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John Best was born 15 April 1798 near Stanley in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He was the oldest son of Daniel (Bess) Best and Mary katherine Rhodes. John was nine years old when he arrived at Nine Mile Creek in Blount County, Tennessee in 1807. We do not know much about John, execept that he married twice and had many children. He could probably speak both German and English. He was a farmer and miller like his father, Daniel.
John married Esther McGaughy on 12 December 1818, in Blount County. He was twenty years old. There is little known about Esther except that she died in 1830. John and Esther had five children that survived childhood. They were: Mary A Best (born 5 November 1819), who married a John Best; Caroline "Carrie" Best born 1825), who never married; Samuel P Best (born 25 February 1829) who married Elizabeth A Clines; and James Madison Best, "Huckleberry Jim" to distinguish him from a younger cousin by the same name, (born 24 July 1830) who married Susannah Ridge and Mary Goforth Jones. All of these children were born in Bount County, Tennessee.
John became a widower in 1830. He had five children to raise. It did not take hi long to find a suitable wife. He married Elizabeth Anderson on 25 November 1830, in Blount County. He was thirty two and Elizabeth was twenty years old. John and Elizabeth had eight children that we know about. They were: Nancy Jane Best (born 1834) who married William Headrick; Susannah Best (born 1838) who married Humes J. Davis; Henry M Best (born 1939); Isaac Best (born 17 Feb 141) who married Margaret E Baker; George M Dallas Best (born 8 September 1843) who married Adaline Hulin; Elizabeth "Malissa" Best (born 15 march 1845) who married William H Kerr; Margaret "Malinda" Best (born 1851) who married Isaac Jackson Bryant; and finally Pierce M Best (born 1855) who married Minnie Cora Payne.
John Best died on 16 August 1870, in Blount County, Tennessee. He was probably buried at Williamson's Chapel Cemetery.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants gave their zealots plenty to admire in Friday night's 5-1 Interleague victory over the Indians. But, like the rainbow that appeared beyond left field early in the game, one aspect of the evening loomed over all the rest.
Tim Hudson remained exceedingly reliable by pitching seven solid innings, though he finally proved fallible by issuing a pair of walks. Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence, the top two hitters in San Francisco's order, combined to produce three runs in the first two innings. Pablo Sandoval interrupted a 2-for-22 skid with a seventh-inning triple.
Yet Michael Morse's power eclipsed everything else, just for its sheer impressiveness.
Morse unleashed a fourth-inning leadoff homer off Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco that resembled the drives struck by the handful of LPGA players on hand as special guests. It traveled neither on a parabola nor on a line. It simply soared steadily before landing in the right-center field stands more than 400 feet away from home plate, an area of AT&T Park rarely reached by right-handed batters.
One press-box observer compared the force of Morse to that of Mike Piazza, renowned among right-handed batters for his opposite-field prowess. Candlestick Park veterans doubtlessly recalled Atlanta's Dale Murphy and his ability to guide pitches to right-center field. "Being compared to anybody is cool," said a beaming Morse.
Morse may defy further comparisons if he comes anywhere close to maintaining his current rate. He has homered in three of his last six games, boosting his total to six. He contributed a first-inning sacrifice fly that helped hike his RBI total to a team-high 17.
The Giants led, 3-1, when Morse went deep, so he helped settle the outcome. After watching his club finish next-to-last in the National League with 107 homers last season, manager Bruce Bochy welcomes Morse's presence.
"I guess that's why he has the nickname 'The Beast,'" Bochy said. "No ballpark can hold him. ... When he squares up on it, if it's in the air, he's going to hit it out anywhere."
Morse happened to connect with an 0-2 pitch from Carrasco (0-3), who's 0-12 with an 8.12 ERA in 17 starts since he last won on June 29, 2011. Just think what Morse might have done if he hadn't been protecting the plate.
"I wasn't trying to be 'big,' " Morse said. "I was trying to stay small and use the whole field and see something to hit. I got a good pitch and put a good swing on it.
"One thing Barry [Bonds] told me in Spring Training was, try to go up there and get your hits. Home runs are a product of a good swing."
Given AT&T Park's dimensions, Morse didn't assume that he cleared the wall.
"When I hit it, I ran," he said. "You really don't know here. My first at-bat, I hit the ball pretty good to right. And it didn't even reach the warning track."
Cleveland's hitters couldn't make such solid contact against Hudson (3-1), who surrendered four hits. His seven-inning effort marked the fifth consecutive start in which he lasted at least that long. Hudson became the first Giants starter to work at least seven innings in each of his first five outings since Livan Hernandez built a six-game streak in 2002.
"He kept the ball down. He really located," said Cleveland first baseman Nick Swisher, whose third-inning single drove in Cleveland's lone run. "He used his changeup, sinker and a little breaking ball effectively tonight. He's a veteran guy. So if you go out there a little too geeked up, he knows exactly what he's doing."
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Hudson's franchise-record, season-opening streak of innings without a walk ended at 30 2/3 when he issued a free pass to Carlos Santana with two outs in the first inning.
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CALGARY -- Team Canada GM Steve Yzerman says there are no long shots with this group but, of course, there are and Andrew Ladd is one of them.
The Winnipeg Jets captain and one of the NHL's most underrated players is considered by many to be a second-tier player slotted into a first-tier role on a bad team.
On the surface the premise holds water, as Ladd skates on the top line of a non-playoff team. But the premise breaks down for one reason: Ladd is not second-rate.
Maybe he doesn't have a skill that stands out, such as blinding speed or elite ice vision, but he puts all his tools together for a rare complete package.
There is no team in the NHL that wouldn't want Andrew Ladd; his versatility makes him invaluable.
"When you're building a national team there are different roles and the conversations with the coaching staff have been all about building a team," said Team Canada coaching consultant Ralph Krueger. "The 14 forwards all have to have character. Andrew might not be seen as a top six guy but Andrew understands the 200-foot game and his understanding of winning is key. Every game here is a Game 7 and when you have a player with two Stanley Cups, he understands that part of the game. Andrew is in the mix."
Ladd need only look around to realize he's not in the upper crust of this group in terms of scoring. But the quiet confidence that underpins everything Ladd has achieved as a hockey player bubbles over a bit when that fact is pushed in his direction.
"They're not looking for just goals and assists and points. That's one thing I've done pretty well in my career and that's play the right way. If the puck isn't going in that's OK. It can work the other way too. Sometimes you're not playing very well and the puck is going in, but I think I'm pretty good at knowing I have to stick to the basics," he said.
"I think I skate well enough. It hasn't been a problem for me at world championships. I've played different roles there too, from a checker to a top-six forward. I don't think I've struggled at all. I'll get there."
Krueger adds the larger ice surface used at this Olympics will provide difficulties for some players, but not Ladd.
"You have to be very good positionally and an above average skater, which Andrew is," said Krueger, who has been tasked with figuring out a way to translate the Canadian team's strengths into success on the big ice. "You have to understand the angles and he's very good at that. He's been schooled very well."
Getting off to a strong start this season is pivotal. Ladd will have to score goals to keep his name in the conversation but he can't stray from the foundation his game is built upon.
"Skating and checking for me are key. When I'm doing that I'm on the body and on the puck. If I don't do that I'm not playing my best hockey," said Ladd, who potted 18 goals last season and has 75 over the last three campaigns. "The only negative effect it can have is if you start thinking you're better than you are and you start playing the wrong way. For me, my game starts with checking and the offence comes from that. My game is skating and checking and after you get the puck you have some freedom to try and make plays."
Ladd paid close attention to the rash of contracts Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff was able to complete this summer, including those of linemates Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little. The suggestion was made to him on Tuesday that Cheveldayoff had done his part and now the players must do theirs and develop into a consistent winner.
"Yep, for sure. First of all those guys deserve that. They've been a very important part of our team and if they weren't part of our team going forward there would have been some big holes to fill," said Ladd. "As a group we have to be ready to take the next step."
Ladd said he'd be leaving Calgary and making his way back to Winnipeg to begin final preparations for the regular season. Putting a winning Jets team on the ice is one goal, but making the Olympic team will also be on one of his front burners.
"I'll really only be happy if I get named to the final roster. It's nice to be here but the goal is to be in Sochi. That's the only thing that will make me happy," said Ladd.
The 27-year-old also sees some benefit to having himself and a number of teammates trying to make Olympic rosters.
"We've got a lot of guys on the U.S. side (four) that will be looking to make an impression with a good start and be in contention to make that team. If we can do it as a group and have success with our team, that's good for everyone," he said.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE/ TORONTO (June 9, 2010) — The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and World Vision Canada announced today that more than $1 million has been raised through "Hockey for Haiti" to help rebuild a children's hospital that was badly damaged in the January 12 earthquake. Dan Hamhuis of the Nashville Predators and NHL veteran Georges Laraque, along with officials from the NHLPA and World Vision Canada visited the Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince today to meet with patients, families and staff to share the good news.
The money was raised through "Hockey for Haiti", a joint initiative of Haitian-Canadian Georges Laraque, the NHLPA and World Vision Canada. It began with an initial donation of $100,000 from NHLPA Goals & Dreams. The NHL also donated $100,000 to this very worthy cause. Private donations, plus all proceeds from the NHLPA's current auction of Olympic hockey jerseys and recent online auction of unique hockey memorabilia, have brought the total amount raised to help rebuild the hospital past the million-dollar mark.
Grace Children's Hospital, operated by International Child Care, is one of Haiti's leading pediatric centres dedicated to the treatment of children with tuberculosis, HIV and other diseases. However, the cracked and crumbling facility is now unsafe to enter, and the inpatient ward is closed. The hospital's staff is currently running an outpatient clinic from tents in the yard.
As part of the NHLPA's ongoing online auction of 140 Olympic jerseys worn by NHL players during the 2010 Olympics, Team Russia and Czech Republic jerseys are on sale now – including the "White" jersey worn by Alexander Ovechkin in Russia's February 18th game against Slovakia. All proceeds will benefit "Hockey for Haiti". Over $150,000 has been raised through the NHLPA's Olympic jersey auction to date. Hockey fans still looking to obtain a piece of hockey history, while also bringing hope to Haitian children, can bid on Olympic jerseys at www.nhlpa.com/auctions. The auction runs until mid-June. Fans can also make a donation directly to "Hockey for Haiti" through www.worldvision.ca/hockey.


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A grand jury is convened at the beginning of each term of the Circuit Court, a grand jury is convened. These juries serve two purposes:
- consider bills of indictment
- determine whether there is sufficient probable cause to believe that a person accused of having committed a serious crime:
- did commit such crime,
- and should stand trial.
The grand jury does not hear both sides of the case and does not determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
A special grand jury is convened to investigate any condition which tends to promote criminal activity in the community or which indicates malfeasance of governmental agencies or officials. This grand jury has subpoena powers and may summon persons, documents, or records needed in its investigation.
Local Rules and Preferred Practices
- Local Rules and Preferred Practices, pursuant to Virginia Code Section §8.01-4, effective August 1, 2016.
The Circuit Court implemented Local Rules and Preferred Practices on July 1, 2014. To the extent anything on this public website is inconsistent with those rules, the local rules and preferred practices will apply. Please note that the hours of operation of the Circuit Court Clerk's office remain unchanged. The Circuit Court Clerk's office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on holidays or as otherwise ordered by the Court.
Payment of Court Costs, Fines and Restitution
An individual has 45 days from the date of sentencing (or release from incarceration on this jurisdiction's charge) to either pay in full their fines, court costs, or restitution (if any) or set up a payment plan. Failure to do so will result in an account being in default. Read more.
A person who owes fines and costs on which interest has accrued during a period of incarceration may move the court in which he owes fines and costs to waive the interest that accrued on such fines and costs during such period of incarceration (only applies to what is owed on or after 7/1/16 and does not apply to restitution interest or collection fees). The person must complete the following:
- Request for Waiver of Interest of Fines & Costs (Form DC-366A)
- Certification of Incarceration Period (Form DC-366)
Guidelines for Payment of Court Costs, Fines and Restitution in Criminal Cases.
Petition asking the Circuit Court to allow payments of fine, costs, and restitution (if any) in deferred or installment payments.
Courtroom Technology
The Audio Visual Handbook describes the technology used in Courtrooms 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D located on the courthouse's 10th floor.
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One of my favorite things about Citi Field- and there are many- is the fanwalk with personal messages the Mets sold prior to the opening of the stadium. It provides a personal touch to the entry, and allows individuals to mark the stadium with a memory of a loved one.
My entry reads:
Gil Hodges for
Hall of Fame
The Megdal Family
I wanted something that captured the Brooklyn Dodgers my father supported, the New York Mets we both still support, and something that would link us to my yet-to-be-born daughter at the time. (I chose in the winter of 2008, while my daughter didn't come along until March 2010.)
For those who missed out, the Mets have made additional fanwalk bricks available outside of the Seaver and Hodges entrances. All I can tell you is that I get sentimental reading the bricks of others, and love the idea that as long as there's a Citi Field, my family will be a part of that exterior landscape.


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IIT Online Fall 2011 User Survey
Happy New Year!
As we prepare for a next week's first new semester of 2012, I'd like to thank all of our Illinois Tech students who took the time to complete our Fall 2011 IIT Online survey.
A record-setting 540 students responded! That's the largest response since IIT Online started formal semester-end surveys after the spring 2010 semester.
And to toot our own horn, most of the response ratings are overwhelmingly "satisfied," "very satisfied," or better yet, a combination of the two. Credit goes to our staff who each strive to ensure an excellent online experience for every student. Take a peek at the results and see for yourself: IIT Online Fall 2011 User Survey.
Where the responses and suggestions are not so overwhelmingly positive, please know that we take them all seriously. Suggestions help us to improve our workflows, processes, and technology, and bring you the best service possible.
So once again, thanks for ending 2011 on such a positive note – look for even better and bigger things in 2012!


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DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing responded Wednesday to the state financial review team's findings that a financial emergency exists in the city, and no satisfactory plan is in place to resolve it.
In a statement Bing said "Yesterday, the Financial Review Team asserted that there was no plan in place to correct the City's financial emergency. To the contrary, my administration has worked diligently to develop and implement a restructuring plan for the City of Detroit. In fact, our plan was reviewed and accepted by all stakeholders, including the State and the Financial Advisory Board. We have the plan, but we face significant challenges executing it in a timely manner. We are hindered by several factors, including the City Charter, labor agreements, litigation, governmental structure, and a scarcity of financial and human resources. Further exploration of ways to mitigate these barriers for more timely implementation of my initiatives should be examined."
Wednesday a judge said the Detroit school board has authority over academic policies, at least for the next five weeks before a new emergency manager law kicks in.
The decision by Wayne County Judge Annette Berry means the board and emergency financial manager Roy Roberts must talk more and work together on some key issues.
Berry appeared sympathetic to the board and Roberts, who was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The power struggle began last year when an emergency manager law was suspended for months and ultimately repealed by voters.
Roberts has remained on the job under an old manager law. But a new law starts in late March, restoring much of his previous authority in the struggling school district.
Watch: Detroit's review team: 'financial emergency' does exist
In its report, the Review Team cited several conditions, including the following, in making its determination:
- The City continues to experience a significant depletion of its cash reserves. Projections estimate a cumulative cash deficit of more than $100 million by June 30, 2013, without significant spending cuts. The Review Team noted that the Mayor and Council have moved forward with some financial reforms, those changes are too often one-time savings and apply only to a small percentage of the city's overall wage and benefit burden.
- The City's General Fund (GF) has not experienced a positive year-end fund balance since fiscal year 2004, with cumulative GF deficits ranging from $155.4 million in FY 2005, to $332 million in FY 2009. The GF deficit was $327 million in FY 2012. City officials have primarily sought to address these deficits by issuing long-term debt.
- As of June 30, 2012, the City's long-term liabilities, including accrued pension liabilities and other post-employment benefits, exceeded $14 billion. City officials have projected that over the next five years, expenditures needed to fund certain long-term liabilities will total nearly $1.9 billion. However, City officials have not devised a satisfactory plan to address long-term liabilities.
- The City Charter contains various restrictions and structural impediments which make it extremely difficult for City officials to restructure the City's operations in a meaningful manner. Restrictions include extensive steps and timeframes which must be observed before any proposed changes in future retirement benefits may be implemented and provisions which make it all but impossible to reorganize and enhance the delivery of municipal services.
Read: Full review team report
The Governor has 30 days to review the report and make a determination on whether or not a financial emergency exists in the City.
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Did you know?
Nearby the 4 Laureates is the Peace and Democracy sculpture, created by Noria Mabasa.
In your wanderings around the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, you might come across four larger-than-life bronzed gentlemen standing pensively in a row.
They are the central characters of Nobel Square, dedicated to South Africa's four Nobel Peace Prize laureates: Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela.
These great men all played their part in helping South Africa to democracy after decades of apartheid.
Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, was the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He received his award in December 1961 after being allowed briefly out of South Africa to attend the Nobel ceremony in Oslo.
Throughout much of his political life, Luthuli was arrested, charged and banned from public participation.
'What is important is that we can build a homogeneous South Africa on the basis not of colour but of human values,' – reads the inscription under Luthuli's statue.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, is one of the world's most beloved leaders. His fame stretches far beyond South Africa's borders and his words are relevant to the world at large. Known originally for his opposition to the apartheid regime, he later became a symbol of national reconciliation. He still speaks for the oppressed and the poor.
'A person is a person through other people,' reads the Tutu inscription.
FW de Klerk was South Africa's last president during apartheid. In 1990 he heralded the social and political winds of change in South Africa by releasing Nelson Mandela from prison, unbanning the ANC and its alliance partners, and working with Mandela and others to establish the country's new Constitution.
'Our new Constitution is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, justice and of the ending of centuries of conflict,' reads the De Klerk inscription.
After 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president. He, with FW de Klerk, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. The following year, following the historic elections of April 27, he took over the reins of government and led the fledgling democracy with pride and grace.
'Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will experience the oppression of one by another,' reads the inscription under the Mandela statue.
The sculptor finally chosen to create the historic figures was Claudette Schreuders, a Cape Town artist. She was selected by a panel after a final grouping of 10 artists was asked to present their concepts for Nobel Square.
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Nobel Square is situated in the V&A Waterfront precinct of Cape Town, near the V&A Hotel and the Two Oceans Aquarium.
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The V&A Waterfront is an all-weather destination, but it's advisable to pick a sunny day so you can enjoy some of the outdoor features of the area.
Around the area
Visit the Two Oceans Aquarium nearby – it's one of the finest, most informative aquariums in Africa.
Tours to do
Take the Cape Town 'hop-on, hop-off' City Sightseeing bus tour – it's the easiest way to view the Mother City.
Get around
Once you're in the V&A Waterfront area, all the sights are within walking distance.
What will it cost
Access to Nobel Square is free of charge.
Length of stay
Nobel Square is a good place to have your take-away lunch – or you can just spare a few minutes and admire the statues and read the inscriptions.
Where to stay
The V&A Waterfront area has a number of fine hotels – see the listed websites.
What to eat
There are some very good seafood restaurants at the V&A Waterfront.
What's happening
The V&A Waterfront has a busy schedule of events throughout the year – check the listed website for details.
Best buys
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- James C. Duff, Secretary to the Judicial Conference of the United States
Make the DOJ Investigate Clarence Thomas' Ethics Violations
A group of 20 House Democrats led by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) are now pushing for a Justice Department investigation into Justice Thomas' possible serious ethics violations.
Justice Thomas failed to include hundreds of thousands of dollars of his wife's income on an important judicial disclosure form.
He reportedly received lavish gifts and favors from a real estate magnate and personal friend who has close ties to the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, a group which has itself given Justice Thomas a $15K gift. He refused to recuse himself from three Supreme Court cases in which AEI had filed briefs (and their side won).
He has also so far refused to recuse himself from the upcoming Court consideration of the health care reform law, even though his wife, a Tea Party big wig, has worked tirelessly to defeat the law.
The appearances of impropriety also extend to Thomas' attendance at a strategy retreat and fundraisers sponsored by the Koch brothers the right-wing political mega donors who have tremendous stake in many Supreme Court cases and have benefited tremendously by the decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
Take action today and call for a DOJ investigation into ethics abuses on the Supreme Court now to hold Justice Thomas accountable.
- James C. Duff, Secretary to the Judicial Conference of the United States
I support the recent letter from 20 members of Congress urging the Judicial Conference to follow the law and refer the matter of Justice Thomas's non-compliance with the Ethics in Government Act to the Department of Justice.
Please stand up for the institution of the Supreme Court by holding Justices to an ethical standard.
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Since 1999, University of Hamburg has been keeping up the preparations to establish an Academy for World Religions. With the opening of the Academy for World Religions in June 2010, the University of Hamburg is going one step further and people of all faiths learn together about Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The academy will also train Muslim, Jewish, Christian clerics and religious instruction teachers.
Wolfram Weisse, Director of Center for World Religions in Dialogue, told to "Hamburger Abendblatt" about their study on the academy regulations. Weisse expressed that a university that teaches about all world religions is really needed both for scientific and social grounds.


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ANAHEIM – A new theatrical production that incorporates Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters will debut this summer at Disneyland.
"Mickey and the Magical Map" will appear in the Fantasyland Theater near It's a Small World.
The theater closed in August so crews could start preparing for a new play, but Disney did not reveal the concept until recently.
In the new show, Mickey Mouse "stumbles into a fantastic adventure through worlds of music, color and beloved characters," Disney says on the Disney Parks Blog.
Disney released artwork that revealed other characters in the show, including some from "The Jungle Book," "Tangled" and "Pocahontas."
More details about the show will be revealed in an exhibit that opens Jan. 19 at the Blue Sky Cellar in Disney California Adventure.
Most recently, the Fantasyland Theater housed the Princess Fantasy Faire, where visitors, beginning in 2006, met princess characters. Before that, the theater hosted a string of shows, including "Show White – An Enchanting New Musical" and "Beauty and the Beast."
Later this spring, the princess characters will move to a new Fantasy Faire under construction where Carnation Plaza Gardens used to stand. The completion date has yet to be released. Visitors for now can interact with the princess characters at a greeting area along the It's a Small World mall.
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Salt River Project has launched a contest that has Valley residents making their community more water-efficient. The contest, in which participants pledge to conserve water by submitting their best water-saving tips, could result in a "water makeover" for Homeward Bound's Thunderbird Family Village Campus.
If SRP reaches its goal of 5,000 pledges, it will help Homeward Bound conserve water at several of its transitional housing facilities with a $5,000 grant from SRP that will be used by Homeward Bound to install high-efficiency shower heads and water fixtures in its 80-apartment campus located in north Phoenix.
"This process highlights the importance of everyone doing their part to conserve water," says Sally Smith, Homeward Bound's director of facilities. "We look forward to the conversion, saving water and the money we'll save in the process."
Homeward Bound is an organization that works to break the cycle of homelessness and domestic violence. They help families with children achieve economic independence by providing long-term housing that is secure and safe.
Started in 1990 with one family and one house, Homeward Bound now manages 155 housing units and helps nearly 600 people, 400 of which are children. In 2000, Homeward Bound opened the Thunderbird Family Village, a five-acre, secured campus with 80 two-bedroom housing units.
The pledge contest and the Homeward Bound "water makeover" is one of several initiatives created by SRP to extend and enhance the Together We Conserve campaign, a multimedia campaign to raise awareness of water conservation.
Participants of the Together We Conserve pledge contest will automatically be entered into a drawing to win weekly prizes that includes everything from smart irrigation controllers to movie passes.
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I must personally testify that these brownies are exquisite! Janet, I ate two in a row after lunch and could have eaten a dozen.ReplyDelete
I could eat a dozen as well. I'm so glad you and Keith polished them off.ReplyDelete
I have to admit I have missed your chocolates these past few years since I've been here in Alaska!! You're an amazing cook. I love checking out your blog and seeing all your fun recipes! Thanks!! I'll have to pass on some salmon and halibut recipes sometime...Not too gourmet though. Kaye Worthen Tuia :)ReplyDelete
We miss you, Kaye. I would love some salmon and halibut recipes. Halibut starts coming on in Utah in March. I can hardly wait. So good to hear from you. Stay warm!ReplyDelete
Those are beautiful and they look delish. Can't wait to try them. Thanks.ReplyDelete
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Men's Tennis Concludes Play at UNCW Fall Invitational
UNCW Fall Invitational Final Results
The Liberty Flames men's tennis squad opened its fall schedule with an appearance in the UNCW Fall Invitational. The Flames, competing with five doubles entrants and 10 singles entrants, posted 18 victories overall, including four doubles wins and 14 singles victories.
Liberty was one of seven teams represented at the tournament. Joining the Flames were host UNCW, East Carolina, North Carolina Central, VCU, Chattanooga and New Mexico.
"This was a great start to our fall schedule," commented Liberty head coach Chris Johnson. "We had several good wins overall, but Dillon Segur really came to play. He made a deep run in a field of very strong players."
Segur's play highlighted action for the Flames. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native posted three singles wins, en route to an appearance in the Flight B finals. In his opening match, Segur bounced back after dropping the first set to UNCW's Christiaan Van der Burgh, 4-6, and won the final two sets, 6-4, 6-3,. In the quarterfinals, Segur rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 straight-set win against Chattanooga's John Peacey. Segur's momentum continued in the semifinals, when the junior once again rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat James Hignett of New Mexico, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Segur's bid to win the flight title fell short, losing to UNCW's Zach Hublitz, 6-4, 6-1.
Also in singles play, Shea Thomas, Guillem Secanell and Carson Greve each tallied a pair of victories.
After dropping his first two matches, Thomas finished the tournament strong, capturing a pair of straight-set wins. Thomas defeated North Carolina Central's Stephan Charles-Donatien, 6-0, 6-1, before wrapping up the tournament with a 6-1, 6-4 ousting of Chattanooga's Jorge Varon.
Secanell rebounded from a loss in his opening match to defeat W. East of North Carolina Central, 6-4, 6-1, and Chattanooga's Luke Saunders, 6-2, 6-3.
Jorge Azuero, Sergio Mourelo, Stan Vaughan, Alejandro Llamas and Josiah Boda each finished the tournament with one win in singles tilts for Liberty.
In doubles play, four out of five duos for the Flames captured a win. Azuero/Segur, Thomas/Egon Samaai, Mourelo/Boda and Vaughan/Llamas each tallied a victory for Liberty.
The Flames continue fall play this weekend with a trip to the Southern Intercollegiate Championship (SIC) in Athens, Ga. Action at the SIC begins on Friday and continues through Sunday.


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Queen of the nip-slip
NICKI Minaj suffered a major wardrobe malfunction during her appearance on BET's 106 & Park recently. The American Idol judge showed off more than she had planned in her barely-there bralet top -- and it was all caught on live television.
Sure, Minaj isn't one for following trends -- she makes 'em (or at least thinks she does) so could she be trying to make this a new signature look? Maybe. The rapper has been nip-slip prone in the past and has even turned to nipple pasties to help avoid such mishaps, according to the Mirror UK.
Minaj may be the queen of the nip-slips, but she's among many other pop princesses that have shared in the same fashion faux pas, including Miley Cyrus, Courteney Cox, Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Pamela Anderson, Lindsay Lohan, Anna Lynne McCord, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna -- wow, we could go on all day!
Balls to the wall
JESSICA Biel is currently promoting her role in Hitchcock, and in a recent appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, she was supposed to be talking up the Anthony Hopkins-led film. But the conversation had less to do with Hitchcock, and more to do with balls.
Sweaty, "butt naked," old-man balls. Balls that apparently made a Biel sandwich -- to the actress' discomfort -- during a trip to a spa in the Alps.
We'll let her explain. (And, for the record, Biel says she was dressed in "my bikini and my robe and my towel and my slippers" when the incident occurred.)
"These guys come in, one's sitting over here, one's sitting over here," Biel told Letterman.
"They drop their towels and they're completely naked. Butt naked. Older, husky men."
"They were naked and I'm in the middle of them!" she continued, flustered. "I look over and I realize, yes, it is confirmed, there are balls on wood. Not just naked, but balls on wood, Dave. That's not OK!"
Ahh, Paris
LIL Wayne and Paris Hilton: theirs is a beautiful BFF-ship. In 2011, for instance, Interview magazine got these two together for one of their usual transcribed celebrity Q&As. The duo bonded: turns out they both dig Miami, they've both served time, they both love Lil Wayne records. And it was during that historical meeting of the bank accounts that the origins of this article were born.
Said Wayne: "I was gonna ask you, how are you gonna release an album and don't get me on it?"
Replied Hilton: "Well, if you would be on the album, then I would be honoured."
And today, the world has the result of that proposal: a collaboration titled Last Night, which is -- or was -- meant to be Hilton's new pop single, since Idolator reports the project has been cancelled. (Something to do with Hilton breaking up with the track's producer, Afrojack, according to reports, and another version of the tune turned up on Pitbull's new record, albeit featuring another singer, Havana Brown.)
Remember One Night in Paris? Hilton and Weezy want you to remember One Night in Paris. Because if you didn't already pick up on the title, Lil Wayne name-drops Hilton's star-making sex tape later on in the track.
"Excuse my french, but f the cameras," Weezy raps on his guest verse, "I wanna spend a night in Paris."
Between this and Kanye West's Kim Kardashian: Superstar verse on Clique, it's the birth of a new genre.
The Rihanna rebellion
WHEN Rihanna packed up her Boeing 777 for her 777 tour, she reportedly gave the 150 reporters on board a few things: she gave them some socks with her face on them, and a Moleskine, and some perfume and a conflict-free diamond Rolling Stone describes as being as big as a Q-Tip.
Rihanna -- or at least Team Rihanna -- also gave them a promise: the pop star would stage a few press conferences.
This, according to multiple reports, has not happened.
Rihanna hasn't been seen or heard by 777's coach class since pouring everyone champagne on Day 1 of the trek. Wrote Rolling Stone's Jeff Rosenthal, who's on board: "We haven't seen Rihanna offstage since the first day, unless you count her popping up at baggage claim for a few moments on the morning of the second."
This means mutiny.
Or at least journalists Tweeting about mutiny.
Chants of "Just one quote!" "Occupy 777!" and "Save our jobs!" have reportedly erupted, jokingly (?) instigated by pop blog Idolator in response to their host's disappearance. (Rihanna, reportedly nestled away in her private quarters, was unmoved by the mini-uprising -- though Complex reports her Def Jam reps came out of first class to tell the passengers to simmer down. They then sent out some complementary bottles of Jay-Z's D'Usse Cognac to lubricate the situation.)
Lindsay and Liz like sisters
LINDSAY Lohan's dad discovered he has a 17-year-old daughter while appearing on a TV talk show last week. And it turns out LiLo herself got the news the same way.
Good Morning America host Amy Robach accidentally dropped the truth-bomb on Linds while asking about the long-secret half sister last week.
"I didn't even hear that, so thanks for the news," Lohan said. "I don't pay attention to any of it. I don't really want to get into that because I want to stay on the positive side of things."
Yes, positive. Because apart from that unfortunate dip into Lohan's troubled, and well-reported, personal life, her appearance on GMA was all about giving Lohan the opportunity to re-iterate what a great place she's in now. That and to understandably pitch her new TV movie, Liz & Dick. (It airs on Lifetime Nov. 25.)
Staying "positive" has been the excuse for Lohan's pull-out from another recent TV engagement. Her rep cancelled a Q&A with 20/20's Barbara Walters earlier this month. At issue: Walters may have asked Lohan something "tough," HuffPo reports. (Acceptable questions likely being: 1) Was it awesome to play Elizabeth Taylor? and 2) Just how awesome was it?)
So yes, Lohan touched on playing the late screen legend during the GMA sitdown. She talked about how she related to the Oscar-winning beauty: "Elizabeth Taylor actually went to her mother a lot. She was really close to her mother, and I'm pretty much the same," Lohan told Robach.
Knightley terror
KEIRA Knightley turned up on Ellen DeGeneres's talk show and said that she's finding the prospect of a wedding "terrifying." She got engaged in May, you'll recall, to musician Jim Righton.
"Ever since (the engagement announcement), everyone keeps going, 'So when is it going to happen and what's the dress like?'" she said.
"We haven't planned anything and it's all quite terrifying and I sort of looked it up on the internet: 'If you're getting married, what should you do?' I really don't have a clue."
She didn't comment on the report that Karl Lagefeld has offered to design a dress for her.
No more sex in the pool!
IN Glow mag, Vanessa Hudgens recounted the shooting of her three-person swimming-pool sex scene, with James Franco and starlet Ashley Benson, for the soon-to-be-released movie Spring Breakers:
"It was very nerve-racking for me," she said. "I told my agent that I never want to do it ever again."
In September Franco told E! News that he hadn't minded at all.
The press release says the movie is "a drug and sex-fuelled film about four coeds who find themselves mixed up with a drug dealer."
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MICROSOFT is pulling out all the stops to promote its new Surface tablet as a worthy alternative to the iPad. The company is rumored to have dropped $400 million on its marketing campaign for the device. But here's one stop it's probably wishing it hadn't pulled out: getting Oprah Winfrey to tout the device on her Twitter account.
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There's just one problem. Some Twitter clients display additional metadata, like what kind of device the tweeter is using. And as Zagg, The Next Web, and others noticed, Oprah -- or whoever was tweeting on Oprah's behalf -- was tweeting from an iPad.
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Neal Ardley admitted he was pleased to get his first win as AFC Wimbledon manager after a dominant 3-1 League Two win over Bristol Rovers last night (Tuesday).
In front of a vociferous crowd at Kingsmeadow, Dons stormed into a 3-0 lead inside 30 minutes.
A Garry Kenneth own goal kicked off the onslaught, followed by Rashid Yussuff's clean finish off George Francomb's flick on, and it ended with Yussuff scoring direct from a free-kick.
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Righty fractures collarbone in benches-clearing fracas with Quentin
SAN DIEGO -- The Dodgers' fury over Zack Greinke's broken left collarbone, ignited by Carlos Quentin charging the mound in the sixth inning Thursday night, overshadowed Juan Uribe's pinch-homer that gave Los Angeles a 3-2 win over the Padres.
It simmered throughout the postgame comments and spilled into the service tunnel as the Dodgers were about to walk through the Padres players' parking lot to board their buses for the airport an hour after this strange and volatile game ended.
In the tunnel is where Matt Kemp and Quentin met in a tense, face-to-face confrontation, Kemp asking Quentin why he'd charge the mound, Quentin saying his head was thrown at. Quentin started pointing, Kemp warned Quentin to stop and at that point the pair was separated by teammates and friends. Hanley Ramirez first intervened, then Clayton Kershaw grabbed Kemp from going back for more, while Clayton Richard was backing up Quentin.
Meanwhile, Greinke wasn't going to Arizona with the team. Instead, he returned to Los Angeles for a morning exam by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. Greinke, his left arm in a sling, wouldn't give a prognosis or an indication of the severity of the injury, which can take anywhere from two weeks to three months to heal and on rare occasion requires surgery.
So, the physical will be known on Friday. The emotional wounds will be tested next week, as the Padres come to Dodger Stadium for a three-game series starting Monday night.
Is there bad blood between these two teams?
"Now there probably is," said Greinke. "I don't know if there was before."
There really isn't bad blood between the teams. There's definitely bad blood between the Dodgers and Quentin for sidelining their $147 million co-ace, as A.J. Ellis pointed out, for no good baseball reason. And there's bad blood between the Dodgers and Padres reserve John Baker, whom they accused of reveling in the pain Quentin's bull rush put on Greinke's fractured clavicle.
"I hear he went to Stanford," Kemp said of Quentin. "People with good baseball IQs, with a one-run lead in the sixth inning and a 3-2 pitch. I've heard smart people go to Stanford, but that wasn't too smart."
Kemp, Greinke and Jerry Hairston Jr. were ejected for their parts in the melee. During the brawl, Kemp went face to face with umpire Paul Nauert, later saying when he heard Padres players ridiculing Greinke, he "went over the edge."
"That stuff happens in the Minor Leagues," Kemp said of Quentin's actions, "not the big leagues."
Ellis said even during the brawl, Padres players were apologizing for the breach of the baseball code that Quentin showed when he attacked Greinke in a situation nobody else believed was intentional except for Quentin, who four years ago was intercepted from going after Greinke by the plate umpire and opposing catcher when hit in the back with a 2-2 pitch.
"I had a similar thing happen in A-ball -- bases loaded, 3-2 pitch, guy got hit -- and the entire team apologized to me and that's what their guys did tonight, to a man, apologizing for what just happened," said Ellis. "We knew during the game what was up with Zack. They were upset as well. We all know the code of baseball."
The Dodgers were nearly as baffled when they heard that Greinke not only was ejected, but that crew chief and plate umpire Sam Holbrook would only confirm the ejections but not explain why to a pool reporter afterward. It did appear that Greinke said something to encourage Quentin just before he headed for the mound.
"I spoke with my supervisor and until we file a report with the league, that's really all we can say," said Holbrook. "I can't tell you what was said or what we think led to it."
Quentin confirmed Greinke said something to him.
"That was the final straw," Quentin said. "That could have been avoided as well.
"But like I said, there's a history there. There's a reason why I reacted the way I did. Who knows what happens if he doesn't say anything. Or if he motions that it wasn't intentional."
Of all the Dodgers that were angry, nobody seemed hotter than Hairston, a former Padre, who billed himself as a peacemaker in the opening round of the brawl. But after order appeared to be restored, he came sprinting out of his dugout pointing a finger at a player on the San Diego bench he wouldn't name. Manager Don Mattingly, however, said it was Baker.
"Obviously Zack was hurt and one guy over there was chirping, making fun of him," said Hairston. "I asked him to meet me halfway. He didn't. That never should have happened. Zack's not trying to put the tying run on base.
"Now we're trying to win and one of our aces has a broken collarbone. It's unacceptable. I lost it. I know Zack, we talked in the offseason, we have the same agent. I knew he'd be huge for us, hasn't given up a run all year. And their guy is making fun of a broken collarbone? I took exception to that. You don't make fun of a guy that's injured."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tom J: I'm using Stalker Complete, with the visuals turned way down (my computer wasn't chosen for gaming). RPSers are divided on this, I know, but it sounded like the original game was buggy enough that modding to bug-fix was advisable.
The Legend of Grimrock mods so far sound like they're mainly things to keep people interested after they've already played through, but that's just from a quick glance at its forums.
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare: Brutal, tactical, tense. The most fun I've had with a mp game in years.
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Dishonored: Beautiful, poorly written, well crafted.
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Bought Syndicate on sale for $5 to experience its scifi atmosphere. Discovered that you can't change game difficulty without a full campaign restart. Why, why, why would anyone think that is possibly, in any universe, a good design decision?
It also hitches whenever you take a screenshot in FRAPS. Huge party foul.
I gave Endless Space a shot for a total of 39 min. The Background was engrosing the soundscape and graphics beautiful. But I just simply don't 'get' these sort fo games. I think I'd need a real hold-your-hand-tutorial to even begin to scratch the surface of this game.
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Started over in Darklands. Actually assigning skill points in character creation was a pretty big deal. Killed a robber knight and made a bunch of money and I'm slowly making progress with my skills, learning about new saints (one of my guys speaking good Latin is really helpful). None of my characters really know how to heal, and one of them is very young, so pretty useless so far. Kind of an overwhelming game with the world of choices, but pretty impressively open as well.
Also gave World of Goo a whirl for the first time; been sitting in my Humble Bundle account forever now. So far I like the music a lot, and I think there's probably some potential here, but most of the challenges so far have been kind of dull. Hasn't drawn me in from the start the same way that say, Braid, VVVVVV, or SpaceChem did.
Taking a breather before triggering Realm Divide in Shogun 2. Spent twenty years securing my own realm and using espionage and diplomacy to tear apart other people's, but things are going to get messy soon.
So I'm playing Max Payne 3 for a while. Violent. A lot of fun, although I'm tempted to bump the difficulty down to play through the story in a weekend, I don't find the achievement of overcoming the difficulty sufficiently mechanically or otherwise rewarding to fight the same gunfight fifteen times in a row without getting bored or fed up.
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hrmm. I was going to wait until I'd finished Air Conflicts: Secret Wars to post about it, but I'm sort of stuck on the last mission (bloody jets).
I don't think they know what they have here. It's a pretty fun game, with a surprisingly original story, spoiled by far too many time limited missions and missions which I would say are very close to being impossible. It's at its most fun when you're allowed to take your time, but that happens far too rarely.
There's also a serious problem with subtitles and cutscenes; subtitles replace the HUD, which means that while the characters are blabbering, you very often can't tell if you're going the wrong way. And the cutscenes just too frequently ruin the flow of the gameplay.
It wouldn't have taken much to make the game much less frustrating.
How many hours before The Witcher is supposed to get any good?
So far I've spent 1/3 of the time tinkering to make it work half-decently, 1/3 going through mind-numbingly boring fights and fetch quests, 1/3 half-watching uninteresting cutscenes during which all I was thinking was 'wish I had a second monitor to play another game until they're done'.
After ending in bed with some gal by mistake* (I almost fell off the chair when I was given a card with her portrait on it, and a pussy on well, her pussy - BTW is there an achievement for collecting pussies?), and laughing my ass off at the dialog (sis, what are those dogs doing? - fuckity fuck, sissy baby, those are not dogs!), I've reached a state where I'm compulsively clicking LMB to get some relief from the voice <cough>acting and the wooden animation.
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I'd say something but you seem to already have your mind made up. If you detest it so strongly after the first 5 or so hours, just quit.
Once you get some money, it might be worth travelling to Nürnberg to buy good armor. It's the best in the game if I remember correctly.
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Sounds like you're pretty early into the game, and it does start slowly. Things only really pick up once you get into Vizima; Kaer Morhen is just a long tutorial while the first village eases you into having to do things for yourself such as research monsters, time-dependent quests, and the how quests play out (as in you can't always please everyone and many have consequences that happen a lot later).
A quick (and weird) google search reveals the girl you banged to be Triss, who has been a fuckbuddy of Geralts for ages, which makes things make more sense. Sense that is lost when most other women you meet in that game are just as... open as she was. Apparently this fits with Witcher lore but it was universally seen as blatant and silly.
Finally the voice acting was never good in TW even with the enhanced edition, the sequel nails it though. The animations are bad as the game is old and had engine problems - the entire thing is based on the Bioware Aurora engine. And as for the writing: it was CDPs first game and the translation was known to be pretty poor in places. All these production values come down to one thing - this was not a big budget game. Not by a long shot.
I'm not the biggest fan of the first game and will probably not play it again for a long while. But there's definitely a good game in there, which is great more often than bad.
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How long is first Witcher anyway ??
I'm playing BAL (Become A Legend),last few matches i was not any good so we'll see what will be in the future for me.
The witcher is somewhere between 40 and 50 hours long.
It's best to think of, and play, The Witcher series as primarily interactive fiction, albeit very violent and hands on interactive fiction. The intent of CDPR in both games is to tell a story through a game, not to make a game with a story, which is what the overwhelming majority of games do. The Witcher 2 achieves it to a far greater degree, to the point where I'd say it's the best and most important example of interactive narrative since Psychonauts in how it links it's narrative and it's mechanics. But The Witcher is still an excellent game where you can frequently see the roots that germinated into it's sublime successor.
I actually bought the game on the strength of the demo, so didn't have that much of a problem with the intro and first chapter, but it's fair to say that it's first two acts are much slower than the rest of the game. That's a trademark of CDPR though, they like to mess with gaming convention in order to work on better presenting scale and narrative scope. It's a slow start, but slow by design, and when you get to the middle of the game you know that it was the right choice as far as the whole is concerned.
The sex things-on the whole it's clearly pretty weak throughout the game, and I say that as a huge fan of the series. It's a classic example of a game projecting it's "maturity" by turning the inhabitants of a world into the attendees of a nihilistic fuck fest. At times I'd even say it was misogynistic. The Second game, to my relief, more or less neuters the sex entirely and actually becomes one of the best examples how to do sex in games-sparingly, with character, for a purpose, but incidental and unobtrusive. Contrast that with the Witcher where it is more a case of-every woman wants it, because..maturity?, every fucking where you look.
However if you pay attention to what's being said you don't have to have sex with anyone, ever, in either game. The example you give-there are two dialogue choices for you to make in the run up, in which time Triss talks about feeling like a teenager again, old feelings for Geralt coming flooding back. You are given the chance to give either a bluff or nervous "Yeah great, time to get going!" choice after both, or probe into those things she's saying. Where, in the bedroom, are conversations like that going to go with an old lover in a video game? Or, to be honest, the majority of media?
It's contrived and cliched certainly but to me at least I could still see what was coming a mile off when I first played the game, despite knowing nothing of the back-story or fiction.
The sad fact applies that in the first Witcher anything more than a compliment in a dialogue choice with a woman is basically a sexual overture, and it's disgusting frankly.
HOWEVER the tact and sensibility with which they dealt with other mature issues such as coming of age, racism, politics, relationships, war and morality, even gender actually, led me to give them the benefit of the doubt in the hope that their approach to sexuality was just a horrible accident or case of experimentation gone wrong. Turns out, if W2 is anything to buy, that's all it was.
But where the sexuality is a sledgehammer the majority of the rest of the game is subtle, rich, and markedly different if you give it the chance, like a good book. It's rare a classic novel achieves it's status on the basis of the first four chapters, it's about what it does as a whole, and that very much applies to The Witcher, it is, in spite of looking a bit creaky, still a BIG, ambitious and impressive game, very much a PC game. It's not about moment to moment thrills-although it's not bad on that when you get into Vizimia anyway-so it requires patience, but much like a good book give it time and you won't regret it. If you give ti time you will find a world which has been crafted to explore whilst also allowing for narrative propulsion. It's a game which is about places and people and lore, about the social tensions of towns and rural communities, the spaces both physical and cultural between them, and the way that war and politics brings it all together and threatens to dwarf them utterly. I studied Medieval Europe at University and I have never played a game which better recognises and portrays the rise of early modern ideals and existential forces pitted against folklore and tradition, which is what is really at the heart of this game. That probably sounds very ott but fuck it, it's what I got form it.
When making The Wire David Simon said he wanted to make a show that demanded hours of people's time to understand, and that he didn't care about who that alienated The Witcher is obviously nowhere near as impressive an accomplishment as said series but I think the intent was the same. It doesn't care if you don't want to give it time, but you'll be very glad if you did, because it's approach simply allows for experiences other games can't give without being similallry self-consciously challenging to get into.
To make it a more palatable experience visually there are some good texture mods
There is another mod, The full combat rebalance which make the combat a lot more challenging and akin to that of the Witcher 2 (requires patience, effort and tactical sense but with the pay off of dominating opponents if you do it properly, dying very quickly if not) not as advanced and well implemented as in the Witcher 2 but certainly done well enough for it to make a second play through satisfyingly different and more challenging. Better game play, but quite a bit harder.
There are many fine books on The Witcher in your local library (no there aren't).
Thank you.
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