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Da Beatminerz Remix Featuring Tash Of Tha Alkaholiks & Rah Digga "…Sumthin" by IAR
Ill Adrenaline Records and Da Beatminerz team up again to put out two dope unreleased remixes coming straight out the vaults from Mr. Walt and Evil Dee.
While the original version of "…Sumthin" featuring Tash & Rah Digga got a more funky vibe, the remix of this east coast / west coast collaboration banger is on the rough and rugged tip. Produced by Mr. Walt and featuring Tash of Tha Alkaholiks and Brick City's Rah Digga, this remix was recorded back in the same year as the original version (1998) and shelved until now.
The b-side remix of Black Star's (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) "Another World" is another amazing and unreleased remix of this classic tune. Just like the first remix, this drum driven and funky remix didn't make it onto any release either. Da Beatminerz got hired to do several remixes of this track, and was originally produced by UK production crew The Creators in '98. Classic Beatminerz production on both tracks!
Da Beatminerz Featuring Tash Of Tha Alkaholiks & Rah Digga "Sumthin' (Beatminerz Remix)"
Produced by Mr. Walt. Taken off the vinyl 7″ single "Sumthin' (Beatminerz Remix) / Another World (Beatminerz Remix #2)" and the digital/cassette EP "Sumthin" on Ill Adrenaline Records.
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Do you have what it takes to win a National Championship, coach?
GO AHEAD AND RETIRE! Fixed a bug where certain coaches could not retire. Talk about an endless job! We also tweaked the sim engine for tournament games as well as fixed a bug on the view player screen. Additional tweaks to various display items were also addressed. Thanks for your continued support on our great game!
STUPID DATABASES! We identified a MAJOR inconsistency with the database platform that stores game data. This is the reason some of you have been having schedule/sim/season-end issues. Lots of other updates/fixes, including reputation increases based on coaching performance and more!Read More
From adding the Zolnier Performance Index (ZPI), to naming your coach, to being able to retire and join the fall of fame and more, we've packed a ton of updates into this one!
Recruiting is FIXED! Nuff said! You should find a fair balance of challenge and fairness with recruiting now and recruits have more realistic chances of committing to the schools in the lead points position. You should see v1.1.01 show up in the app stores very soon!
Well, it's about time we cleaned up this place! We hope you enjoy visiting our new home and feel free to drop us a quick note via the contact form below. We know you're full of great ideas!
BIG update for 2017!
We completely recoded the recruiting logic for a more realistic challenge level, along with many other updates. Read on to learn about all of the big improvements!
Manage your team roster order and gameplan to determine the most effective player matchups for every game.
Games are simulated based on easy-to-understand player matchups, ratings and abilities.
Simulate or play any of the 20+ practice drills to improve your players and give them a boost for their next game.
Progress through a 32-game regular season that culminates in your conference tournament or even the national championship tournament, if you're so lucky!!
Find the next breakout star to add to your roster and challenge other schools in exciting recruiting battles.
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Well, we're excited to say that we have identified the MAJOR cause of some of the strange schedule, player and game sim issues that some people have been having and it's related to the database platform that the game uses to store (and update) most of the data it needs. Turns out that this database platform has some undocumented MAJOR inconsistencies when writing/updating large amounts of data on mobile devices and, gee - updating 3,490+ players, teams and schedules is a prime example of 'large' amounts of data! This issue has been driving us NUTS, to say the least! That said, we have been working diligently to ensure that the game handles this frustrating deficiency appropriately and all seems much better now. We'll continue to monitor this platform and address any other workarounds as necessary, but you should find a LOT more consistency now!
Reputation increases! Yes, you asked for it and now if you have a few successful seasons with a team, you just might find your team has been awarded a reputation increase! And they say hard work doesn't pay off!
You can now see the reputation (stars) rating for each team at the top of their roster screen.
Extra roster validation check (beyond the fixes mentioned above) at the beginning of each season.
Small tweaks to recruiting logic.
Addressed mRand error that a few people have been getting during recruiting.
Minor tweak to ZPI and team ranking calculations.
Update should be live on all app stores shortly:
Added the Zolnier Performance Index (ZPI), which is a measure of a team's performance throughout the season. It is based on a combination of a team's home and away wins and losses, their opponents' & opponents-opponents' wins and losses and their wins against ranked teams. A team's rank, their ZPI and the overall strength of their schedule (SoS) are now major factors in a team getting invited to the National Championship Tournament. ZPI is available after week 10.
After week 10, you can now see the ZPI Rank, SoS Rank and National Tournament prediction (IN/OUT) for each team, when viewing their roster in the Teams and Players screen.
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You can now name your coach! A coach who has no name needs an identity! (Get the reference? Sometimes I think I'm funny...)
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Added What's New summary screen, which you can see any time via the 'Whats New' button on the bottom of the Title screen.
Small tweaks and error checks to recruiting logic.
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You can now view the list of players a team is recruiting right in their team roster screen.
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Completely recoded the recruiting logic for a more realistic challenge level, but you'll have 2 additional scholarships to offer now!
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Having to constantly blow your nose during a cold is not the best feeling in the world, but the Sparkly Pony Animal Tissue Holder will make you feel better in no time at all.
The holder comes from the Sparkly Pony Etsy shop and features a variety of adorable animals transformed into tissue boxes. From whales coming in a number of rainbow shades like pink, green and orange, to elephants in light-blue shades, these tissue holders will brighten up your spirits with their playful designs. My favorite one has to be the Humpback Whale with its uncanny resemblance to the jolly and gentle sea creature.
If you've been using up more boxes of tissue than you can count for that runny nose, get the Sparkly Pony Animal Tissue Holder for a more enjoyable way to get better.
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Hi there! I have a couple of cards to share that I made with the new Steampunk Inchies set from Darkroom Door:
Details on how these were put together, as well as a couple of fabulous samples by Suzz can be found on the Darkroom Door blog.
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Today I finished making over my new 'stock' cabinet!!!
Finding this beauty for a bargain price on ebay was the easy part - deciding what fabric to use for the makeover, .... well that's another story!
Weeks of procrastinating later, I finally ordered my Spoonflower design "Pear Harvest"
I love that even with the doors closed, you get the sense you are peeking inside the cabinet, to see shelves of pretty pears all lined up in rows :)
Before pics below:
To give this cabinet a simpler, more rustic country feel - the first thing I did was remove the fancy 'fret work' from the legs.
Then I lightly sanded, washed and painted the cabinet in one of my all time favourite products: White Paint!
Further adding to the country feel, I attached a new iron handle and French inspired escutcheon (for a key and tassel.)
To attach the fabric to the timber panels, I measured and cut the fabric to size - and simply used double sided tape to fix the fabric to the timber .
(This also makes the fabric quite easy to remove whenever it's time for a change)
Finally the edges of the fabric were topped with ribbon (applied with a hot glue gun.)
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Active Children
Children of all ages play alone or with other children or adults. They like to engage in role play and often mimic grown-ups. Their toys can be expensive or they can improvise and make simple ones. Children are often in a world of their own, a fantasy world. When playing, children learn social skills and problem solving. Playing helps a child grow from having an egocentric view of the world to becoming a social human being. In play, kids develop their creativity and they learn patience.
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Chapter 116: Hao Yue's Evolution: Third Head! (I)
Long Hao Chen was seated cross legged on the ground and, as before, using [Divine Light Mantle] to protect his body. Isolated from the external world's harmful air, he took breath after breath of filtered air filled with light elemental essence.
To Long Hao Chen, this world wasn't any kind of good place because the light elemental essence was present in such a small proportion. It did not hold even 1% of the quantity of light essence in Shengmo Dalu. He had to unceasingly filter the surrounding air from the heterogeneous essence filled with magic power, to finally inhale it safely.
Long Hao Chen took out two bottles from his bosom. The first one contained the pill that could restore 200 units of spiritual energy, that Long Hao Chen named the Restoring Spiritual Pill. The ones contained in the other bottle could instantly arouse his potential and increase his physical strength by 20% for 30 seconds. After use, 12 hours had to pass before taking another Bursting Spiritual Pill.
In this place with a great lack of light elemental essence to absorb, one could well imagine the utility these two pills would have. Calmly standing in the cave, Long Hao Chen began to feel everything around him, cautiously, uninterruptedly gazing at the four directions.
But at this moment, suddenly, a wave of spiritual energy undulated, creating mysterious ripples made of spiritual energy in the air.
A drizzling purple-colored ring scattered in the next instant, not only spreading throughout the whole cave, but going as far as to spread to the surrounding rocks and the rest of the air of the external world.
Hao Yue is breaking through! Long Hao Chen felt nervous, because Hao Yue told him previously that in case he were to break through the last bottleneck, the aura released by his body would be likely to attract powerful magical beasts. This was the most dangerous stage of his evolution.
As soon as this purple-colored aura appeared, Long Hao Chen suddenly felt to his astonishment that a scorching feeling reached his very own body. Lowering his head, he took a look and saw that the veins behind his own skin turned into a faint purple color. An immense force was uninterruptedly filling his own body, continuously strengthening his physical body. All Long Hao Chen could feel was that his own external spiritual energy was boiling, and in a strengthening process. Moving his body around, he felt that his strength had tremendously increased.
Hao Yue's evolution also has an effect on the cultivation of my own external spiritual energy?
Long Hao Chen calmly pondered what was happening to him. Without the slightest doubt, this promotion was due to the blood contract. He and Hao Yue had some blood of the other in their own body, so in addition to their regular contract's uses, it implied that their blood vessels were genuinely interlinked. As a result, when Long Hao Chen increases his cultivation level through his training, Hao Yue could benefit from it to some extent. Similarly, when Hao Yue evolved, Long Hao Chen could feel an enhancement to his own body as well.
Apparently, at that time, when Hao Yue had an abnormal thirst for that stone orb, it was because he needed it to make his body evolve.
Right when Long Hao Chen was in the middle of his thoughts, suddenly, he felt that in the air, the numerous magical elemental essences turned frantic. In particular, the dark elemental essence, just as it was flowing out from the galaxy, frantically headed towards the inside of the cave at his back. No matter how frantic this elemental spiritual energy was, it seemed to have a single target this time, the cave at his back.
Long Hao Chen could vaguely see that a spiral shaped black cloud had started to form, attracted by this cave, sucking in all the surrounding elemental spiritual energy.
Such a huge activity, it's no wonder that Hao Yue was worried about magical beasts coming to attack.
Long Hao Chen was even more on the alert as he observed his surroundings. What he didn't realize was that on his forehead, the mark of contract had appeared once again.
This mark was formed of a total of nine purple-colored veined patterns. Among these nine original veined patterns, the first two were bright; in this moment, a third rune started to brighten as well.
After breaking through the third step, to keep advancing, what practitioners of all vocations needed was internal spiritual energy. No matter how the external spiritual energy increased, it didn't affect the advancement of the vocation. In other words, even if your external spiritual energy reached 2000, as long as your internal spiritual energy didn't reach 2000, there was no way for you to break through the fifth step.
Long Hao Chen felt an intense and warm power constantly rising in him, but he didn't know which level his external spiritual energy had reached. Nevertheless, in his chest, the golden drops of liquid surrounding his Saint Spiritual Stove were unceasingly revolving, not showing the slightest change. It was the symbol of the barely reached level of having liquid spiritual energy, as well as having entered the fifth step.
After entering the fifth step, Long Hao Chen clearly discovered that his cultivation speed had lowered by a wide margin. To gain a spiritual energy level, he needed to spend at least ten times more effort than in the past. After a day of bitter training, the limit of what he could gain was at most one or two spiritual energy levels.
Even as a knight, what he had no way of knowing was that if he told others about his cultivation speed, it would absolutely shock anyone. After breaking through the fifth step, who would imagine that someone who could raise his spiritual energy level every day could exist? If everyone had this ability, then only by continuing to cultivate, everyone would sooner or later break through to the sixth step.
Together with the enhancement of his physical strength, Long Hao Chen could even more visibly benefit from his advantageous physique of a Scion of Light.
To any vocation, the fifth step was the threshold to the appellation of powerhouse. However, to be considered as a real powerhouse, one needed to step across the threshold of the sixth step. This was because, it was only when the sixth step was reached, that the might of the liquid spiritual energy would really come out; it was the key to the spiritual might, enabling the speed of cultivation of the liquid spiritual energy to really accelerate.
A fierce rumbling sound reached Long Hao Chen's consciousness, making him lift up his head to look towards the bottom of the mountain
As soon as he saw what was at the bottom of the mountain, he instantly gasped in astonishment. What he saw was a human skeleton; a wide, very wide human skeleton, advancing at great speed toward the top of this mountain. The previous rumbling sound was coming from one of its bones carelessly smashing a huge rock.
There were countless skeletons coming. It was impossible to discern just how many there were with the naked eye, all covered in black and different in height; however, they were all human-shaped. They quickly climbed up the mountain, with only the cave behind Long Hao Chen as their goal.
Taking a deep breath, Long Hao Chen took half a pace back, blocking the cave entrance. Thus, he would not have to face opponents from many directions at once, and only needed to face those at the front.
Without time to think about the reason why so many skeletons were coming, the only thing he could do was to resist the skeletons' advance, giving Hao Yue enough time to finish his evolution.
Inside the cave, Hao Yue was trembling violently, his scales already splitting open: the effects of [Holy Mantle] from before were already disappearing.
But no matter whether it was Little Light or Little Fire, they were both biting the bullet, refraining to scream, because they didn't want to disturb Long Hao Chen with their cries.
The bulge on Hao Yue's third neck protruded outwards, and Little Light as well as Little Fire's neck was growing, brilliant green light unceasingly glittering on top. Despite Hao Yue's body being badly mangled, purple stripes of light were slowly appearing on his body.
Large amounts of spiritual energy were violently pouring into his body from the outside. Crackling sounds and growth was happening all over his body, and that mangled piece of flesh was continuously expanding, causing him to grit his teeth. The unstable spiritual energy in his body frantically wreaked havoc in him. An ancient and desolate terrifying aura was emitted from his body, as Little Light and Little Flame's eyes once again turned purple-colored, appearing heartless and ice-cold, emitting a monstrous presence. His mutilated body was also undergoing an uninterrupted process of expansion.
Bang. Long Hao Chen leaned slightly on the Radiant Shield on his left hand, sweeping away a black skeleton with one strike, and with the Light Sword on his other hand, he struck a skeleton right in the stomach.
Drawing closer, Long Hao Chen further understood the terrifying aspect of these skeletons. Although only bones remained of them, these bones were as hard as steel, and their strength was equal to that of ten men. Their eye sockets also contained a dimly lit flame.
As he kept immersing himself in battle with these skeletons, Long Hao Chen discovered their bones were not originally black in colour. Their bones had that colour because of the sheen given off by being covered in a spiritual energy of the dark attribute. With unceasing violence, they continued to attack.
Long Hao Chen right now rejoiced at the fact that he had the holy attribute. Although these black skeleton's bodies were incredibly tough, when the holy essence coming from his Light Sword and Radiant Shield landed on the skeleton's bodies, they were clearly very fearful of it. Immediately, there would be white smoke coming from where they were hit. Obviously, light elemental essence had a very strong restraining effect on the black skeletons.
Snap. [Light Thrust] was released. Three skeletons were immediately struck down by Long Hao Chen, obstructing the advance of further skeletons. After obtaining liquid spiritual energy, there was a clear increase of strength in all of his abilities.
Taking a short breath, Long Hao Chen consumed a Restoring Spiritual Pill. His consumption of spiritual energy was not that large, but in the current situation, how could he dare to wait until his spiritual energy was completely exhausted before replenishing it? Maintaining the optimal amount of spiritual energy was the best choice here.
In front of this large skeleton army, he was not using too many abilities, preserving his spiritual energy as much as possible. It was certainly not some one on one battle nor some sort of competition, it was a life and death situation. If he was even a little bit careless, he could be stuck in this world forever.
One skeleton after another fell, and even though Long Hao Chen could hold against ten thousand of these skeletons, there were simply too many skeletons coming at him. He could not even see a shred of hope.
In light of this battle, Long Hao Chen gradually discovered the advantages of being a Guardian Knight. Even though Retribution Knights had more tyrannical attack power, in a sustained battled, a Retribution Knight simply couldn't measure up to a Guardian Knight in terms of endurance.
After using several guardian knight abilities to enhance himself, Long Hao Chen only used a little spiritual energy every time he took down a skeleton. Also, his objective wasn't to annihilate the entire skeleton army, since it was simply impossible to do so. He only needed to buy enough time for Hao Yue.
The greatest weakness of these black skeletons was that they were dumb and could not use any abilities. They only knew how to advance forward. In this situation, Long Hao Chen used his advantageous terrain as well as his Restoring Spiritual Pills to prolong the battle.


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|Who exactly were the Chichimec people?
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|Did the Aztecs paint their canoes?
|What was the Aztec symbol for turquoise?
|How do we know Tenochtitlan had a zoo?
|Did the Spanish completely obliterate Aztec song and dance from the historical record?
|The tongue hanging out in Aztec art
|The 13 heavens and 9 underworlds
|What exactly was a 'calpulli'?
|What did Aztec children wear?
|Can you suggest good books on Aztec music?
|Where are the codices today?
|Where were deerskin strap masks worn?
|Did the Aztecs use 'Mum' and 'Dad'?
|How much gold did the Spanish take from the Aztecs?
|Can you translate this poem?
|The origin of 'pulque'
|The eagle and the snake...
|Many partners or one?
|Volcano myths
|Mexica maps
|Were war banners sacred or utilitarian?
|Did war shield symbols represent cities?
|The Aztec symbol for war
|'A typical battle'
|An image of Tonantzin?
|The monkey's earring
|Double-headed serpent
|Who was Prime Minister at the Conquest?
|The 'crying boy' whistling jug
|The wind god's fan
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|Aztec gardens
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|What was Cuauhtémoc's emblem?
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|Food stores
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|Can you tell us anything about the Aztec God of Good Health?
|Why wear headdresses?
|How big was the Aztec Calendar (Stone)?
|An image of Citlalicue?
|Aztec pyramids
|We're trying to find pictures of what the Aztecs ate
|Tezcatlipoca or Tezcatilpoca?
|Sacred birds, flowers and Day Lords
|Aztec symbol for protector
|Traditional Náhuatl greetings
|Child-friendly sources on the Conquest
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|Did Aztec men wear earrings?
|The Aztec Army
|What about Tlatelolco?
|Pic 1: 'The Aztec World' commissioned by the Field Museum, Chicago (Click on image to enlarge)
This is an excellent question - if a bit loaded! We think there's no better way to answer it than by quoting (with permission) a section titled 'The Evidence of Human Sacrifice' in the chapter 'Aztec Human Sacrifice' by Alfredo López Austin and Leonardo López Austin (both members of our Panel of Experts) in the book The Aztec World edited by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and Gary M. Feinman, Abrams, 2008 (NOTE: we have omitted academic references). Both are eminent Mexican scholars in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Their piece is measured, accessible and pretty well up-to-date...
|Pic 2: Stone skull rack, Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City (Click on image to enlarge)
'The social sciences offer a framework free of oversimplification based on varied, objective forms of evidence. The scientific method offers an objective, critical means to evaluate the hypotheses and theories that try to explain social institutions and processes in their historic and cultural context. In the specific case of Aztec sacrifice, a good number of serious, reliable scientific publications of different orientations exist. Among them we can recommend La Fleur Létale [The Lethal Flower] by Christian Duverger, Ritual Human Sacrifice in Mesoamerica edited by Elizabeth H. Boone, El sacrificio humano entre los mexicas [Human Sacrifice among the Mexicas] by Yótotl González Torres, The Human Body and Ideology by Alfredo López Austin, City of Sacrifice by Davíd Carrasco, Le sacrifice humain chez les aztèques [Human Sacrifice among the Aztecs] by Michel Graulich, and Sacrificio humano [Mesoamerican Sacrifice] edited by Leonardo López Austin and Guilhem Olivier. These publications rely mainly on the documentary sources produced in the first decades of the colonial period: the Nahuatl pictographs and texts written in Latin characters by the natives; the tales of the conquistadors, eyewitnesses to the religious life of Tenochtitlan, and descriptions of the Aztec cult made by the missionary friars.
|Pic 3: Model of the Aztec Templo Mayor, Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City (Click on image to enlarge)
'The seven publications mentioned above are notable due to their attempts to identify and evaluate the contexts and distortions of these sources, distancing themselves from literal and naïve reading of the historical information.
However, no matter how rich the information provided by the documentary sources, it must always be compared with data obtained from archaeology and physical anthropology. Given that most of the historical information relative to Aztec sacrifice refers to the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan, we quickly see the importance of material evidence recovered from this site during the excavations of the Templo Mayor Project between 1978 and 2007.
Among the discoveries made, the téchcatl, or stone upon which sacrificial victims were stretched as they were ritually killed, provides the most solid evidence of human sacrifice. Two of these stones were exhumed at the summit of one of the oldest stages [see pic 3] of the Templo Mayor (c. 1390).
|Pic 4: Drawing of a sacrificial stone ('chacmool') found at the entrance to the chapel of the god of rain, Templo Mayor, phase II (c. 1390 CE) (Click on image to enlarge)
'They were located at the entrances of the two chapels that guard the images of Huitzilopochtli (the sun god) and Tlaloc (the god of rain), where they were visible to the multitude that congregated at the base of the pyramid to attend ceremonies. Huitizilopochtli's stone was a smooth basalt polyhedron that rose 50 centimeters from the floor. The stone of Tlaloc was a sculpture of the rain god (pic 4), lying on its back with a cylindrical altar fastened to his abdomen, which reached a height of 51 centimeters. The form and height of both stones assured their ability to function as tables for supporting the victims in the lumbar area, so that they could be bent backward in order to remove their hearts.
|Pic 5: Flint knives found as part of excavations at the Templo Mayor (Templo Mayor Museum) (Click on image to enlarge)
'Sacrificial knives were similarly important (pic 5). A little more than one thousand knives have been recovered to date. These instruments are made of flint, a hard stone of great strength, which can be sharpened. The knives are lanceolated [shaped like a lance] with an acute point to penetrate the body before cutting out the heart. A number of them have an ornament representing monstrous faces converting them into personified symbols of the sacrificial instrument, though they are ineffective for performing the rite. These have been identified by specialists as mere votive objects [follow link below].
|Pic 6: Skull-mask representing the God of Death, found at an offering of the Templo Mayor (TM Museum) (Click on image to enlarge)
'We should also consider the remains of the victims that were buried by the Aztecs at the Templo Mayor and adjoining buildings. If we add up the data from four successive archaeological projects in the area, the total reaches 126 individuals. Among these are forty-two children - mainly males and suffering from anemia, parasitism, and gastrointestinal diseases -whose throats were slit in honour of the god of rain, and a forty-third child, killed by removal of the heart and dedicated to Huitzilopochtli. A second group is made up of forty-seven adult heads, almost all men, whose skulls and first vertebrae were found in the main architectural axes of the pyramid. Another group includes three skulls with perforations at the temples, which indicate that they come from tzompantli, the rack where trophy heads impaled on wooden poles, were exhibited (pic 2). Last, we must mention thirty-three skull-masks representing Mictlantecuhtli, god of death (pic 6); these consist of the facial portion of the skulls adorned with shells and pyrite as eyes, and with sacrificial knives to simulate the nose and tongue.
|Pic 7: Mexican school students study the statue of the God of Death discovered - with traces of human blood - in the House of Eagles; Templo Mayor Museum (Click on image to enlarge)
'Recently, traces of blood on the surfaces of divine images, altars, and stucco floors have been identified (pic 7). Thanks to modern techniques, significant concentrations of iron, albumin (the main protein in blood), and human hemoglobin were detected.
These and other pieces of evidence corroborate the graphic and textual information contained in the documentary sources of the sixteenth century, and they lead us to conclude, without doubt, that human sacrifice was a basic practice of the Aztec religion.
|Pic 8: The Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan (Click on image to enlarge)
'At the same time, the evidence demonstrates that the numbers in the historical sources may be wildly exaggerated. There is quite a long way from the skeletal remains of the 126 individuals found so far in all the construction stages of the Templo Mayor and its thirteen adjoining buildings to the 80,400 victims mentioned in a couple of documents for one single event:the dedication of an expansion of the Templo Mayor in 1487. In this regard, it is interesting to add that the largest number of bodies associated with a religious venue in Central Mexico was recorded in the classical city of Teotihuacan and not in Tenochtitlan. The excavations done at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid (pic 8) brought to light that this religious building, which dates from 150 CE, was consecrated with the sacrifice of at least 137 individuals, almost all warriors. Recently, the remains of thirty-seven individuals were found inside the Moon Pyramid.'
|Pic 9: Personified Aztec sacrificial knives, Templo Mayor Museum (Click on image to enlarge)
Picture sources:-
• Pix 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9: photos by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore
• Pic 4: drawing by Fernando Carrizosa Montfort, courtesy of Proyecto Templo Mayor, INAH, Mexico City
• Pic 8: photo by jschmeling (Wikipedia: Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan).
(Special thanks to Leonardo López Luján).


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Sri Lanka National Parks
Sri Lanka's wildlife is unlike that of any other country in the world. With this island nation being so compact, it is quite incredible that so many different species inhabit this small space. If you really want to narrow it down to the best animals that can be seen here, in the shortest amount of time, then the Big Five are what will give you the most interesting wildlife experience possible. Nevertheless each of these Sri Lanka national parks have something different to offer in terms of both flora & fauna, providing new discoveries every time you visit.


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Buy Mary Kay Perfume in Lefor, ND
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The orphanage has grown gradually since 1986 as the police, welfare agencies and individuals brought orphan children to KTS from the streets, broken families and half-way homes. For many of these children, KTS was the first stable home environment they had experienced. Through the generous funding of the Lichtenstein Development Service and architect, David Potter, who designed the building and supervised its construction free of charge, KTS was able to build the current orphanage in 1994.
The building incorporates four dormitories with washing and toilet facilities, a kitchen and dining area and a large outdoor area for playing games, such as basketball, table tennis and badminton. The children are given four nutritiously balanced meals a day. The children receive a full education and are supported through the process of establishing an income until they are ready to live on their own.
The costs of the orphanage are met through the Kumbeshwar Kids membership scheme and the sale of KTS products. If you would like to help by becoming a Worldwide Friend of Kumbeshwar Kids, please click on the link or Contact Us.


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Happy Thanksgiving!
These Wild Turkeys visited us last fall, only a few months after we moved in. They were one of our first encounters with The Nature of Framingham. I may have posted their pictures previously, but I find the images delightful and very appropriate for Thanksgiving day.
Today, I'm very thankful that I can look out my dining room window and see a face like this one - even if it happens only once in a great while. What marvelous creatures share this corner of the world with us!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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The City Council met February 10th, and a number of important laws were passed and introduced. Some highlights include:
- The City Council approved a measure to combine the offices of the City of Chicago Inspector General and the Legislative Inspector General. This gives the Inspector General full authority to investigate ethical and legal violations by Aldermen and their staff. Although not every change to the ordinance sought by every Alderman was approved at this past City Council meeting, the approved changes create significant improvement over the previous version of the ordinance. These changes ensure that the Inspector General's office charged with oversight of the City's legislative branch has the authority to do so, and is once again occupied after months of vacancy.
- Alderman Laurino co-sponsored a domestic violence amendment that protects a business from losing its license as being the site of inappropriate activity just because it reports a domestic violence incident. This technical amendment encourages reporting of domestic violence in situations where a business owner may otherwise be discouraged from doing so.
- Alderman Laurino also co-sponsored Alderman Hopkin's "legacy businesses" ordinance. The ordinance provides grants to long-time businesses that lease their facilities, as well as grants to the landlords, as relief to rising property taxes. This revenue neutral ordinance is for businesses that are vital parts of a neighborhood, and in part define it.
The next Council meeting is scheduled for March 16th, at 10am. If you can't make it to City Hall to see a City Council meeting in person, you can watch the meeting live on your computer via the Chicago City Clerk's website.


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Happy Friday friends!
I sincerely hope that each of you got more sleep last night than I did.
While I've already told you about the craft fair that's going on in T-town tomorrow, I also wanted to let you know about a show opening tonight.
I'm planning out your weekend.
Well, the locals anyway...
The ACT's (Actor's Charitable Theatre) is producing Chicago this weekend. The show opens tonight and runs through Sunday- you can purchase tickets HERE.
While I usually promote kid-friendly fare around here, this one's just for you adults. Fabulous music, dancing, costumes, sets, and a killer orchestra. (I got a sneak peek at the show Wednesday night)
What better reason to get gussied up with your sweetheart than dinner and a fabulous show?
here's a bit of what I was busy working on last night.
So grateful that my hubs helped me with the hard stuff. He built something for my booth and also helped with the staple gun.
Thanks hubs.
Thanks also to my seester who played with the kiddos last night so that I could sew, iron, and glue.
(not simultaneously, of course)
embossed note cards
wire memo boards
pennant banners
felt and fabric flowers
and houndstooth.
lots and lots of houndstooth.
I hope to see all of you locals at Holt High School in the morning for a whole lotta shopping goodness and a whole lotta yummy food deliciousness, and, if you get a chance, go out and support your local community theatre-
no matter where you are!


text: I would like to introduce our newly confirmed staff Daniel Erikson Bin Majilir. Daniel joined BSBCC since 1st May 2010, and then he was under probation for three months. As his supervisor, I am glad to have Daniel working with us. He always follows instructions, ready for comments, and eager to learn new things. Besides that, he knows best in fixing and maintaining the electric fence. The most important is he gives good care to all our bears.


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Watching movies is an enjoyable free-time activity whether your going to the movies or renting a DVD online to watch at home. Listen to the words below and consult a dictionary if you need a definition. Write a sample sentence for each word to learn how it is used in context. You can use the Internet to find such sentences.
Online Listening Practice (from www.esl-lab.com, www.dailyesl.com, and www.trainyouraccent.com):


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Situated in the heart of Kingsbury in West London, this large modern venue is a great choice for larger wedding, espceially large Asian (Sikh/Chinese) celebrations needing to cater for hundreds of guests.
It's clean white interiors mean you can add your own colour with event lighting and the huge space offers any possible number of configurations for the perfect setup. Add in onsite parking and you've got a great venue for your wedding day.
I've been working with Reena and Jay for quite some time now and I won't forget their incredibly quirky engagement shoot in East London's Lounge Lover bar for quite some time! I didn't think it could be topped in terms of colour and vibrancy but how wrong I was!


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Finally , They did it !!!
Support team in my office , I was requesting them from past 1 week to install latest web browser. I know they must be thinking why I am doing so(reason unknown to them ) , But they cannot ask me this question. The reason was Stupid Internet explorer was not allowing me to open word press as it requires lot of plugin to view this site and I don't have rights to download them.
At last today they installed Mozilla and now I can read all my favourite Blogs lined up in Reader , Now I can post my blog when I feel like.
Happy very Happy.
Cheers ,
Keep reading
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Sharing Cities: Designed for Transformation
With more than 50% of people living cities, human beings are now an urban species. Cities are where we'll make our future with the decisions we make today. What is asharing city? And how are sharing cities relevant to the dire social challenges we face? What role can designers play in this urban transformation? Through stories, case studies, and the latest research, Neal Gorenflo, founder of the groundbreaking sharing movement nonprofit, Shareable.net, will explore the promise of sharing cities to create a more joyous, equitable, and resilient world.
Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder Shareable, an award winning news, action, connection hub for the sharing transformation. An epiphany in 2004 inspired Neal to leave the corporate world to help people share through Internet startups, publishing, grassroots organizing, and a circle of friends committed to the common good. Through his exploration of sharing, Neal met those who would co-found Shareable with him, and he will share with us what he found out on the way.
Neal has become an expert on sharing through 10 years of entrepreneurship, thought leadership, and as a avid practitioner. He has consulted with Institute for the Future, Sitra, Lowe's Home Improvement, and numerous startups. His expertise has been featured by NBC Nightly News, Fast Company, Christian Science Monitor, Sunset Magazine, CBS Consumer Watch, and ABC 7 Live. He is a sought after speaker with recent appearances at SXSW, Sustainable Brands, SOCAP, and ShareNY. His writing is featured in YES! Magazine, 7×7 Magazine, The Urbanist, and the anthology Open Design Now. He is co-editor of Share or Die: Voices of The Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis and Policies for Shareable Cities, the first sharing economy policy guide.
In addition to his work at Shareable, Neal serves on the board of the US Solidarity Economy Network and is an adviser to OuiShare, Peers, and Mayor Park of Seoul, South Korea. He is a former Innovation Fellow for Mayor Lee of San Francisco. Neal earned a masters with distinction from Georgetown University's Communication, Culture & Technology program and B.As in American Studies and English Literature with distinction for George Mason University.