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- Conference Dates: Saturday, October 13, 2018 to Monday, October 15, 2018
- Conference Theme: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: May 31, 2018*
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2018
- Results of abstract review returned to authors: Usually within three weeks
- Full conference registration fees due for all presenters: August 31, 2018
- Full conference paper submission (after the event): November 15, 2018
*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
The Organising Committee of The Asian Conference on Education (ACE) is calling for abstract submissions. To present your research at the conference your abstract must first pass double-blind peer review. Upon payment of registration fees, your attendance at the conference will be confirmed.
Conference Theme & Streams
Conference Theme: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
The conference theme for ACE is Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change, and the organisers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives.
Submissions are organised into the following thematic streams:
Teaching & Learning
- Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
- Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
- Assessment Theories & Methodologies
- Curriculum Design & Development
- Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
- Education & Difference: Gifted Education, Special Education, Learning Difficulties & Disability
- Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary & Transdisciplinary Education
Educational Structures
- Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
- Educational Research, Development & Publishing
- Professional Training, Development & Concerns in Education
- Primary & Secondary Education
- Higher Education
Community & Society
- Education, Sustainability & Society: Social Justice, Development & Political Movements
- International Education
Language & Culture
- Language Development & Literacy
- Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics (including ESL/TESL/TEFL)
- Challenging & Preserving: Culture, Inter/Multiculturalism & Language
Psychology, Mind & Brain
- Mind, Brain & Psychology: Human Emotional & Cognitive Development & Outcomes within Educational
- Contexts
- Counselling, Guidance & Adjustment in Education
Innovation & Technology
- Design, Implementation & Assessment of Innovative Technologies in Education
- Nurturing Creativity & Innovation: New, Innovative & Radical Education
- Knowledge Creation, Preservation & Access: Curation, Librarianship, Information & Archival Science
How to Submit Your Abstract
- To submit, go to IAFOR's online submission system.
- Create your account. Your email address will be used as your username and you will be asked to create a password.
- Submit your abstract (maximum 250 words), choosing from the presentation formats listed below (Individual, Poster, Symposium, Workshop
or Virtual).
- Submit well before the submission deadline in order to benefit from Early Bird or Advanced Registration rates.
- Your abstract will undergo double-blind peer review and the results will usually be returned to you within three weeks.
- If your abstract is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference.
- Upon payment of the registration fee, you will receive a confirmation email containing your official receipt.
Submission Status
Check on the status of your abstract submission by logging in to the online submission system. The status is displayed in the "Your Submissions" area. Your personal information may be edited at any time.
If your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, a notification email will be sent to your registered email address. If you do not receive this email, please contact us at email@example.com.
Presentation Formats
Review System
Authors as Reviewers: A Reciprocal System
Our academic events would not be what they are without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms of abstract peer review. IAFOR relies on a large number of international scholars from around the world to contribute to a shared vision of promoting and engaging in international, intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, and if you are taking part in an IAFOR event, then that means you. Authors may be asked to review up to five abstracts for the conference. You are under no obligation to participate in this reciprocal system, but if you are selected to review, and undertake this task of grading abstracts for the the conference, you will be credited in the conference programme.
Scheduling Requests
Because of the complexity of putting the Conference Programme together and the large numbers of participants involved, it is not usually possible to accommodate requests for specific presentation days or times. We ask that you reserve requests for religious reasons or other exceptional and unavoidable circumstances.
We encourage participants to attend the conference each day in order to benefit fully from the experience. While requests for specific presentation days or times are not accepted other than under exceptional circumstances, you may request one blackout day – a day on which you will not be scheduled to present at the conference.
Scheduling requests will not be accepted after the registration deadline.
Conference Proceedings
If you wish your paper to be published in the Conference Proceedings, once you have registered please ensure that you upload your full paper through the online system by November 15, 2018.
Final papers are only accepted in Microsoft Word format. Before submitting your paper please ensure that you have read the Final Paper Guidelines and formatted your paper correctly.
The official Conference Proceedings will be published online in a PDF format under an ISSN issued by the National Diet Library of Japan on December 17, 2018.
Publication & Licensing Issues
Abstracts, research papers, articles, video footage, images, and other forms of print and digital media will be made available by IAFOR to the general public on an open access, online basis.
By submitting to an open access agreement under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution Non Commercial International licence, an author or creator is hereby granting IAFOR an exclusive license for the full period of copyright throughout the world, including the exclusive right to publish, distribute, or communicate, their original submitted work in any IAFOR publication, whether in an online, electronic or print format, be that in whole, partial or modified form.
Authors retain originating copyright of their own work but through the act of agreeing to transfer the license to IAFOR under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Attribution Non Commercial International conditions allow IAFOR to take measures on behalf of authors against infringement, inappropriate use of an article, libel or plagiarism of any work, materials or content attributed under this license by other parties and allows IAFOR to monitor, uphold and maintain the integrity of an abstract, paper or article and its author once refereed and accepted for publication or public exhibition.
All publications and digital media produced for the conference will be openly archived on the IAFOR research archive.


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Já não é assim, com este simpático Instructable dos nossos amigos Webgeeks, que vos vai dar asas, porque o passam a programar com um Plug-in para o Arduíno:
Arduino Attiny Programming Shield
An Attiny is a great alternative to the atmega328, it is for those projects that need few GPIO pins and need to be portable. But unlike the atmgea328 the attiny cannot plug into an Arduino board and be programmed. Another way would be to use a breadboard and an Arduino uno as ISP, but it would be really messy and it would be hard to program it this way multiple times.A better way would be to program it on a shield and in today's instructable I'm going to show you how to build an attiny programming shield. The shield is easy to build and plugs on to an Arduino to program. So all you have to is plug the attiny on the IC Holder and you can program it.
E se não pescam nada de Circuitos Integrados?
Podem então, começar por esta Introducção aos Circuitos Integrados, e aprender a partir daí:
Intro to Printed Circuit Boards
In this instructable, I'll go over what a printed circuit board is, where they are used, and the basics of how to make one yourself. So sit back, strap in, and enjoy learning about this very important and interesting method of making electronics!Note: this is an introductory guide. I'm sure that there is a lot I did not cover, and if you find something you think I should mention in this guide, make sure to put it in a comment below!
Ser-se Engenhocas é uma tristeza, se se tem de montar a Engenhoca na Mesa da Cozinha, com uma tábua encima, sim já o fiz, no início...
Para trabalhar com gosto, façam mas é ISTO, que é uma enorme ajuda, e um gosto para os olhos de qualquer Geek!
Ultimate Workbench
The ultimate workbench is your go-to place when you need to get a job done. It's got a solid wood work surface, great lighting, a vice to hold down your work, and of course all the important tools at the ready in drawers underneath. Also, it's on casters. Which is really the best part about this workbench, the mobility it provides.
...Mas se já têem um Espaço de parte para a Engenhoquice galopante que nos consome, pois o melhor, é arranjarem tudo como deve de ser, e aqui está como, mas que maravilha!
É concebido tudo isto para a Carpintaria, e sigam o Link que lá está para a Woodskills, mas é claro, primeiro, a Carpintaria é a base de muito Porjecto, e segundo, para Serralharia, Fabbing, Impressão 3D, electrónica, etc. o conceito é o mesmo...
Setting Up a Workshop
This Instructable on Setting Up a Workshop is brought to you by WoodSkills. For woodworking plans, woodworking courses, books and tutorials, please visit WoodSkills
The first step in setting up a workshop is to establish your needs. A suitable location for the workshop must be determined. Workshops can be located in any part of the home or garage, but ideally the basement or garage are very suitable locations. You should plan for future expansion prior to designing a workshop, since at some point in the future you will outgrow your present shop. Many factors are taken into consideration in designing a workshop. Storage, lighting, ventilation, power requirements, and noise reduction are important considerations.
The typical woodworking shop requires a lumber storage area, a workbench, tool storage, stationary machine area, and a finishing area. Ample space should be provided to move between the bench and walls, and to provide the necessary clearance to be able to use long, wide boards and panels.
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It happens to all of us eventually.You've upgraded your laptop from that ancient cinder block to a sleek new light weight model.You got a new desktop PC to replace the one that was so old the keyboard was in Sanskrit.You have moved over all you family pictures, every song you've collected since high school, all those movies you download ... completely legitimately .. *cough cough* .. no really ... OK ... moving onSo what do you do with the Hard drives you removed before sending the rest of your old computers to be recycled?I'll tell you what to do .. You grab your tools and gut them for the glorious rare earth magnets (As well as a few other goodies) that are hidden inside.


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Do Chamach Cheeni De Dena – (Sounds More Like Allah Ke Naam Pe Kuch De De Baba!)
No matter how rich, affluent or self sustained our neighbors are there isn't a week when you'll not find them borrowing or asking for things which they can easily trip down to the market and get it on their own. Yes, do chamach cheeni, ek aloo, aadha tamatar and even Jaman (that pinch of curd required to make curd). No, they won't ever remember borrowing it, so don't expect any returns from them.
Will grab every chance to bore you with painful and long stories of the goings on in the housing society …
Their Constant Worry – What's Going on, With You & "X" Person?
No, they are least bothered with what's happening in their house but they are happy to snitch to your mom about what time you arrived last night or comment on how many "good friends" you have.
They have eyes in the back of their heads so you can't do this even in the privacy of your own balcony without "over friendly" uncle watching …
Snooping Is Their Birth Right
The moment your voice goes a bit high in your bedroom, they are in your house. Your brother playing video games in the next room might not know, but your neighbors are sure to run and bang the door bell with a big "Kya Hua – Whattttt Happened???" face. No, they are not really interested in your woes, it is just that until they snoop in your house, their food doesn't digest, the way it should.
Gossip, Gossip & Gossip
Their first sentence starts with, "Pata Hai (Do you know)………" and there last sentence would be "…….Acha Kisiko Bata Na Nahi (Ok, Now don't tell it to anybody). Guess what, they will tell this not just to you but the entire colony where you live.
Emotional Blackmail Is Their Favoured M.O
Never tell your neighbors that you are good in so and so subjects, because the moment they know they will send their kids for a free teaching session. Beta, thoda padha do (please, teach them). And, if this continues, trust me you will become their permanent Bakra. You will have no life other than teaching your neighboring kids, and that too for free!
The Constant "We Are A Family" Behavior
Expect them in times of need and their will be a big lock on their door. However, rest of the times they will be busy ordering you with a notion that "We Are A Family." For instance, if you are going to certain place in your vehicle you are expected to drop them on your way. Worst, the moment they smell you are moving out, they'll run and ask you, "Beta, Kahan Jaa Rahe Ho – Where are You Going?" and then their demand pops up –"Beta, Aate Wakt Zaara Bread Le Aana"
The Never Ending Jealousy
Get yourself a LED TV and they will make sure that they buy better, bigger and from a brand which might outclass yours. In addition, the same thing goes with the apartment's flooring, furniture and even painting and decoration of the house. It is no surprise to see renovation in your neighbors house when you plan yours.
No One Else Can Teach You The Real Meaning of "Competition" Other Than A Neighbor
Irritating neighbors have a weird trait of being competitive. They cannot bear the fact that a kid in your house manages an IIT, IIM, IAS seat and their kids could not. Well, it's no big deal as long as the kid in their house manages a VJTI, Jamnalal Bajaj and other premium colleges. But, they make the life of their kid hell just because of your success.
Worst, they are not sad because of their failure, it is only your success that makes them gloomy. Moreover, they will force their kids to give TOEFL, IELTS, ACT, GRE or SAT just because you aim to study abroad.
They Want to Get Introduced to Your Guest, Especially the One Who They Smell As Rich
The moment there is any party in your house or a family/friends get to gather, these nosy neighbors are sure to pop in, either with an excuse of asking the phone number of the plumber or returning the some borrowed stuff. They make sure they even get themselves introduced. I'm not sure the motive behind this act, perhaps some people just love making random connection. In addition, if they have a young girl for whom they are looking a bridegroom they will eat your head with the constant, "Baat Chalao Naa Please.."
Can You Baby Sit My Kid?
This is the worst of all the annoying and irritating habits. For all those neighbors who ask their poor neighbors to baby sit their kids every alternate days – All I need to say is, please do not catch our hands when we give you our fingers. Wait, what I meant was – "Ungli Diya Toh Haath Pakdoge Kya?"
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The Deep Fritz computer chess software only achieved a draw in its recent chess tournament with Vladimir Kramnik because it has available only about 1.3% as much brute force computation as the earlier Deep Blue's specialized hardware. Despite that, it plays chess at about the same level because of its superior pattern recognition-based pruning algorithm. In six years, a program like Deep Fritz will again achieve Deep Blue's ability to analyze 200 million board positions per second. Deep Fritz-like chess programs running on ordinary personal computers will routinely defeat all humans later in this decade.… read more
What would it take to achieve successful cryonics reanimation of a fully functioning human brain, with memories intact? A conversation at the recent Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension between Ray Kurzweil and Eric Drexler sparked an email discussion of this question. They agreed that despite the challenges, the brain's functions and memories can be represented surprisingly compactly, suggesting that successful reanimation of the brain may be achievable.… read more
The Ray Kurzweil Reader is a collection of essays by Ray Kurzweil on virtual reality, artificial intelligence, radical life extension, conscious machines, the promise and peril of technology, and other aspects of our future world. These essays, published from 2001 to 2003, are now available as a PDF document for convenient downloading and offline reading. The 30 essays, organized in seven topic areas (such as "How to Build a Brain"), cover subjects… read more
Speaking at the 18th Annual Conference on "Technology and Persons with Disabilities" at California State University Northridge in March 2003, Ray Kurzweil described how key developments in science and technology will affect society, alter education and other fields, and benefit everyone, especially those with disabilities. This article is based on that address.… read more
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How have advances in electronic communications changed power relationships? The toppling of a government provides one not-so-subtle example. Ray Kurzweil talks about those advances in this forward to The Eternal E-Customer, a book that looks at the principles companies must adopt to meet the needs and desires of this new kind of customer.… read more
By the end of this decade, we will have full-immersion visual-auditory environments, populated by realistic-looking virtual humans. These technologies are evolving today at an accelerating pace, as reflected in the book Virtual Humans. By the 2030s, virtual reality will be totally realistic and compelling and we will spend most of our time in virtual environments. By the 2040s, even people of biological origin are likely to have the vast majority of their thinking processes taking place in nonbiological substrates. We will all become virtual humans.… read more
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Publication Date: Mar 07, 2017
432 pp
List Price US $26.95
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Named an NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017"
Named the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers Academy
An incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice
A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm's wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is charged for her involvement in the massacre that left her boyfriend and her best friend dead. She has spent nine months in jail awaiting trial. Now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom. How did Maja—popular, privileged, and a top student—become a cold-blooded killer in the eyes of the public? What did Maja do? Or is it what she failed to do that brought her here?
Malin Persson Giolito has written a perceptive portrayal of a teenage girl and a blistering indictment of a society that is coming apart. A work of great literary sensibility, Quicksand touches on wealth, class, immigration, and the games children play among themselves when parents are no longer attuned to their struggles.
Excerpt from Quicksand
Lying next to the left-hand row of desks is Dennis; as usual he's wearing a graphic tee, jeans from a big-box store, and untied tennis shoes. Dennis is from Uganda. He says he's seventeen, but he looks like a fat twenty-five year old. He's a student in the trade school, and he lives in Sollentuna in a home for people like him. Samir has ended up next to him, on his side. Samir and I are in the same class because Samir managed to be accepted to our school's special program in international economics and social sciences.
Up at the lectern is Christer, our homeroom teacher and self-described social reformer. His mug has overturned and coffee is dripping onto the leg of his pants. Amanda, no more than two meters away, is sitting propped against the radiator under the window. Just a few minutes ago, she was all cashmere, white gold, and sandals. The diamond earrings she received when we were confirmed are still sparkling in the early-summer sunshine. But now you might think she was covered in mud. I am sitting on the floor in the middle of the classroom. In my lap is Sebastian, the son of the richest man in Sweden, Claes Fagerman.
The people in this room do not go together. People like us don't usually spend time together. Maybe on a metro platform during a taxi-driver strike, or in the dining car on a train, but not in a classroom.
It smells like rotten eggs. The air is hazy and gray with gunpowder smoke. Everyone has been shot but me. I haven't got even as much as a bruise.
Named an NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017"
"A remarkable new novel…that in some ways recalls The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but because Maja narrates her own story, we come to know her more intimately than we do Lisbeth Salander… The author, Malin Persson Giolito, writes with exceptional skill. She keeps us guessing a long time and the outcome, when it arrives, is just as it should be." —The Washington Post
"Giolito's astonishing English-language debut is a dark exploration of the crumbling European social order and the psyche of rich Swedish teens. …Masterful." —Booklist (starred review)
"Brilliantly conceived and executed, this extraordinary legal thriller is not to be missed by fans of the genre." — Library Journal (starred review)
"Powerful … A splendid work of fiction." —Kirkus Reviews
"Haunting and immersive." —Publishers Weekly
"Quicksand is a novel focused on a school shooting, but in no way feels hackneyed or dependent on its timeliness. In fact, it's not really about a school shooting at all. It's about larger abstractions, like loyalty and codependence, love and guilt, the incredibly complicated business of being a teenager, criminal justice systems, the role of the media and what a parent's job entails. It's a novel that demands compassion, and an appreciation for the fine gradations of situations that tend to be treated as black and white." —Shelf Awareness
"Quicksand is a novel that begins like a parlor game gone awry: On its first page, a little cross section of contemporary Swedish society–a right-on homeroom teacher, a Ugandan foster child, a cashmere-clad blonde, a son of Middle Eastern immigrants–lies on the floor, splattered with blood, as if darkly satirizing the country's self-image of civilized multiculturalism…What we're reading here is not so much Maja's unfiltered thoughts as her speech to an imaginary audience: Mostly we listen in as she tries to make sense of what happened, but she occasionally addresses us directly, speculating as to what assumptions we might make about her and what comfy delusions we may be harboring about ourselves. The voice is uneven, unpredictable in a way that feels characteristic of a teenager…the novel is structured as a courtroom procedural, yet it clearly has ambitions beyond that, addressing Sweden's underlying economic and racial tensions." —New York Times Book Review
"After the first page, I was hooked. I kept reading as if I were hypnotized. This is an extraordinary novel, one that rises above most of what has been published in the suspense genre. […] A courtroom drama about love and class, life and death. And an unforgettable portrayal of a young girl." —Ingalill Mossander, Aftonbladet
"The storytelling flies with a furious page (…) Malin Persson Giolito writes as though this story is the most important of all, and she succeeds in making it feel that way."—Sydsvenskan
"[S]he has, in short time, stepped forward as one of the country's most interesting contemporary writers. (…) The cover of Quicksand calls it a procedural thriller. Sure, this is at times a breathlessly suspenseful novel. But there is still a risk in categorizing the book in the thriller genre – that may risk reducing the gravity with which it is written. Few recent novels have gripped me as forcefully as the final pages of Malin Persson Giolito's Quicksand." —Stig Larsson, Expressen
"It's difficult to resist Malin Persson Giolito's courtroom thriller Quicksand. (…) It is a frightening portrayal of our time, where the distance between the adult and teenage world is a broad gulf. It is almost impossible for the two worlds to approach one another, just as it is for those who have versus those who have not. Because class divides are central in Persson Giolito's portrayal of how this school shooting was made possible in a world where prejudice has not one, but many, faces." —Norrbottens-Kuriren
"It has been a very long time since I read such a beautiful portrayal of what it's like to be young and struggling with the demands of both society, school, your parents and yourself. […] This is – without compare – the best book I've read so far this year. " —DAST Magazine
"It's been a long time since I read such a well-structured and well-informed story." —Skånska Dagbladet
"A mass school shooting has taken place in a suburb of Stockholm. 18-year-old Maja Norberg is on trial for her involvement in this shocking act. Her boyfriend and her best friend are dead. The story is told mostly through what happens in the courtroom. Did Maja, a popular, privileged teenager, incite her boyfriend to commit this heinous crime, or was she merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, with no knowledge of what the shooter had planned? Quicksand is a fascinating look at modern society, class, race, and the definition of justice." —Sharon K. Nagel, Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee, WI
"For everyone who wants more behind the scenes of a courtroom, this is the book. The narrator keeps you so involved in the story. I could not put this book down. I had to find out the rest of the story. There were several points where I audibly gasped because I was so surprised. For fans of SVU and so much more." —Shane P. Mullen, Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO
"Ever sine Columbine, school shootings have seemed endemic to the United States, happening way too often, always devastating and difficult to understand. When I saw this was set in Sweden I was intrigued. Maja is a senior in high school when this novel takes place but will soon find herself in prison and on trial. What did she do? What did she know, and when did she know it? Maja is our narrator and she takes us into her time before the shootings, her time in jail, her talks with her lawyers and her trial. It is an intense and extensive character portrayal of how she felt before, during, and after. It is very well done, albeit lengthy, and often intense. All the things that went wrong, things that should have and could have gone differently, people who should have interceded, authority figures who should have had more sense, but didn't. Although I realize that this is fiction, and would not hold true in all cases, this book provided more insight into why these things happen, and the conditions that lead up to them, than any other book I have read, or any of the mental health talking heads I have watched and listened to on television. A very well done and thought out novel." —Diane Scholl, Batavia Public Library in Batvia, IL
1. On page 291 Sander asks, "Is that who Maja is?" Who is Maja? How would you describe her?
2. What do you think of the narrator's—Maja's—voice? Does it change over the course of the novel? Do you think Maja's narration of her own story attracts you to her, or are you repelled by it? How would your reaction to or understanding of Maja change if Quicksand were not told in the first person?
3. On page 109 Maja says Sebastian "refused to let go, refused to give up, refused." Describe what her relationship with Sebastian is like. Do you think Maja felt pressure to date Sebastian? Could she have refused to date him? On page 357 Maja says Sebastian "couldn't live without me, it was a question of life and death." Does their relationship change as Maja reveals more of her story, or does it remain essentially the same?
4. On page 403 Maja's mother says "Maja loved Amanda." Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
5. What are the differences between Sebastian and Samir? Are there any instances in which Sebastian and Samir both treat Maja in the same way? Do you think Quicksand sets them up as foils to each other? What role does each play in how Maja tries to define herself?
6. Over the course of the novel Maja calls several people "stupid"—Lena Pärsson (p 92), Samir (p 203), Sebastian (p 261). She describes her parents varyingly as vain, materialistic, and overly concerned with their class position and how they are perceived by others. Why do you think she has such a cynical view of the people around her? Are there anyone who Maja sees in a good light?
7. On page 385 Maja says this of Claes, Sebastian's father:
"Claes wasn't ashamed, why would he be? He was never ashamed; nothing could threaten him, there was nothing he couldn't say or do in front of the entire world."
What are the things Maja feels shame for? How is her shame related to her feelings of guilt?
8. On page 391 Samir tells Maja "You aren't responsible for [Sebastian]." Her mother, meanwhile, tells her "He needs you, Maja" (p 354). How are the adults around Maja and Sebastian implicated in the murders at the center of the trial? Do you think the adults in Maja's life failed her in any way?
9. Is there a difference between what Maja thinks and narrates, and how the people around her perceive her actions? Do you trust Maja?
10. Quicksand is set in Sweden. Are there instances in which Maja's descriptions of race and class relations are applicable to the United States?


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Pre-race routine:
Woke up at 4AM, ate some breakfast and drove up to Flagstaff. Set up transition (which they closed 10 minutes early). Forgot to get body marking, but at least remembered to get my chip.
Event warmup:
Some dynamic stretching on the way to the start line.
In my last race here (4 weeks prior), the swim was a disaster. One of my goals was to relax more and stay on the edge of the course instead of mixing it up too much. Overall this worked out much better. I didn't get run over, and had pretty smooth water for most of the way.
The water was probably the dirtiest I've ever seen. I couldn't see my hand during any part of the catch or pull. Not a huge deal, just felt like pointing it out.
What would you do differently?:
It took me half the course to get into a rhythm. I also didn't kick very much, which slowed me down. I need to practice with the wet suit a bit more to get used to the added buoyancy. Having my legs higher made me feel like I didn't need to kick. I think I can knock several minutes off of this time with a little more OWS practice. That would have put me on the podium...
Transition 1
Transition was smooth. The biggest issue was people leaving the transition area at the same time and stopping to get on their bikes. It's no different from any other race though. I just ran my bike past them and did my running one-foot mount.
There were a couple of small hills (the steps) mid-way to the turnaround and another climb right before the turnaround. Nothing too bad, but it definitely slowed people down. I did my best to maintain a more constant power than I have in the past. I'm not sure if it helped or not, but figured I'd give it a shot. I was hoping to go sub-1 hr but just missed it. At the same time, I needed to save something for the run.
What would you do differently?:
I should have pushed a little harder on the slower sections. There's a good mix of constant power and pushing a little on the hills that I need to find. With the downhill back to T2, it would have given me plenty of recovery time.
Transition 2
Nothing spectacular. Dropped my sunnys so I had to pick them up but aide from that it was a fairly good T2.
The run wasn't too bad. I felt pretty fresh after the bike, but was dreading the 1.2 mile climb up that hill. I took it pretty easy on the hill climb, trying not to burn myself out. It ended up going pretty well overall. I think the course was a little short.
What would you do differently?:
I'm close enough to the course that I could probably have run that hill a few times. The actual change in elevation is only a few hundred feet. Knowing that, I could have pushed it harder up the hill. As it was, I was scared of it. Instead of attacking it, I went slow and steady up it.
Post race
Warm down:
Hung out with my teammate, met Bryan and chatted a little bit, gathered my stuff and watched the awards ceremony.
What limited your ability to perform faster:
Swimming practice with a wetsuit and running. I need to learn to push myself harder, particularly on the run. As I get more confidence with the distance I think I'll be able to push harder without being afraid of blowing up.
Event comments:
The organizers do a good job. I wish they hadn't closed transition earlier than advertised, but it wasn't a big deal. It's a fun race.
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Note that the term may be used interchangeably with 'seifuku', which means any general "school uniform", but is often used to describe the sailor outfits in particular. Although ''[[GratuitousEnglish seeraa]]fuku'' are not as common now in Japan as they once were, the vast majority of anime girls still wear them.That Japanese has such a compact, productive phrase for this image implies that it's an important archetype in the Japanese psyche, and this is borne out by how often sailor-suited school girls still appear in both manga and anime.See also SchoolSportUniform and SchoolSwimsuit, for when the girls wear something that shows a little more skin.This is mainly a Japanese cultural trope but is found prominently in anime. The Western equivalent is CatholicSchoolGirlsRule. However, given that many Japanese high schools have abandoned the sailor uniform, which nowadays is a characteristic indicator of ''middle school'' girls, more professional-esque styles of uniform have become a popular replacement - popular not just among schools but also among viewers - so the two are beginning to merge. Joshikousei are very prominent in anime/manga, to the point where the vast majority of female characters will either be high school girls or at the very least be in the same age group (should high school not exist or should their occupation prevent them from going to school). In fact, one of the main reasons why most male protagonists are {{ordinary highschool student}}s is so they can be surrounded by high school girls.----!!Examples[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Anime & Manga]]* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', though the girls here wear modest-length skirts and full-coverage tops.* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has Karin and Yuzu wear these after the TimeSkip.** Lisa Yadomaru wears one, but it's tight enough for her to BareYourMidriff. * ''Manga/HidamariSketch''* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Sayaka Yumi in the Creator/GoNagai manga (in the anime she didn't go to school due to her work at the Institute, thus she didn't wear any uniform). Ironically, given that she was created by [[Creator/GoNagai the man who introduced]] FanService in manga, she wears a modest-length skirt.** In ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' she wore her sailor fuku constantly since her first appearance. ** In ''Anime/MazinKaiser'', Sayaka wore a Western-styled uniform instead.* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}''* ''Manga/KOn''* The very aptly named anime ''Manga/HighSchoolGirls'' (its Japanese name [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin was literally ''Joshikousei'']]), based on the long-running ''manga'' series of the same name.* Each ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' girl attends a different school; Ichigo and Retasu both wear seifuku. In the [[FanonDisContinuity largely discredited]] sequel, all five originals and the new character attend the same school, chosen for its "cute uniforms".* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' just puts the armor over the school uniforms the girls are already wearing.* ''Manga/LuckyStar''.** One of Hiyori's {{Image Song}}s is called "Default Joshikousei Nyan". ...[[CuteKitten Nyan]]?** The title of the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' OVA is "[=JK=]".* For ''Manga/{{Amanchu}}'', Kozue Amano designed some very pretty school uniforms, with hints to the outfits worn by the undines in her other main work, ''{{Manga/ARIA}}''. The frilly petticoats really set them apart, although they might be a bit warm in summer. And they may also not be the best fit for more chubby students. * In Gakuen Hetalia, ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'''s take on a HighSchoolAU, Seychelles and Hungary appear in Western-style uniforms. Belarus and Ukraine appear in concept art, and Taiwan appears in [[http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Asiaclass_girluni.JPG this]] in the concept art, compared to the more Western uniforms the other girls have been seen wearing. In the regular canon, Norway and Sealand also sport Danshigakusei uniforms.* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has the "ridiculously short skirt" version.** Completely averted by the [[CharacterTitle title character]] for all but one episode. She wears ''short shorts''. [[ShesGotLegs Everyone's got legs]] in this series.* Konoe Tsurugi and Yashima Sanae in ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai La Verite'' episode 8.* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Shigure is so tickled about visiting Tohru's school because he knows how the girls will react to him, he sings a little {{Joshikousei}} song.* ''Manga/AChannel''* Mato and Yomi's uniform in the ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' OVA.* The SSS uniform in ''Anime/AngelBeats''. Note that it is not the same as the one the NPC's wear.* ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead''. Granted, they do rip up and alter their uniform so they'll be more versatile, and later change out. And considering the zombie apocalypse is taking up their time, I doubt they'll be going to school anymore.* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', the girls' [[spoiler: Spartoi]] uniforms usually are in the sailor style.** Kim and Jackie's original uniform also slightly resembles a seifuku, having the collar and tie.* In ''Manga/ZombieLoan'', this is somewhat averted. The uniform only has the collar. The rest doesn't really resemble seifuku.* The girls' uniform at Butei high in ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo''.* The girls of ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'' have to wear a blue-and-white seifuku to school. ** Ohana's school in Tokyo has a thicker navy-colored seifuku.* The standard uniform in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.* Haruhi Fujioka's (from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'') old uniform from middle school was a dark-colored seifuku.* ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' - Several of the idols are High Schoolers, tough their schools don't appear much.* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''* The protagonist of ''Manga/WanderingSon'' brought one when he was in sixth grade. Later on in the manga, several side-characters begin going to a high school that uses SailorFuku. %%* ''Manga/{{Saikano}}''%%* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''* The high school uniforms in ''Anime/MaiHime'' just have the short skirt part; the middle school uniforms are the classic white-with-blue-trim ''seeraa'' style. Nao spices hers up with ZettaiRyouiki.* Ami Nekota and Nanami Momozono from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' have this as their school uniform.* As has been mentioned ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has the famous Sailor Senshi uniforms based on middle and high school Sailor Fuku. As well as these the girls have their actual school uniforms, from main characters alone we see the uniforms of at least 6 schools across the series,[[note]]Juuban Municipal Junior High School (Usagi and Ami's uniform), Makoto Kino's [[TransferStudentUniforms previous school's uniform]], T·A Academy for Girls (Rei's private school), Shiba Koen Junior High School (Minako's), Mugen Academy (Hotaru, Michiru and Haruka - as well as the Witches 5), Juuban Municipal High School (everyone but Rei ends up at this High School in the final season)[[/note]] with Rei getting double points as [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule hers is a Catholic school]] (and boys actually give her more attention than the others when they recognize the uniform). Chibiusa also wears one to attend Juuban Municipal Primary School but it's not the school uniform. * Of eight continuities, only three ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' series feature female characters wearing Sailor Fuku - ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure''. Of course, technicalities run rampant here - for instance, ''Heartcatch'''s Sailor Fuku is only for the middle schoolers ''and'' during the winter season (during the summer, it's a skirt/blouse combo) and the high schoolers wear more of a Western uniform (it helps that they both go to the same school) And let's not get into [[WholesomeCrossdresser Itsuki]].* While for the most part they evade this, continuities where a female member of the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' cast goes to school, they end up wearing one of these. Interestingly, what ''type'' of uniform differs - the uniforms worn in the first movie, ''Tenchi Muyo in Love'', were black and white and very modest, yet whenever we see Sasami go to school, it's the usual red, white and blue and short skirted.* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Kagome is [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack rarely seen outside of her school uniform]]; in this case, hers is green and white with a full-coverage top and a miniskirt.* ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'': Hina has this look half the time while she is still in middle school. She loses it when she actually ''is'' in high school later on the series; the one she moves on up in, Rei's, has abandoned the look.* [[Manga/FutsuuNoJoshikouseiGaLocodolYattemita Futsuu no]] '''[[Manga/FutsuuNoJoshikouseiGaLocodolYattemita Joshikousei]]''' [[Manga/FutsuuNoJoshikouseiGaLocodolYattemita ga Locodol Yattemita]].* In ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', the girls at Seijuu High School wear uniforms like this. TheProtagonist's mother, Nadeshiko, actually ''married'' Fujitaka [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack while still in her school uniform]], according to her cousin Sonomi. [[/folder]][[folder: Film]]* Gogo, O-Ren Ishii's henchwoman in ''Film/KillBill''.[[/folder]][[folder:Live Action TV]]* ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'': Kazaya Mana is a less straight example, since she doesn't wear the sailor suit.** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': Two of Shotaro's informants, [[ThemeNaming Queen and Elizabeth]] are apparently schoolgirls. "Joshikousei" is Shotaro's nickname for Akiko, since she behaves more like a child than her actual age of 20.** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': Mezuru's guise is a school girl... for about one episode. Then she changes into another outfit. One wonders why...** Mostly avoided by ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'': all the main female characters are schoolgirls, but don't wear a sailor uniform, and their skirts aren't short. Miu initially wears a tight cheerleading uniform with a miniskirt, but leaves school halfway through the show, and from then on is only ever seen in her casual clothes.* A rare American example: Claire, from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', and her [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders iconic cheerleader garb]]. 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She does this agasin from KOF ''XI'' on -- and it's very cynically lampshaded by Kyo Kusanagi (who used to fight in a ''gakuran''), [[HypocriticalHumor of all people]]:-->"Uhm, is this a publicity stunt? (...) No one at your age wears school uniforms anymore!"* Ling Xiaoyu has a school uniform as an 'optional' costume in her appearances in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Often she's wearing it in her ending animations, too.* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' has the playable [[MsFanService Reyvateils]], [[spoiler: Teen]] Misha and Aurica both have their own school uniforms outfits as the rewards for completing the diving quests.* The main character of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' when playing as a female, as well as all female classmates, since they attend a modern Japanese high school. 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Named the reasons of record growth of life expectancy in Russia
Data recently published by the world health organization, indicate that life expectancy for men in Russia for 13 years increased by 7.4 years and women by five years. Thus, for the first time in the history of modern Russia the average age of men reached 66 years, women – 77 years.
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As explained head of the Department of epidemiology and prevention, Russian cancer research center them. N. N. Blokhin ran David Zaridze, mortality in Russia increased dramatically from 1991 to 1994, then decreased until 1998 and increased again until 2003, and then again there is a tendency for its reduction, writes "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".
According to him, one of the key factors, in varying degrees, affect the mortality for a variety of reasons, excessive alcohol consumption and Smoking. In particular, alcohol 10-20 times increases the risk of death from accidents, as well as tuberculosis, diseases of liver and pancreas, and many other reasons. According to Zaridze, in Russia there is a generally positive dynamics of the consumption of alcohol, and this generally contributes to the increase in life expectancy of Russians. Although the data that in Russia began to smoke less, Zaridze does not, he notes that in this direction a major step was the introduction of maximum permissible levels of tar and nicotine in cigarettes, that allowed to reduce the hazards.
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This time around, Nvidia didn't change the default clocks of the card; instead, it just decided to put in half of the RAM. ATI, on the other hand, sells its RV670PRO as a lower clocked chip that could not hit the super fast 800MHz and make good use of them.
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In case nobody has noticed, Wall Street has been rallying for a while now. So we had a couple down days -- is that really call for cheerleading like we're coming back from the abyss?
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It'll have nothing to do with Obama or Hillary or McCain or Huckabee, but the results will be just as important for the future.
When several soccer teams take to the field today, they'll be having their own version of Super Tuesday. But instead of presidential primary elections, first place in district, playoff positioning — even bragging rights — will be on the line.
Here's a look at some of Tuesday's feature matches.
Churchill vs. Lee, 7 p.m. at Blossom West: It seems just like yesterday that Lee was trying to recover from a rough patch that included a scoreless tie with Wagner, a three-goal loss to No. 1 Central Catholic and a 2-1 setback to Smithson Valley. Despite all of that, the Volunteers can move into first place in District 28-5A with a victory. Of course, they'll have to knock off league-leader Churchill, the team that has ended their season one victory shy of the Region IV-5A tournament each of the past two seasons.
Southwest at Victoria Memorial, 7:30 p.m.: The Dragons can move into sole possession of first place in District 27-5A with a road victory the Vipers, who are a half-game ahead of Southwest.
Highlands at East Central, 7:30 p.m.: The way each team started the season, the prevailing theory was that this game would at least be for first place in 27-5A. Instead, it might determine one of these squad's postseason future. Defending league champion Highlands started 0-2 before finally getting its first district victory on Friday. East Central, though, is 0-3 and needs a turnaround quickly.
Clemens at Steele, 7:15 p.m.: My how things have changed in a year. In 2007, Steele was playing its first varsity season, while Clemens missed the postseason for the first time 2004. Today, the clubs meet for first place in 28-4A.
Reagan vs. Central Catholic, 7 p.m. at Comalander: The top-ranked Buttons finish out the "we'll-take-on-anyone" portion of their schedule when they play No. 7 Reagan. Central Catholic has already beaten Lee and Boerne, and tied Churchill.
Smithson Valley at Judson, 7 p.m.: A year ago, these two met in the next-to-last regular-season game to determine the final playoff berth out of District 26-5A. This contest doesn't carry such significance, but it will probably factor in the 26-5A playoff picture.
O'Connor vs. Marshall, 7 p.m. at Farris: Two teams that have had little trouble scoring goals — and keeping opponents from scoring goals — square off for first place in District 28-5A.
Steele at Clemens, 7:15 p.m.: In 2007, these intra-district schools played for the District 28-4A championship on the final day of the regular season. At this point, only first place is at stake. But here's betting that this won't be the first time these sister schools play for first place this season.


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Intel Capital, part of the world's largest chip maker, said on Wednesday that its investments in India will not be affected by the Satyam [Get Quote] episode and that such incidents happen in every country.
"It shouldn't," Intel Capital Managing Director for India, Japan, Australasia and south-east Asia Sudheer Kuppam told reporters when asked if the Satyam episode would impact Intel Capital investment in India.
He said, "Don't single out India for that. What about Madoff in the US? You have scam and scandal everywhere."
The company on Wednesday announced an investment of $23 million (about Rs 1.15 billion) in three Indian companies -- Indiamart.com, One97 Communications and Global Talent Track. However, figures were not disclosed.
Indiamart.com is India's largest online business-to-business marketplace, while One97 Communications provides telecom-managed, value-added services. GTT is a vocational education institute.
The funding will come from the $250 million Intel Capital India technology fund. The fund invests in Indian technology companies to help stimulate local technology innovation.
Intel Capital invested around $50 million last year in nine Indian companies; six of these were new investments.
Kuppam said the company sees the global crisis as a good opportunity to invest in companies which are available in good valuations. He added that the company will also invest in Indian telecom companies after they obtain spectrum, but refused to give any investment figures.
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UNITED NATIONS: A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday criticised Britain for weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia, saying arms sales to Riyadh would violate a global treaty regulating trade in munitions.
The British government rejected the criticism, saying it was in full compliance with its treaty obligations.
Control Arms a cluster of rights groups such as Amnesty International, Oxfam and Transparency International that focuses on arms control said it sought an expert legal opinion from Philippe Sands, an attorney at the law firm Matrix Chambers and professor at University College in London.
Sands' found that "available evidence and information provides prima facie evidence that the Saudi-led coalition has engaged in attacks directed against the civilian population" in the war in Yemen.
Nearly 6,000 people, almost half of them civilians, have died since Saudi-led air strikes began in March.
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The Arms Trade Treaty entered in force a year ago this month. Britain was one of the countries that fought the hardest for its adoption and ultimate entry into force.
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well ok here's the thing...we're besties...before we were beties he already likes me....and somehow after sometime i also fell for my best friend but he doesn't know about htat until just four weeks ago...well the thing is he failes me thrice...he told me i don't love youa anymore than after three days he came back again saying i wanna love you again..the 2nd time is i don't love you anymore coz love hurts...and please just don't remind me about love...then again said i love you again after 2 weeks... just this past weeks he told me again...that he just wants me as his bestfriend...coz he's not ready and stuff...and those past few days he was just pretending to love me because he's afraid that he'd lost me...somehow it really hurt me alot...and just this last 3 weeks i broke our friendship coz i was tired and such and he fixed it again after 5 days...or so...but he's kinda...not willing...then after one week...he's like he's still in to me...he's getures...he even protected me then laid on my lap...and said " i could just lie here the whole day"..and such...then he told me last last thursday that he chose not to move one know just this past week he told me that he kinda moved on and he's unsure....and now his unstableness is killing me...coz he kept changing he's mind...even in moving on to...so should i still keep the friendship?does he still love me?i bet not not...do you think its wiser to keep the friendship? or not...what should i do? i really need help...coz now i'm totally scared...and unstable and i really don't know what to do...then now somehow he's different really different to that guy i met before and now he turned into a monster and i'm really scared and i really need help!!! so please help me....T-T....its killing me...T-T...
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You are being hurt by the way he is acting. It is in your best interest to drop him and not see him at all for a while. If you want to tell him why then go ahead and tell him. If he asks then tell him.
Don't be surprised if he wants to be either a boyfreind or best friend. You have to figure out how to answer those questions so you are not caught by surprise.
Think about it right now. Would you be willing to be his best friend? Yes or no. Would you be willing to be his girl friend? Or maybe you have conditions like you will only be his best friend if you never talk about being romantic again. Whatever you think of. It's up to you...it's your life.
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I'm in Portland, Oregon for the the week for the Associated Collegiate Press National College Newspaper Convention. I recently signed on to become the online editor of my school's newspaper so they offered me a free trip to come out here for the convention, and I couldn't refuse.
The trip out here was kinda rough. I had to get to SCSU by 4am to catch the bus, and I had decided not to sleep the night before. The temperature this morning was brutal. It couldn't have been more then a couple of degrees above zero, and we had to wait outside for the bus until 430 so it really sucked. The plane ride was like any plane ride, minus any type of movie or visual entertainment. We transfered in Chicago, and by that time I was so tired I could hardly stand. We finally made it to Portland around 4:30 in the afternoon and grabbed a taxi to the Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel, where we all unpacked and took it easy for about an hour.
Once everybody was settled in we met up in the lobby and went out to find a place to eat dinner. We ended up going into this small restaurant/wine bar down the street from our hotel. I made the mistake of getting a pizza, which was tasted alright but was NOT what I'd call a pizza at all. I should have learned by now that I should never get pizza out of NYC metropolitan area or Chicago.
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Portland's an interesting city. It's about 80 miles in from the Oregon coast, and it's nestled in between evergreen covered mountains on both it's North, South, and East side. There's tons of parks within the cities boarders, and lots of trees and vegetation. There's many restaraunts/Starbucks/bars and theaters. I've noticed a lot of young homeless/run-aways hanging out all over the downtown area. I'm assuming that Portland must be a very homeless-friendly city because it seems to me like they flock here. It's not that they bother you, you just can't help but notice them everywhere.
Portland's known for it's abundance of micro-breweries. But I haven't been to any just yet, I'll try and go visit some tonight. Some of the other things I'd like to do while I'm out here is visit the Oregon coast, and either take a trip up to Mt. Hood or Mt. St. Helens. I'm limited on time because I have to do some things at the conference during the daytime.
I shot some video but unfortunately I forgot to bring the wire I need to get it online. I'm going to try to find one while I'm out here so check back later. I also didn't get to take too many pictures today. We were moving around at a fast pace and urban settings don't excite me all that much. I'll shoot a lot more tomorrow. Check the Newest Pics album.


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