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Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley may have fought the weekend's most visible battle, but in the UK, another one was taking place — between two ice cream truck drivers who've been engaged in a long battle for turf supremacy.
The drivers have names, but it's a lot more amusing to just call them what the neighborhood kids do: Mr. Whippy and Mr. Yummy. Seems their trucks were parked near each other, and as the children approached one, the other would call out and offer more ice cream for less money.
The two men then got into an expletive-filled argument that resulted in Mr. Yummy grabbing a metal bar and shattering Mr. Whippy's window. Mr. Whippy then responded in kind by ramming Mr. Yummy's van with his own. It's like 'West Side Story' with ice cream!
A resident taped the throw-down, and police are now investigating complaints filed by both drivers against each other, with Mr. Whippy saying, "Over the last few months, this Mr Yummy has been following me around … muscling in on my patch."
But Mr. Yummy rebutted, "Surely the town is big enough for us both … I didn't mean to smash his window. I just tapped it too hard."
You know times are hard when this happens in real life. *cues Master P "Ice Cream Man"*


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That's because I killed everyone else. |
Well, given this was a Charles Dougherty game, the outcome was inevitable: at some point, I emerged from the royal castle, my mace dripping with the mangled blood and brain matter of several dozen castle guards...a hero. Knighted, even. It's a brutal world we inhabit, and only the strong survive.
As I closed from my first post, I was making my way around the island continent, visiting each city and cathedral, fighting monsters along the way. My fortunes waxed and waned as I won a hand of blackjack here, lost a spin of the roulette wheel there. If money got too low, I did my "Double or Nothing" trick until the guards attacked, and it turns out it's not very hard to kill them. I felt a little bad about that, but they were clearly in the wrong. I mean, we'd all be in an uproar if the Atlantic City Police Department tried to kill everyone who won a few keno hands at Harrah's, right?
A mace appears on the list. |
Weapons and armor slowly improved. Armor availability went from rawhide to shields to chain mail to plate mail. Weapons upgraded from a flail to a club to a mace to a cutlass. At each city, I talked to prisoners and slowly built a lore book of hints and tips. A sample:
- There are keys for every door
- Find the trumpet at all costs
- The treasure room can make you wealthy
- Cathedrals reward only the good. [If killing guards doesn't do it, I don't know how to be bad.]
- Find the castle to find Mesron.
- You must travel through the northern fog, but only when ready
- You should put money in the bank in case of death
- You can steal, but plan your exit carefully
- The phazor spiders hate the whip
- There is a leaden key in the castle. Steal it.
- Only the club kills the piercing pungie easy
- Give to the evil priest--or he will kill you
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As I got stronger, I found myself getting attacked by multiple copies of the same monster at once, and their hit points seemed to increase, too. But despite this, combat slowly became easier and less deadly.
Eventually, I started getting the same message every time I bellied up to a shopkeeper's counter: "MESRON WANTS TO SEE YOU." Around the same time, Geraldtown was destroyed. All shops and people were completely wiped out.
I returned to the castle, explored a bit, and found Mesron in a place I'd missed during my first explorations. When I spoke to him, he promoted me to soldier, increased my strength and stamina by 5, and gave me 5 jars of magic powder. He said that "one use" of the powder was to slow down guards in the castle. I'm not sure what the other is. He also confirmed that Mantor had destroyed Geraldtown.
When I spoke to him again, he said, "You're missing one piece of the puzzle. Find it, and I'll help you continue."
Sigh. I knew what was next: looting and killing. I built up some more funds and returned to the Swamp Cathedral, trading everything I had for about 25 holy water potions. Each gives you 100 hit points, but the starting character has a cap between 500 and 600 hit points.
Returning to the castle, I found my way to a random treasure chest and opened it. This put every guard in the castle on alert, and they all headed my way to attack. I learned quickly that I wanted to channel them to me one-by-one, and let them come to me so I could get the first attack. Sometimes, I got lucky and killed them in a single hit. Other times, I missed 4 or 5 times in a row and a single guard knocked more than 100 hit points off my total. I drank the holy water when I got low. I saved the magic powder for when my holy water ran out, but fortunately that never happened.
There must be a better way. |
I lost track of how many guards I ended up killing. It was more than 50. Among the chests, I found ruby, silver, emerald, lead, and gold keys, and more than 8,000 gold pieces. The keys opened various doors to special encounters. Namely:
- A doctor offered to increase my strength for 10 holy waters. I was reluctant to sacrifice that many, but I ultimately said yes and my strength went from 20 to 40. This made the rest of the guards a little easier.
- A princess increased my charisma from 15 to 35 for 2,000 gold. Thanks to her father's coffers, I had plenty!
- In a "map room," I paid 500 gold pieces for small images of Questron and what I assume is the Land of Evil. I used the Questron one to annotate the cities and cathedrals I'd found.
The Realm of Questron. |
- A treasure room held a couple thousand gold pieces but automatically spawned 8 more guards I had to kill.
They were particularly dutiful guards. They wouldn't cross the threshold into the treasure room. |
When I was done looting, the gold key got me into the king's throne room, where I killed about 10 more guards to reach the king. He was understandably unhappy.
But I needed to be there. Behind his throne was a small room with a chest containing the Trumpet, an artifact that I needed to find "at all costs"--according to the word of some random prisoner in a jail.
It turned out to be true, though. This was the other "piece of the puzzle" Mesron wanted me to find. When I re-visited him, he told me that I was now "the most powerful soldier in Questron" and asked me to take on the quest to destroy Mantor. Since I had recently saved, I decided to see what would happen if I said "no." He told me that was wise, then called me a wimp, then petulantly took his magic powder back.
I reloaded and said yes. He told me that I would have to go through the northern mists to find Hidden Port, and from there take a ship across the sea to the Land of Evil. Holy water would be useless there, he said, so I would have to find some way to buy hit points. He dramatically finished with, "Your quest: Seek out Mantor. Destroy Mantor!" He finished by increasing my dexterity from 20 to 40 and suggested I go get knighted.
After I spoke to Mesron, the guards (who had respawned) stopped attacking. I went back to the throne room where, unbelievably, the king called me a "worthy adversary" and said I deserved to be in his service. He knighted me, my stamina went up by 15, and my hit point cap was removed.
Is that your way of saying that you're scared of me? |
On the way out, I noticed that guards still beat me and took my gold if I spoke to them. What is wrong with this place?
I had one more stop to make before heading off into the northern mists. The map from the map room showed an island in the middle of Questron, and sure enough I was able to buy a raft in Lake Centre. The island held the Island Cathedral, where I was able to buy hit points directly from the priest--no need for the holy water intermediary.
Having a character refer to them as "hit points" in-game kind of breaks the fourth wall. |
Moreover, the cathedral had a fun minigame that increased my intelligence. It was a variation of Mastermind (a variant of which also appeared in Galactic Adventures, another SSI game) where you have to guess the placement of 4 squares of up to 4 colors among 8 slots. After each guess, the game tells you how many you got right in both color and placement and how many you got right by color alone. Slowly, you deduce the pattern--but you only have eight guesses. I'm pretty good at Mastermind, but I also got lucky with my first few guesses, and I was able to beat it in 6. My intelligence increased by 8 points.
I was just about to head off to the Land of Evil when I got a message that Mesron wanted to see me again. I returned and learned that Mantor was currently attacking the city of Lagoon. I recalled that this exact same thing happened in Questron II, at Seaside. But unlike that game, where I drove Mantor away and saved the city, by the time I got to Lagoon, it was too late.
I'm sorry. I tried. |
The "northern mists" are a series of squares that lead from the mainland along a narrow isthmus to the city of Hidden Port. Every step you take in the mists has a chance of moving you in a random direction instead of the one where you were going. After a period of frustrating bumbling about, it occurred to me that the Trumpet might have some use here. Sure enough, blowing it cleared the mists. I made my way to the city.
The trumpet clears the mists and allows me to pass. |
There, I was dismayed to find that a clipper cost over 2,000 gold pieces, and I had spent so much on hit points that I only had 1,300 left. I briefly thought about wagering it on an all-or-nothing blackjack hand, but I first decided to see what happened if I tried to take just a raft across the ocean. It turned out to be no problem at all. I might have consumed some extra food, but that's all.
Fighting a whale from my raft. |
There were lots of combats with water creatures along the way, but ultimately I arrived in the Land of Evil, where presumably the king will knight me for rescuing maidens and the guards will pat me on the back when I win at roulette.
In the Land of Evil! |
This session, though brisk and fun, reminded me of some things I don't like about the Dougherty series. It's not so much the slaughter of castle guards--I can hand-wave that by pretending that they were traitors working for Mantor--but rather the intertwining of character and plot developments. Attributes and hit points increase more from achieving the next stage of the plot than from all the fighting and grinding you do in between. We also have the issue with weapons, armor, and transportation becoming available only after passage of time instead of when you can afford it. At the same time--and frankly just like in Ultima and Ultima II--hit points are all over the place. Their maximum isn't dependent on your overall character strength, but rather how many you can afford. It's a bizarre, slightly uncomfortable dynamic.
I look forward to seeing what the Land of Evil has to offer. I assume I'll find the first dungeons here, but I otherwise have no memory of this place.
Time so far: 6 hours
Reload count: 9


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Diageo has said that the weak pound will not see immediate changes in its prices.
It has been reported that the dropping value of Sterling could force prices of imported products up in the UK.
John Kennedy, president of Diageo Europe, Russia and Turkey, told journalist at their results conference today: "As a global business we don't make any moves immediately based on currency changes because if we did we'd be changing our retail prices everywhere all the time.
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The records of this series document the daily activities of the Office of Development. Included are correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, newsletters, brochures, flyers, reports, scrapbooks, films, and videotapes. Materials from the Diamond Anniversary Development Program, the Century Fund, and the Centennial Campaign include information regarding financial goals, fundraising methods, and assessment of NU's needs, activities, and accomplishments. Newsletters and publications of the OUD provide updates on the fundraising campaigns' solicitation efforts and achievements. The collection also includes records of the National Council, a NU leadership committee founded in 1964 to assist NU in adding to its financial resources, strengthening its services, and promoting an effective relationship with alumni and the local community. In addition, the collection contains records documenting fund raising before the inception of the OUD, including account books from the Alumni Office and general fundraising publications.
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For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work more hours in a shift, they commit more errors. How do effective leaders find a balance between the needs of the organization and the needs of ensuring quality, effective, and safe patient care?
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Post an explanation of how competing needs, such as the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients, may impact the development of policy. Then, describe any specific competing needs that may impact the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected. What are the impacts, and how might policy address these competing needs? Be specific and provide examples.


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The controversy surrounding the proper treatment of stable heart disease was highlighted a few years ago, when former President George W. Bush decided to have a stent placed, even though he had not had a heart attack and was not experiencing angina (chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart). During an annual exam, his stress test showed an abnormality; then an angiography showed a blockage, and President Bush and his physicians decided to proceed with stenting. Of course, we don't know all the details of President Bush's condition, but the situation brings to light an important issue in healthcare in the U.S.: having a stent placed in the absence of symptoms is common in the U.S., but is it good medicine or malpractice?
This was investigated in the COURAGE trial — a large and important study published in 2007, whose conclusion was that angioplasty and stent procedures (percutaneous coronary interventions or PCI) did not offer any survival advantage over medications alone. After five years of follow-up, the group of patients receiving PCI did not have fewer heart attacks or cardiac deaths than the group who received optimal medical therapy (OMT; modest lifestyle changes plus anti-platelet, blood pressure-lowering, and cholesterol-lowering medications).1
Later on, meta-analyses of COURAGE and similar trials confirmed the lack of advantage of PCI over OMT.2-3 Further studies confirmed that PCI also did not provide any advantage over OMT for relief of angina symptoms.4 In 2015, long-term suvival data from the COURAGE trial was published, confirming no difference in the number of deaths between the PCI group and the medical therapy group over the course of approximately 12 years.5 In light of all this research, American Heart Association guidelines recommend medical therapy and lifestyle changes rather than these interventional or surgical procedures for first-line treatment of most patients with stable ischemic heart disease to reduce the risk of heart attack and death.6 The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have also published guidelines for appropriate use to help reduce the number of inappropriate PCI procedures.7
So, having an angioplasty or stent procedure does not provide any added protection against heart attacks or cardiac deaths in patients with stable coronary artery disease. But is there any harm in performing these procedures? In my book, The End of Heart Disease, I devote an entire chapter to the question of angioplasty and stenting.
With every surgical procedure, there are risks and side effects. These aggressive coronary interventions carry the risk of serious adverse outcomes, such as bleeding complications, heart attack, stroke, and death.8 Stenting is appropriate and can be lifesaving in emergency situations, for immediate clearing of an artery and restoration of blood flow during a heart attack. But as the COURAGE trial has shown, for stable patients, stents do not offer benefit. In addition, stenting is of course more expensive than medications and lifestyle changes, adding to our current health care spending crisis.
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the COURAGE trial estimated that PCI added $10,000 to the lifetime cost of treatment without providing any significant gain in lifespan.9 Multiply that $10,000 by the number of angioplasty and stent procedures performed in the U.S. every year, which is about 492,000 (the vast majority are non-emergency procedures).10
PCI is not a long-term solution to coronary artery disease. Approximately 21 percent of stent placements clog up again (called restenosis) within 6 months, and about 60 percent of arteries treated by angioplasty and stenting eventually will undergo restenosis.11,12 PCI treats only a small portion of a vessel, while atherosclerotic plaque continues to develop at many sites throughout the cardiovascular system. Most often, the most risky and vulnerable plaque areas, likely to cause a heart attack, are not those that are most obstructing and treated with stenting. This is even worse, because the patient is led to believe they are more protected and often continues the dangerous eating style that was the initial cause of the heart disease. Consequently, the heart disease progresses.
President Bush needed aggressive nutritional counseling and potentially life-saving nutritional information. It sounds like he was not properly informed of these studies that document the ineffectiveness of PCI and the value of the proper dietary intervention. If that is the case, I consider that malpractice.
Every potential candidate for angioplasty (PCI) should know that their disease can be effectively reversed via superior nutrition, and that surgical interventions are not protective against future events. Remember too, that almost half of all those on optimal medical therapy for high cholesterol and high blood pressure still ultimately suffer heart attacks.
Was President Bush informed about Dr. Ornish's Lifestyle Heart Trial, which scientifically documented that lifestyle changes alone can reverse coronary artery disease? We have no way of knowing, but it seems unlikely, given the media reports. It sounds like President Bush was misinformed about PCI by his doctors and given the false impression this procedure was life-extending and lifesaving. Certainly the media reports gave the American people the impression that this procedure was necessary for him.
Every day, patients are counseled to undergo these unnecessary and potentially dangerous procedures by their cardiologists. Instead, an arterial blockage should be seen as a wake-up call, a motivating factor to pursue optimal health via superior nutrition and exercise.
Optimal medical therapy is not enough; heart disease is preventable and reversible with superior nutritional therapy, which produces dramatically more effective results than PCI or OMT and provides dramatic protection against future cardiac events. In my clinical experience with hundreds of patients with advanced heart disease, I have seen dramatic and consistent reversal of heart disease, relief of angina symptoms, and future freedom from heart disease in those who have chosen to follow my Nutritarian eating style.
President Bush and his doctors had an opportunity to be a public example to educate and motivate other Americans to change their dangerous ways. I hope that, in the future, President Bush has the opportunity to make a lifesaving decision based on accurate information, before it is too late.
Read stories of heart disease reversal with a Nutritarian diet.
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. Dr. Fuhrman coined the term "Nutritarian" to describe his longevity-promoting, nutrient dense, plant-rich eating style.
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Homeschool and Covid-19: What's the Problem?
Let's look beyond the mask.
Homeschool parents and students must be looking at the problems traditional schools are facing with no small degree of wonderment. As homeschool families require minimal change in their routine, classroom teachers are scrambling to find the balance between in-person and online learning.
Of course some change is inevitable, even for homeschoolers. Soccer matches are on hold, parks and hiking trails closed, even the workout gym isn't available.
While those closings are disappointing and disturbing, homeschoolers know how to create, to innovate and how to survive mentally and emotionally.
Even if the weekly group meeting is electronic, homeschoolers confidently connect online with other students and parents who understand the dynamic nature of learning and life.
Homeschoolers get it!
They know life changes daily, yet they continue to grow as individuals and community. Every day is an adjustment to change, some changes subtle, others profound. Families who homeschool are not totally controlled by autocratic decision makers or government decrees.
The homeschool system of learning is founded on solid learning principles, one of which is that you confidently adjust as needed to a changing environment. There is no waiting for extended committee meetings or infinitely delayed administrative dictum. Your mind matters most and enables you to make the proper decisions in this rapidly changing cultural environment.
In fact, the present pandemic can become an effective teaching tool, integrating something real in our lives with traditional "school stuff." This integration, while not in the books, can create lifelong learning while increasing our analytic ability, knowledge base and creativity skills.
It's not in the books, but who cares!
Actually, it's in life… and we should all care!
Take a close look at the following list of how the Covid-19 Pandemic is related to traditional school courses.
1. History: What are some historical worldwide pandemics?
2. Math: Plotting various graphs of infections, hospitalizations, deaths, etc.
3. English: Write short stories or poems about masked people and not seeing smiles.
4. Science: How does a virus differ from bacteria?
5. Politics: Does the pandemic being continued favor one political party over another?
6. Literature: Is this a sequel to 1984 or Brave New World?
7. Debate: Government Control versus Individual Independence.
8. Physical Education: Build a workout place using household items.
9. Economics: Why are some business essential, others not?
10. Art: Depict peaceful protests and violent riots in watercolor.
11. Music: Compose mood music or words showing internal emotions of the elderly currently living in nursing homes.
12. Psychology: Dig deep. What's going on in your mind?
13. Technology: What would this be like if we didn't have our smart devices?
Those suggestions listed above are only kick-starters for our minds. Each of those sections can have multiple related assignments. Start with a blank paper and do a mind-map of where you can go with each of these.
Always look at the bigger picture.
Face the truth. We are in a pandemic and it is not fun. It isn't fun, but we can learn from it. We must not become victims of media manipulations. It is critical we keep our minds alert and active. By looking seriously at the relationship between the pandemic and real learning we may find relationships of a greater nature than first appears.
Our nation was founded on solid principles based on genuine truths. Our independent minds must continue to be focused on those truths. We need to continue that tradition. We cannot allow anarchy and riots to change the nature of our country.
Fight the fight.
Keep the faith.


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PlayStation Plus December content revealed, includes free Batman: Arkham City
PS Plus subscribers after a month of cracking new content to look forward to in December, including a free download of Batman: Arkham City. None too shabby is it?
This month's Instant Game Collection goodies were listed on PS Blog EU:
PlayStation Plus December content:
- 5th December: Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
- 5th December: LIMBO (PS3)
- 5th December: Vanquish (PS3)
- 12th December: Big Sky Infinity (PS Vita and PS3)
- 19th December: Mortal Kombat (PS Vita)
- 21st December: Knytt Underground (PS Vita and PS3)
- Additional offers and savings TBC
Titles removed from IGC:
- 5th December: Crysis 2 (PS3)
- 5th December: Scott Pilgrim vs The World (PS3)
- 5th December: Double Dragon Neon (PS3)
- 19th December: Chronovolt (PS Vita)
- 21st December: Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack (PS Vita)
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President Andrew Jackson announces that the government will no longer use the Second Bank of the United States, the country's national bank, on September 10, 1833. He then used his executive power to remove all federal funds from the bank, in the final salvo of what is referred to as the "Bank War."
A national bank had first been created by George Washington and Alexander Hamilton in 1791 to serve as a central repository for federal funds. The Second Bank of the United States was founded in 1816; five years after this first bank's charter had expired. Traditionally, the bank had been run by a board of directors with ties to industry and manufacturing, and therefore was biased toward the urban and industrial northern states. Jackson, the epitome of the frontiersman, resented the bank's lack of funding for expansion into the unsettled Western territories. Jackson also objected to the bank's unusual political and economic power and to the lack of congressional oversight over its business dealings.
Jackson, known as obstinate and brutish but a man of the common people, called for an investigation into the bank's policies and political agenda as soon as he settled in to the White House in March 1829. To Jackson, the bank symbolized how a privileged class of businessmen oppressed the will of the common people of America. He made clear that he planned to challenge the constitutionality of the bank, much to the horror of its supporters. In response, the director of the bank, Nicholas Biddle, flexed his own political power, turning to members of Congress, including the powerful Kentucky Senator Henry Clay and leading businessmen sympathetic to the bank, to fight Jackson.
Later that year, Jackson presented his case against the bank in a speech to Congress; to his chagrin, its members generally agreed that the bank was indeed constitutional. Still, controversy over the bank lingered for the next three years. In 1832, the divisiveness led to a split in Jackson's cabinet and, that same year, the obstinate president vetoed an attempt by Congress to draw up a new charter for the bank. All of this took place during Jackson's bid for re-election; the bank's future was the focal point of a bitter political campaign between the Democratic incumbent Jackson and his opponent Henry Clay. Jackson's promises to empower the "common man" of America appealed to the voters and paved the way for his victory. He felt he had received a mandate from the public to close the bank once and for all, despite Congress' objections. Biddle vowed to continue to fight the president, saying that "just because he has scalped Indians and imprisoned Judges [does not mean] he is to have his way with the bank."
On September 10, 1833, Jackson removed all federal funds from the Second Bank of the U.S., redistributing them to various state banks, which were popularly known as "pet banks." In addition, he announced that deposits to the bank would not be accepted after October 1. Finally, Jackson had succeeded in destroying the bank; its charter officially expired in 1836.
Jackson did not emerge unscathed from the scandal. In 1834, Congress censured Jackson for what they viewed as his abuse of presidential power during the Bank War.


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The chicken made me read it.
It's not often that I can pay tribute to a book in those words, but Nives, a short novel by Italian writer Sacha Naspini newly translated into English, won me over in its opening pages where a freshly widowed older woman living on a remote farm in Tuscany decides to soothe her loneliness by bringing a chicken into the house for company. The hen, called Giacomina, settles into bed with the widow, whose first name, "Nives," also gives this novella its title.
Giacomina's presence affords Nives the first good night's sleep she's had since her husband passed away. Soon, Giacomina is even accompanying Nives to the bathroom and perching next to her on the parlor armchair to watch TV. Here's the novella's omniscient narrator giving us Nives' thoughts on how naturally her bond with this emotional-support hen has been forged:
Grooming the bird was no more disgusting than when she'd had to struggle with her late husband's thick toe nails, ...
When [Nives] was in the vegetable patch, she'd find snails in the earth and set them aside in a bowl. Once she was done gardening, she rinsed them out well in the outdoor sink and gave Giacomina a plate of freshly-made spaghetti for dinner. The hen repaid her by laying beautiful eggs that Nives drank fresh or scrambled — the way she liked them best. A perfect give and take.
There were a few critical moments. Foremost was when [Nives] surprised herself with this realization: she had replaced [her husband] with a crippled old hen. What made that weird was the following: with Giacomina by her side, there was nothing about her husband that she missed. [Nives] was assailed by a sense of despondency ... , telling herself, "I gave my life to a man I've been able to replace with a chicken."
You can hear in that passage the speed with which this novella shifts tones: how it fluidly moves from farce to raw regret. The chicken may have snagged my attention, but what I experienced by the end of Naspini's short novel was Nives' entire life story: the limitations of her horizons as a girl growing up in a certain time in rural Italy; her erotic desires and stupid missteps; her resignation. The dramatic concision of this story in tandem with its wide scope reminded me of Edith Wharton's classic Ethan Frome, as well as Jeannette Haien's lesser-known great novella, The All of It. Less is more in all three of these miniatures.
The bulk of Naspini's novella consists of an emergency call Nives makes to the town veterinarian, a man named Loriano Bottai, whom she grew up with. Nives is in a panic because she left her nightly TV watching with Giacomina to answer a phone call from her faraway daughter. In her absence, we're told, Giacomina: "[r]oosting on the armchair, ... watched the Tide commercial. On screen, the spin cycle was visible through the washing machine's porthole. She gaped at it, transfixed. That was how Nives came upon her. The hen's eyes had gone blank."
Terrified that her hypnotized feathered companion is near death, Nives calls the vet and what ensues is a conversation lasting hours. Bottai, we learn, drinks himself into a red wine stupor every night, but he sobers up fast when Nives' talk veers away from Giacomina to the follies of their youth and to the classmates they once knew who've passed away. Nives mentions a local girl who jumped to her death from the church belfry decades ago, lovesick over the town gigolo. She suggests that that poor young woman has put a curse on them all. When Bottai hears that, we're told: "A shiver ran through him, like a comb going the wrong way." As it turns out, Bottai has plenty of reasons to feel that he deserves to be the target of a curse.
Nives, the novella, is ingeniously constructed around the dialogue these characters have with one another that reads like an extended two-character play. Emotions whiplash and the most unexpected of secrets and epiphanies emerge. And, it's all thanks to the plucky presence of Giacomina, the chicken. This delightful and affecting novella affirms the truth of Emily Dickinson's famous line: "Hope is the thing with feathers."
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Most of the coverage around NuGet revolves against its clean integration to Visual Studio, which makes adding references to packages as easy as adding references to local assemblies. While this is indeed a key scenario, it is important to note that the core of NuGet is completely decoupled from Visual Studio, and was designed with that goal from day 1.
If we look back at the early days of NuGet, it was in many ways inspired by the 'Nu' project (which members have since joined NuGet). What Nu had was a solid command line driven experience to bring down .NET bits to your machine. In their case, it was based on Ruby Gems, but that is an implementation details. Take a look at Rob Reynolds's original screencast to see what the Nu experience was about.
While we have been planning all along to provide the same experience with NuGet (in addition to the VS experience of course), it's something that had somewhat fallen off the radar, and it just had not been done. This was unfortunate, because we already had all the plumbing to make it happen, and all it needed was about 10 lines of code to expose this!
So I'm happy to say that we have now filled this little hole by implementing a new 'install' command in our NuGet.exe command line tool. Using it couldn't be any easier, and I'll walk you through an example.
Where do I get NuGet.exe?
You first need to get NuGet.exe. This is the same tool that package authors have been using to create packages and upload them to the http://nuget.org gallery.
The easiest way to get it is to download it from CodePlex.
You can also obtain it via NuGet itself by installing the package name NuGet.CommandLine (using Visual Studio).
How do I run it?
The best way to demonstrate it is to just show a sample session.
D:\>md \Test D:\>cd \Test D:\Test>nuget list nhi FluentNHibernate 126.96.36.1994 FluentNHibernate 18.104.22.1684 NHibernate 126.96.36.19900 NHibernate 18.104.22.1681 NHibernate 22.214.171.12401 NHibernate 18.104.22.16800 NHibernate.Linq 1.0 NHWebConsole 0.2 SolrNet.NHibernate 0.3.0 D:\Test>nuget install NHibernate 'Iesi.Collections (≥ 1.0.1)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done. 'Antlr (≥ 184.108.40.206154)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done. 'Castle.Core (≥ 2.5.1)' not installed. Attempting to retrieve dependency from source... Done. Successfully installed 'Iesi.Collections 1.0.1'. Successfully installed 'Antlr 126.96.36.199154'. Successfully installed 'Castle.Core 2.5.2'. Successfully installed 'NHibernate 184.108.40.20600'. D:\Test>tree Folder PATH listing Volume serial number is 26FF-2C8A D:. ├───Antlr.220.127.116.11154 │ └───lib ├───Castle.Core.2.5.2 │ └───lib │ ├───NET35 │ ├───NET40ClientProfile │ ├───SL3 │ └───SL4 ├───Iesi.Collections.1.0.1 │ └───lib └───NHibernate.188.8.131.5200 └───lib D:\Test>dir Antlr.126.96.36.199154\lib Volume in drive D has no label. Volume Serial Number is 26FF-2C8A Directory of D:\Test\Antlr.184.108.40.206154\lib 01/20/2011 05:06 PM 117,760 Antlr3.Runtime.dll
Why would you want to use this instead of the Visual Studio integration?
For most users, the Visual Studio integration will be the right choices. But suppose you want to work much more 'manually', and not deal with VS or even with a .csproj file. e.g. all you want is to bring down nhibernate.dll so you can write some code against it, and compile it manually using 'csc /r:nhibernate.dll MyCode.cs'.
In this scenario, you just want NuGet to download the assemblies for you, and leave the rest to you. It still saves you a lot of time by letting you easily download the bits and all their dependencies, but it doesn't force you into a development model that may not be want you want.
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Lefkas - or Lefkada, as the Greeks say - is a remarkably green island on the west coast of Greece. It is the fourth largest of the Ionian Islands, after Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Corfu.
Unlike many other islands with an agreeable Mediterranean climate, Lefkas is not spoilt by mass tourism but remains a calm and authentic place where people live and raise their children.
Lefkas is known for its gorgeous landscape. It's a fertile island so its hills and mountains are covered with dense and verdant vegetation. It's mountainous, too, with its two highest peaks rising over 1100 metres. Lefkas has seemingly endless beaches with white pebble and shingle sand, paradise-like turquoise waters and majestic vertical rocky cliffs.
It's surrounded by baby islands -: Meganisi, Kalamos, Kastos, Madouri, Skorpidi, Skorpios, Thilia, Petalou and Kythros – which are all fun to explore.
Explore the island
Lefkas is rich in history and culture, with its fame stretching back to ancient times. It is believed that Lefkas was the island that Homer called Ithaca and on which he located the palace of Odysseus in his legendary work Odyssey.
The landscape on the eastern coast of the island is covered in lush virgin woodland of fragrant firs and pine trees. Smaller islands are visible just offshore. On the other side, the west coast hides a more rugged terrain; the picturesque villages perched on the hillsides enjoy views of some of the most breath-taking and award-winning beaches below, many of which are almost deserted even in the height of summer. The name Lefkas comes from the Greek word for white, referring to the white cliffs at the southernmost tip of the island. According to ancient mythology, it was here where Sappho jumped into the sea after her love was unrequited.
After the earthquakes of 1948 and 1953, a large part of Lefkas was destroyed. Since then, the capital of Lefkas, Lefkas Town, has been rebuilt completely in a unique architectural style, with wooden houses covered with metal sheet in many colours. Lefkas Town is situated in the northern region of the island where the causeway and bridge link the island to the mainland of Greece. A common route is the scenic coastal road that snakes around the island to one of our Healthy Options bases Vassiliki, a lovely and traditional fishing village nestled in southern Lefkas.
This is where Healthy Options started. The bay of Vassiliki is an entrancing sight, framed by mountains and backed by a verdant valley with abundant olive and orange groves. There are spectacular views of the sapphire sea and the nearby islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca. Early morning, the waters are serene and quiet, ideal for trying your hand at kayaking or paddle-boarding. In the afternoon, the bay comes alive with the multi-coloured sails of catamarans and dinghies and with many windsurfers – a great place for watersports enthusiasts.
Our beachfront accommodations are located just yards from the sea's edge, in two charming family-run hotels and an assortment of apartments and studios set in beautiful landscaped gardens.
Our beach and pool bar restaurants provide a relaxing atmosphere and offer a range of tasty, homemade fare – everything from breakfast to an early evening meal. There are plenty of vegetarian options, too. Nevertheless, we encourage all our visitors to enjoy the Greek flavours and variety of the local tavernas, bars, and cafes in the Vassiliki harbour as well. For that reason, we don't include meals in the price of our holidays, except breakfast at Syvotas. You're welcome to stay on site for breakfast, lunch or dinner, or take a short walk to the village to treat your palate to the excellent local cuisine. Our staff will happily recommend you their favourite places.
We hope you have got fond memories of your holiday (or for the really lucky: holidays!) out with us in Vassiliki. All the team at Wildwind – in Greece, Mauritius and our office staff -...
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celbridge club race results mallow /skibbereen
Celbridge racing pigeon clubs 3rd race of the 2012 season was from mallow 123 miles on the 28th of april when 6 members sent 98 birds into hard east north east wind.
Taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd,was tom fagan with the winning velocity 1180.301 with 3 staff van reet cocks from keith arnolds also winning the d t w. 100 euros.
Next up was phil murray taking 4th place tom 5th phil 6th and 7th p/m fagan 8th sean bailey 9th and close behind him pat moran ending of the clubs top ten.
Well done tom on winning 231st fed 276th fed and 325th fed from 9,415 birds.
Our next club race was from skibbereen 168 miles into a east north east wind when 7 members sent 84 birds
Winning 1st place was tom fagan, p/m fagan with his on form team winning 2nd, 3rd, 4th,and 8th also winning our club pub mom.phil murray 7th and 9th, club.
Celbridge racing pigeon clubs next race is from barleycove our longest inland race 187 miles lets hope we get a little south wind in it,
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Outdoors and Parks
It's getting hot in Florida and you know what that means...beaches every weekend! If you are new to Florida, or are tired of going to the same old beaches then check out this list for some new inspiration.
#1 Clearwater Beach
Located in Clearwater Florida, which is about two hours from Sebring. This beach has been voted #1 beach in America several years in a row. This beach is beautiful and is definitely worth the drive!
#2 Anna Maria Beach
Located on Anna Maria Island, which is about an hour and a half from Sebring. This beach offers tons of amenties but make sure you get there EARLY to secure parking. Theres a reason this beach made it to the #2 spot on our list!
#3 Siesta Key Beach
Located in Sarasota, FL and about an hour and twenty minutes from Sebring, lies the all too famous Siesta Key Beach! This beach is famous for the white sands and clear waters. If you have never been to this gem, add it to your list. Once you're done at the beach make sure you get a snack on the way home. There are all kinds of ice cream and donut shops nearby that the kids will love!
#4 Daytona Beach
Located in Daytona, FL. Normally famous for the Daytona 500 and spring break shenanigans, Daytona Beach is a great place to go in the summer if you're looking for a nice east coast beach.The good news is that if you don't want to spend all day at the beach, there is always something happening in Daytona!
#5 The Keys
Located in Key West, FL. The Keys, this spot needs no introduction. They are beautiful and full of history. It is anywhere from a 3-5 hour drive, depending on which area you go, but it is definitely worth it. If you have never thought about going to the keys, start planning now! The beaches are amazing, the shops are beautiful, and the views are spectacular!
Bonus Beach: St. Augustine Beach
Located in St. Augustine, FL this town is full of history! If you are looking to go on a family vacation, but you don't want to spend all day at the beach, then St. Augustine is for you! There is so much to see and do, you will never be bored!
No matter your preferences, the beach has a way of making us feel relaxed and care free. These are just a few suggestions of many great beaches here in Florida. We are surrounded by water on three sides, after all!
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One of the FCR key components is an Imaging Plate, or IP, that is used in place of X-ray film to easily digitize X-ray images. The FCR CAPSULA XLII features the IP in an unprecedented compact frame, as it incorporates over 70 years of Fujifilm's extensive technology and know-how.
CAPSULA, meaning small box in Latin, has been cleverly trimmed to be smaller and lighter, boosting flexibility on installation and layout, while maintaining the specifications for a broad range of diagnostic imaging needs from general radiography to pantomography. Plus, the optional capability of 50-micron reading with the HR-V or HR-VI can be utilized to visualize finer and more minute structures for better diagnosis.
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