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text: Her stirring tales of spiritual conflict have made award-winning author, Janette Oke, one of today's most beloved inspirational novelists. Drums of Change is her moving story of a Native American girl's coming-of-age amidst turbulent changes in the late 1800s. Running Fawn loves the rugged mountains and lush green forests of the Northwest where her Blackfoot tribe lives. She dreams that someday she will share a teepee with the chief's handsome son, Silver Fox. But pale-faced people are moving into the surrounding prairies, bringing strange ideas, and depleting the life-sustaining buffalo. When Silver Fox learns to farm like the white men, and embraces their beliefs, Running Fawn suddenly finds herself alone—clinging to the traditions of her people. In this captivating novel based on actual events in Alberta, Canada, Janette Oke provides an exciting glimpse into an often misunderstood time in history. With Barbara Caruso's heart-warming narration, you'll laugh and cry along with Running Fawn as she faces her uncertain future.


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Travel in France – Routes des Verrieres
Day 13 of Travel in France was a combination of walk and the pursuit of glass blowing! I wanted to explore some of the villages on the Routes des Verrières, starting with Claret and its wonderful, small, contemporary museum. The museum has a permanent … Continued


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Radwaste management | Repository
Clearing out Asse 224 August 2010
The largest clean-up operation in mining history will start at the Asse 2 repository in Germany. In January 2010 the German government decided to unearth more than 125,000 drums of nuclear waste during the next 15 years. Michael O. Schwartz evaluates the history of the mine and possible risks facing the extraction process.
The Asse 2 mine near Braunschweig, lower Saxony, produced potash from 1908 until 1925 and rock salt from 1916 to 1964 from a salt dome. It is the last remaining dry mine in the area; both the Asse 1 potassium salt mine and the Asse 3 rock salt mine nearby were flooded by unmanageable inflow of water in the first decades of the last century. After the Asse 2 mine closed, the German government bought it with the purpose of installing a pilot plant for nuclear waste disposal. The mine had a 765 m deep shaft, which later was extended to 950 m depth in the 1980s for scientific research on topics such as on the effects of cobalt-60 radiation on rock salt. In the Zechstein salt dome, there were 113 open rock salt mining chambers without backfill, the total volume of which was 3.4 million m3. In contrast, a large proportion of the potash mining chambers with a total volume a total 1.5 million m3 in the dome's carnallite seam had been backfilled with humid residue from a potassium mineral processing plant.
The disposal of nuclear material took place from 1967 to 1978 under the authority of the Federal Ministry for Scientific Research and Technology, now the Helmholtz Centre, Munich. About 1,300 drums with 260 m3 of medium-level waste with an activity of 1.2 x 1015 Bq (1 January 2002) were deposited in a 8,400 m3 subsection of mining chamber 8 on the -511 mining level (Fig. 1). The subsection is separated from the main chamber by a concrete wall. The southwest end of the main chamber may only be 5 m away from the Mesozoic country rock. The thin salt barrier left in between salt and rock has possibly already disintegrated in the course of the deformation of the overall mine structure [1]. Furthermore, there are 125,000 drums with low-level waste distributed over 11 mining chambers on the -750 m level and one chamber on the -725 m level. The total radioactivity of the low-level material is 1.7 x 1015 Bq. These figures probably need revision, since the disposal activities are badly documented. A Lower Saxony state parliamentary enquiry committee was set up in May 2009 in order to shed light upon the activities in the mine. But this body has not yet discovered what quantities of radioactive material lie underground. It remains unclear whether high-level waste has been deposited as well.
In 1988, water infiltrated the -532 m mining level at the southwest flank of the salt dome, that is, relatively close to the medium-level waste deposits. The inflow increased over the years to a nearly constant value fluctuating around 12 m3 per day. Fortunately, the leakage, which probably originates in the Mesozoic country rock nearby, is not radioactive. But there are minor amounts of radioactive fluids at deeper levels. They come from either the contact between waste and water flowing out of mining chambers with humid backfill, or accidents during the transport of waste drums. A further possibility is that even liquid radioactive waste was disposed in the mine.
About 80% of the old salt mining cavities were backfilled between 1995 and 2004 with salt residue from the mine dumps at Ronnenberg. The material has an original porosity of 40% (percentage of voids) and will consolidate under the pressure of the mine structure as it deforms elastically–a process called convergence. Depending on the type of assumptions made, it will take between several thousand and ten thousand years until convergence will have completed its job. At the end of the process, the porosity of the backfill will be reduced to an insignificant level and nearly all fluid will be expelled from the mine. Sorel (magnesium oxychloride) concrete is used for secondary backfilling and for closing the drifts connecting the mining chambers. Magnesium oxide mixed with rock salt and magnesium chloride dissolved in water is pumped into the open space. Magnesium oxide is the binding agent and rock salt is the filling material. Concrete has the advantage of near-zero porosity but the disadvantage of non-elastic behaviour. Cracks in concrete will be preferential paths for fluids expelled from the mine workings in the process of convergence.
In 2009, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection, the BfS, took over the site.
The change followed a government decision that the site should not be seen as an experimental repository (which follows mining rules), but an operational nuclear waste repository (which follows nuclear rules). Nuclear law makes greater demands on the operation, decommissioning, and radiation protection of the facility, according to the BfS. In particular, it requires a proof of long-term safety.
Until 15 January 2010, the mine operator could not decide how to finally close Asse 2. A variety of schemes have been considered which could not have been more diverse [1-4]. One former alternative was an in-situ option, that is, leaving the waste where it is. Another former alternative was restoring the waste within the mine. A new cavern at 1,200 m depth would be the new destination.
The chosen option is extraction. During the next fifteen years, the waste and the contaminated salt around it will be put in transport containers in a remote-control operation at a cost of EUR 3.7 billion [6]. This is a highly ambitious plan without precedent.
As it is unknown whether the mine structure will collapse before decommissioning is completed, or whether the mine will flooded while waste remains underground, provisions for an emergency are being accelerated. The pumping system is being upgraded to deal with 500 m3 of inflowing water per day. A drainage system for diverting excess inflow to special reservoir sections within the mine is under construction. As long as the inflow of water proves manageable, medium-level waste will be extracted from chamber 8 and the remaining mining cavities will be backfilled. If the medium-level waste cannot be extracted, it will be covered by Sorel concrete. Artificial flooding with a magnesium chloride solution will also be attempted even when the rate of natural flooding is high. The short-term concern is to stabilize the mine structure, although the results may be counterproductive in the long run.
The plan certainly can be considered feasible, at least under optimistic assumptions. It is technically feasible to put the Asse 2 waste and the contaminated rock salt into transport containers, provided that there is excellent ventilation that keeps the concentration of radioactive aerosols in the mining chamber below the dose limits during the operation. The licensing of the low-level and medium-level Konrad repository in Salzgitter, Germany has passed all national legal hurdles, and Konrad appears to be ready to receive the Asse 2 waste. However, Konrad is not designed to host substantial amounts of rock salt, which speeds up corrosion of metal containers. Peak activity values of individual waste drums will be another problem because they do not comply with the regulatory premises for Konrad, although the average would.
However, there are a lot of unsolved questions, especially with regard to the quality of the waste packages.
When the drums were deposited more than 40 years ago, the major concern was to protect the mining personnel from radioactivity. In order to keep the radioactive dose at a minimum, the drums were unloaded in a hurry. The medium-level drums were thrown through an opening on the -490 m mine level into chamber 8 on the -511 m level. Furthermore, many of the low-level drums experienced a hard landing, too; they rolled along the inclined floor of the mining chamber after being dropped from the shovel of the front loader. In addition to mechanical damage, there has been the destructive work of the corrosive brines. In short, disintegrated drums will have to be sealed and stabilized in order to become fit for remote-controlled transport.
The waste left behind in a converging salt mine is bound to cause gaseous pollution. Hydrogen gas is formed when metal corrodes at low oxygen fugacities (pressures); the oxygen component of water combines with metal to form metal oxides and the hydrogen component of water forms hydrogen gas. Gaseous radioactive components of the waste, such as newly-formed methane and carbon dioxide, and the hydrogen gas, may find their way to the surface.
Groundwater pollution due to radioactive water expelled by convergence takes longer than the release of radioactive gas, but is equally difficult to predict. Figure 2 shows a computer simulation how a plume of contaminated fluid expelled from chamber 8 spreads in the Mesozoic aquifer between 1,000 and 6,000 years from now [5].
This simulation is based on the pessimistic assumption that a fault with a high hydraulic conductivity connects the Mesozoic rock next to waste with the surface. But the simulation is far from being pessimistic enough for a risk assessment. The simulation follows common numerical-modelling practice by treating the fractured Mesozoic rock as if it were unconsolidated porous sediment. Fractured hard rock adsorbs pollution to a much smaller degree than porous sediment. For example, the concentration of plutonium radionuclides in a simple porous medium are reduced to an insignificant level at a depth of 400 m whereas, in a fractured-medium, serious groundwater contamination cannot be ruled out as close as 100 m to the earth's surface, according to scoping calculations. Exact simulations, which show what may happen when the closure scheme fails, are bound to be computationally very expensive but will be worth the effort.
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Michael O. Schwartz, environmental geology consultant, MathGeol, P.O. Box 101204, 30833 Langenhagen, GermanyRelated ArticlesBfs recommends removal of waste from Asse
[1] BfS: "Schachtanlage Asse II Beschreibung und Bewertung der Stilllegungsoption Vollverfullung" www.endlager-asse.de, 1 Oct. 2009


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[HnG – HikaAki] Fujiwara_no_Seimei – Exposé
Title: Exposé
Author: Fujiwara_no_Seimei
Rating: PG-13 || Status: Complete
Summary: "Are you kidding?" Hikaru said with a raised eyebrow, incredulous. "Anyone who figures it out based on this interview knew already. Your father referred to us as his sons in that interview last month. Did anyone give him the memo that we were still technically in the closet?"
"As if anyone can tell my father what to do, honestly," Akira replied, rolling his eyes.
This was pretty cute. The line with Touya Kouyo (mentioned in the summary) is totally the cutest though! ♥ Also, Waya in the last chapter totally cracked me up. XP


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While taking Tina Gerow's 'Write Steamy Love Scenes' for the past two weeks, I looked up romantic words and began writing scenes. Try this yourself. Google romantic or sexy words and see where it takes your writing.
She'd never been the adventurous type but his wicked smile incited in her a streak of daring.
Adventurous, he turned down a little used back road and parked. Pulling her into his arms, he teased his wife of twenty years. "Do you remember our first date?"
"I did not make out with you on our first date."
"No, we'd not even been on a date."
She blushed, her skin aglow with desire and daring. "You planning to just sit here and talk?"
Chuckling, he lifted her shirt and caressed her breast. "You still turn me on."
She let her head fall back against the headrest as his mouth found her nipple. "Oh god, you make me crazy old man."
"Who're you calling old man, woman." He growled pulling her beneath him he proved he wasn't that old after all.
In the afterglow, she couldn't help the smile of satisfaction that curved her lips. Twenty years and still in love. He still has the power to make me crazy with desire.


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The Basser Center and the Basser Global Prize provide extraordinary opportunities for scientists to pursue research directed at reducing the heavy burden of BRCA disease.
—David Livingston, MD
The Basser Center for BRCA at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center has announced the recipient of its third annual Basser Global Prize: molecular cancer expert David Livingston, MD, Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Deputy Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Dr. Livingston has made significant contributions toward understanding how DNA mutations damage the repair genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 to promote cancer development.
A marquee component of the center, the Basser Global Prize includes $200,000 in unrestricted support of the winner's innovative BRCA1/2-related research efforts.
"Nominees for the Basser Global Prize represent the pioneers in our field conducting the most innovative research aimed at developing new strategies for the prevention and treatment of BRCA-related cancers," said Susan Domchek, MD, Executive Director of the Basser Center for BRCA and the Basser Professor of Medicine in Penn's Abramson Cancer Center. "One of the primary missions of the Basser Center is to fund the projects that will make a difference for patients with BRCA1/2 mutations, giving them better options for targeted therapies and improved quality of life."
High-Impact Research
The primary focus of Dr. Livingston's laboratory is to understand the fundamental mechanisms and steps by which inherited mutations in BRCA1/2 lead to breast and ovarian cancers. His group is pursuing an approach that focuses on understanding, in detail, the cellular processes that are rendered defective by BRCA1 mutation. In this regard, he and his group have recently unearthed a potentially promising target function that may be important for preventing BRCA1-related cancers, as well as for the treatment of non-BRCA1 cancers that have spread.
Dr. Livingston's goal is to reduce the number of cells in the breast and ovaries of BRCA1 mutation–bearing women that manifest a high potential for becoming malignant. "Our objective is to eliminate them by a relatively nontoxic approach and to ensure that they do not accumulate thereafter," Dr. Livingston explained. "If successful, such an approach has the potential to significantly reduce the likelihood of BRCA1 cancer developing in mutation-bearing women."
Dr. Livingston added, "The Basser Center and the Basser Global Prize provide extraordinary opportunities for scientists to pursue research directed at reducing the heavy burden of BRCA disease."
The Basser Center
In 2012, the Basser Center was established through a $25 million gift from Penn alumni Mindy and Jon Gray in memory of Mindy Gray's sister Faith Basser, who died of ovarian cancer at age 44. In 2013, the Grays made an additional $5 million gift to launch the Basser External Research Grant Program, a unique funding program for high-impact, translational cancer research projects aimed at advancing the care of people living with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
The Basser Global Prize was established by Shari Basser Potter and Leonard Potter to honor a visionary scientist who has conceptually advanced BRCA1/2-related research that has led to improvements in clinical care.
Applications for the 2016 Basser Prize will be open in February 2016. ■


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MAINE, JUST LIKE NEW HAMPSHIRE, seems to be having some second thoughts about a transmission line selected by Massachusetts to carry hydro-electricity from Quebec into New England.
Four key lawmakers in the Maine legislature wrote a letter earlier this month to Massachusetts utility regulators urging them to reject the power purchase contract with New England Clean Energy Connect, a project that would run a new transmission line from the Quebec border to Lewiston, Maine. The lawmakers said they "see no clear economic or climate benefit to Maine people."
Not to be outdone, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a big supporter of the transmission line, sent his own letter to Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday that was dismissive of the letter from the four lawmakers and critical of them for implying that their views were representative of the legislature.
"Neither the Maine Senate or House directed or even condoned this letter, nor did the committee on which these individuals serve. These four members represented only themselves and may now have to deal with reprimands for having suggested otherwise," he said. "I, on the other hand, speak with the full authority of my office and believe that the NECEC will benefit all of us by bringing clean, Canadian hydroelectric power into our grid with minimal environmental or scenic impact in my state."
The four lawmakers – Republican Sens. Tom Saviello and David Woodstone and Democratic Reps. Ralph Tucker and Seth Berry – highlighted several issues that have been hovering for some time around the Massachusetts decision to import hydro-electricity from Quebec through other New England states. The Maine project won the Massachusetts procurement, but only after the Bay State's first choice, Northern Pass, was denied a key permit by New Hampshire regulators.
The lawmakers raised concerns that the hydro-electricity coming in from Quebec will not represent new power on the grid, but electricity diverted from other markets, such as Ontario and New York. "NECEC may result in increased greenhouse gas emissions if markets like Ontario or New York have to use dirty fuel mixes to replace the lost electricity from Hydro-Quebec," the lawmakers said.
The four lawmakers also questioned whether the state is getting the best deal possible from the project's backers, who include Central Maine Power and its corporate parent Avangrid. The two other projects that offered to carry hydro-electricity into New England – Northern Pass through New Hampshire and TDI-NE through Vermont – offered substantial perks to the home states. Northern Pass promised $210 million in benefits and TDI promised $372 million to Vermont.
"Central Maine Power has not offered comparable mitigation for Maine," the lawmakers said, noting that the utility has not offered to bury any portion of the 53 miles of new transmission line, including the portion that would span the Kennebec Gorge, a well-known whitewater rafting and fishing spot. [CORRECTION: Central Maine Power officials say they are willing to bury the transmission line under the gorge.]
Finally, the four lawmakers said the project could suppress the future development of renewable energy in Maine due in part to increased congestion on the state's transmission system. "We are unwilling to sacrifice future development of Maine's solar and offshore wind industries, which would provide real greenhouse gas benefits and more jobs for Maine citizens, just to provide Hydro-Quebec the ability to market its electricity in Massachusetts," the lawmakers wrote.
The Appalachian Mountain Trail Club raised similar concerns this week in coming out against the Maine project. The club said the 53 miles of new transmission line would be accompanied by a new, "150-foot-wide cleared corridor through undeveloped forest" and would cause a "significant scenic impact" on the Kennebec Gorge.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission, which is scrutinizing the project, has received 23 public comments, nearly all of them opposed.
Massachusetts officials are expected to release their completed contract with New England Clean Energy Connect shortly.


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August 19, 2011
Back home again,
Mt. Rainier,
I miss you already.
Labels: Film, Growing Things, vacation
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Tuliana is native from Brazil and Portuguese by naturalization. She received her Bachelor's in Biological Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiásfinished in 2006. During this time, Tuliana worked in a lab of molecular genetics of rice with Dr. Claudio Brondani (Embrapa/Rice and beans) during almost her entire course, and with cytogenetic of rodents with Dr. Katia Pellegrino in the last year of the course. In the same year, Tuliana moved to Porto, Portugal, and started her Master on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources in the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources from the University of Porto (CIBIO/UP).
In CIBIO, Tuliana met Dr. Fernando Sequeira and through him, she stars to work with amphibians from Phyllomedusa burmeisterigroup, endemic from the Atlantic forest, in collaboration with Dr. João Alexandrino and Dr. Célio Haddad in the Universidade Estadual Paulisa in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. From this meeting, Tuliana spent nine years studying the phylogeny, phylogeography, and population genetics of this amphibian group using multiple molecular markers, coupled with Ecological Niche Models for understanding the mechanisms involved in speciation process of species from Atlantic forest, finishing her PhD in 2014, in Portugal.
After that, still in CIBIO/UP working with Dr. Fernando Sequeira, Tuliana's worked with RADseq protocol of Rhinella's species, endemic from Amazon for a year before returning to Brazil to start her post-doctoral in University of São Paulo (USP). For her post-doc, Tuliana's intended to work again in her native country and also work with another biodiverse group of Brazilian's species, chosen the lizards. Nowadays, Tuliana's is in your second year post-doc studying origin and maintenance of parthenogenetic-polyploidy lizards from Amazon from Loxopholis percarinatumcomplex, with Dr. Miguel Rodrigues in collaboration with Dr. Katia Pellegrino, her Bacharel's mentor in Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, now working in Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp/Diadema). Now, Tuliana's recently joined to Dr. Matthew Fujita's lab to go through the fascinating mitochondrial and nuclear genomic world of parthenogenetic-polyploidy species using next-generation sequence.
Ph.D., University of Porto, 2014
M.S., University of Porto
B.S., Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, 2006
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University of Texas at Arlington
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Tuliana is interested in phylogeny, phylogeography, population genetics, and especially in understanding the mechanisms involved in spontaneous and non-spontaneous speciation process of amphibians and lizards from Neotropics. Additionally, she is using climatic and environmental information in Geographical Information System (GIS) frameworks in order to evaluate the influence of past habitat conditions in the present-day distribution of species, mainly focus on parthenogenetic and polyploidy taxa.
Pellegrino KCM, Brunes TO, Souza SM, Laguna MM, Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Rodrigues MT. 2018. On the distinctiveness ofAmapasaurus, its relationship with LoxopholisCope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensisand L. hoogmoedi(Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata). Zootaxa, 4441(2): 332-346. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.8
Brunes TO, Thomé MTC, Alexandrino J, Haddad CFB, Sequeira F. 2015. Ancient divergence and recent population expansion in a leaf frog endemic to the southern Brazilian Atlantic forest. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 15(4), 695-710. doi: 10.1007/s13127-015-0228-4
Brunes TO, Alexandrino J, Baêta D, Zina J, Haddad CFB, Sequeira F. 2014. Species limits, phylogeographic and hybridization patterns in Neotropical leaf frogs (Phyllomedusinae). Zoologica Scripta, 43 (6): 586-604. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12079
Brunes TO, Van de Vliet MS, Lopes S, Alexandrino J, Haddad CFB, Sequeira F. 2013. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Neotropical leaf-frog Phyllomedusa burmeisteriand cross-species amplification.Genetics and Molecular Research, 12: 242-247.
Fusinatto LA, Alexandrino J, Haddad CFB, Brunes TO, Rocha CF, Sequeira F. 2013. Cryptic genetic diversity is paramount in small-bodied amphibians of the genus Euparkerella(Anura: Craugastoridae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. PLoS One, 8(11): e79504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079504
Brunes TO, Sequeira F, Haddad CFB, Alexandrino J. 2010. Gene and species trees of a Neotropical group of treefrogs: genetic diversification in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and the origin of a polyploid species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(3): 1120-1133. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.026
Pinho C, Rocha S, Carvalho BM, Lopes S, Mourão S, Vallinoto M, Brunes TO, Haddad C, Gonçalves H, Sequeira F, Ferrand F. 2009. New primers for the amplification and sequencing of nuclear loci in a taxonomically wide set of reptiles and amphibians. Conservation Genetics Resources, 2: 181-185. doi: 10.1007/s12686-009-9126-4
Borba TCDO, Mendes CDA, Guimarães EP, Brunes TO, Fonseca JR, Brondani RV, Brondani C. 2009. Genetic variability of Brazilian rice landraces determined by SSR markers. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 44(7): 706-712. doi: 10.1590/S0100-204X2009000700009
Brunes TO, Rangel PHN, Brondani RPV, Neto FPM, Neves PCF, Brondani C. 2007. Fluxo gênico entre o arroz vermelho e o arroz cultivado estimado por meio de marcadores microssatélites. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 37: 86-92.
Brondani C, Brondani RPV, Borba TCO, Brunes T, Rangel PHN, Guimarães EP. 2005. Microsatellite analysis of Tio Taka, the first rice commercial cultivar released from the recurrent selection breeding method. International Rice Commission Newsletter, 54: 52-62.


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This is the 4th post in a series about some ways in which our Long War are changing us.
- How will the Long War affect America? Will it make us stronger or weaker? Crazy? Unleash our dark side?
- Why we fight. Causes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Killing prisoners, our new tactic in the War on Terror?
Might there be a psychological basis for our wars? Or might we suffer psychological damage from our long wars? Perhaps they might warp our values, perhaps even awakening an atavistic bloodlust. Already we can see signs of this in our newspapers and on television. See Ralph Peters' "Wishful Thinking and Indecisive Wars", Journal of International Security Affairs, Spring 2009 — Excerpt:
The point of all this is simple: Win. In warfare, nothing else matters. If you cannot win clean, win dirty. But win. Our victories are ultimately in humanity's interests, while our failures nourish monsters.
Much of Peter's essay is IMO good sense. Don Vandergriff (Major, US Army, retired) discusses these aspects in a favorable review at his blog on 29 May 2009.
But there is an element to this Vandergriff does not discuss. "Winning" is not enough for success. Winning the wrong way in the wrong war can destroy a nation. As describe in "Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Journalists: 'Kill Them All'", Richard Silverstein, posted at Tikun Olam, 21 May 2009 — Excerpt:
He hasn't the faintest notions that it is possible that our victory, if we win dirty and betray every principle of value, will turn us into monsters. Then we won't really need an enemy. We will have become out own worst enemy.
Imagine the Civil War with Peters at the helm instead of Lincoln. Massive civilian casualties instead of few. Routine torture and killing of prisoners (he seems to advocate both, the latter more clearly). A horrific war made ever more so. Would reconciliation have been possible?
And that's in a just war. The delusional self-righteousness of Peters and others has involved us in what are effect crusades — bringing light to people living in darkness (as he sees it).
Much of the power of American and our military comes from our record of using it good causes (Not always. We're people, not angels). As in the lyrics of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, the nation's sword should be drawn only in a valid cause. The mad crusades advocated by Peters do not quality, in my opinion Nor in the minds of most Americans, which is why the need to concoct fake reasons to fight. Saddam's WMD's in Iraq; to prevent another 9-11 in Afghanistan.
So we have wars supported neither by Americans nor the people being "helped" (which involves killing many of them). Both aspects lead to much whining by pro-war advocates, that Americans are too weak and the targets (of our weapons and help) are ungrateful. To sensible people these are warning signs of evil in progress.
Peter's is the mad face of America, for all the world to see. Combined with the fact of our massive military — fighting almost constantly around the world — might encourage some foreigners to believe that our grand strategy is just killing. Everyone that is a threat. Everyone that might be a threat. Everyone that appears a threat in our delusional nightmares. And their neighbors and relatives.
The results of this will not be pretty for America. It's a game that almost inevitably will end badly for us. Do you think this is overstated? Read on.
- More advice from Ralph Peters
- War bloggers
- Serious and responsible discussion of the horrific realities of war
- A note about the different types of blogging about war
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(1) More advice from Ralph Peters
These are snippets from Peter's massive body of work, much of which is first-rate. Still, these are horrifying.
(a) "Don't stop until Hamas is destroyed", New York Post, 5 January 2009
Here's the bitter truth: Israel can't stop its own bleeding without drowning Hamas in blood. That's Hamas' choice, not Israel's. No negotiations, no compromises, and no shuttle-diplomacy bargains will ever placate terrorists who believe their god wants tributes of Jewish blood.
Israel may never get another such chance as this to rip the heart out of Hamas. But Israel needs the fortitude to accept painful friendly casualties on the ground and to resist international pressure – which will be fierce.
(b) "The Audacity of Rope — Crush all the Pirates — Now", New York Post, 14 April 2009 — Excerpt:
Attack their harbors with land, sea and air power. Kill pirates, sink their vessels (including those dual-use fishing boats) and wreck their support infrastructure. The clans behind the pirates must feel sufficient pain to rein in their young thugs. The price for piracy should be stunning. And we don't need to stay to rebuild Somalia. End the fix-it fetish now. We need to leave while their boats are still burning down to the waterline.
For a more realistic look at piracy, see the FM posts here and here.
(2) War bloggers
Peters' views are mirrored across the Internet on the sites of the warbloggers. Somalia pirates, Hezbollah, the Taliban — for some people the answer is often to "kill them all." Somewhat like Ralph Peters, without Peter's great knowledge and brilliance.
Why do these people get so much attention? Perhaps they offer us simplistic and satisfying recommendations. Mil-junk for the mind. More interesting is why they are treated so respectfully (or ignored) by others outside their circle.
Here are excerpts from one site, Herschel Smith writing at The Captain's Journal. He's IMO among the most knowledgeable and insightful of the war-bloggers, making these views more striking (I cited his excellent technical analysis in One telling similarity between the the Wehrmacht and the US Military). As above, these are snippets from a large body of work.
But like so many of them — perhaps caught up in war-fever — they're blind to the strategic basis of what we're doing. (Andrew Exum might be another example, in a different way)
(a) From "Financing the Taliban", 15 August 2008 (Italic emphasis in the original):
"It isn't about the poppy, marble or financiers from the house of Saud. It's about the religious radicals practicing jihad because of their belief system, who would fight to the death to destroy the West. There is no solution except to kill them."
(b) "Pirates in the Gulf of Aden", 1 October 2008 — Excerpt:
"This is easy. We tell the LOAC and ROE lawyers that they're special and that they should go to their rooms and write high-sounding platitudes about compassion in war so that they're out of the way, we land the Marines on the ship, and we kill every last pirate. Then we hunt down his domiciles in Somali and destroy them, and then we find his financiers and buyers and kill them."
For more examples of this see here and here. As above, for a more realistic look at piracy see the FM posts here and here.
(c) "U.S. Marines versus Hezbollah: A Modest Proposal", 12 August 2006 — Excerpt:
"So when will payback occur? Why not unleash the U.S. Marines on Hezbollah. Let's watch payback happen "Marines-style!" The war will be dramatic and over very quickly. And Hezbollah will be no more. Problem gone."
(3) Serious and responsible discussion of the horrific realities of war
This kind of war-fever is a common but not inevitable effect of war. The realities of war can be discussed in a responsible and useful manner. Here are two examples.
- "On the Virtues of Killing Children", Grim, Blackfive, 10 August 2006
- "On the virtues of killing extremists (and sadly, their families)", Uncle Jimbo, Blackfive, 31 July 2009
(4) A note about the different types of blogging about war
War blogs are written by a range of authors (serving, veterans, others), and often focus on the wider war.
I use the definition of "milblogs" given by Major Elizabeth Robbins (US Army) in "Muddy Boots 10: the rise of Soldier blogs", Military Review, September-October 2007:
Military web logs, known as blogs or milblogs, are small websites that Soldiers maintain as informal journals for personal comments, images, and links to other websites.
Milblogs are a subset of the larger category of "war blogs", providing what Swiger calls a "grunt level" view. I recommend reading Major Robbins article, which shows the new and unique contribution of milblogs in explaining modern wars to the people back home.
There is a third category of war blogger: journalists. First person reporting form the front lines. Like Bill Roggio (at the Long War Journal), Michael Totten, and Michael Yon.
(5) For more information from the FM site
To read other articles about these things, see the FM reference page on the right side menu bar. Of esp interest these days:
- About America's national defence strategy and machinery
- About Iraq & Sub-continent Wars – my articles
- About Iraq & Sub-continent Wars – studies & reports
- About Military and strategic theory
Posts about torture:
- Something every American should read, 25 March 2009
- So many Americans approve of torture; what does this tell us about America?, 30 April 2009
- We close our eyes to torture by our government. The Brits are stronger., 9 April 2009
- Dispatches from the front lines in the war for America's soul, 11 May 2009
- Quote of the Day, 20 May 2009
Some posts about grand strategy:
- The Myth of Grand Strategy , 31 January 2006
- America's Most Dangerous Enemy , 1 March 2006
- The Fate of Israel , 28 July 2006
- Why We Lose at 4GW , 4 January 2007
- America takes another step towards the "Long War" , 24 July 2007
- One step beyond Lind: What is America's geopolitical strategy? , 28 October 2007
- ABCDs for today: About Blitzkrieg, COIN, and Diplomacy , 21 February 2008
- America's grand strategy: lessons from our past , 30 June 2008 – chapter 1 in a series of notes
- President Grant warns us about the dangers of national hubris , 1 July 2008 – chapter 2
- America's grand strategy, now in shambles , 2 July 2008 — chapter 3
- America's grand strategy, insanity at work , 7 July 2008 — chapter 4
- Justifying the use of force, a key to success in 4GW , 8 July 2008 – chapter 5
- A lesson in war-mongering: "Maritime Strategy in an Age of Blood and Belief" , 8 July 2008 — chapter 6
- Geopolitical analysis need not be war-mongering , 9 July 2008 — chapter 7
- The world seen through the lens of 4GW (this gives a clearer picture) , (10 July 2008 — chapter 8
- The King of Brobdingnag comments on America's grand strategy, 18 November 2008
- "A shattering moment in America's fall from power", 19 November 2008
- Is America a destabilizing force in the world?, 23 January 2009
- The US Army brings us back to the future, returning to WWI's "cult of the offense", 13 February 2009


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ben'-ja-min (binyamin, or binyamin; Beniaein, Beniamin):
⇒See a list of verses on BENJAMIN in the Bible.
1. The Patriarch:
The youngest of Jacob's sons. His mother Rachel died in giving him birth. As she felt death approaching she called him Benoni, "son of my sorrow." Fearing, probably, that this might bode evil for the child--for names have always preserved a peculiar significance in the East--Jacob called him Benjamin, "son of the fight hand" (Ge 35:17 ff). He alone of Jacob's sons was born in Palestine, between Bethel and Ephrath. Later in the chapter, in the general enumeration of the children born in Paddan-ar am, the writer fails to except Benjamin (Ge 35:24). Joseph was his full brother. In the history where Benjamin appears as an object of solicitude to his father and brothers, we must not forget that he was already a grown man. At the time of the descent of Israel to Egypt Joseph was about 40 years of age. Benjamin was not much younger, and was himself the father of a family. The phrase in Ge 44:20, "a little one," only describes in oriental fashion one much younger than the speaker. And as the youngest of the family no doubt he was made much of. Remorse over their heartless treatment of his brother Joseph may have made the other brothers especially tender toward Benjamin. The conduct of his brethren all through the trying experiences in Egypt places them in a more attractive light than we should have expected; and it must have been a gratification to their father (Ge 42:1-38 ff). Ten sons of Benjamin are named at the time of their settlement in Egypt (Ge 46:21).
⇒See the definition of benjamin in the KJV Dictionary
2. The Tribe:
At the Exodus the number of men of war in the tribe is given as 35,400. At the second census it is 45,600 (Nu 1:37; 26:41). Their place in the host was with the standard of the camp of Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle, their prince being Abidan the son of Gideoni (Nu 2:22 f). Benjamin was represented among the spies by Palti the son of Raphu; and at the division of the land the prince of Benjamin was Elidad the son of Chislon (Nu 13:9; 34:21).
⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
3. Territory:
The boundaries of the lot that fell to Benjamin are pretty clearly indicated (Jos 18:11 ff). It lay between Ephraim on the North and Judah on the South. The northern frontier started from the Jordan over against Jericho, and ran to the north of that town up through the mountain westward past Bethaven, taking in Bethel. It then went down by Ataroth-addar to Beth-horon the nether. From this point the western frontier ran southward to Kiriath-jearim. The southern boundary ran from Kiriath-jearim eas tward to the fountain of the waters of Netophah, swept round by the south of Jerrus and passed down through the wilderness northern by shore of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan. The river formed the eastern boundary. The lot was comparatively small. This, according to Josephus, was owing to "the goodness of the land" (Ant., V, i, 22); a description that would apply mainly to the plans of Jericho. The uplands are stony, mountainous, and poor in water; but there is much good land on the western slopes.
4. Importance of Position:
It will be seen from the above that Benjamin held the main avenues of approach to the highlands from both East and West: that by which Joshua led Israel past Ai from Gilgal, and the longer and easier ascents from the West, notably that along which the tides of battle so often rolled, the Valley of Aijalon, by way of the Beth-horons. Benjamin also sat astride the great highway connecting North and South, which ran along the ridge of the western range, in the district where it was easiest of defense. It was a position calling for occupation by a brave and warlike tribe such as Benjamin proved to be. His warriors were skillful archers and slingers, and they seem to have cultivated the use of both hands, which gave them a great advantage in battle (Jg 20:16; 1Ch 8:40; 12:2, etc.). These characteristics are reflected in the Blessing of Jacob (Ge 49:27). The second deliverer of Israel in the period of the Judges was Ehud, the left-handed Benjamite (Jg 3:15).
5. History:
The Benjamites fought against Sisera under Deborah and Barak (Jg 5:14). The story told in Jg 20:21 presents many difficulties which cannot be discussed here. It is valuable as preserving certain features of life in these lawless times when there was no details in Israel. Whatever may be said of the details, it certainly reflects the memory of some atrocity in which the Benjamites were involved and for which they suffered terrible punishment. The election of Saul as first king over united Israel naturally lent a certain prestige to the tribe. After the death of Saul they formed the backbone of Ish-bosheth's party, and most unwillingly conceded precedence to Judah in the person of David (2Sa 2:15,25; 3:17 ff). It was a Benjamite who heaped curses upon David in the hour of his deep humiliation (2Sa 16:5); and the jealousy of Benjamin led to the revolt on David's return, which was so effectually stamped out by Joab (2Sa 19:1-43 f). Part of the tribe, probably the larger part, went against Judah at the disruption of the kingdom, taking Bethel with them. 1Ki 12:20 says that none followed the house of David but the house of Judah only. But the next verse tells us that Rehoboam gathered the men of Judah and Benjamin to fight against Jeroboam. It seems probable that as Jerusalem had now become the royal city of the house of David, the adjoining parts of Benjamin proved loyal, while the more distant joined the Northern Kingdom. After the downfall of Samaria Judah assumed control of practically the whole territory of Benjamin (2Ki 23:15,19, etc.). Nehemiah gives the Valley of Hinnom as the south boundary of Benjamin in his time (Ne 11:30), while westward it extended to include Lod and Ono. Saul of Tarsus was a member of this tribe (Php 3:5).
(4) A great-grandson of Benjamin, son of Jacob (1Ch 7:10).
(5) One of those who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:32, and probably also Ne 3:23; 12:34).
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Liver Brownies
Why I Love This Recipe
These brownies may be cut to any size and will not crumble in your pocket. They also freeze well
Ingredients You'll Need
1 lb. of calf or pork liver
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup corn meal
2 Tbsp garlic salt
1 Tbsp garlic powder
Puree all of the above in a food processor. Pour onto a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil which has been oiled. Mixture will be thick. Press flat and even. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Brownies are done when the pink is gone. Do not over bake or the brownies will crumble. Recipe may be doubled.
You can also use fresh garlic instead of the garlic powder, and/or add parsley flakes for color.
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text: Harvest Moon 64 last edited by reverendhunt on 09/13/22 09:27AM View full history OverviewHarvest Moon 64 is the third game of the series, following Harvest Moon on the SNES and Harvest Moon GB. It was developed and published by Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd. in Japan and published by Natsume in North America (and PAL regions for the Virtual Console release). Many of the features from previous games return in this one, as well as the return of the dating simulation elements that had been absent from Harvest Moon GB. However, the ability to play as a girl was absent from this game, and would not reappear until a remake of Back to Nature, and would not come to games released outside Japan until More Friends of Mineral Town.PlotThe game begins with the death of your grandfather. He was a well beloved figure among the locals, and owned a farm that has since become overgrown with rocks and weeds. On his death bed, he asked you to get the ranch back on its feet. Your father isn't sure you can handle the responsibility, and will return in three years to check up on you. It's up to you to fulfill your late grandfather's last request and prove yourself, or your father will drag you back home.GameplayIn order to fulfill your grandfather's last request, you have a lot of work to do. Among other things, you aim to clear the land, plant and harvest crops, raise some animals, expand the farm's facilities, and while you're at it, befriend the residents of Flower Bud Village and marry one of the local ladies. You will want to accomplish as much as you can before the third summer, when your father returns to check your progress. This gives you little over two years.While this sounds like a lot of time at first, a day goes by quickly and a season only lasts thirty days. Certain activities can only be performed in certain seasons; crops and grass can only be grown from Spring to Fall, while you can only mine minerals in the cave during Winter.ToolsTo bring the farm back to viability, you're going to have to get your hands dirty. Luckily, you start the game with the right tools for the job. These tools will automatically upgrade to silver and gold iterations the more they are used.Axe: Used to destroy tree stumps, each of which requires six strikes to remove. Removing tree stumps is how the player acquires Lumber. Upgrades every 450 uses, each upgrade reduces the number of strikes to destroy a stump. A silver ax can remove a stump with two hits, a golden ax with only one.Watering Can: The tool of choice to water your crops, and those crops need water in order to produce sellable product. Upgraded watering cans increase the can's capacity from 30 to 50 (silver) to 80 (gold), and increase the area that can be watered in one use from one square to the three in front of you (silver) to three rows of three in front of you (gold). Upgrades every 600 uses.Hoe: Ignore the name, this hoe (heh) tills the soil, producing tilled squares where seeds can be planted. This tool is also used in the mine. The hoe upgrades every 300 uses, and each upgrade increases the number of squares that can be tilled in one use from one square to three (silver) to five (gold).Hammer: Stop, it's hammer time. This tool is the only thing that can destroy the stones on your farm, though said stones can be repurposed into unbreakable fences. The hammer can also flatten tilled soil. Upgrades every 100 uses, and each upgrade reduces the number of strikes required to break large stones from six to two (silver) to one (gold). A golden hammer is required to break the large rock in the middle of the pond.Sickle: The choice for all the working class! This thing clears weeds and planted grass; clearing the latter converts it into animal fodder for your sheep and cows and sends it to your silo automatically. Every 350 use upgrades it, improving the number of squares that can be cleared to the one directly in front of you to three in front of you (silver) to every square surrounding you (gold.) Be advised that using the sickle on any animal is a very, very bad idea.CropsOne of the main sources of income for the game, especially early on, is farming. Seeds can be bought from the Flower Shop, and can be planted outside in any season except for Winter. A greenhouse eliminates any season limitation on growing crops inside the house. Said seeds can only be planted in tilled soil, and a plot of seeded soil must be watered in order for the crops to grow.Spring: All crops can only be harvested once.Turnip, 4 day growth cycle, costs 200G/60G per cropPotato, 6 day growth cycle, costs 200G/80G per cropCabbage, 8 day growth cycle, costs 200G/90G per cropSummer: All crops can be harvested multiple times.Tomato, 9 days, costs 300G/90G per cropCorn, 13 days, costs 300G/120G per cropFall: Eggplants can be harvested multiple times.Eggplant, 7 days, costs 300G/60G per cropWinter: Strawberries can only be harvested once.Strawberry, 6 days, costs 500G/150G per cropFlowers and fields of grass can also be grown on the farm, with varying effects. Growing flowers tend to make the women of the town like you more.Moon Drop Grass: The default flower. Grown during the Spring and Summer. Grows in 6 days. Costs 300G.Pink Cat Mint: Special flower that can only be bought during the Flower Festival. Grown during the Spring and Summer. Grows in 8 days. Costs 300G.Blue Mist Flower: Special flower that can only be bought during Year 2, and even then from Spring 25th through Spring 30th. Grows in 8 days through the start of Summer, must be flowered every day or it will die. Successfully growing this flower will add a picture to your album. Costs 500G.Grass: Plants that can double as naturally grown fodder for your sheep and cows. Can only be bought in Spring and Summer, but can be grown through the Fall. Grows in 9 days. Costs 500G.LivestockOnce you've got a stable amount of cash rolling in, it's time to buy some animals! There are five animals to take care of, and you start the game with one of them. As a general rule, it is a good idea to brush and talk to your animals.Dog: You start the game with your trusty dog, who will never get sick or die, and does not need to be brushed. You can feed him by putting something edible into his doggie dish. Taking good care of your dog is essential to doing well in the Dog Festival in Winter.Horse: You get a young horse upon visiting the Green Ranch for the first time, but you cannot ride the horse until he has grown up. Brushing the horse makes him like you more and makes him do better in the horse races.Chickens: Chickens can be bought at the Green Ranch for 1,500G. They will lay eggs daily that are worth 50G, and said eggs can be hatched in the incubator. Chickens must either be feed chicken feed daily (costs 10G per meal), or can be left outside in an enclosed area if the weather is good. Chickens can get sick, but only require food to get well.Cows: The true moneymakers of your animals. They cost a pretty penny at 6000G and will not start out producing milk for 21 days (and a milker costs 1800G at Rick's). Once it does however, milk will be one of your best ways to earn money daily- small milk sells at 100G, medium milk at 150G, large at 300G, and gold milk (only available to Cow Festival winners) at 500G. Cows can be impregnated with Miracle Potion (3000G). Sick cows and sheep must be given medicine (1000G) for their conditions to improve. Cows must either be fed cow feed (30G per meal or just cut some grass you planted), or left in a grassy field. Cows and sheep can both be directed to come towards you by using the Bell (given for free upon the purchase of your first cow or sheep).Sheep: Sheep can be bought for 4000G, and like cows do not arrive at the farm fully grown. Wool can be cut off the sheep every week for 900G (or 1800G if the wool is high quality) with shears from Rick's (1000G). Sheep are fed and taken care of in the same manner as cows.HouseYour house can be improved greatly from the small little shack you start out with. Additions generally require a large amount of gold and lumber, the latter of which can be acquired by using your ax on stumps scattered around the farm and Moon Mountain. While not every extension has a use, having all of them reflects well upon your father's evaluation.Extension NameCostNotesKitchen5000G, 450 LumberRequired for marriage, allows storage of food, keeps track of Power Berries and recipes.Bathroom3000G, 300 LumberUsing the bath prevents sickness.Baby Bed1000G, 200 LumberRequired to have a baby.Log Terrace7000G, 350 LumberPurely decorative, only useful for dad's evaluation.Staircase2000G, 250 LumberPurely decorative, only useful for dad's evaluation.Greenhouse30000G, 580 LumberAllows farming during winter. Be advised, this improvement can be destroyed by hurricanes.WomenIn order to get a good evaluation, you will need to get married and have a kid. Lucky for you, there's five available women to choose from. Once you're married, your wife will help out around the farm.If you find yourself not liking any of the eligible women, or you don't like the idea of having a kid, don't worry. Unlike some future games in the franchise, you can remain a bachelor and be able to continue playing. Just don't be surprised when other townspeople make their own moves.Ann: The redhead from Green Ranch. She is the daughter of the ranch's owner and Gray's sister, and is good friends with Karen. Loves your dog, wool, eggs, milk and people who win the horse race. Her Birthday is Summer 14.Karen: The daughter of the vineyard owner. Loves Veryberries and wild grapes (only found in the spring and fall), tomatoes, and strawberries; will be impressed if you can outdrink her at New Year's. If not befriended, she will run away from home. Her Birthday is Winter 29.Popuri: The pink-haired daughter of the Flower Shop owners, and probably the easiest to woo. Loves flowers and baked goods. Taking care of the Blue Mist plant makes her like you more. Planting flowers at your farm is generally a good idea. Her Birthday is Spring 22.Elli: The brunette that works at the bakery. Loves baked goods, eggs, milk, and fish. She takes care of her grandmother, who sits on her rocking chair outside the bakery. Her Birthday is Fall 1.Maria: The mayor's daughter, and a shy bookworm who appropriately works as a librarian. Likes it when you read books at the library, cabbages, and bugs. Her Birthday is Winter 11.RivalsYou aren't the only one with eyes for the ladies of Flower Bud Village. Although they won't act unless you have befriended them, there are five bachelors who are considered romantic rivals for the five bachelorettes.Cliff: A quiet vagrant who is passing through on his travels, accompanied by his pet hawk Cain. If you become friends with him, he will stay and inevitably develop an interest in Ann.Kai: The kind and diligent hired hand of the local vineyard, working to support his poor family abroad. It's no small secret that he likes the owner's daughter, Karen, and does what he can to stop the feud between her and her father.Gray: Ann's older brother, who sports an impossibly cold demeanor. He seems to enjoy taking care of animals and, despite his veil of indifference, clearly has a soft spot for his childhood friend Popuri.Jeff: The 30-year-old owner of the bakery. A dainty fellow with a passion for what he does, he also likes fishing and young girls, apparently. He will marry Elli if you don't call dibs.Harris: Your friendly neighborhood mailman and bringer of cheer, who happens to have a crush on Maria. He's long been trying to muster the courage to confess his feelings.RecipesThese have no real impact on the game, but count towards your father's evaluation. Giving certain items to the townspeople will give you recipes. Some townspeople will not give their recipes to you unless you're good friends with them. It is advisable to reset in case they don't hand over the recipes to avoid losing money.Edible Herbs: Old woman of Moon Mountain, Potion Shop ownerTurnips: Old man of Moon Mountain, Maria's momPotato: Ann, May, the mayor, Harris the mailmanFish: Fisherman (Blue fish), one of the working carpentersCorn: Ann's dad, Popuri's dadTomatoes: Karen, Karen's mom, the priest, Popuri's mom, the shipperWild Grapes: Karen's dad, Kai (Veryberries work), bartenderStrawberries: Karen, Popuri, StuEggs: Cliff, Gray, Kent, ElliMilk: Rick, Bakery OwnerMushroom: Lead carpenter, one of the working carpenters, Harvest Sprite outside caveFestivalsReturning from the original Harvest Moon, festivals are events that are celebrated or observed by the town. Several real-life holidays are observed by Flower Bud Village, while other fictional holidays are also celebrated. Most festivals are held in the town square, though others are also held at the beach and Green Ranch.Of particular note are the Fireworks (Summer 1), Thanksgiving (Winter 10), and the Starry Night (Winter 24); The Starry Night and the Fireworks festivals are held in multiple locations and have different potential wives located at them. The latter festival takes place throughout the town, and people may come to the farm to bring you cakes.Festival NameDateLocationNotesNew Year's FestivalSpring 1stTown SquareThe more you've drank over the year, the longer you'll last.Planting FestivalSpring 8thTown SquareHorse RaceSpring 17thTown SquareFlower FestivalSpring 23rdTown SquareMay vote for Flower Princess before day of festivalFireworksSummer 1stLocation variesAnn is at the Green Ranch, Elli at the Bakery, Karen at the beach, Maria at the Town Square, Popuri at Moon Mountain's summit.Vegetable FestivalSummer 9thTown SquareSummer crops do not grow quickly enough for you to enter the festival.Firefly FestivalSummer 17thBeachSea FestivalSummer 24thBeachButton mashing is your path to victory.Cow FestivalFall 4thGreen RanchThe winning cow will start making Gold Milk.Harvest FestivalFall 12thTown SquareThe Harvest King is selected randomly. The game selects the King on the 10.Egg FestivalFall 20thFlower Bud VillageAlmost impossible to lose.Horse RaceFall 28thTown SquareIdentical to the spring Horse Race.ThanksgivingWinter 10thFlower Bud Village/Your FarmDog RaceWinter 19thTown SquareSimilar to the Horse Races, but your dog is competing. You cannot control your dog.Starry NightWinter 24thLocation variesAnn, Maria, and Elli are at the church, Karen at the beach, and Popuri on Moon Mountain.Spirit FestivalWinter 27thTown SquareBuy an Ocarina from Saibara to participate.New Year's EveWinter 30thLocation variesAnn, Maria, and Elli are at the church, Karen and Ann will be at the bar.ReceptionHarvest Moon 64 received generally positive reviews. It was praised for its compelling gameplay, but criticized for low-quality and repetitive music. 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When you feel great, you believe you can do anything. When you feel bad all you want to do is curl up in a ball and hope the bad feeling goes away.
Culture is no different. When it is with you, agrees with your mindset, you, and your group can and will achieve great feats. When it is against you, it's like trying to wade through waist-deep treacle.
Organisations fool themselves into believing that they want to be transformative, innovative and adaptive. They also fool themselves into believing that by changing the top-down message, the mandate from the executive, that innovation will flow like the ancient Saharan rivers of gold. Unfortunately, historically, corporate culture is focused on operational excellence and efficiency. This is the very antithesis of the collective hearts, minds and habits of the organisation's people and their mutual perception of 'this is how we do things'. Top-down mandates can only ever command compliance, they can never influence confidence, belief, enthusiasm or creativity.
Culture is feeling. Culture is the way an individual in an organisation feels about the work they do, about the organisation they work for, about the feeling they get when doing their work and the feeling they have after the work is done. Culture is innate. It is invisible. It's like the wind. You can't see the wind, but you can tell it is blowing when you see the trees move. The challenge is always making sure that the wind/culture is moving with the organisation and not against it.
We learn how we are feeling from the social interaction with have with individuals. If someone we love gives us hug we feel warm, secure and loved. We feel good. If we are ignored, we feel lost, lonely. Our social interplay is our barometer for our feelings and a direct influencer to our cultural perception. Society's most significant changes have come through social movements, through emotion, through passion and the power of the crowd. The myriad of civil rights movements are testament alone to this.
The recent #metoo social movement surrounding allegations of sexual harassment by people in positions of power, particularly the Hollywood elite, has shown a clear example of how cultural change can occur through emotion, passion, strong symbolism (the #metoo hashtag) and a collective voice.
So how does an organisation take these feelings and enable cultural change?
Use emotion to stir belief and promote action. See my previous post.
As indicated above, simply mandating a need for change is not enough. People must feel a deep desire for change, even a responsibility to change, for the cultural wheel to turn. A good way to do this is constantly to ask 'Why are we here?' It's a very philosophical notion but one that goes to the heart of feeling. Culture must always be more than just personal gain.
Spotlight Quick Wins
I loathe the term 'quick wins' but it does describe this next section aptly. To effect cultural movement we need to demonstrate efficacy. Don't nominate the cultural changes you wish to see. When you see examples of what you hope to see, spotlight them. Showcase them. Reward behaviour. Don't expect it.
Harness Established Networks
Identify both the formal and informal networks within your organisation and to build coalitions of culture. You may find that disparate groups have common cultural ideals that align the changes being sought. Never underestimate the power of social networks and not just the ones that occur online.
Create or Foster Cultural Havens
Just like the #metoo movement above, social network havens like these provide the opportunity for communities of support and practices around the notion of the cultural changes being sought. Religion has practised this notion for millennia. Mosques, churches, synagogues or temples have always been places for people of similar faiths (heart and mind) to congregate, share thoughts and ideals and support each other. Organisations should be no different and when combined with networks above, cultural change will develop momentum.
Employ Symbolism
If history has taught us one thing, its that symbols and symbolism are vital to culture, vital to identity. Symbols create a sense of belonging, of solidarity, of who 'we' are. They help define boundaries and done well can embellish and enhance commitment towards goals. It is important to remember not to let symbolism to become tokenism. Just don't hand a free T-Shirt and expect the culture to change. There must be meaning and feeling behind the gesture. You have to create the desire to wear the T-shirt or attach the button to the shirt/lanyard for the symbol to assist in effecting real cultural change.
Don't expect these concepts to result in dramatic change overnight. There will be friction. However, expect and work with a moderate amount of friction. Believe it or not, we need conflict to affect change, affect culture. Organisations need friction/conflict to gauge that change is actually happening. Never overuse positions of authority to accelerate or ameliorate this friction. It is a necessary thing.
All of the points above focus on feeling; focus on supporting and nurturing. Foisted mandates of cultural change will never, ever work. We need to start thinking of culture as that which has a soul, has feeling. It is not a commodity that can be bought, not a number that can be increased, not a resource that can be replenished at will with either people or money. It is a priceless resource of the heart that cannot be bought.
Remember the words of Vincent Starrett, the American author, when thinking about culture and feeling, 'only those things the heart believes are true.' Only if you can feel it, can you change it.


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The most common question I receive on a daily basis is how safe is it to acquire a home health aide to come to my home during the COVID-19 crisis. It's difficult for some people to see a stranger, or in this case, a home health aide, visiting their home to care for someone they love.
It's normal to feel worried. I totally get it. However, take it from someone who has two family members who use home health aides currently. It's safe. You can absolutely trust that a home care agency has your best interest a heart. They gain nothing out of sending someone sick to your home!
Incidents are Low
Similarly, confidence in a home care agency should be high. Definitely, the incidents are low. Home care agencies are ready for situations and incidents that can happen at any moment. With a solid team, home care agencies go through vigorous inspections to prepare for the worst. As more home care agencies embrace the safety precautions, they ensure their staff is informed on the situation including the home care workers and nurses that visit homes.
Precautions are at an All-Time High
The precautions are at an all-time high. There are more standard procedures added and updated for home health workers to assist families in need. This means that home care agencies are compliant with government changes. Additionally, nursing homes are limited whereas a home care agency can switch on the whim. As for safety changes, home care agencies adapt and update to the change to meet government guidelines.
Why You Shouldn't Worry
It's hard not to be worried about your family. The purpose of me writing this post was to reassure those concerns. The major reason why you shouldn't worry is that millions of families continue contacting home care agencies to help their families in need. I've seen firsthand the type of precautionary measures with the purpose of keeping everyone safe. If a family member is sick or an employee is ill with the COVID-19, there are screenings in place that protect both parties from contracting the virus.


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Find the bargains. Own the orchard for the fruit crop. Avoid the stampede.
Our three main principles form a pretty clear constellation, guiding our practices here at 228 Main. They are action-oriented, so it's not hard to tell day to day whether we're sticking to them.
But what makes us stick with them, especially if we're bracing for a downturn?
In life, when the going gets tough, our defenses can erode pretty quickly. Our energy flags. Anxiety kicks in. And loss can trick us into believing that good times will never return, that the hurt wins.
Writer and businessperson Arianna Huffington suggests a simple way to get sound decision-making back on track: choose love.
"You've got to make your heart bigger than the hole," she says in her book Thrive. "You just have to make your decisions out of love. And when we make the decisions out of fear, that's when we have problems."
Trouble and triumph, set-ups and setbacks—those are constants, and our lives travel the roads back and forth to each. Why should we let fear take the wheel for any part of the journey?
Clients, we know that you've felt these truths: it's part of what makes you the best clients in the whole world, after all. Let this be a reminder, then. We're with you. We journey together.
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"The path to the key that tells you which NICs are/were in use on the system is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards
Beneath this key, you will see a set of subkeys, each with different numbers;
on my system, I see "10", "12", and "2". Each of these keys contains values;
Description and ServiceName. The ServiceName value contains the GUID
for the interface.
Using the GUIDs, go to:
*Be sure to use the ControlSet marked as "Current".
Beneath this key, you'll see subkeys with names that are GUIDs. You're
interested in the GUIDs you found beneath the previous key. Within each key,
you will find the values associated with that interface.
By default, Windows does not retain the MAC address in the Registry. I'm
aware that there are sites out there that say that it does, but they are incorrect...
at least, with regards to this key. If you *do* find an entry within the "Interfaces"
key above that contains a value such as "NetworkAddress", it is either specific
to the NIC/vendor, or it's being used to spoof the MAC address (this is a known
Also check the following key for subkeys that contain a "NetworkAddress" value:
Other places you can look for the MAC address:
*Sometimes* (not in all cases) if you find the following key, you may find a value
named "MAC", as well:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Genuine Advantage
Another place to look is Windows shortcut (*.lnk) files...Windows File Analyzer
is a GUI tool that parses directories worth of *.lnk files and one of the fields that
may be populated is the MAC address of the system."
I thought others might find this helpful as well...
The Windows Incident Response Blog is dedicated to the myriad information surrounding and inherent to the topics of IR and digital analysis of Windows systems. This blog provides information in support of my books; "Windows Forensic Analysis" (1st thru 4th editions), "Windows Registry Forensics", as well as the book I co-authored with Cory Altheide, "Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools".
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The MAC Daddy
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On a related note, I've seen quite a few inquiries on finding an IP address in the registry. In at least most cases (perhaps depending on service type), I believe that the IP address associated with the NIC is present when the system is live, but not thereafter. (A good reason to run a few of your tools on a live system if justified.) You can, however, get information such as DHCP IPs and gateway IPs, and that information could be useful.
- H. Carvey said...
Great comment, Jimmy...thanks!
The best place I've found MAC Addresses listed for a system has been in the Event Log.
Look for System Event Logs with SOURCE=DHCP and for example, event id=1003(onWinxp). This particular example is when a system attempts (and fails)to renew its address. The event log will record the network card's network(MAC) address in the Description.


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Why do people limit their reading, media consumption, and curiosity? People and places of this world are fascinating (if not always attractive, likeable, or distinctive). Limiting one's scope is debilitating and leads to boredom—solved only by viewing hours of daytime television.
I recall my first discovery of street markets in Asia, after growing up in the hygienic bubble of US supermarkets and malls. I enjoyed wandering past the stalls, discovering sights, smells, and sounds of non-uniformity of the real world. Al Jazeera offers a similar experience in television reporting about the world. Their stories and features are as varied as the most fascinating market. Some are revealing, some disturbing, some educational, some informative, some banal, some enlightening, some humorous. They are everything Fox News lies about being and other serious channels wish they would be allowed to be by corporate owners.
I read an interesting article about Al Jazeera (http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201106/al-jazeera-english-ayman-mohyeldin-michael-paterniti?printable=true). Unfortunately, viewing this news channel in the United States is restricted by foolish, ignorant men. What those men do not realize is that the channel is feared and hated hated America's enemies. Why? Because they report what is happening, not propaganda or spin. Of course, they are not always in awe of the alleged leader of the free world and shine a much-needed light on its decline, questionable policies, and arrogance.
The article made me wonder about peoples' lack of curiosity. I recall living in Kentucky, where it was difficult to find news of anything happening beyond 25 miles of Louisville. The same is true of most of the United States, where few care about the rest of the world. Al Jazeera provides a window (there are many others, as well) on a wider, exciting world, if anyone could receive it and if anyone would be smart enough to care...
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IF perchance you slept through last Sunday or simply chose to stay away from this year's Jounen Kwéyòl activities, now might be the right time to begin forgiving yourself. If you can, that is.
This year, organizers seemed to have gone an extra mile into our past to showcase the true elements that lead us to connect with our Saint Lucian identity.
Jounen Kwéyòl was held in four host communities this year: Boguis, TiRocher (Micoud), Laborie and Canaries.
Thousands of patrons turned out for the event across the island to sample some indigenous food, drink and music. Madras clothing was also conspicuous as was the fun and games that have become staples of Jounen Kwéyòl.
Whether or not you missed it, The VOICE captured some scenes from last Sunday's Jounen Kwéyòl. We hope they serve to remind you of our national pastime.
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3751-1 libgd2 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 01 Jan 2017
- Affected Packages:
- libgd2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 849038.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9933.
- More information:
A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered within the gdImageFillToBorder function in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation, triggered when invalid colors are used with truecolor images. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial-of-service against an application using the libgd2 library.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u8.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.
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The third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) played between Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) witnessed a different level of confidence in RCB. They were majorly subjected to criticism for having the best skipper and yet not winning the matches. Their inconsistency in the bowling depart and poor deliverance in dead overs were two assets that often have cost them adversely.
However, in their inaugural match played in Dubai, the team showed that the conversation between AB De Villiers and the skipper Virat Kohli was not for nothing. When they discussed whole new confidence, they meant it hence, it has been implemented to the game.
On the other side, SRH, who are never known as a weak team, failed to make it against the Red Army. There might be major issues that must have been tackled by them.
The batting line-up of the Orange Caps looked quite inexperienced. Their major player, Mohammad Nabi, who was spotted in a good form in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) was eliminated from the squad. He might have been a pro spinner to the side as well along with adding runs using his all-rounder's abilities.
Also, the top-order seemed to be well-equipped with Bairstow and Pandey but lacking consistency and experience in the middle-overs have cost them negatively. With the increasing pressure, the line-up collapsed.
IPL 2020: What cost Sun Risers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore
The side is known to have experienced bowling with the likes of Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. All of their focus seems to be on the bowling depart which has restricted them to develop a strengthen batting army.
However, they will be playing their second game against Kolkata Knight Riders led by experienced Gautam Gambhir.


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By News Reporters
Dan Cruickshank the architectural historian and BBC television presenter has given his support to save a building on Goodge Street from demolition.
Cruickshank has written responding to a planning application submitted to Camden Council in May which proposes the redevelopment of the corner of Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road.
The application proposes the almost total demolition, leaving only the facade, of 1-3 Goodge Street which is believed to be the oldest building on the street and is an important part of the Charlotte Street conservation area.
In a letter seen by Fitzrovia News, Cruickshank says that he has long been an admirer of the terraces in and around Goodge Street. He writes: "Many of these buildings, particularly in Goodge Street itself, have been much undervalued."
According to Cruickshank, 1-3 Goodge Street is "of particular architectural and historic significance". The historian who is a recognised expert on Georgian architecture writes in praise of the building which was part of an eighteenth-century development undertaken by Francis and William Goodge with the builder and architect Jacob Leroux.
Cruickshank judges the exterior of the building to be built in 1780 and describes the brickwork "as largely original although much patched and repaired".
But most of his attention concerns the interior of the building which is under threat of total demolition.
"It should be the aim of all with an interest in, or control over, the Goodge Street area to protect, recover and enhance its important architectural and historic character. And this character is formed not just by the surviving elevations but also by early and interesting interior details and plan-forms. It is obvious that historic buildings are more than just facades, more than just stage sets," he writes.
"[It is] not acceptable to destroy an historic interior — especially one that appears to be largely or significantly Georgian. In my opinion 1-3 Goodge Street should be listed and its interior retained. I note that this, broadly, was the opinion of the Inspector in August 2007, following an inquiry undertaken by the Planning Inspectorate," he writes.
Cruickshank concludes by saying: "I find it extraordinary that a building of this age, quality and authenticity, that is on Camden's local list of buildings of historic and architectural interest and which is acknowledged to play a key role in an important conservation area, should be threatened with near complete demolition. The retention of the facades is not enough when so much original and early interior fabric and detail remain and Camden Council must surely make it clear that it will not grant conservation area consent for the current proposal to 1-3 Goodge Street."
The historian based his assessment on two sets of photographs of the inside of the building including those supplied by the owner. Access to inspect the building has been refused by the owner on health and safety grounds.
Camden Council is likely to consider the application at a planning meeting on 23 August 2012.