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3) Rolling Girls – Colorful art design with power rangers.
4) Koufuku Graffiti – Not safe to watch when hungry, so lewd.
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6) Durarara!! X2 – Celty is carrying this show so hard.
7) Saekano – Oreshura redux with Kato the sneaky bastard.
8) Yoru no Yatterman – Interesting reversal of hero-villain roles.
9) Maria the Virgin Witch – Mamiko Noto AND Goro Taniguchi? Sign me up.
10) Kamisama Kiss S2 – 2nd episode much better.
11) Comical Psychosomatic Medicine – Just in time for psychiatry clerkship!
1) Yuri Kuma Arashi – ????
1) Kantai Collection – Hey Japan is this a thinly veiled allegorical attack on the superiority of USA naval and aerial warfare during WWII???
2) Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE – Gay.
3) Shinmai Maou no Testament – a bit too much PLOT.
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Tony slept most of the way to Priscilla's and for once Gibbs drove with a degree of consideration, only jerking him awake with a wry smile as they pulled up in front of the house.
"Sleep well?"
"Yeah, Boss. Thanks for asking."
Rubbing at his eyes Tony looked around. The neat wooden house with carefully tended flowerbeds and a large vegetable garden was set on the shores of a small bay. But what really caught Tony's attention was the small red barn on the left hand side, next to a large paddock.
There was a hint of old longing in Tony's voice that made Gibbs smile. By choice or necessity the younger man had thrown off most of the trappings of his privileged childhood. He'd bet his pension that most of the cops DiNozzo had worked with had never seen a horse outside of a racetrack.
"Jethro!" Priscilla's musical voice greeted him. "It's about time you got here. How are you?"
Getting out of the car he went over and embraced her, feeling DiNozzo hanging back with uncharacteristic shyness as he watched the two friends re-unite. Gibbs purposefully ignored him as he tipped his head on one side.
"How's that roof of your holding up?"
"Lost a couple of tiles in the last storm," Priscilla smiled. "But it can wait until you've washed up and had something to eat. Supper will be ready in about half an hour."
"Tools in the usual place?" Gibbs was already walking away in the direction of a small shack, pausing only to toss over his shoulder. "DiNozzo, you behave."
Left alone, Tony felt suddenly bereft, like a child on his first day at Kindergarten. Priscilla was nothing like he had expected. She must have been at least sixty, her steely white hair tucked neatly into a bun, contrasting with her apple red cheeks and weather beaten skin, wearing a checked cotton work shirt tucked into blue jeans with the most intense green eyes he had ever seen.
"Do you make a habit of not behaving?" She smiled.
"Not a habit," He smiling with the easy charm that meant nothing. "More of an occupational hazard."
"Jethro's not the easiest person to work with, if you can get on his good side, you must be doing something right."
"Gibbs has a good side? Why didn't anyone mention this before?"
She figured that smile might not be his best and the light tone was possibility a little too forced to those who knew him well. But if she hadn't known better she would never have guessed the horrors he was hiding. She hated it when Gibbs was right.
"He won't make it easy for you." The ex-marine had warned, when he had called from the Hospital. "He's too used to hiding what he really feels."
"Sounds like a certain ex-gunny, I know."
Gibbs snorted. "You think I was bad? At least I recognised a good thing when I saw it, DiNozzo won't. He's going to go out of his way to make this difficult for you."
"He's agreed to come, that's a start, surely?"
"He wants his life back," Gibbs acknowledged. "And he trusts me. But you sit him down on a couch and he'll tell you everything under the sun, except the things you need to hear."
"So, what do you suggest? You can't just order him to trust me."
"Why not?" Gibbs allowed himself a tight grin. "I ordered him to live once and look how well that turned out."
"You still have that auction down the road twice a week?"
"Yes? Why? You ready to trade that boat of yours in for a horse?"
"Nope. But I do want you to buy something for me."
Bringing herself back to the present she wondered if Tony had any idea of the lengths, not to mention time and expense, that Gibbs had gone to, to ensure that he got well.
"You must know how must he cares about you," She fished. "He would never have brought you here if he didn't.
"I know," Tony looked over in the direction Gibbs had taken the man was already pulling out tools and a ladder as he set to on his self-appointed task. "Do you think you could help him? He's been blaming himself because Petrovich took me on his watch."
She smiled, she was beginning to see why Jethro liked this one so much, he could probably see a lot of himself in the younger man. "All Jethro needs is for you to get well, Tony," She paused, reflecting. "That and a good kick in the pants now and again."
"So you have worked with him before." Tony felt an appreciative answering grin spread across his face. Maybe, just maybe, this wouldn't be so bad after all.
"I was just about to give the horses their evening feed. Would you like to walk over with me?" Priscilla asked.
"I could give you a hand, if you like?"
"Nice try," Priscilla shook her head. "Jethro warned me about your arm. You pull those stitches and he'll kill both of us."
"Just the one hand," Tony promised, waggling his good arm. "Scout's honour."
"Somehow Tony, I don't see you as a scout."
They worked with easy accord, filing water buckets and topping up feed bins. As he moved around the horses, rubbing a nose here and easing a flank aside there, he felt a sense of peace and homecoming. Sometimes, as a child, he had slept in the stables. The horses had always made him feel like he wasn't alone. When he got to the last stall he paused in shock. The bay gave an arrogant flick of its head, rearing back as it bared its teeth. The display of bravado doing nothing to disguise the ribs sticking out of its thin sides or the numerous scars and sores across its body.
"I bought her at the auction yesterday," Priscilla's voice was soft beside him. "So, far all I've managed to do is get her to drink a little water and take a few mouthfuls of food. She can't bear to be touched. When the vet wanted to trim her hooves and treat that sore on her back we had to knock her right out."
"That's a shame," Tony's tone and expression were tight as he took in the graceful neck and elegant lines. "She's a genuine thoroughbred. Some people shouldn't be allowed to raise horses."
When he simply turned and walked away she felt a spark of disappointment. He put the bucket carefully back in its place and waited for her to join him. Supper wasn't much better. Tony talked a great deal, while saying nothing at all, making quite sure there were no awkward pauses where she might try to insert a more personal question. As they cleared the dishes, she noticed the dark shadows under his eyes and the way his hands trembled as he fought to keep of the pretence of being just fine.
"Hit the rack, DiNozzo," she wasn't surprised to hear Gibs' gruff order. "We'll finish up here."
"Boss," Tony hesitated, looking from one to another. Clearly he wasn't thrilled with the idea of leaving them alone to talk about him. "I'm fine."
"Tony, I told you to go to bed." Gibbs insisted, a little impatient now.
"I'm not five, Gibbs." Tony snapped.
"No, you're a Federal Agent and if you want to return to operational fitness you will do exactly as I say, when I say it, without question," Gibbs barked. "Is that clear, Special Agent DiNozzo?"
Tony's expression darkened and there was suppressed anger as he straightened slightly and ground out a terse. "Crystal."
"It'd better be," Gibbs wasn't giving any ground. "Now say goodnight and get you ass upstairs."
"Good night, Ms Walters, thank you for dinner. The pie was delicious." Somehow DiNozzo managed to sound both polite and sincere from between gritted teeth, before he turned the full force of his glare on his Boss. "Gibbs."
"Sleep well, Tony." Priscilla smiled.
"G'night, Honey Buns," Gibbs called after him, biting back a tight grin as DiNozzo flipped him off.
"I hope you know what you're doing Jethro Gibbs," Priscilla's tone was disapproving, as she loaded the dishes into the sink. "You said yourself he's had a hard time of things."
"All the more reason to treat him as normally as possible," To her surprise Gibbs voice was totally devoid of anger. Only a faint sadness coloured his tone as he continued. "Trust me, Priscilla, Tony needs to know where he stands, he needs to know I won't back down and he needs to know I don't think of him as some delicate flower."
"So, you have thought about this. I'm impressed. Its just a shame your plan with the horse didn't work out."
"Who says it hasn't?"
"Jethro, he just took one look at the poor creature and walked away. Maybe, reminding him of what its like to be tortured and abused isn't the best idea."
"You think?" Gibbs looked smug. "Tony does best when he has something else to look out for. It stops him focusing too much on himself. Want to take one guess where he is, right now?"
"He went to his room?" Priscilla furrowed her brow as the ex-marine shook his head. "He's gone to the stables?"
"Crossed the yard two minutes ago," Gibbs made a face. "I'd bawl him out for being sloppy. He knows how to move position without being noticed but, you're right, he has had a hard time of things of late."
"You goaded him deliberately," Priscilla realised. "You really are a bastard, Gibbs."
"Whatever works." He tilted his head.
Six months later, Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo looked around the small gathering of NCIS Agents with a sense of unreality. It had been a long road to get back to operational fitness. McGee, Ziva and Abby had all taken time out to visit with him. Both Ducky and Abrahams had come for the occasional weekend. And, as the time passed he had recognised that Priscilla was exactly what he needed.
It had taken a lot longer than Tony wanted. But Gibbs had never let him lose heart. Providing a comforting presence or a kick up the rear as required. He'd been back on active duty for three months now and out in the field for two, it was almost as if the whole nightmare had never even happened.
"Wow. Gibbs is here." Abby's voice drew him back to the present.
The awareness rippled through the room, heads turning and some staring opening as the silver haired ex-Marine settled himself against the back wall, his arms crossed and his gaze implacable.
"I thought you said Gibbs never came to these award ceremonies." Ziva questioned.
"He doesn't." McGee frowned.
"Well, apparently now he does." Ziva pointed out.
"Gibbs has been winning these things for years," Tony narrowed his eyes thoughtfully. "He's never shown up to accept one before. Something's going on."
"Why don't you ask him?" Ziva challenged.
"I would," Tony smiled, as realisation dawned. "But I already know the answer."
Leaving the rest of his team, he made his way towards his Boss, carefully threading his way through the small crowd of Agents until he reached Gibbs' side. Leaning against the wall next to him, he kept his eyes on the small dais as he spoke sotto voice.
"DiNozzo." Gibbs acknowledged in kind, without looking at him.
With a grin, Tony reached over and carefully unfastened the silver identity bracelet he had been wearing all these weeks. Holding it up, he dropped it gently into Gibbs hand.
"I think you can have this back now."
"Pretty sure of yourself, aren't you?" Gibbs' tone was amused.
"No," Tony grinned tightly. "Of you. Thanks for coming, Boss."
Tony knew there was no way Gibbs would have turned up to one of these award ceremonies his own behalf. There was only one possible explanation for his presence here tonight.
"Don't get too grateful," Gibbs retorted with an easy grin. "You're buying dinner."
On the small dais the Director paused for a moment, after her speech about duty and sacrifice, to achieve the appropriate dramatic effect.
"This year the award for Agent of the Year goes to ... Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo."
AN - Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed. Hope you enjoyed. New story, "Not a Death Story." based on Gibbs' comments in the S1 episode "Marine Down" where Tony was mistakenly assumed to have been killed in a car crash up as soon as I can get FF. net to upload it!


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CALGARY — Davis Love III has joined the field of the PGA Tour Champions Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary.
The World Golf Hall of Famer will play in the Canadian tournament for the first time Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club. The 54-year-old still plays on the PGA Tour.
"I still enjoy preparing and teeing it up on the regular tour, but I have heard about the success of the Shaw Charity Classic and wanted to be a part of the tournament this year," Love said Wednesday in a statement from tournament organizers.
Love has 22 victories on the PGA Tour and winning the Wyndham Championship in 2015 made him the third-oldest golfer to win an event. He won the 1997 PGA Championship for his lone major title.
"There is no argument that Davis Love III still has game, so this is a huge win for Calgary," Shaw Charity Classic executive director Sean Van Kesteren said.
The two-time U.S. Ryder Cup captain (2016 and 2012) will be joined in Calgary by defending champion Scott McCarron and Rocco Mediate, who won the inaugural tournament in 2013.
Organizers say the Shaw Charity Classic has raised more than $22 million in its first five years in support of 182 children's charities across Alberta.
A fundraising goal of $10 million has been set for this year's tournament.
The Canadian Press


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Presenting "Mastering the Low-Information Diet" at the Web 2.0 Exposition in SF (Scott Beale / Laughing Squid)
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon… Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google… Tim Ferriss?! Too surreal.
I presented last Sunday at the Ignite portion of the huge Web 2.0 Expo, where two groups of speakers each gave 5-minute presentations of 20 slides. Each slide was set to auto-advance after 15 seconds. There was free beer, it was fun, and — unbenownst to me — attendees voted on their favorite presentation in each group via cell phone using Mozes. I won the first heat and was informed that I would be speaking at the keynote today in front of 3,000 people! Other keynote presenters included Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt.
I'll be covering "Mastering the Low-Information Diet" in great depth on May 9th, when my manifesto on the same topic will be published through Seth Godin's ChangeThis. In the meantime, here is part of the Sunday video, which covers: batching e-mail, applying the 80/20 principle to time-consuming customers, outsourcing your life to overseas assistants, and scheduling life to prevent work from filling evenings and weekends.
I just learned that most bookstores in the CA bay area have understocked my book (which launches next Tues.), planning to have only 1 or 2 copies in stock! This is a disaster, as there is already demand and people will need to wait up a week for reorders to arrive, killing the book's first week of sales.
This first week is CRITICAL for bestseller lists, both local and national. Pre-orders online are equally important, as all pre-orders count for the first week's national sales.
If you are thinking of getting the book and are not in the CA bay area, please preorder on Amazon. If you are in the bay area, please call one of the below stores to preorder ASAP this week!
The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss (ISBN number 0307353133)
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If you're still wondering about the book, please check out the buzz and review and summary posted today by uberdesigner David Seah, whom I've never met.
Thanks to all for helping me with this! It's my first book, and I put more than 2 years of sweat and tears into it. More big news to come soon.


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Chemicals for Life Found on Enceladus
Did you hear that NASA just announced an important discovery in the quest to find life on other places in the Solar System? In this quick episode, Fraser details what NASA found on Enceladus and Europa, and what it means for the search for life.
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I know, I know, this is getting comically hilarious. Aliens, next episode.
Although maybe, aliens this episode?
Anyway, NASA made a huge announcement today, and I thought it was important enough to stop everything we were doing, call Chad and Karla back to Universe Today headquarters to help me cover it.
Here's the announcement: NASA announced today that they've found an important chemical for life – hydrogen gas – blasting out of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. In addition to this, they confirmed that Jupiter's Europa has icy geysers too.
We've known about Enceladus' plumes for a while, so the discovery of hydrogen gas is pretty exciting. We've suspected Europa has jets, but more confirmation of their existence is great. We don't know if there's hydrogen gas in Europa's plumes… yet, but there's a spacecraft in the works to help us find out.
Let's get into the details.
Earlier this week, NASA teased us that they were going to be announcing something interesting about the ocean worlds of the Solar System. They were vague on details, but Mike Brown confirmed what I'd always expected: Europan Space Whales.
I was all ready to hear their mournful songs, muffled by kilometers of ice, but I was sadly disappointed.
Okay fine, the reality turned out to be pretty cool too. NASA announced that they've found evidence that there's hydrogen gas pouring into the water of one of Saturn's icy moons: Enceladus. The source of this hydrogen is probably some kind of hydrothermal activity down beneath the ocean.
The tidal interactions between Enceladus and Saturn heat up the moon, giving it vast oceans, which spews water into space from cracks at its southern pole.
Here on Earth, remember, wherever we find water, we find life. And one really interesting place that we find life is surrounding volcanic hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. These volcanic vents belch plumes of material into the ocean, and serve as the energy source for a vast array of lifeforms.
Heat loving thermophilic bacteria known as methanogens absorb the hydrogen coming from these vents and use them as an energy source. Other creatures eat this bacteria, and you've got a thriving ecosystem and food chain.
One of the most interesting things about these hydrothermal vents is how they provide a completely separate ecosystem from the rest of life on Earth. They couldn't care one bit if the Sun disappeared tomorrow, and all life died. They'd keep slurping up their hydrogen gas, going and going.
And that's why this discovery about Enceladus is so exciting. In their announcement, planetary scientists working with Cassini described how the spacecraft detected this hydrogen gas in the plumes blasting out of Enceladus.
On October 28, 2015, the spacecraft made its deepest dive through the plumes coming out of Enceladus. It sampled the icy material and found that 98% of the plumes is water, 1% is hydrogen, and the rest is a mixture of ammonia, methane and carbon dioxide.
Cassini isn't equipped to search for life. It just doesn't have the instruments on board. Its Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer instrument did the next best thing. It found food for bacteria. When this environment is found on Earth, bacteria has a feeding frenzy.
That's pretty exciting. The discovery over on Europa is different. Astronomers had suspected there were plumes on Europa like Enceladus, based on images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope back in 2014. But the results were inconclusive.
The Hubble team took a second round of images in 2016, and detected plumes coming from the same region of Europa, confirming their existence. Is there hydrogen gas in those plumes too? We have no idea yet, but we soon will.
In a second, I'm going to explain what we're going to do about this. What plans are in place to study this even further, but first I'd like to thank Khaled Al Tal, Isaac Arthur, Lee Stuurmans, Larry Johnson, Ryan Williams, and the rest of our 705 patrons for their generous support. If you love what we're doing and want to help out, head over to patreon.com/universetoday.
Now we see another tantalizing clue that there could be life in the oceans of Europa and Enceladus, what are we doing to do about it? What plans are in place to go back and study these worlds up close?


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Image by Striking Photography by Bo Insogna via FlickrOracle's Legacy: Dawn of Illumination
By R. B. Holbrook
Yes, there is no doubt about it - this Trilogy is Mind-Boggling!
If you want your scifi imagination teased to the limit, you should be reading Oracle's Legacy! There was just no way that I didn't want to read the Dawn of Illumination which, as the back cover says, you need to "brace yourself" for the conclusion of this fascinating trilogy of books.
Ok, here's my thought on this last book...If you haven't read the first two, don't bother--you will be totally lost in the storyline, even if you can enjoy the drama and "fireworks." This trilogy is not light reading...it is not a trilogy that you are going to sit and read in a weekend, even if you've read three books in one weekend, which I have! Check out my reviews of the first two!
Children of Sun
Shadow of Fate
The complexity and breadth of the world created by Holbrook surpasses anything else I've read. I don't profess to be a super scifi fan, but comparing this trilogy in my opinion will be impossible--it is uniquely a "one of a kind."
Fortunately, an extensive glossary from "Fundamentals of Structure History & Modern Ideology" is provided in the back of each book. If you wanted to read this last book immediately, I'd recommend you read that first to at least acquaint yourself with the world now that the Structure has been uncovered. After all, you may one day become enlightened as well and will want to know about each House!
The one issue that hit me the most in this last book is the significance of child abuse in the Structure. Undoubtedly the pain experienced has somehow prepared the children for their later roles, at least those that were born for specific jobs in the Illumination. Indeed pain is a part of the lives of these humans, so be prepared...
But love is also there, even for Chaos...
Chaos is a one-of-a-kind female and was created to potentially be the end of the world. But along the way in her life, along with all the hurt and pain, she has also been greatly loved. In fact, she is loved by the man who will be the salvation of the world. Yes, she loves him in return!
All of the previous planning has been done and the major players are ready. And, if they are not, Chaos uses her power to share/make them ready! For what she had to do, she needed help and she went to the House of Blade to get it. Of course that was not an easy thing to do--she had previously had to kill some from that House and revenge was what they wanted.
But Chaos has a way about her...she's waaaaay scary to look at. Her eyes, though she is now blind, swirl in circles of multiple colors, so it is difficult to interact with her. But little by little she gains acceptance for a small team of body guards. Their job will be to keep her safe; her job is to find and eliminate those Pillars that have banded together for their own desires...
The only problem is that Chaos is now almost completely "energy." So, if she is to become ill, for instance, and faint, she might cause tornados and other storms that greatly damage the earth. On the other hand, the Pillars are doing it just to gain more power!
You see, the Structure has been on earth since before we were. Or at least they came at the same time; however, they have acted in the background, helping to save the planet, but now it is getting too dangerous and the Structure is allowing what is called the "Foundation" (normal humans) to learn about their existence.
So, simply, the Dawn of Illumination is "out with the bad" and "in with the good." To become enlightened, strong emotions of hate, envy, etc. becomes extremely dangerous... Enlightened is a slow process where we strip away our own limited perspective and allow ourselves to begin understanding the balance among all things and how everything is connected. Key components include an open-minded approach and wide-eyed wonder. At that point, humans can begin to harness energy...
What say you? Are you game? Will you seek enlightenment now that we are at the Dawn of that ability? For me, I've always enjoyed that statement at the beginning of Star Trek: I want to go where no man has gone before...Read and learn... Read and be enlightened... Read and get Excitedly Enlightened!
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A major stroke put him in hospital for weeks. He is making a full recovery after 5 months on the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program at Weimar Institute.
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The Fate of Mexico in the Balance. GMT Games' "Halls of Montezuma". Board game Review.
Halls of Montezuma: Publisher: GMT Games. Designers: Michael Welker & David Fox. Price $55.00 (On sale for $35.00)
Passed inspection: Does a good job of teaching Mexican geography through the map. Highlights the key events of the war through the event and action cards.
Failed basic: Set up instructions are unclear. Original rulebook is a muddle that makes learning to play the game very difficult.
Card driven games have become a staple of the board game hobby. Be it "Twilight Struggle", "For the People", or any of the growing number of COIN series games, the card driven game seems here to stay. And rightly so as the mechanism of the card driven game allows a great blend of history lesson, special rule delivery vehicle and an agent for conveying the fog of war.{default}
The Mexican American War is a great topic for a card driven game. With a rich history of events that span political and military affairs, the period offers the opportunity to convey a lot of information to the players. You likely know the very rough outline of the war – in 1835 the Texians revolted against Mexico, the legendary stand at the Alamo rallied people to the cause, and the decisive battle of San Jacinto resulted in the independent Texas Republic in 1836. Over the next 10 years, Texas drifted towards joining the United States. In the United States the admission of Texas was a controversial topic that generated fiery debate and vitriol amongst politicians such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. The reasons were complex, but it was bound up in the knotty question of expanding slavery and maintaining the balance of power between North and South. Annexation was proposed and rejected by the Senate in 1844, but taken up and passed in 1845. Annexation was a red line for Mexico that they were not prepared to accept. The U.S. president James Polk tried a diplomatic solution, while also sending troops into the disputed area. When conflict broke out between the Americans and Mexico, Polk used this as pretext to ask Congress for a declaration of war on Mexico.
This summary glosses over a LOT of stuff including the California Bear Republic, the Native American situation in the southwest and the complex role of the abolitionist movement in the annexation process. If you want more on the events leading to war, read John Bicknell's 'America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation' for a snapshot of what was going on around the country.
The Halls of Montezuma kicks off in that period after Texas has been admitted to the Union, but before a formal declaration of war has been made by Congress. The game models this by using the two event card decks (crisis and war) to show the events leading to war.
The Halls of Montezuma consists of all the standard features of a board game. There's the game board (aka, 'the map'), Cardboard counters representing units and leaders, player aid cards, and the action and strategy card decks. The game's physical components are first rate.
The map board depicts Mexico from the southern jungle to the dry expanses of Nuevo Mexico and Alta California. Texas is also depicted as are representations of New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean. The map is a point to point system with points connected by lines representing the roads, trails and cities and ports of the landscape. In addition to the map, the game board contains a number of holding boxes and information tracks used during play.
The various military units and leaders and depicted with cardboard counters. These are also up to the usual standards of GMT. Die cut and printed in color these depicts units with a name and combat value or a named leader with movement and tactical ratings. The unit counters are quite attractive and engaging. Each side has a variety of units covering the standards of infantry, cavalry and artillery, plus a handful of Marine units.
The leader counters represent specific leaders and their staffs that can command units and armies. Each leader is rated for the ability in strategy, tactics and command (which is sort of an abstract representation of logistics and span of control ability). The counters include a small portrait of the leader, but it's so small that I don't feel that it adds much to the counter. The rest of the data on the counter is well formatted and easy to read.
Rounding out the counter mix are information markers to indicate if units are dug in or to denote the control of the cities and regions on the game board.
There are also the charts. There are four unique charts – a set up chart, a turn record chart, an action and strategy card chart and two (2) copies of the player aid card. Most of these are self-explanatory and convey information related to their title. I want to expand for a moment on the player aid card. This is a 11" x 17" double sided card. You will use this a fair amount as it has all the charts and tables related to combat resolution as well as tables for almost all the other activities in the game.
The event and action card decks are standard fare for one of GMT's card driven games. It's the standard format where the card has an operations point value (Ops point) and a special event. If you've played 'Twilight Struggle' or 'For the People' you'll be very familiar with the format and usage of these cards.
Okay, so those are the parts, but how does it play? Well, each game turn consists of the following phases – Random events, Deal Cards, Action Cards, Government status/end phase.
In the random events phase, the players alternate drawing and implementing four action cards. Some of the events are not random. There are events specific to each game turn which are listed on the turn record chart. (For example, on turn 1, the US may NOT declare war at the start of the turn).
Next up, the players deal out the strategy cards to build a hand for the action phase. We're getting to the heart of the game turn here.
Boom – we're here! It's the action phase. Here the players alternate playing Strategy cards with the Initiative player going first. You can use the card to play the listed event (if you are eligible). Failing that, the player can use the OPS value on the card to perform various actions (move. fight, dig in, perform naval movement, etc). Some of the cards have mandatory events such as the Supply event.
The action phase is the meat of the game. It's pretty standard stuff for anyone familiar with card driven game (CDG) mechanics in games such as "Twilight Struggle" or "Paths of Glory".
The turn wraps up with the Governmental status phase in which you adjust control of areas and check to see if either player has satisfied their victory conditions. There are sudden death conditions based on control of territory and deployment of forces, or there is victory based on the status of the political will of the Mexican people and government.
Halls of Montezuma is a card driven game. Part of that means it's dynamic while also often being frustrating. Being dynamic means that it is rarely the same experience twice.
The game does a great job of presenting an overview of the conflict as well as the geography of Mexico and Texas. The colorful map captures the period and conveys a sense of the regions and routes that form the landscape of Mexico. The game captures the feel of the period through the events depicted on the cards as well as the leader and army formation rules. It certainly does a good job of presenting the challenge faced by the United States often facing a superior force while also being at the end of an extended supply line.
Given all that, I'd like to say that I really liked playing The Halls of Montezuma. Unfortunately, I can't. I'll share why. You know that feeling when you pick up the wrong glass and take a drink expecting a sweet sugary soda, but instead get the cold bitter taste of lukewarm iced tea? That was the impression I got from the first play through of GMT's Halls of Montezuma. I was excited to see this rarely covered conflict getting the 'card driven game' treatment. I thoroughly enjoy a game of Mark Herman's "For the People" and on the surface, this seemed a great topic for a card driven game.
But from the start I felt like I was fighting the game more than my opponent. It started right out of box, with set up instructions that were so vague my frustration level ramped up. Just setting up the game should not be a chore – and the players should not have to guess where to set up pieces! A specific example of this was there being no reference to the President track being on the game turn card, just 'set the presidente token to Ampudia'. I spent 20 minutes combing the map trying to find a matching location. One more sentence on the set-up card instructions would have solved this.
The control flags and status counters come in an assortment of colorful choices with no guidance as to if the colors are specific to a province and city or not. Do you have to match the control flag and status counter color to the province? I struggled with the political will markers. There is no reference to setting up the political will markers, I had to deduce it from reading other rule sections.
This frustration spilled over into the turn sequence chart. Would a clearly labeled turn sequence have killed them? I feel like the turn record track is trying to convey information but lacks a crucial column that would label the rows in the table. At first, I had to guess which was the random event. I eventually decoded all this, but again – why frustrate your players with a confusing document when a little more work would solve the issue.
All this was frustrating, but these were minor compared to the real problem – the rulebook. The rules – as provided – are a confusing morass. We were constantly reading through the rules…and re-reading the rules. I'm actually surprised that GMT does not have an updated clarified set of rules/charts on their website for this game.
Fortunately, links to updated, revised and clarified rules are available through a reference I found on Board Game Geek. I'm surprised I had to go this route. It's 2019 – I expect a company to support its product within its own selling and marketing channel and its own website.
Putting aside the set-up frustrations and the opaque rule book, the frustration didn't lessen. But this time I suspect that this is an intentional feature of the game's design.
The Halls of Montezuma has a very dense 'fog of war' feature when offering combat. This means that victory in combat is a total crap shoot. Beyond the basics of calculating firepower, each side has the opportunity to play strategy cards that can influence the battle. Watching Taylor's already precarious assault across the Rio Grande get hit with both Malaria and Low Ammo turned a mediocre attack into a debacle.
Even discounting the event cards, the range of die roll outcomes between opposed D10 allows for some really dramatic outcomes that are impossible to predict. The effect is similar to what can happen in a charge combat in "Fire and Fury", though scaling the result up from a single skirmish result to the outcome of the entire battle is going to result in some very lopsided battle results. Personally, I have to wonder if instead of the single d10 used in the rules as written that maybe using 2d6 would have smoothed out the frequency with which huge swings in the combat differentials would occur. The combat mechanism comes across as a more chaotic process than other CDG like "For The People", which offers a higher degree of predictability.
Frustrations abound for the US player. General Scott's appearance is tied to an event card. If the US don't draw the event card, they won't get General Scott, nor his invasion. Without Scott's amphibious assault – and the beachhead – the US war becomes problematic. Without Scott, it is difficult to see the US player reaching the Halls of Montezuma.
Solo players may want to give this a pass. Aside from all the frustrations already noted, the game does not have any solitaire support. There are no 'bots' of flow charts to help automate the play of either side. A player can certainly hot-seat and play both sides, but the nature of the card driven game means you lose some of the fun you gain with a second player. The limited intelligence imposed by the card decks means that while you can play both sides, you'll lose a lot of the uncertainty that drives the tension in the game.
Halls of Montezuma will appeal to fans of the period. That level in interest is needed because the game requires someone who is engaged by the period to wade through the rules and make sense of them. While not necessarily as complicated and detailed as a game like "Gallipoli 1915", the muddle that is the rulebook and the frustration generated by its combat mechanism means that you'll feel like you are fighting the rules more than you are fighting your opponent.
Unfortunately, that experience is not my shaker of salt. It's a shame as you can see the core of a fun, educational game here, but it's hamstrung by vague rules and a game system that seems to think that if some friction is good, more friction is better. If you are willing to invest your time to sort out the rules and maybe build an additional play aid or two, you'll find some enjoyment with this game.
Armchair General Score: 83%
Solitaire suitability (1–5 scale, with 1 being virtually unplayable as a solitaire game and 5 being completely suitable for solitaire play): 2
Ray Garbee has been a gamer for the past four decades, Ray's interests include the Anglo-Sikh Wars through the conflicts of the 20th Century and beyond but his passion remains ACW naval gaming. Currently, Ray works as a Product Owner in the IT field while continuing to design tabletop games. His past works include Iron Thunder, Anaconda, Anaconda: Capital Navies, Battleline: 2250 as well as articles in a number of defunct hobby magazines. When not busy gaming, Ray enjoys working on his model railroad, hiking and sport shooting at the local range.


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Editor's note: After you read this, make sure to read how Marci remodeled her own house to make it a kitty dream home and designed and built a dream catio.
Just north of Santa Barbara live 18 very lucky indoor-only rescue cats — lucky because their caregiver is a custom contractor with an artistic flair. House of Nekko (which means "cat" in Japanese) is a 3,000-square-foot home with an additional 150 linear feet of skywalks, tunnels, and stairways. All that home remodeling was done just for the cats.
Peter Cohen's vision began when he bought The Cat's House by Bob Walker, which is full of photos of the famous cat-friendly house in San Diego. As co-owner of Trillium Enterprise Custom Builders, Peter had access to the best craftsmen in the area to help him fulfill his own dream of providing a stimulating and playful environment for his own cats.
"The first cat walks were installed in the upstairs master bedroom, around 1997," says Peter. "From then on, it just kind of grew into a hobby. I would often trade tools with some of the finish carpenters who would build the catwalks in their down time. We would figure out something fun to build and they would then have pretty much free license to be creative."
This simple beginning morphed into a kitty paradise. Tunnels connect rooms throughout the house, and brightly colored perches, ramps and custom climbing poles add a flowing artistic theme. Toss 18 cats into the mix and it becomes an endlessly changing landscape.
Peter grew up a dog person, never having a cat until he bought the tract home that became the House of Nekko. The house, he found, came with two cats. After first one and then the other was killed by cars, he swore any future cats who came into his life would be kept indoors only.
I asked him how and why he ended up with 18 cats, all female and ranging in age from 18 months to about 15 years old. As with all multi-cat owners, it just sort of happened.
"All 18 are rescue cats," he told me. "We used to adopt them from either the Humane Society or the local animal shelter, but they started refusing to give us any more because they said we had too many. So we started adopting from out-of-town shelters. We try to take the kittens that other people don't want, especially kittens that have been traumatized."
"I never intended to have so many," he continued. "It is way too expensive and a tad too much work. It is just so hard to not want to give a home to cats that need one. So now I stay far away from anywhere that has kittens for adoption. We only adopt kittens because it is easier to introduce them into our house. I often see ads searching for homes for cats and feel bad we cannot take them as well."
As enriched as the environment is, it is good to know what constitutes enough cats. Peter is by no means a hoarder, as can be seen by the state of his home and the health of his cats. Of the 18, five have medical issues. With that and the yearly exams, he is Airport Animal Hospital's best client. Besides giving great veterinary care, the awesome Dr. Bill Wallace has been wonderful with discounts and the occasional home visit.
As I wandered through the house taking videos, I noticed all the closed-circuit cameras. Installing home surveillance equipment is a sideline business of Peter's. There are 25 cameras in House of Nekko that allow him to keep an eye on the secret lives of his cats from any TV in the house.
"Working from home with cats around is really nice," he says. "Even when they get in the way, I still enjoy their calming presence. We do have soothing music playing 24/7, both for the cats and me."
Amy Shojai, fellow CWA member and certified behavior consultant, says, "A soothing music rhythm that's very close to the heart rate and the brain waves will actually 'entrain' the heart, breathing and brain to keep tempo, slow down the rate and hence, have a calming effect. I've seen videos from Susan Raimond of harp music being played in a noisy pet products store with barking dogs, meowing cats, screaming birds … and literally, within 5 to 10 minutes of the music playing ALL the animals fell silent and most dozed off."
Add to that gentle music the gurgling of several water features and you have a Zen garden for cats and humans alike.
With all those cats in the house, amazingly there is no hint of litter-box odor at all. There are 24 litter boxes, some of which are on shelves within closets that have exhaust fans. Each shelf has a cat-sized hole cut into it and the top level sports a tunnel into the next room providing an exit from bullies. The one pictured has a door that rolls up with the touch of a wall switch.
Within any large group of felines and humans alike, there will always be someone in a bad mood, or a bully. House of Nekko contains some isolation rooms, which can be shut off from the main tunnels and walkways. Every tunnel entrance has a lockable door for just this reason.
Peter knows every one of his cats and tunes into their personalities. It would be great if they all just got along, but since they don't he is able to keep peace by being innovative. The bullies are allowed visitation with the main group by way of a small cage open to the tunnel into the isolation quarters.
There are some beautiful memorials to those who have passed away. Three of my favorite ones are Gizmo's Shelf, Bobby's Paw Thru Cat Wash, and a wall-hanging containing names of current and former residents.
Of course, being in the business, Peter was able to go all out with the best of the best. His home was not all "cat-orized" at once, but spread out over time, as any thematic project progresses.
"Giving rescued cats a better life means giving them a place that is solely their own. They give us unconditional love, and building the catwalks is one way of expressing my gratitude for that," states Peter.
"They are very calming and fun to be with; hanging out with cats always relieves the day's stress; it's zen by cat. I am a builder and I like art, so I love the fact that catwalks are like living sculptures. The cats definitely enjoy them and I try to build them so I like the look of them as well. In that sense, we both win," he continues.
House of Nekko is very colorful, full of greens, blues and yellows. Struggling with my own house of neutrals, I asked for some advice.
Peter encouraged me, "Don't be afraid to go bold. Live with it for a while and, if you don't like the results, it's only paint, which can easily be changed. I have always gone against the idea of choosing neutral/formal colors for anything. Just understand that working with color is difficult and it is not unusual to go through five, six or even more colors before you find the combinations you like. It takes patience but it is well worth it. A colorful environment brings a warm feeling of fun and happiness, which is an attitude I try to maintain in my daily life."
I asked about the dangers of falling. Peter assured me that he does not usually build open walks more than seven or eight feet off the ground. "Some in my house are 12- to 14-feet high, but we enclosed them with dowels to prevent the cats from falling or jumping."
"Cats like to go high," he continued. "They love shelves up near skylights or just high up in a room. We try to incorporate climbing/scratching posts because cats like them. We also make sure to allow for human access to all areas. That is, we won't build a tunnel or area that cannot be reached in case one needs to grab the cat, clean, etc."
Peter's use of artistic shelving and stairs is amazing. It is obvious that the cats love them and that their caregiver knows felines. There are napping baskets tucked onto landings and the ramps and stairs just beckon the users to run and jump, thus providing the exercise needed for healthy muscle and bone.
As I regretfully left House of Nekko, call me an enabler, but I encouraged Peter to expand into his backyard. The enclosed and lush landscape just begs for skywalks and a playground, and fresh air is so good for cats.
If you are interested in cat-orizing your own home, Peter is available for consultations. You can contact him at email@example.com for a free estimate.
Photos by Marci Kladnik and Manuel Flores
More things to build for your cats:
- I Designed and Built My Dream Catio — and You Can, Too
- How to Build a Feral Cat Shelter for the Winter
- Build a Cozy Low-Cost Shelter for Outdoor Cats
- How to Quit Smoking: Build a Catio for Special-Needs CatsNeed a Weekend Project? Build a Computer Monitor Cat Bed!
Learn more about your cat with Catster:
- Weird Cat Facts: 8 Reasons Your Cat Likes to Lick You
- Top-Secret Tips to Get Your Cats to Pose for Your Camera
- 5 Ways to Catify Your Home, Even If You Aren't the Handy Type
About the author: Marci Kladnik, her four rescue cats, and one Scottish Terrier live in a small town with no stoplights or mail delivery. A retired graphic designer and technical writer, she designed and wrote for two publishers and two medical device manufacturers. She was also on the masthead of the monthly National Model Railroad Association Bulletin.
Marci now writes an award-winning biweekly cat column for three newspapers, is a contributing writer for Catster.com, an award-winning photographer, and an active professional member of the Cat Writers' Association. Involved in TNR and feral rescue, she sat on the Board of Directors of Catalyst for Cats, Inc. from 2007-2013. In her spare time, Marci traps and fosters local feral cats and kittens. Past columns appear on www.catalystforcats.org, and her dog blogs atwww.maggiestories.com.


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Continuing with its academic engagements, the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) is hosting an extension lecture on November 21, 2018 to discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the blockade of Qatar.
Political commentator, Prof Dr Majed Al-Ansari, from Qatar University will deliver a talk on the blockade of Qatar by four Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) members led by Saudi Arabia.
Director CIGA and Public Affairs Professor at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (IZU), Prof Dr Sami Al-Arian, shall discuss the murder of noted journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. An alleged 15-member hit-team, who flew from Saudi Arabia in early October, killed Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul resulting in global outrage against the barbaric act.
Seminar title: "A Political Assassination on The Bosphorus and A Siege in The Gulf: A Geopolitical Perspective"
Date: November 21, 2018; Wednesday
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue: Seminar Hall 1, IZU Halkali Campus
Dr Al Ansari previously served at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various civil society institutions. His research interests include public opinion surveys, social resources, political and religious values, charity work and political analysis of domestic and regional issues.
In 2001, he was named by the Newsweek the "premiere civil rights activist" in the US for his efforts to repeal the use of Secret Evidence in immigration courts.
In 2012, he was profiled by historians of the Encyclopedia of American Dissidents as one of only three Muslims in the US out of 152 US dissidents and prisoners of conscience in the past century included in the two- volume series (along with Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali).


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Pictures of a Fall Festival Gone to the Dogs
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They would definitely win for Most Photogenic dogs - the camera obviously loves them!! Your pictures always make me smile :)ReplyDelete
Adorable and photogenic pupsReplyDelete
Benny & Lily
All beautiful dogs ... and it looks like they and the humans were all having a great time!ReplyDelete
You know I couldn't NOT share that photo of Dewi, right?ReplyDelete
Your Cardis rock and make me want to get a Cardi when the time comes!
I dunno... but I thinking the squatting thing probably nixed the boys chance at winning this year...ReplyDelete
What fun! Love the pictures!ReplyDelete
I disagree vehemently with Julie. Your posts don't make me smile. They make me laugh out loud.ReplyDelete
I really lost it at "Hi, Mom!" What a fun event. I'm seriously jealous.
@All - Thanks. :) It was fun - even with the drizzle.ReplyDelete
@Julie - Thanks. :) Yeah, they make me look like a better photographer than I am.
@Laurie - Thanks for sharing! I don't know how you will decide when the time comes. :)
@Talking Dogs - Ya think? So unbecoming. :)
@Pamela - Oh gosh, for a second I thought I was about to get in trouble. :) I'm glad it was a false alarm!
That looks like terrific fun. Glad I didn't have to judge because I am not sure I could decide...ReplyDelete


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There are many kinds of backpacks available on the market, but for backpacking, only a true backpacking backpack will do. Backpacks for backpacking are typically a little bigger, to accommodate all that extra gear that you need to survive in the outdoors. Ideally, a backpacking backpack will also be a little lighter, because after all, you will be carrying that backpack for quite some time.
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- Lightweight - Ideally, a backpacking backpack should be a lightweight backpack. Remember that you have to carry everything in your backpack, and you have to carry the backpack too. There is no sense in carrying a heavy backpack when a lighter backpack will do the same job. Your back and legs will thank you at the end of the day.
- Capacity - Backpacking tends to require a little more gear than something like hiking, for example. For that reason, a good backpacking backpack will tend to be a little larger than something like a hiking backpack. Exactly how big, however, will depend a lot on how long you plan to go backpacking for.
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- Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 Pack -The Blaze won the 2011 Backpacker Magazine Editor's Choice award, making it one of the premier backpacks currently on the market. It has 60 liters of storage capacity, and has all the standard features, like an internal frame and a padded hip belt. It's a top loading backpack, but does not have a sleeping bag compartment at the bottom like you will find on many backpacking backpacks. But it also only weighs 2 pounds 14 ounces, or 1.3 kilograms, which definitely qualifies it as a lightweight backpack. There's also a women's version of the Blaze.
- ULA Equipment Circuit Backpack - ULA Equipment is a company that many backpackers have probably never heard of, but they are extremely popular with lightweight backpackers. The Circuit, which has a 68 liter capacity, weighs a very slight 36 ounces, or 1.02 kilograms, making it both bigger and significantly lighter than the already very light Blaze above. Features like large exterior pockets for easy access to water bottles and hip belt pockets for things you don't have to take your bag off to access help further set the Circuit apart from the crowd. If you want lightweight, this is it.
- Osprey Argon 85 Backpack - If you need something big, the Argon is a great choice. At 85 liters, it has enough room to carry gear for just about any kind of backpacking trip. All that capacity comes at a price, however, which is weight. The Argon weighs in at 6 pounds 7 ounces, or 2.92 kilograms, which is quite a bit more than either of the other two backpacks. A few features like a removable lid and day pack, sleeping bag compartment and multiple access points to the main compartment help to offset the larger weight. If you want high capacity but are reluctant to strap 6 pounds to your back, check out ULA Equipment's full range of backpacks for a few that are bigger than the Circuit.


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Anyone who follows this blog knows that the New Year is my favorite time for reflecting on the past and creating the future.
If you have not read my article on "Making Resolutions That Work," please do so. Or, if you prefer, you can read the variant of this article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal exactly one year ago today by clicking on the image.
The general premise is that instead of setting resolutions that are specific goals (e.g., lose 10 pounds), you want to create themes that help guide you and your decision making throughout the year.
After spending a week of reflection, I have settled upon three themes:
- More Money, Less Work, Greater Impact – This is my business theme. In particular, I expect to create passive income revenue streams (i.e., make money in my sleep) through repurposing my content and levering channel partners. By doing this, I can then focus my energies on activities that will have the greatest impact on business and society.
- Rituals – I usually joke that I lack discipline, so I considered that as my theme. But "discipline" sounds so harsh and not something that inspires me. Then it hit me. While on vacation recently I had some rituals (e.g., reading an inspirational passage upon waking or drinking tea before going to sleep) that I loved. I realized I could treat "the things I need to do" as rituals. If I think of writing, calling clients, managing the books, and other tasks as rituals, maybe they will inspire me more.
- Perfect – This theme may seem a bit odd. But when on vacation (reflecting on my theme for the year), I used the word "perfect" at least 100 times to describe the trip. I realized that perfect is a state of mind. When you declare things to be perfect, they are perfect. How you see things gives you the reality. Therefore, by declaration, 2012 will be "perfect."
These themes get me excited about the New Year. They also make activities that might have seemed tedious, more enjoyable (in particular the ritual theme).
What are your themes for 2012?


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College is much in the news these days. College debt (and their cause, student loans), mostly.
Why do people live where they live?
In his 2014 State of the Union speech, President Obama announced his intention to re-set the minimum hourly wage for employees on new Federal contracts to $10.10, a step toward a larger goal of setting all workers' wages at levels high enough to support
No matter what the almanac says, summer begins on Memorial Day – this year, May 25th.
The United States is one of only a handful of industrialized nations that allows capital punishment. Thirty-two states, including Missouri, have an enforceable death penalty statute on the books.
The CVC's Kitty Ratcliffe will do almost anything to land a big convention here, including making robot noises.
Is baseball still the national pastime? Probably not, if your accent falls on national. More than half of all Americans tell pollsters that they will not even watch a baseball game this season.
College sports – the athletic competition among amateur teams from various colleges and universities – is on prominent display this month as studious biology and indifferent business majors relive their undergraduate careers by rooting for (and betting
The ninety or so municipalities in St. Louis County, the county itself, and the City of St. Louis each enact, promulgate, and enforce an encyclopedia of local ordinances.
Term limits are legal restrictions imposed by law (rather than by voters) on the length of time an elected official can remain in office. More than a dozen states, including Missouri, have placed statutory term limits on their state legislators.


text: Today I took my dog for a walk on the trail by the lake. I brought my sketchbook and a pencil along, hoping to sketch a few things along the way. The green bench was first. While the dog sniffed under a pine tree, I sketched in the shapes and foot prints around it. The sun was shining and casting a shadow, but the dog was pulling on the leash and it was hard to draw, so I didn't. Next, around the bend, there is a retaining pond with a large concrete drain. In the summer you can stand on it and look into the pond. Today it was covered by snow and I liked the contrast of bright white, dark areas inside it, and purple shadows across the snow. I kept walking and looking for other designs. I have seen several "Thin Ice" signs, both on the shore above the water and on the ice. There is an aerator across the lake that keeps ice thin, but in some areas near the shore it is thick enough that people shovel snow to make a hockey rink. Finally, I noticed a bird house in someone's back yard, tilted, and the roof was covered with snow, so I drew that. Having the dog along made things challenging, as she is not one to sit like a statue. She wants to sniff everything in every direction, and pulls on the leash. So I got the quick sketches in pencil, then came home and added watercolors when I had no dog pulling me. It was a beautiful cold winter walk!


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A leaked information is running around on the internet suggesting that Rogers, which is a Canadian carrier is planning to take the LTE version of the HTC Puccini tablet under its wing. It seems like the HTC Puccini LTE is going to be the first tablet from Rogers equipped with 4G speed capability. I want you to have in mind that what I said above is not official, not yet at least and there are no details about the price.
Its features list is starting with that 10.1 inches screen which has a displaying capability of 1280 x 786 pixels. Unfortunately there is no color number but you will forget about that when I'm going to mention that Qualcomm MSM8260 dual core processor able to develop 1.5 GHz power.
Also part of the system is that total amount of 1 GB RAM memory and that Android 3.1 operating system which is in charge with the software part. The camera from the back side has an 8 megapixels sensor and it comes with features like the auto focus and dual LED flash. On the front side another camera is waiting for you, a 1.3 megapixels one to be more specific making possible video calls.
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With more discussion surrounding cultural appropriation, one would hope we'd all be a little less terrible with each coming year. And yet still, people are donning their sombreros and mustaches, and ordering "mucho brew-cho" and saying "me brew-sta!" Here's our handy guide of Spanglish phrases you absolutely should avoid this Cinco De Mayo:
There's no reason anyone should ever feel the need to say this, on Cinco De Mayo, or any other time for that matter. Don't be that American.
This is a totally backwards and borderline offensive opinion to have. Even if you truly believe this, we implore you not to say out out loud.
OK gringo, just drink your tequila and shut the fuck up.
I don't care that you studied abroad in Seville, that doesn't give you the right to say this. Your last name is McHenry for fucks sake.
I don't care if you "have Mexican friends." You still don't have a right to hold this opinion.
I should have known this is what I'd get when you walked in wearing a shot glass necklace.
I wish we could deport you to Canada.
Did someone tell you you're a special flower who just DESERVES to voice all your opinions? Because you're not. You're not.
Are you TRYING to be the worst?
I bet you dress like a Native American on Halloween, too.
Get. Out. Of. This. Goddamn. Bar.
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