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Last weekend I got to spend some time with Zoey and her mom and dad. Zoey's 18 months old and while she doesn't come across as "shy" per se, she just wasn't feeling having her picture taken. In fact, I think I managed to get her best smiles when she didn't think I was looking. Pretty sneaky! 😉 Anyway, check out this cutie!
H FAMILY | philadelphia family photographer
October 25, 2011 - 7:05 am
Hehe, love her style! 🙂 And her hair color, is amazing… such a great combination with those beautiful baby blue eyes! Love these, Ericha, looks like you had an amazing time shooting them!
October 25, 2011 - 12:00 pm
LOVE them! Thanks, Ericha!!
October 25, 2011 - 12:37 pm
Never a cuter redhead – and you got some great 'sneaky' shots too!
The whole family looks like theyre having a blast… definitely the way to do photos 🙂
October 25, 2011 - 12:47 pm
I love the last two! What a beautiful family.
October 25, 2011 - 12:57 pm
Love the one of Z on the steps! Such a cutie 🙂
October 25, 2011 - 1:02 pm
My favorite is the one on the steps. She just has "that look" on her face, she could be about to smile or do something she KNOWS she isn't supposed to do. She is beautiful!
October 25, 2011 - 2:21 pm
Love them Ericha! They look great! Thanks so much!
October 25, 2011 - 3:02 pm
What a beautiful family!
October 25, 2011 - 3:23 pm
Oh these are fantastic, Z looks like a little autumn fairy! =)
October 25, 2011 - 4:02 pm
I love love love the one of her running – her smile is simply precious! All in all, great photos!
October 25, 2011 - 8:48 pm
Love the pics! So cute 🙂


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Dr. Kelleher,
I would like to get your opinion on the cattle mutilation situation.
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SR: On those connections – you were a member of the scientific advisory board for the National Institute of Discovery Science during the investigation of the so-called 'Skinwalker Ranch'. The recent book by George Knapp and Colm Kelleher on this investigation featured a great deal of anecdotal evidence for anomalous craft, strange beings and poltergeist-like phenomenon. From your point of view, do you feel this investigation was a success, and were there any aspects that were of particular interest to you?
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Travel Photography Competition of the Year 2013
Travel Photography Competition of the Year 2013
Good news for everyone who participated and won any of our weekly Travel Photography Competitions in 2013! This year Hitch-Hikers Handbook has teamed up with seven wonderful sponsors who provided really interesting prizes with the total value of $4052.
The first prize gold winner will go on a short holiday (for 2 people) to La Francesca Resort in Italy (value 300€), located along the Ligurian Eastern Riviera and facing the sea of the Cinque Terre National Park. On top of that he/she will be offered the chance to create a professional online portfolio with Clickbooq ($288) and will receive a wonderful limited edition photo-book ($99) that includes the 220 best photographs gathered by 1x.com. That's not the end! After the Competition, the lucky winner will also have an exclusive interview, here at hitchhikershandbook.com and will be able to showcase their work to a larger audience.
This year we have also thought about the runners-up, since the quality of the photos we receive never ceases to amaze us and we believe that all of you deserve the chance to bring your photography to the next level. Therefore the silver prize runners-up will get a 1 year free professional portfolio subscription with OtherPeoplesPixels, Allyou, Big Folio and PortfolioLounge and receive the wonderful and inspirational photo-books by 1x.com. The bronze prize runners-up will be able to create their professional portfolios with PortfolioLounge.
Sounds good? Let's look at the details:
Who can participate?
The first prize winner and the runners-up will be selected by voting from among all the photos that won any of the weekly editions of our Travel Photography Competition in 2013. You can see the full list of entrants here (weeks 28-73).
If your photo has won more that one edition of our competition, that theoretically gives you more chances of winning, although the prizes are not cumulative – you can only win one type of prize (golden, silver or bronze). That's because we want to award as many of you as possible. We feel you all deserve it for your passion, talent and hard work! :)
If you haven't made it into this year's crème de la crème, don't worry. The competition continues and every week you have the chance to win by sharing your travel shots with us. If you win any of the weekly tournaments, you will automatically participate in our Travel Photography Competition of the Year 2014 next year!
How does the voting work?
Everyone can vote for their favourite photos both on our blog and on Facebook. You are allowed to vote on both platforms and the votes will be added together. Voting closes on May 18th, 2014 at 16:59 CET.
- You can vote for your favourite picture here.
- To vote – click on the picture, enter your email address and press "send".
- You can cast only one vote!
- Vote by pressing the "like" button under your favourite photo in our Competition Album.
- There is no limit to the amount of photos you can vote for.
- If you are one of the competition entrants, you are allowed to share your photo and ask your friends to vote for it.
- Only votes received under the photos in our Competition Album count.
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Gold Prize
The gold prize for the first winner consists of 4 parts:
1) Three day's stay for 2 people at La Francesca resort in Italy (value 300€)
The Resort is situated along the Ligurian Eastern Riviera, in a 15 hectares' protected area rich in pine-trees and Mediterranean maquis (an average of 800 sq.m. for each guest and a sea coast of 1 km), facing the sea of the Cinque Terre.
The 55 villas and apartments, all overlooking the sea, are the ideal place for a holiday immersed in nature.
Bird and sea-watching, trekking and hiking, biking; diving in the tirrenian sea; from autumn to spring cooking courses and wine tasting tours; and you can reach great art cities (Genoa, Pisa, Lucca, Florence) in less than 2 hours.
The resort provides many holiday facilities, such as a swimming pool, 2 tennis courts, football and volleyball pitches, bowling, minigolf and table tennis facilities. There is also a large play area for children.
You and your partner will have the chance to stay there from 1st October 2014 to 31st March 2015 in apartment type A.
This wonderful prize is provided by La Francesca Resort..
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Central Office: via San Marco 24 – 20121 Milan
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2) Professional Online Portfolio with Clickbooq for 1 year (value $288)
Clickbooq provides a turnkey solution for photographers and other visual professionals to create a one-of-a-kind websites they can be updated anytime, without any technical know-how. Using clickbooq's web-based application, you can build a full-featured website quickly and easily that works to promote your business.
Some of the most interesting features of portfolios offered by Clickbook include a professional fast-loading and easy to navigate design (also Apple and Android optimised); search engine optimisation; video integration; shopping cart, social media tools, background music player and more…
Learn more by watching a video.
This wonderful prize is provided by Clickbooq.
3) 'Passion' & 'No Words' photo books from 1x.com (value $99)
This wonderful prize is provided by 1x.com.
Silver Prize – 1st runner up
1) Professional Online Portfolio Standard Plan with OtherPeoplesPixels for 1 year (value $192)
OtherPeoplesPixels is designed especially for artists by artists. Getting your OPP portfolio website is easy, stress-free, and our clean & simple designs let your artwork take the foreground.
Some of the most exciting features of the portfolios offered by OPP include your own domain and email address, easy to use control panel, unique and customisable themes, embedding video and sound, social media integration, SEO, tracking your visitors, unlimited support and the possibility to sell your artwork.
This wonderful prize is provided by OtherPeoplesPixels.
2) 'Passion' & 'No Words' photo books from 1x.com (value $99).
Silver Prize – 2nd runner up
1) Professional Online Portfolio Titanium Plan with Allyou for 1 year (value $180)
ALLYOU enables everyone to set up a personal website in just a few clicks with stunning results. You don't have to waste your time on expensive programmers or complicated interfaces. You can be your own web designer and start showcasing yourself!
Some of the most interesting features of the portfolios offered by Allyou include drag-and-drop editing options, full customisation (fonts, styles & content elements), your own domain, 1000 free fonts, SEO and third party integration (Vimeo, Youtube, Soundcloud, Issuu).
This wonderful prize is provided by Allyou.
2) 'Passion' & 'No Words' photo books from 1x.com (value $99).
Silver Prize – 3rd runner up
1) Professional Online Portfolio 'RUBIX Website Solution' with Big Folio for 1 year (value $108)
RUBIX is more than just a website, it's a custom site platform. With unprecedented layout control and SEO tools, RUBIX allows you to create a stunning site to show off your work, rank higher, and get noticed.
Some of the most interesting features of this website package include HTML, Full page/gallery level SEO controls, 4GB of storage, 50 GB of monthly data transfer, Unlimited pages & galleries, Mobile site, music player, Pinterest integration in galleries, video embedding.
This wonderful prize is provided by Big Folio.
2) 'Passion' & 'No Words' photo books from 1x.com (value $99).
Silver Prize – 4th runner up
1) Professional Online Pro Membership with PortfolioLounge for 1 year (value $95)
PortfolioLounge offers diverse categories to fit the needs of every type of artist. With a portfolio from PortfolioLounge, you can reach a wider audience, get valuable feedback on your work and create a name for yourself, all without worrying about coding, hosting, search engine optimization or any of the other headaches commonly associated with creating an outstanding online portfolio that showcases your work. With a portfolio hosted by PortfolioLounge, you can make sure your stunning creations are given an equally stunning online setting.
This wonderful prize is provided by PortfolioLounge.
2) 'Passion' & 'No Words' photo books from 1x.com (value $99).
Bronze prize x 24
Twenty-four other runners up will also receive Professional Online Pro Membership with PortfolioLounge for 1 year (value $95; description above), but without a book.
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Every year the cousins exchange an inexpensive gift between each other. This year is only our 2nd year for doing it, but it's quickly becoming one of my favorite traditions. The first year my gifts were okay, but not stellar. I vowed to work hard this year and come up with a better stocking stuffer. I came across a few ideas for a Christmas photo ornament on Pinterest and thought to myself that it was perfect. I schemed with my mom to find a picture of my grandparents and then I scoured everyone's facebook pages to find pictures.
I decided to do the picture of our grandparents for all the cousins and then personal pictures for their families. As we all get older, get married and are starting to have families of our own the cousin gift exchange is getting bigger and bigger. I have 5 cousins, 3 spouses and 2 kids to think about. I wanted each one to mean something and be personal. The ornaments were super easy to make once I had the perfect pictures.
Here's what you need for the perfect DIY Christmas photo ornament:
clay or wooden ornaments (I found clay ones at Hobby Lobby for $1.47 and they were 50% off that week so they were only .73 cents each!)
mod podge
paint brush
First you want to trace the ornament on top of the picture to get the right size. I would recommend tracing on the back side of the picture so you don't accidentally get any pen marks on the image. Then cut out the picture.
Second, dip your paint brush in the mod podge and paint over the ornament. Make sure you pay attention to the edges. Then place the picture on top.
Finally, paint a second coat of mod podge on top of the picture to seal it. Let it dry overnight.
That's it. Simple, isn't it? I love the idea of giving something meaningful. I even made one of J and I's recent family picture to each grandma and my parents, too.


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Fiji Time: 10:12 PM on Sunday 18 February
/ Front page / Sport
Thursday, May 22, 2014
SAO PAULO - The Brazilian federation of professional athletes is demanding FIFA change the start times of about a third of World Cup matches because of the heat and humidity in Brazil.
The federation said yesterday it filed a lawsuit asking FIFA to change kickoff times of all 24 matches that were scheduled for 1pm local time.
It wants all matches starting no earlier than 4pm to avoid subjecting players to the "risks" of playing in "intense heat".
The federation based the request on local labour regulations and on a study conducted by a renowned Brazilian sports doctor, Turibio Leite.
The study was a request by the Brazilian athletes' federation and FIFPro, the international football players' union.
In a statement, the professional athletes' federation said, as an alternative, it would accept that matches were stopped for two minutes in each half so players could take water breaks to get hydrated.
FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but it had already said it would allow breaks depending on weather conditions.
Football's governing body last year altered the starting times of seven matches in the most hot and humid host cities.
At the time, FIFPro had been accusing FIFA of considering "the demands of TV companies of greater importance than the health and safety of the players".
It will be winter in Brazil during the World Cup, but it may be hot and humid in many of the 12 host cities, especially in the northeastern and northern regions.
There was special concern with the jungle city of Manaus, where humidity is expected to significantly affect players' performances.
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Nixon's other war
Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 02010 by Kirk Citron
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The Long News: stories that might still matter fifty, or a hundred, or ten thousand years from now.
In 1971, President Nixon declared "war on cancer." In the forty years since, the U.S. has spent some $200 billion on research, but we've only cut the death rate by 5% (measured since 1950). Cancer still accounts for 13% of deaths worldwide. Still, there have been some recent developments that might show some promise:
1. This must be good news:
Scientists crack 'entire genetic code' of cancer
2. We're discovering new methods of detection:
Microchip that can detect type and severity of cancer
Magnetic nanotags spot cancer in mice
3. There are a host of new therapies:
'Nanobubbles' kill cancer cells
Nanotech gene therapy kills ovarian cancer
Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer
Killing cancer like a vampire slayer
4. It's all about the switches:
Switch that turns on the spread of cancer discovered
Researchers create drug to keep tumor growth switched off
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We'll check in with reporters from the EarthFix team to get some of the latest environmental news, including:
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plans to eliminate the use a class of chemical linked to several bee die-offs in Oregon — including the deaths of 50,000 bees in Wilsonville in 2013
- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)'s bill that would expand a controversial timber harvesting method used in Southern Oregon to up to a million acres of public forestland in the Pacific Northwest
- Another bill that would potentially award $50 million in federal funding to restore the river that has tested positive for toxins
- The whitebark pine, which is riddled with disease. Foresters want to introduce a more disease-tolerant version of the species to keep the tree alive. However, a lot of its habitat is in designated wilderness areas, where tree planting is illegal.
EarthFix reporters Cassandra Profita and Devan Schwartz will join us with the details.


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Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085
Clarendon Press, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 743 pages
The reign of Pope Gregory VII (1073-85), who gave his name to an era of Church reform, is critically important in the history of the medieval church and papacy. Thus it is surprising that this is the first comprehensive biography to appear in any language for over fifty years. H. E. J. Cowdreypresents Gregory's life and work in their entirety, tracing his career from early days as a clerk of the Roman Church, through his political negotiations, ecclesiastical governance, and final exile at Salerno. Full account is taken of his turbulent relations with King Henry IV of Germany, from hisfirst deposition and excommunication in 1076, to the absolution at Canossa and the imposition of a second sentence in 1080. Pope Gregory was also a contemporary of William the Conqueror, and, as the author shows, fully supported his conquest of England. Gregory VII is presented as an individual whose deep inner belief in iustitia (righteousness) did not waver in the face of new circumstances, although his broad outlook underwent changes. Deeply committed to the traditions of the past and especially to those of Pope Gregory the Great, his reignprepared the way for an age of strong papal monarchy in the western Church.
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The Actual Life of a Rockstar Lighting Designer/in Concert Production, Industry Professionals, Interviews, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design /by Jim
I've written about a friend of mine, a good writer and an even better lighting designer – Jeff Waful – a bunch on JimOnLight.com. I've written about Jeff's work with Umphrey's McGee, I've written about Jeff's television show, Jeff Waful +1, and I've written about just talking with Jeff about life, light, and design in general. Jeff just had an amazing interview with a lighting designer that both Jeff and I think very highly of in general, Chris Kuroda. You have to check it out.
What makes this interview different is that Jeff talks with Chris about life and light, but mostly about living on the road as a lighting designer. This is an interview that Jeff should be very proud of, because I think he nailed it.
Read PART ONE of Jeff Waful's interview with Phish lighting designer Chris Kuroda
Read PART TWO of Jeff Waful's interview with Phish lighting designer Chris Kuroda
Phish in 3D in Selected US Theatres, April 30, 2010/in Concert Production, Designers, Film and Television Production, Industry Professionals /by Jim
Phish, as you all know, is loved by JimOnLight.com. So when I see something that says "Phish to Debut 3D Movie in April 2010," I zheet my drawers.
So hey – did you all hear that Phish is doing a 3D movie of their Festival 8 show in Indio, CA from October? Check out a trailer for the movie. I'm pretty excited:
PHISH 3D – IN THEATERS APRIL 30TH from Phish on Vimeo.
And, in true pot reference fashion, a pre-view performance is going to take place in 9 cities on April 20 (or 420 to those of you who are still not getting the reference). None of them are DALLAS, though. GAA!
Boston – Showcase Cinemas Revere – Tickets
Burlington, VT – Majestic 10 Williston – Tickets
Chicago – Muvico Rosemont 18 Theatre – Tickets on sale 3/31
Denver – Location TBD (we'll update you soon)
Houston – Studio Movie Grill Center City – Tickets
Los Angeles – Rave Motion Pictures 18 (formerly The Bridge) – Tickets
New York – Pavilion Theatre Brooklyn – Tickets
Raleigh/Durham, NC – Wynnsong 15 – Tickets
Washington, D.C./Fairfax, VA – Fairfax Corner 14 – Tickets
Phish and Red Rocks: An Excellent Way to Spend the Evening/1 Comment/in Concert Production, Designers, Festivals, Industry Professionals, Lighting Design /by Jim
It's no secret that I am a Phish fan. I love the innovative and creative grooves that "the boys" lay down every night, and as a lighting designer, I am always a huge fan of what Chris Kuroda is doing behind the lighting desk. I was at the Hampton Run and interviewed Phish lighting designer Chris Kuroda, but I've missed everything else. When I'm at LDI, they'll be playing in Cincinnati. Foiled again!
I read this blog called Hidden Track, from Glide Magazine – a Youtube user named gdoucette78 has uploaded some amazing multicamera videos of the Red Rocks run from Phish at the end of July. I love having videos of live shows because of the ability to see how certain songs were treated with respect to light and orchestration of the cues – it's like having the ability to research that moment in lighting time!
I have attached a video below from gdoucette78's list – he has a ton of videos from that weekend. If you enjoy the music and want to see some cool lighting, check out the rest of his videos. Thanks for posting these!
(this video is of the song "Also Sprach Zarathustra," or 2001. This might be one of my favorite "lighting songs" of all time)


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|I agree. I don't want to buy it but it's frustrating not being able to play a game you've looked forward to. I can probably hold out and hopefully Ubi will release some kind of offline patch. I really hope they learn something from this.
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big10, rj - BOL today
LSU backers
mad hatter
7-5 bowls (2-1 large), 0-1 FCS....pending Pitt-UK under, BC and Auburn
small wager today on Kentucky +4 (0.25), adding small prop (0.15) (4-0)...Locke +15.5 rush/rec over Lewis...hoping Graham steals some carries, Locke better receiver
GL all
Pitt/KY under, BC backers
9-5 (2-1) bowls...Auburn large pending
Auburn's many doubters .....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg
updated bowl ticket
Auburn -3 (-105) (large) (3.5u)
Georgia -7 (large) (3.5u) L
LSU PK (large) (2.5u) W
Oklahoma St -6 (large) (2u) W
Nebraska -13.5 (1.5u) L
Boston College +10.5 (1.5u) W
Fresno St +3 L
Toledo -2 L
BYU -11 (hook) W
Troy -1.5 W
Navy +5 L
Tenn +9/Alabama -3 (teaser) W
NC St +10/Iowa +9.5 (teaser) (0.75) W
TCU-Wisky under 58.5 W
Kentucky-Pitt under 52 (0.75) W
FCS, small plays, props net -1.6
Nice run Nostra
I agree AUBURN
Their defense will win this game
Stopped Alabama and S. Carolina on their home fields
All the best to us and down with the Dirty Ducks
Nos....Have to go with Cam and the SEC tonight as well...
sailing, johnny, jumbo, kap - BOL fellas
although anything can happen in one game, Oregon has one win over ranked opponent (#13 Okla St 2008 holiday bowl) outside the state in 5 years, so win or lose it's pretty funny when people talk about the ducks as some great team
Good luck buddy
Cheers to the War Eagle
Played the under tonight as i already got my side, 37 days off may be a little rust even as explosive as these offenses have been. Could not find a BCS national championship game go over 62 in last 4 years and those have been some good teams.
BOL nos....
With ya on Auburn ND!!! Thanks for all of your efforts again this season. Hope to see you back here on Covers next season!!!


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Windows Phone 7.8 Update Available Now for Nokia Lumia Devices Running on 7.5
The wait for Windows Phone 7.8 is finally over as Nokia will be rolling out the update to the Lumia 510, 610, 710, 800 and 900 today and in the coming weeks.
Users will receive a message on their phones prompting them to get the update. All they need to do is to connect to their computers via Zune for PC, or Windows Phone app for Mac, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Besides getting major system updates like the new Smart Screen with resizable Live Tiles, there are also several new features introduced to the Nokia Lumia devices. They are:
- Internet sharing, also known as portable Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth sharing
- Imaging enhancements like Camera Extras
- Release of apps such as Contact Share, Play To and Nokia City Lens
- Increased language support
Delivery of the update is operator dependent, hence you may receive the update at a later time after the telco in the country has approved it. You also can manually check for the update via Settings > Phone Update > "Notify me when new updates are found".
Source: Nokia via Slash Gear


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Three injured on sets of 'Dabangg 2'
A collision scene between two cars sparked a short circuit, leaving three crewmembers injured; Salman rushed in to help
While filming an action scene on the sets of Dabangg 2 on Saturday, three crewmembers were left injured at Mehboob Studio, Bandra (West).
Photos: Mishap during the film of 'Dabangg 2'
Confirming the incident, producer Arbaaz Khan said, "An accident did take place while we were shooting for the film. It was an action scene where two cars were supposed to collide. However, while taking the shot, a short circuit resulted in a real accident, injuring three of our crewmembers."
Salman rushes to set
Although the film's Chulbul Pandey aka Salman Khan was not present on the sets, he rushed there within five minutes and took it upon himself to ensure the injured got the best treatment possible. He took them to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra (w), but on reaching the hospital, he saw a large crowd gathered outside, as veteran actor Rajesh Khanna had been admitted there. He then took a detour to Holy Family Hospital, but had to bring them back to Lilavati Hospital.
Out of danger
"Two of the crewmembers have suffered fractures, while the third has minor burns on his body," a doctor at Lilavati Hospital confirmed.
An official statement released by the Dabangg 2 team said, "There was a mishap while filming an action sequence for Dabangg 2 at Mehboob Studio, Bandra, today. Three technicians sustained injuries and were taken to Lilavati Hospital by the doctor and an ambulance that were on precautionary standby as a safety measure while filming action sequences. Members of the principal cast were not filming during the mishap. All the three technicians are out of danger."


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A traveling competition of graphic designers, AIGA and Shutterstock created Pixels of Fury to challenge regional artists to face off in a two round competition with only one person being crowned local Pixels of Fury champion.
With six local designers nominated by the local AIGA chapter, on the 15th of November, they enter round one with limited direction; only requested to create a poster that will "urge the audience to take action." Intentionally ambiguous, the competitors are left to their own creativity to determine what will best convey that message.
Performing in front of two judges and a third collective audience judge; the designers were split up into two groups of three. With their work being displayed via a projector on a large white wall, every click and drag was under the watchful eye of the 200 people in the audience.
"It was extremely nerve-racking," said Stephanie Battershell, "to be in front of all these people watching you work. But it was really fun. I was so happy to be in the competition. Being next to [local designer] Michelle Yang in the finals, that was really great."
With the first two rounds consisting of three contestants and twenty minutes of high-intensity design, the crowd enjoyed plenty of entertainment, beer and pizza. In the sleek, urban collective workspace Makers Room centered in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, the crowd lounged on vintage furniture surrounded by walls adorned with retro decoration.
The competitors were visibly less relaxed.
"Chaotic." Rene Neri said, when asked about the mood on stage. "But I had a lot of fun up there. I'd definitely do it again." This was Neri's first design competition.
Armed with the Adobe Creative Suite, a Macbook Pro and a drawing tablet, the contestants were given access to Shutterstock Instant Lightbox for their images. Varying concepts from "freeing our minds from television" to inspiring us to "take action before the Mayan calendar ends," the distinct style of each designer was apparent as none of the contestant's work mimicked another's style.
"I didn't even think to look at the [other competitor's] work; I was too focused on my own." Niri said.
With Stephanie Battershell and Michelle Yang moving onto the finals, the judges announced a bit of a twist for the championship round. The themes both competitors used in their preliminary rounds would be reversed. Battershell's "Kill Your TV" theme, and Yang's "Luchador" themes reversed, the competitors launched into the final round.
Battershell came out strong and almost immediately displayed that she knew what type of design she was looking to achieve, creating an abstract version of a vintage luchadores poster. Yang played on Battershell's initial theme by designing a poster encouraging viewers to "free your television."
Clearly a crowd favorite, the cheers for Yang's final design made it clear who would leave as the winner. Awarded a trophy, a three month subscription to Shutterstock and a $ 100 Apple gift card, the greatest honor being Pixels of Fury champion.
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On topic: The can't have all the races become peaceful to each other. This is still a game about a faction war, with some extraordinary, temporary alliances here and there. I don't even remember an orc and a draenei beeing friends in any of all the factions, but I could be wrong here.
Sing like no one is listening - Love like you've never been hurt
Dance like no one is watching - Masturbate like no one else is on the bus
People keep mentioning that about germans and comparing germans to and holding germans accountable for that blight in their past. And it has been that many years. It is doubtful people will ever let them [be] forgive[n] i guess.
For the wow deal it has been less since the orcs left their demon infused blood lust behind.
Also for your own safety do not ever say to an orc that they were prancing around Draenor picking flowers, it would not end well
The orcs paved a road using the bones of innocent women and children. Of course the Draenei are still pissed.
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It's not like the draenei are doing much to champion peace between the two groups either. Out of the two I would say the orcs are the most "in the wrong", but it's hardly black-and-white, as I assume you think.
The thing here is that you can't say the Draenei should forgive the orcs, if the orcs have never shown them in the slightest that they regretted their actions.
because they are my friends and I hate orcs
on a serious note...... that road in hellfire
and why saurfang does not eat port.... yes he admits he does bad things, but did the draenei ever get vindication or justice against him?
we humans did a shit job of making them serve for their crimes. they should have listened to me.
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Maybe I can give a more simple example. Let's say you kill someone and the family of that person finds out it was you. Of course they hate you. Now after a couple of years you start to regret what you've done. But you never actually tell them that. Can you expect them to forgive you?


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Rotherham United are travelling the short distance for their first ever visit to Chesterfield`s B2net stadium on Friday night and they could be involved in a new record at the ground.
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The Millers have sold their allocated 2,500 tickets and it is expected, that although the game is live on Sky TV, that there will be a new league gate record for the stadium on Friday night.
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Bali Governor Made Pastika has asked that the polemic over the exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy in the hills of Bedugul be brought to an end.
As reported by Kompas.com, Pastika has rejected requests for a new review of the geothermal energy project in Bali, despite urgings to do so from fellow-Balinese, Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Jero Wacik. Governor Pastika has said that revisiting the controversy over geothermal energy in Bali will only serve to foster conflicts on social, economic and cultural levels.
Pastika implored: "So please, lets' stop the polemic. O.K.?"
ESDM Minister Jero Wacik has promoted geothermal energy in Bali for its ability to generate at least 165 megawatts of additional power supply. For this reason, his ministry continues to lobby for geothermal exploration.
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When power changed hands to Bali's current governor, Made Mangku Pastika, in 2008, the rejection of the project in the hills of Batukaru was reiterated by the island's new chief executive. This put an end to developer's efforts to bore three holes in the hillside in order to tap subterranean geothermal heat sources.
Governor Pastika explained: "It is rather difficult for us to allow our already limited forest areas to be sacrificed for geothermal projects. Nobody has been able to certify exactly where the best area is to drill, the area with the most geothermal potential. These are technical issues."
Balinese religious belief holds that the island's mountains are sacred and must be preserved. Because of this, many Balinese are concerned that any geothermal drilling will violate the sanctity of Bali's mountain-lake district.
Bali's current lack of electrical power is being addressed by the construction of "Bali Crossing" – the world highest electrical pylon system that will bring power from Java to Bali. When completed in 2013, "Bali Crossing" has the potential of delivering 3,200 megawatts of power to the island.
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World of Wonder turns their lenses on Hollywood's most notorious whoremonger. Tonight HBO airs "Heidi Fleiss: The Wold-Be Madam of Crystal," and it's an exquisitely captivating 70-minute documentary.
Ten years since Heidi's big bust, the ex-con tries to launch a "stud farm" in Nevada — a whorehouse that caters to women.
Gay-owned World of Wonder has given us many great docs: "Eyes of Tammy Faye," "Party Monster" and "Monica in Black and White." Usually, they treat their subjects with a healthy dose of camp. Their Heidi story is more restrained.
Heidi now looks like Courtney Love's sister — the one got the short end of the plastic surgery stick. After leaving Los Angles, she moves to barren landscape of Nevada's desert, and the documenaty starts to take on a hauntingly beautiful tone.
Heidi's life story is traced (when she got busted, she never named names), and she admits her struggles with crystal meth. She tries to win over the citizens of the town where she bought 60 acres of Nevada land for a ridiculously inexpensive price. Another business owner, saloon operator Miss Kathy, believes the stud farm will be for gay men.
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on: January 23, 2013 06:30:53 PM
My home is aching for some Valentines decor. Actually, I am aching to make my home more Valentine-y. It gives me a little outlet to bring out the girly-girl in me. Would you believe it? This project cost me zero doll hairs!
This is a nice scrap busting project that can be done in a couple of hours!
I first discovered how to make the wreath form/base from this youtube video from Hectanooga1
when I made a Halloween yarn wreath last October.
The possibilities in making these wreaths are wonderfully endless!
Here's how to make it:
Materials needed:
If youd like to make your own wreath base/form:
2 paper or foam plates
Smaller plate that will fit inside the paper plates. This is just used as a template.
Pen or pencil
White craft glue
Plastic grocery bags or newspaper for filler
For the wreath itself and the decorations:
Wreath base (either the one you cleverly crafted yourself, or a store bought foam or straw one)
Yarn! Various shades and weights of reds, pinks and lavenders. Lets bust those scraps!
Various sizes of crochet hooks. I used sizes F, G, I, J, K and N. Namely because those are the ones I could find.
Glue gun
Coordinating ribbon for hanging the wreath
Baubles, pearls, buttons (optional for added pizazz)
To make the wreath base:
Taking the two paper plates and the smaller plate, trace a circle on the inside of the plates.
Cut the inside circles out of the paper plates. Use foam plates if youd like your wreath to be able to stay outside.
Run a bead of glue onto the outer perimeter of one of the plates and sandwich the right sides together. Let the glue dry.
Stuff the cavity of the plates with plastic grocery bags or newspaper and tape the stuffing in place.
Your wreath for is ready to decorate!
To decorate the wreath, tie the yarn to the base and start wrapping.
There is no magical science (I like that oxymoron magical science) to it, just go around and around making sure there are no gaps and you cant see the plates underneath. I used three separate strands for my project. I used a deep red velvety chenille, a hot pink fun fur, and another similar fun fur with other yarny bits coming out of it.
Experiment with what you have. This part cant be messed up. Once the yarn has completely wrapped the form, tie it off and and tuck in the loose ends. Decide that where you tucked in the loose ends is the back of your piece.
Crochet a bunch of hearts using different size needles and yarns. The pattern I used for my crocheted wire heart earrings is the same ones I used for these hearts.
It's basically this: Ch4, treble crochet in the 4th chain from the hook. In the same space - 2 tr, 3 dbl, ch1, 1tr, ch1, 3 dbl, 3 tr. Ch 3 and slip stitch into that same space.
You can crochet two strands together using a larger hook and youll get different sized hearts. When you complete a few, place it on the wreath and play with the placement until it pleases you. You can be quite minimalist or go with the more is more approach. Add buttons, pearls, and shiny baubles to your hearts content.
Hot glue everything down.
Tie a length of ribbon onto your wreath and hang.
Valentine yarn wreath realized! Enjoy!
I had trouble on my previous post in putting up more than one picture, so if you need a visual on the whole process, you can go to my blog:
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Crocheted wire heart shaped earrings
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on: January 16, 2013 08:25:21 AM
I love Valentine's. My boys are everything boys so sometimes I feel girly deprived. Here's a little girly shine to dangle on your lobes. The heart pattern is so simple, I remember it being one of the first things I learned to crochet (sometime last century ago!
). So I can't say it is truly my pattern...
Materials needed:
- 24 or 26 gauge jewelry wire if you have the finger/digit strength to use a lower gauge wire, it will make for a more sturdy earring, however your fingers and nails will look terrible after! I don't recommend wire higher than 26 gauge even if it is easier to work with as your earrings will become distorted quite easily.
crochet hook size F, G or H this will depend on how tightly you crochet wire. How you crochet yarn will not yield the same gauge in wire. Plastic crochet hooks cannot handle any wire type projects.
- 4 jump rings
- 2 french hook earring findings
- 2 eye pins or flat head pins (depending on the size hole of your focal beads)
- 2 focal beads
- jewelry making tools like chain nose pliers, etc.
1. Make the hearts
With the wire allowing about a 3 inch tail, ch 4.
3 treble crochet in the 4th ch from the hook.
In that same ch, 3 double crochet, chain 1, treble crochet. This makes half the heart!
Still in that same ch, ch 1, 3 double crochet.
Still using that same hole, 3 treble crochet.
Ch 3. Sl st into the top of the heart. Cut the wire leaving about a 3 inch tail.
Weave the tail carefully along the outer chains of each side of the heart. This will give the heart a bit for strength and stability. Be careful not to pinch, twist or bend too hard on the wire because it can distort and flatten its shape.
Make 2.
Reshape and manipulate the hearts ever so carefully so they are about the same size.
2. Wire wrap the focal beads - make 2
Thread the focal bead onto the eye or head pin.
Using chain nose pliers, pinch the wire directly above the bead.
Push the wire so that it is laying perpendicular to the bead.
Using the round nose pliers, grasp the wire at the bend and pull the wire around the nose pliers making a C shape.
Reposition and pivot your pliers so the bottom tip is on the top.
Pull the wire around the nose of the pliers with either your fingers or another set of nose pliers until the loop is round.
Wrap the loop with the wire about 3 times.
Using wire cutters, cut the excess as close to the bead as possible.
With the chain nose pliers, tuck the sharp edge of the wire toward the bead.
3. Put the components together
To properly open up a jump ring, use chain nose pliers to pull one end toward you and the other toward the back. Do not pull the ends away from each other.
Place the focal bead and the bottom of the heart onto the jump ring.
Close up the jump ring. Do this to the other heart and focal bead.
Open up another jump ring and add the french hook and the top part of the heart (where the curves meet). Do this to the other french hook and heart.
Heart earrings achieved! Now admire!
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Fonzy's Christmas Sweater!
Knitting: Completed Projects
on: January 05, 2013 09:20:30 AM
Lets make Fonzys sweater!
More info on my blog
Materials needed:
2 colors of Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick Yarn (not a lot. Less than 1/2 a skein each) OR 2 different colors of a super bulky weight yarn. Decide which one will be the main color (MC) and which will be the accent color (AC).
Size 15 (10 mm) knitting needles
Yarn needle (to weave in ends)
Gauge is about 13 sts and 9 rows = 4 in square in stockinette
This pattern fits a smallish dog less than 15 pounds. The finished sweater will be 12-13 inches long and 18ish inches around the chest.
Hint: It helps to have your model nearby to try on the sweater. If you are making it as a gift, try to find a stuffed animal roughly the same length and girth of your beloved recipient.
Back of Fonzys sweater:
With MC, cast on 25.
Work K1, P1 ribbing for 4 rows.
Without cutting yarn, switch to AC, work stockinette. Alternate MC and AC after working one row of knit and one row of purl. Continue until the piece measures about 7 inches (or longer depending on the size of the dog).
Begin decrease. On the right side, K1, k2tog, k to last 3 sts, ssk, K1 - 23 stitches.
Continue the stripe pattern stockinette stitch for 3 rows while repeating the decrease every 4th row until you have 15 stitches.
Begin K1, P1 ribbing for 4 rows. Bind off.
Chest of Fonzys sweater:
Cast on 11.
With MC, work 4 rows of K1, P1 ribbing.
Without cutting yarn, switch to AC and work the stripe pattern stockinette stitch until the piece is 4 inches long.
Begin decrease. K1, k2tog, K to last 3 stitches, ssk, K1 9 stitches.
Continue the stripe pattern stockinette stitch for 3 rows while repeating the decrease every 4th row until there are 5 stitches left.
Switching to MC, work 4 rows of K1,P1 ribbing. Bind off.
Finishing Fonzys sweater:
Starting from the neck edge, sew the chest piece to the back piece just until the ribbing ends. Matching the stripes up, leave a good size opening for the legs (at least 4 inches, however, I like to just sew the ribbing of the chest piece to the edges of the back piece to be absolutely sure those squirmy legs easily fit in there without too much struggle). Lets face it, doggie sweaters are really for their humans to look at and fawn over. I don't think they really benefit the little guys much.
Weave in ends. Done!
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Go see COWL!
Knitting: Completed Projects
on: December 31, 2012 11:29:09 AM
I whipped this little number up because I've given myself a stash busting goal for 2013. Although it didn't quite bust my stash, it turned out quite cute, I think! It is very easy and knitted up in one evening and that's with making the buttons, too! Here I am modeling it with my flannel sheep pajamas (hee hee!). The pattern is on my blog
I'm still working on the directions for the toggle buttons. It's just a simple flat peyote beading stitch rolled and then attached to itself along the long side.
Hope you like it!
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Halloween Yarn Wreath - Gothic Kitsch
Halloween Decor and Parties
on: November 04, 2012 09:03:13 PM
I wanted something cute and spooky at the same time this Halloween to adorn the front door. I saw on pinterest all kinds of fun yarn wreaths so I thought I'd give it a try.
I followed this youtube video to make the base out of two paper plates, some plastic baggies for stuffing and tape.
I wrapped the wreath form with Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick black yarn. I crocheted all the flowers using double strands of black, gray, and midnight colored scrap yarn. This is a good and FAST scrap busting project. I used various sized crochet hooks, too. I found the glittery spiders at the 99 cent store (3/99 cents! What a steal!)
I arranged the flowers and spiders and hot glued them on. The whole project took less than an evening. I watched a whole episode of Walking Dead and Talking Dead right after!
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Effie Trinket - Hunger Games - "That is mahogany!" - Lots o' pics!
Halloween Costumes
on: November 04, 2012 07:57:35 PM
This Halloween the odds were ever in my favor to recreate the venerable Effie Trinket! Here is my homage to Capitol Couture!
I bought all the fabric at a local fabric discount store. I bought about 4 yards of the pink brocade (which was way more than I needed), 1/2 a yard of pink lining and 1 yard of gold lining. Including notions, I walked out of the fabric store spending about $30. I made the outfit in 3 separate pieces. The pencil skirt was made from a free pattern I found on burdastyle.com. Here is the link
The balloon peplum was created loosely following some of the guidance from youtube tutorials. Here's one of the ones that broke it down well.
The top was quite tricky as I didn't have a picture of Effie's back and I couldn't quite figure out how to make the off-the-shoulder sleeves. I found I vest pattern at Walmart for under $3. I cut the shoulders a bit to give it a more "halter" look and finagled the sleeves using rectangular pieces of the brocade, pressing pleats, and then handsewing on to the underside of the collar in the front and the armhole in the back.
I found a pair of shoes on
. The trick was to find a pair of high heeled booties that had an open toe and a zipper in the front. Although I dearly love the gold $1500+ Alexander McQueen Faithful booties, sadly, they are out of my price range!
. I found these tootsies on sale for $9.99 and I found an online coupon for 30% off. So just over $7 and a short drive to the wherehouse (How fortuitous to live close to the shipping site!) they were MINE! My darling hubby was kind enough to spray paint them gold for me. I held them in place with gold tone brads (the kind that you can bind a stack of papers with). Can you believe it!?
I found the wig on Amazon. I think it was called a Lady Gaga Curly Blonde wig. I found mine for under $10. The hair flower was a Christmas ornament I made more substantial by hot gluing gold petals I sewed from the leftover lining fabric from the jacket/top. I hot glued a hair clip to the back of it.
I did my makeup and nails just following youtube videos. Youtube has tutorials on everything!
Many volunteer tributes that night! It was glorious!
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Abalone shell and turkish bead crochet rope bracelet
on: February 06, 2012 05:06:45 PM
A year ago, I discovered that I can incorporate two of my favorite crafts together - crochet and jewelry making! Since then, I've made numerouse pieces of jewelry using this technique and other crochet bead rope techniques.
Turkish bead crochet is a lot easier/faster to do than other crochet bead rope, yet the results are always just as beautiful. I used abalone shell as the focal bead and various sized seed beads for the remainder of the bracelet.
I made this one for a friend's friend. It takes longer to string the beads then it does to actually make the bracelet. This project took me just this afternoon to make!
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Chris Wilder says the club gave three-year contracts to Zander Diamond and Marc Richards because he feels they are low-risk signings.
Deals of such a length have become increasingly rare in league two football and in recent years Northampton have only awarded them to emerging young players such as Lewis Hornby and Dean Snedker.
Wilder, though, feels recruiting Diamond and Richards, who are certainly 'finished articles' in playing terms represents no gamble whatsoever.
"They are good enough players to get those contracts," he said.
"They're not chance signings, they're not gamble signings. With any player, anything can happen at any stage of their career, as we've seen with Alex Nicholls.
"That's a risk footballers run throughout their career but sometimes you have to build and construct and they are experienced boys that have a desire and hunger to do well.
"We're not just chucking out long contracts because they clicked their fingers, we feel it's beneficial to us."
Last week's acquisition of Gregor Robertson takes the number of players under wraps for next season to 15, although it is expected that David Moyo and Connor Roberts will sign their offers.
Wilder wants to have all or the majority of the squad in place when the team returns for pre-season training on June 26 for the six-week run before their first friendly match.
"We want to have the group pretty much complete for the first week of pre-season," he said. "I'm not saying it will be because we want to get the right players and we might have to wait for them.
"But we feel come the back end of June, we'll have 20 or 21 players in the building and that's really important."


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Final Fantasy III
Review by LanceHeart Gothann
Reviewed: 11/28/06
Return to a time when Final Fantasy was true to its name. Relive the struggle between light and dark. Become one with the crystals...
Let us go back in time
A time when magic was commonplace, monsters were everywhere, airships flew in the skies, and the four main elements were represented by crystals that contained their power.
Alright, so it never really happened. However, this was the premise of most Final Fantasy games before technology became the primary theme later on (Final Fantasy 6 and onward, with a few exceptions).
This game is a remake of Final Fantasy 3, released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) back in 1990. As everyone should know by now, this is the first time that Final Fantasy 3 has ever been released outside of Japan.
Unfortunately, it is a great shame that this game never graced our shores. It was one of the more innovative games Square (now Square-Enix) ever released on the NES. Although the premise was a bit bland, seeing how you are yet again the Warriors of Light (a term established in the first game of the series), it seemed to take the first games style and develop it into a vastly different and more versatile game. The addition of the Job system, various airships, sub characters that followed around in the game, and of job-specific abilities was what made Final Fantasy 3 vastly different from the two prior games.
Enter present day.
Final Fantasy 3 is finally (pun intended) released on the Nintendo DS. While some might argue that the game is too late in appearing outside of Japan, it is only to be expected, especially when more recent games --series-wise-- with a similar premise have been released many times before it. Final Fantasy 5 borrows heavily from this title.
Now, it is to be wondered, should this game have even been considered for a global release so late into the series life? It should not be taken as such. This game was the direct predecessor to functions and gameplay styles present in the subsequent Final Fantasy games that followed it. However, this game holds its own in the series pantheon, with a storyline that compelled you to find out what was waiting within the next dungeon.
The game.
This game boasts many new features and revamps over the original.
The most noticeable change is the graphics: they are now 3D. While most would consider this to be an affront to the original, the game is surprisingly accurate in its transition from 2D to 3D. The dungeon layouts, the world maps, the town layouts, and even the characters that were present in the original are all quite well transformed. They retain most of the feel they had in the NES version.
One thing that should be noted is the lack of accuracy of the hidden areas and treasures in the game. While they are easy to spot sometimes, the direct change from 2D to 3D left some areas very hard to find if you never played the original.
As for the rest of the graphics, one must consider the system that the game was developed on. The large amounts of imprecise 3D elements are basically the most that the DS could probably be able to dish out at one given time, especially when some of the more detailed models are in play, namely bosses combined with the magic they use. The 3D aspects of the game are by far the most advanced looking seen on this portable yet.
However, the 2D looks are another story. Due to the addition of a Zoom function, the entire game suffers from one of the most annoying problems that plague any game that supports it: massive pixilation of any 2D elements. Since most static objects on maps and in towns and dungeons are detailed 2D images, it often happens that pixels stick out on their own due to the angle shown or pixilation happens due to the finite amount of detail the graphics engine can take. This is unfortunately a shortcoming that could have been avoided altogether had they not put the Zoom function in the game in the first place, yet knocks down the overall quality of the games look.
Also on the subject of 2D, the blatantly obvious pixilation in the backgrounds for each of the environments all end up looking like a panoramic shot that was quickly curved around the battlefield, thus breaking the intended illusion of depth that could have made the game look much more realistic than it currently is. The only time the illusion of depth is acceptable is when the zoom is at its farthest from the action, as if the games entire level of detail was built exclusively from the notion that all of the action would be from a faraway camera overlooking the game, and the inclusion of close-up shots was included much later as a rushed addition to the game.
On the subject of the Dual Screen functionality, it is sparsely used. While this may come as a largely negative point for some, it can also be taken as a positive side when other considerations are taken into account. The second screen, while used sparingly to show the world map when roaming the world or in cities, or to show your exact location when you enter the menu, is largely unused. Some can criticize this as slacking off, but when the alternatives are to put a bland picture there or to turn it off entirely in order to conserve every bit of battery life, the latter becomes a more interesting option, especially when playing an RPG that requires many hours of gameplay.
Next up is the gameplay. This part of the game changed in many ways compared to the original, yet these changes are distributed among the older elements of the game. The most noticeable change is that you can play through the entire game without touching any buttons on the DS, only the stylus. While it can be slow for some of the more experienced Final Fantasy players (mash the A button to attack!), it can be used in tandem with the regular buttons. The greatest advantage of the stylus use in the game is mostly when walking around in the game, since you gain 8 degrees (diagonally!) of movement on a map and a 360 degree movement range in dungeons or towns.
On the subject of movement, along with the greater amount of directions for movement with both the stylus and the D-Pad, you can also run in dungeons and towns. This again is a welcome addition to a game that used to be played while walking through it. As such, the game matches the level of movement available in the PlayStation 1 games of the series, with the addition of the Zoom function that can help when trying to find out whats happening on screen.
The job system was also slightly modified. Gone are the Capacity points when trying to switch jobs, enter the Job Change Handicap that occurs when you want to change your characters job. The most noticeable thing about this transition is that you can now change jobs multiple times, at the cost of a handicap that lasts a certain number of levels, depending on how much youve mastered the job youre changing toward and how far it is on the relative scale between jobs. For example: a Warrior will take longer to adapt to becoming a Black Mage without experience than reverting back to being a Freelancer with experience. While it is a welcome change to be able to switch jobs at any time, the fact that you must endure having lowered stats for a few fights is annoying at best if changed mid-dungeon.
The battle system was the least modified of the gameplay aspects. The game still relies on a turn-based battle system that was characteristic of the NES Final Fantasy games. While the original seemed to depend purely on a comparison of characters agility in order to figure out who goes first in battle, it seems to be much more randomized than it used to be. Some slower monsters can end up hitting you before a high level Thief can react. However, the hit count was not changed in this version.
Unlike other games, this one had a characteristically strange way of adding up more hits as your characters gained more experience in wielding their current weapons. It can go as high as hitting dozens of times before a character is done attacking. While this is a crucial part of the game, the actual representation of the dozens of hits a character can make with one strike errs on the lengthy side when you simply want to dispatch a few weak monsters and get on your way.
It is also to be noted that monsters have become uncharacteristically good at eliminating party members instead of randomly slamming characters. If you are fighting a boss, its ability to hit multiple times on its turn can become extremely frustrating, especially when trying to revive and heal a member of your party.
Another minor addition is the Mognet. A function that is reminiscent of the Moogle service of the same name in Final Fantasy 9, this version features sending mail to people in the game, but also real people you know who have a copy of the game. You can not only send mail to people in your general vicinity with the local connection, you can also send mail to people across the world through the WiFi functionality. However, the interface for typing in letters is clunky and often inaccurate, with characters being hard to pinpoint at times and the odd addition of up to three times the same character when you tap the touch screen too lightly.
Adding a space character is also a pain, seeing how you must change menus to reach the space button. Whats more, deleting unwanted written characters is also a pain if using the stylus, since double-tapping is required in order to either switch menus or to select the deletion of a character. This severely discourages many people from using the function on a regular basis, making people sometimes loathe having to send mail through this new function
The story has stayed mostly true to the originals events. However, the most surprising change was the supplanting of the four Onion Kids in favour of four characters with specific background stories and personalities. They also have interactions between them and the sub characters they can encounter along the way. Aside from the character changes, nothing has truly changed around in the story. Interaction with the sub characters is developed somewhat, but nothing else is to be said about the changes.
The actual story is another thing. While outdated, the story still holds its own as your usual save the world styled story. The style with which everything is told is representative of the older RPGs that were available in the NES era.
Sound and effects
This is where the game gets a little bit sour. The music, while very similar to the old tunes from the NES era, does not feel like it has the same polish as the rest of the games. It has been proved that the DS can do much better in the sound department than what is presented in this game. While the effort is clearly there, it is still not enough to warrant saying it was a definite and perfect upgrade to the older sounds of the NES.
One of the functions that was severely lacking from this game is the ability to control the volume levels of either the music or SFX in the game, relying exclusively on the general DS volume. This gets annoying when in battle, especially when fighting toward the end of the game and your team is doing hundreds of hits per turn when physically attacking the enemy. The slamming noise starts to grate after a very short while.
Odds and Ends
In conclusion, the game, while old, is a gold mine for someone who really wants to relive the old style of RPG gaming. However, this game is not perfect. It only caters to people who are die-hard fans of the Final Fantasy series, people who have already played through the original, or people who have a penchant for older style games.
It is very hard to consider this as being able to cater to a mainstream gamer. The sharp jumps in difficulty between dungeons and the need to grind (fight random battles in order to build levels and gain money to buy better items/equipment) might drive some away from this game.
Buy? Rent? Try? Ignore?
This is where the recommendation gets complicated.
If you liked RPGs back in the NES days or your love of the Final Fantasy series burns with a strong passion, buy the game.
If you are used to the newer Final Fantasy games, rent or try the game first.
If you are not comfortable with spending your time grinding, try or ignore the game.
Graphics : 8/10
Gameplay : 9/10
Storyline : 7/10
Sound : 7/10
Overall : 7/10
Rating: 3.5 - Good
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Rationalising my bike collection selling my low mileage immaculate Ducati 996R. Its number 23 of 350 sold world wide. If you know your bikes yiou know the spec basically it has everything. Serviced, new MOT and belts by Moto Rapido Winchester and Suspension set up by the experts at MC Tech Stowmarket. Just not using it as I spend more time on track with my Roadsport. I am not going to mess about on price its £12k, it can only appreciate and you get a great example of an iconic bike for summer rides
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Waist circumference is a measurement taken around the abdomen at the level of the umbilicus (belly button). Health experts use waist circumference to screen patients for possible weight-related health problems.

Why Waist Circumference Matters

Measuring the size of your waist can help you to understand your risk for certain health conditions that are related to your weight. Waist circumference alone cannot indicate that you have a medical condition or that you'll get one in the future. But it can help you and your health care provider to determine where fat is located on your body and if that fat may cause health problems for you in the future.

According to the National Institutes of Health, if more fat is located around your waist rather than around your hips, you are at higher risk for conditions including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. You can also use your waist measurement to calculate your waist-hip ratio (WHR). Waist-hip ratio provides another screening tool for weight-related disease risk.

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To measure waist circumference correctly, you should use a flexible tape measure that is not elastic. The tape measure should not stretch when you are taking your belly measurement. You should also remove any bulky clothing that can add padding at the abdomen.

Stand up to get an accurate waist measurement. Then, wrap the tape measure around the widest part of your stomach, across your belly button. The tape measure should rest gently on your skin. Once the tape measure is positioned correctly, breathe in gently and then take the measurement on the exhale.

Take the measurement two or three times to make sure you get a consistent result. Holding the tape too tight so that it digs into your flesh, or holding it too loosely so that it droops will cause you to get an incorrect result.

Is My Waist Circumference Normal?

So how does your waist circumference measure up? Use this chart to see if your risk for disease is higher than normal. If your waist measurement is greater than the numbers indicated, your risk for weight-related health problems is higher than normal.

Higher Risk Waist Circumference Measurements

Men: 40 or more inches or 102 centimeters or more

Women: 35 or more inches or 89 centimeters or more

Steps to Reduce Your Waist Measurement

If your waist circumference is too high, you can work with your doctor or take steps on your own to lose body fat and reduce the fat in your midsection to improve your health and well-being.

The first step to slimming your waist measurement is to evaluate your eating habits. Are you eating more than you need to at meal time? Do you snack often between meals? Do you consume high calorie soft drinks or sweetened juice beverages? Do you buy processed foods that are full of empty calories?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you'll have plenty of choices to cut calories from your diet. You may want to start by cutting portion sizes when you eat a large meal. Or if you're not sure how much to eat, use a calorie calculator to estimate your needs. Then count calories to make sure you getting the right amount.

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Sources:

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Assessing Your Weight. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity . Accessed: December 19, 2015. http://http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Assessing Your Weight and Health Risk. National Institutes of Health. Accessed: December 19, 2015. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/risk.htm

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Classification of Overweight and Obesity by BMI, Waist Circumference, and Associated Disease Risks. National Institutes of Health. Accessed: December 19, 2015. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi_dis.htm


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Whew. I thought the worst would happen. Sun Cellular will continue to offer unlimited voice and text services even after PLDT completes its investment in Digitel Inc., Sun's parent company.
At least the unlimited text and calls will still continue. I thought that clients will be in a pinch when this happened because I feared the unlimited service will be scrapped.
And considering that there will only be two major players in the telecom mobile business, I figured they can scrap that unlimited service because even then, clients have no choice.
I read in the Inquirer that earlier this week, top officials of PLDT and JG Summit Inc. had signed an agreement under which PLDT will acquire JG Summit's shareholdings and other economic interests in Digitel for the sum of P69.2 billion.
Whew, that is a mighty big sum. Anyway … I am just glad that the unlimited service still stands. It is what made me subscribe to them in the first place.
This is good news indeed! What do you think? Share your thoughts.