Saturday, December 18, 2010



Question by jstreet13: How do I Get Free Childcare if I get a Pell Grant for School?

I am starting Nursing School in May and I was wondering if there are grants for childcare? I read somewhere that if I qualified for a Pell Grant, which I do, I could also get free childcare. Can anyone help me? Thanks!




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Answer by Caroline
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/what010.htm





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Friday, December 17, 2010



Question by shelstar27:

What can I make with cooking apples?



I just went to the farmer's market for some produce. I bought some cooking apples, not even realizing they were cooking kind. Just thought they were another variety to eat raw. I have never used cooking apples, and I'm not even that big a fan of cooked apples. I have 8 apples. What can I make with them? I'm looking more for healthier recipes if there is anything. And also would prefer not to use the oven in the summer.

Any suggestions?




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Answer by Radish
Cut them into medium sized cubes, then stir fry them with butter, cinnamon and some sugar. Makes a good snack.





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Fairy Tale Fantasies





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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Year's Best Science Fiction, Seventeenth Annual Collection





In science fiction's early days, stories often looked past 1984 to the year 2000 as the far unknowable future. Here now, on the brink of the twenty-first century, the future remains as distant and as unknowable as ever . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore it with delightful results:

Collected in this anthology are such imaginative gems as:

"The Wedding Album" by David Marusek. In a high-tech future, the line between reality and simulation has grown thin . . . and it's often hard to tell who's on what side.

"Everywhere" by Geoff Ryman. Do the people who live in utopian conditions ever recognize them as such?

"Hatching the Phoenix" by Frederik Pohl. One of science fiction's Grand Masters returns with a star-crossing tale of the Heechee---the enigmatic, vanished aliens whose discarded technology guides mankind through the future.

"A Hero of the Empire" by Robert Silverberg. Showing that the past is as much a province of the imagination as the future, this novelette returns to an alternate history when the Roman Empire never fell to show us just how the course of history can be altered.

The twenty-seven stories in this collection imaginatively take us to nearby planets and distant futures, into the past and into universes no larger than a grain of sand. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.









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Senior elementary and special education major Samantha Torres holds a menorah and a copy of the New Testament that she keeps in her residence hall room. Torres continually explores her faith and includes teachings of Judaism and Christianity in her beliefs.

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US fights to open school in Taliban area

SENJERAY, Afghanistan - Over the past six months, U.S. troops have wrested the school away from insurgents. They have hired Afghan contractors to rebuild it, and lost blood defending it.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction





Chosen by Writer's Digest as one of the best writing books published in 1994, this illuminating guide mixes creative inspiration with practical advice about the craft to help writers discover their most powerful writing tool: the voices that are uniquely their own.









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Friday, December 10, 2010

A few nice Spirituality images I found:

Agni- The Fire God- Free Texture

Spirituality


Image by Eddi 07

If you use this texture, please credit me with a link back to this texture.
Eddi07 Textures

are you alive?

Spirituality


Image by Eddi 07

inspired by this video here:
de.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvZqL2XsWA&eurl=http://de.you...

teachings

Spirituality


Image by Eddi 07

my song for today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ep4Y16cWeg&feature=channel_page

monk:
www.flickr.com/photos/manbartlett/3731915212/

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Some cool Cartooning images:

Optimus Prime Cartoon Style Robot Mode



Cartooning


Image by frogDNA

Prime was airbrushed with matt enamels, then clear coated with dullcote lacquer, for a really cartoonish look. I handpainted some of the details on his face and some other small details here and there.

For the ultimate cartoon look, I airbrushed shadows and reflections all over him, using stills from the movie and artwork by Don Figueroa as reference. In fact, if you look at some of the reflections of the truck mode and the trailer, they're taken straight from the movie! (check the part when Prime rolls over Thrust ;) )

I also removed some parts of his chest, this left the white part visible and made it more G1-ish.

Last but not least, there's THE TRAILER!
A G1 inspired Prime would never be complete with out it!

I love baloons!!! I love cartoons!!!

Cartooning


Image by capsicina

6 EURI 1 Balonzin !!!!

Sideswipe Cartoon Style (car mode)

Cartooning


Image by frogDNA

This is Universe Deluxe Sideswipe, with custom weapons and an alternate transformation for his legs. Nothing altered there, I just didn't follow the instructions, since the original transformation made his legs look awkward.
He's got the same cartoonish look I used for my latest Prime, with shading and reflections on the windshields.
For reference I used mainly the cartoon look and artwork by Pat Lee and Don Figueroa (from Dreamwave and IDW comics).


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Colorado State University-Pueblo's teacher education program and the College of Science and Mathematics have scheduled a family math and science night for elementary and middle school students from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Centennial High School, 2525 Mountview Drive.

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Online schedules get good feedback

A change has hit Fresno State with class schedules only being available online. But the shift to the electronic world hasn’t seemed to leave many negative feelings.

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Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle)





"The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale," wrote the New York Times in its 1920 review of F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel of a young Princeton man. Amory Blaine, acutely self-aware and self-centered, journeys through his youth in a tale that captures both the Lost Generation and America on the precipice of its great century.< br>
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