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Angel Falls

 ”The highest waterfall in the world. Its waters drop unbroken for almost a 1000 metres. Such is the height of these falls that long before the waters reaches the base in the Devil’s Canyon, it’s blown away as a fine mist.” 

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Worst feelings in the world

Failing a test you studied really hard for

Getting replaced in a friendship

Getting ignored 

Having something that you’re looking forward to, get cancelled

Having to fight back tears in front of people

Finding out that the person you like, likes someone else

Goodbyes

Showing your parents something you’re proud of only to get a disinterested reply

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Gaming Logic

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The Raven Boys- Maggie Stiefvater

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Academic Earth and Open Culture offer dozens of courses, text books, ebooks, and ways to educate yourself right at your fingertips!

[Edited: Make sure to read the full terms and agreements, and like most online course sites, do not expect this to act as a replacement for a real-life class unless any specific course you sign up for states it offers transferrable credits. Make sure you know most online-courses will not be recognized as a replacement for any part of any curriculum by credited educational institutions.]

Through Academic Earth, you can take courses in all of the fields below:

Business

Computer Science

Mathematics

Engineering

Science

Humanities

Social Sciences

Art & Design

Test Preparation

Academic Earth offers a variety of Universities, which you can click through below to see which University offers for specific online courses. 

Berklee College of Music

Caltech

Cambridge

Carnegie Mellon

Case Western Reserve

Columbia

Cornell

Dalarna University

Dartmouth College

Examkrackers

George Washington University

Gresham College

Harvard

IIT Delhi

IIT Kanpur

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

Lund University

Michigan

Mises Institute

MIT

New School

Notre Dame

NYU

Oxford

Princeton

Rice

Stanford

The City University of New York

UC Berkeley

UC Irvine

UCLA

University of California San Francisco

University of Chicago

University of Houston

University of London

University of New South Wales

University of North Carolina

University of Western Sydney

Wesleyan University

Yale

Open Culture offers dozens of FREE  [500] online courses, [450] audio books, [500] movies, [40] language lessons, [325] ebooks, and [150] text books for your personal mind expansion!

Online courses from Open Culture include the listed topics below:

Archaeology

Architecture

Art & Art History

Classics & Classical World

Economics

Film

Geography

History

Journalism

Languages

Law

Linguistics

Literature

Music

Philosophy

Political Science, International Relations, and Law

Religion

Sociology

Urban Studies

Aeronautics

Anthropology

Astronomy

Biology/Medicine

Chemistry

Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

Engineering [Mechanical, Civil, and Electrical]

Environment & Natural Resources

Mathematics

Physics

Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

Public Health

Business

Enjoy the over-abundance of free educational resources, and never stop exploring and expanding! And if anyone knows of any other great self-education resources, let me know!

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Paintbrushes, move over. There’s a cooler way to paint in town. Enter water transfer printing, a hydro-coating process that essentially uses liquid images and ink to coat 3-D objects of any material. If only this sorcery could be used for our nails… new venture?

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Who is your favorite character in the Dynasty Warriors series? http://worldcosplay.net/title/12003/ & http://en.curecos.com/title/pictures?title_master_id=126 Liu Bei(Dynasty Warriors 4) by RURIN http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/967480/ Lu Bu(Dynasty Warriors 6) by Lady Squalala http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/777647/ Nu Wa(Dynasty Warriors 3) by Maki Eraclea http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/193409/ Wang Yuanji(Dynasty Warriors 7) by Ha ne http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/1482666/ Diao Chan(Dynasty Warriors 8) by ryouko http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/1043476/ Lu Xun(Dynasty Warriors 8) by kouta http://en.worldcosplay.net/photo/1534041/

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Scarf Link

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friendships don’t matter in mario kart

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#Legend of Zelda #link #.u.

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Guide to Self-Studying Japanese

A large proportion of Japanese learners self-study. Finding places to learn Japanese in a classroom environment can be difficult and expensive. Here’s a guide on how you can learn Japanese for free and from the comfort of your sofa.

When learning Japanese, the most important step is to learn Hiragana and Katakana, the writing alphabets of Japanese.

The best way I’ve found to do that is to make flashcards. Make sure you practice writing as well as recognizing them, this will not only be a great skill to have but will also reinforce the shapes in your mind.

Resources:

[Hiragana 42], the best guide I’ve found to learn the Hiragana (in a day!) [Hiranana and Katakana Quiz Site] [Kana Invaders Game] [Anki] An amazing program that will make sure you never forget any Vocabulary….

The next step is to start learning vocabulary. Where can you find what to learn? Use a site like Memrise to find word lists (for example, there is a word list for all the vocabulary in starter textbooks like Genki), and use the amazing interface to learn them and keep them in your long term memory.

Resources:

[Memrise] as mentioned above to find and learn vocabulary lists. [Most Common Words List] [Anki] An amazing program that will make sure you never forget any Kanji….

While encountering vocabulary, you’re likely to be coming across super-complicated-looking Kanji. You can learn Kanji through Memrise as above, but there are some other websites that may be of interest.

Resources:

[Kanji Damage] A great site where you can learn Kanji through Mnemonics.[WaniKani] by the same people ho make TextFugu (below) can help you learn Kanji from scratch. [Anki] An amazing program that will make sure you never forget any Kanji….

The next step is to apply that new vocabulary to grammar points and start making sentences.

If you can’t get your hands on textbooks like Genki, don’t fear! There are a lot of great online grammar resources.

Resources:

[TextFugu] a highly rated ‘online textbook’ which will guide you right from the beginning of learning Japanese. [Guide to Japanese] another online textbook with a lot of grammar points and excellent explanations.

The Fun Parts: Using Japanese Online Media

So you probably have learnt Japanese because you have some interest in Japanese media. Time to start using it to your learning advantage!

Aside from the obvious watching Anime, J-dramas and films, why not try Reading Japanese News? Watching Japanese TV? Just make sure you are making these activities productive - note down new vocabulary, add them to Anki, and keep learning! It’s much easier to learn things you’re interested in. Try translating Japanese songs, etc.

The most important but difficult part of self-studying Japanese is getting your own compositions checked. Utilize all that grammar and vocabulary and write a short piece, it could be a diary entry or a short essay. Get it recorded for you by a native on RhinoSpike, and checked for grammar and consistencies on Lang-8.These sites also give you the chance to connect with Japanese natives, and perhaps start up some language exchanges!

For more resources, take a look at my Ultimate Resources List

Any more tips? Comment below!

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