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I've had this idea jumping around my head for the past few months...
There are lots of player wars in muds, PvP wars. What would be really awesome - if a player could join up in a military, and go on campaigns with that military, which perhaps controlled by an immortal, or a high-leveled player, that goes into mass battles. The player would fight other soldiers, mostly NPCs, and perhaps even fight other players if they happened to have joined on the other side of the battle.
These battles would take place in player v. player areas, and each player would receive a certain amount of enemies to fight at one time, depending on the size of the battle, number of troops, to defeat. You couldn't tell the difference between players and NPCs until you actually got into the battle with them.
Commands like engage, retreat, in which the player could go further into the lines, or retreat farther back, either diminsihing their chances of getting into multiple fights or harder fights, or increasing the amount. They could engage as far as the front lines, and retreat as far as a healing place.
Long post, I know. What do you think?
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I have usually created games where War was an essential part of the
mix. Certainly not the exclusive focus, or a constant part of play, but
when they do happen they tend to involve everyone in some way.
Are you thinking of a normal MU* map and battles between groups
with some geography to fight for, or something a little more abstract?
The use of special commands to advance for example lead me to think
that you are thinking more of a constant battlefield that would be rather
different than most MU* designs. Both kinds of idea have potential.
I could see for example a vast map of territories, each territory consists
of some number of rooms and is controlled by a single Faction. A wargame
style Master Control Program would keep NPC troops active and respond
to player or NPC incursions.
You could make this sort of combat almost totally replace the normal
population of monsters and other things to kill.
The big trick would be making the number of areas that can be controled
large enough to keep the game interesting for long periods of time. Dealing
with what happens after someone wins total control is something else that
would have to be considered.
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I've thought of two possible scenarios.
1) An actual use for wilderness areas. Say you have an army of 100 mobs, and perhaps five players. First designate how many mobs and players can be in one room, so I would say 20 perhaps. You spread out the 100 over several rooms, say six rooms, with a direct commander who controls all action though a group command system, either to move forward or backward.
When the players march onto the battlefield, they are listed into one of the groups, which are placed in certain rooms. If they want to move around, they can do so if there is room in the battlefield. When the battle begins, the troops move forward. As a player, you have to choice to move in the direction the army is moving. So if everyone is moving east, then you can also move east and join the battle. Soon enough, you meet the enemy, and are presented with the command of whether to engage or not. If you engage, you are pitted with one of the enemies on the screen. If you don't make a choice fast enough, you are automatically engaged. If you are engaged, you can also retreat (or flee) back to safer ground. Of course, if there isn't room behind you, then you are stuck in the fray, just like in a real battle.
If you know how to do battle really well (ie: you are a fast surveyer), you can survey the battle for potential threats, and engage (insert name) on your own. You could also consider enemies to see if they match your own strength, to see who could win. Of course, this depends on how fast you as a player can process information and how fast you can type. Lagging would be a hinderance, but it usually is anyway.
The battle could be over a disagreement or land squabbles. Say, if you create X number of wilderness areas, and you as a Lord want those to build homes or buildings or streets on, then you may have to fight someone for those. Also, battles don't always need to take place over wilderness areas, they can also take place on ordinary streets. Movement might be a little trickier because everyone isn't moving in the same direction. It would make it interesting if buildings and objects were destructable, because then in a war you could destroy obstacles in your path.
2) The other idea, of course, is to hold battles over temporary rooms, created as the sole purpose of a battle, that are created at the start of the battle, and destroyed at the end of the battle. This might save on server restrictions. Ideally in a game where battles take place, players or NPCs controlled by IMMs could conquer specific places deemed conquerable, which I will call Kingdoms, for now. If you, as a player, stumble upon one of these up-for-grab kingdoms, you can assault it with an army you control or that you hire, and try and take it by force. A really interesting twist on things would be to make everything in the mudding world of your game up-for-grabs, towns, homes, castles, anything. Then, those ridiculous town guards in Asgard might actually mean something important, like actually protecting the town.
Brian and I are planning something similar in nature for The Cathyle Project but the 'mass combat' is remarkably more detatched then the ideas the have been envisioned above. Because we're a roleplaying focused game and the most common roleplaying experiences occur from one player to another or from staff to player, we wanted to step away from characters forming massive groups of NPCs (mobs) and marching them throughout the countryside.
However, conflict is key in any roleplaying environment and I feel that it is important for a game to enrapture as many types of conflict as possible. One of these is the conflict of nations or powerful political factions within these nations.
We still have quite a bit to do before we encorporate our system and as such it's very rough. But stealing from AD&D's Birthright Campaign as well as numerous other systems, we're planning to have a mass-combat battle grid (think: a giant chess tournament) where units can be moved from one area to the next, though this takes a great deal of real time.
Depending on the type of unit, the amount of money a regent or monarch has locked in the treasury and other varying statistics: terrain, weather, morale, skill and attributes of player 'unit leaders' troops will engage in battle.
Mundane characters may see these troops as they pass by, but interaction with units will be limited.
War can provide interesting roleplaying opportunities, but not nearly as many as the effects that the war brings. That's how we intend to focus.
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This topic just happens to go along with a new game design I have been considering. It would be set in the Future and be based on exploration and colonization of a small number of planets. The initial set-up would be a large Space Station where hi-tech rules and everyone can live if they wish. But from the start a single Planet at least would be open for colonization.
I have always wanted to really do something with Building, so the Planets will be raw, filled wth animals, resources, any who knows what mind-bending things.
So for the planets I am thinking of a closed ecosystem where the sheer number of natural creatures is so large the players have to carve out, and defend, any attempts at settlements. Some NPC settlements probably would be on the Planet, along with all sorts of inhabitants. Starting with tents and inflatable domes, and setting up industry and such should be a challenge. The players will be able to lay roads, and make the home town they wish.
I think the system to maintain the creatures on the planets will have to respond to events, specifically loss or attacks on creatures. Some animals will run from attacks, some will fight back, and so on, but beyond that is a need to present the illusion of a well stocked world without having too many mobile creatures running around. Spawning creatures, checking on total living creatures, and adjusting for active players, most of that should not be too tough to do.
But when a group ventures onto these Planets at first, you will have mass battle. My thought is that a selection of creatures will be overtly hostile. These will have to be handled in a wide area right off the bat. Then you have a host of types that will attack when scared, and those that just retreat. Add a few other types and you have a nice mix for players to learn about.
For this sort of thing it helps if your map makes sense in normal coordinate terms, so you can scan and look at things by relative distance.
Falconer, most of what you said sounds fine, but I think legions of NPCs can really add to an RP game. There are any number of 'jobs' that are a significant part of adventure stories, and the armies are one of them. Having control over NPCs is usually enjoyable, and if they are designed to give reasonable responses and simulate life, so much the better. Combat itself should not be the whole point of a good game so in that sense I agree with you.
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I love exploring different grains in salads, as well as pulses, using them in all kinds of innovative ways - incorporating vegetables, nuts, herbs, fresh and dried fruits, and cheeses too. Dressings are so important, and of course there are some wonderful new products to build dressings on, such as Tart Apple syrup from Tauranga, pomegranate molasses, lovely vinegars and stunning oils.
I have written about farro in one of my earlier blogs, when we were living in Tuscany for a few months; it's a deliciously nutty, chewy, ancient wheat grain that Italians have eaten for centuries, but one we don't know particularly well in New Zealand. It is quite similar in taste and texture to barley, actually, just a bit nuttier and chewier; both can be used in risottos, to thicken stews and of course in salads.
In any case, supermarkets in Tuscany had quite a number of different varieties of farro, most of which had wildly different cooking times; I finally realised, however, that farro perlato was the one most people bought, and that's the one most readily available here; the cooking time is a comfortable 20 minutes approximately.
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Farro is well worth trying, with more protein and B vitamins than most grains, an interesting texture and the nutty flavour complements almost anything. I've tried it mostly as a salad, with various combinations of these components; fresh mozzarella, capers, sun dried tomatoes or roasted red peppers, olives, capers, parsley, mint, lemon or lime juice, roasted fresh corn kernels, caramelised onions, toasted almonds. Basically, it's like working with pulses - my mantra is, lighten these base ingredients with lots of flavourful, textured other ingredients, they shouldn't weigh the dish down.
Another salad that 's been really popular over the summer is my black quinoa tabouleh; it looks so gorgeous with the green parsley and black quinoa but can also be made with either burghul or couscous - now that quinoa is so popular, it's not a bad idea to use an alternative so that the traditional quinoa growers can keep some for themselves rather than exporting it all. I'm wondering if some inventive folk might come up with a way to harvest and process fathen (fat-hen, a close relative of quinoa) - wouldn't that be a great ugly duckling story, transforming a pesky weed into a great food source!
Tabouleh (Tabouli) is a salad to return to, especially in summer. It's worth trying it with couscous or cooked quinoa, however, for a different result than with the more familiar burghul. (One cup raw quinoa produces three cups of cooked, whereas the other two grains produce two cups of soaked grain for one raw). Black quinoa makes a very attractive tabouleh.
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2 cups finely chopped parsley leaves
1/3 cup finely chopped mint leaves
3 spring onions, chopped finely
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup olive oil
1 tsp salt
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3 firm tomatoes, seeded and diced
Cover the burghul with cold water and leave for 30 minutes. If using couscous, cover with boiling water and stand for 7 minutes. For quinoa, cook in 2 cups salted water, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes until the 'curl' is released and the grain is al dente before refreshing under cold water.
Drain thoroughly in a sieve, lightly pressing to remove all liquid.
Transfer to a serving bowl and add the parsley, mint and spring onions.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Summer of 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
May (and June) Madness
I'm going to try to be better...
In the meantime, here's the good, the bad, and the ugly of what's been going on for the last almost two months. Except I'll start with the bad.
1. Granny
My grandmother passed away a few weeks ago. I considered writing a full post in dedication, but her opinion on that would not have been favorable. Besides, I think this story pretty much sums her up. She sold Merle Norman cosmetics for an eon and a half. She loved to gamble - the slots, the ponies, and football boards being her favorites. She loved to say things that were inappropriate. She loved to entertain. She used to throw a big Christmas Eve party and I always said she could navigate her small apartment filled with people, powered by nothing but a fake hip and several bourbon and sodas, more skillfully than anyone who was half her age and had half as much to drink. She lived until eight days after her 88th birthday. We're guessing it was because she had a bet with someone. In the last few months her quality of life was rapidly deteriorating, so 75% of me is happy that she was able to go when she did. The other 25% will probably feel otherwise next year around Kentucky Derby time.
2. Travel
I was in San Francisco at the beginning of May. Mostly for work, but I did get a day to roam around the city. The weather was beautiful and I had a good time, but it was also weird. Normally I'm fine travelling alone. But this was the first trip in a while for me sans gays. And I've come to an important conclusion. (Rick Steves, take note!) Travel is better with a pair of gays. Seriously. If they aren't wanting to do the same shopping and touristy things as you, then they're super organized with all of the travel information that, if you're like me, you normally end up being responsible for. And hell, if nothing else, they'll buy you nice cocktails and compliment your shoes. I explained this epiphany to one of said gays while I was sulking a bit in my hotel room. His response? "Well dear, you are in San Francisco - just go and get yourself two more." "You know" I exclaimed (well, typed with an excited smiley face since I was on Skype), "I could probably just call down to the front desk!" I never did, but the whole thing has given me a fabulous idea for a niche-market travel agency...
3. Life and Other Disasters
Lately it's feels like President Obama is starring in some sort of remake of The Money Pit. I bet he thought he was going to have this great adventure - get yourself a nice fixer-upper of a country, refinish the hardwood floors, redo a bathroom or two and then flip it in eight years. But no. As soon as the papers are signed, the roof starts to leak, the HVAC unit dies, and all of the wiring has to be upgraded. So you suck it up and get to work only to discover that the house is now worth half of what it was a month ago, the bank where you pay your mortgage has collapsed, you wake up with swine flu, and then oil erupts into the Gulf of Mexico. Good times. That said, I'm not going to dwell on the horror that is the oil spill. I've been trying to despise BP but I can't without thinking that we should all be despising ourselves and the role our gluttony has played in this. My Presiding Bishop (who just really kicks ass on any given day of the week, in my opinion) was originally an oceanographer by trade. She wrote a great piece about the oil spill and you can read it here. Not every day that the insert in your Sunday bulletin is also featured in the Huffington Post...
So, that's all I got. Hope you're having a lovely summer. I'll be back soon to gripe about the heat if nothing else - 'cause it is freakin' damn hot down here right now.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Five Feet High and Risin'
From this past Saturday evening until last night I had to do the same thing all over again. Only this time it was flood waters that inundated downtown Nashville instead of wind, and I was in a hotel room in Colorado instead of the futon in my apartment.
The other difference this time, it seems, is that my city has had to share the news cycle with car bombers and oil spills and wingnut immigration legislation and maybe it's received less of the spotlight than it should. Maybe. Many people around here certainly think so and are outraged. I'm not sure I'm in the same camp. If we were swarmed with reporters 24-7 it would just create a shortage of actual news and leave them with nothing to do but ferret out the most ridiculous situations and even more opportunity to report things incorrectly. As it is, I'm already annoyed by the news: "That's not the symphony hall - that's the Country Music Hall of Fame!" "That's not how you pronounce the police chief's name!" "The Opryland Hotel isn't downtown - it's nowhere near downtown!"
I also don't have a lot of faith that they would show the real Nashville. The whole Nashville. The Nashville that I know - grungy, beautiful, absurd, welcoming, tacky, funny, annoying, gracious, ridiculous, wonderful, and weird. They would miss the fact that when it snowed a few inches this winter we were completely incapacitated, but with a devastating flood everyone (it seems anyway) has come together and quietly gotten down to the business of helping their neighbors and reminding us why we're the Volunteer State. On Monday my mother called to say that my next door neighbor had gone out in his boat to help evacuate people. When the mayor put out a call for people to help sandbag the levy near my office, 300 people showed up within an hour. A friend called on Tuesday and said Hands On Nashville (right) already had offers of help from more than 7,000 people. Last I heard, that number was up to 20,000.
And in case you were wondering... by the grace of a little bit of elevation, and a lot of luck, my church and neighborhood that were so ravaged by that tornado, managed to escape the worst of the flood. The rest of the city and its outer suburbs, however, did not. Many people have died. Interstates turned into rivers within minutes, deep enough to cover a semi-truck. The Grand Ole Opry, the Titans' football field, and our main water treatment plant were under several feet of water.
While I am happy and thankful that my little corner of town was spared, it also has caused some guilt. Guilt of not having been here; guilt for only suffering a couple of fallen gutters and a house that smells like soggy dog; guilt for not realizing at first how bad the flooding was. Another friend expressed similar thoughts in a much more poetic fashion here. She also shared the following video.
Why, Johnny Cash, of course.
I hope all of this doesn't mean we'll be suffering a plague of locusts in another twelve years and two weeks. That's bound to test even the strongest of Southern resolves and hospitality. In the meantime, while I'm kind of glad not to have Brian Williams and Wolf Blitzer beating down our doors, I do hope we can still find a way to let the rest of the country know what is going on and that they keep us in their thoughts.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Home Sick
So... more about this later... here's what I would have posted otherwise...
Rocky Mountain High
I was in Denver for a gigantic conference for work and was also there with two of my main gays. So, to add to all of the hiking around their convention center (but look, isn't it the cutest convention center you've ever seen?) I was also galavanting around the city in the evenings and plied with cocktails until all hours. And when you combine those activities with a new time zone, a different climate, and crazy altitude, I'm now totally exhausted and have a cold. HOWEVER, on the plus side, while in Denver, I was served drinks from a bartender that looks like Michael Phelps, rode in an elevator with a mini Evan Lysacek, and one of the presenters at a session I attended sounded just like the Count from Sesame Street: "ONE cognative learning research method! TWO cognative learning research methods! Bwah-ah-ah!" (made the presentation waaaay more interesting, BTW.) So really - two olympic athlete look-alikes and a muppet impersonator - what more do you need to give a trip two thumbs up than that?
Last Supper
I had one of the best $*#@& meals of my life at this place. Mostly organic, locally grown yumminess. It's in a old service station, which they've managed to pay homage to nicely, and most of the interior is from reused, salvaged and recycled/repurposed materials. If you're ever in Denver, you must go.
No Mary Ann Either
My only cons of Denver: 1. people can be a little gruff and inconsiderate with your personal space. 2. There's apparently no gingerale available in the entire town. I tried to order a Jack and Ginger on more than one occassion, only to be met with a quizzical look or blank stare as the bartender replied, "uhhh we don't have ginger..." Thinking they thought I meant actual ginger, I would clarify, "gingerALE." When met with another "no," accompanied with a look of "I knew what you meant, dumbass," I first went in the opposite direction and settled for a lemon drop. The second time they had already poured the Jack Daniels in the glass so I just went with that. Made my scratchy throat feel much better.
Familiar Feel
While wandering around downtown Denver, I stopped into sports memorabilia and souvenier store. Now, the city of Denver has been good to my boys in orange and I was therefore tempted to buy either a Todd Helton / Rockies shirt or a Broncos shirt in honor of Al Wilson. You've heard me speak of my love of Al Wilson before, but for your amusing bit o' sports trivia for the day, I will tell you about the other. Todd Helton attended the University of Tennessee on both a football and baseball scholarship. Legend has it, he was debating about whether to switch to baseball full time, but couldn't make up his mind. In football he was one of two backup quarterbacks and early in the season of his sophomore year (I believe), the starting quarterback suffered a season-ending injury. At the next practice, the two backup quarterbacks vied for the starting position and Helton's mind was quickly made up - he would leave football - and went on to an amazing baseball career with Tennessee and then the Rockies. The other backup quarterback: Peyton Manning.
Resistance is Futile. Cue the Dirge.
It was decided that my new place of employment does not have enough of an online presence, including social media. It was also decided that I would be responsible for improving that presence, finding ways to market our organization through social media, and keeping an eye on what our competitors are up to out there in the interwebs. So, guess who had to join Facebook against her will and better judgement? And guess whose time has been heard loudly sucked through the tubes of said interwebs in the mere 24 hours since she opened an account? Kill me now. That said... if you want to "friend" me and don't already know my real name, just click over there on the right and send me an email.
And finally... speaking of clicking over there to the right... if you've got any money or time left, what with all the other craziness in the world, my beloved city is under about 10-feet of water and we could use a hand. Many thanks.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Scenes from Early in the Morning
But it has not been without its challenges.
Yesterday I had to read something titled, "Consequences of Misspecifications in Growth Curve and Other Multilevel Models."
So... yeah... there's that...
The main challenge though has been that I need to be at work at 7:30 in the morning.
For those of you out there who are naturally early risers, farmers, or have children, please commence your mocking now...
Done? Okay.
I am trying. So very hard. The good news is it causes amusing things to happen that make for excellent blog-fodder.
Know where a hard-boiled egg fits nicely?
A quaint and delicate egg cup.
A quaint and delicate egg cup (even though I don't own one) placed alongside a small plate with a piece of whole-wheat toast topped with preserves purchased from the farmers market and a beautiful glass of cranberry juice. All placed on the table in the kitchen so that you can gaze out the window at the morning awaiting you.
Know where else a hard-boiled egg also fits nicely?
That little zippered side pocket in your purse.
That little zippered side pocket in your purse where you toss it as you dash through the kitchen grabbing something that you can eat in the car or at your desk. This occurs after you have gone from the bedroom, to the home office and back to the bedroom looking for your cell phone only to remember you left it in the kitchen and before you trip out the door, leaving your coffee on the counter.
But really... the fact that I had the presence of mind to hard-boil a half-dozen eggs on Sunday and put them in a bowl in the refrigerator AND get a coffee maker with a timer on it so that it's already done when I get up is really quite an accomplishment in and of itself.
So I'm counting this as a win.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Stuff You Probably Already Know But I'm Going to Use This Post to Ramble on About it Anyway
I now work for a very serious organization that does very important and serious things. And we all just got Skype on our computers. Ooooh Lordeee, it's been all kinds of nerdy fun over here this week.
Tourism is an important part of the economy here in Nashville. But do we really have to have tourists? Especially the dude that asked me for directions with a cigarette barely balanced on his lower lip. WHILE I WAS PUMPING GAS. And the couple in front of me in line at the barbeque place who had to have a seven minute discussion with the guy behind the counter: "The sign says pork. Is it a pork chop? No? What kind of pork is it? Pulled pork? What does that mean?" And it's only April. From now until September it's only going to get exponentially more special each month. It's a good thing I don't work in PR for the visitor's bureau: "Welcome to Nashville. Now, please go sit quietly over there until it's time for you to leave."
The original Tea Party was about taxation without representation. So... to those in charge of this new concoction of the Tea Party... bless your hearts... please change your name. You HAVE representation. It's just that you aren't happy about it. And that's fine. Just please call yourselves the Red Bull or the Mountain Dew Party or something else more fitting.
NPR is awesome. Van Morrison is awesome. NPR's discussing Van Morrison for an hour is way beyond awesome. Our local affiliate just recently switched from playing coma-inducing classical music all day between ME and ATC (you know you're officially a dork when you refer to NPR programs by acronyms...) to an all-talk format: On Point, Talk of the Nation, Fresh Air, etc. You would not believe the complaining that people have done about it. I don't understand. I mean, did they not just hear what I heard? Talking about Van Morrison. And the way all of your insides feel when he growls out those lines like "And IIIIIII want to rock yourrrrr Gypsy sooooulll" or "Sheee's. As sweeeeet. Aaa-aas. Tupelo honeeeey." For a whole hour. Made my day. Can you tell?
God's grace and forgiveness applies to everyone. But I am having a really hard time wanting this to be true for certain despicable owners of coal mines and "parents" who return their adopted children.
Things still really suck in Haiti. And it's about to start raining. A lot. Please don't forget about them. If you've been wanting to give money but haven't - or if you want to give even more - click up there on the right.
Dixie Carter's death is a huge loss and I am sad. But, I bet my friend Eddie is pretty psyched.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Spring "Break" 2010
It's been a busy spring.
- First, I got a second job. More about that in a minute...
- Then I've been trying to find homes for several pieces of furniture and a refrigerator that have been taking up valuable real estate in my living room and kitchen. The refrigerator, canIjusttellyou, was only just removed this past Friday. Yes, that is correct. This. Past. Friday. It's been sitting in the middle of the kitchen since this happened. Trust me, nothing makes a tiny kitchen feel even tinier with a second refrigerator IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR.
- Then there was Lent and Palm Sunday and Holy Week and Easter and all the pomp and circumstance and time suckage (sorry, Jesus) that comes with it.
- There was also the great health care debate, the rise of the Tea Party, and Sarah Palin coming back like a bad rash - so you know I've been pretty busy cleaning up every time that pesky head of mine explodes.
- Sometime in there March Madness began, of course, and has consumed a vast amount of time. But what an amazingly great tournament it has been! I'm watching the final game as I write this and keeping the faith that Butler will pull through. My Ohio University Bobcats whipped Georgetown, but then had to play Tennessee. My Tennessee boys beat OU and then made it past the Sweet Sixteen for the first time - in school history - thanks to a nail-biter against Ohio State. They did lose a heart-breaker to Michigan State BUT the good news is I finished third in our basketball pool.
- In the middle of all this was my birthday. Woo hoo! Or boo hoo. Depending on your perspective. The final year of my thirties has begun. Then again, much of my thirties has not been kind to my mental health, so maybe I should be happy to turn a new corner.
And speaking of turning a new corner...
- That part time job I mentioned at the beginning of this post? It's now my new full time job! You're looking at a communications coordinator WITH health insurance. Medical, dental AND vision.
That's right, I'm fancy.
I would have taken this job just for the fact that I no longer also have to be the office manager / tech support / lackey / fixer of spreadsheets for crazy bitches for no additional money. The rest - like a 403(b), life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more money for only doing one job - is merely gravy.
I still work for a non-profit, but now it's one in education, not the environment. That part was a bit difficult, but I know it will be the right move in the long run. It also means you're going to have to endure a lot of tirades and ramblings about climate change, water conservation and polar bears and shit since I won't be using up brain cells on these things at work any more. (Not that I worked with or thought about polar bears much at my former job, but you know what I mean...)
So I hope your spring has been exciting as well. It's been 80+ degrees for the last four days and I completed the first yard mowing of the year today. I guess that means summer is on its way whether I like it or not.
Don't know about you, but I think I'm ready for a vacation.


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VALIS vs UBIK
VALIS is Philip K Dick's name for the broadcasting satellite Black Knight, discovered in 1959 and photographed in 1960, before any satellite of such size and performance could have been launched from earth. It relayed the messages from a distant star, and ultimately, from God.
UBIK is a name for the sentient force of enslavement, marketing and evil.
UBIK is the media. Simple as that. There is no good part of the media, anywhere. The internet is the battleground between UBIK and VALIS- and we can see this because the exact moment that any part of he internet goes from being a means of people speaking directly to a commercial site of any kind- UBIK takes over and the information is not just suspect, it is guaranteed contaminated.
Alex Jones- classic example.
GLP- classic example.
ATS- classic example.
God / VALIS wants direct contact with us. UBIK wants to drown the signal out in noise.
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The Ten Major Principles of the Gnostic Revelation
From Exegesis, by Philip K. Dick
The Gnostic Christians of the second century believed that only a special revelation of knowledge rather than faith could save a person. The contents of this revelation could not be received empirically or derived a priori. They considered this special gnosis so valuable that it must be kept secret. Here are the ten major principles of the gnostic revelation:
1. The creator of this world is demented.
2. The world is not as it appears, in order to hide the evil in it, a delusive veil obscuring it and the deranged deity.
3. There is another, better realm of God, and all our efforts are to be directed toward
1. returning there
2. bringing it here
4. Our actual lives stretch thousands of years back, and we can be made to remember our origin in the stars.
5. Each of us has a divine counterpart unfallen who can reach a hand down to us to awaken us. This other personality is the authentic waking self; the one we have now is asleep and minor. We are in fact asleep, and in the hands of a dangerous magician disguised as a good god, the deranged creator deity. The bleakness, the evil and pain in this world, the fact that it is a deterministic prison controlled by the demented creator causes us willingly to split with the reality principle early in life, and so to speak willingly fall asleep in delusion.
6. You can pass from the delusional prison world into the peaceful kingdom if the True Good God places you under His grace and allows you to see reality through His eyes.
7. Christ gave, rather than received, revelation; he taught his followers how to enter the kingdom while still alive, where other mystery religions only bring about amnesis: knowledge of it at the "other time" in "the other realm," not here. He causes it to come here, and is the living agency to the Sole Good God (i.e. the Logos).
8. Probably the real, secret Christian church still exists, long underground, with the living Corpus Christi as its head or ruler, the members absorbed into it. Through participation in it they probably have vast, seemingly magical powers.
9. The division into "two times" (good and evil) and "two realms" (good and evil) will abruptly end with victory for the good time here, as the presently invisible kingdom separates and becomes visible. We cannot know the date.
10. During this time period we are on the sifting bridge being judged according to which power we give allegiance to, the deranged creator demiurge of this world or the One Good God and his kingdom, whom we know through Christ.
To know these ten principles of Gnostic Christianity is to court disaster.
VALIS is the communication mechanism of God- like the Metatron in Angel belief or Metron in the NEW GODS comics by Jack Kirby. The messenger which is itself the message, allowing people to see what we think of as the future.
UBIK is the mad god who created the apparently physical world. The God of what people are coming to call the Matrix. UBIK imitates the real Highest, and since the Highest seeks to constantly communicate with us- like an infinite wireless internet of love- UBIK imitates this, as the cosmic spammer, inundating us with luciferian messages to make us misunderstand or lose the true message of love and hope and replace it with disgusting parodies.
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My first reverse applique (and hand applique) block, and it's painfully obvious. I really enjoyed doing the block, and it's pretty obvious to me which circles were done first. The circles got better as I got more practice. Fabric is from Whiffle Tree before they closed.
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- Junie Moon said...
You're learning a lot with this project--and I'm learning from you. Your project is fun to watch as it evolves.
- April 29, 2008 at 12:24 AM
- Anina said...
You're making so much progress so quickly! I love your fabric choices.
- April 29, 2008 at 8:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, that background fabric give a really cool effect!
- April 30, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- JuLo said...
Lynn, I know Ivy already tagged you for an "award", but I did too! Ha! Now you really have to do it! :)
- April 30, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Stacy said...
Lynn, Your blocks look great. Your fabric choices are so beautiful! The great thing with these applique blocks is that you improve quickly, and can tell.
Lucy looks like such a joy. I have known one other Welsh Corgi and he was such a great friend and companion to those around him. She looks to have grown so fast! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Love Stacy
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- Shannon said...
I love your take on Dear Jane. I've owned the book for a year or so now and am totally in awe of it. I've been thinking of doing it as a way to learn new techniques and hone my skills. You are inspiring.
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gSOAP on OpenVMS V0.8 Released
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The major additions in this release follow:
gSOAP provides a powerful mechanism for extending its capabilities through the use of plug-ins, and a variety of pre-existing plug-in modules are available. These plug-ins are now included with the OpenVMS kit and may be found in the gsoap$root:[plugin] directory. There are plug-ins to support HTTP GET requests, WS-Security, and many more. It should be noted that not all of the supplied plug-ins have been tested on OpenVMS, and the authors would appreciate feedback on any issues that are encountered.
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The gSOAP DOM implementation is now provided and may be utilised by linking applications with the object library gsoap$root:[lib]gsoapdom.olb. Please note that this library also includes SSL support, and it is therefore necessary to link applications with the OpenVMS SSL libraries (see Section 4.4). This requirement will be removed in future releases.
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Dalai Lama visits Arunachal Pradesh, strains Indo-China relation
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh has made China, India's neighbor very jittery. The Dalai Lama (81), who is on a visit to the easternmost state of India, has been seen by China as a deliberate diplomatic move to reiterate the Indo-China border conflict. Since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indo-China relation have been strained, with both the countries claiming that Arunachal Pradesh is theirs. While China sees large parts of the state as the extended part of South Tibet, India wouldn't let go of this part of the country.
Right after the Tibetan head monk visited Arunachal, threats from China started coming in. China's foreign ministry summoned Indian ambassador Vijay Gokhale in New Delhi on Wednesday to express dissent and raise protest against the Dalai Lama's ongoing tour in Arunachal Pradesh. For the second time, China called in an Indian ambassador to lodge a protest. The first had occurred in April 2008, when envoy Nirupama Rao was called in the wee hours when Tibetans scaled the wall of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi to protest against the Beijing Olympic torch.
China is worried that the Tibetan leader's preaching across nine days in the Himalayan state might trouble the waters across the border in Tibet. The state-run Chinese Global Times has talked threateningly that India might not be able to withstand a "geopolitical" onslaught from an economically, militarily and diplomatically stronger China. Also, The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through PoK, has been a sore point of India.
"The Dalai's visit to Arunachal Pradesh this time is seen as New Delhi using the monk as a diplomatic tool to put pressure on China," the Global Times said.


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Collegial Harassment And Threats Of Violence In Mike DeWine's Office
What's a little harassment and threat of violence between colleagues?
Just a bit of fun in Mike DeWine's office, apparently.
According to the Associated Press, two cases of internal harassment cases have recently surfaced in DeWine's office that involved a "partial departure from protocol."
The first occurred after "DeWine requested and received the name of a confidential informant thought to have knowledge of someone committing sexual harassment." That case was reportedly "closed days later after the initial witness declined to cooperate and no harasser could be identified."
The second case involved an assistant AG in DeWine's employment-law section, and a legal secretary in the office.
"(An) investigation found that on June 26, 2013, (Supervisor Lisa) Jewell reported hearing (assistant attorney general Tim) Miller tell the secretary, 'You know, there is nothing more fun than smacking a woman — that is, except for punching them.'"
Jewell brought the matter to another supervisor, Timothy Lecklider, who was then in charge of investigating and handling this matter. (Lecklider now reportedly works for the Franklin County prosecutor).
"Lecklider reported a strained relationship with Jewell and said he viewed the allegations she presented in the spring as hearsay," the AP reported. And after having to be remind by an assistant section chief of his obligation to handle the incident, "Lecklider acted by issuing a verbal warning to Miller to stop the behavior. He told Jewell at the time that he didn't want the office to be 'a no-fun zone,' the investigation found."
Lawd'a'mighty, who the hell is this guy when he's at home? Call me naive, but I'm pretty sure it's possible to have fun in the workplace without throwing around sexist jokes about violence against women.
DeWine's opponent this Nov. 4 is having none of it.
"These startling incidents are starting to resemble a workplace out of the 1950s when it comes to women. It's long past time to end a "Mad Men" culture which keeps rearing its ugly head in the Attorney General's Office," Pepper said in a news release.
"The attorney general can't lead the fight to prevent violence against women if he doesn't protect the women who work in his own office. Threats of violence are never acceptable and should never be swept under the rug. I will order a complete internal investigation of these incidents and any others—and bring in outside experts to do a top-to-bottom review of the office's harassment policies and practices—to ensure that we are taking every possible step to create a safe, harassment-free working environment in the AG's office."
David DeWitt is a journalist and universal minister based out of Athens, Ohio. He can be found on Twitter @TheRevDeWitt.
What else has gone on in his office? The environment sounds so unprofessional. What makes this incident even worse is that it involved an AG from the employment law section. Most places I have worked would fire a stooge like that, immediately.


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Photographer Brendan van Son has really a good taste in photography especially in Nature Photography. Beside photography, he is also a good travel writer who lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Brendan writes on his Facbook account, "After University Brendan set off to try and discover the world he had read about in the books. Over the past 5 years he has traveled through 6 continents and has written and photographed his every movement. You can find his work on his own personal website "Brendan's Adventures: The World is my Jungle Gym" or featured in travel magazines and ezines."
Jabal Shams, Oman
A baby seal waves on the beach in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador
Dragon's Den px
A Chimpanzee in Sierra Leone
Dunhuang Crescent Moon Oasis, China
A Sea Lion's Cry
A trail towards the mountains in Torres del Paine National Park
Orkhon Falls in Central Mongolia
Colourful Crab
El Cielo waterfall near Capurgana, Colombia
Flower of Belfast
Havasu Falls
Landscape at Mati Si, China in Gansu Province
On the river in Mongolia
Phnom Penh
Rainbow overtop of a waterfall scene in Torres del Paine, Chile
Stars in Southern Mongolia
The Bow River running past Banff, Canada
This is from Wahiba Sands, Oman
Twin waterfalls at Iguazu Falls
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SANTA FE, N.M.—New Mexico calls itself the Land of Enchantment. But the spell isn't working all that well.
Overnight tourist trips in New Mexico have dropped by nearly 10% in the past three years, and spending on everything from souvenir magnets to turquoise jewelry fell by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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STARKVILLE, MS (AP) - Before this season when new Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz told linebacker Chris White he had a chance to win the Butkus Award, the senior laughed.
Turns out, that's not as crazy as he imagined.
White, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound middle linebacker, was crucial in the Bulldogs' 10-7 victory over No. 22 Florida on Saturday, making 11 tackles, including 4.5 for a loss and 2.5 sacks.
Though he hasn't received much national recognition, White has quietly been one of the SEC's most productive players, ranking second with 12 tackles for a loss and five sacks.
No. 24 Mississippi State (4-2) will play its first game as a ranked team in more than nine years on Saturday, when it hosts UAB (2-4) at Scott Field.
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This trail is also known as "OH DEAR LORD WHY!?" at least it is to me and Greg. Don't get me wrong, it was absolutely beautiful and we had an amazing time, but this 7.2 mile loop trail is nothing but hills. Over the course of this trail, you will fall and rise over 1000 feet in elevation, which makes total sense when you find out that Black Rock Mountain State Park is the highest elevation park in Georgia. And man, does it have some of the most glorious views. You can see for miles from the visitor's center at the peak of the mountain. We totally want to go back and try our hand (or legs) at the other, shorter trails.
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Residents in Vernon are shocked after police said a man was murdered on the 2400 block of Fannin St.
"Nothing has ever happened like this before, not here in this neighborhood," said Leticia Valtierra, who lives across the street from the house.
Police responded to a disturbance call around 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
"When they arrived there, the officers found the victim was deceased," said Vernon Police Chief Tom Wilson about the victim, 45 year-old Michael Jerome Ridge. "From the initial investigation, it appears he died by being struck from a blunt object."
Police arrested 19 year-old Ezekiel Bell at another house in Vernon, just 20 minutes after officers were called to the scene.
Still, some Vernon residents are concerned about their safety in the wake of this horrific act.
"It kind of just makes you not comfortable anymore, you know? Being at home, having it happen here in your own hometown, it makes you wonder, ' What's going to happen next?'" said Camisha McArther, who knew both the victim and the suspect. "I'm really actually literally scared now. I don't know what's going to happen next."
Others who knew both parties involved said there was no "bad blood" between them, and friends remember the victim fondly.
"He was energetic, He was always hyper. He didn't fool with nobody, you know what I'm saying?" said family friend Shanae Favors. "It's life, but you don't expect it to hit home. It's just like a nightmare. I just wish I'd wake up, but it's actually reality."
Bell was being held in Wilbarger County jail, charged with murder.
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Broadband provider BT is going to test its new fibre optic cables on residential sites around the UK, it has been suggested.
It is thought that the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology will be tested in residential areas that already have a broadband infrastructure, which are known as brownfield sites.
According to ZDNet, the operator could implement the scheme in Highams Park, north London.
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Definition of Qualitative Research in Social Sciences
Approaches to Management Research
Positivism versus Phenomenology
Deductive and Inductive
Schools of Thought in Management Research
Major Qualitaitve Research Approaches
Ethnographic Approach
Field Research
Grounded Theory
Case study
Action Research
Narrative research
Qualitative Data Collection Techniques
Workshops / Focus Groups
Literature Review
Participant Observation
Nonparticipant Observation
Data Analysis and Analytic Techniques
Analytic induction
Constant comparison
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Quality of Qualitative Research
Discussion and Conclusion
Definition of Qualitative Research in Social Sciences
The label qualitative methods is an umbrella term covering an array of interpretive techniques which seek to describe, decode, translate and otherwise come to terms with the meaning, not the frequency, of certain more or less naturally occurring phenomena in the social world. It involves the use of a vast array of non-statistical data collection and analysis techniques and rich mixture of inductive theory building practice. Figure 1 gives a good description of what of what type of research is considered qualitative together with what is not from research strategy and pupose to data collection and analysis methods. Typically the observation and testing of theoretical predictions entail the researcher's a priori conceptualization, operationalization and statistical measurement of dimensions of respondents' behaviour rather than beginning with their subjective perspectives. Indeed, human subjectivity is often specifically excluded from explanations of behaviour because such "inner" subjective causes are taken to be empirically unobservable and hence inadmissible as "genuinely scientific explanations".
In contrast, qualitative research has a direct interest in accessing actors' subjective meanings and interpretations in order to explain their behaviour, although whether or not this is possible in an objective manner has been subjected to much debate. Such commitments to understand are premised upon the idea that to follow the approach of the natural sciences in the study of the social world is an error because human action, unlike the behaviour of non-sentient objects in the natural world, has an internal subjective logic which must be understood in order to make it intelligible. Quantitative measures of phenomena are seen to impose an external researcher-derived logic which excludes, or at best distorts rather than captures, actors' subjectivity from the data collected. Hence qualitative management research has been seen as arising in response to these perceived limitations in conventional quantitative management research. Approaches to Management Research
Positivism versus Phenomenology
"There is a long-standing debate about the most appropriate philosophical position from which methods should be derived. In the red-corner is phenomenology, in the blue- corner is positivism" (Young, 2005 in Zikmund, 1988). Social scientists of a Positivist influence advocate that the social world exists externally and it can be measured through a scientific approach, for example through objective methods involving meticulous testing and observation. Theory is deduced through rigorous testing and observation, and seeks to explain causal relationships between variables i.e. through experimental, quasi-experimental, survey and rigorously defined methods (Young, 2005 in Denzin and Lincoln, 1994). The alternative view of the Phenomenology approach states that reality is socially constructed rather than...
References: Young, K. E., (2003). An Exploration of the Use of Graphic Facilitative Methods
within the Strategic Change Process
Trochim, W. M.K. (2005). Research Methods Knowledge Base, http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/
Savenye, W. C. and Robinson, R. S. (2003). Qualitative Research Issues And Methods: An Introduction For Educational Technologists
Johnson, P., Buehring A., Cassell, C. and Symon, G. (2003). Evaluating Qualitative Management Research: Towards a Contingent Criteriology
Zinn, J. O. (2004). Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network (SCARR)
Thompson, F. and Perry C. (2004).Generalising results of an action research project in one work place to other situations Principles and practice, European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 38 No. 3/4, pp. 401-417
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Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, attended the Order of the Garter Service at Windsor Castle today, arriving along with Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall. Kate was very well received, gaining applaud from the large crowd that had gathered hoping to get a glimpse of the future Queen. Kate looked amazing in a silvery-grey outfit with matching hat: Kate's dress coat is by Katherine ... View the Post
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Back-to-school lunch ideas: Here's 15 healthy bento box ideas and inspirations. Also includes food safety, decoration tips and all you need to know about bento making!
School is now back in session. If you are a parent like me, you know how packing lunches for your children can be a daily challenge. That's why bento boxes are the best solution for school lunches (and work lunches). In Japan, bento boxes are packed with care and love to accompany the little ones to school everyday.
With the various smart compartments, bento boxes allow you to pack a healthy, perfectly portioned, exciting and wholesome meals. Bento making is almost like an art form itself. For the crafty parents and kids, you get to enjoy the creative process of putting lunches together. When lunch boxes are presented creatively, you know you never have to worry about untouched foods when the children come home.
The best thing about bento? You can repurpose weekend preps and dinner leftovers throughout the week. Since bento boxes are reusable and eco-friendly, you can eliminate the use of anything plastic too.
Here I've rounded up 15 bento box ideas and inspirations for packing healthy school lunches that could also work at the office. For beginners, there are many helpful guides in this roundup on how to pack healthy lunch, food safety, decoration tips and more. Let's get started!
15 Back to School Easy Bento Box Ideas & Recipes
1. Bento Tutorial 101
New to making Bento? Here are some helpful tips and tools on how to make healthy and colorful bento for you get started.
2. Teriyaki Chicken Meatball Bento
Delicious and tender teriyaki chicken meatballs packed along with steamed rice, ham flower, fruits, crab salad, egg, and broccoli in a stylish bento box. This is a sure win for school lunch!
3. Sanshoku Bento 三色弁当
Beautiful bento tastes twice as good. The bright colors and artistic composition of this Sanshoku Bento will make the lunchtime the best of your child's school day.
4. Egg Salad Sandwich Bento
Have a busy week ahead? This simple and delicious egg salad sandwich bento can be ready in minutes! Just cook up some hard-boiled eggs over the weekend for quick assembly.
5. Hamburger Steak Bento ハンバーグ弁当
Want a meatier option for lunch? For active or older kids, this Japanese hamburger (hambagu) steak bento with broccoli, tomato, celery, and corn will keep them going.
6. Sweet and Sour Chicken Bento 鶏と野菜の黒酢あん弁当
Looking for a bento lunch idea that is both kid and adult friendly? Packed along with steamed rice, ramen egg & Japanese potato salad on the side, this Sweet and Sour Chicken Bento makes the best of dinner leftover and turn lunch into one satisfying meal.
7. Honey Soy Sauce Chicken Bento はちみつ醤油チキン弁当
Sweet and flavorful chicken drummettes bento with sautéed cabbage, Tamagoyaki, tomatoes, and fresh fruits. Enjoy with onigiri for a better-than-take-out lunch.
8. Karaage Bento 唐揚げ弁当
Japanese bite-size fried chicken with tamagoyaki (rolled omelette), broccoli, tomato, sautéed spinach, and onigiri rice balls all packed in a classy bento. This Karaage Bento is literally a box filled with your child's favorite foods.
9. Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls) Bento おにぎり
Tired of sandwiches? Filling and nutritious, Origini Bento is a great snack choice for after-school activities. These Japanese rice balls are portable and they make lunch on-the-go a cinch.
10. Cute Bento Recipes
Little kids can never say no to cute animal sandwich bento. You can expect their eyes light up when they see their favorite animal characters in the lunch box. Keep the ingredients simple. Choices like cheese, ham, eggs, fruits and cut vegetables are always popular. Better still, have them pack the bento together for some bonding and craft time. They will enjoy the creativity and the food that is made together with love.
11. Piggy Spam Musubi Bento
This Hawaiian inspired Piggy Spam Musubi Bento is flat out adorable and super fun to eat. Don't forget to throw in colorful vegetables and tropical fruits to the lunch box.
12. Ginger Pork Onigirazu Bento
For grown-up kids and adults, try this Ginger Pork Onigirazu Bento. Savory sweet pork slices with a hint of ginger wrapped between layers of rice and nori, it makes a hearty and delicious meal at school or at work.
13. How to Make Bento Video Tutorial
This bento video tutorial gives you plenty of helpful tips and tools on how to make healthy and colorful Bento Boxes.
14. Bento Side Dishes
The secret to a beautiful and wholesome bento is to add side dishes with various colors. Learn how to decorate the school lunch box with these quick and easy bento side dishes.
15. Food Safety Tips For Bento
There are a few important tips to properly pack your bento. Follow these simple tips for food safety.
More Delicious Bento Box Ideas
I hope you have fun packing bento for your children. If you are looking for more bento boxes recipes, click here to get inspiration! The key to packing bento is to switch up protein, grains, vegetables, fruits or healthy snacks, I promise your kid's school lunch will never be boring again. Thank you so much for reading and till next time!
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Troubled rapper DMX is a father for the 15th time. The 45-year-old New York native, whose real name is Earl Simmons, welcomed a son with his longtime girlfriend Desiree Lindstrom.
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A witness told blogger Love B. Scott that the screaming match escalated to violence when Vince bit down on Tamar's finger, drawing blood.
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Posted by docLEXfistithe more shadows to hide zombies in! zombiegames rule in my book :)
too much black for me ... I hate it when I dont see anything - during a day ...
too much black for me ... I hate it when I dont see anything - during a day ...
looks promising. far cry meets resident evil indeed.
that looked freakin good, would have like to have seen more gameplay, but thats some of the best looking jungle around :)
but one question, i heard somewhere that this game was a europe only game and wont be released in the US. is this true or is this just BS?
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Bacon Hill tops in Oktoberfest chili competition
Despite the rain and wind, Bacon Hill Kitchen & Pub had a good day at Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 3, in downtown Elkhart.
The Cowboy Chili from the menu of the relatively new Elkhart restaurant won the people's choice award and finished second in the judge's voting. The booth staffed by owners David and Zachary Lucchese also won the award for being best.
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"It's a pretty traditional chili," Zach said. "Onions, garlic, pepper, tomatoes."
He uses their burger blend of pork and beef. Near the end of its simmer, the chili gets smoked chicken, pulled pork and house barbecue sauce.
Lucchese competed in the contest previously with Lucchese's Italian Restaurant, but never won award. He enjoys seeing the creativity of other chefs.
"It's just fun to see what everyone else comes up with and the different styles," he said.
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This year, a record 15 restaurants and city departments competed in the contest at Elkhart Civic Plaza. There were white chilis with chicken and plenty of red chilis with pork, beef and even lamb.
Iechyd Da finished second in the people's choice category and McCarthy's third. Miles Lab finished second and 5 Star Dive Bar third in the competition for best booth.
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Mayoral candidate Tim Neese and Mayor Dick Moore judged, along with yours truly. The three of us picked New Paradigm as the top chili, Bacon Hill as second and the FOP third. The officers from the Elkhart Police Department bested the Elkhart Fire Department in the battle of the badge.
Pillars of Elkhart hosts the annual event, which was hampered some by the weather, but still had a good turnout.