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Jonah Caine is alone in a world overrun by the living dead. He takes his meals where he can and sleeps with one eye open. The post-apocalyptic world around him seems devoid of meaning, his survival pointless. But then he wanders into the welcoming arms of an organized group of survivors who have turned a museum into a paramilitary compound. While there, he meets Jack, the compound's military manager, for lack of a better word, and Milton, a prophet, of sorts, with a certain influence in the world of the dead. While assimilating to the compound's culture, Jonah Caine falls into a war with another group of survivors, and the struggle defines a new moral landscape for this post-apocalyptic world. Paffenroth, the author of Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Vision of Hell on Earth, does several things very well in Dying to Live, his first novel. First of all, the action is wonderfully maintained. He continually escalates the dangers his characters face, which goes a long ways towards sustaining the reader's interest. Secondly, the details of his post-apocalyptic world are exceptionally well drawn. This is not an easy thing to do. Cormac McCarthy did it quite well in The Road. Stephen King did it equally well in The Gunslinger. Paffenroth's world is drawn on that level. Thirdly, this is one hell of an intelligent book. The writing is superb, and richly loaded with references as varied as the Bible, Paradise Lost, and American pop culture. Dying to Live is wonderful first novel. Check it out!
And Sarah Hapgood, over at Amazon.co.uk:
Jonah is cut adrift in the world, living by his wits, trying to avoid being attacked by the walking dead who have risen up to bite and infect the living. He has lost his family, and civilisation has crumbled around him. He makes his way to a ravaged city, and there is taken in by a community of survivors who have holed up in a large museum by the river. Of course all this sounds very familiar (zombie horror is usually great stuff, but there's a limit to how many variations on it you can do!), but the author makes this a cut-above by creating resourceful, well-rounded characters, and by not being afraid to show his own intelligence. In "Dying To Live" the main characters haven't lost touch with their humanity, even though they've witnessed horror beyond belief, such as Tanya, who had no choice but to wall up her own children in their bedroom when they became infected. Some of the relgious symbolism I could have done without (comparing Milton, the commune leader, to Jesus for example), but this doesn't detract from the story at all, and it's refreshingly differeent to have a post-apocalyptic story that gives hope for the human race. I would also have liked a bit more of how it all started though. Jonah was on a ship when the epidemic broke out, and they arrive at land to find the world has ended. (But perhaps this is a separate story, a sort of prequel, who knows?). All in all though, I'm always pleased to find an author who treats fans of zombie horror as if they've actually got some intelligence for once. Recommended.
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One of the long-standing debates in the fitness world is whether walking or running is better for your health. Both exercises are definitely beneficial, as they can improve cardiovascular fitness, decrease blood pressure, increase energy levels, improve sleep, and promote weight loss. Not only that, but both walking and running are very simple exercises to perform, and can be done on a year-round basis - especially in a club like Five Seasons!
Despite all of their similarities, many exercise enthusiasts lean towards running because it's a more vigorous exercise, which makes it seem like a better choice for keeping the body in shape. Well, not so fast--there's quite a bit of information out there that can challenge that idea. Below are some surprising, myth-busting insights that can help settle the whole "walking vs. running" debate.
Walking vs. Running: What Does the Research Say?
One of the most interesting studies to come to light in recent years was published by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After studying the data of nearly 16,000 walkers and 33,000 runners over a period of six years, researchers discovered that walking had a slight edge over running in terms of producing positive health benefits.
In fact, walking demonstrated a higher level of effectiveness across an impressive range of categories, decreasing key risk factors for several major health problems including diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
There is a catch, however--in order for walking to produce these superior benefits, you would have to expend the same amount of energy when performing both of these activities. In other words, you would have to walk longer than you would have to run in order to get the same effect.
Walking Burns More Fat, But Running Burns More Calories
This statement almost seems counter-intuitive because we equate fat-burning with intense exercise, and we all know that running is the more intense exercise of the two. So how can walking burn more fat? The answer lies in how your body responds to different levels of exercise intensity.
When you exercise at a moderate pace, your body tends to use fat for fuel, but once you crank up the intensity level (e.g., going from a walk to a run), your body begins to seek a source of "quick burn" fuel to meet its immediate energy demands, and this fuel typically comes in the form of carbohydrates.
While this is a key point, keep in mind that the real determinant of weight loss will be how many calories you burn during your workout. In that regard, running takes the lead; in fact, one 30-minute session of running at 6 mph will burn about 365 calories, while walking at 4 mph for that same amount of time will net you 187 calories burned. So while walking uses more fat for fuel, running is the superior calorie-burner, which can contribute to greater weight loss over time.
So what's the bottom line? Whether you walk or run, you really can't lose. Both exercises are widely acknowledged as being beneficial to your health, and with the right amount of effort, both will get you where you want to go in terms of your weight loss goals. The important thing is for you to put your body in motion, so whether you're hitting the pavement or beating the heat on the treadmill at the club - get moving!

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"Hi Twi," Queen Fluttershy, Monarch of the Griffons, returns the salutation in suitably regal but quiet form. "Heard some funny rumors about you just recently and now you turn up here."
For an answer, Twilight glances over to Shy's attendant, Carrot Top, who gets the hint and motions for the guards to vacate the royal chamber. Once alone, T.S. inquires, "What did you hear?"
"That you and Celestia had a falling out," F.S. flatly details.
Twilight sadly nods as she recalls the scene from yesterday at the Senior Pony meeting in Canterlot, when the Princess had dropped her bombshell. "She caved into the network; only hetero couples from now on. Luna was furious."
"So you talked to her?" Shy follows up. "Luna, I mean."
Twi nods again. "Earlier this morning, after she finished with the moon and all. She's ready to pack it all in–leave forever."
"So this is goodbye," the Queen enunciates with care as the light dawns in her royal gaze.
"Shy, things have changed so much," Twi announces with a rush of emotion, blushing as she earnestly spills her guts to her old friend. "Since Luna and I got involved. And all this happened. Sometimes I think back to the days when all of us still lived in Ponyville and I was in such a hurry to grow up, to be done with school and homework and have everypony treat me like an adult. And now Luna wants to leave for all the wrong reasons, because she can't stand the thought of being without me. But I just can't stay; not with the way Tia treated me."
Shy looks into her friend's eyes to see the honest pain that recent events have caused Twi and finds it reflected in her own feelings. "I know how you mean," F.S. sadly confesses in return, reverting to poor grammar on purpose. "I think about the old days too, and how simple, little things used to make me so happy; you know, the animals, the birds, the butterflies and the trees. Now, all these backroom deals with nefarious characters, just to stay in power, Discord being the least of them, and all the deceit and chicanery and sleaze has made me so sick of it all, and myself.. Sometimes I just want out also."
Twilight comes out of her self-pity enough to realize she's not the only pony with problems. "What about Rarity, though? Doesn't she help?"
Shy shakes her head with such ferocity that Twi sees the truth even before the other explains, "All Rarity thinks about is herself," the Queen spits out the words with uncharacteristic venom. "And her position as Royal Consort; as you said of Luna–all the wrong reasons."
"Shy, I never realized," Twi slowly responds and she watches Fluttershy's crying escalate into full-scale weeping. "How unhappy you were."
"You're the one who talked me into all this," Shy lashes back at Twilight through her tears. "You're the one who said all of Equestria depends on me marrying Discord."
"Oh Shy," T.S. guiltily replies before she realizes her own waterworks have started. "I'm so sorry you took it that way."
After they share a good cry, in each other's arms, Twilight eventually asks, "What can I do to make it up to you?"
Fluttershy waits before she pronounces with care, "Take me with you."
Twi backs off from Shy to meet her eyes. "And ditch Luna?" she incredulously demands.
F.S. nods as she sniffs while wiping away the last of her tears. "Uh-huh," she simply confirms. "But only if you love me. If you don't–care for me, the same way I care for you, then say goodbye and walk out that door and–and leave with Luna and that'll be that."
Twilight blinks again in disbelief; she's never imagined Shy able to say anything like this, much less actually pull it off with such steely resolve. "So you want me to chose–right here and right now?"
"Uh-huh," Fluttershy quietly repeats, returning Twi's stunned incredulous gaze with equal determination. "Right here and right now."
A few hours later, Twi meets Luna at their predetermined rendezvous. "All set?" the Dark Princess inquires of her paramour.
"Yup," T.S. tersely confirms, ready as always with her own steely resolve. "Too much drama around here; we definitely need a break."
"So where are we off to this time, Mister Peabody?" Luna cracks.
"Ancient Rome, Sherman," Twi responds in kind. "I want to try out my Latin, so let me do all the talking."
"Say no more," is Luna's pithy rejoinder. "Lead the way."
Once back in Rome, during one of the good eras, Twi and Luna cause enough of a stir among the locals because of their stunning good looks for one of the Senators to take an interest in them. One night he has them over for dinner and before things get sticky, they extricate themselves via their magic back to Ponyville; however, what they find isn't what they expect.
"Where is everything?" Luna incredulously asks Twilight and all the ambient air around them as both survey what appears to be the Everfree Forest, overgrown and unchecked where Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres and all the other vestiges of the past were which are no longer present.
"I think we blew it this time, Luna," Twilight ventures when no other answers are forthcoming. "I think we really outdid ourselves."
Twi swallows hard, not wanting to explain but seeing she must. "Well, remember when we were making small talk with the Senator before dinner? I was telling him all about bonds and he seemed to really eat that up."
"How does that translate to no more Equestria?"
"Well, before we changed all human history and our own just now, bonds weren't thought up until the Thirteen Hundreds, in Italy. That's why Rome collapsed. Also I told him about the lead poisoning with the wine and all; and I guess I also explained how to make soap. So Rome never fell, Europe never went through the Dark Ages, the New World was never colonized because the Romans built the Suez Canal a thousand years sooner than it was otherwise dug, there never was a country called America where a lady named Lauren Faust could develop some dumb idea about talking horses into a cartoon series called "My Little Pony," Missus Saltzmann's granddaughter was never born because her family never moved out of Germany or if she was, she remained autistic because there wasn't a show called "My Little Pony" to snap her out of it, space travel never did develop, and because Mankind never did make it off this rock, the moon escaped Earth's gravity eventually because it had been moving five feet away every century on its own and–"
"Twi, stop!" Luna exclaims in full horror as the sheer weight of the situation slams into her harder than Big Mac ever would have had he gotten half a chance on his best day. "Enough freaking backstory! There's got to be some way to undo this; some way to fix all this!"
"Luna, there's no more magic," Twilight Sparkle sadly but honestly tells her favorite Dark Princess. "There's no more anything; no television, no nothing. We're totally alone here, stuck in this form forever. Until our last dying day."
"Is there anything to eat?" Luna inquires after some time passes.
"Well, if there isn't, you and I can't survive much longer," Twi succinctly sums up.
As they forage for anything, Luna ventures in recrimination at one point, "Guess we really outsmarted ourselves this time, huh?"
"We made the same mistake the humans did," Twi quietly admits. "And now we're stuck here, as humans. How ironic."
"It's getting late," Luna observes. "Maybe we should think about maybe making a fire and building a camp."
"Luna," Twi begins a little later after the campfire idea falls flat. "Did you notice how quickly night fell?"
"And there's no moon, either; you were right," Luna in her turn ventures, while gazing heavenward, in a voice just above the crickets and other insects that come audibly alive only after sunset. "Only stars."
"So wait a minute; I remember something in the humans' history about them speculating about what would happen to the Earth if there's no moon any more," Twi rambles on by the neighboring brambles of the brush in the breezy but temperate evening air. "Then nights will last only two hours, because the Earth's spinning so fast, without the drag of an oversized satellite."
"Guess we'll find out for sure soon," Luna speculates in the dark after wearying of watching the stars transverse the night's shadows.
Indeed, sunrise is unusually fast and dramatic; the sun seems to be literally racing across the blue windswept sky.
"Luna, I don't think we can survive in this world," Twi quietly explains to her last long love. "And I don't think anypony else could either; maybe that's why it's deserted."
"What do you want to do then?" Luna in turn and in kind responds.
"Go to sleep and wake up from this nightmare," Twilight admits in a small shaky voice with tears in her eyes.
"There's got to be a way out," Luna stubbornly insists. "There has to be something we can do!"
"Hold me in your arms and never let me go," Twi quietly suggests in the other's ear.
"Until the end of time, my sweetness," Luna whispers back.
A few hours later, they both awake. "Well, we're still here," Twi sardonically announces. "Any more bright ideas?"
"How do you feel about fishing?"
"What's your position on hunting?"
"It beats starving, in my book. But where is there to fish?"
"What is there to hunt?"
"Is there anything to eat?"
"Even if we find fruits and nuts, we need protein to survive in the long run."
"So where do we find protein, other than each other?"
"Or ourselves?"
"If there are insects, there must be animals."
"You would think."
"Let's find the ocean."
"Or die trying."
So they slog through forest and trees, scuttling sunshine and ferocious thunderstorms, fleeing the scene of their heinously unimaginable but technically uncommitted crimes, toward where they remember the blessed shore to be. Finally they arrive.
"I've never been so happy to see the beach!" Twi exclaims to her paramour as she points out tantalizingly ripe coconuts on swaying palm trees.
"Me neither!" Luna wholeheartedly agrees. "Want to go for a swim?"
"Let's!" Twi concurs as she very nearly rips off her worn, torn and soiled clothes in her newly found zest.
After they swim around and again make wildly unrestrained passionate love in the churning foaming surf, Twi remarks to Luna, while still in each other's arms, "I guess we can always drown ourselves, if we can't find anything else to eat other than coconuts."
"Yeah," the erstwhile Dark Princess of the Night softly sighs in weary resignation to their ordained collective fate. "That sounds like some kind of a plan."
"Hey, let's go for a walk along the beach; maybe we can find something that washed up."
"Yeah, let's."
So they stroll along the moonless starlit shore for hours and hours, hand in hand, all alone, each totally nude, neither saying much, other than 'I love you' while dawn majestically breaks, giving way to the bright but rapidly shifting sunshine, as if time itself has been sped up. Suddenly, even as the sun is setting along the blazing horizon where the water meets the sky, they spy a house, all by itself, unlocked and with no occupants.
"This is too cool!" Twi exclaims in the kitchen while discovering cooking pots and means for controlled heat in the sepia afterglow of the joyous day.
"So now all we need is something to eat, right?" Luna yells herself in triumph, after finding with flashlights fishing gear, poles and rods and reels and nets.
"Yeah!" her paramour exclaims in shared enthusiasm. "Let's go fishing!"
So they dig little sand crabs out of the beach near where the water washes up and they hook up some rods and reels; meanwhile, they also come across some dive masks, spear guns and snorkeling equipment and pretty soon, lobsters are on the menu.
"So where are the people who built this house?" Luna asks Twilight one sultry evening over candlelit dinner while the beginning of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Fourth Movement plays in the background.
"I don't know," Twi admits in between bites of exceedingly delicious fresh Yukon Gold potatoes and baby carrots, flecked with bits of flat leaf Italian parsley in a buttery onion-rich chardonnay reduction cream sauce. "If they come back and find us here, they might not be too happy. Unless they just happen to be two ultra mega sexy guys and we get to repopulate the human race."
"Maybe we should clean up the place, as much as we can," Luna pleasantly responds, pointedly ignoring what she considers Twi's last rude colloquy as well as her paramour spraying food all over the crisply ironed white linen tablecloth in her unbridled mirth and youthful exuberance.
Twi nods even as she hastily attempts to quickly tidy her minor mess and salvage what little remains of her personal dignity. "That could be a good idea," she agrees while blushing in embarrassment.
But as the weeks and months go by, no owners, sexy or otherwise, return to kick them out, knock them up or anything else. "Why would somepony just abandon a really cool place like this?" Luna asks one day of Twi while tending their gateless garden.
"Maybe they found something better," her paramour blithely speculates while carefully watering some sprouts.
"What could be better than this?" Luna pointedly inquires while wearing really tight white short shorts and the briefest imaginable bikini top.
"I don't know," Twilight Sparkle casually repeats in the bright and happy sunlight, the shuttling sun causing highlights in her hair to pop and fizz as the warm salty ocean breeze casually tousles her windswept curls. "It is the eternal question."


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AI is reshaping the world. The researchers gathered at this week's Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Honolulu are reshaping AI. That's why NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang chose to light up a meetup of elite deep learning researchers at CVPR to unveil the NVIDIA Tesla V100, our latest GPU, based on our Volta architecture, by presenting it to 15 participants in our NVIDIA AI Labs program.
The audience of more than 150 top AI researchers — gathered for our NVAIL meetup — grabbed their smartphones to snap pictures of the moment. "AI is the most powerful technology force that we have ever known," said Jensen, clad in a short sleeve dress shirt, white jeans and vans, or what he called his "aloha uniform." "I've seen everything. I've seen the coming and going of the client-server revolution. I've seen the coming and going of the PC revolution. Absolutely nothing compares," he said.


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Ericsson and Samsung have reached a cross-licence agreement for their mobile telephony patents, ending recent lawsuits between the two companies.
The worldwide agreement covers 2G and 3G mobile telephony standards. The agreement allows the two companies to develop, manufacture and sell 2G and 3G subscriber and infrastructure equipment. They will pay royalties to each other.
In 2006, Ericsson several lawsuits against Samsung, alleging it was infringing Ericsson mobile phone patents, after the companies failed to agree on terms for a renewal of patent licences.
Ericsson originally signed a licensing deal with Samsung in 2002 for patents related to several mobile phone technologies. It expired in 2005.


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Angraecum costatum Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 SECTION Gomphocentrum
Plant in situ Reunion Photos by © Rogier van Vugt and his Reunion Website
Common Name The Ribbed Angraecum
Flower Size .2" [5mm]
Found in Reunion and Mauritius in semi-shade at elevations of 1200 to 1800 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with an erect, simple or branched stem carrying in the upper part, two ranked, bright green, lanceolate, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the fall on 1 to 2, axillary, intervallate, slender, short, usually 2 flowered, but 1 does not develop inflorescence
Synonyms Macroplectrum costatum (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Finet 1907; Mystacidium costatum (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Cordem. 1899
References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006


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Meet the Artist
Emily Quandahl
Emily Quandahl is an emerging abstract artist creating layered acrylic works in Minneapolis, Minnesota whose art has been selected for juried shows. As an classically trained musician for over ten years, she shifted her creative endeavors from aural to visual and first started playing with paint in 2016. Her work highlights the juxtaposition between layers of watered down acrylics and opaque geometric shapes on canvases ranging of all sizes. Heavily influenced by the art of practice due to her musical background, each layer of the materials shows the growth and understanding between the artist and mediums being used. Manipulating where the paint will flow, yet letting it do what it naturally wants.
Behind the Design
Janelle Gramling
Janelle Gramling is a self-taught fiber and ceramic artist, entrepreneur, historic home restorer, community art activist/educator, stylist, and photographer in Milwaukee, WI.
Gramling's work is designed and hand-made in her Milwaukee studio. Every season, she pulls work from her experiments in fiber, found object, and ceramics to curate a collection of home decor and wearable adornments revolving around a theme. Inspired by raw natural materials and traditional techniques, her work touches on themes of personal symbolism and sacred geometry with a minimal yet playful aesthetic.
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I had the beta (hCG) done again and the results came back as 249. I assumed this was a great number, considering I was told that 79 was a high number. Dr Virro himself sent me an email today telling me that he wants to see the number over 500 by the third test on Wednesday afternoon. He told me that while 249 is still a "pregnant" number that it should have been closer to 300 by today. So off to get another blood draw.
I did get an email and a phone call from Zorah and Khelifa today. I had another really bad night for sleep and my blackberry is connected to my email address. At 2:45 am (9:45 am their time) I got an email from Zorah and Khelifa. I was able to respond quite quickly by using my blackberry (I even translated it to French). Needless to say Zorah and Khelifa were so excited. They said thank you more times than I usually hear in a month. It is so nice to be working with such appreciative people.
Keep thinking high numbers for the next blood draw.


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They were about to eat some lunch. There was a lot of lunch. As far as I can tell, the spinners in Michigan do some serious lunching that we Yankees could really learn from.
On Friday, there was the lunch that was also dinner: Zingerman's sandwiches arrived with the Fabulous Jillian Moreno and the Eminent Spin Doctor Sasha. You have to see this sandwhich to understand it.
The pickle didn't last long enough for the photo, but it was spectacular, as far as pickles go. I have it that it was from the very bottom of the old pickle barrel, so I feel a complete person now, having eaten one of those.
Lunch on Saturday was a more local matter, but equally delicious, if not as much drooled about before it arrived. There was cheesecake. That's really all you need to know.
Back to friday: we set up the projector, and people arrived, and I talked.
About, well, you know.
What was really fun was Saturday, when we set up all the wheels all around the room so that people could play.
You can see most of the wheels in this picture, so you can get a feel for how things went. When you walked in the door, you would be standing between this wheel (a 28" Myrtlewood Magnus Drudik)
and this wheel (a 26" Oak Rick Reeves Norwegian with a birdcage distaff):
And you would have to choose which one to spin on first. It was great fun for me every time a new person would arrive to watch their eyes bug out, and then try to decide where to start. Sasha made the face everyone makes when they spin on the Drudik (Michelle had to laugh):
Jillian just smiled, but that may be because she has an unusual fiber handling technique.
I think it's a woolen yarn she's spinning.
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Psalm 18 The Voice (VOICE)
Psalm 18
For the worship leader. A song of David, the Eternal One's servant, who addressed these words to the Eternal after He had rescued him from Saul and his other enemies.
This Davidic psalm is also found in 2 Samuel 22. It expresses gratitude to God for saving him.
1 I love You, Eternal One, source of my power.
4 The bonds of death encircled me;
6 In my time of need, I called to the Eternal;
7 Because of His great anger, the earth shook and staggered;
16 He reached down His hand from above me; He held me.
20 The Eternal One responded to me according to my goodness;
25 You are loyal to those who are loyal;
31 Who is the True God except the Eternal?
43 You rescued me from conflict with the peoples;
46 The Eternal is alive! My Rock is blessed,
49 For this I will praise You among the nations, O Eternal,
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Last time, we became the owners of the Nautilus, a fast airship that we could use to go to the Dalg Continent.
In doing so, we found Doga, a powerful mage who told us we needed to awake Unei, who is sleeping in a hidden cave.
He told us about Noah, his master who passed away years ago.
He also mentioned Xande, another apprentice of Noah's who is the cause of the darkness creeping into the world.
Awakening Unei with Noah's Lute, she gave us the Fang of Fire as well accompanying us to find the Invincible, another powerful airship that we would need to find the last fang, the Fang of Earth.
After finding the Fang of Earth, we journey back to Unei and Doga, who instructed us to find them upon retrieving the last fang.
We find them after traversing Doga's hidden grotto, only to find them ready for battle!
They tell us to open the key to Eureka, a place where ancient weapons are held, they would need to use their life energy to complete it.
They then proceeded to kick our butts. Let's get back to that, shall we?
So after another failed attempt, I gave it another go, and got really lucky.
Doga didn't put up much of a fight. I did my usual rotation of Arc casting Blizzaga and Ingus healing, but this time I had Luneth cast Protect using the Defender he had equipped. I don't know if that was the deciding factor, but it seemed to help.
Another thing that really helped, Doga cast Flare only once, taking out Luneth. After a Raise and a timely Cura, he was back on his feet in no time. He then went down with everyone in good health, thankfully.
Unei, I got really lucky with I think. She only cast Tornado once, which causes a target to instantly go to single digit health, no matter how much HP they had, if it hits. She cast Holy once, taking out Luneth, but once again, we got him back on his feet quickly.
She also cast Haste on herself. At first I was worried, but Haste seems to work differently in FF3 than it did in FF1/FF2. In those games, especially FF1, Haste would cause you to get a ton of more hits and more damage, but in this one, all it seems to do is make you go first more often in combat, which can helpful, to be sure, but it didn't turn Unei into a one-hit KO fiend that I was expecting.
It also worked out, because now that Unei was Hasted, she was going first almost every time, making her damage us, then Arc/Ingus could heal the damage away, with no chance of a "wasted" heal.
After a tense fight, she goes down as well!
As Doga and Unei lay defeated, they tell us the Eureka key is complete and they hand it off to us.
They tell us that we need to go to Syrcus Tower and defeated Xande. Unei gives us the key to his tower, and they tell us how strong we are, and that we can do it.
They say Luneth has the light courage,
Arc has the light of kindness,
Refia has the light of affection
and Ingus has the light of determination.
They then fade away. We quickly Teleport out and save! I am glad that is over!
We get the Invincible, buy some of the level 7 spells and rest.
Heading to where the four sets of statues were, they now crumble away as we approach, since we now have the four fangs.
As we sail deeper into the mountains, we come across a giant castle, with a tower in the center. We enter the first door to reveal the Ancient's Maze.
We enter the Ancient's Maze and quickly find the Earth Crystal… Which is odd, because I could have sworn Goldor destroyed it a while back? Oh well, magic, crystals and all that.
Of course, a boss awaits as we go to touch the crystal, this time revealing Titan!
Titan is a stronger version of Hecatoncheir, complete with two attacks and Quake. After Luneth got Protect on everyone, his physical attacks, while damaging, were manageable. Quake, however, was a doozy, dealing about 600 damage to the party. Near the end of the fight, Arc went down, but so did Titan, so it was a fair trade. I even busted out a few Curagas during the fight.
Until I get Arise, which revives someone with full HP, I am not even really bothering Raising anyone during a fight, since chances are they are about to go down again. The only time I really would is if the enemy only uses physical attacks and Luneth can Cover them with his Knight ability, but that is pretty circumstantial, since most monsters can use magic as well, bypassing Cover.
But in any case, we now have all of the jobs available! Well, except for one secret job.
Black Belt: A superior Monk. Has the best Vitality in the game, allowing for big HP level ups. Hits pretty hard, too.
Magus: The upgrade to Black Mage. Can cast all Black magic spells.
Devout: The upgrade to White Mage. Can cast all White magic spells.
Summoner: Upgrade to the Evoker, except they are much more powerful. Instead of the random effects from the summons used by the Evoker, these now just deal a ton of damage.
Sage: This job can use all White, Black, and Summon magic all the way up to level 8. I know what you are thinking, best mage ever, right? Well, they were in the NES version. In this version, they got nerfed pretty bad. The biggest nerf is the fact they have way less total MP than the other jobs at this level. So while they can use every spell, they get a lot less charges to use those spells.
In addition, they can only summon the Evoker versions of summons instead of the uber-awesome Summoner versions. A big bummer.
Ninja: Shuriken-throwing, high melee damage dealer of the game. They have low defensive stats, making them a glass cannon of sorts, but still pretty strong.
With these jobs now available to us, it is time to do some job changing and some job leveling! That is the only downside to these classes, you get them so late in the game, but to really get the most out of them, you have to grind for job levels when you first get them.
I change Refia into a Ninja, Arc into a Summoner and Ingus into a Devout. Luneth stays a Knight.
Exploring around a bit, we come to the town of Falgabard, the Dark Knight village. We go through a cave in the village, testing out our new jobs, picking up some items before leaving.
We also find a hidden waterfall cave with an old man who challenges us to a duel!
He is a Shinobi in disguise, but didn't put up much of a fight, even in the transition phase three of our party members were in. He hit pretty hard, but nothing we couldn't handle.
Leaving, we head back to the floating continent to explore.
We come up to a lake with something swimming in it, and enter it with our canoe, and stumble upon Lake Dohr.
We grab some decent treasure inside, and eventually find Leviathan waiting for us! He says if we defeat him in combat he will assist us!
He went down pretty easy, but I was probably supposed to come here earlier. After Protect, he didn't hit that hard at all. He did use his signature move, Tsunami once, which decimated Luneth for some reason, bringing him from full HP to just double digits in one attack.
I guess Knights have really bad magic defense or something.
But in any case, we beat him and get the Leviath summon for Arc!
While we were in the area, we stop by Ur and talk to the elder about the missing children. He says they went to Altar Cave and haven't returned. We head there to check it out.
Inside, we find the children being accosted by Bombs. Arc jumps in and we all help them by defeating the monsters. They then give us something they found, a crystal fragment…
Which contains the final job Onion Knight!
The Onion Knight sucks. At least until you reach character level 99, then, they become the best job in the game.
Their stats are horrid, boasting the lowest out of all the jobs, until you hit level 95+. Every level up from that point, their stats just shoot up, until every stat is 99 at level 99. They can also use White and Black magic to level 8. They are really good, if and only if, your characters are level 99.
I never bothered with them, since I never got that high of a level.
With that, we head back to the surface world and explore a bit more. We dive into the waters near Saronia and find a hidden cave with the Saronia Catacombs within!
Inside, we find a few treasures, but notably, the Golem Staff, which goes to Arc.
Further in, we find a secret passageway with eight chests and we get four Phoenix Downs and four Elixirs!
They are all trapped with weak monsters, but they aren't a challenge at all.
After all those difficult boss battles, it feels nice to be able to just run through some encounters for a bit.
Heading back up, we find Odin, who immediately attack us!
You will notice Refia is a Thief for this battle. There is a rare spear you can steal from Odin, but instead I got an Elixir. Oh well! I don't plan on using Dragoon anymore anyway, so no big deal.
With Protect, Odin doesn't hit very hard, but his special attack, Zantesuken deals a ton of damage to the whole party. Refia went down briefly, but was back up just in time for the fight to finish, so she got EXP as well.
Heading back to the floating continent, let us try to find Bahamut, shall we?
We find a cave that we use the Invincible to get to, and sure enough, we find his lair.
Inside, we find some goodies, as well as another Golem Staff, which goes to Ingus.
There are some good items in here, like a Bacchu's Cider, Turtle Shell and a Chocobo's Wrath! We pick them all up happily, of course.
I also have to say, I am very happy with my party thus far. Arc is amazing as a Summoner. Summoners deals insane group damage while having a ton of MP to cast with. Refia does about the same damage as Luneth as a Knight, but Luneth has a 60 in his job level, while Refia has like an 8 or 9, so her damage is just going to grow the more levels she puts into Ninja. Ingus does a great job as our healer, now that he has access to higher level White magic.
I gained a few levels in here before Teleporting out and resting. I just felt like I needed some more levels.
After coming back, we find Bahamut, who challenges us to a fight. The same deal as the other bosses, physical attacks were manageable, but their ability hurt pretty bad, in this case, Mega Flare. With a Curaja healing everyone up, however, he went down pretty fast.
Exiting the cave with Arc now fully decked out in summons, we head back to the Ancient's Maze to explore.
In the lower floors of the maze, we find some attack items, as well as a set of Crystal gear, boosting Luneth's defense pretty high with the mail and gloves alone.
We pick up a Break Blade, as well as a Phoenix Down and a Chocobo's Wrath.
We also get a hold of a Protect Ring, which goes on Ingus to protect our healer.
We come out the other side of the maze, standing in front of the tower.
We enter the Crystal Tower and head up some stairs, to a room with a sigil on it.
When we approach, the Eureka Key that Doga gave us begins to let off light.
Using the key, we are teleported to Eureka.
Exploring around the first floor, we find some treasure; a Phoenix Down, an Elixir, a Chocobo's Wrath, as well as a Fuma Garb.
We grab some more treasure, mostly attack items, and find a hidden path leading to a Ribbon, except it's trapped by a Ninja who attacks us!
The Ninja wasn't really any trouble, he just had a ton of HP.
Continuing on, we find a Shuriken in a chest. Better save those for the final boss. Ninjas can throw those to deal a large amount of damage.
We find another Shuriken in a chest, and continue down until we find a floating weapon on a pedastel.
When we investigate, we see that it is the Moonring Blade. But, it is guarded by Amon!
Amon is a re-hash of the Hein fight. Same thing, he can change his weakness, he has a lot of physical defense. He can also cast Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga, but they don't hurt nearly as much anymore. Either that or he just has a crappy magic stat.
He was harder to take down than the Ninja, but only because of his weakness changes and the fact he has absurdly high physical defense.
But in the end, he went down and we get the Moonring Blade, which Refia equips.
We are also fully healed after the fight.
Next up, we find an Omnirod, going to Arc to increase his attack even higher.
We then come across another weapon, the fabled Masamune. A Kuonichi fights us.
She actually put up a fight. She could attack three times, which hurt pretty bad, but she can also cast Haste and Aeroga, which hurt. I used some higher level spells, Curagas and Leviathans to keep the healing and damage flowing.
Refia gleefully equips the Masamune.
We come to another weapon, the Excalibur. Guarding it is the General.
He wasn't that hard. He hit decently hard, and he could cast Drain, but he went down fast enough that it didn't become an issue. We finally retire Luneth's Blood Sword in favor of the Excalibur, boosting his attack to a massive 262.
Following the same suit, another weapon, the Ragnarok, floats on a pedestal. When we get close, the Guardian appears and fights us!
He went down really quick. He did give me a scare when he cast Reflect on himself, but summons pierce Reflect, so that is awesome. The Ragnarok goes to Luneth.
Finding the last weapon, the Elder Staff, we face off against Scylla.
She actually scared me. Her physical attacks didn't hurt much, but they could petrify, which sucks. She could also cast the typical Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga, but also Flare and Holy.
These are still one-hit kills to whoever she casts these on. Thankfully, she only cast each of them once, and I managed to get everyone on their feet, but it got close a few times.
The Elder staff goes to Ingus. It also casts Cura when used in battle.
We take a teleporter to more Shurikens and Elixirs, as well as some shops, namely, selling the level 8 spells for Black and White magic, as well as the last three summons.
I only pick up Holy and the lovely Arise.
Also, there is a tricky hidden path that leads to another merchant that sells Shurikens!
They are very pricey, at almost 70,000 gil. I buy a bunch, sell off all of my old gear that I have been hoarding that I no longer need, and buy some more. I got a total of 11 Shurikens. Hopefully that is enough to last me the rest of the game.
We journey up the crystal tower, picking up various items, mostly Phoenix Downs and Elixirs. We get close to the top and I decide to Teleport out and do some last level grinding.
The last dungeon is very long, with no respite and no chance to save. As well, the last boss is incredibly tough. The fact that you can get all the way to the end and get demolished by the last boss, then have to make the entire trip again, facing all of the mini-bosses inside again is infuriating, so I am going to make sure my levels are up to par before I make my climb to the top.
I did some grinding all the way to level 56, and everyone's job levels are now in the mid 40's. Luneth's is 92. I was tempted to get Luneth's job level to 99, but oh well, I already spent a few hours grinding.
Let us re-climb the crystal tower and put a stop to Xande!
When we reach the top, we find a mirror. When we step up to it, we are cursed, unable to move. However, Doga appears in spirit and tells us that only five pure-hearted people may break the spell.
Doga tells us he will find everyone to help us.
He first finds Princess Sara, then Cid, then he goes on to find Desch, but…
He is still alive!? He asks us to assist us, he agrees and joins Doga.
Then, he goes to the now king Alus, who happily agrees to help.
Then, Doga recruits one of the four old men who thought they were the light warriors.
They all are teleported with Doga to the crystal tower, who break the curse of the spell, and we are free to enter the mirror and continue our journey.
We quickly find Xande, who says that the darkness is already upon the world! He then attacks us!
Xande, despite all of the hype, goes down easily.
His physical attacks did some decent damage, but his Firaga, Thundaga and Blizzaga didn't do much damage.
But he says his death changes nothing, that the cloud of darkness is already here…
It says it is going to return the world to the void, and it attacks us!
We go in full force, but our attacks do 0 damage!?
It then retaliates with Particle Beam, instantly killing us!
Everyone cheers for us, but it is too much, we are done for…
But, before all is lost, Doga and Unei use their souls to resurrect us!
They tell us they are now crossing to the great beyond, that they have done all they can. We are the last hope!
We step into the darkness portal and are transported to the world of darkness… Where the Cloud of Darkness awaits.
This room is a boss gauntlet. If we want to stand any chance at beating the Cloud of Darkness, we first have to take out four of her lackeys. If we don't she is essentially unbeatable.
We can take them on in any order, but we must defeat all of them to stand a chance.
We find a chest that contains a Ribbon, but it is guarded by a Xande Clone!
He can cast the trio of -aga spells as well Haste and Protect, but he goes down easily.
The Ribbon goes on Arc.
We find the first boss, Cerberus, waiting for us!
He hits pretty hard, but the main difficulty, he attacks three times per turn! He can also cast the boss staple of -aga spells as well. His attacks inflict poison as well, but that isn't a major concern.
I had Luneth set up Protect with the Defender, while Ingus healed and Arc and Refia did the best damage they could, although I didn't throw any Shurikens… I am saving those for Cloud of Darkness.
With Curaga and Summon spam, he went down. Three more to go.
After the fight, we are greeted with a warrior of dark, one of the fabled "heroes" who defeated the light a thousand years ago. He says that light and dark have a balance, and as long as there is hope in the light and dark world, the Void will be kept at bay.
Going to the next boss, we find another Ribbon, guarded by yet another Xande Clone. This one goes down even faster than the first one.
Next up, is the Two-Headed Dragon, which hits for about 1000+ damage and gets two turns. Yikes.
We use the same strategy as before.
I don't believe he has any magic, just powerful physical attacks.
After defeating it, another warrior of dark speaks to us, telling us that when Xande halted the flow of time, he sealed away two of the crystals, causing the balance to be upset, unleashing the Cloud of Darkness.
He says that the Cloud of Darkness is powerful, but with the powers of light and dark, we might be able to beat it.
We grab another Ribbon after beating another Xande Clone and continue on to the boss.
With that, our entire party is decked out in Ribbons, fully protected now.
We come across the Ahriman as the next boss. He cast the same trio of elemental spells and gets two turns.
He doesn't hit as hard as the Two-Headed Dragon with his physical attacks, and his spells deal some damage, but are easily healed.
He can also cast Curaja on himself, but he only healed about 4500 HP, so not a whole lot.
He goes down without any trouble. One final one to go before the final showdown…
We grab the final Ribbon and confront the last mini-boss of the world of darkness… The Echidna!
She hits for a decent amount, but she can cast a lot of nasty spells, such as Quake and Death, which instantly KO's a target if it succeeds.
She can even pull out Tornado, which lowers any target that is affected by it to single digit HP.
Thankfully, none of it landed, and we beat her without incident.
The last warrior of dark joins us for our assault against the Cloud of Darkness!
We approach her, and the warriors of dark appear and sacrifice themselves to weaken her.
Now it's time for a rematch!
The Cloud of Darkness is a very difficult final boss.
First off, she has two Tentacles that accompany her, and they both have high health, and can cast a multitude of spells, like Lightning, Haste, Protect as well as hitting decently hard.
In addition, one tentacle can only be hit with physical attacks while the other can only be hit with magic attacks.
This was a Lightning attack. Not severe, but enough that when coupled with the other attacks she has at her disposal makes for trouble.
The Cloud herself has physical attacks and can cast Particle Beam, that same attack that wiped us out earlier. She also has Bad Breath, but if you are wearing Ribbons (you really should), then that is a lovely small break from her relentless assault.
Since we killed the four mini-bosses, Particle Beam deals much less damage, but still is one of most powerful attacks she can use.
Things got pretty close during the fight. I had Luneth use the Defender to Protect everyone. Refia threw Shurikens at the Cloud while Arc summoned.
Ingus had to go into super-overdrive healing mode, spamming Curaja almost the entire fight to survive.
At one point, a Lightning + Particle Beam combo took out Arc and severely weakening Luneth and Refia. Ingus healed everyone and I took a chance on reviving Arc with Arise.
That was such a risky gamble, but it payed off, with Arc up but everyone was hurt pretty bad. Before Ingus could start up his Curaja spam again, Refia was KO'd.
This time, I couldn't take that risk of not casting Curaja every round, so she had to stay down, which was bad because she was dealing 9999 damage with her Shurikens. Refia did somehow managed to miss with a Shuriken one time, which caused a bit of rage, but we still managed to take her out thanks to Luneth and Arc.
Also, despite Arc casting Bahamut and Leviathan every turn he was able, he never did take out the magic-weak Tentacle. Each tentacle apparently has 66,666 health each. That is insane. My original plan was to have Refia attack the Cloud exclusively with Shurikens, while Ingus attacked the other tentacle. With Arc's summons hitting both the Cloud and the magic-weak tentacle, I thought I could take them both out and save myself some trouble, but that didn't happen. I had to just have Luneth go for the Cloud when Refia went down to make up for her.
The Cloud herself has 120,000 HP.
After a very intense fight, we defeat the Cloud of Darkness!!!
We get a bit of story about how the world came into being, and the light and dark balance.
At the end, we are transported back to the crystal tower where everyone is waiting.
We are congratulated by everyone and hop on the Invincible to take everyone home.
We drop them off, one-by-one, and say our goodbyes.
Dropping off Cid and Desch at Canaan, Sara wants to travel back to Ur with Ingus.
Back at Ur, everyone cheers for us, and thanks us for saving the world. Someone tries to give Ingus a congratulatory kiss, but Sara shuts her down pretty quick. That made me chuckle.
The crystals re-appear in the world, bringing about a new beautiful day!
Roll credits!
The credits are actually pretty fun, showing off the various characters and jobs doing various things in the background. That was cool.
Here is the menu screen before the final boss:
Game overs:
-Cursed Coppers
-Nepto Dragon
-Medusa Boss (I reset, so I am counting it)
-Garuda x6 (!!!)
-Chimera Mages
-Doga and Unei x2
Final Thoughts:
This game was a bit of a roller coaster for me. There were times where it was really fun, but then extremely annoying and challenging.
But, I could forgive most of the game's faults, except the fact that the game requires you to grind a ton to be able to beat the game. I was almost level 60, and Cloud of Darkness was still a nightmare.
I understand that a final boss should be epic, but still, requiring the player to grind and grind at the end to even stand a chance to beat the boss is very annoying. Perhaps if you could gain levels faster, or if you could at least save half-way or right before the boss.
Unlike in FFOrigins, this game doesn't have the Memo option, so you can't save anywhere.
The fact that the final area is just a slog walking up the tower and beating four mini-bosses and the Cloud all in one go. As well as having random encounter all through-out, all of whom you will most likely run from since you need to conserve resources. It is tough.
FF1 sort of did this, but you can Exit/Teleport out, plus, the game didn't require you to grind to obscene levels to beat Chaos.
In FF1, you could comfortably beat the game with a balanced party at about level 26-28, which is with minimal grinding. Of course, challenge runs are a different story, but I am not counting those.
I am pretty sure I had one of the best job compositions you could have, not counting the Onion Knight. I mean, my job levels were in the mid 40's and nearly maxed with my Knight!
I couldn't even imagine trying to beat this game with a different party.
Knight was tanky (minus magic damage, at least before Ribbon), and dealt great damage at the end,
Ninja was frail, but dealt amazing damage,
Summoner was all about group damage, plus they have a ton of MP,
Devout is needed. I don't see how anyone can beat the Cloud without one. You might be able to get by with a White Mage, but why use one if you have the Devout job? Not counting challenge/restriction runs of course.
I mean, perhaps the Knight could be switched up with a Dragoon maybe, or something that dealt great damage, but I am no expert on FF3, so take that advice with a grain of salt.
Of course, this whole point is probably moot if you level everyone up to 99, but I just don't have the patience for that.
And don't even get me started on the "transition phase" when you switch jobs. At first, I didn't really mind it, since I knew what jobs I wanted to use, but later on, when you just want to mess around with the different jobs, you can't really do that, not without saving before switching and then resetting if you don't like it.
But even then, with your stats weakened for up to ten battles sometimes, it takes a while to even be able to see the full potential of a job.
Another annoying thing, if you level up as a job with low Vitality, your character will permanently have lower HP than everyone else. This can really mess you up if you don't think about it. I think I got pretty lucky with HP ups, what with having Arc and Ingus as Red Mages for most of the game instead of White/Black mages.
But there is a reason why most people switch to Monk/Black Belt right before a level to ensure they get a larger HP increase, but that is just more work to add to the game that you have to do.
Also, I didn't really know this until about half-way through the game, but there is a hidden stat called Melee Proficiency, which dictates how many hits a character gets with a weapon, but it is for each hand.
So, if you spend the entire game as a mage, but then switch to a melee class late in the game, you are kind of screwed, since that mage character will always deal less damage and hits than someone who has been attacking the entire game, at least until they build up their Melee Proficiency.
Just another thing that you might have to grind if you didn't know ahead of time.
And it's hidden, the game doesn't mention it at all that I am aware of!
Also, this game doesn't really have much of a story. They tried with the remakes, and they did what they could with what they had, but nothing spectacular, similiar to FF1, but a bit more story and flavor.
The whole "light and dark warriors teaming up to beat the Void" was neat. I like that concept, makes me wonder about what the "dark warriors" had to go through and what they had to fight to complete their quest a thousand years ago.
But, with that said, would I recommend this game?
No. It is just too frustrating at times, and very grindy.
I think the NES version is a lot of people's favorites, but I can't attest to that, since I never played that version.
But for this version, don't play it unless you are crazy like myself and want to play through every Final Fantasy.
I do enjoy the fact that this is the first game in the series to have the job system, plus the quirky cast of characters were all right. I will admit, I did enjoy some of the challenge, but once again, going back to the whole, "grind almost 15+ levels before you can beat the final boss" thing really annoyed me.
Maybe I am a tad bit lazy sometimes, but this game just has a lot of negative layers stacked up on each other that just becomes a lot to bear.
There is more to the game, like getting Job Mastery items by leveling up a job to job level 99, beating the secret boss, getting the Onion equipment, but I don't foresee myself doing all that. I just don't have enough interest in the game to do so.
But, when I beat it, I did get that feeling of accomplishment you almost always get after beating a game, especially the first time, so that was great.
In any case, the world of FF3 has been saved!
Time to move on to the next…
Final Fantasy 4! Join me next time!
The job images were taken from the FF3 Wikia page:


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Meet Ken Powell, a devoted Australian Foo Fighters fan. He was stricken with melanoma 14 years ago. In 2009, despite a massive battle with the disease, his status was changed to terminal.
Faced with such a short-term future, Powell has decided to venture out and achieve several items on his 'bucket list' – such as meeting Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl, a hero of Powell's. The Foos just played in Australia, and Powell was supposed to attend a meet-and-greet with Grohl, but food poisoning forced Dave to cancel the session. Despite the setback, Powell attended all six of the Foos' Australian concerts, his dream of meeting them as passionate as ever.
Thankfully, a helpful flight attendant stepped in to make things pick up momentum:
His luck changed when his friend and Qantas flight attendant, Daniella Whitehead, just happened to be looking after the Foo Fighters on their return flight home, and shared Mr Powell's story with them.
The band was touched and Grohl, living up to his title as the 'Nicest Guy in Rock', offered his support through a photo greeting for his fan, as well as passing on some souvenirs, including a signed autograph and VIP tickets to a Los Angeles show.
Now, with that standing offer of a Los Angeles gig in September, Powell's family has started a Go Fund Me page to generate donations to fund his trip to Los Angeles…and so far it's working, as they've hit their initial goal of $20,000 en route to $30,000 (with a nice check being divvied up for Melanoma Institute Australia).
Here's hoping Powell makes it to the United States and the Foos' gig at the Forum next fall! And thanks to Grohl and the guys for being so accommodating and willing to go out of their way to make this such a special moment for such a big fan.
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monster slime & monster mash with my little monsters!
water, glue, borax, glitter, googly eyes...instant monsters.
who would have thought that goo could look so friendly?
the kids loved it even more when we let them put the slime all over the windows...
i wonder if they'll like it just as much when i make them clean it off today?


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Turbines divide residents
The proponents of a wind farm in northern Leamington were greeted with skepticism by some residents but welcomed by others during a public meeting Tuesday night.
Advantis Energy held its second meeting in Leamington, this time to see if and where residents would support a 10 megawatt wind project in northern Leamington between Concessions 8 and 11 and between Highway 77 and County Road 37. The proposal is for four towers that would be 65 to 85 metres at the hub of the turbine.
"All over Europe, there's lots of turmoil about wind turbines," said Aad Ahsmann, who lives on Concession 6 and said he knows he will hear them at his home if the project goes ahead north of him.
"I'm not a happy camper if there's a wind turbine on my side."
Wilf Fortowsky, who lives in Amherstburg and is concerned about a wind power proposal there, called the father and son "snake oil salesmen."
But some in the crowd were interested in leasing their land and having a wind turbine. Arnold Shilson, who lives on Concession 10, said there was a lot of negativity in the room but he was willing to talk. "I think it's a great idea."
Zoran and his 17-year-old son Boris Vondus of Toronto say their family and other families want to invest in the four-turbine project.
The pair promised the wind turbines would be at least 600 metres from homes and promised payments annually to landowners who are beside the turbines as well as the landowner who has the turbine on his land. The company said it would spend $60,000 a year on leases and promised not to build more than four turbines.
Boris, who did the bulk of the presentation, told the group of about 40 the turbines would raise property values and attract tourists such as visitors brought in by the wind companies to view the turbines.
The pair said they were contacting 75 landowners in the area but didn't seem to know there's another wind company proposing turbines in the same area and in Lakeshore.
If the Vondus family and nine other families want to have their project in Leamington, they plan to do a wind study in the new year and could be ready to present a proposal to council by spring.
Coun. Herb Enns, who owns land in the area, and Deputy Mayor Robert Schmidt attended the meeting. Schmidt said councillors will judge each proposal when it comes to them. He said council's concern is wind power with the "least amount of negative effects."
Residents asked a variety of questions including ice falling off turbines, the flicker effect which is caused by the sun shining through the blades and the size of the blades.
The Vondus' said they couldn't give the size of the blades because they hadn't chosen the turbine yet.
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The first proposal by Advantis north of Point Pelee National Park was opposed by residents in late October who were concerned about birds at the migration hotspot.
By Sharon Hill, Windsor Star
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Thousands filled downtown's Lions Wayside and Delucchi parks Friday night to hear the classic soul and Motown hits by West Grand Boulevard.
They filled lawn chairs and blankets for two blocks along First Street, with children playing, neighbors chatting, new and old friends enjoying a drink together and families picnicking.
It's a sight that makes many passersby stop in their tracks. But for many in attendance, the Concerts in the Park series -- held weekly every summer by the Pleasanton Downtown Association (PDA) -- is a welcome and regular scene.
"I've been coming here for five years. Every Friday, same spot," Caroline Pashion said during the June 26 performance, lounging in her usual lawn chair. "I enjoy it because I like the beautiful weather and the family and social time."
PDA executive director Laura Olson estimates that over 3,500 people attend the concerts every week. Many drive by around 6 p.m. and see half the park already filled with people.
Concerts in the Park takes place annually on Friday nights from June to August.
The free concerts, held at the Chan Henderson Bandstand in Lions Wayside Park from 7-8:30 p.m., continue tonight with classic soul and Motown hits performed by West Grand Boulevard.
The 2015 series presents a variety of genres, such as 1980s hits, big band swing and contemporary rock through Aug. 28, when the Public Eye closes out Concerts in the Park with high energy rock 'n' roll.
"The concerts have clearly grown significantly in terms of attendance. It started with a little bit of Wayside Park, and then the whole Wayside Park, and to what it has grown to become today," Olson said.
The city of Pleasanton started Concerts in the Park more than 30 years ago, and the PDA has been planning the summer tradition since taking over the event in the late 1980s. The tradition has been around so long even some longtime residents can't remember a summer without the concerts.
"One purpose of this event is getting the community together to just enjoy a night in downtown Pleasanton," said Julie Vlahon, PDA events and communications manager. "People can dance, enjoy food, and listen to great music. It makes a city that has been growing feel a little smaller."
Vlahon, who now leads Concerts in the Park planning, counted herself among astonished first-time visitors to the concert series when she attended her introductory show three years ago.
"The feeling I got from being there, the pride people take in Pleasanton, neighbors talking to neighbors, the live music ... it's overwhelming. You didn't know it existed before you go. It's amazing," she recalled.
A first-time visitor this year, Steve Dukleth came with his family and friends June 26, when the Georgi and the Rough Week performed rockin' blues music.
"I'm enjoying the music and the concert so far," he said.
"I'll definitely come back. I'll just make sure to save closer seats for next time," he added with a laugh.
Not only do the concerts present a fun community event, but they also create an important multiplier effect for downtown businesses by bringing several thousand people to the area every week, PDA officials noted.
To help boost interest this year, the PDA has invited four new bands to provide a more varied repertoire, with old faves and new faces. So far, the reactions have been great, according to Vlahon.
Crawdad Republic, one of the new groups this year who performed June 19, brought a new, Mumford and Sons-style folk bluegrass sound that received a wonderful reception, she said.
Some of the series' success can be attributed to Concerts in the Park's rigorous band selection process. Applications to perform are due every October, and the PDA makes decisions by December after reviewing the music and listening to community feedback.
Each event also offers other activities in addition to the musical performance.
In the past, concert sponsors have brought in a face painting and hair braiding booth, balloons for kids, free giveaways and even a photo booth. The Pleasanton Weekly has been the event's exclusive media sponsor since 2007. Also, the PDA booth near the Neal Street entrance always features free raffles.
To keep the concerts safe and fun, the PDA has a few rules for attendees.
Concertgoers who would like to save a seat can only put out a blanket after midnight on Friday. Tarps and rocks are not allowed on the grass to prevent burning the grass and obstructing lawn mowers, respectively.
Also, the city allows alcohol consumption only during the duration of the concert. Dogs and animals must be on leashes, and everyone is advised to leave the park before 10 p.m. Friday.
Vlahon offered other advice for any future visitors.
"Railroad (Avenue) corridor and the Firehouse Arts Center are the best places to park," she said. "And if you want a good (seating) spot, get there as early as possible."
According to PDA officials, new and exciting plans are in store for the future of Concerts in the Park.
Last October, the city of Pleasanton approved a master plan for a renovation of Lions Wayside and Delucchi parks with changes such as a new, larger bandstand structure and an expanded audience area made possible by filling in an existing ditch.
"This is the future of the concert: better bandstand, accommodations for more people, more shade and professional staging, lighting and speakers," Olson said. "We hope to make the bandstand useful year-round for everybody."
With the changes in store, PDA officials also say they are committed to preserving the traditional family-friendly, small-town atmosphere.
"I want it to always be an event that no matter what age you are, you can enjoy," Vlahon said. "We have little tinies that are dancing their socks off in front of the stage; families there are comfortable bringing their babies. And we also have retired seniors dancing and enjoying. I want a concert that someone of all ages can come and enjoy."
Concerts in the Park
Every Friday until Aug. 28
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Lions Wayside Park (corner of First Street and Neal Street)
Concert lineup
Next Friday, July 17 -- CoolTones
Big band and swing
July 24 -- The Banned
'80s hits
July 31 -- The Apes
Contemporary rock
Aug. 7 -- Tommy and the 4 Speeds
Aug. 14 -- Max Cruise
Rock, pop and R&B
Aug. 21 -- Magic Moments
Aug. 28 -- Public Eye
High energy rock 'n roll.


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A group of five children were rescued by lifeguards after getting into difficulty in the North Sea.
The youngsters had been caught in a rip current off Tynemouth Longsands beach, while a man who had tried to help them was also caught out.
A member of the public alerted RNLI lifeguards Jake Woods and Vaughn Campbell to the drama, which unfolded at 3.30pm on Sunday, August 23.
The children had got into difficulty just outside the red and yellow flagged zone.
Vaughn swam out to the youngsters with his rescue board while Jake radioed his colleagues and asked them to launch their Rescue Water Craft (RWC) before swimming out to the scene with his rescue tube.
RNLI lifeguard Jordon McCartney, from the nearby Cullercoats unit, also came along to help where he encountered the man who was struggling in the strong currents.
The children were very grateful when we brought them back to dry land and thanked us for rescuing them.RNLI senior lifeguard Jordon McCartney
The man, who was thought to be in his 30s, had tried to help the stranded group of children but had also been caught out by the rip currents.
Jordon checked he was okay and guided him back to the shore before joining his colleagues to help the youngsters.
Unfortunately he was then washed out again, being helped back to the beach by RNLI lifeguard Matthew Robson.
Vaughn was keeping the five youngsters afloat by getting them to hold onto his rescue board while they waited for colleagues Liam Hogg and Elliot Rogers on the RWC, taking the youngsters back to the beach in three trips.
The children were very shaken by their ordeal and suffering from the efforts of cold water. They were warmed up with blankets.
Two of the group were then given some oxygen and taken to hospital by paramedics for further treatment.
RNLI senior lifeguard Jordon McCartney said: "The sea conditions were pretty challenging yesterday afternoon.
"There was a large swell and powerful waves which meant that we had to work swiftly and effectively as a team to reach the youngsters and bring them to safety.
"The children were very grateful when we brought them back to dry land and thanked us for rescuing them.
"We were pleased that we were able to assist them and we would also like to thank members of the public who offered their help and blankets to the youngsters.
"Our charity would always urge people to come and ask the lifeguards for advice on tide times and about the safe areas in which to swim."


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GNAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (May 9-10 at Monmouth): Thursday - #3 MSU Billings (21-25-1) vs. #1 Western Oregon (31-19), 10 a.m.; #3 MSU Billings vs. #2 Central Washington (28-22), 1 p.m.; #2 Central Washington vs. #1 Western Oregon, 4 p.m. Friday – Game 4 at noon; Game 5 at 3 p.m. (If all three teams finish round-robin play with a 1-1 record, #1 seed receives bye into Game 5).
MONMOUTH, Ore. - Western Oregon will be seeking its 12th straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference baseball title in the inaugural GNAC post-season tournament beginning Thursday at the WOU Baseball Field.
The top-seeded Wolves, who have won every previous conference title, earned the right to host the first tournament by winning the GNAC regular-season title. WOU wrapped up the title this weekend winning three of four games against second-place Central Washington in Ellensburg.
The tournament begins with a three-game round-robin Thursday. In the opening game, third-seed Montana State Billings will play the Wolves at 10 a.m. Game 2 will match MSUB and second-seed Central Washington at 1 p.m. CWU will then play WOU at 4 p.m.
If all three qualifying teams end the round robin with 1-1 records, the Wolves, as the top-seed, will advance to Friday's championship game against the winner of Game 4 which would match Central Washington and Montana State Billings.
If one of the three teams wins twice Thursday it will play the other surviving team and need just one win Friday to claim the title.
Central Washington comes into the tournament as the most productive offensive team batting .319. Montana State Billings, which is hitting .303, however, has scored the most runs (297) and hit the most home runs (34).
Western Oregon has the best team earned run average (4.44) and produced the most shutouts (6). The Wolves also have three of the top-rated pitchers – A.J. Burke (7-3, 2.83), Spenser Watkins (7-6, 3.52) and Zach Nuno (6-2, 4.22). WOU closer Kody Stone ranks third nationally in saves with a GNAC-record 13.
WOU shortstop Blake Miller is seeking his second straight conference batting title hitting .376, 11 points ahead of teammate Daniel McNabb. Central Washington catcher Kyle Sani leads the conference in home runs (18) and RBIs (54). His home run total is a GNAC and CWU school record.
MSUB's Austin Rue brings a 27-game hitting streak into the tournament (the GNAC record is 32) and is hitting .357, while MSUB shortstop Colby Robison is batting .350 and has driven in 50 runs.
AROUND THE GNAC: Western Oregon won its season series with both Central Washington and Montana State Billings, taking five of eight games. MSU Billings, meanwhile, won five of eight games against Central Washington ... Burke, who blanked CWU 9-0 on four hits Saturday, leads the GNAC in earned run average (2.83) ... The GNAC champion is not guaranteed a berth in the NCAA regionals. With just five member schools, the conference does not receive an automatic berth. A minimum of six schools in a conference is required before the NCAA grants a conference an automatic berth.


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Shahrukh Khan, CUNY Baccalaureate (CUNY BA) student from the College of Staten Island, has been accepted into one of the most prestigious undergraduate summer research programs in the nation. Mr. Khan will spend ten weeks this summer at the main campus of the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, a partner site of the Amgen Scholars Program, to perform independent research under an NIH intramural scientist mentor.
Mr. Khan entered CUNY BA in Fall 2015 with a dream of becoming a doctor. The programs allows him to combine his interest in international affairs with the pursuit of medicine. Mr. Khan studies dual areas of concentration, in "Neurobiology" and "Global Affairs."
CUNY BA is the University-wide, individualized degree. It is an exciting, versatile, rewarding degree route for highly motivated, self-directed students whose academic goals transcend traditional majors. Students create their own degree plans working directly with faculty mentors and academic advisors.


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Staff members of Oswego Health's Central Square Medical Center recently collected more than 200 non-perishable items that were donated to the food pantry at Divine Mercy, located on South Main Street in the village.
Coordinating the drive was Kasondra Johnson, who works at the medical center at 3045 East Avenue in Central Square.
"This was our way of giving back to the community we service," Johnson said. "I wanted to make sure that families in need could receive food items that had been collected by our staff, as we support the community where we work."
The CSMC provides urgent care, medical imaging, laboratory, physician therapy along with primary care at the Primecare Medical Practice, which is located on the lower level of the facility.
For more information, please call 668-5212 or visit oswegohealth.org


text: Though the fixed mindset has traditionally ruled the way of the world, many recent studies show that the growth mindset better represents our abilities. Our brains are much more elastic than previously thought, constantly growing new connections. IQ and talent are not fixed, but are mutable based on experience and attitude – we can grow and we have … as a young child, how did you learn to walk, talk, ask for things, learn to ride a bike? If intelligence were fixed, we'd all be babbling, crawling, grunting, and never have any idea what a bike could do! We learned and grew and we're continuing to do so – so why can't we work on learning better and more effectively?


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Gale writes-"A couple of years ago, the Divinity franchise was resurrected from obscurity with Ego Draconis, a by-the-book RPG that had one amazing feature – you could turn into a dragon and lay waste to everything before you. Still, it wasn't an especially inviting nor fascinating title, so its audience was spread thin, so to say. Definitely too thin to create a cult following. However, everything is set to change now that Original Sin is out. If you were interested in this title before the release and followed its development, as well as read the previews, you could tell it's going to be a good RPG. However, it's the complete version of the game that has blown my mind away more than any promotion ever could."
I have played 15h so far and the game is all I hoped for. Simply put it is excellent.
Not hand holding dumped down Skyrim or hack 'n' slash Dark Souls -experience.
And more to come; Wayland 2 and Pillars of Eternity
@ Edge Agreed agreed agreed. Divinity: OS is AMAZING, and with Wasteland 2 and Pillars of eternity on the horizon its the best time to be a CRPG player in freaking years! :D


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The rising pollution levels are having a direct impact on our skin. The chemical and industrial pollutants present in the atmosphere make our skin appear dull and lifeless.
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Always choose a face wash which is suited to your specific type of skin. Natural face washes are prepared from natural ingredients. These face washes do not contain any harmful chemicals. The following homemade face wash recipes are prepared with hundred percent natural ingredients.
Honey Lemon Face Wash Recipe
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Mix the ingredients well and apply in a circular motion over the entire face and neck. Remove the face wash with cotton balls dipped in warm water.
Oatmeal and Baking Soda Face Wash Recipe
Combine one tablespoon of finely ground oatmeal to half a teaspoon of baking soda. Mix the dry ingredients with half a teaspoon of warm water. Apply the mixture in circular motion on the face and later wash it off with warm water.