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Is December the 3rd my lucky date or my curse?
Is December the 3rd my lucky date or my curse?
December 1991
I hunted for a few years until I harvested my first whitetail deer. It was December the 3rd 1991 . I was the youngest and greenest of hunters in camp. It was the second day of gun season and the deer were not moving. The group decided I should push some cover in the woods for them. One of the other guys said hed go with me. So off we went for a mile walk around the woods, to the back side. We started in and spread out about 50 yards. We approached the thickets and went slow. One on either side. I caught movement off to the left and seen a nice little 7 point . He was coming back from the field where our standers were. Well he stopped and gave me a broadside shot. I didnt have time for buck fever to set in. I took aim and shot . The buck turned his head and bolted off. My friend came out from behind the thicket and asked if I shot at a deer. I said want to help me find my buck. Now !! The fever had struck me. I was so rattled and shaken. I had a hard time telling him where the deer was at when I shot. He picked up the blood trail twenty yards further from where I was looking. The buck went 100 yards and went down. Our standers were now there shaking their heads in disbelief . My first deer a buck at that !
December 1994
The 94 -95 season started November the 28th. High winds and rain. By Wednesday , only one friend and myself were left in camp. We decided to get some lunch and plan for the afternoon hunt. While at the truck, I seen my cousin driving in at a good clip. Who had tagged out on opening day and went home. My father had a massive heart attack that morning. I tossed my buddy the keys to my truck. Gave him some gas money and told him to hunt until Friday evening . When I arrived at the hospital two hours later . I found my dad in a coma. Doesnt look good says Uncle Willie. I spent the next two days with my mother, at dads side.
My friend returned with my truck on Friday afternoon. He had not been able to fit the canvas wall tent in the truck. That it was still standing in camp. My mom told me to drive up the next morning ( December the 3rd ) to get it. Other family members agreed I should too . My mother asked my best friend to go with me and to try to get me in the field for even a little bit . After picking up the tent the next morning . Landon said he had orders from my mom. He also had slipped the guns in the truck without me knowing. I didnt like the thought of me not being there if something happened . After a lot of talking from my friend and a few prayers. I agreed to a short hunt . We werent in the woods 10 min. when I had a very large doe come in right to me . I shot and dropped her in her tracks at 20 yards .
I dont know if my father heard me when I returned to the hospital and told him of my success . I think he may have been there with me. He was taken off life support and passed away on the 5th.
December 2004
Its now ten years latter. I am married now and have family of my own. My wifes mother is a very sick woman. She has been under Hospice care at home. My wife has taken on the role of care giver. She has asked if I would hunt closer to home this year.
I have gained access to a small cut bean field at the edge of some real thick cover. Its in the heart of Perrysburg township. Perrysburg, Ohio. A 5 min. drive from my home. I have seen a lot of deer here. Trying to get their pattern is difficult .
Its Friday, December the 3rd . I have the day off and Im headed to the bean field. Day five of gun season. Shortly after 8:30am I seen a group of nine deer come out into the cut corn next to the field Im in. There were three does, five yearlings and a decent eight point. I watched as they fed in the corn stubble . I hoped the buck would feed into the beans. Instead the lead doe came in and stopped at 70 yards. She knew I was in the bail blind and I quickly took aim and squeezed off the shot. Her rear legs kicked almost straight up. She ran 40 yards and dropped, still in the bean field. I knew she was big. When I walked up to her I seen how big. 300+lbs 7 ½ years old. This was the girl I had seen in spring with three fawns. I drove my truck out to get her. While trying to load her on the tail gate, I kept hearing a horn back at the lane I park at. It was my mom. She was there to tell me my mother-in-law had passed away moments ago.
I havent hunted December the 3rd in the past three years. Thats the day I spend with my wife. After all, its also her birthday.
Gary Pratt
Wow alot does happen on Dec 3. Do you play the lottery on Dec 3?
Good story Gary, regardless!
"Knowing when to shoot and when to wait is one sign of maturity in a bowhunter. Be patient and pick your aim point carefully." ~ Randy Ulmer
"I suppose it's the way of hunters. We are very odd fellows." ~ Peter Hathaway Capstick
Yes very good story, thinks for posting it.
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African-Americans have played a significant role in fighting for and securing access to and equity in education and have led the way on a number of innovations that have improved living and working conditions for all Americans. In this section we highlight just a few of these leaders and innovators.
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The Salvador Dali Museum is an art museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, dedicated to the work of Salvador Dalí. It houses the largest collection of Dalí's works outside Europe. It is located on the Downtown St. Petersburg waterfront by 5th Avenue Southeast, Bay Shore Drive, and Dan Wheldon Way. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.[1]
Shortly before marrying in 1942, A. Reynolds Morse & Eleanor R. Morse attended a Dalí retrospective at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Intrigued by the artist's subject matter, and impressed by his draftsmanship, they bought their first painting a year later. The purchase began a 40-year relationship as patrons and friends of Dalí that resulted in a comprehensive collection of original Dalí work.
Until 1971, the Morses displayed their collection in their Cleveland, Ohio, home. When they loaned over 200 pieces to a Dalí retrospective in 1965, they realized that 25 years of collecting produced a mini-retrospective that needed a permanent home.
In 1971, with Dalí presiding over the opening, the Morses opened a museum adjacent to their office building in Beachwood, Ohio. By the end of the decade with an overwhelming number of visitors, the Morses decided to again move their collection.
After a search that drew national attention, a marine warehouse in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida was rehabilitated and the museum opened on March 7, 1982.
In mid-2008, a new location for the Dali museum was announced. Designed by architectural firm HOK, it was built on the downtown waterfront next to the Mahaffey Theater, featuring a large glass entryway and skylight.[2] The new, larger and more storm-secure museum opened on January 11, 2011.
The Museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums program.
The museum's collection includes 96 oil paintings, over 100 watercolors and drawings, 1,300 graphics, photographs, sculptures and objets d'art, and an extensive archival library, and displays are periodically rotated.
The museum is home to 7 of the 18 masterwork paintings by Dalí (including The Hallucinogenic Toreador and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus), the most of any museum in the world. To be considered a masterwork these paintings must be at least 5 feet in any direction and have been worked on for over a year.
In addition to displaying the work of Dalí, the museum aims to educate the public and promote understanding, enjoyment and scholarly examination of art through the exhibition of works by Dalí and artists of similar vision.
With the exception of the Dalí Theater-Museum created by Dalí himself in his home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, St. Petersburg's Dali Museum has the world's largest collections of Dalí's works.
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- Dalí Theatre and Museum — Museum of Dalí in his home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
- Espace Dalí — in Paris, France, museum of Dalí's drawings and sculptures.
- A. Reynolds Morse & Eleanor R. Morse - Dalí's patrons
- Apparatus and Hand - 1927
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That's right. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is introducing itself to a $850 billion market that very few people know about. This market is based on personal consumption expenditures data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis -- it's produce. No, this near trillion dollar market isn't global, it's just in the U.S.. Let's take a look at what it is, what the growth opportunities are and how it might affect other grocers.
What exactly is it? It's basically an online grocery business that offers same-day delivery for orders over $35. How does Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) compete with that? Pricing? Maybe. It's a matter of convenience. People are willing to pay more money for the convenience of never having to leave their house, but still be able to go grocery shopping. What's it worth to you?
Think about it. Get on your computer, order lettuce, chips, bread, potatoes, spinach, and your favorite cake. A few hours later, the food arrives at your house. Obviously this is convenient for elderly people, as shopping is often a big hassle. It is also convenient for parents with kids. This solves the issue of going to a store and forgetting half of what you went for because you are more worried about losing your little ones. AmazonFresh is all about convenience.
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The actual cost of the food is supposed to be very competitive with the major grocery stores. There is a kicker, which is where Amazon will make most of its money. Like Costco (NASDAQ: COST), there is a membership fee. Costco's annual membership costs $110. Amazon Fresh is far more expensive, but again, people are paying for convenience. The annual Amazon Fresh membership fee is $299, however, this fee includes Amazon Prime benefits.
Amazon has seen amazing success with Amazon Prime, so why not follow up that effort with a similar one? Brand Stone wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek, "Amazon Prime may be the most ingenious and effective customer loyalty program in all of e-commerce, if not retail in general." Amazon Prime members spend double that of non-members. Piper Jaffray conducted a survey in 2011 which showed that 92% of members would renew their membership. With that type of loyalty, how much could Amazon grow with the AmazonFresh service?
Let's face the fact: Amazon is expensive. There is no getting around it, you will pay large amounts to buy the stock. If measured by price-to-sales, or price-to-book, Amazon is about four times as expensive as Wal-Mart. The company is still growing, and certainly hasn't reached its full potential. The past several paragraphs have shown what tremendous opportunities the company has to offer, which may be why the stock is so expensive. Its capital expenditures have increased 416% since 2010. It is putting money towards growth, and it is growing. That is what investors should want out of a company such as Amazon.
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The 80,000-square-foot Honolulu Design Center, a project 25 years in the making, has finally arrived, much to the delight of its creator, Thomas Sorensen. "I first started dreaming about the design center back in 1982, and it's been great to see the ideas evolve over the years and finally come to life," says Sorensen.
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Much more than just a furniture store, the design center on Kapiolani Boulevard is home to dozens of innovative and highly unique concepts. Many of them, such as the self-serve wine bar and mixed-artist lighting showroom, are firsts for the industry.
With sofa sets ranging from $700 to $42,000, the design center showrooms give new meaning to the phrase "something for everyone." Couture furnishings by designers like Fendi, Natuzzi and Molteni are lavishly displayed together on the first floor directly across from the BoConcept showroom, a moderately priced collection targeted at the young and hip.
The A*muse Wine Bar concept is a first for furniture stores not just in Hawaii, but worldwide. The self-service bar, featuring 80 varieties of wine, is entirely automated. Patrons simply insert a prepaid smart card into the carousel-like bar, select a wine and wait for the goods.
Sorensen had the most fun designing the second-floor Stage Restaurant. Highlights include outrageously bold European art (by now, you've surely seen the 10-foot-wide sphere-shaped lamps observable from the corner of Piikoi and Kapiolani boulevards), upscale dining furniture and, oh yes, "American couture cuisine," by famed chef Jon T. Matsubara.
With a max-capacity of 160 people, the Cupola Event Center will be home to all sorts of events, from fashion shows to foreign movie screenings. The most innovative feature is the center's retractable roof. But the 80 multicolored bean bags that hang from the ceiling when not in use are pretty cool too.
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The first episode of My Little Monster had a two line throwaway moment that offers an AMAZING opportunity to talk about why rape jokes are horrible. Here we go:
The setup (simple this time): Delinquent hunk Haru imprints on standoffish bookworm Shizuku after she gives him some handouts from school one day. Later in the show, he stalks her to school, pulls her into an alley and then threatens her with rape if she screams. Then, the show moves on.
While the scene itself isn't terribly graphic or upsetting on the surface, its casual nature belies a problem with rape jokes in that these kind of jokes aren't funny. What's going on here has a lot in common with both the Dickwolves incident and the furor surrounding Daniel Tosh's ill-considered remarks. But let's work backwards from some of the more subtle consequences to the clunker of the delivery.
The first episode goes out of its way to show that Haru is awkward and lacking in social grace. He's sympathetic. The fact that he means well by our intrepid main character and that it's clear he has a sense of loyalty works to help us forgive his misunderstanding of some social rules. What's more, he continues throughout the episode to try and be friendly with Shizuku despite her protestations, but given that he doesn't understand things like friendship and manners, we're supposed to give him a pass. This idea echoes the "fear" that men have of being perceived as creepy even with good intent. Here's the thing: ENDS DO NOT JUSTIFY MEANS. Haru's behavior is not really acceptable. Regardless of his intentions and hotness, he should learn to LISTEN to what people say. Not listening is how consent goes out the window.
This is important to consider, given that he kisses Shizuku without her permission at the end of the episode. having "no boundaries" isn't cute. It's, well, it's scary. However, given the nature of shoujo, this is swept under the rug by the fact that Shizuku is SUPPOSED to fall for him, making his lack of regard for her personal space "alright". It's a common idea, but when you stop and think about being in a relationship with someone who thinks like this, the consequences get disturbing rather quickly.
In addition, the joke hinges on one of the important misconceptions about rape: that it's perpetrated by scary strangers in the dark of the night on unsuspecting women who've made the poor choice of going places alone. The joke in MLM is founded partially on this myth and uses the audience's assumption that Haru and Shizuku are the show's OTP to make the situation absurd. "You don't get raped by the person for whom you're destined! That's insane!" Here's the thing: you are more likely to be raped by someone you know (including your significant other) than a rando stalking you from the bushes.
Lastly (and perhaps most controversially), the joke also works to trivialize the threat of rape in the eyes of the viewing audience. This point is the one that gets the most static, but here I think we can make a good example of it. See, the scenario where a high school girl is sexually assaulted by some dude (or woman) she knows or doesn't know is a very real fear. Haru's use of that comment as a joke should cast a pall on their relationship. Joking about it dismisses her fears of this happening as ridiculous, since we're supposed to know that he'll never do that. But how is she to know that? The "joke" should set off all kinds of warning bells to her that this guy probably doesn't understand the importance of body autonomy and considers something which is a real fear to be not really of concern.
It means that regardless of the other things he says, he doesn't really consider her opinion or feelings important. Or at least he hasn't considered how terrifying a threat from someone like him could be. AND he's forcing her to make fun of her own legitimate fears of rape. While none of these things explicitly come up in the show, rape jokes on the whole work to make the event and the fear seem less awful/valid than they actually are. Supporting the idea that women's fears of rape are out-of-proportion with their experience.


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Wow! One of the best fight of the year.
Wooowwwwwww. Destroyed Kampmann.
Now that is sweet revenge right there.
I really wanted to see Kampmann come back a bit and land more shots on Condit though.
Great fight for Condit.
"They're all dead. They just don't know it yet."
great fight for Condit. Do we need a 3rd now? I certainly wouldn't mind seeing it.
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There is evidence linking almost every food or ingredient to cancer, but according to researchers, there's no need to worry because the evidence for pretty much all of it is very weak they say.
Not a week goes by without a new research finding that links part of our diet to an increased risk of some form of cancer, and researchers want us to ignore all these findings because they claim they're based on weak statistical evidence.
So apparently we should casually mull over all the information we now have on genetically modified foods, artificial flavours, colors, preservatives, emulsifiers, and sweeteners.
Every single artificial flavor and color in the food industry has some kind of detrimental health effect. These include neurotoxicity, organ, developmental, reproductive toxicity and cancer. Ignore them.
Genetically modified (GM) foods causes allergies, organ damage, cancer, immunotoxicty, and damaging transgenes which affect future generations. No problem, no worries.
Artificial preservatives are responsible for causing a host of health problems pertaining to respiratory tract, heart, blood and other. Some are very neurotoxic especially when combined with specific nutrients. Ignore that too.
Sweeteners such as Neotame are thousands of times sweeter than sugar. They are all very potent, neurotoxic, immunotoxic and excitotoxic, but according to researchers there's no strong evidence.
So What Did They Find?
Researchers in the USA set out to see whether, in fact, all foods have been studied for their effectiveness at curing or causing cancer.
The research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, took a random sample of 50 foods and ingredients and searched the academic literature to see whether research studies had associated them with cancer risk.
Led by John Ioannidis at Stanford Prevention Research Center, USA, the research team found that 80% of their sample food recipes had been studied in regard to their relationship to cancer, "and the large majority of these studies were interpreted by their authors as offering evidence for increased or decreased risk of cancer."
"However, the vast majority of these claims were based on weak statistical evidence," said the research team.
"We have seen a very large number of studies, just too many studies, suggesting that they had identified associations with specific food ingredients with cancer risk," said Ioannidis.
Food industry champions playing the public relations game with very informed consumers are now having to back peddle and go on damage control.
"People get scared or they think that they should change their lives and make big decisions, and then things get refuted very quickly," he told Reuters Health. "There's very strong evidence, and pretty strong expectation, that some nutrients in some foods would be related to cancer risk – either protecting or increasing the risk – but it's very hard to believe that almost anything would be associated with cancer."
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The research team selected 50 foods and food ingredients at random and then assessed whether the academic literature from the previous 35 years provided a suggestion of any link to cancer risk.
"We surveyed recently published studies and meta-analyses that addressed the potential association between a large random sample of food ingredients and cancer risk of any type of malignancy," the researchers wrote.
The team found that 40 out of their 50 sample foods had been linked to cancer in some way — with half having more than 10 studies reporting on such risks.
Those ingredients linked to cancer were: veal, salt, pepper spice, flour, egg, bread,pork, butter, tomato, lemon, duck, onion, celery, carrot, parsley, mace, sherry, olive, mushroom, tripe, milk, cheese, coffee, bacon, sugar, lobster, potato, beef, lamb, mustard, nuts, wine, peas, corn, cinnamon, cayenne, orange, tea, rum, and raisin.
"These ingredients studied include many of the most common sources of vitamins and nutrients," said the team, while they noted that the 10 ingredients for which a cancer association was not identified were generally more obscure: bay leaf, cloves, thyme, vanilla, hickory, molasses, almonds, baking soda, ginger, and terrapin.
"We should acknowledge that our searches for eligible studies were not exhaustive," said Ioannidis and his colleagues.
"Covering the entire nutritional epidemiology literature would be impossible."
The team added that the interest in linking food and food ingredients to cancer has grown rapidly in recent years, with around 85% of all scientific studies on food and cancer occurring between 2000 and 2011.
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Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy.
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It has simply gotten to the point where we must avoid all mass produced food – anything with an ingredient list. Whole, plant-based, organically grown (or self grown) food is the only way to eat once you start to go down this rabbit hole. Go vegan, eat very low fat and very low protein (80/10/10 or close to it) is about the best we can do.
If you carefully read this article it is worded to provoke a predetermined response. Guess which response? Here is the exact wording the nullifies the entire article including the title:
"and the large majority of these studies were interpreted by their authors as offering evidence for increased or decreased risk of cancer."
In other words, they say these foods are "Linked to Cancer" but in no way specify that there is evidence for increased or decreased risk. What a bunch of nonsense. They say this to say what?
I know what… to confuse. All related industries are completely corrupt. The bottom line is that eating healthy non-GMO organic whole foods will heal the body. Not harm. Stay away from preserved, microwaved and fast food. Refrain from eating sugar and sweets. Stay away from anything hydrogenated. Watch out for foods labeled with terms like 'Natural Flavorings" which is code for MSG. Read and research for yourself. The internet is a disinformation armpit.
Simplest advice: if your great-grandparents did not eat it, do not eat it either. Neuroprotective advice: eat a low carb / high fat diet, aka, ketogenic diet. Much neurodegeneration is caused by energy starvation. Neurons can metabolize ketones when glucose is unavailable. Ketogenic diets, especially using coconut oil, have helped those suffering from epilepsy, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. Dietary DHA and phospholipids are also essential to brain health.
Excellent advice. I would just like to add that a ketogenic diet using coconut oil can also be very helpful for kidney disease. I have cured several elderly cat friends this way. Note that another a good oil to use is MCT oil – it is liquid at room temp and very digestible – you can get MCT oil from the NOW company.
I am speechless at this shameless propaganda from the medical industry. Cancer has now been studied using modern science for 50 years – repeat 50 years – half a century, and the medical industry would have us believe we are still clueless, helpless, and hopeless. Truth is cancer is well understood including the cure, but unfortunately the scientific answer does not offer a path to patents, so nutrition based treatment is not only ignored but will get you thrown in jail – medical fascism! I know – I worked for oncologist – they are more concerned with billing opportunities than anything else. To say I have contempt for doctors and their industry is the understatement of the decade. So think about it – 50 years! either they are incompetent or running a long lasting scam.
I would like to inform you that the main ingradient of chemotherapy is MUSTARD GAS!!!
From chemotherapy Wiki
"The first use of drugs to treat cancer was in the early 20th century, although it was not originally intended for that purpose. Mustard gas was used as a chemical warfare agent during World War I and was discovered to be a potent suppressor of hematopoiesis (blood production). A similar family of compounds known as nitrogen mustards were studied further during World War II at Yale University…"
Do you think MUSTARD GAS (chemotherapy) can cure you body??? They just would love to kill you.
cancer has been around since the beginnings of life…even non-human animals get it. Perhaps cancer exists to keep a species' population at sustainable numbers? And by "cancer", which of the hundreds of kinds of cancers are we talking about? Life causes cancer. That's it.


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I think this is a really fun idea! Especially if painted!
To add another layer - you could use different sized clipboards as well.
I like this for the space shown, but I think it would bother me on a smaller wall or less tidy room.
absolutely love this idea! just can't decide whether do it in my office or my kids playroom. maybe both! brown in my all white office and maybe shades of pink or green in the girls playroom... doing this today!
This might be a good idea for displaying kids artwork. Easy to rotate in and out!
"like having your own version of Pinterest" ~ seems ironic, but i'm probably just showing my age ;-)
anyway, super idea!
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In a recent ceremony at UCSC, Hartnell President Edward J. Valeau presented the President's Partnership of Excellence Award to Claire Max, director of the UC center.
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Games for Lunch: Borderlands
Developer: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games
Systems: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PS3, PC
Release Date: Oct. 20, 2009
ESRB Rating: M
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0:00 I remember thinking this looked like a Fallout 3 clone, when I saw an E3 2008 demo. Not that that's a bad thing... but still.
0:01 A broken robot that looks like an orange cone whirs pathetically on a cracked cement road. In the background, windmills. In the foreground, what looks like an emergency roadside phone.
0:02 As I pick up the controller and go to the main menu, the robot gets up and skitters around on it's single wheel. SO CUTE!
0:03 During the loading screen, the game tells me "when your shield is depleted, take cover and it will recharge." Wow ... only three minutes for me to hit a major pet peeve.
0:04 Cut to the inside of a bus with four archetypes standing around and the desert rolling by outside. "Next stop, Firestone Depot," says an unseen bus driver. "Time to gather up your stuff. Who's getting off the bus?" I can choose from Soldier, Hunter, Siren and Berserker. The bus driver says a piece on each of them. To the Siren: "And you, pretty lady? What can you do? Perhaps bake us a delicious cake." I'm amazed the bad-ass-looking Siren doesn't slap him. Anyway, the driver advises us that we can't just kill anything. "Don't be afraid to spend what it takes to get the equipment you need." I'll remember that. Once the driver's spiel is done, the excellent song "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" comes on the in-game radio. NICE!
0:05 I go with Soldier for no particular reason. He seems well rounded, I guess? After a bit of loading, the little one-wheeled robot welcomes me. "Welcome to Fyrestone. I am CL4P-TP..." but I can call him Claptrap. He gives me a HUD that shows health, weapons, experience points and a compass. I bust out a huge-ass gun and follow him over a small hill. I'm quite the slow walker ... where's the run button?
0:07 The "New-U" Station will store my DNA -- a glorified save point, basically. I can change my name, but I decide to stick with the default of Roland. I can change my outfit's color scheme too, but since I can't actually see myself, I'm not sure why I'd bother. Oh, and I have $80 to my name.
0:09 Heading into Firestone proper now amidst some creepy Spaghetti Western music. As Claptrap fiddles with the entrance keypad, he's suddenly alarmed. "Oh no! Not again! RUUUUNNN!" He ducks into a hidey-hole as huge ATVs jump over earthen ramps. I fire at them through a gate and something blows up as they drive off. "Those bandits really have it in for us Claptraps. Target practice is not part of our programming. Aaaaaand... Open! YES!" Man, this little guy is just so full of life. I just want to eat him up!
0:11 Bandits shoot at me as I enter the town. Either they are very tough or I am an AWFUL shot. It's a bit hard to tell which, as I run out of ammo before I kill two of the three. I'm forced to lumber forward (I still don't know how to run) and use close-range knife swipes to take them out. It takes five knifes to the face to kill each guy. Five! I guess they're pretty tough, Meanwhile, Claptrap is cowering in the corner: "Please don't kill me please don't kill me..." Awww...
0:12 I take out another straggling bandit by holding down the left trigger to use my gun's sight. This makes aiming quite a bit easier. I like the way far-off enemies are actually blurry until I focus my vision directly at them.
0:13 Looks like the bandits drop money and ammo. Also looks like I have to actually look down and hit the X button to pick it up. Wow, is that going to be annoying.
0:14 I just noticed the little numbers that pop out of enemies when I hit them. Numbered damage: It's not just for role-playing games anymore!
0:15 I find a suitcase with weapons, but it costs me money to pick them up? Wha? Who am I paying this money to? Is it like a debit card? Oh well ... they seem like relatively nice pistols.
0:17 I'm out of ammo for my semi-automatic again, giving me a great excuse to try out my pistol and its sniper-style scope. The slight zoom lets me get a lot of "critical" headshots, to do more damage more easily.
0:19 A few more bandits down and I've leveled up. The game tells me this means more health and damage in the long run, plus full health and shields right now. "Bigger and badder," I hear my character say.
0:20 Quote of the moment: "Critical, biatch!" This after delivering a critical hit on a bandit. Ugh.
0:21 As I kill yet another bandit, a woman's face appears as lo-fi video on my HUD. "Excellent. I knew you were the right choice, friend. Now go, I'll contact you again soon." Um, what?
0:22 I take a moment to just walk around, looking for the glowing green boxes that hide money and such. It's a joy to just explore the almost hyper-real, apocalyptic environs, with thick black outlines around everything. I stumble upon a makeshift graveyard. Also, a toilet in the middle of a field. It has ammunition inside it. What is this, Duke Nukem 3D?
0:24 Claptrap introduces me to a citizen of Firestone. Dr. Zed. He tries to let me in, but the mechanism is broken. A screen pops up explaining my first mission: Open the door. The difficulty on the mission is "Normal." Really? Opening a door is a "Normal" difficulty mission? I click a button near the door and I'm done! Difficult!
0:25 After an over-the-top introductory cut-away, Zed tells me how he "might not have a med school degree, but when you get shot you'll be happy I'm here." Heh. I got 48 experience points for my trouble opening his door. Also an animated cartoon of confetti falling on Claptrap. CUTE!
0:27 New mission: "Skags at the gate." Zed wants me to kill five Skags and return. Dude ... I just met you. Why should I kill stuff for you? Oh well, there's nothing else to do in this wasteland...
0:28 I don't find any Skags at the gate, but I do find some more bandits, who take out Claptrap and then fire on me from all sides. I duck behind some sheet metal and take them out from a crouch. The mystery video lady says I'm the right choice, again; then asks me to help Claptrap. "My servos ... are seizing. I can see ... the code." Poor little guy...
0:30 I need a repair kit for Claptrap. Luckily, it shows up on my compass and on-screen as a big green dot. Hey, why have actual interesting puzzles and objectives when you can just follow the big green dot, that's what I always say! "Whoo!" says the revived Claptrap. "Good as new ... I think. Am I leaking?"
0:31 Video lady is back. "Now is the time to get moving and play your part in the journey to come." Thanks, Captain Cryptic! Claptrap bids me goodbye and goes back to his research on "the wonderful properties of sand." Heh.
0:33 There are the Skags I was hearing about. They're little dog/wolf/headcrab things that jump at me if I stand very still. Not very terrifying ... they're just pups, and I can easily back away from them as quickly as they can approach. I take 'em out and head back to Zed for my reward: 144 experience and $313!
0:35 I accidentally discover that clicking the left stick in lets me run. FINALLY!
0:36 Ol' Zed's got a three-part mission for me: Obtain a power coupling, repair the med vendor, and buy a shield. Jeez... is this entire game a series of errands for other people? What's my motivation here? Why am I the errand boy of the apocalypse?
0:39 I fight off some more Skags (who drop ammo and money ... how does THAT make sense?) and pick up the power coupling. Then it's back to Zed to repair the vendor, where I buy a standard shield and a minor healing kit.
0:40 Another errand. Of course. I have to go find some nearby Bandits under the protection of "Nine-Toe" and return. Why am I doing this, exactly? "People don't yet trust you," says video girl, as if hearing my silent question. "If you're ever going to find the vault, you'll need the trust of the people. Helping Dr. Zed with his Nine-Toes problem is a good move." The vault, you say? This is the first I'm hearing of said vault. Unless you're talking about the Fallout 3 vaults. Because considering the environment, you might be...
0:43 Up to level 3 after some more Skag- and bandit-killing. Yippee-ki-yi-yay.
0:44 A gaunt guy in a Hawaiian shirt is sitting on a dilapidated porch. He's missing a leg at the knee. He says he's been "looking for me," and when I talk to him, he insists he's "doing OK" but barely moves. I take $14 sitting in a box right next to him, and he doesn't lift a finger. I try shooting him and it goes right through. Well that was pointless.
0:50 After trekking across a bunch of wasteland, I make it to the bandit camp. I sit behind a piece of sheet metal that makes the camp's makeshift wall and watch as they run directly into my line of fire. Wow are they dumb. They get in a few hits, but it's nothing my shield can't handle. Then I have to run ALL the way to Zed to "turn in" my mission and collect my spoils. Are we having fun yet?
0:51 Now Zed wants me to find and talk to T.K. Baha, because he might have info on where to find Nine-Toes. Fine ... but I'm only doing it because I have no idea what else I should want to be doing in this desolate, barren wasteland...
0:52 Oh, T.K. Baha is the amputee guy I met before. "YOU! One more step and it'll be your last," he growls, shotgun pointed at me. Then he breaks out laughing and lowers the weapon. "You shoulda seen the look on your face," he laughs. OK, that was kind of cute.
0:53 T.K. wants me to recover his stolen food from some nearby Skags. GOD DAMN CAN'T ANYONE IN THIS UNIVERSE DO ANYTHING FOR THEMSLEVES?! @&($#$%#$*%
0:57 Apparently the Skags stole T.K.'s food but didn't actually eat it. Whatevs...
0:59 New enemy alert: Level 4 Skag whelps, guarding some of T.K.'s food. They're bigger, faster and tougher, but still just Skags at heart. Meh.
Would I play this game for more than an hour? Yes.
Why? It's a solid if unremarkable shooter so far, but the follow-the-dot-and-kill-some-guys fetch quests are grating on me. The controls and presentation are decent enough, though, so I'll give the single-player a little bit more time to pick up. Feels like it might be a solid multiplayer game too.
This column is based on an advance press copy of the Xbox 360 game provided by the publisher.
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Oh, crap, wastewater again
I recently we communicating with somebody about wastewater treatment as it might apply to a rural Project in Nicaragua and thought I would post some notes here. Anyone who has real world experience in Nic might want to add in their comments. First Nicaraguan cities tend to have sewer systems connected to a local treatment plant, so if you are in an area that is covered by sewer you will be expected to hook up. From what I have seen in Esteli, it looks like they have ponds to give secondary treatment (removal of most of the solids) and them dump the almost clear but very polluted effluent into the river where it mixes with rainwater and is diluted on its way downstream.
If not, you will probably put in a septic system which is tried and true old technology. Details may vary, but typically it is something like the following. Your wastewater goes into an underground tank with 2 compartments. The solids in the wastewater tend to fall and settle in the bottom of the first tank where they will decay through natural anaerobic processes. This is a stinky thing, but because it is below ground and below water, you will not smell anything. The process costs nothing, uses no electricity, etc. Next the water will rise up to a height where it will flow over a baffle (wall) into the second compartment. The same process continues here, but with fewer solids as most of these were captured in the first tank. The ever-clearer water then rises until it flows out the discharge pipe to the leach line, which is a pipe perforated with holes so that the water can be distributed in the trench which was backfilled with crushed rock and then covered with soil. This water is also quite stinky and bacteria laden, but again it doesn`t matter because it is below ground. A properly designed and sized septic system properly installed on the correct type of soil will give problem free service for decades. Having the solids pumped out every 4 to 5 years is somewhat of an option—my experience is that a system not abused by toxic chemicals may go decades without a pump. 2 tips to keeping the system healthy are to not put cooking oil down the sink and run your washing machine effluent somewhere else to keep sand and dirt from building up in your tank.
By the way, that reminds me: modern wastewater is not what you think it is. It is less than 1% solids, and of the solids only a small portion is human waste, as in crap. The rest is food particle, soap, dirt, toilet paper, and ``plastic goods`` etc. Isn`t ``plastic goods`` a cute name for tampon applicators and other junk that gets thrown in toilets? And human waste is by far not the worst thing in a system—grease, such as from hi-volume restaurants, is the worst thing. It coats the tanks, pipes, and equipment and gives off corrosive gases as it decays. Crap is much easier stuff to handle!
Anyway, septic systems are proven, cheap, old technology . How cheap? Well, where I used to live a septic system cost $2500 and close to nothing to maintain and, by comparison, a sewer hookup cost $11,000 plus $38 per month for life. But here`s the rub. Septic systems discharge a certain amount of nitrogen containing chemicals to the ground. As the systems age and as a town grows with increased densities of septic systems, eventually the nitrates build up and reach ground water where it renders the water dangerous for consumption by children. So, a septic system that might be a great idea on acreage in the country will be phased out in a city. Septic systems are sized by the occupancy load. One house of mine had a 750 gallon tank for a 3 bedroom house. For a larger project, like a hotel, this sizing may force you to go to multiple septic tanks or to some other system. Another spin on septic systems is the above ground system used where the soil is too shallow or the water table is too high for a standard tank. Perimeter walls are built and the center backfilled with soil and the septic system is placed on top. It is more expensive but basically the same technology. The outhouses in my area in the country are raised 2 feet above the ground level because of the high water table. If not. They would overflow during the rainy season.
Ok, so you are out in the country. You have surveyed your neighbors and found they are on Plan A, crap in a shallow hole in the ground or Plan B, crap in an outhouse, which has a deep hole. Both work, but are not pleasant and tend to attract insects and vermin. My country outhouse is the only place on the property that has zancudos. They are hiding from the wind and sun. I spray the hole with insecticide before use; other folks do other things, I imagine, like get bit in the butt.
So you want to do better than above. Well, first I have no idea what the legalities are here, but if you are doing anything bigger than a family residence (like a hotel) or are working in a nature preserve or other sensitive area, you will probably find out. My first suggestion would be to visit other eco –resorts and see what they did and how well it worked and what government hoops they had to jump through. Remember the 100/300 Rule—everything you do in Nicaragua will go 100% over in cost and 300% over in time!
First, a plain old septic system seems like it would be the easy fix, especially for a small project. The waste would be processed out of sight with no maintenance inputs to speak of and the final effluent would also be out of sight and odor/insect/vermin free. I would try to have the laundry room effluent go somewhere else to take some load off the main system.
Laundry water can be used fairly easily and safely for irrigation with a couple provisos: first, there should be no contact with water used to wash clothing of people sick with intestinal problems or with baby diapers. One approach is to have 2 pipes, one going to the septic system and one going to the greywater system so that you can move the washing machine discharge hose from one to the other as needed. Given the room for error here, especially where some people have not bought into the germ theory of disease, you should probably design your system so that it never goes to where there will be unauthorized human contact. In other words, your grey water should go to underground basins located where people or animals will not dig and allow the greywater to come to the surface. Detergents have salt in them so should not be used with salt-sensitive plants and the soil should be thoroughly flushed out with rain water during the rainy season, so this shouldn`t be a big problem. I would also not use it for edible plants, with the exception of trees. It seems like it would be best for ornamentals and firewood trees, just to rule out a possibility of contamination of food. Detergent also has phosphorus, a plant fertilizer, which can cause algae blooms in ponds, so keep your laundry effluent away from ponds, etc. Put it somewhere where the plants will use up the phosphorus. There is plenty of information out there for the safe use of greywater, much of it originating in the American Southwest, where some folks have been trying hard to make use of the resource while keeping the health department happy, too.
Another approach would be to look at ``constructed wetlands``. These are marsh-like environments created using plastic or cement liners covered with gravel in which plants are grown. Treated effluent from a septic tank or other system flows thru the constructed wetland where the plants use up the excess nitrogen and the exposure to sun and air also helps clean up the water. These should be fenced to keep people and animals out, but they can be a little nature reserve and a good place to bird watch. This is a comparatively new technology, but there is plenty of info out there. Wikipedia and http://wrrc.arizona.edu/publications/arroyo-newsletter/constructed-wetla... are 2 places to start.
I have heard of aerated septic tanks but I have no knowledge of same. I think I would avoid any wastewater system that requires electricity unless if were forced on me by the govmint. Municipal plants often use facultative ponds—ponds that have the top layer of water aerated by pumps or mixers. This helps keep the odors down while not using as much machinery and electricity as would be needed to aerate the whole pond.
What about use of treated effluent for such things as watering lawns? Doable, but you are going to have to have a very well treated effluent that is finished off by treating with chlorine or UV light (more electricity) and you will then have to deal with the ``squeamish factor`` when dealing with the public. To me, it would be better to just use the effluent where there is not direct public contact and preferably delivered underground.
For the reserves
MARENA now requires biofilter systems in the reserves where the word require has the typical meaning. For example, there are lots of new latrinas in the Tisey reserve thanks to NGOs even though, in theory, they are illegal.
Biofilter systems are basically aerobic systems vs. the anerobic septic system. I have one such system designed but never implemented.
For small projects, self-contained composting systems would be a realistic alternative. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get an official okay on such systems. The biggest negative is that they tend to either be large or require electricity to operate.
This guy, Nate, was composting human waste 6 years ago
I know because I got a buck a night off the bunk rate by carrying the pails out to the site! The things we used to do eh?
He may have been under the radar but he may be worth adding to your contact list.
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to aerate then chlorine would have to be introduced after aeration, right, or it would also kill off the aerobic bacteria?
Does the chlorine have any effect on the downstream plants? How quickly does the chlorine dissipate on exposure to sunlight and open air?
Did you "boost" the aeration process with any added element (like some people put Rid-X into their septic tank)? Rid-X has a national TV ad where they encourage you to sign up for a Rid-X monthly subscription. Or, is the source of the aerobic bacteria simply the air around us?
Salt build-up
Might the buildup on the shower head be the result of very high calcium levels in your new water supply? I know that calcium build-up is a real problem for growers in some parts of Carazo who tap into municipal supplies?
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Very informative and difficult to sidetrack and/or turn political or compare to life in Morgan County or Thompson River but I am sure it could be done...