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Eric Lefkofsky is a Chicago-based entrepreneur who is known for companies such as Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, InnerWorkings, Lightbank, Uptake Technologies, and Mediaocean. His latest venture is Tempus, which he founded in 2015, and the company has already earned a spot among Chicago's top ten health techs. As of this week, Tempus can add another title to its repertoire. With the latest fundraising round having increased its value to an approximate $1.1 billion, the company has obtained "unicorn" status. Only few startups in Chicago can say that they have this title.
According to Chiciago Tribune, contributors of the latest funding round include firms such as New Enterprise Associates and Revolution Growth, who have invested in Tempus before. New investors are Kinship Trust Co. and funds advised by T. Rowe Price Associates. The new funds will be put toward further growth and scale of the company's clinical and molecular analytic platform. With the last funding amount, the company has raised a total of $210 million to date.
"Tempus was born out of frustration with a health care system that too often let powerful data and real world evidence go to waste," said Eric Lefkofsky, founder and CEO at Tempus. "Given the breadth and scale of our current data set, we're in a unique positon to help usher in an era of precision medicine to support patients battling disease."
Tempus is expanding rapidly – it is adding about 30 employees to its team of 400, and this trend is expected to continue as the firm also uses funding to expand its reach.
With Tempus, Lefkofsky is taking on cancer by means of gathering all of the patients' data, both clinical and molecular, combining the two, and essentially creating a repository of all of the cancer patients' data in structured form. In some cases, data can be as simple as digitizing an originally handwritten doctor's note so that it is in the database, searchable by all other physicians treating other cancer patients. Structured data is achieved via its interactive and analytical machine learning platform.
Tempus generates molecular data by sequencing cancer patients' DNA and RNA as means to uncover more personalized treatment options and by generating actionable insights for more impactful outcomes. The company's goal is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before by providing physicians with tools that learn as Tempus gathers more data. This information is also beneficial for drug companies that pay for access to such data to improve drug development.
According to Lefkofsky, the company collaborates with both individuals and organizations in all sectors of the health care system. This includes doctors as well as drug companies, who are searching for a way to use big data to treat patients more effectively. Tempus has partnered with about 50 research hospitals including Northwestern, University of Chicago, Rush University as well as the Mayo Clinic, the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Clinic, Duke University School of Medicine, the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and Knight Cancer Institute at the OHSU. The company also collaborates with nearly all of the National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Those institutions' oncologists send their patients to Tempus for genomic sequencing.
"I think the traction we have had with everybody in the industry has been kind of amazing," Lefkofsky said. "We're in the midst of one of the most significant paradigm shifts of our time."
About Eric Lefkofsky
Lefkofsky is the founder of Groupon, a global e-commerce marketplace platform, Echo Global Logistics, a technology-enabled transportation and logistics outsourcing firm, InnerWorkings, a global provider of managed print and promotional solutions, Lightbank, a venture fund focusing on disruptive technologies, Uptake Technologies, an analytics platform and Mediaocean, a media procurement technologies provider. The Chicago-based serial entrepreneur founded each business model based on the focus on using scale and organization in addressing problems that have been traditionally solved on an ad hoc basis. Lefkofsky authored Accelerated Disruption: Understanding the True Speed of Innovation. He has also held teaching positions at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University as well as at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He is currently adjunct professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
Lefkofsky is also a philanthropist. Together with his wife, he founded the Lefkofsky Family Foundation in 2006. Its primary aim is the advancement of high-impact initiatives in education, fundamental human rights, medicine, art and culture that enhance lives in the communities that are served. The two are also members of The Giving Pledge, where membership is a commitment to contribute nearly half one's wealth to philanthropic causes. Lefkofsky is on the board of trustees of the Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Science and Industry and World Business Chicago. He is also the Chairman of the Chicago-based Board of Trustees of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
About Tempus
Tempus' aim is to use big data analytics in order to facilitate cancer treatment by taking advantage of the recent human genome sequencing, science and technology advances. For the first time in the history of cancer care, Tempus enables data to permeate cancer therapy and thereby unlocks the vast amounts of information from a large medical system. Tempus has the capacity to extract patient information out of the disorganized and disconnected records and structure, cleanse and annotated the clinical data for easier access and comprehension. Tempus' service repertoire also encompasses complete DNA and RNA sequencing at its CAP/CLIA-certified laboratory facilities that have a yearly data processing capacity for 50,000 patients.
For more information on Tempus, please visit tempus.com, Facebook: @TempusLabs and Twitter: @TempusLabs. For more information on Eric Lefkofsky, please visit lefkofsky.com, LinkedIn: ericlefkofsky, Twitter: @lefkofsky or Facebook: @eplefkofsky.


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The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should be valued as manifestations of the richness of our shared creativity.
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Historian Arnold Toynbee dared to challenge stereotypes of people and cultures—and was fired from London University as a result.


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Scientific details
Scientific name:Pelargonium graveolens
Origin: Leaf
Note: Middle Note
Extraction: Steam Distilled
Scent: Characteristic Slightly Dry / Floral / Green
The history of geranium
According to the Aromatherapy library "Geranium essential oil was used as far back in history as ancient Egyptian times; the Egyptians used geranium oil to treat cancerous tumors. Geranium was brought to Europe in the late 17th century and became popular during the Victorian era; fresh leaves of geranium were placed at formal dining tables and used as finger bowls. In the Victorian parlor, the potted rose geranium plant was placed on tables, where a fresh sprig could be obtained" Now in modern times we use it for cosmetics due to it skin revitalizing properties.
The beneficial properties of Geranium
Geranium Egyptian Essential oil has many beneficial properties that will positively effect our bodies externally as well as internally. A commonly known facts is geranium's ability to prevent cancer however some of these quaities are a lesser known facts. According to Dr.Axe he calls it the "Healing Helper – Geranium oil helps to speed up the healing process of cuts, wounds and incisions. It also helps in fading the look of scars and other spots on the skin quickly. Because geranium oil has powerful cicatrisant properties, it increases blood circulation right below the surface of the skin — this helps with the healing of spots caused by acne, cuts or wounds, surgical incisions or skin irritations" (Dr. Axe)The healing properties of Geranium was what instantly made it one of my favorite oils. Its one thing for an essential oil to help you relax its another when it can heal wounds and to me thats just amazing!
interesting videos on Geranium
The Experiment
I decided to try and create an oil for my dad to use to help soothe the dry skin on his legs. I came up with a blend of Geraniu, bergamont, and lemon. I loved that their beneficial properties synergiezed togeather to create ths super healing oil. At first my dad said the contents may have ben a bit to stong so i went back to the drawing board and added african shea butter and some coconut oil to help dillution. I have documented photos of the changes in his legs even after the first treatment.
This is a picture taken of dad's legs before the first trial with the oils. he was born with some kind of skin condition that's he's never really getting it diagnosed. This is how his natural skin looks maybe 5 minutes after being out of the shower for 10 minutes.
This is a photo of my dads legs after his first treatment. He said his skin felt better after the treatment. however later in my observations he's asked me to dilute it more because of a slight tingling sensation it has given him so now the cream I am on creating for him is still in progress but will b done soon.
1,A, J. (n.d.). 10 Geranium Oil Benefits for Healthy Skin and More. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from https://draxe.com/10-geranium-oils-benefits-healthy-skin-much/
2,A, J. (n.d.). 10 Geranium Oil Benefits for Healthy Skin and More. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from https://draxe.com/10-geranium-oils-benefits-healthy-skin-much/
3,Geranium Essential Oil [Video blog review]. (n.d.). Retrieved December 20, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCgF5izgQx0
4,Falsetto, A. L. (210). Aromatherapy Library - a Profile of Geranium Essential Oil. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from http://www.aromatherapylibrary.com/geraniumessentialoilprofile.html
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The Orioles lost last night to the White Sox and I was there, unfortunately. The whole experience was much like a funeral. Buck Showalter made it exciting by getting ejected but that was nothing more than making a funeral interesting by knocking over the casket and having the body spill out. Someone in the crowd started a Redskins chant. Other people heckled Felix Pie, who is still an Oriole, although I don't know why.
At 44-69 the Orioles have themselves the worst record in the AL. An 18-31 record in the next month and a half will get them 100 losses.
Why does it matter? Why should we root for it to happen?
There is the draft pick reason. Right now the O's trail the Astros by 6 games for the #1 overall pick. But maybe, just maybe, 100 losses will sound off some alarms down at the warehouse. I know we've come close to 100 losses in the past, but there is something special about a three-digit number in the loss column.
Maybe Angelos will get mad and start firing people and actually hiring some competent people. I know it's a long shot, but that's all we O's fans can hope for.
In a season this bad, it's all we have.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Posted: Feb 12, 2019
Albany, NY--The Sage Colleges' basketball double header with Hartwick College slated for Tuesday, February 12 at Kahl Gym has been postponed. The twinbill has been rescheduled for Monday, February 18 at Kahl Gym. The women's game will take place at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game will follow at 7:30 p.m.
Sage's women's team will be back in action on Thursday, February 14 hosting Stevens in an Empire 8 contest. Sage will honor the 2018-2019 Women's Basketball Seniors prior to Thursday's contest, while the Men's Basketball Seniors will be honored on Monday night prior to their Hartwick contest.


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What Is It?
Lysine is one of numerous amino acids that the body needs for growth and tissue repair. It is classified as one of the nine "essential" amino acids because you need to get it from outside sources such as foods or supplements--in other words the body can't make it on its own.
Like all amino acids, lysine functions as a building block for proteins. It's also a key player in the production of various enzymes, hormones, and disease-fighting antibodies.
Many foods supply lysine, but the richest sources by far include red meats, fish, and dairy products (milk, eggs, cheese). Vegetables, on the other hand, are generally a poor source of lysine, with the exception of legumes (beans, peas, lentils).
There is currently no official recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for lysine. It is estimated, however, that the daily requirement for an adult is approximately 12 mg per kilogram (2.2 lb) of body weight. While many people satisfy their need for lysine through dietary sources, supplements are now popular for treating and preventing specific ailments as well.
Health Benefits
Researchers are exploring the value of lysine supplementation and the consumption of lysine-rich foods for lowering cholesterol, improving athletic performance, and enhancing recovery after surgery.
Some nutritionally oriented physicians and dentists recommend taking lysine during an outbreak of canker sores to speed healing. The exact cause of these tiny but quite painful mouth ulcers is unclear, but most research indicates that a virus is responsible. However, there have been almost no clinical trials using lysine as a remedy for canker sores.
The most promising application of lysine is its use in managing and preventing painful and unsightly herpes sores caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Specifically, lysine may help to:
A few years ago, researchers discovered that in order to grow (replicate), the herpes virus needs arginine, another common amino acid. (Foods high in arginine include chocolate, peanuts, almonds, seeds, cereal grains, gelatin, and raisins.) Lysine competes with arginine for absorption and entry into tissue cells. And when lysine is present, it inhibits the growth of HSV by knocking out arginine.
This makes a diet high in lysine and low in arginine a useful tool in managing HSV infections. In a recent study, participants consumed large amounts of lysine (about 1 gram three times each day) while restricting food sources of arginine. A significant number of participants (74%) noticed an improvement in their HSV infections and a decrease in the number of outbreaks.
Lysine supplements (as opposed to foods high in this nutrient) can also play an important role in staving off and reducing the severity of herpes-related cold sores. Results of a six-month trial involving more than 50 people indicate that lysine is far more effective than a placebo in preventing cold sores. Participants given a placebo had more than twice as many such infections as those taking lysine. Moreover, the herpes sores that did develop in the lysine group tended to be milder, and to heal faster, than the outbreaks in the placebo group.
Lysine supplements may even prevent HSV outbreaks in chronic sufferers.
Dosage Information
Special tips:
--Of all the amino acids, lysine is the most sensitive to the effects of food processing, such as dry heat. The amount of protein available in legumes and other sources of lysine can be significantly reduced if they have been toasted or roasted.
--Common foods high in lysine include nonfat milk (8 fluid ounces, or 245 grams, contains about 660 mg of lysine) and whole-wheat bread (one slice of wheat bread, or 28 grams, provides 85 mg of lysine).
For canker sores: Take 1,000 mg L-lysine three times a day with meals while a canker sore is present. Reduce the dose to 500 mg three times a day for one week following healing.
For cold sores: Take 1,000 mg L-lysine three times a day with meals for flare-ups. If you are subject to recurrent outbreaks of cold sores, continue on a maintenance dosage of 1,000 mg day.
For shingles: Take 1,000 mg L-lysine three times a day with meals during flare-ups. Reduce the dose to 500 mg three times a day for one week after healing.
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A project that could impact Manassas residents is underway.
The Prince William County Service Authority (PWCSA) has started the first part of the Sudley Road Water Main Improvements Project.
It seeks to maintain water quality and improve the reliability of the water system.
The Service Authority's contractor will install about 7,700 feet of 16-inch water main between the Sudley Road-Rixlew Lane intersection and the Ashton Avenue-Sudley Manor Drive junction in Manassas, according to a release.
In the second phase, officials will shut down the existing main, which was constructed in the 1970s and 1980s and can be difficult to work on.
"Loop closures" will also be added.
To limit traffic disruptions, the contractor will work on the project at night, when possible.
During one evening, Ashton Avenue may be closed from Lomond Drive to Crestwood Drive while workers connect and current water main with the new one.
The date of the expected closure will be advertised on detour signs that will be put in place before the work occurs.
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A country hit hard by the economic crisis is not the most fertile ground for highly idealistic talk about philanthropy and environment friendliness. Especially if many businesses are struggling to survive and see investments as an unaffordable luxury. Or is it? With this in mind, the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, in cooperation with SSE Riga and the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized an Outlook event trying to answer the question if CSR kills competitiveness.
Four speakers were invited to give different perspectives on the topic. Inga Sina, chairperson of the board of Rietumu Charity Fund highlighted the importance of charitable initiatives. Apart from enumerating an impressive list of projects, the most provocative statement of her presentation concerned the press. The activities are, apart from media outlets that are partnering in the projects, not reported on. Basically, the press attitude in Latvia boils down to news about charity projects of businesses, even if executed by an independently operating foundation, being seen as advertisement. That certainly is an attitude that needs to change. Sure, one of the benefits of corporate philanthropy for a company is free publicity, but at least they're giving back to society by doing so. And media can, and should, report on that. In that reporting, they can take a critical point of view as much as they like, but paying for the renovation of a children's hospital should not be published about only if advertising space is bought.
Next on the agenda was a look into how benchmarking and transparency of CSR efforts is made possible through the Global Reporting Initiative. An insightful presentation by Malin Lindfors-Speace of Swedish CSR experts Ethos International, making very clear the process of coming to a good CSR strategy, and then reporting on it in a globally recognized manner. For some in Latvia, this might seem a challenge for a far off future, but the pragmatism preached by Ms Lindfors-Speace was appealing. Start with what your first concerns are, and report to those that want the information in a way that is suited for that. Posting it in your shop, or on your website, for example. Very hands-on, and also very achievable for small businesses.
Sandis Steins of Statoil then gave insight how CSR is done the Latvian way, and why. The basic competitive advantage gained by the CSR programme of Statoil was risk mitigation and avoidance of costs related to scandal and accidents. In a company that deals with highly explosive goods as their main line of business, that is very understandable. But the CSR efforts at Statoil are already many years in the making, and have become part of the company DNA. By extending their demands to suppliers and their subcontractors, Statoil is one of the companies taking a leading role in Latvia.
The shortest, but maybe most provocative speach was by Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A quick poll around some of the businesses she has daily contact with, lead her to a personal conclusion that CSR is a luxury Latvian companies cannot afford now that they're struggling to climb out of the immense crater created by the economic crisis, in a country where the only ones with money are the government and EU funds.
Dr Roberts Kilis moderated the ensuing discussion that was a good reflection of sentiments and business best practices, where only between the lines the key question of the day was answered. By the pragmatism of Malin Lindfors-Speace and the practical experience of Sandis Steins. But also by some of the contributions from the audience. Does CSR kill your competitiveness? Maybe, if you see it as something that is imposed by others on your company. And if you're the only one bidding for a government project that duly pays taxes, and then lose the tender because your competitors can offer a lower price because of that, you might be led to believe that social responsibility kills your competitiveness. Especially if the government is slow in putting regulation in place to create a level playing field, and does not play by rules that promote fair competition.
But if you listen carefully to what was said, there is another story. Switching off lights, reducing travel costs, reducing waste all are examples of how social responsibility is a sustainable way of doing business that directly delivers cost reductions. And if your key competitive edge over the competition is that you are better in paying off decision makers, well, that is an advantage that does not get you anything in key export markets like Scandinavia and other EU countries. So, to paraphrase the British Ambassador, CSR does not kill your competitiveness, it can certainly boost it.
This post was published also on the CSR in the Baltics blog.


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Tammi J. Truax is the 12th Poet Laureate of Portsmouth.
Tammi, a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, works with fourth-grade writers at an elementary school and as a Connections program facilitator for the NH Humanities Council teaching new adult readers. She has lived and worked in New Hampshire, Maine, and Germany, and has taught in a variety of nontraditional settings from preschool to prison.
In 2008, with NH poet Kyle Potvin, Tammi founded the non-profit The Prickly Pear Poetry Project: Processing the Cancer Experience Through Poetry. Children's literature is a lifelong passion for her and she has several picture books ready for a publisher.
She was editor of a new release of Lady Wentworth; A Poet's Tale by Henry Longfellow (illustrated) (Bookbaby, 2013), and released her debut novel Broken Buckets, as an eBook the same year.
She is a published poet in seven anthologies, including The Widows' Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival, Edited by J. Lapidus and L. Menn, with a foreword by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Kent State University Press, 2014), and has a short story in an anthology called Compass Points (Piscataqua Press, 2015).
A volume of her poetry is due out in Feb. 2018 by Hobblebush Books. Her work can be found in several journals, newspapers, magazines, and online, including at The Huffington Post. In 2014 she was the first winner of The Provenance Prize for creative short fiction, and in 2013 and 2015 was selected to be one of the writers at A Room of Her Own Foundation's retreat at Georgia O'Keefe's ranch in New Mexico.
In 2015 and 2016 Tammi was awarded the Buffler Poetry Residency at Portsmouth High School. She was also chosen in 2015 to attend Vermont's When Words Count writing retreat. Last September The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance awarded her a scholarship to attend the 2016 Slice Literary Writers' Conference in NYC and was recently selected to attend The Tin House summer workshop this year.
Tammi is a member of many writing and historical associations. The project she is working on now is a historical novel for middle-grade readers.
Here are the words that 10th poet laureate Katherine Leigh used to introduce Tammi at the passing of the quill ceremony in city council chambers.
"Poets come to be poets laureate by circuitous routes. Each is so presented with the gift of a magnified opportunity to touch the lives of others.
"Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free"
Tammi Truax shares my affinity for the Shakers. Once she cooked a Shaker feast for friends, authentically prepared and served. Once she gifted me with a framed print that states 'sweep clean', a saying of Mother Ann Lee's.
Tammi's words are authentic and her inner compass sweeps clean. She offers a feast of diversity, wholesome and delicious.
Since her first book released in 2013, Broken Buckets, dealing with gun violence and mental health issues, through her exhaustively-researched historical fiction on the life of Ona Judge Staines, to her soon-to-be-released poetic work, For To See The Elephant, Tammi has spoken out about social issues and presented accurate historical accounts concerning slavery and animal rights. In my early days of knowing Tammi, she was hosting Beat Night, now in its twentieth year. She serves as Maine's Beat Poet Laureate and also advances her own education through graduate studies while maintaining an ongoing daily influence in the spectrums of many of Portsmouth's school children and their families.
Her accomplishments and contributions within our community are many, and of one thing I feel certain. For the next two years, we will be wisely and well fed."


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The sheep maternity ward was set up last week just in time for the new arrivals. Mat and Gem spent the day putting together the lambing and nursing pens which will soon be full of new mums and their newborns.
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Are Sonic games actually good? It's a question I asked myself when I purchased Sonic Mania for review. I grew up playing Sonic, but I never remember the games being 'must play' the way other games were. They were difficult in a way that other platforms like Mario never were. And unlike Mario, I never finished a Sonic game. Yet, people always clamor for Sonic games, so I had to see if I was missing something. Unfortunately, I was missing something – the truth. Sonic games aren't that fun.
Designed for Speed
Sonic games were always about speed. Where other platform games wanted you to spend time exploring or working on puzzles, Sonic was about getting the blue hedgehog from one end of the stage to the other as quickly as possible. Which is excellent for an 8-year old, but terrible for everyone else. And this is the ultimate problem with Sonic – the foundation of the game is just doesn't work.
Sonic Mania is a game at odds with itself. The loops, ramps, and springs are all designed to make Sonic move without you having to do anything behind the control. You run into a spring that launches you forward, and you spend time more time trying to keep up than actually moving sonic around with the d-pad. Early on the game builds a monument to speed and asks you to pray at the altar. But as soon as you do, you run into platform elements that slow you down. Or you've pressed the wrong button on the d-pad thinking you must guide Sonic across the level and you slow him down. You're continually wanting speed and doing anything to get back to it. The game wants you to go fast, moving at a pace where speed makes the character feel alive, but the minute you slow down it feels like death.
Missing the Good Stuff
And all that speed has a cost. You end up moving so fast through a level that you never have to appreciate the level design or the detail that went into the pixel art and sound design. The highlight of Sonic Mania is how it faithfully recreates the nostalgia and spirit of the Genesis era. Mania feels just like an old Sonic game, and I love how some of the levels like Chemical Zone are throwbacks to the original Sonic games. Yet I never get to enjoy them.
Take the Large gold rings that transport Sonic to a special stage where Sonic can earn chaos emeralds. They're placed strategically throughout each zone, but chances are that you'll never see them. Why? Because you only have ten minutes to complete a level or you die. Again, it's a foundational design choice that places me at odds with what is instinctive. I want to take my time and explore the different paths I can choose to reach the end of the level. I want to find the large gold rings but time is a luxury I have never have.
Level Design
Speaking of level design, I have a love-hate relationship with the way certain levels are designed. Sonic should have this ebb flow, mirroring the ups and downs of a rollercoaster. If speed is the priority, then slowing down should only be long enough to set you up for another burst of speed. But it doesn't always work out that way, some levels like Titanic Monarch want you to spend more time actually platforming than moving quickly.
The game requires this accuracy that isn't available to the player. Not only that but sometimes the enemies are positioned to annoy more than a challenge. There were instances where you would need to jump from a platform just to have an enemy waiting on you to jump with a timed attack that would knock you back down to a previous platform causing you to lose your pace and rings. I can't tell you how annoying it is to have Sonic running through loops and ramps only to be stopped by a set of spikes and then have to slowly build that speed up again.
Difficulty Spikes
Sonic Mania has some "interesting" difficulty spikes that mostly appear during boss battles. It is the assumption that because navigating through the zones isn't the hardest thing in the world that the boss battles would be where you find your difficulty. And that's fine, it's a more of an old-school style design choice but some of the bosses…yeah, it can get that bad. Metal Sonic and the Oil Ocean are two boss battles that come to mind. Especially Oil Ocean. This was one of the zones where I found myself not only annoyed with the way you lose rings but the hitboxes on Sonic.
Sonic follows in the tradition of old school games that give you some invincibility after taking damage. It's the management of this brief period of invincibility that separates the pros from the newbies. Yet, there was one thing that didn't seem to be affected by Sonic's invincibility – platforms. I found this out the hard way during my many attempts to defeat Eggman at Oil Ocean. If Sonic finds himself between two platforms, one touching his head and the other his feet it's instant death. Even if it's not really on his head, it's death. What I found most frustrating is that I couldn't recreate these occurrences similarly each time. It just seems random, like an extra hitbox floats around Sonic looking for moments to say "ah ha, Sonic should be squished now, time to die." This also happened on Titanic Monarch when jumping between platforms. Sonic didn't even have to be all the way under the platform for it to count.
What's The Point
Difficulty spikes aside, the one thing I could never answer was the point of Sonic. Why was Eggman after the chaos emeralds? And what the purpose behind each of the levels? Were they just random levels that someone thought would be cool to put together or do they have some type of meaning? I know it's strange to ask for a story from Sonic, but at least Mario had some kind of motivation. Hell, even levels were given meaning, they were places in Bowser's kingdom or places he visited. Sonic on the other hand, just seems to haphazardly traverse each zone with no rhyme or reason.
And that's ultimately the saddest thing about the game. I just stopped caring about the game. I didn't bother to get the chaos emeralds or the coins from the special stages at the checkpoints. I just wanted the game to be over with. There's a lot to like about the game from the art to the sound effects and level design. But I'm never given a chance to enjoy them. I'm supposed to go fast. Speed over everything. But that everything is what would make the game even more enjoyable that it was. And that's why Sonic isn't fun. It sacrifices everything in an attempt to keep something it can't even manage itself. Speed.
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Theranos Inc. said Thursday it hired two executives and formed a new board committee focused on quality and regulatory control, as the blood-testing startup contends with heavy regulatory sanctions and a criminal probe. Earlier this month, regulators decided to revoke Theranos's license to operate a lab in California because of unsafe practices and to ban founder and Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing business for at least two years. The most serious sanctions, such as the ban of Ms. Holmes, won't go into effect for at least another month. Theranos has said it is seeking to resolve its issues with the regulator and could also appeal the sanctions to an administrative judge. (Hufford, 7/21)


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From Storm Constantine's The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit.
(I've taken liberties with the grammer, as evidently her editor sucked balls.
This text is also Magically Triggered, so read with caution.)
The stony sand beneath our feet cooled for the night. Pebbles clicked in the shadows. Out there, in the desert, the cold and the dark creep up on you unawares. One moment it is balmy evening, the next it is a blue, gaunt, werewolf place.
Ahead of us, sand-sculpted ruins poked through choking, powdery folds; their carved summits eroded to formlessness. This must be the place Lianvis had spoken of. I could feel a hundred prickling emanations bouncing off my skin. It was a place that had felt Corruption's gingery touch.
"How old is this place?" Cal asked the Darkness, his voice hushed with caution, echoing among the blind stones.
"God forbid it should answer you!" I replied in a quavery warble.
"I think we should hide."
"We should fear least the creatures we can hide from around here," Cal told me cryptically.
I knew what he meant. Perhaps this jumble of disintegrating stone had once been a holy place. There was something of a feeling like that still lingering. Dark holes that were stone throats led down into the ground. Very little remained on the surface; most of the walls had toppled and the sand had swallowed nearly everything. I did not want to go underground. There were many places where we could crouch unseen (by hara and men at least) on the surface.
"Don't be ridiculous," Cal scoffed. "Nothing will happen out here!"
"We won't be able to see, if we go down there," I protested as reasonably as I could. It was true there were no lights, however dim, shining out from any of the tunnels.
"Well. Then we shall wait."
We leant against a half-wall, warmth oozing out from the heart of the cooling stone into our backs. We did not have to wait long. Soon a line of shambling figures folded out of the dusk, lit by the steady, orderly beams of flashlights. We crouched lower as they passed us; four or five individuals. Men or Wraeththu? It was impossible to tell from our position. One of them was obviously Shasco. We could recognize the stumbling step and labored breath.
"Now we wait again," Cal murmured, as their sounds disappeared into the Earth.
Perhaps you have heard someone say: "My heart was beating so loud I was sure others could hear it!" and have thought it a colorful, exaggerated way of simply saying: "I was scared witless". You are wrong. It really does seem that way. Any moment I expected Cal to say, "For God's sake, stop making that noise!" There was no logic reason for us to be there. If Lianvis found us, we had no excuse. If I had argued more persuasively with Cal back at the camp, I might have been able to talk him out of this reckless folly. I cursed my weakness.
Out of the Darkness came a muffled sound. Soft thuds, faint jangling. Horses.
"Two of them, I'd say," Cal whispered, lifting himself a little.
"Don't look!" I hissed, pulling him down. "It's Lianvis!"
He had to know we were there! Had to! He was Al Gomalid! He must be able to sense my fear, at least. We heard them dismount; voices, the words indistinguishable. A horse snorted, hooves dancing on the cracked paving, its bridle jingling. We listened to the voices moving away. I had been holding my breath. Now I let it out, and my stomach ached.
"What now?" I asked.
"Oh, we'll give them a few minutes to get involved in whatever they're getting involved in." Cal stood up.
"Cal!" I squeaked, tugging his arm.
"It's alright," he said, "there's no-one here."
I stood beside him. Lianvis and his companion had hobbled their horses. They looked at us from lowered heads with troubled eyes and pointed ears, snuffling and backing away. Tassels on thier bit rings brushed the ground.
"Which Tunnel do you think they took?" Cal asked me, looking round.
"Who cares!" I replied.
"That is not the spirit, Pellaz," Cal chided me in a voice that betrayed not the slightest hint of fear. "You must learn to face danger with strength and courage. You won't last long if you don't."
I will last even longer if I avoid danger, I thought.
"That one looks vaguely lit up," I said, pointing.
Keeping to the Shadows, we crept toward it. No sound issued from the uninviting gloom, but a faint, ruddy, flickering glow. I felt as if we were being watched from every other Dark Entrance. Cal stepped inside and I followed.
Shallow, worn steps, dusted with sand, curled down before us. Many thousands of fett had trod here in forgotten times. It was possible that once this building had been well above ground, perhaps even a tower, before the desert had got to work with its enveloping tides.
We descended for some minutes, progressing slowly. At the bottom a corridor with a damp, sandy floor stretched forward. The ceiling had once been plastered. We could see, from the light of a single crackling torch hung on the wall, that most of it had fallen away. The stone beneath was pitted and cracked, but there was no rubble on the floor. It seemed to indicate that the place was used fairly regularly. Wall paintings, obscured by black mold, depicted orderly rows of figures marching toward the end of the corridor, their expressions frozen in haughty piety. I had expected to hear the sounds of chanting; the preliminaries of ritual; but the single sound that echoed toward us was worse than that. Much worse.
It was the last, desperate cry of the irretrievable soul; still recognizable as human or har. Just.
I froze in horror, and found myself gripping Cal's arm. He touched my hand.
"Let go. Come on."
The corridor was not really that long. At the end, the remains of huge, wooden doors sagged inwards. Beyond that, the Light was stronger. The gap between the Door lintel and the wood was so large, we could look through easily into the room beyond. It was a high-ceilinged chamber, columned, camerated. A temple.
Several figures stood around a central bowl of Fire. Lianvis, clothed only in his hair and a black loin-cloth, threw grains into the Flames, which spurted up amethyst, sapphire, and ruby. His eyes shone like a wolf's in moonlight: reflective, milky and opalescent.
Ulaume, robed in diaphanous gray, stood at his Left side, holding a Metal dish.
His face was arrogant, yet disassociated; fronds of hair wafting about him as if in a breeze.
There was only one man there and that was Shasco. He stood a little apart from the others.
I counted 6 hara, including Lianvis and Ulaume.
Candles, thick as my wrist, stood upright in thick pools of their own wax upon the floor; illuminating the Circle and the Signs that had been chalked there.
Lianvis spoke a Word of Power, and Cold Light filled the entire chamber.
The candles guttered fitfully, as if the luminence choked their flames.
I could see then what had passed unnoticed before.
Curled up on the ground at Lianvis' feet, mooving feebly like a weak puppy kept from its mother too long, was a child; presumably human. Ulaume clicked his fingers and 2 of the Hara stepped forward to lift the Boy.
His feet trailed in the chalk as if his bones were broken.
When the Light touched his Face… God knows I never wish to see such a thing again.
He knew he was to die. Wretched hopelessness was etched across his features, frozen in a rictus of a Scream. It must have been his cry we had heard at the mouth of the corridor. I wondered what they had done to him, for him to make such a sound.
There was no mark upon his body.
Lianvis stepped forward, his head thrown back; a Wolf's Head; his eyes Beacons of Destroying Power.
Ulaume bent to untie the cloth about his master's hips, and I could see the corded muscles in his lean thighs trembling with restrained energy.
Realization made me utter a single, shocked "NO!",
and Cal elbowed me in the ribs to silence me.
I did not want to see any more. Lianvis' face was changing into something Demonic; his lips pulled back, long teeth shining in the sulphurous radiance. His neck was twisting, twisting… his hair lashing like frenzied snakes.
The boy began to howl; to struggle. His feet paddled helplessly in the dust.
I pressed my eyes against Cal's shoulder.
There was nothing we could do. Nothing.
Whatever power we posessed was no match for Lianvis in that State.
I clapped my hands over my ears, but it could not shut out the sound: the dreadful, dreadful cries, and Lianvis' snuffling, guttural snarls.
Suddenly Cal pulled me upright. Whirling nosies, shrieking out from the chamber, broke up his words, but I made out "Now…now..the Power…him…the Power…BACK!
Relling backwards, we started to run. The appalling, scraping screeching chased us down the corridor.
Oh the smoke! The stench of burning flesh!
I shouted, "Does he know?! Does he know?!" as we ran.
Cal did not answer.
Blue Light flooded the tunnel as we reached the bottom of the steps. Slipping, grazing myself against the stone, I scrabbled up after Cal. His long limbs were sure and swift above me.
Outside, the stillness of the Night was unnatural. Cold air hit our lungs with a breathtaking chill, and I gasped, hardly able to breathe.
Cal hauled me out of the Tunnel, dragged me across the paving, and threw me down behind the Wall we had first hidden behind, covering me with his body.
Arcane words ripped from Cal's throat, his breath wheezing and shuddering.
It was a simple Protection. I was in no position to augment his strength with mine.
I tried only to press myself into the stones; to become invisible.
For a second or two there was only Silence.
Then, the Night exploded with Sound and Blue Luminence.
Cal buried his face in my hair. I could feel his heart racing manically in his chest against mine.
"Oh God oh God oh God…" he kept repeating.
I had never seen him afraid. We hugged each other, eyes shut tight.
Something formless and huge spurted out of the ground; out of the Tunnel.
Its Light burnt through our closed eyelids.
Stricken with Terror, I held my breath again, feeling the awesome, devilish Fever pulsing round us: Lianvis, transformed into Elemental Power.
We were lucky that in that elevated, Supernal state, we were beneath his notice.
With a dismal Scream, he shot toward the Stars;
fizzing and hissing like a Monstrous Rocket;
Air cracking around his Phantom Shape in Shards of Lightning.
I opened my eyes, and looked up over Cal's shoulder.
[The Lightning] filled the sky:
Lianvis, barely recognizable as him,
[with] the Suns that were his Eyes.
I felt him look right into me, mocking.
He could have reached down and pulled us off the Earth.
But the Night just filled up with his Demon Laughter, and the Light that was his Greedy Soul reached up for the Sparkling Darkness.
He blazed away from us like a Comet.
A Word sprang uncontrollably to my mind.
I still don't know why exactly (this happened), unless it was some kind of obscure presentiment concerning later events in my life.
The word was this: AGHAMA.
Cal rolled off me and lay on his back, blinking at the Sky.
"Your idea."
I said this, sitting up and brushing sand off my coat.
Cal closed his eyes and swallowed, clenching his jaw.
"We could steal the horses and leave," I added, tentatively.
"What horses?" Cal said in a flat voice. I peeped over the Wall, and could see them lying there; could see the black humps of their bellies.
"Dead." I murmured rhetorically.
Cal sighed. "There's no cover on the way back to the camp. We'll have to wait for the others to leave," he told me.
I said nothing, although I could see no way we could get back inside Lianvis' tent without being seen.
"Maybe we should just try to get back to our horses and get out of here," I suggested.
Cal rolled his eyes. "Are you joking? We have no supplies, no idea which way to go. Lianvis would know then that we'd seen something. He wouldn't let us get away.
No, we wait, and then follow the others back. Once we're in the camp, we can bluff our way through if anyone sees us."
"Cal, he knew we were here! He must have!"
Cal stared at me and then shook his head. "No, I don't think so. No."
We lay in the Dark, still breathing quickly. After a while, I asked.
"Cal, what happened in there?"
"Murder," he replied. "Murder for Power."
"Wraeththu essence is Death to humankind, remember? But it is a sweet way to kill for those on the Dark Path; a Sweet Way to feed on souls."
Cal motioned me to Silence then, for we could hear them coming up out of the ground. I heard Ulaume curse when he saw the dead horses, and that was all.
There was no sound of conversation as they headed back into the desert.
I turned to Cal. I spoke to him. I said, "What are we, Cal?
What are we part of?"
He did not answer.
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Earlier C19 cottage, once part of the Cwmcynfelin estate, part of a row of three lofted cottages, but substantially larger than Nos 3 or 4. Old photographs show No 1, demolished for road-widening, adjoined to E. The row is shown on the Tithe map of 1847, but not on the earlier O.S. map 1823.
One and a half storey croglofft cottage, two-unit plan. Painted rough-cast walls, said to be earth built. Roof is gabled with small slates, and 2 rough-cast small end chimneys. S front has boarded door in centre, with a small 2-light casement window on each side. 2 small gabled eaves dormer windows above, with C20 casements. E end has front wall set-back for side of chimney, and then truncated remains of chimney of the demolished No 1 abuts to E.
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I kill
I kill.
So, for that matter, do you. And you, Ms. Vegan singing songs about respecting animal's names, never calling anyone a wolf or pig, do too. If you're alive, human, creatures die to keep you that way. When you die, some of them will eat you. Some of them you will inadvertently kill when you scratch your butt. We are a soup of other creatures walking, eating and sleeping and having sex and farting… a soup in a slightly less dense soup of other creatures doing much the same. Ask any microbiologist.
Humans – just like any other life-form – kill. When you start adding in the ways we alter or arrange or support altering our environment, let alone how most of us feed ourselves, we – including Ms. Vegan in her Prius and city apartment (and possibly especially Ms. Vegan – if you consider the number of higher forms of life her diet kills, as compared to Joe Beefburger) are right up there with a kill rate to make the average lion look like a pussy.
But unlike most of us, I actually take my killing personally. It's my personal moral stance, not one expect anyone else to live by, and not one I am fanatical about. I just prefer it that way. There is almost nothing in my freezers I didn't kill. Including the tomatoes… (dangerous prey, tomatoes. Many a bold hunter has ended up faced with the savagery of a cornered tomato, and, wisely, fled. Or am I thinking of Zucchini? You should be cautious with something from the 'squash' family.)
On the scale of most of Urban and peri-urban first-worlders, when it comes to finding and killing food, you might say I am the equivalent of one of the finest swordsmen outside of France. As 90% of people are at best ignorant and inept about this part of our heritage, I can safely say I am in the top 10 % Compared to people who still live in hunter-gatherers societies… you might say 'they live inside France'. I'm not up to that sort of level. I do add some modern devices and knowledge of a wider world to trying not to be totally and utterly outclassed.
Look, to survive, let alone thrive, as a hunter-gatherer, the culture you lived in and the knowledge it passed on were a necessity. So, too, probably were the genes that make for a great hunting animal – the human. If you didn't have those genes, you died. Probably hungry… And spare me the delusion that humans are not hunting animals. "Where's the big teeth. Where's the claws? We're naturally vegetarians because we can't possibly catch game." You're thinking, honestly, like an ignorant modern 'civilized' person. When you think of 'game' – you think of a deer. And you think of your personal running skills.
When I think of 'game' – or rather prey animals, I think like the monkey I am. If it is an animal, and not toxic to eat… it could be food, and if I was hungry enough, would be. As long as it cost me less calories to catch and make edible than I got out of it, I win. I still win, if it costs me more, but I get something else of value – be that an omega-3 fatty acid that is missing in my normal diet, or a sharp horn or warm hide, I still win. Locusts, termites, eggs, baby bird, lizards, shellfish, rodents, fish, octopus, crabs, the young of most animals (if you can get them away from mummy and/or daddy). These are easy prey. Training for children. Most of them need no tools at all. Nothing more than knowledge and your hands, and sometimes a reasonable amount of speed and dexterity. With practice, and the genes helping, that can be very fast and very dexterous.
Most of them are not things that your twenty-first century "humans don't hunt" individual would even recognize as 'prey' (and yes, I have caught – with my hands — and eaten all of them – and a few more that I haven't actually eaten – hedgehog, for example.)
Once you add tool use – and yes, if tool use is 'natural' for Finches and whole selection of other animals, I can't see why it's not natural for human hunters to use — even with something no more complicated than a rock (even before you chip sharp edges onto it) or a stick, the list of prey that humans can hunt with a degree of ease increased dramatically.
That's before we get onto the fact that humans aren't fast runners… but they have endurance that enables them to run down a lot of prey – especially when you add tools and out-thinking their prey into it. Our brains make us very deadly hunters.
And that was before we get onto organizing. Because, trust me on this – all those admiring paeans you read about wolves and their communication and pack hunting… they're kindergarten kids compared to human pack-hunts (these are well-recorded from cultures across the globe. It's human and it is an old, deep part of us).
Once we got started on agriculture this began to change. Mind you, you don't leave the genes or even culture behind that easily. In fact we didn't leave them behind at all. All we did was have people who would have died in a hunter-gatherer society, survive. Selection went on winnowing the genome. In some places and situations the hunter genes and the traits were possibly even a disadvantage. Of course, in some places and situations it wasn't, and, in my opinion, we still get a substantial percentage with the required traits and instincts, if not the culture, training and skill to live as hunter gatherers. If we even get that Armageddon type event, we'll find out if am right. In the modern first world, with everything going rather well, Triggly-puff types can thrive – but not without it.
Now, I have many friends who hunt for 'fun'. It's a deep instinct, in my opinion. A trait that lives on in a lot of humans, particularly men. It can be done well or badly, and done well, be good for the environment and even the animals being hunted for. But that's another topic, because I am not a 'sport' or recreational hunter. As far as my friends in those circles are concerned I'm just a killer with no respect for 'sport'.
This is correct. If possible, I give my prey no chance at all. And the only way I kill something I can't eat, is if it is a threat me, mine, or my crops and livelihood. It's kind of like the difference between a fly-fisherman and commercial fisherman. Both may well eat the fish they catch, but if the commercial doesn't catch, he doesn't earn and doesn't eat. I don't kill, we don't eat protein. I do take pleasure in doing what I do, well (and get furious and disappointed in myself when I don't) – but it isn't fun, or 'recreation'. I love to bring home food. That certainly satisfies a deep and basic instinct – and is something I have seen in every solitary individual I have taught (which is quite a lot. I try to pass the old skills on. That too is important to me.). It is what I am and do. The actual killing is the part I like least, and I do with as much efficiency, speed and, yes, respect as I can. Mostly, I can safely say my protein died faster and cleaner than anything anyone buys in a supermarket.
I'm of the solitary hunting kind (except underwater), making me probably more primitive than most. I'll wear that one. Most of my prey don't know I'm there, until it is too late. As a wry aside, it's an illustration of how ridiculous most of the "I feel threatened," and various forms of abuse flung at my furry pate are. If you actually knew anything about me, and actually even vaguely believed that 'threat' you claim…? I mean, it's a ridiculous idea. I have a very real grasp of human frailty, and what death and injury actually mean. I was an army medic, as well as growing up in a hunter-gatherer tradition — which is why I devote my time and effort to saving human lives. But if you really believed that: It would take a US debt level of derp to start the abuse. So 'threat' is just the usual melodrama from the sort of people who have no idea what 'threat' or 'courage' mean. The ones who say wearing a pussy hat meant courage, or who claimed the claimed the sad puppies were a threat (because, y'know, despite having all of the big five, the media on their side, and control of academia, and most of the review sites, and representing over 90% of the traditional published world and being the powers-that-be, the puppy kickers were 'disadvantaged minorities').
It's kind of like the loud yells "I feel threatened by guns. I feel threatened by Trump. Etc. Etc." Pure melodramatic nonsense. You're unhappy about, or frightened into panic by, offended by, or upset by… whatever, not threatened. Trust me on this, I've been a threat to enough prey for a long, long time. If you're all really feeling threatened and really afraid, you shut up and keep low or run like hell. Humans are no different. If one keeps talking about threats – I know sounds like someone ought to do something, whereas the reality is something that is your own business – but eventually there will be a real 'threat', like a real wolf.
So why did I write about this – on a writing blog, which largely deals with sf and fantasy? Well, partly because hunting for food and survival comes up often in fantasy (and occasionally in sf). Now I know – it's not being right that counts. It's being right in the eyes of most of your readers. But – bits of reality do add veracity – even if they're not quite what your audience thought they knew about the subject. So long as you make the reality convincing and plausible, and logical, that is!
1) prey is ANYTHING edible. Different cultures have different rules, of course. But the closer to the bone… the more likely anything edible is to be eaten.
2) Hunting is opportunistic and erratic, sometimes volumes are huge. Never underestimate how much hunter-gatherers would eat at a sitting. It could be a long time between those feasts. That's why being able to store those times of plenty is so important to me, and sets at level of comfort that hunter-gatherers never enjoyed.
3) Status: It's a man thing. Not now, and not so much among the nobility in medieval fantasy (who hunted for sport and food), but among people who hunt to eat. Women gather, and often communally. Men hunt, sometimes alone, sometimes in small groups. Often this depends on the prey, the vegetation and geography and the seasons. Sometimes (and in seasons), they work in huge groups, surrounding the animals, allowing none to escape. Feasting, and marriages come out of those hunts. But just as women do (political correctness aside) make judgements on the attractiveness of a mate by signs of wealth and power, so the ability to bring home meat, fat and bones and hides (which was a big factor in survival and successful breeding) is a BIG deal, both among one's fellow hunters and the women of the group.
4) Importance of the hunt. The deeper you go, the closer this gets to being a holy thing. There is a huge amount of respect for the prey – that doesn't mean they wouldn't kill it, and sometimes in ways we would consider slow and cruel (as often as not that part relates to the hunter proving his courage and strength to the group.).
5) The concept of 'sport' is a facet of hunters with plenty to eat, even if they fail.
6) It's about 80% patience and 60% obstinate endurance. It's 100% in total – those two happen together a lot. Hunting is seldom fast or that easy, even if some people make it look that way. That'll shape the nature of any character you have as a 'hunter-for-food.' They can no more be anything else, than humans can avoid flatulence.
7) Hunting is both competitive and communal, especially for bigger game.
8) Hunters tend to be both monofocus (they have a search image, possibly set on 'anything that moves' until they have a target, or on an image of that target) and wide peripheral vision. Movement is often on the outer edge of that view. When they're actually hunting something – then they are almost blind to everything else. (true. I had a seven-gill shark apparently focusing on me a couple of weeks back. I didn't even see it. I was spearing fish and trying to get close enough for that. My buddy was having a fit. Gatherers (and hunters can go gathering. It's opportunistic) tend to notice more, to be honest.
9) If your fantasy travelers or space-ship crash survivors are going to hunt to live and travel – It takes time (the more skill, the less time — but it's never quick and easy. An inn is quick and easy.) Hunting a rabbit and getting one quickly is either luck (acceptable now and again) + prep and cooking time. A lot of time you're just not lucky. I shoot around 10-15 wallaby a month. I'm fairly good at it, I have a good rifle and scope, and the prey is locally abundant. Some twilights that takes me 10 minutes. Other days, much longer. And every now and again, I come home with nothing. And it is erratic, boom and bust. Bust can kill you if you have no fall-back.
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I'm a modern suburbanite who has never hunted myself but has at least done some gathering and preserving though mostly years ago. Even that bit combined with reading first hand accounts of folks that were subsistence farmers gives me much appreciation for the modern agriculture system! Also for the ingenuity of our ancestors who used every little part of what thy killed in ways I find amazing.
I don't think most sub/urbanites understand that time and effort factor in food production, even using relatively modern tools and methods like canning. If just keeping yourself fed takes up the vast majority of your time it's hard to have time and energy to be worrying about microagression social justice and the cisnormal patriarchy…March 5, 2018
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Dave, any comments on the moves in South Africa towards uncompensated land seizures?
From the better news reports I can find it looks like it has a lot of support in the new parliament. At least they are staying inside the laws so far and working to change the Constitution to make it legal before acting in a mass way.March 5, 2018
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I can foresee the "skim until offended" crowd getting very upset with this post.March 5, 2018
"Or am I thinking of Zucchini?"
Probably. One summer when I was in high school, that stuff took over our garden to the extent we were having multiple zucchini dishes at every meal. OTOH, tomatoes can be quite hazardous when thrown.March 5, 2018
Zucchini probably cause more fatalities among veggie gardeners than anything short of parsnips. Their neighbors strangle the gardeners for bringing in one too many sacks of the *&$) things and leaving them on front porches or in unlocked cars.March 5, 2018
Holly #
The last four! years my zucchini haven't grown well-got two last year. If it weren't for the kindness of neighbors . . . Look, the van's unlocked. Bring any produce you don't need. It'll disappear the way everyone warns you people disappear when big, white vans with tinted windows are nearby.
(The downside of six kids: there's someone who doesn't like anything. The upside of six kids: there's someone who loves anything. The lesson learned: Momma isn't a short order cook, eat or be hungry.)March 5, 2018
SheSellsSeashells #
This is why we never drive with our windows down in the South. Somebody might throw zucchini into the car.March 5, 2018
Luke #
Life requires a constant stream of death.
It's my belief that a whole host of societal problems arise directly from losing touch with the baser truths of reality.
I will say that if you haven't hunted, you are ignorant of a lot of important things about yourself. It's my opinion that a lot to people intuitively know this, but fear what they might find. (The emotional reaction is certainly much stronger than "I don't want to.".)
I'll quibble with your statistical breakdown, though! 🙂 Knowledge of your quarry, knowledge of the terrain, and luck all need to be included as major factors.
(Heck, I have to learn to hunt in the Midwest now. It's a darned sight more complicated than "where are the water sources" + patience + a rifle sighted in at 400 yards.)March 5, 2018
At least we human carnivores kill our food before we eat it. What about those carrots you veggie lot are munching while they're still alive? Can't you hear them scream when you jerk them forth from their earthen homes? Won't someone think of the carrots??March 5, 2018
One other point about "sport" hunting. This is from the records of one of the British great houses — every day the lord, or his huntsman, would go forth and shoot 250 pheasants. Egads, profligate waste, right? WRONG. That was the day's meat for the myriad of servants whom his lordship kept employed and fed (and any surplus went as charity to client villages). Some of whom were employed as gamekeepers to ensure a continuing food supply, and as kennelmen to care for the dogs that did the gamefinding and pickup.
Hunting isn't the least bit unnatural, even in modern times — rather, it's part of a sustainable ecosystem.March 5, 2018
> 250 pheasants
That's not hunting, that's *work*.
Before the mid-1800s when shotgun shells came out, that would have probably entailed a servant or two as a loader as well.March 5, 2018
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Gatherers do, in fact, notice everything. I am not much as a hunter, but I have frequently boggled both husband and father by noticing chickweed/non-fruiting blackberries/dog fennel/other tasty stuff as we cruise by it at 55 miles per hour. 🙂March 5, 2018
Dan Z #
This reminds me of a reenacting event a few years back – one of the guys in our group was discussing the various types of ancient hunting weapons he had on display and two teenage girls in his audience made comments along the lines of being glad that people no longer had to kill animals for food. All a person had to do, the two girls asserted, was go down to the local supermarket and buy food.
"Just where do you think the meat at the supermarket comes from?" asked the somewhat perplexed reenactor.
"Well," one girl replied, "some sort of factory where they make it."
"Yeah," her friend agreed, "a factory."
After they left he went on for some time about the sorry state of even a portion of humanity so unaware of where food comes from.
I am pretty sure anyone involved in reenacting/living history for any length of time has similar stories. I encountered a couple of 10-year old boys at another event who did not understand that one should not punch, or headbutt, a man wearing steel armor to see if said armor was real. You would think good manners, or at least common sense, would have come into play there, but… no.March 5, 2018
Nominal adult, waving hamburger: "Killing animals is wrong!"
Me: "Where did you get that hamburger?"
Nominal adult: "McDonald's."
Whilst living in SoCal, I had that conversation twice. Sure does point up the disconnect between modern urbanites and their food supply.
I'm reminded that until less than 100 years ago, marketplace poultry wasn't farmed, but rather was wild game shot daily by market hunters.March 6, 2018
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I have hunted, but I don't hunt. It's way too much cost and effort for the return. If I ever need to hunt for my food, I'd be perfectly willing to do so – assuming that whatever destroyed the local food distribution system didn't also break my glasses. I'd prefer to avoid the butchering part; if necessary, I would much prefer that someone showed me how. Trying to figure that out from first principles sounds do-able, but very messy and prone to stupid mistakes.
On a vaguely related note, whenever I see "nitrate free bacon" I make a point of mentioning "so you want your customers to get botulism, then."March 5, 2018
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