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Announcement: Delay, my new novels can be seen on the internet, but the publisher has delayed all their fiction output due to the economy. I'll keep you informed. More information can be found at www.ancientlight.com. Check out my novels--I think you'll really enjoy them.
Introduction: I wrote the novel Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon. This was my 21st novel and through this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning with http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html.
I'm using this novel as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel published. I'll keep you informed along the way.
Today's Blog: To see the steps in the publication process, visit my writing website http://www.ldalford.com/ and select "production schedule," you will be sent to http://www.sisteroflight.com/.
The four plus one basic rules I employ when writing:
1. Don't confuse your readers.
2. Entertain your readers.
3. Ground your readers in the writing.
4. Don't show (or tell) everything.
4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage of the novel.
5. Immerse yourself in the world of your writing.
These are the steps I use to write a novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:
1. Design the initial scene
2. Develop a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist's helper or antagonist, action statement)
a. Research as required
b. Develop the initial setting
c. Develop the characters
d. Identify the telic flaw (internal and external)
3. Write the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters, implied action movement)
4. Write the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)
5. Write the climax scene
6. Write the falling action scene(s)
7. Write the dénouement scene
I finished writing my 28th novel, working title, School, potential title Deirdre: Enchantment and the School. The theme statement is: Sorcha, the abandoned child of an Unseelie and a human, secretly attends Wycombe Abbey girls' school where she meets the problem child Deirdre and is redeemed.
Here is the cover proposal for Deirdre: Enchantment and the School.
The most important scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to the rising action. I continued writing my 29th novel, working title Red Sonja. I finished my 28th novel, working title School. If you noticed, I started on number 28, but finished number 29 (in the starting sequence—it's actually higher than that). I adjusted the numbering. I do keep everything clear in my records. I'm just finishing number 30, working title Detective.
How to begin a novel. Number one thought, we need an entertaining idea. I usually encapsulate such an idea with a theme statement. Since I'm writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement. Here is an initial cut.
For novel 29: Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot's administrative clerk, learns about freedom, and is redeemed.
For novel 30: Lady Azure Rose Wishart, the Chancellor of the Fae, supernatural detective, and all around dangerous girl, finds love, solves cases, breaks heads, and plays golf.
Here is the scene development outline:
1. Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)
2. Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)
3. Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and develop the tension and release.
4. Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.
5. Write the release
6. Write the kicker
Today: Many people would like to write, but writing is hard work. I'll express again, if you want to be a skilled and potentially a published author, you need to write about one million words. That equates to about ten 100,000 word novels. When you look at it this way, it is a daunting goal especially if you haven't written a single novel.
To become a good writer, you need two specific skill sets first reading and then writing. Without these skill sets, I really can't help you much. I provide advanced help and information on how to write great fiction.
Characters are the key to great writing. Entertainment is the purpose of fiction writing. The key to entertainment is character revelation, and specifically revelation of the plot and protagonist telic flaw (the same thing). If we want to be a successful writer, we must aim for great protagonists, and a great protagonist means a great or compelling telic flaw.
In moving to mechanics, you have to start with something. The something I recommend is the protagonist. As I noted for you, the protagonist owns the telic flaw and the telic flaw is the catalyst for the plot. The resolution of the telic flaw is the plot of the novel, so obviously, the best place to start any novel is with the protagonist. I hate to do this because I usually end up writing a new novel—let's develop a character.
Novels whose protagonist are intellectual and then develop necessary skills to succeed are very popular. Another non-everyman character whom I really like is Kirth Girsen from Jack Vance's Star King novels. Kirth is obviously an intellectual, but he is a fully trained war machine. He is an athlete only because athleticism is necessary to fight.
How can a character like this be popular with readers? First, he is a romantic character: intellectual, introspective, skilled, and all. Second, he is an intellectual who uses his knowledge to develop the skills he needs. Third, he is a pathetic character (emotion building) because he was trained from childhood to take revenge on the Star Kings who murdered and enslaved his family.
Kirth may be the first character in literature to achieve this type of pathos. Not many characters, even now, are developed for the purpose of revenge, although this is an up and coming plot theme. Think Harry Potty. In Harry Potty, we have a messiah character who is developed unintentionally for revenge.
Kirth, on the other hand, was developed to be a tool for revenge, but there is more. As I noted, the most powerful feature of Kirth is his intellectualism. This always appeals to readers. Further, Kirth is driven by his intellectualism to resolve the telic flaw of each of the five Star King novels. The telic flaw is the defeat of each of the Star Kings, and each Star King has his own novels. What appeals the most to readers is not necessarily Kirth's warrior persona—the appeal is that Kirth is not ambivalent about using his abilities as necessary to resolve the issues in the novel. This is a type of plot concept where the bad guys receive what they deserve. This type of plot resolution is very popular among readers. Kirth is able because of his training an use of intellect to bring vengeance against the criminals he is fighting. He, of course, has set backs, but most readers really enjoy an appropriate resolution where the antagonist and other criminals get appropriate punishment—even outside the law.
More tomorrow.
For more information, you can visit my author site http://www.ldalford.com/, and my individual novel websites:
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I'm Mat, 27 years old, and I'm from Poland. I moved to London 2 years ago, as when I had been here in the past I'd instantly fallen in love with the city. I'm into electronic music and London is a paradise in that subject. It's also quite exciting to live here, surrounded with such open-minded people from all over the world.
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What are the bits you don't like or find challenging?
Sometimes, especially during summer time, it gets really busy. Before I joined ticketing, I didn't really think about how much is going on in the background. A lot of stuff is going on and this is the time when you need to think on your feet. Whilst you're doing it and you're in the middle of this "ticketing-storm" you're enjoy it and you don't think too much about yourself. But then, when the summer is gone, you can feel how tired you are. But then there is some time to rest, so it's important to remember that and keep your life balanced.
What has been a specific highlight of your career to date?
I don't think there is one specific highlight that is stuck in my head. I still remember the work we did with our team about introducing Mobile Ticketing in Ticketmaster UK. That was last year, November, when Four Tet did O2 Academy Brixton 4-nights residency. It was fun for me, as I was involved in the project since the beginning. I am a little bit of a computer geek sometimes, and I also love Four Tet so this project was perfect for me and I really enjoyed being part of it. And look how good it all went!
And what is a specific challenge you managed to overcome? What did you learn from it?
It's not really work related, but I think I came to UK in quite difficult time. My parents weren't happy at all about me going to UK during all this Brexit stuff, and I was a little bit scared about the language barrier and if I will face any hate here. Fortunately, both in Ticketmaster and in my private life I've met some amazing people who don't really care where you from, but who you are inside. And I guess this is what I love in London the most.
Why did you decide to do an apprenticeship?
Haha, to be honest – I was looking for a job, and when I saw the apprenticeship I thought 'this might be interesting' (I was not wrong!) as it would be first time in the UK that apart from just a job I would do something extra, where I would also learn a lot.
How did you find out about the opportunity?
I always wanted to try and work for a big music company and see how it's is with the giants. We have Live Nation in Poland and they are doing the biggest events, so I decided to check the LNE jobs website. There was quite a few but I thought the apprenticeship would be the most interesting one.
How did it feel to be nominated for apprentice of the year? How did you find out you'd made the list?
It was an amazing feeling – knowing that somebody appreciates your work. I didn't know until I've got e-mail from CCSkills – I had my line manager next to my desk saying "Congratulations Mat" and I was quite confused as I haven't open e-mail yet hahaha
What do you hope to do next?
I'm not trying to plan my life or have hopes as then you can't feel disappointed. Without plans and hopes you can only my surprised 😊
Why should people consider apprenticeships?
I think it's a great beginning of the career path. You're being throwed in the middle of the industry you want to work in, with opportunities to meet so many people doing this stuff for years and networking is important part of any business now. It's always easier if you remember someone's face or name. I don't think it's ok but this is the world we live in and unfortunately sometimes we have to adjust. Hopefully it will change, and one day everything will be based on the experience of the person, not connections or networks the person is in. But even then – experience gained during apprenticeship will be helpful!
You've been granted the ability to send a message to 16-year-old you. What do you say?
Saturday 25th December 2010 lottery results: 13,15, 22, 25, 33, 34, 17.
Do you have any advice for young people interested in doing your kind of job?
I think there is a lot of stuff everyone could say, but I will say short: know your value.


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What does TB look like in fish? I hadn't realized they could contract it, I'd be interested to know what the symptoms are and if all species can be potential carriers. Also, is there any treatment that you know of?
Thanks for your comments and emphasis on quarantining-- always a good idea when buying new fish.
Symptoms of fish TB are vast and unpredictable, depending on which of the fish's tissue the bacteria (e.g., Mycobacterium marinum) attack the most.
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Blackhead disease of cichlids (fish's head turns black due to bacteria affecting melanin production)
shrunken bellies and crooked spines in livebearers
overweight fish that swell up (bacteria attack the liver causing unnatural fat metabolism)
reproductive failure (females stop producing eggs, as bacteria attack the ovaries)
Fish TB is slow-acting and often mis-diagnosed. Moreover, fish weakened by TB bacteria are much more susceptible to other disease. One study showed that goldfish experimentally infected with a non-killing dose of TB bacteria frequently came down with Ich. Control fish (not injected with TB bacteria) did not get Ich.
My Rainbowfish, which contracted TB in 2004, looked great until they slowly stopped eating and died. The only outward sign was jaw necrosis (mouth tissue being eaten away). It took several months between when I purchased the putative disease carriers (all 4 Neon Rainbowfish died inexplicably over the course of several months), and when I started seeing problems in my other fish. Because I've kept Rainbowfish since 1987 without mysterious and unexplained deaths, I knew something was wrong. I took the fish to a fish veterinarian, who diagnosed the problem as fish TB.
Fish TB is common in the aquarium hobby, much more than industry leaders would like to admit, and its been going on for a long time. There are no easy answers to this difficult problem, but educating hobbyists is a start.
There's nothing that turns people off from the aquarium hobby more than watching their pet fish die.
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Usually, when you think of visiting attractions in Gatlinburg, TN, you think of strolling the downtown, enjoying a meal at a pretty little restaurant, or maybe even visiting a moonshine distillery. There's much more on offer, though, and one of the best attractions is the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster.
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Soul diva with the magnificent voice embarks on short residency with Incognito
Did you know that Chaka Khan has her own brand of gourmet chocolate she calls Chakalate? Or that she recently extended a helping hand to the media's favourite punchball, Lindsay Lohan, after they spent some time in the same rehab centre (Chaka for prescribed meds following a foot operation)? What you need to know is that she is back in London, a high-megawatt superstar letting it rip in the intimate confines of the city's most famous jazz club, taking the stage at 7.45pm for the first of two shows each night for three nights, behind her the crack British jazz-funk band Incognito, and in front of her a classic soul and R&B repertoire to pick from as she chooses.
And she chooses well. It's been a while since she released an album of new music, but the sold-out audience at Ronnie's was more than happy to hear classic singles and rare cuts from her years with Rufus and as a solo star, inflating with sassy, joyous energy songs big enough to make the walls of Soho crumble like Jericho under the spell of that huge, magnificent voice.
Can you actually, really masticate to Chaka Khan?
She opens in the quiet register, with "Destiny", a Rufus cut from 1978, before rising through the registers and the decibels with big-hitters "Sweet Thing", "Ain't Nobody" and "I Feel For You" before taking a stage break. Incognito work out some tight George Duke and Stevie Wonder rhythms, and then she's back with a pretty piano ballad, "Love Me Still", and one of her first hits with Rufus, "Tell Me Something Good", a classic Stevie Wonder song written specifically for her voice.
She looks and sounds larger than life and marvellous - hair, costume, mouth, attitude. Earrings. She may have to read the names of her four backing singers from a list on the floor ('my short-term memory - and my long term memory - it's shot'), but she can envelop a big song whole and play around with it like a cat with its prey. Some instincts you don't lose.
'I'll do that woman thing they're shouting out," she adlibs at the end - the patter thoughout is funny and dry - and "I'm Every Woman" does pull Ronnie Scott's winers and diners (can you actually, really masticate to Chaka Khan?) out of their seats. Those seats are not cheap, either, but then again, this is not the O2. She came, she delivered, she conquered. Come the end of Wednesday night, she'll be ready for that bar of Chakalate.


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Managing a website can be a daunting task, and one of the trickiest elements is images – what they are, how to place them, and how to make sure they look good on all devices. This blog post will explain a little bit about what images are and how to make them show up correctly on any device.
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Image File Formats – Alphabet Soup
The first step is to understand and recognize what is and is not an image. A PDF file, for example, is not an image file; it is a document file. There are four image file types that web pages support and can be integrated with text on a web page. They are denoted by their 'file extensions', which are the last three letters of their file names: GIF, JPG, PNG, and SVG.
- GIF – 'GIF' stands for 'Graphics Interchange Format'. The file type was created by CompuServe, a pre-internet online service, as a means by which its members could encode and exchange images. Its popularity grew outside of the service because it used an, at the time, advanced form of data compression and so images that were previously very large could be made smaller with little or no loss of resolution. GIF files are often used for logos, and for animated short video clips, but they fall down in terms of providing high resolution for photographs. For that, you have JPG and PNG files.
- JPG stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group,' which was the group of technical experts that created the file format. The JPG format was designed specifically for photographs; it supports very high-resolution images, but it also allows for very small files. It does this by using a more advanced form of file compression than GIF files, and the amount of that compression is adjustable. This allows for selecting a tradeoff when creating a JPG image, between file size and image quality. (Though JPG files can typically be compressed at a 10:1 ratio with almost no loss of image quality.) This type of file – where you can make it very small, but it does lose some resolution, is called a 'lossy' format. The JPG standard was created at almost the same time the internet became public. JPG files are far and away the most used image file format on the web. They are the file type you will encounter the most.
- PNG stands for 'Portable Network Graphics'. It's a 'lossless' file format, meaning that it's image compression technique loses no image information. PNG is a newer standard and is seeing wider use on the web, especially by graphic designers, because in addition to not losing any image resolution, you can make portions of a PNG image transparent, which is not possible in JPG files. Your OneEach site employs PNG files in various parts of its design for just this reason.
- SVG stands for 'scalable vector graphics'. It is not intended for use with images, but rather with shapes, fill colors, and text. It is ideal for logos or line drawings. An SVG file can be enlarged or reduced ('scaled') to any size without losing resolution.
Why is the Image Skewed?
Long ago, in the days before smartphones and tablets, websites only had to render correctly on a computer screen – one screen, for many years with almost square dimensions like a television, and more recently widescreens. But they were standard sizes and a given website always showed up the same way on them. Then all the handheld devices came along and things got complex, fast. A phone or a tablet, when used as it usually is, is narrow and tall, and thus the screen is narrow. So, a web page on a desktop computer that looked like this:
On a phone then looked like this:
The images were a fixed width and height and the web browsers on phones tried to show the entire image in the browser window – and that meant skewing the image.
What Does 'Responsive' Mean?
So websites had to change. They, and the images in them, had to know what device they were on, so they could respond by presenting themselves in the correct way to be viewed on the device. Hence the word 'responsive'.
How do you make images on your site responsive? Basically, by setting the image to have a fixed width, but letting the height auto adjust.
If you followed the video above, you know the standard procedure for inserting an image into a page:
- Edit the page.
- Place cursor in the body text, where you want the image to appear.
- Click the image icon body text editor toolbar. You will see the image properties dialog box.
- Click 'Browse', and then select an image, and insert it into the page.
- You should see something like this:
To make your image responsive, do the following:
- Click on the blue lock icon directly to the height and width fields in the upper-left corner, 'un-locking' it. This means that in this dialog box, the width and height are not 'locked together' anymore and you can change one without the other changing.
- Click on the height field, and delete the number there.
- Click 'OK'.
Now you'll see something like this:
Yes, now the image here in the editor looks skewed, but it will look fine on the page. So now click 'OK', and save the page. On a phone, the image will now be correct, like this:
And that's how you make images responsive in your web pages.


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So, Ive dreamt of this many a time. Those six little numbers come up and you win a cool few million. This is a life changing experience beyond doubt, but surely there would be added stresses too?
So it got me thinking, if I did win the lottery what the hell would I spend it on. Some of you may agree with me, some of you may not. Have a think about it yourself if you get a minute – if you had a boat load of money what really would you buy?
This is my lottery list! However, first of all I have found a photo of what I would do if I found out I had won the lottery. I think it says it all!
#1 – pay off my mortgage and my family's too
#2 – give my closest friends a little suprise
#3 – buy myself an Aston Martin Vanquish
#4 – buy a racehorse
#5 – buy a tailored Armani suit
#6 – go to Chichen Itza!
#7 – give some money to Charities that are close to my heart
#8 – buy a house in Florida
And if I had anything left – become a member at Hallamshire Golf Club!!!!
Of course I would still go to work! I think I would be a complete nightmare with nothing to do each day. Plus, I really do love my job. I be some of you think I'm bonkers!
Please have a go yourself and let me know via my twitter account of your blog.


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Spring season sets its onset with mild fragrance in the air and blooming flowers all around. Taking cue from the nature, Frazer and Haws has introduced their latest range Blossom Affair. Inspired from blooming florals and enchanting butterfly motifs, the collection tries to replicate the freshness and fragileness of breezy and vibrant spring summer vibes. The range incorporates classic vases, photo frames and wall art pieces.
Finely crafted in glass and teak wood with hues of sterling silver, gold glit and zircons, the collection accentuates on the sparkle captured from the silver lining of the sky.
Each product has a unique appeal and style to render an extra edge on the table and interior spaces. The entire range is designed with perfection and fascinating motifs offering luxe accents to the interiors.
Available at:
Frazer and Haws Showroom in:
- Delhi– Shop No. 11, Main Market, Lodhi Colony,
New Delhi – 110 003 Tel.: 24647818, 24627818
- Mumbai
155-A, Pooja,
Opp Sacred Heart School,
S V Road, Khar West, Mumbai – 400052
Tel. : +91 22 26482090, 26496683


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Albino Crabbing Season For 1 Lucky Man
2013 came to a close with an albino blue crab caught by fisherman turned Crabber-man Tim Mispel. The crabber found this albino blue crab a quarter mile out at the Gulf of Mexico close to Hickory Mounds.
"I noticed him instantly, he was in the crab trap" Mispel recalls. "I pulled him and put him into a separate bucket".
This rare albino blue crab has a purplish tint to it according to Mispel. The crab is now on display at the Laboratory in Panacea where the facility's staff are inviting the public to come see this unusual rarity.
According the wildlife conservation commission, a full albino crab is extremely rare. There have been plenty of crabs caught with albino limbs or partially albino. A full albino crab is estimated at one in a million.
Mispel, who has been a full time crabber for many years, said he had seen about a dozen blue crabs that were partially albino but never had he seen a blue crab that is completely white.
Related Link: Crab Pot Thieves Caught And Released
Blue Crab vs Lobster
The same natural anomaly can be found in plenty of other sea life and crustaceans such as a close relative of the crab, the lobster. ?Early in 2013, a Cape Breton man caught a large albino lobster that he named Larry. The owner is keeping Larry the albino lobster in a tank and plans on releasing the crustacean back into the ocean when the season is over.


text: Ok, so there's the hipster look and I can do the fade and clippered in parting. In fact I love it! The man bun pushes the feminine barrier but when i visited the states a few months ago and saw the moustache twirl. Lets just say it was hard not to smile in that smirky kinda manner. It's cool the guys are expressing themselves but kissing a man with a twirled up mo pushes my limits.


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Category:Player guides
From elanthipedia
This is the main page for guides that written by players.
Instead of having multiple guides on the same topic, the goal is to have a single guide for each topic. Please use each guide's talk page to discuss collaboration on the topic. If you cannot reach an agreement, you may contact a moderator for assistance.
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Buy in China from Bangladesh
Buy in China, is one of the best options to buy cheap that Latin American countries have, mainly because it offers a variety of items at a good price, which is why there are several pages to buy in China from Bangladesh.
However, it is important to take into account that not all Chinese sites offer the same or have the recognition that provides greater security to customers.
For that reason, in this post, you can find information related to the Chinese online stores to buy from Bangladesh more recognized, those that sell wholesale and those that offer cheaper products, among other data of interest for those who are entering the world of import.
Why buy in China from Bangladesh?
One of the main reasons why it is profitable to import goods and products from China is the fact that most of their companies offer very competitive prices thanks to their relationship with manufacturing companies.
Thanks to the existence of quality products at excellent prices, it is possible to import various items that are not sold in the Mexican market, resulting in a possibility of entrepreneurship for large, medium and small entrepreneurs.
Making Chinese companies trading partners of Mexican companies can be advantageous since the Asian country can be purchased quality products at a good price, especially the latest generation electronic devices.
However, the Chinese market has some complexity, which highlights the fact that there are many companies. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and study the options well before starting an import process, both wholesale and retail.
What to buy in China from Bangladesh?
China is a country where many manufacturing industries are located in a wide variety of quality products at competitive prices. Of course, its strong point is electronic equipment, among which stand out the high-end mobile phones and accessories.
In addition to high-tech devices, products such as:
Clothing for women, men and children
Automotive spare parts
Musical instruments
Industrial machinery
Tips to buy in Chinese stores from Bangladesh
To ensure safety when buying products in China from Bangladesh it is important to take into account some tips such as:
It is imperative to identify and analyze well the e-commerce pages of the Asian country to identify the most reliable.
Once a secure online store has been located, it is necessary to develop trust towards the Chinese suppliers, therefore, it is necessary to investigate their experience, the legality of the company and the rating provided by other users.
When a reliable seller is found, it is most appropriate to contact him, in order to clarify aspects related to the process such as the quality of the items, the methods of payment, shipping and everything related to customs taxes.
One of the most important aspects of buying online is the means of payment. Therefore, it is advisable to carry out operations in online stores that accept Paypal, which is one of the most reliable methods that exist to secure money.
Some of China's online stores also accept bank transfer as a means of payment. In this case, it is not advisable to accept this method if the provider is not previously known, given that there are no guarantees in this regard.
The best pages to buy in China from Bangladesh
Within the universe of possibilities that exist on the web to make purchases in China, the best e-commerce sites are:
It is a very complete wholesale online trading platform that offers a wide variety of products at factory price.
Aliexpress: It is one of the pages of online stores with very well known retail because it has a wide range of products ranging from clothing to tools and vehicle parts.
This is an online sales page that offers a wide variety of products organized by categories such as:
Phone and Accessories
Woman fashion
House and garden
Beauty and Hairdressing
Computing and Office
DIY and Diy
Bags and footwear
Sports and Leisure
Home appliances
Men's fashion
Toy and Hobbies
Fashion and Sports Shoes
Another site dedicated to electronic commerce of a portfolio of very varied products, organized in the following categories:
Industrial and scientific equipment
Smartphones and accessories
Costumes and dresses
Bags and shoes
House and garden
Beauty and health
Automobile and motorcycle
Computer and network
Jewellery and watches
Like the previous ones, this website offers many items both wholesale and retail. It also has customized products. Its categories are:
Weddings and party
Fashion and jewellery
Telephones and electronics
Home and garden
Shoes and bags
Sports and Leisure
Toys and hobbies
Beauty and hair
Baby & children
Mobile accessories
Small gadgets
It is one of the best and most recognized online platforms for the sale of technology in China, both for the quality of its articles and the competitive prices it offers in its catalog of:
Mobile phones
Consumer electronics
Electricity and tools
Hobbies and toys
LED lights and flashlights
Computer and office
Sports & adventure
Cars and motorcycles
Home & garden
Clothe, accessories
Health beauty
This is one of the online stores specializing in the sale of clothing presses, arranged in categories such as:
Babies and children
This is an online store specializing in quality clothing at a good price. It offers different models and sizes in the articles, which are shown in categories such as:
Extra size
Jewellery and watches
It is an online store that offers various models of clothing and accessories for parties or special occasions. Its segments are:
Wedding clothes
Special occasion dresses
Fashion clothes
Men's clothing
It is a platform for online sales where you can find fine haute couture clothes inspired by European fashion, ideal for special occasions and at a good price. In her are categories like:
Beach clothes
Extra size
Chinese online stores to buy wholesale from Bangladesh
If you're wondering where to buy wholesale in China? We will tell you that currently many e-commerce sites in China offer the possibility of buying both wholesale and retail products, among which the most important ones are:
It is a Chinese platform for the sale of various products. However, its strongest point is the high-end electronic devices available at the factory price.
It is a website specialized in the wholesale and retail of electronic devices such as phones, players, tablets, video cameras, among other equipment made with cutting edge technology at competitive prices.
Rosewholesale: It is an e-commerce store specializing in the wholesale of clothing and accessories of the latest trend for women, men and children.
Chinavasion: This is another page of wholesale online sales of high-quality electronics products and gadgets made in China, at competitive prices.
Chinese stores to buy from Bangladesh with free shipping.
There are multiple websites to buy in China from Bangladesh with free shipping, given that currently, some online stores offer the exemption of the cost of shipping the package or Free Shipping to anywhere in the world, including Bangladesh. In this case, the buyer is responsible for paying the corresponding customs duties.
However, we must be careful with this, because some of these pages add to the cost of the product the price of the shipment. Therefore, the best thing to do is browse well in various online sales pages from China to buy prices and choose the most convenient one.
Among the e-commerce stores from China that offer free shipping or free shipping to Bangladesh are:
It is an online store specializing in the sale of a wide variety of electronic equipment, accessories for mobile phones, tablets, toys and hobbies at competitive prices.
Miniinthebox: It is one of those online stores that have a wide range of quality products at a good price, which range from electronic devices to pet accessories.
Geekbuying: It is one of the best sales websites in China that offers various gadgets, electronic devices, accessories and clothing for women, men and children.
It is an e-commerce store that has a wide range of latest trends such as clothing, shoes, accessories, jewellery and bags.
Tomtop: It is a website selling products from China in which there is a very varied catalogue of products, from electronic equipment to accessories for the home, pets, clothing, footwear, among others.
Newfrog: It is a Chinese online store that offers various items such as phones, accessories for vehicles, sportswear, lenses, among others.
It is an online sales platform that specializes in the sale of clothing and accessories of the latest trend, of very good quality at low prices.
Oasap: This is an online store that offers clothing, shoes, bathing suits and accessories of the latest trend and quality for ladies at very low prices.
This e-commerce site specializes in the sale of electronic products, video games and other quality devices at factory prices.
This is another of the most complete stores to buy cheap in China, since it has a very broad product catalogue at cost prices.
Chinese sites to buy cheap and safe
Even though most online stores offer discounts and offers on their products, it is necessary to inquire and compare if they really represent savings or if there are other sites where you can buy cheaper and more secure quality goods.
However, when it comes to wholesale or business-business those promotions and offers are not in the same amount as those in which you can buy retail products.
In this case, some of the online stores where it is possible to buy quality products at a good price are:
It is an online sales platform exactly like LightInTheBox, given that both belong to the same business group. Its only difference is that this store has stores in Europe and America, so orders arrive faster to Bangladesh.
It is an electronic commerce page dedicated to the sale of feminine clothes and accessories of the last tendency, in which you can also find men's clothing.
This e-commerce page specializes in the sale of a wide variety of clothing for women, men and children. The items are of good quality and at a good price.
This is a very complete Chinese online store, which has a fairly large catalogue of products at low prices. It has a very friendly and easy to use the platform. It also has a series of categories in which it classifies its products for a better location.
This e-commerce platform offers various items for personal use as well as electronic devices, home products, accessories for decoration, garden, among others.
Advantages of buying in China
You can import different types of merchandise, as much prefabricated raw material as ready-made articles.
You can buy good quality products at a good price.
It is possible to import items in wholesale or retail.
It offers the opportunity to acquire last generation electronic devices that are not yet available in the Mexican market.
Some pages offer the service of sending the package for free.
All types of items can be purchased, as allowed by Mexican law.
How to pay in Chinese pages if I buy online from Bangladesh?
Most of the web pages destined to the sale of products from China have a list with diverse safe payment methods for the clients, such as:
Payment Gateways
Bank transfer (not recommended if you do not know the provider)
I will pay (recommended for payments above $ 20,000)
Western Union
Credit or debit cards Visa or Master Card
American Express credit card
These payment methods have different security indexes, but among them, the most recommended is Paypal, given that it guarantees the execution of the transactions in an appropriate way, even makes the reimbursements when an unforeseen event occurs with the shipment or merchandise.
Paying through Paypal is very simple and safe since you should not include any financial data in the online store page since in your Paypal account is where you make the records related to your accounts and credit cards.
Payments by Paypal are made in the following way
Open a Paypal account with your email address and a password.
Register your account or international credit card
Go to the online store
Choose the product you want
Select Paypal as a payment method
Enter your email and password
The process to complete the purchase continues.
If you do not have a credit card and you want to buy in China from Bangladesh, We can help you to make payment.


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Kayo's mother becomes enraged at Sachiko for 'kidnapping'her daughter, despite Sachiko trying to tell her that she clearly didn't really care about Kayo given that she didn't even look for her, and only cared about how Kayo missing reflected on her. Just when she starts to get violent, however, the child services finally show up, announcing their intent to take Kayo into custody. Her mother flatly refuses, threatening to involve the police, and then suddenly her mother shows up.
This woman – Kayo's grandmother – apparently abandoned her due to marriage disagreements and did nothing to help her when she was abused by her husband. Now she apparently regrets it all and has come to apologize, leading to a big ridculous crying scene where both the terrible mothers get to bond with eachother! She eventually decides that Kayo can live with her grandmother, and Kayo is taken away, her life now saved by Satoru (nah who are we kidding here, the show isn't over yet.)
Now that Kayo is gone and presumed safe for good, Satoru turns his attentions to the next victims – Aya and Hiromi. Given that Hirom is one of his friends, it's very easy to make sure he isn't left alone and watch over him. The difficult one is Aya, someone Satoru doesn't even know, and who doesnt even go to the same school. All he really knows is that she sometimes hangs out with Yuuki in the park. He starts to follow her after school and manages to determine her schedule and cram school times, which lets him know the times when she is most vulnerable to being kidnapped.
Kenya cant help but notice Satoru's increase attention to Hiromi and wants to know what's going on, so Satoru decides to enlighten him on most of the information minus the time travel – that he 'believes'a child murderer is active in the area. Kenya once again agrees to help to the best of his ability.
Meanwhile, Mr Yashiro becomes so suspicious it's almost laughable.
Man, Kayo's mother has some hilariously bad vision which makes the opening scene unintentionally humorous in a way. First she doesn't notice Sachiko and Satoru standing behind Kayo until she is about to hit her, then she doesnt notice the child services until she's about to attack everyone with a shovel. Way to go, lady.
At first I thought it was pretty ridiculous to have the grandmother show up out of the blue – but she was with the child services and is definitely a more suitable guardian for Kayo. The whole scene with her was just so ridiculous and over the top that it was hard to take seriously, though. I still can't decide if it was being intentionally sappy (Kayo certainly felt that way, and she flatly refused to show sympathy to her mother) or if making her mother look ridiculous was the point. It was nice that they gave her a tiny bit of backstory briefly explaining why she started to take her anger out on Kayo, but sorry lady. I don't have a shred of sympathy for your child-abusing arse either.
So, Kayo has been 'safely' removed from the picture, and I will be very surprised if that's the last we hear of her. The whole thing was, after all, orchestrated by Yashiro, who is still being the most suspicious guy in the entire show. In fact, he was almost outrageously suspicious in this episode – his glove compartment in his car is filled with candy, which he insists is to help cope with smoking addiction after quitting – not to mention that all the murder goods left in the bus only disappeared from there after Satoru told him that's where they'd been hiding Kayo. Although, the latter point is a bit confusing as it would imply that he didnt know Kayo was in the bus, whereas the previous episode implied that he definitely did. The weird part is that Satoru is completely oblivious to this and there's this weird sense that he wants Yashiro to be his dad. He even eventually asks him why he's unmarried out of his earshot of his mother, with the implication being that he hopes Yashiro marries Sachiko. I want to believe Yashiro is innocent and just really unfortunately awkward, but I've seen anime where the 'too obvious to be the real killer' ended up being the real killer before so all bets are on.
There's a pretty interesting theory going around that, given that the killer didnt look too much older than Satoru in the present day, he could be Kenya. I dismissed this immediately considering it's an adult man we see going to the bus, but then I remembered the crytpic, still unexplained scene of Yashiro speaking to Kenya about something. Accomplices aren't off the table either, especially since we still dont know who the hell that clearly different guy at the pizza parlour was. It would also make the fact that Satoru is now divulging nearly everything to Kenya all the more relavent.
Lastly, yes, I'm glad that now Satoru is dedicating himself to protecting Hiromi despite not saying a thing about it before. Half because it makes him look less like an asshole who doesn't care about his friends, and half because the scenes of him interacting with Hiromi are absolutely adorable. Please save this child, Satoru.
Out of 5,
Episode 10
Satoru decides to finally approach Aya directly and awkwardly attempt to be her friend, however it doesn't go well as she believes them all to be childish weirdos. (She reads Shakespeare, you see, she's very mature.) That is, until Satoru's other two friends, who had been following him the whole time (AKA 'the two that dont do anything') finally come out of hiding and Kazu manages to win her over with his manly declaration of passion about hideouts. Although in an unexpected way, Aya starts visiting them at their hideout, now with an obvious crush on Kazu.
Things seem like they're going fine for all the kids who were previously let alone for long periods of time, but Satoru quickly notices that his interference with history has led to another kid taking their place. This is Misato, the same girl who tried to frame Kayo for stealing the class money before, and due to now being found out for it, has become unpopular and lost all her friends. Satoru decides that since the others are now safe, she will likely end up as a substitute target, so begins folllowing her too.
When Misato is invited by Mr Yashiro and a group of other kids to watch the ice hockey, Satoru tails her and notes that she is sitting far away from the others. When she gets up and leaves – apparently to the bathroom – he waits around for her and becomes worried when he realises that she's taking far too long. Suddenly believing that she has been kidnapped, he requests Mr Yashiro's help in following a suspicious truck that just drove away – the truck for Yuuki's father's bento delivery, in fact. Mr Yashiro obliges and a car chase of sorts kind of happens for a bit until he decides to tell Satoru that he was the culprit all along. Everyone, look surprised!
I actually did like the first part of this episode, it was really cute. Sure, it was a little overly convenient how 'easy' it seemed to win Aya's trust, and it may have happened a little too quickly. I'm wondering if the manga paces this better because I know they've probably had to condense a few things to get everything to fit into the amount of episodes it has. Still, Aya developing a crush on Kazu was quite adorable, and it had the bonus of giving Kazu some relevance too seeing that Satoru's friends who arent Kenya or Hiromi really never get to do that much. (There's still glasses kid, of course. Maybe he'll get to do something later). We also finally get to see their hideout, something that's been referred to since the beginning of the show and never actually shown. I know more than a few people were expecting there to be some kind of big secret at the hideout, in which case this was probably pretty anticlimactic because there really isn't. Just some cute scenes of everyone being friends.
The focus of the episode then switches to Misato and…that's where things start to unravel. The whole incident culminates in learning that yeah, it was Mr Yashiro all along. Cue me facepalming because damn was that anti-climactic. Look, it's not a huge twist when the most suspicious guy in the show turns out to be the killer. Being all "you thought he was TOO obvious to be the one but GUESS WHAT he is!" isn't good writing, nor is it satisfying at all. It's just lazy, honestly. The twist is that there was no twist. But that's not the only reason it annoys me.
In hindsight, the entire plan Yashiro had to get Satoru into his car was so goddamn convoluted and ridiculous that its absurd. He puts a laxative in Misato's drink to get her to go to the bathroom for a very long time to convince Satoru that she has been kidnapped, makes sure he has ordered bentos from Yuuki's father and somehow manages to time everything perfectly so that the truck is driving away when Satoru looks for her. The thing is, this was all 100% unnecessary because SATORU STILL BLINDLY TRUSTED HIM FOR NO REASON AT ALL. He could have taken him aside after school and said 'hey satoru wanna go for a joy ride ol buddy ol pal' and Satoru is so goddamn dumb he would have jumped straight into the car without suspecting a thing. The convoluted bullshit plan was not only unnecessary, it was also pretty improbable considering it relied on things all happening at the right second and Satoru seeing a truck and concluding that Misato was inside it for..some reason. Right up until Mr Yashiro suddenly divulges his whole diabolical plan to Satoru during the car ride and how he totally would have gotten away with it too because the meddling kid never suspected him, Satoru believed him innocent.
Which is the real problem I have with the reveal. I wouldn't have been so mad about there being basically zero mystery to solve if there had been some satisfaction in catching the culprit. If Mr Yashiro had made a mistake, or said something he shouldn't have, and Satoru, or anyone else, had been all 'aha! the culprit is YOU!', then I may have forgiven this. Instead, he just…spills it all out for no goddamn reason. And I really need to stress that. He had zero reason for telling Satoru this, Satoru would have gone on suspecting the wrong people the entire time no matter how hilariously suspicious Yashiro was because he's just that dense. The fact that Yashiro even saw him as a threat that needed to be dealt with is almost laughable in itself. And the fact that the entire reveal happens while he starts doing his Anime Villain Face makes it all the more silly.
The episode has a pretty big cliffhanger this time, given that Yashiro just sent the car with Satoru trapped inside straight into an icy river. The prospect of Satoru dying in the past and thus erasing himself in the future is something that he'd never actually considered, and it's really about time he did. Let's see what the plot does with this development because man was this episode a letdown.
Out of 5,


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Whether your truck spends more time on the jobsite or the mud trails, having durable, reliable bed protection is a key element for maintaining both cosmetic and functional value of your truck.
Bedliners are one of the simplest customizations that any truck owner can take advantage of. But like anything, you get what you pay for. Instead of the cheap, plastic drop-ins or sloppy roll-ons, here's Lone Star 4×4's top 8 reasons to invest in a professionally prepped, sprayed-on custom bedliner.
1. It Looks Great, Period.
A finished liner looks great with an open pickup bed. Spray-on application allows you to select a UV topcoat that matches your color scheme as well. Drop-in liners usually come in standard black, and if you have a custom paint that you're proud to show off, then why not have a custom color-matched bedliner, too?
2. Watertight Seal
Spray-on application creates a watertight seal to protect your bed and prevent corrosion or rust underneath. Drop-in liners accumulate water underneath and rust through. Protect all of your custom parts and accessories under the bed with a watertight bedliner.
3. Maximize Truck Bed Space
Sprayed-on bedliners provide a thin, durable seal that molds to every surface in your truck bed. Drop-in liners require fitting which can take up additional space. Anyone with a work truck knows that every square inch of your bed space counts, so even inches in the corners means a world of difference.
4. It Lasts the Lifetime of Your Truck
Unlike cheaper drop-ins, polyurethane or polyurea bedliners will last forever. Spray-on lining doesn't warp, crack, or tear, ensuring that your bed is protected and looks great for years. With expert surface prep, spray-on bedliner application will last the lifetime of your truck.
5. Fits All Truck Bed Sizes
Spray-on bedliners perfectly fit beds of all sizes and shapes. Regardless of year or model, a spray-on liner bonds tight to every contour of your truck bed. There's no need to worry about finding the right mold or a mix up at the parts counter.
6. Protection
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Ursa (Sarah Douglas) is one of the Kryptonian Villains that takes over the world. She appears in both the 1978 film "Superman" and the 1984 film, "Superman II".
In "Superman", Ursa is a co-conspirator of General Zod (Terrence Stamp) during his attempt to take control of Krypton. She hates all men, except Zod. She is banished to the Phantom Zone along with General Zod and Non (Jack O'Halloran) by Jor-El (Marlon Brando) for attempting to overthrow the planet Krypton's government. They survived the planet's destruction and were blown off course toward Earth.
In "Superman II", an explosion of a hydrogen bomb launched into space by Superman (Christopher Reeve), hit the Phantom Zone holding Ursa and the others, destroying it and releasing them, who went to Earth's moon. There they killed several US astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Upon reaching Earth, they discovered that they had the exact same powers as Superman, and naturally used them for evil, terrorizing the cities and even killing civilians.
She aided General Zod taking over the president's office, but the president (E.G. Marshall) told them that Superman would never kneel before him. Lex Luther (Gene Hackman) joined forces with them, offering to tell them the location of the Fortress of Solitude, but eventually they decided to kill him. Superman came to stop them from terrorizing the city. Their attacks were able to affect each other, but in the end, Superman was outnumbered and lost, retreating to the fortress. Luthor led Zod and his gang to there.
Superman tricked the three Kryptonians with multiple holograms, but when he had him in a headlock, Ursa threatened to tear Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) limb from limb unless Superman released him. Luthor seemingly joined forces with Superman, who then told him to get Zod and his gang into the molecular chamber that would take away the powers of any Kryptonian. Luthor then told Zod about this, and Zod, threatening to kill innocent people otherwise, forced Superman to enter, with Luthor activating the device.
However, Superman, knowing Luthor was going to double cross him, switched the device so that its rays would affect those outside it and not inside; therefore Superman was safe while Zod, Ursa, and Non were stripped of all power. Zod made Superman kneel before him and told him to take his hand and swear eternal loyalty. Superman crushed Zod's hand, picked him up, and threw him into a wall, where he fell into an icy abyss to his death. Likewise, Lois turned around and punched Ursa, sending her to the same fate. (Non tries to fly across a abyss and falls to his doom). Lex Luthor (who hoped to become Dictator of Australia) is literally picked up by Superman and goes right back to prison.
- Sarah Douglas appeared as Taramis , the Evil Queen of Shadizar in the 1984 film, "Conan the Destroyer".
- Sarah Douglas appeared as Shandray , the main antagonist in the 1986 post-apocalyptic sci-fi film "Solarbabies".
- Sarah Douglas appeared as the sorcerer Lyranna in the 1991 fantasy adventure film "Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time".
- Sarah Douglas appeared as Monica Shavetts in the 1992 comedy movie "Meatballs 4".


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After hiking back from Mt. Lassen peak I can already see a group of people gathering around my rig. They turn out to be a group of nice motorcycle riders from Chico, California on a short trip around Mt. Lassen.
We talk for a while and exchange info and pictures .. Thanks Mike Ebert and Jim Olson and all the others – take care and ride safe!


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Today's post is not strictly Port Elizabeth. We are staying at Port St Francis, which is about 100 kms from Port Elizabeth. This shot was taken from the view point above the Port this morning, showing Seal Point, the lighthouse and the village of Cape St Francis. In the foreground is the nature reserve between Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay. This is definitely one of our favourite places on the planet.
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A gem on the coast
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Drop impacts are ubiquitous in many processes, ranging from ink-jet printing to combustion, particles dissemination or rain drop erosion for instance. Despite this wide range of applications, the dynamics of drop impacts remains poorly understood, in particular, when splashing occurs. Recently the influence of the surrounding gas (often neglected) has been exhibited in experiments on solid surface. I will discuss in the seminar the role of the surrounding gas in drop impact for the two different situations of impact on solid surfaces and on thin liquid films. I will focus in particular in the entrapment of a gas bubble at the impact and on its influence on the splashing dynamics.


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Medieval ideas about lands and peoples were very different from ours. So when we look at their maps, questions arise:
In order to answer these questions, we need to understand the cultural context of medieval geography.
Not Just Road Maps
Medieval geographical descriptions and maps did not serve just to orient people in the world around them. Unlike modern maps they did not show only physical space. We value modern maps for accuracy and often use them to give us directions.
Medieval people expected their maps to include not only information about the physical world, but also about religion and history. So it should not be surprising that medieval maps look different from ours: they are not drawn to scale, and they do not have latitude and longitude lines.
It took a long time for medieval mapmaking and geography to change. Even after more modern-looking maps began to appear in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, people still continued to copy and study older medieval maps.
There were many kinds of maps in the Middle Ages. Maps could be detailed or schematic. They had different shapes and focused on different things. Some showed the whole world, some presented specific regions, some emphasized roads, some climatic zones. Maps were meant for broad education in both secular and religious subjects. They also reinforced ideology and conveyed political ideas.
Following classical Greek and Roman ideas, most scholars in the Middle Ages believed that the Earth was spherical and that it had five climatic zones. The two polar zones and the equatorial zone in the middle were considered uninhabitable because of their extreme cold or heat, so people could live only in the two temperate zones in between. Classical and medieval geography focused on the northern zone as the location of the oikumene, the inhabited earth. Some scholars allowed that life was possible in the southern temperate band as well, but no one could cross the torrid equatorial zone to get there. Zonal maps , which often appear in medieval manuscripts, were meant to illustrate the ideas of the spherical earth and climatic zones so that students and scholars might better understand them.
The Ebstorf Map
The Ebstorf Map was a richly detailed map not focused on climatic zones. It was the largest of the known medieval mappaemundi, measuring twelve feet in diameter. The map was destroyed during World War II, but detailed copies made in the 1950s allow us to appreciate the wealth of knowledge and the care which went into its making. The map has around 1,200 legends, and it includes depictions of:
The map was found in the convent of Ebstorf in Germany. Many scholars believe the nuns of Ebstorf may have produced the map between 1230 and 1250. Roughly contemporary with Bartholomews encyclopedia, the Ebstorf Map is similar to written encyclopedias in that it is comprehensive, but it presents knowledge about the world in pictorial form.
Like Bartholomews encyclopedia, the map draws on both classical and Christian traditions of describing the earth. According to the classical tradition, the inhabited land surface was divided into three continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia, all surrounded by the ocean. Bartholomew wrote about them in Book 15 of his encyclopedia:
Moreover as Isidore [of Seville] notes...the world is divided in three parts. One part is called Asia, another is Europe, and the third is Africa. [Orbis autem, ut dicit Isidorus .... tripartite est divisus. Nam una pars Asia, alia Europa, tertia Affrica appellatur.]
He also added traditional Christian lore, explaining that the division of the earth into three continents goes back to the time after the Great Flood. The Bible tells us that when Noah distributed the earth among his three sons, Shem received Asia, Japhet Europe, and Ham Africa. These views are best illustrated by schematic drawings, so called T-O maps , many of which survive in medieval manuscripts. The Ebstorf Map, although much more detailed, is organized along the same scheme. There is also a small schematic drawing in the right upper corner of the map showing the location of the three continents.
Mapping our Relationship to God
Christian scholars in the Middle Ages saw studies of the physical world, including the earth and people who live on it, as a way to understand God. The Ebstorf Map shows the world in its relationship to God, presenting the earth as the body of Christ. Christs head marks the East at the top of the map, and his hands and feet mark the rest of the cardinal directions.
Christ's head, in top center of the map
Christ's hand, on the far right middle of the map
Christ's foot, at the bottom of the map
Paradise is located in the east, close to the top of the map, next to Christ's head.
Following the Bible, the mapmakers depicted Adam and Eve standing at the Tree of Life and looking at the snake while holding apples in their hands. The legend on the map explains the picture and summarizes the biblical account:
Paradise, and the tree of life, and the four rivers flowing from Paradise, where the snake deceived our forebears and persuaded them to eat from the forbidden tree. [Paradisus et lignum vitae et quattuor flumina fluentes de Paradiso, ubi primos parentes decipit serpens suadens de ligno vetito manducare.]
Bartholomew, too, locates Paradise among the provinces of the earth, in the East, and talks about the rivers that flow from Paradise: the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), and the Geon or the Nile that flows through Egypt [15.112].
Jerusalem is located at the center of the map, with a depiction of Christ rising from his tomb.
Jerusalem often appeared on mappaemundi and in geographical descriptions as the center of the earth. Significant for Christians as the place of Christs death and resurrection, Jerusalem in the Middle Ages was a destination for pilgrims and warriors. The Crusades that took place from 1099-1291, did not succeed in holding conquered territories. But direct knowledge gained during these expeditions eventually contributed to a greater awareness of the world. So, diagrams of the layout of Jerusalem become more detailed as they appear on Crusader maps from the twelfth century on.
Crusades: military expeditions of European troops to Palestine -- the Holy Land
Barbarian Climates and Countries
Geographical texts and maps usually included information about people, animals, and plants. According to the Classical tradition, location and climate influenced the character and appearance of the inhabitants and the nature of their societies. A temperate climate was the best, producing the most balanced and civilized people. "Barbarians" lived in less fortunate places, where too much heat made people lazy and crafty and too much cold made them warlike and stupid.
Similarly, writers in different times presented the location and boundaries of the civilized world in different ways. Greeks and Romans meant that the civilization was that around the Mediterranean Sea. In the Middle Ages it shifted toward the northern European regions. The location of the barbarians changed accordingly, but the main idea remained the same.
Barbarians were described as people with weird and sometimes disgusting customs who wore funny dress or none at all and spoke incomprehensible languages. The farther from civilization and the closer to the edges of the earth, the less human and more monstrous became the people, and the more wondrous and strange became animals and plants.
Bartholomew follows this ancient tradition when he talks about dog-headed people who live in India and about the people in Ethiopia who live in caves and eat snakes. The creators of the Ebstorf Map also have images of strange peoples, including:
Illustrating the Present and the Past Simultaneously
Large mappaemundi presented the world not at one fixed moment in time but rather throughout classical and Christian history. The Ebstorf Map depicts or mentions places and events significant both in the present and the past and known from personal experience, stories, and myths. The map shows the city of Troy, famous from medieval retellings of Homers story about the Trojan War.
We can also see places associated with Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia who in the fourth century BCE conquered almost the entire known world.
An earlier Christian legend connected Alexander to the biblical story of Gog and Magog, the two apocalyptic peoples that were to bring devastation in the end of times. According to the legend, Alexander the Great enclosed these dangerous nations behind a wall. The Ebstorf Map shows the wall and the people within it and explains:
Here Alexander enclosed two impure nations, Gog and Magog, who will be the servants of the Antichrist. They eat human flesh and drink blood. [Hic inclusit Alexander duas gentes immundas Gog et Magog, quas comites habebit Antichristus. Hii humanis carnibus vescuntur et sanguinem bibunt.]
Throughout the Middle Ages, particularly feared peoples were identified as Gog and Magog. On the Ebstorf Map, we find the Turks cast in this role.
Powerful People Close to Home in the Imperial Past
The Ebstorf Map also emphasizes important places in contemporary life, such as the location of powerful bishops. The regions that mapmakers knew well are depicted in greater detail, especially Lower Saxony in Germany, where the convent of Ebstorf is located. The mapmakers took care to show relatively minor rivers. Its of the residences of local rulers are as large as the picture of Rome. They also put Ebstorf on the map, although the nunnery was neither the largest nor the most important at that time.
Similarly, Bartholomew added contemporary names of cities and regions he was familiar with himself, such as Anjou in France or Bohemia (the modern Czech Republic), when describing Europe. But he relied on traditional sources when he talked about most other places in the world, especially the faraway lands of Asia and Africa.
Maps and texts could also be used to reinforce imperial ideology. Medieval European rulers turned to the Roman Empire for models of imperial power or justification of political claims. Medieval scholars and kings also believed that it was Roman emperors who ordered the first maps of the world to be made. The tradition went back to the ancient Romans themselves, who connected military conquests with geography: only when conquered could the world be described and put in order.
The Ebstorf Map reflects this belief and names Julius Caesar as the creator of the first world map. Julius Caesar lived in the first century BCE and was famous both in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages for his military successes and political power. The inscription in the right upper corner of the Ebstorf Map tells us that Julius Caesar sent envoys to collect information about the whole earth so that its provinces, islands, cities and so on might be presented on a map.
Other mappaemundi and texts also use this tradition, sometimes naming Augustus rather than Julius Caesar as the author of the first mapmaking project. Augustus was the first Roman emperor who ruled from 27 BCE-14 CE. Christian writers considered it significant that Christ was born during the reign of Augustus, a time marked by peace and prosperity. [Picture from the Hereford Map] This medieval image shows a very direct connection between maps and power .
Still Teaching Today
Just as our maps are part and product of our life, medieval maps and texts were created in response to the needs of contemporary life and culture. Representations of lands and peoples reflected ideas not only about geography, but also about history, religion, and politics. So today medieval maps help us better understand the medieval world.