Jeremy

I've developed a sort of love-hate relationship with one piece, especially since the timeskip, as the female characters have all gotten a makeover that seems to promote maximum fanservice, but almost every other aspect of the series is still too good for me to drop it entirely.

This is especially upsetting as one of the things that drew me to it initially was the way the female characters were often given key roles in the plot, and while often not as strong as the male characters, they were often shown as more competent than the male characters, and actually had a purpose beyond the common "fanservice and/or DID/ Love interest" that is all too common in manga/anime (IMO)

Mostly just idle curiosity.

Preferably with good artwork, strategy, and rpg elements, but after searching appcrawler for half an hour with no luck, I'll take what I can get.

I tried it to earn points, and Elemental kingdoms looks like the kind of thing I'm looking for, but there's WAAY too much fanservice for me.

The genre is "RPG card game"

maybe a terminal tackle knot that can take a load on the tag end too?

I tried using a palomar tied to a swivel for the branch and continuing the leader on the tag end, but apparently this is a very weak way to use the palomar, because the tag end broke off when I tried to tighten on the hook and I was using 60 pound test...

And while we're at it, why did manufacturers drop the older and easier to understand mega/gigahertz rating in thier processor descriptions?

I've fially decided to upgrade operating systems, and will be getting a new computer while I'm at it.

Which of the newer operating systems has the best stability, compatibility, and overall track record?

Vista?

Windows 7?

Windows 8?

I'm looking for a suitable chicken variety for the backyard.

Ideally the chicken would be at least 8 pounds (the bigger the better), and have utilitarian use too.

Egg laying ability is more important than meat quality, because I have the feeling I'm gonna get attached to them.

Personality wise, I would like them to be non aggressive but confident and not easily startled, and I'm sure the neighbors would appreciate it if I got one that doesn't roam, rarely or never flies, and doesn't make much noise.

Thank you in advance.

I'm making a 16'X24' shed and I need some advice for the floor joists and beams.

(All lumber will be ground-contact treated southern pine, probably grade 2)

I'm thinking of making 3/4 inch pressure-treated plywood floor on 2X8 joists spaced 16" apart with a 7'9" span, supported by 16' 4X8 beams spaced 8 feet apart, which would in turn be supported by 1 foot wide square concrete pillars set 2 feet in the ground at the ends and middle of the beams for a beam span of 8 feet.

Would this be keep the floor from sagging?

Not enough?

Overkill?

The heaviest single objects will be a large generator, and a large bookshelf full of books, although I may get a riding mower later.

Mole crickets just completely ate the whole underground stem of a tomato plant and several flowers, with zero roots left.

This means war!

Also, what varieties have more heat tolerance (routinely upper 90s, occasoinal 100s)

and what varieties turn the fastest from green to an attractive color?

(for ornamental purpouses)

I was going to use scarlet runner beans, but just found out they don't like heat

(it hits the upper 90s pretty regularly in the summer here, sometmes in the 100s)

Also, I'm interested any other heat and humidity tolerant vegetables with ornamental qualities to kind of make front yard veggie garden look prettier

(It's too shady in the backyard to grow veggies)

How close to a house will they nest (is 40 feet too close?)

Can they use a crescent style starling resistant entry hole, like purple martins?

preferably a flower that can bloom within a couple week of germinating, but a very fast growing vegetable/herb could work too

I can't seem to find it since thier latest "upgrade"

The area is an east wall that gets sun from about an hour or half an hour after sunup 'til noon.

I want to naturalize some in the lawn, along with star flower and grape hyacinth, but I want them to be finished blooming about a month before the grass starts growing so that I can mow them without killing the plants.

also, varieties with thin leaves would be preferred so that they would not stand out as much while the leaves are dying back

Daffodil

Dutch Iris

Crocus

Grape hyacith (muscari americanum)