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My Fan Fiction Addiction Featured image via. It all started with Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. I had been aware of the existence of fan fiction before, but I had never sought it out. I started out by finding a popular, well-received Harry Potter fic. Occasionally, I would look up a one-shot in between the books I was reading, and I would find some of the most interesting little stories about characters that I had all but forgotten, or I’d find a story where someone took a little, insignificant mention in one of the novels that someone fleshed out and made real. The reason that I didn’t dive further in initially was, I think, because of my casual fan status. We’re almost 3 months into the new year, and as of yet, I’ve finished 3 books – all on audio. For the first 6 weeks or so of my trip down the fan fiction rabbit hole, I read mostly Johnlock fiction. I found that I couldn’t give up fan fiction entirely, however. This is what I’ve learned: writers of fan fiction are incredibly capable and inventive. Just….no.

Seven Under-the-Radar Financial Hacks Everyone Should Know About A few notes on the home equity piece.... Borrowing against home equity will almost certainly require an appraisal of your home, which costs $300 - $400+ that you pay out. Whether or not you go ahead with the home equity loan, you eat this cost. But there's a catch - because banks got burned so badly giving out trash mortgages in the last decade (their own fault), odds are the appraisal value you get on your house will be abysmally low. The bank will want to make sure if they wind up stuck holding the house, they can at minimum get their investment back, so they will value you at or below the lowest comparable house in your area.

One of the strangest animals on earth gets a little weirder Mantis shrimp, the psychedelic reef-dwellers that can wallop their prey with an astounding 200 pounds of force, have a large collection of unique qualities. One is an unusually large number of photoreceptors, the light-sensing proteins that contribute to color vision. Humans have three types of color receptors, birds and reptiles have four, and mantis shrimp have an astounding 12 different kinds. Each type of photoreceptor samples a small set of wavelengths in the color spectrum, but our vision demonstrates that just three or four channels are sufficient to distinguish between different hues even on a very fine scale. Why, then, would these creatures need 12 types of photoreceptors? According to a new study in Science, mantis shrimp may use a vision system previously unknown to science. If you’re wondering how to determine whether an animal can discriminate between, say, burnt orange and dark yellow, you probably aren’t alone.

Artistic Anatomy Is learning to draw anatomy in a classroom more secure (since there is a teacher to check the work and possibly a book to study from) in practicing artistic anatomy drawing, or should artists focus on just practicing from images on websites/blogs like this tumblr? Asketh - pjmx24 Depending on the size of your class and where you are, your teacher can be a great guide to help you and show you what areas you need to focus on more to improve and give you good material to work from! If your class size is too big (ideally a class of no more than 15 is optimal for a teacher to give extensive feedback to all students) you might not get enough feedback to really improve as much as possible to your full potential. Outside of class (or if you have no class) you should focus on drawing in a sketchbook dedicated for life drawing/anatomy. Hope that gives you some insight!

Free delivery worldwide on all books from The Book Depository Universal lamp shade polygon building kit I saw a lampshade made out of the shape below at a friend's house, so I traced the shape and made my own. the lamp i saw used thin plastic for the pieces. I believe the original design for this lamp was done over 30 years ago by the firm Iqlight, they sell pre-cut parts in case you do not want to make the parts yourself. Below is the shape as an image, and i've also attached a DXF file. You will need sheets of paper or plastic that allow light to get through. You will need a lamp fixture - just a raw socket on a cord. I experimented with a number of different plastics and sizes for the parts, here are my results: - HDPE: works well, looks good, cheap and easy to get. - Acetal (delrin): this seems to be the best choice for looks, it has the purest white color and best light dispersion (basically, looks just like acrylic except it doesn't crack as easily). - Vinyl: I did not try it, probably want to use thicker pieces since it is not very stiff. but you can use colors! Where to get it:

From Ashes To Ashes To Diamonds: A Way To Treasure The Dead hide captionMost of the diamonds synthesized from cremated remains come out blue, due to trace amounts of boron in the body. These diamonds, made from the ashes of animals, were created through the same process used to make diamonds from human remains. Courtesy Rinaldo Willy/Algordanza Most of the diamonds synthesized from cremated remains come out blue, due to trace amounts of boron in the body. Diamonds are supposed to be a girl's best friend. Swiss company Algordanza takes cremated human remains and — under high heat and pressure that mimic conditions deep within the Earth — compresses them into diamonds. Rinaldo Willy, the company's founder and CEO, says he came up with the idea a decade ago. Each year, the remains of between 800 and 900 people enter the facility. Most of the stones come out blue, Willy says, because the human body contains trace amounts of boron, an element that may be involved in bone formation. Algordanza isn't the only company blinging out the afterlife, either.

Gong Yi Ten Pai!, fucktonofanatomyreferences: helpyoudraw: ... Striking Photos Challenge The Way We See Blackness | The Huffington Post Who is Black? What is Blackness? In a country where the face of the future is becoming ever more ethnically ambiguous, Blackness must be recognized as something other than just skin color and specific physical attributes. (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race, a book published last year by Dr. Yaba Blay, explores the complexities of racial classifications, and the different ways that people live and experience Blackness. Blay’s book, recently highlighted in a PolicyMic article by Amirah Mercer, features Noelle Théard’s photographs of individuals who fit the so-called one-drop rule, but who self-identify in various ways. In antebellum America, the one-drop rule was used to define a person with any Black ancestry, no matter how remote, as Black. Blay examines this issue through the narratives and photographs of contributors. Tigist Selam, “Ethiopian and German” “I personally identify as Black racially, Ethiopian and German/American culturally. Zun Lee, “Black” Photographed by Carolyn Beller

Ten Anime Films You Should See Before You Die One of the most surprising, and gratifying, things that has happened since I started my blog, Tim Maughan Books, a year or so ago is the positive feedback I’ve had for the anime reviews—especially from people I know are far from being massive fanboys like myself. It’s gratifying because its part of the reason I started writing them; to try and introduce the medium to people who had never really indulged in it all, at least not past perhaps watching Spirited Away with their kids. The problem is, once you’ve had your first taste, where do you go next? Akira (1988) For many of us in the west, this is the one that started it all. Ghost in the Shell (1995) One of the most influential anime films of all time, Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell changed not only the look and feel of animated sci-fi but also had an impact on Hollywood; most notably in the distinct visual style of the Matrix movies. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Porco Rosso (1992) Voices of a Distant Star (2002) Perfect Blue (1997)

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