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Our First Anniversary: Reflections and Recognitions
on 10.05.2009 (server time)
Can you believe that people still come to Destructoid, even though they've had to put up with the likes of me for a year now?
Yeah, it is kind of incredible, isn't it – as of today I've been badgering the denizens of this site for twelve whole months, my
intro blog
having been uploaded one complete trip around the Sun ago. At least on this end, it's been a pretty memorable year – as such, while I doubt anyone else much cares, I'm going to take this opportunity to look anew at my tenure here so far, as well as offer a handful of general thoughts related to it…in otherwords, ramble on awhile because, at least for today, I have something resembling an excuse (not like lacking one has ever stopped me, but…).
Anyway, here's to a year of DToid, and all that it entails…for at least one
longwinded, dorky interloper.
I'd Like to Thank…
I'd best start off with a handful of acknowledgements for some of the personalities around here that have kept things interesting for me up to this point.
- First order of business – I know I've driven this sentiment into the ground by now, but I couldn't write a blog like this without once again offering my thanks to
for encouraging me to register here. I'm not sure whether or not it was the fickle hand of destiny that nudged me into that EBX when you just happened to be present and talking to some other people about video game writing, but needless to say I'm quite glad I ended up doing so (and that you didn't tell me to take a hike when I walked up to you out of nowhere). Hopefully we'll cross paths IRL again at some point, but even if we don't, thanks once again for pointing me in this general direction.
- As of now, the only other DToider I've managed to meet in person is
, whose comedy show I went to see over the summer; thanks to you, sir, for letting me hang around afterwards and torture you and yours with my first (and so far, only) attempt at vocals on
Rock Band
. Hopefully you'd be willing to invite me back. Speaking of which,
DToid New York
crew, sorry for having to back out of the last meetup, I WILL make it to one of your shindigs one of these days…though you'll probably ban me for life afterwards.
- Just for the heck of it, I also feel compelled to offer a shout-out to a handful of users who were very friendly to me from the beginning, but have seemingly vanished into the void since then –
? Bueller? Where'd you guys go? Hopefully you'll pop in here just to say hello before too much longer…I've missed chewing the fat about weird games with you lot! Of course, there are
of continually-active people who continue to encourage me on a regular basis, but there are WAY too many of you to name individually, or even add to my Friends list…hopefully you all know who you are, as the saying goes, and will accept my heartfelt thanks for treating me so well, in the face of all my irritating quirks.
- Also in order is a word of gratitude to the sites that I've regularly used as sources for
The Obscurer Tribune
– other than our very own
, I also must acknowledge the
shmups.com forum
Mognet Central
Gamer Limit
, and
. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone major – in any event, thanks to all of those places for always giving me something interesting to recap.
- Finally, of course, I must offer thanks to Niero and his tireless staff for keeping things humming around here – a year in and I'm still utterly clueless about a lot of the site-specific things that go on in these parts (confession time – I
have no flippin' idea how the whole "Also Cocks" thing got started, and the same goes for legion other in-jokes), but I'm still very glad to have the opportunity to peddle my wares in your territory. Keep posting, reporting, doodling, HAWPing, 'casting, and all the other stuff you do, with my appreciation, for whatever it's worth.
Why This Is What It Is
Formalities out of the way, if anyone's up for it I'll devote a few paragraphs to explaining why various parts of this blog, well, are the way they are. If you've ever been curious (if not downright confused) about the nature of something I've posted (and I doubt you haven't at
point), hopefully an answer is someplace in here.
The Trimmings
- Readers from near the beginning will recall that when I first joined up, I used a simple
of the infamous Red Ring of Death, on an alternate-face-plated 360, as my top image – that photo was actually of my first Japanese import 360, originally taken to be used as evidence in the refund dispute that arose with the seller afterwards. When I later pondered what I should use as a header soon after joining DToid, I happened to dig it back up, and it seemed like a decent option for a newbie to display – to-the-point, slightly pretentious and more than a little ironic. Before long, though, as more of my writing appeared here, I decided that a change was in order – as a very vocal fan of
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
I was tempted to use something related to that game, but as much as I adore its dark, stylish tone, it just didn't fit
as an individual very well (feel free to envision Lloyd Bentsen remarking "I
Hitoshura, and you're no Hitoshura").
In the end I instead opted for a simple montage of Igor from the offshoot
series, accompanied by one of his signature quotes. While I'm nowhere near the
he is, I felt (and still do) that he's a pretty good allegory for what I generally do on my blog – I like to think that both of us set up shop mostly in the background, just doing our thing, waiting for a handful of curious visitors to stop by (and if my case is anything else like Igor's, normal people can't even see my blog…I'd certainly believe it). Also like him, I probably come off as a somewhat intimidating oddball at first, but if you hang around a little you'll find that I'm always there at my little table, willing to chat amicably, and maybe even teach you something new, whenever you decide a visit is in order. I truly hope that, whenever you return to this blog, you're able to, in some small way, take its simple, straightforward greeting of "Welcome Back" to heart.
- Huh? The avatar? Believe it or not, he actually goes back, in his present form, to my early days at the shmups.com forum – since I'm a pretty unskilled shooter player despite my long-running genre fandom, I registered there as "BulletMagnet" (the first time I ever invoked that username, though it's become kind of a standard for me since then). While he was preceded by several other portraits, as I gradually gained more knowledge and my oddball tastes became increasingly apparent, on a whim I decided to usher in the image you see above you, a spoof of the cover art for Konami's
, as implemented by goofball shooter series
– soon after that, I got the idea to use my very limited Adobe ImageReady skills to give him a twitching eye. My fellow forumites thought it suited me well, and ever since then "Twitchin' Sal" (as I've come to call him) has served as my face on the internet just about everywhere I go; indeed, as a metaphor for my "so pitifully grotesque it's somehow funny" relationship with many games, he's simply unrivaled.
The Words
- I guess I'd better start off with some justification (if you can call it that) for my most prolific recurring series,
The Obscurer Tribune
. As a fledgling DToider I'd occasionally post one or two oddball gaming news items at a time (long before I considered making a habit of it), but soon got the (accurate) sense that "news/recap" posts are somewhat discouraged on the c-blogs. I considered just stopping those sorts of writeups altogether, but still very much wanted to get the word out about the less-popular games I enjoy, not to mention have a way to keep track of it all for myself: thus the
was born, as an effort to disseminate such info on a regular basis while offering a bit more to readers than the usual "oh, this thing was just announced, kthxbye" format. I don't know how much of the series' being allowed to continue is due to its intrinsic value versus the admins figuring that confronting me about it just isn't worth the effort, but either way I'm glad to be able to do it, even if its niche appeal is reflected in the rather paltry amount of interest it tends to generate. In any event I'm eternally grateful to its regular readers; as always, feel free to drop me a line if you think there's something about it that I could improve (aside from "stop doing it").
If you're interested in a few more miscellaneous
tidbits, its name (which almost nobody spells correctly) is a play on a local paper around here, the
. Also, if you've ever wondered how, when multiple source sites feature the same story, I decide which one to link, the process is not even remotely complicated – if one article isn't notably more comprehensive than another, I just refer to whichever one I happen to see first. I do make an exception for DToid itself, however – if I have an item which is also covered here on the site someplace (c-blogs included), I'd feel weird linking to someone else's coverage as if I'd found something completely new – as such, even if DT's news is late compared to another source's, I always make sure to include a quick link to the "DToid coverage" at the end of the paragraph. I can't think of much else to highlight about the
offhand…if something else rates a question with you, again, feel free to ask me directly.
- I suppose it also behooves me to say a few things in regards to my general style: it wouldn't be the first time I've broached the subject, but hopefully I can refer to this as something of a "default" reference for anyone who wants an explanation in the future. To be blunt, my writing strikes a fair amount of people as overly verbose and cumbersome to take in; to a large extent I can't argue with them, as I never intended to appeal to mass audiences here in the first place. As I've said before, if one prefers a quicker, lighter DToid read there are plenty of options out there, but relatively little exists that offers a slower-paced, more in-depth and comprehensive look at various aspects of gaming (though such content offered by fellow c-bloggers is frequently excellent, when it appears). Of course, I can't pin every last vestigial word I type on a "mission statement" like that, but if you've ever thought "most people won't make it all the way through this", well, I thought of it too, long ago, and decided to live with the consequences regardless.
On the flipside, I readily confess my frequent surrenders to "windbag syndrome", and am making efforts (honest!) to mold my wordplay into something a bit less overbaked and more concise, though I don't know how much of it has made itself manifest to readers as of yet. That said, nobody should expect me to "bite size" my articles in any further capacity than this – to put it plainly, I want to give anyone willing to spend time reading my ramblings a decent return on their investment, something to
think about
instead of a one-sentence throwaway gag or follow-the-leader "meme" entry (seriously, is there
more worthy subject able to provoke a
of the community activity that those do?). To be clear, I've got no problem with those whose blogs are shorter, snappier, and more immediately entertaining, as I enjoy many of them myself, but for whatever it's worth I just plain don't have it in me to put up something like that here. Basically, if you read me back then, for the most part I'm still, for better or worse, what it says on the tin, and plan on keeping it that way.
Maths Tiem!
Just for the sake of my own curiosity, I crunched a few numbers related to my c-blog, and decided to post a handful of the more interesting (to me, anyway) figures I came up with. All numbers reflect posts made before (and not including) this one; also, of course, there may be a stupid error or two in there, but hopefully most of the data is at least semi-accurate.
- Before today's post, in total I'd made 67 blog entries over the course of the year, about one every 5 or 6 days - 38 of them (about 57%) were either
Obscurer Tribune
issues or otherwise related to offbeat news. My
entries so far differ by nearly 9,000 words – average blog length overall is between 2,000 and 2,100 words. The total word count of my blog so far is around 140,000.
- 8 of my blogs (a little under 12% of the total) have been promoted. 6 of those (75%) have had at least one "tl;dr" comment or an equivalent left in response. 2 of them (25%) rated a "good God, just STOP, you're KILLING me" from Hamza himself, in either comment or email form. The blog's longest total gap between postings was 16 days, spanning the space across
from way back in the pre-
This blog
is by far my most-read one so far, judging by the number of comments posted – the least-read are a
, which received zero apiece. On average, one of my posts gets about 11 comments - if you factor out my replies to others it's actually about 9. If you limit the equation to non-promoted entries, the figure adjusts to around 7 total comments, 5.5 if you take out my replies. All told, my own answers constitute about a quarter, on average, of the comments attached to my posts. At this point, the most-read non-promoted piece on my blog, with my responses filtered out, remains my very first post, the
- As of right now I've got about 25 to 30 half-finished blog articles (not counting future
s) sitting on my flash drive – how many of them I'll ever actually get to wrapping up and/or posting is anyone's guess.
That's about all the math I can think to highlight…or stand, for that matter. Let's move on, shall we?
General DToid Thoughts (and Gripes)
Cranking the Pretentiousness-O-Meter to an unprecedented 11, here are some assorted ramblings on how I feel about the site, and its community, in general.
- One personal habit that I rarely see others display around here is my aforementioned tendency to directly reply, sometimes at length, to noteworthy comments made on my posts – for some reason, it's always struck me as strange how few bloggers seem to respond to (or perhaps even read) what other people leave for them. By the same token, it appears that very few people expect their comments to be read, as many of the visitors I've answered, in hopes of keeping a conversation going, don't ever seem to check up and realize that I've reached out for more. Perhaps my relatively meager readership makes me more eager to "connect" with the audience I have than most, but in any event I'm definitely in the minority on this front.
Of course, one could argue that I'm just too hesitant to move on to a new topic, but regardless I must admit that I'm a bit depressed that so few true
ever get the chance to take root on the blogs – I may be reaching here, but I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that the
Comment of the Week
segment appears to have rapidly fizzled out. As it stands, for the most part, the only items that are likely to get a real back-and-forth going are flamebait posts that tick certain people off and send them on dueling tirades. Otherwise, the best one can usually hope for is a string of "cool story, bro" posts – as nice as that can be to see, the rare occasions on which I've been part of a bona fide (and civilized) dialogue with a fellow DToider or two are the ones that truly make me feel as if I've written something worthwhile. It's probably a pipe dream, but I do hope that I see more of this happening in the future – forgive me for attaching "serious business" to this sentiment, but I daresay that if we gamers want to be taken more seriously by humanity in general, we need to get better at sitting ourselves down and affixing our attention on a single thing (other than a flashing screen) for awhile.
- A frequent complaint around the c-blogs is the tendency of "one-sentence posts" or other "junk food" blogs to push more "worthy" entries off the front page and deny them well-deserved readership – while I don't argue that seeing a bunch of silly brain farts prominently displayed can be irritating, if such paper-thin dreck is really robbing better blogs of their due attention, then We The Readers are just as big a part of the problem as They The Posters. Seriously, how long does it take to scroll past the garbage (honestly, most of the time you can detect the lowest-rung junk just by looking at the title) and check out whatever was posted more than ten long minutes ago? Or heck, just take a peek at the
? Even at the worst of times, there are never
many blogs to sort through to excuse missing a worthwhile article – at least that's how I've always seen it. Frankly, I think this "issue" is directly related to another deep-seated community tendency, which is next on the chopping block…
- Many other have commented on it, but the "debate" rages on over how best to react to the next inevitable troll visit – the popular response, of course, is to flame, and "give him a taste of his own medicine", so to speak. While arguments are regularly thrown around that this is "the best way to get someone's attention" in hopes of "turning them away from the dark side", to be perfectly blunt I think that most of this blather is little more than a thinly-veiled, steaming pile of exhibitionist self-stimulation. In my view, nobody looks for a "reason" to flame – they look for an
, an opportunity to vent and be a jerk while still acting self-righteous about it – nothing worth saying in the first place can't be said better in non-flaming form, and anyone who claims otherwise is, frankly, full of it. Call me a prude or wet blanket or whatever you want, but in that particular conviction I stand firm – seriously, they're nowhere near as fun or publically spectacular, but offering civilized constructive criticism to a misguided specimen or reporting a genuine douchebag to the admins is a far more productive use of your time if you're in it for reasons other than your own personal satisfaction.
Moreover, for my money, nothing screams "GTFO" to any blogger, good or bad, like unbroken, deafening
– trolls, after all, exist "for teh lulz", and no matter how biting or clever your derogatory remarks (which are frequently, let's be honest, counterproductive), the fact that you've bothered to respond at all means their mission is already accomplished. Moreover, going back to the previous point, if you're spending your time on DT feeding the trolls, and then grumble that "I don't have time to read the better blogs now", guess what message your silence is sending to the genuinely earnest writers with something to say? On purpose or not, you're telling them that the only way to get any attention at all is to appeal directly to the primal reptilian cortex of the readership at large; if we've truly reached this point (and I refuse to believe that we have), it's certainly not an occasion to celebrate. In short, I can't stop anyone from flaming any more than I can stop them from trolling, but please, if you're going to do the former, at least 1) Think for a moment about the ramifications of your actions, and inactions, for both good bloggers and bad, and 2) Stop acting as if surrendering to your basest urges and mimicking the mindset of those you claim to loathe should earn you praise as the would-be Brave Defenders of the Community. Nobody with the least amount of self-control or genuine concern for the well-being of the c-blogs at large is buying it for a second.
- On a slightly more uplifting note, while I'm nowhere near the first to broach this topic, I'm definitely eager to see more non-Monthly Musing posts promoted to the front, so as to encourage readers not to devote the bulk of their energy to a particular arbitrary topic if they hope to get noticed. That said, at least compared to when I first got here, I have seen more of them making the trip, and the Powers That Be deserve a pat on the back for it – I understand that it's very hard to pit one's personal judgment against the entire community's influx on a given day, and that it's tempting to automatically overlook anything without a pre-determined theme attached to it, but I do perceive (hopefully accurately) that additional effort has been put forth of late to send a wider variety of "guest editorials" forward, and at least from my little corner it's very much appreciated.
Whatever's to Come
I guess it's past time to wrap things up and get on with it…one thing I suppose I'd best get off my chest is the semi-required statement for posts like this that DToid has changed my life. Well, truth be told, in my case it really hasn't (at least not yet, anyways). Granted, this is the first and only blog I've ever kept, so I suppose that counts for something, but considering how much time I have on my hands these days (much of it unwanted), if I wasn't running my mouth here I'd almost assuredly be doing it someplace else, just to keep myself a little bit sane…either way, I
been doing it
, by some twist of fate or other, and plan to keep on doing it here for the foreseeable future. It's not as grand a statement as the "changed my life" fare, but hopefully you can still take it as a compliment from me – to express a sentiment similar to what I mentioned in
this piece
, even if I can't in good faith call DT a "personal sanctuary" or the "start of a new era for me" or anything grandiose like that, I hope it still means something to call it "a rather neat place I like to visit". I'm certainly not a visitor worth getting very excited about by myself, but I still say that's a pretty swell accomplishment on the part of both the staff and the community.
In any event, that's about where I stand after a year here. Hopefully you guys won't mind another one too much, heaven willing. Either way, hope to see you all there.
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About BulletMagnet
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Thanks kindly for paying my blog a visit.
I'm currently looking for paid writing gigs
, so if you might want anything written shoot me a message (craighats at hotmail dot com).
In case the contents of this blog don't make it obvious enough, I have something of an affinity for slightly "offbeat" titles, so if there's something out there that few others cover, there's a fair chance I'm at least somewhat up on it.
If there's any sort of (reasonable) inquiry you'd like me to address, please don't hesitate to be in touch.
Below are a handful of recaps and other links (oldest listed first by section), in case you're interested - asterisks mark promoted articles.
'Magnet School
Curriculum: Puzzle Games
Course 1:
Ochige 101
Course 2:
Course 3:
Ochige 201
Course 4:
Phys. Ed
Course 5:
Ochige 301 (Adv.)
Course 6:
Free Elective
Course 7:
Ochige 401 (Hon.)
Course 8:
Extra Credit
Graduation Speech
King of Fighters: Orochi Saga
Ar Tonelico II -
Part 1
Part 2
Prinny and Street Fighter IV
King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match
Nintendo DS
King of Fighters XII
Atelier Annie
Mushihime-sama Futari
The Forgotten Essentials
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
The Obscurer Tribune
Monthly Musings/Writers Wanted
The Fear:
The End
*A Time to Destroy:
I Cast Thee Out
*Expanded Universes:
Triple Triad X
*Those About to Die:
Nocturne's Demons
*Untapped Potential:
The Second Dimension
*I Suck at Games:
and I'm Here to Help
*The Forgotten:
Real Life
The Weirdo, The Wall, and The Beast
*The Future:
A Refreshing Cup of Hemlock
*More Than Just Noise:
Digital Cheese LIVE
East vs. West:
Where The Old Gods Dwell
Fresh Flowers
IF Only...
The Gatekeepers
Assorted Ramblings
Why Am I Here?
Non-Portable Portable Gaming
Hating the Unhateable
Soul Bubbles, Mickey Mouse, Journey of the Self
Dreamcast: The Other Shmup Machine
One-Year Anniversary Reflections
Shmups: Gaming's EOE
Non-DT Writing
Saturn Shooter Rundown
PS1 Shooter Rundown
PS2 Shooter Rundown
Shmups 101
Shmups That Defined the Genre
"Hidden Gem" Shmups
Shadow Hearts
Unofficial Shmup Glossary
(shmups.com, WIP)
My Backloggery
(Warning: Inherent Shamefulness May Be Too Intense for Some Readers)
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My friends are chocolatiers. Yes, as in honest-to-goodness-they-make-the-most-delicious-chocolates-on-earth-for-a-living, chocolatiers. And as of this past spring, they have their very own chocolate shop in the Georgetown area of DC. Robert makes the chocolate, Ashley handles the marketing and business operations. A little about their chocolates:
Fleurir Hand Grown Chocolates lovingly makes each piece of chocolate by hand and only uses fresh, high-quality, and natural ingredients (think Valhrona chocolate, Murray River Flake Salt, and fresh cream and butter) to ensure a clean, balanced and awesomely delicious flavor with every piece. By combining classic techniques with a strong design perspective, Fleurir Hand Grown Chocolates offers a chocolate that is as exciting to eat as it is to look at.
And if that photo and description weren't enough to drool over, could they be even cuter? (YES- because besides being ridiculously goodlooking, they are 2 of the nicest people I know)
But opening a chocolate shop hasn't been a cake walk. They've worked for years to get to this point- Robert went to culinary school and worked under a chocolatier before creating Fleurir. They've woken up early every Saturday (like pre 7am early) for the past 2+ years to sell their chocolates at farmers' markets. Ashley has a part time job at Anthropologie. Robert drives 3 hours away multiple times a month to make the chocolates at his parent's house in Virginia- because they haven't found a space to make the chocolates in the DC area yet.
But their business is growing, and they were able to open the brick-and-mortar Fleurir shop in the spring of 2011. And little by little, they've gotten attention on the local (DC area) and national level. Just in the last week they were featured in Refinery 29's '12 Hip Gifts To Make Your Holiday Hosts Feel Extra-Merry,' Brightest Young Thing's 'Winter Guide,' and the big one… Food & Wine Magazine (January 2012 edition) in their Trendspotting Section: 'Start Your Own Food Business: Chocolate Case Study.'
They've been featured before in publications like DailyCandy, UrbanDaddy, and Dwell.
And how did they get there? Tons of hard work, with tons more to go. Tons of passion and dedication. They've stayed true to their vision and keep chugging along, cracking the market inch by inch.
When I'm lacking inspiration or had a particular frustrating day, I think of them and Fleurir (and if I've visited them recently, I'll think while munching on one of their delicious chocolates). Some days 'success' seems so far away, but I know I can't wallow in my frustration- if I keep 'chugging along' and continue to work hard and follow my passions, I know one day I'll find 'success' and find myself right where I'm supposed to be.
(Fun Fact- giving a new meaning to eye candy: they had a graphic designer create all the images for the chocolates- which are hand-screened onto each piece with a cocoa butter transfer… hello gorgeous!)
OH! And buy their chocolate here: http://www.fleurirchocolates.com/store


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Light Tunnel, Sleds and Santa, Pastorela 2.0
Events December 19-December 25, 2019
Various Authors noon, Dec. 15
"We would play four to five nights a week," says Warren Lovell, Big Time Operator band leader. During the years '97--'99, BTO played Croce's, the Cannibal Bar, and Tio Leo's. "A lot of the swing dancers who would show up would only drink water. [Live swing] wasn't profitable for the bars. The dancers killed it."
Though Lovell became a police officer about five years ago, he and BTO have been doing private corporate gigs since the dropoff in swing's popularity.
"You pretty much have to have a side job [as a member of the SDPD] to make ends meet. The city doesn't pay its cops well.... Most cops I know don't live in San Diego because they can't afford it. They have to commute from Temecula or Alpine."
Lovell and his wife have three children. His 18-month-old son was killed in a May 2004 auto accident.
"I took a month off from [SDPD] work. I needed to get grounded. Two days after he died, I had a gig. The event company said, 'You don't have to do this show.' But I put on a different face and did the show. That's part of being a professional. The police department taught me a lot about that."
Will there be another swing revival?
"I think the only thing that would do that would be a movie that would incorporate a big band. Royal Crown Revue started the whole thing. The movie Mask broke them.... We want to give people an alternative to the crap that is being put out today." By "crap," Lovell means "...anything that doesn't take a lot of talent to play. It's a matter of education. You don't see a lot of educated people listening to hip-hop."
Big Time Operator plays tomorrow, August 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Point Loma Community Park and August 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Calavera Hills Park in Carlsbad. Both are all ages, free admission.


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ROCCAT teases both Sova and Nyth peripherals at Gamescom
ROCCAT teases its new MMO-hybrid mouse and Sova prototype at Gamescom 2015
Gamescom 2015 - ROCCAT has debuted its new Nyth gaming mouse at Gamescom, with the Nyth being a new MMO-hybrid gaming mouse with a "completely hot-swappable side button grid" that is sure to have MMO gamers foaming at the mouth.
The new ROCCAT Nyth has huge out-of-the-box customization, with a massive 36,738 different combinations thanks to its 33 different buttons. ROCCAT founder and CEO, René Korte, explains: "We've loved cracking the challenge of the Nyth. Making a mouse so deeply customizable was a great test for our creative and design teams. What we ended up with was not only a one of a kind MMO-centric piece of gaming equipment, but a mouse that is a chameleon. Turn it into a MOBA mouse, an FPS weapon, and more; any gaming configuration for any genre you can think of. That's what the Nyth brings to the table".
But the more exciting product that ROCCAT was showing off, at least to me, was the Sova prototype. ROCCAT showed off the Sova prototype at E3 2015 earlier this year, with the modular gaming board wanting to see you gaming in the living room. ROCCAT has announced that there will be more than one model of the Sova, with Korte saying: "After the great reception at E3 for our Sova prototype, we were given so much feedback, and pursued that further with surveys and more testing. Gamers want a PC gaming living room solution that's affordable, effective, and meets their spec priorities".
ROCCAT will be releasing both wired and wireless Sova models, with both of the wired models featuring rubberdome or mechanical keys at varying price points. They will both feature a USB cable to connect to a PC or Steam Machine, while the wireless Sova will sport mechanical keys and a long-life battery that will ensure "uninterrupted gaming sessions" can be had.
As for availability, the Sova gaming boards will be made available in early 2016 for a retail price of $149.
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Studio Calico Reveal...what I bought...
This month I went a little crazy with my reveal shopping. Well, actually, if I'm being honest...I go a little crazy every month...so forget that "this month" part.
Wanna see all the cool stuff I got?
Wanderlust Wood Veneer Squares 2. EVERY SINGLE Color Theory Ink Pad 3. White Gel Pen 4. Wanderlust Vellum Journal Cards 5. Ink ID Labels 6. Color Theory Mini Alphas 7. Office Hourse 4x6 Paper Pad
Aaaacccckkk! I can't wait to get my box! I think I'm most excited about those ink pads...I never really used to do much stamping on my projects, but now I stamp on almost every single one.
And...the dork in me CAN'T WAIT to label my ink pads with those ink ID labels! GAH!
How about you? Did you scoop any new goodies up this month?
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The Artist's Studio, La Vielle Chapelle, La Boissiere, Chateaudun, circa 1909
Framed (ref: 5403)
Oil on canvas,
32 x 25 1/2 in. (81 x 65 cm)
Tags: Albert de Belleroche oil architecture artists at work interiors women PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Oil on canvas,
32 x 25 1/2 in. (81 x 65 cm)
Tags: Albert de Belleroche oil architecture artists at work interiors women PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Provenance: from the collection of Count William de Belleroche, the artist's son; thence by descent.
La Boissiere was an inn near Chateaudun where Belleroche stayed when he painted in the countryside. Here he rented La Vielle Chapelle which was spacious enough to house the huge press, (Imprimerie Le Mercier), from which he hand printed his lithographs. This painting provides a rare record in colour of his studio as it appeared circa 1910, the walls decorated with paintings by Belleroche and his friends - clearly identifiable is the Lautrec poster of La Revue Blanche (top left).
Belleroche and Lautrec, exact contemporaries, first became acquainted with each other in the early 1880's when they both frequented the Cafe de la Rochefoucauld. They soon formed a friendship, painting each others portraits in 1882, and for the following decades shared the same model and mistress Lily Grenier.
La Boissiere was often the setting and subject of Belleroche's lithographs - his lithograph of 1909 entitled Atelier, La Boissiere, shows the same veiled figure, seated slightly to the left of the viewpoint seen in this oil.
The model, in full mourning dress, is likely to be Julie Emilie Visseaux, the daughter of Belleroche's sculptor friend Jules Edouard Visseaux, whom he married in 1910.


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Astrologers – How They Are Think
Russians think of their point out as Aquarius crowded out, according to support Johnson's 'Russia List'. Johnson's List is actually a daily e-mail bulletin with know-how and pursuit about modern day Russia from a selection of sources. Maybe that is why they are likely to be so made ready to take astrology. Aquarius can be the lording them over sign created for astrologers.
You'll find two reasons they make use of analogy. 1st, we prefer to explain conditions are difficult compete in key terminology, like poets. The specific poet pronounces, 'my love is similar to a white colored, red rose' due to the fact is hard to put into words what some type of intangible product or service, feeling plus experience desire love is often without analyzing it to assist you something realistic, of rare beauty not to mention ecstatic smell, like, as an example, a increased by bush.
Second of all, we're arriving for the ideas by just attaching dots which can be invisible so that you can untrained eye itself but that you can get with some of our formulas in addition to calculations in combination with lead us on the conclusions while not physical information. This is why backing up a number of statements is actually complicated. We know about two particulars are related through moment in time and notice but most people ourselves typically are usually not exactly stated what they are going to look like in the manifest potting soil plane. For this reason the American astrologer pointed out, 'It may be like a ruble default through 1998. Any
Here's a preview from something you could be more acquainted with. I could very well say that could 911 was for instance the Great Hearth in the up on 1666 plus the Galveston A fabulous deluge around 1900 (the deadliest all-natural disaster that this us. has maybe experienced) or even the Seminarians. Francisco earthquake for 1906 on the inside scope because these are typically all destructive events including almost preposterous proportions. But 911 is generally more very similar in tone while using bombing linked with Pearl Own in 1941 with the Viking raid associated with the Monastery during the up within 793 mainly because although a majority of these events have already been catastrophic disasters citizens were also astound attacks resulting from foreign competitors on house hold soil.
How The Astrologers Think
There are actually two objectives they reap the benefits of analogy. Very first, we make an effort to explain points which can be difficult that might put inside terms, such as poets. Any kind of poet displays, 'my love is really a red-colored, red rose' because the device might be hard that will put inside sayings such a great intangible part, feeling or simply just experience along the lines of love is going to be without another it to be able to something realistic, of difficult to find beauty along with ecstatic perfume, like, such as, a high.
Secondly, our small business is launched on some of our data by simply relating dots that'll be invisible on the untrained observation ball but of which exist with this formulas and also calculations in conjunction with lead us in the conclusions without physical evidence. This means that backing up numerous promises is normally tricky. We be familiar with two pieces are partner through some time and breathing in space but all of us ourselves is probably not exactly convinced what he or she can look like during the manifest earth plane. Because of this , the Euro astrologer mentioned, 'It will be just being the [ruble] default in 1998. All of us
Here's the preview with something may be well-versed inside. I may very well say the 911 was quite as the Great Hearth of The uk in 1666 also to the Galveston Any deluge with 1900 (the deadliest organically grown disaster the fact that the country has any time experienced) or probably the Verts. Francisco earthquake around 1906 designed for scope considering they're most of huge situations in very nearly ridiculous dimension But 911 is frequently more linked in tone to the bombing along with Pearl Get in 1941 in addition to Viking raid with regards to the Monastery in your up around 793 because of the fact although these types of events appeared to be catastrophic disasters these people also astound attacks because of foreign opponents on place soil.
Here's one of how the following reasoning is usually conducted on function predicting. Suppose I actually ensure Saturn may well pass all over your Moon a highly effective fourth family. Astrology is often a language. It's really a way regarding describing vigor. Now we all try to consider some events that is probable, given genital herpes simplex virus treatments recognize regarding that energy. Generally, we take any type of someone we have been perusing for into account — he may an 92 year historic man as well as she might be a 26 12 weeks old lovely lady — and in many cases what little ones of your partner's or heir?s character and perhaps life hobbies from facts we request before you head.
What Astrology Cannot
Astrology has become quite your controversial subject matter, because while say the software involves only fanciful misconceptions and superstitions, people that believe on astrological intuitions say astrology can certainly help us to locate many unsolved mysteries which often science hasn't already yet had the opportunity to carry out. Contrary as to what some folks may think, true astrologers feel that astrology are not to be used in making exact forecasts about any future, but rather, it enable you to reveal all the tendencies on the person's long term.
There will be numerous misguided beliefs regarding astrology. Astrological prophecies don't suggest an astrologer can inform you of each and additionally every event within your future. An astrologer aren't able to say you can marry an individual woman, or you will get married for a certain go out with, but preferably, he will only bit about you planning a wedding or about other unusual incidents which might occur in your own life. This isn't a detailed prediction, but instead a report which based upon certain astrological solutions. Astrology cannot explain to you what will happen, but instead, it can tell you about the possibilities of a product happening.
You simply can't use astrology so that you can predict you will future, but you may use it to get maximum insight as well as understanding on the patterns together with directions your wellbeing takes. Another belief is you must accept what precisely your natal chart claims, but the fact is, you have no need to accept that, and the truth is, you have power to swap it. Though give you actually insight, you need to remember that right now there many parameters, such as being the decisions an individual yourself help to make.
If you may be really serious about seeing exactly how efficient astrology is often, then you'll want to consider obtaining your natal chart served by a unique astrologer. When you have your natal graph or chart, you might compare it to the real-life happenings, and in which case you yourself is most likely the judge relating to if or not there's all truth inside.
Tropical and Sidereal Astrology – Do They Complement Each Other?
Sidereal as well as tropical are two different sorts of astrology that provide two different ways that a year is measured. In other words, a sidereal year could be the time the fact that Earth takes going around us rays while referencing a fixed superstars. These are classified as the celestial bodies that not find a way to move located at any point throughout every season, perhaps the perfect known these fixed famous actors is Polaris, the particular pole celeb, but in general there tend to be hundreds, upon a huge selection of fixed stars while in the heavens.
The phrase 'Tropical' is synonymous utilizing meaning sizzling hot – people want going towards tropical is and sipping exotic beverages, but the actual etymology of your word actually derives from the Artistic word tropics which implies 'Turn'. Then when you check out or listen to someone dealing with the Tropics in Cancer plus Capricorn, what they can be referring to could be the areas relating to the globe which are the severe northern and even southern latitudes when the Sun can be directly overhead and where it appears to be to 'Turn' throughout an once-a-year revolution for the planet Our planet. The time the fact that Sun takes going from a person point on the sky towards the same point utilizing the tropics, is known as a tropical season. There will be subtle variations between a sidereal year including a tropical twelve months, a hot year is approximately nine seconds shorter compared to a sidereal 365 days, now on the lookout for minutes would not seem like a lot for the duration of a 12 months (particularly when you realize we now have almost 526, 000 minutes in an average twelve months)
Thus, how actually these different methods of measuring 1 year affect all the zodiac? Properly, if you think that of all the sky in the form of circle that is never concluding, has virtually no beginning with zero ending, then so that you can map or possibly measure a cycle on the zodiac you must establish a degree of reference from which to start. Sidereal astrology (which can be an mature practice compared to tropical astrology), is founded on a beginning point that had been established through simple reality the Traditional Greeks (Hellenistic Astrology) noticed the Spring and coil Equinox as the beginning of their year and therefore it was first an obvious choice how they would double as the beginning of all the zodiac. From that point the ancient Greek language astrologers split the sky into 12 segments that has a 30 education division, starting on the constellation for Aries and after that naming each one of the subsequent clips after a strong easily recognizable and widely recognized constellation which corresponded together with each department.
Best Astrology Book
When preparing to an astrologer to enjoy your record read, a must take into consideration several data before visiting an astrologer. Type of system does indeed the astrologer applies, what is its qualification and additionally time associated with practice, many importantly appeared to be the astrologer taught by using a guru or even are individuals book read through? Why that is must be important to have astrologer that should be looking for the 'right' maps. Understand of correct charts will allow the majority accurate prediction for any client.
There isn't just a person 'birth chart' for astrology, rather lots of birth charts with regard to aspect associated with life. You need to know about your job, there is actually a separate chart with the main rise chart. You need to know pertaining to marriage; the good news is separate graph or chart. If you should know in relation to kids, additionally there is a separate graph or chart. The essential birth information acts being the receiver on the signal, like television as an illustration.
The Divisional index chart, which converse about different elements of life, resembles the signal visiting the receiver of your television. What good is mostly a television that the single will not be there? However these are the questions which were asked in addition to answered while in the astrology arrange: Astrology All the Speed with Light, just by Kapolei Raja. He but not just answers some of the basic things of astrology, but he / she dives towards the secrets as well as Masonic the past of astrology which has become a 2010 foundation of not just for the far eastern side for the world, but has been doing the DNA of States since George Oregon Era.
Who was one of the big followers about astrology in addition to numerology, during which he crated 'Freemasons'. This is exactly one astrology e book you'll truly need. Inside the following book the entire master associated with astrology fails to just enter in the ABCD a technique of astrology, but through end of this book, you yourself would be a professional at checking charts of not just for your unique, but anyone you notice.
Pointers For Free Astrology Reading
Free astrology features affected whilst still being continues to be involved in a whole lot of people's everyday life. We cannot ascertain about how completely the outcome free astrology obtained in people's way of living. Ever as the earth started to revolve, and adult men walked the soil, people have been completely turning on the stars designed for answers. It appears to be spurned by that experts claim whenever a thing good comes about to us all, we search out the heavens along with thank God and as the specific happens, we also search out the sky and God precisely why. Some people declare that interpreting signs inside heavens get helped these reach life-changing conclusions, and these customers thank all the heavens as it. Astrology was practiced by practically all races, that Indians, Men and women, Asians, Far East Europeans, etc.
Astrology can be hinged with the central notion that opportunities of celestial bodies on each various can uncover pertinent more knowledge about a person's personality, matters, and other sorts of matters regarding the face. The one who practices astrology is addressed an astrologer. They sustain that movements from the sun, the actual starts, and also the moon boasts a big correlation with your daily activities, hence individuals interpret the software and submit it like horoscopes. And in addition, these incredible bodies' movements don't necessarily only share predictions for the future but even retelling for past parties.
And free of cost astrology is usually associated along with superstition. Actually, faith for astrology while described through National Knowledge Foundation is said to be pseudoscientific thinking. And prior to when, only a line goes between astronomy and also astrology. Nevertheless, through all the years, astronomy veered away and it is no named the empirical learn of celestial bodies in the scientific manner is totally without requiring any associations with astrology.
"By finding out about, I watch downward". That's how Tyco Brahe made clear his reports in astrology. At some time, astrologers ended up even confused regarding the correlation for the stars as well as the events all the way down here alive. Some astrologers argued of the fact that celestial body systems are what precisely because events to occur plus they are not harbingers of what will transpire. Free Astrology when employed for prediction features two principal methods. Astrological transits make reference to interpretations about celestial bodies simply because they move whilst in astrological progressions, predictions provide set ways.
Astrology and Your Health
Astrology comes just as one offering just where relation somewhere between astrology as well as health is pointed out. There are lots of aspects for health, countless questions regarding a nutritious life style that many individual seeks a simple solution to. Astrology around health is definitely one industry which sees at the most people stubborn to. People have countless questions on what to lead a nutritious lifestyle they usually find resort for all such inquiries in astrology.
Astrology expert services are in excess of before and get succeeded within attracting people who health problems. People really want an astrological respond to almost all the things, reason remaining the element that astrology demonstrates in whole. For every individual, health is actually foremost and they also think the fact that astrology gives best overall health tips that will play a very important part inside their wellbeing.
Any trouble that men and women might become facing concerning health, they believe that astrology can supply the best answer. They pay a visit to any extent to seek out astrological methods of their conditions. This is not termed wrong since fact, that men and women have happen to be raised through certain beliefs in astrology they usually traditionally imagine it that they are the very best. In the revolutionary day, everyone is also getting workable systems from on line astrology. Internet has an answer to every question and individuals are choosing online astrology very seriously.
Everyone is worried about her or his health because the device matters quite a lot, rather it can be everything. For that reason, they destination to astrology for the healthy life-style; they obtain solutions around astrology on the subject of healthy work place, for this matter. Pretty much everything has higher drastically by means of coming for online astrology expertise. They strongly believe that online astrology is normally gaining great importance with replacing times utilizing contracting time frame. They never hesitate every time they can very easily find astrological systems online. Many people think they cannot have whatever control on the health plus however hard they could try; they can't change these habits, as meant to affect overall health. Therefore, they desire an astrological service in fixing their health and wellbeing.
Medical Astrology Techniques
If the many events while using the history affecting illness coincide utilizing certain astrological transits additionally configurations, we're able to find usually the astrological source of health issues, supply this prognosis with the course and even duration from illness, and select to a new healing desired etc. The vertical with respect situation often all comes together as correctly: the patron also comes in the regular astrological time, but your astrologer sees while using horoscope some form of danger before ailment provides demonstrated as well as materialized.
Medical astrology could possibly be the cruelest half of astrology. In case you fail for you to bear dealing in very difficult, airport pathologies, until you want acquiring lethal responsibility for all consequences with regards to your suggestions — individuals better do not exercise. In case you aren't about to a health practitioner by project, you are going to need to arrange properly plus understand materials, consult medical doctors, gather information online, take an element in forums, groups, bill sites.
The cases of recouping are noticeably dissimilar about what astrologers usually do in the reading. In the ideal market, astrologers propose and those people change or heirs behavior, so which you could spend which will surplus power source the explants and also megastars send these people. Medical astrologer may very well be more tangible saw a lot and encourage wearing many crystals, hues, aromatherapy, and bloom remedies.
It can be ideal that a professions through medical astrologer and also mad you should not necessarily combine. If in the slightest degree possible, medical astrologer will never cure on top of that; the client is not the individual, unless your entire medical astrologer is medical doctor as exceptionally well, or eventually, a competent homeopath. Neither should medical astrologer certainly be a healer: they will need to only offer your very capable diagnosis regarding malefic influences designed to use already manifested available as disease and they often will — unless nothing is undertaken — go on and manifest and for that reason, probably because of heavier consequences for the reason that time actions along.
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During this time of precious time society begun to demand out of astrologists conventional proofs from the astrology finds, no make any difference how paradoxical the following sounds, because astrology are probably the most long lost sciences. Back then the definition of any science ended up being extremely limit. Everything which could not end up proved 'by a good stick as well as a rope', seemed to be unscientific. Some of those astrologists, what individuals aspired to be able to social status, began to supply (and keep offer up to the point now) several rationalistic facts of astrology. However about the patch of knowledge in line with the ancient philosophical-religious concepts as it happens not hence harmoniously.
Back then a a number of changes happened but not only in science but probably huge adjustments occurred for society on its own. The role of this astrologists for society developed too. During these years lots of astrologists were too doctors, translators, not to mention mathematicians. These people were highly prepared people. His or her's clients were being the aristocrats plus priests, those who seem to ruled the earth back then. For case, one on the major representatives for the Medieval Astrology Guido Bonatti had been nobleman just by himself and also he predicted to your priests this rank they may reach : bishop, cardinal or maybe even Pope. He would always give advice for the members on the royal relatives and aristocrats regarding political, marine, and express affairs.
Now your authority surpassed to businessmen increasingly and a growing degree among individuals has presented with rise to help popular astrology – whatever now fills earphones pages for many newspapers together with magazines. The training system modified the inclination, now available were located on conveyor engineers, managers, brokers, and the data of dialects and philosophies turn into less priceless and substantial. And when inside the second 1 / 2 XIX 100 years in The uk had began a further revival regarding astrology, several were able to using that sources, and a good number of documents happen to be still not even translated with Greek, Arabian, not to mention Latin.
How Astrologers Think
There tend to be two purposes they usage analogy. To start with, we are attempting explain ingredients that are difficult to place into text, like poets. That poet reveals, 'my love is definitely a purple, red rose' so it is hard to include into written text what a intangible point, feeling and / or experience for instance love is actually without assessing it in order to something concrete, of unique beauty plus ecstatic scent, like, just like, a pink.
Secondly, efficient arriving during our findings by hooking up dots which are invisible to your untrained vision but which will exist with our formulas along with calculations plus lead us to the conclusions while not physical research. This is the reason why backing up many of our claims is hard. We discover two factors are attached through time period and area but most people ourselves commonly are not exactly selected what they'll look like over the manifest this planet plane. That is the reason the Euro astrologer reported, 'It could be the same as the [ruble] default within 1998. No
Here's certainly how these reasoning is completed in affair forecasting. Suppose I realize that Saturn should pass finished your Moon inside your fourth house hold. Astrology is known as a language. It's really a way with describing power. Now most people try to think of some events which were probable, given therapies know relating to this energy. Periodically, we take the character of someone we're analyzing for into consideration — he is often an 50 year good old man and she is usually a 26 year or so old daughter — and even what we all know of his or her character and additionally life situations from details we request ahead.
Many people reckon that astrology is much like being email or prophetic. To provide a matter associated with fact, astrology is similar to physics and also music and not like spontaneous and clairvoyant ability, although astrologers can make use of both all these skills to improve the information adequate course from the calculations. Then again, astrologers learn intensely from 3 to 5 years to read their skills and many would end up being insulted for those who described them like a psychic or simply intuitive! Many astrologers are some of the brightest people across the world.


text: Are You Having Enough Sex?\\nReal women talked to SELF about how often they do it, whether they're in sync with their mate and how their nooky dynamic affects their relationship satisfaction. Find yourself in one of their stories and discover how to achieve your own sizzling sexual synergy.\\nThere is no magic number, no \\"normal\\" or \\"appropriate\\" amount when it comes to frequency, says Catherine Birndorf, M.D., self's mental health expert and coauthor of *[The Nine Rooms of Happiness](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401323359?ie=UTF8&tag=selfcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1401323359)* (Voice). You can get it on every night and be unfulfilled or do it once a month and feel satisfied.\\n\\n \\n\\"The real question is, How often do you want to have [sex](/health/2009/08/sex-pyramid)?\\" she adds. And just as important: How often does he want to? \\"The optimal frequency is whatever agreement a couple comes to,\\" says John Gagnon, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology at Stony Brook University in New York.\\nSarah and her husband, Dane, are not, as she describes it, \\"a lovey-dovey kind of couple.\\" They don't do candlelit dinners. But they have always had the sense that they were meant for each other. They met 10 years ago. The attraction was instant, and after three months of dating, Dane, then 30, proposed. A month after they eloped, she was pregnant with her first child.\\n\\n \\nOn a typical evening, they go for a walk, tuck their four kids into bed and then get down to business. Usually, the sex isn't terribly imaginative or long-lasting, but that is just fine with them. \\"We call it 'the basic,'\\" Sarah says. \\"It's good, solid [sex](/health/2010/01/better-sex-handbook).\\"\\n\\n \\nAnd there's a lot of it. Early in their marriage, they realized they had never gone without sex for more than two days. They joked that they must have a Third Night Rule and since then have made a point of never going three days without. Sarah believes their lively sex life keeps the stress of running a business and raising children from undermining their relationship, even if most of the time the sex is not a passionate romp. \\"If that 15 minutes is satisfying to you both, you've had your time together,\\" she says.\\n\\n \\n__The Sexpert Assessment:__ No worries if you don't have a sexual \\"rule\\" like Sarah and Dane, but taking stock of how often you do it can be a smart move. Over the course of a month, consider keeping track of when you get it on. Note the number of your encounters and whether there were any patterns (e.g., maybe you tend to do it on Thursdays). \\"Taking inventory gives you some objective data to go on,\\" Dr. Birndorf explains. \\"It's a jumping-off point for having an informed discussion about frequency.\\" Another cue you can take from this couple: Don't wait for a romantic moment. As Sarah says, taking 15 minutes to shag after you tuck the kids in can totally do the trick.\\nHeather\\\\* met Mike\\\\* at a local bar in New York City when they were both 26, seizing the single life. The chemistry was undeniable. Once they started having sex, they couldn't stop: They did it almost every night they saw each other—in bed, on the couch, on the floor, even on the roof of his apartment building.\\n\\n \\nTwo years later, they moved in together. Heather sensed a change within a month: Sure, they were still in love, but their once high-octane [sex](/fooddiet/2010/08/superfoods-for-better-sex-slideshow#slide=1) life had shifted to low. Now they seemed to be doing it at the same time, in the same place, and going to sleep without sex more often than they once had.\\n\\n \\nThey still do it once or twice a week, but Heather is concerned about their downward trajectory. \\"I think, We've been living together less than a year, and I've already noticed a difference,\\" she says. \\"What's it going to be like in 10 or 20 years?\\"\\n\\n \\n__The Sexpert Assessment:__The downshift Heather and Mike experienced isn't unusual: Sexual frequency tends to drop the longer you're together. \\"After the initial libido-revving infatuation phase wears off, the act itself often becomes more habitual,\\" says Erick Janssen, Ph.D., a researcher at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington. That's not to say that you're doomed to a sexless future. To prevent a rut down the line, make a concerted effort not to slip into roommate mode. \\"Continuing to plan fun dates, flirting and making romantic gestures will keep the spark alive,\\" Dr. Birndorf says. If you want to spice up a vanilla routine, agree to go a week having sex anywhere except in the bedroom and any time except at bedtime.\\nIn her first marriage, Susan,\\\\* 39, and her husband had such a magnetic attraction, they had sex almost every night. Problem was, \\"We had a very unhealthy dynamic,\\" she says. \\"I made the mistake of interpreting the physical connection as love.\\"\\n\\n \\nA few years after they split, she started spending more time with a neighbor, Peter,\\\\* who had been her friend for more than a decade. \\"I didn't feel an instant draw to him, but I really enjoyed his company,\\" she says. After returning from a monthlong business trip in 2008, she realized she wanted to be with him. She called him when she got home, and \\"it was 'on' after that.\\"\\n\\n \\nToday, she and Peter don't have sex as often as she did in her first marriage—they average a few times a month—but she is more emotionally and sexually fulfilled. \\"Our [sex](/health/2009/02/sex-and-romance-tips) is more fun, wild and passionate,\\" she says.\\n\\n \\n__The Sexpert Assessment:__ Quality trumps quantity when it comes to sex for some couples. \\"Having a strong, emotional connection can make sex—however sporadic—more satisfying,\\" Dr. Birndorf says. Part of the reason Susan and Peter have such an intense bond in bed is that they are good friends, as well as being lovers. To encourage or rekindle that kind of a connection, Dr. Birndorf suggests, do something new together (e.g., learn how to paddleboard). \\"Sharing a new adventure, however small, will make you feel closer, and that can translate into greater intimacy in bed,\\" she explains.\\nGrowing up, Charlotte,\\\\* 39, had never been comfortable with her sexuality. When she married her husband, Paul,\\\\* 13 years ago, she blamed their infrequent lovemaking on their busy schedules and hormones. A year in, she started seeing a therapist and eventually realized that she held a deep-seated belief that \\"good\\" wives aren't supposed to be sexy—an issue she still struggles with. Through it all, her love for her husband, and his for her, hasn't faltered.\\n\\n \\nThey do it every month or so and are affectionate otherwise—hugging, [kissing](/health/2010/08/five-benefits-of-kissing-slideshow#slide=1) and cuddling. He expresses disappointment sometimes, and she continues trying to increase her sex drive. The latest? Pole- dancing classes. They boosted her confidence so much that she installed a pole in her house. \\"I'm less embarrassed being sexy for my husband,\\" she says.\\n\\n \\n__The Sexpert Assessment:__ When your libidos are so disparate, it's essential to have an open dialogue about sex and to be up-front about what you're willing to work on and compromise on. According to Dr. Birndorf, the couple's relationship is sustainable because both make concessions for the sake of their relationship: Charlotte is committed to exploring her sexuality, and Paul accepts doing it less often than he'd like.\\nAbout six months before Kathy,\\\\* 37, and Tom,\\\\* 38, got married, she noticed that they were having sex less than they normally did (once or twice a week). Only natural, she figured, given the stress of planning a wedding. But the amount has continued to dwindle over the past nine years, and they haven't had sex since the birth of their second child last summer.\\n\\n \\nKathy is quick to say how much she still loves Tom, but sex is so rare, she can catalog almost every encounter going to back to 2007—fewer than a dozen times to date. When she makes overtures, Tom says he's too tired or the timing isn't right. Talking about it only seems to make him [depressed](/health/2010/05/mental-health-guide). \\"He'll say, 'I know. It's my fault. I'll work on it.'\\" She longs for physical passion and to be desired sexually. \\"I don't want to leave him,\\" she says. \\"But I need a husband, not just a roommate.\\"\\n\\n \\n__The Sexpert Assessment:__ Low libido has been cast as a female issue, but a surprising number of men suffer from it, too, according to Mary Jo Rapini, a sex psychotherapist in Houston. The causes vary from hormone levels to stress; counseling can help suss out the source. Tom's sensitivity about the topic is not uncommon, either. \\"Guys feel as if they've lost a part of their masculinity, and they get defensive talking about it,\\" Rapini explains. To get someone like Tom to see a therapist, Rapini suggests, reframe your request as a mutual effort (\\"Let's go so we can both learn the skills we need to improve our relationship\\").


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Land of the Midnight Sun st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} This was my first cruise on one of the smaller Princess ships. I've been on all the other sizes, the Dawn, Sea, Coral, Island, Golden, Grand, Emerald, and Diamond. I flew from SFO to Heathrow (London) on Virgin Atlantic and it was a great flight, on time and good food. I got my air through Princess so I let them deal with any flight problems if there are any. I took the Princess transfer to Dover and arrived at the ship at around 3:00pm. Getting on the ship was a breeze! Since there are only 675 passengers on the ship I felt like I was the only one there getting on the ship. The staff at the port were great, very friendly helpful. The Tahitian Princess is one of 3 of Princesses small ships and it is completely different from any of the bigger ships. It has what the industry calls the "small ship feel" which is completely different from any other Princess ship I have been on. For most of the 18 days on board the ship it felt like there were only 50 other passengers total. There were almost no lines to anything, it was very calm and quiet almost anywhere you went on the ship and it takes almost no time to get anywhere on the ship. Since they bought it from Radisson the dEcor throughout the ship is a lot more like a small upscale hotel with dark rose wood paneling, wrought iron and brass railings, crown molding and everything is noticeably smaller. The ceiling heights are lower, giving the ship a much more intimate feeling. Most everything was clean and shiny. I had an inside cabin on the 7th floor and it was clean and well maintained and the cabin steward was great. The public rooms are great and the ship is extremely easy to navigate and it only takes a minute or two to get anywhere on the ship. Since this is a much smaller ship there is no giant theater to watch the usual nightly shows in. What they have is a lounge called the Cabaret Lounge in the front of the ship. It has both a stage and dance floor. The stage is rather small with enough room for the band with a little left over. So for the nightly entertainment the various performers would spill out onto the dance floor and give us an up close and personal show. The production shows felt quiet different since they were out on the floor right in front of you dancing away. Again the ceiling height is low which adds to the sense of intimacy. The entertainment was great with one exception and that was the hypnotist. I've seen this sort of act on another Princess cruise and I think they are terrible. The production shows were the usual variety; we also had some great singers, comedians, a piano player and a great violin player. I used the internet cafe almost everyday and at times I had to wait for a terminal, since there were a few days where we didn't have a satellite signal when the internet came back up everyone wanted to use it. The ship is going into dry-dock in November and the name will be changed to the Ocean Princess since it no longer is just sailing around the South Pacific. It's itinerary is all over the world, so if your up for an adventure this is the ship for you. The Food Since I have food allergies I eat both breakfast and lunch at the Panorama Buffet everyday. For breakfast I usually have fruit and hot cereal of which there is always an abundant supply of fruit, my favorite being the papaya of which you may have to ask for, sometimes they had it out, sometimes not. For lunch I made a huge salad of which there was always a great selection of veggies to choose from. I like to put cranberry sauce on my salad and the Panorama Buffet staff always made sure I had some everyday. One thing I have found on cruise ships is that you can ask for almost any food item and the staff will get it for you, they almost never say no! One of the great things about this style princess ship is that the Panaram Buffet is in the back of the ship with plenty of inside seating as well as on the back you can sit outside on the deck overlooking the the ocean while eating. As long as it wasn't raining or too cold I ate out there for every breakfast, lunch and snack for the whole cruise, it's wonderful and scenic. For dinner I had the second seating in the main restaurant. This way I don't have to rush to dinner and have the same waiter and table mates each night. All the dinners were great every night. I order a special salad, sautEed vegetables and a yam for each night, while choosing between the various fish, lamb and chicken items. For dessert I either had a bowl of berries, or they made me an Apple Tart Tatin. Like I said if you ask they will make it for you. The head waiter was exceptional and since there were less people on the ship the service was always fast and efficient. The Service I found the staff to be very helpful, it seemed every time I turned around there was someone with a name badge asking if they could get me something. Everyone from the Passenger Services Desk to the Deck Crew was willing to go the extra mile to help. My cabin steward had my cabin clean and well stocked all the time and she was always around most every time I was going to or leaving my cabin. The crew seems a lot happier, calmer and more personable than on the bigger ships. Lotus Spa and Gym I hit the gym almost every afternoon - I lift weights rather than do cardio so there were no real problems waiting for the machines. The equipment was enough for me to do maintenance workouts. I was there at 4-5pm and there was never any waiting for equipment. Everything was clean and worked! The locker rooms are very well done and they include a steam room. The one thing I miss on this small ship is the wrap around Promenade deck where you can walk 3 times around and it's a mile. On this ship the walking track was up on the 10th floor and it took 16 times around to get in a mile. Excursions and Ports I booked tours through Princess for peace of mind regarding schedules and getting back to the ship on time. If it's a Princess tour, they'll wait for you if it's late getting back to the ship. We were always right on schedule, arriving spot on time at every port. We tendered a few ports and it was a breeze, no waiting in line. We were given assembly times for our pre-booked tours and they were orderly and we got off the ship without too much delay. All in all the process was organized and smooth. We had mostly sunny weather at each port which was great! Since this was an 18 day cruise we had a number of great ports all in Norway except one in Russia. They were as follows; Stavanger which was sunny and beautiful, a great city to walk and enjoy the sights. Flaam which has a great sail in thought the Fjord, the weather was great, I rented a bike from the local tourist bureau and rode up the valley following the train, lot's of great waterfalls, rivers, beautiful houses and the bike was a great way to get around. Tromso also has a great sail in through the Fjord, the weather started out cloudy and then cleared in the afternoon. I walk over the main bridge and rode up the cable car which gives you a fantastic view of the entire area. The sail out was amazing, sunny and warm. Magdalennfjord (scenic viewing) is on the island of Spitzbergen which is 600 miles south of the North Pole! I must have seen at least 15 huge glaciers, absolutely amazing. Ny Alesund is a small international research town complete with Polar Bears and arctic fox (we didn't see any wild life except for a reindeer, although they do have signs warning you of the Polar Bear danger). Since this is such a small place there were no excursions, everyone just walked around the small community. There was a museum, a post office and a souvenir shop. The weather was a bit of everything, some snow flurries, some sun and some low clouds, the temperature was around 35 degrees. You really felt like you were out in the middle of nowhere! Honningsvag is a small fishing village at the top of Norway. One of the most striking thing about the area is that there are no trees anywhere because during the winter there is no sun so the trees can't grow there. I went on a Bird Safari which was great. We boarded a boat and went out amongst the small islands in the area where thousands of birds call home. It was a great narrated tour, it was as if we were in an open air zoo with an amazing amount of nesting, flying, swimming birds. Murmansk (Russia) The best part of this port was the sail in, we passed a number of Russian naval ships, submarines, an aircraft carrier and some nuclear powered ice breakers. The Russians like to feel important so they make the immigration process a big deal. First we had to hand in our passports, then retrieve them when we were getting off the ship and have an immigration official look at our passport and then look at us to see if pour pictures matched, then when we returned to the ship they would look at our picture again and look at us to see if we matched. Fortunaltly the officials doing the looking were attractive women so I didn't mind at all (of course I'm single so I enjoyed smiling at the women in charge and one of them smiled back, the other kept her frown going the whole time). The city itself is a typical gray depressing Russian city. Most of the buildings were built in the 50's and 60's when communism ruled. The tour guide said most of the huge apartment buildings were temporary and would be replaced in 20 years. Now it's 40 to 50 years later and the buildings are falling apart. It was like we were in a time warp from the 60's. Gravdal is a beautiful area. I took an excursion that took us to a few of the other islands and various fishing villages. This place had some of the most beautiful scenery of the whole cruise. One of our stops was voted the most beautiful place in the world by Newsweek magazine, it was amazing. Trondheim has a great sail in and the city is easily walkable and beautiful as well. I walked around the city with another couple enjoying the typical Norwegian buildings and colors. There is a great church that you can climb up a zillion stairs and get to the base of the steeple for some great views of the entire city. The weather was great, sunny and warm! Geiranger has the best sail in of all. We had completely clear skies and warm temps the whole day. On the sail in the captain slowed the ship and we enjoyed at least 100 magnificent waterfalls because of the late thaw the area was having. At the 7 sisters waterfall the captain spun the shin around so everyone had a great view no matter where you were on the ship. The town was great, lot's of people enjoying the great weather. I found my way up to the Fjord center and asked an employee there about hiking up the hill for a better view of the area. I'd seen on the internet some amazing photos of people at the top of the Fjord looking down at the water. I was directed to a great trail right off the road and up I went finally getting to an over look that was breathtaking. Again the weather was warm and sunny, picture perfect! The sail out was great as well. Bergen was warm and cloudy most of the day. It's a great city to walk and take in the sights. The fish market is great with lot's going on and some great food to be had as well. Since it was a Sunday there was a lot of live music going on in the main pedestrian walkway. Disembarkation On the mornings of disembarkation I usually get up eat breakfast and find a nice lounge chair either on top deck if it's nice or down on the promenade deck and wait there for my time disembark. Princesses new disembarkation procedure works beautifully. I was off the ship and on my way back to Heathrow in about 5 minutes. Of course it helps when there are only one forth the amount of passengers getting off the ship. Summary As with all other Princess cruises that I have been on, this one was equally enjoyable, you know what you're going to get on a Princess cruise. The staff is always helpful and friendly, the ships are always clean and nice, the food is always great, the atmosphere is always casual and relaxed, the entertainment is always professional and varied, everything is usually always on time and the price is always competitive. I always feel well taken care of on a Princess cruise. I'm already planning my next few cruises (South Pacific in September on the Star Princess and the Caribbean on the Grand Princess in January) and yes I will definitely cruise with Princess again. Read Less
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"It is not possible for those who belong to the Muslim faith to carry out genocide"(Ha'aretz).
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Erdogan on Genocide
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan today rushed to the defense of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, ahead of the Organization of the Islamic Conference meet in Istanbul. Although the Sudanese head of state will most likely not attend, Erdogan thought it was important to express his opinion on Bashir's involvement in the atrocities in Darfur, for which the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in March 2009. According to Erdogan,
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History & Heritageof The Angel Hotel
Our Property
Originally the site of a 17th century dwelling known as the Red House, The Angel Hotel stood across what is now Castle Street, and was built near the city's West Gate by General Thomas Morgan, who had fought heroically in the English Civil War.Find Out More
A signature corner plot
When the Red House burned down in 1770, an inn known as the Cardiff Arms was constructed in the same site, which when The Marquess of Bute arrived in the city, he made his home. The Bute family later decided to demolish the property as part of Cardiff's major redevelopment, leaving a prime triangular plot where The Angel Hotel still stands to this day.
The Guestbook
For decades, every British prime minister visiting Cardiff stayed at The Angel Hotel due to its luxurious appeal, but the most iconic moment came in 1965 when The Beatles waved to screaming fans from above the portico as they made their way to the bedrooms. Also packed full of local faces, our guestbook includes legends Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Richard Burton to name a few.
The Clocktower Suite
During Her Majesty's Royal Jubilee Tour in 1977, the Queen's entourage – two dukes, the Master of the Queen's Horse and the Corps of Gentlemen - stayed in rooms 100 & 101. Now known as the Clocktower Suite, this grand meeting room holds up to 15 people and is the ideal venue for meetings and lectures alike.
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The Angel Hotel has a long history of stellar customer service, having played host to many a famous face. Our team remains firmly committed to providing an excellent service, going above and beyond to meet the needs of each and every guest that walks through the doors.


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Watch this video and find out more about Tunisia
What do you need to know to prepare your trip to Tunisia?
International participants will need a passport valid for at least 90 days following their departure date from Tunisia. Please make sure your passport has blank visa pages.
Participants from the following countries do not need a visa for a stay of less than three months:
Algeria, Andorra, Antigua, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Belgium, Bermudas, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Denmark, Dominica, Spain, Fidji islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Niger, Norway, Oman, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, United Kingdom, Saint-Kitts et Nevis , Saint-Lucia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Senegal, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vatican city. Citizens from both Australia and South Africa can get a visa upon arrival.
Participants from countries not mentioned above are advised to contact their nearest Tunisian Embassy to check visa entry requirements. Please check at least three months before travelling. In order to assist with the travel visa application process, we will provide a letter of invitation upon request (see Contact).
A visa costs around 30 EUR and is valid for 90 days.
Please take out comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling.
ATMs are widely available in Tunisia though they don't always work. Almost all ATMs will accept Visa cards, and many will also accept Maestro cards for cash withdrawals. Credit and debit cards are accepted in some but not all of the larger shops, restaurants and hotels.
1 Tunisian Dinar = 0.4 EUR
The temperature drops into the realms of warm to mild in Tunisia's Mediterranean resorts during November. With an average maximum temperature of 20°C, Tunisia in November is heading for its cool, wet winter season, but is still very sunny. November is a very pleasant time to travel to Tunisia. November is also a good month for excursions into the southern desert regions of Tunisia, which remain dry, but offer bearable daytime temperatures, although nights are exceedingly cold.