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Charlie never had a chance
To the editor:
Like the thousands upon thousands before him, he did what he thought to be right. Little did I know that cold, snowy winter day in early December would be the last time that I would ever see one of my best childhood friends - someone I looked up to, someone who made me feel alive - my good friend and uncle, Charlie Mellott.
Charlie made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in March 1968. I have prayed for him daily over the years and still love him today like I did in 1968; maybe even more as I know now what he gave up at the young age of 19 years.
Charlie never got to ride his first motorcycle or feel what it's like to have a great paying job. He never got the chance to buy a new car. I don't know if he ever had a chance to have his first girlfriend or tell a woman how much he loved her. He never got the chance to marry his love and feel how great it is to share one's life with another person. He never got the chance to hold his first born child and wonder how this child's life will impact his own.
Charlie never had the chance to see his own family growing up around him. He never had the chance to buy and own a home in which to raise his family. He never had a chance to look into the eyes of a grandchild and feel the excitement of the future and realize the important impact he could have on the next generation.
Thank you my good friend and thank you to so many others who have made the same sacrifice you did. May you and many like you be able to look in the face of God and say, "I only did what was asked of me". We will love you all of our lives. Thank you for the love that you showed to us.
DAVID N. HUGHES, Salem
Kind words for rec supervisor
To the editor:-
First of all let me state that I'm new to writing letters to the editor. These letters are something I enjoy reading but I never saw myself writing one. I felt compelled to write a letter of "thank you" to a person I just recently was introduced to. His name is Shane Franks (recreation supervisor) and he currently manages the Memorial Building in Salem.
Let me start from the beginning. I am currently the president of the Salem High School Girls Soccer Boosters. Each year for the past four years our group has hosted an annual rummage sale at Centennial Park to raise money to send our girls to camp.
This year I was delayed in making my reservations and another person had reserved that pavilion ahead of me. Since our annual event is normally very large in size and needing the proper venue I was immediately overwhelmed by the situation. Shane quickly and graciously came up with several alternatives, the greatest being to allow us to use the Memorial Building gym. The Memorial Building was already hosting other vendors selling that day and he was able to get additional tables setup for our sale.
That act alone is enough to say "Man, this is a great guy!" But he took it one step further and helped us setup the night before carrying in some back-breaking items and was there the next day during the sale helping out tremendously. In addition, he had some very nice young people available that day who helped us out as well. They worked the entire day with smiles on their faces and were a complete pleasure to be around.
Learning more about Shane throughout the day I found out that not only did he save the day for our group but he's also coached many young kids over the years, volunteered for many organizations, and supports different youth events.
He is a true hidden treasure of Salem. If you ever get a chance to visit the Memorial Building maybe hunt him down and just say "Thanks for all you do!"
Steve Skiba, Salem
Expressing a concern
To the editor:
I have been working in the area of animal welfare, specifically dog rescue for over a decade. Anyone who knows me will say I speak my mind, especially if it involves the lives of animals.
I have worked at, volunteered and visited many animal shelters throughout Ohio. I have been involved in the seizing of dogs from hoarding and /or puppy mills. I have cared for or "fostered" hundreds of dogs. I know the time and effort it takes to care for a dog properly. There are actual studies and standards that explain how many minutes per animal it takes for proper care.
I live near an animal "sanctuary" at the corner of Depot Road and Rt. 45 that houses well over 100 animals according to a widely used animal rescue database called Petfinder. I pass by the facility at least once daily. With over 100 pets in their care, I do not see activity that would be expected and necessary to properly care for this many animals. I know for a fact that the dogs are kept not only in indoor kennels with several dogs to a kennel, but outside in all weather conditions as well. They have to ask for help to remove snow that falls into the kennels from the roof of nearby buildings. I also know for a fact, that the public is not permitted to enter all of the areas where these animals are kept. This is not acceptable, especially when it is operated by public donations.
The first advice that is given when anyone that is looking for a dog is to view the physical conditions that they are currently living in. This "sanctuary" uses a variety of "reasons" which are just excuses as to why they do not live by this widely held standard.
And yet, a local funding charity recently rewarded them for their unacceptable behavior by giving them a large donation. When I contacted this organization to inquire if they had been permitted access to the "inside" of the facility before granting the donation, I was told that they were given a tour of the "outside."
It is this type of ignorance that receives top billing on the evening news when someone eventually finds a way inside to see what really goes on behind those always closed doors.
I am in no way suggesting that this "sanctuary" be shut down.there is always a need for more REPUTABLE safe havens for homeless animals. However, we should ask ourselves why this particular facility does not have the same "open door" policy as other rescues/pounds/humane societies/sanctuaries that allow the public to view the living conditions (without prior notice) of their animals? Why does the public continue to financially (and otherwise) support a "sanctuary" that will not allow them to enter? Why does no one question just where these (over 100) animals are on a 100 degree day? Why does someone have to look at pictures in an album instead of walking through the facility and viewing all of the animals in person? It would beg the question.what could they be hiding?
It would give me (and many local members of the animal rescue family) great peace of mind to be able to say "I was wrong."
My challenge? - allow the general public to enter the facility during posted hours to prove me wrong.
Rose Ann Weikart Hack,
Upset with Sebring BOE
To the editor:
I am a parent in the Sebring Local School District. On May 15, I along with many other members of the community attended a school board meeting.
There are many problems in our schools right now and it seems they are being minimized, or not publicly talked about at all. The projected budget for our schools is very alarming and cuts are being talked about for next school year.
As a parent I understand that cuts will have to be made, but it honestly feels like a slap in the face when a budget is presented that shows major problems yet the board and superintendent continue to waste money on legal battles with teachers.
One such battle is attempting to discredit the legitimacy of a sick leave taken by Betsy Walsh. I as well as many other parents in the community were lead to believe this situation was dealt with, but as of May 16 Mrs. Walsh is currently on suspension because the administrators decided to continue "investigating" her claim of illness.
Where is the funding coming from to pursue these investigations? How can the administration justify making cuts to important school programs when they will not stop wasting funds on discrediting teachers? When is the school board going to recognize that the community is not happy with the direction they are taking our district in?
As elected members of the school board their first priority should be the voice of the community, they work for us. It is shameful that community members who wanted to speak were silenced because of not following the policy the board has set forth for speaking. The policies that have been adopted include giving seven days notice to a member of the administration for approval to speak but this policy is not listed on the schools website, and only seems to be in place when there are controversial issues happening.
This policy was not stressed at the April meeting when the budget was being presented, but when its something the board and superintendent do not want brought to light then it is followed. I hope this opens the eyes of some parents in the district, become involved because Sebring Schools are like the Titanic right now and we have hit an iceberg.
Natalie Schmid,
An interest in statue debate
To the editor:
I have followed with some interest the debate about the proposed Vallandigham statue. I am not a Lisbon resident, but I have relatives and friends who are members of your community and have, so to speak, "a dog in the fight." I did, however, know about Clement Vallandigham many years ago because of an amateur's interest in Civil War history. My comments have more to do with the nature of the debate than with the ultimate fate of the statue.
For more than 30 years I have taught English at YSU, and in my writing classes students end up doing research papers that are argumentative/persuasive (i.e. they have to defend a reasonable thesis). Every text I've used has had a section on "logical fallacies," and every one of those has warned against "false analogies."
I try to simplify this for students by reminding them that "most analogies limp, and some are so crippled that they can't even do that." I thought there were a couple examples of this in the discussions about C.V., one in your paper, the other at a public meeting. The latter used an analogy with Charles Manson to make the point (I guess) that "not every famous person gets a statue."
This one goes into the "crippled" category and scarcely deserves a response. Manson was a demented sociopath implicated in a mass murder; he was tried in civil court, convicted, and sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment). Unless I missed something along the way, Manson made no positive contribution to American life or society. I think "notorious" might be a better adjective for him, and no sane person would propose "memorializing" him in any way, though he will, of course, be "immortalized" in American pop history along with Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and this recent sicko from Cleveland. What do these folks have in common with C.V. that makes for a useful comparison? Nothing. It is hardly helpful to say that "they were all famous."
The other analogy is better but still limping badly: C.V. is like "Hanoi Jane" Fonda. There is some basis for comparison here in that both were accused by their foes of "giving comfort" to the enemy in wartime by their defiant speech and, in Fonda's case, actions. But here's where we need the crutches. Fonda was a political dilettante, an ill-informed "celebrity" who got in way over her head and, in the case of the Hanoi visit, was "played" like a violin by the canny North Vietnamese officials. She later admitted as much in her memoir.
C.V., on the other hand, was an astute legal mind (even his enemies admitted as much), a constitutional scholar, and an eloquent spokesperson for Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. His speeches about the war being fought for the wrong reasons and Lincoln going way beyond the powers allotted to the office of president were not off-the-cuff celebrity stunts but reasoned, well thought out political positions.
Many Americans (lots of them from Ohio) shared these opinions without having the wherewithal to defend them so eloquently. C.V. did express his views quite vehemently, caustically, and relentlessly. History will judge him Lincoln's most forceful and persistent critic. But is that illegal? Is it treasonous?
Here's a little sample of the kind of rhetoric that was floating around in 1864 when Lincoln was up for his second term: [he is] "fungus from the corrupt womb of bigotry and fanaticism, a worse tyrant and more inhuman butcher than has existed since the days of Nero.... The man who votes for Lincoln now is a traitor and murderer. And if he is elected to misgovern for another four years, we trust some bold hand will pierce his heart with dagger point for the public good." This was the editorial viewpoint of Marcus Pomeroy in his otherwise respectable daily paper, the La Crosse, Wisconsin Democrat.
Even in today's atmosphere of poisonous anti-government rhetoric, this would give one pause. I'm pretty sure that if someone had put something like this out there publicly after, say, President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the FBI would have come knocking. It makes C.V. look like a downright piker.
Perhaps this offers a solution to some of the problems surrounding the statue proposal. If we could get one of these virulent anti-government (well, at least anti-every-other- administration lately) talkers like Rush, Glenn Beck, or Michael Savage to read up on C.V., they might see him as a kind of "patron saint," at least in the sense that he was someone who paved the way more than a century ago for their "free speech," no matter how critical it is of a sitting president.
Perhaps they could get interested in this current debate. Heck, they might even pay for the statue and come to speak at the dedication. Now that would put Lisbon on the map!
James E. Johnston, Sr., Poland


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Insufficient physical activity is a risk factor in many chronic diseases - it is estimated to cause 1.9 million deaths worldwide each year. Over half of the world's population do not reach recommended levels of physical activity.
Lack of physical activity is a risk factor in many chronic diseases, and regular, moderate physical activity (defined as at least 30 minutes each day), reduces body fat, lowers blood pressure and improves glucose metabolism. The risk of CVD and diabetes is reduced, and the risk of colon cancer and breast cancer may also diminish.
According to World Health Report estimates, physical inactivity causes 1.9 million deaths and 19 million disability-adjusted life years annually – for example, the risk of developing CVD increases by 50% in people who do not follow the minimum recommendations for exercise. Women and girls take, on average, less exercise than men and boys.
Increasing levels of physical activity, which is so critical to
our future health, is achievable through relatively small changes to
our environments, policies and public attitudes. Unless we begin making
these changes obesity rates are likely to continue to rise, with a
corresponding rise in chronic disease.
Busy lives – but not enough physical activity
helps to control body weight, but, as the graph below shows, almost 60%
of the world's population do not take recommended levels of physical
activity. Although people in developed countries are the most likely to
be inactive, obesity levels are also rising in developing countries.
As urbanisation continues (around half the world's population now live in cities), many lifestyles become more sedentary, through better transportation links, labour-saving devices and less active occupations. There are opportunities for physical activity at work or at school, in the home, in travelling and as part of leisure activities. The most successful programmes to tackle obesity will encourage exercise in a range of ways that address the environment in which people live – for example, ensuring that town-planners design cities to encourage walking and cycling, and making sure that physical education is taught in schools (this has been declining worldwide – in the United Kingdom, for example, between 1992 and 2005 around 45% of school playing fields were built upon, although this decline seems to have been halted).
World Health Report 2002 – note that these levels only estimate
inactivity among adults (15+). As physical activity declines with age,
the true rate of activity may be higher than shown here.

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Mr. Zoeller has proven himself to be an effective, honest businessman. He is a loyal member of our community. We need Mr. Zoeller to lead us forward. We do not want a commissioner who presents the same tired "blame and cut solutions." It is your choice, a direction that benefits all citizens of Seneca County, or a continuance of stale, ineffective government. Elect Mr. Zoeller's proven expertise in industrial development. You choose - vote! It is our right and our duty as citizens to so do.
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Toronto's public school board has shot down a move to ask the city whether it plans to crack down on public nudity at this year's Pride parade.
Trustee Sam Sotiropoulos said he couldn't be part of "tacit support of nudity" in the annual Pride parade, which the Toronto District School Board has taken part in since 1996.
Toronto hosts World Pride this June. The event is expected to draw two million people to the city over a nine-day festival.
Sotiropoulos' fellow trustees opted not to even debate his motion Wednesday night, moving straight to a vote. People sitting in the public gallery, including some queer TDSB teachers, applauded as the motion was defeated 6-16.
Before the meeting, about two dozen demonstrators stood against Sotiropoulos' motion outside the TDSB's Yonge St headquarters. Wearing rainbow buttons, they banged on drums and sang "Hey Sam, get off of our Pride" and the Beatles' "All You Need is Love".
Demonstrators called Sotiropoulos' motion homophobic and damaging to the both the queer community and to young people questioning their sexuality.
Sotiropoulos wasn't surprised his motion was so soundly defeated.
"I believe this board is out of touch with the majority of the population in this city, has been for quite some time", he told reporters.
Sotiropoulos said he had received hundreds of emails of support, though many of those supporters didn't want to come forward for fear of being labelled.
Trustee Maria Rodrigues characterized Sotiropoulos' motion as being part of "a Conservative, right-wing, homophobic agenda."
Rodrigues fought back tears as she read aloud a motion asking the board to re-affirm support for Pride Toronto. The move was overwhelmingly adopted, with only three votes against.
"To me, it's about human rights and the right to express yourself", she later explained. "And I want our students in our school board to feel good about themselves, to feel included in everything in the school board and in society and to be able to stand up for themselves and to stand for justice."
Trustees used discussion on Rodrigues' motion as a chance to sound off on the nudity issue.
Sotiropoulos, who has never been to Pride, pointed out that the board offers no disclaimer to parents about stripping down at the parade. But Sotiropoulos says he's no prude. He has been to nude beaches in Europe, though he didn't strip down himself. Sotiropoulos said the difference is that those beaches are clearly marked and the nudity doesn't spill into the city centre.
Sheila Cary-Meagher didn't see the big deal. "If you do not wish to see other people's dangly bits, don't go (to Pride). Don't take your children."
Trustee Jerry Chadwick says it's an issue for parents, not the school board. Sheila Ward agreed they should butt out.
"I'd suggest we have enough to do just trying to get ourselves un-muddled at the TDSB, without mussing into everybody else's business in the city", Ward told the board.
Thanks to #TDSB for continued support of #PrideTO. Looking forward to seeing you again this summer!
— Pride Toronto (@PrideToronto) April 10, 2014
Thanks to #TDSB for continued support of #PrideTO. Looking forward to seeing you again this summer!
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By JASON LADAY
MILLVILLE -- The Millville Development Corp. has decided on a way to resolve its recent problems regarding advertising contract decisions with the city, using beauty pageants as its inspiration.
Yes, beauty pageants.
According to MDC President Dale Wettstein, the full board will recall the three advertising firms under consideration for a three-hour meeting to view their proposals a second time.
The difference this time, said Wettstein, will be that each firm will be scored on a point system, with an independent auditor summing the totals.
The MDC's marketing and advertising committee developed the idea at a meeting on Dec. 19.
"It was something we all had on our minds, but the point system was something that, for me, stuck out from my history as a photographer for beauty pageants, or scholarship pageants," said Wettstein. "It's a very fair way to go."
At the meeting, Wettstein described the system as having the least possibility of "favoritism."
The conflict over the city advertising contract arose at the MDC's Dec. 11 meeting, where members of the board's advertising and marketing committee expressed doubt that its recommendation to rehire the city's current advertising firm was in the city's best interest.
The contract review process was further tossed into disarray when those members produced their own separate recommendation -- two weeks after the committee voted to recommend the MDC renew Wyble Advertising's contract with the city.
The complaint was signed by all four members of the marketing and advertising committee, except for Mel Brody, the committee president, who the members felt led them to only consider two of the three possible applications up for consideration in November -- at the expense of what they saw as the superior advertising plan.
The choice of contracts was whittled from six applicants to three before the November meeting: Millville-based Wyble; JGSC Group, which conducted a $40,000 survey of the arts district unveiled last month; and Graphicus, another Millville advertising company.
Advertising committee member Lori Maddox and Lauren Van Embden -- who cast the tie-breaking vote in November and later signed the aforementioned complaint, though not a regular voting member of the committee -- in December stated they felt Graphicus was the best of the three.
However, they stated the choice was given to them as "only between Wyble and JGSC."
Wyble won out in November by a vote of 3-2.
Brody denied leaning on any of the members to vote in any particular way, stating each member had their own vote, to do what they wanted.
Now, all members of the MDC have agreed to sit down at a meeting, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 25, to review the three applications and issue a new vote.
Meanwhile, the board voted to extend Wyble's contact with the city, which expired at the end of last year, on a month-to-month basis as needed.
"We don't need to rush this," said Wettstein.
As for the second round of presentations to the board, the three advertising firms will not be expected to bring any new information to the table, according to MDC member Marianne Lods.
"We're going to keep the original RFPs to keep a focus on what was originally asked," she said. "The questions will be weighted for importance, but they'll all know them before the meeting.
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The Lyric Feature Friday 6 September 2013
Discovering the real Beethoven. On Gerry Murphy's Beethoven Tour 2013, twenty four music lovers visit places from Bonn to Vienna associated with the man and his music.
Twenty four music lovers from Ireland joined Gerry Murphy's Beethoven Tour earlier this year, visiting locations from Bonn to Vienna, associated with Ludwig van Beethoven the man and his music. Composer, teacher and raconteur Gerry Murphy takes on the challenge of going behind the myths and the legends surrounding Beethoven, to find the human being behind the music, telling the story in his own erudite and witty way.
Producer: Brian McIvor
The Lyric Feature is RTÉ lyric fm's weekly documentary and music feature programme. Programmes are produced in house by RTÉ lyric fm staff or in collaboration with independent production companies. Subject matter varies from week to week but most of the programmes aim to provide insight into music and music making.
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Title: THE IRIS GARDEN
Composer: GLEN AUSTIN
Performer: CONTEMPO QUARTET
Album: THE MOUNTAIN ASH IN CONNEMARA
Record Label: JOAN MCBREEN
Record Number: JMCB 1402
Title: CAOINEADH
Composer: TRAD
Performer: SARAH GREALISH
Title: LAMENT FROM BANGLADESH
Composer: TRAD
Performer: LATIFA
Title: FUNERARY SUNG-WEEPING BY HANE
Composer: TRAD
Performer: HANE
Album: BOSAVI: RAINFOREST MUSIC FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Record Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS
Record Number: SFW40487
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Album: FOLK MUSIC OF RUMANIA
Record Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS
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Performer: KITTY GALLAGHER/CITINI GHALLCHOIR
Album: WORD LIBRARY OF FOLK AND PRIMITIVE MUSIC: IRELAND
Record Label: ROUNDER RECORDS
Record Number: CD 1742
Title: KEEN FOR ART O'LEARY 1
Composer: TRAD/EIBHLIN DUBH NI CHONAILL
Performer: BREANDAN O MADAGAIN
Album: CAOINTE AGUS SEANCHEOLTA EILE KEENING AND OTHER OLD IRISH MUSICS
Record Label: MOC MUSIC
Record Number: LC 04986
Title: CAOINEADH NA MARBH/CAOINE FOR THE DEAD
Composer: TRAD
Performer: ARAN FEMALE SINGER/BRIDGET MULLIN
Album: SONGS OF ARAN
Record Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Record Number: FW04002
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Composer: TRAD/ARR NOIRIN NI RIAIN
Performer: NOIRIN NI RIAIN/MONKS OF GLENSTAL ABBEY
Album: CAOINEADH NA MAIGHDINE
Record Label: GAEL-LINN
Record Number: CEFCD 084
Title: I AM STRETCHED ON YOUR GRAVE
Composer: TRAD/KING/ARR. O'CONNOR
Performer: SINEAD O'CONNOR
Album: I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT
Record Label: CHRYSALIS RECORDS
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Kyle A. Keefer | Nov 28 2007 - 9:35am | 2 comments
Eschatology, the study of the end times, tends to get people fired up. To get a discussion going about eschatology, simply ask the question "What would you do today if you knew that the world would end tomorrow?" and people will talk. Changing the word "tomorrow" to "next week" or "next year," and the conversation can go on for hours. In popular eschatological presentations--street-preaching, for instance--imminent doom tends to take center stage. Most of us have probably seen signs that read "The End is Near," "Turn or Burn" or the like. These serve to impress upon non-Christians that they will face eternal punishment if they do not convert to Christianity. The phenomenal success of the Left Behind series [2], with its 65 million books sold, demonstrates the enormous fascination that the final judgment provides. The Left Behind series actually derives its title from this week's gospel passage, Matthew 24:37-44. In verses 41-42, Jesus describes two pairs of people, in which one person is taken and one is left behind. Matthew 24-25 comprise a long eschatological discourse that Jesus delivers just before his crucifixion. He compares the "coming of the Son of Man" (v.39) to the "days of Noah" (v.37), with the implication that his return will prove to be a surprise to all humanity and that many (most?) people will be morally unprepared for it. Clearly this passage, along with the three parables of chapter 25, emphasizes the judgment that will take place at the parousia, the second coming of Christ. In the popular treatment of the parousia, however, the ethical emphasis of Matthew's gospel often disappears. When Jesus says, "stay awake" (v.42), he addresses Christians, not the unconverted. This passage urges listeners to "be prepared" so that they will be eager to lay bare their actions to Jesus when he returns. While fear can certainly be an important motivator, a desire to please proves even greater. The parable of the talents in chapter 25 displays a frightened servant (the third one) and two eager servants. The ones who work without fear of reprisal enjoy a much more pleasant reunion with their master. Returning to the question I posed at the beginning, I imagine all of us alter our plans if we knew our time was limited. The question that Jesus poses differs slightly, asking, "Would you act more ethically if you knew the world would end tomorrow?" The challenge of his eschatological teaching is to be able to answer "no." Kyle A. Keefer


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Earth-32 is one of fifty-one divergent realities that branched from the core New Earth reality during the recreation of the Multiverse shortly following the events of Infinite Crisis. It is similar to Earth-1 but with numerous variances. Earth-32's Hal Jordan married Carol Ferris early in his Green Lantern career and characters such as Robin, Speedy, and the Flash II had origins that differed from their Earth-1 and Earth-2 counterparts.
On the Earth of this reality, Bruce Wayne was given a Green Lantern Ring by a dying Abin Sur. The Guardians of the Universe later bequeath rings on three other Earth residents; Barry Allen, Clark Kent, and Diana of Themyscira.
Points of Interest
- Green Lantern (Bruce Wayne)
- Green Lantern (Barry Allen)
- Green Lantern (Hippolyta)
- Green Lantern (Clark Kent)
- Carol Ferris
- Lex Luthor
- It is one of the alternate realities of the post-Infinite Crisis Multiverse.
- It is similar to the world seen in Batman: In Darkest Knight, in which Bruce Wayne becomes Green Lantern. [1]
- No trivia.
See Also
- Characters from Earth-32
- Other things related to Earth-32
- Earth-32's Comic Appearances
- Reality Gallery: Earth-32
Links and References
- ↑ DC Nation #89, Mapping out the Multiverse, Part 1, November 28, 2007


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Gordon Ramsay's father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, has stepped down as chief executive officer of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd., the TV chef's main restaurant business.
"We can confirm that Chris Hutcheson has left his position as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd.," the company said today in an e-mailed statement sent exclusively to Bloomberg. "He retains an interest in the business as a shareholder," it said. "Interim management will be put in place while the search begins for a full-time replacement. It continues to be business as normal for all GRH operations."
Hutcheson, 62, is the father of Ramsay's wife Tana. The statement gave no reason for Hutcheson's departure from Gordon Ramsay Holdings, which was incorporated on Oct. 29, 1997, according to Companies House. A filing for the period ended Oct. 29, 2008, showed Ramsay held 69,300 ordinary shares and Hutcheson 29,700. The filing lists one other shareholder, Carla Pastorino with 1,000 shares.
"We would like to thank him for all his efforts and support in helping to build and grow GRH over the last 12 years," the statement said.
Ramsay, 43, has restaurants in the U.K., U.S., Australia, Doha, Dubai, France, Ireland, Italy and Tokyo. He holds a total of 11 Michelin stars, behind Joel Robuchon, who has 26, and Alain Ducasse, with 18.
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WARREN - Darlene Dukes said she knows of the life her son led and is well aware of the crimes he committed.
Still, the pain that has gripped the Warren woman's heart this week is a reality that she said she wouldn't wish on anyone.
Dukes said she is attempting to pull the pieces together in the wake of the Sunday morning shooting death of her 32-year-old son, Marco Dukes, also of Warren.
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She said her son, who was released from prison earlier this year, was "finally putting his life on the right track" when he was killed.
"People know of him, but they didn't know him," she said. "But he was my son. I knew him, and no matter what, he was still my son. I was with him all the way. I never turned my back on him, no matter what."
Gunfire broke out on Elm Court between Market and High streets just before 10:30 a.m., according to reports. Police said it was apparent that assault weapons were used in the shootings. Officers recovered numerous shell casings in a parking lot in that area.
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Darlene Dukes, Warren, comforts her grandson, Marco Dukes Jr., son of Marco Dukes Sr., 32, who died Sunday during a shooting on Elm Court.
Dukes said her son was called to his death and that a man known to him had asked to meet him at an Elm Court apartment.
"He was gunned down," she said. "He called Marco, and Marco went over there. Within minutes, my son was shot. He was dead. The way that he was shot, in the face, in the head, I know that he died right then and there. That just isn't right. No one deserves to die like that."
Police apprehended two Detroit men, Reginald F. Baldwin, 21, and Dale A. Hatch, 25, shortly after the shootings.
Charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault, Hatch was scheduled to be arraigned today. He remained in Trumbull County Jail Tuesday.
Baldwin, released from jail around 11 a.m. Tuesday, has not been charged.
A third man police have not named was taken into custody on Tuesday and was being held for questioning, officers said.
Dukes' nephew, Larry Smith, 29, 2305 Jackson St., S.W., Warren, also was shot. He remains in Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Dukes said Smith is sore, but is expected to fully recover.
Police were looking for a third man believed to have been wounded; however, it was not clear whether he is the man police were questioning Tuesday.
Dukes said she realizes some of the choices her son, who leaves five children, made inevitably caught up with him on Sunday and that his associations with individuals from Detroit made him a target.
He garnered a long list of encounters with local law enforcement over the past several years - ranging from traffic violations to weapons and drug charges to felonious assault, according to court records.
Despite his embattled past, Dukes said her son and his family are entitled to justice.
"The people responsible for this need to be held accountable for it," she said.
Dukes lost her other son in an accident a few years ago.
"Marco had changed," said Keysa Wiley, his older sister. "He was changing on the inside. We could see that. He loved his children, his family. He was trying to turn things around and do the right thing."
Dukes said that she is trying to focus on how happy her son was recently, as he planned and held a birthday party for his son, Markey, 13, on Nov. 7.
"We were doing good and he was spending time with us," said his 15-year-old son, Marco. "Then they had to go and do this. They had to take my dad away."
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Pinterest is to women aged 25 to 34, as tiny bits of shiny tinfoil are to magpies. This virtual version of scrap-booking requires no motor skills at all. But, everyone seems certain that a site that disorganizes photos should make tons of money.
Before Pinterest was invented, people generally used search engines to find what they were looking for. Oftentimes it worked. Pinterest was apparently designed for the 3% of people who click "I'm feeling lucky" when Googling, and whatever percentage of the nation is made up of women who like Cosmo and Vogue, but hate words.
"Gee, when will they make one of these things that's just ads?"
Prior to the invention of Pinterest, Internet users had to actually think of search terms to use the "web." Pinterest is proof that a large portion of Internet users can't even be bothered to think of something to search for.
The makers of Pinterest clearly saw that a large chunk of Internet users were clamoring for a way to replace "searching" and "browsing" with "aimless wandering" and "pictures, more pictures."
Thankfully, Pinterest now offers one more way for Internet users to fritter away their precious time on earth without creating anything whatsoever.
It is believed that Cracked editor, and author of the article found here, David Wong, literally exploded after someone sent him a Pinterest link full of Mckayla Maroney memes.
Decades later, when historians attempt to reconstruct the timeline of the death of creativity, many will point to the explosion of Pinterest as the moment when human creativity, "jumped the shark." Unfortunately for mankind, this brilliant scholarly work will be mired in references to Happy Days. Also rather unfortunately, the scholarly work of the century will go entirely unread by the general public due to the fact that said paper contains "words" and more confusingly, is devoid of pretty pictures.
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Off the top of my head, those small 99cent avocados sometimes are 5-6 oz after you take out the pit and ditch the skin. That's 250-300 calories.
Also, whole chicken and chicken hindquarters go on sale a lot. I've seen the hindquarters as low as $5.90 for a ten pound bag. Bake those up and the skin is particularly calorie dense (if the skin doesn't get crispy enough when you bake it, you can remove it and pan fry it).
Look for the yellow stickers in the meat dept. That just means that the pull date is today, and they mark it down so they don't have to toss it. Cook it the same day, eat some, freeze the rest.
In some parts of the country, things like oxtails and liver are cheaper than other cuts of meat. Though oxtail (and beef shank) need a long cooking time, the are fatty because of the marrow and marbling and will fill you up.
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The Secretary of Interior was charged with establishing the Commission to oversee development and management of the new Heritage Corridor. This Commission includes four individuals nominated by the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) of South Carolina and two individuals each nominated by the SHPOs for Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. Two individuals from South Carolina and one individual each from Florida, Georgia and North Carolina who are recognized experts in historic preservation, anthropology, and folklore were nominated by the National Park Service.
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The Spurs, Clippers and where to shoot from
I'm not a huge fan of advanced statistics. I appreciate their value in basketball conversations and know that they have their place, I just haven't quite figured out my spot in the revolution. Part of it is that I don't understand many of them and another is that I haven't figured out how to apply many of the ones I do know. However, one of my favorite aspects of the plethora of basketball data we have at our disposal currently is the shot location information.
Shot locations help tell both micro and macro stories. You can see where a team likes to get shots over a single game or a full season. Coupled with other data, you can see that maybe the reason the Bobcats were so bad is because they took the most shots in the league per game from 16-23 feet, often thought of as the least efficient shot in basketball. It could also be because they played Byron Mullens 22 minutes per game, but I digress.
While many advanced statistics tell you a "what," shot locations can often give you a "why."
A lot of times, when you ask Gregg Popovich about playing another team, whether it's stopping a particular scorer or avoiding a certain shot blocker, he gives the same type of response. Usually, it's something along the lines of it doesn't matter as long as we're able to do what we want to do. To Pop and the Spurs, the game isn't about making adjustments for every team and countering each little thing a team does, it's about imposing your will on the game and accomplishing the things you need to do to win. Think less about what the other team is trying to do and more about what you need to do to execute your gameplan. Yes, the other team is trying to prevent you from doing your thing, that's why you have to be especially sharp.
All of this is why shot locations have become something that I enjoy to look at. They tell the story of how a team was able to control a game and manipulate what the other team wanted to do. Chances are, if the Spurs are able to get the shots they normally take, they're going to be in good shape. Likewise if they're able to concede the shots that they want to give up and prevent the opponents from getting their normal looks.
Heading into the Spurs' second round series against the Los Angeles Clippers, we see some interesting numbers that paint a picture of two very different teams. The Spurs created the most efficient offense in the league during the regular season by getting a number of shots at the rim and open 3-pointers. The Clippers, on the other hand, had the fourth most efficient offense by doing this a far different way.
With names like Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and Kenyon Martin, you would expect the Clippers to have a large number of shots at the rim. Then you remember that Los Angeles won the battle for Caron Butler and his jab step-jab step-jab step-pump fake-18 footer-style offense. The Clippers took 22.5 shots per game at the rim, sixth fewest in the NBA. From nine feet and in, Los Angeles totals just 32.5 shots a game. Conversely, the Spurs take over 38 shots per game inside of nine feet.
Where it will be important to watch in this series is how often the Spurs are able to get shots at the rim. The Spurs take over 25 shots per game at the rim, but the Clippers allowed the third fewest shots around the basket in the league during the regular season. This is one of those if we have our way sorts of things.
Where you can expect both teams to be similar is from behind the 3-point line. The Clippers are very similar to the Spurs in how they value the 3-point shot, especially the corner 3. Los Angeles was fifth in the league in the regular season in 3-point attempts. The Spurs were seventh. Both teams like to suck the defenses in and kick out for open 3-pointers. Defensively, the Clippers give up a lot of 3s. They gave up the 8th most attempts per game from behind the arc. It's not like they just handed the other team 3s, but they sure give up a lot of them.
The Spurs are more interested in running shooters off the 3-point line, forcing them into the middle ground where shots are less efficient. Keep an eye on how many 3-point attempts the Clippers get in this series. If they're shooting 20+ per game, they'll be getting their way. Less than 20 and the Spurs are doing a good job of keeping the Clipper offense off its spots.
There are a number of options we have to look at with shot locations. We can look at where a team gets its shots in crunch time situations (Note: Chris Paul teams are usually very good crunch time teams) and we see where individual players are getting their shots in games. Shot location statistics are an important tool in evaluating games and one of my favorite things to come out of the statistical revolution. With the Spurs they help tell the story of who was able to do the things they needed to do to win the game. You can just hope that they tell the story of a Spurs win four times over the next two weeks.
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BENTLEY -- Teens and their ubiquitous cellphones have a new out-in-the-open school space where they can chat or text what's on their minds.
In the Bentley School District in Burton, administrators opened this school year with a new policy relaxing the use of cellphones. Students can now use them during their lunch period and in hallways between classes. The policy change -- from a complete ban on using them anywhere in school -- came from a desire to temper familiar tussles between school officials and teens using cellphones.
"It used up a lot of unnecessary time," said Superintendent John Schantz, II of the conflicts between students and teachers. "We wanted to look at some things we could do to be more understanding of students and their needs."
Schantz said the move was also an attempt to recognize changing "student culture. A lot of times, they just want to text and talk to one another."
For schools, the rise of cellphones has been hotly contested over the years. Cellphone use has been blamed for serious in-school problems -- disruptions from ringers setting off in class, cheating on tests, even calling in bomb threats and setting up fights. But student use of cellphones has meant bonuses, too. They've helped kids keep in touch with parents at home or work, or send missed homework assignments to classmates. Features like built-in calculators help with problem-solving, and music-listening has offered relaxation during independent study.
Bentley is the second Flint-area district to relax its policy and follows the lead of Grand Blanc High School. Last year, Grand Blanc eased cellphone restrictions -- allowing phones during class switches and in the lunchroom -- and made it a permanent change this school year.
"We found obviously that cellphones are an important communication tool between student and parents, and oftentimes, where we had an infraction, texting or calling, they were often calling the mother or father," said Grand Blanc Principal Dr. Jennifer Hammond.
Besieged assistant principals urged the change upon learning of a similar action at a Grand Rapids high school. They later visited that district to observe how it was working. "We were looking for a solution to the problems we were having," she said. "Maybe this could help."
Before the change, students at Grand Blanc with a school population of 2,663 were directed to a school office phone if they needed to call home. Using their cellphones in class meant discipline and still does. Phones can be yanked on a first infraction, and students can receive an in-school suspension. Since the change, there's been a marked decrease in the number of infractions overall, though, Hammond said. "I think students have appreciated the trust and responsibility they've received," Hammond said.
Total school bans on student cellphones are still most common, but since Grand Blanc piloted its change last year it's fielded numerous calls from other Michigan school districts interested in their pilot. Besides visits from Bentley officials last year, Grand Blanc hosted school officials from Livingston County, Hammond said.
In Bentley, Schantz said, administrators were also looking for a way to deal with constant conflicts. "We had a lot of confiscation of cell phones last year because we didn't allow them," he said. "It was a big issue because the consequences were progressive in nature."
Keeping track -- the accounting -- of how many times a student displayed or used a cellphone and applying the rule consistently with all students was a headache, he admitted. Last year alone, there were 386 instances -- entanglements between students and adults -- over cellphones.
Bentley High senior Randy Fisher, spotted on his cellphone Friday, said the policy change has made a difference in the classroom. There are fewer distractions from students trying to use their cellphones, or being caught, he said. What's more, it's meant less stress when he has forgotten something at home. He recently called home about a forgotten book and his mother brought it to school in no time.
"A lot of people like it," he said of the change.
Bentley school officials had another reason to make the change. The district's move to scale down to two buildings instead of three -- creating a K-6 building and a 7-12 grade operation at the high school was an incentive to give students some kind of concession. In Schantz's words: "Just trying to make their environment more comfortable."
Not everyone is a fan, though. Parent Sandra Vela, who has three children at the high school, said she didn't see a reason why teens needed to use them during the schoolday: "I don't think they should be able to walk around with their cellphones," she said. Turning to daughter, Celia Vela, she said: "Maybe that's why your battery's always dead."
Celia, a freshman, smiled and called it a good idea. "There aren't a lot of teachers now that get after the kids ... none really have them out of their pockets in class."
Hammond and Schantz agreed that the policy banning cellphones in class is firm and unchanged.
"Class time is still sacred," Hammond said.


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With more than 95 million YouTube views and some 195,000 subscribers to her channel, Valentina Lisitsa is one of the most watched classical musicians on the internet, using digital innovation to champion classical music and performance. Impressed by her YouTube success, the Royal Albert Hall, in an unprecedented step, opened its doors for Valentina's London debut on 19 June 2012. That concert, recorded and filmed by Decca Classics, became her first release on the label; it was also Google's first-ever live HD stream.
With her multi-faceted playing described as "dazzling", Lisitsa is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein; her orchestral repertoire alone includes more than 40 concertos. She has a special affinity for the music of Rachmaninov and Beethoven and continues to add to her vast repertoire each season.
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1973, Lisitsa began playing the piano at the age of three, giving her first solo recital a year later. She gained a place at the Lysenko Music School for Gifted Children and later studied under Ludmilla Tsvierko at the Kiev Conservatory. In 1991 she won the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition together with Alexei Kuznetsoff. The couple married the following year and took the huge gamble of moving to the USA. In 1995 Lisitsa made her New York debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center. Since then, she has performed extensively around the world and appeared in such venues as London's Wigmore Hall and Vienna's Musikverein. When her career seemed to be flagging, it was spectacularly reignited by a home-made DVD, shot by her husband in 2006, of Valentina playing the 24 Chopin Études. Offered on Amazon, sales of the unedited recording skyrocketed after the couple posted it on YouTube. Valentina Lisitsa had found international fame online. Subsequent YouTube videos expanded her following, culminating in the 2012 Albert Hall recital.
A pianist of dazzling musicality and unafraid to take risks, Lisitsa swiftly turned her internet success into a hugely successful concert career, making her debut in the main auditorium of the Berlin Philharmonie in February 2013, opening the 92nd St. Y series with a programme chosen by the public, and playing throughout Europe, the USA and Japan, in Brisbane, Seoul, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and at the BBC Proms. Her current diary takes her on further tours of the USA and Europe and to Canada, playing recitals, Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Mozart piano concertos, and chamber music, with an emphasis on Brahms.
In 2012 Valentina Lisitsa signed an exclusive agreement with Decca Classics. Her Albert Hall recital that year, immediately available as both CD and DVD for pre-order on the night of the concert, was followed by a 2-CD release of the complete concertos of Rachmaninov and Paganini Rhapsody with the London Symphony Orchestra under Michael Francis and the release of an exciting all-Liszt recital on both CD and LP. In 2014, Decca issued Chasing Pianos, Valentina's recording of the piano music of Michael Nyman, in celebration of the composer's 70th birthday. Featuring music from Nyman's soundtracks to well-loved films such as The Piano and Wonderland, the companion digital release represents the complete published Nyman oeuvre for piano, running to over 110 minutes. Also in 2014 came Études, an album comprising Schumann's Symphonic Études as well as all of Chopin's contributions to the genre. The piano music of Philip Glass was released in March 2015 ("Glass has rarely been played with as much care shown to the subtle nuances of his minimalist style and aesthetic" – Gramophone), and in October she turns to Scriabin for Nuance, a collection of lesser-known works for solo piano and including what is thought to be the first recording of the Duett in D minor for two sopranos and piano.
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December 31, 2008, 02:18 AM
What is the range of acceptable bullet weights for a 1:10" Twist rate? What is the optimal weight?
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December 31, 2008, 07:41 AM
Sierra actually has the following on their 69 grain .223 Match King bullet box:
"7-10 twist bbls. only".
I would suspect, from observation on the target range and other sources, that the 69 grain bullet may not shoot in a 1:10 barrel all that well. The two most common twists offered now are 1:7 (military) and 1:9 (most commercial barrels). I have 1:9 and 1:7; both shoot the 55, 62 and 69 grain bullets accurately. Some shooters have gone with 77 grain bullets, and they are using 1:7 and 1:8 twists. I have not used these bullets.
March 13, 2009, 02:51 AM
Can anyone tell me what are the minimum and max bullet weights for a .223 1:9 twist?
March 13, 2009, 03:03 AM
Who makes a 1-in-10 inch twist? 60 grainers generally spin-out properly in 1-in-12" and 75 grainers seem happy with 1-in-9" twister barrels, so what is a 1-in-10" happy with? I'd guess perhaps 69 grain fare for target usage, or maybe 64 grain hunting applications? A 1-in-10 inch twister in .223 Remington seens strange but very usable in an odd sort of way.
March 13, 2009, 09:44 AM
Olympic Stainless Ultra Match barrels are 1:10".
After shooting 8 5 shot groups, in my particular Olympic SUM, Brown Bear 55 grain performed better than Wolf 62 grain, which performed better than Wolf 55 grain.
March 13, 2009, 01:12 PM
Can anyone tell me what are the minimum and max bullet weights for a .223 1:9 twist?
for 1:9, up to about 70 grains will work fine. Super-light varmint rounds might require a step down to 1:10 just in case. Heavier bullets (like 70+ match bullets) work best in fast twists like 1:7.
your 1:9 in general will shoot any standard 55-62 gr round that you'll find as commonplace ammo with no issues.
Ben Shepherd
March 13, 2009, 01:17 PM
1:9 should handle up to 69 grains. 1:10 should hanle up to about 65 grains.
Be aware however, if you have a long 1:9 or faster barrel and push a lightweight lightly constructed varmit slug too fast, it'll blow up.(Most varmit bullet makers list a max velocity for the slug on the box or on thier website)
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March 13, 2009, 02:05 PM
A general guideline fron the site of Shilen barrels and .22 centerfire twist rates.
- 8" for bullets heavier than 70gr.
- 9" for bullets up to 70gr.
- 12" for bullets up to 63gr.
- 14" for bullets up to 55gr.
FWIW - my 1 in 9" 700LTR and Savage 12BVSS both shoot 52 - 69 grain match bullets extremely well.
March 13, 2009, 02:24 PM
To answer your particular question: Test bullets in the 40 - 55 grain range. Something in there will almost certainly be accurate. There are so many other variables though that you'll have to test for more than just bullet weight. I presume that you're handloading if you're asking about specific bullet weights. Here's the thing, you might have a load that's on the paper but showing pretty miserable groups. Just changing the seating depth of the bullet in the case by .010" may very well turn it into a P-dog killin' load. Or a change of primer, or, or, or, ad infinitum.
March 13, 2009, 03:07 PM
Many thanks, all,for useful advice
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The Ineffable Charm of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
13 years later, Natsume's farm sim is still standing strong.
By Bob Mackey Mar 28, 2012 5:50PM PSTTags: PSP Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PS2) Harvest Moon (PC) Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS1) Harvest Moon 64 (N64) Harvest Moon (SNES) Harvest Moon (Wii)
A 1UP-owned Vita recently fell into my lap, so in the last few weeks, I've been taking it with me on my daily mass transit trips -- in lieu of one of the many books I should probably be reading instead. And my choice of games should really tell you something about my priorities; instead of jumping into one of the system's many graphically impressive experiences, I've invested most of my time thus far into a 2007 PSP port of a 1999 PlayStation game: Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl, which collects the original Back to Nature and pairs it with the (formerly) Japanese-only re-release which changes the main character's sex and courtship options.
Mind you, this sudden interest in farming didn't just hit me out of the blue; my recent GDC chat with Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada inspired me to re-visit a series I haven't really paid attention to in close to a decade. Wada's admission that Harvest Moon 64 is the definitive installment in the series really stuck with me, as the PSX port of this game made for one of my most extended and enjoyable stays in the extremely mellow world of simulated agriculture and animal husbandry. And returning to it some 13 years later, I couldn't help but get sucked in all over again.
The types of games I enjoy most plop players down in a relatively modest (but dense) chunk of real estate, and essentially leave them to their own devices as NPCs move along at their own pace, regardless of player interaction; titles like Deadly Premonition and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask pull off this sort of design extremely effectively. Though the Back to Nature offers intuitive changes that make the original SNES game somewhat irrelevant, its fairly independent game world builds on the strong foundation of the original. Later Harvest Moons would graft the series' traditional farming mechanics on a fairly skeletal plot, but Back to Nature doesn't really bother itself with anything beyond "make this wasteland profitable in three years or go back from whence you came." Along with these basic instructions, players find themselves responsible for accessing as much (or as little) of the story as they want -- I've never tried it, but it's entirely possible to play the game as a complete agoraphobic, ignoring male and female NPCs alike in a desperate effort for pure profit. Call it Wall Street 3: The Farm Report. Just be prepared to watch the town's few eligible bachelorettes married off before your lonely, girl-starved eyes.
Back to Nature paints its characters somewhat broadly, but important information about their lives is entirely up to the players to discover. The winery owner, Duke, may seem like your average shopkeeper, but a bit of poking and prodding reveals a dark past replete with a runaway daughter, a lonely wife, and a severe drinking problem. None of the other Mineral Town citizens are quite so ready for their very own episode of Intervention, but watching their (admittedly limited) schedules play out teaches you about their lives, what they value, and what they don't. This implicit method of storytelling adds to the game's atmosphere, but it can also help players figure out how to worm their way into the hearts of available ladies. And the game rarely forces this material on the player; since it's possible to miss some facet of a character's life -- you can only be in one place at one time, after all -- getting a rare peek at a typically unseen citizen visiting the mountains or hot springs (or any atypical location) is far more interesting than it sounds.
The game's sim elements offer the same level of freedom, and don't require players to investigate them fully -- though, obviously, rewards lie in wait for those willing to experiment. Farming, fishing, mining, and raising sheep, chickens, and cows; all of these offers paths to profits, though none of them are necessary. This version of Harvest Moon even expands the role of the harvest sprites to be much more functional, as these little guys basically act as beasts of burden who only require the most negligible of gifts for motivation. Though these little dudes require a bit of time before learning the ropes of indentured servitude, their improved function allows the game to play out without requiring the intense and repetitive micromanagement of the original; later seasons of the SNES original would require the player to personally interact with every single animal on their farm on a daily basis, which didn't make for the most exciting game play experience. Putting the game on some variation of auto-pilot gives players a bit more breathing room, and the chance to explore the many work and social options without having to worry if each individual cabbage has been properly watered.
Admittedly, my interest in the series waned a bit after the PS2's Save the Homeland, which mostly stripped the sim features out of the game and replaced them with some fairly shallow series. Checking back in again during the GameCube era, I encountered the same issues; the freedom I loved about Harvest Moon had been replaced with a much more on-rails experience. Still, diving back into Back to Nature did an effective job of rekindling my love of this series, and making me wonder what I've missed in most of the near-annual installments I haven't played. I decided to remedy this issue by ordered the most recent slew of Harvest Moons for the Wii and DS (which I plan to report on somewhere within 1UP), and I'd definitely appreciate if any of you informed readers could point out the series' highlights I might have missed. Even an age where social games like FarmVille have consumed the lives of our friends and loved ones, there's just something about Harvest Moon that manages to sink its adorable talons into you.
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CoolPosted: Mar 28, 2012 12:00AM PST by Metroidvaniac
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the modern HM games. As a big Rune Factory fan, I've thought about trying out the core Harvest Moon games, but have yet to find one that looks like it'd be my cup of tea.
Oh, Harvest Moon!!Posted: Mar 28, 2012 12:00AM PST by JosephSiar
Harvest Moon 64 has a deep connection with me...
It sends me back to my adolescence and a time when my brother and I asked for a pair of weird and rare games: I asked for Ogre Battle 64 and my brother for Harvest Moon 64. We both agreed that we would give a save slot in our game in exchange for a save slot in the game of the other. And so, I started playing it...
And I loved it. Every tiny bit. And I loved watching my two brothers as they got different scenes from the ones I got.
I also remember how I liked Karen and felt kind of shy of the fact that I could actually court her so I did it when my brothers weren't around... and then, suddenly they found out that my girl had a big green heart... and I shared the obvious tactic of giving gifts to the "lucky" girl. I remember my brother courting Elli and how much he lamented the death of her grandmother...
Yeah, I loved my time with the game. By the way, how comes Wada thinks the 64 version is the best??!!
Late response, but...Posted: Apr 02, 2012 12:00AM PST by bobservo
I think he said something about how the various elements of HM64 met his original vision, but his team was unable to put everything he wanted in the SNES game (the development of the original seemed very harrowing). I think *technically* the PSX version is the most complete, though I didn't realize how much it differed from the N64 version until I heard Wada's talk. It turns out that whoever developed the port sort of went their own route with the characters, so Wada considers BTN to be the parallel world version of HM 64. If anyone can tell me the significant differences, I'd love to know.
A Wonderful LifePosted: Mar 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by Captain_Gonru
on Gamecube was where I spent most of my Harvest Moon time. My wife has spent much more itme with the other games (at least the ones one Nintendo consoles) and has loved them all. The Wii version, Tree of Tranquility, is a morer story-driven than most of the titles, but offers so much to do that she frequently ignores her social duties for one more trip down into the mines, or off fishing. I found the ability to befriend wild animals to the point where they become household pets kinda cool. And which DS game were you getting? There are at least 3.
Back to NaturePosted: Mar 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by FAF101
Was a great HM game. My personal favorite will always be the 64 version. It was my first game of the harvest moon series and i played that game all night the day I got it to get married and everything.
I did get Save the Homelands, and Wonderful Life, but they turned me off to what Harvest Moon use to be since they took it in a different direction or added changes to it. After those I haven't really played much of the newer releases, they haven't really peaked my interest. Are any of the newer ones even worth looking at?
The SNES versionPosted: Mar 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by Play_It_Loud
will allways be my Favorite, and I played it after dumping all kinds of hours into wonderful life...I might look into this one since it seems to be more like the OG.
Back to Nature Love!Posted: Mar 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by Cassosaurus-REX
Ever since I stupidly let my PS1 version of Back to Nature go after wasting (well maybe not wasting but letting comsume) my summer of age 12, I have been trying to get it back. Oh how stupid I was as a child getting rid of this now like $100 game, yes I know I can get a digital download for like $10, but its nothing like having the real thing. Anyways loved this game and love to hear that it was loved by others as well!!
Back to NaturePosted: Mar 29, 2012 12:00AM PST by Dash902
I found mining to be my favorite part and it was improved upon in the DS games. You can make a lot of cash if you save up food items and then go dungeon diving for valuable ores. The DS games also had neat upgrades that would let you run faster and stuff like that, but unfortunatly each day you would have to interact with almost everything and everyone on the island which began to feel like a chore.
Haha Oh man.Posted: Mar 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by Ichigo2862
I totally loved this game. My grandmother used to watch me play and would ask me to tend to my farm every time I got home lol
We need a retronauts dedicated to Harvest MoonPosted: Mar 31, 2012 12:00AM PST by RoomTemperature
I remember reading a "diary" and preview written in an issue of Nintendo Power and for some reason it really grabed the imagination of my brother. He got it as a birthday gift from some well to do friend of my mom. Too bad the save battery is screwed up and I'm not trusting of myself to fix such a thing.
I've played a few other version but there is something about the simplicity of the SNES version that makes me say its my favorite.


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In Norse mythology, Ginnungagap ("gaping[1] abyss", "yawning void") is the primordial void, mentioned in the Gylfaginning, the Eddaic text recording Norse cosmogony.
Creation myth[edit]
Ginnungagap appears as the primordial void in the Norse creation account, the Gylfaginning states:
Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void ... which faced toward the northern quarter, became filled with heaviness, and masses of ice and rime, and from within, drizzling rain and gusts; but the southern part of the Yawning Void was lighted by those sparks and glowing masses which flew out of Múspellheim[2]
In the northern part of Ginnungagap lay the intense cold of Niflheim, and to the southern part lay the equally intense heat of Muspelheim. The cosmogonic process began when the effulgence of the two met in the middle of Ginnungagap.
Geographic rationalization[edit]
Scandinavian cartographers from the early 15th century attempted to localise or identify Ginnungagap as a real geographic location from which the creation myth derived. A fragment from a 15th-century (pre-Columbus) Old Norse encyclopedic text entitled Gripla (''Little Compendium'') places Ginnungagap between Greenland and Vinland:
Now is to be told what lies opposite Greenland, out from the bay, which was before named: Furdustrandir hight a land; there are so strong frosts that it is not habitable, so far as one knows; south from thence is Helluland, which is called Skrellingsland; from thence it is not far to Vinland the Good, which some think goes out from Africa; between Vinland and Greenland is Ginnungagap, which flows from the sea called Mare oceanum, and surrounds the whole earth.[3]
Later the 17th century Icelandic bishop Guðbrandur Thorlaksson, also used the name Ginnungegap to refer to a narrow body of water, possibly the Davis Strait, separating the southern tip of Greenland from Estotelandia, pars America extrema, probably Baffin Island.[4]
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- ^ an alternative etymology lings the ginn- prefix in with that found in terms with a sacral meaning, such as ginn-heilagr, ginn-regin (both referring to the gods) and ginn-runa (referring to the runes), thus interpreting Ginnungagap as signifying a "magical (and creative) power-filled space". >De Vries (1977:167); cf. also Dillmann (1998:118-123).
- ^ The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, 1916, p. 17.
- ^ Gripla, Codex No. 115 translated in The Norse Discovery of America, A.M Reeves, N.L. Beamish and R.B. Anderson, 1906, p. 238.
- ^ Seaver, Kirsten "Maps, Myths and Men" Stanford University Press (2004) pp. 247-253.
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- de Vries, Jan (1977). Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Leiden: Brill.
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External links[edit]
- Guðbrandur Thorlaksson's 1606 map of the North Atlantic [1]