The events that are currently stirring a storm in my country do not occur in a vacuum; such things never do. For decades, the political baton has been passed between the New Progressive Party, the one currently in power, and the Popular Democratic Party. The first is a pro statehood party and the second is currently divided in vis a vis our political status. During their terms, wrongs...

"Let the world know that the current administration in Puerto Rico denies liberty of press. Let the world know that average citizens cannot enter their own legislative sessions. Let the world know that they cannot protest peacefully without taking a shot of pepper spray or a blow to the head. LET THE WORLD KNOW."

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As I mentioned on my previous post (note:that post was a terse overview of a tersely summarized first 23 days), the plolice are under orders to prevent the entry of people, food and water to the UPR Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP or RP for short). This has caused several incidents...

For most of you who don't know and those who do, I am an undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Due to the threats of budget cuts, unfair and unjustified modifications to tuition wavers, threats of increasing tuition fees and a clearly antagonistic slashing of funds for the University (not a budget cut; a peculiar cut to the source of the budget),...

I have been thinking, on and off, about the importance of a secular humanist board instead of just an atheist board. An atheist board alone seems to lack any particular direction in terms of productivity and, perhaps, activism. Notice that the RDF was known as an atheist board but this classification was still second or equal to that of a science and reason board.

Those boards were about science...

I have been thinking, on and off, about the importance of a secular humanist board instead of just an atheist board. An atheist board alone seems to lack any particular direction in terms of productivity and, perhaps, activism. Notice that the RDF was known as an atheist board but this classification was still second or equal to that of a science and reason board.

Those boards were about science...

Social commentary is, as the name implies, the practice of actively voicing one's thoughts on elements of society. It is the act of demanding change, it is the act of preventing change, of demanding justice and of promoting injustice. In short, it is voicing one's thoughts on the state of society and what should be done with it.

Over the course of human history, this has been done through...

Due to the recent tragedy in Haiti, I've been thinking again about charities, helping out others, social problems and so on. It's been a while since I've thought about this but my opinion has not changed. I'm still not that crazy about charities. Don't get me wrong, I understand that charities really do help, but if a charity has been actively working somewhere for a long time, what does that tell you? Doesn't it say that there's something missing? Doesn't it say that there is more to be done?...

He conquers who endures - Persius

Gaul has mostly fallen to the Scipii, as the Greeks have fallen to us, the Julii. The Gauls last great stronghold was our lost city of Tarquinii, which the Scipii now hold, along with Ancona and Salona. After they're attempt at making a protectorate out of our capital, Bovianum, the Senate outlawed both our families.

We attacked and took Dyrrachium and Apollonia from the Scipii while, to the southwest we took the island city of Messana,...

This blasted post should be my SECOND entry but the damn blog thingy saved it as a draft and doesn't let me shift anything around. Oy. Go here for the next entry.
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Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home.- Cicero

After conquering Tarquinii, our forces were elated, our spirits uplifted to heights immeasurable. Thus, as true Sons of Mars, we sought even more; we set our sights on the Greek city of Bovianum,...

As I mentioned in the first post, I didn't make records of each battle, so I'll be skipping around for quite a bit.
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The Greek Cities, before being eliminated by us, the Julii, helped destroy Thrace. The fate of Thrace was mostly due to the Scipii, those mock Romans who nevertheless are able to do away with lesser cultures.

At this moment, Gaul is being systematically reduced by the expanding Scipii, while the Rebel factions have offered an alliance...

See my second entry for more on Tarquinii.
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To blunder twice is not allowed in war - Latin proverb

Having repelled an army of Rebels from the gates of Bovianum, our army marched on to Tarentum. The city, choked by our naval blockade and our formidable military presence, fell quickly. What was left of their army was trampled by our soldiers; no unit was routed and no unit was left.

Having need of growth, we enslaved the population and...

Hastati are light infantry units; means they are on foot with swords or small spears. In this case, they first throw spears and after they exhaust these missiles, they charge.

Triarii are spearmen by excellence. They are especially useful against cavalry, which means that they are often indispensable units to have.

Equites are, as you might suspect, cavalry. My favorite units, since the easily outmaneuver units on foot, and are thus excellent for attacking the enemy...

See here for the intro to this post.

In the beginning of the prologue, you aid the Senate or Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) in a battle repelling the Gauls (as the Roman Julii, one of the three Roman families), after which you must conquer the city of Tarquinii.
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Timidi mater non flet (A coward's mother does not weep) - Latin proverb

Having successfully repelled the Gauls, we moved on to our first conquest: Tarquinii....

Here's the wiki article for the game, for extra info.


Before you can get to what I term the Grand Imperial Campaign*, you must complete the Prologue Campaign. This consists of basically conquering every damn thing on the boot of Italy and a couple of bordering areas and thereby repelling all non-Roman entities from the area.

Since I was a complete newbie, I just finished the campaign without chronicling anything, which is a pity since I wanted to do a series...

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And I'm glad. I'm not spamming, but I decided to make a blog post because I wasn't sure if a thread would be allowed.

Cashcrate

Basically, you join up, fill the info required (name, email, country, address*,etc), and start completing offers, which are mostly free. Some aren't, some are free from CashRate but the offer company charges (example: sometimes they're software offers and you buy the software) and some are paying. You can ignore the non-free ones, of course....

http://theguyinthought.wordpress.com/

Henceforth known as my main blog, check it out and comment; feedback is always appreciated.

Or don't.

Content: The Laws posted here, the Thoughts Of The Nows, and my poetry, plus a thank you letter for Richard Dawkins.

The increase in sexual appeal of another person is directly proportional to the increase of alcohol in the bloodstream.

The quality of taste in females is directly proportional to the quantity and variety of females.

(So, when you have a limited number of females with little variety, you tend to conform)