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Back in 2006, I thought the Wii's implementation of the Virtual Console service was a godsend. I was graduating in less than six months and was planning on moving away for college, and the last thing I wanted to do was haul ALL of my old game consoles and their respective library of games for each. It was bad enough just trying to pack the essentials, but all these plastic cartridges? No thanks. Luckily, some of my favorites started popping up online for me to purchase, as well as some goodies that had been stolen throughout the years. But after a few years of greatness, the Virtual Console started to slow down to the point where it would take months for anything truly exciting would pop up.
I've spent the last couple of weeks catching up on podcasts I've missed for various reasons, and during one of 1UP's Retronauts episodes, Bob Mackey mentioned what Virtual Console games he'd like to see, and though he couldn't name them off the top of his head, I figured I'd do my own little list on what games I'm still waiting for. (Hint, it's a LOT).
But for now, here are ten of my most-wanted still-to-be-released Virtual Console games.
10. Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!
This is perhaps my all-time favorite console Bomberman game. You take control of Bomberman who must travel the galaxy in search of elemental crystals being held by the mysterious Astral Knights. With a surprisingly deep and dark plot, TSA! combined interesting and varied level designs with elemental bombs, creating some rather clever and head-scratching puzzles. You could also travel back to previous levels with your new abilities to find items that would alter and upgrade your appearance (like Dr. Light's upgrades in the Mega Man X series).
The game also had two-player cooperative experience where a second player could control Pommy, the cute little alien that joins Bomberman at the beginning of his quest. Along the way, Pommy could evolve into many different forms (a really deep game mechanic) that each gave different abilities. In short, the Story mode offered a lot in terms of replay value, and even had multiple endings depending on the choices you made.
Like almost all other Bomberman games, TSA! featured a great multiplayer mode. While it featured the classic "grid" battles the series is known for, it unfortunately wasn't implemented that well. However, the other gametypes did more than enough to make up for that, including Survival, Key Trials, Team and, my personal favorite, Capture the King. Each arena took place in open environments and really encouraged players to play to their strengths. Why this hasn't made the Virtual Console really perplexes me, as Bomberman Hero (while decent enough on its own merits) is the only N64 entry available.
9. Mega Man X3
We all know how amazing Mega Man X is, and if you've seen Egoraptor's alarmingly comprehensive breakdown, you already know how well-designed it is, too. And as great a game as it is, Mega Man X3 is still my favorite in the series. I've already gushed about it in a previous blog entry, but I'm going to do it again anyway because, hey, it's that good!
The game featured spectacular level design that encouraged exploration, awesome enemy and boss design (Blast Hornet being my personal favorite) and perhaps some of the best music in the series. Seriously, go and listen right now. The action was incredibly intense and even got harder as you progressed; special bosses (Bit and Byte) would appear in any unfinished level after you beat a few, and would come to throw you off your game. Capcom, hurry and get this on the service; this was the last game in the X series before... well, things got weird.
Oh, and it was so satisfying getting that Gold Armor and completely destroying Sigma.
8. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES)
For as long as I can remember, I've always been a big Lufia fan. This RPG series has five games in its repertoire (most recently, a DS remake of this particular game), and though most of them range in the "just okay" category, it still has a special place in my heart. But Lufia II: RotS is perhaps one the greatest, most overlooked RPGs in the SNES library. While the story isn't as progressive as other games like Final Fantasy III/VI or Chrono Trigger, it still manages to tell a great one about what it means to truly love someone and the lengths you'll go to protect them.
The battle system is your typical turn-based affair, but it's a great one that also features a limit break-like system as seen in the later Final Fantasy VII. Along with a Pokemon-style Capsule Monster system, you can find and recruit special monsters to fight alongside you in battle, each with their own moves and abilities. The best thing about this game however, is its clever level design. Rather than just dungeon crawling (something even its predecessor is guilty of), the game mixes things up with some rather unique and clever puzzles that must be solved in order to progress. Battles aren't random, either; while in these dungeons, everything moves at your place, meaning you can strike enemies (a la Paper Mario) and get the upper hand on them or just avoid them entirely.
When I was about thirteen playing through this game the first time, it had me questioning things I had seen in other games; most particularly, the relationships between characters and why they care about one another. Why? Lufia II brought all four main party members close together, and by the game's end, you really feel for them as everything seems to go to hell around them. Pack this with a somewhat tragic ending, you're left with one of the most emotionally-gripping games on the SNES that is not to be missed.
And the boss theme is amazing.
7. Harvest Moon 64 (N64)
I think most people agree when someone says this is the best in the series. While the Harvest Moon series has had its ups and downs in recent years, this game still remains as one of the best, most addictive games. Long before Farmville swept the world through Facebook, Harvest Moon 64 had players planting, growing, harvesting and selling crops in order to restore their late grandfather's farms to full glory. The player could even raise a variety of livestock such as cows, sheep and chicken which, depending on the player's caretaking skills, could produce a dairy products that could also be sold to buy more equipment, items or upgrade your farm.
One of the coolest features of this game was its relationship mechanic. The game featured five girls each with completely different personalities the player could court, marry and eventually have a child with. The world felt real, with characters going about their lives during the day, with special events that ranged from dog races to New Year's celebrations. While the game is notable among gamers for its amount of in-game bugs (even the company's name, Natsume, is misspelled on the title screen), it's still the best in the long-running franchise and is sorely missed on the Virtual Console.
6. Dragon Warrior/Quest III (NES)
Personally, I feel all of the original NES Dragon Warrior games should be made available on the Virtual Console, but if I had to pick one, this would be it. Often considered to be one of the best in the franchise, DWIII greatly expanded on its predecessor's in nearly every way, and changed the course of the genre forever with its implementation of a class system. There were eight classes the player could assign their party members to (though the player themselves would always be the Hero class) that opened up to all different kinds of styles of play.
It even had a more streamlined user interface, like item sorting, simple door opening commands and even the ability to heal all of your party's HP with one command. DWIII was more open-ended than its predecessors that allowed for day/night cycles with certain quests and items that could only be accessible at specific times. And while the story was simple (especially when compared to Final Fantasy titles), it was still an enjoyable one, with an ending that was so good, it inspired even more recent titles like Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Of course, I'd love the 25th Anniversary Wii Collection to be released in the U.S. even more, SquareEnix!
5. Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
I'm still curious as to why this game still hasn't made its way to the Virtual Console service. I've heard that it's most likely due to the rights of Rare's game Jetpac being owned by Microsoft (the game appears in DK64 as a special bonus game), it's still not entirely clear why this hasn't appeared on Nintendo's online service; even Rare doesn't know why.
While this game is notorious for having way too many collectibles, it's still a very solid 3D platformer that holds its own against the likes of Super Mario 64, Rayman 2 and even Rare's own Banjo-Kazooie. Each of the game's worlds were absolutely enormous that really emphasized exploration, and with a great soundtrack that still holds up to this day, Donkey Kong 64 is easily one of the biggest and best games on the Nintendo 64. But hey, that's just, like, my opinion, man.
4. Castlevania Bloodlines (Sega Genesis)
Konami, can I ask you something? Why isn't this on the Virtual Console yet? You've got Castlevania I through IV and even the PC Engine version of Rondo of Blood up there, but not this one. Can I ask why? Did you just forget that you had it, or... what? I honestly believe this should have been released over FIVE YEARS AGO when Portrait of Ruin was released, seeing how that was a direct sequel and all. It could have even been marketed as such.
In my opinion, Bloodlines is the most underappreciated game in the series. It was the only Castlevania game in the series to be released exclusively on a Sega console (that wasn't cancelled, anyway) and is, in my opinion, one of the best. Bloodlines featured two different playable characters, the classic whip-wielder in John Morris (not a Belmont?) and his spear-wielding friend, Eric Lecarde. Each controlled differently with different styles of play in a game that was so quick-paced and action-oriented that you couldn't help but play through it multiple times as each.
The game's story took place during World War I (an event said to have been caused by Elizabeth Bartley, one of the game's villainesses) and while the player starts off in the remains of the NES' original Castlevania, it soon starts to jump all around different parts of Europe, ranging from Athens, Greece to England. The game had an almost arcade-like feel to it, and probably one of the best soundtracks in a Genesis title. I recently purchased this game and personally feel that it plays better today than it did over fifteen years ago when it was first released.
Please Konami, bring this one back.
3. Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64)
This is one of my top five all-time favorite games on the Nintendo 64. Mystical Ninja was a quirky, funny and downright run 3D platformer that took place in what could only be described as a caricature of feudal Japan. While this series was immensely popular in Japan, for whatever reason (but probably for the reasons mentioned above), it never took off in the U.S. There were about four released here (one on the SNES, two on the N64 and one on the original GameBoy) and each were of amazing quality.
Combining the platforming of Super Mario 64 with the level designs and adventure elements of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (seriously, why didn't more games do this?), Mystical Ninja was an incredibly fun romp through the quirky world of Goemon and friends, whom the player could recruit and play as. Japan felt huge in scale, and boss battles took place in the seat of a giant robot fighting other robots. I'm not kidding you when I say how quirky this game is; seriously, just watch the intro.
And, like many other Konami series, it features one of the best soundtracks in video game history. Oh, and the coolest theme song for any giant fight robot EVER.
2. Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)
As you can probably tell, I'm a HUGE fan of Konami's Goemon series. Like the original games on the NES and SNES, Goemon's Great Adventure went back to its side-scrolling roots, taking place in five different themed worlds complete with unique levels, fun side quests and even more giant fighting robot fights.
It was a 2.5D platformer in every sense of the word; unlike more modern takes on the genre, the world around you twisted and turned as you progressed, making you feel like you were exploring a fully-open 3D world even on a 2D plane, something I wish more 2.5D platformers would do. You could even recruit a second player to join in on the action, taking control of either Goemon, or his friends Ebisumaru, the eccentric blue ninja with flatulence problems, Sasuke the robot ninja, or Yae, the badass "big sister" who could transform into a mermaid.
The game featured a day/night system that had an impact on each level and various quests throughout the game. During the day, everything seemed normal, but at night, the stronger enemies came out, offering more coins rewarded for their tougher defeat, which could be used to purchase items, temporary upgrades and, my personal favorites, costumes for each character. The story was even funnier, the characters even more quirky, and the music, even better than ever before.
I've been waiting over ten years for a new entry in this series to hit North American shores (the last was the Japan-exclusive DS game back in 2005), and while it looks unlikely we'll ever get another one, these two N64 games are some of my favorite games on the system, nay, of all time, and contain experiences that I will never forget.
Konami, please bring back Goemon, even if it's just one last time. We miss him.
1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
You probably knew this was coming. Technically, this one's been released exclusively to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS, but that doesn't count in my book. And besides, it's the not-as-good-as-the-SNES-version GBA port that was released in 2002. I've heard that the reason for it not being on the Wii's Virtual Console is because it did some special stuff for the SNES' hardware (kind of like StarFox's Super FX chip), but this is still unknown.
I love Final Fantasy III. I love Super Mario World. I love The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. But Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is my favorite SNES game of all time. I love this game. I love everything about this game. And while I know everyone loves it, too, I don't think they understand why or love it enough.
Yoshi's Island features some of the best of everything the system and genre is known for. The graphics and visual aesthetics are absolutely gorgeous, and even breathtaking at certain parts in the game. The music is wonderful and invokes the feelings of childhood innocence and playfulness. The level design is masterfully crafted and keeps things fresh at such an incredible and perfect pace; there isn't a single instance where you feel like you're doing something meaningless, dull or out-of-place. The level of challenge is spot-on; as the game progresses, you gradually adapt and overcome the bigger and tougher obstacles that stand in your way. Not once do you ever feel like it's the game's fault. The level of control is incredibly tight and fluid. Not only can you grab enemies out of reach (something the Mario Bros. could never do), but the amount of control you get over your hovering ability gives you a sense of perfect control, almost as if you are Yoshi. The ability to throw eggs opens up a whole new gameplay style that pushes your reflexes, twitch skills and puzzle-solving abilities to their very limits and then some, especially the hidden extra levels.
Yoshi's Island is as close to perfect as a videogame can get. An experience where all elements of game, level, art and sound design come together in unison by an incredibly talented team firing with everything they've got. The SNES was soon to be overshadowed by the coming N64, and Nintendo decided to go out with one last platforming hurrah before they would change the course of the gaming industry forever with the revolutionary Super Mario 64.
And what a last hurrah it was. Yoshi's Island is a shining example of the capabilities of the SNES and everything it could do. Nintendo, it's time to bring this one back.


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Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
I know there are a million posts about this subject, but none that actually answer the questions I have (nor did a Google search turn up what I wanted to know). As I ask these things, I am NOT brand-bashing, just making some observations:
1. I have several tractors and I notice that the CR can be ordered with the mower deck adapter kit that fits to your specific deck. I can't seem to find anyone who does NOT have the MDA and just uses the "generic, one-size-fits-all" deck boot. Is the suction/performance that much different with the generic boot? It would be nice to be able to try it out with a couple of my machines before I find one that I would dedicate the CR to and have the flexibility of moving it from one tractor to another if I felt the urge.
2. Hose strength. Is it a worth-while option to buy the heavy-duty hose? As of now, it's only a $25 upgrade so I can't see how it's a "bad" idea, but if I can put that $25 to an option (like the remote vacuum hose), then I'd rather do that.
3. Blue diamond liner. Anyone have any experience with it and without it. I do have acorns and some sticks that will be mowed/vac'ed over. Again, not an expensive option, but is it worth it or is it just a marketing ploy. I don't think that DR and Trac Vac offer anything like that so I'm wondering if it really does anything.
4. The DR tow behind ("cheapest" model) is a little more than I'd like to spend (I'm capped at about $1500 with shipping) and seems like it's a pretty bulky, heavy, and harder to store (I do plan on breaking it down and storing it during the winter), so those are out. However, I can see how they would be expensive (hard container, frame looks strong, etc.). However, when looking at the "cheapest" model Trac Vac (again, NOT brand-bashing), it just looks like a big garbage can on a small trailer and starts at something like $1400 without any sort of shipping). In other words, the CR and DR Vac look like substantial machines, so I can see why they cost what they do, but the Trac Vac looks, well, sort of chintsy and doesn't have the capacity for the price. Am I missing something? I have read that the Trac Vac mower boot is the best out there though.
5. I don't know how long they've been offering the Briggs Vanguard engines and when everyone here bought their CR's, but I was wondering how the Vanguards are (the only Briggs I own are I/C's and "regular" consumer Briggs engines). I think I remember hearing that they are Briggs' "top of the line" engine, but I just wanted to make sure. I would be getting a 6.5 HP with the model I would be buying (the Commander; one step up from the base model CR).
So, these are my questions. I have looked at a neighbor's DR and tried it out. I was happy with it, but it looks like more of a pain to store (he just leaves it together and backs it into his second garage) and more money than I'd like/am allowed to spend. I also plan to take a trip out to the CR factory/showroom next week (they're an hour away from me) to see those first-hand. I obviously have not seen a Trac Vac in person and as far as I can tell the nearest distributor/dealer is about 200 miles away from me (Canns-Bilco in PA). Any guidance from owners of these machines would be appreciated as well as any "coulda, woulda, shoulda" that you thought of after you bought said machine. Thanks so much.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
1. I too have the MDA so can't tell you what the suction is like with the generic boot. However you could just go with the generic boot to start and see if it's acceptable, and if not, then order the MDA separately. You'd only be out the shipping for the separate item vs getting it all together.
And you know, the Woodland Power Products company is pretty customer oriented.. They might be willing to let you buy an MDA (so you could compare both ways) and return it if it didn't make an improvement over generic boot. I'd just call them first to make sure, since you'll end up cutting the MDA and they may not accept it back after that. But I wouldn't be surprised if they did anyway.
2. I have the heavy-duty urethane 8" hose. No rips so far after 2 seasons (actually no rips through 3 separate owners I guess). I also have the estate extension hose, same heavy large material. That one I sort of wished was the lighter stuff because using it is like wrestling an anaconda. Of course this is partly because the green "wand" at the end is the older design with two handles but no support strap. I suppose with a shoulder strap like the newer ones come with, the weight of the hose wouldn't be so bad.
3. I don't have the blower housing liner, and with the thickness of the housing I can't imagine a case where I would need it. Maybe if you're routinely sucking up gravel, volcanic rock, broken glass, etc, it might be worth it. I can't see acorns or sticks justifying it though.
4. Can't really help you on this one.. haven't used the other 2 brands you refer to. Hopefully someone with one of those brands can chime in. I can say the CR is made of very heavy duty materials.
5. My classic came with the Tecumseh engine so can't give you any feedback on the Vanguard, sorry.
One complaint about my CR is it's dusty as all getout to operate. When I'm done I look like Pigpen.. it's literally like I took a cinnamon shaker to all my exposed skin. I have to blow the dust off myself with a compressed air hose before going in the house. And if any cars were in the driveway they'll look like they just drove through the desert. Ok, so I'm exaggerating a little, but it does leave a fine layer of dust on everything nearby. Of course my soil is very sandy so that's a big part of it. A "regular" yard would probably not produce as much dust.
That's all that comes to mind at the moment, but I've commented on this unit in a little more detail in a couple other postings if you didn't run across them already:
Cyclone Rake, and
Using a Cyclone Rake for Mulch Transport.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
Thanks, Toolin. It was actually your thread that really made me consider even purchasing a lawn vac; very nice write-up/review by the way.
I was thinking along the same lines as trying the generic mower boot and then upgrading to the MDA if I wasn't satisfied or just wanted to dedicate it to one of my tractors. I guess it would be nice to have both boots anyway.
As far as the blue-diamond liner goes, I'm actually considering it more and more as my front yard is on a cul-de-sac and I usually wind up having little pieces of asphalt in my front lawn where it meets the pavement (especially in the spring after the plows have boogered up the edge). I guess for the small extra cost it can't hurt and would be good for the peace of mind factor. It looks like I'll be forgoing the remote vac hose for now anyway as the Commander with shipping is already close to my spending limit; I think I'll go for the upgraded hose too for $25 more. Do you have the double wheels? I forgot if you did and if you commented about them or not.
If anyone else has anythig to add about the DR and/or Trac Vac, I'd appreciate it. Looks like I'll be making the trip over the CR HQ on Wednesday to see one in person.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
Pintopkp, there are very few of us who have had the opportunity to try a Cyclone Rake option vs. not having the option. But I do think Woodland Products is honest and their options are truly useful, not just marketing ploys. We tow a Cyclone Rake Z-10 using a John Deere LT160 tractor (see pic).
We opted for the Deere MDA. It fits well and no holes had to be drilled in the deck nor did we have to cut the MDA. I expect that if you are handy you could get the generic MDA to fit your mower deck, but you might need to be clever.
We opted for the blue-diamond liner, since we have huge oak trees with thousands of acorns, and we have a circular driveway and parking area made of gravel.
We got the dual wheels, which really help when the bag is full and heavy. The single wheel would work best with a light load in our opinion.
We bought the heavy duty hose. We have used lighter duty hose on a Craftsman self-propelled walk behind lawn vacuum, and have had problems with the hose breaking at the bend junction.
We also purchased the master power lift. It works well but is slow, since it takes about 45 seconds to lift the bag. Plus it does not lift the bag all the way to the top, you manually have to lift up the bag through the last few degrees. We did not buy the $80 fold away trailer jack. Instead we spent $15 at Big Lots and got a Big Red 1.5 ton scissors jack.
We have the Deere mower deck set at 4.5 inches cutting height (highest setting) and it picks up all the leaves. We vacuum the lawn and the gravel driveway. We have yet to find a single piece of gravel in with the shredded leaves.
Toolin is correct about the dust problem. I liked his cinnamon shaker comment. We use a dust mask we found at Lowes for about $5. It has a filtered breathing hole. The Cyclone bag looks like an old wood-fired locomotive with grit belching out its top rather than soot.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
First and most important if didn't have a Vanguard, I wouldn't have bought mine. I have a Agri-Fab with a 5hp Briggs Intec After 5 years it`s got no power hard starting, That uses only a 6" hose off the deck and it use to plug up. but it did a good job very heavy all metal and longer then the CR.
I got the Cyclone Rake Commander. If you got lot of room the get big bag. I have a lot of small lawns so the 285 Gallon bag just just fine I mulch my leave first. I bought my CR to replace Agri-Fab vacuum, I use the MDA from Wood Lawn Power, no problems picking up leaves, great suction. Wood Lawn has different style Deck adapter for all the different decks. I have both the 6" pick up and the 7" unloader hose both are the green hoses a shape stick put a small hole in one of those hoses, no more problems. Their customer service is great The biggest problem I has was a seam started to let go I called them the told me just take few pictures and email them to us and they sent me a brand new bags in 2 days time.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
Wow, I can't believe my original post about the hitch I built for my Cyclone Rake was in March of 2012. I have sold several since the original post, but now that I am getting closer to retirement, I am ready to build more. As stated in my earlier post, I sent a DVD to Cyclone Rake showing them what I have come up with to alleviate the problem that I find with their hitch. The two-pin hook up doesn't now allow enough movement, and ,therefore, your mounting plate will wear out because of the elongation of the holes from the pulling force and from side to side. Also if you are loading or unloading your unit on a trailer, it puts a big bind on the back of your mower. The problem is that the rake is being pulled in two points on two small pins. When the bag starts to fill and gets heavier the elongation of the holes start. I have come up with a way to spread that pulling force over a much bigger area on the mounting plate. Actually I don't even use the two hole system.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
My XL is on a X748.All of the above comments are right on.
I have a 3point hitch for making the connection I removed the vertical part of the supplied adapter so that the connection pivots like the video.
It can be very dusty, I have learned to suck up the leaves when they have a slightly higher moisture content. not after they are too dry or soaking wet.
Get the 2 wheels. I wish I did. a full bag can be very heavy. They can dig in when backing up making it harder to go straight
I have the power vac. It was like wrestling a anaconda until I adjusted it. Mount the mower end without the suction end attached. This puts the tube in a relaxed and straight position. Now attach the suction end in the position that you will hold it in. Doing it without having everything lined up this way forces you to fight the torsion effect the tube creates.
I have the diamond plate. can't hurt.And the HD tube
The Vanguard motor has been a one pull start and still is after 3 years.
The power vac is worth every penny I love it.
Storage space is the best parts, some where is my post with a picture of the rake stored
I have sucked up some wet, frozen then thawed leaves in clumps. They made an awful noise as they went threw the impellers but they went and the motor never skipped a beat.
The nylon shell that it is made of is top quality They sent me a sample a while back and I buried it in a mulch pile 3 years ago. Every spring I dig it up and it still looks like new. It is easy to clean the bag out after fall clean up.it has slippery nature to it. It also has a storage pouch on the side with waterproof instruction on set up.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
I have also been happy with my CR. I don't have a tone of space to store things and it fits on the back wall of my shed real well. My vanguard engine has also been a one pull start for two years now. I can start it without ever getting off the seat of the tractor. I opted for the upgraded hose and liner given the small additional cost, but since I have never had the regular one I guess I can't say how much benefit they are. My impeller looks like new after two seasons of bumper crop acorns. I almost didn't order th MDA and was going to use the adapter on my bagger, but I thought the angle was a bit steep. I'm glad I got the MDA. It's built like a tank and I have a long if trees the like to jump out and snag things on the mower deck. I think I would have ripped a rubber boot off by now.
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Re: Yes, another Cyclone Rake thread.....
Mine is about 5-8 years old so I don't recall what engine it has.
I do have the Cyclone Rake Commercial Pro with the upgraded Deck Hose. I also have The MDA part that attaches to my deck was specific to the model. I do not have the blue diamond liner so I cannot make a comment on that. For the cost and the type of land it is focused on it looks like a good option to get especially relative to the overall cost.
I do not have the automatic unloader. I do it manually.
I added the dual pro wheel option and the rack where I can store the collector on my shed wall when the CR is not in use.
I like the soft side collector as it cab bulge a bit so you have a good idea when it is near capacity and needs to be unloaded. It is more forgiving that a hard sided collector if you brush up again a bush, branches etc.
That set up today is under $2,000 today which is reasonable considering its versatility in grass and leaves and keeping my lawn healthly and clean.
Once the impeller got busted, do not know if it was a defect or operator error. I had it for a few years. I called CR and as it was under warranty I got the replacement free. They provide a pretty long warranty.
My land is hilly so you have to learn the feel of when the collector is full and also to be careful turning if on a slope.
I do have a commercial service come in for fertilizer/weed service. They recommended leaving the CR on year round. So, now I gather grass which helps the lawn and in the fall I do my property and my elderly neighbor's leaves.
My commercial pro services 3 ½ acres.
If you budget is tight but you property requires a larger CR just wait and save up. It will be worth it to have the right CR for your place for many year's of service.
Let us know what you opted for!
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Have had mine for 11yrs or so. Hilly terrain lots of shrubs and gardens to clean out and property is loaded w/ oaks and hickory trees so nuts aplenty. Have the basic model, engine starts on one, occasionally two pulls, generic boot, upgraded urethane hose between deck and blower, along with the 22 ft urethane vac hose. That is a life saver in all of the little gardens. Yes, can see where the double wheels would be a help but my terrain is so hard that I don't have a problem sinking in. I made couple 1/4 in steel angle mounting brackets as I switch this between three tractors depending where I am using. I collect about 25 or so heavy bags a year, nuts, stones weeds and garden refuse, which are pulled down hill to dump. and have no problems with mounting bracket wear. Love the two pin hookup, with all the maneuvering abound beds it makes backing a breeze. I take motor off, roll under bench on the little attached wheels, fold the cart and hang on wall. Large hose on shelf around one side and end of shed, out of the way. Finally starting to show some signs of age, with crack in blower housing. Patched w/ epoxy and still holding up after three yrs. All the nuts, and quite bit of stones had beat the heck out of the hanging baffle inside but piece leather has handled that. Like the old Timex commercial "takes a licking, keeps on ticking." Only problem I ever had was about two or so years in one of the wheel assemblies froze up. Woodland products sent me two new ones no charge no problem.
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I stored the cyclone rake folded up in my shed and the mice moved in.
Took hours to clean inside and nests ans other stuff. Thank god for power washers and bleach.
A few took off when I opened the bag.
Does anyone store the cyclone rake folded? and if so, do you remove the collection bag?
I was thinking of storing the bag in another place other than the outdoor shed for the winter?
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More than a couple of states can make a case for most-improved status in the areas of Economy, Infrastructure, Workforce and Business Friendliness.
More than a couple of states can make a case for most-improved status in the areas of Economy, Infrastructure, Workforce and Business Friendliness.
South Dakota soars to the top spot in CNBC's annual survey of the Top States for Business. What other surprises are in store?
Which are the top states for the creation manufacturing jobs? Here's the countdown.
When we launched Top States for Business in 2007, North Dakota was nowhere on the list. Now it's growth and employment numbers are the envy of the nation.
Months before Americans buy coverage under Obamacare, it's becoming clear that choices for millions of people will vary depending on where they live. The NYT reports.
Hurricane Sandy and the economic recovery may have raised repair costs in the Northeast, but drivers there are often close to cheaper ones.
CNBC has been ranking all 50 states for competitiveness since 2007. This year's report comes as states continue to get back in fighting shape—fighting for jobs, that is.
CNBC scores all U.S. states on 55 measures of competitiveness and 10 categories, from the cost of doing business to technology and innovation.
States have another few hours to decide whether they want to create their own health care marketplace, or partner with the federal government, with CNBC's Bertha Coombs.
Today is the deadline for states opting to partner with the federal government to build a health exchange, or create their own, with CNBC's Bertha Coombs.
New York state and Connecticut declared states of emergency, and Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts ordered nonessential state workers to stay home.
The Northeastern United States braced on Friday morning for a possibly record-setting blizzard bearing down on the region, which forecasters warned could drop up to 2-1/2 feet (76 cm) of snow and bring travel to a halt.
Virtually every state's tax system unfairly takes from those who make the least, says a new report. But which states take the most from their richest residents?
After four years of belt-tightening, American companies are good at squeezing more profit out of every dollar of sales - a skill that chief executives regard as critical in the face of an uncertain economy.
Democratic President Barack Obama and his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney, dashed through a handful of swing states, stumping for votes on the last day of the race for the White House.
WATERBURY, Vt.-- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has struck a deal with Costco to manufacture store-brand packs of coffee for the retailer. Green Mountain developed two blends for Costco's Kirkland Signature lines, a lighter breakfast blend and a darker roast.
The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 75 people in the United States. Governor lifts state of emergency and authorizes National Guard to continue cleanup support. Governor sends forest rangers to New York City to help with recovery there.
On Tuesday, outages climbed to 32,045 megawatts, the highest since the refueling and maintenance season in May 2011, following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March that year.
On Tuesday, outages climbed to 32,045 megawatts, the highest since the refueling and maintenance season in May 2011, following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March that year.


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Utskrift från Malmö högskola - mah.se
Utskrift från Malmö högskola - mah.se
|Learning and teaching sustainable development in global-local contexts
Nordén, Birgitta : Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences;77 (2016)
|English abstract:
|The overall aim of this thesis is to develop knowledge of teaching and learning sustainable development in global–local contexts. The research field is global learning for sustainable development (GLSD). Phenomenographic approach and contextual analysis were used as methods of analysis, and data was collected by Semi-structured interviews at secondary and upper secondary schools in Sweden. In Study I, a strategic and systematic literature review was conducted of recent trends and critique to the dominating rhetoric on policy level concerning global education and global learning on sustainability issues. The complexity represented in GLSD is of global interest to face current challenges. The global–local context and the process for global learning were characterised by the learner's perspective and self-efficacy. The variation of ways in which contextual features were revealed, affected how participants experienced their own learning global learning space. In Study II, empirical investigations were conducted of students', teachers', and head teachers' conceptions of implementation of GLSD. Results indicate that critical knowledge capabilities were needed to act towards sustainability globally. Critical knowledge capabilities developed in the processes were to take command and collaborate as a team. Capabilities that were identified as necessary but which had not been sufficiently developed were to be prepared, act in a transdisciplinary manner and lead for holistic understanding in the learning process. Critical knowledge capabilities to handle complex knowledge were characterised by volition, self-directed learning, and knowledge formation. In Study III, a re-analysis was conducted of the data from Study II. The results shed light on pertinent transition skills in GLSD: (I) transdisciplinary action via knowledge formation in actual practices, (II) democratic collaborative action via processes of understanding, respectively (III) self-directed learning and independent initiative. These transition skills, enabling young people to be prepared for unpredictable changes, were perceived as key features in developing young people's capability in an uncertain world. They developed worldview understanding, and advanced transformation competencies including critical reflections upon questions of current normativity. In Study IV, collaborative and transdisciplinary teaching with a global–local perspective was investigated in a study with teachers committed to global learning and sustainable development at an upper secondary school. Two main transdisciplinary teaching approaches of GLSD were distinguished: Contributing: Assist and Take Part respectively Ownership: Possess and Reconceptualise. The contributing approach was divided into the sub-categories: (I) Disheartened, (II) Supportive, and (III) Complementing teaching approaches; while the ownership approach comprised (IV) Decisive, and (V) Multi-dimensional teaching approaches. Various dimensions of the results appeared to be relevant for sustainability teaching and learning in global–local contexts, when connections between the studies were analysed in relation to the context and the overarching aims of the thesis. Through transdisciplinary teaching deep approaches to learning can be developed and Global teaching for sustainable development (GTSD) could be advanced. Individual and collaborative learning characterised by selfdetermination, responsibility, and social readiness leading to action emerged as key aspects At a global–local level, there is a growing need to develop competencies and capabilities for transitions towards sustainability. Conflicts and climate change are drastically increasing the number of displaced people who need transnational education on proactive preventive strategies, as well as develop to critical knowledge capabilities that can be useful across numerous contexts and in the face of changing circumstances. Increasingly, also young people need to manage their own learning processes in self-directed learning, regardless of where they are physically or may move in their lifetimes. As established social structures struggle to address global challenges, people across the planet need to be able to organise themselves and to take initiatives.
|The educational challenge in "education for sustainable development"...
Hasslöf, Helen : Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences;76 (2015)
|English abstract:
|This thesis explores how Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as an overarching perspective makes meaning of educational aims and purposes. Sustainable development, as a concept, is by necessity complex, and deals with integrated dimensions of environmental, social-cultural and economic sustainability. It involves a diverse range of embedded values and ideologies and calls for engagement in value-related and political issues relating to environment, equality and lifestyle. In my thesis, I have turned to the actors in social practice who are set to realise the educational perspectives of ESD – the teachers. Accordingly, the analyses departure from secondary and upper secondary school teachers' reciprocal meaning-making when discussing the desirable aims of teaching and ESD. Building upon previous educational research, the thesis has three purposes, and the results are presented in four articles. The results of the studies bring new empirical knowledge and perspectives to educational research and practice, by adding further understanding of the political and democratic dimensions of ESD. The first purpose is to investigate and describe the complexity of the concept of sustainable development from a conflict perspective and to analyse meaning-making discussions of sustainability in an educational context. This is elaborated in the first study (Article I). To achieve this, a Conflict Reflection Tool (CRT) has been developed, by combining the conflicting dynamics of sustainable development with dialogic and univocal functions of speech. In the included case study, the CRT analysis of teachers' discussions shows how fact-based, univocal science utterances closed the discussion for conflicting perspectives to emerge. However, conflicting views did emerge and were re-valued in a dialogic genre through the interplay of different dimensions of sustainability and different societal levels of conflicts. The second purpose is to investigate how the desired aims of ESD are (re)articulated in areas of educational tension in order to make particular meaning by teachers with experience in ESD practice. Three complex ESD areas are in focus, namely, the development of students as political subjects (Article II), qualification in relation to ESD (Article III), and education for social change in relation to 'sustainable' living (Article IV). In each of these areas, the functions of qualification, socialisation and subjectification (c.f. Biesta) are relationally analysed to further problematise educational purposes. Through analyses with inpiration from discourse theory, the results show in Article II the emerging discourse of critical thinking as room for subjectification where students were invited to be adressed as political subjects. This discourse was articulated in struggle with the aims of qualification and socialisation, i.e. challenged by elements articulating a more scientific and rational worldview. Article III shows three discourses of qualification. Of these three, scientific reasoning and awareness of complexity are articulated as contrasting epistemological discourses of qualification. However, in the third discourse, qualification as critical thinking, these different epistemological views are articulated as intertwined as different ways to view sustainability. Article IV shows how the teachers struggle between three positions: the rational subject, as a neutral conductor; the responsible subject, as a role model, or the reconstructing subject, as a reconstructor. The overlapping positions depend upon how socialisation towards sustainable lifestyles, political and ethical perspectives are identified in relation to the educational aims and the emerging myths of social change. The third purpose is to develop analytical methods where conflicting articulations of environmental issues and sustainability are taken into account based on language and discourse theory for conducting empirical investigations of meaning-making.
|Möten med PISA : kunskapsmätning som samspel mellan elever och provup...
Serder, Margareta : Malmö högskola
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences;75 (2015)
|English abstract:
|This thesis explores the standardized assessment of students' scientific literacy by studying test items, frameworks and result reports from the international comparative study Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA. My research concerns the negative trend observed for Swedish students' results in science reported in international comparisons since 2000. In this thesis, PISA is considered as a specific kind of practice that acts through a certain rationality, which frames how the measurement is constructed and interpreted. The overall aim is to highlight the epistemological and ontological assumptions that are embedded in the assessment of students' scientific literacy by PISA. Data was constructed by video documentation of collaborative encounters between 21 groups of 15-year-old students and eleven selected items from the PISA scientific literacy assessment. This method enabled an analysis of the students' reasoning and the difficulties that arose in these encounters. I also conducted a text analysis of selected frameworks and reports produced under the PISA label, analyzing how science and student performance are discursively constructed in these documents. In this thesis, I examine the similarities and differences between two theoretical approaches: one sociocultural and one sociomaterial. Both are used to explore the embedded assumptions of the PISA scientific literacy assessment. The sociocultural perspective focuses on the students' situated meaning making as they solve the test questions. The sociomaterial perspective finds inspiration in science and technology studies, and takes a performative stance on scientific practice. This thesis has been formed as a hybrid of a compilation thesis and a monograph. It comprises three articles in English, published or still in the process of publication. The measured knowledge in and about science in PISA are based on onto-epistemological assumptions that are connected to science traditions which are mainly monologistic and representational, whereas this thesis proposes a dialogistic and performative stance. One identified assumption is that language is a neutral transmitter of information, which can be unambiguously communicated and translated without losing or gaining new meanings. Another is the assumption of a single unambiguous, primary frame for interpretation of the test questions, and a third that in PISA, science is assumed to be a socially and culturally neutral object for learning. It appears crucial that the students are able, and motivated, to discern and privilege the scientific perspectives and interpretations while engaging with the complexity of the tasks. My analysis suggests that framing the tasks within fictive, everyday situations, as is significant for PISA, contributes to this complexity. Further, the image of science as portrayed in the test items that were studied, risk reproducing stereotypical images of science and scientifically literate people. To PISA, students are mirrors of the school system and even future society. In the analysis of PISA documents, low performers appeared as threats to future society, due to the risk that they would become ineffective citizens. Meanwhile, other studies assert that standardized comparison is a practice that, when frequently repeated, contributes to lower results and an increasing disillusion of low achievers. It is proposed that PISA, rather than to be seen as a knowledge measurement, should be regarded a knowledge actor.
|Assessment for learning : a case study in mathematics education
Balan, Andreia : Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences;68 (2012)
|English abstract:
|The aim of this study was to introduce a formative-assessment practice in a mathematics classroom, by implementing the five strategies of the formative-assessment framework proposed by Wiliam and Thompson (2007), in order to investigate: (a) if this change in assessment practices had a positive influence on students' mathematical learning and, if this was the case, (b) which these changes were, and (c) how the teacher and students perceived these changes in relation to the new teaching-learning environment. The study was conducted in a mathematics classroom during the students' first year in upper-secondary school. A quasiexperimental design was chosen for the study, involving pre- and post-tests, as well as an intervention group and control group. The intervention was characterized by: 1) making goals and criteria explicit by a systematic use of a scoring rubric; 2) making students' learning visible by a use of problem-solving tasks and working in small groups; 3) providing students with nuanced information about their performance, including ways to move forward in their learning; 4) activating students as resources for each other through peer-assessment and peer-feedback activities; and 5) creating a forum for communication about assessment, involving both the students and the teacher. The findings indicate an improvement in problem-solving performance for the students in the intervention group, for instance regarding how well they are able to interpret a problem and use appropriate mathematical methods to solve it. The students also show improvements in how to reason about mathematical solu12 tions, how to present a solution in a clear and accessible manner, and how to appropriately use mathematical symbols, terminology, and conventions. The findings also indicate a change in students' mathematical-related beliefs during the intervention, towards beliefs more productive for supporting learning in mathematics. The changes in students' beliefs include mathematical understanding, mathematical work, and the usefulness of mathematical knowledge. During interviews, the students expressed how they perceived the new teaching-learning environment. Students' responses indicate that they recognized and appreciated the different components of the formative-assessment practice as resources for their learning. Responses from both students and the teacher also indicate that the components of the formative-assessment practice were linked in complex ways, often supporting and reinforcing each other. Furthermore, most components had other effects as well, besides supporting the formative strategies they were intended to. The findings from this study deepens our understanding of how the components of a formative-assessment practice may influence students and their learning in mathematics, but also how these components co-exist in an authentic classroom situation and influence each other.
|Social Class in Science Class
Jobér, Anna
Malmö studies in educational sciences;66 Studies in Science and technology education;59 (2012)
Chinese abstract:概述学校教学最重要目的之一是赋予每个孩子同等的教育. 尽管如此, 学校再创造了社会差异. 先前的研究表明,学生的低下社会经济情况背景与自然学科成绩低下有一定联系. 这样, 不少学生在未来就被排斥在社会高端学科的教育和职业之外. 本篇论文在Bourdieu和Bernstein的理论基础上, 以自然学科课堂的社会阶级为中心, 旨在对小 学生所受的教育存在不等现象提供更多方位描述和更深层的分析. 在人种民族学的启发下, 本论文的数据取自瑞典义务小学八年级物理教室里的观察, 记录, 采访和统计调查. 1. 对教室里现象的描述和分析揭示了知识难度的下降. 这一现象的发生通常是因为自然学科的教学所具有的社会历史传统因素, 学生, 老师和教室里的谈话社交之间有无形的默契, 或被称为隐蔽的磋商, (出发点往往是善良的愿望),教室里形成了对所有学生都不利的知识难度的分档. 2. 对教室里交流的描述和分析显示, 具有对新的交流方式意会和适应能力强的学生更能理解何种课堂言行才是有效或无效的. 教室里的各方语言交流的模式的产生和发展是学生, 老师和实践操作共同作用的结果. 也就是说, 这三者一起决定了自然学科教室里有关学科内容的科学性的交流的言行举止. 在由老师掌控的对话交流中, 更多的学生可以听懂内容并进行评估. 在这种交流中老师通常选用难度较低的知识水准, 长此以往, 该种交流有把学生排除在外的危险可能, 和将来局限他们灵活操纵交流的可能. 3. 实验作业本应充满好奇, 自由, 兴奋的挑战, 但教室里却呈现了完全不同的另一画面. 形式, 设计和如何操作实验的常规介绍, 取代应有的学科内容, 概念和知识, 成了决定作业成功的关键. 此外, 在实验作业教室里的学生要意会并适应至少两种平行的密码. 学生的实验工作是社会交际过程, 需要并被要求分组进行. 但这里有问题. 由于成绩评分是针对个人的, 而且, 社会阶层标志过程(hierarchical class-marking process)的反应和影响起了决定作用. 课堂上的小组在某种意义上成了学生的保护区, 这种保护破坏了学生的发展机会. 最后, 学生们和老师把作业差错归咎于自己或个人, 而并不意识到, 在实验课上的最终结果, 是自然学科教室里实际操作, 科学领域的信念关系, 课程, 社会阶层, 学校环境和教育密码等诸多密码复杂地相互作用的结果. 自然学科的教学, 是一个社会交际过程, 成功与否与是与身俱来的人的天赋无关. 教学过程中的语言交流和通常以小组形式进行的实验活动呈现出社会阶层区分. 这种课堂里的社会阶层区分会受到集体交际过程的影响, 学生之间关系的影响, 还有老师教学的影响. 也被该教室里师生间互给互取的机会, 局限和期望所决定. 透过对自然学科课堂上的阶级现象的描述和分析, 本文揭示了个体学生对可被灵活操纵调节的交流空间, 对学科知识, 和对权力自由的可能获得的机会是存在于一个集体交际过程中的, 需从小组全方位角度来理解. 关键词: 社会阶层, 自然学科教室, 学生, 实验操作, 小组活动, 对话, Bourdieu, Bernstein, 隐蔽的磋商, 碰撞的密码, 社会性的谈话交流, 过程.
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|One of the most important aims of schooling is to give all children an equal education. Despite this, social differences continue to be reproduced in school. Earlier studies show that there is a relation-ship between low socioeconomic background of students and low achievement in science education, thus excluding many students from highly-valued education and positions in society. Building upon established sociological frameworks – particularly those pro-vided by foremost Bourdieu and Bernstein - the overall aim of this thesis was to contribute to a more complex and multi-faceted de-scription and analysis of inequalities in education, focusing on so-cial class in the science classroom. Inspired by an ethnographic ap-proach, the data was produced through observations, field notes, interviews, and a questionnaire in a Swedish compulsory school. The students, aged fourteen and fifteen, were followed during a five week unit on physics (mechanics). Firstly, the descriptions and analyses of the school, the teacher, the student and the science classroom revealed that the knowledge threshold in the classroom has been lowered. This had been done in hidden negotiations (often with good intentions) between the students, the teacher, the sociohistorical legacy of science educa-tion, and a social discourse. It created a knowledge threshold, a lowest common denominator - which was altered not only for stu-dents from lower classes but for all the students in the classroom. Secondly, the descriptions and analyses of the classroom communi-cation showed that being able to translate, interpret and adapt to new or changed ways of talking increased the possibilities of un-derstanding what ways of talking and acting that were valid or not. What also was also shown was that ways of talking were created and influenced in an intricate interplay between the practices in the classroom, the teacher, and the students often in hidden negotiations. Together they constructed what ways of talking were valued and how you could act and talk in the science dialogues. In strongly controlled dialogues, more students could be heard and evaluated. However, it became a type of communication based on the lowest common denominator that in the long term might exclude all students and narrow their room to manoeuvre. Thirdly, laboratory work lessons could be lessons filled with curiosity, freedom and exciting challenges. However another picture emerged in this very common way to work in the classroom. For example, the regulative discourse totally overrode the instructional discourse and became decisive in this practical science activity. In addition, there were at least two parallel codes that needed to be translated and adapted to in the classroom. Laboratory work in this classroom was a social process that needed and was expected to be performed in groups. However, this became problematic since the grades were awarded to individuals and in addition, the reactions and the effects of a hierarchical class-marking group process became decisive. The groups became to some extent safe havens for the students, on the other hand, undermined their chances in the classroom. Labor-atory work left the students and the teacher blaming themselves even though the outcome was a result of the complex interplay be-tween practices, the science field doxa, the curriculum, social class, school premises and educational codes. Science learning and teaching in this classroom at its most basic was a social process and could not be correlated to, for example, inborn facilities per se nor to certain agents in the field. Social class was manifested in the science class, for example in the dialogues or in the laboratory work always performed in groups. However so-cial class must be understood as collective processes and in rela-tionship with, for example, the value that science is ascribed. It must be understood from the possibilities, limitations and the ex-pectations the students and teacher have and how these are used. Through descriptions and analyses of social class in the science class, this thesis revealed that science classroom activities and prac-tices and in turn room to manoeuvre and possibilities, are collec-tive processes.


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In its first action since lifting this summer's Copa America, Brazil faces Algeria in a friendly in Montpellier, France on Wednesday. (TV live: 12:30 pm ET Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports en Espanol). Brazil stars Ronaldinho and Kaka, who chose to skip the Copa, are expected to be used as subs. Coach Dunga is expected to start players who played in the Copa America, where Brazil downed Argentina in the final, 3-0.
Robinho and Vagner Love are expected to lead the attack with support from Julio Bapstista.
BRAZIL STARTERS -- Doni; Maico, Alex Silva, Naldo, Kleber; Mineiro, Josue, Elano, Julio Baptista; Robinho, Vagner Love.
Algeria's French coach Jean-Michel Cavalli has called up 14 Europe-based players.


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Pumpkin Bread RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup raisins, optional
- Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first eight ingredients. Whisk together eggs, pumpkin, oil and water; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and, if desired, raisins.
- Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 65-70 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf (16 slices).
Reviews for Pumpkin Bread
"I love this recipe..very moist and delicious...this recipe makes awesome cookies too..just drop by teaspoon or tablespoon onto a cookie sheet and bake for 10 mins. Great for the upcoming holidays."
"delicious and moist pumpkin bread!!! I did not add the spices because I wanted the full pumpkin flavor and instead of raisins I used craisins and plumped them first! I winner in our house!!!"
"I LOVE pumpkin bread and this recipe is great! Just the right amount of pumpkin taste. I might try and do muffins the next time. I usually leave out the nuts and may try the suggestion to add cinnamon chips or butterscotch chips!"
"Tastes great! I doubled the recipe and used walnuts and pecans - this pumpkin bread is definitely a winner!"
"very good, i used my squash instead of pumpkin. still tastes great."
"Before I bake this...what size can of pumpkin"
"Has anyone used fresh mashed pumpkins?"
"I made these into 4 mini loaves. I used cinnamon chips and less sugar instead of raisins and walnuts. Very easy to make."
"Great receipe but I found with my oven I had to bake it about 80 minutes. I baked the bread in a Pyrex glass loaf pan. Added walnuts and raisens, delicious!"
"Good flavor, nice spice. Mine came out overly sweet, though, for my taste and a bit heavy, not light and airy. I had dried cranberries so I used those. Next time I will try with fresh."


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Jon Jones says he can match Vitor Belforts handspeed
I really doubt this. If he tries to box with Vitor I think he really is risking a KO. Jones seems to have a good chin, but Vitor has huge power and is faster than Jones imo.
Source: http://fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Jon...and-speed.html
Naaa... Jones simply said "I believe I'm really fast as well."
Nothing wrong with that.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with him saying it and he's entitled to his opinion, but I'm just saying he's wrong.
Jones might be faster than Vitor but not when it comes to handspeed alone.
He doesn't have Vitor's hand speed. That said, Jones still wins via TKO.
hopefully he tries to prove it!!:thumb02:
Jones will probably still win but it will make for a better fight imo.
I think jones can stand and trade with Belfort. Belfort hasn't looked that good in years, and certainly not that fast.
Yeah, that's not true. Hand speed isn't just a function of how hard/fast you can throw a punch; it also takes into consideration how fast you can bring your hands back to reset and jon doesn't really have the second that going for him (and I'm certain his 84 inch doesn't do him any favors with that).
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This book was amazing!!!
The Final Empire was everything you could want out of an Epic Fantasy book. The magic system was super intricate and interesting to learn, the world has a unique feel to it, interesting characters that are enjoyable yet imperfect, and the story was actually more intriguing than most fantasy I've read - specifically in a sense that it held my interest throughout the entire book; whereas, a lot of other longer fantasy books tend to have lulls in action and can drag on at times.
Sanderson was able to write this book with the grandiose feel of an epic fantasy, yet it seemed to have the page-turning feel of a good thriller, to me.
By the time you are done reading this book, you will want to throw on your mistborn cloak and hop out into the mists, using your allomantic abilities...or perhaps settle for reading the next book in the series.
This epic fantasy novel features a gang of outcasts determined to overthrowing the Lord Ruler. A thousand years before, the Lord Ruler was the Hero of Ages who repelled the Deepness and founded the Final Empire. The repetition of this cycle forms the bases of the series.
The noble class has brutally oppressed the skaa peasantry. A few of the noble class (and illegal half-breeds) have magic in the form of Allomancy. Mistings can "burn" one metal to gain supernatural powers, while the rarer Mistborn can burn all 16 Allomancy metals. Other races, and magics, exist.
The idea of a gang of thieves and outcasts overthrowing a government is similar to Scott Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora series, although with less humour.
Not much to say about this one that hasn't already been said, but it's very good. Appealing characters, a unique and well thought out magic system, and Sanderson's typically thorough worldbuilding.
Sanderson isn't the most lyrical of writers, but this isn't the kind of book that needs it. Instead it's got solid pacing (better, in fact, than Way of Kings, this is a lot tighter and always moving forwards), and plenty of action.
I'm not typically a big fan of heavy politics, my deep abiding love for Dune notwithstanding, but the interspersed action and the characters kept me interested through the dull (to me) bits. I suspect that book 2 might be even more political, now that the heroes are inside the machine, but I'm going to read on anyway.
It is hard to write about the books we love. It is even harder to write about the books most people have already written about and have done it much better.
The Final Empire has a great premise at its core. It deals with failure. Since anything else about the fact would be a major spoiler, I'll stop here (it is so huge that I don't want to tempt people with spoiler tags).
The Final Empire is a bleak land. People have forgotten that grass and the trees should be green since the nearby mountains cover the land in dark ash. The skaa, enslaved ordinary people, live in misery and fear. It was hard to read about the things the skaa have to endure. "...an official cursed and shoved a man out of the line. The skaa worker fell hard, but eventually picked himself back up and shuffled to the end of the line. It was likely that if he wasn't let out of the city, he wouldn't be able to do his day's work—and no work meant no food tokens for his family."That is one of the milder examples, and it is more than upsetting. The nobles use the skaa for manual labour and other, worse things. But they don't own them. The one who owns the skaa is the Lord Ruler, who has ruled this now horrible land for a thousand years. The skaa are slaves to their own superstitions as much as they are slaves to the nobility and the Lord Ruler.
And as it is always the case with repressive societies, there will always be someone who could offer a thread of hope. There is no completely black and white division in this world. There are a number of protagonists, but the story mostly revolves around the two major ones - Kelsier, the brilliant master criminal who survived things no ordinary person could and kept on smiling and Vin, a street thief who learned the true meaning of friendship and trust."He forced himself to smile—not out of pleasure, and not out of satisfaction. He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler—and to himself—that he wasn't beaten."How can you not love a character like that? It almost broke my heart reading that. Kelsier became one of my favourite heroes.
The magic system is interesting too. The way it is introduced is brilliant. You don't simply get to read that this metal does this or that metal does that. It is done through Vin's training. Each member of Kelsier's crew has something to teach Vin, an ability or in Kelsier's case abilities, and through them Vin learns how to use allomancy.
The main story is finished in this book, but certain comments made in the last few pages left an opening for another great fight against the odds.
Sanderson had masterfully created a complete and diverse world that draws you in. Pay close attention as you read, some of the small details come back to be important later on. The world we enter in The Final Empire is dark, covered in ash, and seems hopeless. Just surviving is work. We follow Vin, a street thief, as she encounters a special group of thieves who have grand plans to change the world. Things don't quite go according to plan and ancient prophecies come into play. As we move through Well of Ascension into Hero of ages, the characters learn how to evolve into new roles while still staying true to themselves. While occasionally things are repeated or drag on a bit, overall the story moves along well and is engrossing.
Intrigue, politics, and conspiracies mesh completely in a world Sanderson realizes in satisfying depth and peoples with impressive characters.
The fast-paced action scenes temper Vin's interminable ballroom intrigues, while the characters, though not profoundly drawn, have a raw stereotypic appeal.
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Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.
Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.
But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.
Readers of Elantris thought they'd discovered someone special in Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn proves they were right.
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Here's a close-up overhead shot. Everything is a crispy white or gray. Note the lack of a logo on the lid. We're still designing something.
One of the controllers. I have to admit, they look a little naked without the SEGA logo, but I'm just so happy to get rid of those godforsaken button colors.
Now my Saturn matches my computer, DS, and (not pictured) my iPod and slim PS2. Oh, and my rice cooker and table.
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As previously reported, Tyson Fury's trainer and uncle Peter Fury says his nephew is eager to fight WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. The 41-year-old Klitschko may move into politics rather than continue his fighting career but, if he does carry on, the unbeaten Fury could be in line to take him on.
His fellow Brit David Haye is also hoping to lock horns with the elder of the two Klitschko brothers who dominate the heavyweight division. But Peter Fury thinks Tyson may be able to jump ahead of Haye and told the Manchester Evening News: "If we can get Vitali Klitschko for March, then we will. We are happy with that, I'm happy to sign up for it. We are ready if Vitali decides to fight on. I can see Tyson winning and keeping hold of the world title. He is developing into a serious world class fighter."
Peter Fury is also excited about his son Hughie, who won the Youth World Championships in Armenia last month and is regarded as a top heavyweight prospect.
"I said from day one that I'm going to groom the next two Klitchkos," said Peter Fury. "That's my ambition, my aim.
"They are both similar sizes and both strapping lads. They are on the right course. Tyson won the bronze in the amateurs and now Hughie has won gold.
"My ultimate aim is for him to be a world champion but he will have a great amateur career and get great experience."
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[QUOTE=Freedom.;12884202]So what about Muhammed Ali fighting Patterson twice, Liston twice, Spinks twice, Frazier three times, and Norton three times? According to your logic, the division must have been [I]really[/I] bad then. :lol1:[/QUOTE] terrible. you should be ashamed to have even…Comment by Freedom. on 01-03-2013
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Guys need some clarifications once and for all XD about skill points and technical changing..
Heres what i know so far : ( pls correct any mistakes and add additional info..)
1st Job Skill Points Quests :
-Total of 21 points (so a job 50 char will have 71 skill points for the 1st job)
-1st job Skill Points Quests can be done even when ur 2-1 or 2-2
-but 1st job skill points can only be used for 1st job skills
-can be kept unused even if u changed jobs
2nd job Skill Points Quests :
-Total of 11 points?
-can only be used for 2nd job skills (ur current only?)
Ok now on changing from 2-1 to 2-2 (vice versa), this is where im totaly unsure >.<
Changing 2-1 to 2-2 has job penalty right, and has a limit to how many skills u can transfer.
so what happens if like i change from 2-1 to 2-2 if for example im..
-A Job 40 2-1 char
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? what will happen to the skills, points, job lvl?
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? what about my j40 skill i learned if i come back 2-1 as job 24 (6 penalty)?
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Recourse When Home Builder Is Delayed?
Q: Five months ago, I signed a contract with a builder to build a home for $285,000. It was supposed to be finished at the end of June. But it wasn't. My wife and I sold our old home in at the end of May. Since then, we have had to rent a vacant vacation condo, which is getting expensive. I keep calling the builder, but can't get a straight answer as to when we can move into our new home. Do we have any recourse against the builder for our costs and inconvenience?
—Homestead, Fla.
A: Probably not. New home completion dates are often delayed due to weather, labor shortages, material shortages and a host of other problems. So most builder contracts contain "wiggle" language that mentions when completion is expected, but protects the builder from liability if the delivery date isn't met—sometimes for as long as two years. Unless you had your own attorney look over the contract before you signed it, and insert language in your favor—for instance, spelling out financial penalties for the builder if the home isn't completed on time, or providing for reimbursement of your temporary housing expenses—you're likely out of luck.
But there are still some things you can do. First, contact the builder or his customer service representative, and insist on an appointment to tour the unfinished home with the project supervisor. In each room, ask what still needs to be done and why it hasn't yet been completed (if you made a lot of last-minute change orders, you may be partially to blame). Take notes and photographs. Also, bring a tape measure or laser measuring device, along with your architectural plans and list of material choices, to make sure everything is being built as planned. Even if it means a longer wait, it's better to have problems like crooked door frames, misordered hardware and misaligned molding fixed before you move into your new home.
If you find that the home isn't even close to being finished, you should also consider contacting a real estate attorney. Although an attorney can't rewrite the contract now, he or she can review it to see if you have any grounds—perhaps not even related to finishing the house, such as failure to provide homeowners association documents–to cancel your contract and get your deposit back. You don't sound like you really want to do that, but the builder doesn't want to be stuck with an unsold, partially built home, either. The mere threat of legal action may be enough to spur the builder to finish your home more quickly.
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I will pay 30 USD to get it fixed. Problem as described below:
The shop has been working fine, no modification has been made for a week and it sudenlly stoped working?
there is a massage error:
"Bad SubDomain SQL query."
both when trying to load the site or the admin panel
I contacted my server administrator and he sayis that is script error and the server is working fine.
It does not work in all browsers.
I tried to modyfy ps_subdomain:
there was:
SELECT * FROM `ps_subdomain` WHERE 1
SELECT * FROM `ps_subdomain` WHERE 1
INSERT INTO `ps_subdomain`( `id_subdomain`, `name` )
VALUES ('1', 'www')
Do I make it wrong?
shop domain:
[url removed, login to view]
direct addres:
[url removed, login to view]
Contact me.
Thank You !
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