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- Katnip Lounge said...
Meowy Katmas from the Horde at the Katnip Lounge!
We are glad to hear your Mumsy is recovering...we loves you and misses you BUNCHES!
- December 24, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- The Island Cats said...
We're glad to hear that your mom is doing better. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! oxox
- December 24, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Lucy the Cat said...
I truly hope your Mumsy will continue to get better and better. We've missed you! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
- December 24, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Mr Puddy said...
Hooray for your Mom : ) and Purrs more for her
Merry Christmas !!!!
Have a purrfect one ! Ho Ho Ho !
PS : I will be away for 3 weeks, see you when I get back : )
- December 24, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Brian said...
Purrs to you Mom, we've been missing you! One of the best gifts I ever received is having you as our friend! Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!
- December 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Eric and Flynn said...
We hope your mum continues to get better.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
- December 24, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Mr. Pip said...
So glad to hear from you! We have been wondering how you are all doing! Sending lots of love. Merry Christmas!
Your pal, Pip
- December 24, 2011 at 6:10 PM
- Marg said...
WE are glad to hear from you too. We didn't know Mum was sick. We hope she feels better now. We sure hope you have a very Merry Christmas. Take care.
- December 24, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Clooney said...
Clooney Claus has arrived! I'z here to give Mumsy some cuddles and purrs! Bring on the nip ale, shrimps and catnip cookies, kitties! Let's party!
Merry Christmas!
- December 24, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Au and Target said...
We didn't realise your mummy was sick. Here's to a very Merry Christmas and a very healthy New Year.
- December 24, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
We wish you and your mom a very Merry and healthy Christmas!
- December 24, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- FURKIDSMOM said...
Merry Christmas and purrs to your Mom.
The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie
- December 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- ABBY said...
We are so glad your Mom is doing better!
We miss you!
Merry Christmas
- December 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Prancer Pie said...
It's good to see you kittehz! We hopes you haf a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. xoxo
- December 24, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- MISS PEACH ~(^.^)~ said...
Merry Christmas and a wish for a fast complete recovery for your dear mommy from the cozy cottage...we miss ya!
- December 25, 2011 at 4:34 AM
- Forever Foster said...
Merry Christmas! We hope your family has a lovely day :)
- December 25, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
We are pleased to hear your Mum is getting better. We hope you have a very Happy Christmas.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- December 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Tina T-P said...
And a very merry Catmas to you all too. Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year! T.
- December 25, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- ZOOLATRY said...
Rebecca ~ I am so sorry to learn you'll been ill, and I hope and pray you'll soon be in good health again. To you, to all the Kwee Cats, and to one and all in the Kwee home ~ we send you Christmas wishes that this special time of year will bring joy and many good things. With love, Ann and the
Zoolatry Girls, Maggy and Zoey
- December 25, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- Father Tom said...
Glad to hear the good days are outrunning the bad ones lately for Mom. We'll keep purring that they continue.
Cheers to your friendship and kind words. Hugsies!
Tom, mom Julie & Mittens
- December 25, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Jewel said...
Hope mummy continues to recover well, and hope you had a good Christmas.
- December 27, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- meowmeowmans said...
We sure hope you had a wonderful Christmas, dear friends. Continued purrs and prayers for your Mommy's recovery!
- December 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Christine and FAZ said...
Have a really happy new year from us - FAZ and Birks
- December 30, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- one of Fae's humans said...
Merry belated Christmas & Happy New Year to you all!
i'm sorry that i haven't visited your blog in a while, but i am very glad to hear that your mom is doing better. i hope that 2012 will be a good year for her. :(
there is a blog award for Kwee Cats at my blog if you want to accept it.
love you all!
- January 1, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Admiral Hestorb said...
Thnk you SO much for coming to comment on my little one's passing. Every word was a treasure to me and I think you.
I am still here and soon, there will be another furbaby to love. Admiral wants that for me. Please come and see me soon and I hope you are well, my friend.
Mom Carole
- January 9, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Clooney said...
Happy Valentine's Day Kwee kitties and Mumsy! Thinking of you and hope you all are well.
- February 15, 2012 at 1:06 AM
- MoMo said...
We haven't been around much either. Hope you mom is feeling better and all the kitties are well.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
Hope your mom is doing MUCH better now! Happy Easter.
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1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, at room temperature
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When Microsoft pioneered the tablet PC market a decade ago, the firm was pushing a digital inking innovation that was personally championed by cofounder Bill Gates. Those efforts, though technically impressive, failed, and when Apple reinvigorated the tablet market with the iPad in 2010, that company eschewed inking and styluses for the multi-touch technologies it had honed first with the iPhone. But Microsoft has never given up on digital ink, a technology that is now deeply integrated in Windows and could provide a key differentiator for devices targeted at students, lawyers, reporters, and note-takers of all stripes. Are we on the edge of a digital ink renaissance?
That's perhaps a bit fanciful, and it's important to understand that the applicability of multi-touch will always be vastly bigger than any need for inking. But digital ink and devices that support electromagnetic styluses shouldn't be discounted. In the same way that the PC will always be a need for "doers," those people who need a real keyboard and the versatility and power of a PC to get work done, there will likewise always be a market for those who need or want to take notes—or just write generally—with a stylus. And since most of those people are doing that today with unconnected, non-digital devices—i.e. actual pens and pencils—there is still a market need there too.
The other day, I wrote about a prototype or each interface for various Office "Touch" for Windows apps and while many misunderstood the point of that post—it was really just to show off some advanced or unique functionality in the suite that isn't present in, say, Office for iPad—one of many things I didn't really detail at the time was that the source of that information was a "leaked" video and presentation from Microsoft Research that was really about—wait for it—how digital inking prowess could differentiate Microsoft's productivity offerings. That is, yes, Office "Touch" was part of the story. But it was only part.
I initially chose to focus on the Office "Touch" for Windows angle because I'm personally interested in that, and feel that many readers are as well. But as Mary Jo Foley pointed out upon viewing the same information, this Microsoft Research project is really about the firm creating a cross-group team dedicated to creating a "One Microsoft Ink" strategy. One that would transcend individual products and cross over into Windows, Office and Surface (and Perceptive Pixel, the "big ass screen"). That's platform, service and devices right there.
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For Microsoft, a pen and digital ink capabilities are a core differentiator and advantage. This new generation of iPad-inspired tablets has only made ink and pens more compelling, it says, and users want to use them for productivity too, not just for consumption. And since Microsoft has decades of experience developing and improving this technology, it is in a unique position to offer the very best experience. Remember: The firm's digital ink technology doesn't just do handwriting recognition, which is impressive. It understands and lets you store your content in digital ink as a native, searchable data format, just like text or other formats. The firm also has a "significant patent portfolio" advantage over its competitors. Yep, Microsoft has patented the hell out of this stuff.
As such, Microsoft has established an incredible, formal set of guidelines for how inking works across its platforms. This isn't a feature of a single product—Windows, Surface, or whatever—it's something that works consistently everywhere. (This is part of the reason why a product idea like Courier represents such backwards thinking: Courier, like Zune or whatever, was just another one-off idea that essentially came from a single person and didn't fit into the broader "One Microsoft" vision that exists today.) Thus, inking isn't just consistent, it will always be consistent. When a future platform, app, or service appears, inking will work there just as it does today in existing solutions. It's not "owned" by Windows, Office, or Surface. It's part of Microsoft.
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^Well, I still wonder..
"Rosa and Maria were killed by other people ".
Not sure this is the only example, but this is definetely a red truth. (Told by Ronove)
"There are no more than 18 people on this island". (Evatrice)
"There are no more than 18 people on this Rokkenjima ". (Beatrice)
Not sure this is because of the translation, or if she says it exactly like that in the original, but at least to me, it looks like she was denied by Ronove there?
Not sure I am allowed to say this here, but Beatrice does state this later ("Were killed by other people"), in episode 4.
|2010-07-22, 14:47
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Upon replaying Ep 3, I stumbled over this screenshot which refers to the cousins complaining about the parents discussing the inheritance.
Wait, why do they use the word 'dead' here? They don't know that Kinzo died. So who are these 'dead with money' they speak of?
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ep3 is where all the weird things really started, i think, and the first episode that really is so "Umineko". lol
The red truth, the solution of the epitaph riddle, also the first time I thought that Beato is cute....
lol. Good luck!!
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Spoiler for Possibly for EPs 1 and 2. Just in case:
But yeah, so far EP 3 is my second favorite arc overall (EP 5 being my first so far), and it's my favorite of the Question arc, as it's the only one of the Question Arcs that touched me to the extent that it did. Great pacing, characterization, plot, and mystery. I hope you enjoy, cereal
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I gotta agree with all of you on this one. EP3 is what made me love Umineko, EP4 just kind of cemented that love.
I still can't get over the ending of this though. I fell for it, and I felt violated.
Spoiler for Beatroll:
Virgilia is one of my favorite Magic Game Piece, and this where the Meta-Game plot begins to kick into full gear with Bern and Lambda in the Tea Party.
I have a few theories regarding EVA, but I think it's more appropriate to discuss it in EP4's instead of here.
EVA is also made of awesomeness, and is probably the only female character I would ever cosplay as. I love her web of truth she set up at the end; I'm still tangled in it.
I'm also sure that it has the best music in the game. Not only did it debut some of the best tracks, but a few are exclusive to the chapter (i.e. they don't play in EP4)
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I don't really know where to post this question, so I just went ahead and postes it here, where I thought it was the most appropriate.
In the ??? of ep 3 Lambda tells Beatrice that she's only a temporary with under her guardianship, and as soon as she stops being her guardian she will stop being a witch. I was a litle curious about this sentence as it's not really mentioned later on in the series that Lambda is the one who made Beato a witch. My theory was that Lambda was her guardian in the Meta-world, but not on the actual gameboard, so she would allow Beatrice to have the powers as a game master. That's just my interpretation, but is there really another meaning to it?
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While I haven't finished ep3 just yet (tho very few are left alive) I have one huge gripe with this ep and the ones before that keeps bugging me:
What the hell is with everyone's obession with food on this island?
I let it slide in ep1, since they were still technically in the mansion they thought more or less safe.
In ep2 it's Rosa that kept splitting up the group.
But here. Rosa and Maria leaving the guesthouse makes sense. But why on earth would you go into the mansion to get food? Is anyone actually that hungry after seeing 8 people getting murdered in half a day?
I can only imagine that getting food was just a pretense for Kyrie who wanted something else. Even Evatrice said something like "will that perosn notice?". Maybe she figured out something about the first 6 murders. And if she suspected the killer was among them, there would be no reason to fear going to the mansion.
But why would anyone else go with her? It's as if Natsuhi was the only sane person at that moment. People can survive without drinking for 3 days. And they had breakfest! I know for a fact I would not drink or eat a thing if it increased my chances of survival by 1%.
If only it was something more plausible like getting medicine for Eva.
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London & Milan Spring 2011
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I really like the dolce & gabbana collection ;D it's like in a mood of a 50's picnic that perfectly complements the menswear collection and all those checksReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 9:11 PM
I really liked the D&G collection. I'm a huge fan od florals.ReplyDelete
I loved Jil Sander so much as well! I think that's actually the D&G show above, right? I actually liked the Dolce & Gabanna show better, maybe even best from Milan. All those incredible white dresses...total fantasy, my dry cleaning bills would be astronomical ;n )ReplyDelete
totally agree with you actually...ReplyDelete
my opinion is exactly same as your one.
paris seems more interesting anyway the are few great collections from london as kinder aggugini, maria grachvogel, jonathan saunders,daks and great paul smith.
from milan: iceberg, sportmax, silvio betterelli, kristina t. , jo no fui or gabriele colangelo.
Great picks! My favorite is definitely D&G because flowy florals paired with a belted waist are just so feminine and fun annnd because the model in the middle has Snow White on her tank.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2010 at 3:31 AM
Out of the four runway collections that you've posted, I'd have to say that my two favorites are the Fendi collection, and Dolce & Gabanna. For Fendi's collection, I love the colors, and the way the material looks. It all looks very soft and fluid-like. As for Dolce & Gabanna, pairing neutral tones with bold patterns/prints, and lacey textures, allows the outfit to look bold yet simpleReplyDelete
Love the D&G collection, it's very cute, and the Acne one is great as well. My favourites are Rodarte because of the gorgeous textures and shoes, Mary Katrantzou because of the amazing shapes and prints, Dolce and Gabbanna because of all those amazing white and black dresses and its general aesthetic and Lanvin because of its glamour.ReplyDelete
really enjoyed fendi and odlce gabbana shows!!perfect as usual!!ReplyDelete
NiCE colors!!!ReplyDelete
Loveeee the collection D&G <3
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- AnonymousOctober 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM
I love D&G!ReplyDelete
I like them all!!ReplyDelete
the acne and the fendi collections are the ones I like the most... :)
Jil Sander. Every time. Strong simple structures. Never fails.ReplyDelete


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|2011-07-05, 14:04
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Probably best that I come clean: I haven't been able to work much on Lone Wulf for the past half-year, sadly. University course crap kept scooping up a lot of my time, and gaming on League of Legends is a HUGE distraction.
That isn't to say I don't have a direction for my 11th Chapter for Lone Wulf. I've got one, but I haven't been able to put it to writing. I'll get it done at some point, but don't expect it too soon; still more crap coming my way and no end in sight.
But to tide you guys over, here's some of the direction I'm planning to take. Try not to read this, however, unless you're up to date on my story.
Spoiler for Chapter 11: Promises to Keep:
Rest assured, when I finish it, this chapter will be good. But I'd rather get it write and take an eternity to finish it than finish it quickly and make a shoddy product. I'm a rather staunch follower of "Shiguru Miyamoto's Process".
|2011-07-07, 01:40
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Not really, I haven't been doing anything really. Just like I said when summer started. I said I'd do nothing for one week, to just relax from all things. No job, no writing, no chores, no house cleaning, the list goes on.
All I've been doing is just relaxing, enjoying stuff I don't normally get to do with my busy work schedule.
I'll get back to work, lol, both job wise and writing wise pretty soon :P
*P.S.* There's a new valkyria chronicles pic at deviant art you need to see, Runty. a Marina one that... might explain why she's always looking tired, emotionless and all that... Shows what happens when she goes to sleep... I knew you'd either like it, or hate it, cuz it involves your favorite sniper.
|2011-07-07, 01:45
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Also, if you're referring to the ptsd pic on Deviantart... yeah, that was something. Made me shudder a little. Still, it'd be an amazing element to Marina's character: no soldier survives war unscarred.
Well, since you're gonna be getting back into things, which story are you going to tackle first? Maybe finish up the "Magari" story you had going? That one was getting good.
|2011-07-08, 18:41
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That's why I wonder whether or not our beloved characters (in fanfics) would be able to unleash the beast within themselves to rip enemies (Imperials and Rebels alike) piece by piece... after witnessing town burnings, mass executions of civilians, etc. At times, I made the analogy about COD:World at War on the Russian front about what if our Gallians (with the help of other countries) pushed the Imperials towards their capital after Imperials started another invasion just a few years after EWII. Would some of them have gone rampaging, burning, killing and doing worse things on Imperial lands to make sure "they deserve everything they get... and more"? Possibly.
|2011-07-08, 23:08
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I'll try and get a new preview up this weekend, as my week of rest is pretty much over :P Also, if you have any other ideas in mind, not just Runty, but anyone else with ideas for Valkyria Chronicles 1 or 2 fanfic ideas, pass them to me. I'd like to hear them, they'll be nice summer projects
|2011-07-10, 09:12
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As for Gallia cutting into Imperial lands, I wouldn't bet on it, not by a long mile.
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|2011-07-23, 21:50
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I wrote a VC fanfic awhile ago and posted it to FF.net and DA. It's called "Rift" and you can find it here if you're curious
Since then, I've been struggling with ideas for stories. Or rather, struggling with the stories to turn into something coherent. So, I'm currently working on a drabble series. I'm going to write a number of 15-20 minute stories/scenes and then chain them together later some how.
We'll see how that goes...
|2011-07-24, 15:33
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Seems Snowman is busy with 2 summer jobs and other stuff. Ouch.
Well, in the meantime, I thought I might as well refresh my idea for an Anisette oneshot, this time with an ideal cast selected.
Spoiler for Anisette Detachment:
Funny ending?
Also, I just thought up another possible idea, this one starring Mischlitt and having Cordelia as a guest star. Oh, and Elysse Moore too.
Note, however, that this one would probably extend past a one-shot for length reasons, so you could do it as a stand-alone story with a few chapters.
Spoiler for Cordelia/Mischlitt:
I honestly think we need a story that stars Cordelia as the protagonist, in a sense. She's such an interesting character.
Make changes as needed for both stories.
|2011-07-26, 16:09
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Hello there~ I just randomly stumbled across this thread while searching for Valkyria Chronicles 2 related things. Figured I might as well post and say hi.
I've written a fanfic for Valkyria Chronicles 2, but it's rather short and not the best so I'll probably do better not linking to that one...
The thread seems interesting to look through. If I'm getting it right, taking any suggestion posted here and writing a fanfic based on that is fine? Then again, my favorites are Audrey and Baldren so there'll probably not be too much including those two.
|2011-07-26, 17:28
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Hello, none of us are gonna flame ya if you post it, we are all very supportive here and positive feedback and support to all writers and their work, new and older members And yes, I sometimes take suggestions and write stories based on suggestions+characters for the story.
I've written 2 for Runty, 1 for DC20 and have some in progress. If you want one, just put out suggestions and I'll see if it's do-able.
|2011-07-26, 20:05
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Well if you want to run with it I have a suggestion or two for you Snow.
Why not try a postwar fic or short fic for a former Squad Seven member concerning his/her siding or involvement with the Rebel forces of VC2? Bonus points if it isn't someone who automatically comes to mind.
Spoiler for Idea:
If you're interested in either.
Oh and for Mirena, it's interesting to see the other side's perspective so don't feel bad. As Snow says people are willing to give a pointer or two.
|2011-07-26, 23:34
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Spoiler for Evil Darcsens:
|2011-07-27, 00:35
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My only problem with that is what Evil implies. That the antagonists are nasty, brutish, and down right diabolical. It's not always the case. The protagonist can him/herself be evil, and the antagonists be the ones we'd normally associate with being the protagonist because they are good.
In reference to the Darcsen presented, I think the best colour to go with is shades of grey. It really adds to the dynamic of a story. Unfortunately when it comes to this approach I find it's easy to get sidetracked. Antagonists get really difficult when they're no longer faceless automatons.
|2011-07-27, 00:59
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I'll need to think up a possible plotline involving renegade Darcsens in the VC2 setting; need sleep now, though.
|2011-07-27, 02:11
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All right, I suppose I'll be linking to my fic after all. I edited it a little, so I guess I feel like it's... closer to presentable now? It's quite short and focused on Audrey.
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136874/1/
@Runty: This is off-topic, but you mentioned VC3. Have you played it yourself or did you find someplace with a translation/videos? I'm wondering whether I should import it and try to make sense of it since a localization doesn't seem too likely.
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Earth : Asia : East Asia : China : Northeast China : Liaoning : Central Plains (Liaoning) : Anshan
Anshan (鞍山; Ānshān) is the third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning Province in China. It is in the central area of the province about 92km south of Shenyang, the province's capital. Anshan is on the boundary between the mountains of eastern Liaoning and the plains in the west. The area contains the famous Qianshan Park. The city's name is derived form the shape of a nearby mountain (in Chinese 山; shān) that resembles the shape of a horse's saddle (鞍; Ān). Anshan is home to the Angang Iron and Steel Company, one of the largest steel producers in China.
The area of Anshan has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The area remained of little significance, overshadowed by neighboring Liaoyang, until the late 20th Century.
Japan had gained influence in Liaoning and was industrialising the region. A joint Sino-Japanese venture, Anshan Zhenzing Iron Ore Company Unlimited, was started in Anshan in 1918. After the Japanese occupied the northeast of China in 1931, the company was turned into a Japanese owned monopoly. Anshan was occupied by the Japanese and was part of the Japanese puppet state of Manchuco. The Japanese founded a steel mill along side the existing iron works in Anshan. The city grew in size around this new industrial site. The defeat of the Japanese in 1945 saw Anshan returned to China. However, peace had not yet arrived. Civil war continued between the Chinese Nationalist Government and the Communist People's Liberation Army. The city of Anshan was the scene of one of the battles of this war. A monument in Lishishan Park commemorates the battle. On the 19th of February 1948, Anshan was liberated by the PLA.
The northeast of China was marked out to become a major industrial centre for the new People's Republic of China. Anshan was set to become a key part of this industrial development. The steel mills had been damaged during the wars. In December 1948, the Anshan Iron and Steel Company, also known as Angang, was founded. Production in the newly repaired steel plant resumed on July 9th 1949. The plant was expanded to become, at one time, the largest steel producer in China. Other industries set up along side the steel plant including mining for coal, iron and other minerals. This industrial wealth had an environmental cost. The open-hearth furnaces of the steel mill created large amounts of dust and other pollution. Along with its growing reputation as a major steel producer, Anshan was also gaining a reputation as a dirty, smelly town.
The furnaces of the steel plant were changed in the 1980's to designs which blow oxygen in form the front. This increased the production and also reduced the pollution. In the 1990's, they were additionally altered to blow oxygen in form the top as well. This further increase production and reduced pollution. In December 2000, all three production lines of Anshan Iron and Steel company switched form mould-casting to continuous casting. This new technology has significantly reduced the dust and other pollution in the city. The new plant equipment is also much less labour intensive. This has meant a reduction in the workforce and has caused an unemployment problem in the city. A new drive to market Anshan as a tourist destination is hoped to help bolster the cities economy.
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Anshan Teng'ao Airport (AOG) is located 15 km to the south east of the city centre, about 30 minutes away by car and near to the Anshan south exit of the Shenda Expressway. The airport serves domestic routes only. Scheduled flights to and from Beijing and Shanghai are flown daily throughout the year. In addition to the main terminal at Teng'ao airport, there is also a city terminal located on Qianshan West Road in Tiexi district. Travellers may purchase tickets as well as check-in and obtain a boarding card at either terminal. After check-in, a coach takes passengers from the city terminal to the main terminal.
The next nearest airport is Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE, 沈阳桃仙国际机场). This is some 90km away and takes about 2 hours to reach by road. There are coaches running regularly between Anshan and Shenyang Airport. A more frequent coach service runs from the center of Shenyang, see below. Alternatively, a taxi can be hired. It is usually possible to negotiate a price of about ¥150 for the taxi from Anshan to Shenyang airport. Negotiating the opposite direction is more difficult. If booking flights via a local travel agent or hotel in Anshan, the agent will usually be able to arrange a taxi to or from Shenyang Airport, at a discounted rate. Additional discounts may be found if you tell the agent you are willing to share the taxi with other customers.
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC) is located 290 kilometres south of Anshan. The airport is near to Dalian North Train Station allowing rapid transfer to the high speed train to complete the journey. Although further away, the high speed rail network makes Dalian Zhoushuizi equally accessible to Anshan as Shenyang Taoxian.
By road
Anshan has two exits on the main Shenda Expressway (G15), which runs between Shenyang and Dalian. The first exit is due west of the city, the second is towards the southern end and is signposted as Anshan South. The city can also be accessed via the Liaozhong Ring Expressway (G91) which passes just north of the city.
By bus
Anshan's long distance coach station is in the center of town on the southern side of the square beside the train station. Regular coaches run to Anshan from most neighboring cities and other regions too. Coaches to and from Shenyang run as frequently as every 10 or 15 minutes. Effectively they leave when full. This route costs ¥25 each way. Direct coaches between Anshan and Beijing's eastern long distance coach station run several times a day.
By train
Anshan is on the main line between Dalian and Shenyang. There are direct trains from most cities in Liaoning and neighboring provinces such as Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia as well as from Beijing.
===By taxi=== A taxi from Shenyang to Anshan will cost about ¥400 by the meter. Many drivers in Anshan will negotiate a significantly cheaper rate, typical ¥150-200 each way.
If you are in desperate hurry to leave the town, night drivers can be contacted through the taxi drivers located outside the main train station. The main night driver route is from Dalian to Shenyang and reverse (cost ¥500-800 depending on distance). Negotiate a rate and then expect to cough up a little additional during your trip since your fare might be sold to another driver along the way (like a relay race and you are the baton).
Get around
There is buses to just about every part of town from the area near the train station. Purchase a town map and it should have the bus routes on it. Bus 8 goes past the Jade Buddha Temple and terminates outside Qianshan Park. To the Jade Buddha will cost ¥2 and to Qianshan ¥8. Most other buses cost ¥1 around the city. A few of the longer routes into the suburbs will cost ¥2. Bus 8 departs from the Jianguo Street behind the long-distance bus station, at the southeast end of the square near the train station. Other buses leave from the local bus station situated to the northwest corner of the square.
Taxis are inexpensive in Anshan. The rates are ¥7 for up to 3km and ¥2 for each 1km there after. All taxis are metred but for longer journeys, you may negotiate the fare. A taxi to Qianshan Mountains will cost about ¥30.
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Attackman Drew Westervelt scored a career-high eight goals to lead an impressive offensive showing as the Chesapeake Bayhawks blew out the New York Lizards, 21-8, in the first Major League Lacrosse game at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island, N.Y.
Westervelt, a seventh-year veteran out of UMBC and John Carroll, stuck corners on off-ball shots and also dodged for unassisted tallies, collecting his eight goals on 12 shots.
Attackman John Grant Jr. scored four times for Chesapeake (4-2), which ended a two-game losing streak. Grant scored twice in spectacular style with a quick-flip, over-the-shoulder goal and a low, underhand shot after faking a behind-the-back pass.
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Goalkeeper Kip Turner (Severn) made 15 saves to anchor a suffocating defensive effort for Chesapeake, which limited New York to two goals over the second and third quarters. Barney Ehrmann gobbled up six ground balls while fellow long-stick defensive midfielder Jesse Bernhardt scooped five grounders as the Bayhawks finished with a 36-26 advantage in that category. Bernhardt, the team's 2013 first-round draft choice out of Maryland, was making his Bayhawks debut.
Veteran attackman Tim Goettelmann (Loyola College) played his first game for Chesapeake after coming out of retirement and looked sharp with two goals. Goettelmann, who spent 11 seasons with the Lizards and had not played since 2011, increased his MLL record for career goals to 270. He joined the Bayhawks this week after being selected from the player pool by coach Dave Cottle.
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SKYCOURT is an ambitious renovation project that involved transforming a japanese bubble era house into a modern home connected to the city and the sunlight. The original plan was a dated two-storey house with cramped bedrooms, small windows with no indoor/outdoor flow.
The client wanted to maximize the living space, create a private backyard and develop a structure flooded with the daylight. As the original house was a part of twin houses, the clients also wanted to decorate the facade to severe the link with the sibling. Achieving the clients goal within the constraints of the building, it was required a number of key changes: The new tent structure on the top of the building creates a new third-storey with outside deck. Opening the south of the house and punching a courtyard give abundant daylight. To further capitalize on these changes, the order of the house was reversed so that the living, dining and kitchen were shifted to the upper floors giving those areas access to even more light.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Starting the day in ninth-place, the MIT women's swimming and diving team moved up a spot to eighth after today's action at the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The Engineers scored 30 points during the day to move their total to 98, just 16 points behind the College of New Jersey and Johns Hopkins University for sixth-place.
Sophomore Christy Rogers (Bend, Ore.) started things off for MIT on the third day of competition with a solid performance in the 100 Backstroke, with her time of 56.68 in the preliminaries good enough to qualify her for the consolation finals. In that race she lowered her time by 0.22 seconds, with her effort of 56.46 earning a 10th-place finish.
Another MIT sophomore, Calley Murphy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), was the next Engineer to qualify to the evening session. Taking part in the 100 Breaststroke, she turned in a 1:05.19 in the preliminary heats which put her in the consolation final. There she clocked a 1:05.59 for a 16th-place finish.
In the final event of the day, the 800 Freestyle Relay, MIT saw its team of junior Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, Neb.), sophomore Katelyn Rossick (Middletown, Md.), freshman Nicole Ozminkowski (Saline, Mich.) and freshman Emily Ryan (Indianapolis, Ind.) improve on their qualifying time by nearly two seconds. The Engineers touched home in 7:36.20 to claim eighth-place and All-America status, becoming just the second All-American relay in Institute history.
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I have found in every year that I provided snacks for children who "forgot" their snack that more and more children forget every day until eventually rarely anyone brings a snack. This year, even though my snack is dry, plain Cheerios, they still all seem to have "forgotten."
I don't have time to check individual backpacks, so my solution is to "run out" and not put any more out for several days. I also encourage my free breakfast students (about half of the class) to save the fruit from their breakfast for snack time. Most of the breakfast gets thrown out anyway. For one or two children, I think the parents are purposely sending them without snack, knowing I will provide it.
fwiw, I have had children who truly were in need and I would always take care of that need. That's what we all do.
I wonder how many of those facebook commenters have bought bulk snacks and provided them to schools/teachers for that purpose. If we know hunger is an issue, why do we put the problem on the backs of teachers? Schools should provide. I know I'm sounding old here, but how did we all survive school without snacks and water bottles?
I do provide snacks for my students much of the time. 2x a week there are fruits/veggies provided by the district. Other days many students bring snack. I try to have something for those who do not bring snack. Sometimes families will donate snacks for the class, and that's always welcome.
If it was just one student, I would DEFINITELY provide something.
Thank you for the replies! I've been lucky in that I've had parents and/or the school supply plenty of snacks, I was just curious as to what teachers do when they do not have these resources.
In a global sense, I think all people who can provide food to a hungry child should be expected to do so. We'd live in a better world if that were the case.
I teach 2nd and don't provide a snack for students that don't have one. Snack isn't a required meal (like lunch) - it's an extra so I don't feel bad for not providing one for those that didn't bring one.
As for giving a student my lunch, I'd buy them a cafeteria lunch first.
I have only worked in high poverty schools. All the schools in my area now give free lunch and breakfast because it was ridiculous to only have a couple of kids who paid for lunch. Often we had kids come late and would miss breakfast and had not eaten since lunch the previous day, so I always kept food in my class for those situations.
However, I do not think teachers should ever be expected to provide snacks. I am also not a big believer in snacks in school period (past preschool). Our kids are in school less than 6 hours and have two meals in that time which is enough. Teachers are rightfully expected to teach all children, but they should not be expected to feed all children.
Even teaching K, with the exception of the very beginning of the school year, the only time I provided snacks were if a child arrived too late for free breakfast (and didn't have his/her own snack to eat) or if we had leftover food from a party or project to share.
I put graham crackers on the supply donation list so I would have something to share at the beginning of the year before people got into the routine though.
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We have lots of kids who have free lunch then lots of times have money for the vending machines. Frosts my fern!
I have found in every year that I provided snacks for children who "forgot" their snack that more and more children forget every day until eventually rarely anyone brings a snack. This year, even though my snack is dry, plain Cheerios, they still all seem to have "forgotten."
I don't have time to check individual backpacks, so my solution is to "run out" and not put any more out for several days. I also encourage my free breakfast students (about half of the class) to save the fruit from their breakfast for snack time. Most of the breakfast gets thrown out anyway. For one or two children, I think the parents are purposely sending them without snack, knowing I will provide it.
fwiw, I have had children who truly were in need and I would always take care of that need. That's what we all do.
We have a late lunch, so my students work better if they have a midmorning snack. I have one student (special ed classroom) who is on pureed foods. Due to his past history (long story), he was on a bottle until he was 8 years old. There was no such thing as baby food and there was no way to puree regular foods for him. We found out he likes pureed bananas, so one of my paras has been purchasing them for him. I'm going to go buy a case this weekend. The parents send a lunch with him (not pureed) and we get a pureed lunch for him. He hates it. I also buy cold cereal that the kids can have as finger foods. 2 of my students do have parents who send snacks, which is really nice. I guess, in the scheme of things, if I'm not feeding them all a full meal every day, then it's something I don't mind doing. Should I have to do it? No. I do it because it helps the class run more smoothly.
I am fortunate to work in a school with supportive parents. I will not provide a snack to students. Never have and never will. I don't work so I can support someone else's family.
That said, when I was teaching 1st I had parents who would provide extra snack for kids who didn't have one. Otherwise, those students would go without. I know most of them were in school and had breakfast. They get lunch. Many of them take food home due to a grant. But, I am not buying for them.
I would be tempted to respond that "There's no reason the people who are commenting that the teachers should have food available can't donate some non-perishable wrapped snacks if they want."
This is the first year I'm giving a kid a snack. I do allow them to bring snacks...even I need a morning snack to make it to lunch! I have one student who has a terrible home life and I know he doesn't get what he needs at home. He also becomes extremely "hangry" so it is to my benefit to have a snack for him. I just keep granola bars in my closet. Is it expected? No. But it's the least I can do for this hurting child.
provide snacks. But I think if they know a kid is without food they must do something to remedy that.
My school is one where most students receive free breakfast and lunch but many are hungry. They get to school too late to get breakfast and even lunch can be a problem for them. My students know I offer snacks if they or a friend are in need and I mostly feel it is not abused.
I used to go back and forth with this. A very few kids were often hungry, no breakfast, no snack. But then more kids wanted my snack "cause it was better than theirs."
I stopped having snacks. The one child whose crazy mother didn't feed him enough was given permission to go to cafeteria and get an apple.
should not be expected to supply snacks to students. This is especially true today with all the allergies and students who are special diets. A teacher might offer them an unacceptable snack.
Snacks need to be provided by parents or perhaps the school if there is a need.
I would refer them to the school nurse. She always had crackers or would walk them down to the cafeteria. It's a sad situation. Schools are to provide everything today. Then what would happen if child had an allergy or became ill. Time to sue the teacher.
We have a Food Sharing Program at our school where all children are free to access bagels with cream cheese, cheddar cheese slices, carrots, raisins, yoghurt, apples, dry cereal, crackers and apple sauce cups. It is available to all students, but we teach them that it is for when you don't have enough, just because you want. The food is provided free of charge from the Program. I run the program at the school with a couple of other teachers and really see a benefit for the many hungry students we have.
That is definitely a parent's responsibility.
I would try to have snacks available for the student though.
At my school, I would inform the counselor, and she would make sure snacks were available for the student.
I have provided food for students and most teachers I know would find something for a hungry student. I do not think teachers should be expected to provided the food or give up their lunch.
No, it isn't an expectation, but many teachers do provide emergency snacks for kids that come to school hungry and distracted. Many schools have food and clothing pantries that quietly help families without peers noticing.
This line between social services and schools has been crossed, actually more like bulldozed since the first school house opened. Parents and lawmakers seem to feel that teachers and schools are the logical caretakers for the community.
I teach first and we have a relatively early lunch so we have an optional afternoon snack time. I do not provide snacks if they don't have one. I encourage students to save a part of their breakfast (provided free to all) or lunch, if they don't have a snack. They rarely eat all of their breakfast or lunch. I also have a tub where students can put unopened food they don't want.
Our society is so quick to 'blame' teachers for so many things that are beyond our control!!! If they want to 'blame' someone, blame the parents! Feeding your children is a basic human necessity. That being said, I would definitely give the child a snack, but ultimately, it is the parents' responsibility. Just my 2 cents.
Expected to? No
However if I was the classroom teacher and every other student had a snack I would want to make the student feel comfortable so I would provide a snack. I would also go an extra step and make sure the student was given the snack discreetly so that the other students didn't know.
I get that teachers provide a lot to their classrooms, but this would take precedence over some class project materials.
Today one of the facebook groups I belong to posted a article that talked about childhood hunger. It was very sad, and they showed Christmas lists where children wished they had clothes that fit and more food. One of the children was in 5th grade, and said he was the only one without a snack. I didn't even know that 5th graders had snack time. I do let my students eat neat snacks during stamina reading time. As long as they clean up,sit at their table, and they are reading, I'm fine with it.
Luckily I work in a school with 100% free breakfast, lunch, and snacks, so this issue doesn't affect me. We even send home bags of food over the weekends.
This is my main point though- so many of the comments were blaming the teacher. They said she should have bought snacks for him or even given him her own lunch
This has been on my mind all day, and I just wanted to see what others thought.


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The SandMine ChallengeAn amazing adventure where you run through an abandoned sandmine while avoiding obstacles! CNN called it one of the 10 Ultimate U.S. Adventures.
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AT&T Drops Wireless Contracts, But There's a Catch
AT&T is launching a program that allows wireless customers to enjoy frequent upgrades and forgo contracts if they purchase their smartphone in full. George Stahl explains the pros and cons. Photo: Getty Images
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Narnia: Prince Caspian "Lucy Pevensie" Costume CLIENT PROJECT
Added Nov 6, 2011
Pascagoula, Miss...
My client Kate saw my other Lucy Pevensie costume on my profile, and contacted me about making her 9 year old daughter Mary Kathryn a Lucy Pevensie costume (from "Narnia: Prince Caspian") for Halloween! I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to make the costume again: especially because since I made the first one, I have acquired better sewing skills. This was the first fitted garment I ever made for anyone outside of my family, so I was really nervous— but I was also really excited.
I made a muslin of the bodice first, because I knew I would need to get everything perfect before I cut the real fabric.
I used the pattern McCalls 6376, Girls size 8. I did a few slight alterations, but mostly stuck to the pattern. I lengthened the bodice a total of 2 1/2 inches, because the waistline seemed a little high for my design. I rounded the neckline. I also cut more of a "V" shape in the back and added a "modesty panel", so the lacing would show the panel underneath. I changed the shape of the lower sleeve and drafted my own slight bell-shaped piece. I made a split down the front of the skirt by cutting the front rust piece NOT on the fold and adding 5/8" for a seam allowance. I hemmed the sides of the blue underpanel about 12" and then stitched it to the rust pieces in the seam.
The overskirt fabric was originally cream-colored. It was a cotton which felt and looked exactly like linen, and it was only $1.00 a yard: so I had to get it. I used a bunch of scarlet RIT dye and a little orange dye to turn it the proper color. I wanted it to be a little darker, but… oh well.
The most fun part was when I got to hand-paint the bodice. I was worried that the paint would bleed in the silk, but when I used the "Textile Medium" with the paint, it worked just fine. I sat infront of my computer desk and used an image on the monitor for reference. I spent several hours working on it, but it was worth it. I love the way it turned out.
I made a facing for the "U" in the neckline of the bodice. Then I sewed the gold cording on a blue fabric piece and sewed it behind the facing. I sewed a 1/2" blue "piping" piece around the neckline; then I stitched the bodice lining down on top of the raw edge. When I turned the lining right side out, everything was smooth and finished — no raw edges! I hand-embroidered a blanket stitch with gold embroidery floss around the edge of the silk part of the neck, to make it seem more like there was a silk overdress and then the blue underdress beneath.
I sewed the gold belting down to the waist seam before I lined the bodice, so it would catch in the lining on the back opening. That way, no ugly raw trim edge on the inside!
I used a 2" wide piece of REALLY heavy fusible interfacing on the back opening edges of the lining, so the lacing grommets would have the right reinforcement. It kept the back from tugging in weird ways when the cord was lacing it up.
I set twelve silver grommets in the silver portion of the back, and two red ones in the rust portion, so they would blend in instead of standing out. The modesty panel was just a "V" sort-of shape that I interfaced with medium interfacing, lined with cotton and stitched to the inside back of the dress.
The sleeves were the hardest part, because the velvet was very stretchy. I was lining it with cotton, so the velvet was stretching waaay out of shape. After a while (with the help of about 1,000 pins), I got it to smooth out. I stitched the gold trim on the mid-arm seam before I fully lined the sleeves. After that, I eased the armholes and stitched the sleeves to the dress.
Lastly, I lightly gathered the bell-shaped hem of the skirt and then stitched it up. I made the hem 3" deep, so that when Mary Kathryn got a little taller it could be let out.
I also made my own designer tag for the back with printer fabric. I designed it on my computer, printed it out on the printer fabric, and then hand-stitched it down to the modesty panel in the back.
This was such a fun project, and I love the pictures that Mary Kathryn's mom sent me. She looks great in it! I think it looks even more like Lucy's dress from the movie than the one I made for myself.
Material Notes
1/2 yard of silver-green silk, 1 yard pumpkin/rust stretch velvet, 3 yards natural cotton/linen blend, 1/2 yard light blue suiting for underskirt panel, 2 yards light blue cotton for lining, 1/8" heavyweight interfacing.
1 yard of 1" wide gold gimp trim, 1/2 yard of 1/4 wide light gold gimp trim, 2 yards 1/8" tan leather cord, 1/8 yard gold soutache braid.
12 silver grommets, 2 red/rust grommets, 2 packages of scarlet RIT dye, a 1/4 pack of sunshine orange RIT dye, red & gold embroidery floss, grey fabric marker, gold acrylic paint, fabric medium for paint, paintbrush, 1 sheet printer fabric, thread.
- Season
- Spring, Fall, Winter
- For
- Children
- Garment Type
- Costume
- Style
- Geek, Other
- Material
- Cotton, Linen, Other, Silk, Suiting, Velvet
- Photographer (of Me)
Allison M.
- Model
Mary Kathryn W.
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Oct 21, 2018, 11.29 PMby doggielover
This is a wonderful dress!I was wondering if you could make it for a costume in a kids size ten to twelve.How long will it take to arrive and how much will it cost?
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Oct 28, 2018, 07.07 PMby lanternwaste33
Hi! Yes I can make it for a girl's size 10-12. It would take about 2 weeks to make. My price for that size is usually around $150. You can email me via my website at www.stardustdolls.net if you're interested.
Sep 26, 2015, 03.51 PMby Momof5kiddos
I am looking for someone to make a Lucy dress for my 9 year old daughter for Halloween this year. We saw your beautiful dress and we're thrilled! Would you be willing to make one for us? Thank you, Melissa
Sep 12, 2015, 02.17 PMby 3loviesoffun
Do you make this costume for clients?
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Sep 20, 2015, 06.45 PMby lanternwaste33
Yes, I do! If you are interested, please contact me via my website www.stardustdolls.com
Sep 8, 2012, 01.05 AMby horseluver328
Hello! How much would this costume this be for a sz 13-14?
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Sep 20, 2015, 06.47 PMby lanternwaste33
If you email me through my website www.stardustdolls.com , we could discuss design details and price! :)
Dec 14, 2011, 09.27 PMby nuiwida23
Jeez Louise!!! That is one rockin' costume! Any seamstress can tell that you put a LOT of work into that dress…what a lucky girl to be able to wear it. And hand-painted silk no less! Gahhh, I just can't get over it…you would have to charge the client an arm and leg to get me to do it, but I have a feeling you were fair on her…us sewing girls are just too nice sometimes :) Congrats on such an awesome garment, and keep up the great work!
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Dec 15, 2011, 04.39 AMby lanternwaste33
Thanks so much! Your comment made my night. =D
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