#flak 38/39

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Luftwaffe Flak crew with a 105-mm FlaK 38/39 on the Flakturm (Flak tower) Tiergarten, in Berlin. On the right is the ammunition storage for the FlaK 38/39 gun. The photo was published in Die Wehrmacht (The Armed Forces) in June 1942 and for secrecy reasons the panorama of the city behind the edge of the Flak tower was retouched

[bigmoneypastelhalloween]

2 hr 27: letter about post-soviet radio, questions about vorws origin and future

2 hr 27: 2014 is when he started the shortwave

2 hr 28: he got interested from listening to shortwave and noting how airtime was being sold

2 hr 29: "i cant really predict the future," interesting tone

2 hr 30: keep on truckin letter

2 hr 31: letter and response about taking the show digital only. Voice of says it wouldnt hold its appeal if it wasnt a radio show

2 hr 32: "its nice to know that even if im not trying to cause any trouble, i can talk about whatever i want" no tos no algorithms

2 hr 33: the local broadcast isnt going anywhere, that station is rock solid

2 hr 34: responding to a letter item about nonfoodreview videos doing well

2 hr 38: there will still be random videos but theyre not the bread&butter that review vids are

2 hr 38: letter about reviewing jollibee, there's no florida locations

2 hr 39: perennial radio buying questions

2 hr 42: perennial emergency radio rec for-in-case-shit

2 hr 44: the handcrank shortwave can charge phones in power outs, valuable info as always

2 hr 46: all radios mentioned are on his amazon affiliate page but he says buy them wherever, he's making pennies off sales thru his list

2 hr 47: panama beach city shout out!

2 hr 48: letter about spats

2 hr 49: treat yourself to spats if you like them he says

2 hr 50: responding to letter about hurricane stuff

2 hr 52: bay area radio station shutdown talk

2 hr 56: fastfood restaurant interior design email

2 hr 57: millennial nostalgia attack deals 50 damage

2 hr 58: j calls the new style the cubes or the corporate cubes and feels they epitomize soullessness. We all know mcdonalds was getting flak for marketing so heavily to kids. The new coffee cubes are adult community hubs, theyre functional. Its very soviet, in a way i kind of prefer. I guess behold the power of the contramarketer (putting this on morgan spurlock mainly). Whyd mcdonalds need character? Is that really onbrand? Yknow it started out as a window you got handed a bag of food out of and that was it. Where's the nostalgia for that, 80s kids and 90s kids? Oh you werent born wah wah wah john you werent alive when those suits were popular either. Bring back original style mcdonalds! And let the staff smoke weed at work if they want to ffs!

2 hr 59: more about glorious birthday-friendly mcdonalds. Go to a park, kids. Go bowling.

3 hr 1: glowing fanmail from texas

3 hr 5: things to do with your body after death

3 hr 7: "i myself have gotten more comfortable with my mortality, the last few years"

3 hr 9: no burial preferences

3 hr 10: a plant growing out of you is bringing new life to the world, which is cool. We've found something "cool"

3 hr 12: more perennial mail; soothing voice very grounding. J laughs a real laugh.

3 hr 13: letter brings up tosh.0

3 hr 17: replying about food review vampire vid

3 hr 19: we both like how flexible elvis is and how refreshing his reevaluation was.

3 hr 21: chanchan stats from 2016, "i had more energy back then"

3 hr 24: the cnn money segment was a bigger stat boost than the elvis vid by a lot

3 hr 25: checking 2017 stats to see if the second elvis video brought numbers

3 hr 30: growth is from algorithm midas wand, not commentary vids etc

3 hr 33: "i might be homeless or dead" without youtube/google

3 hr 34: letter about "would you do a rotw meal"

3 hr 36: surrealist tangent about what the rotw meal would be, punchline is running on empty

3 hr 37: old mic is dead

3 hr 41: what happened to livestreaming

3 hr 42: introvert moment

3 hr 43: the show must go on

3 hr 44: hurrican letter

3 hr 49: tornado talk

3 hr 51: "evil people" wish ill on random people because of the state they live in. That is an evil thing to do.

3 hr 56: he says be upstanding but be a realist about how other people arent

3 hr 57: he says try to keep the world safe, try to rid the world of evil

3 hr 57: he says be punitive about "evil people". i feel the ghost of a college chum laughing at me like its funny to see me be like whoa there rorschach when ive absolutely been this bit

3 hr 58: he says we can punish society better by degrees. The ghost says this is my praxis

3 hr 59: "with every location there are good people and bad people" (people struggle everywhere there is an imposition of material inequality). He's disgusted by the idea of callously saying to just let people twist in the wind.

4 hr 02: blue states get hurricaned too

4 hr 04: not how u say drivel

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1942 08 28 Graf Zeppelin under attack -  Paul Wright

RAF aerial bombardment of Graf Zeppelin on the night of August 27–28, 1942.Despite its potential at sea had it been completed, the British Royal Air Force made only one attempt to sink the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin during World War II. In late August 1942, Graf Zeppelin was moored along a wharf in Becken VIII of the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Gdynia, Poland, known as Gotenhafen to the Germans. Around 2000hrs on the evening of August 27, 1942, nine Lancaster bombers (three from No. 106 Squadron and six from No. 97 Squadron), led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (later to command the Dam Busters Raid), took off from their bases in Britain and headed for Gotenhafen; their target was Graf Zeppelin. Each bomber carried a single 5,500lb (2,268kg) Capital Ship Bomb as well as a new Stabilized Automatic Bomb Sight. Wing Commander Gibson had intended to attack Graf Zeppelin from an altitude of 6,000ft (1828.8m) but when his aircraft arrived in the vicinity of Gotenhafen, they found the target area covered by dense haze. In spite of heavy antiaircraft fire, Gibson’s aircraft circled the target area for an hour until each bomber had made an attack run. Gibson and his crews never saw Graf Zeppelin during the attack due to the cloud cover but some of his aircraft attempted attacks from altitudes between 8,000ft (2438.4m) and 10,0000ft (3,048m) nevertheless. Others made bombing runs against a secondary target, the hulk of the battleship Gneisenau moored along a wharf in Becken V of the yard, after spotting it through gaps in the clouds. No hits were scored on either warship and all of Gibson’s aircraft returned safely to base. This scene shows Graf Zeppelin moored in Becken VIII on the evening of August 27–28, 1942, during Gibson’s raid. German flak crews are firing from 10.5cm Flak 38/39 mobile batteries in the railway yard adjacent to Becken VIII.

[pinturas-segunda-guerra-mundial]

1942 08 28 Graf Zeppelin under attack - Paul Wright

RAF aerial bombardment of Graf Zeppelin on the night of August 27–28, 1942.Despite its potential at sea had it been completed, the British Royal Air Force made only one attempt to sink the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin during World War II. In late August 1942, Graf Zeppelin was moored along a wharf in Becken VIII of the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Gdynia, Poland, known as Gotenhafen to the Germans. Around 2000hrs on the evening of August 27, 1942, nine Lancaster bombers (three from No. 106 Squadron and six from No. 97 Squadron), led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (later to command the Dam Busters Raid), took off from their bases in Britain and headed for Gotenhafen; their target was Graf Zeppelin. Each bomber carried a single 5,500lb (2,268kg) Capital Ship Bomb as well as a new Stabilized Automatic Bomb Sight. Wing Commander Gibson had intended to attack Graf Zeppelin from an altitude of 6,000ft (1828.8m) but when his aircraft arrived in the vicinity of Gotenhafen, they found the target area covered by dense haze. In spite of heavy antiaircraft fire, Gibson’s aircraft circled the target area for an hour until each bomber had made an attack run. Gibson and his crews never saw Graf Zeppelin during the attack due to the cloud cover but some of his aircraft attempted attacks from altitudes between 8,000ft (2438.4m) and 10,0000ft (3,048m) nevertheless. Others made bombing runs against a secondary target, the hulk of the battleship Gneisenau moored along a wharf in Becken V of the yard, after spotting it through gaps in the clouds. No hits were scored on either warship and all of Gibson’s aircraft returned safely to base. This scene shows Graf Zeppelin moored in Becken VIII on the evening of August 27–28, 1942, during Gibson’s raid. German flak crews are firing from 10.5cm Flak 38/39 mobile batteries in the railway yard adjacent to Becken VIII.

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#5

I feel so bad for lil nas x, he’s been getting so much flak for no reason about call me by your name, and now it’s being taken down from so many streaming services to the point he has to upload it to p*rnhub???? Poor guy :(

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#4

Thank you tumblr

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Sorry to all my followers, I had a 20 kill streak and wanted to use my tactical nuke

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I decided to hop on the heart locket band wagon <3 (Hope I’m not too late XD)

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This image has a lot of energy about it but idk what type to call it

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[flashthescalesian-art]

Hey, y’all wanna know how many clone OCs I have now? 

1. Volt

2. Nexus

3. Winder (deceased)

4. Sej

5. Sunny 

6. Rain  (deceased)

7. Burnout  (deceased)

8. Quinn  (deceased)

9. Trip  (deceased)

10. Keller 

11. Vic  (deceased)

12. Corkscrew  (deceased)

13. Ten

14. Tally

15. Dash

16. Sticker

17. Mule

18. Packer

19. Jax

20. Blazer 

21. Indy

22. Fuse

23. Patch

24. Dek

25. Ollie

26. Flak

27. Spectrum

28. Zipper

29. Red

30. Helix

31. Montie  (deceased)

32. Pacer (deceased) 

33. Dice  (deceased) 

34. Surge  (deceased)    

35. Krayt

36. Shift

37. Doc 

38. Feedback

39. Beetle

40. Ticker

41. Twitch

42. Error

43. Void

44. Impulse

45. Ghost

46. Hail 

47. Alpha-54 a.k.a Xenon 

[blarrghe]

I got tagged by @oediebees​, thanks, these are fun! and I’ll tag umm @lavellanhunter​ @serphena​ @midnightprelude​ if y’all feel like it

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?

curly hair don’t care (I don’t brush my hair I comb it in the shower sometimes...the comb is blue) 

2. A food you never eat?

Meat, dairy.... a bunch of things that hurt my tummy (except I eat them anyway oops)

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?

I run pretty cold. Poor circulation lyfeeee

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

Hangin with the bae learning about ancient history because we are nerds. 

5. What is your favorite candy bar?

like chocolate bar? I can’t eat chocolate and it makes me sad. I bought a vegan white chocolate bar at the health food store a while ago for like 5$ it was good but like. it was also five whole dollars. 

6. Have you ever been to a professional sporting event?

NHL game once. There was a fight on the ice and then in the stands XD

7. What was the last thing you said out loud?

“Love you, bee” yes we are very cute thank

8. What is your favorite ice cream?

Stop asking me about things I’m not allowed to eat waah. I bought vegan icecream and it made me sick also lol so literally just. let’s go with rainbow sherbert. (it used to be cookie dough ice cream stop doing this to me)

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Water

10. Do you like your wallet?

My best friend and I bought matching star wars wallets a couple years ago and we both still use them so yeah. it’s got the millennium falcon on it and it came with a keychain that I eventually gave to a kid at work.

11. What was the last thing you ate?

Leftover veggie stir fry with black beans! I made it yesterday and it was pretty good if I say so myself. 

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

I haven’t bought any new clothes since like, October? 

13. The last sporting event you watched?

uhhhhhhhhh does walking by a soccer game in the park count

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?

I make it with salt and nutritional yeast! and sometimes garlic too. Highly recommend. 

15. Who was the last person you sent a text message to?

Actual text? Coworker. 

16. Ever go camping?

As much as I can! Went every summer as a kid, and last summer went on a month long cross-country camping roadtrip. Probably won’t get to go again for a while though. 

17. Do you take vitamins?

I buy them and then forget does that count

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?

I can count on one hand the number of times I have gone to a church service. And if you discount funerals then I’m pretty sure it’s...2? (and if you wanna do the thing and make it synagogue then still only for the holidays and not in years and years) 

19. Do you have a tan?

Pretty sure I am actually incapable of having a tan. 

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

I probably shouldn’t be eating either. Homemade pizza with flatbread and vegan cheese is pretty good tho. 

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?

Not usually 

22. What color socks do you usually wear?

I just have a large collection of various cute patterened socks with like, cats and stuff on em. Current faves are the ones that make my feets look like sharks =]

23. Ever drive above the speed limit?

speed of traffic but also, I don’t have a car so. 

24. What terrifies you?

ummm the feeling you get when you’re stuck under water and think your gonna drown isn’t very fun. 

25. Look to your left what do you see?

pillows, cart thing with books on it, closet. 

26. What chore do you hate?

changing the cat litter kinda sucks 

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?

Uh. Australia, I guess? 

28. What is your favorite soda?

I’m a big fan of buying random overpriced weird flavoured drinks so probably like, the blue jones soda or something. But realistically, cream soda and gingerale. 

29. Do you go into a fast food place or just hit the drive through?

I don’t have a car so. I also don’t get fast food much tho. 

30. Who was the last person you talked to?

The boy!

31. Favorite cut of beef?

Literally no idea haven’t eaten it in over ten years 

32. Last song you listened to?

Currently listening to “If The World Was Ending” by Gracie and Rachel, I don’t even know if I like it yet it just came on my spotify release radar thing. 

...

yeah it’s aight. 

33. Last book you read?

Last book I finished was the Silmarillion. Currently working my way through Jewel’s autobiography, some book on mindfulness, and Unfinished Tales. 

34. Favorite day of the week?

Honestly I’m a big fan of Sundays. They’re my bread day.

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?

Probably. Let’s not find out. 

36. How do you like your coffee?

Cappuccinos are my fave but usually just strong with oatmilk and a little sugar. 

37. Favorite pair of shoes?

The knee-high boots I have that lace up the back, especially since I got undue flak for em once and the spite makes it better. 

38. At what time do you usually go to bed?

Time is meaningless.

39. At what time do you normally get up?

See above. 

40. What do you prefer - sunrises or sunsets?

Both are nice!

41. How many blankets are on your bed?

Currently just two small soft throw blankets because it’s been hot af. One is a spiderweb one I bought in the halloween section and the other is star wars lmao. 

42. Describe your kitchen plates?

Like, four matching ones that we never use, two matching ones of a different pattern, one random blue one, and a bunch of takeout container things I reuse. 

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?

Nah depends on the mood. Wine is good, ciders are good, some beers are good, and I used to bartend so making fancy cocktails is also sometimes good. 

44. Do you play cards?

Only when camping and it rains. 

45. Can you change a tire?

On my bike sure. Someone taught me how to change a car tire once but I wouldn’t test it. 

46. What is your favorite province?

Probably British Columbia.

47. Favorite job you ever had?

The one I have now! Teaching/counselling at an elementary/jr. high school :) 

48. How did you get your biggest scar?

Don’t really have any big scars. I do have a small one on my face from a kid at my old job. 

49. What did you do today that made someone happy?

Had some quality hangs earlier, watched a movie, cuddled, etc. 

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1. What’s the last thing you ate? Shawarma. It was a usual meal of mine at school so I’ve been missing it a lot during this quarantine, and I was happy when my dad got me a couple ones yesterday.

2. What’s your favourite cheese? I haven’t been super experimental when it comes to cheese mainly because the better ones are a little expensive and I’m more willing to spend my money on other foods...but the best one I’ve had is feta.

3. What’s your favourite fish? My favorite cooked or grilled fish is tilapia and eel; as for raw fish I love tuna.

4. What’s your favourite fruit? I don’t really like fruit but I’m open to eating avocado-flavored things like shakes and cheesecake; and I’m okay with strawberry-flavored candy hahaha.

5. When, if ever, did you start liking olives? I’ve never liked olives. I take them out of my pizza and such.

6. When, if ever, did you start liking beer? I never *liked* beer but sometimes I’ll have a bottle if and only if it’s to socialize at a party. I just keep the grimace to myself lol because I personally never found it good. I had my first beer at Marielle’s debut, four years ago.

7. When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? High school. That was when my palate started to expand and I wanted to try being more adventurous with food. I got into shellfish pretty early on and my mom even used to buy a kilo of mussels just for me. 

8. What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? I love my dad’s laksa, risotto, curries, and chicken wings. My mom doesn’t cook much but I do like her spaghetti.

9. What’s the native specialty of your hometown? My city doesn’t have native food of its own; and I’m not sure about my province’s specialtes either only because cuisines from other provinces are far more popular. I can say though that most visitors who come to the country often try adobo, sinigang, kare-kare, and bulalo.

10. What’s your comfort food? Cheeseburgers, samgyeopsal, pad thai, and chicken wings.

11. What’s your favourite type of chocolate? Milk chocolate. And it gets a lot of flak because it’s not actually chocolate, but I do enjoy the flavor of white chocolate too.

12. How do you like your steak? Rare.

13. How do you like your burger? I like mine with caramelized onions, a mayo-based sauce, and brioche buns; barbecue sauce or jalapeños are add-ons I have no problem being put in my burger. I don’t like tomatoes, pickles, and lettuce.

14. How do you like your eggs? Scrambled if on toast; omelette with cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, and bell peppers if with rice; and obviously, poached if on top of an Eggs Benedict. I don’t have a preferred style for eggs.

15. How do you like your potatoes? As French fries or mojos.

16. How do you take your coffee? If someone is making the coffee for me, I request for lots of cream and sugar. I’d drink any kind of coffee but black. If I’m at a coffee shop I typically get caramel macchiato.

17. How do you take your tea? I enjoy lemonade iced tea. I don’t really like hot tea.

18. What’s your favourite mug? I suppose my favorite is the only mug I own, which is a white mug that changes colors depending on the temperature of the drink inside.

19. What’s your biscuit or cookie of choice? I can’t stand biscuits anymore because those are what my grandma/mom packed for my recess nearly everyday throughout grade school. I don’t like store-brought cookies either because they taste super processed, but my favorite as a kid were the Presto peanut butter cookies.

20. What’s your ideal breakfast? Garlic rice, a packed omelette, and hashbrowns if I’m somewhere fancy. Scrambled eggs and hotdogs when I’m at home.

21. What’s your ideal sandwich? Monte Cristo or banh mi.

22. What’s your ideal pizza: Quattro formaggi. If we’re talking more experimental pizzas, barbecue pizza is a guilty pleasure.

23. What’s your ideal pie (sweet or savoury)? I’m not a big pie person but I do love savory a lot more, like chicken pot pie. I think most of the sweet pies out there are fruit-based anyway.

24. What’s your ideal salad? Spicy tuna salad. I’ve been having such a craving for it :(

25. What food do you always like to have in the fridge? We always have white bread, eggs, my mom’s cranberry juice, and veggies.

26. What food do you always like to have in the freezer? In the freezer we never run out of various meats and frozen meal packs, like frozen bangus, hotdogs, chicken nuggets, French fries, etc. We also often have ice cream, but it’s not a must-have for us obviously.

27. What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? Pasta, canned food like luncheon meat and corned beef, cup noodles, various condiments like soy sauce and fish sauce, 3-in-1 coffee.

28. What spices can you not live without? I can’t cook but I do know I like salt, pepper, paprika, and cumin. I’m sure I’m missing other essential ones lol

29. What sauces can you not live without? Sriracha, bagoong, banana ketchup, gochujang, peanut sauce, gravy, barbecue sauce, aioli, mayonnaise.

30. Where do you buy most of your food? My parents don’t have a supermarket preference; they just go to wherever is most convenient for them at the moment. Once I start doing my own grocery shopping though I would rather go to a supermarket where they’d have a wider selection for foreign foods, like those that would have Pop-Tarts and sriracha sauce. Just the foodie in me that constantly has to have food from other cultures.

31. How often do you go food shopping? My parents do the groceries once every two or three weeks, I think.

33. What’s the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own? Aside from the obvious ref or cooking range, probably the coffee maker. Not sure how much it cost my parents but it’s supposed to be branded haha.

34. What’s the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? Dad bought a couple of pans because he didn’t like how our old ones were starting to get too many scratches.

35. What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? Refrigerator. So many things would spoil without it...that’s why when we get blackouts the first thing we worry about is how long the ref would stay cold.

36. How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? I’ve only done it once.

37. What’s the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients?

38. What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? Crocodile, carabao, lamb.

39. What’s the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? Don’t remember exactly when but it has to be sometime recently. I’m not too grossed out by this.

40. What’s the last time you ate something you’d picked in the wild? I have never done this.

41. Arrange the following in order of preference: Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Sushi – Indian, Thai, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican. This question is a teeny bit annoying and a little offensive. How would you like it if I referred to American food as ‘ribs’ lol

42. Arrange the following in order of preference: Vodka, Whiskey, Brandy, Rum – Vodka, rum, (some) whiskey. I don’t drink brandy because that’s what my grandpa, who had alcohol issues, used to drink.

43. Arrange the following in order of preference: Garlic, Basil, Lime, Mint, Ginger, Aniseed – Aniseed, garlic, basil, ginger, lime, mint.

44. Arrange the following in order of preference: Pineapple, Orange, Apple, Strawberry, Cherry, Watermelon, Banana. –

45. Bread and spread: I don’t really munch on this particular food. Toast and butter is enough for me.

46. What’s your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? It’s either KFC or Jollibee. In KFC I get a Zinger and a brownie; in Jollibee, I usually order the chicken-spaghetti set, large fries, and a Yum Burger. If they have tuna pie on the menu I’d get that too. My appetite gets exceptionally large when it comes to Jollibee hahahaha.

47. Pick a city. What are the best dining experiences you’ve had in that city? I no longer remember what exactly I ate but I had a blaaaast eating in Bali. I also had a sushi platter in Fukuoka that I’ll never forget.

48. What’s your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? I don’t drink regularly but if I’m out with friends and we want to chill after a tiring day, we get a pitcher of a mixed drink.

49. What’s the next thing you’ll eat? Eggs and hotdogs for breakfast. Probably with bread.

50. Are you hungry now? A little bit, considering it’s nearly 10 and I still haven’t had breakfast.

51. Do you eat your breakfast everyday? I’ve been having it everyday now because I’ve been home for...most of the year...sigh. But I skipped it all the time when I was in school because getting to class on time and having a clean attendance record mattered to me more than filling up my stomach. 52. At what time do you have breakfast? On weekdays I have it between 9-10 AM. On weekends when my parents are home, we have brunch instead at around 10:30-11 AM because they wake up late.

53. At what time do you have lunch? I normally skip lunch now. In school I just had tiny eating breaks throughout the day, but I didn’t have lunch per se.

54. What do you have for lunch? My usual purchases were instant noodles/kwek-kwek, tapsilog from Rodic’s, or shawarma rice. Thrived on these three for my entire college life.

55. At what time do you have dinner? 7-8 PM, depending on whenever my dad is finished cooking.

56. What do you have for dinner? My dad likes changing up our dishes everyday :) It’s one of my favorite things about quarantine. Outside of the quarantine, I’ve never had a main dinner dish.

57. Do you light candles during dinner? No.

58. How many chairs are there in your dining room and who sits in the main chair? 6 chairs. We don’t have a ‘main’ chair that’s larger than the rest, but my dad is the one who sits on the chair on one end of the dining table, or what we call the kabisera in Filipino. My mom, siblings, and I sit on either side of him. 

59. Do you eat and drink using your right hand or the left one? I use my right hand for the spoon and my left hand for the fork. I drink with my right hand most of the time.

61. Mention the veggies that you like most: Broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, asparagus, string beans. Idk what eggplants and bell peppers are but I like those too.

62. What fruit and vegetable do you like the least? Cucumber and ampalaya. 63. You like your fruit salad to have more: Air. Hahahaha I do not like fruit salads.

64. You prefer your vegetable salad to contain more: I love vegetables but don’t really eat vegetable salads? I don’t think I’ve even heard of those.

65. What’s your favourite sandwich spread? Whatever goes on banh mi.

66. What’s your favourite chocolate bar? Whittaker’s peanut butter chocolate.

67. What’s your favourite dessert? I really love macarons, cupcakes, and cheesecake.

68. What’s your favourite drink? Just water. Other drinks make me fuller more quickly.

69. What’s your favourite snack? Pringles, French fries, corndogs...anything deep-fried, really.

70. What’s your favourite bubble gum flavour? Strawberry, or just the original bubblegum flavor.

71. What’s your favourite ice cream flavour? Salted caramel, queso real, or cookies and cream.

72. What’s your favourite potato chip flavour? Original or sour cream and onion.

73. What’s your favourite soup? Miso. Have to have it whenever I have Japanese food.

74. What’s your favourite pizza? Already answered this, but I will always order quattro formaggi if I see it on a menu.

75. What’s your favourite type of dish? I have lots of favorites, but I think chicken curry takes the cake for me. 

76. What food do you hate? Fruits, any dessert with fruits.

77. What’s your favourite restaurant? Yabu. It’s a Japanese restaurant that doesn’t even serve sushi (because I’m still ticked off by that sushi question lol).

78. Do you eat homemade food, or food delivered from outside? These days I eat food cooked by either parent. But when I’m on my own, I buy my food.

80. Who cooks at home? My dad does most of the time. My mom will make breakfast on the weekends.

81. What kind of diet (e.g. low-fat, high-fiber, high-carbohydrate, balanced diet etc.) do you have? I’m not on any.

82. How do you keep yourself fit? I just moderate my food intake in general and make sure I stop eating once I feel full. I don’t work out or count calories and stuff.

[thecreaturecodex]

Great Old One, Kthanid

Modified version of Cthulhu © Borja Pindado, accessed at MonsterWiki here

[Commissioned by @justicegundam82. I fully expect to get some flak for this one. Kthanid is the creation of Brian Lumley, who wrote several books in the Titus Crow series in the 1970s. They’re pretty much self-insert fanfiction set in a pulp adventure version of the Cthulhu Mythos. Kthanid is one of his OCs, who is literally Cthulhu-but-good. Also, the protagonist gets married to Kthanid’s beautiful (humanoid) daughter, “Tiania the Girl Goddess”. As you can imagine, these books do not hold a high reputation among most Mythos fans.

If the idea of Cthulhu-but-good seems too much for you, feel free to reskin Kthanid to look less like an octopus man. Just reflavor the natural weapons and describe him as any eldritch angel you choose.]

Great Old One, Kthanid CR 28 CG Aberration This immense being is something like a humanoid octopus crossed with a dragon, with great membranous wings stretching from its back. Its eyes glow golden, and despite its immensity, it has a calm aspect.

Kthanid Elderscribe, The Golden God Concerns dreams, magical wards, safety Domains Chaos, Good, Protection, Rune Subdomains Defense, Purity, Redemption, Wards Worshippers dreamers, good-aligned aberrations, redeemed cultists Minions azatas, eclipse giants, Elder Things Holy Symbol the Elder Sign (a pentagram or branched tree) Favored Weapon sap

Kthanid, the Elderscribe, is that rarest of entities, a Great Old One allied with the forces of good. He refers to himself as the brother of Cthulhu—whether he means literally or in a metaphorical sense is unclear—and indeed does closely resemble that feared monster. Kthanid is a peaceful creature, however, and represents and sponsors the redemption of even the most irredeemable. The Golden God understands that the universe is destined to fall apart, but works to make that process a very slow and peaceful one. He seeks to protect the planes and planets from the influence of the Outer Gods, the Dominion of the Black and other cosmic entities that spread evil and horror. Unlike other Great Old Ones, Kthanid encourages his own worship through subtle signs and symbols, and may council repentant cultists in their dreams to turn towards the light and revoke their wicked masters.

Kthanid is a master of signs and symbol magic, and he is believed to have created the mystical Elder Sign. Non-magical representations of this occult glyph serve as his holy symbol, and the artifacts that bear its true power are seen as relics of his faith. Kthanid can create new Elder Sign artifacts, but doing so not only tires him, but alerts other Great Old Ones to his presence. Even rival cults of Old Ones and Outer Gods will work together to subvert Kthanid’s works, and so he tends to be a subtle ally in the fight against the Mythos. It is rumored that Cthulhu himself knows how to kill Kthanid permanently, and is planning an assassination of his benevolent doppelganger.

Kthanid dislikes combat, and hopes to avert it whenever possible with his supernaturally soothing presence. If forced to fight, he prefers to disable and debilitate enemies rather than kill them, turning to lethal means only as a last resort. Kthanid believes in rehabilitation, and will assist his foes in healing and recovery if they are suitably chastened—someone who betrays this trust repeatedly will be put down, in the hopes that their quintessence will find redemption through the natural cycles of the planes. Although Kthanid is immortal, reforming once his physical body is slain is a time consuming process, so he prefers to flee from a losing battle.

Kthanid                CR 28 XP 4,915,200 CG Colossal aberration (chaotic, good, Great Old One) Init +15; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +50, true seeing Aura unspeakable presence (300 ft., DC 37) Defense AC 46, touch 27, flat-footed 41 (-8 size, +5 Dex, +10 insight, +10 deflection, +19 natural) hp 682 (35d8+525); fast healing 30 Fort +26, Ref +26, Will +30 Defensive Abilities freedom of movement, immortality, insanity (DC 37), non-euclidean; DR 20/epic and lawful; Immune ability damage, ability drain, aging, cold, death effects, disease, energy drain, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, and petrification; Resist acid 30, electricity 30, fire 30, sonic 30; SR 39 Offense Speed 60 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 200 ft. (average) Melee 2 claws +38 (4d6+20/19-20 plus grab), 4 tentacles +38 (2d10+20 plus grab) Space 40 ft.; Reach 40 ft. Special Attacks constrict (3d6+20), Elder Sign, mythic power (10/day, surge 1d12), nonlethal mastery, warding dreams Spell-like Abilities CL 28th, concentration +38 Constant—freedom of movement, true seeing At will— banishment (DC 28), dream council, greater dispel magic, greater scrying (DC 27), greater teleport, sending (M) 3/day—forbiddance (DC 26), quickened heal (M), symbol of fear (DC 26), symbol of persuasion (DC 26), symbol of stunning (DC 27) 1/day—gate, empowered holy aura (DC 28), holy word (DC 27, M), mage’s disjunction (DC 29), symbol of vulnerability (DC 29) Statistics Str 50, Dex 21, Con 41, Int 31, Wis 36, Cha 30 Base Atk +26; CMB +54 (+56 trip, +58 disarm, grapple, sunder); CMD 81 (83 vs. disarm, sunder, trip) Feats Ability Focus (banishment), Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Craft Wondrous Item, Dodge,  Empower SLA (holy aura), Flyby Attack, Greater Disarm, Greater Sunder, Improved Critical (claws), Improved Disarm, Improved Sunder, Improved Trip, Mobility, Power Attack, Quicken SLA (heal), Stand Still, Step Up Skills Diplomacy +45, Fly +35, Knowledge (arcana) +48, Knowledge (dungeoneering, engineering, geography, history, nature, religion, planes) +45, Perception +50, Sense Motive +50, Spellcraft +48, Swim +66 Languages Aklo, Celestial, telepathy 300 ft. SQ compression, greater starflight, otherworldly insight Ecology Environment any Organization unique Treasure triple standard Special Abilities Elder Sign (Su) Kthanid can use any of his symbol spell-like abilities as a standard action with a range of Close by creating a short-lived, luminous sign in the air or on the ground. When it does so, the symbol effects creatures in its area as appropriate, and then disappears. In addition, Kthanid’s banishment spell-like ability can affect any creature associated with the Elder Mythos—if the creature is not extraplanar, it is banished back to its home on the Material Plane. Greater Starflight (Su) Kthanid can survive in the void of outer space, and flies through outer space at incredible speeds. Although the exact travel time will vary from one trip to the next, a trip within a solar system normally takes Kthanid 2d6 hours, and a trip beyond normally takes 2d6 days (or more, at the GM's discretion). Immortality (Ex) If Kthanid is killed, his body collapses into a viscous slime that briefly takes the shape of an Elder Sign before disappearing completely. All creatures within 100 feet of Kthanid must succeed a DC 37 Will save or be banished as per its Elder Sign ability (see above). Kthanid then slowly reforms on a random planet over the course of a century. Non-Euclidean (Ex) Kthanid does not exist wholly in the physical world, and space and time strain against his presence. This grants Kthanid a deflection bonus to AC and a racial bonus on Reflex saves equal to his Charisma modifier (+10). His apparent and actual position are never quite the same, granting him a 50% miss chance against all attacks. True seeing can defeat this miss chance, but any creature that looks upon Kthanid while under the effects of true seeing must succeed at a DC 37 Will save or be confused for 1 minute. The save DC is Charisma-based. Nonlethal Mastery (Ex) Kthanid can choose to deal nonlethal damage with his natural attacks without penalty. Tentacles (Ex) Kthanid’s tentacles are primary natural attacks. Unspeakable Presence (Su) Failing a DC 39 Will save against Kthanid’s unspeakable presence causes a creature to fall into a blissful, peaceful state, as per the euphoric tranquility spell, for as long as it remains in the area of effect. Warding Dreams (Su) Kthanid can use his dream council spell-like ability on any creature that has failed a saving throw against the supernatural or spell-like abilities or spells of an Elder Mythos entity. When it does so, it grants that creature a +2 sacred bonus on all saving throws and Armor Class against the attacks of Elder Mythos entities. This bonus lasts for 1 week, or until Kthanid chooses to revoke it as an immediate action.

[felassan]

Patch 1.06 Combat Balance Updates

We’ve received a lot of community feedback about balance issues in multiplayer. We have improved the overall experience based on that feedback and our own testing.

Powers and weapons were underperforming at higher difficulties—particularly power combos and assault rifles. As a result, players relied heavily on the Vanquisher sniper rifle and melee-focused classes.

We found current damage levels significantly slowed the pace of games on Gold and Silver difficulties. To fix this, we started to overhaul the balance in multiplayer. Today’s changes are the first step in that process.

For general Patch 1.06 notes, click here.

For patch notes in other languages, click here.

Rest under cut for length. EDIT: Now updated with tags for the changes which only apply to multiplayer.

[source]

Powers

We determined that the base damage of powers were too low, which caused them to be underpowered in the late stages. We’ve now increased the base damage of powers and improved some of the bonuses granted by additional skill points. We’ve also improved damage from passive skill trees.

Combo detonations on Gold and Silver difficulties also received a buff because they inflicted less damage than intended.

Weapons

Mass Effect multiplayer is more fun when it’s fast-paced, but low weapon damage limited that pace on Gold and Silver difficulties. There was also a noticeable imbalance between weapon classes, particularly for shotguns and assault rifles.

We’ve boosted the base damage for several underperforming assault rifles, pistols, and shotguns to make them more effective. In particular, we wanted shotguns to become better skirmish weapons, so we boosted their damage and accuracy outside of cover, while reducing the extra accuracy bonus when firing from cover.

Finally, we reduced the damage of the Vanquisher sniper rifle to make it comparable with other weapons. Its overwhelming damage far outclassed other weapons and made this particular sniper rifle a must-have. We’ve now evened the playing field so players feel more comfortable bringing something besides the Vanquisher to a Gold-level game.

We’ll continue to consider potential adjustments for some weapons.

Enemy Factions

We’ve also changed how difficult some enemy factions are to fight.

Due to their individual survivability, the kett were the most difficult faction. To combat this, we reduced their health and defenses. We also lessened the chance the Fiend will sync-attack on Silver and Gold difficulties. We’re investigating latency issues that cause the Fiend to appear like it teleports when it jumps.

We wanted to make the Outlaws more challenging, so we improved the ability of Sharpshooters and Hydras to push players into cover. We also made the Berserker easier to fight from cover and the Hydra is now stronger and more dangerous.

We left the Remnant untouched and continue to monitor their performance.

Player:

Fixed a bug that made Silver and Gold difficulties use normal stats for Shield Gate and Health Gate

Fixed a bug that made Silver and Gold difficulties use normal stats for damage reduction due to armor. Enemy armor now reduces 15 damage per hit on Silver and 20 damage per hit on Gold, to a minimum of 10 damage per hit

Powers:

All Damage Powers

[MP] Raw damage upgrades increased by a cumulative 25-35% per power

All Offensive Passive Lines

[MP] Power damage upgrades increased by a cumulative 20% per line

Power Combos

[MP] Fixed an issue that caused combos in Gold and Silver difficulties to inflict incorrect base damage

[MP] Increased base combo damage by approximately 60% in Bronze, 140% in Silver, and 200% in Gold.

[MP] Increased the value of combo damage upgrades in all passives from +30% to +50%

Combat Powers:

Barricade

Increased base duration from 12s to 13s

Decreased Rank 4 duration bonus from 40% to 35%, although the end duration is still greater than before

Increased Rank 5 buff from 20% to 30% power damage bonus

Flak Cannon

Increased base primary damage from 180 to 250

Increased base power cell count from 2 to 4

Tech Powers:

Assault Turret

Increased the Rank 5 flamethrower’s damage per second from 45 to 150, and burn damage over time from 22 to 35 damage per second

Increased the Rank 2 health upgrade from +30% to +50%, and the Rank 4 health upgrade from +50% to +75%

The power’s cooldown now triggers when the turret spawns, instead of when it is destroyed.

Increased base bullet damage from 20 to 36

The cooldown is now 30s, but can be reduced to 10s with the Rank 4 cooldown upgrade.

Fixed a bug causing the Rank 6 cryo ammo to inflict no damage

Incinerate

[MP] Increased the base damage from 120 to 350

[MP] Decreased the damage over time from 50 to 45 damage per second

Overload

[MP] Increased base uncharged damage from 150 to 200, and charged damage from 200 to 300

Flamethrower

Increased base damage from 220 to 240 damage per second

Cryo Beam

[MP] Increased base damage per second from 135 to 150

Energy Drain

[MP] Increased base damage from 160 to 175

Shield Boost

Increased base radius from 6m to 8m

[MP] Increased support score generated by successfully giving another player shields from 10 to 20

Invasion

Improved Rank 4 infection radius and Rank 5 spread radius

Remnant VI

Increased base health from 500 to 800

Increased Rank 2 health upgrade from 15% to 65%

Improved Rank 4 health regeneration rate and delay

Increased Rank 5 close-combat health upgrade from 120% to 200%

Increased the Rank 6 missile damage from 90 to 450

Decreased the Rank 6 missile cooldown from 10s to 5s

[MP] Increased base beam damage from 70 to 100 damage per second

[MP] Fixed issue where VI would occasionally get stuck

[MP] VI will now teleport to player if its path is too complex

Biotic Powers:

Pull

[MP] Increased Rank 5’s crushing grip damage over time from 35 to 60 damage per second

Throw

Increased base damage from 225 to 240

Shockwave

Increased base damage from 225 to 245

Singularity

Decreased base cooldown from 24s to 20s

Increased Rank 5 recharge rate bonus from +25% to +40%

Backlash

[MP] Increased base aegis health from 350 to 400

[MP] Increased base reflection damage bonus from +180% to +200%

[MP] Increased Rank 4 and Rank 5 bonuses

Charge

Increased base damage from 250 to 275

Nova

Increased base damage from 400 to 420

Annihilation

Increased the base cooldown penalty from 60% to 75%

Decreased the Rank 4 radius bonus from 50% to 35%

Damage and bonuses from different users will now stack on the same target

Lance

Slightly improved aim assist at longer ranges

Passive Powers:

Barrier

[MP] Barrier Drain: shield regeneration value from melee attacks decreased from 20% to 15%

[MP] Biotic Link: can now only apply its effect once every 5s

[MP] Saving Barrier: cooldown on the automatic shield regeneration increased from 10s to 15s

Biotic Ascension

[MP] Improved the bonuses for Rank 6 evolutions

Character Stats:

Asari Adept

[MP] Decreased base shields from 250 to 200

Krogan Vanguard

[MP] Decreased base shields from 180 to 150

Weapons

Assault Rifles

Avenger

Increased damage from 35–47 to 39–50

Mattock

Increased damage from 50–63 to 90–113

Increased magazine size from 16 to 20

Zalkin

Increased damage from 60–76 to 79–99

Valkyrie

Increased damage from 86–99 to 164–190

Increased magazine size from 16 to 20

Increased total spare ammo from 128–160 to 140–175

Soned

Increased damage from 51–59 to 70–81

Improved rate-of-fire charge time from 1s to 0.5s

Improved accuracy when firing from the hip or firing blindly over barriers

Maximum accuracy while aiming down sights was slightly decreased; the accuracy penalty for firing was reduced.

PAW

Increased damage from 35–40 to 58–67

Halberd

Increased damage from 90–113 to 150–180

Pistols

Carnifex

Increased damage from 175–220 to 255–321

Hornet

Increased damage from 46–55 to 101–121

Sidewinder

Increased damage from 150–180 to 167–200

Hurricane

Increased damage from 49–57 to 65–75

Eagle

Increased damage from 69–80 to 96–111

Improved accuracy

Rozerad

Increased damage from 48–56 to 73-84

Increased rate of fire from 420–525 to 490–613

Improved rate-of-fire charge time from 2s to 1s

Improved accuracy

Ushior

Increased damage from 463–535 to 775–896

Increased magazine size from 1 to 2

Increased total ammo from 18–23 to 20–25

Reduced weight from 0.25–0.13 to 0.2–0.1

Charger

Accuracy slightly reduced

Shotguns

Katana

Increased damage per pellet from 46–61 to 64–85

Piranha

Increased damage per pellet from 54–62 to 59–68

Disciple

Increased damage per pellet from 60–76 to 79–99

Ruzad

Increased damage per pellet from 98–123 to 171–215

Crusader

Increased damage from 382–442 to 699–808

Bullet trails added to the slug

Hesh

Increased damage per pellet from 55–66 to 66–79

Scattershot

Increased damage per pellet from 46–55 to 66–79

Dhan

Increased damage from 595–688 to 850–983

Increased magazine size from 2 to 3

Increased total spare ammo from 20–25 to 21–26

Deals extra weak point damage

Venom

Increased damage from 290–348 to 352–422

The initial round will now explode on contact with a target and the fragments will travel faster and longer before they explode

Sniper Rifles

Vanquisher

Reduced damage from 675–810 to 600–720

Shadow

Increased damage from 38–46 to 85–102

Increased damage as the Shadow gets closer to overheating; weapon will overheat faster

Valiant

Increased damage from 463–535 to 550–636

Total spare ammo increased from 35–44 to 45–56

Naladen

Increased damage from 496–574 to 650–752

Enemies

Kett

Wraith

Reduced health by 20%

Chosen

Reduced health by 5%

Anointed

Reduced shields by 47%

Destined

Reduced shields by 67%

Fiend

Decreased the chance that a Fiend initiates a sync attack on Hardcore and Insanity difficulties in single-player and Silver and Gold difficulties in multiplayer

Ascendant

Cobra RPG can now damage the Ascendant after its Orb is destroyed; on Normal or Bronze difficulty, the Cobra RPG can kill the Ascendant in one shot

Increased effectiveness of powers and weapons that lack extra weak point damage against the Orb

Outlaws

Angaran Saboteur

Increased armor by 33%

Turian Anarchist

Increased armor by 33%

Increased weapon damage by 20%

Salarian Agent

Increased armor by 33%

Now fires more frequently

Asari Pariah

Increased armor by 33%

Increased weapon damage by 20%

Sharpshooter

Increased shields by 60%

Increased frequency of firing at targets in cover

Decreased aiming time against out-of-cover targets at higher difficulties

Decreased sniper rifle damage by 18%

[SP] Fixed a bug that caused Roekaar Sharpshooters to deal 75% more sniper rifle damage than intended

Krogan Berserker

Reduced armor by 20%

Hydra

Increased armor by 38%

Weak point health now scales per difficulty in proportion to base health, effectively making it harder to break the weak point on Hardcore and Insanity difficulties in single-player and on Silver and Gold difficulties in multiplayer

Bonus damage from destroying the weak point now also scales with health

Increased normal shot damage by 67%

Normal shot projectile speed doubled

Bug Fixes

The Destroyer and Hydra’s remains will properly disappear after being defeated

Matches / Missions

Match Medals

Score required to achieve a Support Medal for Bronze, Silver, and Gold difficulties increased from 400/800/1,200 to 800/1,600/2,000

Store

Item Store

Added Experience Boosters to the Item Store

Equipment

Adaptive War Amp

Increased damage bonus from 15% to 30%

Engineering Kit

Increased damage bonus from 15% to 30%

Enhanced Munitions

Increased damage bonus from 15% to 30%

[theawesomegilbird]

I was tagged by the lovely @dunsparcee - thank you!!! Some of our answers were the same. 1. Coke or Pepsi? Coke, in terms of the actual pop. 2. Disney or Dreamworks? Didn't Dreamworks make the Ring??? Idk both are good. 3. Coffee or tea? As long as they're both iced, both. 
4. Books or movies? Both 😊
5. Windows or Mac? Windows. 
6. DC or marvel? Still pissed off at DC about the whole "sexualizing Harley Quinn's Suicide", so Marvel. 
7. X-Box or Playstation? I play Xbox ☺️ 
8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect? Haven't played either, but I'm more interested in starting Dragon Age. 
9. Night owl or early riser? A total night owl 😅 sometimes it gets bad. Like the other night! Stayed up until 4 am. 
10. Cards or chess? If you've ever played Speed, then you know why cards is more fun than chess. 
11. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate!
12. Vans or Converse? I used to love Converse, but I wear a lot of vans now. 
13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar? what ????
14. Fluff or angst? I write....... So much angst...... Someone stop me. 
15. Beach or forest? Forest, for sure!
16. Dogs or cats? I also love both, but I lean more towards cats. 
17. Clear skies or rain? Rain! Rain! Rain!! :D
18. Cooking or eating out? Both? Cooking is fun but so is going out. 
19. Spicy food or mild food? Mild. Mad mild. 
20. Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas? Halloween!!! 🎃🎃🎃 
21. A little too cold or a little too hot? Can't stand the heat!! I just can't handle it :( 
22. Choose a superpower! Probability Manipulation or Shapeshifting and being able to change my appearance. 
23. Animation or live action? Animation 
24. Paragon or renegade? Idk what those are sorry 
25. Baths or showers? Showers are my happy place. 
26. Team Cap or Team Ironman? Team Ironman because OH. MY. GOD. Cap is an ass. 
27. Fantasy or sci-fi? Both are fun!
28. Three favourite quotes: do song lyrics count? Because even then I can't think of three. Other than "you pulled the death card, but you spat in its face"
29. YouTube or Netflix? Both 
30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson? Neither honestly. I'm gonna get some flak for that
31. When do I feel accomplished: when I make someone laugh. 
32. Star Wars or Star Trek? Can I say both? 
33. Paperback or hardcovers? Both, honestly. 
34. Horror or rom-com? I have a love-hate relationship with horror movies. Idk if I even technically watch them. But you can bet your ass I'll turn one on and immediately cower. 
35. TV shows or movies? Movies 36. Favourite animal: Foxes are amazing 😩
37. Favourite genre of music: I guess it's technically called Post-hardcore alternative ? And the Weeknd's new album. 
38. Least favourite book: We read this book in Grade 8 about some girl on a pirate ship and it was........ So bad. 
39. Favourite season: FALL
40. Song that’s currently stuck in your head: Mask Off - Future 
41. What kind of pajamas do you wear? Bra and underwear or shorts. 
42. How many existential crises do you have on an average day? 2
43. Song you want to have played at your funeral: First song that 
came to mind was Kiss Me Thru the Phone by Soulja Boy - don't ask me why. 44. Favourite theme song to a TV show? NGE's opening or Initial D's Deja Vu
45. Harry Potter movies or books? Haven't really read or watched either. 
46. You can make your OTP canon. ??????? Don't have one. 
47. What are your favourite flowers? Sunflowers 😊
48. A language you really want to learn: French or Russian. I tag @lonely-weeb, @ch3rryb0mb5, @safetywizard, and anyone else who would want to do it.

[ritterkreuz1939-1945]

Major Erich "Bubi" Hartmann (19.04.1922, Weissach, Württemberg - 20.09.1993, Weil am Schönbuch) -1.404 Einsätze, 825 Luftkämpfe und 352 Siege- Bereits in seiner Jugend ein begeisterter und begabter Segelflieger, trat Hartmann im Oktober 1940 im Alter von 18 Jahren freiwillig in die Luftwaffe ein. In der Luftkriegsschule Berlin-Gatow und der Jagdfliegerschule II ausgebildet, hatte er das große Glück, eine gründliche Friedensausbildung durchlaufen zu können. Im Oktober 1942 wurde er als Leutnant zum Jagdgeschwader 52 an die Ostfront kommandiert, wo er dem erfahrenen Ritterkreuzträger Feldwebel Rossmann (93 Siege) als Katschmarek zugeteilt wurde. Sein erster Feindflug wurde zur Katastrophe: der übereifrige Hartmann brach so gut wie alle ihm beigebrachten Grundregeln, verließ seinen Rottenführer, flog diesem während des Luftkampfes in die Schusslinie, verlor die Orientierung und musste schließlich wegen Treibstoffknappheit hinter den eigenen Linien notlanden. Zuerst von Rossmann und dann von seinem Gruppenkommandeur zusammengestaucht, war Hartmann tief enttäuscht, aber wild entschlossen zu lernen. Und er lernte es. Mit Hilfe von Rossmann, dem bekannten Walter Krupinski (197 Siege, später Generalleutnant der Bundesluftwaffe) und seinem Geschwaderkommodore Dietrich Hrabak gelang es Hartmann, sein Jagdfieber zu überwinden und am 5. November 1942 seinen ersten Luftsieg zu erringen. Von da an stellte sich der energiegeladene junge "Bubi", wie Krupinski ihn aufgrund seines jugendlichen Aussehens freundschaftlich nannte, immer besser und vernünftiger an. Trotzdem hatte er im April 1943 nach 100 Feindflügen erst 7 Luftsiege erzielt und das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse erhalten. Der 50. Gegner unterlag am 3. August, danach folgte eine tolle Siegesserie über Charkow. Am 20. August 1943 nach 300 Einsätzen bereits bei 90 Luftsiegen angelangt, wurde Hartmann während eines Einsatzes über dem Donez durch Flak getroffen und zur Notlandung gezwungen. Nachdem er sich aus seiner brennenden Maschine gerettet hatte, wurde er prompt von heranrückenden russischen Soldaten entdeckt und gefangengenommen. Doch Hartmann hatte nicht vor, sich mit der ungewissen Kriegsgefangenschaft abzufinden. Er täuschte eine Verwundung vor und sprang von dem Lastwagen, der ihn in den nächsten russischen Gefechtsstand bringen sollte. Nach stundenlanger Flucht Richtung Westen erreichte er schließlich die eigenen Linien. Nun begann der kometenhafte Aufstieg des "Bubi" Hartmann, der im Laufe des Krieges zum erfolgreichsten Jagdflieger aller Zeiten werden sollte. Bereits früh hatte Hartmann eine Luftkampftaktik angewandt, die ihm sein Rottenführer und Freund Krupinski beigebracht hatte. Er flog mit seiner Bf 109 so nah wie möglich an den Gegner heran, wartete bis zur letzten Sekunde und jagte dann einen einzigen, tödlichen Feuerstoß in die feindliche Maschine. Diese Taktik hatte den Vorteil der maximalen Durchschlagskraft und des niedrigen Munitionsverbrauchs, brachte als Nachteil aber auch des öfteren Schäden durch abgesprengte Flugzeugteile des Gegners mit sich. Viermal musste Hartmann im Laufe des Krieges aufgrund solcher Schäden notlanden. Diese Angriffsart wurde zu seinem Markenzeichen. Bemerkenswert waren auch Hartmanns optische und taktische Fähigkeiten. Er war in der Lage, feindliche Maschinen lange vor seinen Staffelkameraden zu entdecken und sich so in die flugtaktisch günstigste Position zu bringen. Im September 1943 bei 95 Luftsiegen angelangt, meldete er Ende Oktober bereits seinen 148., wofür er endlich das Ritterkreuz erhielt. Am 02.09.43 hatte Hartmann die ausgezeichnete 9. Staffel des Geschwaders übernommen, in der Brillantenträger Hermann Graf einst seine größten Erfolge erzielt hatte. Als zu dieser Zeit Hartmanns phantastische Abschusserfolge durch seinen Staffelkameraden Friedrich Obleser angezweifelt wurden, nahm „Bubi“ ihn kurzerhand zu einem Jagdeinsatz mit und brachte den Zweifler durch den Abschuss dreier russischer Jagdmaschinen binnen weniger Minuten zum Schweigen. Obleser selbst beendete den Krieg als Ritterkreuzträger mit 120 Luftsiegen und war später als Generalleutnant der Bundesluftwaffe Hartmanns Vorgesetzter. Im Sommer 1943 schoss „Bubi“ Hartmann eine russische Jagdmaschine ab, deren Pilot der bei Kriegsende 30mal siegreich gebliebene, zweimal mit dem „Held der Sowjetunion“ beliehene, Leutnant Boris Glinka gewesen sein soll.Glinka war ein hervorragender Flieger und zuletzt Kommandeur eines Elite-Gardeverbandes. Nach einem kometenhaften Aufstieg und atemberaubenden Schießleistungen konnte Hartmann nur fünf Monate später für seinen 200. Luftsieg, zusammen mit seinem alten Lehrmeister und jetzigen Chef der 7. Staffel Walter Krupinski, das 127. Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz innerhalb der Luftwaffe entgegennehmen. Am 2. März 1944 hatte "Bubi" im Gebiet von Kirowograd zehn bestätigte Abschüsse zu Stande gebracht, nachdem er wenige Tage zuvor eine technisch bedingte Bruchlandung in Uman unbeschadet überstanden hatte. Im Mai und Juni 1944 bewies der Württemberger, dass er auch gegen die allgemein besser ausgebildeten und ausgerüsteten Amerikaner bestehen konnte. Über Rumänien schoss er sechs P-51 "Mustang" ab. Einmal dürfte er unter einer US-Jagdstaffel großes Erstaunen und Bewunderung ausgelöst haben, als er mehrere Minuten lang alleine die Angriffe von acht P-51 abwehren konnte, ehe er den Kampf wegen Treibstoffknappheit abbrechen musste. Unter seinen westlichen Opfern befand sich auch, so Nachforschungen nach dem Krieg, das US-Fliegerass Ralph Hofer mit 16 Luftsiegen. Im Sommer 1944 befand sich der junge Oberleutnant (01.06.44) in Hochform. Kurz nachdem er für seinen 239. Abschuss als bereits 35. Luftwaffenangehöriger die Schwerter zum Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub erhalten hatte, gelangen ihm auf 16 Feindflügen in fünf Tagen 59 bestätigte Luftsiege. Am 23.08.44 bezwang er 8, am nächsten Tag sogar 11 Gegner. Am 24. August überschritt Erich Hartmann mit dem Abschuss einer russischen P-39 "Aircobra" über Baranow als erster Jagdflieger der Welt die für absolut unerreichbar gehaltene Marke von 300 Luftsiegen, wofür er die 18. Brillanten zum Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern sowie das seltene Flugzeugführerabzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten verliehen bekam. Als Oberleutnant Hartmann zur Übergabe dieser hohen Auszeichnungen ins Führerhauptquartier befohlen wurde, sollte er sich dort der üblichen Sicherheitsinspektion durch einen Offizier der Wache unterziehen und ferner seine Pistole an der Tür abgeben. Dies lehnte Hartmann jedoch ab und entgegnete „...sagen Sie dem Führer ich will die Brillanten nicht haben, wenn er kein Vertrauen zu seinen Frontoffizieren hat!“ Der verdutzte Wachhabende verschwand in Hitlers Arbeitszimmer, erstattete Meldung und erhielt Befehl, den jungen Oberleutnant unkontrolliert eintreten zu lassen. Im Oktober übernahm Hartmann die 4. Staffel, wenige Wochen darauf wurde er als Hauptmann (01.09.44) zum Kommandeur der I. Gruppe ernannt. Inzwischen war er bei den Russen so gefürchtet, dass auf seinen Tod oder Gefangennahme eine Belohnung von 10.000 Rubel ausgesetzt war. Hochdekorierte sowjetische Fliegerasse wie Iwan Koschedub (62), Alexander Pokryschkin (59), Nikolai Gulajew (57) oder Wasilji Golubew (38) machten erfolglos Jagd auf Hartmann. Dessen 320. Sieg wurde am 22. November am Leitwerk vermerkt. Im März 1945 hatte der Luftkampfspezialist kurz Gelegenheit, den neuen Düsenjäger Me 262 zu testen. Ein Angebot, zusammen mit der Luftkampfelite im Jagdverband 44 unter Galland zu fliegen, lehnte Hartmann jedoch ab - er wollte bei seiner Gruppe bleiben. Seine letzten Erfolge erzielte "Bubi" im April und Mai 1945 über der Tschechoslowakei. Am Tag der deutschen Gesamtkapitulation schickte Hartmann mit einer russischen Jak-11 über Brünn seinen 352. und letzten Gegner in die Tiefe, am gleichen Tag war er mit erst 23 Jahren zum Major befördert worden. Viele Luftkriegshistoriker sehen diesen Luftsieg als den allerletzten der deutschen Luftwaffe an. Nach seiner Landung fand der Major einen Funkspruch vor, der ihm befahl, sich zusammen mit dem ebenfalls höchstdekorierten Geschwaderkommodore Hermann Graf nach Westen abzusetzen und den Amerikanern zu ergeben. Bereits nach wenigen Sekunden Beratung stand für beide Flieger fest, diesen Befehl zu verweigern und jene Männer, die seit Jahren mit ihnen zusammen gekämpft hatten, nicht im Stich zu lassen. Nachdem sich die Reste des Geschwaders zusammen mit hunderten Flüchtlingen zu den westalliierten Linien durchgeschlagen hatten, wurden sie jedoch aufgrund einer US-sowjetischen Vereinbarung wieder an die Rote Armee ausgeliefert. In einem Schauprozess aufgrund lächerlicher Anklagepunkte 1947 zu 25 Jahren Zwangsarbeit verurteilt, blieb Hartmann während der Haft ungebrochen. So organisierte der couragierte Offizier 1950 im Gefangenenlager Schachty erfolgreich einen Aufstand, um auf die menschenunwürdigen Bedingungen aufmerksam zu machen. Dafür ließ man ihn erst Ende 1955 als einen der letzten deutschen Soldaten wieder in die Heimat zurückkehren. Schon 1956 trat Hartmann wieder in die Bundesluftwaffe ein, wo er u.a. das neue Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" aufbaute und zu großen Leistungen führte. 1970 quittierte Oberst Hartmann nach verschiedenen dienstlichen Problemen und Enttäuschungen den Dienst, zuletzt war er Inspekteur der Jagdfliegerverbände gewesen. Unter den achtzehn Brillantenträgern, die den Krieg überlebten, war Hartmann der einzige, der später auch in der neuen Bundeswehr diente. Erich "Bubi" Hartmann steht mit 352 bestätigten Luftsiegen zwischen November 1942 und Mai 1945 unangefochten an der Spitze der Luftkriegsgeschichte. Das As der Asse hatte in ebenfalls ungeschlagenen 1.404 Jagdeinsätzen nie einen ihm anvertrauten Rottenkameraden verloren und war trotz all seiner 825 Luftkämpfe nie verwundet worden. In punkto Feindflügen übertrafen ihm lediglich die beiden Schlachtflieger-Experten Rudel und Nordmann. Sein Abschussrekord umfasste 261 einmotorige Jäger und Jagdbomber, darunter viele der schwergepanzerten Il-2 "Sturmovik", 90 zweimotorige Maschinen sowie einen schweren russischen Bomber. Im Laufe des Krieges hatten Spitzenasse wie Hartmann, Graf (212), Barkhorn (301), Rall (275) Batz (237), Dickfeld (136), Fönnekold (136), Gratz (138), Lipfert (203), Hrabak (125), Obleser (120), Krupinski (197), Grislawski (133), Zwernemann (126), Sturm (158), Schmidt (173), Steinbatz (99) u.v.a. dafür gesorgt, dass das JG 52 mit über 11.000 Luftsiegen zum erfolgreichsten der Kriegsgeschichte wurde. Mit unglaublichen 70 Ritterkreuzverleihungen gehört das Geschwader zu den höchstdekorierten Einheiten der deutschen Streitkräfte. Oberst a.D. Hartmann verstarb 1993 im Weil am Schönbuch. Seinen Spitznamen "Bubi" hatte der bemerkenswerte Offizier bis ins hohe Alter behalten. Im Januar 1997, über drei Jahre nach seinem Tod, wurde Erich Hartmann von russischer Seite rehabilitiert und von allen gegen ihn erhobenen Anschuldigungen entlastet. Ferner stellte eine russische Kommission fest, dass der hochdekorierte Jagdflieger damals zu unrecht abgeurteilt worden war. Anmerkung des Autors: Vereinzelt wird Hartmanns letzter Dienstrang während des Krieges mit Hauptmann angegeben. Ebenfalls Differenzen entstanden beim Verleihungsdatum der Schwerter zum Ritterkreuz - ich halte mich in beiden Fällen strikt an Hartmanns eigene Angaben aus seiner Biographie. Quelle Florian Berger: "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern", mit Verweis auf http://www.waffenhq.de/biographien/biographien/hartmann.html

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16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 37, 38, 39 and 40 for the song asks. Happy New Year, by the way! (Gray Fox anon)

Happy New Year Gray Fox anon! :) Hope you’re doing well ^)^

16. a chill song

Doubts - Gorgon City 

Very chill, ambiance track. Love the beat :)

17. an upbeat song

A lot of my favourites from Red Hot Chili Peppers can feature here. But I’ll stick with By The Way and Charlie for now :)

19. your favorite song from a movie

............ I can’t believe I’m admitting this ..........

This Never Happened Before - Paul McCartney for the Lake House. This is a disgustingly romantic song. I don’t know why I love it so much, but it’s one of my top 25 most played songs. Please kill me X_X

20. your favorite song from a musical

IDK, anything off the Sister Act? :P

26. your favorite christmas song

Not a Christmassy person, and this song received a lot of flak recently in Canada because it supposedly romanticized sexual harassment, but I used to tolerate Baby It’s Cold Outside more than others. Now I don’t know anymore.

37. a song that reminds you of your best friend

Anything by Enrique Iglesias xD

38. your favorite song from childhood

Anything Michael Jackson or Backstreet Boys. Just for a change, I’ll go with BB. My fave track was Everybody :P

39. a song you always sing along to

I don’t sing along, man. I’m awful at singing :P

40. your favorite song in a language different from your native one

One of my top favourites is Obijime (Hold Me) by Okean Elzy - I don’t understand a word but man you can feel the singer’s pain in the bridge. And that guitar work is beautiful!

Thanks for asking :)))

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Dota 2 Update - March 29th, 2018

7.12: ==== * Enabled Pangolier in Captain's Mode * Neutral Creep Stack bounty increased from 15% to 20% * Clarity: Mana Regeneration reduced from 3.2 to 3.0 * Heart of Tarrasque: Strength increased from 40 to 45 * Moon Shard: Attack Speed increased from 120 to 130 * Nullifier: Projectile speed decreased from 1200 to 900 * Refresher Orb: Mana regeneration increased from 3 to 5 * Satanic: Duration increased from 4.5 to 5 seconds * Silver Edge: Break duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds * Silver Edge: Cooldown reduced from 24 to 22 * Skull Basher: Bash duration increased from 1.4 to 1.5 * Abyssal Blade: Bash duration increased from 1.4 to 1.5 * Spirit Vessel: Enemy current health based damage changed from 3% Direct HP modification to 4.5% Magical Damage * Anti-Mage: Mana Void damage increased from 0.6/0.85/1.1 to 0.8/0.95/1.1 * Arc Warden: Flux cooldown reduced from 18 to 16 * Arc Warden: Magnetic Field AoE increased from 275 to 300 * Axe: Battle Hunger duration increased from 10 to 12 * Bounty Hunter: Shuriken Toss manacost increased from 120/130/140/150 to 150 * Bloodseeker: Thirst linger bonus duration increased from 2 to 4 * Chen: Holy Persuasion can no longer target non-player allied creeps * Clinkz: Strafe duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds * Crystal Maiden: Base damage increased by 3 * Crystal Maiden: Arcane Aura self mana regen increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1.3/2.2/3.1/4 * Dark Seer: Vacuum AoE increased from 250/350/450/550 to 400/450/500/550 * Dark Seer: Vacuum cooldown rescaled from 32 to 60/50/40/30 * Dark Seer: Vacuum cast range rescaled from 500 to 450/500/550/600 * Dark Seer: Vacuum Pull duration increased from 0.5 to 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 * Dark Seer: Vacuum damage rescaled from 40/80/120/160 to 25/50/100/200 * Dark Seer: Wall of Replica incoming illusion damage reduced from 400% to 300% * Dark Seer: Wall of Replica width increased from 1000 to 1300 * Dark Willow: Terrorize cast time increased from 0.8 to 1.0 * Dark Willow: Bedlam cooldown increased from 40/30/20 to 40/35/30 * Dazzle: Poison Touch damage increased from 10/20/30/40 to 10/24/38/52 * Death Prophet: Spirit Siphon charge restore time increased from 45 to 60/55/50/45 * Death Prophet: Silence manacost increased from 80 to 80/90/100/110 * Disruptor: Static Storm no longer lingers on your hero for 0.5 seconds after walking away from the AoE (it already ends immediately once the spell is over) * Disruptor: Kinetic Field cooldown increased from 13/12/11/10 to 19/16/13/10 * Drow Ranger: Precision Aura attack damage bonus increased from 10/18/26/34% to 10/20/30/40% * Elder Titan: Echo Stomp Initial Stun duration reduced from 0.8 to 0.2 * Ember Spirit: Base armor increased by 1 * Enchantress: Untouchable slow rescaled from 40/70/100/130 to 20/60/100/140 * Enchantress: Enchant cooldown rescaled from 30/24/18/12 to 55/40/25/10 * Enchantress: Enchant slow increased from 2.25/3.5/4.75/6 to 3/4/5/6 * Enchantress: Enchant dominate duration rescaled from 80 to 50/60/70/80 * Enchantress: Impetus manacost rescaled from 55/60/65 to 40/55/70 * Gyrocopter: Flak Cannon cooldown increased from 30 to 40 * Gyrocopter: Homing Missile hits to destroy reduced from 3/3/4/4 to 3 * Io: Tether now sets your movement speed to match the tethered target's speed * Io: Relocate cooldown increased from 120/100/80 to 130/110/90 * Io: Tether no longer has a duration * Io: Tether movement speed rescaled from 10/12/14/16% to 7/10/13/16% * Io: Tether regen sharing rescaled from 1.5x to 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 * Io: Base damage reduced by 4 * Leshrac: Base movement speed increased from 325 to 330 * Leshrac: Lightning Storm damage rescaled from 50/100/150/200 to 80/120/160/200 * Leshrac: Lightning Storm slow duration rescaled from 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0 to 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 * Leshrac: Lightning Storm cast point reduced from 0.45 to 0.4 * Lich: Sacrifice mana conversion increased from 30/50/70/90 to 55/70/85/100 * Lifestealer: Open Wounds manacost increased from 140/130/120/110 to 140 * Lion: Earth Spike manacost rescaled from 100/120/140/160 to 70/100/130/160 * Magnus: Skewer AoE increased from 125 to 135 * Magnus: Reverse Polarity stun duration increased from 2.25/3/3.75 to 2.75/3.25/3.75 * Mirana: Base attack damage range from 39-50 to 43-48 * Monkey King: Wukong's Command soldier attack rate improved from 1.4 to 1.3 * Necrophos: Heartstopper Aura increased from 0.5/1/1.5/2% to 0.5/1.1/1.7/2.3% * Necrophos: Death Pulse manacost rescaled from 125/145/165/185 to 100/130/160/190 * Ogre Magi: Multicast no longer increases Fire Blast manacost * Omniknight: Repel manacost increased from 50 to 85 * Phantom Assassin: Stifling Dagger can be targeted on Spell Immune (the slow won't have any effect, but the physical damage will go through) * Phoenix: Supernova radius increased from 1000 to 1300 * Phoenix: Supernova now turns night into day for the duration (has highest priority) * Razor: Static Link cast range reduced from 600 to 550 (break range still 800) * Razor: Unstable Current damage reduced from 100/130/160/190 to 60/100/140/180 * Riki: Tricks of the Trade reworked. Instead of hitting every hero in the AoE once per second, it hits a random hero once per 0.5/0.45/0.4 seconds. * Riki: Tricks of the Trade will hit creeps if there are no heroes available * Riki: Tricks of the Trade duration increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6 * Rubick: Telekinesis cooldown increased from 22 to 28/26/24/22 * Sand King: Burrowstrike stun duration rescaled from 2.17 to 1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2 * Sand King: Base movement speed reduced from 295 to 290 * Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge slow now always scales linearly with time from 100% to 20% * Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge cooldown increased from 40 to 60 (affects charge replenish) * Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge duration increased from 5 to 7 seconds * Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge no longer roots non-hero units for 3 seconds * Shadow Demon: Demonic Purge now continuously dispels the target * Slark: Base HP regen increased from 1.5 to 2.75 * Slark: Turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.6 * Slardar: Guardian Sprint no longer has a 15% damage amplification * Slardar: Guardian Sprint duration reduced from 12 to 10 * Sniper: Assassinate manacost reduced from 175/275/375 to 175/225/275 * Spectre: Spectral Dagger damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 90/140/190/240 * Spirit Breaker: Empowering Haste active no longer reduces your movement speed afterwards * Spirit Breaker: Empowering Haste cooldown increased from 12 to 20 * Templar Assassin: Movement speed increased from 300 to 310 * Timbersaw: Chakram manacost per second reduced from 20/25/30 to 16/23/30 * Timbersaw: Chakram initial manacost reduced from 100/150/200 to 80/140/200 * Tiny: Base Health Regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 * Tiny: Avalanche cooldown increased from 17 to 20/19/18/17 * Treant Protector: Base intelligence increased by 3 * Troll Warlord: Berserker's Rage base attack time improved from 1.5 to 1.45 * Tusk: Ice Shards cooldown increased from 19/16/13/10 to 21/18/15/12 * Undying: Undying Zombie critical health attack speed boost increased from 50 to 75 * Undying: Flesh Golem hero kill heal increased from 10% to 15/20/25% * Warlock: Golem's attack damage increased from 75/100/125 to 75/125/175 * Windranger: Fixed some clunkiness with how Windranger attacks the target during Focus Fire * Winter Wyvern: Arctic Burn attack range changed from 275/375/475/575 to 350/425/500/575 * Winter Wyvern: Base intelligence increased by 1 * Zeus: Attack range increased from 350 to 380 * Zeus: Base damage increased by 5

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NATIONAL REVIEW: THE 100 BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS OF THE CENTURY

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Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm...                - 26. Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis                Mere Christianity is a theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, while Lewis was at Oxford during World War II. Considered a classic of C...                - 27. The Quest for Community by Robert Nisbet                                - 28. Encyclopedia Britannica by Encyclopedia Britannica                The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated ad...                - 29. Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell                Mitchell explored a New York City that has now vanished in his four books and his classic reportage for The New Yorker. Mitchell's eccentrics live again in this omnibus volume that contains all of ...                - 30. The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton                The Everlasting Man is a two-part history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity, by G. K. Chesterton. Published in 1925, it is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G. Wells’ Outline of History,...                - 31. Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton                Orthodoxy is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton...                - 32. The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling                The Liberal Imagination is one of the most admired and influential works of criticism of the last century, a work that is not only a masterpiece of literary criticism but an important statement abo...                - 33. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson                The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and pub...                - 34. The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman                Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the post–World War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the developm...                - 35. Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe                Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers was a 1970 book by Tom Wolfe. The book, Wolfe's fourth, is composed of two articles by Wolfe, "These Radical Chic Evenings," first published in June of 1...                - 36. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus                The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus. It comprises about 120 pages and was published originally in 1942 in French as Le Mythe de Sisyphe; the English translation by Justin ...                - 37. The Unheavenly City by Edward C. Banfield                                - 38. The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud                This book introduces Freud's theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Dreams, in Freud's view, were all forms of "wish-fulfillment" — attempts by the unconscious to resolve a...                - 39. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs                The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs, is a greatly influential book on the subject of urban planning in the 20th century. First published in 1961, the book is a critique of m...                - 40. The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama                The End of History and the Last Man is a 1992 book by Francis Fukuyama, expanding on his 1989 essay "The End of History?", published in the international affairs journal The National Interest. In t...                - 41. The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker                The Joy of Cooking is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks, having been in print continuously since 1936 and with more than 18 million copies sold. It was privately published in 1931 ...                - 42. The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter                The Age of Reform is a 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Richard Hofstadter. The book is an American history that traces events from the Populist Movement of the 1890s through the Progressive Era...                - 43. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes                The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was written by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. The book, generally considered to be his magnum opus, is largely credited with creatin...                - 44. God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr.                God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom," is a book published in 1951 by William F. Buckley, Jr., who eventually became a leading voice in the American conservative movement in ...                - 45. Selected Essays of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot                This is the first large and representative book of T. S. Eliot's prose and it is being published just at the time when Mr. Eliot is returning to America for the Harvard lectures. A year ago Edmund ...                - 46. Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver                Ideas Have Consequences is a philosophical work by Richard M. Weaver, published in 1948. The book is largely a treatise on the deleterious effects that the doctrine of nominalism has had on Western...                - 47. The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs                                - 48. The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom                One of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis of 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analysis is e...                - 49. Ethnic America by Thomas Sowell                A distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups--the Irish, the Germans, the Jews, the Italians, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Blacks, the Puerto Ricans, and the Mexica...                - 50. An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal                An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy is a 1944 study of race relations authored by Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and funded by The Carnegie Foundation. The foundation chose...                - 51. Three Case Histories by Sigmund Freud                Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Although his theories remain controversial until this day, Freud made a l...                - 52. The Struggle for Europe by Chester Wilmot                From the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous transformation of Europe from a deeply fractured land to a continent striving for stability, tole...                - 53. Main Currents in American Thought by Vernon L Parrington                Main Currents in American Thought                - 54. The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga                The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or The Waning of the Middle Ages, (published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and translated into English in 1924) is the best-known work by the Dutch historian ...                - 55. Systematic Theology by Wolfhart Pannenberg                An important mark of a systematic theology is that it be distinct from the rest; owning one does not preclude the need for others. What distinguishes Pannenberg's (systematic theology, Univ. of Mun...                - 56. The Campaign of the Marne by Sewell Tyng                A forgotten American's masterly account of the First World War in the West.                - 57. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein                Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during his lifetime. It is an ambitious project to identify the r...                - 58. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding by Bernard Lonergan                                - 59. Being and Time by Martin Heidegger                Being and Time is a book by German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Although written quickly, and despite the fact that Heidegger never completed the project outlined in the introduction, it remains h...                - 60. Disraeli by Robert Blake                Biography of Benjamin Disraeli                - 61. Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt                Irving Babbitt was a leader of the intellectual movement called American Humanism, or the New Humanism, and a distinguished professor of French literature at Harvard. Democracy and Leadership, firs...                - 62. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr and E. B. White                The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White, is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and us...                - 63. The Machiavellians by James Burnham                Burnham is the greatest political analyst of our century and this is his best book.                - 64. Reflections of a Russian Statesman by Konstantin P. Pobedonostsev                In his "Reflections of a Russian Statesman" (1896), he promoted autocracy and condemned elections, representation and democracy, the jury system, the press, free education, charities, and social re...                - 65. The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin                Berlin expands upon this idea to divide writers and thinkers into two categories: hedgehogs, who view the world through the lens of a single defining idea (examples given include Plato, Lucretius, ...                - 66. Roll, Jordan, Roll by Eugene Genovese                This weighty book intends to "tell the story of slave life as carefully and accurately as possible."                - 67. The ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound                ABC of Reading is a book by Ezra Pound published in 1934. In it, Pound sets out an approach to the appreciation and understanding of literature (focusing primarily on poetry).                - 68. Second World War by John Keegan                Praised as "the best military historian of our generation" by Tom Clancy, John Keegan here reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword. Keegan examine...                - 69. The Making of Homeric Verse by Milman Parry                Milman Parry, who died in 1935 while a young assistant professor at Harvard, is now considered one of the leading classical scholars of this century. Yet Parry's articles and French dissertations--...                - 70. The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling by Angus Wilson                A critical biography of Kipling focuses on the writer's literary and peripatetic searches for a refuge to replace the lost Indian Eden of his childhood                - 71. Scrutiny by F. R. Leavis                Enormously important in education, especially in England. Leavis understood what one kind of 'living English' is.                - 72. The Edge of the Sword by Charles De Gaulle                                - 73. R. E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman                Autobiography of Robert E. Lee.                - 74. Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises                Bureaucracy is a political book written by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises. The author's stated motivation in writing the book is his concern with the spread of s...                - 75. The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton                The Seven Storey Mountain is the autobiography of Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk and a noted author of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Merton finished the book in 1946 at the age of 31, five years afte...                - 76. Balzac by Stefan Zweig                On the joys of working one's self to death. The chapter 'Black Coffee' is a masterpiece of imaginative reconstruction.                - 77. The Good Society by Walter Lippmann                The Good Society is a critical text in the history of liberalism. Initially a series of articles published in a variety of Lippmann's favorite magazines, as the whole evolved, it became a frontal a...                - 78. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson                Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1962. The book is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement. When Silent Spri...                - 79. The Christian Tradition by Jaroslav Pelikan                The century's most comprehensive account of Christian teaching from the second century on.                - 80. Strange Defeat by Marc Bloch                L'Etrange defaite (English, "Strange Defeat") is a book written in the summer of 1940 by French historian Marc Bloch and published after his death in the summer of 1944. The main thesis of the boo...                - 81. Looking Back by Norman Douglas                Looking Back is an autobiography written by the American author Lois Lowry, in which she uses photographs and accompanying text to construct a picture of her life.                - 82. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams                Widely considered one of the most valuable works on European religion, philosophy, economics, politics, and art in the middle ages.                - 83. Poetry and the Age by Randall Jarrell                The book for showing how 20th- century poets think, what their poetry does, and why it matters.                - 84. Love in the Western World by Denis de Rougemont                In this classic work, often described as "The History of the Rise, Decline, and Fall of the Love Affair," Denis de Rougemont explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to...                - 85. The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk                The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk is arguably one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of sign...                - 86. Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder                                - 87. Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson                Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War published in 1988 by James M. McPherson. Writing for the The New York Times, historian Hugh Br...                - 88. Henry James by Leon Edel                                - 89. Essays of E. B. White by E. B. White                The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. White is the apotheosis of the American liberal now spurned and detested by the Left (and the cultural mainstream). His mesme...                - 90. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov                Speak, Memory is an autobiographical memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. The first twelve chapters describe Nabokov's remembrance of his youth in a quasi-aristocratic family living in pre-revolut...                - 91. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe                The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a work of literary journalism by Tom Wolfe, published in 1968. Using techniques from the genre of hysterical realism and pioneering new journalism, the novel tell...                - 92. Darwin's Black Box by Michael J. Behe                Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996, first edition; 2006, second edition) is a book written by Michael J. Behe and published by Free Press in which he presents his noti...                - 93. The Civil War by Shelby Foote                The Civil War: A Narrative (1958-1974) is a three volume, 2,968-page, 1.2 million-word history of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote. Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famo...                - 94. The Way the World Works by Jude Wanniski                Jude Wanniski's masterpiece defined the economic policies of the 1980s responsible for a booming stock market, the creation of thirty million new jobs. untold wealth, and unparalleled prosperity. T...                - 95. To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson                To the Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History is the most famous book by the American critic and historian Edmund Wilson. Published in 1940, the work presents the history of ...                - 96. Civilisation by Kenneth Clark                                - 97. The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes                Ground-breaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of Leon Trotsky, was "to overthrow the world," The Russian Revolution draws conclusions ...                - 98. The Idea of History by R. G. Collingwood                The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly recon...                - 99. The Last Lion by William Manchester                The Last Lion is the second book in a planned trilogy of biographies on Winston Churchill by author and historian William Manchester.                - 100. The Starr Report by Kenneth W. Starr                THE STARR REPORT contains the complete text of the Independent Counsel                -

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