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I've been playing Skyrim pretty much exclusively for the past couple of weeks, and I felt it was time to post my thoughts so far.
As an introduction I will say that I quit playing Oblivion at about 27 hours, 44 in-game days and a level 7 Nord. To contrast this, I am around 27-28 hours into Skyrim, roughly 48 in-game days and playing a level 16 Nord. There are a couple of reasons that I am posting this blog with those stats at this time. I think these numbers encapsulate the fact that--for me--Skyrim is a much more satisfying experience than its predecessor.
My initial reaction to Skyrim was not very positive. The first couple of hours felt to me like I was playing a slightly re-skinned version of Oblivion, with the same boring quests, uninteresting NPCs and clunky combat. While I still think the combat is less than stellar (more on that in a bit), after a few more hours and several quests completed, I can now say that my impression of the game has improved dramatically.
In a lot of ways, Skyrim plays exactly like Morrowind, Oblivion and the most recent Fallout games. Bethesda may have a new engine with slicker graphics (the game is beautiful) and a new "radiant quest" system, but otherwise, this might as well have been developed on the ancient Gamebryo engine. The exact same problems that effected PS3 users in Bethesda's old games are still here (Lag, freezing, etc.) I have not had too many of the much-publicized problems with the PS3 version, but I have had some game freezing/crashing. I've pretty much learned to expect this from Bethesda. I suppose one of the drawbacks of making a game that is so expansive and with so many different possible events, bugs are somewhat inevitable. However, I will say that the majority of the things that made Oblivion so frustrating have been addressed. Most of them...
(Note, I'll compare Skyrim & Oblivion, mostly because I've played both on PS3, but also because I have not spent much time in any other Elder Scrolls game. I do also own Morrowind (PC), but I have not spent enough time with it to formulate a clear opinion.)
Leveling - My RPG background really comes from JRPG's and Dungeons & Dragons PNP campaigns. So when I first played Fallout 3 it made perfect sense, because the leveling mechanic, stats, perks etc. are basically identical to D'n'D. I loved Fallout 3 so much that I was excited to pick up Oblivion, because who wouldn't love the thought of a sword and sorcery Fallout!? Boy was I wrong? To this day, I still can't figure out what Bethesda was going for with that leveling system. Levels were based less on XP and more on skills, which in and of itself is not a bad thing... However, with the frustrating combat, I found myself avoiding battles at any cost. So my character pretty much plateaued at level 7 because of Sneak skill and Acrobatics (as earned by walking aimlessly around the map.)
Skyrim retains the skill-based approach, but otherwise has implemented a leveling mechanic which feels more organic and satisfying. Add in the additional boosts earned through Guardian Stones and a deep Perk system, and I suddenly enjoy finding new and creative ways to customize my character. (Note, while I'm sure that Oblivian had similar boosts available, I didn't stick around long enough to fully explore.
Combat - This. This is where Oblivion ultimately failed for me, and is the reason I repeatedly and ultimately why I stopped playing altogether. While I enjoyed the quests I did complete, I found myself ignoring quests and thus wandering aimlessly because I never felt comfortable with the combat. Partly this had to do with the swordplay (which is not too good to begin with) but mostly because I never felt I was on a level playing field with my enemies. In the 27 hours I played, I never once found a companion character, so in any engagement, I was brutally out numbered. (Yes, I know this is more my fault that that of the designers) But mostly, the combat was too clunky and no fun, so I didn't enjoy the grind.
While Skyrim has improved on this, the developers still have a ways to go. All an enemy has to do is move over 5 inches in any direction, and my well-placed Stamina kill ends up slicing thin air, or worse, killing one of my followers who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. All that aside, though Skyrim is an overall more satisfying combat experience.
While I still have a long way to go in the main quest, I have found Skyrim to be a superb game and the addictive, engrossing sword and sorcery Fallout game I was looking for a couple of years ago. So, yeah, my opinion has definitely changed.
Now, it's time to eat a Homemade Meal and and practice my destruction spells.

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They say it's a time to slip in the mud, and begin anew.
Kick off the dust of yester ...
and put on the dress of Yes Sir! and Thank You Ma'am
She sure is a joy This baby little season
And like moths to a flame we praise her name
(we don't need a reason)
And who can blame the helpless admirers
trigger happy on their Kodaks
drunk with Marigold Merriment.
No matter your profession, everyone's a poet,
when spring comes along, like a child, showing off her dandelion face,
believing in her curious way that death has been conquered.
But reality comes in firehouse red,
with silver sickle blades that say, No can do, Little Miss Spring,
not every bird, on every branch, has a song to sing.
The fact of the matter is ... you're just another three months
(Winter? Autumn? They're simply taking an overdue lunch,
but they'll be back with the same fire The same ice)
Hate to break it to you, Sweetie, but not everything nice
is destined to remain (it's a cyclical thing ... you understand)
You can bet your slender green stem
even Little Miss Spritely has her down days,
but like teenage hysteria it's just a phase
(we can just pretend those zits are poppies
they smell fragrant enough)
And yes of course It's a time of LOVE!
Young and Fresh --- Tongue and Flesh
like good ole Elmer Fudd would say
(bweeding like wabbits)
Oh Little Miss Spring, surely you can't have everything!
Green grass and blue sky --- it's halfway sickening
the way you steal the show with your sunny splendor.
And Poor Old December ... you left him in the cold,
bragging up your warmth and innocent demeanor
(I saw what you did to the snow)
It can all be forgiven though Truly it can!
I know it might feel like I'm freezing you out
(but all the cool months are doing it)
... 'tis no excuse you saw through my ruse
I'm just killing time before the Melancholy Mob
comes back into town.
Remember how they used to hang around Stick in the Mud Lane
poking holes into your joy?
(they annoyed me too)
And what became of the pessimists, the argument-ists,
the I-don't-believe-in-all-this kinda crowd?
Are they all hibernating somewhere like Mother Grizzly?
(If you ask me they can take all advice from this soda pop
fade and fizzly)
Written March 15th, 2016
For the Spring Contest Hosted by Catie Lindsey
Poem of the Day: March 18th, 2016
Placed 8th
Copyright © Timothy Hicks | Year Posted 2016
She sits perched, like a gorgeous gargoyle, upon the boulder
splotched with spots of mint chocolate ice cream moss - the wind tasting
her lovely locks as if it were spicy cinnamon straight off the tree.
It excites the senses (to put it frankly) watching her gaze
pierce the sapphire roof of the world
with a challenge to be met.
Or was it the twinkle in her smile
that shone like polished ivory, reminding me of the legalities
of elephantine tusks, and the slippery slope of falling
for that gracious grin and hallowed hope.
It could just be, she's got a lasso on my heart,
that takes delight in my vertigo - flipping and flopping
much like an oval shaped wheel.
I'd ask her to grease the hinges, or go back to the drawing board,
but to tell the truth - it adds character to the path
digging dangerously into the dirt dutifully
causing a spray of pebbles to the face of normalcy.
It could just be, that letting go ain't in her vocabulary,
reeling me in like a big fish story in one of those backwater
little ponds, that spawn such discrepancy.
I'd say she's a catch, but that would be cheesy
(though that does bring to mind her chef-like tendencies,
plopping strawberries on my tongue with little tidbits
of Wisconsin sharp cheddar)
It could just be, that life according to Miss Ooh-La-La
couldn't get any better ...
... then again it could just be
I'm waxing eloquently.
I miss you,
like the sky misses the stars.
like the streets when there are no cars.
like a government that has no laws,
like music, when it is on pause.
I miss you,
like the desert misses the rain
like an addict without cocaine,
like a kiss that misses lips
like actors without their scripts.
Copyright © Sharon De Fazio | Year Posted 2016
Don't rush to wash off the sea salt
drying on your skin;
the hopes it carries from other oceans,
those remain yet to be seen.
Copyright © A.O. Taner | Year Posted 2016
have you ever felt like
the flashing red light on the roof,
lonely as ever
visible at night, useless by day?
in sync with its partner next door
for a quick kiss over a few flashes only
then arguing again and again
night in, night out.
have you ever felt like
the flashing red light on the roof,
not signaling a warning to keep away
but sending a call for compassion?
using the dark pauses in between
to yell the same name
over and over and over
into the emptiness of each night.
have you ever felt like
the flashing red light on the roof,
being your silent cry
only heard by your eternal love?
Charmaine passed me the ball and I don't know what to do with iT
Holy cow! Now, I should transfer the tag until John gets mad, sO
Another tag, while James is still in The Somerset ZodiaC
Restore the ball, erase those codes, don't trace the lines of NazcA
Mysteries, enigmas, forget the Druids, the MinotauR
All the pyramids, the Count, the King, and old RongorongO
Icemen, Amazons and Vikings, leave the day the Sun Stood StilL
Nothing about Mayans'rise and fall, catch the ball, bounce it, plaY
Endorsed you are, my dear blonde, hit the ball, and play agaiN
Copyright © Ruben O. | Year Posted 2009
- I am brave and big boy
- Can I go camping
- Adrian my smallest grandchild
- I can do it myself
- Where are you going
- Not very far
- In the garden at great grandmother
- Great grandmother is dead my little friend
- Yes, I know
- The place that she has her gravestone
there will I set up my tent
- At night, I would tell her that I still miss her
- A true small story ....... Children have many beautiful thoughts and question
- However, there became no camping
A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © Sunshine Smile | Year Posted 2013
Like sick allergies,
Boredom can be passed around
I call it: THE BOREDOM DISEASE
Like a horrid storm,
Boredom can catch you off guard
Hold on for DEAR LIFE!
Like the whooping cough,
Boredom can be serious
If I were you, I'd
Get a vaccination !
Copyright © JW Earnings | Year Posted 2013
One is love,
Zero is everything else.
imagine the rainbow being
the dark tunnel
you've been stuck in for years
the lighthouse on the horizon,
the beam
that gets brighter as it nears
get soaked in the rain,
feel the sun in your heart,
let go of all your fears.
Said contrary and crabby Miss Muffet
"Hey eight-legs! Kiss my bare Tuffet!"
From above and beyond, Charlotte dropped a fine line
And bit the old bag where the sun doesn't shine…
For Andrea's clerihew contest
Copyright © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2014
follow on facebook,
adore on pinterest,
fall in love on instagram,
kiss on a hunch,
all under a tree.
Love is a four letter word
she whispered into his ear,
So is four, as is word
he whispered back into her fear,
Such is "you and I"
cried his heart - she could hear,
Their cheeks hugged, eyes kissed
each shedding a single tear.
< once there was a boss we called miss priss
like to give orders with snap of wrist
file fax make coffee
phones radio golly
when not looking I blow her big hiss
Copyright © Katherine Stella | Year Posted 2011
I looked upon the stars , When I gazed at your face.
I seen mars & flying cars I hope this vision don't fade.
I wonder why these butterflies want escape the base of my brain.
Sometimes I think that your love ain't the same.
Your smile turn to a cry like how the sunshine became sudden rain.
You bring my heart sudden pain why did you walk away .
All the trust you've gain just to erase.
Please don't change summer rain.
Please don't fade summer rain.
I need summer rain to make flowers grow .
And when the hours go past I laugh at all the things we could've had.
Or should've had.
Rain pours on the glass after an hour pass 12.
And all I can think about is how I needed your help.
I wondered what you see in myself.
Or did you heal my heart because I needed your help.
Summer rain you are so far away.
And Every time I complain you go further in the wind.
Some nights I pretend that we'll be one again.
Summer rain summer rain I hate that you faded away.
My heart has faded To gray ...
Without you My heart is Arizona & California in the summer days ...
You're so far away I prayed for your summer rain.
Copyright © Keorie McMillan | Year Posted 2015
Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet
After coming home from the pub
When up came a spider
And sat down beside her
So she smashed it to bits with a club
Now Caroline wouldn't use
Wouldn't deign to let loose
With a club - 'cause she isn't so thick
And it was not just a thump
No despatch with a bump
But sure death by a huge hockey stick!!!
Copyright © Thomas Mansfield | Year Posted 2014
Once, something we took for granted
Now gone, forever to be mourned.
My source of awesome anime has been transplanted.
Cartoon Network, you face an enemy scorned!
Though it's been so long I still miss it. RIP Tom.
Copyright © Rocky Swartzfager | Year Posted 2012
You can't tell me that you didn't see this coming.
Dear Miss Monkey Manners, can you spare a minute?
I know that you help apes in trouble and I am knee deep in it.
I have a girl I'll call Mary Beth, she's the banana of my eye,
But I found out that she's been seen swinging with another guy.
I could accept it if it were another ape but this guy is a human man,
I've asked around and in the jungle he calls himself Tarzan.
I've been working my way up in hopes of one day leading the troupe,
Until now I'm finally the most respected challenger in the group.
I think that I might be alpha worthy, I hope so, but here's the thing
Everyone in the whole dang jungle now refers to him as king.
Dear Alpha male wannabe, are you saying that you know Tarzan?
If you know where he'll be on Saturday night, I think I have a plan.
I know that you want her back and I'm sure that your girl is sweet,
But only I can do the things that will make his life complete.
You see he and I have dated before and I know what makes him fall,
I can do something special for him that's how he got his jungle call.
Once we're back together he won't remember your girl's name,
Then you can be her hero and free her from this shame.
And as for me and Tarzan, well you'd better stick a banana in your ear,
Because the screaming sounds of the king are the only sounds you'll hear.
Copyright © Tony Lane | Year Posted 2011
Old Mother Goose
Frankly speaking was rather loose
The neighborhood was shocked and all in a dander
When she had a brief affair with a well-feathered Gander
When the news reached Jack and Jill
They took that tumble down the hill
Poor Jill lost her drawers and good gracious alive!
Little Jack got a rise in his tattered Levis...
Copyright © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2012
My Parting Gift.
It's not Funny
Never leave Life's bus behind.
It's full of much that rhymes.
Count only on the adventure.
Even if the need for dentures.
Don't count on the money honey.
From me it's not funny or coming.
Copyright © John Hardison | Year Posted 2016
Little Miss Poet, Sat at her computer, typing the morning away.
Along came a spider, climbed down her screen, and frightened Miss Poet away.
Little Miss Poet, fell on her duff, as she tripped, backwards over the dog.
When she got up, the spider was smart, and ran into the keyboard.
Low and behold, the fly swatter wouldn't work, for the spider was safely below.
The spider peaked out, eyeing her as if in a huff, as Miss Poet jumped up and down.
With murderous intent, she flipped over the keyboard, and bounced it up and down.
Just at this point, the spider jumped out and scurried, with his life in his hands.
But the damage was done, the keyboard was unplugged, and terror reigned again.
Little Miss Poet, would have to crawl under the desk, to where the wires began.
There was no doubt, she'd switch to wireless now, but here that was a mute point.
She knew the spider was there, but hidden somewhere, in the stuff on top of her desk.
Little Miss Poet, crawled under the desk, checking and fixing, every wire and plug.
When she came out, there was no spider about, so both relief and worry set in.
As Little Miss Poet, looked down and around, the spider appeared on her arm.
With a scream and a jump, she flicked him off, and tripped over her chair this time.
Unfortunately for this one, the problem wasn't done, so she attacked jumping forth.
The spider jumped free, but her toe was in need, as her foot connected with the desk.
A few words were uttered, as she jumped around, with foot held high in the air.
Broken toe or not, she vowed to get that snot, so she shouted for her hubby's help.
He was down stairs, with the trolls you know, and couldn't seem to come up.
So she swatted with flair, as the spider jumped back, yes, into the keyboard.
At that moment, a Troll walked by with a club , and decided to help her out.
Everything smashed, the problem solved, she sat down at her sons' computer spot.
Tears in her eyes, at her computers demise, Poor Little Miss Poet, began to write.
This computer was next, to the one from before, and the spider was there, again!
Yep, you guessed, in the keyboard he sat, staring and more pissed than ever before.
The moral my friend, is that you can't always win, even on a peaceful, beautiful morn.
Little Miss Poet, finally limped away, retreat was the better answer, by far.
PS. This happened, without the Troll, of course.
Copyright © Carol Eastman | Year Posted 2012
Self-publishing of your books?
They really are a bunch of crooks,
They have you think your approaching wealth,
But all you've done is fill your shelf
So keep your cash in your pants,
(If an offers real, they'll pay an advance,)
Why taste the crafty self-publishing honey?
To get in print, takes more than money
Copyright © Peter Lewis Holmes | Year Posted 2015
Mona Lisa, the lady I greatly adore
See her sophisticated beauty I implore
Put her portrait not in a large frame, but thin
She will surely give to you all her sourest grin
Written: Oct. 7, 2012
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Judged: 10/20/2012
Poet Sponsor: Andrea Deitrich
Copyright © Galeo DS | Year Posted 2012
Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I'm in need of your advice,
My boyfriend is a swinger and he isn't very nice.
I'm a Proboscis Monkey so I exhibit a very prominent schnoz.
And the proposition that he put to me caused me to take pause.
He said that I'd make a perfect mate if I'd under go a tweak,
He wants me to go under the knife and get a larger beak.
But the nose that I was born with is my pride and joy,
And I really don't want to change it especially for a boy.
He tells me that he loves me and that he'd immediately propose,
If only I would agree to see a doctor and get a bigger nose.
My Dear Gentle Nosey Nelly here's the reply to your query,
I'm afraid that your boyfriend doesn't see you very clearly.
If he did I am sure that he would see you as more than just a nose,
There is much more to a woman than the parts that she'll expose.
So if he hasn't figured out that what's important is your heart,
Don't let yourself be persuaded by him to change your body part.
Unless altering your looks will somehow bring you satisfaction,
Because his view of perfection is nothing more than an abstraction.
Be happy with who you are, a proud Proboscis monkey,
Just make sure whatever you do you don't let yourself get chunky.
Dear Miss Monkey Manners: I'm a Spider Monkey in need of your help,
Recently someone yanked my tail and I cried out with a yelp.
It may seem like a little thing to cry when someone pulls your tail,
Unless, of course, it's mating season and you're the alpha male.
All of the sudden this younger guy is getting more looks than me,
And there's a lot of chatter going on all around the banana tree.
I recently overheard some talk about putting me out to pasture,
But with all the Jaguars around this place, a pasture would be disaster.
So tell me is there a way that I can continue to have fun?
Please send your answer right away before setting sun.
My poor, dear Spider friend, please take time tonight to watch the setting sun,
Then apply that sight to your alphaness and grab your prehensile tail and run.
Remember to keep the memories of all the girls you've had,
But perhaps it's best to move along because what happens next is bad.
There will be a challenger who will have impressively aggressive displays
And he will not give a banana flip about stories of your glory days.
So let the girls remember you the way you used to be,
Instead of getting humiliated for all of the world to see.
Go find yourself a lonely tree because that where you belong now,
And if you think that life's unfair, it's better than being Jaguar chow.
I thought of you again today
It seems your memory gets in my way
I try to forget but I only got regrets
I thought of you again today
Outside it's sunny but I feel funny
I'm cold and blue
So cold cold so so blue
Just can't stop thinking of you
Trying to get a bite to eat
End up ordering your favorite treat
Now I lost my appetite
I'm just not right.
When will this end
I thought of you again
Trying to sleep at night
But I'm wound up to tight
What's wrong with me
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The date ends before it begins
I must be insane
Calling her your name
I thought of you again and again and again
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Before I can leave you open your door
You look at me and smile
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"Miss Otis Regrets she's unable To Lunch Today"
He tried to dance a tango; but she preferred a waltz;
He served a new fandango; but she cures her meats in salts.
When the lady got her stockings; in some kind of bunch;
The fellow took them off for her; and served them up for lunch.
So he rolled it in a wrapper; something made of corn;
It was very neat and dapper; thus a Southwest dish was born.
Did the fellow get too quip; and the lady took an issue;
And the man was troubled at the toilet; because there was no tissue.
When her nose got out of joint; conversations were a mess;
So he suggested that they stop; and give that crap a rest.
He said I'll see you latter; she asked him to hang on;
She reminded him of Dark Vader; when just like that was gone.
Perhaps he lacks respect; maybe she's too pent;
Maybe he's to brazen; perhaps she likes to vent.
It was such a load of do-do and it smelled like methane gas;
I guess that's how it goes my friends; when youngsters have such sass.
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Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I am writing to you for guidance if you please,
I'm seeing a Howler Monkey who likes it when I'm on the stage doing my striptease.
I can't say that he's not exuberant or that I feel unappreciated,
But when he yells it will scare the pants right off of the uninitiated.
If I'm up in the spotlight, doing the bump and grind or swinging from a pole,
There's a deafening howl and everyone drops their pants before I reach my goal.
My boss would like it if my clothes came off Instead of those who watch me work.
I'm afraid that he'll tell my boyfriend to quiet down and then he'll go berserk.
I know that I'll never do my best unless he's there to watch me on the stage,
How can I tell him to quiet down without hearing his howls of rage?
Dear Gentle Reader, you may not know it but I've had some experience with peeling.
When I used to come on stage to do my act the apes would stack up to the ceiling.
I would hit the light dressed as a banana and invite them each to tug on my peel,
I'd love to hear them all as they each gave out with a delighted simian squeal.
One night while I was doing the act and about to land a banana split,
I heard a yell from a Howler Monkey coming from the orchestra pit.
His screams of joy were so sincere that I married him the very next day,
My advice to you is to do the same and leave your boss nothing more to say.
And if you keep your job doing the strip or end up writing a column like this,
Trust me when I tell you that you'll never get tired of hearing his howls of bliss.
Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I hope that you can solve a problem for an old baboon,
I've said some things to a dear friend of mine and it makes me feel like I'm a buffoon.
I said that, "God created Charles Darwin because he was so disappointed in monkeys."
How was I to know when I spoke that he and Darwin's uncle were at one time bunkies?
I only meant it as a passing humor aimed at pointing out our man like flaws,
I didn't know that this friend and Charles Darwin shared the same grandpas?
Anyway, now he's mad at me and called me a bigot so now I need a plan,
I want to show him, that except for their smell, there's nothing I hold against man?
But if he doesn't get over it pretty quickly and take that chimp from off his shoulder,
I'm going to get sick of his blue butt attitude and kick him in his banana holder.
My Dear and Gentle Monkey "Man", I think that the time has come for action,
A stinging shot to his low land region might give us both great satisfaction.
This baboon friend of yours is a member of a new and obnoxious breed,
We must be rid of him and his ilk before political correctness plants a seed.
When the time comes that we can't make a joke about how man came from we apes,
Is the same time that a never ending stream of flying monkeys from my butt escapes.
Don't you dare offer up a single syllable of a word aimed at reconciliation.
To make a slam of the works of man is the hallmark of simian civilization.
Instead, the next time you see a group of men walking through your forest setting,
Dare your misguided chum to go up and talk to them, he'll swing away I'm betting.
There is only one thing more distasteful to me than the babblings of a liberal Baboon,
And that's one who, when forced to face his own convictions, babbles a different tune.
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New Braunfels clinches second place in District 14-5A./1B ► A good effort Track ends on fine note for CHS, SVHS./1B ► Labor of love Volunteers and families join together to build houses and make dreams come true./ 1C Index Abby.............................................2C Business................................5-6B Classified................................1-12D Crossword....................................2C Forum...........................................6A Local/Metro...................................4A Movies..........................................2C Obituaries.................................3A Sports....................................1-4B Today............................................2A Television...........................TV Week www.herald-zeitung.com Kay code 77 RON MALONEY/Herald-Zeitung Frank and Cynthia Schlather will have to move out of their home at West Coll Street and Walnut Avenue if voters approve the $7.5 million bond proposition for widening the traffic artery. 'Big time money for a short stretch of road' By Ron Maloney Staff Writer A little more than three years ago, Frank Schlather Jr. and his wife Cynthia managed to pull themselves out of a trailer park and finance the purchase of their dream: the modest white home built in 1922 on the southwest comer of Coll Street and Walnut Avenue. The Schlathers love their roomy old house — especially when compared to the 12 ft.-by-50 ft. dimensions of their former mobile home. They'd like to fix the place up. They've painted it; but done little else. ■ Bond issue tax analysis/8A ■ Voting information/8A ■ Bulverde city council race/7A The reason? They may lose it. The hand-painted sign hanging on the fence beside their house says it all: "Vote NO Prop. 7. Save My Home." The Schlathers may end up being one of 33 property owners displaced — albeit at fair market value — if voters on May 6 elect to widen Walnut Avenue in an effort to alleviate a real or perceived traffic problem. The average daily traffic count on Walnut Avenue near the railroad tracks is 18,000 cars, according to city records. Bond proposition 7 calls for "the issuance of $7,500,000 of general obligation bonds to construct street improvements to Walnut Avenue, including drainage incidental thereto, and the acquisition of land and rights-of-way." A handout published by the city says the proposition is for the "widening of Walnut Avenue from Katy Street to Business 35." See WALNUT/8A File photo Landa Street is one of several priorities included in the $11 million streets and drainage bond proposition, but the project isn't listed on the actual bond ballot. Mayor says Prop. I priorities are clear By Heather Todd Staff Writer Mayor Stoney Williams Thursday denied what some have called a "vague" $11 million streets and drainage bond proposition, saying council members clearly outlined top priority projects on bond information. 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Folks approaching the pavilion entrance said they'd been standing in line about an hour. Outside, New Braunfels police worked traffic and parking control to help out with the overflow crowd. They wrote citations for vehicles that were illegally parked along the streets in front of painted curbs or blocking driveways — although the waterpark had plenty of convenient — and free — parking inside for folks who drove through the gates to find it. "We've never had this kind of turnout," said Schlitterbahn spokesperson Sherrie Brammall Saturday afternoon. About 75 volunteers — including 20 screeners and 20 nurses as well as a number of See SHOTS/5A AMANDA BECK/Herald-Zeitung Coynynn Sharp administers an immunization to Brittany Nolte as her mother, Denise, holds her at Schlitterbahn's "Shots Across Texas" Saturday morning. ► District title By Ron Maloney Staff Writer Whoever first said, "no pain no gain" might have been out at Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort Saturday. 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It's not often that you're brought up with a start, right at the beginning of a book, but here's an insight from the first page of a new volume on butterflies which did that for me. "For most of us," writes the author, "butterflies are bound up with childhood."
I felt the shock of recognition in reading that, and even more in the sentence that followed: "Many of our earliest and most vivid memories of a garden, a park or flower will feature a butterfly, and perhaps, our pudgy hand trying to close around it."
That was certainly the case with me, in a hot August long ago, when I was seven and my brother was nine, and we had been sent to live with an aunt and uncle as my mother was seriously ill and my father was abroad.
In the front garden two doors away was a buddleia bush, and that August it was crawling with the bravura quartet of late summer British butterflies – the red admiral, the small tortoiseshell, the peacock and the painted lady; glittering in their colours, their scarlet, their velvet-black, their salmon-pink, their amethyst.
Every morning when I was let out to play I would run to the buddleia and gaze up at these dazzling creatures and long for them, and perhaps because of the time in my life when they appeared, something in me has longed for them ever since, and I have known, in a way you can think pretentious or just plain silly – but I have known it with the certain knowledge of a child – that for attracting them, the buddleia was a plant of power.
The new book's author, Patrick Barkham, encountered his butterflies at a similar time in his life but his attraction to them was founded not in the absence of parents but in their presence: he inherited his father's love for lepidoptera. Maybe "inherited" is the wrong word, as it was not something passed on automatically in the genes, but rather in his father's enthusiasm, companionship and friendship for his small son, who accompanied him on butterflying expeditions.
Early last year, Patrick, now a feature writer on The Guardian, decided to bring his own enthusiasm to some sort of apotheosis by seeing every species of British butterfly in a single summer, and his book, The Butterfly Isles, is the narrative of this undertaking.
And here's an uncanny thing. At the same time as Patrick was doing it, so was I. The chances of a Guardian writer and an Independent writer deciding, simultaneously but entirely independently, to pursue every British butterfly in a single summer must be infinitesimally small, but that's what happened: I wrote a series for this newspaper about my own search, and we invited readers to join in what we called The Great British Butterfly Hunt.
Patrick and I were aware of each other's activities, but we never actually met, although we saw several species in exactly the same place, and reading his book I realised how close our paths came to crossing: I saw the large blue, for example, at Green Down in Somerset on 15 June, and he saw it at Green Down on 16 June; and I saw the Lulworth skipper at Lulworth Cove in Dorset on 23 July and, once again, he saw it in the same place the following day.
We eventually met not long ago and laughed about it ("it feels like we spent last summer in a parallel world," he said) and as you might imagine, I was fascinated by his account in The Butterfly Isles. He did better than I did, for although we both managed to see in one summer all 58 species which breed regularly in Great Britain, he went over to Ulster to see the one which makes the total 59 for the United Kingdom as a whole, Real's wood white (only discovered in Ireland in 2001); and in October, he managed to see a rare and lovely immigrant, the Queen of Spain fritillary, for a grand total of 60.
His account is beautifully written and enormously entertaining, full of curious pieces of butterfly lore; I for one certainly did not know that you can tell the sex of a small tortoiseshell by tossing a stick gently in its general direction – if it's a male, it will rise up to attack the stick. (Patrick calls it "the Labrador of the butterfly world").
But it is more personal aspects of his quest which give depth to the book, such as feeling fed up with the whole business (which he terms "butterfly burnout") or the loss of his girlfriend, tired of being a butterfly widow, or his personal struggle between wanting to be Cool – he's a Guardian feature writer, after all – and wanting to pursue butterflies, which he worries is extremely Uncool, certainly for someone of his generation. Eventually the butterfly-desire wins out, even to the extent of bringing himself to use binoculars and risk the ultimate horror of Looking Like A Nerd.
For this, the influence of his father, the ecologist John Barkham, is responsible: the enthusiasm he inspired in his son proves stronger than mere fashion or peer-group pressure. But it becomes clear as the story unfolds that he gave Patrick much more than just his passion for lepidoptera, and ultimately, the book is about that: it is a splendid and accomplished account of all of Britain's butterflies, but it touches something deeper as a tribute from a son to his father, thanking him from the heart for a very special childhood.
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The Duke, Earl Marshal of England, a leading courtier to the Queen, and occupant of Arundel Castle, in Sussex, will be joined by the Bishop of Chester, Lord Longford and the former Chief of the Defence Staff, Lord Hill-Norton, in seeking to overturn the reduction to 18 agreed by the Commons in February. He said last week that he thought his move would be 'carried without question'.
Describing his amendment as 'a way to reduce the incidence of Aids,' the Duke, 78, said: 'Homosexual lifestyle reduces life expectancy from 75 to 42. As a Christian, I believe that sodomy is wrong. If you legalise it, it will lead to them doing more of it.'
Yesterday Lord Hill-Norton refused to commment.
Angela Mason, executive director of Stonewall, the gay rights lobby, said that any reversal of the Commons' vote would be a 'constitutional travesty'. She promised: 'If it comes, there will be a renewed campaign of very great vigour.' Another gay lobbyist said he was '60 per cent sure that 21 will happen'.
Widely differing predictions of the outcome of today's debate reflect the difficulty of forecasting the vote. As in the Commons, there will be no whipping on the issue, which is expected to divide members of all parties. Much would depend, senior sources said, on exactly who turned up - and on how persuasive the speeches of each side were.
The duke's amendment is one of a complex series tabled to Clause 139 of the Criminal Justice Bill. Another, from the Labour frontbencher Lord McIntosh, which reduces the age of consent to 16, is thought likely to fail.
Gay activists are, however, hopeful of success for moves by Lord Ponsonby and Viscount Falkland to ensure that under-age boys involved with men over the limit are not themselves prosecuted. Another amendment - to equalise penalties for male and female rape - is also thought likely to succeed.
Defeat for the Government's preferred option of 18 would gravely embarrass ministers and seriously hamper their defence in the European Court of Human Rights against three actions brought by gay teenagers. Stonewall will announce today that a fourth case, involving a 17-year-old, is to be launched.
Although the Commons would be able - and willing - to reverse any Lords defeat, the time required could throw government business off course and delay the start of MPs' summer holidays.
There were hints last week that the Government might be preparing concessions to head off defeat on the age of consent, with some mentioning the possibility of a retreat on the previously-announced commitment to decriminalise homosexuality in the armed forces.
The fight to lower the age of homosexual consent to 16 was one of the longest and most important campaigns by a lobby group in British politics, and was the first time since the late 1960s that homosexuality was at the forefront of public debate. Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Julian Clary and other high-profile homosexuals were all prominent in urging change.
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The church in Poringland has a particularly tranquil and contemporary interior. It was important that the organ installation should fit comfortably and unobtrusively into the space. The console chosen was in a light oak finish with minimal woodwork detailing. A clear perspex music desk also reduced the visual impact of the console.
4 speakers were positioned either side of the semi circular window on the west end wall with a bass speaker, also in plain light oak on the floor immediately below the window. The speakers are a little difficult so see in this photograph which is exactly what we set out to achieve.
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" The Catholic Parish Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Poringland had been struggling with an unreliable electronic organ that was inadequate for our expanding church and growing congregation. Steven Battle from Cookes Pianos visited us on several occasions to discuss our needs and recommend various instruments. With Steven's guidance we chose a Viscount Envoy 35-F organ. This was expertly installed with powerful yet discreet speakers in August 2013. The transformation in the sound has given pleasure to all and truly enhanced our musical liturgy. The organists are still discovering the range and full flexibility of the instrument.
Cookes Pianos' price was competitive and it would be impossible to find fault with the quality of the service that they gave us in planning, fitting and voicing of the organ. We would not hesitate to recommend them to other churches, and indeed have already done so"
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Warmth of Montbell U.L. Thermawrap to Arc'Teryx Atom LT
Greetings, currently deciding between these two jackets for spring-fall insulation. On the one hand the Atom has slightly more insulation than the thermawrap (60 vs 50), though on the other hand it has that thin stretchy material under the arms and down the sides. Would love for anyone who has owned boh or at least one of these to chime in with their opinion.
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I have a U.L. Thermawrap from several years ago… not sure how it's changed recently. My Thermawrap is definitely lighter and believe it or not, seems a bit warmer than the ArcTeryx Atom LT, partially due to the fleece side panels, but it seems more than that. On the other hand, the Atom fits perfectly, moves with me, and looks nicer. Backpacking, the Thermawrap is my go to jacket. Around town, skiing, climbing (if I was still doing it) I would go with the Atom. Of course, from a warmth perspective, the Montbell UL Down Jacket crushes both and is lighter.
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1. My Atom Lt's hood easily fits over my helmet (for skiing or climbing) but my T-wrap's hood does not.
2. The Atom Lt is partly a fleece garment, and I consider it only part of a system, not a complete system: I always bring (a) a windshirt to go over or under, to block the wind through those side panels when necessary. But nothing else in its class breathes as well as the Atom Lt. OR, (b) a vest of some sort. OR, (c) if cold, a hoodless jacket, like the Nano Puff.
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Hormone therapy (HT) continues to be the most effective treatment for menopause symptoms such as vasomotor symptoms and urogenital atrophy, according to updated guidelines on"...
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The following adverse reactions are discussed in greater detail in other sections of the label:
- Cardiovascular Disorders [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Malignant Neoplasms [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Gallbladder Disease [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
- Hypertriglyceridemia [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]
Clinical Trials Experience
Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in clinical practice.
The safety of conjugated estrogens/bazedoxifene was evaluated in four Phase 3 clinical trials ranging from 12 weeks to 24 months in duration and enrolling 6,210 postmenopausal women age 40 to 75 years (mean age 55 years). A total of 1,224 patients were treated with DUAVEE and 1,069 patients received placebo. Women enrolled in Studies 1 and 2 received calcium (600–1200 mg) and vitamin D (200– 400 IU) daily, while women in Studies 3 and 4 received no calcium and vitamin D supplementation as part of the protocol.
The incidence of all-cause mortality was 0.0% in the DUAVEE group and 0.2% in the placebo group. The incidence of serious adverse reactions was 3.5% in the DUAVEE group and 4.8% in the placebo group. The percentage of patients who withdrew from treatment due to adverse reactions was 7.5% in the DUAVEE group and 10.0% in the placebo group. The most common adverse reactions leading to discontinuation were hot flush, abdominal pain upper, and nausea.
The most commonly observed adverse reactions (incidence ≥ 5%) more frequently reported in women treated with DUAVEE than placebo are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Adverse Reactions (Incidence ≥ 5%) More
Common in the DUAVEE Treatment Group in Placebo-controlled Trials
n (%)
n (%)
|Gastrointestinal disorders
|100 (8)
|58 (5)
|96 (8)
|57 (5)
|84 (7)
|59 (6)
|Abdominal pain upper
|81 (7)
|58 (5)
|Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
|Muscle spasms
|110 (9)
|63 (6)
|Neck pain
|62 (5)
|46 (4)
|Nervous system disorders
|65 (5)
|37 (3)
|Respiratory, thoracic, and mediastinal disorders
|Oropharyngeal pain
|80 (7)
|61 (6)
Venous Thromboembolism:
In the clinical studies with DUAVEE, the reporting rates for venous thromboembolism (deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and retinal vein thrombosis) were low in all treatment groups. Adverse reactions of venous thromboembolism were reported in 0.0% of patients treated with DUAVEE and 0.1% of patients treated with placebo. Due to the low rate of events in both groups, it is not possible to conclude that the risk of venous thromboembolism with DUAVEE is different from that seen with other estrogen therapies [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
Read the Duavee (conjugated estrogens and bazedoxifene tablets) Side Effects Center for a complete guide to possible side effects
Cytochrome P450 (CYP)
In vitro and in vivo studies have shown that estrogens are metabolized partially by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Concomitant administration of itraconazole, a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor, with DUAVEE, resulted in increases in bazedoxifene exposure (40%) and, to a lesser extent, conjugated estrogens exposure (9% for baseline-adjusted total estrone, 5% for total equilin), compared to DUAVEE alone [see Pharmacokinetics]. Inducers of CYP3A4, such as St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) preparations, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and rifampin, may reduce plasma concentrations of some estrogens, possibly resulting in a decrease in therapeutic effects and/or changes in the uterine bleeding profile.
Bazedoxifene does not induce or inhibit the activities of major CYP isoenzymes. In vitro data suggest that bazedoxifene is unlikely to interact with co-administered drugs via CYP-mediated metabolism.
Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)
Bazedoxifene undergoes metabolism by UGT enzymes in the intestinal tract and liver. The metabolism of bazedoxifene may be increased by concomitant use of substances known to induce UGTs, such as rifampin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and phenytoin. A reduction in bazedoxifene exposure may be associated with an increase risk of endometrial hyperplasia. Adequate diagnostic measures, including directed or random endometrial sampling when indicated, should be undertaken to rule out malignancy in postmenopausal women with undiagnosed persistent or recurring abnormal genital bleeding.
Concomitant administration of bazedoxifene (40 mg daily) and atorvastatin (20 mg, single-dose) to healthy postmenopausal women did not affect the pharmacokinetics of bazedoxifene, atorvastatin or its active metabolites.This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
Last reviewed on RxList: 4/11/2016
Duavee FDA Prescribing Information
Additional Duavee Information
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You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit the FDA MedWatch website or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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"Shaw refers to a study by meteorologist Bernard A. Power, who saw a tourbillon on a Quebec lake and was fascinated by its power and brevity-a hissing wind sucked spray into its vortex for ten seconds or so, then instantly vanished." - From Roy MacGregor's 2010 novel Northern Light
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