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J.R. Mats, Inc.was the first to develop a Golf Mat that Takes a Real Tee after listening to PGA professionals complain about the typical golf mat problems.

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Since then we have been featured at The US Open in the Trackman Swing Zone, at Butch Harmon School of Golf, On US Golf TV, In Golf Course Trades Magazine as “An American Success Story”, Golf Illustrated, Golf Digest Magazine, Golf “Driven To Innovate” video, PGA Show New Product Zone, and too many more to mention here.

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If you love adventure, then learn to scuba dive! If you’re travelling to any tropical destination in the world, you’d be crazy to miss out on all the underwater life that surrounds these beautiful areas. Being able to scuba dive will open your eyes to what’s out there and it will make you see things from a whole new perspective.

Read on to find out why learning to dive should be number 1 on your travel bucket list.

1) 70% of the world is water – why stop at your 30%?

Think about how many amazing sights and adventures there are to explore on land – but did you know that land covers only 30% of the world? Imagine how many amazing things you can discover under the water. Being able to dive allows you to explore so many new areas, so why restrict yourself?

2) Exploration

Scuba diving allows you to see and experience parts of the world that no other person has seen. It also allows you to explore underwater caves, reefs, wrecks and find animals and organisms that you never even knew existed. I managed to dive with manta rays on just my sixth dive, and I can’t begin to explain amazing it was to interact with such beautiful and graceful creatures. Scuba Diving Tips For Beginners

3) Push your boundaries

Diving inevitably puts you out of your comfort zone. It’s a foreign experience and you’re dealing with new equipment and surroundings. But that’s not a bad thing! In fact, it’s all part of the fun. It’s good to push your boundaries. It keeps you open-minded, you learn new things and you develop a new found confidence. Although diving looks scary, as long as you keep your cool, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how easy it really is.

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4) Adventure

You get a real sense of adventure when you dive. If you crave new experiences and excitement, diving is for you. There are so many amazing things to be seen and found underwater. One thing you can pretty much guarantee is that every dive will be different and you’ll constantly be surprised with what you find!

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5) Enjoyment

Most of all, diving gives a sense of euphoria and freedom and that is completely unique to any other sport. Scuba diving is so enjoyable as it allows you to explore the underwater worlds and experience new and wonderful things.

If you want to learn to scuba dive then what are you waiting for! Find a reputable dive centre, leave any worries or nerves at home and most of all, have an amazing time exploring the underwater world! One thing for sure is that once you start diving, you’ll never stop!

  1. January 20, 2015 / 1:14 pm

    when i was about 13 i swam with sharks and have since in my early 20’s swam in the sea and scuba dived a little but not recenlty would love to though so beautiful to see

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      January 20, 2015 / 1:23 pm

      Wow you must have been scared swimming with sharks at 13!

      Yeah diving is such a beautiful experience i’d recommend it to anyone! Where in the world are you at the minute?

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Is anyone able to identify this plant/weed? It has small purple flowers and appeared in the garden last year. Sorry, not the best photos, the second one is taken from above the plant. Thanks in anticipation.

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Well even weeds are plants but I know what you mean---I like it and have it in my garden. Keep it if you like it.Its only drawback is that it does seed itself very freely but its easy to pull up any you don't want..

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Thank you Owdboggy, Steragram, I have now been able to read up about it. I have seen bees on the flowers so it will be staying.

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It's a pretty wildflower and can come in pink and white as well, loved by insects and as Stera says can be easily removed from where it's not wanted, welcome in my garden.

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As we begin our working lives, there’s one thing that stands out: ‘woah, look at all this money I’ve earned!’ In normal (non-coronavirus) circumstances, this will coincide with going out more, going on holidays (ones where the family isn’t paying!) and buying new things, whether it be that new piece of tech or fancy clothes. This is called spending (duh!). With whatever’s left over (hopefully still a bit!), chances are it’s either going to be sitting in a bank account (or even worse, under your mattress). This is where investing comes in.

But as you and I both know, these are not normal investing circumstances. COVID-19 has not only upended our spending habits but also provided a volatile share market. That’s not to say opportunity doesn’t exist - in fact it’s during times that windows of opportunity open up. Even if it’s just buying into the market while it’s at a low (to get the long-term gain when it hopefully recovers), COVID-19 actually offers a great period to consider investing.

So, how should you be investing all this money? It’s a big question, but we’re going to try and make it as easy as possible. We’ll look to cover the following questions:

  • What asset classes can I invest in?
  • What is diversification and why is it important?
  • How should I invest?
  • What are some top tips?

Investing sounds complicated and expensive – is it really worth it

I remember when I started working part-time during university, I finally had some decent moolah in the bank. Back then, interest rates were higher, and I thought earning 4-5% p.a. was decent. But at the same time, I saw equities (shares) return at least double that, and I felt like I was missing out!

In my current role in investment consulting I see first-hand what returns could be like if you dedicate some time and effort to investments.

Nowadays, interest rates are much lower - the amount we earn by leaving our cash in the bank is closer to 2% p.a. Yet in 2019, the returns for the Australian equity market were over 20%!

Of course, just prior to my time at university, the GFC happened. During this period, global equities fell around 50%, reminding long term investors that while investments come with a positive expected return, they also carry a level of risk with them.

Below we discuss how to think about investing and highlight our top tips for putting your money to work.

What asset classes can I invest in?

Asset classes are essentially different types of investments. Each asset class will behave differently in the market depending on their risk and return. The main asset classes to think about are:

What is diversification and why is it important?

Diversification is commonly referred to as the only free lunch when it comes to investing. And I don’t know about you, but I love free lunches.

Diversification is important in a portfolio as it can reduce your risk without reducing your expected return. This is because different assets and asset classes are likely to do well and poorly at different times (that is, they are not perfectly correlated).

The benefit of diversification means when investing in shares, for example, you should invest in lots of different shares to diversify away company-specific risk. Similarly, you should invest across different asset classes to diversify away asset class-specific risk.

How should I invest?

So, we know what asset classes we can invest in, and we know a diversified investment portfolio is better than a concentrated one. But how do we actually invest our hard-earned cash?

There are a couple of ways to invest, so we’ve broken this section into these sub-sections:

  • Do it yourself: Control your investment decisions and amounts. This includes using online brokers to invest in shares and exchange traded funds (otherwise known as ETFs, which we’ll talk about later!).
  • Get others to do it for you: Invest your money with a company or fund that makes these decisions for you. This includes investing with an investment platform or managed fund.

Within each sub-section, we’ve broken down our top picks into our recurring categories:

Do it yourself

It’s easy for people like you and me to buy and sell shares. Using an online broker is great for those who want to research companies and pick those they believe are likely to do well. It is also great for people who do not want to invest in particular companies, which can be difficult when investing passively through an ETF or when outsourcing this decision to an investment manager.

We have selected a few online brokers based on our recurring categories. Typically, when you want to buy or sell a stock, you must pay a fee. Fees differ quite a lot between providers, and can add up over time, particularly if you are investing small amounts of cash at any one time (given these fees tend to be fixed, rather than a percentage of your investment).

Price is Right – investing directly at the lowest cost

More than Money – premium broking services

In this category, we consider additional services an online broker can provide. These include access to a broader array of markets, data on companies, stock reports and charting features. Naturally, these providers will charge higher fees.

ETFs are exchange traded funds. These are funds that invest in a number of underlying assets that can be bought and sold on an exchange via an online broker (like the ones we listed above) or by direct investment via an application form.

The main benefit to ETFs is they provide access to a wide array of investments (remember diversification?). Most ETFs are passively invested, that is, they provide exposure to an entire market.

The ASX 200 is a popular ETF example. An ETF investing in the ASX 200 will invest in the 200 largest stocks, based on the relative size of each company in that portfolio. So, Commonwealth Bank is around 2% of the ASX 200, BHP is about 1.5%, and Woolworths is about 0.8%. So, when you hear that the ASX has risen by x% over a certain period, a passive ETF investing in the ASX will give that return, less management fees.

There are many ETF providers out there, and many ETFs! We recommend looking at the offerings of a few large ETF providers, including Vanguard, iShares (BlackRock), SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) and BetaShares.

Below we highlight our favourite low-cost ETFs, passively investing in the most common asset classes. We also include past returns for these ETFs, but we must warn you: do not compare these apples and oranges! This is because they invest in different asset classes with different levels of risk and expected return. We have also shown returns for the longest period possible for each ETF, and so these time periods vary greatly since some have not been around for too long!

Price is Right – our favourite low-cost ETFs

Our “More than Money” category considers some more niche and actively managed ETFs, which will typically charge higher managemnt fees. Once again, our warning with comparing returns applies!

More than Money – ETFs doing something a little different

Get others to do it for you

While investing yourself can be fun and provide great rewards, it is also challenging and time consuming. Investing is a full-time job for many – as it is for me – and competing with them can be extremely difficult! There are however managed funds and neo-investments which can invest your money for you – of course in exchange for a fee.

Neo investments are new investment platforms that allow you to invest in a range of asset classes, often through an easy-to-use app. Many of these providers will invest passively, aiming to provide close to market returns. Typically, neo investments will charge low fees and allow you to customise your portfolio to fit your risk tolerance.

Our price is right category focuses on these lower cost, neo-investments:

Price is Right

Fund managers invest clients’ money in exchange for a fee. They can invest in a range of asset classes and employ a myriad of different strategies. Many fund managers invest actively (trying to ‘beat’ the market). All else equal, active managers will charge higher fees than passive managers, given they expect to produce higher returns. While many fund managers require large investment amounts, making them only accessible to institutions, there are many that are open to retail investors.

Our more than money category focuses on these more active offerings:

More than Money

Any final tips?

Woah, that was a lot to take in. If we haven’t turned your brain to mush yet, some final top tips to get you on your way:

  1. Don’t over invest: Investments carry risk, but they also have an expected return to compensate for that risk. Invest what you can, but don’t over invest – consider what you can afford to lose! Also, if you have debt (excluding HECS debt, which only increases with inflation making it quite a good deal!), consider paying this off before investing additional capital.
  2. Invest for the long term: Stay on top of your investments, but don’t sweat short-term movements! While shares may go up and down (and sometimes they move quite dramatically), it’s important to know you are in it for the long term and be willing to ride out any short-term shocks.
  3. Diversify: Invest in a combination of low and high-risk investments, and when it comes to equities, invest in a number of them to diversify away company-specific risk (either directly or through an ETF or managed fund).
  4. Invest in ETFs or other providers: Because investing is difficult, unless you are a highly informed and active investor, investing via ETFs or getting others to invest on your behalf – either through neo investments or managed funds – tend to be better for long-term returns.
  5. Read the PDS: ETFs, managed funds and neo investments will all have a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) which includes useful information about their products.

Let’s wrap this up

And there we have it – some top tips to get you on your way to construct an investment portfolio that’s right for you (and for our current circumstances)!

Stay tuned for upcoming topics or check out our other useful articles here. We’ve got plenty more gold to help you make the leap from top student to top professional!

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In Part III of our Lucky 21 for 2021 series, we’ve gathered a selection of blogs, twitter accounts and podcasts that we feel will keep you up-to-date with what’s going on in the legal world, and maybe even entertained!

Launched in 2005, Slaw remains an essential hub for Canadian news and opinion on all legal topics. In addition to daily pieces by contributors from across the legal community, the blog features regular columns, including the Monday Mix (highlights recent posts from award-winning Canadian legal blogs) and Tips Tuesday (on legal research and writing).

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Produced by the malpractice insurance carrier LAWPRO, this blog provides information on risk management, law practice management and claims prevention. While they may be most known for claims prevention (as the name indicates), their blog covers such topics as wills and estates, family law, civil litigation, legal technology, wellness and balance, and more.

3.The CanLII Blog

Not only does this blog contain your traditional blog posts, this CanLII-run resource also features regular columns such as Hot on CanLII — brief summaries of the past week’s most viewed cases (three English and one French-language). Their blog articles cover such topics as research tips, AI and ethics, COVID-19, and more.

4.The Court

This blog (also launched in 2005) is a forum for review and commentary on the work of the Supreme Court of Canada. Written and edited by students of Osgoode Hall Law School, it features in-depth analysis of recent rulings, news of upcoming appeals, annual reviews recapping the Court’s most significant cases and recently, the addition of a judicial biography series.

5.Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog

A blog produced by the members of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, an association of lawyers acting for plaintiffs. The posts in these blogs span from editorials, to case summaries, to association news, and cover such topics as accident benefits, insurance, personal injury, new technology, and more.

6.The Law School Show

Created in Ottawa in 2014 to fill a gap in student learning, The Law School Show is a podcast by students, for students. Episodes discuss various topics that law students might not learn in school – from what it means to practice in different areas of law, to matters concerning the recruitment process, the bar exam, and the licensing process. The show often includes guest speakers already working in the legal profession, giving insight on their successes and mistakes.

7.PrecedentJD – Twitter

Last but not least, PrecedentJD is an online magazine for law students, yet another resource that makes available information that law students may not have learned in school. Their twitter account – @PrecedentJD – is an easy way to keep up-to-date on all of the articles relevant to law school students. They often focus on how to ace interviews and dress the part, but also have articles related to mental health and legal culture.

And we couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to feature our own blog as a bonus. Check out Know How for research tips, legislative updates, information on Ontario bill activity, historical fun facts, and more.


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In her first career major quarter-final, Maria Sakkari earned a spot in the French Open Semi Final after upsetting defending champion Iga Świątek, and left her mark following her success by showing her love for Greece.

Finishing her winning match, she signed on a television camera “Hellas”, meaning Greece in Greek, within a love heart.

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The rising Greek tennis star defeated the Number 8 in consecutive sets – 6-4, 6-4.

She will now face Barbora Krejčíková for a spot in the final.

She also expressed her hope that family and friends will be able to watch her historic Semi Final bot.

This her her 21st Grand Slam tournament.

Her previous best was reaching the fourth round at last year’s Australian Open and U.S. Open.

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Ontario won’t settle for a “bad deal” when it comes to billions in required financial aid for municipalities, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday, as the rift between the province and federal government over desperately needed civic funding appeared to widen.

Ford said he is involved in active talks with Ottawa to secure funding for municipalities strapped for cash due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Municipal leaders said earlier this week that an aid package from both upper levels of government is needed to prevent tax increases and service cuts.

The premier said he is not willing to settle for the current federal offer because it is more than a billion dollars short of what’s needed to help shore up Ontario communities.

“If I walked away, the municipalities wouldn’t be too happy with the amount that the federal government’s offering right now,” Ford said.

The premier said Ontario represents 38 per cent of Canada’s population, and he believes it should receive the equivalent to that in the federal deal.

“I don’t rush a bad deal,” he said.

Some municipalities have expressed frustration in recent months that they are stuck in the middle of a lingering stand-off between the federal and Ontario governments over the aid package.

The municipal leaders have said $10 billion is needed for communities across the country, including Ontario, and federal and provincial governments must resolve their differences before cuts and fee hikes are needed.

A spokeswoman for Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the federal government recognizes municipalities face serious financial pressures.

“We have offered $14 billion to support Canadians and we hope we can soon conclude an agreement with all the premiers that will ensure this funding is delivered to those who need it,” Katherine Cuplinskas said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Ford’s government introduced a sweeping new piece of legislation Wednesday it said will help the province’s economy recover from the pandemic.

The omnibus bill — dubbed the COVID-19 Recovery Act — proposes to change 20 pieces of current legislation that govern the province’s schools, municipalities, and justice system.

Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said if passed, the bill would speed up environmental assessments, offer new consumer protections and help address unemployment.

Ford defended the bill and said it will help change an environmental assessment process that has been on the books for decades.

“We aren’t going to dodge (environmental assessments) or anything,” he said. “We’re going to make sure we strengthen them, but we’re going to do them quicker, smarter.”

Clark said the bill would also create an economic agency — Invest Ontario — to help attract more international investment to the province.

The 188 page bill also includes measures announced by Education Minister Stephen Lecce this week to end school suspensions for students in junior kindergarten to Grade 3.

Clark said with limited days of sitting at the provincial legislature, it made sense to combined the different changes into one package.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the bill isn’t actually a pandemic recovery plan at all, and is short on rent relief, solutions for long-term care, and details on schools required to truly help Ontarians.

“I’m worried that Doug Ford is using the COVID-19 recovery as cover to plow ahead with changes that have nothing at all to do with recovering from this pandemic,” she said.

Green party Leader Mike Schreiner said changing environmental regulations is not necessary to get the economy moving.

“Caring for nature, farmland and water is a vital part of the economic recovery, not something we sacrifice,” he said in a statement.

The government also tabled a motion on Wednesday to extend the province’s state of emergency until July 24.

The current state of emergency declared at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire July 15.

Ford’s office said the government wants to extend the measure to ensure there is no gap between that declaration ending and a new bill extending Ontario’s emergency measures taking effect.

Solicitor General Sylvia Jones introduced that bill on Tuesday, saying the province will need to keep some emergency measures in place in the months ahead.

Ontario reported 118 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, and nine new deaths due to the novel coronavirus.

The total number of cases now stands at 36,178, which includes 31,805 marked as resolved and 2,700 deaths.

The province also reported 202 newly resolved cases, and completed more than 22,832 tests for the novel coronavirus over the previous 24 hours.

The number of people in hospital because of the virus, in intensive care units and on ventilators all slightly decreased.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said 30 of the province’s 34 public health units reported five or fewer new cases, with 18 reporting none.


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Denniston Hill, Majestic Farms, and Trussbridge Farm are pleased to announce the availability of a farm apprenticeship program that underscores the creative aspects of small farming.
Located in Sullivan County, the apprenticeship runs from April 1 to October 31 and involves working closely with two farms that employ organic and sustainable farming practices. Apprentices rotate through all aspects of farming and marketing, including working with the field vegetables, pastured livestock operation, and designing a small garden. The program’s focus is on production, marketing, and education. Apprentices work with a committed farm team to learn the daily rhythms in each part of the farm.
The apprenticeship is a unique collaboration between Denniston Hill, a not-for-profit arts center engaged with questions of sustainable development; Majestic Farms, a pasture-raised pork, lamb, and poultry farm; and Trussbridge Farm, an all-natural farm that employs organic, sustainable growing practices. Apprentices receive housing, a share of meat, and a share of vegetables. This is an excellent learning opportunity for future farmers who are interested in learning all aspects of running a small farm. The apprenticeship takes place in a creative environment with many opportunities for learning and dialogue with the farmers and artists in residence at Denniston Hill.
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By Gretchen McKay

Wedding soup is a marriage made in heaven

LOWELLVILLE, Ohio — Nancy Grapevine and her sister, Marilee Pilkington, have been making their mother’s wedding soup for longer than they can remember. Like any self-respecting Italian cooks, they think it’s the best. Award-winning, even, which is why on a recent Saturday, they braved a wicked winter blast that dumped several inches of snow on this tiny village along the Mahoning River to enter a wedding soup cook-off.

The starter that’s a staple at so many red sauce Italian-American restaurants is the highlight of a “Bigga Day” party that kicks off the Mt. Carmel Society’s annual Italian festival each July. So when members of the Italian men’s club were trying to come up with a new fundraiser last October, they decided: why not host a contest to determine who does it the best?

More than a third of the town’s population traces its roots to the Mezzogiorno region of southern Italy. Asking people to pit their families’ recipes against one another, said club president Dave Gagliano, who lives just over the Pennsylvania border in Hillsville, Lawrence County, would keep the tradition of Italian foods going.

That, “and we knew it would be a hit”  for the society founded in 1895 by Pietro Pirone as a homeless shelter for Italian immigrants. Especially since there was just one rule: Contestants each had to bring at least three gallons of soup to the club for the blind tasting.

All 20 spots were snapped up within three days, and the club also sold all 200 of its $20 tickets to the event, which included pizza,  hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction in addition to a tasting spoon and ballot.

Ms. Grapevine and her sister carried in five gallons of the soup recipe their mother, Mary Perry, used to feed to New Castle fireworks master Louis Zambelli  and his workers a half-century ago. They spent the entire day simmering and straining the broth, to which they added chopped chicken, miniature beef meatballs, escarole and the tiny homemade dough balls their mom always referred to as “hickies.”

What makes the soup so incredibly delicious, said Ms. Grapevine, is that they follow their mom’s golden rule of never putting garlic in the meatballs, and cooking them just so.

“You want your teeth just to sink into them,” she said.

The soup was good enough for the sisters to be voted runners-up in the popular vote. But it was  Ed Snitzer, a plumbing contractor who also runs an Italian food trailer called Jaam Concession, who took home the judges’ trophy along with $500.

The Youngstown, Ohio native attributed his win to his soup’s quarter-inch-square croutons, which are handmade with grated pecorino. “Pasta?” he said when asked about his competitors’ versions. “True Italian wedding soup doesn’t have it!”

A peasant dish born of necessity

Pittsburgh likes to call claim to wedding soup because of the many generations of Italians who’ve made it a must-have dish at restaurants as diverse as Big Jim’s in lower Greenfield, Delallo’s Fort Couch Cafe in Bethel Park. La Gondola Pizzeria in Market Square and Eat’n Park. The truth is, the humble concoction of broth with greens and meatballs is equally popular in the parts of Ohio with large Italian populations, such as Youngstown and Cleveland.

It’s thought to have originated in Naples in the 15th century,  before the tomato was introduced into Italian cuisine, though some argue it was Spanish cooks who brought a similar stew called olla podrida there a century earlier from Toledo and other parts of central Spain.

In Italy, says food historian and Italian food authority Francine Segan, the soup is traditionally eaten at Christmas and Easter because it’s hearty and makes an easy extra course. Where you won’t find it is at weddings. That’s because its original name in Italian, minestra maritata, doesn’t have anything to do with a bride or groom. It actually translates to “married soup” or “wedded soup.”  The green vegetables and meat  “si sposa bene” — they go really well together.

While today the dish is typically made with escarole or swiss chard, in olden days it probably featured puntarelle, a type of Catalonian chicory, said Ms. Segan; borage leaves also would have been essential in the greens mix.  There definitely would have been the tiny meatballs made from different cuts of meat that are so common in Italy, and perhaps also sausage and the chicken that would have cooked off the bone while making the slow-simmered broth.

And it almost always had tiny dumpling-like homemade pasta called Cazzetti d’angelo, which roughly translates to the private parts of male angels.

Because it was a peasant food created from scraps and leftovers, it’s almost impossible to find two recipes that are alike, said Viviana Altieri, founder and executive director of Istituto Mondo Italiano in Regent Square. That’s especially true if you’re comparing American versions to those in Italy; Italians grow other types of leafy vegetables and have cuts of meat that aren’t available in the U.S.

In a typical red sauce restaurant here in the U.S., she says, you would normally see it with tiny meatballs floating in a bowl surrounded by acini di pepe pasta. Back home in Italy, “you would make the broth with small pork spare ribs, beef shank, at times little pieces of prosciutto.”

Italian chef Lidia Bastianich  in “Lidia’s Mastering The Art of Italian Cuisine” crafts meatballs from sweet Italian sausage, while Giada Laurentiis opts for a mixture of pork and beef.  Matty Matheson, star of Viceland’s “It’s Suppertime!” bucks tradition completely by eschewing greens and adding golf-sized meatballs to the soup. He also trades the commonplace orzo, pastina or acini di pepe for a savory “lace” made by whisking a mixture of egg, Romano cheese and fresh bread crumbs into the hot broth.

At Big Jim’s, the preferred green is escarole, and the popular homemade soup includes chunks of chicken along with beef meatballs and sliced carrot — an addition that would surely drive Ms. Grapevine mad.

While the Lowellville native seasons the broth with the veggie, it’s always strained out before adding the greens and pasta. “There is no orange in the Italian flag,” she said.

A perfect assimilation of flavors and textures

Wedding soup is a forgiving soup in that any combination of meats and vegetables creates a warm bowl of Italian comfort. But there are some rules, says chef Michael Alberini, who owns an upscale Italian restaurant in Youngstown and helped judge Mt. Carmel Society’s cook-off.

Today’s home cook might not have the time or patience to make the old-style wedding soup he grew up with, and which took all day to cook using a variety of meats, homemade broth, pastina and a garden of vegetables including escarole. But with many quality boxed broths available on store shelves, even quick versions can create beautiful flavors and elicit joy, he says, if you follow four simple tips.

For starters, go easy on the salt. This is especially true if you’re using a boxed broth instead of making it from scratch. Don’t blindly add it without first tasting, even if the recipe calls for it.

Be sure to skim the fat off the soup before you serve it. What makes wedding soup taste so rich is the oil content from all the proteins simmering over a long period of time. If you don’t skim it off as it rises to the top, it will act as a barrier to the wonderful extracted flavors you’ve been cooking all day.  “If you don’t get rid of it, it really blocks the flavor profile,” he says.

Don’t go crazy with the seasonings. Spicy meatballs will overpower the nuanced flavor of the soup. It’s the broth that should be enhancing the meatballs, not visa versa.

Take it slow. As Americans, we’re used to instant gratification, says Mr. Alberini. So we tend to use higher heat when cooking to rush the process. But that disallows the proteins  in wedding soup to break down into a tender product. And the last thing you want when you’re eating soup is to have to work through a chewy piece of chicken or a dry meatball.

“You can’t rush the flavor of love,” he says.

And if you don’t cook? No worries. General Mills, makers of Progresso’s line of premium soups, has a winner with its canned wedding soup  in Western Pennsylvania. Exact sales are proprietary, of course, “but I can confirm that people in Pittsburgh are definitely eating more of Progresso’s Italian Wedding Soup than people in other parts of the country,”  spokesman Mike Siemienas wrote in an email. He add, “There is no doubt that people in Pittsburgh love it .”

Gretchen McKay:, 412-263-1419 or on Twitter @gtmckay.

Image DescriptionWedding soup is a popular starter at Pittsburgh’s red sauce Italian-American restaurants. Its original name in Italian, minestra maritata, has nothing to do with brides or grooms. It translates to “married soup,” and refers to the fact that greens and meat go really well together.(Gretchen McKay/Post-Gazette)

Italian Wedding Soup

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Feel free to substitute or your favorite green for the escarole in this recipe.

For the meatballs

½ pound beef, ¼ pound each ground veal and pork,

2 tablespoons fresh parsley

¼ cup grated Romano cheese

¼ teaspoon salt

⅛ teaspoon pepper

1 egg, slightly beaten

2 slices white bread soaked in about ¼ cup milk

For the broth

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium yellow onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

2 large carrots, diced

12 cups high-quality chicken broth (do not use low-sodium)

½ head escarole, shredded  or chopped

1 bay leaf

For soup

2 cups shredded, roasted chicken

1 cup pastina or acini di pepe,, cooked according to package instructions

Parmesan cheese, for serving

Make meatballs. Place all ingredients except bread in a large bowl. Squeeze milk from bread and break apart. Add to the bowl and mix until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Form into grape-sized meatballs, and set aside while you make broth.

In a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onions, carrots, and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes. Add the chicken broth, escarole and bay leaf, and season with  salt and pepper.

When the soup comes to a boil, add the prepared meatballs and chicken. Lower to a simmer and cook with the lid on for 30 minutes.Taste for seasoning and adjust, then cooked pasta and cook just until heated through..

Remove and discard the bay leaf before serving. Serve hot with Parmesan cheese at the table.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

— Gretchen McKay


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Gross Movie Reviews #503

Something Evil (YouTube) – An early 70s TV flick that stars Darren McGavin as part of a married couple who decides to buy an old country home out in the middle of nowhere. Problem is they picked the wrong home and it has some weird paranormal things happening Possibly Satan or just some demonic being. Being city folk and not sure how to deal with it they even look into getting a priest. Sounds cool if you’re a fan of this 70s TV stuff but even the die hards got to admit there isn’t much of a payoff when it is all said and done as I give it 1 ½ stars.

The Panther Squad (DVD) – A crazy Sybil Danning flick from the early 80s about a new organization that has been formed called N.O.O.N. They would like to conquer space as most places on the planet except for a few select islands refuse to cooperate are all for this. So a group called “Clean Space” takes over the space rocket and holds it hostage. In response the governments okay a covert operation that calls in Danning’s character and her elite woman military squad. Besides looking like extras from a Duran Duran video they help track down Clean Space and put a stop to their tactics. Hilarious B-movie stuff that gets you Sybil Danning in skin tight leather throughout the feature, looking through binoculars for at least half of the film. Not totally sure if Full Moon actually has the rights but sure glad they put it out on DVD for all of us to enjoy. I give the film 2 ½ stars.

Blood Quantum (Shudder) – Another twist on the zombie genre where a Native American community begins to see weird shit: gutted fish become alive again, dogs are dying, and then a drunken dude begins biting people. Not fully explained how it started this sends an Indian reservation into lockdown fighting off hordes of the undead. Six months later and the whole apocalypse has happened. The residents of the reservation have come to find out they are immune for an unknown reason. Now they discuss it a couple times why it might be… but they still need to survive as they can still be eaten and overtaken. Fighting among each other is their downfall as they fight over whether they should allow the white man into their secure community? Good amount of gore and a twist in the zombie genre makes the film an intriguing choice. I like the film but didn’t love it but feel no matter what kind of horror fan you are it does deserve a chance as I give it 2 ½ stars.

Easter Holocaust (DVD) – An independent holiday film that tackles the Easter Bunny that is just an absolutely too fucking long of a movie. EDITING IS NOT A BAD THING KIDS!!! The bunny happens to be an evil force that collects human hearts and a woman who escapes the local asylum is looking for evidence of the bunny existing. There is a whole boring storyline about the woman being the chosen one and a dumb hillbilly cannibal family. The only real redeeming thing about the whole film is a ‘Death by a Suction Cup Dildo!” Outside of that you can live your life without watching this as I give a half star. Thank me later from saving you to watch 2 plus hours of complete crap.

The Open Trail (DVD) – Another film from Dan Komarek that comes in about 34 minutes is about two friends Sam and Chris going on a hike in the woods. Things are going great until Sam falls off some high rocks and possibly breaking his leg. With friends not leaving friends behind Chris does his best to get Sam back close enough to get him help? But they both believe something or someone is just behind them at all times. After hearing gun shots in the distance Sam’s leg feels better to run but it’s too late as the two friends must face off with their unknown assailant. Mr. Komarek was smart to keep the film short as it is rough around the edges plot wise but more than makes up for it with the characters legit chemistry between them as they fight for their lives. You can see Dan Komarek is passionately trying to get better with each project and a lot of times that is what independent film fans want as I give it 2 ½ out of 4 stars.

Motor Home Massacre (YouTube) – Some so-called friends jump into an old RV and go for a ride into the woods. That part of the woods (Black Creek) that just happened to have a murder or two in the night before. This doesn’t stop the friends from enjoying the quiet area for drinking and all the sex. Of course there is an unhappy psycho who is pissed all the sex is going down and people need to be killed with a bad plot twist. A lot of us love slasher films and a lot of us enjoy independent slashers but when the project has no heart from the beginning and looks like the story was dumped on film that is never good. Great title, disappointing film, which I am not thankful for as I give it a ½ star.

Bad CGI Sharks (DVD) – A brilliant story about two brothers Matthew and Jason who are very close in many ways as kids. As kids they wanted to make a shark movie like no other but eventually that dream was squished as their father considered Jason a lost cause. Many years later Mathew has grown up and living out in Hollywood! Mathew’s life is turned upside down when his older brother Jason shows up who just so happens to be a bum who still wants to make shark movies. After some fighting, smoking weed, and talking about their movie script with no ending they wrote as kids called, “Sharks Outta Water” a floating shark shows up! It first eats the neighbor but eventually it begins chasing the brothers. It seems a man with a magical clapper board as brought their childhood movie script to life and now they must deal with it in many hilarious ways. Don’t just rent, buy this fucking movie NOW! One of the most entertaining independent shark films ever made as I give this sure to be on the “Best of 2020 list” 4 out of 4 stars.

5G Zombies (On Demand) – Yep, leave it me to find another film trying to deal with the Corona Virus and of course it involves zombies. This independent film uses the 5G upgrades and the Corona Virus happening at the same time not a fluke. The upgrades is causing the virus to mutate and causing people to become zombies. Most of the film is a series of shorts spliced together of people doing their character parts over laptops and phones during the ongoing pandemic. Biggest difference between this film and the one from Full Moon is ‘5G Zombies’ goes out of its way to be serious where the other made it a joke from the start. Right or wrong in making these types of films during a pandemic can be debated forever but I just believe maybe this flick should have taken a clue from Full Moon. This film be forgotten quickly if even watched as I give it 1 star.

Killer Ants (On Demand) – A young couple (Evan and Cory) move to small town Texas from New York for a teaching job. Cory enjoyed New York very much and finds the move hard to adjust especially because she keeps getting bit by fire ants and a specialist in fire ants, Olivia has shown interest in Evan. While Cory becomes an amazing shitty cuntface of a character the fire ants have begun to mutate, growing larger, and acting much different than their species dictates. After the wonderful death of Cory in a fridge Olivia tries to not bang Evan on her gravesite in order to find out what is the real cause of her death. The real cause leads to something much more sinister than Olivia and Evan are prepared for. Kudos to the writer, filmmaker, and actress making up one of the most unlikable characters in a movie I have had the pleasure of watching die in a horror movie and for that I give this flick 3 stars.

The Strangeness (DVD) – An odd low budget flick that was filmed in 1980 but wasn’t released until 1985 into horror film obscurity. The film has found DVD recently allowing weirdos like me to watch the film and compare it to a film like ‘The Boogens’. A group of people are being paid to chart an abandoned mine called “Golden Spike Mine”. Abandoned many years ago because missing miners and miners refusing to work because of stories of a monster living in the mine. When a cave-in mishap happens the group chooses to go deeper in the mine thinking they can avoid the part of the mine with the stories of monsters. An unseen creature picks them off one by one as they go deeper into the mine until the creature is revealed and it’s a big Vagina! If that wasn’t enough listen to music as I believe John Carpenter might wanna get a lawsuit together? For me the film was neither good nor bad but was just happy to see this low budget mess as I give it 2 stars.

Zombie House Party Massacre (YouTube) – Finally a no budget film that lives up to its name as zombies are just trying to live civil lives in their home. But damn young humans come to rush the house to party and have unprotected sex! The zombies stay quiet in the upstairs room until one of the party goers hear the baby and take it. The zombies just wanting their zombie baby back chase the humans throughout the home and call for help from their zombie friends. What makes it hilarious as they chase the humans around the home they make fun of themselves that they must act a certain way in order to stay scary. Otherwise they are no different than any of us until they finally had enough and start eating the humans to get the zombie baby back! The short film is absolutely wonderful and I could not stop laughing at the zombie jokes as I give it 3 ½ stars.

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It’s been a weird fall here in Wisconsin

This fall has been ridiculously warm. You’d think we’d like this unusually warm fall up here in the land of blizzards, frozen cars, burst water pipes and children frozen to flag poles. But we don’t. Not really. We’re not used to this.

img_0828It’s October 23, and I’m still harvesting eggplant and peppers, for heaven’s sake. I mean look at that box full I picked this morning over there on the left. And there seems to be no end in sight. The eggplant and assorted pepper plants are in full bloom, loaded with baby fruit. I’m harvesting dill for the second time this year. I have a second crop of spring onions about ready to eat. I planted those at the end of September. I have chives coming out my ears. I’d be drying those but we already have far, far more chives than we know what to do with. The greek oregano is going crazy. It’s over a foot tall and in full bloom, for the second time this year. Same with the sage. Some of my hostas have put out flower stalks for the second time this season. I was looking back in the tomato bed that I cleaned out at the end of September and found a dozen or more volunteer tomato plants newly sprouted, some six inches tall already. I’m tempted to pot some of them and see if they’ll grow indoors.

According to the recording thermometer the coldest night we’ve had has been about 41. Daytime temperatures have generally been up in the high 60s to low 70s. The only way we know it’s fall is that the days are much shorter and the trees are losing their leaves.

This isn’t a horrible thing, this extended warm streak. It certainly is keeping the heating costs down. But it’s, well, odd. It doesn’t feel right. And you can tell it’s bothering people. They seem nervous, edgy, waiting for the other shoe to drop. We all have this feeling of mild dread.

I don’t know if it’s our upbringing, or some kind of inherent human trait, but we all seem to share it. We all get this feeling that something is too good. Some malicious deity or force of nature or something is deliberately lulling us into a false sense of security, and then wham, drops ten feet of snow on us, or plunges the temperature down to -30, or — or something is going to happen.

The thing is, we like winter up here. We like the snow. We like the bone chilling cold. It’s part of our heritage. It’s part of our nature.

We complain about the cold, the winter, true. But if you listen to those complaints, you begin to realize that we also take a perverse pride in it as well, pride in our ability to deal with it. And an enormous amount of delight in laughing at the people down south when an inch of snow shuts down the entire metro Atlanta area.

Our complaints about the cold and snow are part of the fun, the bragging about how cold it was, the complaints about shoveling six feet of snow off the porch before we could even get outside to get to the outhouse.

Well, okay, the outhouse thing is a bit outdated. We’ve had real indoor plumbing here in Wisconsin for, oh, two or three years now. But you know what I mean.

What’s the point in living in Wisconsin if we can’t brag about the bad weather any more? Is it really worth putting up with living here if we can’t laugh at the people in Illinois because they don’t know how to drive in the snow any more?

Ore Dock at Ashland, Wisconsin

This is the old iron ore dock at Ashland, Wisconsin. Wish I had taken more photos of it the last time I was up there because I heard it was recently demolished, which is kind of a shame but understandable. I’ve been in Ashland many times and the dock was always an amazing sight to see.

The dock was built back around 1915 or 1916. It was enlarged in 1925. It was 1,800 feet long, 85 feet tall and 75 feet wide. Ore from iron mines in the area was hauled by rail where it would be dumped down the chutes you can see on the side of the dock down into freighters which would take the ore out through the Great Lakes.

The dock was shut down in 1965, and has been badly deteriorating ever since. In 2009 Ashland gave the Canadian National railroad permission to take the dock down because it was in such bad shape that it was downright dangerous.

As usual, all photos are copyright by the author and should not be used without permission.

Concrete Park, Phillips Wisconsin

The photos above are images I took at the Concrete Park in Phillips, Wisconsin in Price County. The more than 200 statues in the park were all created by Fred Smith, a local farmer and tavern owner. The first time I saw the place I thought it was utterly charming, and after visiting there several times and taking hundreds of images, I still find it absolutely fascinating.

Fred was an interesting character by all accounts. He began working on the statues in 1950 when he was 65 years old, and he continued making them until he had a stroke fourteen years later.

The statues are made out of pretty much whatever he had at hand; concrete over wooden frames, bottles, broken glass, insulators, stones from the property, anything might become part of one of these whimsical statues.

The statues depict people, agricultural scenes, animals and the last piece he worked on, the Budweiser Horses pulling the wagon.

The story I heard was that the family was rather ashamed of the whole thing, and after his death they were going to bulldoze everything. But the 16 acre property was purchased by the Kohler Foundation. While restoration work was done to maintain the statues, if you look closely at some of the images you can see that many are in poor condition and deteriorating badly.

In 1995 an organization was set up whose mission is to restore and maintain the statues.

The park on the outskirts of Phillips is open to the public. The old farm house has been turned into a visitors’ center.

If you ever get up in Price County, stop in and wander around. It’s  a fascinating place to visit.

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Reflecting on the Magic of Kingdom Hearts

Reflecting on the Magic of Kingdom Hearts

BY KIT MORRIS: Disney and Square, two very different yet incredibly successful companies, teamed up in an elevator during the early 2000s to create what would eventually become one of the most convoluted franchises of all time. Kingdom Hearts.

Back then, nobody would expect Cloud and Zack to interact with the cast of Hercules, nor for Mickey Mouse to know Squall. Yet, for many fans, this doesn’t seem odd at all these days. Kingdom Hearts, despite its many retcons and confusing plot elements, has a magical charm that’s rare to come by.

Out of all the games in the Kingdom Hearts series, my favorite is the original. From its “simple and clean” story to the gameplay being a mix of an RPG and a platformer, I always find myself returning to Kingdom Hearts and feeling the same way that I did the first time I enjoyed it.

When I was in elementary school, my older cousin introduced me to the series. As a huge Disney fan who had only recently been introduced to video games, I was amazed to see Peter Pan and Goofy team up with a character I had never seen before to fight strange shadow creatures. My mother brought me to GameStop and after seeing that there were other titles in the franchise, I picked up the correct game.

It wasn’t until fourth grade, however, that I became a fan. On my first playthrough, I was confused about what to do upon being at Destiny Islands and didn’t have the skills to beat Riku, which I had assumed was mandatory in order to progress in the game. As a result, I was disappointed and considered returning it back to GameStop for a few pennies. I’m thrilled to this day that I decided to give it a second chance. With a firmer grasp on gaming in general, I found myself defeating Guard Armor by the end of the night. In one day, this game went from being a disappointment to my favorite franchise from my childhood. The rest was history.

The Story: A Recap

Kingdom Hearts tells the story of three young teenagers in a small world called Destiny Islands. Sora, the playable character, is a positive and adventurous kid that many children can relate to. Kairi is a mysterious girl who showed up at their world one day, which is how the characters learned that other places exist. Riku, a bit older than the other two, is the leader of the group and puts in the most work for their voyage.

The game begins in Sora’s dream. There, players encounter and battle the heartless, the main enemies of the franchise. When Sora wakes up, he and his friends are planning their escape from Destiny Islands. Meanwhile, cutscenes show Donald Duck as a mage and Goofy as a knight on another world, Disney Castle. After Donald finds a letter that their king left behind, the two team up with Jiminy Cricket, Pluto, Chip, and Dale to go to Traverse Town and find the keyblade wielder.

As the heartless invade Destiny Islands, Sora loses his friends and his world but ends up with a strange sword that can unlock any keyhole, known as the keyblade. He wakes up at Traverse Town to find a dog, Pluto, jump on him and run away. Pluto ran off from the other Disney characters shortly after getting to Traverse Town. There, Donald and Goofy meet Aerith while Sora meets Cid, Squall (who goes by the name Leon in this series), and Yuffie from Final Fantasy. The heartless attack them which leads to Donald and Goofy finding Sora in the middle of a battle. Leon tells them that they should help each other find their friends and one of the most iconic trios in all of gaming was born.

Reflecting on the Magic of Kingdom Hearts

Sora, Donald, and Goofy go to different worlds, most of which are inspired by Disney films, where they take down the heartless and unlock each world’s keyhole, which prevents that world from being taken by darkness. Some of Disney’s most popular villains are being led by Maleficent and serve as the main antagonists of the game. One of the most popular worlds in the game, Olympus Coliseum, introduced Hercules and Hades, alongside Cloud and Sephiroth. Sora, Donald, and Goofy enter a tournament where they face Cloud, who is working for Hades, and the heartless. Hades manipulated Cloud in order to kill Hercules but decided to betray him in an attempt to beat Sora. He brought Cerberus into the tournament and players got to fight him, bringing an end to the tournament. Phil and Hercules had to clean things up before anyone could enter another tournament, which there are several of throughout the game. These tournaments are great for players looking to level up and get new weapons for the party. Players can eventually fight Hades, two of his titans, and Sephiroth, making this world one that players can spend the most time in if they choose to go beyond the main story.

After the first visit to Olympus Coliseum, as well as going to Wonderland and Deep Jungle, the gang returns to Traverse Town where Sora reunites with Riku. Donald says that he can’t join them, which leads to an argument, and Riku leaves. It turns out that he ended up going to a world called Hollow Bastion where he met Maleficent. The witch manipulated him into believing that Sora cared more about his new friends than of him and Kairi, who is in a coma. Maleficent promises to help Riku get Kairi back if he joins her cause.

Throughout the story, Riku is seen a few more times. The reason why Jiminy Cricket joined the others is that his world was taken by the darkness. Pinocchio and Geppetto escaped inside the belly of Monstro the whale, who has been flying in space since. On their way to either Atlantica or Halloween Town, Monstro swallows the party. Jiminy and Pinocchio reunite for a bit until Riku kidnaps the puppet, hoping that his heart can provide answers to saving Kairi. Players get to travel through Monstro’s insides to retrieve Pinocchio and stop Riku. After doing so, Pinocchio and Geppetto build a store in Traverse Town. Riku can also be found on Captain Hook’s ship, where Kairi and Wendy are prisoners aboard the pirates’ vessel. Sora finally sees Kairi for the first time in person since their departure. He has had hallucinations of her throughout the game, believing that he found her several times up until this point. Captain Hook, believing that he was going to win a fight against Sora, tells him about Hollow Bastion.

Players end up learning that the Final Fantasy characters that live in Traverse Town, as well as Kairi, all lived in Hollow Bastion. There was a man named Ansem who was researching the heart and created the emblem heartless. There are two types of heartless: emblem and pureblood. Maleficent used the heartless to take control of Hollow Bastion. The residents of the world escaped and Kairi found her way to Sora and Riku. Ever since, Maleficent has used the castle at Hollow Bastion as her own base.

Upon arriving at Hollow Bastion, Riku takes the keyblade from Sora and his friendship with Donald and Goofy is tested. Sora learns that his true power was never the keyblade, but the friends he made on his journey. Now, finally ready to save all the worlds, Sora is prepared to defeat Maleficent and the true darkness that lies beyond. Riku realizes that he was wrong and that Sora never stopped caring about him, causing him to regret his actions. He helps Sora close the Door to Darkness, where the pureblood heartless come from. Riku is on one side pulling the door as Sora is on the other side pushing it. Donald and Goofy see that King Mickey is on the other side and he thanks them for all of their hard work. King Mickey is also a keyblade wielder and joins Sora in locking the door, saying goodbye for now. When the door closes, all the worlds that fell to darkness, including Destiny Islands, return to the light. Kairi, who has woken up, is taken back to Destiny Islands and Sora promises to return to her.

The party ends up in the middle of a field where they finally find Pluto, who leads them to their next journey. This was the beginning of the epic story Tetsuya Nomura, the writer of the story, would end up telling.

A Joy to Play

As for the gameplay, Square was inspired by Super Mario 64 to create a 3D platformer but with the RPG elements of the Final Fantasy franchise. To compete with Mario, they joined Disney to use the company’s popular characters. Besides party members such as Donald, Goofy, Peter Pan, and Aladdin, other characters such as Simba, Dumbo, and Bambi can enter the battle as a summon, a mechanic from the Final Fantasy games.

Reflecting on the Magic of Kingdom Hearts

Summons can be used to fight off a lot of enemies and give players HP and MP. Sora learns how to use magic throughout the game, unlocking a different element in each world. After joining with Donald and Goofy, he learns to control fire. During his time at Olympus Coliseum, he gains thunder. Besides elemental magic, he and Donald can also use their MP to cure themselves, while the rest of the party members use MP for special abilities. As players level up and progress through the game, they gain access to abilities for all party members. These abilities give players an advantage by having more combat options, gaining more items by defeating enemies, and more.

There are also a lot of minigames and things to collect for those that want more out of the game. Most of these side quests are centered around Traverse Town. Leon is concerned about the puppies from 101 Dalmatians. They were scattered across the worlds and players can look for them inside of chests. After collecting enough dalmatians, players can visit them and get items. As the story progresses, players will also get access to a shop in which they can keep synthesizing items until they get the most powerful keychain in the game, Ultima Weapon. Keychains change how strong the keyblade’s power and magic are. After getting a couple of items across the first few Disney worlds, Sora delivers a book to Merlin. The book turns out to be a Winnie the Pooh story, where players can help the residents of the 100 Acre Wood by playing minigames. There is much to do for players that want to go beyond the main story.

You Owe It to Yourself to Play Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts was an amazing experience that would go on to become a huge series and have multiple adaptations. From the charm that Disney provides to the compelling story that Tetsuya Nomura wrote and the Final Fantasy inspired gameplay, this is a title that anyone can enjoy. It brought beloved franchises from different parts of the world together and has sold millions of copies to its large fanbase. Despite some criticizing future installments of being too convoluted, this first game will always be a charming gem that fans hold dearly in their hearts.  You need to play it.

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Miitopia Rock Paper Scissors | How to Get Easy Money

Miitopia Rock Paper Scissors

Miitopia features its fair share of playable minigames, in which players can cash in some game tickets to gamble on gold. One of these minigames is the age-old classic, Rock Paper Scissors. Players can turn individual game tickets into incredible amounts of gold if they are able to survive enough rounds, but with a game as luck-based as this, is it worth the risk? Well, thanks to some sleuthing by players online, it may not be as luck-based as you’d think.

Miitopia Rock Paper Scissors Money Glitch

Miitopia Rock Paper Scissors

The in Miitopia, the game of Rock Paper Scissors works as follows; the robot will pay up 500 gold if you can beat it in a round of Rock Paper Scissors. If you lose, well, you walk away empty-handed. After beating the robot in round one, you can choose to walk away with your half-a-grand, or you can try a second round for double or nothing. You can play up to five rounds total, with each round being double-or-nothing rules, meaning you can win up to 8000 gold if you beat the bot in five consecutive rounds. And as always: Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors.

Some clever players have figured out an easy money strategy in Miitopia’s Rock Paper Scissors that typically allows the player to walk away with a lot of gold. Just prior to your opportunity to play a move, your robot opponent will make one of three different hand signals. It can either hold up one finger, make a fist, or wag two fingers in a “come here” motion. The play that you make will be a function of what hand signal the robot made and what play you made last. The rules are:

  • If the robot holds up one finger, play the weakness of your last round. For example, if you played scissors last round, you would play rock this round.
  • If the robot makes a fist, play the same move as your last round.
  • If the robot wags two fingers, play the strength of your last round. If you played rock last round, then you would play scissors here.
  • If at any point there is a draw (both you and the AI play the same thing), you’re going to want to choose the exact same move again.

Obviously, in the first round, you don’t have a previous move to base off of, so you are going to need a bit of luck there. The odds are in your favor though, as there is a 66% chance that you either win or draw, after which you can start applying the above method.

This method doesn’t have a 100% success rate, though players are standing by the idea that this method greatly improves your odds of success, but don’t be shocked if you leave empty-handed on the odd attempt. The situation that seems to cause the most trouble is what to do after a draw, where this method tends to have the highest chance of failure. If there is some truth to this trick and it’s not just a placebo, then you should be able to avoid ties in most cases. It’s impossible to create a true random number generator, so there must be a method to this madness, but until players can get their hands on the game code, we may never know it for sure.


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Petersburgers (continued).

What qualities are not attributed to St. Petersburg by rumor! Here and old-fashioned Intelligence, and hypertrophied politeness, and refinement of thoughts, and mystery, and unpredictability, and an obscure glance in the eyes, and a revolutionary spirit ...

Education and rules of good taste.

In fact, the nature of this Petersburger is rather complicated and even somewhat is contradictory. On the one hand, the bulk of the population is indeed traditionally polite, friendly, here with pleasure they will give the necessary consultation, will show road to the visitor, and if necessary, even spend. On the other hand, at the first acquaintance of Petersburgers can impress a few cold and restrained people who clearly keep distance with a stranger. This is largely explained received upbringing.

Since childhood, a small Petersburger has been persuaded that he lives in a cultural capital and has no right her disgrace. Of course, with age, many prohibitions are violated, and yesterday's timid children become independent and freedom-loving young people, but nevertheless the main The mass of citizens (of course, there are exceptions) is trying to build their lives in such a way that cause a minimum of inconvenience to others. For example, no one, even the most outrageous punk or hung with chains of a warlike metalworker, will not enter the metro with ice cream (you can dirty somebody!) or do not bite seeds or throw beer bottles. Here they still give way to transport in the elderly, disabled and pregnant women women (although old residents still complain, arguing that before the youth was much better educated and jumped at the first approximation of such a person). As far as possible here they try not to make noise again, not to pay attention to strangers, not to climb into other people's conversations, and generally in someone else's life. They respect their own and others' independence. As well as all the northerners, the people in St. Petersburg are rather reserved and balanced.

Therefore, if you want to feel comfortable here, try to observe too the simplest rules of good form and do not behave defiantly. If you still do something is not right, most likely, you will not make a remark (after all, a remark is also a bad manners, unacceptable interference in someone else's life), but simply disapproving (but very expressive) will look.

It is not accepted here to refer to "you" between strangers, so they say only to small children, but to an unfamiliar teenager they can already turn to "you". For in order to switch to "you" after acquaintance, it is desirable to ask permission of the interlocutor, as well as to call it a diminutive name. If you doubt the relevance - better term on "you" and by name and patronymic. In the course of enough ceremonial treatment, the truth, usually pronounced with a somewhat ironic connotation: "gentlemen", "ladies", etc.

Completely different are the same reserved St. Petersburgers in their own environment, in their home environment, among friends and close acquaintances. It is very open, cheerful, hospitable people, many of whom have a wonderful sense of humor. At the end of the XVIII century. ethnographer Johann Gottlieb Georgi claimed in his "Description of the Russian-Imperial the capital city of St. Petersburg ":" Hospitality has an excellent moral inclination
St. Petersburg residents of all classes. " In the same place, he noted that in thiscity "everyone, even the strangest person can easily find several similar friends. " This remains relevant and for today's Petersburg.

Life and Fashion

Purely in the domestic aspect, a typical Petersburger is quite unpretentious and does not chase after pomposity or luxury, whether it is a home, food or your own appearance. You may well lead to a shabby porch, an old communal apartment or an apartment with lagging behind the wall paper, and the company gathered there will feel very comfortable and comfortable. To dear pathos restaurant, the St. Petersburger will most likely prefer modest "budget" institution. And not because he does not have money, but simply because he does not sees expediency in this. In clothes the same thing - sophisticated glamor delights cause It's not jealousy, it's laughter, and glossy impeccability is just a bad taste. Here it is customary to dress so, as it is comfortable for the person himself, most people in the streets prefer ordinary jeans, while managing to look stylish and modern.

Attitude towards money

The absence or lack of money here is not a blemish that needs to be concealed and done a good face for a bad game, but the boast of high incomes - definitely moveton. A true Petersburger does not aspire to devote his whole life exclusively to earning and accumulation of money, but here it is not accepted and thoughtlessly to spend it. Here it is considered that frank throwing money on unnecessary luxury - this is from the evil one. Even those with finances are all excellent, they prefer not to scatter them without use, but carefully and meticulously study the assortment of the store or restaurant menu, before deciding on something. In short, in all respects a practical, rational and within the framework of the European tradition.

Political sentiment

In political terms, Petersburg is distinguished by traditional democracy. It is known that Petersburg always votes not like Moscow or other parts of Russia. There is a big support the democratic opposition, and often vote "against all." Probably, influenced and the fact that in Soviet times, Leningrad was not the capital city of black hats, leather coats and white mufflers, the city of the Politburo and the Central Committee, so he did not have much time soak in the "party spirit". In St. Petersburg high educational level, this city science and
military-industrial complex, engineers and inventors, writers and artists - in a word, self-thinking people, who all have their opinions.

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