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Your favorite manga comic book
If I had been asked this question about two years ago I would’ve shouted to the rooftops “Inuyasha! Sesshomaru is so cool!” But my love for the series had died, mostly do to the fact that most of the characters got on my nerves as I got older.
Nowadays, my favorite anime and manga would have to be “Bleach”. It’s got that same kind of ‘don’t take everything so seriously’ way of Inuyasha, but it’s unique plot line and supernatural aspects really make it worth watching.
Besides, you’ve gotta love Ichigo. This main character can handle tough situations, has a good heart, and has a wit that’s quite refreshing. Plus, the guy is good looking, as far as anime characters go. Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsPlot summary: A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is one of the most famous opening lines in English Literature. The particular time is 1775, and Jarvis Lorry, of Tellson’s Bank, travels from London to Paris to take Lucie Manette, who has lived nearly all her life in England, to find her father, a French doctor, who has just been released after eighteen years imprisonment in the infamous Bastille, because an enemy wanted him out of the way.
They find him being looked after by Defarge, his old servant, in a very sorry state and almost out of his mind, absorbed in the shoemaking that he had taught himself whilst in the Bastille. They take him back to Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsHow to find short story contests
Are you an aspiring author that wants to enter your short story in a contest? Is your story ready to compete against thousands of other stories? Then, the internet has become a perfect tool for you to get started. First of all, you will need to research the different writing communities for legitimate contest to enter. Websites for author like www.writing.com or www.fanstory.com have contests listings and community boards for aspiring writers.
Finding the Contests
There is a monthly list the short story contests available to new authors, which can be ordered free at www.winningwriters.com. The contest listings and writing tips can help you become the next winning author. Most contest websites are listing their guidelines and the Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsHow to win an essay writing contest
Winning A Writing Contest
Persistence is the key to winning at anything. Sometimes it takes many times of trying before you actually win; but there are vital important pointers to consider in order to achieve the winners status.
Follow Contest Rules; a writing contest will specify exactly what they want. Follow the rules to a tee. The instructions will tell you what exactly is expected of you for the topic, word count, dead line, and any additional information to include in the story/article. If the Contest Rules state word count as 1200 then don’t go over that amount. Try to get as close to the 1200 as possible.
Planning and Organize your time by knowing when and what to do by keeping to Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsMagazine reviews: Elle
ELLE is for readers “young enough to think about life as an adventure and old enough to have the means to live it!” according to the Editor-in-Chief. ELLE was founded in France in 1945. The title in French means “she.” The American edition was launched in 1985. The average reader is a single 35-year old woman who earns around 70-thousand dollars a year.
ELLE features women’s fashion, beauty and hair news and trends, health, shopping hot spots and entertainment red carpet buzz. They also produce their magazine on a great reader-friendly paper stock and the type is clean, fresh, bold and vibrant.
But some of the fashions shown especially in these difficult economic times are not only laughable on some level they’re Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsUnderstanding love at its core
A MAGNET
Love is more than a word, used for so many things, yet the Core of it all is a Force of Energy. It simply is Positive and Negative Poles of the One Energy. Feel how it swells within our being, and yet… is the opposite, negative Pole of Hate. This amplifies this Force, which, in it’s positive and negative way can consume one within a build up of it’s very power. being in balance of this polarity, is where Love is whole. We fall in love, or out of it. But when balanced can remain in Love, and keep loving. This Core of Love when pure enough is maliable, and the best electical conductor.
What is interesting about Love, and Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsWorld War II Aircraft: The Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the iconic symbol of the German Fighter plane during the Second World War. Such was the efficiency of this classical example, it would continue production throughout the entire war.
The German Air Force came to the decision during the 1930s that they required a modern monoplane to replace its existing ‘outdated’ fighter aircraft.
From the prototypes in 1935, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 officially entered service in 1937. Model variants, the Bf 109B and the Bf 109C saw active service during the Spanish Civil War.
Originally powered by the single 700hp Junkers Juno 210Ga 12 cylinder inverted Vee engine, the improved Bf 109D and Bf 109E were powered by a Daimler Benz 12 cyclinder inverted Vee engine, increasing the Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsIdentifying the inventor of the first air craft
For centuries man has been fascinated with the concept of flight. The true pioneer and inventor of the first true aircraft has been and probably will remain debatable. Throughout history records have included various forms of flight in mans attempts to conquer the skies.
* 400 BC – The discovery of the kite in China began mans interest in flying. An important invention that became the forerunner to the development of the glider and the balloon.
* 1485 – The inventor Leonardo Da Vinci began the first recorded study of flight. Using the concept of birds wings he developed over 100 drawings for ideas of mechanical and machines that could theoretically carry man. His most famous deign was that of the Ornithopter Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsTips for setting custom white balance on a DSLR camera
In what seems like prehistoric times, film cameras used filters to deal with shooting in incandescent or fluorescent lighting. In the digital age we can deal with the bluish or yellow /orange cast pictures with something called “White balance”. Practically every digital camera available today, from the simplest point and shoot to the advanced dSLR comes with this feature.
While our eyes are very good at judging what is white under different light sources, digital cameras have a lot trouble with auto white balance. How a white object is replicated in a photograph has to do with the “color temperature” of the light source. Digital cameras offer us the option of several settings to deal with this problem.
One option is Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsMail – Part 1
The first Postal service in Great Britain was introduced in 1635. Letters were carried between ‘posts’ (areas marked as collection points) by mounted post-boys, and delivered to the local postmaster. The postmaster would take out the letters for his area and then handed the remainder of the letters to another post-boy who would take them on to another post point.
It was a slow process, and the post-boys were easy targets for robbers.The system was in use for almost 150 years. John Palmer was a theatre owner in Bath, and he had organised a rapid carriage service to transport actors and props between theatres. He believed that a similair service could be used to improve the postal service. In 1782 Read the rest of this entry »
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