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This page is here for historical purposes only, some newer alternatives now available here and here. This one links to this, which has ANOTHER RGB mod and Amp using the THS7314 Amp – This is now my preferred method for RGB'ing an N64.
The N64 console doesn't officially support RGB. It can be added to some models of the console, it has to be an NTSC console (although there is an early French Secam model that is also compatible), be careful though – as there are a couple of different NTSC versions, only the earliest ones are compatible.
Unfortunately there isn't a easy way of identifying if a console is compatible without actually opening it up (some people say that the later limited edition coloured consoles are generally not compatible). You have to take your console apart (Gamebit needed), remove all of the heat sinks and shielding etc until you can see the upper side of the motherboard. If your console can be modified then the chip at location U1 will have "VDC-NUS BU9801F" printed on it, if it can't be modified then the chip at location U4 will have "MAV-NUS RS5C282 (or RS5C382)" written on it.
UPDATE – some extra info from Link83 about serial numbers, motherboard revisions and a whole heap of stuff here, this chap knows his stuff!! Getting the serial number is now a good way of finding if it's RGB'able!
In case those forums go offline, here's an extract of the info we're after.
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Thanks to ConsoleFun on the Assembler forums I now have a clear picture showing the chips which can and cannot be modified.
There are a number of different ways of doing this, it seems that some people experience varying results, this could be as a result of slightly different models of N64, different TVs etc.
The last N64 I modded I tried both methods here, lifting the legs on the VDC-NUS chip (method one below) , and then using Rx points (method two). On my CRT TV method one was a little dark, on my LCD it was bright enough but I had horizontal lines interfering with the picture, when connected to my XRGB2 it appeared not to Sync – the picture was wobbling all over the place and the colours were all messed up.
I removed that mod and went with Method Two, as expected the image was far too dark. I already had an Amp built so I fitted this into the scart plug. The image on my CRT, LCD and XRGB2 the picture was fantastic.
Signal Point Leg AV Plug PinRed R8 17 1Green R9 19 2Blue R10 21 4
Method One
As featured on GamesX – if you follow this guide you have 2 options – although it's not clear from the guide. When the 3 wires are attached to the chip at location U4 you can either lift the legs of the chip or leave them attached to the motherboard. If you don't lift the chip legs then the RGB image may be too dark for you (an amplifier can be built), if you do lift the legs then the image may be too bright and/or have interference. I've read and been told that if you do this method then you may not need any kind of amplification at all.
UPDATE – a few people have said that doing Method One and lifting the legs of the chip give the best and easiest RGB picture without the need for any amplification (it may depend on the exact model of N64). I'll leave it up to you to decide which you want to try first – different motherboard revisions and TV models may impact which method works best for your console.
A few photos of Method One, I've tried to show that I lifted the legs from the chip, I've also used coloured wires to make it obvious which wire is what!
I started by using a scalpel in between two of the legs, heating up the solder and then using the scalpel to lift the leg up. Be very careful not to break the leg off when lifting it.
I then added the wires to the AV socket, routed them around the edge of the board by the AV socket and cut the to length. Once cut, I stripped the ends, tinned them and quickly soldered them to the relevant legs.
Method Two
A very quick job, only 3 wires on the under side of the motherboard. Simply link up the points as shown in the following photo's and table.
Again, you may find the image may be too dark for you (an amplifier can be built), alternatively there is a quick and easy internal amplification mod – although this can sometimes cause interference on the screen. If you want to try it then link the points as shown in this photo using a small piece of wire. It's not recommended to do this internal booster now, I've read about it killing consoles after continued use, Link83 has just reminded me of where I read this, cheers again Link83 :-)
I originally gathered all of this information from GamesX webpage and forum, as well as the forums at Bordersdown and Rllmuk, thanks to Papercut at Bordersdown for the information regarding which models can be modified.


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A Gift from an Artist.
Art that can take you away, make you uncomfortable, make you daydream, want to hold or caress, feel pity or helplessness, or a need to help or save is something I found in one artist installation recently.
On my first visit to Art Miami this past December there were a handful of artist that even after a few months I am still contemplating their work.
Beth Cavener Stichter shown at Claire Oliver here in NYC is definitely on the top of my list of Artist I am following. Her installation in Miami "The Four Humors" was beyond moving.
"There are primitive animal instincts lurking in our own depths, waiting for the chance to slide past a conscious moment. The sculptures I create focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms. On the surface, these figures are simply feral and domestic individuals suspended in a moment of tension. Beneath the surface they embody the impacts of aggression, territorial desires, isolation, and pack mentality."
Beth Cavener Stichter
"I want to pry at those uncomfortable, awkward edges between animal and human."
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Take a look at Beth's website, particularly the "Materials and Techniques."
Beth's passion for the material and the "sensitivity to touch," shows in her work and inspires you to look a little longer and maybe even feel the need to caress the form. I believe one of the best gifts from a sculptor or one of the best compliments too a sculptor is when one feels the need to reach out and touch the creation.


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|IBM, Options by IBM, Lexmark
|89-key Split Keyboard ANSI Layout (with optional, separate 17-key numeric keypad)
|Buckling spring over membrane
|PS/2 (AT adapter included)
|Years of production
|$179 (standard) $199 (with numeric keypad, later included as standard)
The IBM Adjustable Keyboard, also marketed by Lexmark as the Lexmark Select-Ease Keyboard, and most commonly known by IBM and Lexmark's manufacturing designation Model M15, was a split-layout buckling spring keyboard manufactured by Lexmark from 1994 to 1995. It is widely considered by both users and experts in ergonomics to be one of the finest ergonomic keyboard designs ever produced. Due to its popularity and short production life, it commands a hefty premium on the second hand market.
The M15 originated at Lexmark in 1993. Regular production appears to have began in 1994. Lexmark manufactured the M15 for IBM, who marketed it as the IBM Adjustable Keyboard through their Easy Options accessory brand/service. The IBM Adjustable Keyboards have been spotted with two different logo styles - "Options by IBM" (more common) and a standard blue IBM logo (less common). Lexmark themselves also marketed the keyboard directly to the public as the Lexmark Select-Ease.
The M15 was the subject of a patent dispute from Mark Goldstein, founder of the Goldtouch company, over the design of the adjustable ball joint, and was settled by a subsequent licensing agreement. In late 1995, Lexmark sold off certain designs and tooling relating to buckling spring keyboards, including the tooling necessary to make the M15, to Maxiswitch. Maxiswitch never produced any M15 keyboards themselves, and attempts to reacquire the tooling by interested parties have proved unsuccessful.
Design and features
The M15 is based upon the chassis of the Model M2 keyboard, and uses the same lower profile style of keycaps that are incompatible with those on a standard Model M keyboard. It also uses plastic stabilizers on the large keys. Care should be taken with these as they can break easily. As with the M2, there is no metal backplate under the membrane, accounting for its flat profile and relatively light weight.
The keyboard is split into two separate halves, that can either be detached from each other, or joined together on a ball joint that allows adjustment of the angle and height at which the two halves faced away from each other. The space bar was split across the two halves. The keyboard came with a feature named "Erase-Eaze", which allowed the user to turn one of the two space bar halves into an additional backspace. There was a switch at the back of the keyboard that enabled this functionality, and the user would cycle between the left or right half acting as
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External links
- Business Wire — LEXMARK'S ADJUSTABLE SELECT-EASE KEYBOARD NOW FEATURES DETACHABLE 17-KEY NUMERIC PAD
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Danone is a company which deserves much admiration. For thousands of years, the 'lactobacillus bulgaricus' cultured milk - as indicated by analysis of this bacteria's genome - was consumed as yogurt. Let's not underestimate this historical disruption. Probably due to a chance event somewhere in Central Asia, this bacteria-cultured product extended the useful life of plain milk from less than a day in warm climates to three days or more. Useful, considering the lack of refrigeration at the time.
A few decades ago came the incremental innovations of adding Bifidus Actiregularis bacteria to yogurt and packaging it in an organic compound called PLA Igneo instead of polystyrene plastic. Danone promoted this nutritionally advanced and re-packaged product as a 'probiotic' with their successful Activia brand, and thus created an annual $4 billion market. Not bad for a commodity product right? Well, labelling yogurt as a probiotic was no hype as per Danone's commercial success shows.
Big Data - Hype or Reality?
I recently had the privilege of co-hosting a short talk on Big Data with the Chief Medical Officer of Dell Health and Life Sciences, Dr. Nick van Terheyden, to a group of distinguished guests at the NHS Innovation Expo in Manchester, UK. Dr. van Terheyden spoke about the flood of data originating from behavioral, demographic, social and financial domains and underscored the importance of predictive analytics that will not only shape delivery of healthcare but also define the science of prevention in the next decade.
If you're on the customer side of the healthcare industry, I would suggest that you have the full right to do a sanity check on whether you're being hyped by the concept of big data. Is the whole IT industry repackaging plain old yogurt cultured by a mixture of Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Business Intelligence tools under the Big Data label? Well if Activia is any guide, architectures, packaging and delivery methods have changed considerably.
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So big data has arrived. It's no longer a hype but the main question remains of its probiotic value - is Big Data any good for the healthcare industry? Well, according to this WebMD article, probiotics are good for our health so if we carry the same analogy, we may claim Big Data is also good for the healthcare industry. But let's hold on to that thought for a second. Sometimes, probiotics come short of curing human ills and you may have to undergo a medical intervention including surgery. With that in mind, Dell and Intel is promoting a 'Does your data require some serious surgery?' campaign offering all our customers a free assessment on your Big Data needs. Reach out to us by filling out this request form and we will happily be at your service.
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Rep. Thompson, Estes and Sens. Coons, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Renewable Energy Tax Advantages
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, and Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS), along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) announced the introduction of the Financing Our Future Energy Act. This bipartisan and bicameral bill gives renewable energy projects access to master limited partnerships (MLP), a tax advantage currently only available to oil, gas, and coal projects.
"Harnessing the potential of renewable energy sources is a key part of reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Master limited partnerships are tax structures that allow energy projects to get access to capital at a lower cost, making them more competitive to private investment. But these structures are currently only available to the oil, gas and coal industries," said Thompson. "That's why I've joined colleagues from both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate to introduce the Financing Our Future Energy Act, a bill to expand MLP access to renewable energy projects in order to attract new investment. This will help create more jobs in the renewable energy sector, allowing us to better tackle the threat of climate change."
"The Financing Our Energy Future Act updates our tax code to allow renewable energy projects to have equal access to capital," said Representative Estes. "As a supporter of an all-of-the-above energy strategy for our country, I'm proud to sponsor this bill that will extend vital resources to renewable energy initiatives, creating jobs and contributing to our nation's dominance in energy production and innovation. I look forward to helping secure passage of this bill in Congress."
A master limited partnership is a business structure that is taxed as a partnership, but whose ownership interests are traded like corporate stock on a market. By statute, MLPs have only been available to investors in energy portfolios for oil, natural gas, coal extraction and pipeline projects. This bill levels the playing field to make renewable energy sources more competitive for private capital investments.
"Clean energy technologies have made tremendous progress in the last several decades, and they deserve the same shot at success in the market as traditional energy projects have experienced through the federal tax code," said Senator Coons. "By updating the code, the bipartisan Financing Our Energy Future Act levels the playing field for a broad range of domestic energy sources -- clean and traditional alike -- to support the all-of-the-above energy strategy we need to power our country for generations to come. This practical, market-driven solution will unleash private capital and create jobs, and that's why it has earned broad support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress as well as think tanks, business leaders, and investors. Updating the tax code in this way will help increase parity and ensure that these energy technologies can permanently benefit from the incentives that traditional energy sources have depended on to build infrastructure for more than 30 years."
"The United States has the largest and most efficient capital markets in the world, yet our renewable energy companies rarely have access to those markets," said Senator Moran. "In order to grow our economy and increase our energy security, sound economic tools like master limited partnerships should be expanded to include additional domestic energy sources. The MLP Parity Act will allow the renewable energy sector to utilize the MLP structure for project development making it accessible to a broader and deeper investment pool that can drastically reduce the time and cost associated with deploying new energy technologies."
You can click here to learn more about the Financing Our Energy Future Act.
Congressman Mike Thompson is proud to represent California's 5th Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties. He is a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means where he chairs the Subcommittee on Tax Policy. Rep. Thompson is Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He is also Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Wine Caucus and a member of the fiscally-conservative Blue Dog Coalition.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Nittany Lion Club will host its annual Blue-White Event at the Bryce Jordan Center prior to the Blue-White Game presented by AAA on April 20. The breakfast features special guests coach Bill O'Brien and the 2013 football senior class.
Tickets for the event, which is open to the public, are $20. To purchase tickets to the Nittany Lion Club Blue-White Event, call 814-865-5555, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Blue-White Game will kick at noon in Beaver Stadium and air on the Penn State Sports Network and www.GoPSUsports.com. Stadium parking lots will open at 8 a.m. and stadium gates A, B, C and E will open for fans at 10:30 a.m. As in previous years, there is no admission or parking fee for the Blue-White Game.
Doors for the Nittany Lion Club Blue-White Event will open at 8 a.m. and the program will begin at 8:30 a.m. The arena floor seating will be first-come, first-served. The event ticket includes continental breakfast, the opportunity for photos with the Nittany Lion and cheerleaders, the opportunity to talk with coaches and student-athletes from various sports and a "Back the Lions" Button Booth. Nittany Lion Club merchandise will also be available (cash or check only).
Numerous events will be held during Blue-White Weekend presented by AAA, including the 2013 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships in Rec Hall, also being held April 19 to 21. In addition to the men's gymnastics team, the Penn State baseball, field hockey, men's golf, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis and men's volleyball teams will be competing at home during Blue-White Weekend.
Many fan favorites will return for Blue-White Weekend, including Friday's Wingfest and fireworks, the Nittany Lion Club's Blue-White Event on Saturday and Sunday's Beaver Stadium 5K Run/Family Fun Walk to benefit Special Olympics Pennsylvania.
A carnival, food vendors and several bands and student performers also will return throughout the weekend.
Blue-White Weekend is the university's unofficial annual spring reunion. The 2012 scrimmage drew an estimated 60,000 fans, the nation's third highest spring football game attendance. The Blue-White Game attracted record-breaking crowds in excess of 70,000 from 2007-09, topped by 76,500 at the 2009 contest.
In his first season as head coach, O'Brien led Penn State to wins in eight of its final 10 games, beating eventual Big Ten champion Wisconsin on Senior Day to finish 8-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big Ten. O'Brien was selected the 2012 Bear Bryant, Maxwell Football Club and ESPN National Coach of the Year and the Big Ten-Dave McClain Coach of the Year. O'Brien's eight wins were the most by a first-year Penn State coach in the 126 years of the program.
Penn State returns 16 starters and 38 letterwinners for the 2013 season. The Nittany Lions begin spring drills March 18, with the 15 practices culminating in the Blue-White Game at noon April 20, in Beaver Stadium.
Season tickets are available for the 2013 campaign. The Nittany Lions will host three teams that finished in the 2012 BCS Top 25: Michigan (Oct. 12-Homecoming), Nebraska (Nov. 23) and Kent State (Sept. 21). Purdue (Nov. 16), Illinois (Nov. 2), University of Central Florida (Sept. 14) and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 7) also will visit Beaver Stadium this fall. The Nittany Lions open the season Aug. 31 vs. Syracuse in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
For information on joining the Nittany Lion Club and purchasing season tickets, as well as club seating in Beaver Stadium, visit www.GoPSUsports.com or call 800-NITTANY from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
Penn State Athletics is on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pennstatenittanylions) and Twitter (http://www.gopsusports.com/ot/twitter.html).


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Art Across The City 2012
29th September – 11th November
Public Art Commissions by
David Blandy
Jock Mooney
Fiona Curran
David Marchant
Joanne Tatham and Tom O'Sullivan
Sean Puleston
Rik Bennett
Bristow Lloyd
Bedwyr Williams
Bermingham and Robinson
Mark Folds
Niamh McCann
Art Across The City 2012 is an exhibition of contemporary public art located across the City of Swansea, with twelve artworks on show by a diverse selection of international and UK-based artists.
To find all the artworks use the Artwork Location Map, visit the Information Hub on Oxford Street or download a printable version of the Art Across The City 2012 brochure here
There are five new commissions for the event which include Joanne Tatham and Tom O'Sullivan's Shelters in front of Swansea Museum, decorated with their own distinctive designs; on Oxford Street, David Blandy presents The Devil meets Dylan Thomas, a videogame where you play as Swansea's literary hero; Fiona Curran uses two trees in the grounds of St Mary's Church for the foundations of An Accident Looking For Somewhere To Happen; David Marchant's Cowin' Lush panels were created from the drunken scrawls of revellers on Swansea's infamous Wind St and Jock Mooney's graphic drawings of local icons are turned into the Swansea Kebab, situated in Castle Gardens. Two further works commissioned earlier in 2012 by the artists Sean Puleston and Rik Bennett are sited on High Street as part of LOCWS International's Art Across The High Street programme.
Five permanent LOCWS International commissions further support the 2012 programme. These include works by Bristow Lloyd, Mark Folds, Bermingham & Robinson, Niamh McCann and Bedwyr Williams.
To find all the artworks use the Artwork Location Map
An Information Hub is sited on Oxford Street with details of Free Guided Tours, Workshops, Seminars and our Education Programme.
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The 1975 are an English rock band originating from Manchester. The group consists of Matthew "Matty" Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Adam Hann (lead guitar), Ross MacDonald (bass), and George Daniel (drums).
The band's origins trace to them attending Wilmslow High School and playing together as teenagers in 2002. Gigs organized by a council worker led the band to formally sign as The 1975. Their choice of name was inspired by a Jack Kerouac beat poetry book. They eventually signed a record deal after their success with Dirty Hit and Polydor.
They have released four EPs and two albums. Their self-titled debut was released on 2 September 2013 through Dirty Hit and Polydor, topping the UK Albums Chart on 8 September. Their second album I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it was released on 26 February 2016, topping both the UK Chart and the US Billboard 200. In 2017 the band won the Brit Award for Best British Group.
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When it comes to free-to-play (F2P) games, game developers and publishers only make money when players really enjoy a game, and become long term users. Though no money is required to play F2P games, sponsored content (ads), and micro-transactions (paid items/game exclusives) can be excellent sources of revenue.
Creating revenue from ads or from microtransactions is not particularly lucrative without a large user base. This is why it's so important to focus on player retention, and building long-term relationships. Understanding problems with retention, and why players leave after initial signup is important for creating long-term users.
Here are the top 6 reasons players leave your F2P game, and what to do about them.
Paying Too Early in The Game
In the early days of F2P game design, gamers got excited about the premise of a particular game and spent large amounts of money early on. They might later find out that a game was all hype – totally uninteresting after getting through initial game phases. Besides being boring, a game that's too difficult or tiring can similarly turn off players, even if they're already invested some money.
One of the top reasons players leave your F2P game is because you're making them pay way too early on. By giving players a chance to determine whether or not they are truly interested, and saving payment for later on, you essentially "qualify" these paying players as long term users (and will make more money off them over the long term).
In popular F2P PC games like League of Legends or Dota, players only have to pay for skins or cosmetics that can increase their experience points (XP). These things improve the in-game experience, but are totally optional. It gives players a choice, and they're appreciative that it's not forced on them!
Other F2P games like Hearthstone (a collectible card game) allows players to start with a basic set of cards and some in-game currency. As the game progress, it becomes harder to acquire expert card packs that allow players to make more progress. This setup encourages gamers to spend money to improve game play, and occurs after a reasonable amount of time has already been invested.
These examples show that the longer players are allowed to play games for free, the more they are willing to play over the long term. Another potential problem along the same lines? A poor onboarding system. Make sure that a player's first few interactions with your game help move them forward!
Try soft launching the game for a certain region to gather data. If you get a glimpse of the areas at which players fall, you may then use that data to strategize engagement or reengagement techniques. CRM systems are the most powerful, as they store important data to help you hook the best players, which we know is where most of the revenue comes from.
The Game is Too Frustrating
Another reason why players leave F2P games early is because they get frustrated. According to Gamedonia, the two arch enemies of flow are boredom and frustration. Flow is the state of focus and complete absorption in a task, which is what game developers want in users.
There are a lot of reasons why players get frustrated in a game. One is that it is buggy. This is the biggest turnoff for gamers, as they want an uninterrupted playing session. Another is imprecise and unresponsive controls. You might have a really fun game, but if it constantly crashes or does not respond to prompts, then the player will most likely uninstall or quit. So before a release, run several tests on the game to make sure it's running at tiptop shape.
Another cause for frustration is that the game is too hard to pick up. The game should be tested against target user's skills, and not the game developer's own. This can be mended through iterative beta testing and the use of game analytics.
Not Enough Pre-Release Buzz
Popular internet marketer Andy Crestodina of Orbit Media frequently gives speeches on the right way to go about blogging, and encourages brands to ask themselves, "How many people are waiting for your article to go live? Make sure it's not zero." Whether it's blogs or games, the sentiment rings true – create a buzz before launch for the best chance of success.
According to Superdata Research, an average 6.21% of players who logged in for the first time within a month since game launch will log on again in the next 360 days after their first login. Only a tenth of these people (0.63%) who logged in for the first time in the 12th month after the game is released will log on again within 360 days after their first login.
These statistics show that players who try a game early on after launch, they're more likely to keep playing the game. These players have the highest expectations for the game, and won't quit until they feel like they've fully explored it.
A few other interesting facts from Superdata:
- 83% of the players who try a game during its release month will log on again the following day
- About a third (35%) of the players who log on for the first time in 12 months since release will long on the following day
- Retention is 20% for release month players, and 3% for players who start 12 months later over the next 30 days
Pre-release marketing for games is critical when it comes to building a customer base that will be loyal and engaged. These statistics demonstrate how essential pre-launch marketing efforts are for a game to succeed.
The Game is Boring
With so many different games on the market (and new ones released daily!), making a game that is unique and different from others can be a challenge. If players feel like they've already played the same thing before, they won't see the challenge in what you have to offer. A bigger twist may encourage them to stick around, but don't count on it.
Besides an original concept, it's important to constantly plan new content, environments, items, characters, and more. These regular updates will keep players engaged, interested, and challenged.
The game can also get boring when it takes too long to enjoy the depth the game has to offer. Everyone is busy nowadays. According to research, players spend an average of 6.5 hours per week playing. Even MMORPGs like World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIV make it possible for busy players to clear a dungeon in 15 to 30 minutes. If it takes longer than an hour a day to see progress, then users will likely quit.
No Rewards System
One of the most motivating elements of a game is the reward system. Is it possible that your reward system is lacking in some way?
Gamasutra identified that a lack of rewards and incentives can be a big reason why players leave a game. Their study found that 28% of games lacked the rewards and incentives necessary to entice players to stick around.
Providing rewards keeps players motivated to keep working to reach the next level. Most rewards for massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) are some type of in-game currency, which can be used to buy items, or increase XP.
When thinking of a rewards system, try incorporating a viral mechanism which enables you to bring in new users from existing users. Take Dropbox for example. For every person you refer, you get 500mb of storage – and so do they. To determine which aspect of your F2P game you should add "virality" to, think about which products are most popular to your consumer base, and if you have features that have usage caps that could be increased with a referral incentive.
Lack of Resources
For most F2P games, the most common problem that players complain about is a lack of resources – which usually gets in the way of making progress. These resources may relate to energy, experience, or in-game currency.
If getting resources is exceptionally difficult, it's very discouraging for users to continue playing, and causes a lot of frustration that may result in a negative association with your game. A lack of resources can lead to players to make purchases too early in the game, which works to sabotage long-term game play and user retention (refer to "paying too early in the game").
Expert gamers can get by with limited resources, but not every player will be an expert (especially with a F2P option). Resources can make or break a user's gameplay experience, and should be offered in balance.
Resources are not only limited to in-game resources but other resources related to the game such as videos which showcased the premise of the game. Clash of Clans created a 360 virtual reality video which was uploaded to Youtube and Facebook. With over 28 million views on Youtube and 2.6 million on Facebook, it enticed existing users to continue playing and new users to sign up.
Is your game guilty of any of these top 6 reasons players leave your F2P game? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!


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Pho on the Go
One of my favourite lunch meals is a bowl of good flavourful bowl of PHO. The Vietnamese street cart staple which was first introduced in 1920 at a place where one could sit to eat, instead of standing or squatting. Many new PHO restaurants are springing up everywhere here in BC. I took on a cooking position working alongside a Vietnamese Chef at the Green Papaya who made a great tasting lemon grass broth using several different techniques that I watched and studied. Roasting some veal bones sided with an array of herbs and spices made the broth take on a more the...
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Nothing tastes better then a garden fresh tossed salad. Mouthwatering tomatoes, crispy lettuce, some slices of cool cuccumber, a wedge of sweet bell pepper and maybe an olive or two. Mix 4 parts Virgin Olive Oil to one part Red Wine Vinegar 1/2 tsp of dijon mustard together in a small jar with a dash of dried oregano and basil with some kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Cap & Shake blending well. Add your favourite crumbled feta cheese pour over some dressing and toss together and watch the smiles. thekitchenman.ca
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When the BBQkitchenman is doing his work at a back yard alfresco party, it is important to make the food as exciting and unique tasting as possible. I want my host to get lots of compliments. When I put together a menu for the party, I like to hear how much of a Gourmand the host wishes for me to be! One of the BBQkitchenman sure hit back yard chow downs is this menu. Now this meal started with a BBQ grill full of fresh caught prawns, some spicy wings, garden fresh salad and a cold watermelon spritzer too start. Mian course, New Orleans rubbed seasoned Chicken Legs....
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Happy Fathers Day Lobster and Steak
Nothing tells dad that you love him more, than lobster and steak! This Sunday, pour dad a cool one and bring out his favourite chair and make him comfortable close to the back yard Q. Now if you did the right shopping and you play your cards right, all you have to do is fill the grill with these bad boys. Dad will not be able to resist getting his apron on and get this party a rockin! Dad like's his steak and lobster too much to let anyone interfere, being the king of his backyard BBQ! Lobster on at Thrfty's 2 east coast tails or a whole a raw...
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Fresh Oregano Lamb Kebabs
Fresh Oregano Lamb Kebabs are simple to prepare. Use a good cut of lamb with a little marble [fat] intact. Cut the meat into small bite size cubes and place in a bowl. Adding 2 tbs of olive oil, a healthy squeezed fresh lemon juice, 2 tbs of dijon mustard, dash of kosher salt some fresh ground pepper, fresh ground cummin seed to tatse and fresh ripped oregano leaves. Toss till well coated and store chilled for 3 hours to marinate. Remember to give it a mix at least once an hour. Skewer the lamb nugets using some peppers and onion for added flavour. Preheat your char...
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They are wrong on this issue," said Bentley. "Everyone can get a license and everyone can get a voter ID. They (critics) really don't have anything to talk about. It's politics at its worst. And it's race politics at its worst."
Bentley told the group that he had worked hard to help change the image of the state.
"Alabama is not George Wallace's state. I don't want it to be George Wallace's state." said Bentley. "I want us to be inclusive. I don't want us to look at the color of people's skin. I don't want us to look at whether they are male or female. We are all Alabamians and I'm their governor. I know most of them (blacks in the affected counties losing driver's license offices) are not going to vote Republican. But you are not going to win people over by not being inclusive."
And that doesn't matter if you make it so difficult for them to vote that they can't vote at all, in a state that doesn't have any public transportation, so that they can't get to the driver's license office and get an ID in the first place. No, everyone can't get a license, and that's the whole point.


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SACRAMENTO - Asian Americans Advancing Justice – CA (Advancing Justice-CA), applauds Governor Brown for signing Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell's AB 699. Cosponsored by the College for All Coalition, of which Advancing Justice-CA is a member, the legislation upholds the fundamental constitutional right of a public education for all California students regardless of immigration status.
AB 699 will provide support to immigrant students and their families by directing the Attorney General to publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement at K-12 public schools and requires local educational agencies to adopt these policies. Additionally, this bill will limit schools from collecting information regarding the immigration or citizenship status of students or their family members; provide know-your-rights information to parents about their children's right to an education; require schools to work with parents to update emergency contact information and comply with parental instructions in order to keep kids out of foster care; and educate students about the negative impacts of bullying based on perceived immigration status or religious beliefs.
With the issuance of xenophobic and draconian Executive Orders by President Donald Trump which target undocumented immigrants, there is a heightened level of fear among students and their families of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and other forms of federal immigration enforcement -- including encounters at school sites. In Los Angeles just a few months ago, a father was detained by ICE after dropping his daughter off at school. Moreover, in a mere three days after the November 2016 election, the Southern Poverty Law Center identified over 200 incidents of harassment and intimidation across the country, with K-12 schools cited as the most common location where these incidents occurred. The level of fear has been further exacerbated by the federal administration's announcement of the rescission of DACA.
"As a member of the College for All Coalition, Advancing Justice-CA and our partners applaud the Governor signing AB 699. This legislation will ensure that all K-12 schools in California are safe for students to pursue an education regardless of immigration status," said Advancing Justice-CA Policy Manager Andrew Medina.
"ICE has absolutely no place in schools. AB 699 will offer important protections and resources for undocumented immigrant students and their families, especially at this time when immigrants are under attack," stated Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus Policy Director Angela Chan.
"California continues to lead the resistance to fight back against the xenophobic, racist, and hateful policies of the Trump administration. With the Governor's signing of AB 699, California sends a message that we will uphold every student's constitutional right to a public education and invest in our immigrant youth and their futures," said Advancing Justice-LA Policy Director Betty Hung.


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We want to send emails through our webapp. Users of the app provide their email adresses. In some cases, we want to send transactional email from the webapp, using the current user as a sender.
Does using the User's name and email adress in the email
from header affect email deliverability reputation?
Are there any other (bad) consquences, we should be aware of?
adding details about the use case:
- Say PersonA uses our app on myapp.com
- PersonA verified his email adress email@example.com with a confirmation email we send him (he clicked a unique url in the email he got).
- Using the app, PersonA can invite other people to do something (attend an event for example)
- If PersonA invites PersonB we want to send an email, to let PersonB know that he has been invited. To do so, we would like to send an email from email@example.com to PersonB.
- Having a sender header with myapp.com is totally fine. But PersonB should see see "PersonA ".
We are not going to send hundreds of emails like that. But we would like to create some trust when PersonB sees, that his good old friend PersonA invited him, not a stupid "firstname.lastname@example.com" he never heard about.


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Questions on Destiny and Human Free Will
Answer: As this question has been discussed earlier, I will a summarized account.
No one is a victim of Destiny. God does not destine our acts; rather, He creates whatever we will to do. Destiny's decrees or verdicts are based on Its consideration of our free will.
We are directly responsible for whatever happens to us. If we experience misfortune, it is either because we have misused our free will or because, as with Prophets, God wills to promote us to higher ranks. For example, the sun is absolutely necessary for and indispensable to life. If we stay outside too long and die of sunstroke, can we blame the sun? Of course not, for we could have gone inside or taken sufficient precautions. In the same way, our free will (not Destiny) is responsible for any misfortune that comes our way. Blaming Destiny only causes the misfortune to worsen.
To cite another example: God Almighty created and endowed us with certain faculties or powers, one of which is lust. If we use this power improperly and thus harm ourselves, it can only be our fault. God gave us this power so that we may reproduce the species in the proper manner and be promoted to higher spiritual ranks by resisting our carnal self's illicit suggestions. It is the same with anger. God Almighty gave it to us so that we can defend ourselves and our religious and social values, not to hurt others. Therefore, if an uncontrolled burst of anger causes us to kill someone, it is our fault, not Destiny's.
Destiny relates to both the cause and the effect simultaneously. If we judge only by considering the effect, usually we make mistakes. For example, if we accuse a father of abusing his daughter while he only is trying to discipline her because he likes her or so that she may reform herself and learn how to behave properly, we would be wronging the father. We should consider all related information while judging any event. If we will cannot see any good in it, we should tell ourselves that whatever God does is good either in itself or in its consequences, and never accuse Destiny. This is what is meant by: It may be that you dislike a thing although it is good for you, and love a thing although it is bad for you. God knows but you know not (2:216).
In such calamities as earthquakes or floods, God usually does not choose between the good and the evil or the innocent and the guilty. Such calamities fall on everyone, for they are part of the tests and trials prepared for us and serve His purpose. However, in return for undergoing such calamities, good and innocent people will receive a great reward in the Hereafter. Also, it should be pointed out that sometimes God uses calamities to punish such people, because they do not try to enjoin what is good and prevent what is evil.
Whatever God does is the best and most proper. So, we should try to see His wisdom behind the good He bestows on us and the suffering to which He subjects us.
Question: Why does so insignificant a thing as free will cause one to deserve eternal Paradise or Hell?
Answer: When we compare God's acts and creation with our own function in existence, we see that the role of human free will is really insignificant. As a result, some have denied it. Followers of the middle path in this matter have concluded that human free will is an inclination, something like or inclination, or more of a preference for one or more of our internal inclinations, and then acting upon that inclination. It is actually like flicking a switch to light a house or a city.
Before asking why God Almighty may condemn us to eternal Hellfire if we misuse of our free will during our short lifespan, we should think about whether we really can deserve eternal Paradise by using our free will correctly. Should we not consider whether we ever can thank God enough for the bounties He pours upon us? If we worshipped Him during our entire life without stopping, we could not thank Him enough even for our eyes.
As pointed out earlier, a pomegranate or a cherry has the same cost as the universe, for its growth or production requires the cooperation of air, water, soil, and the sun, none of which we could produce. Furthermore, God Almighty asks us to assign only a small amount of time for worship. We seldom need more than one hour to perform the five prescribed daily prayers. The amount of wealth we are enjoined to give in charity is, in most cases, only one-fortieth of what we have. We have to go on pilgrimage (hajj) only once, and only if we can afford it. The rest of our life and wealth is for worldly things. Despite this, God, the All-Merciful, promises us eternal Paradise, the blessings and beauties of which are beyond imagination. So first of all, we should think about God's infinite mercy, which enfolds us and invites us to Paradise.
Now we will answer the question.
Intention. Our intention is critical. The Messenger of God, upon him be peace and blessings, says: "Actions are judged according to intentions. Whatever you intend to do, you get the reward thereof. So, whoever emigrates for God and His Messenger has emigrated for God and His Messenger; whoever emigrates to acquire something worldly or to marry a woman emigrates to what is intended."
Intention is the spirit of our actions and determines how we will be rewarded (or punished). If you do not eat or drink during the day, but made no intention to fast, you are not counted as having fasted. If you fasts without intending to obtain God's good pleasure, you receive no reward. If you are killed fighting to exalt or strengthen the Word of God, you die as a martyr and go, by God's will, to Paradise. If you are killed while fighting for any other cause, such as fame or wealth, you are not considered a martyr and most probably will not be admitted to Paradise. So, you are rewarded (or punished) according to your intention.
If you have a firm belief in God and the pillars of faith, and intend to believe in them [as if you were to live eternally], you will be rewarded with eternal happiness in Paradise. If you have removed your inborn tendency to believe, and thus intend not to believe even if you were to live forever, you will cause your own eternal punishment. In the case of people whose unbelief is deeply ingrained and who have lost the capacity to believe, the Qur'an says: As for the unbelievers, it is the same whether you warn them or warn them not. They will not believe. God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a covering (2:6-7)
Punishment for Unbelief. A given punishment is determined by the nature and result of the crime and the person's intention, not to how long it took commit the act.
Murder, which takes only a couple of minutes or even seconds to commit, is often punished by many years—even life—in jail or the death sentence. Unbelief is infinitely more serious than murder. If you accuse truthful and innocent people of lying and deception, they will be very angry with you. Unbelief also means the following:
• Denying the true testimony of innumerable creatures, from atoms to huge galaxies, to their Creator's existence and Unity, and accusing them of lying or giving false testimony.
• Denying God, the Unique Creator, Sustainer, and Administrator of the existence, and degrading His innumerable works of art.
• Accusing more than 100,000 Prophets of the most abased form of lying, deception, and trickery. And this despite the fact that according to the testimony of history and the people to whom they were sent, they are the most truthful of all humanity.
• Accusing believers of following the greatest tricksters of human history. Such a view also insults and accuses innumerable believers from the time of Adam of deception and deviation.
For these and other similar reasons, it is pure justice to condemn unbelief to the eternal punishment of Hell.
However insignificant our free will appears, and however slight a sin unbelief may seem to be at first sight, unbelief is a denial and negation and therefore destructive. Remember that we likened free will to flicking a switch to illuminate a room. Flicking a switch off can throw a whole city into darkness. A lit match can destory a huge, magnificent palace in a couple of minutes, even though it took hundreds of workers several years to build it. More immediate, remember that it a single bullet fired by a Serbian ignited the First World War and led to massive death and destruction.
Also, suppose there is a garden containing all kids of flowers and trees in which birds sing and animals live. These plants and animals need the water reaching them thorugh the canals if they are to survive. Someone is responsible for opening those canals so that water can flow through them. If that person, for whatever reason, did not allow the water to flow and thus killed everything in the garden, what would be an appropriate punishment? The act of unbelief is equivalent to such an act, but on the scale of the creation as a whole.
Unbelief is an unforgivable ingratitude. How can you deny Him Who brought you into existence from non-existence, gave you so many faculties (e.g., reason, intellect, heart, memory, and insight, and inner and outer senses), and nourishes you with numerous varieties of food and drink? Such people prepare their own doom, and their punishment must be equal to their action (of denial).
Even if we all worked together, we could not create even one fruit, one leaf, or one blade of grass. Denying the existence of the One Who can do all of this, and Who created this huge universe and gave us dominion over it, is the worst sin that we can commit, and so deserves the most lasting and severest punishment.
Also, Satan tries to lead us astray by inviting us to unbelief and dissipation. Our evil-commanding soul was given to us so that we could rise to higher ranks by refining it. Our conscience innately feels the existence of God, the Creator and Sustainer of beings, and feelings that long for eternity can be satisfied only with eternity. Followers of Satan, unbelievers who are ruled by their desires and their evil-commanding selves, close their conscience to innumerable signs of God in themselves and the universe, extinguish their feelings related to eternity, and blind themselves to the Creator's most manifest signs: the Qur'an Prophet Muhammad, and all other Prophets, upon them be peace.
Punishment varies. The punishment for violating a trust is proportional to its significance and its true owner. A child who breaks a window does not receive the same punishment as an aide-de-camp who loses or breaks the king's crown. If a private and a commander spend the money they received (based on their rank) on petty things and so wasted it, the commander certainly would receive a much greater punishment than the private. If a scientist responsible for carrying out scientific investigations spent the resources entrusted to her on studying trifling things, certainly she would be punished far more severely than a shepherd who spent the resources assigned to her on meeting her own needs instead of those of her animals.
Animals do not misuse or waste the capital of life assigned to them. They do whatever they must: some carry burdens, some give milk and meat, and others produce honey or silk for our use. Only we can spend our resources according to own desires. Given this fact, as well as the earlier-mentioned bounties that God has given us due to our status as His vicegerents on Earth, our misuse of these resources results in a very severe punishment. If we allow ourselves to be dominated by our evil-commanding selves and not our hearts (which must overflow with knowledge and love of the Creator), we are destined to become fuel for the fires of Hell.
Question: The Prophet says that at the sixth week of an embryo's development, God sends an angel to write whether it will be righteous and prosperous or wicked and condemned. What does this mean, and how can we reconcile it with human free will?
Answer: In addition to what has been said above, we will make the following comments.
Destiny is a of Divine Knowledge. It does not cancel our free will or force us to behave in a preordained way. Since God knows beforehand what we will do and say (as He is not constrained by our concept of time), He has an angel write down our life-history. We behave according to the dictates of our free will, not because God wrote down our future life.
Destiny is related both to the cause and the effect. There are not two separate destinies, one for the cause, the other for the effect. God knows beforehand how we will behave in a given circumstance, and His preknowledge does not negate our free will.
Only God knows whether we will go to Paradise or Hell. Although unbelief deserves eternal punishment, we may not say that unbelievers are going to Hell, for one day they might accept belief and go to Paradise. Many atheists have become Muslims. Islam came to guide unbelievers to faith and worship, and to eternal happiness in Paradise.
Question: What does Islamic fitra (primordial nature) mean?
Answer: In an authentic hadith, the Prophet, upon him be peace and blessings, says that all infants are born with this Islamic fitra, and then their parents cause them to adopt another faith (or no faith at all).
This hadith means that everyone has the innate potential to become a Muslim. Islam is the natural religion of all creatures, as it means "peace, salvation, and obedience." Since everything obeys God absolutely and functions according to His laws, all creatures are muslim. Every being's bodily structure, regardless of religion or lack thereof, whether they are human or jinn, are muslim, for all bodies operate according to the laws God Almighty determined for them. If a new-born could lead a completely monastic life free of environmental effects, he or she would remain a natural Muslim.
This hadith also means that a new-born's mind is like a tape on which anything can be recorded, a lump of dough that can be shaped in any way, a blank paper on which anything can be written. If you could protect your mind from any external source of corruption, you could receive anything related to Islam easily and become a perfect Muslim. But if your mind becomes impure, or you inject into it the tenets, beliefs, and conduct of another religion (or of atheism), you either will adopt another faith or encounter many problems on your way to becoming a good Muslim.
New-borns resemble seeds that can produce good Muslims, for they are all seeds of future Muslims. Adverse conditions cause these seeds to be deformed or spoiled, and these people eventually adopt another faith or none at all. Therefore, to grow good Muslims, we have to do our best to improve our familial and surrounding social conditions. After children reach puberty, sins are a primary cause of deformed seeds. As every sin has the potential to lead people to unbelief, we must protect ourselves against sin. Family, education, and social environment are also of great importance.
Question: What does guidance mean, and can we guide someone else?
Answer: Guidance is a light that God kindles in you because you use your own free will in the way of belief. Only God guides one to the truth, as pointed out repeatedly in the Qur'an: If God willed, he could have brought them all to the guidance (6:35); If it had been your Lord's will, all who are on Earth would have believed, altogether (10:99); You do not guide whom you like, but God guides whom He wills (28:56); and For verily You cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee. Nor can you guide the blind out of their deviation. You can make none to hear save those who believe in Our Revelation so that they surrender and become Muslims (30:52–53).
Since God guides, we implore Him in every rak'a of our daily prescribed prayers, saying: Guide us to the Straight Path (1:6). God's Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, says: "I have been sent to call people to belief. Only God guides them and places belief in their hearts."
The Qur'an also states that God's Messenger calls and guides people to the Straight Path, such as in: Surely you call them to the Straight Path (23:73); and Thus We have revealed a Spirit to you from Our Command. You did not know what was the Scripture, nor what the Faith was, but We have made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our servants. You are indeed guiding to a Straight Path (42:52).
The verses do not contradict each other. God creates everyone with the potential to accept belief, but both the family and existing educational and social conditions have a certain role in one's guidance or misguidance. To call people to belief, God sent Messengers, some of whom received Revealed Books, so that people could reform themselves. Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, is the last Messenger, and the Revealed Qur'an is the last and only uncorrupted Divine Book.
The Qur'an contains the principles of guidance. The Messenger provides guidance, whether through the Book or through his personality, conduct, and good example. He recites the Divine Revelations, shows God's signs to his people (or to humanity at large, in the case of Prophet Muhammad), and points out their misconceptions, superstitions, and sins.
Every thing, event, and phenomenon is a sign pointing to God's Existence and Unity. Therefore, if we believe sincerely and without prejudice, struggle against carnal desire and the temptations of the evil-commanding self and Satan, and use our free will to find the truth, God will guide us to a way leading to Him. He declares in the Qur'an: Fear God and seek the means [of approach to and knowledge of] Him, and strive in His way in order that you may succeed and be prosperous [in both worlds] (5:35); As for those who strive in Us [in Our way and for Our sake and to reach Us], We surely guide them to Our paths; and verily God is with the good (29:69); and Those who fear God [and keeps their duty to Him], He will appoint a way out for them (65:2).
In order to find or deserve guidance, we must sincerely strive for it and search for the ways leading to it. Those whom God blesses with guidance should show first that they have received it by setting a good example, and then call others to it through every lawful (Islamic) means. God repeatedly commands His Messenger to do just that in these, and other, verses:
Warn your tribe of near kindred [of their end, the consequences of their deeds, and the punishment of Hell]. (26:214)
Remind and give advice, for you are one to remind. (88:21)
Proclaim openly and insistently what you are commanded. (15: 94)
Call to the path of your Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the most courteous manner. (16:125)
Surely in the Messenger of God you have a good example for him who hopes for God and the Last Day, and remembers God oft. (33:21)
God's Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, conveyed God's Revelations to people, called them to belief in the best and most effective way, and endured great difficulty and persecution for doing so. He refused the most alluring bribes designed to make him stop calling people to belief in One God, and continued his mission without expecting any worldly reward. Seeking only God's pleasure and the prosperity of people in both worlds, when he conquered Makka (with God's help) and made His Word prevail, he forgave the Makkans who had persecuted him ruthlessly for 21 years, saying: "No reproach, this day, shall be on you. God will forgive you, (for) He is the Most Merciful of the Merciful. Go! You are freed!"
God's Messenger once said to 'Ali: "If someone finds guidance at your hand, this is better for you than having red camels." According to the rule of "the one who causes is like the doer," one who leads someone else to guidance receives whatever the latter earns, without any decrease in his or her own reward. Similarly, God's Messenger says:
Whoever establishes a good path receives the same reward as those who follow that path thereafter until the Last Day without any decrease in their reward; whoever establishes an evil path is burdened with the same sins as those who follow it thereafter until the Last Day, without any decrease in their burden.
If you lead other people to guidance, never remind them by saying, for example: "You found guidance only because of me." This is a grave sin and ingratitude to God, for only God guides and causes you to lead others to guidance. Similarly, those to guidance through you should never say, for example: "Without you, I would never have been guided."
If you lead others to guidance, you should think something like: "Praise be to God, for He has used such a poor and needy one like me to achieve this meritorious deed. God is so powerful, merciful, and munificent to His servants that He creates clusters of grapes on wood. As wood has no right to ascribe to itself the grapes growing on it, I cannot attribute another's guidance to myself." As for those who find guidance, they should think something like: "God, my Master, saw my need and helplessness and allowed His servant to lead me to guidance. All praise be to Him."
Nevertheless, those who are led to guidance can feel thankful to the one whom God used to guide them. After all, since God created us and our actions, He also creates the means that enable guidance and misguidance. But this does not negate or diminish the part of our own free will in our guidance or misguidance.
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Italian explorer, cartographer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci has played big role in the history of the Age of the Exploration by managing to be first to come to the conclusion that newfound New World on the west of the Europe is a standalone continent and not a part of Asia.
Modern history remembers James Cook as one of the most important naval officers of the British naval fleet. During his life he performed several expeditions in the Pacific, discovered Hawaii and tried to discovered way through Northwestern Passage.
Juan de la Cosa remains remembered today as naval navigator and the creator of the famous map of the world called "Mappa Mundi". He crated that map sailing on his ship "Santa Maria" that followed Christopher Columbus on his journey to the shores of Central America in 1492.
Early exploration of the North American continent cannot be said without mentioning the exploits of the famous French Explorer Samuel de Champlain who was responsible for naming the country of Canada and igniting colonization of its territory.


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Kylie Jenner's latest outfits seem to attract many looks and some of them appear to be really bold, which was something expected to some extent. Her outfits this year are very different and it seems she is willing to make all sorts of combinations that stand out.
Here are some Kylie Jenner outfits from this year which you can inspire from.
Kylie Jenner outfit #1
Red crop top and a black mid-rise carwash skirt which has a kind of fringe. As matching accessories she chose a diamond paved bracelet and for shoes laced pumps.
Even if it is a simple outfit, it seems that Kylie considered it suitable for a small party or probable for a not so important event.
Kylie Jenner outfit #2
A long below-knee light cream dress, that on top resembles to a shirt. To cover the naked top and not only, she chose a matching color coat, that does not seem to be very thick.
As shoes she chose a pair of stiletto shoes, their color being assorted with the whole outfit, namely light cream. The bracelet was surely not lacking, but it could not be seen because of the sleeves of the coat.
Kylie Jenner outfit #3
Here is something simple, yet still elegant: a black dress, but this time a lot shorter than the one before, with two transparent stripes in front, from top to bottom, and the top of the dress comes on neck.
Regarding her shoes for this outfit, she chose a pair of sandals that are cut on the back and the edges are transparent but the front is covered in black leather.
Kylie Jenner outfit #4
Black outfit with a bit of colour on "top". Regarding this outfit, Kylie chose a very transparent black blouse, which allowed to see the bra that was also black. The pants that were also black were made from leather and their type was skinny. In the top part, over the blouse, she wore a wide purple jacket.
As accessories, this time she chose just a little black purse to go with her outfit.
The shoes were a pair of mustard-colored sandals with some straps and in the front part they had fridges.
Kylie Jenner outfit #5
This outfit seems to be a little bolder than those before, because we are talking about a leopard print outfit from top to toe. Kylie wore this time a pair of leopard leggings and on top she had a matching leopard prind coat. Apparently it could not be identified the piece of clothing she wore under the coat, but we suppose she wore a black or leopard blouse or shirt.
This quite luscious outfit in terms of visual appearance Kylie chose to accessorize it with just a simple black bag which had a thin strap.
Regarding the shoes she wore, she chose a pair of black bunny sneakers with thick white soles.
Kylie Jenner outfit #6
This one is similar to the one before. This time Kylie wore a animal printed short silk satin dress with long sleeves, one that is similar to a jumpsuit. As shoes she chose a pair of sandals covered on the front with black leather and the accessories were missing entirely…
These are some of the outfits that Kylie Jenner wore so far, some of which you can inspire yourself from if you are lacking outfit ideas.