review soon.


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Funding for Georgia's domestic violence and sexual assault programs is in serious jeopardy. YOU can help make a difference by making a few key phone calls to State Senators before FRIDAY of THIS WEEK.
The Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee is set to vote THIS WEEK on funding for Georgia domestic violence and sexual assault programs. This is our PRIMARY CHANCE to get Senators to reinstate state funds to domestic violence and sexual assault programs in the Fiscal Year 2011 Amended budget.
We desperately need all advocates and allies to make phone calls THIS WEEK to the following State Senators:
When each Senator's office answers the phone, say:
To read up on the details of how this dramatic change in funding could impact victims and the programs that serve them, please click HERE.
Thank you for your support on this very important issue! We cannot preserve funding without YOUR VOICE!
I was going down my list making phone calls to Senator's, emailing them as well, when I had the opportunity to speak with Allison from Senator Heath's office.
I asked Allison if the Senator was aware of the proposed state budget cut and she advised he was AND that she had just sat in on a meeting whereby this issue was on the table in discussion. Allison went on to say that there was discussion among the Senator's that the TANF funding would be a viable solution as far as they could see IF "some" of the restrictions were lifted.
I advised her this would NOT be a viable solution eve if some of the restrictions were lifted and I began to list reasons from the GCADV website.
I asked her to please pull my email and let Senator Heath see it, so he could be completely aware of all of the issues involved with this proposed budget cut.
I didn't know if the GCADV was aware of this latest discussion. If you were not, I wanted to make you aware because undoubtedly, the Senator's need phone calls advising them as to WHY federal funding would not be a viable solution even if "some" of the restrictions were lifted.
Many thanks for all that you do on behalf of the victims in Georgia.
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Sharing information and promoting earthbag building
Earthbag Testing Research Summary
Engineering tests of earthbag structures have begun, mostly at the university level. The understanding of earthbag construction is improving as engineers are laying the groundwork for understanding the physics of these flexible walls with multiple contact planes between varying size rounded bags and soil fill. They have already established that soil in bags can have greater strength than soil alone, and that barbed wire and plaster layers contribute significantly to preventing wall failure.
It is important to note that bags of sand are not earthbags. Standard 14"-15" thick earthbag walls made with fill containing clay that is well tamped and dried, create stronger structures. Adobe, which incorporates clay has been a standard building material for millenia and earthbag is a technology that is also primarily based on the strength of the clay that acts as a binder.
Additional testing in the future can explore the difference between solid poly bags and tubes, and the strengths of walls created with HDPE raschel mesh and other plastic meshes. But currently, the most pressing need is to develop correct dimensional and reinforcement recommendations for the strongest types of bag walls (of solid poly) in hazardous locations.
Most of the summary commentary on the list of tests below was kindly provided by Patti Stouter.
2006 Dunbar & Wipplinger (West Point): Prism Testing of Polypropylene Earthbags Compression of 3 bag stacks; Materials: Small solid poly bags 1350 cm² (209 in²) side when filled); rubble, sand, and unspecified 'dirt' fill; hand leveled, not moistened or tamped or cured (note: gravel bags single)
2008 Daigle (Queens U): Earthbag Housing: Structural Behavior and Applicability in Developing Countries Compression of 3, 6, & 9 bag stacks and fabric tension; Materials: solid poly 43 x 76 cm (17" x 30") and 50 x 90 cm (20" x 36") bags; gravel & two sands with low silt as fill and no clay; tamped with 2x4; dried one month (note: gravel bags single)
|2010 Vadgama (Bath U): A Material and Structural Analysis of Earthbag Housing. The behavior of earthbags under uniaxial compression, the effect of material fill level, stack height, addition of stabilizer and bag material on the compressive strength were explored.
|2009 Pelly (Bath U): Plastic Limit Analysis of Earthbag Structures Unplastered earthbag compression of stacks and 23 cm (9") thick arches that span 1.8 m (6'), shear of single bags and tension of bag fabric; Materials: small solid poly bags end size 18 x 23 x 10 cm (9" x 7" x 4") well tamped; sand fill or sand with 4% cement (no clay); barbed wire in control; also Ring 2.0 software for prediction
2010 Vadgama (Bath U): A Material and Structural Analysis of Earthbag Housing. The behavior of earthbags under uniaxial compression, the effect of material fill level, stack height, addition of stabilizer and bag material on the compressive strength were explored.
|2011 Ross (U Florida Engineers Without Borders): Wind Testing of Earthbag Wall Abstract Out-of-plane displacement of 2.1 m ht x 3.6 m (7'-6" ht x 12') unplastered, braced wall; tamped silty sand (no clay); solid poly bags 35 cm (14") thick wall
|2011 (Peninsula University of Technology): evaluation of triple channel bag wall built with sand fill
Lateral loading of c-shaped wall with cement stucco 3.6 m (12') long with 76 cm (2'-6") returns; Materials: 43 x 92 cm (17" x 36") 3 channel solid poly bags form 33cm (13") thick walls; sand fill (no clay); no rebar or barbed wire; reinforced concrete ring beam; earthen plaster
|2011 Croft (Bath U Engineers without Borders): Structural Resistance of Earthbag Housing 6 versions of 3'- 6" (1.07 m) ht. x 3'-7" (1.1 m) walls tested for shear and for flexure, barbed wire and rebar tensile strength, cement stucco with chicken wire flexure and compression tests; Materials: Small solid poly bags form 23 cm (9") thick walls; sand fill or sand with 5% cement; barbed wire, vertical rebar, and cement stucco with chicken wire alternates.
|2011 Si Hong Liu, et al (Advanced Materials Research) Cyclic Simple Shear Tests on Base Isolation Using Soilbags Soilbags have been understood to have the effect of vibration reduction and can be used as a kind of base isolation in building foundations. In this paper, a series of cyclic simple shear tests were carried out on soilbags filled with three kinds of soils under different vertical stresses to investigate the damping and stiffness characters of the soilbags. The results show that soilbags have a relatively high damping ratio and variable horizontal stiffness so that they can be used as base isolation materials.
|2013 Awais Malik Structural Analysis of Earthbag Systems First Earthbag Shake Table Tests Create a Computer Model. Awais Malik dedicated 6 weeks to sew small bags, twist custom barbed wire, and plaster the corners of 1/6 scale models of 3 kinds of corners. Despite difficulties with outputs he was able to use the results of the shake test to create a computer simulation accurate to within 1.5%. Engineers use computer programs that simulate the violent stresses earthquakes cause to buildings, to learn without destruction. Mr. Malik's testing showed that 2 narrow corner buttresses or one massive thickened corner pier reduce earthbag wall motion under vibration by 26% and 33% respectively.
1998 Khalili & Vottore: Earth Architecture and Ceramics: The Sandbag/Superadobe/ Superblock Construction System An article outlining the chronology and results of testing done on Nader Khalili's superadobe system of building. Simulated static and dynamic load tests of domes and vaults. No test report available.
|2010, Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB) Seismic Performance of Innovative Straw Bale Wall Systems The objective of this research project was to determine the capacity of clay plastered, load bearing, straw bale wall assemblies under in-plane cyclic loading, and the performance of a small full-scale straw bale house using shake table simulation. The straw bales were resting on a soil cement encased gravel bag foundation.
|2009 Sargentis et al (conference paper):Earth Building: Models, Technical Aspects, Tests and Environmental Evaluation Preliminary structural evaluation of 4 m (interior) dome; Nastran NX with FEMAP v9.3 postprocessor
2003 Hart: An Amazing Experiment If anyone had any doubts about the strength and integrity of this system of building, this experiment should help allay those concerns. Earthbag building of this sort can be STRONG!
2010 Stouter: Friction and Tensile Strength of EB Components Friction of two bag stacks with barbed wire, and tension pullout of barbed wire; Materials: solid poly bags, tamped subsoils with clay, cured & tamped subsoil for pullout test
|2011 Stouter: Shear Strength of Earthbag Wall with Weak Cohesive Fill Shear strength of plastered 4' x 4'/ 1.2 x 1.2 m bag wall (15" / 38 cm thick) of weak cohesive soil with barbed wire; Materials: solid poly bags, tamped subsoils of silt and clay, lime and earthen plaster
2011 Stouter: Experiments with Light Clay Insulation R-value and density of light clays made with 8 different materials
|2009 Sargentis et al (conference): Earth Building: Models, Technical Aspects, Tests and Environmental Evaluation Thermal evaluation of 4 m (interior) dome with ECOTECT software
|2011 Nijs & Schiettecatte (U Ghent): De bouwfysische…/ The construction and physical performance of earthbag dome houses in different climatic zones. Thermal evaluation of 4 m interior dome of earth fill with clay and earthen plaster in 6 different climates with mitigating measures; used Capsol 4.0 software. Available online early July, 2011.
|Understanding of the strengths and limitations of earthbag is deepening, as is the difference between earthbag and now-accepted construction like adobe. Earthbag builders want to see appropriate performance-based standards develop for earthbag buildings of different types like those sited below that have been developed for adobe, CEB, and rammed earth.
|1998 New Zealand Standards: Earth Buildings not Requiring Specific Design NZS 4299
|2001 Minke: Construction Manual for Earthquake Resistant Houses Built of Earth (BASIN)
|2004 International Association for Earthquake Engineering, National Information Center for Earthquake
Engineering: Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction
|undated Neumann et al: The Peruvian Building Code for Earthen Buildings
|2010 ASTM: Standard Guide for Design of Earthen Wall Building Systems E2392/E2392M-10
|2006 Morris: New Zealand: Aseismic Performance-Based Standards, Earth Construction, Research, and Opportunities
|undated Shahzada (U of Engineering & Tech, Peshawar): Improvement of Masonry Structures Against Seismic Force
|2008 Mizuhashi et al (conference): Analytical Study on Geotextile-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls…
|undated Kim et al (Hongik U): A Fundamental Approach … Using Seeded Sandbags
|2006 Aqil et al: Application of stacked soil bags to repair and maintenance works of small earth dams
|2006 Matsuoka & Liu: A new earth reinforcement method using soilbags. London: Taylor & Francis. Included soil bags as damping layers to reduce vibration transmitted from traffic
|2007 Krahn et al: Large scale interface shear testing of sandbag dyke materials. Geosynthetic International, 14(2), 119-126
|2008 Mizuhashi, et al: Analytical Study on Geotextile-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls Damaged During the 2004 Mid Nigata Prefecture Japan Earthquake.
|2008 Matsushima et al: Shear strength and deformation characteristics of geosynthetic soil bags stacked horizontal and inclined Geosynthetics International, 15 (2)119-135 Shear of 3 bag stacks level and inclined; pre-compacted bags; fill of fine sand & sandy gravel
|2008 Xu et al: Earth reinforcement using soilbags. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 26 (3), pp.279-289.
|2011 Ansari et al: Numerical analysis of soilbags under compression and cyclic shear. Computers and Geotechnics 38(5) July 2011, Pages 659-668
2003 D. M Ogoli: Predicting indoor temperatures in closed buildings with high thermal mass. Energy and Buildings, 35(9):851–862, 2003, ISSN 0378-7788.
|The above list of earthbag testing includes links to many public domain reports. If you are doing structural research in earthbag construction and would like to be in touch with authors of the papers that are not public domain, email Owen Geiger (strawhousesATyahoo.com) or Patti Stouter (simple_earthATyahoo.com) and ask them to forward your email to the author in question.
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Cities are built in layers. A city centre can be a medieval town or a forest of skyscrapers: playing ground for tourists or for businessmen. Moving outward there's a change of scene. Picturesque images give way to a repetition of utility and function. Wealthy but monotonous suburbs and run down slums alike.
Here are endless parking lots and supermalls, brand new industrial parks and defunct ones, graffitied commuter stations and desolate bus stops, beehive-like apartment blocks and forgotten plots. Highways that lead to more shopping centres, prefab villas and Disney castles, garden towns and areas with collapsing factories and broken down sheds.
Somewhere along the line ambition and sadness meet. Construction sites and waste dumps don't look that different, after a while the weeds take over. Building and digging: the point is to fill the spaces in between. Maybe meaning will come with time.
This is the real world, this is where we live. We build and build and then we look around us and notice something peculiar: we don't recognize it anymore. Everybody wants to see their imaginary perfect little world turn steel and stone - and then it disappears. Everywhere, places start to look like anywhere.
A question comes to mind: what do you see when there's no one around? Without the people, maybe we can focus our thoughts. We may be looking at a riddle without a clue, but there should be some intention, some meaning showing through. Something to explain.
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Wizard of Oz
hypothesis is that there is an underlying rationale of Oz and that furthermore
Oz at the supporting, conceptual level is a
Gaelic speaking fairy paradise, Tir nan Og, (pronounced tay nan oz) running on
Chinese fairy metaphysics as interpreted by a Theosophist.
How deep you dig into the obscure and unfamiliar to establish plausibility depends on the acquaintance your audience has to the concepts in question.
Narnia is a good example. For a Christian who takes supersessionism for granted, the Christian background is immediately obvious. For a Jew growing up in a supersessionist milieu, obvious when pointed out. For a Buddhist who is vaguely aware of Christianity and has no concept of supersessionism at all, much digging would be required and much would need to be explained. For a practitioner of Bon, the footnotes would be larger than the text.
For technical Theosophy we are all like Buddhists. When I was 8 and 9 years old I read through numerous books on Theosophy written in the 1800s and consolidated the technical aspects into a number of notebooks. This was from a public library founded in the early 1900s and which hadn't got rid of a book since.
By the late 1800s the concept of basing fictional history on a rationalized background of world-building had become familiar. The Waverly novels of Scott had been immensely popular. Novels set in foreign lands based on travelogue material were kicking butt. This was to develop into what is now called the fully-realized novel. Invented history, language, geography etc of which the most extreme example is Middle Earth. The present most popular example is Discworld which started out as a parody which turned into a Silverlock which turned into a fully realized philosophical entertainment.
The Theosophic background that seems to me to be significant will be found in the Notes 1 through 25 and I'll take the Oz books one by one and see if any of it seems to apply. Since I don't see any way this can be quantified I'm not looking to prove anything but rather to see if a fit looks any better than a picture made by mold on a wall.
Theosophic Ontology was an Omnium Gatherum of Hieroglyphic, Coptic, Cabbalistic, Druidic, Pythagorean, Orphic, Hermetic, Zoroastrian, Mithraic, Gnostic, Ebionite, Buddhist, Eleusinian, Samothracan ontology, as understood in the 1800s, smurged together, with the rough corners knocked off.
As I understand it, the idea was that by all this overlaying, the underlying Truth that exists at the heart of all philosophic and religious systems would become evident. Perhaps... but this at least can be said for it, it was a self defining and consistent whole, and unique in that it answered all the questions of Ontology.
I'll keep it brief and to the point, without extended commentary unless requested. I'll avoid the use of Sanskrit and redefine English words to be the appropriate technical terms where necessary. I will put any comments that aren't implied in the notes in double parens. Take everything else as a rephrase of the notes. Sometimes a very broad rephrase.
|Wizard of Oz
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|Land of Oz
|part01 part02
|Ozma of Oz
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|Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
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|Road to Oz
|part01 part02 part03 part04
|Emerald City of Oz
|part01 part02 part03 part04
|Patchwork Girl of Oz
|part01 part02
|Tik-Tok of Oz
|part01 part02
|Scarecrow of Oz
|Rinkitink in Oz
|Lost Princess of Oz
|Tin Woodman of Oz
|Magic of Oz
|Glinda of Oz
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But who is Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa?
Like the popular TV family the Jeffersons who moved on up to the East Side, Cuban-born Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa [District 6], 58, a 30-year veteran educator and former mayor of the City of West Miami, recently made history as the first Hispanic woman chosen as chairperson for the Board of County Commissioners. Sosa, who has been on the Commission since 2001, was elected by a 7-6 decision to replace outgoing Chairman Joe Martinez in a vote that was ethnically and ideologically split. She was supported by the other four Hispanics, with her vote being the fifth, and by Commissioners Sally Herman and Lynda Bell who was elected as vice chairwoman. Its also the first time that two women have served the top two leadership positions. Sosa beat out Barbara Jordan for the chairmans seat who was supported by the other Blacks on the Board Audrey Edmonson, Jean Monestime and Dennis Moss, along with Bruno Barreiro and Xavier Suarez. Some say the two sides also reflect political persuasions with Sosa and her supporters being more conservative vs. Jordan and her supporters who are viewed as more liberal. But now that the vote has been taken, can Sosa bring unity to the Commission? She says yes. I did appoint those who supported with committee chairs and yes thats whats commonly done, she said. But I also appointed Commissioners Edmonson and Moss to two important committees [Health & Social Services, Transportation & Aviation, respectively]. There will be shared chair or vice chair posts for every member of the Commission. The chairman has been elected now we have to move forward and work together. Sosa has been an ardent supporter of M-D County Mayor Carlos Gimenez when he was challenged by Martinez for mayor. But she says that while the voters opted for a strong mayor, the Commission serves as the legislative feet for the County. The best use of power is when we join forces, even when we disagree, she said. I think it actually benefits the voters when we have differences of opinion during our discussions. Whether one is referring to the Mayor or to the County Commission, we dont represent ourselves we represent those who voted for us.
Black commissioners on Sosa
Commissioner Dennis Moss believes that Blacks in Miami-Dade County should be optimistic in light of our particular and unique needs and says that while he believed that Jordan had the greater experience and background, its time to get behind the new chair and move the County in a positive direction. In what is a change of opinion, Moss now supports city hood and incorporation. You have to wonder why areas like Liberty City and some communities in the south remain more disadvantaged than others why they dont look as nice, arent as clean and dont have the same kinds of businesses, he said. Ive tried to address the issue of more equitable sustainability through the County Commission but what happens is as resources become limited, those areas that were hardest hit are hit hard again. As a city, they might have a better chance at generating revenues to ensure essential services. Sosa did not comment on incorporation but said she will support commissioners whose citizens have greater needs. I think we have to pay attention to and target areas in greater need of development and allocate funds to help them, she said. We have to put the infrastructure in place so that new businesses want to locate in all parts of Miami-Dade County. We will go where there is the most need like District 2 [Monestime] and several cities in the south [Moss]. Edmonson says Sosa will bring more unity and cohesiveness to the Commission and is eager to work with her. And Jordan believes that Sosa will rise to the occasion. I think its good that the new chairwoman has established eight committees instead of the six we had previously, Jordan said. That allowed for some who didnt support her on the vote to get committee chair seats. Even though I was defeated in my bid for the chair, I dont see the split vote as a dividing line on the Commission. You vote for who you favor but that doesnt mean you cant work together.
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By now many people know there is no rewind online.
Teens are constantly reminded that their social media behavior will now be part of what colleges will be reviewing - it is part of today's digital age.
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Digital citizenship is not much different than being a respectable person offline. The difference is, offline you are only viewed by the people around you. Online, you literally have millions if not billions of viewers!
Does that sound daunting? It should, and you need to remember every keystroke counts.
The video with this article is a great reminder that your past can quickly catch up with you.
Things you may have thought were funny in your sophomore or freshman year may quickly come back to haunt you. You may not even remember them -- but the unfortunately, the Internet has this wonderful sense of memory - it never lets you forget.
Parents, teachers, students.... from this day forward, keep in mind your words matter, keystrokes count and you will use them carefully in all situations.
Do your friend or relative a favor, pass this video to them. It is a great reminder of reality today.
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Bikes and Lunch
By Stephen Repetski on Jul 01, 2009
Went out to see one of Pete's bikes today during lunch-ish time – very nice, I have to say. It'd almost convince me to get one, except for the whole cost issue, as well as having to do upkeep and everything else involved with owning a motor bike. But they sure look darn cool!


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Flames Two-Hit Chicago State in 6-0 Shutout Win
April 16, 2013
CHICAGO – The UIC baseball team (17-16) held visiting Chicago State (4-24) to just two hits in a 6-0 shutout victory on Tuesday night at Les Miller Field. Senior Alex Grunenwald belted his sixth home run of the season with a solo blast in the fifth inning, finishing the game with three RBI. Senior Alex De LaRosa paced UIC at plate by going 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Sophomore pitcher Brian Evak was credited with the win, holding the Cougars hitless over three innings of work. The Flames used seven different pitchers in the contest as the staff collectively allowed just one walk and struck out eight CSU batters.
"It feels good to get a win," said head coach Mike Dee. "Our hitting was a little more consistent tonight and our pitching performed well."
UIC jumped in front early with two runs in the first inning as junior leadoff man John Coen reached base on a hit-by-pitch and then stole second to begin the frame. After junior Jacob McNamara joined him on base with a walk, redshirt junior Ryan Boss was also given a free pass to load the bags. That's when De LaRosa slapped a single to center field, plating Coen and McNamara.
The Flames wouldn't score again until the fifth inning when Grunenwald sent a charge over the right field wall to extend UIC's lead to 3-0. The Merrill, Wis., native leads the Horizon League in homers with six.
In the bottom of the eighth frame, the Flames added three insurance runs to seal the six-run triumph. Grunenwald pushed two runners across the dish with his second triple of the season as he was sent home on a RBI-single form Boss.
The Flames return to action on Wednesday at Northern Illinois with first pitch set for 3 p.m. CT.


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November 17, 2012 by Robert Duffer 1 Comment
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JWC TO MARY RUSSELL; 25 November 1850; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18501125-JWC-MR-01; CL 25: 294-295
5 Cheyne Row / Monday [25 November 1850]
My dear Mrs Russell
Thanks for your pleasant letter. I inclose a cheque (is that the way to spell it?) for the money. Please to send a line or old newspaper; that I may know it has arrived.
I returned some days ago rather improved by my month in the country; in spite of all its unwholesomenesses—late hours—french cookery &c &c But the first thing I did was to give myself a wrench and a crush all in one on the ribs under my right breast, which has bothered me ever since and I am afraid is a more serious injury than I at first thought—two days of mustard plasters have done little yet towards removing the pain. which I neglected for the first three days
I find the mud of our London streets perfectly abominable after the clean gravelly roads in Hampshire—it is such a fatigue carrying up one's heavy winter petticoats! For the rest; home is always pleasantest to me after a long sojourn in a grand house, and solitude never so welcome as after a spell of brilliant people— One brilliant person at a time, and a little of him is a charming thing; but a whole houseful of brilliant people, shining all day and every day, makes one almost of George Sands opinion, that good honest stupidity is the best thing to associate with—
I send you a little photograph of my Mothers miniature,1 which I have had done on purpose for you— It is not quite the sort of likeness one would wish to have, but at least it is a[s]2 like as the miniature
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- Won on a fall in 0:32 against Nick Woslum (Dakota Wesleyan) in the opening round of the Daktronics Open
- Won on a fall in 6:55 against Jack Bass (Minnesota) in the second round of the Daktronics Open
- Finished third in the Daktronics Open at 4-1 in the 157 pound class on Nov. 2
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- Finished the season with a 19-11 record at 157 pounds.
- Recorded a major decision win (13-4) against Boise State against Taylor West.
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- Pinned Chad Cebulski from Great Falls in 0:18 at the Cowboy Open.
- Recorded a major decision win (12-4) against Wyoming against Tanner Miller.
- Pinned Daniel Luty from Campbell in 4:03 at the Keystone Classic.
- Recorded a major decision win (12-2) against Brown against Justin Staudenmayer.
- Pinned Colton Johnson in 0:37 in a dual against Nebraska-Kearney.
- Recorded a major decision win (10-2) in a dual against Boise State against Taylor West.
- Recorded a major decision win (15-5) in a dual against Cal Poly against Xavier Johnson.
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- A graduate of Collins Hill High School (Suwanee, Ga.).
- Lettered in four times in wrestling and twice in football; captained both squads during his career.
- Captured the Georgia state title as a junior and senior after taking second his sophomore year.
- Also placed in the Top 8 as a freshman.
- Posted a 195-7 career record; was 54-1 in his junior campaign; earned all-state honors.
- Selected as his school's Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year, as well as the Senior Wrestler of the Year.
- WIN Magazine ranked him No. 3 at 145 pounds his senior year and as the No. 34 recruit in the nation.
- Runner-up at the senior national tournament after finishing sixth his junior year.
Personal: Majoring in business... parents are Joel Sr. and Carmeana Smith... has two siblings: brother Nicholas and sister Tynekua... cousin Joey Dorsey played football at Mississippi State... born February 4, 1992, in Baltimore, Md.... full name is Joel Quentin Smith, Jr.
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by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
I couldn't get online for a whole week. It was disconcerting at first, then heavenly. Four days on Martha's Vineyard without access to the real world . . .
I visited Martha's Vineyard, that idyllic island off the Massachusetts coast, to help shoot an incredible house built by South Mountain Company, which we'll feature next summer. I invited my husband and kids along as it's just not fair to go to Martha's Vineyard (even on assignment) by myself. It rained all week, and that was fine. There was so much to explore and discover on this little island that we didn't feel miss a thing by not spending our days at the beach.
We got a taste of real island life—and real island people—by staying in the community house at Island Cohousing in West Tisbury, affectionately known among residents and locals as "Coho." I've always loved this concept of intentional community, and it was an honor to step into the fabric of this vibrant, thriving example of how it works. On Monday night we feasted on strawberries from the community garden, popping them into our mouths direct from the vine. Every afternoon at 4, we had to be quiet as a yoga class met downstairs.
The sixteen-home community's purpose, according to its Guiding Principles, is "to enhance the social and economic quality of life of the residents and have a safe and beautiful place to live." And that's evident. Several houses are subsidized to make room for diverse incomes and financial abilities—no small matter on an island that attracts the East Coast's upper crust and where real estate prices have soared exponentially (even before the Clintons summered here). Our host John Abrams, president of South Mountain Company and one of the founders of Island Cohousing, has been instrumental in creating affordable housing across the island, helping people who would otherwise be completely priced out of this idyllic place to stay here. He told us over dinner that it really takes only three dedicated people in a community to "tap into the river of available money" and make the island accessible to all—not just the privileged.
Island Cohousing was also built sustainably—another great example for island residents—and my son Stacey (who just spent the last couple of months helping his school become a zero-waste site) was amazed by the Clivus Multrum composting toilet in our bathroom. He thinks we should have one at home. I think maybe we should just move to Coho.
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July 5th, 2009 #1
Riotorange- Newborn Final!
i dont know how to re-arrange posts..scroll down to see the final.
Newborn Contest Entry WIPs Thoughts, etc...eventually final submission i hope. haha
i read about this a few days ago.Spent some time thinking about it. What do i actually bring into this world with art? Simple answer: what i want. Egotistical, yes.Truthful, yes.
So for this contest i decided to go ahead and do what i want. i do sculpture. While this contest seems like it is for digital drawings and paintings, it is not stated anywhere i could see, that you cannot do sculpture.So dammit i am doing what i want to do.
My project will be this: The initial sketch of a sculpture and the sculpture.
The finished sculpt will be glancing up at the initial sketch. i want it to be like the sculpt is looking at the idea of itself, and realizing it came into creation, and exists now, because that simple idea/sketch was developed further. Basically that's what i do, i turn whats in my head into something i call My Art.
Last edited by riotorange; July 31st, 2009 at 10:19 PM."Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
Hide this ad by registering as a memberJuly 5th, 2009 #2
wire body
Got the wire outline for the creature done tonite. Will bulk it out with foil,paper, etc. tomorrow and make the wire outline for the egg."Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
July 6th, 2009 #3
wire & paper
i like to use foil to save on sculpey, and paper to save on foil. lol
here he is getting his paper stuffing. It helps me to get the shape i want and see if i need to change anything with the wires before i stick on the foil."Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
July 6th, 2009 #4
foiled up
Added the foil, getting close to sculpey now. whoohoo!"Steering perception? i am.
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shit i gotta try that sometime
July 8th, 2009 #6
added sculpey
Didn't work too much on it yet, just covered the foil really.
Need a better camera!"Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
July 9th, 2009 #7
cool, a sculpture
July 9th, 2009 #8
July 11th, 2009 #9
someone please tell me how to make pics go across instead of down! lol
...working w/sculpey some more.
i am doing that and working on writing up the purpose/meaning of the piece (Aside from my jokes of doing what i want,and all. lol) i'm not sure if they want some sort of formal statement but i figured it won't hurt any to look somewhat professional...ish.
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July 12th, 2009 #10
This is looking awesome! I can't wait to see the finish.
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July 21st, 2009 #11
moving along
Latest pics: last work done about 20 minutes ago.Ripped off the arms i had, start them over tomorrow. Took off the ears to reshape and fire before adding, they kept flopping down too much.
Thinking i am not going to be able to finish this how i wanted to in time. i'll submit it as a finished sculpture but i dont think i'll get to have the drawing with it that i wanted. i think he will stand alone fine with his newly broken out of egg, thus fitting into a "newborn" category but it kind of loses..all..of what i originally wanted. bleh. why do i always find out about things much too late? lol
i'm still going to do the drawing either way because that is how i want it to go.
Maybe i'll stick up a decent black and white sketch if i can swing it."Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
July 22nd, 2009 #12
this is looking awesome man! love the overall style it has and the polish you seem to be getting in already. good job saving on materialsPortfolio: http://www.jakecollinge.com
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July 31st, 2009 #13
FINAL! w00t! i finished something for once!
Yes, it is TRUE. i finished something in TIME. for the FIRST TIME ever on this site. mwahahahhahaah! That in itself is like a win for me.No, seriously, it is. LOL
The first pic is what i submitted, since it is how i want it to be viewed as a piece.The rest are just other angles of it,since its 3D.
i have a mpg video i did with my horrible old digital camera, of it rotating so you can see the entire piece, but i can't upload it since its like 15.5 MB, and i dont know how to make it smaller.
Poor guys hands got burninated!!
i know that pretty much everyone has done some form of 2D art for this contest, but i choose not to mainly because i do sculpture,
and because of the question "what do you bring into the world? what will you create" in the post by Jason Manley. i thought about that for a bit.
What do i bring into the world? What do i create? and always, if i am being truly honest, the answer is "Whatever i want".
i figured i would not have many partners in the 3D area for this, but it wasn't something that i let hold me back from giving it a try anyway.
It's *my* art,and what i want to do, after all.
My piece is made of sculpey, and is of a dragon who has just hatched out of his egg.
In front of him is a sketchbook, which contains the original sketch of the piece that i wanted to sculpt for the contest.
What i was trying to portray was the idea that this newly hatched dragon is looking up at the moment of his creation,
and perhaps realizes that the quick little sketch on a piece of paper is what is responsible for his existence.
The reason i chose to do that is because most artists,myself included, get all these little bursts of ideas, tons and tons of them.
And that is all they are, until we go and turn them into some else we call art.Each of those bursts are like newborn art waiting to grown up into themselves
and be brought into the world. Hopefully that makes sense to someone else.
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Inviting contradiction? i am."
August 1st, 2009 #14
oops forgot the front view..haha!"Steering perception? i am.
Inviting contradiction? i am."
August 1st, 2009 #15
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Enclave Review
publisher: Vivendi Games
developer: Starbreeze
genre: Action Adventure
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release date: Mar 10, 03
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The gaming industry has in many ways changed since the release of the Xbox. That is especially true of the PC gaming market. Since the Xbox has hit the scene, scores of PC games were becoming "Xbox titles" seemingly overnight. And for good reason - the Xbox needed more games, and many developers needed a more stable platform to work on. Unfortunately, the rather sudden switch brought on by Microsoft's desire to conquer the field of interactive entertainment, brought with it many side effects as well. The fact is that we, as gamers, must now deal with the phenomenon of Xbox ports - games that were originally intended for the PC, but were ported to the Xbox mid-design. One of these mid-design ports is HALO, and Vivendi's Enclave is another. And while HALO became a major best seller, Enclave has suffered a less favorable fate. Its console version never got the praise it truly deserved, as people had all sorts of problems with the clunky controls and camera work. And for this and other reasons, Enclave didn't do too well on the Xbox.
A man can get real' tired wielding this heavy blade
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Luckily for us, Vivendi had the good sense to continue to develop and publish the game for the PC as well. Enclave is hardly what you'd call a PC port, since as soon as you fire up the game, you realize the game was originally intended for the mouse and keyboard combo, rather than the gamepad. The core of this title is its fast-paced medieval fantasy combat action, and whatever functionality the game was missing in the Xbox version is now corrected and improved by the usage of the PC control interface. Enclave doesn't have a multiplayer option, but it still offers plenty of value in the single-player mode. The game gives players the option to choose between two different campaigns (Light and Dark). The two campaigns feature stories that are in many ways interconnected with local NPC's that often overlap. In this way, the developers have managed to tell a coherent story from the viewpoint of two different sides, and, at the same time, save a lot of time by not having to design the levels twice. Our readers will be happy to know that Enclave includes over 27 levels and 6 bonus mini-games. In addition to that, there are 12 different character classes in all, plus 4 bonus characters. There are also traces of RPG elements, with the option to buy better equipment and weapons for each of the available characters, but this aspect of the gameplay hasn't been fully developed. Consequently, it doesn't increase the game's replay value in any way. In addition to that, certain mission will require of you to choose a stronger character (like the Knight), so don't think that you can easily finish the game with any single one of the given characters.
Besides offering a decent amount of content in terms of the characters, weapons, and level bosses, Enclave also provides a very nice backdrop for the action by telling an engaging story. The plot and the foundations of the game world are good enough to give more meaning to the combat, and add a bit of background to the mindless hacking and slashing.
In the fantasy world of Enclave the people of Light and Darkness are divided by a bottomless rift that split the earth many millennia ago. The lands of light are prosperous and rich, an Enclave of truth and order, surrounded by the twisted and barren lands of the dark, war ravaged plains known as the Outlands.
Over the centuries the rift has started to close, and skirmishes along the border have become more and more frequent. It is only a matter of time before these altercations turn into a full-scale war.
Here, it is up to you to choose. Will you lead the desperate people of Celenheim and save them from destruction, or will you ally with the dark hordes of the Outlands and overrun the Enclave to get back what you claim to be yours?
Nothing like an icy sword to cool down these lava freaks!
He's not beating around the bush...
The gameplay itself is pretty simplistic. Different weapons behave differently in combat (a heavy mace takes longer to swing, but it delivers more damage when it hits the target), and depending on the character you choose, so will your fighting tactics (the Huntress will use her speed and agility, and the Knight will stand his ground and take the blows). What is important, however, is that the interface and the controls are as smooth as they get, so the action will simply flow as more and more enemies line up to feel the sharp sting of your blade. The designers have done a solid job on the levels, but again, it's nothing too spectacular. Some of the levels are a little less linear, but most of them boil down to getting to the next checkpoint before you run out of energy. There is no mid-level save option, which makes the game more difficult, but it also gives it a greater sense of urgency. This linear and basic approach to the gameplay and level design is not necessarily a bad thing, however. After all, this is an action game, and not an action adventure. Likewise, the puzzles are very undemanding and designed so that they won't slow down the action. My only beef with the level design is that several of the mission sites felt too repetitive. The quality of the maps was simply not consistent enough. Even though, as I said, most of the levels are linear, some are more so than others, and those levels are just too monotonous to let you fully enjoy the game world. Then again, on many other levels, I felt as if the designers have managed to create an illusion of non-linearity, which is a commendable feat given the game's genre...
The enemies will act believably for the most part, and their battle tactics will largely depend on their size and style; if you use a bow against a melee warrior, he'll run after you and try to engage you in hand-to-hand combat. Conversely, the archers will try to back away and hurt you from a distance; and if you get too close, they'll unsheathe their sword or battle-axe. A few times they would exhibit some less than dignified behavior (like getting stuck in small spaces), but this occurrence isn't frequent, and doesn't overly affect the gameplay.
Finally, as you can see from the screenshots, the 3D engine can render some very nice environments, and some mighty pretty water surfaces, too. Our main heroes are expressive and well modeled. The battle-hardened Knight has visible scars on his arms and a nice Maori-like tattoo covering his upper arm and right shoulder, and the female models are curvy and pleasing to the eye. The world of Enclave is brimming with eye candy, and the code that powers it is quite capable of rendering the nicely detailed textures, both interior and exterior, while keeping steady frame rates on a decent PC rig, with all the graphical details maxed out.
The sound effects are pleasing and professional, and so is the soundtrack. The audio experience doesn't stand out in any way; it rather blends in with the gameplay to create this intense atmosphere of fantasy medieval combat.
Obviously, the developers of Enclave put plenty of work into it to make it the best possible Xbox title they could. Somewhere along the way, some of the nagging drawbacks of the console interface got in the way of the game's path to success. But, that's no reason for us PC gamers not to enjoy the fruits of their hard labor now that the game has received a much-needed overhaul. Enclave doesn't advance the genre in any way, nor does it come without its faults. Still, the PC version is very playable, has a good story line and will give you plenty of bang for your buck. It is because of this that we give Enclave two thumbs up and recommend it to anyone who's in mood for some thrilling 3rd person medieval combat.
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Graphics are well done, Action is straightforward and to the point, story is very engaging, It is apparent that this game was a PC game from the get-go;
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Functional Decomposition, what is it useful for and what are its pros/cons? Where are there some worked examples of how it is used?
Functional Decomposition is the process of taking a complex process and breaking it down into its smaller, simpler parts.
For instance, think about using an ATM. You could decompose the process into:
well...you get the point.
You can think of programming the same way. Think of the software running that ATM:
Each of which can be broken down further. Once you've reached the most decomposed pieces of a subsystem, you can think about how to start coding those pieces. You then compose those small parts into the greater whole. Check out this Wikipedia Article:
The benefit of functional decomposition is that once you start coding, you are working on the simplest components you can possibly work with for your application. Therefore developing and testing those components becomes much easier (not to mention you are better able to architect your code and project to fit your needs).
The obvious downside is the time investment. To perform functional decomposition on a complex system takes more than a trivial amount of time BEFORE coding begins.
Personally, I think that amount of time is well worth it.
It's the same as WorkBreakDown Structures (WBS), mindMapping and top down development - basically breaking a large problem into smaller, more comprehensible sub-parts.
Cons - there are no real CONS in doing a decomposition, however there are some common mistakes
Here's an example: your C compiler.
First there's the preprocessor: it handles
Then there's the lexical analyzer. It takes a string and breaks it into tokens. Call it
The compiler is then:
We've decomposed a big, difficult to understand function (the
This is more typical; compilers are fairly deep programs, most programs are broad by comparison.
Functional decomposition is a way of breaking down the complex problem into simpler problems based on the tasks that need to be performed rather than the the data relationships. This term is usually associated with the older procedure-oriented design.
A short description about the difference between procedure-oriented and object-oriented design.
Functional decomposition is helpful prior creating functional requirements documents. If you need a software for something, functional decomposition answers the question "What are the functions this software must provide". Decomposing is needed to fine grain functions. "I need software for energy efficiency measurement" is to general. Thats why we break this into smaller peaces until the point we clearly understand all the functions systems need to provide. This can be later used as a checklist for completeness of a system.
Functional requirements document is basically textual representation of functional decomposition. Coding directly from FD may be OK for procedural languages, but it is not good enough for object oriented, because it doesn't identifies objects. Neither is good for usability planning and testing.
My opinion is that you should take some time to create FD, but not to use to much time. Consult every person that knows the process you try to follow with your system to find all functions needed.
I have a long experience in software design, development and selling, and I use functional decomposition as first step of development. I use it as a base for contract, so orderer of a job knows what he would get and I know what I must provide.


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