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It is not easy to become an Abstract Artist. You need an inert talent for art, mainly painting and sculpting with a thorough knowledge for understanding and assimilating colors in their splendor. You will also need to undergo training or some sort of schooling to help you understand the art form perfectly. Most of all you will need to fund your work so place special emphasis on the business part of your career as an abstract artist.
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Education in any chosen career, even art, is important. The more knowledge one has the more the chances of them excelling in the chosen field. There are a number of colleges that offer courses in fine art. These courses lead up to the student acquiring a Diploma or a degree in the field. Some colleges worth mentioning are the Harrington College of Design, The Colorado Technical University, and the Penn Foster Career School.
2. Study Other Master Artists And Their Styles
This is an important step. While you are preparing for your certification or degree you should study other master abstract artists and their styles. Also study how they fund their work. Selling art is one way of getting finances. However, there are other ways as well and keeping a close eye on the masters will teach you how.
3. Create A Portfolio
You should take clear professional pictures of your creations and create a portfolio of them. The portfolio should display a very wide range of your abilities as an Abstract Artist.
4. Get Yourself A Website
Setting up a website is not difficult or expensive. You should create a site for your work and publish your work on the site. The site should reflect your portfolio in the range of your talents and with each creation merging into each other. Include your contact information in the site but keep the images small so that they break up if someone tries to enlarge them. This could lead to a lot of loss by people printing your creations from your site.
5. Make Business Cards And Fliers
Create business cards and fliers with samples of your creations on them. Distribute these to business houses and hotels as well as shops and other public places. Put your web site address on the card as well. People will soon begin calling you with personalized requirements.
6. Get In Touch With Art Galleries
The local art galleries can be a great help when it comes to displaying your talents. Make sure you enter and attend all the art shows in and near your area. Networking this way will make a successful Abstract artist of you in a short time.
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It is important to love what you do. It is also important that you have cash to take care of your daily requirements as well. This can only come if you wake up each morning and want to paint. This desire will take you to places where people with similar interests congregate. Here you will find people willing to pay for good work. This way you get exposure to various styles, textures, mediums and techniques while selling your creations as well.


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Electronic Arts presented an incredible line-up of high-quality titles this years. That's why you shouldn't miss our RECAP of the event!
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I've been idly going through some of the old files on my laptop; the compromise for extreme lightness and portability and rapid switch-on has been no CD/DVD drive and reduced disk space, so every so often it is time to hit that delete button.
I found a file called "Prayer Chart" - that looked useful.
And so it was - NOT!
It was blank.
I wonder what it had been created for?
I don't do schedules, timetables, routines, daily notes etc. very well. It took me eighteen months to follow a "read the Bible in one year" programme, and I think that's when I learnt the useless skill of reading in my sleep.
Maybe this "prayer chart" was an attempt to bring some kind of discipline, and "proper spirituality", into my "prayer-life". If so it clearly failed!
Whoa! Do you mean to say that one has all kinds of different lives?
I thought we had just the one life on this earth - now it looks as though we live in a multi-dimensional set of parallel worlds!
Let's start again.
I reckon we have just the ONE life, to be lived, like Tertullian's little fish, swimming in the sea of the Spirit, the Water of Life.
("But we little fish, like our Fish Jesus Christ,2 are born in water, and it is only by remaining in water that we are safe." end of para 1 here http://www.tertullian.org/articles/souter_orat_bapt/souter_orat_bapt_04baptism.htm )
http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols13-15/chs770.pdf spurgeon sermon.
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Everyone has heard some sort of debate on climate change. Whether it's cause is human or natural, how fast it's occurring or if we can change the direction of it. one thing is totally clear, science has proven that climate change is occurring and has been for some time.
This is science, not conjecture. There are tons of articles, research papers, and data findings that support this. One website is NASA's Climate Change site. But maybe you believe that NASA is fake and the moon landing never happened or you are a flat-earther, don't fret, there are plenty of other sources to educate yourself about the FACT that climate change is real. Justfacts.com is one such source. But please, don't rely on just the web, your local library is full of factual writings, teachings and books on the matter.
The question I have is why/how can a scientific fact be used only when it fits a particular agenda? Have been following the recent Trump protests and found that the right and left are unsure of what a fact is. Fact – climate change, not a fact – Ted Cruz's father was part of the JFK assassination, that is a) moronic and B) a conspiracy theory.
The previous photo shows signs from a December 2016 rally in San Francisco against the then incoming Trump administration who some say view science as a joke. The full article can be found here Lab coats vs. climate change: Scientists rally for research.
The left seems to be well cemented in embracing science, after all, it's a fact that the world is round (spherical), summer is hot, winter is cold, water freezes at 32 degrees and climate change is occurring. One would then be able to assume the right understands the evolution from a hypothesis to a fact and therefore will accept the findings of the scientific world's hard work as it tries to unravel the universes many mysteries as well as develop new technologies to help mankind.
But one only has to watch the recent women's march to see this is not the case at all. The following photo is of a Connecticut rally on Inauguration Day, 2016, from the ctpost article titled Rallies, parties planned in Connecticut around Inauguration Day.
.Just a quick look at the signs, and there seems to be major conflicts happening.
- #Not My President: Factually, he is your President. The United States held an election and Mr. Trump defeated Mrs. Clinton by means of winning the Electoral College, which in fact, is how someone needs to win an election for the President of the United States. The Constitution decries this. Don't like it? Start a movement to amend it.The "#" sort of makes the sign legit in that it's a fact there is/was a hashtag on social media equal to the sign.
- Womens Rights are Human Rights: This is a dead on fact, a woman is a human, science states this as a fact.
- DumpTrump: Not a fact, an opinion.
- Too Hot I'm Dying with a drawing of the Earth : This is a 1/2 fact. The earth is in fact warming, but all research points to the earth being able to survive the warming. Science has research that leads to the possibility that we too will survive, or at least some of us. It's not clear whether "I'm Dying" is the earth or the person holding the sign's view. So 1/2 fact it is.
- Mind Your Own Uteros: Factually this sign is a huge issue. If the statement being made is that those humans that have them must tend to their own, it's 1/2 correct. 1/2 correct in that not every human who has one is a physician and therefore not every uteros bearing human can truly tend to their own.
- I feel though that the real message has to do with Roe v Wade. Again, turning to science which the right seems to embrace, this would be factually wrong. Science has proven that life begins at conception, as stated on the princeton webpage "Life Begins at Fertalization". Many other forms of publications cover this as well, almost more than climate change. This is important because in the United States, and most of the civilized world, it is against the law to take a life, including your own.
- The Future is Nasty: 100% not factual, unless you have built a time machine and traveled to the future.
- I Stand With Immigrants: 100% factual as 99% of us are descendants of immigrants.
So how can people toss aside scientific fact when it serves them to do so and embrace it when it also serves them best? Facts are facts and should not be used only when convenient or when they fit someones agenda.
Historically the right has been pro-climate change and pro-choice.
Historically the left has been anti-climate change and pro-life.
Neither can or does embrace science equally on these two topics, and many more to be honest.
Part of the problem with the American divide is that neither side can agree on a starting point. If only we can set down some sort of basic, underlying facts and then attempt to provide arguments based off of those facts, maybe we can come together a bit more than where we are now.
Also a contributing factor is the growing "me" movement rather than the "we" of old. Lost are the days of being American first, and all else second. The greatest generation (the one that stopped Hitler and Japan), understood it's "we" before "me", just take a stroll through Arlington to prove that fact. If they didn't, we'd all be speaking German or Japanese at this moment.
We need to come together as a country, as a nation. A unified America is a strong America. Together there is nothing we can not overcome.


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Darren Smith from SW Accountants approached me about designing portraits for his website instead of just uploading regular old photos of himself and his business partner. I really enjoyed getting to draw up the lads in this style.
I love these interesting projects so if anyone has an idea they're musing over just contact me and have a chat! Thanks again to Darren for letting me display the artwork.


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TROY – Troy University's television station TrojanVision is trying to get voters to think about the issues in the upcoming presidential elections.
"TROY Votes," a new two-part series, scheduled to air in October, will bring about a dozen students together in a forum to discuss the issues surfacing in the presidential election.
"I'll pose a series of questions and get the students' perspectives on the election and the related policy matters," said Dr. Jim Rinehart, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a political science professor.
"First, in order to vote effectively, we should be informed about the issues. This series will provide information that some people may not have right now and we'll hear a lot of perspectives on those issues," he said. "It's not intended to sway a voter one way or another, rather we'll simply have a group of students who are informed about political matters who are going to express issues and concerns – not just opinions – based on some knowledge of what's going on."
The student panelists are political science students at TROY who will conduct independent campaign research in preparation for the series.
"A second benefit is that we'll hopefully be building interest leading up to the election and spur voters to actually exercise their right to vote," Rinehart said.
The first roundtable is scheduled to air at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, with repeat airings on Oct. 6 at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. The second roundtable will air at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, with repeat airings on Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
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Our public performances, scheduled on select Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays from June to September (see 2019 Performance Schedule), follow the progressing stages of development of horses from foals through advanced training. Find here the highlights of our performance program. It is all set to music with the pristine fields of Tempel Farms as the backdrop. All guests are invited into our performance stables following the show to meet our equine stars.
60th Anniversary Celebration
2018 marks the 60th year since our original twenty horses were imported from Piber, Austria in 1958 thereby establishing the herd now known as the Tempel Lipizzans. Today, we are the largest, privately owned herd of Lipizzan horses in the world. Our goal is the same today as it was sixty years ago: to promote the art and culture of classical riding and the Lipizzan breed in the United States. As our season comes to a close, we are proud to share with you an article from Dressage Today titled "Tempel Farms: An Educational Landmark" a thoughtful review of our programs roots, current programming and goals for the future. To read the full article, click here.
Mares and Foals
The newest generation these 3-5 month old youngsters, accompanied by their mothers, usually steal the show.
Carriage Tradition
Since the breed's origin, the Lipizzan has been used for driving.
Young Stallions
These horses are in the earliest stages of development. Watch the expression and power of these students as they
The Pas de Deux
These intermediate level stallions perform a ballet of of two - so close that you will hear stirrups clink.
Work in Hand and Airs Above the Ground
The trainer leads the horse by a short rein while calling for specific movements. These movements require great strength and intelligence to demonstrate. The Airs Above the Ground were developed from their form as medieval battle techniques.


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The Association for
|an organisation dedicated to the use of computers in historical research
Computing Techniques and the History of Universities Gopher Directory
Subject: Define state of the art of computer applications in specific field
P. Denley, London
Person to be contacted
Name: P Denley
Institute: Queen Mary & Westfield College
Address: Department of History
Place: Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Status of workshop between Graz (1993) and Nijmegen (1994) conference: Active
Date: 1-3 July 1994
Place: London
Institute: Queen Mary & Westfield College
Country: United Kingdom
Organiser: P R Denley
Address: Department of History, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U. K.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Participants: c. 60
A volume will appear in 1994
Report on the 1994 activities
This workshop evolved as a project of tripartite co-operation, between the AHC, the journal History of Universities, and the Humanities Computing Centre of Queen Mary and Westfield College which acted as host to the first meeting. The aims of this initiative were slightly different from those of other AHC workshops. While most of these involve international "leading- edge" research or comparative work specifically on aspects of historical computing, in this case the intention was specifically to examine computing techniques as applied in a definable area of historical research. The number of historians of universities who use computing techniques to handle and analyse large quantities of information, mostly prosopographical, is undoubtedly growing. However, it could not be said that the computing techniques they are using display a coherent or directed approach, and the participants of the workshop were the first to point out that the field is marked not only by healthy variety and eclecticism but also by considerable haphazardness and "reinvention of the wheel".
The stated agenda of the workshop was to bring together international scholars working in this area in order to
In the event, over thirty people from eight different countries attended the workshop, at which 21 papers were given. The event was certainly highly useful at an individual level; clearly many scholars came away having learnt a great deal about practices elsewhere, and having made valuable contacts. The three central themes were also addressed effectively, though perhaps also inconclusively D which is unsurprising in a sense, given that this was the first meeting of the workshop. One practical proposal which emerged specifically from among the many medievalists present was for the creation of a corpus of electronic editions of university statutes, for lexical and comparative analysis. This and other developments will be presented for discussion when the workshop reports to the AHC.
The present booklet includes the conference programme, the
list of participants and the abstracts of the papers given. Three of the participants were
in the event unable to attend, but in two cases their papers were presented in absentia,
and will be published. The proceedings of the workshop will be published later this year
in the Halbgraue Reihe zur historischen Fachinformatik. As with the other AHC workshops,
participants of the International Conference will receive copies free of charge. A full
report will also appear in the 1995 volume of History of Universities. Plans are also in
hand for a further meeting of the workshop, to be held in Vienna in 1995. For further
information, contact Dr Albert Müller, Ludwig-Boltzmann- Institut für Historische
Sozialwissenschaft, Heinrichsgasse 4/2/8, A-1010 Vienna, Austria.
Peter Denley
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It's kind of ironic that the only show that I've bothered to stay caught up with during finals week and moving back home is the one show I haven't said a word about on here.
American Gods. One of my favorite books by my favorite author, turned into a phenomenal show by one of my favorite showrunners. I really couldn't have asked for a better team to adapt this wonderful novel than Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) and Michael Green (Logan, Alien: Covenant), and of course Neil Gaiman himself (the author of the novel). These guys have done an incredible job adapting page to screen, as well as modernizing things (Technical Boy), and expanding on roles (Laura Moon, Salim, the Jinn/Ifrit).
I was, of course, wary of AG being adapted in any way, shape, or form, but Bryan and Michael (not to be confused with Bryan and Michael of Avatar: The Last Airbender haha) have done it good. I've joked to my family and friends that this show is "the only thing I care about anymore" and I really feel like it's barely an exaggeration. Never have I seen a show so respectfully diverse, a show that uses sex in a positive and characterizing manner rather than for shock value or as an excuse to sexualize female cast members/characters (I'm looking at you Game of Thrones), or a show that is about so many things at once: fantasy, sci-fi, road trips, Americana, romance, immigration, life/death, political commentary.
I've made my friends watch the first three episodes before our semester ended and we all went home, and I think they're all at least somewhat intrigued, none of them having ever read the book before. (I even changed my icon on tumblr to my favorite character, and the title of my blog to my favorite line from the book!) I've told just about everyone I know and love to watch the show, so I'd say I'm sufficiently obsessed. I'm, of course, even rereading the book, which I'm now almost done with.
I remember after I first read the book, I went around telling just about everyone I knew and loved then that they should all read it. They would ask me why, and back then little 9th grade me couldn't put into words why I loved it so much (I chalked it up to my obsession with mythologies, but in reality it really was so much more). Now I know why I love it so much; AG is a story about so much more than it seems. Though it has plenty mature themes, it ultimately boils down to a man finding that he's more than he thinks he is, that there's a bigger picture, that things don't have to be seen to be believed, that sometimes useless detours in life aren't so useless after all. AG is a book I read when I was young (I mean, I guess I still am) and it truly shaped me into the young woman I am today.
So… thanks Neil, for all of That. And thank you Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for bringing it back up again, this time with an all too fresh relevance.


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Republic of Coruscant
|"I'm detecting a large amount of Inconsistencies!"
The subject of this article is prone to inconsistancies. Please keep a watchful eye and notify the author in the talk page so that they can clear them up when they get a chance. Don't assume silly thing :p.
|This article is known to have received major edits after the June 2013 backup. Should a new dump file become available, be sure to double-check this page's edit history and integrate 'lost' revisions as necessary.
|This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. (20 July 2015)
The subject of this article has been imported from outside DYOS. The author may be leaving certain characteristics and/or history deliberately ambiguous for narrative effect.
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|Republic of Coruscant
|Motto: コルサントの上院と人々。
korusanto no jouin to hitobito.
"The Senate and People of Coruscant."
|Anthem: "Auferstanden aus Ruinen"
("Risen from Ruins")[1]
Coruscanti borders as of DYOS XII. Diagonals denote territory occupied during the Third Nazi War.
|New Port City
Solitude, Terra Nova[2]
|Largest city
|Official languages
|English, Japanese, Russian, German[3]
|Federal presidential constitutional republic
|National hero(es)
|CivGeneral, Samus Aran, Jill Valentine
|September 14, 1994
|Hanna–Kusanagi Act
|Republic Dataries
|Astrography of Coruscant
|Member states
|United States, Japan
|National animal
|Drives on the
|right (Left in Japan)
The Republic of Coruscant is a federal constitutional republic and the pet nation of CivGeneral. It has been DRAW Your Own Story's resident hyperpower since DYOS 1. It was known as the Empire of Coruscant until after DYOS 5, and since DYOS 10 its history has been retconned to downplay or remove previous imperial connotations. The name 'Coruscant' refers to the Star Wars planet of the same name, wherefrom its original citizens derive.[4]
- 1 Geography and political divisions
- 2 History (pre-DYOS)
- 3 Contemporary era
- 4 Economy
- 5 Foreign relations and military
- 6 Culture
- 7 Technology
- 8 Historical flags
- 9 Behind the scenes
- 10 See also
- 11 Notes
Geography and political divisions
The heart of the Republic lies on the eponymous Republic Island, situated in Long Island Sound between Connecticut and Long Island, New York. The island is home to the five original city-states of the inaugural Republic: New Port City, Nar Shaddaa[5], Tarkingrad, Edgemond, & Vancouver[6]; as such, Republic Island is commonly referred to as the Capital Region.
Colonial expansion in the latter 1990s encompassed southeastern Connecticut, the northeastern seaboard, and by the start of DRAW Your Own Story it was in the process of annexing Japan. During the Third Nazi War, the Republic gained control of the United States, the Marshall Islands and Guam, and in the wake of Operation MacArthur eastern China, Korea, the Philippines, Indochina, Malaysia and Singapore.
In addition to its Earth-bound holdings, Coruscant exerts full control over numerous planets within and without the Solar System.
History (pre-DYOS)
Early years
- See also: Trumbull Empire, Kingdom of Gregory
The Republic of Coruscant was founded in 1994 before the Barbanian War, which occurred a month later. Several settlers founded five distinct cities: Knucklelopolis, Swampton, Tarkingrad, Dullsville, & Vancouver. The five respective mayors came together to create a unified nation of five cities. The decision to name the new nation "Coruscant" came from one eccentric man who felt that it was the "right" name to use for their new nation; most say he got the name out of a book, although in his journals he wrote that he felt it was a grand name befitting a new nation.
Tri-City Naming Reform
Soon after the consolidation of the Five Cities in 1994, three mayors proposed the Tri-City Name Reform that renamed Knucklelopolis, Swampton, and Dullsville to New Port City, Nar Shaddaa, and Edgemond, respectively. The mayor of Dullsville wanted his city to sound less dull; the mayor of Swampton had made several improvements to lessen the flood risk and wished to reflect that the city was no longer a swamp; and both the mayor of Knucklelopolis and the Chancellor of the Republic wanted to reflect the "newness" of the capital city as well as link to New York City by name. Tarkingrad and Vancouver did not rebrand themselves.
Barbanian War
The unification process proved essential to drive off the Barbanian attackers from Long Island, seeking to impose tyranny and authoritarianism on the nation. The Barbanians briefly occupied Coruscant until the drop of an atomic bomb on Robotropolis routed the invaders, liberating Coruscant and its neighbouring allies of Alderan & Camolot. The Barbanian War ended the same day.
Barbanian War - Sept. 1st 1994 - Aug. 21st 1995
Colonial expansion and the First & Second Nazi Wars
- See also: First Nazi War, Second Nazi War
The Coruscantis looked north to expand into the area known as New England. There were only minor settlements in the area during the Barbanian War, making the region a prime location for development. However, the Nazis from Little Fitchburg were eager to claim Coruscant and its colonies for themselves. The Nazis proved much fiercer than the Barbanians, but the Coruscantis had also found their footing. Eventually they defeated the Nazis and established a colony in southeastern Connecticut. Years later, the Republic would have to contend with Nazi insurgents dotting the landscape. During this time, the Republic of Coruscant emerged as a world power.
Following the War of '96, the Coruscantis assisted in the establishment of the German Republic from the remnants of the conquered Nazi cities into a protectorate state which assisted in the fight against the insurgents. Following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the German Republic moved toward annexation by the Coruscantis to better secure itself against foreign hostility.
Contemporary era
Coruscant has advanced its technological capability by the turn of the century, colonizing the moons of Saturn and improving its economy and territories on Earth.
The Republic of Coruscant has been very vocal against the War in Iraq and President George W. Bush's administration. Coruscant's concerns turned much more introspective, however, after it was invaded by the Combine Empire on August 10, 2008. After the success of Operation Poker Face, the Coruscantis managed to liberate their homeland and reclaim their territories. Currently, a cold war exists between the Combine and the Coruscantis.
In recent years, Coruscanti businessmen and politicians have been worrying about the global economic recession and the potential collapse of the Coruscanti economy.
Combine-Coruscant War
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After the Battle of Arrakis and the fall of the Combine, the Republic of Coruscant was faced with an unknown force that destroyed much of the Earth. Fortunately the five cities of Coruscant escaped unharmed; its overseas territories did not share the same fortune.
With the threat of the Enclave and the resurgence of their old foes the Space Nazis, The Republic faces a new set of challenges that it will address within DYOS 10.5.
2009 economic crisis
- See also: Late 2000s recession
The worst of Coruscant's nightmares came on December 23rd 2009 on the night of Festivus (known as the Festivus Panic or Black Wednesday), when the economy tanked and job losses started to mount. Threatened by the prospects of layoffs, the majority of the workforce quickly enlisted in the Coruscanti Armed Forces or sought employment by various military contractors within the Republic.
As the recession continues, the economy has shifted from a mixed marked into a barter system due to the lack of employment found in the mainland as well as a general slump in consumerism. While much of the economy is still in a recession, the Republic's engagement in the Third Nazi War has made military contractors largely recession-proof.
Third Nazi War
- Main article: Third Nazi War
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Haxor crisis
- Main article: Hackergeddon
With the Third Nazi War and the Troubles almost, behind them. The Republic undertook an operation to neutralize the Hacker threat that's been creeping up. Two major battles that involved the Armed Forces of the Republic were the Battle of Nar Kreeta and the Battle of Wetickra. One was to secure the planet from the Hacker's faction while the latter was a joint FWA-Coruscanti operation to strike at the hacker.
Second Galactic Civil War
|Information for this section derives from sources in the Expanded Universe and may not be verifiable in canon.
In the twilight of the Haxor Crisis, Mariko Antilles began her initial start of the civil war out of frustration that the Republic has turned away from it's Imperial roots and having to face Political Powerplays. After her coup, with the help of Edward Richtofen, she sought out reactionaries still lamenting over the events of The Troubles to join in her cause. Tym Nightshade, an old Imperial Inquisitor, was responsible for funneling in disgruntled reactionaries onto the majority of the Republic fleet that subsequently mutinied at the time of Mariko's Coup.
After the Battle of Wetickra, an expedition and settlement group was sent to Terra Nova under the command of Jill Valentine, commissioned by Hanna Antilles as a new establishment of the Republic. After Solitude became a thriving metropolis, the capital was moved to the city with New Port City becoming a systems capital[7] for the Governor of the Sol system.
The Second Galactic Civil War would linger on for years with both sides vying for control of each others planets in the name to eliminate the other side. Most notably are the battles of Hoth and Corellia. With the latter being the latest major victory for the Republic. After the humiliating defeat at Corellia, the Second Galactic Empire made a retaliatory strike towards the capital planet of Terra Nova.
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The Republic followed a capitalist mixed economy similar to the United States for most of its existence[8]. After the stock market took a downfall on January 2nd, 2009, and unemployment increased steeply on December 23rd, 2009, many Coruscantis lost faith in the free market and advocated Keynesian reform. Some even sought for the government to adopt a command economy structure. Some Coruscanti economists have drawn inspiration from other nations that have weathered the economic downturn, such as the Eastern Union, to fix the Republic's economic woes.
In the wake of the Coruscanti Economic Crisis, the Republic quickly took control of all military production in the name of national security. Chancellor Franklin Roster had plans to implement Keynesian theory, but was assassinated before his plans came to fruition. It is currently unknown whether Acting Chancellor Motoko Kusanagi has an economic plan of her own, although analysts do not expect to see one in the near future given her direct involvement in the Third Nazi War.
Foreign relations and military
The Republic of Coruscant maintains friendly relations with its allies and other nations. Currently, Coruscant maintains a friendly alliance with the Eastern Union and Western Europe collectively known as the Triple Entente. The only nation the Republic of Coruscant is persistently wary of is some powergaming nation that changes from DYOS to DYOS.
The Republic has always tended to value diplomacy alongside a strong standing army due to its history of persecution and invasion by foreign powers; hence the Coruscantis place a high value on alliances. During the Pre-DYOS era, the Republic formed alliances with the Kingdom of Camelot[9] and the Republic of Alderaan early in the Republic's history; after the First Nazi War, the Republic helped form the German Republic and remained its ally from inception. As the Republic grew, so did the desire for the Kingdom of Camelot and the Republic of Alderaan to seek annexation into Coruscant itself, eventually uniting in 2000. The German Republic followed suit in the post 9/11 world. When the Coruscantis entered into the DYOS series, as a nation they remained initially non-committal and did not involve themselves much in the story politically until DYOS 5.
The Republic maintained an alliance with Kan' Sharuminar in the search for the Monkey Statue of Spamuzel until his posts became less and less frequent. The alliance prompted the intervention of the Coruscantis after the Battle of Aberdeen, intercepting the Kingdom of Lym's fleet in the Pripyat River. However, as the years passed and the attack on Kan gradually became a non-issue, the Coruscantis began to adopt friendlier relations with the kingdom's successor state, the Eastern Union.
Between the mid point of DYOS 5 until the Combine Insurgency, the Republic typically had an isolationist and unilateral foreign policy due to the powergaming atmosphere of the Post-DYOS 5 Era. The Republic was more concerned with protecting its holdings on Earth and expanding its spacefaring empire.
The Triple Alliance
The aftermath of the Combine Insurgency thrust the Republic into the political arena for the first time since DYOS 5. Years of isolationism had left Coruscant without an ally and many within the State Department felt inept in diplomatic relations. Before the forging of the Triple Entente, the Republic maintained an informal alliance each with the Free Western Army and the Eastern Union. It was not until the Anglo-Coruscant-Union Treaty that these informal alliances were forged into a formal one.
United Nations
This article deals with current events.
The accuracy of information herein is subject to change as new information becomes available, and should not be regarded as a finalized account.
Despite officially being an observer in the United Nations, the Republic of Coruscant holds the United States' permanent seat in the Security Council. Before becoming the successor state of America, the Republic kept itself out of UN affairs. After Stylesrj took over the UN during DYOS 9, the Republic held unfavorable opinions toward the United Nations when Stylesrj manipulated it as a tool for unilateral brute force.
In recent years, moreso after inheriting the United States' Security Council position, the Republic has considered becoming a full member of the United Nations. CivGeneral himself wishes to see the legitimacy of the UN restored and not share the same fate as the League of Nations. Thorvald of Lym's dedication to reclaiming its legitimacy has encouraged to the Republic to join the United Nations.
Included in "Motoko's Proposal", the package of amendments made for the Anglo-Coruscant-Union Treaty, was a bill to begin the process of joining the United Nations. Many have said that the Republic might adopt the role of Asian counterpart to the Eastern Union after the Third Nazi War is over.
Toyoda Security
- Main article: Hokkaidō Question
Although CivGeneral maintains an amicable relation with Mr. Toyoda, the government's attitude toward his security firm is divided, varying from cautious optimism to outright hostility. The Senate hawks have advocated military action to assert the Republic's authority, citing the Hokkaidō Uprising as proof of Toyoda's unreliability. The doves, by contrast, believe that Toyoda's firm and the Republic's armed forces can co-exist in Hokkaidō. Both radicals and moderates, however, believe Toyoda's firm should be evicted from all other territories.
Armed Forces
- Main article: Armed Forces of the Republic of Coruscant
The Coruscanti Military fields the most advanced technological equipment available, from space behemoths like the Star Destroyers, to one-man tanks like the Power Armor. Coruscant does not technically have a marine corp, as the army fulfills that role. The military has a strong preference for and tradition of combined-arms operations.
Branches of the Coruscanti Military:
- Army
- Navy
- Air force
- Space ops (jointly operated by all three branches; Combined Arms operations)
The culture of Coruscant is a mix of Japanese, German, Russian, and American cultures. Popular headgear for the winter is the Russian Ushanka. It is perhaps the only nation to exhibit traits of an Atomic Age, Post Cyberpunk, and Space Age eras at the same time. Urban architecture in the Five Cities Region is a mixture of modern, Retro-futurism, Googie[10], Cyberpunk, Atompunk, and Dieselpunk.
Coruscantis are by and large a superstitious people and place a high emphasis on luck, due to a history of misfortune on both the individual and national level. Coruscantis are especially superstitious when it comes to relationships[11] and jobs. A history of war and persecution has led to the popular image of the Coruscanti as survivalist. This is evidenced by numerous fallout shelters built across the urbanized centers as well as outfitting many underground shopping centers and subway networks to function as fallout/bomb shelters.
The fallout from the Combine occupation has left many abandoned urban centers and subways infested with zombies from the Combine's use of viral biological agents and headcrabs to punish resisters. The aftermath has left many Coruscanti citizens on Earth much more hardened in their effort to quarantine the infected areas. The "little zombie apocalypse" has caused an increase in firearm ownership per capita.
Marriage traditions
It is as common for Coruscanti males to adopt the surnames of their wives as it is for Coruscanti females to adopt the surnames of their husbands, notably by CivGeneral after his marriage to Jill Valentine.
The top technology companies within the Republic of Coruscant are Megatech, Vault-Tec Industries and its subsidiaries, Kuat Heavy Industries, and Seburo Arms.
Technologies found in the Republic of Coruscant exceed much of the technological progress of any other nation on Earth, driven by a history of always wanting to be a step ahead of its enemies after being invaded so many times, as well as to better the lives of its citizens.
Even with advanced technologies granting the use of laser and plasma weaponry, regular firearms are still common in both the armed forces and private gun dealers. It is not uncommon to see World War I & II-era weapons. The MG-42 (and its modern variants), Bren Light Machine Gun, and the Boys Anti-Tank Rifle are the only World War II weapons that are still in service within the Republic Army.
Atomic-powered cars are a reality after the Republic witnessed an energy crisis during the 2000s, although petroleum-powered cars are still common. Coruscant gets the majority of its petroleum supply from Bryyo and exports any surplus petroleum to other nations in need.
Historical flags
Civil flags
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Pre Hanna-Kusanagi Act Naval Ensign
Behind the scenes
Like Thorvald's Eastern Union, the Republic of Coruscant is CivGeneral's own micronation that he maintains as a hobby, and is a fictional country. It was created before DYOS, and long before CivGeneral joined CFC.
Originally, the micronation was named "Floating Island", an island nation situated on an island that floats in the air, inspired from the Sonic Video Game series. As CivGeneral got older, the idea of a floating island began to look silly and he settled on the idea of just having a normal island nation. The name "Floating Island" itself was never mentioned in DYOS, and the nation was not established until DYOSes later as the "Republic of Coruscant", as a normal island nation. This has led to some reader confusion as to Coruscant's origins. New Port City was originally named Knucklelopolis (after a Sonic character).
Sometimes CivGeneral refers to a particular city's old name instead of its current name. (eg: calling Nar Shaddaa "Swampton" or Edgemond "Dullsville"), largely due to the Istanbul/Constantinople Complex, even though the cities have gone by their current names by the time of DYOS.
The flag of Coruscant borrows the tri-colored flag of the German Empire, the five stars from Singapore, and a stylized starbird from the Galactic Republic of the Old Sith Wars era, replacing the sigil from the Galactic Republic during the clone wars era.
See also
- ↑ Deutschland/Germany replaced with Coruscant in the lyrics
- ↑ (co-capital as of DYOS 12
- ↑ None at the federal level
- ↑ Coruscant Papers "papersspec"
- ↑ Not to be confused with the moon
- ↑ Spelled in various references as "Vancover"; not to be confused with the Canadian city
- ↑ An equivalent to a U.S. State Capital
- ↑ The Earth-bound part, anyway
- ↑ Not to be confused with Camolot
- ↑ Not to be confused with Google
- ↑ Due to numerous break-ups that happened
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With the days gradually getting shorter and the nights creeping in, don't let the winter blues get you down. Christmas is just around the corner, and with parties to plan and presents to buy, it's never too early to embrace the festive spirit and raise a glass to toast the season in style.
Hampstead Tea and Wallis have teamed up to provide you with all the inspiration you need for a perfect festive gathering, abundant with delicious cocktails and party dress style.
So this year, why not ditch the mulled wine and spruce up your festive sipping with Hampstead Tea's refreshing Iced Tea cocktails? Completely organic, Fairtrade and Demeter certified, enjoy freshly brewed Iced Teas that contain biodynamic leaf tea, organic juices and purees to create a natural taste that's so pleasing to the palate. What's more, they're low in sugar and calories meaning you can indulge in a delicious tasting drink guilt-free, so you can feel as amazing as you look!
To really impress your guests (with cocktails as well as your dress!) try these delicious recipes:
Raspberry Fizz
Serves 2
2tsps sugar
100 ml water
A handful of raspberries, washed and quartered
150ml Hampstead Raspberry & Green Iced tea
25ml vodka
50ml prosecco
1. Add the sugar to the water and gently heat in a saucepan until dissolved.
2. Add the raspberries and reduce to a puree over a gentle heat.
3. Allow the raspberry puree to cool and then mix in the iced tea and vodka.
4. Pour into a champagne glass and top up with prosecco for a lightly soured drink.
Long Island Lemon Iced Tea Cooler
Serves: 2
100ml Hampstead Lemon & Green Iced Tea
12ml gin
12ml tequila
15ml white rum
50ml of cola
Ice to suit
1.Gently mix the ingredients altogether in a jug or cocktail shaker.
2. Serve in large glasses with wedges of freshly cut lemon and ice and kick back and relax.
1.Gently mix the ingredients altogether in a jug or cocktail shaker.
2. Serve in large glasses with wedges of freshly cut lemon and ice and kick back and relax.
Peach Iced Cooler
Serves: 2
150ml Hampstead Peach & Oolong Iced Tea
Peach slices
Sugar to suit
50ml schnapps
So you've prepared the drinks and the party is set to be one of your best yet, now all you have to do is worry about your party attire. Whether you're throwing a lavish dinner party, getting the girls round for cocktails or seeing in the New Year with the family, Wallis' collection of party dresses will make sure you exude elegance all night long, whatever the occasion.
So let's raise a glass to that!


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Expression Swing Goes Global
When Andrew Hancock first saw the Expression Swing online, he knew he had to get one installed near his town in East Devon Council, located in southwest England.
His daughter, Seraphina, loves to swing, and the swing allows him to swing along with her.
"It's brilliantly designed as it allows you to swing with your child, while looking at them, which makes it fun for both of you," Hancock told the East Devon District Council website. "It means you can smile at your child, chat with them and swing all at the same time. It's also jolly good exercise for the parent!"
Hancock is a Service Lead for East Devon District Council's Streetscene Service and worked with council engineers to purchase and import five Expression Swings. The Council is looking for suggestions where to put the remaining two swings that haven't been installed yet.
Expression Swing is a GameTime exclusive and the industry's first playground swing that promotes intergenerational play as adults and children swing together.
The patented face-to-face design features a bucket seat for children under five and a comfortable adult swing seat that allows a parent and child (or a grandparent and grandchild) to interact with each other and to experience one another's facial expressions while at play.


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Dear all,
We have become aware of a problem caused by accessing knightmare.com from the Knightmare Facebook page. Problems involve either being brought directly to the main page (even if you are linking to a specific article) or else hitting a redirect loop.
As far as we are aware, the problem only occurs when following a link from the Knightmare Facebook page. Manually typing the URL or following links from elsewhere has no problem.
We are investigating the cause of this problem and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible.
- Details
- Written by Keith McDonald
- Category: Site
The transfer to the new site in 2010 required an excavation of all the deepest corners of the Knightmare online kingdom. The amount of hidden material that has been uncovered has been astonishing. Keith McDonald shares a few favourite finds, and spells a few hopes for the future of the site.
It's now well over 10 years since Knightmare finished on Children's ITV, and the New Year marks 6 years of this website.
Welcome back to KNIGHTMARE.COM, now in it's SEVENTH year!
As luck would have it, we only just got the forum back up and running again, and then a week later the main knightmare.com website went down due to problems with the hosting provider (sound familiar?!).


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So I was fooling around on this one site (that I am starting to really like by the way because I will be showing you more from this site later) and I found an area where you can create trading cards, by uploading your own images or from flicker and add text. After making several of myself, friends and family. I have decided that this would be so great for educators.
Think about it…what a great way to do a biography lesson? Or a lesson about the planets? Or maybe one about the continents? Or characters from a book or book series? Famous philosophers? A lesson on the elements perhaps? This would be a fun tool to use at any grade level. So allow me to show you one that I created just today. I chose Benjamin Franklin, one of America's Founding Fathers.
You can see the basic set up of the template. I must warn you that the program is slighted limited on design elements, and you can only input a certain amount of information, however, the overall possibility of the trading card use is pretty vast. Basically, when using the program just treat like you would a regular trading card (only the most important facts). You can click and drag the completed card to other documents (such as word or pages). You are also able to print the page, and there is a link to cut out all ads on the page.
If you would like to play around with it, here is the link. I will be talking later this week about some of the other programs they have on the site, but for now try this one out.


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The craziest home sales of 2017, from San Francisco to St. Barth's
Mega-mansions still got mega-prices in some parts of the world
This was an odd year for real estate, particularly at the very top of the market. Certain regions saw record-breaking listings but sparse sales. Others saw brisk business for the merely wealthy and stagnant sales at levels only the super-rich can afford.
There was a backlash against mega-mansions but not mega-prices. It was a year in which billions changed hands, but very few records were set.
The following are some of this year's most interesting sales.
1 The Girasol estate in St. Barth's, in the range of $67 million
Sold by: Sibarth Real Estate, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate
2 A Triplex penthouse in Monte Carlo, Monaco, $61 million
Sold by: Hammer Draff Great Properties, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate
3 The Elaine estate, Sydney, in excess of $54 million
Sold by: Ken Jacobs, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate
4 A penthouse at 15 Central Park West, New York, $50.55 million
Sold by: Douglas Elliman Real Estate
5 A Beverly Hills estate, Los Angeles, $45 million
Sold by: Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate
6 A billionaire's row mansion, San Francisco, more than $35 million
Sold by: Thomas Biss of Sotheby's International Real Estate
7 A ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, Calif., $34.25 million
Sold by: Suzanne Perkins, Sotheby's International Realty
8 A beachfront property in the Hamptons, $31 million
Sold by: Beate Moore, Sotheby's International Realty
9 Sabine farm, Greenwich, Conn., $25 million
Sold by: Leslie McElwreath of Sotheby's International Realty
Sold by: Cristina Condon and Todd Peter of Sotheby's International Realty


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Replicable TIG Projects - Online Intake & Triage
TIG 12005 & 09478 - Utah Legal Services - Statewide Online Intake System in English and Spanish
Utah designed an A2J online intake application that is directly integrated with its Kemps case management system. The online intake system enables prospective clients to apply for services 24/7 and includes the option of live web chat assistance. The system also allows staff to directly import intake data from the online application into the Kemps database -- turning a data entry process into a more efficient data review task. Staff can conduct multiple online chats simultaneously and give clients immediate responses, many of them based on prepared answers to frequently asked questions. ULS has also customized the online intake system to address the particular needs of hearing impaired individuals. The result has been a far more efficient and higher quality intake procedure that saves staff time and yields enhanced results and services to clients. Of the 78 users surveyed, 96% said they found the system easy to use and 98% said they would recommend it to others.
ULS later expanded its online intake project through TIG 12005 by creating a Spanish version of the A2J online intake system. The new system enables Spanish speaking applicants to apply 24/7, effectively screens out ineligible applicants, and imports data directly into the case management system for increased efficiency.
Final Reports:
TIG 12080 - Community Legal Aid - Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder
Community Legal Aid of Massachusetts created a Drupal-based online Legal Resource Finder with the capacity to provide users – based on their responses to a short online interview – with information, referrals and (where appropriate) links to the legal services and legal information that can best address their particular legal needs. This provides a coordinated point of entry for users to find appropriate information and referrals, particularly when there are a number of organizations providing legal services in one state.
Final Report: TIG 12080: Community Legal Aid Legal Resource Finder
TIG 09558 - Northwest Justice Project - Clear Online Intake
Northwest Justice Project (NJP) has been operating a toll-free intake and referral hotline (CLEAR - Coordinated Legal Education Advice and Referral) since 1996 and handles more than 20,000 calls per year. CLEAR serves as the statewide, centralized point of access for Washington State's low-income population seeking free legal help. Due to the high volume of calls on CLEAR, NJP recognized the need for an alternative to telephone applications and developed its online intake system with an A2J interface and triage tool. The system enhances clients' access to services and improves the assistance NJP provides clients on high priority eviction and benefits cases. An e-transfer module moves data from the online interview into LegalServer, NJP's case management system, thereby increasing the efficiency of the intake process. The result has been a reduction in the numbers of ineligible applicants calling for assistance, and 86% of the screeners reported faster intake screenings.
Final Report: TIG 09558: Northwest Justice Project Clear Online
TIG 07193 - Legal Aid of Western Ohio - Pioneering Online Intake System
Legal Aid of Western Ohio (LAWO) became the first program in the country to create an A2J online intake application module. The LAWO system enables Ohioans to request legal assistance 24/7, and data integrates directly with the program's Pika case management system. LAWO determined that online intake applications saved approximately 10 - 15 minutes of staff time per application acceptance. That amounts to a savings of about 1.0 – 1.5 intake staff FTE's per year, allowing resources to be allocated more effectively in the program. Additionally, by offering a platform where applicants can utilize a smart system to be guided through the steps of inputting all the necessary issue and eligibility information, increased efficiency is realized through a decrease in the number of times an applicant must be re-contacted to complete the application process.
Final Report: TIG 07193: LAWO Online Intake
Live System: LAWO's Online System


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Raising a Daughter in the World, but Not of the World
Yesterday, she made me cry. My baby girl, the lovely girl who wants to follow God's leading... she made me cry. I didn't know these emotions were in me, but they came out - helplessness, followed by exasperation, and ending with crossness. What cruel joke did she play on my poor mother's heart? This heart that's been dreading the loss of its only daughter to the world of grown ups and college classes.


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San Jose, CA's secretive search for new police chief draws ire of community groups
During their most recent nationwide hunts for new police chiefs, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle and Los Angeles told their residents the names of the finalists. Some held open forums for their citizens to hear the candidates speak, ask them hard questions and size them up face to face.
The only name San Jose city leaders plan to tell residents, about five months from now, is that of the person they will have just chosen as the city's top cop.
City Manager Debra Figone has drawn the curtains on the search for a new chief, arguing that confidentiality is necessary to attract a large pool of qualified candidates.
Already some community groups, such as the ACLU and NAACP, are calling for a more open process to head a department that's come under fire for aggressive tactics and what some call racial profiling.
They worry the decision on who will replace Chief Rob Davis is too important and involves too much public trust to be decided behind closed doors.
"Keeping secret the final candidates of the San Jose police chief position is a sad commentary about the city's attitude regarding its citizens," said activist Wiggsy Sivertsen. "Not only because it makes it clear that citizens' input is not important in the process of selection, but it also has the unintended consequence of indicating to the candidates that citizen input is not valuable."
At least one city councilman, Sam Liccardo, said he is worried that a public process would scare away "the best and the brightest candidates" who may not want their current employers to discover they are looking elsewhere.
But he said he saw a "middle ground" and planned to ask Figone about the possibility of disclosing the names of the finalists to the public.
Figone emphasized that community input would come through an ongoing series of public meetings, coffee shop conversations, online surveys and the participation of a community panel sworn to secrecy.
Figone's process is widely used in other cities and is not new in San Jose, where it is used to pick other department heads — such as the recent choice of Fire Chief Willie McDonald.
But some critics of the process pointed to the city's botched attempt to pick an independent police auditor two years ago. After a similarly secretive search, the council tapped Chris Constantin, without revealing publicly that his brother was a San Jose police officer. When that was disclosed by the Mercury News, Constantin quickly resigned.
"The city manager would do much to demonstrate a sincere attempt at repairing an already strained relationship between the police department and important segments of the community," said Bea Mendez, a member of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability, a loose-knit group of community organizations.
Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, said choosing between an open and closed process poses a dilemma.
"One of the challenges cities face is the balance between the community's right to know versus the city's ability to attract candidates who do not want their names out there because it would hurt them professionally," said Wexler, whose agency often runs recruiting for major cities. "There is a trade-off."
Seattle officials said that they probably lost some good candidates for the police chief job when they ramped up the public portion of their process. But, they said, the transparency was worth it, and they ended up with a rich pool of candidates.
"In Seattle, there needs to be a lot of public buy-in for something as important as the police chief," said mayoral spokesman Aaron Pickus.
The city disclosed the names of the semifinalists and explained why they were chosen. Newly elected Mayor Mike McGinn set up a televised, online public forum featuring the finalists: Interim Chief John Diaz, Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel and East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis.
The candidates were required to answer essay questions on such topics as public safety management through major budget cuts and racial disparities in policing. Their answers were widely published. The city eventually tapped Diaz, a Bay Area native, as chief.
Rob Davis knows how it feels to be in the middle of a public search. He applied earlier this year for the chief's job in Dallas, which announced he and four others were the finalists. In the end, an insider got the job.
But many in and outside of the department believe Davis became a "lame duck," losing clout and credibility when it was revealed that he was looking to leave.
Davis said open processes put chiefs in "an extremely difficult position."
Figone's process, the outgoing chief said, is "exactly right."
Source: Sean Webby Mercury News
Category: Search News


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Melissa Allan
Can be seen in: Twelfth Night at the Young Vic from 2 October to 17 November.
Credits include:
A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (National Theatre of Scotland/National Theatre of Great Britain) *Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nomination* *Olivier Awards Best New Comedy Award* *Scotsman Fringe First Award* *Herald Angel Award* *The Stage Ensemble Award* *CATS Best Ensemble Nomination*.
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Spellcraft: Descent Into Chaos is a fantasy collectible card game on iOS featuring a unique digital artwork style, a single-player campaign and a strong focus on online PvP combat. There are seven unique factions based around different kingdoms of magical creatures and spells, with a strong elemental flavor. Spellcraft uses the now-common "lane combat" style of gameplay, but has a few tricks up its sleeve as well that make it a bit more interesting than the usual lane combat games.
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Peggy Klaus explains how you should be prepared with 'bragologues' for different situations. The author gives you some techniques that you can start using right away.
The author gives several examples, most of them were involving (and for) women. I strongly believe the bragging problems that men have are different than what women have. I wish the author had some additional material to cover the 'bragging' problems & solutions that are specific to men.
Overall, this book was an interesting & quick read.
Author's website: http://www.klausact.com/


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GameStop USA Stores Hosting Pre-Launch PS4 Events on November 10th, Get 90% Extra Credit on System Trades
Update: If you don't have a console to trade in, you'll still get 30% extra credit on your games, accessories, and more when trading towards your PS4.
Original Story: Every single GameStop store in the United States will be hosting pre-launch PS4 events on Sunday, November 10th, giving you the chance to win items in giveaways and play the PlayStation 4 at demo stations in select locations.
There will also be a special trade-in offer on November 10th, where you can trade in any used systems towards a PS4 and receive 90% extra credit (the system must work and have all the necessary cables/components).
GameStop Senior Merchant Darron Nielsen had this to say about the offer:
Utilizing GameStop's buy-sell-trade model, our customers will receive the most value for their current generation consoles and games, something no other retailer is offering. This allows consumers the ability to purchase a PS4 at a more affordable price, making it more accessible for gaming fans.
Come November 14th, select stores will stay open that evening for the midnight release of the PlayStation 4, with the system going on sale at 12:01AM on November 15th for everyone who pre-ordered the system.
Do you plan on trading in a system towards the PS4? Let us know in the comments below.


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Who's your favorite superhero couple? Well, what's your favorite superhero fantasy?
If you've been dreaming about a gay superhero fantasy, you'll enjoy this one. Even if you haven't thought about it, maybe the images might change your mind. These are just some of the fantasies comic book fans have with their favorite fictional heroes. So, who do you think should kiss and get intimate with each other?
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New COD: Black Ops Details Sneak Out
Whilst the interwebs have been buzzing with Black Ops predictions since the recent trailer, details have been fairly thin on the ground. Luckily, USA Today has managed to score some hands-on impressions of Treyarch's upcoming FPS.
Black Ops will indeed be set in the Cold War era, with the player leading an elite team of operatives as they combat the threat of global communism in several exotic locations. Russia, Vietnam and Cuba will all provide the canvas for your cinematic gunfights and sneaky sniping.
The demo level, entitled WMD, takes place over the Ural mountains in Soviet Russia. Notice that I said over the Urals, because you'll start the level ensconced in the cockpit of an SR71 Blackbird, using simple contextual commands to guide your squad through a series of enemy controls and checkpoints. After some light RTS action, you'll rejoin your squad and take down and relay station deep in enemy territory using stealth, cunning and some sweet new armaments.
New weapons include a scoped crossbow for silent long range kills and a customisable AUG assault rifle (suggesting that we'll be able to tinker with our boomsticks this time around)- along with alternate ammo types. A 2-4 player cooperative mode has also been announced, letting us team up and take down the communists with some serious squad tactics.
Excited? Not half. We'll be keeping a close eye on this one. Why not browse through our recent Game Buzz to psyche yourself up for the winter of war? [USA Today]
New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Promo Vid
Early reviews indicate that Super Mario Galaxy 2's very good indeed (as if there was every any doubt), and a new Japanese promo vid gives us a lengthy and luscious look at the new gameplay. It's classic Nintendo through and through- time to dust the cobwebs off of your Wiis and get back into practice! Check it out below... and rejoice, Ninty fans. [Thanks, GoNintendo and VG247]
25% of Humble Indie Bundle Downloaders...
5 Indie Developers recently teamed up to bring us the Humble Indie Bundle, a beautiful package of five fantastic games that shot radiant beams of unadulterated gaming joy straight into the pleasure centre of the brain. Whilst the five games retailed separately for over $80, Wolfire Games allowed us to pay what we want for the bundle, literally letting us donate whatever we could afford for the privilege. Not only that, but they even shared their profits with two charities.
But apparently, that wasn't enough for some people. According to Wolfire's latest blog post, over 25% of the bundle downloads were obtained by pirating links from forums, taking advantage of the bundle's lack of DRM and Wolfire's generosity.
I'm going to take a deep breath... and incoherently rant say this as calmly as possible. Shame on you, pirates. SHAME. Were you too strapped for cash to to spare a quid for some hardworking independent developers? Couldn't be bothered to dig around behind the sofa and donate a few pence to charity?! One single penny, even?! Thanks for soiling a good faith charity venture, you pathetic weasels.
However, Wolfire Games President Jeff Rosen is taking the high road on this one. Rather than condemn the pirates, he's simply asked that they download their copies from torrent sites rather than clutter up Wolfire's bandwidth. Not only that, but Wolfire's still committed to providing a DRM-free service. That's a class act, folks- and we hope that they'll continue to promote great games and support indie devs despite the actions of several small-minded, pathetic parasites. [Wolfire Games]
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Myna: A widely diverse species from the Indian subcontinent
March 2, 2015 by Saikat Kumar Basu and Rahul Ray
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Myna (Mynah) is a member of the starling (Sturnidae) family under the order Passeriformes. Mynas have been part of the avifauna of the subcontinent for long. Some of the species like the Common Myna or the Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis) are found to be moderate to closely associate with human settlements and habitation throughout their range. Because of their ability to quickly adapt to urban and semi-urban conditions they have been quite successful in breeding and propagating in the urban and city environments. Like the rock dove they have been an opportunistic species and hence have been successful in their survival in the concrete forests of the modern metropolis. The cities as well as the rural areas of the subcontinent have been undergoing rapid transformations in the past five decades. There has been expansion of the industrial belts as well as encroachments of different ecosystems for the spread of agriculture and human habitation. This has impacted fragmentation of several pristine habitats and has impacted some species of myna in different localities and habitation pockets within the subcontinent. While the highly adaptive species have survived this changing dynamics of both urban and rural landscapes and have propagated successfully. The vanishing of the old trees and parks and undisturbed corners of major cities in India have been impacted due to anthropogenic pressures as well as rapid human economic developments. This has certainly reduced the breeding and nesting sites for several myna species but some have adapted to a certain extent to such disturbances and adjusted with the changes happening in their immediate environment.
Common Myna. Photo credit-Saikat Kumar Basu
The Common Myna has been an opportunistic species; that has adapted successfully to the urban life (A & E) and survived under the rapidly transforming metro cities with severe anthropogenic pressures with stark contrast between modern apartments (C) and encroaching slum areas (B & D); and even in absence of open spaces such as abandoned undisturbed areas and parks (F). Photo credits: Ratnabali Sengupta & Srimoyi Mazumder.
The different myna species reported from the Indian subcontinent include:
1. COMMON MYNA/INDIAN MYNA (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus)
2. PIED MYNA (Gracupica contra Linnaeus)
3. BANK MYNA (Acridotheres ginginianus Latham)
4. Great myna (Acridotheres grandis Moore)
5. Collared myna (Acridotheres albocinctus Godwin-Austen & Walden)
6. Golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus Blyth)
7. JUNGLE MYNA (Acridotheres fuscus Wagler)
8. COMMON HILL MYNA/ HILL MYNA (Gracula religiosa Linnaeus)
9.Southern hill myna (Gracula indica Cuiver)
10. Sri Lanka hill myna/Ceylon myna/Sri Lanka myna (Gracula ptilogenys Blyth)
Map of the Indian subcontinent.
One the most common and abundant of all the myna species reported from the subcontinent are the Indian Mynas or the Common Mynas (Acridotheres tristis). Their range includes the entire Indian subcontinent China, Central Asia & SE Asia and has been introduced to different locations in Australia New Zealand, parts of west Asia and different island chains in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans ranging from Asia to Africa. The species has been regarded as acutely invasive in some countries and has been placed under pest status in other localities. The species has actively adapted to different urban environment very successfully.
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis L.) foraging. Photo credit-Manorma Sharma
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis L.) is a highly urbanized bird species that has well adapted to city life by foraging on garbage dumps and other human trash. Photo credit: Srimoyi Mazumder.
Most of the species are distributed across the subcontinent and SE Asia with the Southern Hill Myna (Gracula indica) reported from peninsular India and Sri Lanka; and the Sri Lankan Hill Myna (Gracula ptilogenys) being endemic to Sri Lanka. The Collared Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus) is more common in the eastern and north eastern states of India, southern China and in western Myanmar. According to IUCN all the species reported from the subcontinent are currently placed under the Least Concerned (LC) status. The Southern Hill Myna (Gracula indica) very closely resembles the Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) and is quite difficult to differentiate between them morphologically; although they are two different species under the same genus Gracula. The Sri Lankan hill myna (Gracula ptilogenys) was previously described as a sub species of the Southern Hill Myna but has later been designated as a separate and endemic species found only in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Hill Myna is easily distinguishable from both the Common and Southern Hill Myna species. The color is comparatively duller in comparison to the Common and Southern Hill Myna species; both of which have shiny black plumage, bright orange beaks and bright yellow skin patch (wattle) around the head and the nape.
Common Hill Myna Photo credit- Rahul Ray
The orange-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus) is easily identifiable with the black body and bright yellow colored head. The great myna (Acridotheres grandis) and the jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) have close resemblance; however, the former is bigger in size and is dark black while the latter is shiny brownish in color and can be separated based on that. Furthermore, great myna has yellow beak and legs; while the jungle myna has orange beak and legs. The collared myna (Acridotheres albocinctus) is also similar to the Great Myna and the Jungle Myna in external appearance but could be easily separated due to the presence of bright distinct yellow colored ring or patch around the neck.
Southern Hill Myna. Photo credit- Rahul Ray
The mynas are vocal species and are dedicated parents caring for their young ones. They usually love nesting around cracks and corners of abundant houses and buildings, woods, forests and on high trees. They are capable of surviving in disturbed habitats and forage on plant parts, fruits and seeds, grains, worms, insects, human food and also by forging on garbage or trash materials. The species is territorial with males engaged in frequent fights with opponents and rivals in defending their territories. The fights are seldom threatening and are usually terminated with the weaker individual flying away to avoid further combat engagements. Some species like the Indian Hill Myna are targeted exclusively by the poachers for their value in the illegal pet trade due to their unique ability to mimic human communication and words. Due to their high demand in both regional and international illegal pet markets, a large number of them are trapped and captured and illegally transferred over long distances for sale. The Indian Hill Myna is the 'State Bird' for the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya.
Pied Myna (Gracupica contra L) is also now considered a starling rather than a true myna. Photo credi: Rahul Ray.
Brahminy Myna or Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum Gmelin) is not actually a true myna or a jungle myna; but actually a starling belonging to the same family as the mynas. Reported across the Indian subcontinent, the species is considered as Least Concerned by IUCN. Photo credits: Rahul Ray
Article submitted by Saikat Kumar Basu and Rahul Ray
Golden Pheasants – Elegant and Exotic
Indigenous to the mountains of central China, Golden Pheasants (Chrysolophus pictus) are spectacularly beautiful birds that are so well adapted to living in captivity they have become popular pets in many countries far from their original habitat. Some researchers are of the opinion that the Golden Pheasant was likely the first species of pheasant brought into North America in the mid-1700s, and they have formed several feral populations in parts of the United Kingdom.
The Golden Pheasant and Lady Amherst Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) are both Ruffed Pheasants, so named for the ruff the male spreads around his face and neck as part of his courtship ritual. The female Golden Pheasant is brown in color with dark rippled bars running from her head down her body and wings, while her face, throat and rump are buff. The male, on the other hand, is one of the most colorful birds around, with a silky-golden crest, tinged with red at the tips. Its face, chin, throat and sides of its neck are a rusty tan color, while its orbital skin and wattles are yellow. The ruff of the Golden Pheasant is light orange, with a bluish-black border on each feather. The green upper back of the bird contrasts beautifully with its golden-yellow back and rump, while its scarlet breast blends into a light chestnut color on its flanks and underparts. Its tertiary wing feathers are blue, with dark red scapulars, while its central tail feathers are black with buff spots and the tip of its tail being buff.
Although they are brightly colored, they are not always easy to spot in their natural habitat of dense forest, so not much is known about their habits in the wild. What is known is that they forage on the ground, eating grain, leaves and invertebrates, and they can fly short distances, roosting in trees at night.
As they are compatible with other types of birds (but not always with other pheasant species), Golden Pheasants can be kept in an environment with waterfowl, peafowl, doves, pigeons and other birds. They are very hardy, breed easily in captivity and the chicks are easy to raise. As such, Golden Pheasants are a good choice for first-time pheasant owners and a firm favorite among veteran bird keepers.
Black-throated Robin Rediscovered in China
The Black-throated Robin (Luscinia obscura ), also referred to as the Black-throated Blue Robin, or simply the Blackthroat, is a species in the Muscicapidae family of small passerine birds found mainly in the Old World – Europe, Asia and Africa. Primarily due to decimation of its preferred habitat of bamboo thickets and high altitude coniferous forest, this elusive little bird has become quite a rare sight in recent decades. So when a team of Swedish and Chinese researchers discovered a community of breeding Blackthroats in the Qinling Mountains of north-central China's Shaanxi province, it was a newsworthy event.
With their distinctive song consisting of short, sharp, varied strophes including harsh notes and whistles, seven singing males were counted in Foping Nature Reserve, with another seven observed in the Changqing National Nature Reserve. Being the more vocal of the sexes, males are easier to find, and it is considered to be almost certain that each male has a mate. The majority of the birds were seen in bamboo thickets and coniferous-broadleaf forests at an altitude of around 2400 to 2500 meters above sea level. Recordings have been made of the Blackthroat's song, which will made identification easier in the future.
Resembling a European Robin Erithacus rubecula in size and general shape, the Blackthroat male has a jet-black throat and breast, and while it is believed that the female has a light-brown throat and breast, this has not been confirmed. They were first recorded in the late 19th century, and between the time of first being observed and into the early 20th century, ten of these birds were collected during their breeding season of May to August, in two different localities in China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Subsequent Blackthoat sightings include unconfirmed records from China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, as well as a few birds spotted in captivity at markets. The most recent reported sighting of a Blackthroat was at the Sichuan University campus in May 2011, with reports of a Blackthroat being captured in Thailand during the winter months, which is a possible migration destination or stop-over point.
Asian Bird Fair 2010
Bird watching groups from various countries, such as China, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia, was working together to host the first Asian Bird Fair on the 24th and 25th of September 2010. The fair will offer lectures and talks by well known delegates, and also take visitors on fascinating bird watching expeditions. It is a unique opportunity for bird watchers to get together and explore the world of birds locally and internationally.
Visit the Birdwatch website at http://www.birdwatch.ph/index.html for more information in regard to lectures, bird watching and the fair schedule.
Date: 24 – 25 September 2010
Venue: Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao
City: Davao
Country: Philippines
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
February 9, 2009 by Editor
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The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a medium-sized bird that averages between 32 to 37 centimeters in length. The males have solid gray coloring over their heads, neck and wings. Their bellies are white with gray to black stripes, dark gray tail feathers and black eyes. Bills are pointed and black of color. The female Cuckoo resembles the males, but with morphed brown coloring. The Common Cuckoo is a migratory bird and is seen across Europe, including Britain, as well as Japan and China, and migrates to Africa during the winter months. It adapts easily to live in cultivated areas, on the edges of dense forests, open country, marshes and coastal areas.
The Cuckoo has a wingspan of approximately 71 to 76 centimeters and has an extremely distinctive low flight. They fly with rapid ing beats and are very swift in flight. Their flight pattern bears a resemblance to that of raptors, with the exception that the Cuckoo has much weaker strokes and does not glide after a series of beats.
The preferred food of the Common Cuckoo includes a diet of hairy caterpillars, larvae and insects. Not being too fussy, they will also eat beetles, crickets and dragonflies, and have in some instances also been seen eating eggs and songbird nestlings. The female Cuckoo is not the best parent, to say the least. They are not interested in parenthood at all. She can lay in the region of eight to twenty five eggs, and the eggs can vary in color. Sometimes the eggs are brown with markings of lilac, gray, black and red-brown. At times eggs can be green, blue or red, with markings. This enables the Cuckoo to secretly lay an egg in another nest. Not all of the Cuckoo species find host parents for their eggs. The Common Cuckoo will find a species with similar eggs to her own and when the host parents are not in sight, she will lay her eggs amongst the eggs already in the nest. The host parents, not realizing anything is amiss, will complete the 11 to 13 day incubation period and rear the chicks until they are ready to fledge the nest. The female Cuckoo will never return or revisit her chick. Most of the time, the Common Cuckoo chick will be bigger in size than host parents, putting strain on the parents to feed the intruder.
Although the Common Cuckoo is a very wide-spread species and difficult to monitor, it is believed to be plentiful and is not threatened by extinction.


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Kim Kardashian West sure knows how to give a good "thank you"! The reality TV star is sending flowers to the people who stood up for her after she got some public backlash for posting a censored, yet naked, photo of herself online on March 7.
Although Kardashian West is no stranger to stripping down for the camera, her recent nude selfie split the Internet in two: some believed that she shouldn't be flaunting her body for attention, others believed that showing her body is empowering.
Various celebrities spoke out against the photo, including Chloë Grace Moretz, who said that it doesn't highlight a woman's worth. Other stars supported Kim, saying she should be able to do whatever she wants. Now the people in the later group are getting surprise bouquets.
"Women supporting other women is so powerful," Kardashian West wrote in a letter to Modern Family star Ariel Winter, who came to Kim's defense. Winter previously tweeted, "No one was body shaming @justinbieber when he posted his nude guitar photo so why @KimKardashian? #herbodyherchoice #InternationalWomensDay."
Actress Emily Ratajkowski also received flowers. The day after Kardashian West's photo made waves, Ratajkowski publicly said, "Love when a man comments on a woman's decision to post a nude photo. Her body, her career. Sexist bullsh*t."
"Thank you for the beautiful flowers and note @kimkardashian," she wrote on the Insta post below. "It's so important that we let women express their sexuality and share their bodies however they choose."


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Monday, Dec. 14, 2015
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
It is a challenge to live in the present, but Step Ten gives us a way to do just that. It is a maintenance step, a way to stay true to ourselves. As we continue to take inventory of our attitudes and behavior, we find ourselves growing in self-acceptance and self-love. In the past, the last thing we wanted to do was be honest. Now, possessing serenity and faith, we can see that our shortcomings are only that: shortcomings. They are part of who we are, and every part of ourselves is important.
Taking a personal inventory is not a way to sit in judgment of ourselves. Rather, it enables us to examine our behavior with honesty and gentleness. It is an affirmation that growth is a process; we do it throughout our lives. Taking time for a personal inventory is a way to say that our needs are important, our good points are important, and our character defects are important. We are whole people, lovable just as we are.
I will take time for an inventory today. I will admit my wrongs, give myself credit for my accomplishments, and give the day to God with gratitude.
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