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Release Date: December 1999
This review was originally published in 1999 as well.
The year is 1517. The Aztec culture dominates most of the territory that is now Mexico. Their language, religion, and traditions have spread throughout Central America, while their emperors are both feared and venerated. While troops of Aztec warriors keep the territories under control, Aztec merchants provide luxury products, clothing, foodstuffs, jewelry, and other everyday items to the populace. Merchandising and trade do not go unnoticed by the emperors, however, as tax collectors collect taxes and tribute everywhere.
The center of government and commerce for the Aztec culture is the capital city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, where the Aztec architecture, art, and culture was most prolific. When the Spaniards, led by Cortes, reached Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1519, they marveled at the splendors but were undeterred in their objective to conquer the Aztecs. In just two years, they annihilated the Aztec civilization, leaving behind only sparse reports from the chroniclers of the time.
Cryo's latest edutainment game, as those before it, offers three modes of gameplay: the adventure game itself, an exploration mode in which you can visit the sites and simply "look around," and an encyclopedia mode where you can search through the "authenticated" documentation and refresh your memory or learn about the Aztec civilization.
The encyclopedia mode of gameplay reveals fascinating historical information about the following aspects of the Aztecs.
At the same time, a mysterious illness has afflicted the country, and doctors seem powerless to find the reason or the cure. Some of the lords and religious leaders are suggesting that the devastation brought on by the illness is the result of actions taken by the gods, who are unhappy with the emperor.
What has the murder of the nobleman got to do with the strange illness? Is there an unlikely connection? You only have a few meager clues, so you must be able to use them properly.
It is here that they story begins, and Little Serpent embarks on a journey of adventure and intrigue that will keep you on the edge of your seat. You will need to use your wits to escape or avoid perilous situations. You will need to choose your friends wisely in order to learn the identity of and expose the real traitors. The story unfolds quickly, and the pace of discovery and excitement never wanes. This is the best story development of any of the edutainment games from Cryo to date and, as such, you will "enjoy the adventure." The story receives an A+.
The Gameplay
The game uses the familiar point-and-click interface, where you find hot spots, identified by a change in the cursor icon, then use the left mouse button to move to, act/take, speak to, listen/overhear, or get information about a character, object, or place in the game--very comfortable and convenient.
The right mouse button is used to call up the inventory. You then can select an inventory object and use it in the game environment in the usual way that we are all familiar with.
Right-clicking not only brings up the inventory, but also some other useful features, as follows:
There is one unique feature of the gameplay that some may appreciate, while others may not--it is the built-in "Omni-Expert" mode. This feature provides guidance or hints at "the most complex moments of gameplay," whether you need it or not. So while you are wandering around or simply staying in place, you may get a message that nudges you along in the direction that the game wants you to go in.
The main menu is also typical in that it contains the primary functions for the game. You can choose to play the game, the exploration mode, or the documentation mode, as explained earlier. There is a choice of two save modes: automatic (the computer does the saving at certain predetermined times) or manual (you save when you want to). Also, you can load previously saved games, resume the game that you are playing at the point at which you left it, or exit from the game. You can also bring up an options screen that will give you the opportunity to adjust the speed of character movement and scene changes, activate or deactivate the music, and turn on/off the display of subtitles.
The gameplay interface should be a comfortable and convenient one for any adventure game player, whether novice or experienced, and all of the features seemed to work without a problem, so I will give gameplay a rating of A.
The Graphics
At the risk of repeating myself from previous reviews of Cryo games, the graphics are magnificent. As with previous Cryo historical adventure games, Cryo uses Omni 3D graphics with 360-degree panning that is very smooth and easy to control. The reconstruction of the Aztec world, as typified by Tenochtitlan Square, the merchant's quarter of Tlatelolco, the craftsman's quarter, the village with its floating gardens, or the aqueduct at Chapultepec, is breathtaking and realistic to the point of being approved by expert historians. The character movements are a little bit stiff but quite similar to what you would expect to find in any well-made adventure game today. The colors are vibrant with little or no pixelation. The animations were first-rate and always provided me with an enhanced feeling of being part of the environment that I was exploring. All of the above, plus no "bugs," lead me to give the graphics a score of A+.
The Music, Sounds and Voice Acting
Well ... I suppose there's always room for improvement, and in the case of Aztec, it's evident that improvement is warranted in the area of voice acting. Aztec was undoubtedly made first in other European languages and then translated to English. While the use of Cryo's "Omni Sync" has spared us from any discomfort over lip-synching, it can't cover up for the voice acting, which is the singular weak point of this game. The voice acting and the phrasing of some of the language used in the game is pretty dreadful. Those of you who know me are probably shocked right now that my normally positive attitude toward adventure games would allow me to be this critical. But ... I have trouble relating to any conversation between characters in a game when the initial words are "I kiss the earth." Might be a cultural problem on my part?
Although the music and sounds of the game are adequate, there are no memorable aural experiences that I came away with, as I did in another Cryo game, Faust. The enjoyment of sounds and music in Faust may have been attributable to the involvement of Arxel Tribe, which would account for the different experience with Aztec.
If and when Cryo becomes more focused on reaching the U.S. audience, I trust that they will look at this area of the gameplay experience and accept my criticism as constructive, so that we will see improvement in the future. However, for Aztec I was disappointed in the attention given to the music, sounds and voice acting, which deserve a C.
The Puzzles
Okay, now we can get back on track with the positives of Aztec, because the puzzles are integrated into the game with logic and excellence. You will need to keep your thinking cap on at all times, but the answers are always logical and generally right in front of you. The progression of the story always relies on solving the puzzles, and that is as it should be, so everyone should be comfortable with the puzzles. The only dreaded maze that you will encounter is actually a very simple one, where you must move your canoe through canals that separate the floating gardens near the village as you escape from pursuing warriors trying to capture you. Oh ... there is a need to use your hand-eye coordination on two occasions when you are required to aim and fire a blowgun. Fortunately, no one is firing back at you either time.
I think that the puzzles are always logical, thoughtful, and complex enough to keep your brain in the game, which is one of the primary reasons for playing an adventure game, and Aztec delivers in this regard. For those who don't object to a little nudge, there's the built-in Omni-Expert, which will minimize the frustration.I am giving the puzzles a rating of A.
My overall rating for Aztec is an A. In spite of my disappointment with the attention given to the music, sounds, and voice acting in Aztec, this is a very good game that everyone should enjoy. The strengths provided by an engrossing story line, excellent graphics, and integrated, logical puzzles far outweigh any criticisms. If you received Aztec for Christmas, you're probably enjoying it by now. If you didn't get Aztec for Christmas, treat yourself and buy it now.
System Requirements:
P166 Processor
8X CD drive
8 MB available on hard drive
2 MB graphics card
16-bit color
Sound card
Direct X 6.0 or higher (supplied with game)


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Erik had to leave for 3 weeks of Army Training- his yearly duty but instead of the normal training, he was going to school for his promotion to Staff Sergeant. We took at trip down to visit him.
Its just crazy looking at how Rayne was so little and Ryan even looks so much younger.
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The Mi A2 goes up against the best-selling phone in India.
Xiaomi's Redmi Note series has turned into a juggernaut: over the last two years, phones in this series have defined the budget segment in India. To put things into context, the Redmi Note 5 series managed to rake in sales of over 5 million units in just under four months, and one out of every ten phones sold in India over the last three months was either a Redmi Note 5 or a Note 5 Pro.
Then there's the Mi A2, Xiaomi's 2018 Android One device. The Mi A2 shares a lot of similarities on the hardware front with the Redmi Note 5 Pro — both share a design aesthetic, same display, and a lot of the internal components are also identical.
There's no question that the Redmi Note 5 Pro continues to be one of the best-selling phones in India. Let's see how Xiaomi's other budget phone fares next to it.
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The rhythm method — in which women track past menstrual cycles to predict when they might be fertile, in order to either avoid or encourage pregnancy — has largely been eschewed in the modern day, in favor of more reliable methods (like the pill or condoms).
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In May 2016, we got our very first taste of the Google Assistant with the debut of Allo. The Assistant was a big draw to Allo at the time, with Google marketing it as a helpful bot that could make restaurant reservations, search the web, and more within your conversations.
Since then, the Assistant has gained heaps of new features and expanded to smartphones, tablets, speakers, and more. Google's shown no interest in slowing down development for the Assistant, meaning that it's likely here for the long-haul.
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Phones are starting to look the same, largely thanks to the iPhone X. Huawei was never very good with making their own designs, and while it's improved over the years, WinFuture and Evan Blass have revealed that it just couldn't resist joining the notch movement with the Mate 20 Lite.
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We had already seen the Mate 20 Lite on TENAA, but we have more photos and details now.
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If there's one area where Chromebooks are undeniably dominating, it's in education. Chromebooks made up 60% of mobile device purchases by K-12 schools in the US last year, and since 2014, they have led classroom notebook and tablet shipments. As it turns out, schools love cheap computers that back up everything to the cloud and can be easily reset.
Chromebooks aren't just great for schools; they're great for students as well.
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Fallout 76 has the potential to bring the franchise to new heights with these five opportunities.
Fallout 76's massively-multiplayer online focus (MMO), as well as the fact that it's set before the rest of the Fallout games, leaves plenty of room for Bethesda to go wild with what it offers to the player. Here are five things that would make Fallout 76 awesome.
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Settlement blueprint sharing
Fallout 76 is going to overhaul Fallout 4's settlement system, allowing you to create blueprints for entire towns so you can pack up your settlement at a moment's notice and move it to a different location. This is similar to how Halo 5 lets people group objects together in the Forge mode and save them as prefabrications.
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Lupus affects 1.5 million Americans, and millions more worldwide.
Although the cause of lupus is unknown, genetics and hormones are thought to play a role.
Ninety percent are young women
The majority of people with lupus—90 percent—are female, and most first develop signs and symptoms of the illness between the ages of 15 and 44.
As adults, far fewer males than females develop lupus.
The scenario is much different under age 18 and over age 50, when as many males as females have the disease.
Many men struggle with the idea that they have a "woman's disease," in fact the diagnosis has no connection to manliness. Find out more about lupus in men
Some children are affected
An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 of the 1.5 million Americans with lupus are diagnosed while under the age of 18.
About one in three children with lupus have mild disease, but most have a moderate disease that may be severe at times, but usually responds well to treatment.
Find out more about the many challenges of having a child with a serious chronic illness
Lupus discriminates against African American, Latina, and Native American women
African-American women are three times more likely than Caucasian women to get lupus and develop severe symptoms, with as many as 1 in every 250 affected.
And the disease is two times more prevalent in Asian-American and Latina women than it is in Caucasian women. Women of Native American descent are also disproportionately affected.
The famous Lupus in Minorities: Nature Versus Nurture (LUMINA) study—a large multi-ethnic, multi-regional, and multi-institutional examination of lupus begun in 1993—found that genetic and ethnic factors are more important than socioeconomic ones in influencing disease activity.
The study tracked death, damage, disability, and disease activity.
The results also suggest that there are probably other genetic factors affecting the presentation of the disease in the African-American and Latino communities.
The researchers have published numerous papers reporting study findings on the relative contribution of genetic and socioeconomic factors on the course and outcome of lupus in Latinos, African Americans, and Caucasians.
LUMINA findings include:
• African-Americans and Latinas with lupus tend to develop the disease earlier in life, experience greater disease activity such as kidney problems, and, overall, have more complications than Caucasian patients.
• Latinas had a poorer prognosis overall than Caucasian women, were more likely to have kidney involvement and damage, and showed a more rapid rate of kidney failure.
• African-Americans have a higher frequency of neurological problems such as seizures, hemorrhage, and stroke.
• Latinas experience a higher level of cardiac disease.
What have we learned from a 10-year experience with the LUMINA (Lupus in Minorities; Nature vs. nurture) cohort? Where are we heading? Read the PubMed abstract
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TRADITION: Old Settlers Days grows from one-day business meeting to festive celebration of today
COLUMBIA CITY — As the cotton candy is consumed and kids take spin after spin on such rides as the "Gravitron," Old Settlers Days are celebrated with much fanfare. But why does downtown Columbia City transform into a veritable smorgasbord of food and fun each June?Many who part take in the festivities hardly know the founding reasons for the four-day hoopla.The first Old Settlers Day was officially held Sept. 17, 1904. In its early stages, the event was more like a business meeting than a carnival. The beginning years of Old Settlers Day was truly just a day. This first gathering took place at Loon Lake on the Goodrich picnic grounds where there was a business meeting to elect officers. A public address given by Judge Joseph W. Adair, hymns were sung and the food consisted of a carry-in picnic. Although this first gathering was lackluster compared to future Old Settlers Day celebrations, the Old Settlers Association was officially formed.Judge Joseph W. Adair was voted as president, Samuel P. Kaler was voted into the office of secretary and historian and James Washburn was given the title of treasurer.Old Settlers Day began as a way for the county residents to spend time together. The "welcome home" theme has played on for more than 100 years, inviting residents to come back to Columbia City during the festival to reconnect with family and friends.Theodore Dreiser, noted Hoosier author and world traveler, attended Old Settlers Day in 1915. He wrote about it in his piece, "A Hoosier Holiday." In it, he said the festival was "people of the county coming to meet free from the cares of business, to recall pleasant memories of days gone by, to live and enjoy the happiness of the present and get new inspiration for days to come."He went on to write, "This is a day dedicated to the renewal of acquaintances, binding of friendships already made and to enrich the lives of young and old with new friendships."With that intention, in 1905, it was voted and agreed upon that Old Settlers Day would be an annual event and would convene in Columbia City on the third Thursday in August.The county did have unofficial gatherings as early as 1877. The first county-wide meeting was in 1877. In 1881 the county met in Troy Township, 1896 at Blue Lake and then in Pierceton in 1902.The second official Old Settlers Day was held Aug. 17, 1905. The oldest resident, with at least 30 or more years of residence in the county, was Mrs. Mary Gould of Smith Township who was born Jan. 30, 1814.W.H. Liggett, Old Settlers chairman declared that Mr. Thomas Blain was the founder of what we now know as Old Settlers Day. He said in his address about Blain,"to whom all were indebted for this organization. Justly entitled to be called the 'Father of Old Settler Society.'"In its third year, 1906, much ado was made about Kilsoquah, the Indian Squaw, who joined the festival as a draw. Kilsoquah was from Roanoke and papers printed at that time tell of the amazing trip S.J. Peabody made to get her. He left at 7 a.m. for Roanoke to bring Kilsoquah and her son, White Loon, to the city. Dr. Koontz and Mrs. Reed of Roanoke accompanied them. Kilsoquah, 96, got motion sickness from riding in the automobile for what is assumed the first time.Bands were silent and the courthouse lawn ceased to be grounds for celebration from 1942 to 1944. Because of World War II, Old Settlers Day was cancelled. "We didn't feel back then there was much celebrating to do," said Old Settler Day President Paul Morsches Sr. in a newspaper article of the 1950s "In those years everyone was caught up in the war effort. It wouldn't have been right to spend the money for a celebration with our boys fighting overseas."In fact, in August of 1942, the town held a festival of different sorts. A "Scrap Harvest Festival" was organized to help with the nation's "Build a Sub for Uncle Sam" initiative. Residents piled scrap metal on the courthouse lawn to contribute to the war effort. The festival continued after World War II in 1945. Interestingly enough, the war interrupted the tradition, but little effect was felt during the years of the depression. The Whitley County Historical Society has a contract dating from 1928 procuring entertainment for the festival.The Old Settlers Day organizers contracted The Great Williams to perform trick barrel and bottling jumper acts for $25 for three performances. Three Dixie Cotton Pickers were hired to sing, dance and provide musical entertainment for $55.As the country continued to go through its ups and downs, Old Settlers continued to provide a sense of community and family.A newspaper from 1966, showed a picture of Miss Judy Johnson pinning a rosette on David Taylor, 95, as the oldest person to register for that Old Settlers Day. Next to the picture was a headline that read, "U.S. raids against North Vietnam are heavy; Navy jet down," proving the county continued to believe in the traditions of a rural area in spite the dark days the nation might have been in.Historical records show that in 1945, the festival became an extended celebration with Gooding Greater Rides providing an amusement park feel. Three hundred and three new visitors were recorded. Some of the acts at, what had become a four day event, were The Flying Valentines, The Great Malikova and the Hollywood Sky Ballet who all performed for an estimated 25,000-30,000 spectators.1912 brought a new tradition to the ongoing fair. Postcards became souvenirs, with Robert R. McNagny as the artist behind the sketches meant to encourage attendance. The postcards were initially used as invitations to family and friends who might have moved away from Columbia City.It didn't take long for the postcards to become collector's items. McNagny's drawings are dated from 1912 and on into the 1970s when, in 1972, Tom Heinley took over the rendering role.At the first Old Settlers Day, in 1904, Judge Adair addressed the crowd saying, "There is one common, wholesome cry springing eternal in the human soul, 'remember me.' The most careless soldier, in his weary march, feels the road shorter and better and his load lighter, when he thinks of a home some place where he is remembered. Amid the din and roar of the great battle, brave soldiers are asking, 'is mother praying for me today?'"Even in 1904, it was important to Judge Adair to convey the weight of tradition and the gravity of legacy to the younger generation. "Young friends, you have a right to be proud of your ancestry and of your county. I pity the man who has ever found a better woman than his own mother, or a better country than his own country. You begin life in the very morning of the world's history."As the revelry continues downtown, the echoes of generations past still whisper among the noise. It is because of the vision cast in 1904 and the early efforts of town folk, that the foundation was laid for what is Old Settlers Days and what we call Columbia City.


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"The United Nations staff doesn't have access to the no-man's land, so the assistance has to be provided from this end," Helene Daubelcour, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, tells NPR at a U.N.-funded clinic on the Jordanian side of the border, more than a mile from the camp. "The area is now a closed military zone, so we are helping as close as we can — but we cannot go on the other side of the berm."
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Enshara Mustafa has brought her four-year-old granddaughter, Nada. The little girl with wide brown eyes burned her leg with scalding water two days earlier. But she also suffers from asthma, and they couldn't move her in a sandstorm the day before.
"It's like death," says Mustafa, when I ask her what the camp is like. "They send us aid every two or three months. We can't even afford to buy an aspirin."
She and her family left Homs more than a year ago, she says, after their house was destroyed.
"We kept moving from one place to another, and every place we went, there were airstrikes," she says. Finally, they reached the Jordanian border and could go no further.
Jordan has always restricted access to the refugees at Rukban, but after a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint killed seven Jordanian border guards last June, it sealed the border with Syria entirely.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.
"Everything is different after the bombing," says Sabah Jaradeen, a retired Jordanian army officer who runs a UNICEF-funded feeding center for children. She says before the attack and the restrictions, she and her team used to see more than 100 children a day – assessing them and treating the ones who were malnourished. Now, she says, "The number depends on the military bringing them in the morning and taking them back."
UNICEF says on a typical day there are fewer than a dozen children brought in. It has seen 16 severely malnourished infants since its clinic opened in December.
In November, the U.N. was allowed to drop food across the border, after months of negotiations with the Jordanian government. To reduce the risk, Jordan required that it be dropped into the no-man's land from cranes.
The U.N. has set up a center in the neutral zone, where refugee community leaders are responsible for distributing U.N.-provided food. But the last delivery of a month's supply of food for the refugees ran out more than a month ago. People are relying, when they can, on stockpiled food, are using whatever money they have to buy more — or, as with the malnourished children, they're not eating at all.
As for water, to minimize risk, UNICEF pumps it into Rukban from Jordanian reservoirs rather than trucking it in. Calculating the rate of water consumption, in addition to analyzing the satellite imagery, is what helps the U.N. estimate the number of people in the camp, the U.N.'s Daubelcour says.
Only refugees who are brought to a checkpoint by Rukban community leaders and are searched by Jordanian border guards are allowed access to the U.N. medical clinic. The border guards transport patients to the clinic and then take them back again to the checkpoint after they are treated.
"We try our best to advocate with the government of Jordan," says Samir Badran of UNICEF, "and we hope there will be a solution in the long run."
Jordanian Brig. Gen. Barakat al-Aqeel says his border force is implementing a political decision by the Jordanian government to close the border. While 90 percent of the residents of Rukban are ordinary civilians, he says, another 10 percent are affiliated with ISIS.
"The danger is very high," he tells us. "We are always expecting the worst regarding the possibility of anyone carrying explosives to blow up our soldiers."
As we speak, residents of the camp bring an elderly man on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance on the Jordanian side of the border. The man's family members stop at the nearest point they're allowed to come – a checkpoint between sand-filled barriers topped with barbed wire.
"It's far from ideal if you have to operate without full access to the population," Daubelcour says. "It's difficult to understand their needs and address them in the way we would like to do."
And then she and the other U.N. staff leave to return to Amman. The U.N.'s own security rules deem this desert too dangerous for their staff to be out after dark.
For the past two years, aid officials have been reluctant to speak publicly about Rukban, afraid of upsetting the Jordanian government and jeopardizing their chances of access to the camp. Jordan, which has taken in some 650,000 Syrian refugees, has said it is at the breaking point and called for more international aid.
Tens of thousands of Syrians have gathered in the desert near the Jordanian border. It's a remote area, a last option for people who have nowhere else to go. They're hundreds of miles from any town. Some of the children are starving. Aid groups are barred from going to them. NPR's Jane Arraf traveled with the Jordanian military to get as close as she could.
JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: This is the rattling and the squeaking of a flatbed truck. There is no road here, and we're driving through the desert. On the right there is a big sand embankment, a berm. And there's nothing else around for miles except off-in-the-distance tanks facing in the direction of the Syrian border. It's a little hard to see because there's so much dust.
We're headed to the border crossing of Rukban in the middle of the desert, 300 miles from the Jordanian capital and almost 200 miles from the nearest Syrian city. We finally arrive at a small compound behind barbed wire. A few miles away, there are more than 60,000 refugees in a no-man's-land between Jordan and Syria. Jordan sealed its border after a bombing last year at a security checkpoint, and this is as far as journalists and aid agencies can go.
HELENE DAUBELCOUR: The area is now a closed military zone. So we are helping as close as we can, but we cannot go on the other side of the berm.
ARRAF: That's Helene Daubelcour, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s refugee agency. The little they know about Rukban camp is from satellite images and community leaders screened and searched before being allowed to come across.
DAUBELCOUR: You can imagine that the population you have here is the population of a city - of a small city where you would normally find hospitals, schools, water, electricity. And here, apart from the water that is being delivered, you don't have this infrastructure.
ARRAF: It's just desert, and the situation is dire, she says.
DAUBELCOUR: We have to go, so...
ARRAF: And then she and the other U.N. staff leave. U.N. rules prevent them from staying in this desert after dark. Subcontractors operate the clinics. After the suicide bombing last year, Jordan shut down a much larger aid operation closer to the camp. This clinic has been open since December. It treats only refugees brought here by the Jordanian military and then returned when they're well.
One of them is Enshera Mustafa. She's here with her 4-year-old granddaughter, Nada. Nada is being treated for a burned leg and severe asthma.
ENSHERA MUSTAFA: (Through interpreter) Life there is like death. They send us food every two or three months but nothing else. We can't afford to buy an aspirin.
ARRAF: The Rukban camp was their last option. They had fled the Syrian city of Homs after their house was destroyed, and then they moved three more times, trying to stay ahead of the airstrikes. Finally they ended up at Rukban. Like almost all the refugees there, they can't go forward, and they can't go back. The U.N. supplies water and tries to distribute food, blankets and other supplies. But without being there, it doesn't know if the aid is getting to everyone. More than a month after the latest food distribution ran out, it's still negotiating the next one with the Jordanian government.
SABAH JARADEEN: This green one - it means normal. This one - it means severe malnutrition.
ARRAF: At the infant feeding center on the compound, Sabah Jaradeen, a retired Jordanian Army lieutenant colonel, shows me a tape measure she uses to determine if babies are underweight. The U.N. says since it opened the clinic three months ago, it's seen 16 infants so malnourished they would have died if they hadn't have been treated.
We're taken to a checkpoint for our only glimpse of the camp. But it's still more than a mile away, and it's barely visible. The Jordanian commander in charge of the border, General Barakat al-Aqeel, says although 90 percent of the refugees in Rukban are ordinary civilians, ISIS has infiltrated the camp.
BARAKAT AL-AQEEL: (Through interpreter) We're always expecting the worst regarding anyone who could be carrying explosives to blow up our soldiers.
ARRAF: This checkpoint with sand-filled barriers and barbed wire is the only point where refugees can come to seek help.
ARRAF: That's the sound of an ambulance that is just carrying an ill man who has been brought from the camp back to the clinic. He was loaded onto a stretcher here, but his family isn't allowed to come. I can see them standing about 300 feet away under barbed wire near HESCO barriers, but they're not allowed to approach. And we're not allowed to go any further.
UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER: (Foreign language spoken).
ARRAF: Get back, a soldier tells us as a group of refugees walk towards us. We stop, and he allows them to come talk to us for a minute.
JLILLA: (Foreign language spoken).
ARRAF: There's a group of children. Their aunt, Jlilla, tells me they're trying to reunite the children with their parents who were allowed into Jordan for medical treatment more than a year ago. The children have only a few minutes to tell their story to journalists who only know their camp from satellite images, and then they're quickly led back to join the tens of thousands of unseen refugees on the far edge of the Syrian conflict. Jane Arraf, NPR News at the Rukban border crossing on the Jordanian-Syrian border. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Extra simple and adaptable, no-fail blondies recipe that makes blondies that taste like deep, rich buttery caramel. Easily customizable, too. Jump to the Easy Blondies Recipe now or watch our quick recipe video showing you how we make them.
We've fallen in love with blondies. They are so easy to make — we're pretty sure they're one of the simplest, tastiest baked goods you can make. Not only that, but they are practically no-fail. Just a few ingredients, a bowl and a spoon.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Our Fudgy Brownies Recipe with cocoa powder, butter and the tiniest bit of flour. They are so simple to make and are seriously delicious!
Throw it all into the bowl — You only need one bowl for these easy blondies!
This recipe makes blondies that are perfectly dense with a paper-thin crinkly top. They are complex with lots of vanilla and dark brown sugar. They taste like deep, rich buttery caramel. Keep them simple or customize. Add chocolate, nuts, flavorings, booze — whatever.
All the magic happens in one bowl. If you've been following Inspired Taste for a while, you're probably tuned in to our love of no fuss, no mess recipes. We're terrible with staying ahead of dirty dishes. So anything "one bowl" snags major points in our book.
To make the blondies, stir dark brown sugar with melted butter. Add an egg and vanilla extract then stir again. And finally, stir in some flour. Go ahead and bake or add some extras like chocolate chips, nuts or dried fruit. Then, bake for about 25 minutes.
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Recipe updated, originally posted July 2013. Since posting this in 2013, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear and added a quick recipe video. – Adam and Joanne
Easy, No-Fail Blondies Recipe
Blondies are one of the simplest, tastiest baked goods you can make. These blondies are perfectly dense with a paper-thin crinkly top and taste like deep, rich buttery caramel. If you have it, use dark brown sugar. Light brown sugar works, but the flavor will not be as rich. Feel free to customize this recipe to your liking — add chocolate, nuts, dried fruit or whatever else you adore. We've shared suggested amounts in the recipe below.
You Will Need
8 tablespoons (115 grams or 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup (215 grams) lightly packed dark brown sugar
1 large cold egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract, optional
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (130 grams) all-purpose flourOptional Extras
1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips (white, milk, semi-sweet, dark, etc.)
1/2 to 1 cup chopped and toasted nuts
1/2 to 1 cup chopped dried fruit or shredded/flaked coconut
1/4 cup liquor (bourbon, whisky, rum, etc.) note: Increase flour by 1 tablespoon to accommodate
1/2 teaspoon favorings or extracts (coconut, mint, rum, raspberry, etc.)
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8-inch by 8-inch metal baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, stir melted butter and brown sugar until blended. Add the egg, vanilla, almond extract (optional) and salt then stir vigorously until smooth. When the batter looks well blended, add the flour and stir until fully incorporated, then beat with the wooden spoon or spatula for 40 to 50 strokes. (The batter will be quite thick). Beat vigorously here. You want to see the batter pulling away from the sides of the bowl. Stir in chocolate chip, nuts or dried fruit (if using).
Spread the batter evenly in lined pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out relatively clean. Cool then cut into 16 squares.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Store blondies covered in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature or up to a week in the fridge. You can also freeze up to 3 months.
- FAQ – Doubling The Recipe: This recipe should double just fine. Use a 13-inch by 9-inch pan and watch the baking time — it will need a little longer to bake. We suggest that you start checking at 25 minutes and then check every five minutes after that.
- Some readers have had problems with the fat separating during baking. This is a common problem with baking blondies. Since the recipe calls for so much butter and so little flour, it is very important that the batter is beaten vigorously enough so that the batter emulsifies. Otherwise, you risk the fat seeping out when baking in the oven. Just after adding the flour, you should be beating for about 40 strokes until the batter becomes very thick and begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. If you are not strong enough to stir a heavy batter by hand, use a mixer.
- Recipe slightly adapted and inspired by Mark Bittman's cookbook, "How to Cook Everything" and by Smitten Kitchen's blondies recipe.
- Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA Supertracker recipe calculator to calculate approximate values. The calculations include 1 cup of chocolate chips.
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|Now, if you can, get your effects out of the water, specifically permeable (able to absorb water) materials. The exception naturally is Class Three sewage, where you should wait for the specialist to arrive.
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Dealing with crappy family? How?
RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
From reading a couple of your posts in different threads I think it would help you to learn how to set boundaries with people for what is acceptable to you and what is not. Unless yours is a truly unusual situation my guess is that it would be good for you to have a relationship with your mother, father, brothers and grandparents. You can set the boundaries for what the relationship is. It could be lunch once per year with your father, or a phone call once a week with your mother. Whatever. But being cut off is not usually a good thing unless the person is really toxic.
The challenge for you is how to have a limited relationship, without letting the other person take too much or invade your space. You might try writing a letter to these people, to give a voice to your feelings and to lay out what you hope to have with them, but also to say what is no longer acceptable (eg I'm not going to visit you any time soon, I don't want to discuss your problems like I'm your mother, or whatever.)
RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
@AViegarein: I am sorry you had to go through that. I hope you are happy-ish with the solution you found to deal. If your mother would really split/divorce, would you take her in for some time in case your father kicks her out for it?
@Anjele: I liked how you expressed it like "the same old venom" This is EXACTLY what it feels like. I invited my mom to my wedding last year and she did manage to come. There are a few pictures with us where she smiles and is happy and my face expresses nearly anger in the first shot (not because I felt angry or anything, I just can't help it) and then the person taking the pic told me "smile!" and I did...
@Jeff: Your "unless" is the case. Yes it is a unusual situation. My family drove me towards suicide and it was not my family that stopped me in the end. My family is not a family at all and has never behaved like that. It is a bunch of drunks and criminals and getting back in touch is not a good idea for my mental health.
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RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
(29-08-2012 04:11 AM)Leela Wrote: @Jeff: Your "unless" is the case. Yes it is a unusual situation. My family drove me towards suicide and it was not my family that stopped me in the end. My family is not a family at all and has never behaved like that. It is a bunch of drunks and criminals and getting back in touch is not a good idea for my mental health.
Then why are you having any contact with any of them? Why are you inviting them to stay with you in Romania? Don't tell me that it's because you "know" they won't come. To deal with dysfunctional people in a way that's healthy for you, you need to set the boundary and not evade it. Otherwise you're giving them power over you, which is unhealthy for you.
RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
Jeff: Yes, I tell you "because I know they won't come". I don't mean them ill, especially my mother. Plus even IF they would come to Romania to visit, the situation is that they are staying at MY place, they are the visitors, so my house my rules. You tell me how my live is shit and you may leave if it is so bad. Know what I mean. If I am the visitor coming, I have a scheduled flight and if I am pissed off, I can go to a hotel but I can not leave as far as I want to immediately.
About the power, I try to not give them any. I am not telling them important things that are not decided yet. I intentionally keep alot of things from my mother. And I generally treat her like a friend, I have an open ear, I share my "wisdom" if she asks for an opinion, give her some small talk, and would she say "Leela, please come, I need help here" I would try to come and help, because that is what I would do for all my friends.
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RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
Yes but....,
they have the power. You may think that you are not giving it to them, but your thread is witness to the fact that they do still have it.
A trip to see them could work out either way then - either you go, they do the song and dance you are afraid of, and you find that it doesn't affect you much and you have actually taken the power back. That would be great, it would be most liberating.
Or, you go and it still drives you nuts, and you find their power to make you miserable is firmly in place.
Do you know which would happen?
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RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
I'm sorry to see your life of trouble with the family such as it is.
In your place I wouldn't try to contact the family or even think of meeting them again. My asocial brain wouldn't understand why possibly they'd want to meet me, much less for a good reason. I need very good (specific) reasons to meet people, because just being social is not enough of a reason for me.
I think you should test the waters a bit, with a webcam and Skype. Talk to your mom, check her out if she's all right and find out how the rest of your family is doing. If that isn't too much on your feelings already.
If you ever visit your family personally, make sure you don't visit them alone and try to keep a backup plan for any crisis or sudden need of leaving. Shortly said, keep the power over yourself.
It might be heartless to say, but specially watch out for signs of alcohol and possible money-related overtones in the talk of your family members on Skype. Sorry, but both my brothers have girlfriends from alcoholic families and there's more such families around.
And of course, look out for them again telling you what to do. If they fall into that habit, try to point that out to them, if they're so smart, why aren't they well off just like you? (a bad idea probably)
Again, I might sound a little heartless here, but so far I lived thinking I had a perfect family and well, turns out that I had not. It was more painful, I believe, than a death in the family. Death is clean, it doesn't make people assholes. The things we do to each other when alive...
The lesson to learn here is that sometimes you need to defend yourself even from family members, be it separation of property and finances, a place to live, contact or feelings. It is your first duty to take care of yourself - and theirs too. If they can't keep up the job, it's not your duty to fix them, certainly not at the expense of you, your husband and others.
29-08-2012, 01:08 PM (This post was last modified: 29-08-2012 02:27 PM by Logica Humano.)
RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
(28-08-2012 05:38 PM)Leela Wrote: I don't know why my brothers feel the way they do, I haven't spoken to them in years. And before that it was only stressful, never family like. Only recently one of my brothers found me on facebook and still, he complains a lot but if I ask what's the matter, he won't tell, so I don't ask anymore.
They could be feeling the same pain as you, but that is the only way they learned express it. There could be a million variables as to why they are acting that way towards you, and most of them have nothing to do with you, specifically. Men, especially, are conditioned by society to bottle their emotions up.
(28-08-2012 05:38 PM)Leela Wrote: My father, he tried to be physically abusive towards my mom but when he did the second time, she had a knife and told him if he doesn't leave now, she will stab him. So he left. For a short time he had my brothers for care, and he would beat them up all the time, with a belt, or made them go and get the bamboo stick and he would beat them with that... cruel arse... Not forgivable. Not sure if he understands how big his part was in fucking up this family.
Hm. Perhaps he doesn't.
(28-08-2012 05:38 PM)Leela Wrote: They say they just want to see me. But they can say a lot. It always turned out in them telling me what to do and how to live my life.
Don't feel sorry, you had nothing to do with it. It is uncomfortable, but I have to move on. If they are willing to talk, I will talk, but until then, they can bite the dust. I know you will be far better than what you and I both have dealt with.
(28-08-2012 05:38 PM)Leela Wrote: We are here to talk about everyone in similar situations, so it is absolutely fine if you tell your story, no worries!I prefer to avoid my problems, but thanks for the concern.
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RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
(29-08-2012 04:11 AM)Leela Wrote: @AViegarein: I am sorry you had to go through that. I hope you are happy-ish with the solution you found to deal. If your mother would really split/divorce, would you take her in for some time in case your father kicks her out for it?
Thanks, I can't say that my way of dealing with my family has been great, but it is manageable. I am normally not very social and I don't have many friends so shutting out any number of people does hurt, however trying to keep a relationship with someone like my father hurts much more. Since my divorce and my mom and her mom's support for school I have: Quit my crappy job and got one that like better, organized my finiances so now I have some savings again, and I start school next week (there goes that savings ).
As for my mother, she thankfully she has a job that if she needed a place to stay there is a room available for her. If I wan't living with my friend in his shithole of a house I would totally have my mom live with me, but I think she's going to be the one saving me from my living situation. She actually was kicked out of the apartment when they were living in Arizona, so she rented a semi packed what she could get and drove back up here (Nebraska). She had something setup, and she had the divorce paperwork ready to go, but she choose to go back.
I appreciate your sympathy, and I hope you find what's best for you and your family. Every situation is unique and there is no way to make everyone happy, just focus on your happiness; because in the end you are only responsible for your happiness not anyone elses. And I know I don't speak for anyone but myself (and I'm still fairly new here), but I feel whatever happens you have friends here
RE: Dealing with crappy family? How?
@Dom, maybe you are right... And there goes my learning to say "no" again... Not as easy as one might think.
@Luminon, we tried the Skype thing, doesn't work out well. About Alcohol, my mom is not alcoholic or a druggy. She has her joint every now and again, which is fine by my standards, and that is it, nothing else.
@Logica Humano *huggy*
@AViegarein, that sounds pretty good, I think You seem to have found a good way, and I'm very happy for you.
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