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I'd wanted to create a sensory box for Charlie ever since I saw the sensory box of beans Mrs. Hide and Seek made for her daughter. So on a recent cold winter day when we were stuck indoors, I made an impromptu sensory box out of rice and filled it with animal figurines. Charlie had the time of his life burying the animals, digging for the animals, and scooping the rice with a cup and transferring it into another container. He played with this box for at least a couple of hours!
Since that day, I've become obsessed with learning more about sensory play, learning through play, homeschooling, the Montessori method, the Waldorf method and much more. We're definitely going to talk more about that on Hellobee, but for now, I want to share some of the cool learning-through-play indoor activities I've discovered along my blog and Pinterest travels. All of these activities are perfect for winter days (or any day!) and are super easy to do!
- Freeze little plastic toys, let them melt in bath water.
- Make glowing bath paint, let your LO paint in the tub in the dark!
- Freeze water + food coloring in an ice cube tray. Add colored cubes to bath water and let your child chase them before they melt!
- Throw glow sticks in the bathtub and take a bath in the dark.
- Make bubble bath paint, let your kids paint in the tub.
- Add food coloring to milk and swirl around to create milk art.
- Add food coloring to condensed milk to create a nice, edible paint.
- Paint with homemade watercolors on a DIY easel made of cardboard.
- Fill bottles with water and food coloring, and paint outside in the snow.
- Make bingo daubers using plastic water bottles, water, and food coloring and dab away.
- Make puffy paint.
- Make homemade fingerpaint; Soak sponges in paint for easy access.
- Put paint inside a ziploc bag, tape the sides down onto the table, let kids "finger paint".
- Make playdoh with food coloring, Jello or Kool Aid.
- Make cloud dough - the soft stuff at hands-on children's museums.
- Tape contact paper to a wall, and give your LO light items like pom poms, balloons, buttons, etc. to throw and stick.
- Make a fort.
- Make race tracks with masking tape.
- Fill a wipes bin with fabric scraps tied together and let your LO pull it out.
- Add food coloring to vinegar and squeeze onto baking soda with an eye dropper for a homemade volcano!
- Act out or recreate a story from a book like We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
- Create an obstacle course using yarn.
- Make the world's best bubbles using dish soap, corn syrup and water.
- Help put clothes in the washer and dryer.
- Help wash dishes.
- Help wipe surfaces with paper towels. (Charlie loves all of these activities.)
Learning through Play
- Make your own matching game with images cut in half.
- Make a color matching game.
- Make a color sorting tray to teach color.
- Tape shapes to the floor with masking tape to improve motor skills and learn shapes.
Sensory Play/Fine Motor Skills
- Turn your pack n play into a ball pit - just add balls.
- Create a sensory box with beans or (rainbow) rice. Fill with just about anything you want!
- Glue various items to pieces of cardboard to create texture boards.
- Put pipe cleaners into anything with holes (colander, spice jar, etc.) to work on fine motor skills.
- Stick a raw spaghetti noodle into a ball of playdoh. Let your child stack Cheerios on the noodle to work on fine motor skills.
- Transfer water with a baster into a muffin tin's individual compartments.
- Create discovery baskets with similar items - balls, brushes, cooking utensils, etc.
- Fill balloons with play doh for squeezing, sensory fun.
- Create tinker toys with marshmallows and toothpicks (Charlie loves this).
- Glue velcro onto crafts sticks for hours of sticking and unsticking fun.
- Stack canned food or boxes on top of each other (pet food is great for this).
- Make discovery bottles by filling bottles with various liquids and objects (a magnet plus pipe cleaners are the coolest).
We'll continue to add to this list as we discover more fun learning through play activities that you can easily recreate yourself. Please feel free to share any ideas and links that you might have in the comments!
Sensory Play Activities part 2 of 111. Cool Beans by Mrs. Hide and Seek
2. Learning Through Play - Indoor Toddler Activities by Guides
3. Edible Fingerpaint by DIY
4. Baking as Sensory Play by DIY
5. Food Coloring + Vinegar + Baking Soda = 4th Grade Science Project by Mrs. Bee
6. Fine Motor Fun: Pudding Bags by Mrs. Cowgirl
7. What is a Discovery Basket and How to Make One by Kylie @ How We Montessori
8. Baby Games: What's that smell? by Mrs. Tricycle
9. DIY Construction Site Activity Tray by Caroline @ Armelle Blog
10. Making Sensory Play Manageable at Home by Mrs. Lion
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SAN DIEGO — A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a hunter who allegedly started the largest wildfire in California history.
Sergio Martinez, 34, was indicted on one count each of setting timber on fire and making a false statement to a federal officer. Each charge carries a maximum five years in prison.
The 2003 blaze, called the Cedar fire, killed 15 people, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and charred 273,000 acres from the mountains east of San Diego into the nation's seventh-largest city.
The blaze began Oct. 25 in the Cleveland National Forest after Martinez became lost on a deer hunting trip and lit a fire at dusk, according to the county sheriff's department. The fire, driven by Santa Ana winds, then swept through tinder-dry brush and trees.
On the night of the blaze, the Forest Service issued Martinez a misdemeanor citation for setting an unauthorized fire. He was released with a warning that he could face felony charges if people were injured or homes destroyed.
Asked what held up the indictment for nearly a year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Lasater said officials had conducted "a thorough investigation."
Jose Martinez, the Los Angeles-based lawyer representing the defendant, declined to immediately comment. Sergio Martinez could not be reached for comment. Martinez is to be arraigned Thursday in federal court, where a judge will decide if he should be taken into custody, Lasater said.
The indictment carries special allegations that Martinez's actions caused more than $400 million damage and 14 deaths, including one firefighter. The San Diego Medical Examiner's office later determined an unidentified man found in a drainage ditch was the fire's 15th victim.
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We made this last year for Christmas and will be making it again. It was something of a project, but that was part of the fun of it. The only change that I will make this time around will be to leave the corn syrup out of the ganache - it made it hard, and I think that soft and swirly is a better way to go.
I made this for Christmas Eve. It was great and I will make it again, possibly using a more flavorful liqueur such as Tia Maria instead of brandy.
I wanted Tiramisu for Christmas Eve this year and couldn't resist this one. As most Buches it is time consuming but as I wasn't hosting the meal it was worth the effort. The mushrooms were as much of a hit as the Buche itself! Most of them disappeared before dinner. No need to melt additional chocolate to assemble them, there is plenty of ganache left to do the trick. The only thing I didn't like was boiling good espresso down to make the syrup (better to just dissolve some espresso powder in hot water and add the sugar and Cognac.
I've made buches before, and I agree it does take a bit of time and uses a lot of equipment. Still, it's not too technical, and the ganache coating and decorations make it easy to cover any "mistakes." It was a big hit at my French-themed dinner party. The cake is a basic French roulade recipe, and it rolls up nicely without cracking. I upped the coffee flavor in the filling by warming the cream and steeping it with coarsely ground espresso beans, then straining and chilling overnight. The recipe makes way too much ganache; I'd cut it to 8 or 9 ounces of chocolate next time. I didn't make the mushrooms this time, but I made holly leaves and berries with marzipan and food coloring.
I made this dessert for a holiday dinner party. It was hugely time consuming, but it was truly fun to make and it was absolutely delicious. Rave reviews from all the guests. It was fun to mix my love of baking and add a twist of crafty creativity to get it to look just like the photo. I added a touch of espresso to the chocolate ganache and used semi-sweet chocolate. Perfect. The chocolate meringue mushrooms were divine! I made enough mushrooms to serve each guest one or two with each slice of tiramisu. However, the mushroom meringue recipe made SO MUCH that I ended up tossing at least half the batter after I piped about 20 mushroom stems and caps. If you choose to do the mushrooms, you can probably just divide the recipe in half or you could make it as it reads and do different shapes like rings or shells for another dessert and set them aside.


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- May 19, 2009
Unlikely Ally: Ralph Nader addresses Capitol Hill over likely GM bankruptcy
In truth, Nader is not necessarily sticking up for GM, but as a consumer advocate he's more interested in protecting tax-payers and the thousands -- if not millions -- of families that could be harmed if the Auto Task Force makes a misstep on its march towards an increasingly likely GM bankruptcy. His solution? Get Congress involved through more oversight of the Auto Task Force's decisions and urge the administration to postpone any irreversible decisions until they can be carefully reviewed in Congressional hearings. Of course, this delay would mean that GM needs more bridge loans to survive the interim, but as Nader reminds us, "the virtually condition-free Wall Street" bailout has cost much more. Follow the jump to read Nader's letter for yourself in its entirety.
[Source: Nader.org | Photo Source: Brendan Smialowski/Getty]
Letter to Chairmen Dodd and Frank Regarding the GM Bankruptcy
May 18, 2009
Senator Chris Dodd
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
448 Russell Building
Washington, DC 20510
Congressman Barney Frank
House Committee on Financial Services
2252 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Senator Dodd and Congressman Frank:
The government-led restructuring of Chrysler and General Motors has been twice delegated -- first by Congress to the Executive, and then by the President to a task force. Formally made up of cabinet officials and high-level political appointees, control over the process has in fact been delegated, without adequate standards, to a handful of special advisers. Thus has the future of a centerpiece of American manufacturing capacity been delegated to a small unelected and largely unaccountable group arranged to avoid the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Congress must, at the least, reclaim its oversight role in this process, and subject the Auto Task Force's proposals and plans to careful scrutiny before irreversible measures -- such as a GM bankruptcy filing -- are undertaken.
The President has stated that "I am absolutely committed to working with Congress and the auto companies to meet one goal: The United States of America will lead the world in building the next generation of clean cars." That is a laudable sentiment, and it is imperative that this goal be achieved.
But it is not befitting our system of checks and balances for Congress to rely on a presidential statement of good intentions -- particularly when it is a small, informal group of appointed non-experts who are charged with rescuing the auto industry.
The Auto Task Force has guided Chrysler into bankruptcy, and appears on course to do the same with GM. The government overseers are hoping for a quick bankruptcy reorganization, resolution of creditor claims that were not resolving themselves through private negotiation, and emergence of a debt-free company, shorn of encumbering assets, post-bankruptcy.
However, there is enormous risk in such a move. The bankruptcy process may not move as quickly as imagined; it is after all, independent judges who control the process, not the executive branch. Especially if the bankruptcy process lingers -- but even if it does not -- there is a serious risk of impairing consumer purchasing confidence in a once-bankrupt auto company. This was conventional wisdom just six months ago. It is not clear why this conventional wisdom has been abandoned, notwithstanding the government guarantee of GM and Chrysler warrantees.
The matter of impaired consumer confidence deserves much more attention than it has received, at least in any public fashion. Already, reports are emerging of further declines in Chrysler sales after its bankruptcy filing, and of widespread belief among consumers that the company is liquidating.
Lost consumer confidence in GM could quite conceivably overwhelm the "benefits" to the company of eliminating outstanding liabilities. Thus the plans of the task force may prove to be a house of cards.
The bankruptcy route for GM is also likely to have important ripple effects especially on suppliers, with a ripple of supplier bankruptcies likely to follow such a move by GM. Even Toyota has commented to Members of Congress on its concern that a GM bankruptcy will pull down suppliers that sell to both companies. Such a ripple will mean more lost jobs, more pain for communities across the country, and a loss of some the most dynamic and innovative parts of the industry.
It is obvious that GM needs a new direction, and the removal of its CEO was a welcome step. The rest of the incumbent management though, remains in place, raising concerns about the ability of the company to remake itself.
While the company needs a new direction, and probably a contraction, it is not obvious that it needs to contract as much as the secretive task force envisions, and in the ways apparently planned. Before the task force's plans with GM are enacted -- and certainly before the company declares bankruptcy -- Congress should hold deliberative hearings to protect taxpayers' investments and seek answers to these questions, among many others:
* Is the task force right in pushing for elimination of as many brands as it has demanded?
* Is the task force asking for too many plants to close?
* Do GM and Chrysler really need to close as many dealerships as have been announced? Is the logic of closing dealers to enable the remaining dealers to charge higher prices (See, for example, Peter Whoriskey and Kendra Marr, "Chrysler Pulls Out of Hundreds of Franchises," Washington Post, May 15, 2009); and if so, why is the government facilitating such a move? Is it reasonable and fair for GM to impose liability for disposing of unsold cars on dealers with which it severs relations, as Chrysler has apparently done?
* Has the task force evaluated the social ripple effects on suppliers, innovation, dealers, newspapers, banks and others that hold company stock and/or are company creditors, and other unique harms that might stem from bankruptcy?
* Would a government-driven bankruptcy process comport with the rights of owner-shareholders?
* Why has the task force maintained the Bush administration-negotiated obligation for unionized auto workers at GM and Chrysler to accept wages comparable to those in non-unionized Japanese company plants in the United States? This requirement is especially troubling given the low contribution of wages to the cost of a car (10 percent), and that it may set off a downward spiral of wages, with the non-union plants no longer needing to compete with union wages, and union wages following those in non-union plants.
* Is the task force obtaining guarantees that, after restructuring with U.S. taxpayer financing, GM cars sold in the United States be made in the United States? If not, why not?
* How will bankruptcy affect GM's overseas operations, with special reference to China and GM corporate entanglements with Chinese partners? Are they and their profits being exempted from the restrictions and cutbacks imposed on domestic operations? If there is such a disparity, is it reasonable and unavoidable?
* How will bankruptcy affect GM's obligations to parties engaged in pending litigation in the courts with GM regarding serious injuries suffered because of design or product defects?
* What guarantees is the task force obtaining to ensure that the GM of the future invests in safer and more fuel efficient vehicles, and what investments will the new company make in ecologically sustainable technologies? How will a potential bankruptcy filing affect, ignore or preclude any such future investments and commitments?
Among the most worrisome components in the restructuring plan is the willingness to sacrifice U.S. manufacturing, and permit GM to increase manufacturing overseas for export back into the United States. Recent news reports indicate that the company will rely increasingly on overseas plants to make cars for sale in the United States, with cars made in low-wage countries like Mexico rising from 15 to 23 percent of GM sales in the United States. For the first time, GM plans emerged to export cars from China to the United States, in what may be a harbinger of the company's future business model; although the company has stated after negative publicity that it will not export from China, there is no evidence that it is abandoning the business model of outsourcing production for the U.S. market, and questions remain about how binding is the recent commitment not to export to the United States from China.
Not surprisingly, industry analysts have quickly weighed in to emphasize that "political considerations" should not interfere with obtaining purported "efficiencies." But such talk is gibberish in the context of a government bailout. What is the point of the U.S. government bailing out GM if not to respond to the political considerations of preserving jobs, communities, manufacturing capacity and directing the mismanaged company to an ecologically sustainable future?
Will the U.S. Congress abdicate its responsibilities while such plans are finalized by the delegated task force? Such a willful abdication would contrast starkly with the dutiful legislative hearings and legislation regarding the Chrysler bailout in 1979.
At the very least, the Congress must exercise its oversight powers. It should, at the very least, urge the Obama administration to defer any plans for bankruptcy or other irreversible moves until after the task force plan has been subjected to close and careful review via thorough Congressional hearings. If delay requires some additional bridge funding for GM, surely such funding with suitable equity positions is appropriate, in light of the potential risks of bankruptcy to millions of families and further governmental relief programs, and the vastly greater sums that have been so recklessly expended on the virtually condition-free Wall Street bailout.
/s/ Ralph Nader
/s/ Robert Weissman
P.O. Box 19312
Washington, DC 20036
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Phil Taylor: The path to sporting greatness
Victory in Tuesday's PDC World Championship final gave Phil "The Power" Taylor a 16th title, to consolidate his place as the greatest ever darts player with a record that few other sportspeople can rival in their respective discipline.
Taylor, 52, needed every ounce of the mental strength which has seen him crush opponents on the way to 193 career titles to beat Dutchman Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace on New Year's Day.
The triumph brings a 16th success in 25 years, which compares favourably to other greats such as Michael Schumacher's record of seven Formula 1 wins in 19 years and Kelly Slater's 11 world surfing titles.
It's an impressive achievement considering Van Gerwen, 29 years his junior, had won their last two encounters and been the form player in this year's showpiece event.
Taylor in numbers
- 2: Taylor came second in the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards
- 9: The number of televised nine-dart finishes he has recorded
- 16: World championships won
- 52: Taylor's age on winning his 16th world title, the oldest ever PDC winner
- 74: The number of BDO and PDC major events won.
- 100: The number of matches played by Taylor at the PDC World Championship
- 118.66: Taylor's average score - the highest in the game's history - against Kevin Painter in 2010
- 119: Other tournaments won by 'The Power'
- £5,250,006: Taylor's total career earnings after taking the £200,000 winner's cheque on New Year's Day
Meanwhile, Taylor, who has taken the sport to new levels with long hours of practice that forced opponents into heavy scoring which required greater accuracy, had not won the world title since 2010, and his powers appeared to be declining with age.
During the last two years, he has experimented with glasses as his sight deteriorated and ditched his trusty darts for a new weighty set as he tried to reclaim his grip on the sport.
Taylor built a gym in his house so that he could train every day, took up swimming to aid weight loss and ensured he practised at least four hours a day, every day, before tucking himself up in bed by nine.
He even tried using a sports psychologist before coming to the conclusion that "you can't teach people to win, it's in you. You have either got it or you haven't".
The hard work paid off and the 52-year-old has successfully reinvented himself.
Born in Stoke, Taylor's supreme work ethic was clear to see early on. In his youth, he would spend hours pinging a golf ball up against the garden wall to improve his hand-eye coordination.
When he was old enough to get a job, the Port Vale fan would work in a factory crafting ceramic toilet holders during the day, pull pints in the evening and if there was any spare time left, he would turn his hand to repairing cars.
Taylor's early years
When Taylor was old enough to get a job, the Port Vale fan would work in a factory crafting ceramic toilet holders during the day, pull pints in the evening and if there was any spare time left, he would turn his hand to repairing cars
Taylor did not throw a dart until he was 26. On a night out with his wife Yvonne, he challenged a local lad who had recently qualified for an event on TV to a game in his local pub, owned by five-time world champion Eric Bristow, and won.
From there, he began to play more regularly and Bristow soon convinced him to take the game up full-time, even sponsoring him £10,000 so that he could quit his other jobs and completely dedicate himself to the game. Taylor did just that.
"He's superb, he's very dedicated and puts a lot of time into his sport," Bristow told BBC Radio 5 live. "He plays four, five or six hours a day, even now, thirty years on, so he's just a very dedicated player."
The man from Stoke won his first title - the Canadian Open - in his debut season in 1988 and picked up his first BDO world title two years later.
Another world championship followed before he moved to the PDC series and won 14 of the next 20 titles, including an unbeaten run between 1995 and 2002.
Taylor has said he lives, breathes and even dreams the sport, adding that he often wakes himself up twitching and throwing darts in his sleep.
How Taylor compares
- Michael Schumacher won seven world titles in a Formula 1 career that spanned 19 years
- Surfer Kelly Slater won his 11th title in 22 years last season
- MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has won nine titles
- Phil Taylor has 16 world titles in a career which has just entered its 25th year
And his refusal to entertain the thought of defeat - he came back from 2-0 and 4-2 down in Tuesday's final to become the oldest winner of the tournament - has seen him dominate the sport for the last two decades.
When he was asked what his secret was, Taylor replied: "Get four kids, it focuses your mind. You've got to provide for them and it's in that moment that you either win or lose."
It is that kind of mental focus which saw him offer his services to Fabio Capello when the Italian was in charge of the national football team. Taylor said: "So much of sport is that mental attitude. I would tell them what goes through my mind when it comes to lifting the title."
Taylor says he will return to defend his title in December, but Bristow thinks a record of 20 titles is out of reach.
"No, he won't get to 20 but there's most likely to be another one in him," said Bristow. "He is getting on a bit now. Van Gerwen is going to win a few. I think we have seen the newcomer coming through who's going to take over from Phil, but not yet."
Taylor disagrees, telling BBC Radio 5 live: "Could I get to 20? I'll try. I'll be back on the practice board tomorrow getting ready for next season.
"It is catching up with me, you do feel it, but as long as I keep myself fit, I can keep going."
Whether he wins another title or not, Taylor's record speaks for itself.
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Comment number 400.BillyThe Fish
4th January 2013 - 22:01
John, I do iron man distance so I was quoting that! Nobody us questioning the skill, but by definition it is a game!
Wasnt discussing entertainment, darts is entertaining but so is monopoly
Comment number 399.AVBs Negative Spiral
4th January 2013 - 21:47
Psycho, you are exagerating the distances for an olympic triathlon, but that is not the point. It is indeed a remarkable achievement, but so is the ability to hit doubles and trebles on a dart board, under pressure and under studio lights.
And sorry, but in terms of entertainment the triathlon doesn't come close to the drama of the darts final, although it is nowhere near as dull as horse riding.
Comment number 398.BillyThe Fish
4th January 2013 - 21:15
Rammig, I have a big barrel here you can scrape the bottom of! Having scored 180s it can't be that difficult!! You fancy 2.5 mile swim, 128 mile bike and a marathon?, oh and I do it in under 10 hrs, put your money where your mouth is. Brownlee would have finished top 20 in the 10k, won by Mo???
Comment number 397.rammig
4th January 2013 - 20:47
Pyscho - triathlon requires fitness, darts requires skill. You not good enough to do either of 3 individually?! Same applies to the Brownlee's.
AE - bet most people could learn to jump a fence on a horse quicker than scoring 180!
Darts isn't my favourite sport but much more interesting than triathlon or horse racing
Comment number 396.Maksi
4th January 2013 - 20:47
If I had sat on the horses this McCoy had sat on I would also be Sports Personality of The Year.
That said, I couldn't hit a nine dart finish ( under serious pressure, or not) if I threw the ruddy darts for 50 years.
Sorry but Phil is the sporting GOAT. I always thought that but this latest victory, against a young brilliant player was astonishing. He won playing superbly too, and at age of 52.
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Gabriel is coming out with a new book, The Hermit. Find out about it here.
See my interview with Gabriel about The Quest for Gnosis here.
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"If you listen to local radio around here, people are calling in and saying, 'I have a home, how can I help? Where can I donate?'" says CBS's Norah O'Donnell.
On KFOR TV, Oklahoma County Commissioner Brian Maughan directed people to relief centers which had popped up where?
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What's happening is that people are improvising - and it must be working, because when I contacted the Red Cross spokesperson and asked how many people were in shelters - she told me that the night after the storm there were 29.
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I can't imagine anyone who would want to use this as a reason to rehash the budget debate.
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Planning a short break to Kuala Lumpur? Check out Travel Library's recommended Top 10 Things To Do in Kuala Lumpur. It's a perfect companion for weekend city breaks to Kuala Lumpur. Once you've been you can add your own tips and suggestions to help other visitors.
Top 10 Things in Kuala Lumpur on a Short Break
Petronas Twin Towers
No one will be able to miss these two identical towers that stand as one of the world's tallest buildings and are the nation's icon of pride. For those who like statistics, the buildings stand 452 m tall and there are 88 stories in all amid lots of glass and steel.
It is not possible to go to the top of the towers but the 41st and 42nd sky bridge link is open to a fixed number of visitors every day. All you have to do is queue in the lobby for a free ticket for either the morning or afternoon sessions.
Housed in the towers include a 864 seat theatre that is home to the Malaysia philharmonic Orchestra and an interactive discovery science centre, both of which are frequently visited by the public. Located between the towers is the city's premier shopping complex, the Suria KLCC.
Chow Kit Market
If you like night time shopping amid a blaze of neon lights then this for you. This market only opens on Saturday nights and is located in an area was once a red light district that got cleaned up and is now dominated by this very popular market.
Some say that the best thing about this market is the opportunity to sample local cuisine while meandering through the stalls. The nasi lemak, which is rice boiled in coconut milk and served with curry, is particularly worth a try. The food is affordable so you can eat to your heart's content.
Masjid Jamek
This is the oldest mosque in Kuala Lumpur and is a typical example of Islamic architecture. Built in 1907, it is set in a grove of palm trees that helps set the serenity and sacredness of the building.
It is not the largest mosque in the country, that honour goes to the National Mosque, known as Masjid Negara, which is more modern and some say, rather Lego like. The National Mosque, which seats 8 000, was completed in 1965 and features an 18 point star on its roof while an 70 m tall minaret catches the eye. But most people prefer to visit Masjid Jamek because it is majestic enough to be featured on many of the post cards that you can buy.
It is worthwhile noting that non Muslims are not allowed in any mosques during prayers.
Meredeka Square
This is in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and the place where national celebrations and marches are likely to take place. More than that, the square has many buildings of historic importance like the Sultan Abdul Samed Building - built in the 19th century which is an example of Victorian Moorish architecture. This was the centre of British administration during the colonial period and is now home to the Supreme and High courts.
Tunku Abdul Rahman
You will be very sorry to leave Malaysia without buying some Middle Eastern carpets which last a lifetime and off course, some antiques. One of the best places to do so is in this street which is jammed with all sorts of antiques and crafts.
Also worth taking home is the kain songket, Malaysia's most high priced woven cloth which usually comes in colours of deep blue, forest green, maroon or purple that is embroidered in silver and gold thread.
Islamic Arts Museum
This is a relatively new museum that has among its exhibits scale models of the world's most famous mosques and buildings like the famous Taj Mahal of India. It is located east of the Lake Gardens near the National Mosque.
There's a lot to learn about the history of Islam through the artifacts which come from various parts of the world like China, the Middle East and Europe. There are relics from the Ottoman Empire of Turkey and Syria and Islamic manuscripts from throughout history.
The museum is the best place in the city to purchase quality Muslim arts and textiles although at prices that are steeper than the other places.
Batu Caves
Just outside the city are these limestone caves that sit on top of a 272 step climb. For the local population the caves are more than just geographical formations as they have Hindu shrines and temples. People come to worship here daily but the busiest time is during the Thaipusam Festival held early in the year when thousands of pilgrims wearing garlands and peacock feathers gather to pay homage.
Golden Triangle
This is the premier business, entertainment and shopping district of Kuala Lumpur which in plain language is the central business district, one that indeed does glitter. There are high rises all over the place like the Petronas Twin Towers (the world's tallest buildings), luxury hotels, night spots and non stop shopping malls. It is definitely a good area for quality shopping items.
Genting Highlands
If you want to let your hair down for a while, just an hour from Kuala Lumpur is this entertainment and amusement complex that has people from all over Asia coming to play.
It is rather bright and noisy which is fine because the idea is for revelers get exactly what they are looking for - spills and thrills. There seems to be something for every body, from arcade games to magic shows and the casino which, by the way is the only casino in Malaysia
Lake Gardens
Every major city has its green belt and Kuala Lumpur is no exception. These gardens, located just off Parliament Rd, were developed in the 1880s and represent over 170 acres of rolling lawns, huge trees, colourful flowers and two lakes. Other features include a National Monument dedicated to the country's war heroes, a children's playground and jogging tracks.
While there, you may as well take advantage of the opportunity to visit the Orchid Gardens and Deer Park, which are around the park. Also in the vicinity are the Butterfly Park and Bird Park.
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Subjects and land,
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Taking that gold, that night with stealth.
Killing my mother,
Thus grew my wealth.
Oh my Lord, I promise,
I'll never do it again.
A sailor I was, strong and wild,
Full fourteen years,
No longer a child.
Lashings and whippings, my dogs, my slaves,
Thoughts for no one,
Then a watery grave.
Oh my Lord, I promise
I'll never ever, do it again.
Then fragrant perfumes, milk white skin.
The envy of all,
No sense of shame.
A girl I was, then lover then bride.
Then prince, then pauper.
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My thoughts, my feelings, my visions abound,
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Peanut Butter and More Fajitas
Categories: Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
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Try this fajita treat for a snack or as part of a quick meal.
Serves: 1 serving
- 2 tablespoons Peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons applesauce or other filling (chopped apples, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, mashed banana, fruit spread)
- 1 8-inch tortilla
- Shredded lettuce, optional
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- Combine peanut butter with applesauce or other filling of choice. Place filling in tortilla. Add lettuce, if desired.
- Roll up tortilla. Eat immediately.
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- Ph.D (Electrical Engineering), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
- M.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
- B.S. (Computer Engineering), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985
Published Journals/ Articles:
- James Decraene, Christopher Monterola, Gary lee, Terence Hung. A quantitative procedure for the spatial characterization of urban land use. International Journal of Modern Physics C. 24, 1250092 (2013). Published 27 Feb 2013.
- Xiuju Fu, Stefan Ma, Gaoxi Xiao, Limsoon Wong, Chee Keong Kwoh, Michael Lees, Gary Kee Khoon Lee, Terence Hung. Effects of Temporal Factors in Combined Intervention of School Closure and Workforce Shift for Mitigating the Spread of Influenza. PLoS one. 7 (3), e32203. March 2012.
- Tjhi WC, Lee KK, Hung T, Tsang IW, Ong YS, Bard F, Racine V. Exploratory analysis of cell-based screening data for phenotype identification in drug-siRNA study. Int. J. Computational Biology and Drug Design. 4(2):194-215. 2011.
- Kim Huat Lee, Iftikhar Ahmed, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Eng Huat Khoo, Er Ping Li, Terence Hung. 2011. Implementation of the FDTD method based on Lorentz-Drude dispersive model on GPU for plasmonics applications. Progress In Electromagnetics Research (PIER) 116, 441-456. May 2011.
- Zhang T, Fu X, Kwoh CK, Xiao G, Wong L, Ma S, Soh H, Lee GK, Hung T, Lees M. "Temporal Factors in School Closure Policy for Mitigating the Spread of Influenza". Journal of Public Health Policy. 32, 180-197. May 2011.
- Soh, Harold; Lim, Sonja; Zhang, Tianyou; Fu, Xiuju; Lee, Gary Kee Khoon; Hung, Terence Gih Guang; di, Pan; Prakasam, Silvester; Wong, Limsoon. "Weighted Complex Network Analysis of Travel Routes on the Singapore Public Transportation System". Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. Volume 389, Issue 24, p. 5852-5863. 2010.
- Khoo, B.T., Bharadwaj, V., Hung, T., See, S., "A Multi-Dimensional Scheduling Scheme in a Grid Computing Environment". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC). Volume 67. Issue 6. pp 659-673. June 2007.
- Jie, W., Hung, T., Cai, W., An Information Service for Grid Virtual Organization: Architecture, Implementation and Evaluation. The Journal of Supercomputing. Vol. 34 Issue 3, Dec 2005. pp 273-290. ISSN: 0920-8542.
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- EF Legara, C Monterola, T Hung and G Lee. "Cascade of travel duration delays in a rapid transport system". �2013 European Conference on Complex Systems. Barcelona. 16-20 September 2013.
- C Monterola,�EF Legara, P Di, G Lee and T Hung. "Non-invasive procedure to probe the route choices of commuters in rail transit systems".� 2013 European Conference on Complex Systems.� Barcelona. 16-20 September 2013. [poster]
- Sifei Lu, Xiaorong Li, Long Wang, Zhaoxia Wang, Henry Novianus Palit, Henry Kasim & Gih Guang Terence Hung.. Cloud-Based Data Analytic & Visualization Framework for Dengue Fever Analytics. CloudAsia2013. 15-17 May 2013. Singapore.
- Henry Kasim, Terence Hung, Xiaorong Li. Data Value Chain as a Service Framework: For Enabling Data Handling, Data Security and Data Analysis in the Cloud. IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems. Pp 804-809. Dec 2012. Singapore.
- Yinping Yang, Jianhui Huang, Dan Ma, Terence Hung. "SmarterCloud: A Website Prototype with Alternate Dynamic Pricing Schemes for Cloud Service". 21st Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2011). 3-4 Dec 2011. Shanghai.
- Henry Kasim, Terence Hung, Xiaorong Li, William-Chandra Tjhi, Sifei Lu, Long Wang, "A Cloud-based Workflow Management Solution for Collaborative Analytics". Ninth International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2011), 5 – 8 December 2011, Paphos, Cyprus.
- Thorsten Matthias Riechers, Shyh-hao Kuo, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Terence Hung, "Component-based Design for Adaptive Large-scale Infectious Disease Simulation", International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 2010. (accepted)
- Xiaorong Li, Sharad Singhal, Terence Hung, "A User-centric Dynamic Cluster Partitioning Approach for HPC Service Optimization", accepted by the 28th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Dec 2009.
- Thorsten M. Riechers, Shyh-hao Kuo, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Harold Soh, Terence Hung, Abid M. Malik, "A Case Study on Dynamic Kernel Adaptation in a Component-based Infectious Disease Simulator", Supercomputing Conference (SC) 2009: Workshop on Component-Based High Performance Computing. November 2009.
- "Enabling Effective Data Analytics in the Cloud". AsiaCloud Conference 2012, 16 Nov 2012, Singapore.
- Summer Institute Workshop on Analytics for Business, Consumer and Social Insights (BCSI2012), Aug 2012, Singapore.
- "Unleashing Innovation through Cloud Computing, HPC & Data Analytics".� Singapore-Japan High Performance Computing Workshop (organized by A*STAR & METI), 27 Feb 2012, Singapore.
- HPC in Asia Workshop. International Supercomputing Conference. 19 June 2011. Germany.
- "Tracking R&D Activities in Developing Technologies to Drive Cloud Propositions". IQPC Cloud Computing 2010. 23-24 November 2010.
- "Exploring the Potential of Cloud Computing: Research and Adoption". Government Cloud Forum. Organized by FutureGov. 20 November 2009.
- Invited speaker for IDC's event on "High Productivity Computing - HPC is going Mainstream" (23 Sep 2008). Singapore.
- Invited speaker for Microsoft's event "HPC Leadership Forum" at GridAsia2008 (19 Sep 2008). Singapore.
- Keynote speaker for HP-CAST10 conference. Grand Hyatt Hotel. Singapore. May 2008.
Selected Conferences
Invited Talks
Books & Book Chapters:
- Yan WU, Gary Lee, Xiuju Fu and Terence Hung. Book Chapter: Mining Weather Information in Dengue Outbreak: Predicting Future Cases Based on Wavelet, SVM and GA. Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science. ISBN: 978-90-481-2310-0. Pp 483-494. Springer Netherlands. April 2009.
- Jie W., Zang, T., Hung, T., Turner, S., Cai, W. "Metadata-based Information Management Framework for Grids". Book Chapter in "Modern Technologies in Web Services Research". IGI Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-59904-280-0. pp 147-166. 2007.
- Fu, X., Wang, L., Hung, T., Goh, L.P. "Linguistic Rule Extraction from Support Vector Machine Classifiers". Book chapter in "Research & Trends in Data Mining Technologies & Applications ". Idea Group Publishing. ISBN: 1-59904272-X. pp 276-290. 2006.
Professional appointments & Awards:
- National Cloud Computing Advisory Council member [2013-]
- HP-CAST Board. Asia-Pacfic Director [2008-]
- Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University [2004-]
- Microsoft Technical Computing Executive Advisory Council [2010-2012]
- National Grid Advisory Council member [2009-2013]
- Council member, Gerson Lehrman Group [2006-]
- Book review for Wiley [2009]
- Grant project reviewer for Chilean Research Fund Council [2007]
- Grant project reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [2006]
- Program or technical committee member for CCGrid, ICCSA, HPCAsia
- First Prize Scalable Computing Challenge 13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing. The Netherlands. May 13-16, 2013.
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Grant Projects:
- Program Manager: Complex Systems Programme. SERC grant project. Oct 2012 – Sep 2015.
- PI: Programme Integration Office for SERC's Data Value Chain as a Service TSRP grant. Grant no. 102 158 0040. August 2010 – July 2013.
- Co-PI: Integrative and Adaptive Resource Management for Multi-tenanted Data Center. SERC's TSRP on Future Data Center Technologies. Grant no. 112 172 0015. August 2011 – July 2014.
- Co-PI: Reliable and Adaptive MapReduce-enabled Cloud Platform for Workflow Data Analytics Services. SERC's Data Value Chain as a Service TSRP grant. Grant no. 102 158 0036. August 2010 – July 2013.
- Co-PI: User and Domain-Driven Data Analytics as a Service Framework. SERC's Data Value Chain as a Service TSRP grant. Grant no. 102 158 0034. August 2010 – July 2013.
- PI: A 3-year Joint Research (Virtual) Lab on High Performance Computing with NTU School of Computer Engineering (lauched in Feb 2008)
- PI: A 3-year research collaboration with HP Labs on Shared Services Platform, a project involving technologies to virtualize and automate a utility data centre. Terence is PI for the Singapore side. 2007-2009.
- PI: A 3-year A*STAR funded research project (grant no. 052 127 0096) on A*STAR Digital Nervous System, a project involving the research and development of a software platform to provision multi-disciplinary applications as software services. 2006-2009.
- Co-PI: IDA/HP funded project on Adaptive Enterprise @ Singapore, a project involving the use of grid computing technology for digital media contents creation. A 2-year project in collaboration with NTU, SMU.
- Co-PI: A 2-year sister e-Science project on Grid-enabled Computational Electromagnetics, in collaboration with Cardiff, Swansea, British Aerospace and HP-UK. 2004-2005.
- Co-PI: SERC grant project (Grant No. 052 015 0024) on Grid-Enabled Problem Solving Environment for the Engineering of Materials. A 2-year project in collaboration with NTU. 2005-2007.
- Co-PI: An A*STAR thematic research funded project (grant no. P0320140) on An Integrated and Adaptive Simulation-Based Decision Support Framework for High-Tech Manufacturing and Service Networks. 2004-2005.
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The Respiratory Care Service is a 24-hr day, 7day week service provided of 25-30 Respiratory Care Practitioners licensed by the state of Georgia, who are all either Certified (CRTT) or Registered (RRT) in the field of Respiratory Care. The staff provides In-patient and outpatient diagnostic studies for patients experiencing breathing difficulties and provide extensive in-patient therapy for its hospitalized patients. For more detailed information on procedures provided by this service, see below:
Diagnostic Studies
- Pulmonary Function Studies
- Spirometry - This is a simple, 15 minute procedure which "measures" how much air you can exhale and how fast. The results are compared to someone else your same age to see if your lungs appear normal.
- Spirometry After Bronchodilator Therapy - If spirometry is abnormal, the patient receives a breathing medicine(bronchodilator) and the test is repeated to denote whether the med would be helpful as therapy.
- Diffusion Testing - This 15 minute test involves inhaling a special gas mixture for 10 seconds, and helps to determine the well oxygen flows thru the lung wall.
- Functional Residual Volumes - This 15 minute test involves breathing a special gas mixture for about 10 minutes. The results measure the amount of air left in the lungs after one exhales completely.
- Non-Invasive Ventilation Studies
- Pulse Oximetry - This is a 2 minute non-invasive study which measures the "saturation" of oxygen in the blood stream. For most patients, this should "normally" be in the 95-100% range.
- End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring - This is another non-invasive test which measures the amount of CO2 that a person is exhaling when arterial blood cannot be acquired or a continuous monitor is needed. The "normal" value should be between 30 and 40 torr.
- Arterial Blood Gases (ABG)
- pCO2 - This is a measurement of the amount of CO2 in the arterial blood. It helps the physician determine whether the patient is "ventilating" adequately and should normally be between 35-45 mmHG.
- pO2 - This is a measurement of the amount of O2 in the arterial blood. It helps the physician determine whether the patient is "oxygenating" adequately and should normally be between 80-100 mmHg.
Respiratory Therapy
- Bronchodilator
- Aerosol Therapy - This is a common therapy for patients with asthma and COPD. Respiratory therapists visit patients on a regular (e.g. Q4) basis and deliver medicines to the lungs via "aerosolization" from a special hand-held nebulizer.
- Metered-dose Inhaler Therapy - For patients who can take their lung medicines by a metered dose inhaled (MDI), therapists deliver and instruct patients in the correct technique needed to administered the lung medicines in this simple manner.
- Hyperinflation therapy
- Incentive Spirometry - Many patients who have post-operative "splinting" from pain do not breathe deep enough and are prime candidates to complicate with pneumonia or atelectasis (lung collapse). Incentive spirometry is a simple "lung exerciser", where the patient inhales as deeply as possible and a caregiver (Respiratory Therapist or Nurse) monitors and cheerleads deep inhalations.
- Bronchial Hygiene Therapy
- Chest Physiotherapy - This is a form of therapy where a trained Respiratory Therapist positions patients and helps "vibrate" their chest with either a special machine or their hands to help "loosen" pulmonary secretions that they cannot cough up on their own.
- PEP Therapy - This is a new form of exhalation therapy, where a patient breaths out thru a device which applies back-pressure on the lungs to help open them up more and/or stimulate a therapeutic cough.
- Medical Gas Therapy
- Oxygen Therapy - Respiratory therapists and Nursing provide supplemental oxygen to patients who are experiencing shortness of breath due to low oxygen levels in the bloodstream. This oxygen level is increased and decreased as needed to keep the correct amount of oxygen in the bloodstream.
- Heliox Therapy - This special gas mixture (helium and oxygen) is used occasionally on patients who are experiencing severe bronchoconstriction (e.g. "Tight") and normal bronchodilator therapy has not helped. This gas can be administered thru a simple "cannula" or "mask" or "nebulizer".
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Volume Ventilation - A volume ventilator is a very sophisticated and expensive piece of life support that is instituted and monitored by highly-skilled Respiratory Therapists. These RCPs constantly monitor ventilators in the Intensive Care Units and help to "wean" them off patients as soon as patients are strong enough to breathe on their own.
- Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation - This is a newer form of breathing support that allows a patient to receive help breathing without having to be placed on the more involved "volume ventilator". The patient can receive support by wearing a special mask and even eat & talk with this form of therapy.
- Peakflow Instruction - RCPs frequently teach patients in the proper use of a portable "peakflow" monitor to measure changes in a patient's airway flows. Many asthmatics use this device to monitor their asthma and know when to take their bronchodilators or seek advanced medical intervention.
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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was understandably far from satisfied with his fourth place in Hungary on Sunday, even if he did take two points out of Fernando Alonso's championship lead. If those two points ultimately make the difference in the 2012 title race, perhaps he'll look back differently on Budapest, but that is some way off...»
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton looked favourite for victory in Hungary from the very start of the weekend and he lived up to that promise on Sunday, even if Lotus did make him work for it. Hamilton equalled Ayrton Senna's record of three Budapest wins, received his trophy from none other than Placido Domingo, and put himself firmly back in the championship fight. What better way to go into the...»


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A Family-Friendly Texas Ranch
Texans Judy Willcott and Laurence Miller created the ultimate gathering place for their extended family by blurring the boundaries between indoors and out.
By Lise Funderburg
Go With the Flow
"We could've moved right in," admits Laurence Miller of the house in Texas Hill Country that he and longtime partner Judy Willcott bought five years ago. Built in 1998, the four-bedroom ranch wasn't exactly cramped or run-down. The place, which they dubbed Rocky Creek Farm, boasted an open floor plan, ample windows that bathed the interiors in natural light, and a handful of sheltered porches. "But we're particular," Miller says.
In this photo: The couple commissioned the dining room's oversize cedar table and 12 chairs, modeled after ones in the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire.


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3rd Annual Tillery Fund Crawfish Boil
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It's that time again! You are invited to attend the CW2 Joshua M. Tillery Memorial Fund's Third Annual Crawfish Boil and Auction on Saturday, May 3, 2014. This will be an indoor event in case of inclement weather. There will be great food, live music, and a silent and live auction. You can preregister online now at www.tilleryfund.org. If you register by April 15, your name will be placed in a raffle for a romantic evening of dining and theater.
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You can create an infinite well using two buckets of water and a hole that is one block deep and two blocks by two blocks wide. I'm wondering if it's possible to do a similar thing with lava, now that obsidian is so valuable for making portals. I have an idea for making it easier for creating portals, but it's dependent on having an effectively infinite source of lava very close to where I want to create the portal. So is this possible? If so, how?
Note: This answer exploits an old bug which has been patched in the current version of Minecraft.
No, lava can't replicate, but you can create unlimited obsidian from one lava block using a glitch involving lava flow onto redstone wire:
Not Any More
In Minecraft Beta 1.9 pre-5, you could make infinite quantities of lava by placing 4 lava sources around a central block as so:
As pointed out by Ben Blank, this behavior was scheduled to be reverted, and no longer works.
Both top answers rely on bugs that existed in previous versions of MineCraft, but have since then been fixed.
In the current version (MineCraft 1.7.4), there is no way to get infinite lava source blocks or lava buckets.
However, you can get infinite obsidian by exploiting the fact that portals between the nether and the overworld are re-created (offering "free" obsidian) if no existing portals are in range. This mechanic is described about half way through this video, and still works in 1.7.4:
It's not actually possible to recreate lava with other lava. There is no real reason to worry about getting lava sources if you have a lot of iron and a nether portal, although getting it is a hard job and I recommend to get potions before you start collecting lava in the nether.
I can't comment yet, or I would comment on the first post.
The lava+redstone trick still works to create infinite obsidian. You need to get lava to flow downward on redstone which is next to flowing water. Here's an imgur album showing step by step how to build my version of the farm. When you've harvested the obsidian all you need to do is replace the redstone and you can open the pistons again and make more obsidian. Just make sure you don't open the pistons when there is no redstone!!
I'm playing the newest update in multiplayer and I've noticed that while farming cobblestone, sometimes a lava flow block turns into a source block when the surrounding flow blocks turn into cobblestone.
My hypothesis is that this has something to due with the lag (I play on a very busy server). I play on a Skyblock server so being able to duplicate lava source blocks (even if the result is uncommon and unpredictable) is very useful because of the limited resource availability. I'll try to make a diagram of my cobblestone farm:
Top view:
Key: O - Open space; x - 1 stone block; X - 2 stone blocks (stacked);
I have just tested and lava does replicate in the Nether but not in the same way water does; lava sort of spreads out to take over the world.


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Borderlands 2 lowers the gore, upsets the fans
Playing as a sniper in Borderlands meant that you got to see a lot of heads pop in juicy showers of blood and eyeballs. Going through Borderlands 2 with a similar build, I started to notice that headshots were no longer satisfying, as skulls remains defiantly shatterproof. I'm not alone.
The gore seems to have been toned down from the first game, to the point where specific limb-shredding no longer seems possible. Total body disruption is doable, and there's still plenty of blood, but those critical hits just don't feel as critical anymore. Elemental deaths aren't quite as torturous as once they were, either, leading to a game that's still violent, but not as gratifyingly brutal.
According to comments from Gearbox, this was the cost of having a universally "uncensored" game. Basically, no one territory deals with censorship, but the overall game worldwide has had to be toned down. However, Randy Pitchford offered the possibility of potential patches later down the line, and welcomed fans to join the debate.
Debate they did! The Gearbox forums have a thread on the matter that currently spans 74 pages, with some gamers even refusing to play the game until head-popping's been patched in. Others have been more reasonable, stating it's not a huge deal, but it'd certainly nice. At least one commenter remarked on how weirdly passionate gamers are being over the inclusion of extreme violence.
While it really isn't the biggest problem in the world, the first game trained me to expect deliciously gory rewards for my critical shots, and it does feel somewhat underwhelming to score headshots now. Blasting into a guy's face with a sniper rifle loses a lot of impact when the guy falls to the floor, his head completely untarnished by any sort of damage. For a sequel that promises bigger and better, it feels like a little bit of a step down.
The game is still awesome, of course. It's just a shame that my headshots feel aesthetically neutered for the sake of promising an uncensored worldwide release.
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