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There are some genres that have truly embraced the AppStore, using the iDevice's unique touch screen capabilities, and basically feeling right at home on the platform. Puzzlers, Racers and Point n' Click titles really make it feel like the iDevice was made to perfectly suit them. Strategy games are also definitely falling into this grouping of genres, and slowly, but surely, 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) titles are finding their way as well, and these are being sucked up by fans of this niche genre like an addicts choice substance. It also helps when these titles are ports of old-school titles, as a lot of iOS gamers are 30-40 year olds who found out they can fit gaming into their lives again by playing on their phones.
Spaceward Ho!, originally an Amiga and Mac title released in 1990 released by Delta Tao Software, has made its way into the AppStore, accompanying Ascendancy as two of the more notable old-school 4X games that have graced the iDevice, and the two man California based development team, Ariton (who also developed the Spaceward Ho! port for the Palm Pilot), has done a fantastic job transferring the game over to the touch screen.
Spaceward Ho! is not your typical depthy 4X Strategy game. Actually, on the surface, it's very basic when compared to titles like Master of Orion or Starbase Orion, but underneath the surface, it does have quite a bit of depth. It's probably better placed next to titles like 9 Colonies and Vincere Totus Astrum, offering up gameplay that can last an hour, or even play through as quick as 10 minutes.
When starting a game, you're able to decide exactly what kind of game you'll be playing. You'll be able to choose what kind of system you'll be thrown into; Thriving, Abundant, Advanced, Normal, Backward, Barren, or Outpost. How many other empires you want in the star system, choosing between 1 and 8, as well as their IQ, being able to pick between 50 and 200, in increments of 10. The enemies home system, like yours, Thriving, Abundant, ect… but you can also decide to have this be based on their IQ. How many years to advance with every turn, 10, 20, 30 or 50, whether or not to allow Best Buddies, and the Shape, size, and Density of the universe. All but the size influences the difficulty, which you'll be able to see go up and down based on your choices.
Once you decide the settings, you're taken to the Galaxy screen. Here, you can see your home planet, as well as all the other planets in the galaxy. To get started, you can double tap on your home planet, and be taken to the ship/satellite creation screen. Here, you can build various ships and satellites, adjusting their Range, Speed, Weapons, Shields, and Mini (amount of material used to build them). As you progress through the game, your researchers will automatically research different technologies, increasing what you can use as stats for your ships.
In the Info section, along the left side of the screen, you can adjust how much money you'll spend on the different technologies by dragging the gauge's. In this area, you can also view your entire list of planets that you've colonized, adjusting how much money you spend on the planet. You can adjust it so that you spend more on technologies, or put the money back into your savings. At the top of this bar you'll find your total money and metal (the only resource that you'll need to worry about in the game). The metal that you collect from around the galaxy is used to build your satellites and ships, so sometimes colonizing a planet just to take the metal from it, and then evacuating is a very good idea. At the bottom of the info section, you're able to either hide the information or change to view your history, which is a list of every major event that has happened in the game. There is also a little box which tells you who the other players are, and if they're an enemy or ally.
The game is complete when you either friend or defeat all of the other players. You can keep playing, colonizing the rest of the planets, or seeing how strong you can make your ships until you run out of metal, but it'll be pretty boring since there won't be any opponents. If you're familiar with the original Spaceward Ho! this is basically an exact port. You can not view your technology level vs. the other players, there's no 'browse all fleets' or 'browse all planets' and network play has not been implemented yet, but the developers have said that they are working hard on giving us GameCenter Support, Multiplayer features, and an iPhone build of the game. Being priced at $5, it's a great title to pick up if you're a fan of the 4X genre. It's also one of the best 4X games you could pick up if you're new to the genre. It's very easy to learn, has a great 'help' section, which is also pretty short (unlike some other tutorial or help sections in other 4X games that are 50 pages long, and would take 2 hours to read through) because all of the unnecessary complexity that's in other 4X games has either been weeded out, or is taken care of automatically. There is also an Auto-Play option, which lets you watch the game take over your decisions, which is a great way to learn how to play the game quickly. The developers are very active on the Touch Arcade Forums, and have an 'Ask Us' section on their website dedicated to answering questions. Having such active and supportive developers makes wanting to support them very easy.
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Check out photos of my new place. I hope to invite clients over to see me in the fall when I decorate it with wedding portraits. Enjoy...
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Flat screen is going here.
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It's been said that if you want something done, give it to the busiest person in the office. This is the sort of cross stitch clique that I hate… but I have to admit it's true. The first 6 months of my year were crazy busy at work; we're talking lost weekends, long nights and one particularly memorable all nighter that just happened to coincide with my birthday. Humph. But then, thanks to the ebb and flow glory that is litigation, all of a sudden, my work disappeared and I was left with absolutely nothing to do. I mean, literally nothing. During the first week I kept busy by organizing my office. Then I started pestering my coworkers for projects. Now I just stare at my screens and count backwards from 480 minutes.
For the record, I am not complaining. Not at all. I greatly prefer this to trying to answer hundreds of emails, be in 5 places at once and just generally meet unrealistic expectations… but I marvel at how lazy being "not busy" has made me, and it's not just at work. The lazy monster has infiltrated every aspect of my life. I know I'm capable of working a long week then coming home and accomplishing great things. Ok, great is probably a bit of a stretch, but I'm capable of coming home after a 14 hour day and doing dishes, going to the grocery store, making progress in whatever book I'm reading, maintaining my etsy site, etc. But now that my work days have morphed in eight hour long sporkle binges, I seem to have lost the ability to do anything else. Honestly the only things I've managed to do in the last three weeks are gain an unnatural obsession with the bachelorette and attract a cruel (but brief) stomach bug. That's it. I don't know where the time goes.
I think the issue is that when I'm busy I plan my whole day with lists and calendar reminders which keep me focused and on task, but for precisely this reason, I REALLY resent lists and calendars, and when I'm not busy I forego them. Without structure and pressure I lose all motivation and forget that I have to pick up my dry cleaning/go to the grocery store/leave the house. As a result I find myself still in my PJs at 6pm on a Sunday, halfway through a veronica mars marathon and eating take out. It's becoming a problem.
Anyway. This was all my roundabout way of explaining why I haven't done any promotion for my Christmas in July sale. I got the idea in June (when I was still busy) but had lapsed into my vegetative state by July so I didn't follow through. Now July is almost over so this might be pointless... but here's the deal, I'm offering 20% off any of my Christmas items (ornaments, stationary, jewelry) during the month of July (or until I remember to deactivate the coupon code, which will probably be around October). The code is Christmas. Swing by my etsy site and check it out!
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Fall is my absolute favorite season! Everything is so pretty, the air is crisp, the smells are decadent. This season just makes me so excited! For every season, I round up some essentials that I think are well, essential. In this post, I'm going to be sharing my Fall Essentials from Food, Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle.
These are just two of my favorite food essentials for Fall. I eat oatmeal all year long, but the flavors I eat change with the seasons. In the spring/summer, I eat peach flavored oatmeal, and in the fall/winter, I eat the Maple & Brown Sugar flavor. It just tastes like Fall. If oatmeal had to represent Fall it would be this one. The pumpkin shaped sugar cookies from Pillsbury are an absolute must! They're super yummy, and cute, perfect for those Instagram pictures lol.
The Fall essential I always go for is lipstick. My makeup doesn't change much during the Fall, except for maybe less bronzer and more eyeshadow, the main thing that changes is my lipstick. I think every girl needs a dark lip, a good brown lip, and a nice metallic lip for this season. My favorite lipsticks are actually from Avon. I am someone who loves a creamy lipstick, I don't like mattes because they always dry out my lips, and I'm not a huge gloss girl, mainly because my hair always gets stuck in it, but creamy lipsticks I love. Avon, in my opinion has the best ones. The 3 lipsticks I recommend for Fall are: NARS – Sexual Healing (Metallic), Avon – True Color Lipstick Cashmere (Brown), Avon – True Color Lipstick Cherry Jubilee (Dark).
Blanket scarves, ripped denim and booties. The most basic combo ever, but they are definitely essential. Blanket scarves are obvious, warmth and to be cozy while still looking cute. Ripped denim I actually just recently got into. I was never one to wear it, because I always had big legs and felt, "if I'm wearing pants to cover my legs why would I want rips in them to show my legs?" I got over that this spring when I discovered my love for baggy overly ripped tom girl jeans from American Eagle. Now ripped jeans are my favorite. They dress down any look, are comfortable, make you look trendy, and casual. They can totally be dressed up too, that's my favorite thing to do! I just love the whole look of an oversized sweater with some ripped denim and booties, classic Fall look. My favorite ripped denim are these from American Eagle. Booties are just a need, more than a want. Booties dress up any look and are so comfy and stylish. I personally love booties, because I don't wear heels so booties are the perfect alternative for me, especially since I'm 5'2″
The last, but not least Fall essential is of course, candles. You can never go wrong with some candles. I actually have an obsession with candles, it's really bad. One day, I bought 30 candles within an hour at Yankee Candle lol, #sorrynotsorry. I just love them, especially the Fall scents. My favorite candles are the ones that aren't too sweet. The candles that are "pumpkin cupcake" or "caramel pumpkin swirl" I don't like. Those are just way too sweet for me, it almost gives me a headache. "Spiced pumpkin," "flannel," "campfire," "harvest," are my kinda candles. I get all my candles from Yankee Candle and Bath & Body Works.
Well that's it for my Fall Essentials – Food, Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle post! I hope you all enjoyed it! Let's see if we have something in common! Let me know your favorite Fall essentials in the comments.


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BLOTTER O' THE WEEK: Police followed a man down the sidewalk as he asked a pedestrian for money, stumbled off, and then ran into a telephone pole in broad daylight. When an officer asked the man if he had been drinking, he said, "Yeah, man. It's my birthday." The birthday boy got a present from the officer: a ticket for public drunkenness.
Someone broke into a man's home while he was attending a church Christmas program and stole his TV, electric drill, and printer. The suspect is described as green and furry with a heart two sizes too small.
Sweet Tooth o' the Week: A man shoplifted 40 candy bars from a convenience store by stashing them in his jacket.
Somebody moved a pewter historical marker from its post in the ground. No word on whether any revisions were made.
A man was arrested for possession of a concealed toy BB gun, which he was hiding under the seat of his car.
The Things They Shoplifted: Fabric paint, $45 worth of boyshort-style panties, $80 worth of lingerie, four pairs of earrings, 10 packs of letter paper, a DVD, a pack of socks, and two cans of energy drink.
Somebody stole the chairs and table from outside of a bakery. He probably heard they were worth some dough.
A man got caught shoplifting two cans of beer by shoving them down the front of his pants. When the grocery store manager stopped him and called police, the man started swinging his arms at the manager and throwing groceries at him in an attempt to escape. The food-slinging beer bandit was foiled and charged with shoplifting and simple assault.
Somebody tried to print counterfeit money on white paper.
Drug Cocktail o' the Week: Prozac, Ativan, and alcohol.
A group of six teenagers tried to steal a 6-foot-tall singing Santa from a woman's front porch. The woman caught them in the act and was able to wrest the statue from their hands, but the kids got away with the power cord.
Bathroom Brawl o' the Week: Two men got in a fight over cutting in line for the bathroom. The girlfriend of one of the men intervened, repeatedly hitting the other man in the face with a beer bottle until it broke. Then she stabbed him in the neck with the broken bottle.
The Blotter is taken from City of Charleston police department reports. We've added a cartoon and a little commentary. We've added a little humor, too. No one has been found guilty. This is not a court of law.


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The U.S. vs. The Gospels
Program #CHON190. Recorded in Cambridge, MA on December 12, 2006.
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A stunning title? Not really. It reflects exactly U.S. policy in the 1980s when it aggressively rolled back the Catholic Church's liberation theology. In addition to the title topic the following subjects are covered: the death of Pinochet, Chile today: "full of fear," the culture of terrorism, the elections of Correa in Ecuador and Ortega in Nicaragua, the situation in Mexico, Afghanistan as a "just war," NATO as a U.S. foreign legion, intellectuals and risk. Interviewed by David Barsamian.
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It always makes me feel so happy & privileged to be painting for children
- to know that what I do is for them and that it undoubtedly will bring
brightness and joy into their lives!! It doesn't get better than that for me really!!
as revisiting a manuscript for a book idea I came up with a year or so ago..
Phew.. there is A LOT going on as you can see! I am totally thriving on the
guys. Want you to know that I still read all of your blogs, but am unable to
I am NOT taking a 'blog break', absolutely not, in fact I am soon posting
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
|Downtown Reykjavik
|A great start to the day, a kleina donut from Bjornsbakari
|Moss covered wall at Reykjavik's city hall
|Downtown Reykjavik building
|Icelandic countryside
|Entrance to hot springs
|Basking in the steam of the geysir
|The most beautiful milky shade of aqua blue I've ever seen
|Gullfoss waterfall
|These folks deserve a round of applause
|A herd of sheep running away from me
|The best bowl of cream of mushroom soup I've ever eaten
|Church steeple in the town of Vik
|Black sand beach
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Okay, I've got a couple of vacations to catch you all up on! I think I will work backwards, starting with this past weekend's trip to Montreal. What a lovely city. Beautiful, easy to get around, great food and friendly Canadians...what's not to love? A few favorites to check out:
Porchetta, a mobile restaurant on the waterfront in the Old Port is a perfect place for lunch.
Notre Dame Basilica
St. Viatur's bagel shop in the Plateau neighborhood. The best part is watching the giant bagel spatula carry like 30 bagels at a time out of the brick oven.
The Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archaeology and History, which is by far the best archaeology museum I have ever encountered. Their exhibition on the history of Montreal allows you to experience a partially excavated archaeological site, using found artifacts to illustrate different periods. You absolutely must visit. No excuses.
Cacao 77 for their fruit and chocolate plate. Or anything chocolate, really.
Dinner at L'Express. The food is great and waitstaff is all charming young Frenchmen. You'll thank me later.
The B&B cocktail at Le Drinkerie.
And ofcourse, Mont Royal Park.
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The Glendale and Burbank school districts won a reprieve this week when the county Board of Supervisors delayed voting on a plan to place a storm-water cleanup proposition on the ballot, a move that could cost the districts thousands.
If approved by voters, the initiative would raise funds through a parcel fee to improve local groundwater sources and prevent toxic runoff from reaching the ocean. Schools have traditionally been exempt from such assessments, but not this time. At least, not yet.
It's unclear how much Glendale Unified would be charged if the tax were to be imposed; the county says it estimates $5,000 annually, but school officials were told earlier that it could be on the hook for as much as $200,000 each year. As GUSD Supt. Dick Sheehan said, "The math doesn't work."


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Etude House: New Products for Spring 20132:35 AM
Hi everyone! I just want to share Etude House newly released products for Spring. They're on it again, they just keep on releasing new products. I'm gonna cry. ;_; Seriously, Etude House needs to calm down a bit. Anyways, are you guys ready? LOL
Let's start with the product that I wanted to try the most. :D
Isn't this too cheap for a CUTE bottle of COLLAGEN water? I wonder if this really works. they're going to release this in Korea today and it's on sale! 15,000 won for 20 bottles. 56% off! Yay! I need to move to Korea. OTL lol
Next is their newest skincare line: I'm Blooming
Etude also came up with this dual pad
Here's how :
So far there's only 3 products in this line. Etude will most probably add some more in the following weeks. XD
Etude added 5 new shades because the 24 shades in the Dear My Blooming lips isn't enough. lol
This has more coverage and this is supposed to be an upgraded version of the Bright Fit. Idk but I want to try this. lol
Almost all the cosmetic brands in Korea are releasing their very own cc cream. They said cc creams are skin care+make up. Haven't tried it yet though I heard that the most popular cc cream in Korea right now is the Hera cc cream. The Hera cc cream makes you look younger and givse your beautiful face a photoshop like effect.
What do you think of Etude's new products? Which one are you going to purchase?
Oh my poor wallet. Etude House, just stop and take all my money! LOLJK I'm on a make up ban. 8D
lol I hope you guys enjoyed this post. XD
Bye! :))
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EH is tempting my wallet again! Hahaha. And not to mention, those are ALL on SALE sa Korea ngayon! Sobra sila >.<ReplyDeleteReplies
IKR. Let's move to Korea! haha!Delete
wah so many new products *_*ReplyDelete
I really want to try the water color blusher, cc cream, facial mist, lip stick, and the eye bag thing xD Almost everything lol.
thanks for this post =)Replies
they will probably release more by the end of the month. :/Delete
I heard their cc cream isn't that good. I want to try pink pong and the pink talk lipsticks!
your welcome! :)
So many products I want to try!!!ReplyDelete
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OMG WATER COLOR BLUSHES! *adds to list*ReplyDelete
I want to try the new precious mineral bb cream!ReplyDelete
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Ok, this newest product is REALLY too much *faint*ReplyDelete
These products are so interesting and cute!ReplyDelete
I literally want to buy every single thing now, omg T_TReplyDelete
Where do you live? how do you keep up with all these trends?ReplyDelete
Hello Marxie. First off, you're so pretty!! And I love your blog layout and your blog overall lol so cute and adorable~ Étude House packaging is always so cuteeee but I wanna try their sebum control mist and other mists I just love to spray here and there lol. Anyway I just followed you on bloglovin :3 can't wait for your upcoming post ^^ReplyDelete
OMG! These products are so gorgeous and tempting. I especially want to try the liptint, lipstick, bb cream, and cc cream. Thanks for sharing ^_^ReplyDelete


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I have started cooking for the Grayshott Gallette Dinner Club on a regular basis on the last Saturday of each month, being a brilliant opportunity to cook some great food up for some hungry diners. Noel and his wife Michelle waited on the tables and helped in the kitchen along with their daughter, Ellie. I received great positive feed back on some delicious dishes so I was really pleased with the whole event. We will be continuing to work together to promote what has become a brilliant Dinner club in Grayshott, East Hampshire.
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, fresh chives, granary toast,
Bruschetta: Cranberries, orange, crumbled Stilton ,
Sticky sweet chilli King prawns in filo, with pastry, fresh coriander.
To Start:
Tian of crab & avocado with pink grapefruit and chervil dressing.
To Savour:
Roasted breast of free range chicken, wrapped in smoked pancetta,,
stuffed with asparagus mousseline, white wine and cream sauce.
Buttered new potatoes, glazed carrots, savoy cabbage.
To Delight:
Freshly made warm plum and ginger bake well tart,
Vanilla creme Anglais, caramelized plums.
|Noel and Ellie Reidy
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Terra Madre is an international network of food producers, cooks, educators and students from 150 countries who are united by a common goal of global sustainability in food.
The "food communities" of Terra Madre come together biennially to share innovative solutions and time-honored traditions for keeping small-scale agriculture and sustainable food production alive and well. They pride themselves on the fact that they are indeed providing not only a voice but much-needed visibility to the rural and artisan food producers who hold time-honored traditions and processes for producing food relative to their local environment and agricultural history.
This amazing global network raises awareness of the value of their work while committing to sustain their ability to work under the best conditions for the local community and planet. Upholding Slow Food's commitment to good, clean, and fair principles, the Terra Madre network serves as a medium for connecting producers from all over the world with the means to learn from each other, gather information-sharing tools, as well as the opportunities to see these collaborations come become fruitful.
Terra Madre's members work day by day to create a new economic and agricultural, food and cultural model. We are fortunate to benefit from current Terra Madre initiatives such as Taste Education, the Raw Milk and Cheese campaign, Slow Fish, as well as projects for Defending Biodiversity including the Ark of Taste, Presidia and Earth Markets.
To learn more, visit the Terra Madre website.
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Supporting School Gardens, Healthy School Lunch Options, and Food Education.
Highlighting local heroes and organizations working with children and adolescents all over the Bay Area to prevent and reverse childhood obesity.
Sending one Bay Area farmer to the annual Terra Madre meeting in Torino, Italy.
Supporting a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction.
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This investigation is based on the GISP2 H-core data collected in 1992 adjacent to the GISP2 Greenland summit drill site. Students examine the seasonal/annual nitrate record and use information from known volcanic eruptions to date the unique... (View More) signature of the Icelandic volcanoes. Data is also provided for known volcanic eruptions from other latitudes which can be used throughout the activity to date major conductivity spikes to further refine the time locations. Educators can use the investigation as an application of absolute and relative dating activity (a skill taught within many science disciplines). It can also be used as an application of the cryosphere and ice cores, atmospheric chemistry, meteorology and world-wide climate patterns, geophysics involving the polar regions and the Van Allen Radiation Belts, or astronomy and the impact of extraterrestrial materials on planet Earth. (View Less)
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In conjunction with discussions on atmospheric CO2, timescales, and proxy data, students will make, dissect, and analyze an ice core. The activity allows students to study changes in Earth's atmospheric composition and temperature on millennial to... (View More) orbital timescales. The lesson includes instructions for making the ice cores (requires up to a week), worksheets, resources and a short assessment. (View Less)
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I would hide under the furniture, too.
This is where I was baptised. This is where I started kindergarten. This is where my father was stationed while he was serving in the Air Force. This is where my mother and siblings and I lived for the year that he was in Thailand serving as a surgeon during the Vietnam War.
It is beautiful here, but I am afraid. Afraid of the past. Afraid of the memories rushing in too powerfully. Afraid of not remembering accurately, of making up stories about who I might have been if things had been otherwise after my father came home.
But mainly I am afraid of the magic that I felt as we drove over the hills into this city of which I have only scattered, little kid memories. This is the first stop on our great Road Trip west. Can it rekindle the magic for me?
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Are you interested in making a common pastime a serious artistic endeavor? Take a look at the techniques explained here to elevate your photos from ordinary snapshots to something more artistic. The following article will give advice on the basics, such as the proper way to develop pictures, as well as getting the perfect shot.
Try different shutter speeds for finding what works for various situations. Photography can help you get that split-second moment or to blur those large time periods. Set the speed of your shutter to a fast one in order to still motion, or a slow one to portray the best features of landscapes.
Try new techniques, and be brave enough to take thoroughly original photos. A good photographer will be able to convey a sense of style with his or her pictures, and show a meaningful point of view. Stay away from taking the same type of picture that you have viewed a million times over. Find unique angles, and do not be afraid to let your creative side loose.
Try out different adjustments in the white balance feature. When taking shots inside, you generally have a yellow cast due to the light bulbs. Rather than adjusting the lighting in the room, switch the camera's white balance to change the atmosphere. This will definitely provide your pictures with a professional appearance.
Shoot photos of a wide range of individuals. However, it is important to always ask your subject's permission before snapping shots. If you are on a vacation and taking tons of photos, you can look back at them later and reminisce about particular events and times that are memorable. Many times the people in the photos do not seem particularly important or noticeable at the time you snap the picture, the reason you frame the shot to begin with will be clear when you look back at them. Seek out spontaneous actions and everyday attire.
When traveling, photograph your souvenirs. You could put the souvenir next to the store you made the purchase. You could even frame it next to your hotel pool. You can tell the story about your souvenirs from the pictures and enjoy the memories once again from home.
Built-in flash comes on almost all digital cameras. It can kick in automatically in low-light situations. This flash is great for quick shots, but more professional photographs should use an external component for flash and lighting. Check to make sure your camera has a "hot shoe" on top that will accommodate an external flash, then go to a professional camera store to ensure that you are getting one that automatically syncs with your camera.
Consider purchasing a film camera if you enjoy the sentimental feeling that old photographs provide. For dramatic effect, choose black-and-white film with an ISO rating of 200, which will work in most situations. You can have your photography printed on several types of paper to see which makes the most dramatic impact.
Learn composition and that less is much more with photographs. You should never have tons of clutter or other elements in your shots. Simplicity is sometimes more beautiful, and mastering the ability to know when can transcend your photos to a new level.
When you are taking a picture, experiment with perspective, expression and scale. Place ordinary objects in extraordinary settings or ones that draw attention because they are out of context. Spend some time on your images so that you can shoot a distinct image of an otherwise ordinary object.
Don't miss out on a picture that is fantastic by staying too busy adjusting your camera's settings. You don't want a preset where the camera chooses your settings. Experiment with your camera's features to see how different settings affect your photos.
Educate yourself on using your camera's ISO setting to achieve the best quality picture. Setting the ISO at a higher level increase the grain and noise of your photograph. This can create undesirable results unless the image requires that particular setting.
Red Eye
One thing that can make photographs unusable is red eye. Red eye can be prevented by avoiding using flash when you can. If you cannot avoid using the flash, be sure that you request that the subject does not look into the camera lens. There are also certain cameras which have a feature for red eyes.
Take extra precaution whenever you are photographing in nature. Enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also make sure that you're cleaning up after yourself. If you discover a beautiful location to take pretty pictures, do your best to keep it this way for other photographers.
Make your camera one of the tools in your arsenal as you attempt to get good pictures. You'll be able to blur the background of your photos better if you use a shallow field depth to draw attention to the focus of your photo.
Pose your subject properly, even if it takes some time. Candid photos, like from family events, never turn out as good as posed pictures. This gives you a better shot of getting the perfect shot.
Get down to the child's eye-level when taking a picture of them. It is an easy fix that will make a big difference in your portrait quality.
Remember, you don't always have to hold your camera horizontally to get a good shot. In some cases, you can add life to a shot by tilting the camera, and even rotating it so that it's vertical. Zoom in for dramatic effect, and zoom out for head-to-toe shots.
Improve photos by cropping them. Perhaps your photo is perfect except for a sock lying on the floor in the background. Other times, you could have a perfect picture; however, it wasn't lined up the right way, which caused it to be off the center. You can crop these things out of the picture to make it even better.
It is crucial to understand proper focus and good lighting to create magnificent pictures. The following article will give you some great tips on camera focus and lighting, so you can produce great pictures that allow you to show everyone who you are.


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Monday, May 14, 2007
Monday (5:00PM)
Update on Avery's brother- He's still in the waiting room of the ER. He's been there for nearly five hours now. The triage people did look at him, determined he has appendicitis, then put him back in the waiting room without so much as giving him pain medication. So we're praying that he will be quickly seen. I feel so bad for him, being so far away from home. But Steve, the pastor at our church, stayed with him up until about 30 minutes ago. Avery's cousin who goes to college about 45 minutes from our house got right in his car and went straight to the hospital when he found out. So, at least Shane isn't alone. And after Steve teaches a seminar, he's going back to the hospital.
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- Domestic Goddess said...
Wow. When it rains, it pours, eh? I'm praying for y'all...
Sorry to lurk, been following your beautiful family's story for a while. I hope things look up, way up, soon!
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This morning I was listening to some of my old music projects from 10 years ago. I think anyone who creates for a living or for themselves gets a little embarrassed going through their old material, and this wasn't any different.
There's a video on Youtube of Ira Glass talking about this stage – basically working through the sludge. It's something you must do before you can create the level of creativity that you really want. Nearly everybody has to go through it.
I think the main difference between now and then is this; my musical output is far greater 7-10 years ago then it is today. Part of it is because I don't spend as much time on my own music, but another part of it is that I hold back on telling myself that I'm finished or that I always start but never finish. Back then I didn't really know what I was doing – I was just messing around. Today I have a good understanding of music theory so I think I intentionally avoid trying the obvious and instead go for the painful road of trying to do something new.
That has to stop.
In other words, what used to be an adventure through something unfamiliar and mysterious isn't so much those things today. Part of the fun was discovering those things by myself – even if others had discovered them centuries ago.
Yet, while I try in vain to make something I think is truly unique, I find that the music I enjoy is written by people who probably don't really care about those kinds of things. They just made music.
So why not build on top of what's already there? If it takes polishing 20 rocks to find 1 piece of gold, then you've probably got to remove everything that slows down the polishing, including things like:
- That new plugin you want to try
- Researching other DAWs
- Trying to become a complete master of your tools
- Spending way too much time on that .01% on that vocal part that's 99.9% there
- Thinking "Eh, I'll do that later" all the time and never doing anything
- Spending time on it only during the weekends, and then maybe not at all
I think if you find yourself feeling like this it's time to take a step back and ask yourself if you are happy with your piece. If you are it's probably done, and those other things that keep it from being 100% what you want it to be will probably work themselves out later.


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To the ER we go. 10 people ahead of us. We didn't wait too awful long and were taken to a room for a PA to see him. She immediately said a doctor needed to look at him and possibly ENT.
6:00pm: The doctor came In and well, when you hear "hmmmm." It's not good. He says to Porter "you shouldn't try to do your own tonsillectomy, kiddo."
6:30pm: We were sent back to a room and prepped to have him put under and either stitched up or his tonsil taken out (not clear at this moment what route they're going). First attempt at an IV was unsuccessful. Porter screamed and told te nurse to piss off. (Eeeek. Cue parents of the year award as I bit my tongue trying not to laugh)
That IV didn't work and a second nurse came in to do another. That went smoothly, and Porter preferred watching everything she did as opposed to looking away.
7:30pm: They sedated him and attempted to sew his throat up but after 2 doses of ketamine and trying for about half an hour, they decided an ENT needed to do it. Unfortunately, the local ENT had just had emergency surgery on himself 2 days ago so we had to be transported to Motts.
8:30pm: Porter was somewhat awake for his first (and pray to God only) ambulance ride. He was funny coming off the sedation- he said I had 4 eyes and every time we passed a semi he'd say "what the heck was that?!"
9:00pm: At Motts we for checked in and in a room immediately. Two doctors saw him and decided he needed to have it looked at and repaired in an OR.
11:00pm: ENT resident came in (damn every doc and nurse here at Motts is amazing with kids) and did a scope down p's nose to make sure it didn't puncture through his palette. Looks good thus far. It did go into the muscle. He described how fatal this could have been with the carotid artery running along the back of the throat. I never realized. It is almost sounding like we may be able to go home and let it heal on its own?
The rest of the story:
It turns out that they didn't want to do surgery. The specialist said the throat heals itself amazingly well and that antibiotics were not even necessary. Around 1am they decided to admit him to a room on the 12th floor for observation overnight. It turns out they were much more concerned with a blood clot from any possible damage to the carotid artery, which could cause a stroke. This freaks me out. At Allegiance, they were going to just sew up his throat and send him home. There was not a word mentioned about his carotid artery, how dangerous it could be etc. I was so thankful that we were in the hands of specialists- specialists with the throat and specialists with children.
I went home to get a few hours of sleep so I could photograph LeeAnn's birth in the morning. Ryan stayed with Porter. On Thursday they decided they wanted to keep him for the day for more observation. After Aaron was born I drove up around 1:00 with Amelia and Hudson to pick up Porter.


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I'm loving adjusting into life as a married woman, and already it feels like my husband and I have been married forever although it's only been about four months!!!
As I walked through a season of what seemed like lots of waiting for marriage (sometimes it felt as if the season of dating/courting then engagement would never end!) one thing I really struggled to come to terms with was trusting the Lord in the midst of what I increasingly became aware is the really materalistic culture in which we live in. I had a constant battle in my head of how to best live for the Lord - trust Him and take a step of faith into marriage while circumstances were less than ideal, or take a step of faith in continuing to wait for His provision? It seemed to me that there was no one "right" answer!
Obviously, everybody's situation is different so I cannot speak universally here but I do know that the journey the Lord bought me on so far has been worth every single minute of uncertianty! Of course we would always like to know that what our future holds is predictable and smooth (we can all insert our own worries in here!), but what I have been finding is that if it was, where would we be learning to trust God?
He has been challenging me that in the uncertianty, in the hair raising "it's just not fair Lord!" moments that He wants me to trust Him with an utter and complete and childlike faith that says, "No matter what my circumstances are Lord, I will continue to follow you and trust that You are good and that You really do love me".
I could ramble on and on . . . but I think that one statement says it all. May you trust our loving heavenly Father no matter what!


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June 21, 2017
- archaic (adjective)
- \ahr-KAY-ik\
- What does it mean?
- : of, relating to, characteristic of, or surviving from an earlier time; especially : no longer in general use
- How do you use it?
- In order to evoke the period in history in which the story takes place, the author uses archaic words like "thou" and "hast" when writing the characters' dialogue.
- Are you a word wiz?
Down through the centuries, a number of words that have almost the same meaning as "archaic" have come into English. Which one of the words below do you think is a synonym of "archaic"?"Ancient," "antique," "old," and "archaic" all mean having come into being or use in the distant past. "Old" may apply to a period of time that's truly long, or only longer than average (for example, "old houses built 200 years ago," or "an old sweater of mine"). "Ancient" describes things that existed or happened in the very distant past (as in, "an ancient custom" or "the ancient pyramids of Egypt"). "Antique" is used for things that have been handed down from times gone by (such as, "antique furniture"), while "archaic" suggests something characteristic of a much earlier time (as in, "archaic language").


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Well the results aren't good at all, the 7 tumours have all grown slightly and Priscilla now has a fracture of her L4 vertebrae...in her own words
"Saw Dr. Leigh this morning. Got update on MRI I had at the beginning of May. There has been a slight increase in size of the tumors and there is now a spinal compression fracture at the original tumor at verterbrae L4. Nothing they can do about it except control my pain. Only option for bone metastases is radiation and I've already had my max. But the good news is that since I started vitamin C infusions I have better pain control and using my pain pump less"
We are delighted of course that the vitamin C infusions are helping even though they are $140 each and 3 times a week...this is where the fund-raising is so important, the infusions would be out of reach without this and the GoFundMe campaign.
Mother's Day was still celebrated in style with a fabulous brunch at home and lots of cards and flowers...
and a yummy chocolate and berry pancake served with love...
Please keep your messages of support coming as they mean so much to Priscilla and Will and help them their spirits up
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Reddit gives us an app, scientists give us tiny satellites and Sweden gives us their phone number. This and more on today's episode of Geekdays.
Show notes and links:
- Dutch politicians move to ban gas, diesel cars by 2025 (cnet.com)
- Reddit now has official apps for Android and iOS; Alien Blue is dead (neowin.net)
- Reddit Mobile Apps : announcements (reddit.com)
- Nation-wide radio station hack airs hours of vulgar "furry sex" ramblings (arstechnica.com)
- FBI bought 'a tool' to crack the San Bernardino iPhone (engadget.com)
- Apple's iPhone SE hit by limited availability (cnet.com)
- The next big thing in space may be really, REALLY small satellites (arstechnica.com)
- Call Sweden's national number and talk to a random Swede now (engadget.com)
- Minnesota Kubb | Home of the World's Largest Winter Kubb Tournament (minnesotakubb.com)


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Yost will oversee all sales and marketing efforts at the stunning 35-acre property, which debuted as the first international resort for Viceroy Hotel Group, and set the standard for distinctive style and essence that has become a hallmark of the Viceroy brand.
"Diane brings over two decades of experience at leading hotels and resorts, including properties in the US, Australia and Caribbean," remarks Jeff David, General Manager of Viceroy Anguilla. "Her expertise and knowledge of the industry will be a valuable attribute to Viceroy Anguilla."
A 28-year veteran of the luxury hospitality business, Yost assumes her role at Viceroy Anguilla after previously serving as Director of Sales and Marketing with Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas for the past year and a half. Yost's responsibilities included overseeing all aspects of the sales, marketing and public relations operations for the property. Yost offers Viceroy Anguilla a truly global perspective, bringing extensive senior-level management experience with leading international hospitality companies, including Four Seasons Hotel Sydney, Miami and Palm Beach locations, as well as Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman.
"I am extremely excited to become part of the Viceroy Anguilla team," remarks Diane Yost, Director of Sales and Marketing for the resort. "Viceroy Anguilla is the pinnacle of understated, opulent resort living. I am eager to lend my experience with luxury properties to help further their reputation for providing guests an unparalleled experience."The natural beauty of the lush resort has only been enhanced by the recently renovated Viceroy Anguilla. Improvements to the hotel benefit all aspects of the property, ranging from revamping the public spaces including adding a striking cliff top pool deck to improving the family-friendly facilities. Expansion of the wellness and fitness amenities include the addition of a new basketball court, rock climbing wall, volleyball court, and new tennis pavilion, which features a retail shop that sells K-Swiss apparel. Viceroy Anguilla has an unmistakable sense of place where guests revel in utter privacy yet enjoy unlimited access to the resort's myriad pleasures.


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This post is by request, but also for myself to remind me later on how I did things. :)
I am using Linux to develop but the idea is the same on all major platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS)
Development Setup
Monkey2 is the new language by Amiga veteran Mark Sibly. It evolved from the Blitz Basic language and from the multi-platform Monkey language. Monkey2 code is translated to C++ code and then compiled, and it uses SDL2 for graphics, input, audio, etc so it's perfect to create games!!
Monkey2 is in development, but the 1.0 version is very capable and a lot of fun to use!
The things I make with Monkey2 are located on my Github page, in a new area called mutated monkey. Here you can find my code examples, game framework, sublime text configurations, code snippets and more...
Here's an overview of my development system setup:
- Operating System: Linux Mint 17.3
- IDE/Editor: Sublime Text 3
- Builder: Gradle
- SmartGit: source repository client
- Monkey2: language translator
- Java: to run SmartGit and Gradle
I downloaded the archive from this page and unpacked it in my home folder. I am not going to explain how to set this up, but after starting SmartGit you can clone repositories from Github easily.
Sublime Text 3
ST3 can be downloaded from its website, or you can use the software manager. The website has the newer version, almost all of the time. Install it using the downloaded .deb package.
Monkey2 Language Definition
I've made a Monkey2 language definition file and handy snippets. This file needs to go into your ST3 Packages/User/ folder. For Linux, this is under ~/.config/sublime-text3/. This path will differ on other OS types.
Simplest thing to do is to make a monkey2 sub-folder in the User folder and put the contents of the repository in there. Now, when you restart ST3, you can select Monkey2 under View/Syntax/
Monkey2 is free to use and you can download it from the Monkey2 web site. A smarter thing to do is to use SmartGit to clone the github repository to your local drive. I cloned the repository to my home directory, and then ran monkey2/scripts/rebuildall.sh to build the modules, editor (TED2) and docs. You may have to set the execution bit on the scripts to make them executable.
The build system used is Gradle (http://www.gradle.org). Gradle is free and requires Java. Install Java and Gradle according to the installation guide, and make sure you can start Gradle from the command line, from anywhere on the system (meaning: add the Gradle path to the system path variable)
Now we have all the tools in place, lets get to work. Here's now to setup a ST3 project which will use Gradle to build your application or module.
To achieve this, we need to create 3 files in a project folder:
- <projectname>.sublime-project
- build.gradle
- main source file
sublime-project file
I always work with projects, it makes life so much easier inside ST3. ST3 makes it simple to move between projects and each project can have its own build systems.
To use Gradle for building we use a build system from the Sublime Text Tools menu We create these by adding a build system (or more than one) to a Sublime Text project file.
You create a new project by selecting Add folder to Project from the Project pull down menu. So first create a folder, then use this menu item. Save the project by using Project/Save Project As. I advise you to put the sublime-project file in the project folder.
Now, choose Project/Edit Project and paste the following template in it:
"folders": [
"path": ".",
"file_exclude_patterns": [ ".git*", "*.i", "*.sublime-workspace"],
"folder_exclude_patterns": [".gradle"]
"build_systems": [
"name": "Gradle: Build and run TEST debug",
"cmd": "gradle --daemon build_project_debug",
"working_dir": "${project_path}",
"shell": "true"
"name": "Gradle: Build and run TEST debug CLEAN",
"cmd": "gradle --daemon build_project_debug_clean",
"working_dir": "${project_path}",
"shell": "true"
"name": "Gradle: Build and run TEST release",
"cmd": "gradle --daemon build_project_release",
"working_dir": "${project_path}",
"shell": "true"
This project template has three build systems. The first will create a debug build. The second will also create a debug build, but it will clean the build folder beforehand. The third build system will create a release build.
As you can see, the command to run for each build system is a shell command; each will start Gradle with the required parameters. First --deamon, which will keep Gradle running in the background for faster builds, and then the task to execute, which is defined in the build.gradle file in the same folder. These build systems do NOT call mx2cc! We will let Gradle do that.
Save the project and the build systems will appear in Sublime Text's Tools/Build System menu. You need to select one and then you can use CTRL-B to build.
build.gradle file
Now we need to create the build.gradle file. This file will hold the definitions of the build tasks we want to execute, mainly the entry source file and the command line to build. Create a new file in the project folder and edit it by pasting this text into it:
def PROJECT_NAME = "asteroids.monkey2"This is an example build.gradle file, showing only one task, but you'll get the idea, you can add more tasks. Make sure you can call them from the build systems definitions in the ST3 project file.
task build_project_debug << {
println "Building project DEBUG...\n"
def command = "/home/wiebo/Monkey2/bin/mx2cc_linux makeapp -run -target=desktop -config=debug $PROJECT_NAME"
print "Running command: '$command'\n"
def proc = command.execute()
proc.in.eachLine {line -> println line}
proc.err.eachLine {line -> println 'ERROR: ' + line}
def exitValue = proc.exitValue()
if (exitValue != 0) {
throw new GradleException ("Build project failed with exit code: $exitValue")
task build_project_debug << {
println "Building project DEBUG...\n"
def command = "/home/wiebo/Monkey2/bin/mx2cc_linux makeapp -run -target=desktop -config=debug $PROJECT_NAME"
print "Running command: '$command'\n"
def proc = command.execute()
proc.in.eachLine {line -> println line}
proc.err.eachLine {line -> println 'ERROR: ' + line}
def exitValue = proc.exitValue()
if (exitValue != 0) {
throw new GradleException ("Build project failed with exit code: $exitValue")
The PROJECT_NAME variable is set to the main file to build, in this case it is asteroids.monkey2. This file needs to be in the same location as the .gradle file, so make sure to put it there.
A task is then defined called build_project_debug. You saw this definition in the ST3 project file.
I used a hard coded path to my monkey folder inside my Linux home directory to call mx2cc_linux. If you're on windows, you need to change this to your own monkey2 bin folder and use mx2cc_windows.exe. For OSX this is mx2cc_macos. The -config=debug option is used to create a debug build.
That's it. Once you create the main monkey2 file in the project folder, and add some code to it you should be able to build. Don't forget the select the correct build system!
Happy coding!


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Went with mountain climbing friends and outdoor enthusiasts to an island hopping in Padre Burgos, Quezon. Borawan was a short boat ride from the jump off point. We all had a fantastic experience of rappelling down the cliffs and swimming in the clear waters surrounding the island. Sure it was a great way to enjoy the beach without the usual crowd.
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Photoscribe.co.uk is the joint web site of John and Chris Leonard. We are a married couple who live in Fetcham, Surrey; our children, Phil and Hannah, have both grown up and left home.
Chris is an accomplished author having had 20 books published; she also writes articles, poetry and regular Bible reading notes. She is also a writing tutor, running various creative writing courses and days in mid-Surrey, together with creative writing holidays in the UK and abroad.
Chris has her own website www.chris-leonard-writing.co.uk
John has been a keen amateur photographer for more years than he wants to admit. On this site you may browse some of his photo galleries.
The photo above is of a Dunlin in summer plumage, taken in the Algarve in May 2010.
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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013, Article ID 353106, 8 pages
Differential Regulation of Ferritin Subunits and Iron Transport Proteins: An Effect of Targeted Hepatic X-Irradiation
1Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, University Medical Center, Georg-August University, Robert-Koch Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
2Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center, Georg-August University, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
3Department of Radiation Oncology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Straße, 30625 Hannover, Germany
Received 5 August 2013; Accepted 9 October 2013
Academic Editor: Brad Upham
Copyright © 2013 Naila Naz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The current study aimed to investigate radiation-induced regulation of iron proteins including ferritin subunits in rats. Rat livers were selectively irradiated in vivo at 25 Gy. This dose can be used to model radiation effects to the liver without inducing overt radiation-induced liver disease. Sham-irradiated rats served as controls. Isolated hepatocytes were irradiated at 8 Gy. Ferritin light polypeptide (FTL) was detectable in the serum of sham-irradiated rats with an increase after irradiation. Liver irradiation increased hepatic protein expression of both ferritin subunits. A rather early increase (3 h) was observed for hepatic TfR1 and Fpn-1 followed by a decrease at 12 h. The increase in TfR2 persisted over the observed time. Parallel to the elevation of AST levels, a significant increase (24 h) in hepatic iron content was measured. Complete blood count analysis showed a significant decrease in leukocyte number with an early increase in neutrophil granulocytes and a decrease in lymphocytes. In vitro, a significant increase in ferritin subunits at mRNA level was detected after irradiation which was further induced with a combination treatment of irradiation and acute phase cytokine. Irradiation can directly alter the expression of ferritin subunits and this response can be strongly influenced by radiation-induced proinflammatory cytokines. FTL can be used as a serum marker for early phase radiation-induced liver damage.


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Cooking For A Cause: April 2016
This month's Cooking For A Cause featured its biggest menu ever. Students prepared 25 brick roast dinners and 36 chicken dinners for needy families ahead of Passover. Thank you to master chefs Mrs. Rochelle Dweck, Mrs. Jaclyn Marcos, and Ami Sasson for guiding our students long the way. Thank you to our sponsors: Mrs. Rochelle Dweck, Mrs. Ricci Haddad, Mrs. Jill Sanders, and Mrs. Ami Sasson.
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Source: National Student Survey 2016
Anthropology at Aberdeen has excelled in its distinctive focus of Anthropology of the North (from Scotland, Finland, Canada, and Siberia) complemented by specialists on Papua New Guinea, South America, Central Asia, Tibet and the Himalayas.
Postgraduates are fully integrated into academic life in Aberdeen. All graduate students are provided with personal computers, office space and access to an excellent central computing service. Postgraduate students also have access to the University's well stocked library, as well as rare manuscript and printed materials in Special Collections and the University's extensive anthropological and ethnographic museum collections
Training workshops are held at regular intervals throughout each academic year for postgraduate students and staff. Week-long pre- and post-fieldwork events are organised jointly with other Anthropology departments in Scotland under the ESRC Scottish Training in Anthropological Research programme (STAR). Further joint postgraduate events are held with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews.
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Number 403, January 28, 2007
"Americans do not have a government suited to a free people."
A Few Reasons to Own Guns
Attribute to The Libertarian Enterprise
Less reliance on others for enjoying the right to life.
Nobody has the right to keep you from owning or carrying any gun you want, so don't let that get in your way.
Because governments "of the people" might decide that you are not one of the people.
A disarmed population is at the mercy of the armed.
Someone who threatens an innocent person forfeits his right to not get shot by doing so.
Reduce crime in Your Country
Owning a gun makes you cooler if you use it right.
Bring chicks shooting.
Bring guys shooting.
Preserve historic artifacts.
Relying solely on bludgeons and sharp things for protection is SO last millennium.
Shooting stuff is fun and there are so many different ways to enjoy it.
Why would you put your life in the hands of a person who just expressed willingness to harm you?
How do you know he only wants your walletonly wants to steal that portion of your life in which you acquired what he means to take?
Cultivate your appreciation for technology.
Kill inferior animals to sustain and improve your life.
Killing an animal yourself shows that you are able to take responsibility for your own sustenance, instead of simply passing the death in your diet off to someone else.
Look at a few things the most powerful government in the world has done recently.
An armed populace has no need for a large standing army to protect it. If there is no standing army, national leaders will have nothing to use when they want to project their power around the world, so there will be fewer wars. The cycle of armed robbery at home to finance armed robbery and murder abroad will therefore be diminished. So do your part for world peace by practicing with a military arm that you own.
Shooting increases mental discipline and physical endurance. It is a sport that hones fine motor skills while making mental functions work together with body movement.
Every gun you have is a gun kept out of the wrong hands.
With so many different models and calibers of firearms out there, there are plenty of gun-related things to debate and argue about endlessly if you are into that kind of thing.
Every time you buy a semi-automatic rifle, Diane Feinstein gets another gray hair under her nose.
You never know when you might be helped out by having one. A gun in the holster is better than one in the safe is better than one in the police car ten minutes away.
Bad things do happen, and a handy gun can help you get through it.
Statistically, you might not be likely to be a victim. But are statistics really something to bet your life on? If you think so, consider the fact that resisting with a gun is statistically the safest response to an attempted crime.
Think of all the people who don't want you to have a guna bunch of thugs, control freaks, criminals, and bigots. Don't you want to do something that will piss them off?
Those who prey on other humans really shouldn't get to reproduce anyway.
Stockpiling guns and ammunition is fun. You'll see.
Show your appreciation for gender equality by owning a weapon that the average woman can use just as effectively as the average manunlike weapons that rely on the power of large muscles for proper operation.
Nearly anybody can kill anybody with a gun. It is therefore the most egalitarian weapon and only an elitist snob would dislike guns for this fact.
The police are not legally required to protect you.
Americans use firearms defensively approximately 2 million times annually.
Guns are really cool.
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Soil Types
In general, the soils of Kerala are acidic, kaolintic and gravelly with low CEC, low water holding capacity and high phosphate fixing capacity. Climate topography, vegetation and hydrological conditions are the dominant factors of soil formation. On the basis of the morphological features and physico-chemical properties, the soils of the State have been classified into red loam, laterite coastal alluvium, riverine alluvium, Onattukara alluvium, brown hydromorphic, saline hydromorphic, Kuttanad alluvium, black soil and forest loam.Red loam
Red loams of Kerala are localized in occurrence and are found mostly in the southern parts of Thiruvananthapuram district. These soils occur in catenary sequence along with laterites and are found mainly as deposits by colluviation in foothills and small hillocks. The rapid permeability of the surface soils also has been responsible for the characteristic development of these loamy soils, which are very deep and homogeneous without much expression of horizons. The soils have red colour, which has been attributed to the presence of hematite or anhydrous ferric oxides. These soils are essentially kaolinitic in nature, acidic in reaction, highly porous and friable. They are low in organic matter content as well as in all the essential plant nutrients.Laterite
Laterite of Kerala is typical kaolinitic weathering products of gneissic and granitic rocks developed under humid tropical conditions. Heavy rainfall and high temperature prevalent in the State are conductive to the process of laterisation. The surface soil, which is reddish brown to yellowish red, is mostly gravelly loam to gravelly clay loam in texture. The profiles have well-developed B-horizon with abundant ferruginous and quartz gravels. The plinthite is characterized by a compact vesicular mass below the B-horizon, composed essentially of a mixture of hydrated oxides of iron and aluminum. The plinthite includes quarriable type that breaks into blocks and also non-quarriable type that breaks into irregular lumps. Laterites are in general poor in available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and are low in the bases. They have poor water-holding capacity, CEC and high P fixing capacity with low organic matter content. They are generally acidic with pH ranging from 4.5 to 6.2.
They cover about 65 per cent of the total area of the State, occupying a major portion of the midland and mid-upland regions and are the most extensive of the soil groups found in Kerala.
These soils are seen in the coastal tracts along the West as a narrow belt with an average width of about 10 km and have been developed from recent marine deposits. They show incipient development. The texture is dominated by sand fraction with very rapid permeability. The A horizon is usually thin and the surface textures observed are loamy sand and sandy loam. These soils are acidic and of low fertility level. They are also low in organic matter, clay and CEC.Riverine Alluvium
These soils occur mostly along the banks of rivers and their tributaries. They show wide variation in their physico-chemical properties depending obviously on the nature of alluvium that is deposited and the characteristics of the catchment area through which the river flows. Horizon differentiation is not well expressed. They are very deep soils which surface texture ranging from sandy loam to clay loam. They are moderately supplied with organic matter, nitrogen and potassium. They are acidic and poor in phosphorus and lime.Onattukara alluvium
These soils are confined to the Onattukara region comprising the Karunagapally, Karthikapally and Mavelikara taluks of Kollam and Alappuzha districts. They occur as marine deposits extending to the interior up to the lateritic belt. The soils are, in general, coarse textured with immature profiles. In low-lying areas, the water table is high and drainage is a problem. These soils have very rapid permeability. They are acidic in reaction and are extremely deficient in all the major plant nutrients.Brown hydromorphic
Hydromorphic soils, as a group, occur extensively in the State. These soils are mostly confined to valley bottoms of undulating topography in the midland and to low lying areas of coastal strip. They have been formed as a result of transportation and sedimentation of material from adjacent hill slopes and also through deposition by rivers. They exhibit wide variation in physico-chemical properties and morphological features. The development of the soil profiles has occurred under impeded drainage conditions. These soils, therefore, exhibit characteristic hydromorphic features like grey horizons, mottling streaks, hard pans, organic matter depositions, iron and manganese concretion, etc. Drainage is the major problem. They are moderately supplied with organic matter, nitrogen and potassium and are deficient in lime and phosphorus. Acidity is a problem in some areas.Saline hydromorphic
These soils are usually seen within the coastal tracts of the districts of Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Trissur and Kannur. The origin, genesis and development of these soils have been under peculiar physiographic conditions. They are, therefore, not comparable with the saline soils occurring in the other parts of the Country. The network of backwaters and estuaries bordering the coast serves as an inlet of tidal waters to flow into these areas, causing Salinity. Wide fluctuation in the intensity of salinity has been observed. During the rainy season, the fields are flooded and most of the salt is leached out, leaving the area almost free of the salts. Electrical conductivity of the soil during this season ranges from 0.1 to 2.0 mmhos/cm2. The maximum accumulation of toxic salts is observed during the summer months from March to April when electrical conductivity rises to the range of 10 to 15 mmhos/cm2. These soils are in general brownish, deep and imperfectly drained. The profile show wide variation in texture, as is common in most of the alluvial soils. Being developed in areas with relatively high ground water table, these soils show aquic properties. In some areas, undecomposed organic matter is observed in the lower layers, causing problems of acidity. The Pokkali (Ernakulam district) and kaipad (Kannur district) soils come under this category.Kuttanad alluvium
The Kuttanad region covering about 875 km2 is a unique agricultural area in the world. A good portion of this area lies 1-2 m below MSL and is submerged for major parts of the year. The area is susceptible to seasonal ingress of saline water as a result of tidal inflow from the sea. During the monsoons, the rivers and rivulets pour fresh water into the area. As the North East monsoon recedes, seawater again enters the Vembanad Lake and the whole area becomes saline. Hence, the soils of Kuttanad area are faced with the serious problems of hydrology floods, acidity and salinity. Consequent on the construction of the Thanneermukkam bund, salinity hazards have been considerably reduced. The soils of Kuttanad form the typical waterlogged soils and are entirely different from normal well-drained soils in their morphological, chemical and physical characteristics. They can be grouped into three categories, the Kayal soils, the karappadam soils and the Kari soils which are dealt with in the zone of Problem Areas.Black soils
Black soils are restricted in their occurrence to Chittoor taluk of Palakkad district. They are found to occur in patches and are considered as extension of the black cotton soils observed in the adjacent Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. These soils are dark, low in organic matter, calcareous, neutral to moderately alkaline (PH 7.0 to 8.5) and high in clay content and CEC. Hence they exhibit the characteristic cracking during dry periods. They are usually located in gently sloping to nearly level lands. The levels of potassium and calcium are moderate and those of nitrogen and phosphorus, low.
In a relatively small area of 1000 ha. in Chittoor block, a highly dispersed soil termed as "Poonthalpadam" soil, is seen. This soil occurs as a slushy layer to a depth of about 0.5m to 1.5m. A bed of limestone is seen beneath the slushy layer. The physical properties like plasticity, cohesion, expansion and shrinkage are similar to those of the regular soils of the Deccan.
Being the products of weathering of crystalline rocks under forest cover, they are restricted in occurrence to the eastern parts of the State. They have immature profiles with shallow soils, followed by gneissic parent material in various stages of weathering. In areas with lesser canopy cover, signs of laterisation have been observed in the profiles. They generally show vide variation in depth and are dark reddish brown to black, with loam to silty loam texture. In denuded areas, leaching and deposition of humus in the lower layers are observed. The B-horizon usually contains gneissic gravels and boulders. These soils are generally acidic with PH ranging from 5.5 to 6.3. They are rich in nitrogen; but poor in the bases because of heavy leaching.


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Organizations whose members are business and professional men and/or women or other individuals who have a common interest in improving the life of the community, which conduct fund-raising events to finance community service projects. Many service clubs are chapters of national or international organizations.
Key words: Elks Clubs; Kiwanis; Jaycees; Lions Clubs; National Exchange Clubs; Rotary Clubs; Ruritan Clubs; Zonta International
Scope notes: USE this code only for organizations exempt from federal taxes under 501 (c)(3) and 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. For similar organizations that are exempt from federal taxes under 501 (c)(8) USE Y41; for 501(c)(10) USE Y42. For Youth Service, USE Youth Community Service Clubs (O51).
For community service clubs whose primary purpose is to support one programmatic activity, such as Lions Club Eye Banks, USE common codes 11 or 12 and the appropriate Major Group designation.
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Last year I told you about our May Day tradition, so you can now understand why I received this ginormous bouquet of daisies yesterday. This is the seventh year in a row that my secret admirer has left me flowers by my door, and yet somehow, this is the seventh time I was surprised to find them when I arrived home.
My secret admirer also stepped up his game this year with cookies. May Day just keeps getting sweeter.


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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Adventure, May 1952
What says "adventure" more than a skull wearing a pith helmet? This late issue of ADVENTURE the pulp features a dandy cover by Monroe Eisenberg and stories by F.R. Buckley, William Chamberlain, W.L. Heath, Gordon McCreagh, Albert Richard Wetjen, and John Prescott. This is long past ADVENTURE's glory days but still looks like a pretty darned good magazine to me.
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- Walker Martin said...
This is a great cover but you are right about Adventure's best years being over. By 1952 they were using reprints and this issue has one of the novelettes reprinted from 1939. By the next year, 1953, the pulp era was over after 753 issues, 1910-1953. The magazine continued as a men's adventure magazine in the larger format like ARGOSY. The end came in 1971 after 3 sorry looking digest format issues.
- 9:46 AM, August 28, 2016
- Sai S said...
I hate to disagree with you, Walker, but this particular issue of Adventure actually lives up to the standard of Adventure issues in the forties.
There's a new Caradosso story, Red Runs My Blade, from F.R. Buckley, and this one is a crackerjack story of betrayal and revenge over many years.
The Jawbone of Shamus Macroom, while a reprint, is a great biblical story of retribution set in the Phillipines with a OIrish hero.
W.L. Heath's tale of a fisherman's final battle with the one that got away, Big Dark, was good too. It has shades of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, but came out before that was published.
With South of Sudden Death, Albert Richard Wetjen, comes up with another of his tough old men of the sea.
Gordon MacCreagh's story of a Caribbean buccaneer, Blood of the Hawk, is a romance that would not have been printed in Hoffman's Adventure, but is still a good swashbuckler.
I didn't really enjoy the other two stories, Devil in the Sky and An Incident of Massacre, but the others deliver more than 25 cents of value.
- 8:18 PM, August 29, 2016
- Walker Martin said...
I just read most of this issue and as Sai points out, it is one of the better later issues, certainly comparable to the forties. But generally speaking, I still think the early 1950's show a decline from the 1940's. The six digest sized issues especially are a disappointment with so many reprints, the smaller page count, and less illustrations.
I do want to second the praise for the Caradosso story by Buckley. He did 38 of them for ADVENTURE during 1924-1953 and most are excellent. They deserve to be reprinted in a collection.
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June Wrap-Up
In June I finished one book I started in May, did I decided to dnf a book and read two novels (which one of them I technically finished today but that's okay) and one little black classic. These are the books I'm talking about:
- In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken (The Darkest Minds #3) 2/5★ review
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4/5★ review
- The Gate Of A Hundred Sorrows (short story collection) by Rudyard Kipling 2/5★ review
- Gunfight at the Oldlake Canal by GB Hope (dnf'ed it halfway through)
- Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan 4.5★ review
The author was being weird while I was reading Gunfight at the Oldlake Canal and because I didn't love it that much I decided to dnf it. If an author acts weird and not that kind, I can't seperate the book from the author. Maybe I'll pick it up in the future and finish it, but at the moment I have no desire to do so.
You also might be wondering why I still haven't picked up A Court Of Thornes and Roses, but I decided to allow myself to read only one series at a time instead of two. This because I read so slowly atm and I want to remember everytime much more which means finishing a series faster than I did before. I want to start that series after I've finished Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
I read a bit more than in the months before, but in my opinion still not that much (that's also because of tv shows like OINTB and because of a happy personal reason). However, I finally have a future again when it comes to school/work but that'll start in September, so I have now much time to read because I don't have to worry about anything anymore atm. Next month I hope to read The Kite Runner, To Kill A Mockingbird, Along for the Ride, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and much more, but we shall see.
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The newest album has a more multitempo pace than their previous albums. "Futures" is a great track where Gonzlez effortlessly introduces himself with his smooth voice. "Throw It All Away" is a top-notch single with amazingly catchy lyrics that really stand out and grab your attention. If you like different kinds of music, "Your Place" is a great mix of genres, combining electronica, jazz, lounge and indie rock.


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