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There's plenty of exciting traditions involved in celebrating the lunar new year, but it's far from complicated. If you have friends who celebrate the lunar new year and would love to share it with them but don't know how don't stress! We're here for you! Here are a few tips to understanding the ceremony and tradition behind this ancient celebration.
What each family considers a traditional New Year dish often depends on where they come from and their personal preferences. Most meals served in Australia will generally follow similar themes, however.
Fish symbolises bounty and fortune for the forthcoming year and is eaten for good luck. It's even better luck to eat it last and leave some on the plate, representing plentiful food for the coming year.
Dumplings are made to look like silver nuggets and represent – unsurprisingly – money. It's said the more you eat of the little dough packages the richer you'll be through the next year.
Tang yuan, or yuan xiao, are sweet, small balls made from glutinous rice flour that is cooked and served in soup. Their roundness represents the more wholesome idea of family unity and the joy of coming together to celebrate.
In China the traditional "reunion meal" – where family travel home from wherever they may be – is the centrepiece of new year celebrations. Much like Christmas lunch or dinner reunites families from across Australia, families across China and large swathes of Asia travel miles to come together to eat and be merry. Food is very much the centrepiece of the lunar new year and the reunion meal is the jewel in the crown.
Just like the Gregorian calendars new year's celebrations, most families stay up past midnight to bring in the New Year by either watching or launching fireworks, known as shou sui. The fireworks are meant to drive away evil spirits. Legend tells of an old man who used loud noises and red objects to scare off a beast called Nian. The legend helps to explain why fireworks and the colour red are so synonymous with the lunar new year.
In Australia, houses, businesses, cars and even dogs are covered in red, and Chinatowns across the country become the ruby heart of lunar new celebrations.
One of the main forms of entertainment is the incredibly athletic and energetic dragon and lion dances. The lion or dragon usually contains at least eight people, though some giant versions may have up to 50! Accompanied by beating drums and clashing cymbals, these dances signify joy, happiness and good luck, and something you'll see as part of lunar celebrations across Australia.
One of the more famous traditions associated with the lunar new year – probably because it involves money – are the little red packets. Known as hong bao in Mandarin and lai see in Cantonese, they are given by adults to young children as a symbol of good luck. Anytime you get given free money sounds lucky to me!
removing the previous year's bad luck.
If you've ever wondered why your friends seem to throw out a lot of stuff around the new year, it's because spring cleaning was traditionally done around the new years festival. The theory is you clean out all the bad luck and make space for all your good fortune!
Ideally, families should avoid cleaning for at least the first two days of the New Year to avoid sweeping away the good luck collected by the litter of firecrackers, red paper and celebration wrappers. So, kids, you have an excuse to leave your clothes on the floor.
Lanterns are ubiquitous at Chinese New Year events. The final celebration for most families is the lantern ceremony held 15 days after new year's eve. In some countries floating lanterns are lit and cover the sky like little flickering stars, while other places will float lanterns on lakes and rivers. In Australia, lanterns and paper cutouts are hung outside houses and businesses to welcome in good fortune.
To represent a fresh start, the Chinese believe everything should be renewed. That means shopping is a big deal for anyone keen to get into the Chinese New Year spirit – a concept heartily embraced by retailers and department stores.
I mean, what's the point in cleaning out your closet unless you can restock it again! Just make sure you buy plenty of red.


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The problem with building a marketing engine that works 24/7/365 is that at some point you are going to have to filter the sales leads and business opportunities that come your way. It's not a bad problem to have but it's one you should prepare for before it hits you. My general rule of thumb is to focus first on the best opportunities that are already in front of you.
Do the work on your desk first
As business ventures and sales cycles approach their conclusion, there is a natural tendency to start looking for the next batch of opportunities to pursue. That's a sound and logical approach to business if you want to avoid peaks and valleys in your revenue stream. The tricky part is balancing pursuit of future opportunities with completing current ones. There is no easy formula for this task, but the old cliche about a bird in the hand being better than one in the bush is a good place to start.
Future opportunities often lie in the current ones
Depending upon how you structure your business partnerships, a great deal of the revenue could come once the project is complete in the form of ongoing support or subscription revenue. You could also identify other areas where you can help your partners or customers. Just recently, a project we have worked on for almost a year for one customer turned out to be exactly what another customer needs. We worked with the first client so we could provide that solution to the second client and save them both some development costs.
Seeing that two of our clients find this solution useful will lead to this project becoming a product. Also by having two big names already using it, we've added to the future street credibility of the product. These are the kind of opportunities you can miss if you're too focused on finding new customers instead of finishing the work you have in front of you.
An example from three days at a trade show
I recently worked the trade show booth of one of our partner businesses. My job was to do two or three presentations a day related to the launch of a new joint venture product. It would have been easy to walk the show floor during the off time when I was not presenting. Instead, I decided to stay close to the area of the demos. We had spent a great deal of time and effort getting the word out that I'd be in the booth. I figured why not stay put and let those people interested enough to find me, come to me? I knew I was talking to the folks who had come looking for me or those who had enough interest in the new offering to ask questions.
I'll close with another cliche. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence, it just looks like it is. That's how an exciting new opportunity can look when comparing it to your existing one that seems to be slowing down. Never stop looking for future opportunities, but make sure not to do it at the expense of your existing ones.

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Partway into this collection, Teri tweeted a link to this comment thread on a Hairpin advice post, prompting a brief discussion of Díaz and how autobiographical his work might be. Since I haven't read much about him as a person before, I wasn't aware that his character Yunior, who is the centerpiece of this collection of stories, is really quite similar to him, making much of his fiction pretty true-to-life. That awareness made some of the stories more uncomfortable to read than others, notably those that are primarily about Yunior's womanizing tendencies. One could read these potentially misogynistic moments as highlighting the struggles of Latino masculinity, yet there's a line between deconstructive exploration and stubborn glorification that shifts wildly depending on the moment and the perspective of the reader. Díaz framed such moments in the context of simultaneity at a talk last year at the Facing Race Conference where he said, "We are fundamentally comprised of the oppressions we resist."
The finale, "The Cheater's Guide to Love," is the culmination of this squirm-inducing, seemingly memoir-fiction, and yet it's so excellently written and was difficult to put down. I couldn't help but romanticize that its gripping nature is grounded in its (presumably) real-life roots. (But I am also such a sucker for second-person narratives.) I still have to hope that self-awareness counts for something.


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A Very Pink Kitchen
As an indie game developer, I have to wear a lot of hats, and sometimes, that means delving into some areas that aren't really programming-related. One of the things I have to do a surprising amount of is selecting colors for things. So, when a friend of mine presented the conundrum of decorating an incredibly pink kitchen, I thought I'd take on the challenge of coming up with colors to go with it.
I can usually eyeball my way to a good palette, but I wanted to do things in a more methodical fashion for this, in case it helps somebody else learn a few tricks.
I don't have rights to my friend's photograph (which may be from a real-estate site, anyway). So, I've sampled some colors, so you can get a notion for what's going on in this scene:
The ceiling, floor, walls, left cupboards, and back door are all light pink. The cupboards on the right are a much darker shade of pink. The counters are some indeterminate light color. The large appliances and curtains are white. There is, somewhat bizarrely, an orange backsplash behind the oven.
The easiest way out, here, is going to be to stick to charcoal and white. But we're not taking the easy way!
First, let's break down the dominant colors into swatches.
Something looks off, here, and we should probably figure out what that is, before we start trying to add more colors into the mix.
Let's start by popping these colors into Adobe's RBY color wheel, so we can visualize the relationship between these colors.
Generally, if you are using different colors together, you want them to be at least 30° apart on your color wheel. The dark pink cupboards and the orange backsplash are the right distance apart to use together, but our lighter colors are clashing with both the backsplash and the darker cupboards. You can get away with this, to a degree, with desaturated colors, but it's a risky play.
This leaves us with the somewhat awkward question of whether we should anchor our color wheel to the red and the orange, because they are more saturated, or whether we should anchor them to those pale pink walls, because there's more of that color in the room.
I'm going to guess that we want to harmonize with the more saturated colors, so let's start there. I'm going to go to a tool that I created, myself, called Colorwheely. Colorwheely is pretty handy when you just want to bang out a quick RBY or RBG color wheel for one or two anchor colors.
Now that we've got our color wheel, we should select a good accent color to offset that oppressive pinkness. We could experiment with different color harmonies, but right off the bat, I think we're going to want to avoid colors that are near the clashy mess at the top. We're probably going to get the best results from one of those southwest blues, our Complementary green at the bottom, or one of our yellows, off to the right.
So, let's start with a Complementary color:
Obviously, that green is a bit lurid for decorating with. Luckily, we can go into HSV/HSB mode in our favorite paint program, and adjust the brightness and saturation of any of our color wheel colors without shifting their relationship to the other colors. (If you don't have a tool to do this, you can try the one here.) So, let's tone this green down a bit, by adjusting the brightness and saturation.
Well, now, that's got some potential.
My RBY wheel has a very traditional painter's warm/cool split. Adobe calculates their RBY color wheel a bit differently from mine, so if you use Adobe Color CC or the wheel in Photoshop or Illustrator, you're going to come up with a somewhat bluer shade of green for your Complementary color.
At this point, I think it comes down to personal taste. I'm preferring mine, but I could make a case for either.
Let's go back to the green from my color wheel, and then pull in one of those yellows, as an accent:
Not bad! That shade of green was really hip a few years ago, so you may still be able to find a fair bit of thrifty stuff in that color. Let's try out that yellow, with one of our blues as an accent:
Yellow is very sunny in there, but I think that it might get lost on some of those paler pink surfaces.
I love this blue, and it's not really pulling its weight in my mockup of the room, but it looks good over the real photo:
Now this shade of blue is a standout in there, but you're not likely to find decor in that hue:
Anyway, I suggest tinkering with more colors from the color wheel. Eyedropper them, adjust the brightness and saturation, and block some swatches in over your photo.
Or, if all else fails, you can always just go back to charcoal and white!


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In between getting to see Bay work up close for the first time and watching tons of explosions and gunfire, I was able to participate in a group interview with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
During an extended conversation with one of the few people that's been involved in all the Transformers movies besides Michael Bay, he revealed how The Last Knight came together, how the film explores the Transformers mythology, what's different about this sequel, how they determine which characters to include, if they listen to the fans when making the films, future sequels, the status of the Bumblebee spinoff, if people need to have seen the first four installments to understand The Last Knight, how Grimlock plays a larger role, their relationship with Hasbro, and so much more. If you're a fan of Transformers, I promise you'll love this interview because it's loaded with info. Check out what he had to say below.
Are there direct connections, though, that you would see to the Bumblebee spin-off of things in this movie? Does this set things up?
Di Bonaventura: Sometimes is the answer. It's not always, because I think then it feels like you're really trying to widget it all together, and it becomes a little too neat. But I think–I don't think, I know–some of the things will have a very direct relationship. You'll see some things in here that are laying a pipe. You won't necessarily know that it's laying a pipe for another movie, but it's there.
So there's probably, in a really meaningful way, two or three things in this movie that really have a meaningful aspect in terms of it, and then there's a bunch of little things. But we're not making this movie to set up the other movies. That's what I'm trying to say. If you get too carried away with that, you stop thinking about this movie.
And this movie, the two lines of mythology in a sense give you freedom to go a lot of different places later on that may or may not directly relate to another movie, but it's opening up the universe in a way that I think, in that way it's probably the most provocative, in terms of the movie. It's opening a really large universe of what Transformers is, and where they've come from, and how we relate to them, and how they relate to themselves.
I'm curious where you guys are at on the Bumblebee?
Di Bonaventura: It's being written.
Can you say who the writers are?
Di Bonaventura: Christina Hodson is the writer.
Is there a plan–I think it has a release date, if I'm not mistaken.
Di Bonaventura: I think the Paramount release said '18. I think it said 2018. I don't know if they put an actual date, but I believe they–honestly, that release came out about 4 months ago, and all I'm trying to do is get it ready as soon as I can!
Is this one of these movies where–will people have to have seen the first four to enjoy this film?
Di Bonaventura: No, no. That's another conscious thing. The opening of the film will introduce the sort of exploration of the mythology that we're going to do. Therefore, it's not necessary to have seen the films before, because it's going to establish the–let's call it the mystery of the movie, and the direction the movie is going to go in.
That was a very conscious attempt, because that's the other thing you forget as a film maker. Not everybody–you kind of fell like everybody's seen it, so they can come right along for the ride. So the opening sequence, which is probably–I don't know, it's been a while since I counted the pages, but I'll say ten pages, sets the mystery of the movie, of this movie. If you've never seen another Transformers movie, you don't need to.
Was that Grimlock being more in the film–was that a nod to fans that wanted to see more Dinobots, or more action with the Dinobots?
Di Bonaventura: I think everybody wanted to see more Dinobots, including ourselves, you know what I mean? We all were like god, we wish we could have found a way in that story to include them more. So that was one of the hopes/priorities going into this, was to try to find a way to bring them back into the stories?
So is it more than Grimlock, or mostly Grimlock?
Di Bonaventura: There's a few others, but Grimlock is, to me–I like Grimlock the most, so that's probably why I talk the most about it, you know? And I just saw a sequence, so that's probably why it's on the top of my head. He's funny. He's like a naughty dog in this movie. He's really sheepish when he does something wrong. He's a great character. He's really–we're bringing out a side of him that you're going to like–you're going to relate to.
If you're introducing a new villain, is Galvatron/Megatron still around? Does he play any role in this?
Di Bonaventura: Yeah, Megatron for sure is around. I mean, are we talking about some of the ones that are…
Staffer: You can talk about some of the new ones.
Di Bonaventura: So if you go back in the mythology, how Transformers were actually created, where did it start, where did they go from being a sort of a slave-race to a sentient race–we're delving into that aspect of the mythology, so the characters that are involved in there are Megatron before he's Megatron, Optimus before he's Optimus, the Librarian, the Quintessons, there's a whole group of things that have to do with how, in a sense, the Transformers were birthed, and also with how they were divided. What brought up the division, and what were the jealousies involved.
So I think on that level, you're going to deal with things that feel from a stakes level higher, because of the importance of the sort of thought, right? There's still, of course, the threat to the world and that sort of threat we have, but I think that threat is amplified now, because you're going to feel why certain aspects of our world, why we've been fighting in a sense.
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Orenstein is now 93, and his wife, Carolyn Sue (Susie), is 72, but he is too busy having fun to sink placidly into his dotage. Three days a week, from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., he hosts a high-stakes game of five-card stud in his Manhattan apartment with his poker buddies. "He calls 'em friends," Susie says, grinning. "They're sharks!"
Ken Oakes, Orenstein's longtime driver, brings him a glass of water and a few cough drops. "I've been driving Henry for 24 years, since I retired from my regular job as a manager for Sears," he says. "I managed the toy department there. When the Transformers came out, we used to talk about it." That's because Orenstein was the man who saw the potential for Transformers in America. They made him a very rich man. Again.
"Transformers, more than meets the eye!" Orenstein croons.
"He sings all the time," Susie says. "He sings himself to sleep!"
Henry turned the small toy car over in his hands, gauging the weight of it. He'd spotted the thing in a showroom at the New York Toy Fair, on a shelf off to the side, so far away from the main display he assumed it had been discarded. He gently flipped the front doors open and nudged the backseat, and poof: The car transformed into a plane. He thought, This is the best idea I've seen in many years!
"He went into a trance," recalls Susie, who was with him that day. "I didn't know what he was talking about!"
It was the early 1980s; Topper had filed for bankruptcy in 1972 after the bank called back their loan (Susie calls it "the blemish on his career"), but Henry had remained in the business, pitching ideas to large toy companies. He always had an eye for the overlooked, so when he saw that car turn into a plane, he got the feeling he'd had many times before. "Ideas don't come in little pieces. It's in; it's out. It's there, or it's not. It's like a sparkle," he says. "I was just an inventor. You needed a big company to do what I thought should be done: making real transformations from complex things to other complex things."
That tiny car was manufactured by a Japanese toy company named Takara. "I knew the president," Orenstein says. "I went to him and said, 'I think this could be a great thing, building a bridge between Japanese ingenuity and American marketing.'" He then went to Hasbro, the toy giant behind G.I. Joe and My Little Pony, and became a matchmaker, pitching his vision for a line of transforming toys that went far beyond cars turning into planes. "Very definitely, Henry was the bridge in this one transaction with Takara," says Alan Hassenfeld, former chairman and CEO of Hasbro. "Henry basically had a sense that Transformers was going to be something that would be transformational for the toy industry.… To be able to take a car and, with a little bit of dexterity, change it into another toy, that was something magical."
"It was Henry who really saw the magic, the potential, that was inside all these different brands that Takara was presenting," says Tom Warner, Senior Vice President of the Transformers franchise. "There's a lot of toys out there, but it takes a very special individual to look at something, identify it, and say it will be a big hit in the U.S. "
Henry didn't style Bumblebee or create Optimus Prime's backstory—teams of writers, designers and artists at Hasbro developed the ubiquitous Transformers we know today—but he was there first, the one who saw the promise. "Henry was absolutely the catalyst that made this happen," Hassenfeld says.
Hasbro, working with Takara, created the Transformers in 1984, and since then those multifaceted robots have become one of the most successful action figure brands in history, touching all outposts of popular culture, from comic books and a popular theme song to numerous TV series, imitators (GoBots, anyone?) and a blockbuster movie franchise. In 2007, the first Transformers movie made over $700 million worldwide. Three more films followed. Hasbro says the Transformers franchise has brought in more than $10 billion since 2004.
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AL: Based on the cover I can assume Optimus won't be alone in this series. Can you discuss who will be working with and/or against him in the series?
JB: There's a big supporting cast. He's still got a team on Earth—Soundwave is at his side, and we really see what's going on psychologically betweem them in issue 3. Optimus blackmailed Soundwave to join him back before Revolution, but Soundwave has essentially come over to Optimus' side pretty completely. How strong the bond is, how deep the trust between Autobot and Decepticon can be, is a big question. There's a flashback story going on through the first six issues that goes back to Pre-War Cybertron, and we see how Soundwave and Optimus (then called Orion Pax) first met… and how deep the trust and mistrust goes.
Arcee is on Optimus' side, but she's a little wary of what he's doing. She's been around a long time, and she's seen a lot of stuff happen, and is worried about Optimus overstepping the boundaries of right and wrong; but she's really struggling to see if there is a real boundary between those things.
Pyra Magna, who leads the team that combines into Victorion, is becoming more hostile toward Optimus—and really, with good reason. She's a strong believer in the Primes, and in the meaning of the Matrix of Leadership, which Optimus holds but doesn't believe is a holy object. Pyra thinks she should have the Matrix, and is disturbed by Optimus' attitude toward it.
Plus we've got some other favorites, Aileron (who's a new character we introduced in the Transformers series and who had a key role in Revolution), Jetfire, Sky Lynx, Jazz. And a new G.I. Joe team featuring some surprising characters will be on-scene in the first story. Plus, Thundercracker and his dog Buster are still out there somewhere.
One of the big new additions, though, are the Colonist Soldiers—these are Transformers from Cybertron's colony worlds who are fiercely loyal to Optimus Prime, who see him as a True Prime, a sort of space messiah figure. They'll follow him anywhere… and Pyra Magna, in particular, is disturbed by that.
AL: Kei, you're working with one of the most recognizable characters in pop culture with Optimus Prime. From a design perspective, can you discuss what elements of Prime's look you are tweaking to make the design your own?
Kei Zama: I'm so honored to be able to draw him. At the same time, I'm feeling pressure to draw a character that's everyone's hero.
I'm always trying to draw him to look "heavy."
In actuality he has big heavy metal body but on top of that he has struggled from pre-war to the current era and is now carrying the future of the Earth and universe—I don't express him emotionally so much, but try to give just a glimpse of his hidden emotions and aggression.
And I try to draw him as a warrior. Not just with Optimus Prime, though—I usually add many scratches, bullet wounds, and rust on everyone's body.
AL: Can you discuss the process of giving each Transformer a visual personality? Is it a challenge at times to infuse them with emotion considering facial limitations or vehicle modes, etc.?
KZ: I always think it's difficult to express their emotions on their face, because head-parts or helmets often cover their features. Then I'm trying to express by gesture and lights/shadows/shadings, not only facial expressions.
I don't think about alt-modes deeply. Instead of alt-mode, I try to add various personality on the robot mode. In Japan, a lot of robot characters are often drawn handsome or cool. I feel that's boring, so I try to draw their appearance in various ways. For example, the colonists that entered in Optimus Prime #1 each have an individualistic design. There's a cute boy, bad looking guy, tough girl, etc. Especially Gimlet, who's my favorite!
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John Barber: Not to give anything away, but as Revolution starts, Optimus is in a fairly antagonistic relationship with ... well, almost everybody. He's come to Earth and said the whole planet is going to be part of Cybertron's Council of World, without asking if the people of Earth wanted to be in it — or if the people of Cybertron wanted them. He's doing this because he thinks he's out of options to protect the Earth — he's tried fighting evil Cybertronians, tried leaving the place alone. But bringing Earth into Cybertron's fold is the only thing he hasn't tried.
In Revolution this comes to a head: there's a big, dangerous thing happening with Ore-13, which is a form of Energon that's on Earth, and it looks to G.I. Joe like Optimus is behind it, so the threat becomes immediate. This isn't a spoiler — Optimus is not behind the problem, and in the process of resolving the complex web of Revolution, alliances are formed and new relationships are established.
So...Optimus still has the goal of bringing Earth into the cosmic community of Cybertron. But who's with him and who's against him have shifted a bit.
Vince Brusio: How will Optimus' origin be relayed in this new series? Is there room for the past? Or is the present too busy to spare time for reflection?
John Barber: The first arc goes full-steam-ahead into the present, but there's a parallel story in pre-war Cybertron, when he was still Orion Pax, before he became Optimus Prime. It's important for this series to see why Optimus is doing what he's doing, what's motivating his actions. He's not just taking over, and he's not just being decisive out of nowhere.
There's a particular point in his life that we haven't seen that's really important to how he became Optimus Prime. He has some regrets — there was a war fought between him and Megatron, and that war lasted four million years and destroyed planets — including Cybertron, and very nearly Earth. And the ultimate goal of both sides was sort of the same — both sides were against an evil and corrupt system that had taken over Cybertron.
The first arc is called "New Cybertron," so the war — and the events that led to it — weigh on Optimus' every action.
Because Optimus made such a bold move in annexing Earth, the story was necessarily going to focus on him — or, at the very least, he becomes the axis on which the story pivots. There's still a big supporting cast — Soundwave, Arcee, Jazz, Victorion, many others; plus the human contingent — but the shadow of Optimus' actions is so big they can't help but be pulled into his gravity. We'll be seeing Optimus through their eyes.
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Developer Kabam and toy company Hasbro today announced Transformers: Forged to Fight, a mobile game based on the well-known franchise.
Described as a "high-definition, action-fighting role-playing game with strategy elements," Forged to Fight claims to offer trademark Transformers action. You will assemble an "ultimate" team of Transformers, including Autobots and Decepticons from across almost every era of the Transformers history, and then do battle. The game is set in a colorful 3D world, and battles take place in a number of varied and unique arenas. Click through the images in the gallery below to get a closer look.
The game is set in a "strange new world where multiple realities collide," which in turn creates a "massive planetary battlefield." So, you know, Transformers stuff. Some of the features include 1v1 battles, RPG elements described as being "deep," and base-rading. Some of the playable Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, and Grimlock. These characters can be leveled up through gameplay, unlocking more abilities over time.
Forged to Fight enters beta in some territories soon, and will be released widely across the world in Spring 2017. The game is in development at Kabam Vancouver, which is the studio that made Fast & Furious: Legacy and Marvel Contest of Champions.
The release teases a "unique" story that goes beyond purely good and evil--what more can you say on that front--and is this canon?
McCartney: We've worked closely with our partners at Hasbro to create the story of our game. In doing so we've ingested every classic cartoon, comic book, movie, that you can imagine. Our team has immersed ourselves in the Transformers Universe in order to understand each character's unique personality and quirks. As the game begins Optimus Prime is returning to his home planet of Cybertron after many years of conflict on earth. During the course of his travels his ship encounters a strange anomaly in space and crash lands on a strange planet. Through the course of the game Optimus is attempting to unravel the mystery and escape the planet.
How much freedom are you afforded in the Transformers universe? It's obviously a massive, revered franchise--but I'm guessing you want to push things forward with your own unique voice, so to speak, as well.
McCartney: We work closely with our partners at Hasbro to ensure that we stay true to the franchise and lore established over the course of the last 30+ years. We also take the history of the Transformers franchise very seriously. For example, before we start work on a new character we have a bit of a classroom session for everyone working in that character. Our Transformers experts walk everyone through the history of the character and his / her personality traits. This gets everyone in the right mindset before starting work on a character. With regard to the story and character dialogue, Hasbro has been amazing. They give us the freedom to create our own vision and then feedback if something isn't true to lore, or if we're pushing something too far. For the most part this interaction has been minimal. We're excited about continuing work with Hasbro in the future and we have a lot of ideas we can't wait to collaborate on.
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Isabela Moner had quite the eventful first day on Transformers: The Last Knight!
Chatting with Girl's Life mag, Isabela dished on the very first scene she shot for the upcoming flick.
Director Michael Bay greeted her with this: "Welcome! Today you're going to put out a fire. Do you know how to use a fire extinguisher?"
Good thing she could!
"Michael lit this huge fire so I could practice, and kept shouting, 'You have to get closer! Closer! You're not in the shot yet!'" Isabela shares in the December/January issue. "All I could think was, 'My face is going to melt off!'"
Another scene found Isabela sprinting while hauling three huge para-chute bags. "I grabbed them and I ran through the scene with all this wind blowing in my face and dust getting in my eyes and smoke and things on fire. When I finished it, it was just the most amazing feeling to know that I'd done it."
Pick up Isabela's Girl's Life cover on news stands on November 15th!
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Throughout the interview, the team's dedication to the characters and the stories was inspiring. To this team, products are more than the end result, they are a labor of love and a passion. Mr. Warden continued by telling me that his plan for the designs "depends on the toy line and where they start. My work on Generations might not be the same as for Titans Return. Although Generations and Titans Return are playing with characters from the late '80s, these characters are really resonating with new and old fans, so we're trying to keep in that universe. We want to look at the range of fans and at characters' universal appeals. We have to choose characters based on not just popularity but also purpose into the line." It's this commitment to both the toys as an item as well as the stories within the Transformers universe that was ultimately inspiring.
Whether it's the play pattern, the names, or the colors, the integration of these multiple factors matters. Sean Carmine Isabella shared, "we want it to good look, but the biggest challenge is to not put a barrier in the play patterns. Play pattern starts with the core audience, so we talk to the age range. We look at what TV shows they're watching, what cartoons they're watching. We want to see what's speaking to kids today." Ben Montano follows up by noting that the different age ranges "definitely complicates things. The duality [of both toy and consumer are] what makes us unique." Mr. Carmine Isabella shared that the integrative approach matters because "it's a back and forth process. We'll think about the colors and if it doesn't make sense with the story backroad then it's not going to work. The kids need to be able to connect to it."
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Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Mark admitted that by announcing there would be mini-dinobots in the upcoming sequel he had 'already revealed too much' but that fans should also expect 'a few other surprises'.
The film currently has confirmed autobots, decepticons, mini-dinobots, King Arthur, Nazis – and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
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...one of the best experiences (he's) had on a film...since Speilberg
Directors like...Bay...just say "Let's do it". I love that, because I'm like that
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Aint Scared of Your Jails was a very good and interesting movie. It taught the very realistic side of how people were very racist and treated others very poorly. The truth behind it is quite sad and the fact that we still have people like that today is upsetting. In the beginning when a man says, "I wasn't raised with them and don't plan to start now." He is referring to colored people and how he would not get to know them. People would yell, "Nigger!" and being that it is a very racial term, it was offending to many people but they were not able to stop them from yelling it. When blacks would want to be served and the resturaunts would deny them service or say they were closed when they clearly were open. This movie had alot of factual statements and was easy to understand and to get a good look at how cruel people can truely be.
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It is interesting to note the prejudice that still exists in America, not just for African Americans but for gays and even women still. The ignorance of some people amazes me.ReplyDelete
I cant believe the "N" word was so common back then. People would say it like it was no big deal. Not only is it rude and offensive but it just shows the lack of respect people have for other humans outside of their race.ReplyDelete
I agree with you Kayra, it really is sad how awful people can treat one another on the basis of their scary. Its crazy and im glad segregation was stopped.ReplyDelete
I completely agree with you, it is sad that there are still people like this today.ReplyDelete
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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in Hong Kong, according to a statement by the political party he co-founded.
The Demosisto party said he had been "forcefully pushed into a private minivan on the street" while walking to a train station at around 07:30 local time (23:30 GMT Thursday).
The 23-year-old was taken to police HQ in Wan Chai, his party said.
Another prominent activist, Agnes Chow, was also arrested this morning.
Both activists were detained on suspicion of "inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly" and for "knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly".
Mr Wong faces one further charge of "organising an unauthorised assembly".
Both their arrests are related to a protest on 21 June which saw protesters blockade police headquarters for 15 hours.
The detentions come a day ahead of a planned demonstration scheduled for this weekend – which would be the 13th weekend in a row that protests have occurred. Police have declined permission for the rally, citing public safety concerns – but protesters are expected to gather regardless.
Well-known independence campaigner Andy Chan said he too had been detained by police, while trying to board a flight from Hong Kong to Japan on Thursday night.
He was arrested on suspicion of rioting and assaulting a police officer, according to local outlet HKFP.
Some 900 people have been arrested since protests began in early June, triggered by a controversial extradition bill, police said on Wednesday.
With the bill now suspended, the rallies have evolved into a broader movement demanding democratic reform and an investigation into alleged police brutality.
The protests have frequently escalated into violence between police and activists, with injuries on both sides.
There are also growing fears that China could intervene in the protests by sending in mainland troops. On Thursday, these concerns were fuelled after China's military moved a new batch of troops into Hong Kong. Chinese state media described it as a routine annual rotation.
The recent protests have been characterised as leaderless, but Joshua Wong is a figurehead for many due to his leading role in the 2014 rallies known as Hong Kong's "Umbrella protests".
His latest arrest comes just weeks after he was released from prison in June, after serving time for his role in the 2014 protests.
It was in 2014 that the activist became the poster boy for the city's resistance, as thousands marched demanding the right for Hong Kong to choose its own leader.
The Umbrella protests were so-called as protesters frequently used umbrellas to shield themselves from pepper spray fired by police.
At the heart of both the Umbrella movement and the current protests is concern about what is perceived to be China's increasing influence in Hong Kong.
Beijing is highly sensitive about the territory – which is part of China under a "one country, two systems" model.
Hong Kong has its own legal system and borders, and rights including freedom of assembly and free speech are protected.


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Introduction How To Delete A Teachable School
Earning Cash with hobbies like writing, gardening, Artwork, and fitness are usually not in the cards. You put together a professional online course to teach people all about it, unless of course. This Teachable review outlines among the choices for developing a website that is gorgeous for presenting your courses, from classes to PDF training. How To Delete A Teachable School
We've taken a peek Teachable's main Competitions: Udemy and Uscreen. The two of those have their advantages and disadvantages, but it's time to summarize Teachable, yet another intriguing firm. Teachable has marketing choices, personalization tools that are great, clean website interfaces and analytics.
Teachable's online class creation module supplies Security and Hosting , along with the learning tools you need, from quizzes to blogs and talk forums to courses. So read on if you want to have a look at our comprehensive Teachable review and see whether it's the ideal online class builder for you.
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What is Teachable?
For those who aren't already familiar with this platform, Teachable is an online class platform or Learning Management System (LMS). Why do you need one of these? Because they simplify the course development and launch process worry about the technology and design aspects. Yep, no need to stress over using plugins and WordPress .
I will not go on . I will just say this: there are just A few LMS platforms I urge for online entrepreneurs, and Teachable is just one of these. Here's my breakdown:
Which Teachable Features Stand Out?
Taking a look at the user layouts that are current, it is Evident that Teachable is doing something right. In addition to this, the pricing appears pretty solid. So what are some of the principal features you can look forward to?
Teachable's Drop and Drag Builder
Drag and drop contractors are getting better and Better, and if you look at the user layouts from Teachable it is clear they have done a fantastic job in that region. Not every Teachable user has tons of knowledge in web development, and that is sort of the point.
You can move courses around, arrange pricing Packs, shed text and imagery on the site, and quickly develop earnings pages (which we'll discuss below).
You have The choice to upload media and lecture documents (such as sound and PDFs) straight from the computer.
What is also interesting is that you can work with The path pages to be added by your current site on there. Or, you can start a website with a domain name by starting from scratch on Teachable. How To Delete A Teachable School
Advanced edits
Among the advantages of Teachable is that you simply Don't have to be programmer or a coder sell and to create courses online. It enables you upload your content, to start with a template, and start earning money as long as your classes are good.
It makes sense that some individuals and Organizations might want to personalization the Teachable interface even further. This would allow you to move around more advanced elements like button placement, picture dimensions, and the overall branding of your website.
Teachable has something called a Power Editor, Which provides more sophisticated users the chance to tap into the code and create those customizations if needed.
Upload a Variety of Documents
Teachable supports the Vast Majority of files you Need to get a online course that is decent. Including picture, video, sound, text, and PDFs. You can pull your articles from a wide variety of sources such as Google Drive or Dropbox, syncing up your storage spots with the website.
Learning and Community Tools Like Forums, Websites, and Quizzes
The quizzes will there be to provide additional content for Your customers. I haven't ever taken a course online where I haven't been excited to check my knowledge in the end. Teachable also offers a forum and website for your website, turning it into more of a community than anything. Should you cultivate this community you are more inclined to get some VIP clients who recommend you to other men and women.
Finally, some of those Teachable plans supply Course completion certificates. This leads to the feeling of community and gives pupils a sense of accomplishment when they complete one of your courses. You can do this for just a few of these or all your courses. It permits you to customize each one of the certificates and add your own personal flair to each one. How To Delete A Teachable School
Sales Pages
Landing pages are usually crucial for selling courses. You layout the sales pages, then buy some ads linking on Facebook and Google to these. Clients are more inclined to purchase from sales pages, and also you do not confuse people by sending them into the normal homepage.
In Teachable, revenue pages are provided for you. Each of the templates have been analyzed to enhance your conversions, therefore all you have to do is go in there and customize the template to fit your brand and classes.
What's also cool Is These sales pages (and all Of those pages on your website ) can be transformed into a wide variety of languages. This way, global customers have the opportunity to check out your classes and possibly sign up. It is not a guarantee that these people are going to be able to comprehend your videos, however, the text-based translations would permit you to open your business to people around the world.
Responsiveness for Viewing on All Devices
This ties into the design component of Teachable. In short, Google needs to be certain that your website is observable and user-friendly all devices, from desktop computers to smaller tablets and smartphones. Therefore, you want to be certain that the media and text are payable on those devices with no issues.
Your Teachable content snaps into Place dependent on the device found. So, if your student is watching your lectures on a phone, they can view everything in the right dimensions. The same is said for computers and tablets.
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Student Management
One of the trickier elements of conducting an online Course making certain they take the courses is managing students, and giving them the assistance they need.
One Means to Do this is with the student feedback module in Teachable. Essentially, it allows you to create things like surveys, Google Forms, and other feedback tools to learn more from the pupils and determine what they dislike or exactly what they'd like to see later on.
Teachable's service integrations help out with Student direction as well. You can link bringing you a variety of alternatives for collecting consumer information and recalling conversations that you've had with specific students. How To Delete A Teachable School
Student list segmentation is provided to enhance On your marketing and student-relationships. In short, the segmentation module has options for sending out targeted emails based on certain criteria. For instance, you might send a email when a student enrolls on your program . Or, you may think about using a code redemption for those students who haven't bought one of your courses.
Impressive Marketing Features from Teachable
You don't always see advertising features with online Course creation platforms. But, Teachable includes coupons, promotions, affiliate programs, email marketing and a lot more.
You can also play around with pricing that is advanced Choices, with alternatives like payment programs, bundled classes, and subscriptions.
Customer Support
As You Might Have noticed at the pricing plan area, Each program has product support. The skilled and High Volume Plans provide priority product service, so I am presuming when calling the company, you get bumped to the front of the line.
In Terms of the Way of contact, Teachable provides a Live chat on the website alongside a ticketing system for you to submit your queries. Until you send a message to them, But they route you through the knowledge base.
Teachable also has a wonderful site and Weekly live workshops for learning and also an academy full of tutorials and courses similar, Tips!
Overall, Teachable'service alternatives look great. It doesn't seem to be in the cards right now, although it would be nice to see some telephone service. How To Delete A Teachable School
What I Enjoy
- Teachable is easy to use – that I won't deny itTeachable is pretty damn simple to use. Subscribe to create a new class and upload your own articles. Done.
- Teachable is focused on assisting you to build your brand – Teachable isn't just setup that will assist you produce a course, it encourages you to build a college filled with classes. They want you to be successful and create courses a part of your business design.
- Teachable is made for entrepreneurs – When you start working with Teachable, you understand that they know their audience quite well. They are aware you do require a solution you need help with advertising and selling your course. And they have built in features with your requirements in mind.
- Lots of built in advertising and sales tools – Sales webpages. Promo videos. Plus webinars and articles on the best way to market your course.
- Flexible pricing options – Multi-tier pricing, recurring coupons, package classes, and coupon/ voucher codes
- Great alternative for free classes – They have a totally free plan. If your courses are free, then it will not cost you a dime.
Areas for Progress
- Can't Drip Content – This is a feature that a lot of entrepreneurs utilize. It needs to be an option.
- Course Builder is Unintuitive – The section of the course builder in which you create your structure and content is known as a Syllabus. Other than being a misnomer, the Syllabus is not intuitive. You need to click around to figure out things. To add content, you click on"New Lecture," whether you're incorporating a lecture. . .or a quiz, or even a dialogue . This can be unintuitive and confusing. It would be make more sense to have a dropdown with options to include actions, quizzes, jobs, etc..
- Lack of Focus on Learning Elements – I'd like to see more than just press, text and very fundamental quizzes. For example, office hours or synchronous assignments live,. Or the ability to state learning objectives. How about projects or course portfolios? All of these are features that other platforms have.
- Integrations -There aren't enough of these. This is a place they really need to work on, although they've got the basics covered, for sure. At the moment, there are just six native integrations. For everything else, they all rely upon Zapier. For instance, wish to incorporate the stage with your service? If you don't use Mailchimp, you are out of luck. . .unless Zapier is used by you. I would especially like to view integrations with Dropbox and Google Drive.
- Navigation menu – It feels weird. After you click on certain elements a sub-menu overlays the main navigation menu. I find a tree-style menu or drop down, such as in WordPress.
As you can see, the majority of the regions of progress have related to learning elements. That's my biggest gripe with Teachable: you get the bare bones out of a teaching standpoint. You soon realize that they have put nearly all of the work into advertising 18, after doing some digging.
Among the coolest parts of Teachable is you simply Don't need to go out to find and cover your hosting. It is all included in the pricing bundle, which is fine for keeping your website up and fast for customers.
However, the best part is the number of Students and classes supported by Teachable. It seems like more often than not I stumble until more money is paid by you upon services which have maximums for classes and pupils. That's NOT the case with Teachable–since you can have pupils and classes for many plans. How To Delete A Teachable School
As for the pricing, here's what Teachable offers:
Fundamental — $29 a month for all base attributes, 5 percent transaction fees, instant payouts, two admin customers, product service, course founder training, custom domain service, voucher codes, trickle course content, incorporated affiliate advertising, integrated email promotion, and third-party integrations.
Professional — $79 a month to get everything in the Basic program, instant payouts, five admin users, priority product service, rated quizzes, innovative theme customization, advanced reports, Teachable branding eliminated, and course completion certificates.
Business — $399 per month for everything in the past two plans, no transaction fees, instant payouts, 100 admin customers, priority product support, manual student importing, bulk student enrollments, custom user functions.
The reason I enjoy this pricing plan set up much Because it allows you to try your classes out using the Basic Plan is. You get 95% of whatever comes in for the classes, although the 5% transaction fees aren't perfect.
Instantaneous payouts have been added to all Without needing to await a month or a couple of weeks, the plans you get your money upfront.
Basic characteristics
We said that all base attributes are included in The fundamental plan, so it makes sense to outline what some of those attributes are:
No fees should you give away courses at no cost.
Basic quizzes to check your students.
Chat forums for developing a community around your classes on Teachable.
Student management tools.
A integrated payment processing system to collect all payments securely.
Teachable provides nlimited hosting, students, courses, and video. How To Delete A Teachable School
A few notes pricing:
During my Teachable inspection, I noticed that Teachable doesn't charge any setup fees or cancellation charges. This usually means that the one thing you need to pay for is the program and trade fees that are whatever you may be incurring. You should also remember that there are always likely to transaction fees for payment processing, and this all depends on which option you go with.
There is not a free trial, however you can configure an Accounts and play around with the Teachable backend for so long as you would like. In my mind, this is much better than a trial, as it allows you to construct your course website and understand how it's likely to function prior to launch. Teachable then begins charging your credit card as soon as you launch the site.
Finally, the pricing programs listed above are predicated On annual payments. You must pay for a year in advance to have that pricing. Paying month-to-month for Teachable means that your monthly pricing increases. If you don't cover a year beforehand As an example, the Basic plan goes around $39 per month.
Who Should Consider Teachable as a Way to Make Money on the Web?
Teachable is Fantastic bloggers, for both YouTubers, Publishers, niche experts, writers, and a whole lot more. My Teachable inspection revealed that so long as you have some sort of ability you can sell courses teaching that skill on Teachable.
You can test out Teachable without Punching in any payment info, so that is cool for those that are planning on earning courses. There's no reason until you've got any of your classes to pay for a plan.
The sky's the limit once you create a course. I'd Urge trying to get out of Teachable's Basic Plan as it's possible to benefit from the zero payment.
Any type of course can go on Teachable. For Instance, Teachable supports everything to web designers from YouTubers to writers and artists. How To Delete A Teachable School
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This was a very exciting week for the Environmental Adventurers! Monday marked our third week (our halfway point) of program. We started off the week by learning about vertebrate animals, more specifically mammals. The week before, the class picked some of their favorite vertebrates that they wanted to learn more about. For Monday, Amya suggested we learn more about giraffes and dogs. She shared that she was surprised to know that giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans do. After our discussion, students made their own vertebrates and invertebrates out of clay and pipe cleaners and we compared how a backbone makes a difference on an animal's physiology.
On Tuesday, we made our own vertebrate skeletons out of pasta! Moneeka picked out fish template and added wonderful detail to all of its skeletal structure. On Wednesday, students picked their favorite vertebrate and did their own research on them. Then, they presented their findings to the class and stapled their animal to our "Vertebrate vs Invertebrate" chart (that will be completed next week when we go over invertebrates). Thursday was our culminating event for the week: field trip to The Plant. The students were super excited to go and learn about circular economies. Amya and Nayelli were particularly intrigued by The Plants aquaponics system and how they contribute to a circular economy.
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Be sure if you are a Facebook user, to join Schnucks fan page https://www.facebook.com/Schnucks. On Wednesdays they have the Wednesday Wow coupons that you can print. These items are usually items that are already on sale. Also, usually about once a week Schnucks gives us the Drive Time specials. For example, past DTD have been a pizza, bag of salad, and 2 ltr of soda for $5! I love these!!
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The prices listed below are based off the Missouri ad that comes out on Mondays. These may be different in the Rockford ad and this post will be re-published on Wednesday mornings with any changes. This is to give our Missouri area readers, whose ad starts on Monday, their matchups in a timely manner. Also, this gives us Rockford area shoppers time to get our coupons in order. You may also choose to order coupons from sources such as My Coupon Hunter or eBay!
* Some items not available in some stores. We reserve the right to limit quantities. For all Buy One Get One Free offers there is a limit of 2 free items with the purchase of 2Land O Lakes Fresh Buttery Taste Spread - $1
-$0.40/1 Land O Lakes Spreadable Product 3/18 SS
Final Price: $0.60 ea ($0.40 ea)
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, Crescents, or Grands! Biscuits - $1 (these appear to be the smaller packages)
-$0.40/3 Grands! Biscuits 3/11 SS & 4/1 SS
-$0.40/3 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 3/11 SS & 4/1 SS
Final Price: $2.60 or $0.87 ea wyb 3 ($2.20 or $0.73 ea wyb 3
Yoplait Greek Yogurt 6 oz - $1
-$0.30/1 Yoplait Greek Yogurt (click here to print) - Void in LA, NV, NJ, ND and TN
-$0.50/2 Yoplait Greek Yogurt 3/25 SS
Final Price: as low as $0.70 ea ($0.40 ea)
Barilla Pasta (regular and whole grain pictured) - $1
-$1.00 off when you buy 1 Barilla Pasta and 1 Barilla Pasta Sauce 3/18 SS
Final Price: you will basically get the pasta free and just have to pay for the sauce
Durkee and Weber Grilling Spices - $1
-$1/2 Durkee spices (I don't know what insert this came out in, sorry!)
-$1/1 Weber Seasonings 3/25 SS
Final Price: as low as FREE!
Puffs Facial Tissue - $1
-$0.25/3 Puffs (singles) 4/29 PG
Final Price: $2.75 or $0.92 ea wyb 3 ($2.50 or $0.83 ea wyb 3)
Michelina's Frozen Dinners - $1
-$1.00/5 Michelina Frozen Dinners (click here to print)
Final Price: $0.80 ea wyb 5
Yoplait Yogurt cups - $0.60
-$0.40/6 Yoplait cups 3/11 SS
Final Price: $3.20 or $0.53 ea wyb 6 ($2.80 or $0.47 ea wyb 6)
Freschetta Pizza - $4.50
-$1.50/2 Freschetta multi serve pizza 3/4 SS
Final Price: $3.75 ea wyb 2
Lean Cuisine Dinners - $2.00 (free Skinny Cow multipack of ice cream novelties with purchase of 6 Lean Cuisine Dinners)
-$1/4 Lean Cuisine 4/29 SS
Final Price: $7.00 or $1.75 ea wyb 4
Skinny Cow Ice Cream Novelties - $3.99
-$1 off (not sure the exact wording on the coupon since my printer is out of ink *ugh*) when you play the Facebook Instant win game HERE
Final Price: depends on value of coupon
Eggo Frozen Waffles (20-24 ct) $3.99
-$0.75/2 Eggo Frozen Products 3/11 RP
Final Price: $7.23 or $3.62 ea wyb 2
Right Bites, FiberPlus Bars, Special K Bars or Crackers - $2.50
-$1/2 Special K Crackers 4/29 RP
-$1/2 Special K Granola Bars 4/29 RP
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Special K Cereal - $2.50
-$1/3 Special K Cereals 4/29 RP
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Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $1.88
-$0.75/2 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 4/29 SS
Final Price: $3.01 or $1.51 ea wyb 2
Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake - $0.80 & Betty Crocker Frosting - $0.60
-$0.75 when you buy both BC Super Moist Cake and Ready to spread Frosting 3/25 SS
Final Price: $0.65 for both the cake mix and the frosting!!
Cheetos, Fritos, Ruffles, Kettle Cooked Lays, and Rold Gold Pretzels 7-16 oz bags - $2.50
-$1/2 Cheetos 4/29 PepsiCo Insert
-$1/2 Lays 4/29 PepsiCo Insert
-$1.50/3 Fritos (click here to print)
-$0.75/2 Rold Gold Pretzels (click here to print)
-$0.75/2 Kettle Cooked by Lays (click here to print)
Final Price: varies depending on coupon used but as low as $2.00 each wyb 2
Listerine Mouthwash 1L - $4.99
-$1/1 Listerine Mouthwash 3/4 RP
Final Price: $3.99 ea
Zyrtec - 25-30ct 10 mg - $17.99
-$7/1 Zyrtec 24ct+ 4/29 RP
-$4/1 Zyrtec 4/15 SS
-$4/1 Zyrtec 4/29 RP
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Purina Busy Bone or Waggin Train Dog Treats - $3
-$1/1 Purina Busy Bone 4/29 SS
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Pace Salsa - $2
-$0.60/2 Pace 4/29 SS
Final Price: $3.40 or $1.70 ea wyb 2
Jose Ole Mexican Snacks (16-22.5 oz) - $4
-$1/1 Jose Ole 16oz + 4/22 SS
Final Price: $3 ea
Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips - $2
-$1/2 Tostitos 4/29 PepsiCo Insert
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El Monterey Taquitos - $4.99
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Bhopal: Heavy rains since Tuesday have swamped about 3.25 lakh hectares of farmland in the long suffering Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh with little chance that newly-sown Soybean and Urad crops will survive the waterlogging, an official said here on Friday.
The rains which were expected to be a godsend for the drought-prone Bundelkhand now threaten to be a calamity, according to the farmers.
Joint Director (Agriculture) of Sagar division D.L. Kori said farmers in five Bundelkhand districts -- Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna and Damoh -- had sown Soybean and Urad in about 3.25 lakh hectares of land.
"The seed had already germinated in some areas. Now heavy rains threaten to destroy the seeds and seedlings. If fields continue to be waterlogged for a few more days, the seeds will not survive," Kori said.
According to official data, the five Bundelkhand districts had received 142 milli metre (mm) of rain on average from June 1 to July 4, but were virtually inundated in the next three days, getting 315 mm over July 5 to 7.
That is, the average rains in the five districts -- of the sixth Bundelkhand districts that lie in Madhya Pradesh, excluding Datia -- from June 1 to July 7 amount to 457 mm.
The National Convenor of Jal-Jan Jodo Abhiyan, a water conservation campaign, Sanjay Singh, said the long term average of rains in Bundelkhand is 900 mm over the four months of Monsoons.
"That means each month`s average share is 225 mm, which is great for agriculture. This time over 300 mm has fallen in just three days, virtually destroying the seeds," Sanjay Singh said.
After three years of drought that destroyed agriculture in Bundelkhand, the farmers had somehow cultivated their fields with great hopes only to be let down by rains this time, he said.
Ashok Kumar, a cultivator in Sewar village in Chhatarpur district, said he and his family has 20 acres of land which they had planted with Soybean and Urad.
"The whole field is now waterlogged and the seeds have been washed off," he said.
Ram Videsh of Nayagaon and Jaleel of Panya village in the same district, who both planted Soybean and Urad in their fields, have the same story to tell.
In fact, Panna district has also suffered leakage from two dams, causing even more damage to the farmland.
All main rivers in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh -- Betwa, Dhasaan, Jaamni, Jamdaar, Beela, Sunaar -- are in spate, disrupting normal life.


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Working with WordPress External Link Targeting Process
If you are working with offsite WordPress CMS tool and you prefer to open links in a new tab or on a new window, then you should follow a proper access method to insert hyperlinks that usually requires for users to follow two step:-
Typing the text to link your website to another site.
Highlighting your selected text and clicking on the hyperlink button of your WordPress editor section that is available in WordPress CMS tool to allow user to create external hyperlinks by targeting numerous of WordPress website.
Also is recommendable to use a budget hosting provider, to reduce cost on your website creation, we found that Namecheap was very highly rated.
Next it is recommended to have a thorough check on the box that straight away render users to access the section "Open link in a new window/tab".
At the time of clicking on the hyperlink in the WordPress content, it will further take you to new window or tab by displaying your content section open in the previous location.
Working with WordPress Internal Link Targeting Process
Well as you are already aware of the fact that at the time of accessing any internal link that works with a domain with an available WordPress website URL, it is specifically suggested that links that are on the same domain and is working on the same site might confuse users while performing any task on it.
One way to avoid this is to host multiple websites in your created sub-folders and link them from one site to another by working either on new tab or on new window panel.
On the other side, working with the content that you want to link to that can be a WordPress content utilities such as pages, posts, categories, custom contents or on numerous on advance taxonomies.
Next, clicking on various existing content by accessing the drop down list and working with various options to easily link to existing content can work as well.
Inserting a hyper-link in WordPress:
- Access the web page that you want to link.
- Copy the URL starting with "HTTP://." symbol
- Write the text for which you want to create a hyperlink that should be properly described and should avoid the phrase such as "click here".
- Select the text.
- Clicking on "make link" button in WordPress.
- Paste the URL step by step into the link field.
- Next, click on Insert button.
Your link should be able to convert into blue button similarly like other links around the web, keep that in mind when building a website. Prefer using WordPress Hotkey to insert any link.
Well, there are various ways to insert a hyperlink into a WordPress site. Here in next section, it will teach you about numerous of WordPress plug-ins:-
Adding a link to the blogroll activates a WordPress link on the sidebar on every page of your WordPress website. For this, one needs to work with blogroll widget in their WordPress website to make it work.
Prefer using a WordPress text of your website instead.
Inline Hyperlink
Another better way is to type a domain such as www dot wordpress dot com to make it look more professional.
You can validate a direct link and can prefer working with www dot wordpress dot com.
Fixing and removing various broken links with Broken Link Checker tool in WordPress
After installing and activating broken link checker tool, it will scan your whole WordPress website. You can further check the scanning progress by accessing the following mentioned option:
Settings > Link Checker from the WordPress dashboard:
Users need to access the following setting option:
- Change the frequency of existing link checking process
- Set up email notifications to keep track on broken links.
- Apply custom formatting process to broken and various removed links.
- Stop search engines accessing from following broken links.
Working with existing links of WordPress
- Edit your existing WordPress links from your blog's admin area that will take you to > Links > Edit.
- Next step asks you to delete all your links or to change the settings.
- To edit a link, click on Edit button that will appear automatically when you will hover over it.
- Dying to watch any video tutorials on how to edit various existing WordPress links ? Well for this users need to click on Play Video option on the screen below.
Author Biography:
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i'm looking at making my own custom SAK by using parts from other models but not sure if it can be done or not..... i know between the backers and liners it determines what tools are functional and i do have access to a machine shop so it shouldn't be a problem making mods. so here's what i'm looking for combination tool from the walker which i think is the 84mmawl from the alox family, ie farmer, pioneer ect. i believe the 93mmscissors pruning bladepossibly or if needed:sawlarge blade if i can't have the combo tool from the walker than i'd just go with alox awl, scissors, pruning blade and either saw or another blade.is this possible? would i have to open any holes up ect... any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. yes i know bob lessard does custom work but i can't justify putting that kinda money out for a SAK even though his work looks amazing!
I'm planning something similar, but with a Phillips added, and on 93mm springs. Are you looking to build a 91 or 93mm? That will affect how many need drilling out.
If you want to do a 93mm build than you would need a combotool from a 91mm not the 84mm. The 84mm one will sit to low, and you will have trouble accessing the nail nick. You will also have to drill out the combotool to 3 mm if your using rivets. If it was me I would do scissors on one layer and another layer bottle opener and pruner.
Here's the 93mm awl on my Mega84 mod.
sweet! so it is possible! do you know if you could use a pruner blade instead of the large blade with the awl on the 84?
So you want to make an 84mm model. Scissors for the 84mm can be quite pricey, since they haven't made them in many years(a golfer is usually around $60). You may just want to get a compact and replace the combotool with the awl.


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Can you tell us a bit about your formation?
After graduating from SKEMA in 2004, I joined the marketing department at PriceMinister. I had the opportunity to help out with the growth of a major e-commerce actor in France, until 2010. This experience allowed me to know all the aspects of webmarketing before jumping in the Prêt d'Union project!


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Jordan Brand is blowing up to new proportions this year. With hot new releases coming every week, JB has secured a collaboration with one of the hottest athletes around right now: Nigel Sylvester. The BMX phenom will release a special AJ1 this August.
Nigel Sylvester is not the most run-of-the-mill athlete. The professional BMX rider has taken a very unconventional path to stardom, using social media platforms like Instagram and Youtube to share his unique riding videos. His start as a professional came when he was just 18 years old, working with legendary BMX rider Dave Mirra on an early DVD. Soon, Nigel was signing endorsement contracts with brands like Beats, New Era, and Nike.
Nigel Sylvester's first collaboration with Nike is a piece of history. Working with Nike SB, he helped to create his own unique colorway of the legendary Dunk High, one of the worlds most famous skate silhouettes. This collaboration marked the first time that the SB team worked with a BMX rider, a big step for Nike. Now, Nigel taking on another iconic skate/BMX shoe: the Air Jordan 1, and thanks to our friends Py_Rates we have an early look at how the shoe might look.
The Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 1 High OG NRG is a hot new look for the classic sneaker. The paneling on this pair begins with the off-white Sail color for a crisp base, while the mudguard, eyestays, and ankle pieces come in the bright University Red look. The midsole and laces come in solid white, while the outsole stands out in the same Sail tone as the upper. Finally, small sections of the ankle, as well as the signature Swoosh, come in a reflective grey material.
Nigel Sylvester's first project with Jordan Brand was recently leaked to launch on August 22nd, 2018. The Air Jordan 1 High OG NRG will retail for $160 and release in limited numbers. Check out the early mockup below for a better idea of what this Jordan 1 might look like, and stay tuned to JustFreshKicks for an official release date.
Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 1 High OG NRG
Release Date: August 22nd, 2018
Price: $160
Color: Sail/Varsity Red/Reflect Silver/White
Style Code: BV1803-106


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If you are interesting in seeing the valley in its lush, green phase, then visit Temecula between May and October. This week I am pruning our second-year wine grape vines in preparation for the new growing season. The vines are just about to come out of dormancy and now is the right time to prune and train them.
At the Rusty Fork Ranch, which is a bed and breakfast style getaway in the epicenter of the Temecula Valley vineyards, we have 105 vines so that our guests can check out up close the vines and grapes during throughout the year. Between November and April, the vines are Tim Burton-like, meaning they are all dormant and lifeless little tree-sticks with no green leaves.
To be accurate, the Rusty Fork Ranch is a Bed & Coffee, since we don't serve meals.
If you want to avoid the usual hotel experience, come stay at the Rusty Fork Ranch this year and enjoy Temecula and all its amazing adventures.
Book as suite today.
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A little gem of a park smack in the middle of suburbia that offers hiking, jogging, fishing, picnicking, and camping. My family spent the day here with my in-laws, who were camping. Aside from North County's beaches, not many public spaces for anything resembling true "hiking" can be found in Oceanside or in neighboring Vista and Carlsbad. One significant exception is Gaujome Regional Park, an oasis of open space in east Oceanside. Cookie-cutter suburban homes adjoin the park on the west, while a more gracious and spacious semi-rural aspect of North County's urban geography blankets the rolling hills to the east of the park.
It's $3 for a day parking which allows you in the park up until sunset. They allow dogs as long as they are on a leash and you clean up after them. They offer doggie clean up bags which is nice. There are signs warning of rattlesnakes in the area so keep your eyes open and little ones close in the spring. As long as you watch where you're going and you don't allow your pets to go poking around in brush you should be fine. This area is also popular with horseback riders so just watch out for the land mines that the horses leave behind! There are about 33 camping spots within the area and they have maps throughout the park.
The sites are clean and well maintained.
Guajome Park has a nice mix of wild and civilized features. There's a 4-mile trail system encircling Guajome Lake and a small pond hidden in a secluded back corner of the park. The park's topography is gentle, making almost all of its trails ideal for jogging as well as walking. Horseback riding is allowed in the park's east half, east of the service road.
Everyone hiked about 2 miles of trail before returning to camp, leaving me to finish up the rest.
I was impressed with the variety of vegetation here.
Audrey was always running ahead to find rocks that caught here eye.
The trails had these little plaques here and there, describing some of the plants and trees in the area.
It was hiding in the reeds.
Jackson was getting a bit too warm in the carrier, so I took him, keeping him in the shade of my body the best I could.
Audrey took advantage of the now empty carrier.
The westernmost trail in the park skirts a freshwater marsh that oozes moisture, even during the driest months of the year. Flanked by willows and cottonwoods and overgrown with cattails and palms, this area exudes a complex mixture of damp odors that you can't often experience around most parts of arid San Diego County.
After my trek, we had lunch and then headed to the lake to feed the ducks. It was a day well spent with family and I was pleasantly surprised to find such a nice little network of trails at this county park.
How to Get There: The Highway 76 expressway going east from Interstate 5 makes it easy to reach Guajome Park from the coast. Exit I-5 at Highway 76 and drive east 6 miles to Guajome Lake Road, past the traffic light at North Santa Fe Drive. We headed North on Interstate 15, West on Gopher Canyon Road, North on E. Vista Way and then West on the 76. You'll pay a day-use parking fee at the main entrance on Guajome Lake Road for the privilege of parking inside. The park's summer hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wise visitors intent on exercise tend avoid the midday summer heat - though on many days a cooling coastal breeze sweeps up the San Luis Rey valley and provides natural air conditioning throughout the park.
3000 Guajome Lake Road
Oceanside, CA 92057
Official Site: San Diego County Parks


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I'm a bit embarrassed by all the photography gear I have accumulated over the years, and I have decided to purge some of it. Some was duplicate thanks to my foray in 3D, but much of it was slowly replaced or not used and has just sat on a shelf. I'm going to put it on Ebay, but they want 10% of the action, so I thought why not discount the gear and offer it here first. I'll have them here for a week or so.
Except when noted, I have everything including the original boxes, manuals, cloth bag and caps. I purchased all this gear new and I'm the sole owner. Shipping is extra.
Canon 100-400 IS. Sold Just spent over $400 at Canon Professional Services having the lens completely gone over in which they replaced the lens assembly and image stabilizer. There are some minor nicks on the body, but the glass is in great shape. Looks like they go for $900 to $950 on Ebay, I would like to get $800.
Canon 24 f/1.4 II. Sold I have only owned this lens for a year and a half or so, and used it only a few times. It is in great shape and cost $1,650 new at B&H. I would like $1,050. I am missing the manual on this lens, although it is available for download on-line.
Canon 2x extender II Sold Great condition, $200
Canon 17-40 f/4 Sold Great condition – rarely used, cloth bag and lens hood never used – still in plastic bag. $450
Canon 28-70 F/2.8 Sold Couple of small nicks on the front edge of the filter ring, but not on the threads – filters still screw on smoothly. Fast lens, nice for night photography. $500.
Canon 24-105 IS Sold Two small scratches on front element, but otherwise in great shape. $450
Gitzo 1548 This is a huge carbon fiber tripod. It is older, but in decent condition. I don't have the boxes or manuals for it. $350.
Original Whiberley Head. Sold Lots of nicks and scratches, but it is still nice a smooth in operation. $250.
If anyone is interested in any of these, I would be happy to answer questions or send photos.
We can take Visa, MC or American Express.


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Brown bag lunch talk: Reporting back from the Galapagos
February 26, 2015 @ 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Professor Mary Ting will discuss her 12-day trip to the Galapagos Islands with a special emphasis on giant Galapagos turtle-breeding, during a brown bag lunch on February 26, 2015, at 1:40 p.m. at John Jay College (Manhattan) in room 7.63.42, new building (English Dept.). Bring your own lunch and join fellow students, environmental scholars, and activists in learning more about the islands that inspired Charles Darwin and continue to fascinate naturalists the world over.


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If you are looking for a jet charter flight via Michael J. Smith Field Airport (MRH), you will find no better service than CFG. We have been providing the finest in jet charter flights via Michael J. Smith Field Airport (MRH) and countless others for three decades. In that time, we have learned a thing or two that our clients find very advantageous.
For instance, we have learned that to provide the best in safety, we should not only require all aircraft comply with FAR Part 135 requirements, but follow up with the aid of ARGUS and Wyvern. We have also learned that when there are more than 6000 aircraft at the ready for jet charter flight use via Michael J. Smith Field Airport (MRH) or anywhere else, very sophisticated software must be in place.
We have such software and our ability to locate just the right plane at the right time is unparalleled in the industry. If you need a Boeing 737 for a group flight to the Bahamas from Michael J. Smith Field Airport (MRH), let us know. If you need a piston to Raleigh, no problem. Perhaps you would like to fill an empty leg or have us provide on demand service…again, with the system we have in place, this is no difficulty.


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Brand New Villa in Tavronitis, Chania, Crete. Only 5 minutes walk to the beach, placed in a quite, relaxing area with amazing sea view, closed to the city, Chania International Airport is 29 km away.
Villa Diktina is a detached villa with a barbecue, located in Tavronitis. It has a sun terrace and a hot tub as well as free WiFi and air conditioning. Free private parking is available.
Kitchen provides a dishwasher, an oven and a microwave. Towels and bed linen are available in this villa. Other facilities at Villa Diktina include a fitness centre.
Free use of bicycles is available at the property and the area is popular for cycling. Chania Town is 18 km from Villa Diktina, while Elafonisi is 37 km away.
Tavronitis, Chania, Crete


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A lot more...
Shapeshift into any character on any level.
Enhanced weapons.
Smarter, stronger, faster AIs.
Weaponfire dodging
More realistic fighting.
Add more character classes.
Add more characters to a given level.
Easier to skin characters.
Export and import TXMP, M3GM files.
Export ONCC files.
Just look through the Anniversary Edition thread, to see what is being done.
Simply put, the Edition's better to play and easier to mod.
Check out the Anniversary Edition Seven at ae.oni2.net!
Where can I get the Seventh Anniversary Edition?
Right here: http://wiki.oni2.net/AE
I think the most important is it's better to mod
Eventually, It'll turn into something like FreeSpace SCP (Engine enhancements) and FreeSpace Upgrade (Graphics enhancements)...except for Oni!
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Don't forget the new Masterchief and Motoko ^_^ the New playable characters.
"It is not hatred but indifference that will destroy us." -Unknown
"One death is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic" -Joseph Stalin
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