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The search engine wars are heating up with shopping a prime mover … why advertise or try to get your search results higher if you don't want to promote something after all.
Apart from helping us find things search hasn't traditionally been a very "giving" process. The search engine providers, advertisers and folks creating pages to serve us click-through's are the ones making all the money.
Now that's set to change with the introduction of Live Search CashBack. The idea is simple… you look for something you're interested in and… you have the option of buying it from someone who will put money back into your pocket (via PayPal, bank transfer or check) just for shopping with them. Everyone gets part of the reward, advertisers get more customers, users get value, Live gets more search and everyone is happy.
The service was announced at Advance08 and has already received some positive reactions.
I had a quick play for the first time today… sign-up is quick and simple, and the process fairly straight forward. Give it a try…
So, your plans for world domination didn't quite go as you hoped. You clone army didn't stand up to repeated photo-copying and so it's back to the drawing board.
Rather than mope around in your hidden lair of darkness (or your bedroom) why not get back into the fray… but this time you could focus your efforts on creating a virtual army of smart robots to do battle – or at least compete in a series of challenges to determine the winner.
While most mad scientists have to assemble their robots from a scrap-yard of parts using plans downloaded from some of the weirder parts of the internet you have an advantage…
You only have to develop the control package for the robot which will compete inside a virtual environment. To get started you'll need to install and set up the Microsoft Robotics Studio (a free add-on that works with trial and express versions of Visual Studio) and you can develop using your favorite .Net language. Once tested and ready to rumble you upload the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 playback file (.PLB) and some supporting documentation and … may the best robot win!
Vista sidebar gadgets and embeddable BotCards will let you stake out a claim and keep track of your progress – but if you do well and are one of the finalists… well, you'll just have to read the clues from the RoboChamps League Commissioner to find out…
I recently bought a Zune and I'm surprised how pleased I am with it. I guess I shouldn't be, but after being an iPod user for some years and listening to the haters it was easy to pick on the flaws.
Then I got one and now I don't think I'll go back. It works really well, the audio quality is great and I prefer the Zune Marketplace and ZunePass to the alternatives.
I found this advert for the Zune (the original from Digital Kitchen is here, but requires QuickTime)… Most of the Microsoft adverts on TV don't move me (and don't get me started on the "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads) but if we could get Digital Kitchen to cook up some more like this I'd be a fan!
I'm a fan of Live Maps – since getting to the US I've used them a lot to find my way around strange cities (even used them to get a look of my office before I went for interview!)
There is always work going on with the Virtual Earth team to improve the quality of the product and they've just rolled out another release.
This update is much bigger release than originally planned – it includes three full sprints of development (the milestones used by the team). As always the changes visible in the user interface only scratch the surface of the dozens of improvements across the application tiers including Geocoding enhancements, browser compatibility (Safari and IE8), parsing improvements, reverse geocoding, printing improvements, integration with GPS devices, Map Cruncher integration, 1-click "party" directions and tons more.
For sites that host their own functionality on top of Live Maps the team have also released an upgrade of the Map Control to version 6.1 for developers.
Get the full scoop on the update on from the Virtual Earth blog.
I've noticed that when I restart Vista I sometimes get a dialogue "The data file .... was not closed properly." when I fired up Outlook again.
It was driving me slowly mad (or actually driving me to use those extra 2 minutes to grab one more coffee!) but... I've found a solution... and it's really simple.
All you have to do is make sure Outlook has an open window - ie it's not minimized - when you hit shutdown or restart.
It appears that if Outlook isn't an active window then Vista is a little aggressive in shutting down and if Outlook doesn't respond quick enough then it just gets closed.
Now obviously this doesn't solve the problem of a crash, power cut or other hard stop, but when you're in control it's easy enough to work around.
I'm going to hunt to see if I can find a way to make Vista a little less understanding about Outlooks obsessive need to tidy up ;)
It's official... Vista SP1 is now available in the wild, and trust me - you'd be mad not to!
I've been using Vista SP1 through various earlier incarnations and I've noticed improvements in performance and stability in each incremental build.
I'm running it already on both my day-to-day Vaio laptop and my UMPC. Tonight I'll kick off an update on my daughters desktop machine.
Now the waiting starts for SP2 (and Windows 7)! But for those who never install v1 of anything.... it's time to give Vista a try
... or why Scott Guthrie was playing with his balls on stage!
Things have been rather quiet here the last few weeks as I've been very focused on some of the incredibly cool stuff we couldn't talk about until MIX08 so I had to contain my enthusiasm.
Much like last year at MIX07 I worked with some amazing partners to help provide some of the demos that Scott was able to showcase in his keynote. I still find it pretty amazing to be involved in such a great event and have a chance to work behind the scenes to make at least some of the magic come to life. You can see all of the action of the day1 keynote on the VisitMIX site but here's the back story for some of the demos...
So... enough of that. What was I involved in....
IE8 with Dean Hackamovitch
Although the rumor mill knew we would be showing IE8 at MIX I don't think anyone had guessed that we'd actually be making bits available, along with developer documentation on how to take advantage of some of the new features. I've been playing with IE8 through some of it's very early stages now and have to say I wish in my previous job I'd had the ability to use features like WebSlices. Luckily in my new job I was able to work with the team to help implement them on Facebook.com (yes, they're live. Install IE8 and go try it out) - for some more information check out the video on VisitMIX.
Hard Rock - Deep Zoom gets a work out.
I've worked with the fine folks from Vertigo before on the Slide.Show project (one of the top downloads on Codeplex if you want a great Slideshow app for your site - there's even a plugin for this blog engine, and others, available.) so it was great to get the gang together again to work on a project that would really demonstrate the capabilities of Deep Zoom - the Silverlight implementation of the Seadragon technology.
Working with the folks at Hard Rock to expose just the tip of their memorabilia collection was an awesome experience - check out the results of all the hard work at the live Memorabilia site. Having a chance to visit the World Headquarters of Hard Rock, have a look around their warehouse and check out their flagship restaurant in Orlando was icing on the cake (thanks guys - you rock!)
Sean Dee (Hard Rock CMO) and Scott Stanfield (Vertigo CEO) delivered a great presentation and the bonus at the end was that the site went live at the end of their demo.
Mix Keynote: Hard Rock Demo
VisitMIX hosted a great interview with the team to give you a clue how they put it all together and you can check it out here and for a much more in-depth dive into how the technology can be put to use the team even ran a session afterwards.
Aston Martin - design delivers
Nestled in the heart of the English countryside is one of the most revered names in the automotive world. Recently branching out after several years as part of Ford they are pushing innovation along with their existing design and engineering focus, and we were lucky enough to be able to give folks a sneak preview into their thinking this year at MIX.
Marek Reishman (Design Director from Aston Martin) and Paul Bishop (Managing Director of Splendid) treated us to a three part insight into a possible future - a new way of configuring your dream car on the web (using 3D models in Silverlight to navigate around a car and Deep Zoom to step inside it); a dealer experience using XNA and WPF (and an ultra portable PC) to work through the millions of possible combinations, and allow a customer to see their chosen vehicle in amazing detail before placing an order. The final part of the demo was a video clip showing the in-car systems managed by a central embedded Windows device - telemetry monitoring, phone and GPS navigation.
Aston Martin MIX08 Keynote
Nishant did a great interview with Marek and Paul (as well as reminding me in the run up to MIX that we do care about designers!)
Having a chance to go to Gaydon in the UK and see the home of Aston Martin was an amazing experience... now I just have to work out how to save the money to get one of my own ;)
Cirque du Soleil - HR is a real juggling act
One of the challenges of MIX has been the way the web hogs all the design glory. No-one talks about the same problems faced by designers and developers working within a corporate environment on Line of Business (LOB) apps because it lacks a certain.... sparkle.
Well, Cirque du Soleil understand sparkle, and they really understand the challenges of LOB applications - they maintain a huge catalogue of performers, and making sure there is quality data available is a real task.
Krista Monson (Head of Casting, Resident Shows America) came on stage (with a suitably theatrical flair!) and showed what can happen when a LOB app meets design head on and sits on top of the latest Microsoft technologies (WPF, TabletPC, SQL Server and Sync Framework, and of course Silverlight)
For me the highlight of MIX had to be Krista asking Scott some cheeky questions... and trying to juggle on stage (and yes, we do have the video recorded live from the stage!)
Cirque MIX08 Keynote
Check the weather on your phone
Silverlight is establishing itself as a player on the web - Windows and OSX are the start of a cross platform story that Moonlight is helping round out on Linux. At MIX08 it was great to be able to announce that not only was Silverlight coming to Windows Mobile it was also going to be supported on the Nokia S60 devices.
We've already done some work with Weatherbug using Silverlight 1.0 so it was great to work with them on the next generation and the next platform for Silverlight. Using the same tools and techniques as for the desktop browser they were able to develop a really cool mobile app in just a few weeks.
WeatherBug MIX08 Keynote
Check out the interview with Tamir on VisitMIX to find out about their experiences and make sure you're ready when the bits become available.
Looking forward to MIX09
I had a great run up to MIX08 but we're not done yet. We've set the bar high for MIX09 back at the Venetian March 19th to 20th! Hope to see you there... keep an eye on VisitMIX for updates.
For the last few weeks I've had the occasional warning from my DIY Windows Home Server that one of the drive wasn't 100% stable. It would work fine then... just stop. SMART said it was fine when I'd restart but...
Then on Sunday it died and wouldn't restart, so a quick trip to Frys for a new drive, whip off the case, stick in the new drive (replacing the cables as well just to be sure).
Powered it all up. Let it balance storage and... good as new, no files lost (though it did have to delete some backups as there wasn't enough space on the single drive to store everything) but way better than a crash and burn.
Now I might get an extra PCI SATA card and add a couple more drives...
It's really frustrating at the moment as almost everything I'm working on relates to MIX08 coming March 5-7 in Las Vegas.... and I don't want to spoil any of the surprises!
So all the really cool stuff that's keeping me busy in the office and on the road at the moment has to stay under wraps.
Come March 10th though you'll have read all about it on VisitMIX and all I'll need to do it link to it ;)
As well as my stuff (which of course I'm excited by!) I'm looking forward to dropping in on Franks panel - "Web 2.0 and beyond - what is the business reality" and some other sessions.
If you're coming to MIX look me up.... but not until day 2 when all my stuff has been presented ;)
It only feels like minutes ago I was writing that I was looking for a new phone. Then today my Wizard started turning itself off every 10 minutes. Opened it up and noticed the battery was a little warped and probably about to turn into a lump of toxic goo - not sometime I wanted in my pocket, or on a plane with me tomorrow.
So, on the way home I popped into my local T-Mobile store and (thanks mostly to FrankArrs glowing recommendation) picked up a shiny new sage Shadow.
It's very strange not having a touch screen after all these years, and not only is there no "full" keyboard the letters are not arranged as on a normal phone but spaced out over the 20 keys ... so I'm having to re-learn the old T9 style tapping out of emails as well.
That said, it took maybe 20 mins once I got home to get the phone set up, connecting to the WiFi at home, syncing with Exchange, GMail and my Live account.
I then turned to the AllShadow site for some background reading which pointed me at the modaco forums for some more hard core tweaks. TinyTwitter was the first app loaded (expect to see some funny tweets from me until I get used to the keyboard). The best bit was having a conversation with one of the folks responsible for the Neo interface - every day I'm reminded just how many smart people I'm lucky enough to work with.
The coming days are going to be a learning experience. Like any new toy I don't expect to be proficient straight away, but I think this is going to be something I become very happy with in a week.
Going back to my wish list the camera is lower spec that I'd like, there's no GPS and music means I'll need to buy a Micro-SD card and an adapter if I want a 3.5mm jack for headphones... but bang for the buck it's one sweet little phone...
Of course, much as I like the interface I'll have to try PointUI out on it now ;)
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In an effort to incorporate GPG encryption into our Zimbra setup I took the advice of some people here and turned to the FireGPG extension for Firefox, which works perfectly for us. I did however notice a weird "issue" whenever I receive a FireGPG encrypted message in Zimbra. The message comes through but it's all squished up to the left of the message body. If I right-click the message and "Show Original" it displays just fine, so I'm not sure what's going on. I've attached an image that shows what I'm talking about.
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of a hippie background, while their East Coast counterparts look
toward Europe and are more conservative."
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recognized speaker on city planning issues, sees a tendency among
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Dixie Chicks Cowgirl Band
Chick Chat
"Nightingales O' The Prairie" -- Spring/Summer 1993
Before they hit the big time -- and one time after -- the Dixie Chicks sent a newsletter to their loyal fans. The irregularly published Chick Chat was a facinating stream-of-conciousness look into the lives of a group of talented young ladies (and gentlemen) struggling with life on the road.
A big "thank you" to Jeff Cooke for this great find! I was afraid that the gaps in the Chick Chat archive would be permanent. Also, thanks to Jeff for helping me get back into updating the site!
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Presidential Inaugration
We were invited to play'n sing'n prance around stuffing ourselves with horse d'oovers (looked like designer cat food) at the event of the century; the Pres-i-dential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. We actually saw the top of President Clinton's head -- in person. Little Al Gore, III and his buddies hung out with us backstage.
Ever striving for a Cowgirl fashion statement, we donned our snappy new duds for the occasion -- setting off the Secret Service metal detectors like a plumber's tool box as we walked in. Various elegante folks were shipering, "They must be from Dallas." I think it was the hair which we poofed up bigger'n trashcan lids!
Anyway, the Inauguration was all it was cracked up to be: beautiful, festive, real big and snazzy. We were proud to be Texas Ambassadors -- yahoo! Better yet, we were honored to be bumping rhinestones with many of our musical heroes 'n' heroines like Emmy Lou Harris, who looked like the angel she is, and Kathy Mattea -- she blew the walls down with a killer performance as usual. Old Martie chummed with some guy named Paul (you know, Paul Simon). Laura pestered Jimmy Buffet for a picture... he hadn't heard of us. Emily came face-to-face with Johnny Cash as they reached for the same deviled crab puff (Emily won). We shared the stage with Jerry Jeff Walker -- the perfect Texas gentleman. The big CD Doodah was a night we'll always remember.
ATLANTIC COAST CHICKS[Photo: "With Liza Minnelli in West Palm Beah, FL. L-R, Martie, Liza Minnelli, Tom Van Schaik (guitarist), Laura & Emily"]
At our Bichmere Show [sic], Jimmy Fortune, of the Statler Brothers was in the audience... great guy! He might have us on their show -- Oh What shall we wear?
On our way to the show at Johnny D's, we stopped in downtown Boston. No, we didn't have a tea party, we made a big brownish-grey snowgirl -- which we named Frostilina the Snowchick. We accessorized her with a bag of Martie's dried fruit.
Headin' south on the New Jersey Turnpike, we had a snack-attack, and ever-loyal to our country roots, pulled into a Roy Rogers Hamburger Restaurant... and ran into Michael Jackson's dad -- what a Thriller -- (bodyguards and all). We gave him a CD and took pictures with him... we didn't have our bodyguards.
We had a ten day West Palm Beach show and found out when theyre's a warning of Sea Lice, they mean it. It doesn't matter how fancy the hotel is when you have a rash... but chocolates on the pillow sure help. The highlight of that trip was being invited to a private concert given by Liza-with-a-Z Minnelli. She is as nice as she is Broadway.
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Instantly, a few thousand miles away from Boston (that's how it is when you write on the road), we're sittin' in one of th purtiest hotels in San Francisco, lokkin' out at Alcatraz (better'n the other way around). We had a coupla weeks work here... great music town! We've eaten our weight in sourdough bread, and it's beginning to show -- our rhinestones are a little further apart here 'n' there. Laura syas, "If anyone says anything about it, just say we're cowgirls, not fashion models."
The show here has been real exciting for us. Our dressing room was next to Bob Newhart's... we radied his candy barrel while he was on stage. And... we met Larry King and Robert Shields (you know -- Shields an dYarnell). Gaaawlleeeee!
[Picture: the Justin Boots poster, caption "Hey! You can get one of these posters!"]
Justin case you find yourself in a boot store in America or Canada, keep an eye peeled for our flashy new Justin Boot Poster. We went over to Cowtown, and darned if they didn't give us a bunch of great boots. They sure feel good, and maybe you can get a poster if you write Justin Boots in Fort Worth. Just say "Hi" to some fine bootmakers -- they're over there cuttin', stitchin', and poundin' on leather while we get all the glory. Thank you, Justin.
Yep, we finally buried the old faithful blue fan -- she served us well, even with busted fan belts, water pumps, tons o' flats, stuck valves and the smell of spilled perfume. The morning we towed her away we had memorial pork chops, and observed a moment of horn honking... Then we bought our first home... on wheels! The new rig has color TV, a microwave, an industrial strength vanity, two spice racks (perfect for curlers), a bathroom full of drums and -- get this pink carpet, pink chairs, pink sofa, pink formica accoutrements -- I think you get the idea (the boys weren't with us when we picked it out).
[Drawing by George Toomer of the Dixie Chicks in the new bus]
Not lettin' the dust settle, we immediately set out on a Maiden Voyage... took us 120 miles to get used to the space. We'll have to spill somethin' on it before it's officially the Chickmobile. HEY KIDS! Help us think of a name for her!
While we were playin' at the El Paso Livestock Show & Rodeo (Laura's old stompin' ground and trail of broken hearts), Laura was reunited with favorite pets, old running buddies, family, four former boyfriends, one ex-husband, and the famous Dennis -- the first boy she ever kissed. He's still blushin' red!
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Dixie Chicks Show Dates
- May 22, 1993: Country Music Fan Jam at Texas Stadium. "It's drummer Tom's birthday... spanky, spanky, spanky..."
- June 19, 1993: National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Hereford, Texas. Later in the 1990s, the Cowgirl Hall of Fame moved to Fort Worth, with Laura Lynch on the Board of Directors.
- July, 1993: "Emily likes Roman Candles, Martie likes Black Cats, and Laura likes Screamers)
- August 16, 1993: Emily's 21st Birthday "I am woman, hear me roar"
- September 1993: "We finish our new album this month" Asia, Laura's daughter, turns 12 on the 29th.
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On our way to the Duncanville show in our new unnamed RV, we ran up to another RV and tried to get 'em to drag race with us -- but they wouldn't play. What's the use of having a "roadhog" if you can't hog the orad? We're gals on the go... we've been using a stethoscope to find the rattles -- and just when we think we've found one, it moves!
We sure do like to get letters from kids, 'specially li'l cowgirls. We'd love to print 'em here, but they come in such funny sizes, they won't fit. Sometimes we get back one of our coloring books all colored, with a note enclosed. A recent example:
"Dear Chicks, When I play dress-up with my friend, I make her listen to Pink Toenails."
If you know some little shavers who would enjoy our stuff, send us their names and we'll get 'em on the mailing list.
Speaking of mailing... we put out Chick Chat whenever we can. Our lists are all over the place, so sometimes we miss. To assure you get our newsletter fast, everytime, join our fan club by sending five dollars ($5.00) to cover handling and postage for a year. Of course it's automatic when you order something from the Chick Boutique -- you'll be on the permanent list.
May 1st was the one-year bithday of our Little Ol' Cowgirl CD -- we had some birthday cake and counted how many CDs we have left... not many. Better get one soon if you want it. Flime ties when you're having pun! We still have a few Thank Heavens for Dale Evans DCs, by the way. The new album will be out by October!
Lastly, we would like to thank our local fans for standing behind us once again and voting us Best Country-Western Band of 1993 at the Dallas Observer Music Awards. We are deeply honored.
Until next time, we remain Truly Yours,
The Dixie Chicks
[The George Toomer drawing of all three Chicks, with their signatures]
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Chicks BoutiqueHighlights
- The kid's T-shirt now says "I'm a Dixie Chicklete", but the text says "Chicklet". The "Buckin' Bronco" T-Shirt, a 6-color shirt with a more "cartoony" look, is featured. The artist of this shirt is unknown (Jan 2004).
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[Picture: The Chicks tied to a railroad track, with talk bubble: "IT'S COMIN!"]
There's another album in the oven for release this fall -- The Dixie Chick Greatest Non-Hits.
Not really! It's gonna be fun... new original songs, and some tracks based on what our
buddies (you) have asked for. Lotsa good harmony and toe tappers. We'll keep you posted
about the release date.
Editor's Notes:After the Clinton inauguration in Washington, the Dixie Chicks would later attend George W. Bush's inauguration as governor of Texas. And still later, they'd be the talk of Washington again... for completely different reasons.
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text: Home > News and Events > Club Blog > Ben of the Antarctic? Search the Club Blog When Ben of the Antarctic? Ben Saunders, and some ice. Brrrrr. A short while back I spoke to Ben Saunders, who's aiming to become the first person to recreate Scott of the Antarctic's epic journey to the South Pole and back - an 1,800-mile round trip. On foot. Is he mad? No actually, quite sane. In fact adventurous would be a better word to use to describe him. Ben himself told me there's something awesome about the immense scale of the polar regions, and that going there and being the only human in about a bazillion square miles of snow and ice is an incredible feeling. Why? It's the spirit of a challenge, the essence of an adventure, the being outdoors and testing one's own physical capabilities – not to mention mental fortitude – that make it addictive. To quote Ben, it's "the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days". Hasn't this been done before? Well, no as it happens. Ben and his team-mate Tarka will be the first to try to recreate Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913. Scott, as you may know, was President of our Club at the time, and his death on the ice in 1913 came while he was still in office. Until now, the journey has never been repeated. Ben and Tarka will set off from Scott's Hut on the Ross Ice Shelf, ascending on to the Antarctic plateau for a staggering four month journey to and from the South Pole. Ben leaves the UK in October to begin this enormous challenge. Naturally, the Club wishes him all the best. You can read more about his preparations and thoughts on the journey in our October magazine. For now have a look at scottexpedition.com where you can find out more about Ben's monumental undertaking. Posted byStuart Kidman XStuart Kidman Stuart Kidman is the magazine's Deputy Editor. He has been a journalist for ten years, writing for local newspapers before joining the Club in 2009. He loves camping and enjoys nothing better than trekking off into the wilderness to 'rough it' for a couple of nights. Read other posts by Stuart Kidman July 2, 2013 | Club Blog Be the first to make a comment Post a comment Read our House Rules before commenting on a blog post. Add an image to your comment File size: Files must be less than 2 MB. Allowed file types: png gif jpg jpeg. Read our House Rules before commenting on a blog post. Read our House Rules before commenting on a blog post. Add an image to your reply File size: Files must be less than 2 MB. Allowed file types: png gif jpg jpeg.


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whats the matter with you ????? i don't give a **** if you like is dad or not the kid needs is family outside the gym witch is most of the time ,more impotently the lad needs positive team around him not a coach deserting a boxer that trusts him ,,,,even though i don't no you ,but i do respect my elders & your history ,,,so this is what I'm thinking
the lad isn't going to get any better training than you've gave him over the past month's other wise by the sounds of it is dad would have taken him else where & his dad will always think he could do better than you but knows he can't ,,allot of that is just hot air it's simply a case of is dad wanting his kid to be the best,,this happens allot
you need to be in the corner to give advise ,,what if something bad happens to the boxer & why wasn't is coach meaning you in is corner ,,try to get on with the dad for the well being of the kid
at the end of the day if you get pressure of parents you need to nip it in the butt at the beginning not months down the line when the boxer needs you
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Just wondering if anyone has ever been on Mirtazapine (Zispin/Remeron trade names) and experienced quite rapid weight gain?
I've been on it for three months now and have so far gained almost 10kg. My doctor's been monitoring this at my appointments.
My diet has been reasonable. I've had the odd few days where I've eaten more than I should if we've been out or whatever. And I've also had an equal amount of days where I've eaten a weight-losing amount of calories. And then the majority have been standard days of about 1800 calories.
I've had intermittent periods of exercise. Since starting Mirtazapine I've ran 50km. I've been unable to go to the gym for the last few weeks due to a (chuffing) toe injury!
But on the whole, my life style and diet would not cause me to put on such a huge amount of weight. So I can only attribute it to the Mirtazapine really.
Thing is, Mirtazapine seems to have had a positive effect on me. So I'm reluctant to stop being on it. But my weight is troubling me and not just for vanity reasons but mainly health reasons.
So now I'm struggling to work out what to do. Do I stay on it, and risk even more weight gain (and certainly no weight loss) which will essentially cause me to depressed.
Or do I say goodbye to it and risk crashing by not being on meds?
I can't see my psychiatrist because I've been discharged as I don't live in Birmingham anymore and won't get a new one until I'm in Edinbugh in September. So it's just me and my GP making this decision.
If I come off mirtazapine i'm not keen to go on another right now. I've already tried Paroxatine/Paxil, Venlafaxine/Effexor, Fluoxetine/prozac, Citalopram/Celexa.
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i have just started on Zispin
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hun can yu try to go on a lower dose and it still be effective and help yu?
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I am wondering if the weight gain will drop off once you are on it a little bit longer? Sometimes that is the way with new meds.
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Lower dose - no - if anything it'll be increased.
Good point Irish. I'll discuss these things with my GP. I just don't wanna keep gaining weight or not be able to lose it!
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I've had this same problem. Lifelong fitness & healthy eating and I managed to put on 15lbs in 30 days by eating veggies & fruits and some rice noodles.
But I'd say if it's working for you, why risk crashing? Perhaps talking to your doctor about weaning off to another med would be smart.
Effexor was my saving grace.
Good luck!
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i was taking depression meds and they all made me want to eat and eat.... i stopped... now this is just me and i realize some people have to take their meds. i thought this..... well i would rather be slim and depressed than happy and fat.. since the meds didn't help me to be happy, i chose to try and stay slim. does this make sense..... maybe i need meds more than i thought i did... hehehehe
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I feel very thankful that I have never had to face this choice. None of the medications I have taken have caused me to gain weight. The anticonvulsants one past doctor insisted on caused me to lose my appetite and lose weight, so I refused to take them. I don't know what I would do if I was on a medicine that helped me but caused me to gain weight. I am very sensitive to the idea of being 'fat' and feeling fat increases my depression.
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I have never been on mirtazapine. I have been on all the others you have mentioned. I have been on just about every SSRI, mood stabilizers, etc. under the sun. I am now on Cymbalta, Geodon, Lamictil, and Klonopin. I did gain weight initially from the geodon (which my dr told me was weight neutral, by the way; however, it has stabilized, I guess you would say).
After being on psychotropics for 22 years (and for a brief time when I was an adolescent also), I can say this: do NOT always take the word of a doctor when s/he tells you that this med is "weight neutral" or "you may gain a few pounds" or even, "most people lose weight on this med."
What I have come to fervently believe is that although the doctor is saying these things in earnest based on the research, you have to take it with a grain of salt because everybody's chemistry and metabolism is different. also, is one on a cocktail or just the one medication? They haven't done research on each specific cocktail and the only way to know if you will gain weight/lost weight/remain the same is to be on it for a while and see what happens.
I am satisfied for the most part with what I am on. But, If I didn't walk everyday, I know that I would put weight on because I did when geodon was initially added to my cocktail (and one was taken out).
From my personal experience, Depakote/zoloft combo packed the pounds on me faster than Calista Flockhart wolfs down a celery stalk. It was horrible!! I actually felt good mentally, but had to stop that combo because of the weight gain.
So, always be skeptical when a psych or pcp tells you if you will or won't.......or you'll stay the same weight. It so much depends on the individual. I am not a doctor, but this has been my experience.
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oh my god, I feel stupid now; I re-read your post and..........REMERON? I didn't realize that mirtazapine was remeron. Yes. you will most likely gain weight from this med. This is the medication that is often given to anorexics, actually. this does cause an increase in appetite. it really does. I guess talk to your psychiatrist. S/he should have told you this.
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I have been taking Remeron for about a month and stopped two days ago. Why? Because it packed ten pounds on me!
I am extremely upset about this. It was making me angry and irritable too. I am having pretty bad feelings since I stopped taking it, deep feelings of unhappiness and despair, almost like I've never had before. I wish my doc would have told me about this side effect. I am very, very angry about it, as I had worked very hard to keep my weight down. I am hoping that there is no long term damage to my metabolism because of this. I would not recommend this drug. It has been very bad to me.
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Marc Marquez has ended the year on a win, beating the reigning AMA Flat Track champion Jared Mees in a thrilling final. The two men got caught up in traffic when Thomas Chareyre, who got the jump at the start, forced them wide.
That gave the lead to Kenny Noyes and Gerard Ribalta, but Marquez and Mees soon chased the two down, passing Bailo with ease, Noyes with difficulty. Marquez had gained enough of a cushion to keep Mees at bay, finally getting revenge for his loss to Brad Baker in January this year, at the inaugural event.
Noyes went on to score a respectable 3rd, ahead of Bailo and Ribalta. The 16-year-old British rider Oliver Brindley gave an outstanding account of himself, finishing in 6th, ahead of Bradley Smith, who got caught up in the first lap incident, and Chareyre, who caused it.


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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan discusses removing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, in Chicago. Madigan threatened to go to the state Supreme Court to have Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn't resign soon or get impeached. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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In a statement issued Thursday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's committed to moving Illinois beyond "this sad chapter" and she pledged to work with Quinn to restore people's trust in government.
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The Sacramento Zoo would like to congratulate Arnaud Desbiez, of the Giant Armadillo and Giant Anteater project, on the award of one of eight 2015 Whitley Award from the prestigious Whitley Fund for Nature. The Giant Armadillo and Giant Anteater project is one of the Zoo's 2015 Quarters for Conservation projects.
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Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Byzantium) is headed to London's West End to star in a musical adaptation of Made in Dagenham, the 2010 British drama about 1960s seamstresses fighting for equal pay. The film, which starred Sally Hawkins, was based on the historical campaigns that led to the UK's Equal Pay Act in 1970.
Upon its release, Maclean's praised Made in Dagenham as "a purely feminist film that feels like a combination of Milk and Mad Men -- an honest look at the role of women in the '60s, working overtime, cooking supper, fighting for civil rights and getting the kids off to school while their husbands sleep on the couch. It's a film that blatantly condemns sexism and shows, despite its mostly light tone, the real cost of fighting for civil rights.
Arterton commented on her new role, "It's an important story that I'm passionate about telling, and we intend to tell it with wit, warmth and, of course, a lot of singing and dancing in this production."
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Research by National Numeracy suggests that people's negative attitudes when it comes to maths, stem from school's and teacher's inability to inspire individuals.
Maths remains unpopular among students; fewer than 20% of students continue with maths beyond 16 which is lower than many other countries. Vacancies are the hardest to fill in schools, there are five times more applicants for teaching positions in arts and humanities subjects.
Graduate Teacher Training Registry reveals that applications for maths PGCES (which require a minimum 2.2) were down 10% this year and estimates suggest that there are only 1.6 applications per maths vacancy; maths teachers are in real demand as the pool of graduate mathematicians is decreasing.
The importance of other necessary teaching qualities, such as good communication skills, must not be overlooked when it comes to schools employing teachers. So despite some maths graduates excelling academically, if their ability to engage students isn't up to scratch then they won't be successful.
Teaching qualifications are a popular topic on The Student Room and students are all too aware that Maths is a subject currently in demand:
'Your best bet might be Maths. Due to the real shortage of Maths teachers, you can currently do a secondary Maths PGCE with just A level Maths, IF you take a Subject Knowledge Enhancement course before you start the PGCE.'
Some students discussed how, despite their degree not being in a Maths subject, if there is at least 50% Maths content they would be able to pursue their aspirations:
'Having said that, there is a shortage of maths teachers, which vastly increases your chances, but my advice would be to do the A-level and get school experience first for a year or so, then reassess whether you want to teach it. You should be able to tell from the degree modules whether there is 50% maths in it.'
Incentives to improve the situation include the recent introduction of 20k bursaries for those entering maths teaching with first-class degrees and the Graduate Teacher Programme offering paid training. Out of over 1,300 teachers trained by Teach First over the past two years close to a quarter are maths specialised.
As schools become free to control salaries the short fall of maths teachers may mean that financial bidding will come into play to encourage graduates into teaching for shortage subjects.


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Some of us said it would & sure enough that girl who defied all things Islamic to become a fighter pilot has been disowned by her family.
'We the Mansouri family in the United Arab Emirates hereby publicly declare that we disown the so-called Mariam Al Mansouri as well as anyone taking part in the brutal international aggression against the brotherly Syrian people, starting with our ingrate daughter Mariam Al Mansouri. "
'We hereby remind the Muslim nation all over the world of its duty to defend the causes of the nation [meaning the Islamic nation], and we urge them to take up the jihad [holy war] for the sake of God to support the blessed Syrian revolution against the descendants of Ibn Al Alqami.' [Sunni Islamist insurgents refer to the Shi'a as 'alqami' - a reference to Mu'ayyad al-Din Muhammad Ibn al-Alqami, a Shi'ite minister in the last Abbasid caliphate, who purportedly assisted the Mongols in conquering Baghdad in 1258.]"
Apparently she does not come from a moderate muslim family , but a family of extremists who as you can see have backed ISIS amongst other activities.
In January this year high-profile lawyer Mohammed al-Mansoori was jailed for allegedly trying to set up an 'international' branch of the controversial Muslim Brotherhood in the UAE.
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We can't believe how great this idea is! Jamie in Michigan is teaming up with her sister-in-law to treat their husbands to one heck of a royal treatment. Turns out that burger chain White Castle, source of the Original Slyders, and Harold and Kumar's endless cravings, gets a little upscale on Valentine's Day. "Each Valentine's Day they take reservations and wait on their customers," says Jamie, who isn't giving her plans away to either of the guys. "Our husbands know that we have dinner plans for that evening, but they don't know where yet."
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This paper presents a novel speech feature enhancement technique based on a probabilistic, nonlinear acoustic environment model that effectively incorporates the phase relationship (hence phase sensitive) between the clean speech and the corrupting noise in the acoustic distortion process. The core of the enhancement algorithm is the MMSE (minimum mean square error) estimator for the log Mel power spectra of clean speech based on the phase-sensitive environment model, using highly efficient single-point, second-order Taylor series expansion to approximate the joint probability of clean and noisy speech modeled as a multivariate Gaussian. Since a noise estimate is required by the MMSE estimator, a high-quality, sequential noise estimation algorithm is also developed and presented. Both the noise estimation and speech feature enhancement algorithms are evaluated on the Aurora2 task of connected digit recognition. Noise-robust speech recognition results demonstrate that the new acoustic environment model which takes into account the relative phase in speech and noise mixing is superior to the earlier environment model which discards the phase under otherwise identical experimental conditions. The results also show that the sequential MAP (maximum a posteriori) learning for noise estimation is better than the sequential ML (maximum likelihood) learning, both evaluated under the identical phase-sensitive MMSE enhancement condition.
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SAN ANTONIO – No. 10 Oregon first felt overlooked by the Bowl Championship Series, and then came to the Alamo Bowl overshadowed by coach Mack Brown's final game at Texas.
But the Ducks are flying home with an attention-getting blowout.
Quarterback Marcus Mariota had 386 total yards and Oregon returned two interceptions for touchdowns, spoiling Brown's emotional farewell after 16 seasons at Texas with a runaway 30-7 victory Monday night.
The BCS-snubbed Ducks (11-2) dominated throughout — even though their famously high-powered offense scored a mere one touchdown and repeatedly settled for field goals. Yet the rout didn't seem to completely balm the sting of not playing in a BCS bowl for the first time in five years, with Oregon players after the game still reflecting on their championship hopes derailed by November losses.
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Oregon coach Mark Helfrich declined to answer whether this season was a success.
"That's for you to decide," Helfrich said. "I don't think in those terms. I think of how well we can prepare and what's next."
Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd of 65,918 in what was practically a home game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime.
But the blowout was a final reminder of why Brown is resigning after a rocky season at Texas, which he led to a national championship in 2005 but couldn't reverse a sharp decline in recent years.
Leaving the field for the last time with Texas, Brown flashed the "Hook 'em Horns" hand signal to the scattered remaining Longhorns fans who stuck around to the end of another humbling loss this season. His players didn't say a word while surrounding Brown and his wife, who walked side by side into the tunnel and toward the locker room.
Brown said he had no regrets about making this his exit.
"I think it's best for Texas. It's best for me, it's best for the players," he said. "We need to win more than eight games. Last year was nine. I really thought we had a chance to win all the games this year. It didn't work.
"It's my job to make that work. I told them tonight, the only regret I had is we didn't win enough games this year."
Mariota led all rushers with 133 yards on 15 carries. He was 18 of 26 for 253 yards passing in his Heisman Trophy campaign tuneup for 2014, having announced earlier this month he was coming back for his junior season.
His one touchdown pass was to Josh Huff, who turned a short pass into a spectacular 16-yard sprint to the end zone.
Yet even Mariota was outscored by Oregon's defense — and so was Texas, for that matter.
Oregon's first touchdown came on the third play of the game when safety Avery Patterson intercepted an overthrown pass by Texas quarterback Case McCoy and returned it 37 yards to the end zone. McCoy later bookended a dismal performance in his final game with another pick-six, this one returned 38 yards by linebacker Derrick Malone that sent waves of burnt orange-clad fans streaming for the exits.
Malcolm Brown was the lone offensive constant for Texas, finishing with 130 yards on 26 carries.


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Last week, Hamas reportedly spent $2 million on anniversary celebrations to mark 22 years since the terrorist organization's founding. Meanwhile, the majority of Gaza Strip's 1.5 million residents live off UN aid.
As Robert Ivker notes, humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza rarely meets its intended recipients. Rather, Hamas spends the funds buying Qassam rockets, building tunnels, supporting terrorists' family members, and with other jihadist activities. According to Ivker, "The more the international community tries to help, the stronger Hamas gets."
At Hamas' celebratory rally, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared that Hamas would continue using its finances toward terrorist activities. Haniyeh further announced that gaining control of the Gaza Strip was "just a step toward liberating all of Palestine."
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The FIX — 4/29/14
- It's International Dance Day! Bust a move while wishing happy birthday to actress Uma Thurman (44) and comedian Jerry Seinfeld (60.)
- In music news: As you may have heard, Judas Priest have confirmed their 17th studio album, Redeemer of Souls, is coming on July 14th with a classic Priest sound we haven't heard since 2008. Elsehwere, Jack White and the Arctic Monkeys will be among the headliners at X-Fest over Labor Day weekend in Calgary later this year. Cage the Elephant has also been announced for the Canadian festival.
- For Buzzfeed's full list of 17 Things Guys Secretly Love, click HERE. I'll say that while I don't care much about appletinis or facial masks, I do think Sara Bareilles is one of the most talented musicians working today.
- In the Screening Room: DC is finally putting some gas in the tank, announcing that Zack Snyder will direct Justice League for them and WB after Batman vs. Superman. We all knew it was coming…now, the question is whether or not it can actively compete with Marvel and The Avengers. Elsewhere, after ten years at The Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson has announced he'll be leaving CBS at the end of 2014. Before you say it, no, it has nothing to do with being "passed over" for Letterman's job — Feguson himself sais his decision was made before Dave even announced his retirement. Possible replacement rumor: Neil Patrick Harris. Nice.
- In the Gaming Guide: EA Sports has confirmed that Madden NFL '15 will be coming to both Xbox and Playstation consoles on August 26th; they're also working with ESPN for a voting rig to determine this year's cover athlete. Elsewhere, the "Grounded" DLC pack — the last of its kind for The Last of Us — has officially been dated for May 5th.
- Finally, it's Because Of Course: The release of new Hello Kitty McDonald's toys has Singapore so worried about safety that they're posting guards at the doors of each restaurant. Also, a guy named Jack Daniel is running for office in Lynchburg, Tennessee…where they make Jack Daniel's whiskey. No relation. Last, but not least, NCAA champion and proud Canadian Jim Nielsen now holds the world record for the fastest "beer mile" at four minutes and 57 seconds…because of course.
Everything else is at facebook.com/thefix993! 'Til Wednesday…
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New Ninja Assassin Images: Fire Hot!
By Josh Tyler 2009-08-11 22:51:15 comments
I feel like I dont really know much about Ninja Assassin yet. Theres a trailer floating around out there, a plot synopsis, and a poster or two, but none of it has really made much of an impression yet. One thing I do know though, is that it will contain fire. Lots and lots of fire. The first image released from the film featured its star Rain in front of flames and now we have two more, very cool new images featuring even more flickering heat.
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Deschutes River hike
Saturday, October 05, 2013
The weather was delightful today, and I led a very nice hike along with river for a group of 12 hikers. We hiked about 7.5 miles. None of the other hikers knew the trail existed, so it was a fun hike.
I had a moment of panic when I got dressed to go hiking � my hiking pants were TOO TIGHT! I had been hoping to buy a smaller pair; instead I wore an old larger pair. Then I told myself � don�t panic, the smaller pair fit you perfectly last week, it is a momentary blip in the grand scheme of weight loss, or temporary bloating. (Updated note: I figured it out -- the pants shrank in the wash, they are 2 inches shorter as well as being tighter). We all had to dress in layers; it was 39 degrees when we met, and warmed up to 74 degrees by the end of the hike.
We hiked into the trail from Eagle Crest, which is a very nice golf resort in Oregon. I took this photo of our group at the start of the trail, under a bent over juniper tree.
After the first half mile, we were past the resort portion of the trail, and our trail became much more rugged. It was lovely along the river.
When we returned to the parking area, one of the drivers had an unpleasant surprise. He left the lights on and his car would not start. And that�s when I discovered I had not replaced my auto emergency kit, with its handy jumper cables, when I last cleaned out my car. Luckily a kind resort employee called their maintenance department to jump start his car.
A couple of the hikers and I then went to the new Wildcat Canyon trailhead, and hiked along the rim of the canyon, far above the river.
I noticed it turned dark by 7 p.m. tonight, it is bittersweet to see the days grow shorter. During the middle of summer, it stays light until 9 p.m. In midwinter, on standard time, it is dark before 5 p.m. So I will enjoy these last sunny summer days. New storms arrive on Monday, with rain and cold weather, and more snow for the mountains.
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Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures from your hike. I can tell by the way you describe the scenery, terrain and often the wildflowers, that you are a wonderful hiking guide. I agree about the season change and getting dark earlier~bittersweet for sure!
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I think we must live at about the same latitude. It's getting dark by 7 here as well, and by Christmas it will be dark at 5. One of the few nice things about January is that the days start getting longer again. We don't usually get enough snow right around us to snowshoe properly.
Lovely pictures from your hike. Congratulations on your dedication to leading hikes and other activities.
Too bad about the pants, but glad you figured out what happened to them.
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Love the juniper tree. Lovely hike.
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Sounds like such a beautiful way to spend a day! You are obviously a wonderful leader/teacher who pays attention to details! I know what you mean about the shorter days...that always saddens me a bit when the sun sets earlier in the day.
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Really nice hike!! You are such a dynamo with those long hikes!! I really hate to see the long nights end! We were just talking about that ourselves yesterday.
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I decided to create a series of maps from a online rpg, an adaptation of the old Ultima Online (basically totally rescripted) i play since 2003.
The whole map has been made from scratch by the server staff, so it does not resemble at all the old Britannia someone probably remember!
(if you are curious and understand italian language, here is the website: The Miracle )
The map, as i said, is totally reworked: toponomastic instead is a mixture of names copied directly from a lot of different sources.
What I would like to create is a set of maps with a look a bit ' good, proposing them for the use of the various guilds or the staff itself.
In the past I've created something similar, not necessarily getting the best results: here you see a "portolano".
This time, I would try to do it step by step getting comments and corrections by those who will want to contribute to my efforts
I will use mainly Photoshop CS3 with a wacom tablet, working when i have spare time.
The first map that I intend to create is the one of the Kingdom of Westlands, with its capital city Hammerheim (fancy that ..). I mean , in principle, to try to use isometric elements (mountains, trees etc.).
First of all, the very first step: to get the basic structure of the land mass, I have taken a screenshot of the game map, which I paste below, and I would use as a reference layer. I would get at this point, with a simple selection (magic wand tool), the contour of the land itself, as the sea is only one shade of blue and does not present any particular problems.
I want to create an image of fairly size, still intended for a screen-only view: i think that doubling the actual size of the screenshot should work.Consider that i want to create something cute, with a couple of details, but i cannot put on it all the places or annotations because the rules of the game prevent me to reveal off game too much informations.
All the maps i will eventually create will bring the mark of the Cavalieri dell'Alba (sunrise knights), an order of knights founded by me and a friend of mine in 2003, still today active and that manage an in-game library of about 1400 books.
So i will need to create a consistent "style" for this maps.
North is in the top-right corner of the map (is the orientation that game itself uses).
Description of the map:
the "kingdom" is the central area of the map: the capital is the isle on the left, connected to mainland with a huge and horrible bulky bridge; the border runs along the Orus maer chain of mountains in the north, than follows south the river Aben to the lake Sareen, than from the southern bank goes east to the sea along the other river, the Anduvian.
The three island in the lower part of the map, Isola dei pescatori (Fishers Island), Isola del fiume (River Island) and Isola vittoria (Victory Island) are part of the kingdom.
The "volcano" area in the upper part of the map is a meteor crater, where stood the city of Edorel since year 266 (current we are playing in 277: 266 was 2002), and where now is the Black Tower, a damned evil place (is not Mordor, more like Orthanc maybe).
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Summertime Orchard: Behind the Scenes
Jul 11 by Adam Howard in Apples, General, Orchards & Apples tagged Apples, Arbor Day Farm, orchards with no comments
It's summertime at the orchards here at Arbor Day Farm, and we find ourselves in the middle of a very hot, very dry spell here in Nebraska City. We doing a lot of the same things that you're probably doing in your backyard gardens: watering when we can, pulling weeds, helping our plants and trees mitigate the stresses of the season. As is typical in hot and dry years, the apples will likely be smaller in size and will mature faster this fall, resulting in an earlier apple harvest.
We've also been taking care of some off-season projects around the orchard, too — specifically, making apple variety signs and sign posts for placement in the orchard. We heard you loud and clear: you needed better signs so you know what kinds of apples you're picking. If grandma's prized recipe calls for Golden Delicious, there's no need to spend time wandering through the Ozark Golds, looking for what you need. The new signs will help you find exactly the apples you want, and they'll also help our orchard staff keep better records of yields of specific varieties and orchard maintenance throughout the year. Win-win.
Jesse spent some time working the corn maze last week, too — cutting the design into the rows and making it a fun challenge for our visitors this fall.
We'll share more orchard updates on the blog soon, but just wanted to show you what's happening this summer in the orchard.
See you soon at Arbor Day Farm!
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W.C. Handy, the "Father of Blues Music," once wrote:
"The Seven Wonders of the World I have seen, and many places I have been."
"Take my advice, folks, and see Beale Street first."
Beale Street is the number one tourist attraction in the state of Tennessee. It is part of the major entertainment district in Memphis, a lively area stretching eastward from the Mississippi river bluffs. With the opening of the FedEx Forum and being flanked by Peabody Place and AutoZone Park, Beale Street has become the center of Memphis' entertainment Mecca. But back in the day it was a simmering cultural cauldron of dice parlors, gin mills, pool halls, and bawdy houses. Its home grown music reflected what its residents most keenly felt; the blues.
It was here, in 1909, that a young band leader and trumpet player named William Christopher Handy wrote a campaign song for Memphis mayoral candidate E.H. Crump. "Boss Crump" won, and the song was an immediate success, not so much for its lyrics as for its new sound - a tune composed of "blue notes" that caught the attention of the public. The song was soon titled "Memphis Blues." And it became the first Blues number to be published. Handy followed with the immortal "St. Louis Blues," perhaps the most popular Blues song of all time. These and other classics established Handy as the "Father of the Blues," and Beale Street as its home. Today, his statue overlooks the street from the shady park named in his honor. Handy's former Memphis home, a small shotgun house where he raised six children before moving to New York, is located at 352 Beale Street and is open to the public. Handy established the new blues music, and history was set in motion. Beale Street has had its ups and downs in more ways than a musical scale, but today, it's a virtual shrine to the kings of soul - Sam Moore, David Porter and Dave Prater, and to the legendary Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Isaac Hayesx, And the King Elvis Presley.
In late 1940, a young Mississippian joined in the amateur contests on Beale and soon developed a large following. He traded his first name, Riley for "The Beale Street Blues Boy," and today B.B. King is acclaimed as one of the masters of the genre. As a testament to the musical contributions of ground breaking talent that grew from Beale Street, a musical note walk of fame dedicated to these and other musicians, line the side walks of the street we came to know as Beale Street.
Beale Street Gained its prominence as the major street for African American enterprises in the first part of the 20th century. What was originally a street where black field workers milled around while the white farmers brought their cotton to the distribution center during the 1880's and 1890's, had began to grow and develop as black professionals, lawyers, doctors and shopkeepers began to thrive down Beale. Robert Church, the south's first black millionaire, built a small real-estate empire and owned several clubs, bars and boarding facilities on Beale Street. In addition, there were a number of Italian and Jewish Shopkeepers located on Beale Street to.The cloud of racial discord which had plagued the nation also gathered over Memphis though out the mid-20th century, leading ultimately to the wanton assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the Balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Riots and fires followed, and downtown Memphis died a slow death. Buildings lay derelict, even the South's Grand Hotel, The Peabody Memphis had closed. Beale Street fell upon hard times and was literally closed with only A. Schwab Retail Store remaining open The streets were fenced off to the public.
But, while Memphis was down, she was not quite out. In 1976, the process of rebuilding the center of the city was launched by a major public initiative to improve the area. With the redevelopment of Beale Street in the late 1970's the rejuvenation of downtown Memphis was on track for total completion by the late 1990's. Developer John Elkington was given a 52-year lease by the city to manage and develop Beale Street. The Beale Street Merchants Association was then formed in 1985 to help a handful of local visionaries. Armed with the insight that the majority questioned, they rolled the dice and began to open their businesses on Beale Street. Retail stores, clubs and cafes began to populate the street with the original sounds and flavors of a spotted past and a questionable future.
In addition to the Beale Street innovators that began this journey a mere 20 years ago, a few international chains have followed in their footsteps and joined forces for a bright future. Currently, the association is composed of thirty businesses located in the Beale Street Historic District. The Association was formed to best utilize the joint resources of the businesses in the district and work as a whole to develop the Beale Street Historic District to its fullest potential. It is the Association's mission to promote Beale Street in its capacity as the number one tourist attraction in Tennessee as well as educate residents in the surrounding region of the importance of the Beale Street Historic District Heritage.
The Beale Street Historic District employs approximately 700 people. It also contributes approximately four million dollars annually to local, state and county tax coffers. As of 2005, the gross sales were over $40 million dollars. Today Beale Street is a thriving, dynamic market. Memphis is on the map again, bustling with business as it was meant to be.
"The spirit of Memphis is sure to stay with you long after you've left"


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