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This cinnamon-spiced coffee cake is an instant classic! Enjoy a piece with a cup o' joe. Or not. Either way, it's AMAZING. Ingredients: Crumb Topping 1/4 cup Fiber One Original bran cereal 3 tbsp. old-fashioned oats 3 tbsp. brown sugar (not packed) 2 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated) 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown) Cake 1 cup whole-wheat flour 1/2 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated) 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) 1/2 cup club soda 1/3 cup low-fat buttermilk 1/4 cup no-sugar-added applesauce 1 tsp. vanilla extract Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8" X 8" baking pan with nonstick spray. To make the crumb topping, place cereal in a sealable plastic bag. Seal bag, and finely crush cereal with a meat mallet or other heavy utensil. Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl. Add all other topping ingredients to the bowl except butter, and mix well. Add butter, and mash and stir until uniform. To make the cake, in a large bowl, combine whole-wheat flour, Splenda, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk thoroughly. In a medium-large bowl, combine egg substitute, club soda, buttermilk, applesauce, and vanilla extract. Whisk until uniform. Add mixture to the large bowl, and whisk until uniform. Pour cake batter into the baking pan. Sprinkle evenly with crumb topping. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 - 35 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes. Slice into squares, and eat! MAKES 9 SERVINGS
Serving Size: 1 square (1/9th of recipe) Calories: 114 Fat: 1.5g Sodium: 248mg Carbs: 21g Fiber: 3g Sugars: 4g Protein: 4g PointsPlus® value 3*
HG Alternative: Swap out the Splenda for the same amount of granulated white sugar, and each serving will have 161 calories, 33.5g carbs, and 18g sugars (PointsPlus® value 4*).
We have a litany of complaints when it comes to conventional coffee crumb cake, and we recently sat down to air our grievances. "The portion size is too small for the calorie count," said one. Another chimed in, "There's not enough fiber." A third exclaimed, "There's too much fat!" The group murmured in agreement as more good points were made. Finally, the most important note of all came up: "It's delicious and just too hard to resist!" That's when we knew we needed to create a coffee crumb cake that addressed our various issues. Well, we're happy to say, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Our cake has a calorie count that's perfectly appropriate for its size (which isn't too shabby, by the way!), it's got an impressive 3g fiber per serving, and the number of fat grams is blissfully low. It's still delicious and hard to resist... That part we couldn't change. But given its guilt-free status, there's no need to resist. Hooray!!!
Serving Size: 1 square Calories: 378 Fat: 16g Sodium: 313mg Carbs: 54g Fiber: 0.5g Sugars: 32g Protein: 4.5g PointsPlus® value 10*
It's April 9th, National Chinese Almond Cookie Day. The almond cookies at Chinese restaurants typically have about 80 calories and 4.5g fat each. Not bad, but we prefer fortune cookies, which are fat-free with only around 30 calories each! Click here for more Chinese food 411.
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The BBA's Public Service blog, Beyond the Billable is your one stop shop for everything Public Service at the BBA. Check it out here.
Underscoring its long-standing support for marriage
equality, the Boston Bar Association has announced its role as a signatory in
amicus briefs in two cases now before the Supreme Court of the United States:
States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth
v. Perry. In both
instances the BBA has joined a coalition of bar associations and civil and human
rights groups, and public interest and legal services
While dozens of amicus briefs have been filed
in both cases, each offers its own perspective. In the case of the BBA, the
briefs it signed urge the Court to "hold that sexual orientation classifications
are subject to heightened scrutiny."
In both briefs, the amici urge the
Court to presume the "unequal treatment is based on deep-seated prejudice or
baseless stereotypes and requires a more searching review of the actual grounds
for the discrimination to prevent governments from justifying it with post hoc
The briefs were drafted on behalf of the coalition by
Jonathan S. Franklin of Fulbright & Jaworski's office in Washington, D.C.
The Boston Bar Association's support for marriage equality dates back to
2002 when it filed an amicus brief in Goodridge, the Massachusetts case
which resulted in the MA Supreme Judicial Court overturning the prohibition

subset: commoncrawl


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Axemedia necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
Logo for home designer/architectural designer. Website is being redesigned and a fresh new logo needed. This logo will inspire and influence the new site design.
Website name: originalhomedesigns.com
Desired Color Scheme:
browns, tans, sepia (but we are flexiable)
Desired Style:
modern, clean, classic, not too weby
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Would like a modern yet slightly conservative look. Perhaps use architectural trim and molding type elements in the logo but nothing too ornate. Modern not Victorian.
*Do not even think of just using an outline of a house roof like every real estate website in existence does!
Colors and everything else are up to you. But we do like brown, tan and sepia tones.
What is the business about: The designer designs the look of the home, specifies materials and develops plans for the builders to follow. Also acts as the home owners representative when discussing options and potential changes to the design with the builder.
New logo may also be used for print (business cards, etc.) in future. So design should not be too web 2.0ish.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Official repression in Cuba remained the most intense in the hemisphere. Although the last of the 29 independent journalists imprisoned in the 2003 Black Spring crackdown was released in April, the government's restrictive practices persisted. Official censorship was codified in law and closely enforced. The government persecuted critical journalists with arbitrary arrests, short-term detentions, beatings, smear campaigns, surveillance, and social sanctions. Despite the island nation's low Internet penetration, the battle for free expression was being waged almost entirely online. The government enlisted a legion of official bloggers to counteract a vibrant independent blogosphere. A fiber-optic cable project would enable the introduction of high-speed Internet. The launch of broadband service, which faced delays in 2011, would improve the island's government-approved Internet connections, but would not extend connectivity to the general public.
Intense international advocacy efforts and long-term negotiations led by the Catholic Church and the Spanish government resulted in the release of the last journalist jailed in the Black Spring crackdown, CPJ research shows.
CPJ research found that Cuba and Iran led the list of countries from which journalists were forced to leave in 2010-11. Most of the Black Spring detainees were sent to Spain as a condition of their release from prison.
Life in exile has been marked by economic and professional challenges for the exiled Cuban journalists.
1. Cuba (18)
1. Iran (18)
3. Eritrea (5)
3. Ethiopia (5)
5. Somalia (3)
5. Democratic Republic of Congo (3)
5. Pakistan (3)
CPJ research found that independent journalists were regularly harassed, obstructed, and detained in March and April 2011, a period with two sensitive political milestones.
The actions prevented these reporters from covering the Communist Party Congress in April and the eighth anniversary in March of the Black Spring crackdown.
Penetration remained relatively low, with the International Telecommunication Union estimating about 1.5 million users. Internet connections are mostly in government offices, universities, and other officially approved locations.
The government estimated that it had enlisted 1,000 bloggers to promote official views and denounce critical journalists. Many official bloggers were government employees, and all enjoyed easy, low-cost access to official Internet connections, CPJ research shows.


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If you frequently doze off during the day, low vitamin D could be a culprit. A recent study found that people who are chronically tired tend to have lower levels of D than those who experience only infrequent or mild daytime fatigue – and many Americans are low in the essential vitamin. Dr. David McCarty, lead study author and professor of sleep medicine at Louisiana State University Health, says running short on vitamin D may make it more likely you'll develop a sleep disorder, like insomnia or sleep apnea. But, he says, further research is needed to figure out whether taking a simple supplement could help. In the meantime, if you do get excessively tired during the day, you may want to try supplementing to see if it helps or load up on the few foods high in the vitamin, such as salmon and eggs.
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Image: Michael McRae
In sociobiology,
Why I love you and you love me—
Which anyone can plainly see—
Is mostly in our genes.
No, not the ones you buy in stores,
But what a scientist explores--
I like the way you look in yours,
And you know what that means.
What subtly-coded stimulus
Takes you and me, and makes us "us"
And makes us feel 'twas ever thus?
The list of suspects narrows.
No longer are we all a-shiver
From some Cupid with a quiver
Out of which he might deliver
Fusillades of Eros.
Nor Dopamine, nor Serotonin
Tell us why our hearts are moanin'
Though they serve to help us hone in
On–not why, but how;
The parasympathetic blush,
Adrenaline to bring a rush,
Are how, not why, I've got a crush
On you, my darling, now.
But if old Charles Darwin's right,
The reason that the merest sight
Of you will always give delight
Is…reproductive fitness.
Throughout our species' family tree,
Producing proper progeny
Is what determined you and me
And Darwin was the witness.
Is thinking that you're oh so sweet
And how you'll make my life complete
Some trick to make our gametes meet?
It seems it may be so.
I feel the way I feel today
Because some bit of DNA
Sees your genetics on display
And wants to say "hello."
But think of this, for what it's worth:
Millennia before my birth
That DNA had roamed the earth,
In residents thereof;
The neat thing is, it's really true,
The feeling that I have for you
Although, of course, it feels brand-new
Is truly ageless love.
As I said before, I'm re-posting some of my favorites (and yours, if you let me know which ones) during this kinda sorta Fall Fundraiser Drive (tip jar over there on the right).
This one has been reprinted in last year's "The Open Laboratory", and gets tons of hits every February, for some reason. Sadly, it has not yet shown up in the Hallmark aisle at the local drugstore.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Cuttlefish Classic: The Evolutionary Biology Valentine's Day Poem
Posted by Cuttlefish at 7:20 PM
Labels: love


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Most equipment, boots, clothing, shoes, mattresses are available for purchase and hire in Kathmandu, with the exception of good high altitude handwear. We allow extra time for our leaders to check your equipment in Kathmandu. If you need additional items, we allow time for shopping and have staff and members to show you where the shops are.
Here is some information on Kathmandu equipment prices:
Prices for hiring are the same as purchasing used equipment, seen below in Nepalese Rupees (Rs), at the lowest range of the used prices. $1 USD = 75 rupees (as of 2011)
Here is a partial list for those desiring to contact Nepalese manufacturers:
Gauri Shankar Shop - Kathmandu - (For hardwear like Millet Everest Onesport boots, plastic boots, trekking boots, ice axes, crampons, ascenders, helmets, and harnesses and hiring ) - contact SummitClimb's Kathmandu offfice to check availability: email@example.com . Thank you very much
For soft goods like down jackets trousers and suits, we have used two shops:
1. Shona's Shop in Thamel: e-mail: email@example.com , phone:
2. Everest Hardwear shop in Thamel.
e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
tel 4230399
mobile 98510 45706
There are so many shops in Kathmandu, you will find almost everything you need, except good mittens and gloves.
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Now that Bonnie the Golden Retriever is over 7 years old, she is classed as a senior pet. It is important from now on that Bonnie's parents take extra steps to ensure we can prolong and enhance her quality of life. In human years Bonnie would now be equivalent to a 60 year old human, and as we all know at that age we all become a little more fragile and require more regular health checks by our doctor.
As our pets age, it is important to make sure we conduct regular and thorough health check-ups at our veterinary clinic.
Age Busters - Eight tips on how to keep your senior pet looking and feeling great!
- Regular health check-ups - just as senior citizens have regular check-ups and tests, it's important for your pet too. We recommend Bonnie has a check-up every six months.
- Healthy teeth - healthy inside! Keep your pet's teeth and gums clean.
- Love and time - your pet is changing, they many not hear or see you like they used to, so give them your patience and attention.
- Formulated diet - especially for seniors without the extra calories. Help your pet to maintain a healthy weight as there are various senior pet problems relating to obesity.
- Watch, be observant! - if your pet changes in appearance, behaviour or appetite, this may be a sign of illness. Make sure you let your veterinarian know immediately.
- Let's get physical - maintain a regular exercise program that your pet can manage.
- Environment - prevent the stress of aging and look out for suitable modifications that can be made to your pets living quarters to make life easier.
- Creatures of habit - older pets love routine, if possible try not to change their daily schedule.
Watching them grow old
It is believed by many cat and dog owners that as our pets get older they don't require routine preventative health measures, such as vaccinations, as often anymore. People generally think that because they have had these treatments so many times over their life their immunity will be stronger. This unfortunately is an old wives tale. As our pets age, their immune system begins to decline, therefore making preventative health measures more important.
The most common ageing conditions we see in our cats and dogs are :-
- Dental Disease
- Arthritis
- Obesity
- Tumors (lumps and bumps)
- Renal Disease (Kidney Disease)
- Diabetes
- High Blood Pressure
- Cardiac Insufficiency (Heart)
- Hyperthyroidism in cats (Overactive Thyroid)
- Hypothyroidism in dogs (Under active Thyroid)
Bonnie's conclusion
Earlier this year Bonnie had her senior health check. The veterinarians conducted a blood test to check her internal organs. They listened to her heart and they checked her over from nose to tail for anything abnormal. The veterinarian also took her blood pressure. It was found that Bonnie had two lumps, some tartar on her teeth and was suffering quite badly from arthritis.
Bonnie's blood test was normal which was a relief. Bonnie was admitted to hospital for a general anaesthetic, her two lumps were surgically removed and sent to the lab for biopsy. She had her teeth cleaned and the veterinarian x-rayed her legs and hips to check the severity of her arthritis.
Her lump results came back from the pathologist all clear, nothing nasty. Her breath now smells much better and she is on monthly injections for her arthritis as well as a special dry food. Bonnie is also having a blend of green lipped muscle and shark cartilage powder designed to help arthritis in cats and dogs.
Bonnie's parents are much happier and so is she. The family can now enjoy regular walks without Bonnie getting sore and she is no longer struggling to get up after sitting or lying down.
So why not book your senior pet in for a senior health check.


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Team Ireland will be involved in the first National Olympic Committee Open Days for Tokyo 2020 ( 3rd – 5th Feb 2017).
OCI will be represented by CEO and double olympic medallist Stephen Martin and he will be joined by colleagues from 13 countries including Australia, Netherlands Brasil, Canada, New Zealand and hosts Japan NOC.
They will be briefed by Tokyo 2020 staff in key functional areas and orientated to the Games infrastructural and operational environment. A training camp seminar will also be a key component of the schedule.
Fifty-six years after having organised the Olympic Games, the Japanese capital will be hosting a Summer edition for the second time, from 24 July to 9 August 2020. The Games in 1964 radically transformed the country. According to the organisers of the event in 2020, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era will be "the most innovative ever organised, and will rest on three fundamental principles to transform the world: striving for your personal best (achieving your personal best); accepting one another (unity in diversity); and passing on a legacy for the future (connecting to tomorrow)".
Aligning with the reforms advocated by Olympic Agenda 2020, the Tokyo Games will use as many existing competition venues as possible, namely those built for the Games in 1964, such as the prestigious Nippon Budokkan for judo, the Baji Koen Park for equestrian events, and the Yoyogi National Gymnasium for handball. The Tokyo National Stadium, where the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics competitions will be staged, will be completely revamped and replaced by a new arena.
Japan has been an Olympic land since the Summer Games of 1964, which were the first to be staged in Asia. In 2020, the country will host its fourth Games, if we include the Winter Games of 1972 in Sapporo and of 1998 in Nagano.
On September 7, 2013, the International Olympic Committee awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.
Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul's 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been eliminated in the first round after losing a tie-breaker with Istanbul. Tokyo, which also bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, previously hosted the Games in 1964.
"Congratulations to the city of Tokyo on its election as host of the 2020 Olympic Games," said IOC President Jacques Rogge.. "Tokyo presented a very strong technical bid from the outset – and it needed to in competition with two such high-calibre bids from Istanbul and Madrid. All three cities were capable of staging excellent Games in 2020, but in the end it was Tokyo's bid that resonated the most with the IOC membership, inviting us to "discover tomorrow" by delivering a well-organised and safe Games that will reinforce the Olympic values while demonstrating the benefits of sport to a new generation."
Round 1
Tokyo: 42
Istanbul: 26
Madrid: 26
Round 1 tie-breaker
Istanbul: 49
Madrid: 45
Round 2
Tokyo: 60
Istanbul: 36


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Canmake is a drugstore/high street (whatever you want to call it) level cosmetic brand from Japan. Think Collection 2000. But much, much better and more innovative for the price!
I purchased this eyeshadow base, because I am a sucker for primers of any kind.
They say:
A creamy eyeshadow base enhances colour payoff and prevents unsightly creases for eye makeup that stays vibrant and fresh even well into the night.
Moist formula quickly turns to powder after blending on lid, improving eyeshadow adhesion for longer lasting colour that stays put regardless of sweat and extreme humidity. Pat and blend on lid before applying eyeshadow.
The texture is really interesting. What this primer has is a slightly oily, hydrating texture which is odd – it looks like it's going to be thick and dry and it isn't:
The added benefit of this primer is that it works as a concealer too – this means it will cover up redness, fine hairs and veins. It spreads nicely, it blends in nicely and leaves a really lovely, even base.
Without a doubt this product improves colour pay off and because I like to apply the shadow quickly on top, it really seems to adhere (I like slightly oily primers because of this).
It leaves a bit of a pale cast on my skin – makes no difference to me because I go over it with eyeshadow or I can just use it on the lid only. If you are dark skinned you may not like the pale cast it leaves on the skin.
Where does this rate as far as eyeshadow primers go? I like this less than Michael Todd but more than Gosh Eyeshadow Sticks and Lancome Ombre Perfecter.
Basically if you can get this at retail price, then it's a good primer (I paid about £9 for this and that is seriously marked up). It improves colour pay off, it improves durability quite a lot but it doesn't leave you crease free for the WHOLE DAY. More like half a day.
I still like it more than UDPP though – I think that's a bit old school now – so I would recommend this but I'm not saying it's the best primer I've ever used. I bought this from eBay.


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The Shangri-La Supplier Code of Conduct ("the Code") requires suppliers to provide safe and healthy working conditions, use fair hiring practices, treat their workers and employees with dignity and respect, and adhere to environmentally responsible practices in manufacturing. To that end, the Code incorporates international best practices in the areas of Labour and Human Rights, Health and Safety, Environmental Impact, Ethics and Management Commitment.
In doing business with Shangri-La, all our suppliers and their designated manufacturing facilities must comply fully with all applicable national, state or local laws and regulations including, but not limited to, those relating to labour and employment, immigration, health and safety, intellectual property, corruption and the environment.
Our suppliers should be able to demonstrate employment that is purely voluntary.
Shangri-La adopts a zero tolerance policy on indentured labour, trafficking, slavery or child labour.
Suppliers must provide its workers and employees with reasonable working hours and proper rest days as may be required by law.
Suppliers must implement hiring practices that accurately verify worker's age and legal right to work in the country prior to employment. All terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, pay, training, promotion, termination, and retirement must be based on an individual's ability and willingness to do the job.
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Workers and employees must be allowed the right to join associations and trade unions if required by law.
Suppliers must provide its workers and employees with a safe and healthy work place that (i) has in place adequate fire and life safety measures, systems, and equipment; (ii) is free of harmful pollution, toxic material and waste; (iii) has in place measures to prevent accidents and injury at work; and (iv) has adequate emergency preparedness and responses as may be required by law.
Suppliers must take proactive measures to prevent workplace hazards and accidents.
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Suppliers shall not engage in any activities which infringe the intellectual property rights of Shangri-La. The use of any Shangri-La intellectual property including trademarks and/or any copyright materials is strictly prohibited unless written consent/ authorization has been obtained from Shangri-La.
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However, the Company is committed to conducting all business without undue influence. The Code requires us to exercise good judgment and practice moderation in giving and receiving business gifts and entertainment.
We will respectfully decline entertainment, gifts or other benefits (which are lavish, excessive or expensive) that could in any way be construed as, or give the appearance of, attempting to influence business decisions in favour of any person or organization with whom the Group may have business dealings.
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Shangri-La is committed to abiding by all laws and regulations or if necessary exceeding them to prevent bribery and corruption wherever we do business.
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Suppliers are responsible for communicating the requirement of the Code to their employees. The Code should be made freely available to employees in their local language and in a readily accessible place.
Suppliers must maintain records of all relevant documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with the Code and related laws and regulations, and where requested should agree to make these documents available for us or our designated auditor as evidence of compliance. Where appropriate, suppliers may be asked to permit inspections to have complete access to their workplaces, sites and facilities for verification purposes in line with the Code.
Suppliers must respect the human rights of the communities in which they operate. Suppliers must strive to improve the communities in which they operate.
Violations of Shangri-La standard can be reported confidentially in a local language. If you have knowledge that any of these standards are being violated, you are encouraged to report the issue. Contact methods are listed below:
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Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 [Auburn (NY): Derby and Miller, 1853.
Summary by Patrick E. Horn: Twelve Years a Slave:Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 -- Solomon Northup was born a free man in Minerva, New York, in 1808. Little is known about his mother, whom his narrative does not identify by name. His father, Mintus, was originally enslaved to the Northup family from Rhode Island, but he was freed after the family moved to New York. As a young man, Northup helped his father with farming chores and worked as a raftsman on the waterways of upstate New York. He married Anne Hampton, a woman of mixed (black, white, and Native American) ancestry, on Christmas Day, 1829. They had three children together. During the 1830s, Northup became locally renowned as an excellent fiddle-player. In 1841, two men offered Northup generous wages to join a traveling musical show, but soon after he accepted, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. He was subsequently sold at auction in New Orleans. Northup served a number of masters—some brutally cruel and others whose humanity he praised. After years of bondage, he came into contact with an outspoken abolitionist from Canada, who sent letters to notify Northup's family of his whereabouts. An official state agent was sent to Louisiana to reclaim Northup, and he was successful through a number of coincidences. After he was freed, Northup filed kidnapping charges against the men who had defrauded him, but the lengthy trial that followed was ultimately dropped because of legal technicalities, and he received no remuneration. Little is known about Northup's life after the trial, but he is believed to have died in 1863.
SCENE IN THE SLAVE PEN AT WASHINGTON. (44a)
Twelve Years a Slave was recorded by David Wilson, a white lawyer and legislator from New York who claimed to have presented "a faithful history of Solomon Northup's life, as [I] received it from his lips" (p. xv). Dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe and introduced as "another Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," Northup's book was published in 1853, less than a year after his liberation. It sold over thirty thousand copies. It is therefore not only one of the longest North American slave narratives, but also one of the best-selling.
The first two chapters of Twelve Years a Slave relate the Northup family history, Solomon's marriage to Anne, his employment as a raftsman, a farmer, and a fiddle-player, and his abduction. Promised "one dollar for each day's services" and three dollars for every show that he played, Northup travels willingly with the two con artists to New York City and then to Washington, D.C. (p. 30). Their ruse is thorough: the men perform a vaudeville show of sorts in Albany, and they convince Northup to obtain "free papers" before leaving New York. However, once in Washington, the men offer him a drink that causes him to become "insensible," and when Northup awakens, he is "alone, in utter darkness, and in chains" (p. 38). The narrative expresses his amazement at discovering "a slave pen within the very shadow of the Capitol!" (p. 43).
Northup is sold to the notorious Washington-based slave trader James H. Burch, who brutally whips him for protesting that he is a free man. While in the slave pen, he makes the acquaintance of several other slaves, including Eliza, whose sad history he relates in detail (pp. 50-54). The slaves are handcuffed and transported together via cars and steamboats to Richmond and then to New Orleans. Their experience aboard the steamboat is a miserable one: "sea-sickness rendered the place of our confinement loathsome and disgusting" (p. 68). Northup plans a mutiny with two of his fellow slaves, but the plan is foiled when one of them contracts smallpox and dies (pp. 69-72). Northup and the rest of "Burch's gang" are delivered to Theophilus Freeman, a New Orleans slave trader who informs Northup that his new name is "Platt" (p. 75).
After surviving a bout of smallpox, Northup and Eliza are purchased by a Baptist preacher named William Ford. Touched by Eliza's pleas, Ford attempts to purchase her young daughter Emily as well, but Freeman refuses to sell her. Ford proves to be a kind master; Northup writes that "there never was a more kind, noble, candid, Christian man" (p. 90). Ford's plantation is located several hundred miles northwest of New Orleans, in the Great Pine Woods along Louisiana's Red River. Northup is put to work stacking and chopping logs at Ford's lumber mill, and he decides to reward his master's kindness. Realizing that Ford ships his lumber by land at great expense, Northup devises a set of rafts to deliver them by canal, greatly increasing Ford's profits. "I was the Fulton of Indian Creek," he recalls (p. 99). He also builds a loom for the plantation that "worked so well, I was continued in the employment of making looms" (p. 103).
Despite (or perhaps because of) his value as a laborer and de facto engineer, Northup is sold in the winter of 1842 to John Tibeats, a "quick-tempered" carpenter to whom Ford had become indebted (p. 103). Unlike Ford, Tibeats is "never satisfied," though he works his slaves "from earliest dawn until late at night" (p. 107). When Tibeats attempts to whip Northup for a dubious offense, Northup fights back, and with his foot on the master's neck, he whips Tibeats "until my right arm ached" (p. 111). When Tibeats and two associates attempt to lynch Northup, a kindly overseer (armed with pistols) intervenes and saves his life. Because he had not yet paid Ford the full amount for Northup, Tibeats is compelled to spare him for a time. Later, when he attacks Northup with a hatchet, the slave again bests the master, and this time he flees from the plantation, chased by hounds. Northup escapes by running and swimming through the "Great Pacoudrie Swamp," evading water moccasins and alligators (p. 139). He makes his way back to Ford's plantation, where he is protected from harm.
Persuaded by William Ford that killing Northup will only bring him the condemnation of his peers as well as financial loss, Tibeats hires Northup out to cut sugarcane in the "Big Cane Break" farther down the Red River. Around this time, Northup learns that Eliza has died of malnourishment and grief at the loss of her daughter (pp. 159-160). Soon afterwards, Tibeats sells Northup to Edwin Epps, a "repulsive and coarse" cotton planter whom Northup describes as being devoid of any redeeming qualities.(p. 162).
SCENE IN THE COTTON FIELD, SOLOMON DELIVERED UP (Facing page 304)
The second half of Northup's narrative is chiefly devoted to describing life on a cotton plantation. He provides detailed descriptions of the processes of planting, cultivating, and picking cotton (pp. 163-168), character sketches of his fellow slaves (pp. 185-190), and gradations of punishment for various offenses (pp. 179-180). As he was periodically hired out to sugar plantations as well, Northup describes the methods of planting, harvesting, and processing the cane in similar detail (pp. 208-213). Though his account reveals the misery and despair of field slaves, like many other slave narratives, it also reflects the wry humor with which Northup endured his situation. For example, in describing the meager rations allotted for each week's subsistence, he quips that "no slave of [Edwin Epps's] is ever likely to suffer from the gout, superinduced by excessive high living" (p. 169). Likewise, he begins his description of slave huts by stating that "the softest couches in the world are not to be found in the log mansion of the slave" (p. 170). Ironic metaphors and understatements such as these render Northup's account all the more compelling, leavening the extent of his degradation with a wry and persistent sense of humor.
Twelve Years a Slave occasionally ventures into nature writing and ethnography, as Northup describes southern flora, fauna, and culture from the perspective of a northern traveler. Narrating his relocation to work as a cane-clearer after his fights with Tibeats, Northup writes, "we were now in the midst of trees of enormous growth, whose wide-spreading branches almost shut out the light of the sun . . . The bay and the sycamore, the oak and the cypress, reach a growth unparalleled, in those fertile lowlands" (pp. 154-155). Northup seems to find the talk and behavior of Southerners equally interesting; he frequently quotes and explains colloquialisms, such as the verbs "allowed" (p. 153) and "toted" (p. 167). Remarkably, he compliments some aspects of (white) southern life: "whatever their faults may be, it is certain the inhabitants [of] the interior of Louisiana are not wanting in hospitality" (p. 159). He also repeatedly notes the abilities of female slaves in a manner that suggests a sort of proto-feminist sensibility. Northup praises the "lumberwomen" with whom he clears cane as "excellent choppers" who were "equal to any man" at piling logs (p. 156). On the cotton plantation, he observes that women plow the fields and tend their animals "precisely as do the ploughboys of the North" (p. 164). When it comes to picking cotton, Patsey is "queen of the field," for her fingers possess a "lightning-quick motion"—the very dexterity that Northup lacks (p. 188). Whether his subject is the Southern landscape or the Southerners themselves, Northup frequently writes with the bemused curiosity of an intellectual tourist.
Northup's first attempt to write a letter home—with a duck feather and ink that he produced from white maple bark—is thwarted when the white field-laborer in whom he confides exposes the plan to Edwin Epps. However, Northup had been savvy enough to request the favor without entrusting the letter, so he is able to deny the allegation and convince his master that it is spurious. Later, he meets a Canadian carpenter (and outspoken abolitionist) named Mr. Bass, who agrees to mail several letters for him. Both men realize the significance of the act: Northup notes that "my previous ill-fortune had taught me to be extremely cautious," and Bass advises him on "the great necessity of strict silence and secrecy" (p. 269, p. 271). Indeed, the letters that Bass writes for Northup inform the recipients that "he that is writing for me runs the risk of his life if detected" (p. 275). After a lengthy delay that causes Northup to despair of ever being rescued, he is found and liberated by Henry B. Northup, a member of the same white family that his father had served years before. Northup later learns the causes for the delay: first, his wife had to prove to the Governor of New York (Washington Hunt) that Solomon was a free man who had been abducted; next, Governor Hunt had appointed Henry Northup as an official state agent to rescue Solomon; Henry Northup had then negotiated with former Louisiana Senator Pierre Soulé, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Nelson, and Charles M. Conrad, U.S. Secretary of War, to provide federal support for his mission (pp. 290-292). Even after all of these careful arrangements, Henry Northup still struggled to locate Solomon, because no one in Louisiana knew him by his real name. It was only a chance encounter with the carpenter Bass that revealed Solomon's location—and that he was now called "Platt" (p. 298). With this knowledge and the help of a sympathetic sheriff, Henry Northup was able to rescue Solomon Northup. The final chapter outlines the legal proceedings that followed—in New Orleans, where the men received a legal pass to leave the state; in Charleston, South Carolina, where Henry was challenged by customs officials for not "registering" Solomon as a servant; and in Washington, where the two filed charges against Solomon's former captors (pp. 310-319). The narrative concludes with Solomon's reunion with Anne, his daughters, and a grandson whom he had never met. The child's name was Solomon Northup Staunton (p. 320). Patrick E. Horn[source: Documenting The American South]
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE by Solomon Northup -- Audiobook


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Is it a blue? a white? a green? It's sort of a bit of each mixed into a sheer, glowy gloss.
Blue gloss is supposed to make your teeth look whiter, ok!?This one is sheer enough not to be scary. It's clear with blue, green, pink pearl shot through it. It's icy without being too frosty:
It's sparklier in real life. Do I like it? It's not bad. It's not as sparkly as Mac Dazzleglass, which the chav in me just adores, but it's not as 3D as a good old Chanel Levres Scintillantes…
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Popular hitting coach returns to Rookie-level Arizona after two-year cancer fight
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers' Minor League staffing assignments, unveiled Monday, include new managers at their top two affiliates and the return to full-time duty of popular hitting coach Al LeBoeuf, who spent most of the past two seasons fighting cancer.
LeBoeuf, 54, will serve on the Rookie-level Arizona Brewers' staff. He was the hitting coach at Triple-A Nashville in May 2012, when, during an off-day on the golf course, he began experiencing cramping in his calves. The seemingly innocuous nuisance turned out to be serious: a rare and potentially fatal neurological disorder called POEMS syndrome that was caused by a cancerous spot on his left hip.
When LeBoeuf discussed his condition with MLB.com last spring, he was one of about 200 such cases in the world.
"Two hundred and one with me," he said at the time. "What it does, it 'unwraps' the nerves that are usually wrapped tight, and everything goes numb."
If untreated, POEMS syndrome can be fatal because it spreads through the body to vital organs. LeBoeuf's condition was contained just below his knees, and also affected his left thumb.
He eventually had to leave coaching and was confined to a wheelchair at home in Tampa, Fla., tended to by his wife Laura and son Mac. In September, he stood for the first time in weeks. By the time the Brewers reported for Spring Training, LeBoeuf was able to amble around with crutches on his arms and braces on his legs. By season's end, he was walking with a cane.
Now, he is back to work on a full-time basis. LeBoeuf will work with in Arizona with manager Nestor Corredor, pitching coach Steve Cline and athletic trainer Greg Barajas.
At the other affiliates:
• Triple-A Nashville's staff, as previously announced by that club, will be led by organizational newcomer Rick Sweet, a 24-year veteran of Minor League managing with a 1,588-1,520 career record. The rest of the Sounds' staff returns intact, including hitting coach Bob Skube, pitching coach Fred Dabney, athletic trainer Aaron Hoback and strength and conditioning specialist Andrew Emmick.
• Double-A Huntsville also has a new manager in Carlos Subero, who has managed 13 Minor League seasons, including the last five in the Dodgers organization. Last season, he led Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga to the California League playoffs. Pitching coach Chris Hook, hitting coach Sandy Guerrero, athletic trainer Steve Patera and strength and conditioning specialist Nate Dine round out the staff for the Stars, who will play their final season in Huntsville, Ala., before moving to Biloxi, Miss., for the 2015 season.
• The Class A Advanced Brevard County Manatees will be led by third-year manager Joe Ayrault, with two new coaches. Pitching coach Dave Chavarria spent the previous two seasons in the same role at Class A Wisconsin, and coach Reggie Williams previously served as roving outfield and baserunning coordinator for the past four seasons. Another coach, Ned Yost IV, is back for his third season at Brevard County, and athletic trainer Tommy Craig and strength and conditioning specialist Jonah Mergen also return.
• Appleton, Wis., Native Matt Erickson is back for his fourth season as manager of his hometown Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and will work with new pitching coach Elvin Nina and new coaches Chuckie Caufield and Kenny Dominguez. Nina and Caufield coached at Helena in 2013 and Dominguez coached at Huntsville last season. Jeff Paxson returns for his fifth season as athletic trainer at Wisconsin and his 21st season in the organization. Mike Hoffman is in his first season as strength and conditioning specialist.
• At Rookie-level Helena, 2013 Pioneer League Manager of the Year Tony Diggs returns as manager with a new pitching coach in Rolando Valles, a former Minor League pitcher who spent six seasons as the Brewers' Latin liaison. Former Brewers outfielder Jason Dubois joins the staff as a coach following a season in the same position with Rookie-level Arizona. Luke Greene enters his first season as athletic trainer and Tim Gifford joins Helena's staff as strength and conditioning coordinator.
• The entire staff of the Rookie Dominican Summer League Brewers is returning intact, including manager Jose Pena, pitching coach Jose Nunez, assistant pitching coach Geraldo Obispo and coaches Luis De Los Santos, Victor Estevez and Joan Abreu. Athletic trainer Adrian Ramonand strength and conditioning coordinator Russell McCarthy also return.
• Also, the Brewers have hired former big league outfielder Jeremy Reed to serve as Minor League hitting coordinator, and have added Mark Dewey as an assistant pitching coordinator. Dewey spent the past two seasons as pitching coach at Brevard County, and will give the Brewers a complement to pitching coordinator Rick Tomlin.


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Well, here is what almost everyone has been asking for since last year when the movie came out in theaters. I will finally fulfill many requests for me to submit this lesson on "how to draw Percy Jackson", step by step. To tell you the truth, I should have made this tutorial a long time ago when he first became popular. In this description I will talk a little bit about Percy Jackson before you get started with the lesson. Some of you may not know that Percy Jackson is a character from a book series created by Rick Riordan. The first book is called Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief, then came Percy Jackson the Sea of Monsters, next up is Percy Jackson the Titan's Curse, followed by Percy Jackson the Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy Jackson the Last Olympian, and finally Percy Jackson the Lost Hero. Instead of the book series, I'm more familiar with the movie adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief which was pretty good, but a bit boring at times. I think the creatures and characters where pretty cool, but sometimes it almost seemed like I was watching a miniseries like Hercules or Masters of the Universe. Percy is as you know, the son of Poseidon, and in the movie he was being accused as being the thief who stole Zeus's lightning bolt. During the film Percy embarks on an adventure that leads him to the truth about who he is and what his future holds. One of the things I liked was the adventures he went on, and some of the humor was okay. Overall it is predicted that the Percy Jackson series is going to be the next Harry Potter. Whether or not this is going to turn out to be true, is all up to the fans, writers, and producers. Anyways you should have an awesome time learning "how to draw Percy Jackson" in his animated state. When you are done following the tutorial, be sure to leave a comment to let me know what you think of the lesson. Peace out everyone and I will be back another day!
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The music series is held at 7 p.m. on seven Tuesdays throughout the summer at Mid's Park on Main Street, Lake Placid.
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Cape Town's not exactly the center of the musical universe; while their South African roots provided much inspiration, the band grew tired of their surroundings and soon relocated to Los Angeles. After a brief stint in LA, they decided to see what America had to offer and found a studio in South Carolina, where they recorded their first self-titled album but felt a need to experience something bigger. For their sophomore release they decided to settle in Nashville and found themselves enamored with the culture and people.
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Man charged with murder after girl's fatal stabbing
Johnson Co. man stabbed 6-year-old girl in head with scissors
Kou Her has been charged with murder, attempted kidnapping and other felonies in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old girl, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Autumn Vang died in May at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. Johnson County Sheriff Jimmy Dorney said the girl suffered a puncture wound behind an ear.
The sheriff confirmed the name of the girl, who suffered the stab wound at a home near Hartman.
Kou Her, 21, was arrested May 10 after attacking two family members and stabbing a Autumn Vang,6, at a home on County Road 2243 in Johnson County.
Police said family members contacted the Sheriff's Department after they found Her in the child's room.
According to police, when the family tried to ask the suspect to leave the home, he then stabbed them using a large knife and pair of scissors.
Neighbors said they were shocked when they heard about the stabbing,
"It's very quiet out here," said neighbor Jerry Donwood. "It was great, until this happened."
Donwood spends the weekends at a home several houses down the road from where the stabbing took place.
He said he never expected something like this to happened on this quiet road.
Donwood, who has two daughters of his own, said he'll be more careful around his home after what happened Friday morning.
"Most times we'd just leave the doors unlocked on the cars," he said. "Now, we'll just have to start locking things up and being a little bit more cautious now."


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Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - David Backes' power-play goal in the second period proved to be the difference as the St. Louis Blues took a 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Chris Stewart, Maxim Lapierre, Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrik Berglund also scored for the Blues, winners in six straight. Brian Elliot made 16 saves in the win. Nail Yakupov and Mark Arcobello scored one goal apiece for the Oilers, losers in five of their last six games. Ilya Bryzgalov allowed four goals on 29 shots in the loss. Stewart's power-play goal at 12:46 of the first period have the Blues a 1-0 lead. Stewart weaved through defenders and had an open look, but was turned away by Bryzgalov. Derek Roy, though, found Stewart at the point and he unleashed a slapshot for his fourth goal in two games against Edmonton. Yakupov scored 1:36 into the second period when his snap shot from the left circle eluded traffic and found the back of the net. Lapierre put the Blues back in front with his wrister just 42 seconds later. Lapierre corralled the puck in the corner and drove to the net and beat Bryzgalov for the 2-1 edge. Arcobello's fourth goal of the season knotted things up at 2-2 when he blasted a wrister into the back of the net at the 5:10 mark. Backes' marker at 10:56 gave St. Louis the lead for good. Backes took a pass at the left circle and was able to thread a shot past Bryzgalov. "They played us pretty hard for the first half of the game before we got a power-play goal that allowed us to lock down the hatches after that," said Backes. Taresnko blasted a shot off the draw to make it 4-2, and Berglund scored on an empty net in the third for the final margin. "I didn't love our start," Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. "I thought we were watching them play, especially in our own zone, we weren't initiating contact." Game Notes The Blues improved to 20-0-2 when leading after two periods ... St. Louis scored five goals for the 13th time this season ... Edmonton fell to 2-23-1 when trailing after two periods.
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| August 20, 2012, 9:36 am
Tony Scott made kinetic, action-infused films. His movies raced ("Days of Thunder" quite literally), rattled ("Domino"), and, yes, occasionally aggravated ("Man on Fire").
Once during a showing of "Deja Vu," Mad Moviergoer became so obsessed with the editing cuts, I began counting between them. I don't recall making it above 15 seconds. Of course, he also delivered into the zeitgeist the '80s wonder "Top Gun" and found an onscreen muse in Denzel Washington.
Along with older brother director Ridley Scott, Tony Scott produced movies and some more-than-satisfying fair on television under the banner Scott Free Productions: the Emmy-garnering CBS drama "The Good Wife," with Julianna Margulies, in particular.


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Pictured below is my house, it was built in 1989 (I wish it was 1889). The first photo is how it looked when we bought it and then the next photo is what it looks like now. I love before and after photos, it's always so exciting to be able to see how much better something looks after you are done with it. (Or at least we hope it looks better). Click on to the photos to enlarge them.
Now that you've seen the outside, let's move on inside to my foyer/front hall. BUT, first...you need to meet who lives here. After all, it is the people who make a house a home. And as we all know, there's no place like home. ;-) So here is a photo of me and my family, even though we're not actually at home in the photo. Left to right, my daughter Lydia, my son Josh, myself and my husband Nathan. Let me tell you a little bit about my family. They ARE NOT Victorian Wanna Be's and they do not share my Victorian vision! Phooey!
And now, what you have all been waiting for...the other member of our family!!! Drum roll please.
This is our Victorian pooch, Olivia!! We call her Liv or Livy Dog. She is a Yorkshire Terrier and she is just so precious to us, God knew we needed her in our lives. We adopted her from the local Humane Society about 4 years ago, and they had rescued her from a shut down Puppy Mill. Who know's how many litter's of puppies she had during her time there. So sad...
Okay, so once you are inside you'll see the stairs. Pictured, again, are the before and after photos. My husband removed the dirty old worn carpet and replaced the wood and added a carpet runner and the side boards, or whatever you call those things. Even though he doesn't share my vision he usually does what I ask! ;-)
On the right side wall of the foyer is where I have my hall stand. I bought it at an antique shop in Quincy, IL. a couple of years ago and fit that thing right into the back of my Ford Fusion (with the back seat down) all the way back to Mid Missouri. Needless to say, hubby did not share in my joy! oops...
On the little marble shelf sits a silver plated calling card holder. (I'll show some of those things up close in another post another time). In the mirror you'll see the portiere, which is the entrance to my family room/parlor (that room will be my next posting). To the left of the hallstand is the hall leading to the kitchen/dining room.
And last, my hanging cranberry glass foyer/hall lamp. I got it at an auction in Mexico, Mo. My hubby does not think it looks appropriate, he says it gives off a red light. I tell him it is a soft pink light and it gives my cheeks a nice pink glow! (And everyone else's that walks in the door!) Well that didn't work, he still feels the same way! On the wall, by the sidelight is an antique beaded frame with a photo of my hubby's great grandfather, circa 1910 age 90 or so. He was part African American and part Cherokee Indian. And because of that I thought he looked good in that beaded frame because it looks Indianish. Sorry about the green line in the photo-the scanner didn't do so well for some reason.
Okay, that is it for today. I hope you enjoyed your photo tour and I hope you will join me again for my next tour.
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The Weapons Of The Geek: Putting Anonymous Into Context
from the politics-and-power...-technology-and-anonymity deptProfessor Gabriella Coleman, who has studied hacking culture, Anonymous and a variety of related topics for years, recently published a new paper, entitled Anonymous in Context: The Politics and Power behind the Mask. It's a quick, but very worthwhile read. If you've followed Anonymous for years, you'll probably already be aware of much of what's in the paper, but it does a really nice job running through much of the history of Anonymous, the misconceptions about Anonymous, and frequent (failed) attempts by the press to accurately describe Anonymous. It also does a really nice job discussing the concept of the "weapons of the geek," and how Anonymous is really a fascinating demonstration of how technology is allowing a group of technologically savvy folks to get involved in activism and protest in ways that simply weren't possible before. If you're interested in this stuff (and you should be), go check it out.
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Zyzyfer wrote:Things seem to be moving slowly, but usually I play pretty long sessions (with big gaps in between these days). Would you say that the game moves along at a healthy clip, or is it a bit on the sluggish side?
Are the menus onerous to navigate? IV was the worst for that.
Does in-game time pass appropriately? Sun Ce's Jiangdong invasion is usually a good litmus test for that.
From what I've seen so far, starting out seems a little more sluggish than the Koei games. Mostly due to the draft pool.
Once you get a good foundation and a nice mix of officers things start moving pretty quickly. I'm 7 years in (202) and have 9 cities, 54 officers and about 200k troops. 6 of those cities are "feeders" for the capital so I don't really have to recruit much or worry about food or money.
Also, when you sack a city in TLW you get gold, food and troops from the defeated force which I think is more realistic and really quickens the ability to get the city up and running.
Not having qualified officers for certain techs really slows your research which was a big issue for both Ma Teng and Han Sui.
Yuan Shao already has Elite Pikeman and Liu Zhang just got Chu-ko-nu squads with repeating crossbows, while I'm still trying to get up the armored knight tree.
The monthly disasters really bogs things down for everyone. For instance, Han Sui's Liang has been hit with blizzards every single year, sometimes every city. There's also riots, earthquakes, droughts etc, which seem a little too common. It just diverts your resources and time into repairs or helping refugees instead of conquest.
The AI is kind of sporadic from what I've seen. Some seem overly aggressive while some just seem to turtle.
In my game, Yuan Shao finally took out Zan but then allied with Lu Bu and Zhang Yan. And Cao Cao who was attacking Liu Biao successfully just made an alliance with him. I'm not sure if some of this is in reaction to what the player is doing or not.
I think Gray Riders covered #2 pretty well~
Sun Ce's heading west in my game and with no events going on, it just feels like a random sandbox type game to me.
Edit:I think with each turn being a month rather than 10 days, it gives the feeling that things take quite awhile. In X you could upgrade a small city to a medium one in a couple months if you had enough officers. In TLW it takes years no matter how many you have.


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