#Blue Star online download

[dhar1990]

‘Blue Star’ movie review: Ashok Selvan, Shanthnu knock it out of the park in this powerful sports drama

Keerthi Pandian and Ashok Selvan in a still from ‘Blue Star’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Blame the state of sports dramas, when you hear someone speak of a story demonstrating how sports can bring people together, you are already eager to ask, “What else?” That the genre already loses out on audiences who are irked with knowing who wins in the end, and that even the journey to the…

[horsegamesins-old]

HGS ReShade presets for SSO

Five atmospheric ReShade presets made by yours truly.

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Late Summer

The basic one, works well almost everywhere. More natural looking greenery with a little bit of fog.

Playability: Fully playable. Adjustable for better performance*.

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Enchanted

The forests are now blue, what else is there to say. Works best in denser woods where the sky is covered.

Playability: Limited, high performance cost and only looks good in certain areas. Notes: Palomino and buckskin horses may look a bit green. Does not work well in Goldenhills. The sky is blindingly bright if not covered.

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Autumn

Almost the same as Late Summer but with lovely orange hues.

Playability: Fully playable. Adjustable for better performance*. Notes: In areas with blue fog, like Mistfall and Wildwoods, distant terrain will look green.

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Silent Hill

Foggy and gloomy. Originally designed to work in Jarlaheim and Silverglade but looks surprisingly nice almost everywhere.

Playability: Limited, high performance cost and you can barely see in front of you.

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Pandoric Rift

Everything is aggressively purple. A bit rough around the edges but you should be able to get goodish photos with a some elbow grease and editing.

Playability: Limited, high performance cost. Notes: I'm not sure if it's possible to make the grass-ground transition look natural, if someone figures out a solution please let me know. Palomino and buckskin horses may look a bit green.

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Download link & more

Download

To use ReShade presets, you first need to install ReShade. I recommend this tutorial:

Once ReShade is installed, you need to move the unzipped presets into the same folder you installed ReShade in. In Windows it should be: C:\Program Files\Star Stable Online\client

You should then be able to find and select the presets from the in-game menu.

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*If you are having performance issues with Late Summer & Autumn, these are my recommended minimal settings.

[curioussubjects]

StarbuckApolloFic/Fallout Shelter Authors and Fics

Thousands of emails later, I come bearing loot! Turns out a lot of the fics from The Fallout Shelter are around the web, which is good to know. I've linked to author profiles and archived version of fics when available -- mostly so we know we don't need to have FOMO about them.

The last section of the post include fics that aren't available anywhere online that I could find. If you want those fics, send me a DM with the author's name and/or fic titles and I'll send you the files I have.

There are some drabbles, wips, and random odds and ends that I didn't include here, so if you're looking for something specific DM me the title of the fic or the author name and I'll see if I have it.

You can also download all the group data yourself. See here for more information.

Full (or Mostly Full) Archives: 74CrazyChick, abelard (ffn, lj), Alec Star, Aleja21, bea, becisvolatile, chaosti, cliosmuse, CrysWimmer, Farringtongirl, greensleeves104, igore, Jason Thompson, kathgrr, leavingslowly (ffn, lj), lynnmichelle, lint, Maevenly, maroon-notebook, Monti (aka mlsky), msk1701, mystic83 (aka hackaddict), nancy777ca, nebakanezer, Noda2, PTBvisiongrrl, Ring Red, Shanna1, ShinyFab, Toptoffee, Waldo Deleted/F-Locked Fics (Wayback Machine):

Other fics on bsg03fanfic

latteaddict: The Choices We MakeDo You Love Me?Everytime I Close My EyesFinally HappeningGive Me a ReasonGuilty HeartsIt Was All A Bit of a Frakking Mess ActuallyKissing in the MoonlightSecond ChanceWe Make Our Own HappinessWith Nothing Standing Between ThemYou Don't Want Me marimba:

Time Will TellBlueA Little Less ConversationLost

rabid1st:

Captain's Privilege Shoot Your Shade Deleted/F-Locked Fics (DM me):

angylinni:

Taste Taste: Fulfillment After the Dance A Losing Game

Larry Edwards:

A Reason to Live Of Dreams and Vipers Secrets Shared Starbuck Blue Show and Tell Two of a Kind

latteaddict:

Taking Action Fun with Lee and Kara The Choices We Make Timing Is Everything My Heart That Breaks Finding Reality Falling from the Edge of Love Testing Theories Secret Kiss Ugly on the Inside Nothing Is Perfect There Is No Us Breaking the Pieces The Lies We Tell Omission of Truths Memories of You Assignment Turnabout Unbreakable Catharsis Very Close to Far Away 50 Sentences, Beta Set The Last Good Thing Inescapable Darkness Kisses Slowly Rising on the Air Expectations and Other Moving Pieces The Hard Way Almost Everything You’ve Ever Wanted All Good Things Words Whispered in the Silence Maybe This Time Making It Happen Sleep Deprived The Heart Wants Today Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life Angel Kiss Cranberry_Jei:

Speak Softly, Without Regret (1-23, wip) UnexpectedTwo More PointsA Picture’s Worth (1-2, wip) As the Earth, She RevolvesChanging the Girl The Caprican Rebel: Skin Trade (1-6, wip) Perchance to Dream

rabid1st:

Rush Burn the Pipe Iced (1-6, Coda) Minotaur (1-6, wip) Ephemeral

Waterwitch:

Humpty Dumpty The Festival War of the Angels (1-6, wip)

Other Fics:

A Brave New World by Dekardkain (parts 1 through 24, wip) Cherish and Jake by KolothBandit (parts 1 through 8, wip) The Choices that Define by Codyoktober Gravitation by leavingslowly (parts 1 through 8, wip) In the End by Jayblue00 (parts 1 through 46, wip) Operation Aphrodite by JSO-Spoiler Operation Cupid by JSO-Spoiler Rage by Marimba Thirty-Three Minutes by Marimba Without a Trace by Rael

Other Authors: Buffyanp, Jill, nancy777c, Pandora_576, Roxane, Sanssong, Sairs.

[apod]

2023 May 8

The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble; Processing: Detlev Odenthal

Explanation: If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe containing billions of stars and situated about 40 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), NGC 1566 presents a gorgeous face-on view. Classified as a grand design spiral, NGC 1566 shows two prominent and graceful spiral arms that are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes. Numerous Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 1566 have been taken to study star formation, supernovas, and the spiral's unusually active center. Some of these images, stored online in the Hubble Legacy Archive, were freely downloaded, combined, and digitally processed by an industrious amateur to create the featured image. NGC 1566's flaring center makes the spiral one of the closest and brightest Seyfert galaxies, likely housing a central supermassive black hole wreaking havoc on surrounding stars and gas.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230508.html

[reality-detective]

My understanding according to the Book of Enoch which was removed from the Bible. 👇

In the verse From Enoch, the word "sinner" means "asleep." (an easy to understand word to use)

“8 And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners and the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them. And they shall be altered from all their ways. ”

The etymology on the word sin means - violation of divine law.

What is divine law?

If someone is going through life, and responding to life from a place where they think they are on a globe, for example, this globe mindset, would be in violation of divine law.

As Enoch writes out the movement, and days, and size of the luminaries in perfect detail, he refers to their details as laws many times...

"And this is the law and course of the sun," and "this is the first law of the luminaries," for example.

These are divine laws of our universe.

If you are responding to life from a place of a spinning globe, for example, your thought process are in violation of divine law...

Your perceived "knowing" doesn't match the truth of the universe.

Sin is a generic word essentially meaning asleep.

If I say the sky is Red, and you say no that is incorrect, you can look up and see it is blue - I would be the one in violation of divine law.

The truth has been "concealed" from my eyes. My eyes are closed to the blue sky, therefore I am the "sinner."

And any thought thereafter, would be in err because my foundation of knowing is incorrect.

I think of "sin" more like a compass. In its way, its guiding you, through mistakes. Its not a pitfall to trap you.

Most of us can understand that that stealing from another, is in violation of divine law, and they may judge the person who steals not even knowing that they are equally in violation of divine law, and "altered from all their ways."

For example, a real life example--if you don't know how the sun and moon work on a level plane, and you are pretending to know more than you do, for example, "you can't see the moon for 2 weeks."

You also would be in violation of divine law. A sinner. Your foundation of the universe is off, therefore all your views thereafter, will be off.

It would be better to say I don't know, or you are not sure yet how it works, or go outside and track before you speak on something you may have limited knowledge of. Or correct your statement once you figure it out.

If you say--you can't see the moon for 2 weeks, and now everyone believes the same as you, now you've also lead people to violate divine law.

Does all this sin lead you to hell? Like typical religions say?

Well, hell is a mindset in this earth realm...in that your "ways will be altered."

Meaning not quite in alignment with Source. We all have varying degrees of this alignment, but the truth is, your foundation is on sandy ground. Maybe the foundation is stronger than someone who sees a globe, but still sandy.

So, not hell like typical religions describe.

Sin is a compass.

My metaphor:

The goal is to turn your magnetic 🧲 self, so that the pole in you, is turned, then pulled, towards the truth of the Sun ☀️. Which is divine law.

The sun/son is a electromagnetic field.

And the eternal light.

If your pole is turned away, it's repelled (pushed away) like a magnet can do when the two wrong ends are facing each other. We want to keep turning toward the sun, which is divine law...

Then our eyes will be fully open, and we fully become our authentic self...Or...in complete alignment with divine law.

Sin no more.

Sinners no more.

Let's break it down more:👇

1) OBSERVE

2) Everything is observable and it never changes. Not today and not in the time this book was written.

Orbits are always the same and they never transgress against another. Transgress means to step across, pass, go beyond, aka: sin.

I would go so far to say that if one is making up narratives to the contrary of what the Sun, moon, & stars actually do: that is Sin.

Sin is defined as violation of Divine Law.

And Enoch explains that the way the Luminaries move is Law. Law of the Luminaries. 👇

Although, the sun, moon, and stars never change--people who want to corrupt your mind about their true nature can make up narratives to fool you. Which is why you have to personally OBSERVE, so you don't fall for the sins of others.

3) The Earth. Look at the order of things. The plants in their seasons, the terrain, the forests and how everything is steadfast. Steadfast means FIXED in purpose. And Unmovable. Stationary.

Then it goes on to say--none of these things change what they are doing and have always done, but the works will one day APPEAR to you.

Meaning one day, after observation, you will finally understand what you see. You will have faith in what you see vs. blind faith in what you were told you see.

4) No matter summer or winter everything is water...

Because air is essentially water. Think of clouds, fog, etc. separating the waters from the waters. Everything is water.

You breathed water in the womb.

Then Physically Born into the water of earth (air).

And reborn into the metaphysical water of Mary (Mar--marina, water, and Air--Ary) Mary is Virgo, the solar plexus region of your body where the seed is born in the Pure Waters. Virgin Water.

The Book of Enoch explains the law of the luminaries beginning on chapter 71 👇

This is my understanding as I continue to take classes and I do physical observations myself of the Sun movement and the moon in it's phases. The moon explained as well as the planets and stars.

Read about it for yourself and you decide. 🤔

This 👆 is my space for observing. 👀

[rjalker]

[ID: Six circular pin designs against transparent backgrounds, each reading, "Cripple punk".

The first is red, black, and blue with blue and black neon text, designed to look like a computerized world with glowing lines and lights.

The second has a black background with someone wearing a black coat and sunglasses holding a large neon light behind their shoulders with the text in a matching neon style.

The third has a black background covered in white and yellow daisies, with the text in bubbly cursive in yellow, with a thin outline of black and white.

The fourth has a background of colorful flowers, with the text in light and darker purple bubble text with a white outline.

The fifth has a lavender background with a thin, white, upside down crescent moon and tiny four-pointed stars, with the text in black and all-caps, like it was written by marker.

The sixth and last has a purple starscape behind it like out in space, with white connecting circles as a decoration, and the text in thick, white computer-like bubble letters with a black outline.

End ID.]

Buy these from Threadless here

Download the HD files from the web archive here

As with all my designs, you are encouraged to download these and use them for anything you want. Icon? yes. Art? yes. Printing them out to make your own buttons or shirts or whatever? Do it!

All I ask is that, whenever possible, you include an image description when posting them online.

[azure-infinitum]

"This isn't Eorzea..." says the blue haired girl appearing on Halpha one day.

Download Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis for free and start your journey to liberate Halpha from the D.O.L.L.s Threat in PSO2NGS and Join Azure Infinitum's Alliance! Join us and chat, post screenshots, and more at

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[day6source]

                                   WELCOME TO DAY6SOURCE ! 

This is a daily updates blog for the Korean pop rock band DAY6! I try to stay as current as possible, and post from all official resources, including their YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, including ones used by the members themselves! I do not post from fansites or anything of the sort, nor will I be reblogging gifs or any fan creations. This is strictly for news and updates!

DAY6 are a four member self-written K-pop rock band from Seoul, South Korea under JYP Entertainment under the sub-label STUDIO J! They debuted September 7th, 2015 with their debut song ‘Congratulations’. Currently the group has 3 full studio albums, 8 mini albums, and 1 full and 2 Compilation Japanese albums. Young K & has 1 mini album and 1 full album and Wonpil has 1 mini album each respectively released. They currently have 1 subunit, DAY6 (Even of Day), which currently has 2 mini albums. The members currently include:

Sungjin (Park Sungjin): leader, rhythm guitarist, main vocalist

Born January 16th, 1993, Sungjin is the leader, guitarist, main vocalist, and oldest member of the band. Sungjin is partaking currently in uploading to his YouTube channel! Videos go up every other Monday at 6:00 PM KST. He is currently working on his first album.

Young K (Kang Younghyun, Brian Kang): bassist, main vocalist, main rapper

Born December 19th, 1993, Young K is the bassist, main vocalist and (now not as often) main rapper. He’s most responsible for most of the bands songs, and has written on nearly every single one, as well as having a large hand in composing them. He formerly hosted Idol Radio with Youngjae of GOT7 and DAY6 Kiss The Radio, in which he returned to after his enlistment. You can watch it occassionally online on the KBS CoolFM YouTube channel and every day on the KBS Radio site or KBS Kong app  on your desktop or mobile device. Here’s some links about it here explaining the different ways and how to use & download them! He currently has a mini album called Eternal that was released September 6th, 2021 and a full album called Letters with notes that was released September 4th, 2023. He’s part of the subunit DAY6 (Even of Day) with Wonpil and Dowoon.

Wonpil (Kim Wonpil): keyboardist, main vocalist, visual

Born April 28th, 1994, Wonpil is keyboardist, main vocalist, and visual. Wonpil is also an actor, making his debut in March of 2021 starring in the musical Midnight Sun, and starred in the web drama Big Mistake 3 which aired from December 27th, 2021 to Feb 17th, 2022. He currently has an album called Pilmography that was released January 24th, 2022. He’s part of the subunit DAY6 (Even of Day) with Young K and Dowoon.

Dowoon (Yoon Dowoon): drummer, vocalist, maknae

Born August 25th, 1995, Dowoon is the drummer, vocalist, and maknae of the band. He currently has 1 single called ‘Out of the Blue’ with Song Heejin released September 27th, 2021. He’s leader of the subunit DAY6 (Even of Day) with Young K and Wonpil.

Former Members:

Jae (Park Jaehyung, Jae Park, eaj): lead guitarist, main vocalist, face of the group

Born September 15th, 1992, Jae is the former lead guitarist, main vocalist, and face of the group. He formerly hosted After School Club with former labelmate Park Jimin (now known as Jaime), and Kevin Woo formerly of U-KISS from June 28th, 2016 to July 17th, 2018. He later hosted a podcast as part of DIVE STUDIOS called How Did I Get Here? from February of 2020 to June 2021. On September 21st, 2020, he and former labelmate Nichkhun of 2PM, played members of crime-fighting boyband 4 2 Sing in season three of Big Hero 6: The Series. It was announced he left the group on December 31st, 2021 due to personal reasons. He’d formerly been on hiatus since May 10th, 2020 due to the mental health concerns of some of the members. Jae currently has three mini albums, laughing in insomnia released February 3rd, 2023, smiling in insomnia released April 21st, 2023, and medicated insomnia on June 30th, 2023. He also streams on his Twitch Channel.

Junhyeok (Lim Junhyeok): keyboardist, vocalist

Born July 17th, 1993, Junhyeok is a former keyboardist and vocalist of the band. He left the band in February of 2016 due to personal reasons. He currently has 5 singles on streaming, the latest being 'Blip', released June 10th, 2023. In 2017 he was on the KBS2 survival show The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project, but was eliminated in the second to last episode, and was on most recently on the MNET survival show Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survival, but was eliminated in the 4th round.

Former Member:

Twitter 🍀 Instagram 🍀 Official YouTube  🍀 JYP YouTube 🍀 Official Site 🍀 Official Merch                                           Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music  (Even of Day):

Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 

Sungjin: 

Twitter Main 🍀 Twitter Food Updates 🍀 YouTube 🍀 Instagram

Young K:

Instagram 🍀 Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music

Wonpil:

Instagram 🍀 Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music

Dowoon:

Twitter 🍀 Instagram 🍀 YouTube 🍀  Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music

Former Members:

Jae:

Twitter 🍀 Instagram 🍀 YouTube 🍀 Twitch 🍀 Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music

Junhyeok:

Twitter 🍀 Instagram 🍀 YouTube 🍀  Spotify 🍀 Apple Music 🍀 YouTube Music

day6source is currently only run by me, Tay, or Taylor, whichever you prefer! I’m 27 and live in CST in the United States, so any updates might come at times after they’ve been posted due to the time difference. My bias is Young K, and am constantly telling people to listen to ‘Come as You Are’. You can find me at my personal blog, briankang! 🌸

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

Today (May 7), I’m in Berkeley at the Bay Area Book Festival for an 11AM event with Wendy Liu for my book Chokepoint Capitalism.

Weds (May 10), I’m in Vancouver for a keynote at the Open Source Summit and a book event for Red Team Blues at Heritage Hall and Thu (May 11), I’m in Calgary for Wordfest.

#20yrsago Future of Music coalition open letter on media consolidation https://web.archive.org/web/20030504023803/http://www.futureofmusic.org/news/fccmusicianletter.cfm

#20yrsago The Web makes writing better https://web.archive.org/web/20030509221227/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,950915,00.html

#20yrsago A (dangerous) primer on hardware hacking https://hackingthexbox.com

#15yrsago House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4279rh/pdf/BILLS-110hr4279rh.pdf

#15yrsago Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles https://web.archive.org/web/20080502021126/http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/cdrecycled/

#15yrsago BBC sends legal threat over fan’s Dr Who knitting patterns https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bbc-removes-doctor-who-fans-knitting-patterns-from-the-web/

#15yrsago Band “shoots” video by sending Data Protection Act requests to CCTVs that caught them performing https://web.archive.org/web/20080510192510/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1938076/The-Get-Out-Clause%2C-Manchester's-stars-of-CCTV-cameras.html

#15yrsago RIAA says DRM is coming back — in the future, you won’t own music https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/05/if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection/

#15yrsago UK blacklist of “suspicious” store clerks includes people never charged or convicted https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7389547.stm

#15yrsago HOWTO detect hidden video cameras https://www.instructables.com/How-to-locate-pinhole-cameras

#10yrsago Hedge fund managers suck at making money (for you) https://www.cnbc.com/id/100718881

#10yrsago HOWTO build a working digital computer out of paperclips (and stuff) https://memex.craphound.com/2013/05/08/howto-build-a-working-digital-computer-out-of-paperclips-and-stuff/

#10yrsago Disney files trademark application for “Dia de Los Muertos” https://web.archive.org/web/20130508212616/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-dia-de-los-muertos-trademark-62484/

#10yrsago Faced with excommunication threat, Irish PM explains separation of church and state to Cardinal https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politicians-have-responsibility-to-legislate-on-abortion-issue-1.1383262

#5yrsago Georgia’s governor has vetoed SB 315, the state’s catastrophically stupid cybersecurity law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/victory-georgia-governor-vetoes-short-sighted-computer-crime-law

#5yrsago Equifax finally publishes a tally of what got breached when it left 146.6 million credit files unsecured https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/equifax-breach-exposed-millions-of-drivers-licenses-phone-numbers-emails/

#5yrsago Over 55,000 security camera DVRs are vulnerable to an exploit so simple it fits in a tweet https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hacking-tool-lets-users-access-a-bunch-of-dvrs-and-their-video-feeds/

#5yrsago Jeff Sessions tells border guards to separate children from their parents https://www.alternet.org/2018/05/jeff-sessions-says-border-agents-will-separate-undocumented-kids-their-families

#5yrsago An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into forced arbitration, deprived of the right to class lawsuits https://www.epi.org/blog/the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-make-forced-arbitration-nearly-inescapable/

#5yrsago Welsh police deployed facial recognition tech with a 92% false positive rate, but they’re sure it’s fine https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/uk-police-say-92-percent-false-positive-facial-recognition-is-no-big-deal/

#5yrsago Should I use an algorithm here? EFF’s 5-point checklist https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/math-cant-solve-everything-questions-we-need-be-asking-deciding-algorithm-answer

#5yrsago Google announces ad-ban for sleazy bail-bonds companies https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/first-google-banned-payday-loan-ads-now-it-will-ban-bail-bond-ads/

#5yrsago AT&T to the Supreme Court: “Fuck the FTC” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/att-will-ask-supreme-court-to-cripple-the-ftcs-authority-over-broadband/

#5yrsago Here’s why everyone in the world just emailed you a new privacy policy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/why-am-i-getting-all-these-terms-service-update-emails

Catch me on tour with Red Team Blues in Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, DC, Gaithersburg, Oxford, Hay, Manchester, Nottingham, London, and Berlin!

[somediyprojects]

DIY Felt Bag

Project by Clare Youngs:

i’ve had the book scandinavian needlecraft (cico books, 2010 $19.95) sitting on my couch for a few weeks now, just drooling over all the projects i’d like to attempt (and will probably never fully finish). author clare youngs has gathered together some of the most delightful home craft projects ranging from firewood holders + christmas stockings to pillows and curtain tie-backs. but today i’m thrilled to be sharing the full how-to from my favorite project (which is on the cover of the book): a scandinavian-style felt bag with embroidered bird. marny at cico was kind enough to share the templates with us so you can make the project using these instructions online. if this project gets the gears in your head turning, you’ll love the rest of the book- you can pick up a copy right here for $19.95. thanks again to marny and clare for sharing this project with us!

Materials:

1. Template (Download the template here)

2. 40×18 inch cream colored felt (choose a thickness that works for you- but keep in mind you’ll want it fairly thick to give the bag support and shape)

3. small piece of blue cotton fabric to go behind the cut-outs

4. small piece of blue felt for the applique

5. 3.5 x 1.5 inch orange felt for label

5. dressmaker’s carbon paper

6. blue and green stranded embroidery floss (cotton)

7. Sewing machine

Steps:

1. Print out and enlarge the bag template by 250 percent. Transfer the bag shapes to thick cream felt and the applique shapes to the thin blue felt, and cut out. Using dressmaker’s carbon paper, transfer the stitch guide (on the template) to the front panel of the bag. Cut out the three leaf sections from the front panel.

2. Place the blue cotton fabric behind the cut-out leaf section. Pin it in place, making sure that it is free of wrinkles. Using thread that matches the felt, machine topstitch around each cut out leaf shape, stitching close to the edge.

3. Pin, then slipstitch the four blue felt applique pieces in position. Following the stitch guide on the template, embroider the design in blue and green embroidery floss (cotton).

4. Choose your own motif, or stitch a small star (as pictured) onto the orange felt fabric used as the label. Stitch it to the right hand side of the label, leaving 1/2 inch of felt to tuck into the side seam.

5. Fold the label in half lengthwise and sew up each long side close to the edge.

6. With wrong sides together, pin the front and back panel of the bag together along the side edges, inserting the label in the top seam 3/4 inch down from the top left edge.

7. Pin the base to the bottom of the bag and baste (tack) it in place. using the blue embroidery floss (cotton), work the decorative cross stitch around the sides and base of the bag. Bring the needle out a the top of one side seam on the right side, about 1/8 inch down from the top of the bag and 1/4 inch in from the side. Take the needle over the top of the bag and back through the same hole. Make evenly spaced diagonal stitches all down the side seam and around the base. Fasten off, then work the second seam in the same way.

8. Come back the other way, making diagonal stitches that slant in the opposite direction so that they cross over on the joined edge. You’re done!

[fili-urzudel]

Infodump

Whoops it looks like my threat to infodump backfired lol

I wanna let you guys get to know me without compromising my personal information online so if this seems vague in weird spots that's why.

Name: well I just looked through my several Name notes and saw the name Maewyn (the name of my future daughter in Stardew Valley lol) and I like that so why not, if you need to refer to me call me Maewyn or Mae.

Family: I live with my parents and sister, all of whom I adore! I'm the eldest child. We got our first dog when I was 12 and he's still with us.

Favorite Color: Purple. It's pretty and I look good in it ngl. I prefer more blue-tinted shades like indigo or periwinkle.

Favorite flower: it's insanely hard to choose! Botanical gardens and hikes through parks are some of my favorite activities and oh my goodness the pretty plants you see in those places. I might just have to say roses because I have three bushes of my own in the front garden that I tend to every summer and fall.

Favorite Animal: Elephants! I have reasons but I'm not going to articulate that right now sorry

Favorite metal: I'm not a very jewelry oriented person, mostly because of my eczema, but I own mostly silver jewelry.

Favorite stone: once again hard to choose, they're all so pretty. Opal is magnificent, but my only problem with it is it's so soft, so as a practical person who prefers day-to-day wear, it's not the best stone for me.

Zodiac (just in case you were thinking of asking): All I know is I'm a Scorpio.

Hogwarts House: I took the Pottermore quiz in fifth grade and got assigned Ravenclaw so that's what I'm sticking to. Not knowing anything about Harry Potter, I think I'm a Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff tendencies, or vice versa.

Favorite thing to study: I am a student of a lot of things so it's hard to choose, I think every subject has its charm. I love reading and thinking about themes and creative writing (obviously) but I couldn't see doing that for a living because I fear I either wouldn't be motivated enough or having to make money off of something artistic would take the joy out of it. I'm studying Computer Science, and it's very interesting. Biology and Anatomy are super cool as well, but once again I don't think I'm suited to the life of a researcher or a doctor.

Hopes and dreams: just to be a well-adjusted and kind person. I want to be the person that people are drawn to and feel like they can trust, the kind of person where "my door is always open" is a reliable statement. I'm a very shy and quiet person, and maybe not necessarily super emotive, so I feel like at the moment it's a bit hard for people to believe that I care or I'm someone who could care, even though I do, very deeply. Literally my personality goals are Peeta Mellark, Beth March, Samwise Gamgee, and I think my faith plays a lot into that.

Other Fandoms: Star Wars (esp. the Prequels and cartoons) and Star Trek for sure!! I have another sideblog dedicated to that. I'm watching ST:TOS right now and it is so unbelievably fun. I used to be a Marvel fan. I'm still a hardcore Spider-man fan (all media fr fr). I play Stardew Valley, a little Palia but just for the graphics if I'm honest. Uhhh I'm blanking right now so that must mean those are the really important ones.

Fun facts:

I need all four wisdom teeth removed and either braces or Invisalign in the next few years, along with a not-so-purely-cosmetic periodontal surgery.

I downloaded Goodreads maybe three weeks ago and I have 229 books on my Want to Read list.

I skipped all of my high school English classes through Dual Enrollment.

When I clean my room I clean clean but I only do it once every one or two months, and in between it kind of turns into a disaster zone.

I'm gonna get my hair cut from 18 inches to 4-6 inches in a couple months and I'm nervous and excited at the same time.

I want to make myself a capsule wardrobe soon.

I crochet and as soon as I have a little more free time I'm going to teach myself to knit. After that probably quilting, even though I suck at sewing.

I interviewed someone about his beard today.

I'm watching The Vow with my family right now when I probably should be working on my physics.

And if you know me irl, these fun facts will probably let you piece together that it's me running this blog.

That concludes this evening's infodump, I hope you enjoyed.

[gamejim]

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LUDO JIM is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single dice. Ludo is derived from the game Ludo parchisi or pacheesi. Sholo Guti is famous in Asian countries, mainly Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Nepal, etc. This Indian game is also known as bagh-bakri,tiger trap, or baghchal - crossing over a game of tiger trap,draughts, 16 gitti, Sixteen Soldiers,bagh chal, Bara Tehn, or barah goti game of childhood game of two persons.

The match includes four red, blue, green, and yellow players. Is your friend the king of Ludo? The game is played between 2 and 4 players, and we have the option of playing against our teammates, family, friends, etc. The game's purpose is pretty easy. Each player gets 4 tokens, and this token must create a full board round and then get to the finish line.

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[i-am-no-dam]

An .abc arrangement for The Lord of the Rings Online of “Khazad-dûm” from The Rings of Power, composed by Bear McCreary. You can download my McCreary-KhazadDum-SoloHarp-v1.abc from Google Drive!

Optimized for Basic Harp, but Lute of Ages and Misty Mountains Harp work OK. It relies heavily on tremolo effects to help the melody line sing, so it will especially suffer in lag.

Some “Westron” lyrics I wrote under the cut, plus my rambling “translation notes”.

So there are some oddities with the original lyrics of the Khazad-dûm theme. They... don’t exactly make sense. Like, RoP probably has its own variant of Neo-Khuzdul, but “Khazad-dûm” mostly seems like a mishmash of the very small number of attested Khuzdul words. It does include “Gabilgathol” (great fortress), “baruk Khazâd” (axes of the Dwarves), “kibil” (silver), “uzbadu baraz” (king of the red).

But what’s even stranger is that “Gabilgathol” features so prominently. Gabilgathol is the Khuzdul name of Belegost! Why are we singing about Belegost in Khazad-dûm’s theme?? (Yes, it translates to “great fortress”, and Khazad-dûm is technically a great fortress; but Khazad-dûm translates to “Dwarf-home”, and every single Dwarf mansion is technically a Dwarf-home. Should Nogrod’s theme be all about praising “Khazad-dûm”?)

So I thought about why Khazad-dûm’s theme would open with a reference to Belegost. And... there is a reason that makes sense. Not only that, but that reason is the real reason why Khazad-dûm grows explosively and becomes a truly great mansion in the Second Age, even before the partnership with Eregion -- i.e. when we first see it in The Rings of Power.

So I attempted to make new Dwarrowscholar Neo-Khuzdul lyrics, trying to keep the attested Khuzdul in the same places, and then translated that, with a lot of poetic license, to this song that a Dwarvish bard might have sung in the Second Age to weary refugees on the East Road:

Gabilgathol's shadow on your back, Bearing still Dwarvish chisels, Tumunzahar's shadow on your back, Bearing still Dwarvish axes,

Hark ahead to the Mountains, Dwarves of the West, Where the red sun shines on his crown! Durin's kingdom where silver shining flows, Let your hammers rest in his Dwarf-home!

Kheled-zâram, where he saw the stars, Not as Blue as your homeland, Still will bear all the volume of your tears, Salting cold Kibil-nâla.

Then quench your thirst and look upon the Gates, Standing open, and light within! Durin's kingdom where silver shining flows, Swing your picks and make it your Dwarf-home!

We are all one kin in his Dwarf-home!

[spaceadvances]

If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe containing billions of stars and situated about 40 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), NGC 1566 presents a gorgeous face-on view.

Classified as a grand design spiral, NGC 1566 shows two prominent and graceful spiral arms that are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes.

Numerous Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 1566 have been taken to study star formation, supernovas, and the spiral's unusually active center. Some of these images, stored online in the Hubble Legacy Archive, were freely downloaded, combined, and digitally processed by an industrious amateur to create the featured image. NGC 1566's flaring center makes the spiral one of the closest and brightest Seyfert galaxies, likely housing a central supermassive black hole wreaking havoc on surrounding stars and gas.

📷: ESA, NASA, Hubble; Processing: Detlev Odenthal

[misspepita]

via NASA https://ift.tt/i5rRDgj

If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe containing billions of stars and situated about 40 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), NGC 1566 presents a gorgeous face-on view. Classified as a grand design spiral, NGC 1566 shows two prominent and graceful spiral arms that are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes. Numerous Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 1566 have been taken to study star formation, supernovas, and the spiral's unusually active center. Some of these images, stored online in the Hubble Legacy Archive, were freely downloaded, combined, and digitally processed by an industrious amateur to create the featured image. NGC 1566's flaring center makes the spiral one of the closest and brightest Seyfert galaxies, likely housing a central supermassive black hole wreaking havoc on surrounding stars and gas.

[cielosphere]

so as stated before, ahps4, or Albedo's Haunted PS4, is a fun little au me and my friend cooked up after they exposed me to-

1. the current state of SAG*U (seriously this needs another tag. wtf is happening in there)

2. this one fic they read where traveler plays an otome game and the game cast comes alive and exits the game into real life (foggy memory on this one sorry, we made this au like months ago. me and the bestie are planning on makng a lil doc for ourselves on just how to explain our au and i figure itll either be linked or credited in there so i will credit that fic when i get that)

and we set out to kinda combine and "improve" the two concepts! and we got here.

so what is ahps4? a modern/college au if you slapped miitopia and sword art online together and made that the main plot. mii art online even.

(we dont have the doc finished so ill just do my best to explain ahps4. sorry if i mess shit up i woke up @ 4am just now and my muscles are goving out on me)

albedo (and literally everyone from our genshin impact) are just regular people in real life going about their life. theyre like if the characters simply had different circumstances, so diluc and kaeya are still adopted brothers and had similar things happen, but there's no spy plot or delusions and shit, so while they had a rocky childhood theyre still on good terms and brotherly with each other.

and then here is where i essentially condense chapters 1-2 of the fic me and the bestie are working on (working on 3 now) bc it works as a jumping off point.

one day, albedo receives an email(?) about this game- a beta copy of Genshin Impact, a "yet unreleased" video game that he knows little about other than he won a raffle to be a beta tester for it, apparently. and yk yk he downloads it on his ps4, and after some long loading times he gets it up and running, and yk that beginning cutscene of the game? it is completely altered here!

first off- there is no narration by paimon. there is text like the ingame text cutscenes but no voiceover. the doodle of two stars through sand is actually in the snow this time. all the statues of the seven are blurry as shit. things are the same after that (twins talk and fight unknown god) UNTIL albedo hits the twin selection screen.

albedo, taking his sweet time choosing between the two, accidentally hits a bug whcih glitches the display a bit. he can now move his controller to a third option, where the golden cursor can be seen in the middle of the two, and he presses it. this makes the game essentially shut down before then boots up again in the same spot, but before albedo can go choose a traveler again the cutscene continues.

id say it still goes the same, until the very end. instead of being captured by her, the camera frames a door behind he travelers, right in front of the camera, and they bolt for it to escape. they crash right through it, right on through into albedo's basement.

the twins, unlike albedo, arent particularly phased by this development. they heal up and just see albedo's world as well, just another world they've traveled to. after introductions, everyone decides to call it a night (the twins do anyways, claiming a spare room for themselves and telling albedo that they'll "pay him back for the damages") and albedo just kinda stands there, still in shock, when he realizes the game is still running somehow. with no protagonists. the screen is just a sky and a golden cursor on the bottom, blinking. its paused maybe? he presses a button and a small cutscene plays

the camera shifts from looking straight up into a blue sky with snow to down, encircling a large snowy mountain, beginning at the top and moving downward. notably, there is a statue of the seven here too, and its also too blurry to make out. the camera then cuts to just outside a cave to inside of it, meandering over books and tables and what looks like odd lab supplies before it cits to someone's boots. the camera moves up slowly. from boots, to a long coat, to gloves, to eerily similar hair cut, and then the figure turns around and ah fuck thats him, what the actual fuck

but it can't be, right?

the game character speaks and albedo turns the game off. that was his voice. he decides to go to bed, leaving his smashed coffee table to sleep.