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It's funny how something as seemingly simple as setting a table can send homeowners into a full blown meltdown. Unless you're Martha Stewart herself, hosting a dinner gathering at your home is almost always accompanied by unexpected stressors, snags and setbacks. You want your home to look lived in and comfortable – a true extension and reflection of you inner personality. However, on the other hand, you want your space to look polished and well put together. Attempting to marry the two into a sophisticated and functional dining space can leave you flustered and frustrated. Luckily for you, Iron Accents has plenty of tips and tricks to help you create the perfect atmosphere for your guests.
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The color scheme you choose as the backdrop to your dining experience will depend on a few primary factors, and chief among these is the season. For spring, stick to light pastels and lively greens, but for summer, include lots of bright whites and friendly yellows in the form of sunflowers or bowls full of lemons. Autumn means earth tones complemented by deep reds and oranges while winter calls for holiday-esque red and green or blue and silver.
A centerpiece is the focal point of the table. As such, it needs to be well planned and well placed – but it doesn't, by any means, need to be traditional or complex. A small succulent garden can make a lovely and unexpected centerpiece for spring while a few lighted branches and frosted pinecones in a tall vase can make for an elegant winter design. Sometimes all you need for a great centerpiece is a bowl full of river rocks, water and a floating tea light.
Like in any area of interior décor, the trick of a great looking design is balance and unity. However, this doesn't necessarily mean symmetry. In fact, too much symmetry can make your table look too structured and unnatural. Instead, let it flow naturally. For example, if you're setting several smaller tables rather than one large one, it's okay to have different centerpieces for each table.
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Now it's your turn! What other tips and ideas do you have for setting a table?


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Discussion in 'Fallout Tactics Modding' started by Melindil, May 15, 2018.
Dialog scripting is on my to-do list, but it's pretty far down the list. Not because it isn't useful or cool, but because I know I need a lot more experience with FoT internals before trying to tackle it.
1) The Lua scripting language used in the extender could certainly run the dialog processing, so all of that could be done outside of hex editing (far easier). It might be good to have a sample model/implementation of a game with a decent moddable dialog tree system already, mainly for ideas on what pieces are necessary.
2) The dialog engine needs the ability to set and check mission and campaign variables, for cross functionality between the built-in FoT scripting behaviors and that driven from the extender's Lua scripts. This is much higher on my to-do list, and given my investigation in other areas, I don't expect too much trouble here.
3) The UI is likely to be the hardest part. Best-case (effort-wise at least) is if there's an existing UI window that's close enough to a working dialog interface that only minimal change is necessary (maybe adding a text box to the existing conversation UI window for showing the player's dialog options could work). If not, it may involve coding a window interface in the extender DLL, either using the individual FoT UI controls, or by calling DirectDraw functions directly. This is much harder, but could be a bit more customizable.
I'm not getting a lot of time to work on things lately (baby care ), but I'm fairly close to having a first release ready. Capabilities will be mostly limited to those I've shown in other posts already, but a couple of things have been added to give a little more flexibility (mainly visibility to the game timers, and functions to adjust both permanent and temporary attribute modifiers).
Great news! As long as it does happen I can certainly wait for it!!
Text box to existing conversation UI window sounds both the best case and the desirable one(understandable).
*BTW... WTH happened to the Wilma character in FO:Tactics?
When I load old save games it shows the correct photo in the game thumbnail, but in game, it substitutes a new character called Wilna, with a different portrait.
???? The Wilma PC is no longer an option. Is this the unadvertised side effect of a mod?
Looks like something a mod would do. The pic you display is a new one with different background and suffice to say they had limited resources for new char portraits(mainly the workers in Microforte I think) back then.
Do you have Redux? It changes so many things it might be a candidate for this.
That's probably it; but I certainly don't remember installing a Tactics mod.
This is clearly a mod's work, probably one replacing some core files. If this is the case (and not an extra folder from which your game starts), you can go to CORE/Gui/char to replace CORE_prefab5.zar to its original (attached), and also the one in /Big folder. Use the .zip I sent you, that will be easier.
OH... I remember I promised you (Melindil) an in-game statue for having solved the mystery of the full-colour portraits an here it is! I made it a long while ago but forgot to show it to you all. I can also add you as a game character if you want in the future, if you want to send me a picture of you by mail (hugo@hugonadeau.com). Ha!
I don't have a picture that I'd like to use .. but I could picture Melindil as a steampunk-style engineer (or something similar that fits the setting).
This mission uses the mission map "Peoria", mostly divided into four parts : Outside (peacefull village), inside (scientific research center and home for the inhabitants during winter), inside after the first turrets (Humanity Archives) and restricted zone (Humanity (Military) Archives). I imagine your character Melindil to have founded the hacker village of Kofun (the name comes from the first use of the bunker as a tomb) and then simply continued his exploration of the bunker. When he got to the last part, the internal system activated the turrents when he got inside an he could just not go out of the restricted zone (too deadly) and finally stayed in that small appartment for 10 years. Exploring the bunker will give the chance for the player to liberate Melindil from his "tomb".
- Defaut pale green color used to identify characters and entities on the ground. Impossible to set using text codes like <Cw> as character names don't accept the codes. They display the code instead of the right color.
- Background color of the tip boxes. Black by default. As soon as you use a dark default font color, all help popup information boxes get almost invisible, including the needed item name when bartering. A way to define that box to white would be great.


What chocolate lover wouldn't be thrilled with rich, decadent truffles for Valentine's Day? Instead of heading to the nearest chocolate shop, pick up a few items from the market and make these simple homemade truffles with your own two hands!
There is something really special about being able to create a delicious and meaningful Valentine's Day gift for your sweetie. Plus, it's a great way to show how much you care without breaking the bank!
Homemade truffles may seem a little intimidating; after all, they are sold in high-end chocolate boutiques for some serious cash. However, making homemade truffles yourself is simple and actually quite fun.
Unless of course you don't like getting your hands dirty, and by "dirty" I mean full of chocolate.
Nervous yet? No worries, I am going to walk you through the process and provide you with an easy truffle recipe that's so simple, even the Worst Cook in America could make them with rocking results.
Your Valentine will be so surprised this year to open up a box of homemade truffles!
A chocolate truffle is basically ganache that is firmed up in the refrigerator, formed into balls and rolled in cocoa powder.
No idea what ganache is? In its basic form, ganache is simply a mixture of chocolate and cream.
We have made ganache for many recipes in the past, including Banana Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache, Chocolate Peppermint Mini Bundt Cakes, and Chocolate Zucchini Cake. In this post, I will be referring to the truffle mixture as ganache.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE HOMEMADE TRUFFLES?
To make my easy truffle recipe, you will need just a few simple ingredients and tools.
Ingredients needed to make homemade truffles include high quality chocolate (such as Scharffen Berger or Guittard), cream, butter, and any optional flavorings. We'll talk about flavorings in a moment.
Tools you'll need include a small scoop (about two teaspoons or a melon baller), a shallow casserole dish, plastic wrap, miniature foil or paper liners (optional), and a double boiler.
Don't have a double boiler? Simply place a heat-safe bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, making sure the bowl is NOT touching the water. Voila! You now have a double boiler!
My easy truffle recipe is so simple to make, you won't believe you didn't try making homemade truffles sooner.
Start by making the ganache. Melt the chocolate, butter and cream in your double boiler, then remove from the heat and add in your desired flavorings.
From here, allow the ganache to cool until it is solid enough to scoop out with the melon baller and roll into balls. Dip or roll the ganache balls in your desired coating to finish your easy truffles.
You can infuse your homemade truffles with a variety of ingredients like espresso, and spirits such as liqueurs.
The key is letting your ganache sit at room temperature for about a half hour before stirring in any type of alcohol. You want to maintain that boozy goodness, not burn it off.
Some liqueurs that work well in homemade truffles are Grand Marnier for an orange flavor, Fraise des Bois or Chambord for raspberry flavor, or Kahlua. But, truly you can use whatever type of alcohol that floats your boat, even beer!
Once you have rolled your truffles, you can finish them in a variety of ways. I love to simply roll them in cocoa powder.
If I use bittersweet chocolate, I'll roll the truffles in sweetened cocoa powder. You can also roll them in nuts, sprinkles, cookie crumbs or dip them in tempered chocolate.
Admittedly, covering truffles in chocolate can be pretty messy. Luckily for you, I've tried out a few different methods to figure out the best way to dip truffles in chocolate!
If you want to finish off your easy truffle recipe with tempered chocolate, place the ganache balls on a fork. Then use a spoon to pour the tempered chocolate over the ganache and let the excess drip off before placing the truffles back on the parchment paper.
Broken Ganache: If your ganache breaks, you'll know right away, it will look curdled due to the fat and liquid separating. Don't toss it! Simply heat a couple tablespoons more cream and stir it in little by little until the ganache comes back together.
Hard Ganache: If you refrigerated your ganache for too long, it will become too hard to scoop. Simply set it out at room temperature until it becomes pliable enough to work with.
Infusions: If you are infusing truffles with spirits of any sort, be sure to let the chocolate cool enough so the heat does not burn off the alcohol. A good measure of readiness is to place a small dab of chocolate on your lips; if it's warm and not hot, the truffle mixture is ready to be infused.
LOOKING FOR MORE HOMEMADE TRUFFLE INSPIRATION?
I have changed up my easy truffle recipe in a lot of ways over the years. Make sure to check out my Dark Chocolate Toffee Truffles, Nutella Truffles, S'mores Truffles, Peppermint Truffles from Food for My Family, or Chocolate Frangelico Truffles from Bakers Royale.
In a double boiler over barely simmering water, combine chocolate, butter and heavy cream. Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir until you have a smooth mixture.
Pour into a shallow casserole dish and cool to room temperature.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 2 hours. If you refrigerate longer than two hours, the mixture will be too hard to work with. If this occurs, allow the mixture to sit at room temperature until they are pliable enough to work with.
If you are infusing truffles with spirits of any sort be sure to let the chocolate cool enough, so the heat does not burn off the alcohol. A good measure of readiness is to place a small dab of chocolate on your lips, if it's warm and not hot the truffle mixture is ready to be infused.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a small scoop (2 teaspoons) or a melon baller, scoop out chocolate mixture, roll into one inch balls, and place on prepared baking sheet.
Continue with remaining chocolate mixture.
Roll balls in your desired coating, I typically use high quality sweetened cocoa powder such as Scharffen Berger.
Great post! A friend of mine gave me the recipes for the truffles we sell at our gourmet cheese shop inside the grocery store where I work. I couldn't believe how simple they are, and how much we charge for them ($15.99/lb).
Love all of these basic tips! Truffles are so much fun to make!
How cute and so perfect for Valentine's Day! Yum!
It's fixed now, it got cut off when I cut and pasted from the word document.
I ♥ truffles and these look so cute!
What an informative post with some beautiful looking truffles!
I love to make truffles, it gives me an excuse to eat ganache straight from the bowl! I like the idea of adding Chambord to the ganache, I'll try that next time.
Thanks for breaking this down for us! I am scared to make truffles for some reason, and now I feel a lot better about it!
Jamie, this is a fantastic post. You've broken it down into simple, non-intimidating steps, with great troubleshooting ideas. I've never made truffles before, but I totally know that I can do it now.
These look so tasty. Sometimes the basic is best.
Just returned from the market so I'm stocked up on all the essentials for Valentine's weekend baking – and here's your post, yum! I am a huge truffle lover but have been afraid that I couldn't make my own, I think I will try this recipe, as always so appreciative of your inspiration!
GORGEOUS! Great tips and with great instructions!
I have never made truffles but I love to eat them. Thanks for the tips!
Great tips!! There is a ton of fantastic information on this post alone… would you be willing to do more?? As a self proclaimed bad cook, I can use all the help I can get, and your explanations and wording is so easy to read and comprehend!
WOW these look and sound AMAZING!! love the trouble shooting tips too!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the tips!! I have never made truffles (been a bit intimidated, actually) so this is extremely helpful.
Such a great instruction post. We love these especially this time of year!
These are beautiful! And all the tips and steps you gave are great, thanks! I'd love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight at http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight.
Chocolate Truffles are one of my biggest indulgences…love, love, love them! Love your photos!
Can you post something on how to make flavored truffles? Not just the Tiramisu ones there, but there are these Raspberry Truffles that I just LOVE!
I'm going to try to make this recipe over the holiday weekend, I would love to surprise my sister with a home made batch!!!! Wish me luck!
Thank you so much for the tip on adding heated cream to "fix" breakage!!
I am helping my future sister in law plan her wedding. Right now, we're working on the wedding favors. Kelly is giving the reception guests a single truffle. These will make the perfect gift! I did a test run and these were easy to make and delicious! She and I began looking for packaging, and we found the cutest favor boxes from Box and Wrap! These boxes fit a single truffle, and the boxes come in all colors. Favors Done!
I make truffles all the time with nutella it's so good!!
I always recommend that people do a series of test runs before using a recipe for a big event such as a wedding. Yes, they are definitely hard enough to store in boxes, but you will definitely want to store them within the refrigerator until you are ready to serve them. They will get melty if they get too warm. Hope this helps.
These look awesome! Do you think if I used 2% milk instead of cream it would still work?
Thanks for your comment! Heavy cream has a very different structure to any kind of regular milk, even whole milk. I would not substitute it here, your truffles will never solidify.
Colette, they'll keep for about a week.
I don't really want to add liquor. What can I do if I want to make blueberry or coconut flavoured truffles?
Carolina, you can use extract in those flavors in place of alcohol.
How long will these last? Also can they be covered in chocolate?
Nicola, these will last for up to a week in the refrigerator, and yes, you can cover them in chocolate.
Sooooo…making a bunch of these for christmas but I want to booze em up! In your directions it says add the alcohol when they are cooler…so put in fridge, take out, add alcohol & then back in fridge until ready? Also with cheaper chocolate does it just affect taste or will it affect how it sets up too? I bought some white choc bark for example to make some of these white chocolate in addition to the original choc ones. Will that work? Last…do you have any fun flavors ideas that youve tried? Im thinking ill do white choc Rasberry, Choc with sea salt & caramel, Lemon & powdered sugar & I have some Peanut Butter flavored vodka so IM thinking choc peanut butter would be tasty too.
Ashley, that method sounds perfect to me. The quality of chocolate will always affect the outcome, but I think you can use white chocolate bark just fine. I've never seen peanut butter flavored vodka, that sounds amazing!
Just want to point out that if one is properly using their double boiler, you never have to worry about the temperatures getting high enough that you have to worry about the alcohol evaporating. The melting point of chocolate is usually between 86 and 90 °F, The melting point of butter is 82.4 – 96.8 °F. You really shouldn't be getting above 100°F while working with the chocolate.
To contrast this Ethanol boils at 173.3°F, WAY above the temperatures you should be working in. So no need to let it cool if you are doing everything else properly.
Ooh I am looking forward to making a batch of these with Frangelico added in – my absolute favourite!!
I hope you enjoy them, Lisa! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi, Lisa! I think coconut milk might work. Let me know how it goes!
Hi, I have only tried to make truffles today, and I used another recipe as I hadn't spotted yours, but the ganache is still soft after refrigerating, so when I try to cover them in chocolate, they start to go even gooier and are almost impossible to mould and cover. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted .
Hi, Lynne! I don't know what to say about the other recipe–maybe refrigerate the ganache longer? I hope this helps!
Can I use Semisweet Chocolate chips instead of the bars?
You can use high quality chips, but I definitely recommend bars over chips. I hope this helps.
Still an error in the directions. Alcohol infusion in the list of ingredients refers us to step #3. It is step #5.
Thank you, Sue! Error fixed.
Have you ever tried to freeze these. I have to make 25 dozen and was thinking of making in advance and freezing.
Hi, Connie! I think you can freeze these, but you have to make sure they're tightly wrapped and place in an airtight container. Sometimes the truffles can discolor if they're frozen, but if they're wrapped, you should be okay. Good luck!
Hi, Robbin! Two to three hours should be enough time to make the truffles. How did everything turn out? Please let me know; I'm here to help!
Mine turned out too soft. Any ideas?
Hi, Theresa. Maybe refrigerate them a bit longer? Let me know if that helps.
How many truffles does your recipe make? Want to make some for Christmas!
This recipe makes about 30 truffles! I hope this helps! Happy Holidays to you and yours!
One of the very first things I learned to make as an adult was truffles. Little did I know…I'd be devouring a lifetime supply over the next ten years – ha! I'm going to try using liqueur next time!
Oh my goodness! These truffles look so delicious and chocolatey!
Hello! I just use regular heavy cream. Hope this helps! Happy baking.


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Virginia authorities have charged a man who registered voters for a liberal political advocacy group with voter registration fraud, saying he filed false applications for people who do not exist.
Vafalay Massaquoi, 30, is accused of inventing applicants and forging voter registration forms that were filed with the Alexandria Office of the General Registrar. He's charged with two felony counts of forging a public record and two felony counts of voter registration fraud.
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Q: Mysql2::Error: Table 'conversations' already exists I'm getting this error after trying to update a gem (mailboxer) and removing it.
Mysql2::Error: Table 'conversations' already exists: CREATE TABLE conversations (id int(11) DEFAULT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, subject varchar(255) DEFAULT '', created_at datetime NOT NULL, updated_at datetime NOT NULL)
I tried:

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*Bundle exec rake db:migrate rollback then rake db:migrate

*Bundle exec rake db:migrate v= xxxxxxxx then rake db:migrate

*getting rid of the migration files (that worked but I don't like the though of just getting rid of code)

I do not want to loose my data and drop the tables.
Any thoughts?
Update:
Rake db:migrate:status

   up     20140526010413  Adduserfollowme to users
   up     20140703193119  Add vote weight to votes
   up     20140713211140  Add partime to user
   up     20140716024440  Add devise to admin users
   up     20140716024510  Create active admin comments
   up     20140727042518  ********** NO FILE **********
   up     20140727051902  Add slug to activities
  down    20140728031732  Create mailboxer.mailboxer engine
  down    20140728031733  Add notified object.mailboxer engine
  down    20140728031734  Add notification code.mailboxer engine
  down    20140728031735  Add attachments.mailboxer engine
  down    20140728031736  Rename receipts read.mailboxer engine
  down    20140728031737  Add global notification support.mailboxer engine

rake db:rollback

==  AddSlugToActivities: reverting ============================================
-- remove_index("activities", {:column=>:slug})
   -> 0.0215s
-- remove_column("activities", :slug)
   -> 0.0342s
==  AddSlugToActivities: reverted (0.0559s) ===================================

Rake db:migrate

==  AddSlugToActivities: migrating ============================================
-- add_column(:activities, :slug, :string)
   -> 0.0266s
-- add_index(:activities, :slug)
   -> 0.0104s
==  AddSlugToActivities: migrated (0.0373s) ===================================

==  CreateMailboxer: migrating ================================================
-- create_table(:conversations)
rake aborted!
StandardError: An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled:

Mysql2::Error: Table 'conversations' already exists: CREATE TABLE `conversations` (`id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, `subject` varchar(255) DEFAULT '', `created_at` datetime NOT NULL, `updated_at` datetime NOT NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb:243:in `query'
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/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:280:in `block in log'
/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.2.12/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:20:in `instrument'
/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:275:in `log'
/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb:243:in `execute'
/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb:211:in `execute'
/home/bill/apps/woomatch/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb:170:in `create_table'
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What should I do next?

A: There is no rake db:migrate rollback, only rake db:rollback
Try rake db:migrate:status, then use rake db:rollback to make unwanted migrations to be down.
Sometimes when 'something went wrong' and you migrate-rollback a lot, it is necessary to comment up some lines, make migrate\rollback and incomment them again.
If it doesnt work, try show code of migrations that fail

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British actress and singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of British actress and singer Jane Birkin and French actor and singer Serge Gainsbourg, will be performing her third album "Stage Whisper" at KüçükÇiftlik Park on June 23. Gainsbourg has been acting since she was 13, the same age that the first glimmer of her parallel musical career were seen when she sang with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" in 1984. He produced her first album "Charlotte for Ever" two years later after which she put her music career on hiatus until 2006 when she released her second album "5:55" to critical acclaim.
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Tesla head Elon Musk met with senior White House officials on Jan. 27 to discuss the Biden administration's push to grow the electric vehicle market, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Türkiye's local electric car Togg, which has made its digital platform Trumore available on the App Store, Google Play and App Gallery, offers 2023 NFTs specially prepared for the 100th anniversary of the republic with the auction it will launch through this application.
Australia's Jay Vine claimed his first World Tour victory in the Tour Down Under yesterday, with Britain's Simon Yates winning a thrilling uphill battle to take the race's final stage.


Tailwind is an amazing auto-scheduler, used initially for Pinterest but has expanded it's reach to Facebook, Twitter and has just launched some incredible new features with Instagram posting. It allows you to take graphics or pictures that you have created that are linked with your blog posts and share them to Pinterest in the future, all in one click!
I actually got on board with Tailwind program in the very first days of starting my blog. The registration was free for the first 100 posts and I had been seeing a ton of great reviews on it, so naturally I signed up to check it out.
I'll be honest. I looked around a little, shared a couple things, felt a little overwhelmed and didn't go back for a few weeks. In fact, I almost completely threw the whole concept out the window.
It has made a huge difference in my Pinterest interactions and engagement! Over 1000% increase in fact! I posted a full review of the Pinterest Ninja course if you would like to check it out.
I'm going to share with you step-by-step just how easy this process is so that you don't throw in the towel on this time and game-saver for getting traffic to your blog posts!
You'll need to create an appropriate sized picture for each social media sharing site and add ALT Descriptions in EVERY picture using all keywords or phrases and hashtags (this makes adding to Tailwind super simple- you'll see later). Save all of these photos somewhere within your post.
For my posts, I prefer either Canva or PicMonkey to create my graphics as they are easy to use and have a free version available with the option to upgrade to more features. As a beginner, the free version will work just fine.
To save you some time, generally the picture that you have set for your feature photo will work for both the Facebook and Twitter posts but if you want to create your own from scratch, here are the optimized dimensions (as of May 2018).
Yes! Do not skip this or skim it too fast. This is really important as you won't want to be deleting them later or wasting your Tailwind or Tribe share counts.
Trust me on this one. It's really embarrassing to find out a post you created was re-shared by a huge developer with SPELLING & GRAMMATICAL errors.
Ughhhhh. You I learn the hard way I guess.
After the blog post has been thoroughly edited and officially published, it's time to share your magic to Tailwind and Tribes.
The easiest way to do this is to download the Tailwind app to your browser. (You can use Tailwind in both desktop and an iOS version; unfortunately it's not available for Android as of this publishing date).
This will allow you to choose several graphics at one time. You can find the desktop download at the Chrome Store here.
When you are ready with your post opened, click on the Tailwind icon in the top right hand corner of your browser and all of the available graphics for that post will pop up.
Choose the graphics you would like to share by clicking on each of them. You will know they are selected as they will have a blue line around them.
When you have selected all of the ones you want, click on the green button bottom right hand corner that says – GO SCHEDULE!.
For each graphic, you will need to add all the boards you would like to schedule to, including your group boards.
Don't forget to schedule to your own business Pinterest board. If you don't have one, you should.
You will notice that all the work you did adding ALT Descriptions and hastags in the beginning have paid off and have been transferred over to the Tailwind posts! YAY!!
At this stage, you also have the option to check off to share to your Facebook page, personal Facebook and/or Twitter account if you set those up in the settings in Tailwind.
Note: If you choose to share to Facebook, you will need to add a post description as well to go along with the picture. If you have chosen that graphic to post to multiple boards, it will only be posted once to Facebook.
Tribes are a section of Tailwind that is similar to a group Pinterest board in that you load your pins there to be shared. The big difference is the ability to produce analytics of how all of your pins are doing within the Tribes. It's a great way to track the performance of a pin or a post at any given time.
Once you have picked all your boards and made sure your descriptions are good, click on the Add to Tribes icon within each post. When you are adding to Tribes, you can hover over each one to see if you are within the rules of the Tribe. For example, sometimes you cannot add more than one graphic from the same post or sometimes the Tribe will only accept long posts.
Next, click on either Add to Queue within each post or the green Schedule All button at the top right. Your posts will automatically fill up the schedule for you! Easy, peasy!
After your posts have been scheduled, a pop will will show with content that is similar to yours that you might like to share. Believe it or not, it is a good practice to share more of other's posts than your own.
Not only does it look less spammy on your end, but you will be adding quality content to your own boards which will draw more engagement.
Do you use Tailwind? Does it save you time? Let me know your thoughts below in the comments!
That helps fill in the gaps for a new blogger.
Great information on Tailwind. I felt the same way in the beginning. Overwhelmed and thinking I would just pitch it in the rubbish. Now I see results.
Great information. Pinterest (and affiliate marketing) are both on my goal list for the new year. This is super helpful. How many times and how often can I post to tribes?
Thank you Jenny! I'm so glad this could be helpful for you! The number of tribes you can join and the number of times you can submit to a tribe depends on your subscription level. I currently have 200 submissions to tribes per month. I rate usually one post per week and pin only one of those pins to my tribes. I have about 20 tribes right now so combine that with a few other pins and 200 is just enough for me at one post a week. It really depends on what you need and how often you want to be sharing to your tribes.


When you need to refer to the same note, choose Insert > Cross Reference > Insert Reference.
In the Edit Reference dialogue, choose the bookmark you've created, and in the format area choose Note Symbol from the Elements pop-up menu.
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60 Minutes Segment On The States' "Day Of Reckoning"
The documentary offers a realistic glimpse into the fiscal nightmare many US states face whose bond rating has been cut to Junk.
The State Governor of Illinois was particularly candid [we paraphrase] "If it [fiscal situation] were any worse... what difference would it make. None of us can pay it back anyhow.".
Many State employees and contractors doing business for US states have not been paid for over 6 months. In some instances State Police officers are being refused service at gas stations as state credit cards are no longer being accepted.
Nevada even sold the state supreme court, the state capital and state legislative buildings to private investors and then rented them back on a 20 year lease to raise cash.


They are super strict on the rules. We missed the first match last month because a player dropped out and we could not add a substitute because she wasn't on the list. The addition would need to be approved by the other teams on the day and it was too much hassle to go to with a risk that we wouldn't be able to play.
They have a nice big timer board which lets you see the current score and current time.
All the teams need to wear identical coloured uniforms and captains must be clearly identified with an arm band.
They play the 60 second possession rule, for which there is another big timer display and person on duty to check. If your team has possession for 40 seconds a bell sounds (which I found confusing and so did other people occationally), and 20 seconds later the refs sound their whistle to give the other team the ball.
The refereeing is done by 1 team and takes 6 people, 2 on the table, two refing on each side and 2 as linesmen sitting at the ends with flags to signal for clean start, goals and off balls.
After each match the team captain is given a sheet with goals and penalties and signs off as an accurate record (or puts in a protest).
The weekend is done as a weekend tournament rather than a series of league days with 3 rounds including a final winner. It means 1 poor team goes home after the first day which is pretty unsatisfying (and this is Spain wide which is geographically and politically similar to having UK wide matches which is a heck of a long drive in most cases, this is because the crisis has ment there's only enough teams for 2 leagues).
People like to moan about the SCA being bad at communication but as long as you find the Facebook page the polo stuff is pretty well communicated. With the Real Federación Española de Piragüismo there's no information anywhere online and no groups to discuss anything in.
There are 4 weekends in the year and they are all at different locations. The organisation is done by a club rather than the federation committee, this is because there are enough clubs with the complete facilities available. Clubs get a bit grumpy at having to give the proceeds to the federation.


Andrew Oberle (26) lost an ear, several fingers and toes and a testicle in the attack on Thursday when he entered a restricted enclosure at Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden in the northeast of the country, the national parks board found.
"They don't believe the chimpanzees should be put down because they were in defence of their territory and they did not escape or try to climb over the fence with the intent to hurt anyone or to attack any tourist," said Chimp Eden director Eugene Cussons.
Oberle, a Masters student in anthropology and primatology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, was doing research at Cussons' sanctuary for abused and orphaned chimps.
While taking tourists on a visit of the facility he crossed an outer fence to a restricted zone in front of the 4.5-hectare encampent fence to fetch a stone that the apes might try to throw at people.
"He himself climbed over the safety fence and into the no-go zone," said Cussons.
"There was a rock that could have been used as a projectile and out of human nature Andrew felt that he should intervene," he said.
"Andrew was never trained to do so. There's only a few people that's trained at the highest level that actually go into the no-go zone to do maintenance on the fence."
Cussons shot and injured one of the primates, called Nikki, while trying to rescue Oberle, then stabilised the student when the primates retreated.
"He was conscious, he was speaking to me. He was badly injured.
He had deep lacerations. He had injuries to his feet and hands and lacerations all over his body," Cussons said.
The student was being kept unconscious in hospital, said Cussons.
"Andrew is in a drug-induced coma for his own comfort. He is in a stable condition now."
His family has flown to the country from the US.


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"Because you pay your income taxes on time, you have been awarded a free $12,500 government grant! To get your grant, simply give us your checking account information, and we will direct-deposit the grant into your bank account!" Sometimes, it's an ad that claims you will qualify to receive a […]
"Because you pay your income taxes on time, you have been awarded a free $12,500 government grant! To get your grant, simply give us your checking account information, and we will direct-deposit the grant into your bank account!"
Sometimes, it's an ad that claims you will qualify to receive a "free grant" to pay for education costs, home repairs, home business expenses, or unpaid bills. Other times, it's a phone call supposedly from a "government" agency or some other organization with an official sounding name. In either case, the claim is the same: your application for a grant is guaranteed to be accepted, and you'll never have to pay the money back.
But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, says that "money for nothing" grant offers usually are scams, whether you see them in your local paper or a national magazine, or hear about them on the phone.
Some scam artists advertise "free grants" in the classifieds, inviting readers to call a toll-free number for more information. Others are more bold: they call you out of the blue. They lie about where they're calling from, or they claim legitimacy using an official-sounding name like the "Federal Grants Administration." They may ask you some basic questions to determine if you "qualify" to receive a grant. FTC attorneys say calls and come-ons for free money invariably are rip offs.
Grant scammers generally follow a script: they congratulate you on your eligibility, then ask for your checking account information so they can "deposit your grant directly into your account," or cover a one-time "processing fee." The caller may even reassure you that you can get a refund if you're not satisfied. In fact, you'll never see the grant they promise; they will disappear with your money.
The FTC says following a few basic rules can keep consumers from losing money to these "government grant" scams:
Don't give out your bank account information to anyone you don't know. Scammers pressure people to divulge their bank account information so that they can steal the money in the account. Always keep your bank account information confidential. Don't share it unless you are familiar with the company and know why the information is necessary.
Don't pay any money for a "free" government grant. If you have to pay money to claim a "free" government grant, it isn't really free. A real government agency won't ask you to pay a processing fee for a grant that you have already been awarded — or to pay for a list of grant-making institutions. The names of agencies and foundations that award grants are available for free at any public library or on the Internet. The only official access point for all federal grant-making agencies is www.grants.gov.
Look-alikes aren't the real thing. Just because the caller says he's from the "Federal Grants Administration" doesn't mean that he is. There is no such government agency. Take a moment to check the blue pages in your telephone directory to bear out your hunch — or not.
Phone numbers can deceive. Some con artists use Internet technology to disguise their area code in caller ID systems. Although it may look like they're calling from Washington, DC, they could be calling from anywhere in the world.
Take control of the calls you receive. If you want to reduce the number of telemarketing calls you receive, place your telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. To register online, visit donotcall.gov. To register by phone, call 1-888-382-1222 (TTY: 1-866-290-4236) from the phone number you wish to register.
File a complaint with the FTC. If you think you may have been a victim of a government grant scam, file a complaint with the FTC online, or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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As Peter Drucker famously said, "what get's measured, get's managed." This is as true of branding as it is of the rest of marketing.
There are many flavours of brand scorecard, the one that we find to be the most useful aligns with the consumers purchase path. By looking at the key decision-making stages we can build appropriate brand measures to provide evaluations and information to make better decisions. This also ties the brand to sales which should be an essential component of brand measurement.


The HP 9800 series were developed by HP's Loveland division (Calculator Products Division), and later Fort Collins division (Desktop Computer Division). Early desktop computers were marketed as "Calculators" to make purchasing easier. At the time, some companies had different procedures for purchasing "Computers".
They spawned development of HP series 80, namely HP 85 and HP 87, that were smaller BASIC language computers with CRT displays. They came from HP's Advanced Products Division based in Corvallis.
The HP 9800 series later gave rise to the class of desktop computers, including the Tektronix 4051, IBM 5100 and Wang 2200. Over time, they would be replaced in the marketplace by personal computers such as the Apple and IBM PC which were inspired by this first generation of desktop computers. They would be created from standard microcomputer components and became favored by household and office uses.
By the 21st century, Hewlett Packard would become the largest producer of personal computers. Today, most households and offices have a desktop or portable computers with an integrated keyboard and display attached to high speed printers with communication capabilities.


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Severnaya Zemlya ( (Northern Land), ) is a  archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east.

Severnaya Zemlya was first noted in 1913 and first charted in 1930–32, making it the last sizeable archipelago on Earth to be explored. Administratively, the islands form part of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai. In Soviet times there were a number of research stations in different locations, but currently there are no human inhabitants in Severnaya Zemlya, except for the Prima Polar Station near Cape Baranov.

The largest glacier in the Russian Federation, the Academy of Sciences Glacier, is located in Severnaya Zemlya. The archipelago is notable as well in connection with the ongoing multiyear Arctic sea ice decline. Until recently, ice joined the islands to Eurasia, even at its smallest extent during the late summer melt season, blocking the Northeast Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific. By the late summer of 2012, however, the permanent ice had reached a record low extent and open water appeared to the south of the archipelago.

History
Although Severnaya Zemlya lies not far off the northern coast of Siberia, cartographers did not formally record it until the 20th century. Earlier explorers deemed that there was a land mass in the general area - note for example the report by Matvei Gedenschtrom and Yakov Sannikov made in 1810 at the time of their exploration of the New Siberian Islands.

Later in the 19th century, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld during the Vega expedition sailed very close to this land in 1878 but did not notice it. In 1882, the Danish Arctic explorer and naval officer Andreas Peter Hovgaard, leader of the Arctic survey Dijmphna expedition, set himself the goal of discovering land north of Cape Chelyuskin and exploring the unknown northeastern limits of the Kara Sea. However, Hovgaard was prevented from accomplishing his objectives after having become trapped in thick ice, and his expedition was unable to reach even the shores of the Taymyr Peninsula.

Even at the end of the 19th century, both Nansen's Fram expedition of 1895 and Eduard Toll's Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 on the ship Zarya failed to note any traces of land to the north of the  strait between the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea that they navigated.

Emperor Nicholas II Land

The archipelago first appeared on the map with the 1913–1915 Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition of the icebreakers Taimyr and Vaigach. The chief organiser and first captain of the Vaygach was officer Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak of the Imperial Russian Navy. The expedition, privately financed, was launched in 1910 and led by Boris Vilkitsky on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service. This venture accomplished its goal of exploring the uncharted areas of the continental side of the Northern Sea Route in what was seen as the culmination of the Great Northern Expedition, an ambitious enterprise initially conceived by emperor Peter I the Great () in order to map the whole of the northern coast of Russia to the east.

On 3 September 1913 (22 August 1913 in the Julian calendar used by Russia at the time), members of Vilkitsky's expedition landed on what is now known as Cape Berg on present-day October Revolution Island. They raised the Russian flag on the shore and named the new territory Tayvay Land (, Zemlya Tayvay), after the first syllable of each of their icebreakers' names. During the days that followed, Vilkitsky's expedition charted parts of the Laptev Sea coast of what they believed to be a single island. Barely six months later, in early 1914, by order of the Secretary of the Imperial Navy, the new discovery was renamed Emperor Nicholas II Land (, Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaya II), after the ruling Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.

Later exploration and present era
In 1926, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR renamed the still not fully-explored land Severnaya Zemlya. In May 1928, Umberto Nobile and his crew in the Airship Italia attempted to overfly the islands, but adverse weather conditions forced them to turn southward when only an hour or two from viewing the archipelago's coastline.

In the spring of 1931, Georgy Ushakov, accompanied by the geologist Nikolay Urvantsev, the veteran surveyor Sergei Zhuravlev, and the radio-operator Vasily Khodov, thoroughly surveyed Severnaya Zemlya during a two-year expedition to the archipelago. Ushakov and his team established a small base at Golomyanny – the western end of Sredniy Island, off October Revolution Island's western coast. From there they made multiple surveying-trips into the interior and to the coastlines of the larger islands. The first detailed map drawn by the expedition's cartographers showed Severnaya Zemlya divided into four main islands. Geographic features of the territory were named after communist organisations, events, and personalities. With reference to Severnaya Zemlya Ushakov wrote:

The Graf Zeppelin flew over the area during its polar flight of July 1931 and recorded some cartographic and meteorological data; Hugo Eckener tried to take pictures of the yet unsurveyed western coast, but it was obscured by fog and clouds.

Although German communists had endured suffering under the Third Reich, due to anti-German sentiment caused by the 1941–1945 German-Soviet War in the USSR some features of Severnaya Zemlya that had been previously named in solidarity with German Communism were given Russian or neutral-sounding names, e.g. Cape Unslicht becoming Mys Peschanyy and Proliv Yungshturm becoming Yuny Strait.

During the period of the Cold War (1940s to 1980s), the islands of Severnaya Zemlya continued to be studied by a team of geologists from NIIGA (the Scientific Research Institute of Arctic Geology) in St. Petersburg, (then known as Leningrad). Between 1948 and 1954 a comprehensive geological map was compiled under B. Kh. Egiazarov. Also more accurate maps were drawn by means of cartographic data gathered from aerial-photography surveys.

Administratively, Severnaya Zemlya formed part of the Taymyr Autonomous Okrug until this okrug was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on 1 January 2007.  it belongs to the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. There has been a request at the Krasnoyarsk Krai Legislative Assembly to reinstate the former name of Severnaya Zemlya as "Emperor Nicholas II Land" (). This request, however, has been rejected by the local government for the time being.

Geography

Severnaya Zemlya comprises four major islands – October Revolution, Bolshevik, Komsomolets, and Pioneer – and around 70 smaller islands, covering a total area of about . It is separated from the Taymyr Peninsula by the Vilkitsky Strait. Komsomolets is separated from Canada's northernmost point, Cape Columbia, by under 2000km.

Four of the main islands are largely glaciated, October Revolution, Komsomolets, and Pioneer, as well as the smaller Schmidt Island at the northwestern limit. The glacierised area on Bolshevik, the southernmost main island of the group, covers about a quarter of its land's surface. The southmost point of Severnaya Zemlya is Cape Neupokoyev at the SW end of Bolshevik Island. The highest point of the archipelago is  Mount Karpinsky, the summit of the Karpinsky Glacier, an ice dome on October Revolution Island. The Red Army Strait separates Komsomolets Island from October Revolution Island and the broader Shokalsky Strait Bolshevik Island from October Revolution Island. Both straits connect the Kara Sea in the west with the Laptev Sea in the east.

This archipelago encloses the northern limits of the Kara Sea on its western shores, together with Novaya Zemlya, located roughly  to the southwest. The large rivers Ob and Yenisei, among others, flow from the south into this marginal sea area of the Arctic Ocean, with their abundant waters contributing to a climate with relatively high precipitation despite the prevalent extreme cold temperatures of the high latitude. The Laptev Sea, where the mighty Lena River steadily expands its large delta, lies to the east of Severnaya Zemlya. The topographic relief of the archipelago is quite smooth, with Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic sedimentary successions dominating its bedrock geology.

Glaciers

Glaciers in the archipelago have a characteristic dome shape with a continuously decreasing surface towards their edges. Ice cliffs are found only at the base. The places where the glaciers reach the sea contribute to the formation of icebergs. The most active glacier fronts are the eastern side of the Academy of Sciences Glacier at Krenkel Bay as well as its southern side. Another quite active glacier is the Rusanov Glacier on the island of October Revolution with its terminus at Matusevich Fjord.

October Revolution, with seven glaciers, is the island with most individual glaciers in Severnaya Zemlya. Next are the islands of Bolshevik with six, Komsomolets with four, Pioneer with two and Schmidt Island with one. The largest glacier is the Academy of Sciences Glacier in Komsomolets, which is also the largest ice cap of Russia —a  and  thick ice dome reaching  above sea level covering about two-thirds of the surface of the island.

Main islands

October Revolution

October Revolution Island (, Ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii) is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic.

The area of this island has been estimated at  making it the 59th largest island in the world. It rises to a height of  on Mount Karpinsky. Half the island is covered with glaciers reaching down into the sea. In the sections free from ice, the vegetation is desert or tundra. The island was first explored and named by the expedition of G.A. Ushakov and Nikolay N. Urvantsev in 1930–32.

October Revolution Island houses five domed ice caps; clockwise from north, they are named: Rusanov, Karpinsky, University, Vavilov and Albanov. The Vavilov Meteorological Station was operated from 1974 to 1988 on the northern part of the Vavilov Ice Cap. Other minor ice caps on the island include the Mal'yutka Glacier. The Podemnaya River and the Bolshaya River drain to the northwest between the Vavilov and Albanov glaciers, and the Bedovaya and Obryvistaya Rivers drain to the north between Albanov and Rusanov. The largest lake of the island and the entire archipelago, Fiordovoye, is located on the southwestern edge of the Karpinsky glacier. To the east and south of the island are the large Matusevich Fjord and the smaller Marat Fjord. They, together with the lake, encircle the Karpinsky ice cap. Cape October is located in the northern part of the island facing the Red Army Strait.

Ostrov Vysokiy is an islet located in a small bay on October Revolution Island's southwest shores.

Bolshevik

Bolshevik Island (, ) is the southernmost and second largest island in the group, located across the Shokalsky Strait from October Revolution Island. The area of this island has been estimated at .

Bolshevik Island is mountainous, reaching a height of . It houses an Arctic base named Prima near Cape Baranov.

Parts of the shore of the island are deeply indented, with Mikoyan Bay in the north and Solnechny Bay in the south, as well as fjords such as the large Akhmatov Fjord, and the smaller Thaelmann Fjord, Spartak Fjord and Partizan Fjord.

Bolshevik Island is comparatively less glaciated than the other islands of Severnaya Zemlya. Only about 30% of the island is covered by glaciers while the coastal plains have a sparse vegetation of moss and lichen. The Leningrad Glacier, Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Glacier, Kropotkin Glacier, Mushketov Glacier and Aerosyomki Glacier are located in the interior of the island and do not reach the sea.

Ostrov Tash is a small island located on Bolshevik's southern shore. Lavrov Island is located off the NE shore and Ostrov Lishniy off its northern tip.

Komsomolets

Komsomolets Island () is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 82nd largest island on earth.

The northernmost point of the island is called the Arctic Cape. This is the launching point for many Arctic expeditions.

The area of this island has been estimated at . It rises to a height of . Some 65% of the island is covered with glaciers. Komsomolets Island is home to the largest ice cap in Russia, the Academy of Sciences Ice Cap, which covers most of the island between Krenkel Bay in the east and Zhuravlev Bay in the west.

The soil of the island is mostly composed of loose loam and sand, a tundra desert scattered with mosses and lichens. The island was first explored and named by the expedition of Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev in 1930–32. In keeping with their scheme of naming the islands after events and movements of the Russian Revolution, this island was named in honour of the members of the Komsomol, the "Communist Union of Youth".

Off the northwestern shores of Komsomolets Island lies a group of islets known as Ostrova Dem'yana Bednogo.

Pioneer Island

Pioneer Island, Ostrov Pioner in Russian. It is the westernmost of the large islands of the Severnaya Zemlya group and is separated from Komsomolets Island by the Yuny Strait. Pioneer island measures  in area.

This island houses the Pioneer Glacier. Thelodonti fossils from the Upper Silurian have been found in the island.

Off Pioneer Island's southwestern end lies Krupskoy Island. This is a fairly large island, over  in length and about  in width. The sound that separates it from Pioneer is only  in width.

This island should not be confused with Pioneer Island in Canada ().

Schmidt Island

Schmidt Island, measuring , is located at the far northwestern end of the archipelago. This island is quite detached from the whole Severnaya Zemlya group. It is also its northernmost island and before modern climate warming it was fully in the region of permanent sea ice.

This island is almost entirely covered by the Schmidt Ice Cap. Owing to its exposed position, the climate in the Schmidt Island's area is much colder than in the rest of the archipelago.

Schmidt Island was named after the Soviet scientist Otto Schmidt.

Minor islands and island groups
Close to the main archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya there are a number of smaller islands and archipelagos. There are also many small coastal islands and islets in different locations, such as Krupskoy to the west of Pioneer and Naydenysh () near Cape Anuchin in October Revolution Island. Among the other minor islands the following deserve mention:

Sedov Archipelago

The Sedov Archipelago, formerly known as Sergey Kamenev Islands, is located just west of October Revolution Island on the Kara Sea side. The main islands of this archipelago are Sredny (the longest island), Domashnyy, Strela, and Figurnyy. Close to the shore of October Revolution Island lies Obmannyy Island and  further offshore southwards lies Dlinnyy Island. These other coastal islands are sometimes included as part of the Sedov Group.

Golomyanniy Meteorological Station, located on the western tip of Sredniy Island at , was the wintering site and base of the 1931–32 expedition and has been taking continuous measurements since 1954.

An official request has been forwarded to rename Domashnyy Island as Svyatoy Anastasii (), St. Anastasia Island.

Krasnoflotskiye Islands

Located just south of October Revolution Island in the Kara Sea. The Krasnoflotskiye Islands () extend from north to south in an almost straight line . The main islands are Sverdlova – very close to Cape Sverdlov on the coast, Bolshoy – not much larger than the others despite its name, Sredniy and Greben far offshore. All islands are devoid of vegetation.

 to the SW of Greben Island lie two small islets named Opasnye, which are also part of this group.

The Krasnoflotskiye Islands were first sighted and mapped in August 1932 by the expedition of the All-Union Arctic Institute on icebreaker Rusanov. There is an Arctic Station in the Krasnoflotskiye Islands (AS-042), which has been operating since 1953.

Maly Taymyr and Starokadomsky

This is a small group including two main islands located in the Laptev Sea, off the far southeastern end of Bolshevik Island. Maly Taymyr, the largest island, has a land surface of  and is at .

Maly Taymyr was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition in 1913 and was named "Tsarevich Alexei Island" (), after the son of Zar Nicholas II of Russia. Following the 1917 October Revolution the island was renamed "Maly Taymyr". In 2005 an official request was forwarded to the local government in Krasnoyarsk Krai in order to reinstate its former name to the island as Alexei Island.

Starokadomsky Island is close by to Maly Taymyr, located off its northwestern side and separated from it by a narrow  sound. This island was named after Dr. Leonid Starokadomsky, one of the leaders of the 1913 Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition.

Lishniy Island

Lishniy Island () is a coastal island located on the eastern side of the mouth of Akhmatov Fjord, southeast of Cape Unslicht, off Bolshevik Island's northern end at . The island has an irregular shape and is  long with a maximum width of .

A deep round lake with a diameter of  is located in the western part of the island and is connected to the sea by a small channel. Almost all the island is rocky, except for the northwestern part. The highest point of Lishniy Island is

South of Lishniy lies Yuzhnyy, a smaller island, and two islets. Lishniy off Severnaya Zemlya should not be confused with Lishny Island off Toll Bay, south of the Firnley Islands.

Climate
Severnaya Zemlya is consistently cold and quite dry (Köppen ET bordering on EF), with a mean annual temperature of , mean annual precipitation of about , and generally overcast skies. Monthly average temperature ranges from  in February to  in July. The archipelago sees large temperature fluctuations during winter months, as low-pressure cyclonic activity originating in the North Atlantic make their way across the Arctic, bringing precipitation and higher temperatures. These cyclones are most common in September and October, which see 30% of annual precipitation. Snowfall in summer is common as temperatures hover around , although higher temperatures occur when warm air masses move north from Siberia.

Flora and fauna

Severnaya Zemlya is a polar desert with sparse vegetation and permafrost at less than . Rare vascular plants include species of Cerastium and Saxifraga. Non-vascular plants include the moss genera Detrichum, Dicranum, Pogonatum, Sanionia, Bryum, Orthothecium and Tortula, as well as the lichen genera Cetraria, Thamnolia, Cornicularia, Lecidea, Ochrolechia and Parmelia. Common flowering plants of the high Arctic such as the purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) and the Arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum) also occur on Severnaya Zemlya.

According to a survey of prior observations by De Korte, Volkov, and Gavrilo, thirty-two bird species have been observed on Severnaya Zemlya, 17 of which are known to breed on the islands. Eight species are widespread across the archipelago: five of which are colonial seabirds: little auk (Alle alle), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), and glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus); and three species of tundra bird: the snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima), and brent goose (Branta bernicla).

The most common mammal on Severnaya Zemlya is the collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus), also known as Arctic lemming, which is present on all of the large islands and, in some places has been recorded to reach a density of 500 per km2 (1,300 per sq mi). The Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) has been known to den on the islands, with several hundred observed in the 1980s. Other mammals occasionally observed include the wolf (Canis lupus), the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), ermine (Mustela erminea), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Arctic hare (Lepus timidus), and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).

In culture

The discovery of Severnaya Zemlya is the subject of Veniamin Kaverin's novel The Two Captains as well as its stage adaptation, Nord-Ost.

The location of a secret Russian space weapons control facility is called Severnaya in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. In several maps seen onscreen, however, this Severnaya is depicted as being in central Siberia. Severnaya is a level in GoldenEye 007, a 1997 video game based on the Bond film.

Severnaya is the site of a Kaiju-controlled rogue Jaeger (giant mech) in the 2018 film Pacific Rim Uprising.

Severnaya is the site of the final act of the 2021 movie The Tomorrow War, where the protagonists locate a crashed spaceship holding the dormant White Spike Aliens.

See also

 List of islands of Russia
 List of fjords of Russia
 List of glaciers of Russia
 List of research stations in the Arctic

References

External links

 Arctic photos of Severnaya Zemlya by Ólafur Ingólfsson
 List of islands (Russian language)
 Glacial and Environmental History of Severnaya Zemlya, Siberian High Arctic, During the Last > 130,000 years

Archipelagoes of the Kara Sea
Archipelagoes of the Laptev Sea
Islands of Siberia
Archipelagoes of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Uninhabited islands of Russia

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The main man of NORWEGIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC is violinist and Romantic-era composer OLE BULL (1810-1880), who wrote in the Norwegian "nationalist" style featuring Norwegian folk melodies and themes. [Learn about the life of Ole Bull, including the tale of his failed communal socialist "New Norway" farming community in Pennsylvania | Watch dashing young violinist Charlie Siem perform Ole Bull's "Cantabile doloros e Rondo giocoso" at Abbey Road Studios, backed by the none-too-shabby London Symphony Orchestra] Another Norwegian Romantic era composer who embraced Norway's national folk music was EDVARD GRIEG. His "Opus 38 No. 4 ('Halling')" is particularly enjoyable.
One of the main figures in NORWEGIAN JAZZ is JAN GARBAREK, who is known for blending jazz with global music, as in this 1990 performance with India's Zakir Hussain, Shankar and Trilok Girtu, and this performance alongside a Brazilian instrument known as a berimbau (Garbarek comes on at 2:54). Lovers of Norwegian music, never fear! Garbarek has also brought jazz to Norwegian music in his recordings with traditional singer, AGNES BUEN GARNÅS. This YouTube video of the Garbarek/Garnås recording of "Margjit og Targjei Risvollo" includes the lyrics in Norwegian if you want to sing along.
— Mari Boine:, "It Sat Duolma Mu!" Mari Boine is Norway's best known Sami vocalist. Her otherworldly "joik" vocals and her outspoken support of the Sami people have made her a formidable artistic and political presence in Scandinavia. We'll learn more about Sami music and joik next week when we explore Sweden and Finland.


Is Ofsted planning to downgrade "outstanding" lessons to "unsatisfactory"?
"The lesson involved a Year 9 class working on techniques of persuasive writing. The lesson was planned in detail.
The first phase involved an explanation of the learning objectives and a starter activity where students worked in groups to complete a card-sort activity. In the next phase of the lesson, students used a grid to identify persuasive devices on mini whiteboards. The teacher then took them quickly through the criteria for assessment at Levels 5–7 and gave students examples of extracts from two essays on capital punishment.
Students were asked to choose the more effective piece, linking it to the assessment criteria. They were then asked to produce at least one paragraph of writing on the topic of capital punishment.
As can be seen, it's a frenetic lesson, which scarcely gives the teacher or pupils time to breathe let alone reflect upon any persuasive techniques. But it is also the kind of lesson plan that used to be handed out to English teachers as a "model" or paradigm of how a lesson should be. It's still the kind of lesson that SLT or advisors expect to see when doing a lesson observation I think; it proves that the teacher is really doing something. However, one wonders how much learning is going on here. This is exactly Jarrett's point; I had to agree with him. It's never been my preferred way of teaching. I've always thought that pupils need to draw key points out of a text for themselves and have the time and room to make their own mistakes, and to write in a sustained fashion. This was how I was trained over twenty years ago to teach English. It's a way of teaching that has fallen out of fashion. Jarrett had particular concerns for what he called "PEEing"; this is when English teachers teach pupils to make a "Point", provide "Evidence", then "Explain" how the "Evidence" backs up their "Point". It is the staple of how to train pupils to pass GCSE and A Level English. Many teachers are now teaching this way at Key Stage 3, asking their pupils to "PEE" in Year 7. Again, I've always been quite against this, particularly in the lower years when the enjoyment of reading and writing should be emphasized. Once again Jarrett agreed with me! Ofsted are now going to be examining schools to see whether they instil a love of reading in their pupils. Hurrah!
Let's hope that Jarrett's recommendations in Moving English Forward are taken seriously by the profession. I firmly believe that they are right; this is the way to improve the quality of teaching. What he's saying is what many English teachers have been doing secretly for years. Now they can be public about it.


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AUTOTHRALL'S YEAR END AUDIO CORONAVIRUS CLUSTERFUCK
If you're looking for the full list of my top 100 metal albums for 2020, check over here at my Rate Your Music Page. There's also a backup list of another 100 albums that didn't quite make that cut, as well as my favorite EPs. Below is the tighter, more hierarchical list of top picks. This year, partly due to the COVID-19 lockdowns, I set out to challenge myself to sample as many demos and albums from around the world that I could find, and thus there were thousands that I checked out, even if just for a couple minutes. So my choices this year come from a more massive sample size than usual...one that I can honestly say I will never attempt again! Despite the chaos of 2020, it was a solid year across multiple sub-genres, anything from atmospheric black metal to traditional throwback heavy metal.
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02. Katla. (Is) - Allt þetta helvítis myrkur (93)
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04. Atramentus (Ca) - Stygian (92)
05. Akhlys (US) - Melinoë (92)
06. Midnight (US) - Rebirth by Blasphemy (92)
07. Lantern (Fi) - Dimensions (92)
08. Magick Touch (No) - Heads Have Got to Rock 'n' Roll (90)
09. Malokopartan (Sk) - Krupinské ohne
10. Proscription (Fi) - Conduit (90)
11. Napalm Death (UK) - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (90)
12. Stälker (NZ) - Black Majik Terror (90)
13. Vanik (US) - III (90)
14. Bütcher (Be) - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (90)
15. Sólstafir (Is) - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love (90)
16. Chronus (Se) - Idols (90)
17. Ulthar (US) - Providence (90)
18. Serment (Ca) - Chante, ô flamme de la liberté (90)
19. Undeath (US) - Lesions of a Different Kind (90)
20. Hail Spirit Noir (Gr) - Eden in Reverse (90)
My Top 20 Metal EPs, Demos and Splits of 2020
01. Lychgate (UK) - Also Sprach Futura (90)
02. Morketida (Fi) - Traveler of the Untouched Voids (85)
03. Rabid Beast (US) - Rabid Beast (85)
04. Schizophrenia (Be) - Voices (83)
05. Ordinul Negru (Ro) - Nebuisa (82)
06. Obnoxious Youth (Fi) - Mouth Sewn Shut (82)
07. Feral Vision (US) - Symbols for the Other World (82)
08. Ihsahn (No) - Pharos (82)
09. Ihsahn (No) - Telemark (80)
10. Plague Mace (Dk) - Primal Priest (80)
11. Golden Blood (At) - Cum, Coke & Blasphemy (80)
12. Expunged (Ca) - Expunged (80)
13. Necrocarnation (Ar) - Fragments of Dark Eternity (80)
14. Departure Chandelier (Ca) - Dripping Papal Blood (80)
15. Maul (US) - Monarchy of Mold (80)
16. Hot Graves (US) - Haunted Graves (80)
17. The Passing (US) - The Passing (80)
18. Mortiferum (US)/Hyperdontia (Inter) - Split (80)
19. Cadaver (No) - D.G.A.F. (80)
20. Apallic Decay (De) - Return of the Unhallowed (80)
Taking my annual Holiday break throughout December. Year's end lists will be posted after the 25th, and I will return in January 2021 with new reviews. Going to put an emphasis on some heavy or power metal discographies next year! Thanks for stopping by as always.
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One year ago June 5 we found out intelligence analyst Edward Snowden leaked secret files belonging to the National Security Agency to expose a warrant-less surveillance program called PRISM. He was forced to flee the country and found a new home in Russia -- disconcerting considering we learned last week he was a former U.S. spy.
A research firm called YouGov interviewed 1,000 employed American adults. 55 percent said they are glad he broke the law to expose the surveillance program.
Only 18 percent said he made the wrong decision (others were uncommitted).
I would love to be able to say I have an informed opinion. But in many, many stories of any kind in this day and age -- especially considering the subject matter -- who are you supposed to believe?
I don't do anything wrong, I've got nothing to hide. The government can spy on me, they'll just be horribly bored.
They won't infringe on my rights. It's a price to pay for living in America.
On the other hand, everybody this guy has contacted are now being investigated.
If terror plots have been thwarted, good enough for me. There's a Catch 22 of espionage versus double agent. Who do you believe on this matter.
I don't know if what he did was right or wrong, but it was time for this issue to come out.
Ultimately, it was a good thing because it made us examine ourselves and discuss what is right and wrong and what we're willing to tolerate in America in 2014.