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Killer Serials: WANDAVISION 105

In the latest episode of the Killer Serials podcast, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker break down episode 5 of WANDAVISION, streaming on Disney+. They talk about Wanda’s agency and grief and the effect that this has on the residents of Westview…and herself. They also talk about simulation theory and whether or not we’re just all brains in a vat.

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What’s Poppin’

Hey guys, longtime no post. Recently in the glitch community, my friend Idk has discovered a way to add custom files to a character. Currently, the only available parts are hats,marks, and overshirt/overpants.

Here’s a sample of what we are up to.

Anyways, feel free to request a certain hat and I’ll do my best to design in Illustrator and have my friend Idk generate a custom asset.

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I've been playing poptropica on and off. I took a huge break for a year and returned in 2014. I love exploring my creativity by putting together unique outfits. I play the guitar and I like to draw.

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The Book Shop, Wigtown @WigtownBookShop

I’m away for a few days in Dumfries and Galloway and could not pass up the opportunity to visit Wigtown, Scotland’s Book Town. There are loads of book shops in the small town and one, simply called The Book Shop, is the biggest secondhand bookshop in Scotland.

From the outside, it doesn’t look that big but inside it is huge, with rooms going back a long way and book shelves absolutely crammed with treasures. There are books in every nook and cranny and lots of witty bookish comments on posters on the walls. It is an absolute must to visit if you are ever anywhere near Wigtown.

Here are a few photos I took in the shop or from the outside.

I was very restrained and only bought one book – The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell. Well, it would have seemed rude not to. The author works in, lives in and owns the shop! And he kindly signed it for me. I’ve read a few chapters already and it’s very funny. (Don’t worry, my daughter bought a few books too!)

You can find out more about the shop on the website:

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This Worm

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30° 12' 36.8316" N, 81° 44' 45.186" W

On a small sunshine covered leaf
A little white egg rests,
Listening to the words of the wind
And waiting to begin earth’s tests.

One misty morning
A little head bursts through
Lifting its eyes to the world around,
Recognizing a bluebird’s coo.

This little head is part of a little worm
So innocent and yet so wise.
All its ancestors’ history
Can be seen in its little eyes.

This small worm wiggles its way
Across and through the trees,
Gathering up true nutrients
And leaving secret keys.

Soon this little worm has grown
And begun to form a strong cocoon.
For in this great big dangerous world,
It must be kept from doom.

The airtight chrysalis will save this worm
From thunder, lightning, and rain.
Sheltering it from the world around,
‘Til sunlight is met again.

All too soon the time is near
For this little worm to meet the sun once more,
To break free from its protection,
And to say “au revoir” to the forest floor.

For now this little worm
Is not so little anymore.
It’s grown gigantic beautiful wings
With which it soon may soar.

These symmetrical works of art,
Painted by God’s hand,
Are the end goal of this worm’s life
And the beauty for which works a man.

For a man’s life
Can be likened to a worm’s.
They are both filled with hardship
And give reason for squirms.

Yet, both end goals are for something of beauty
And both are for something of good.
Both shall cause children to pause and to ponder
Life’s mysteries and life’s wonders.

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wastelands in the world

Today, Pompeii has become a popular tourist location for the Naples area. In the 1990s, as personal computers became more commonplace in wealthy countries, industrialized nations began to send functional, secondhand computers to West Africa as a way to reduce the âdigital divideâ â¦ This city, however, looks like something taken right from a âFalloutâ game. 1 Background 2 Walkthrough 3 Rewards 4 Raw strings We received a radio call from a tellurium miner that needs help. Welcome to Agbogbloshie, Ghana. However, there is a bug in co-op where one player can have dialogue text stuck on the screen. Millions of buildings and cities were demolished or severely damaged, with only a few exceptions. The Untold History Of African Kings Who Ruled India, Did You Know? Today these wilderness have turned into ghost towns and cities where nothing grows and no one lives. The game is set in 2102, following the events in Wasteland 1.Game Manual: Wasteland 2 Ranger Field ManualCredits: complete, with ~8421 backer names (~7956 $100+ KS, ~465 late backers?) This city, unlike others on this list, actually got destroyed by a volcano. Everyone was killed â men, women and also children. Everyone was killed – men, women and also children. It is exactly what you call a âghost townâ. The park has since then become a very creepy place and a popular âstudioâ for graffiti artists. If you are ever stuck on the border of the world, type /staff and contact an online staff â¦ Wasteland 3 Yuma County. It is also important to know that you cannot go further than x = 8,000, z = 8,000, x = -8,000, or z = -8,000 to due to this world limit. The city was control by the Islamic State during the final half of 2014. This is unlike other ancient cities nearby that were mostly founded by the Greeks. 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Humans are found everywhere in the wasteland but are no longer dominant. The lands which are waterlogged and saline are also termed as wastelands. Kolmanskop is today an area of houses buried in sand and old cars that look blown-up. Therefore a lot of mine workers lived there together with their families. It was a very tragic disaster with many consequences. The volcano has had many eruptions, but the one to bury the city of Pompeii is the most well-know and largest. This is not the case, however. This egg is quite similar to a Minecraft Creeper egg, it is mainly green with the scales on it black. Wastelands is the expected mix of strong (and some average) short stories; most of them have a high â¦ What was once a village, the place has the look of an impact made on ground by a giant bomb. Required fields are marked *. â Advertisment â An estimated quarter of a billion trees had fallen due to strong winds. Wasteland 3 World Map Location Guide. 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Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located near Pompeii, as well as Naples in southern Italy. Mileena doing Baraka's victory pose after winning Challenge 184, Rogue Element in the Wastelands. The loss of fertility followed by erosion also leads â¦ The real story behind this village goes back to 1944 during World War II. The town also had a hospital, school and even a Ferris wheel. It is located in northern Ukraine and was a victim of the 1986 Chernobyl accident. Wastelands is an open world old school MMORPG, reminiscent of the great classic MMORPGs that defined a generation. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut; Wasteland 2; A free copy of Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic. We should also mention that the hurricane didnât only affect Sweden, but also Denmark, Finland Estonia and even Russia. There is still no exact explanation to why the Nazis did this. Cameo in MKX as a Kombat Kard background. It is the largest abandoned city on this list and is believed to be the largest abandoned city in the world. The houses are in half and the cars are without wheels and interior. The real story behind this village goes back to 1944 during World War II. The island actually had around 5,000 residents near the end of its active period which made the island one of the most densely populated place per square meters in the world. This really makes the village look “dead”. The Wastelands of Outworld from Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. There are so many wastelands on the meiou and taxes map. Top 10 Most Beautiful Places To Visit Before You Die! The houses are in half and the cars are without wheels and interior. He's also worried about someone named Trudy and wants â¦ To complete this mission, youâll be required to take down Patriarchâs Daughter, Liberty Buchanan. Under the orders of the maniacal Zeus they are forced to fight each other to the death. Most residents fled to Turkey, because of its location being very close to the border. For those who havenât, hereâs the background. PH Due to The Soviet Union’s cotton plantation blocking water from entering the lake it has dried out and there is today almost no water left in The Aral Sea.

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4 Likes. Video Sequencer Editor For all things VSE. That will fix your shadows for cutout images in Eevee. Blender Artists is an online creative forum that is dedicated to the growth and education of the 3D software Blender. Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation of "excelsis": /e/ or /ɛ/? The factor in the Mix Shader node can be used to define the alpha value - you can directly specify a value or create a dependency from some other nodes such as Fresnel for more realistic look. Lighting and Rendering. Beispielsweise Blätter am Baum werden daher Bilder als Textur verwendet die über transparente Bereiche verfügen. Related article: How the light path node works in Blender. In the case of a refractive object, you must enable: Under the Render settings, Screen Space Reflections and, within it, Refraction. Transparency for Eevee Materials Transparency for Eevee materials can be enabled by using a combination of the Transparent BSDF and the Mix Shader nodes. MathJax reference. Clip is hard edged transparency. Blender 2.83: EEVEE Render Passes. At Embark we use Blender across the studio as our go-to tool for 3D and environment art. Archived. In this Blender tutorial I will teach you how to render glass in EEVEE. In this article we will therefore take a look at most Eevee render settings and learn in what scenario we may need what setting. Meine Blender Version: 2.82. Make sure that soft Shadows is checked. rev 2020.12.2.38106, The best answers are voted up and rise to the top, Blender Stack Exchange works best with JavaScript enabled, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site, Learn more about Stack Overflow the company, Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us. We will also create an animation using the camera and image files. What led NASA et al. Wie bei Cycles, nur schneller. Januar 2020. Great Q&A. 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Blender.Today Community-driven Blender news, chat, and live streams! 1 year ago. With over 1250 bugfixes, and further critical fixes due throughout the next two years as part of the Long Term Support program, Blender 2.83 LTS provides the performance and stability needed for major projects. Help! Video Sequencer Editor For all things VSE. philosopher (philosopher) July 26, 2018, 12:54pm #1. Most of the shaders offer sets of inputs by tweaking which you can create a unique material suitable for your needs. Other Changes. Create a new material with the nodes as shown below. Note. Make sure that you're using the Eevee render engine. In Eevee however, the holdout shader will... All Communities. Hi there folks, I’m trying to create a animation in Blender 2.8 in Eevee. Feb 24, 2018 - Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 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Apr 15, 2021

The Economist on TaRL

An article that appeared in The Economist on April 10th offers a glimpse into how Pratham’s Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology is being implemented in Africa to help students catch up in the wake of Covid-19.

The impact of school closures on learning has been devastating—disproportionately impacting underresourced communities, widening learning gaps and exacerbating inequality. According to the author,” Pupils in many poor countries have long been learning shockingly little. In Botswana only about half of ten-year olds can read and understand a simple story—in America the rate is92%.”

To get students back on track, educators are turning to Pratham’s evidence-backed approach, recognized by experts as one of the most promising strategies for improving education quality at scale. TaRL groups students according to learning level rather than age or grade, helping children rapidly develop core foundational skills—the single most important step for ensuring success in school and in life.

Six randomized control trials conducted in India by J-PAL-affiliated researchers over the past two decades have shown that the approach, whether delivered by Pratham staff or trained teachers in government-run schools, has led to some of the largest, most cost-effective learning gains of any primary education program evaluated.

Read more about how our groundbreaking solution is being carried out on an international level to help bridge the learning gap for children in need.


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19th Century, African American, History, Intercession, Judgment & Counter-Judgment Cycle, Minnesota, Politics, Republican, women

1892 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis

June 7, 1892 to June 10, 1892

“The 1892 Republican National Convention was held in Minneapolis and was also the first convention where women were allowed to be delegates. Mrs. Therese Alberta (Parkinson) Jenkins, delegate from Wyoming, cast the first vote by a woman for President. Wyoming had granted full suffrage for women at statehood in 1890.” *

Politics, in practice, is often a game of solidifying one’s base and fracturing the support of political opponents. One seeks to heal and forgive, while the other actively fragments relationships and maintains a grudge?! Although there will always be those who are honestly committed to their principles, most often, the duplicitous ‘win-at-all-cost’ partisans seem to be the norm.

Rules and procedures are put in place to ensure that conventions are fair. However, those who know the rules often use them to beat up those who don’t, or those who simply trust in the integrity of their party. It’s like watching a board game played by children; the worst child will change the rules until he wins!

Jesus, show me what You see. I have limited vision of this convention, but am not unfamiliar with the Republican Party. Help me dredge what is crucial, and leave the rest of the silt at the bottom of the river.

To begin, I thank You that one day, You will bring Your government to earth, and we will see real peace! Thank You that You cannot be double-minded, or attempt to create something good with false motives! You are the summit of integrity because You are perfect in contentment! You resist all bribes because there are no possessions that finite beings can give to the Eternal “I Am”!

Your names in the Bible describe your character, and they include both male and female attributes. Men and women are both made in Your image. Thank You that we finally began to recognize this fact politically on June 7, 1892! Will You bless this day, those who participated, their opponents, and their heritage?

Will You forgive the dominant male pride and ego in the politics of Minnesota, its parties, and conventions? Conversely, will You forgive the bitter counter-judgments of women whether past, present, or future? Men want to lead like men, women want to lead like women, and we both fail to recognize Your wisdom and glory in the other at times! We fail to see Your hand of leadership in the other because we do not recognize  its style or legitimacy. Have mercy on our judgments of our fathers’ strength of love, and our mothers’ tenderness of love!

Bless the heritage of pioneers like Mrs. Therese Alberta (Parkinson) Jenkins. Bless her commitment and bravery. Forgive the scoffing her ears heard, the contemptuous faces she saw, and the judgments of her motives. Will You reverse the curses of this convention of 1892, and may we receive Your future insights whether housed in a male or female messenger?

**To read more, see: http://www.mnopedia.org/event/republican-national-convention-june-1892

***Another wonderful article about the convention? Read “African Americans and the 1892 Republican National Convention, Minneapolis” by Iric Nathanson

19th Century, farming, Food, Food Science, Industry, Intercession, Judgment & Counter-Judgment Cycle, Minnesota, omnipresent history

Hormel Company Opens 1891

“George A. Hormel, an ambitious entrepreneur and the son of German immigrants, established today’s Hormel Foods Corporation in 1891 as Geo. A. Hormel & Co., in Austin, Minnesota.

George Hormel opened the Hormel meat-packing company at the right time. As corn replaced wheat in some southern Minnesota fields, it created an abundance of hog feed and, as a result, a boom in hog farming and meat packing.

By 1920, Hormel beat out the south Saint Paul stockyards to lead the state’s meat-packing industry. In the year 2000, only two other states raised and marketed more pork.” *

Lord, thank You for George Hormel, and his business to make food available and more affordable to more people. Bless his heritage, those who worked with him, competed with him, and the places that they worked. Will You bless the animals, past, present, and future of Minnesota? Will You bless the farms and farmers who raise any animal that is used for food? Will You bless the packers, and all who work in the meat-packing industry?

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

19th Century, Architecture, History, Intercession, Judgment & Counter-Judgment Cycle, Labor, Minnesota, omnipresent history

James J. Hill House Completed

“Rugged stone, massive scale, fine detail, and ingenious mechanical systems recall the powerful presence of James J. Hill, builder of the Great Northern Railway. Completed in 1891, the red sandstone residence was the setting of the public and private lives of the Hill family.” *

Lord, what is the importance of home construction in Your economy?  Albeit this is an impressive home, but why does it matter now? Will You guide my heart and mind toward Your thoughts on the matter?

Eternal Father, a commencement thought; our home reflects our character. Mr. Hill spent much his life on the epic tasks of building a railway. His home reflects a willingness to solve difficult problems: custom shaping stones, miles of board feet of trim, and making a castle comfortable enough to live in Minnesota’s weather extremes.

So I want to bless the heritage of Mr. Hill’s patience, long-range planning, and tenacity to face both expected and unexpected problems.I want to bless the myriad of workmen who truly put their sweat and soul into their trades to make this home exceptional. Will You bless them and all their generations of tradesmen in the present? Will You help us view the trades as an act of worship?

I’m reminded that my Messiah chose to be a carpenter, and apprenticed under His earthly father. (Joseph) Will You help us, especially men, see that worship is not just obscure and ancient songs and rituals in a church, but in fitting pipes, framing walls, running electrical lines, and every kind of working with our hands? May all who labor in tasks that go unseen and unnoticed be blessed this day in Jesus’ name!

Another idea that attaches to character; we can build to serve a function, or build to impress others. Lord, I will not condemn this man for the pursuit of greatness. I think You get the credit when we succeed at exceptional endeavors, I think a fractal of the light of Your character shines through any human who dares to do what they love.

But Lord hear this prayer, our lives are often like homes! We build for ‘curb appeal’. We erect lovely facades. We spend considerable time and effort on the way things look to the detriment of the way things are. We already possess the favor of the King of the Universe, but how we work for the favor of our fellow human beings?!

Will You forgive James J. Hill the past sins of empire building? Will You release his heritage, our state, and even the ground that those objects of empire occupy from separations past, present, and future? Will You forgive us for the empire building in our hearts? Will You forgive us for maintaining facades we build to our own greatness? Will You help us humbly acknowledge the efforts others have spent in our successes? Father, have mercy! Christ, have mercy! Counselor, have mercy!

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

19th Century, Exploration, History, Intercession, Judgment & Counter-Judgment Cycle, Minnesota, omnipresent history, State Government

Itasca State Park Established 1891

“Conservationists win a bitter fight against lumber interests to establish Itasca, Minnesota’s first state park, at the headwaters of the Mississippi River.” *

“Even after Schoolcraft’s discovery, a few other explorers claimed they had found the source in various tributaries of Lake Itasca. The controversy continued until 1889 when Jacob V. Brower studied the topography of the Itasca basin. He concluded that several creeks do contribute to Lake Itasca, but only at the lake’s outlet is a river formed. To learn more about his great North American River, stop at the interpretive center next to the parking lot before leaving. A souvenir shop is located in the same complex.

Brower struggled for years to preserve Itasca. In 1891, the legislature established Itasca State Park. It is Minnesota’s first state park, and one of the oldest in the country. But Brower, appointed the first park commissioner, received no pay and no funds or support to make the park a reality. Logging companies muscled their way into the park and began to clear-cut the timber. It wasn’t until 1919 that the major logging operations were completed. Today, however, there are still stands of virgin red and white pine in the park with some of the oldest and largest pine trees in Minnesota.”**

Help me with this, Lord of the Forests! I’m neither a man of the woods or of the city, but have empathies with both. What shall I pray?

First, let me say thanks for the discovery or rediscovery of the source of the Mississippi. May You bless this river, and keep, and make Your face shine on it! Thanks for the creation that it has blessed and upheld! Thanks for this pathway across our nation!

I thank You that You are not offended by our science! I thank You that You do not bristle at our questions! I thank You that, though You may hide the truth for a time, You bless those that earnestly seek it.

With this in mind, will You bless Schoolcraft, Brower, and any other unnamed or unrecorded explorer for the source of the Mississippi? Will You bless their heritage of family, friends, and any who would follow in their path to study and discover new aspects of this Creation?

Also, I ask Your blessing on those who sought to gather a harvest from this land. Every human on the face of this planet uses its resources on a daily basis. Thankou for those who worked the logging camps, fished, hunted, mined, or sought a better life in this region. Will You also bless their heritage of people who gather resources or repurpose those resources?

And here comes the guardian lie, that the motives of the former are superior to the latter, or that the actions of the latter are superior to the former, etc. You have made some to explore, some to study, some to harvest, some to gather, some to refine what is gathered, but NONE can claim superiority! We are all independently dependent on the Author of Life! We are necessary parts of the same body, but we have failed to recognize this, acknowledge this point of separation, or seek forgiveness, or give honor where it is due.

Will You forgive us of our zealous judgements and counter-judgements regarding the land use of Itasca? Will you forgive our arrogance towards our neighbor for whom Christ rose and highly esteems? Will You remove the curses that have bound this land, this state, and this river? Will You help us remember the wisdom that You already have given regarding land? ***

** http://mntrails.com/trail-log/itasca-state-park-log

*** See “The Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25 http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0325.htm

19th Century, Business, History, Intercession, Logging, Minnesota, omnipresent history

Lumber Giant 1891

“German immigrant Frederick Weyerhaeuser, one of the most powerful men in American lumbering, moves his offices to St. Paul. Skilled at bringing competitors together in huge undertakings, he makes heavy investments in Minnesota timber and mills before moving on to the Pacific Northwest.” *

Lord, I believe every person makes an impact on the future. Therefore, every Minnesotan has made an impact this state and it’s consciousness. I am a bit awed by the impact Weyerhauser made on St. Paul and Minnesota!

I can imagine the moxie it took to set up the processing of all the logs that were floated down the Mississippi. Or to have the courage to sign a land deed to purchase 900,000 acres. That’s an astronomical responsibility.

When a man or woman is so dedicated and effective in their field, they cultivate both admirers and critics. Will You forgive St. Paul and all areas that Mr. Weyerhauser impacted of our judgments’ towards him? Will You also forgive any injustices committed by him, or his company towards Minnesotans? We, too often, love the ideal of success, but are fearful and jealous of the successful in practice. Forgive us this foible!

May You bless the heritage of Weyerhauser and all who partook in the logging industry on the Mississippi! May we learn from their mistakes, and have Your insights on how to better use our land, timber, and all wood by-products. Thank You for this precious resource!

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

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(This powerfully heartening report appeared on Dan Lynch’s website, Jesus King of All Nations. I reprint it here in its entirety in joyful hope that this will be the first trickle in a mighty flood of renewed faith and devotion – CJ) By Dan Lynch Jesus King of All Nations closed out the year 2016 […]

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19th Century, History, Indian, Intercession, Minnesota, Native Americans

Farmers Flee Ojibwe 1891

“Fearing an Indian uprising, throngs of people flee the Red River Valley. The sheriff of Kittson County requests rifles, the roads jam, and panic ensues. The gathering of Ojibwe turns out to be a peaceful annual ceremony.” *

Lord this seems like a very human reaction: fearing the unknown neighbor. I acknowledge this fear, of this moment, as sin. This judgment of the Ojibwe celebration appears quite rash, and based on incomplete information. Will You forgive us our judgments then and bring blessing to all descendants of those who panicked or were simply preparing a party; a pow-wow? Will You rebuild to the trust, neighbor to neighbor in Kittson county?

Also, forgive us in the present! We often suspect those of a differing upbringing, thereby not giving them the benefit of the doubt we do to those who are more familiar. We make assumptions based on incomplete facts that unnecessarily alienate us from each other. Christ have mercy! Will You give us the grace to know each other in Minnesota?

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

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Duluth Boom 1890

“Ore carriers at the Duluth docks take iron ore to the blast furnaces of Pennsylvania. Duluth is booming on the promise of lumber and iron ore. Its population is nearly 10 times what it was 10 years before.” *

For those not acquainted with Minnesota, it is necessary to define the huge northeastern portion of state once so rich in iron ore. Folks here usually shorten it to “the Range” or if I use correct pronunciation of the local dialect; “Da Range”. Below is a nice snippet to give us some accuracy to pray through.

“The Iron Range is an informal and unofficially designated region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. It is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore. The far eastern area, along the shore of Lake Superior, and the far northern area, along the Canadian border, of the region are not associated with iron ore mining. Due to its shape, the area is collectively referred to as the Arrowhead region of the state.” **

Thank you for the blessing our state with iron ore! Thank you for its discovery! Thank you for the roles both Native Minnesotans’ and eastern geologists played in finding rich sources of this useful metal!

Will You forgive the injustices, bitterness, and divisive competitiveness of this era? Will You replace the deficits of love that have created an inheritance of distrust in Duluth, its’ mining interests, and across the steel industry? Will you give grace to those whose water or land or air were tainted through ore mining? Christ have mercy on us! We are offended and honestly wronged by our neighbor. We form grudges. Then we become the prisoners of our own grudges! Will you show us how to let the other guy ‘off the hook’ so the we do not continue in hypocrisy? Will You give us trust that You will make things right, even though we see no signs of change no matter how hard we search for it?

Because You are “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness…” by faith, I announce Your blessing to the Arrowhead region. May your land, air, water, all above you, and all below you, continue into eternal space as a ray of blessing! May your peoples, of all races and creeds, see and feel and know that You are a GOOD FATHER! May this region be known in the present and the future as a people of forbearance who conduct their business and government with the same gemutichkeit (goodwill)! May the plans of the Enemy to turn our hearts hard as iron ore come to nothing! Please use this Arrowhead region to point and lead into a future of blessing for our state and all people!

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

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Electricity Replaces Horses 1890

“Electricity replaces horse power on the Grand Avenue trolley in St. Paul. In four years, an intercity electric line will whisk passengers between the downtowns of the Twin Cities in only 45 minutes.” *

Again Lord, thank You for inspiring improvements in our means of transport in Minnesota! What is it about movement that so appeals to us? Or is free movement something that appeals to You first, and us secondly? Transport my thoughts, God, in Your direction.

First let us not forget to thank You for the gift of the horse! How these creatures have served us so mightily! As a Minnesotan, I want to say thanks for all horses that have, are, or will exist here. Will You bless our horses, those who work with them, and trade them? Will You bless their health and lives in perpetuity?

In this era, the 1890’s, will You forgive any root thoughts or actions between those who used horses and those who wanted to replace them with electrical trolleys?

Will You forgive the judgments of those who pit technology vs. animal, or extant technology vs. new technology rooted in this era, and continuing into the present?

Why did the horse fall into disfavor for use with trolley car companies such as the Twin Cities Rapid Transit or TCRT?

“Despite the advantage of steel wheel on rail, the cars were still horse powered, and horses were a problem. Up to seven were required to keep a single car in service all day. They produced epic quantities of manure. They were slow, couldn’t handle steep hills and were subject to disease.”**

These problems are serious in an urban setting. It’s understandable that Minnesotans of this era would look to a new means of propulsion.

So, I want to say thank You for the gift of the electric-powered trolley. Will You bless it’s inventors, and their heritage? Will You bless those leaders who experimented and took a chance on a new technology? Will You cleanse the land where these rails ran, where man and beast were cursed by one or the other of these factions?

Beyond these prayers, more thoughts arise without answer…yet. Why do we long to “get there” faster? Do we really “save time” by increasing the speed at which we travel? Is the increase of leisure time a net blessing or curse on Minnesota? How does “more speed help an attitude that is given over to impatience? For these questions, and the millions of others that are unspoken and unwritten, give us wisdom and insight! Lord, hear our prayer!

* http://www.mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm

** http://www.trolleyride.org/History/Narrative/TC_Transit.html

19th Century, Bicycle, Culture, History, Intercession, Minnesota, omnipresent history, Technology, Transportation

Bicycling Craze 1890

January 1, 1890

“Twin Citians’ hop on bicycles in a fit of pedal-mania. Women shorten their skirts, and men clip their trouser legs for easier pedaling. Streetcar revenues decline, and there are complaints of a parking problem in downtown areas.

An outbreak of “scorchers”–bicyclists going over the speed limit of 6 miles per hour on sidewalks and 8 mph on streets–prompts the St. Paul Police Department to establish a bicycle squad in 1899.” *

Thank You Father for inspiring the invention of the bicycle. More exactly, the Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan, b. 1812 – d. 1878 who is generally credited for creating the rear-wheel driven bicycle!**  What a useful means of transportation, and what a wonderful act of worship on his part!

Thank You for the heritage of bicycling in Minnesota. Thank You for the willingness of citizens, as well as the cities and enforcement agencies, in their embrace of this ‘new’ technology. What a gift to put reliable transportation within the economic grasp of nearly every person! Will You bless the heritage of bicycling in all aspects in Minnesota? Will You inspire us again to increase its’ usefulness, and keep inspiring inventors of human powered vehicles?

Lord, I also want to acknowledge our separateness from Your authority and order. Forgive us our propensity to defy established laws! It seems humorous to us in the present to hear those going 8mph labelled as “scorchers”. However, it still is telling of our character that once a standard is established, we often seek to ride the line or exceed it. Will You have mercy on our acts of rebellion no matter what size?

We have failed You by our failing to respect the safety of our fellow man. We have failed You by failing to recognize civil laws as being standards that You have established. We have rejected Your leadership in part by rejecting our human leaders and laws. In Your mercy, hear our prayer!


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The contradiction between nature and culture is one of the most influential sources of human need to develop social and technical spheres of life. In fact, all struggles between different social groups are nothing in comparison with this great competition, which lasts since the first people understood they are not equal to other animals and belong to nature only partially. People try to conquer their internal nature and transform the outer natural world into different valuable tools and devices that could make human adaptive processes easier through comfort and functionality. However, despite all advantages over other animals and cultural contributions, humans still belong to the natural world as its small part, and the natural processes can destroy a civilization or just affect its development inevitably as well as inevitable fate can. For example, the volcanic activity of the Earth is the source of great and damaging power. It shows that relationships between people and nature can be very dramatic since there were many times when nature determined the direction of human history development. This paper is an attempt to describe the impact on the history of one of the greatest volcanic eruptions – the eruption of Thera. The volcanic catastrophe of Thera caused the end of Minoan civilization, and allowed the classic Greece to appear as the new cultural center of the world.

Thera is an island situated in Santorini island group in the eastern Mediterranean near Crete. There is no data to define the date of the eruption; according to researches, it took place approximately in 1645-1500 BC, during the flourishing and dominating of Minoan civilization in Mediterranean Sea. Jan Oosthoek (n.d.) claims it probably was “one of the most severe volcanic explosions of the Holocene, the last 10000 years, and altered the history of the entire Mediterranean and Europe”. In Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), it has the sixth grade of total eight. The researchers divide that volcanic explosion into four stages, each of which had some specific features of the process; the first of them was the diffusion of dust (dry eruption), while the other stages were connected with the magmatic damaging activity. The geological result of the eruption is not so important (there appeared some magmatic tuffs, and the Mediterranean Sea changed its form in some respect) since the most significant is the eruption’s impact on the political and economic situation of the territory and the human history in general.

To understand the high significance of the Minoan eruption, it is important to underline that Thera was near Crete, the center of Minoan civilization, which controlled the Mediterranean Sea and had the most developed culture in the region during the Bronze Age. There was a city on Thera, submitted to the Minoan rulers’ power; thus, it was a part economic and political fundament of Minoan empire. The contributions of Minoan technics (especially in the field of metallurgy) and culture (there are still many outstanding pieces of Cretan art in museums) allowed this state to conduct trade and have political relations with other great states, such as Egypt, and to dictate its rules to small cities of the eastern Mediterranean, especially concerning the naval affairs. The Mycenaean civilization, which appeared at the same time in the Greek mainland, yielded to Crete in all dimensions except one: its geographical localization, which became the cause of Minoan civilization’s decline.

The first stage of the eruption of Thera caused the huge veil of dust that did not allow the sunshine to reach the ground in the region. According to Oosthoek (n.d.), the region was in darkness for several years; because of this, there was very low temperature, and the ash layer fell on the ground and oppressed the plants. Such situation caused the decline of agricultural prosperity of Cretan people, and therefore, the economic crisis. More serious problems came with the next stages of eruption, when magma transformed the island, and great earthquakes with tsunamis destroyed Cretan fleet and everything they could destroy. There were no direct victims because people left Thera before the eruption, but there were many victims because of the eruption’s influence. The great state collapsed, and there was no way to save the Minoan civilization from disappearance and assimilation with others. Most of Cretans left their native land and moved to the eastern Greek mainland, Egypt and other available lands. At last, the Mycenaean civilization took control over Crete (when the volcanic activity became not so damaging), and this change of political, economic and cultural balance caused the dominance of Greeks in the region. As a result, the Greek philosophy and science in their Western forms were created. In fact, the eruption of Thera replaced the only one significant opponent of Greeks and allowed them become the leaders in the Mediterranean.

There are many possible cultural traces and representations of the eruption of Thera. The most famous one of them can be found in the Bible and in Plato’s writings. According to modern researches, the author of the Biblical book of Exodus could interpret the dust veil and other results of that huge eruption as one of the so-called “Egyptian plagues” that God sent to punish pharaoh, who did not let Moses to release his people. Certainly, such interpretation can be reasonable because Oosthoek (n.d.) claims that the effect of the eruption was very huge and reached Egypt. Another interesting mythological interpretation of this eruption is a famous tale about Atlantis, the state of powerful people whose civilization disappeared because of their island’s immersion in the sea. Plato told the dramatic story about Atlantis as something he heard from Egyptians, and such reference is also very reasonable and makes sense.

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The Minoan civilization disappeared three and a half thousand years ago. Besides, the example of the Minoan eruption still serves through both the scientific researches and literature as a symbol of human powerlessness in front of boundless influence of nature. The volcano eruption in Thera is the best illustration that human’s power over the nature is only an illusion.

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Heading To Portland, Oregon!…

Well, the time has come to begin another adventure!

We decided on Portland, OR. for our 20th Wedding Anniversary Celebration!

So many people asked us, “Why Portland, OR.?”

I would start by saying,”Remember where we live?”

“HOT…STEAMY…TEXAS!” It has been miserable since MAY!

We NEEDED a break from this heat!

I was giddy, I was going to be able to dress in layers, scarfs, boots, vest, hats…the list goes on!

We read, it was a must to take the Portland Aerial Tram up to the Oregon Health & Science Hospital.

The designers and engineers are from Switzerland! So, you can just imagine how beautiful the trams were built.

As many as 20,000 people a day visit the hospital’s main campus on Marquam Hill!

Traveling at 22 miles per hour, the Tram cabins rise 500 feet during the four-minute trip.

Each of the two cabins have a capacity of 79 people, including the operator.

You just marvel at the city’s views!

To witness God at work with his paint brush…SIGH!!!! This was a blessing.

Have you heard of the famous Salt & Straw in Portland? This is some of what I read…

“They’re lining up like rock-concert hopefuls for a taste of something that confounds expectations of what a scoop shop can be.”
-Karen Brooks, Portland Monthly Magazine

Do you see this line? It wrapped around the building!! Yes, my friends…for Ice Cream!

Okay, maybe looking a little guilty…(This didn’t quite fit on the diet itinerary…LOL) But, a girl has to do…what she has to do, right?!

So many flavors to choose from, such as Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons, Coffee & Bourbon and Chocolate Gooey Brownie.

IT was worth the wait and more!

An hour east of Portland, is a town called Mt. Hood…it ended up being one of my favorite parts of the trip.

I didn’t want to leave!! The people, views, shopping, wineries and the list goes on…just incredible.

We were eating lunch here and this was our view out of the restaurant. Goodness!

Back in Portland the next day, we found this beauty…Laurelhurst Park. It was a local hangout.

Furry friends abounded here, with their owners.

Cheers! To having a terrific adventure on our 20th Wedding Anniversary Celebration!

BTW…the Pumpkin Cider was divine!

You can find this tasty drink and so many others at Imperial Bottle Shop and Taproom.

I will be posting more of our trip in the future. The photos above were shot with our iPhone camera.

Hoping fall treats you well…

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  1. I missed this post somehow. Congratulations on 20 years together! It seems you picked a great place to get away. The photos are stunning! It seems like you enjoyed the ice cream despite the way. Here’s to many more vintage years – cheers!

  2. Happy 20th Anniversary! I saw some of your images on FB, but did not realize you were celebrating a special event. So glad you had such a great time! I cannot wait to visit Oregon someday … one of the few states I have not been to!

  3. One of my favorite cities as I lived there 4 years in college. A little of everything with the Rivers, Waterfalls, and Mountains. Skiing in the winter and only an hour to the beach in the summer. Glad you had a nice trip. My husband and I were married in this city too.

  4. I enjoyed this visit to Portland, Laurie. You captured the beauties and joys of Oregon so well here, I especially like the photo looking across the water at the mountain. Happy anniversary!

  5. Happy anniversary Laurie! You chose a fantastic city in which to celebrate. Indulging in ice cream at the Salt and Straw is a perfect reason to jump off the diet train. 🙂

  6. Good Morning Laurie and Happy Anniversary!!!! Thank you so much for taking us along, what a wonderful getaway. Portland is definitely a hidden gem, so picturesque and rich in history. I wish I could have been there enjoying an ice cream cone with you lol. Have a great weekend my beautiful friend. Love & hugs, Nathalie xoxo

  7. Oh how fun!!! Here’s something I just found out.. Mt. Hood always has snow on it . Did u know that ?:). My good friend has s daughter in Portland, I hope to get there one of these days;)! Looking forward to seeing the rest of your pics. And,, if your walking around I wouldn’t worry about your little indulgence:)

  8. Happy Anniversary. Portland is a beautiful place to visit so glade y’all our able to travel and enjoy the country side as well as the cities. 🙂 Jim

  9. I can relate to what you’re saying about the Texas heat, we’re still at 90* here in south Florida. I wish you ALL the best on your 20th Anniversary and ENJOY!!!!!

  10. Happy Anniversary. Looks like a great way to celebrate. Love your guilty look – thanks for taking one for the team…. you HAD TO eat that ice cream so you could share with your cyber friends 😆

  11. What a great place to go for a special celebration! Portland, Oregon – I’ll have to remember that. Heck, I’ll just put it on my bucket list right now. Thanks, as always, for sharing. And, BTW, you look mahvelous!

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Increasing Accessibility Part 1: Virtual Meetups

This is a post for the August 2020 Carnival of Aces. It is cross-posted to The Asexual Agenda.

What am I hoping to get out of the ace community?

In a word, accessibility. I mean that in a broad sense: accessibility in terms of consideration for physical disabilities, accessibility of information, and accessibility in terms of creating an environment that doesn’t feel hostile, where I feel safe and welcome to share the truth of my experience. Continue reading

Being Bi/Ace, Part Two: Aesthetic Attraction and the Visual-Aural Gender Split

This post is for the May 2018 Carnival of Aces on “Nuance & Complexity,” which I am hosting. Please check it out and consider submitting! Cross-posted to The Asexual Agenda.

Last time I talked about how there’s a lot of extra scrutiny about attraction for both bi and ace people, which makes inhabiting that intersection difficult, and the misconceptions that become barriers to talking about it. Now I’m going to talk about some specific aspects of my own attraction and how it’s different enough from the norm that it usually goes unrecognized. Continue reading

A Tumblr accessibility trick I wish someone had told me about sooner

An old screenshot of a tumblr argument showing a long list of usernames with vertical lines beneath them.

An old screenshot of a tumblr argument that visually represents why tumblr’s design is the worst. Who can follow this kind of conversation?

I hate Tumblr. I’m sure that many of you who have been reading my blog for a long time already know this. I think the site is designed in such a way that it creates confusion and friction rather than facilitating good discussions.

To the right, you can see an example of exactly why the site’s design is so awful. This is an old screenshot from 2015 that I found on my computer again recently. I made this image and shared it with a few people privately, but I didn’t post it anywhere because I didn’t want anyone to feel like I was picking on them or talking about whatever the actual content of the discussion underneath these usernames was, which I no longer remember at all. It isn’t important. But notice how it looks. It doesn’t look like a conversation, it looks like a labeled bar graph. In order to really follow this conversation, to know who exactly is saying what, you’d have to scroll up and down with your mouse on each of the lines to match up the username with the text. And trust me, it was a veeeery loooooong  conversation, with each post being pretty substantive, so that was a lot of scrolling.

That isn’t the only problem, of course. With conversations decentralized, it’s difficult to even see other parts of the same conversation topic going on, so you have to click through a lot of notes—sometimes many thousands, most of which are just likes and reblogs—in order to actually see the full range of responses that a post spawned. I don’t have an answer for that problem, other than to wish that a better site would come along that could actually compete with tumblr, and spark a mass migration to the new platform instead. It will happen eventually, I’m sure. It’s happened many times before. (Hardly anybody still uses MySpace or LiveJournal, and AIM is about to be shut down for lack of use too.) It will take someone coming up with something better, and then lots of time and dissatisfied users. Until then, I’m going to be stuck reading a lot of things posted on tumblr, because such a huge portion of the asexual community resides there.

So for now, I’m just going to share a little trick that I eventually learned to help manage reading these blogs as someone who has vision problems.

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It is known that the current graph neural networks (GNNs) are difficult to make themselves deep due to the problem known as over-smoothing. Multi-scale GNNs are a promising approach for mitigating the over-smoothing problem. However, there is little explanation of why it works empirically from the viewpoint of learning theory. In this study, we derive the optimization and generalization guarantees of transductive learning algorithms that include multi-scale GNNs. Using the boosting theory, we prove the convergence of the training error under weak learning-type conditions. By combining it with generalization gap bounds in terms of transductive Rademacher complexity, we show that a test error bound of a specific type of multi-scale GNNs that decreases corresponding to the number of node aggregations under some conditions. Our results offer theoretical explanations for the effectiveness of the multi-scale structure against the over-smoothing problem. We apply boosting algorithms to the training of multi-scale GNNs for real-world node prediction tasks. We confirm that its performance is comparable to existing GNNs, and the practical behaviors are consistent with theoretical observations. Code is available at https://github.com/delta2323/GB-GNN.


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Easy Online Shopping Software

The advent of the Internet changed the concept of buying and selling things. The days gone by with sales and purchases means visiting multiple retailers in person to pick up the products / services you like. Today you can go online and buy or sell whatever you want. The concept of doing online transactions of things is known as ecommerce or ecommerce. Ecommerce hosting eliminates the intervention of the middleman or retailer in paying their commission. To make it easier for manufacturers to use the Internet to sell their products / services, shopping cart software is recommended. Has this software reduced billing, inventory checks, and customer safety efforts? Significant personal information

Shopify search is software that people use to shop online. Shortly called the “shopping cart” on the website is commonly called. “Shopping Cart” When a customer visits an online store and selects a product to buy, the shopping cart software stores the product for the customer. If multiple items are selected, the cart software stores them all and lists them for customers to see. The program then calculates the total cost of all selected items, including taxes (if applicable), handling and shipping. If a customer decides to purchase a software product, they will be redirected to another page where they will be asked to enter their credit card details for payment.

For all types of online businesses, customer safety? Personal information is extremely important. If your online store cannot ensure the complete security of sensitive information, your business’s existence is at high risk. It is extremely important for your customers to feel their personal information in secure hands. This trust and confidence are vital to the success of your online business. Shopping cart software provides a secure way to store customer data, including name, credit card number, date of birth, address, phone number, and more.

With the development of the internet as a medium of commerce, great online business opportunities have become known as e-commerce, and for emerging needs such as online conversion and transactions, online businesses have realized the importance of Shopping cart for hosted ecommerce solutions Especially in the face of fierce competition, with billions of websites trying to drive traffic and sales, ecommerce sites are becoming increasingly important to online business models. Although e-commerce websites can sell products without a digital shopping cart. But there are some drawbacks and they don’t offer any benefit to online venture. On the other hand, opting for a shopping cart software is not only for your but e-commerce business owners will only have the advantage. But also, customers who choose to shop on these websites Overall, if you are serious about an online business and want to provide secure, reliable and professional payments for your customers, then using shopping cart software is critical to your success.

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Aquarius New Moon Perfect for Social Media

By Carolyn K
Special to Professional Moneta
Carolyn K

When you’re juggling the many facets of your business, you may feel like there’s no good time to employ a new marketing strategy, like building a social media presence. However, the time is now!

The new moon in Aquarius on the 22nd makes us think about our social pursuits, giving us the opportunity appreciate our current relationships and start creating new ones. The implications of the new moon fit perfectly with the sentiment of the new year in the Gregorian calendar. Now, we have the whole year ahead of us, and we’re ready to start fresh.

With these things in mind, it may be time to either revamp your social media strategy or implement social media into your business plan, if you haven’t already. Here are some tips to live by when analyzing and formulating your social media strategy:

Make Goals

The first step to any social media campaign is to make goals, laying out a plan that can guide you to success. Do you want to drive people to your website? Increase sales? Or simply get your name out there? Your specific goals will greatly influence your execution and strategy, overall.

 Track Your Progress

The only way to see if you are, indeed, making progress is to measure your results! Track visitors using tools like Google Analytics, Hootsuite, Twitter’s new analytics tool, or a combination of all three.

 Prioritize Content

Content is key. That’s why you should elect particularly astute individuals to create your content and keep a watching eye over what’s posted on your social media sites. If you can, interview people in the industry and create a great, informational article. This kind of rich, informative material will bring fans flocking to your sites.

Mind Your P’s and Q’s

Lastly, and most importantly, be polite, cordial, and classy, as any money goddess would. Try to respond to questions or comments on your social media sites and express gratitude to your followers. The last thing you want is to make a bad reputation for yourself and your company. Followers, fans, and friends will greatly appreciate your modesty and politeness.

About the Author: Carolyn is a guest post writer who loves to write about eco-friendly and holistic business planning and inventory management.

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Sherri L. McLendon, MA, is owner/founder and certified lead content marketing strategist with Professional Moneta, "Content Marketing To Grow Your Business," focusing on creating more leads, more clients, and more money for eco-conscious, green and healthy brands.

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  1. Hmm it seems like your site ate my first comment (it was super long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog.
    I as well am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new to the whole thing.
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    1. Hi Elizabet,
      Here are my starter points for inexperienced bloggers:
      Write what you know
      Write from your heart, truth and purpose
      Have an opinion
      Keep it to 500 words (not more than 750)
      Take your own photos
      Syndicate your blog
      Write for your ‘tribe’ so they can find you
      Find your way as you go
      Take it one post at a time
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Fortnite Banner Shield Back Bling

Banner Shield is a Rare Fortnite Back Bling from the Banner Brigade set. It was released on August 16th, 2019 and was last available 20 days ago. It can be purchased from the Item Shop for 400 V-Bucks when listed. Banner Shield was first added to the game in Fortnite Chapter 1 Season 10.

How-to Get the Banner Shield Back Bling

Banner Shield can be obtained with V-Bucks when it is in the Item Shop. This item returns on average every 60 days and is likely to be in the item shop around June 10, 2021. View more item predictions on our Tomorrow's Fortnite Item Shop post!

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  • Release Date: August 16th, 2019
  • Last Seen: April 11th, 2021
  • Day(s) Ago: 20
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Type: Back Bling
  • Price: 400 V-Bucks
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  1. I really like this backbling because you can use any colour you like and you see your banner. I would rate this a 4 out of 5.

  2. Can u return the banner cap and the banner shield back to the items shop tomorrow I always wanted for like 1 month and I didn’t have no vbucks

    1. I really want it I have enough vbucks pls bring it back to the items shop I want the banner shield and banner cape pls pls pls pls

  3. I really want it and I have enough vbucks pls bring it back out

    1. Hey man this came out back in august so get you head in the game.

  4. Best Shield Back Bling in the game hands down

  5. I hope the banner 🛡 shield comes back out… Unfortunately my ps4 plus was out during the release date. I like the cape but the shield can pull any skin together 😏😉

  6. Hey somebody know how to change it for PC?

  7. Pls bring it back

  8. Hey Evident, which do you think is better? The Banner Cape or The Banner Shield? I got the cape, didn’t get the shield because I sadly didn’t have enough to buy it. :c

    1. I like the shield a bit more, but the cape is still good!

  9. It looks sweet

  10. Yeah it sucks for us OGs

    1. i believe according to user, “:) (:” the only banner icon with dragon was in season 2 (chapter 1) battle pass at tier 17

    2. Im an og but i love it, fits soccer skins lul

    3. Who cares?

    4. You can’t have a black banner, only gray…

    5. But no one cares lmao.

  11. We will see some fake black shields any time soon

    1. The only Banner icon with an actual dragon is tier 17 in the season 2 battle pass where Black Knight was from so not too many people

      1. I have that as well lol

        1. i was going to do black double pump on shield with white skull trooper

          1. i mean i think there is black option… :/

    2. So what?


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Hydroponics Update Part 3

To understand the context of this post you may want to read updates one and two.

The half gallon mason jars worked well as shown with the romaine growing in the photo above. The jars started developing hairline cracks in the bottoms that started leaking.  This was more than likely due to routine handling during weekly water changes. This lead to attempting to find a plastic substitute for the mason jars.  The jars that were selected were a 96 ounce petg plastic container with a handle. These were prepared with a net cup similar to the process in post two. After a few months of growing an algae problem occurred in the jars. This is probably due to the high nutrient levels and bright lights the plants are grown under. A test is being conducted to see if painting the jars black will help combat this problem. Below is a photo of basil grown in the garden vs hydroponic basil grown in the new containers. The basil was started by cloning a basil plant purchased in the supermarket. The grow medium was rock wool.


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Horticulture is blooming, but there’s still room for growth

by | Nov 27, 2019 | Featured Slider, Latest, News

Written By Wandile Sihlobo for The Daily Maverick . Click here for original

Horticulture has boosted employment in the agricultural sector, which needs to be more focused on exporting to untapped markets.

The expansion in most agricultural subsectors in South Africa has been export-driven, particularly in the horticultural sector. This sector is labour-intensive, and the expansion also brought jobs.

This somewhat compensated for the dwindling labour participation trend in other agricultural subsectors over the past few decades due to technology advancement and consolidation of farms. The gains in horticulture have largely been the reason South Africa’s agricultural jobs have been stable over the past decade, bringing the average number employed in the industry to 767,000 between 2008 and 2018.

Of late, a number of policymakers, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have expressed a desire to see agriculture continuing to play a pivotal role in rural economic growth and job creation through increased production.

While boosting production is conceivable if the focus is not only on boosting productivity on active farms, but expands to areas that have under-utilised land – Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo, among others – there needs to be an equal effort in opening up new markets. This is something South Africa has done well over the past few years, but now we need to expand beyond the destinations where we currently participate.

To illustrate this point – in 2018, South Africa’s agricultural exports amounted to $10.6-billion, a record level. This was underpinned by increased exports of oranges, grapes, wine, maize, apples, wool, lemons, mandarins and pears, among other products. About two-thirds of these exports went to Africa and Europe.

Asia is also an important market for South Africa’s agricultural exports and accounted for a 25% export share in 2018. This is a region where South Africa can still push the button a bit more to expand its footprint.

Within Asia, the countries that have been purchased a large share of South Africa’s agricultural produce included China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan.

India, whose agricultural imports have nearly doubled over the past decade – from $11.2 billion in 2009 to $21.2 billion in 2018 – is down on the list of Asian countries that import agricultural products from South Africa.

Yet, if one looks into Asia’s leading agricultural products importers, India is ranked second after China. The growth in India’s agricultural imports has, in part, been driven by population growth and rising incomes.

The products that underpinned this tremendous growth in India’s agricultural and food imports included palm oil, soybean oil, sunflower seeds, coconuts, cashew nuts, cotton, sugar, apples, dates, greasy wool, whiskey, coffee, and grapes.

Its leading agricultural suppliers over the past few years have consistently included Indonesia, Ukraine, the US, Argentina, Malaysia, Brazil, China, Australia, Singapore, and Afghanistan.

South Africa, although a key producer and exporter of some of the aforementioned products (namely greasy wool, sugar, apples and grapes), doesn’t feature even on the top 40 countries supplying agricultural products to India.

In 2018, South Africa was ranked the 46th largest supplier of agricultural products to India by value, accounting for a mere 0.3% of the $21.2- billion worth of India’s agricultural imports. The key agricultural products that South Africa exported to India were pears, dog and cat food, greasy wool, oranges, apples, maize seed for sowing, cotton, and mandarins.

It is time South Africa starts to explore possible ways of boosting its exports to India, especially as the two Brics countries are increasingly becoming warm towards each other from a political and diplomatic point of view.

Agricultural business leaders are keen to participate in the Indian market, but for that to happen, the South African government will have to engage with its Indian counterpart to resolve existing non-tariff barriers that hinder participation, specifically for horticulture products. All this will be in the spirit of boosting South Africa’s agricultural economy. We need to have the same zeal for creating export markets as we do for boosting production across South Africa. DM

Wandile Sihlobo is chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of SA (Agbiz)

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Fitness Doll Digital Workout Planner

Raise your hand if you have no idea what to do when you go to the gym? I’ve been lifting for a while now and the fitness journals I’d buy, it felt like I was missing something. I created this digital fitness planner as a way to keep track of my fitness related goals, monthly fitness challenges, meal planning, workout tracking, and so much more. This digital fitness planner is a combination of strengthening your mind while strengthening your body, in a cute digital planner format. This planner has tons of hyperlinks and is easy to navigate. I hope this digital fitness planner helps you reach your fitness goals in a fun and organized way. This Digital Planner Includes: ABOUT ME: *If Not Now, When? *Preparing for Success? *Fitness Habits *What I Appreciate About My Body *What I Love About Fitness *Fitness Pages I Love & Why GOALS: *Fitness Vision Board *My Goals Are Important to Me Because *A Letter to Myself *My Fitness Goals *Goals at a Glance *Smart Goal Breakdown ACTION PLAN: *Action Plan Weeks 1-12 *Action Plan Weeks 13-24 *Lazy Day Action Plan *Fitness Programs I Want to Try *Exercises & Workouts to Try MEAL PLANNING: *Meal Planner *Go To Meals *Meal Ideas *Kitchen Inventory *Grocery List *Recipe List #1 *Recipe List #2 *Recipe Card TRACKERS: *20 Week Weight Tracker *Blank Weight Tracker *Monthly Weight Tracker* *Measurement Tracker *Action Plan Weeks 1-12 Measurement Trackers *Action Plan Weeks 13-24 Measurement Trackers CHALLENGES: *30 Day Challenge Creation Plan *Challenge Reward Chart EXTRAS: *Habit Tracker *Water Tracker *Weekly Workout Overview #1 *Weekly Workout Overview #2 *Strength Training Log BONUS SECTION #1: *4 blank pages to customize BONUS SECTION #2: *4 blank pages to customize 4 PAPER PAGE TYPES ======================================================= *FILES TYPES INCLUDED* – 1 PDF (Instructions & Helpful Information) – 1 PDF (Digital Notebook) 360 pages total Want some freebies? Signup here to get yours—> bit.ly/plannerhub ======================================================= – YOU WILL NEED – This is an interactive PDF File. You will need an app to view an edit the files. Here are the apps I recommend: → Goodnotes (Best Option) → Notability → Noteshelf → Xodo (Android) → Preview (Mac IOS) * In order for the tabs to be ‘clickable’ in Goodnotes, you must have the ‘read only’ button selected. ======================================================= :: PLEASE NOTE :: **This is an INSTANT DOWNLOAD** No printed materials will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this product, I do not issue refunds or exchanges.  Once payment is complete your printable PDF will be available for download in your account and an email will be sent to your Etsy registered email. ======================================================= TERMS OF USE For personal use only, commercial use is not permitted. *Due to the digital nature of this product, I do not issue refunds.  **These files are for your personal use only. They are solely for you as a paying customer and you can print as many copies as you like.Do not share these files with anyone else, such as friends and family. *They may not be sold, copied, distributed, shared or altered in any way. You can print as many copies as you like. *If you have any questions, check my FAQ. If you don’t see your answer, please don’t hesitate to contact me.* Thanks for shopping with me! Joy V. Want some freebies? Signup here to get yours—> bit.ly/plannerhub www.etsy.com/shop/unapologeticjoy ================================================================= ©Unapologetic Joy 2019 All Rights Reserved


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You’ll need to be Money Smart to achieve the Great Australian Dream

While a growing proportion of Australians believe the ‘Great Australian Dream’ of property ownership is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve, it is not impossible.

72% of Australians believe if they don’t get ‘money-smart’, they will be left behind financially, so many buyers are using different tactics to get on the property ladder and, eventually, into their dream home.

To help you become ‘money-smart’, Mortgage Choice highlighted some of the best buying and savings hacks you can implement.

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Unfortunately, many of us won’t be able to afford our dream home straight off the bat.

But, instead of feeling discouraged, the key is to remain optimistic and try another approach.

In the Evolving Great Australian Dream Whitepaper, 1 in 4 Australians said they purchased an affordable home in the first instance and then ‘progressively upgraded’ into bigger and better properties over the years.

Buying apartments instead of houses

Data shows that, on average, apartments sell for less than houses.

As such, an increasing proportion of first home buyers are opting for an apartment rather than a house.

This transition into apartment living is a long way from the ‘traditional Great Australia Dream’ of owning a free-standing, suburban house on a quarter acre block

Moving to more affordable suburbs

According to the Evolving Great Australian Dream Whitepaper, 20% of Australians bought further from the city than they would have liked simply because a property is more affordable in the outer suburbs.

At the end of the day, if property ownership is your goal, sometimes you have to make various sacrifices in order to make those dreams a reality.

Rentvesting is the act of buying an investment property where you can afford and then rent in the area you wish to live. property

Data from Mortgage Choice shows this is becoming an increasingly popular method with first time buyers, with as many as 30% buying an investment property before an owner occupied dwelling.

So what’s the benefit of rentvesting?

Rentvesting gives buyers the chance to get on the property ladder and build equity in a property, all whilst having the freedom to live in their desired area.

Buying property with family & friends

Co-buying property with a friend or family member has become an increasingly popular purchasing method amongst first home buyers in recent years. Buying-a-new-property-off-the-plan-Feature-RET-300x200

Data from Mortgage Choice shows 1 in 10 Australians have co-bought with someone else in order to get their foot on the property ladder.

But while there are many benefits associated with co-buying property, it is vital that anyone thinking of entering into this arrangement seek legal counsel before heading down this path.

You want to have proper contracts in place that detail exactly who is responsible for what – as this will protect all parties involved.

Moving in with parents to save

Living with family is a great way to reduce day-to- day expenses and ultimately free up some of your cash flow – cash flow that can then be injected into your savings account, where it will form part of your future home deposit.

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‘This is an honour for all of us’ – 30 years of teamwork behind knighthood for presenter turned tech guru Ian Taylor [Stuff, 31/12/20]

From rock’n’roll singer, to children’s TV presenter, to tech mogul – Ian Taylor has done a bit of everything.

Now he will also become a knight.

In this year’s New Year’s Honours, Taylor will be appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to broadcasting, business and the community.

But the Dunedin-based innovator said the credit really belongs to, “the wonderful group of people who’ve been around me for the past 35 years”.

“Really, this is an honour for all of us. I’ve always been a storyteller, but the people I work with, they wrote the story,” he said.

But it is his work as one of New Zealand’s foremost technology innovators which earned him his knighthood.

Taylor founded television production company Taylormade Media in 1989, and internationally acclaimed computer animation company Animation Research a year later.

Animation Research developed the Virtual Eye real-time sports animation system, which changed the way the world watches sports like sailing, golf, and cricket.

Read this in full here.

This brief animated video was created in 2019 by Ian Taylor and the team at Animation Research alongside Wanaka Stakeholders Group. The aim of the video is to raise awareness and stimulate discussion about key issues surrounding the future of Wanaka – specifically the planned development of Wanaka Airport into a jet capable airport for the district.

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