Sample from a number of hiking options to explore Colonsay’s beaches, chapels and fine coastal scenery. ![]() Paddle across the tidal strand, joining Colonsay to Oronsay and walk to the remote Celtic monastery. Walk the broad expanses of some of Islay’s beautiful beaches.Ī day on Jura, choosing from a selection of great hikes to remote places.Įnjoy a slow voyage to Colonsay and the Hebridean charm of what feels like a far-flung destination. This ‘Tour & Trek’ will include the following:Ī walk to the American monument commemorating the tragic loss of lives from two shipwrecks, taking in the wild and expansive views of the Mull of Oa.Ī visit to the Celtic chapel at Kildalton with one of the finest ancient stone crosses. Complementing our Grand Tour of the Outer Hebrides, this equally grand yet relaxing tour takes in the principal Inner Hebridean isles of Mull, Islay and Jura as well as the famous little island gems of Staffa and Iona. You can savour the view, enjoy the wildlife, make sand-castles and enjoy tea and cakes right on the beach. At Jura’s wild north end, the beautiful wooded Lussa glen leads to a glorious sandy beach at Inverlussa. Start your journey to the bothy at Upper Toscaig, crossing a footbridge. Tea On The Beach at Inverlussa Bay TEL: 01496 820321 Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week from 3rd May 2021. Colonsay is something in between the two, with an unforgettable paddle across the watery strand to the tidal island of Oronsay. Located on the Applecross peninsula, this seaside bothy has unrivalled views of Skye and its slighter neighbour Raasay. Jura is little populated and is a vast island of wildness with the Correyvreckan whirlpool at its northern end. ![]() It’s known as the whisky isle, and whilst there’s an option to do a distillery tour, our focus is on doing some great walks and understanding its fascinating past of Celtic chapels and as the seat of the Lord of the Isles. Islay is well-populated with lots of beautiful beaches. The Southern Hebrides featured in this tour and trek is a group of 3 main islands that are neighbours and yet so very different from one another.
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My goose has well and truly been cooked indeed, it couldn't get much goosier. ![]() I fret about being stuck with the Q, but eventually manage to make Qua, which is allowable despite its Latinate associations. He makes Veldt on a triple-word score, then gets rid of all his letters again for another 50-point bonus when he makes Laicised, which he tells me means to remove from clerical control. I feel extremely hard done by and start to wonder about the linguistic standards of competitive Scrabble. He says it is a comparative derived from goosy. Goosier is not in the Collins dictionary, but he assures me it is a word and that he has used it in competitions before. ![]() He makes Goosier, netting a 50-point bonus for getting rid of all his letters and scoring 80 just on that turn. I play Cavern for 22 – a nice word, I tell myself – but Kelly then produces the coup de grace. He is now 50 points ahead and, as the board becomes blocked and I accumulate three hard-to-use Is, things are getting difficult. But what on earth do these words mean? Jo is a sweetheart and Da a heavy Burmese knife, he tells me later when he has access to his computerised word lists. Kelly makes Jo, Ax and Boxer with one play for 49 I feebly reply with Net for 18 and then my opponent makes If, Feral, Da and Jape on his next go for 29. The next couple of turns put me in my place. I feel like suggesting we stop now so I can declare myself British champion. He plays Biped for 26 and I reply with Jap – which I am surprised to discover is acceptable – for 28. I am unlikely to present much of a challenge, but I am ahead after one go. He is now the top player in the north of England, and a panjandrum at the Association of British Scrabble Players, which governs the competitive game in the UK. He started playing Scrabble seriously in the mid-90s when he joined his local Scrabble club. Kelly, who is 37 and lives in Warrington where he works in local government, is a lifelong lover of puzzles, and was runner-up on Countdown in 1994. You think is it a coin from such and such a place or a feathered headdress?" It's hard enough to remember the words, he says, let alone the definitions. "You're not really interested in the meaning of words, are you?" I say accusingly. When we eventually play, I have what I consider some aesthetic triumphs – notably when I make rime and tome on the same go – but they score only modestly. Scrabble is a mathematical puzzle, not an exercise in philology or an arcane pursuit for lovers of literature. All that matters is that the word exists and is in whichever dictionary you have agreed will govern the game. But it quickly becomes apparent that knowing the definition is not crucial to top Scrabblers. Because Scrabble players have traditionally used The Chambers Dictionary, which hails from Edinburgh, there are a lot of obscure Scottish words in Scrabble. Qi is the Chinese life force zo is a cross between a yak and a cow and ee is a Scottish variant of eyes. They are crucial in Scrabble – words like qi, zo and ee."Īs it happens, Kelly knows what these words mean. "People struggle at the start to play words parallel to one another because they don't know a lot of two- and three-letter words. "The key thing is to look at each move as a puzzle," he says. ![]() Knowing a lot of words, of course, but he does not reckon that is the most important factor. It is a noun that also serves as a variant spelling of CHI.What is the secret of good Scrabble, I ask him before we start playing. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines Qi as: vital energy that is held to animate the body internally and is of central importance in some Eastern systems of medical treatment (such as acupuncture) and of exercise or self-defense (such as tai chi). And, if you happen to have an S, you can play Qis for 12 points! But, let’s say you want to find some other words that start with Q, but also include I and S? If you opt to play Qi, you’ll net yourself a cool 11 points to start the game off right. Yes! It’s actually the highest scoring word with those letters. So, the question then becomes: is Qi a word you can use in Scrabble? Is Qi a Scrabble Word? But, you’re not a walking dictionary, because, let’s face it: if you were, that’d be kind of horrifying. It looks like there are some options, but being the first player, you want to make a splash. You get the first turn, and your initial letter lineup isn’t looking promising. It’s not your favorite game, but you don’t hate it. Imagine it: you’re sitting down for family game night. ![]() Yellow can also increase the body’s metabolic rate. Yellow can stimulate the intellect and improve attentiveness. Yellow is the most difficult color for the eye to absorb but it is this very fact that makes it a good color for enhanced concentration especially it would appear when used in less overpowering shades. Babies cry more often and tempers are lost more often in rooms painted yellow, more so than any other color. However, studies have shown that yellow can trigger frustration and irritation. Blue is a color often found in nature, such as the pale blue of a daytime sky or the rich dark blue of a deep pool of water. Yellow – many people associate this color with cheerfulness and happy moods and as such has been recommended for people suffering with depression. People have long believed that certain colors can evoke different moods and feelings, and some research has supported the idea that colors can have psychological effects. As green can increase concentration and attentiveness it is sometimes used in schools. When a transparent sheet of green was placed over the reading matter in the study, the results were increased speed and heightened understanding. Research has found that green can enhance a persons reading ability and word comprehension. It is traditionally used as a color in rooms where actors and performers wait before going on-stage – hence ‘green room’. Green is thought to relieve stress and anxiety and lowers the heart rate. Green – ‘green’ with envy and the use of green to describe some-one who is naive or new are two common expressions. As blue stimulates the body to release calming chemicals it is suggested as a color for those with high anxiety levels. In one interesting study, weight-lifters performing in a blue room consistently lifted greater weights than in other colored rooms. Blue has also been shown to promote creativity. So do the colors of light affect pulse? It can lower the pulse rate and the body temperature which may be why we automatically think of blue as a cold color. However, further studies have shown that pink only works this way on our initial perception of it and over time can actually have the opposite effect.īlue – as blue is on the opposite side of the color wheel to red it makes sense that it has the opposite effect. ![]() Pink – pink is a tranquilizing and calm inducing color hence its use previously in police cells and prisons. It is thought that as red can heighten aggression, it is best to avoid when needing to negotiate. Red can be used effectively in advertising as it enhances memory recall and heightens our attention to detail. Red can actually increase our heart rate and therefore increase our body temperature. It is the color to denote danger, love and ironically war. Red – we naturally associate this color with anger as in ‘seeing red’. This would explain the subjectivity of reaction to color and why people respond differently despite some common reactions. Color psychologists claim that it is the combination of fundamental physical perceptions of light and how it is received by the brain (which are universal to all humans regardless of tone or shade of the color in question), along with conditioning, personality type and color combinations that affect our response to color. 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These weapons have more modest stand-off range capabilities, and the GBU-53B could be employed against small boats that lack high-altitude air defense weapons, like those employed by the Iranian Navy. ![]() The Poseidon is hardly toothless in its current configuration, capable of employing Mark 54 torpedoes and Harpoon anti-ship missiles against both ships and submarines.īut the Navy upgrade would dramatically improve anti-ship lethality with the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), which possesses over twice the range of the Harpoon at an estimated 300+ miles, a stealthier radar-cross section, and an advanced multi-mode seeker. The important quality bombers and patrol planes had in common were the range to fly across huge distances on long-endurance missions. ![]() In World War II, Liberator heavy bombers armed with depth charges and rockets played a major role in hunting German U-Boats, while Catalina patrol planes were often employed to bomb land and sea targets. Note: Please make sure to confirm all the segments that you have introduced changes in XTM so the changes can be saved. Please make sure all the comments are addressed properly so that it will be less back and forth between you and QA. If it is a false positive (does not require any changes), please indicate in the cell next to QA’s comment that it is a FP (false positive):įor inconsistencies, adding a note in the row where the inconsistencies are fixed will be very helpful for QA. terminology list has been imported (as an Excel file), it is converted into a dictionary file (.dict). Please also reply next to the comment in ApSIC Xbench to indicate it is fixed: (QA Distiller 6.5.8, Xbench 2.8, ErrorSpy 5.0. ![]() Figure 1 /Americas / Europe / Asia 3 Oct.-2015 f Then Project Properties window will be shown as follows: Figure 2 In File menu, click Add. If it is a true error and requires revision, please revise the translation in XTM and/or final clean MS word file. How to Add Files in XBench Once you have translated or got a file or files translated, open XBench, and click Project to pull down its menu and click New (or Ctrl N) as in Figure 1. In this tab, click add and you will be given all the options of files you can choose from. The only tab we will be working on is Files. Review the Segments That Are Addressed to Linguists and Take Action 1) How to open a file To open a file in Xbench you need to first create a project. Creating monthly sales reports is a demanding task. This way you can zoom into the ones that will require linguistic review. 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Therefore, they will comment on the linguistic ones for linguists to review/revise. To fix a translation issue found in Xbench, just select it in Xbench and press Ctrl+E. Run QA with Xbench by double-clicking on the. ![]() Click the extension icon and wait for the documents to be downloaded. Select the documents to include for the Xbench QA. The QA specialists are able to correct non-linguist errors, but they are not able to correct linguistic issues as they don’t have the linguistic and technical skills to do so. Go to the list of Google Polyglot documents 2. ApSIC Xbench generates a QA report which QA specialists use to support their QA check. ApSIC Xbench is a Quality Assurance tool that helps to identify possible errors in the translation. You are responsible for all orders placed/activity undertaken using your account details. Please notify us immediately if you suspect your account details have been compromised. 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![]() Just in case you’re interested in building my Chonkychu deck, below is the deck list! Chonkychu Deck List But if you’re willing to take the plunge, there’s a ton of fun to be had crafting your own deck and winning on your own terms. You can do just fine by mimicking what they do. With the rate at which the pros are constantly breaking down the game and providing their recommendations for decks, you don’t really need to engage with architecting your own deck from scratch. If they can’t shut down Pikachu early enough, it can become incredibly difficult to stop this runaway mouse going at full force! It’s also one of my favourite decks to play!įurthermore, based on my testing, I’ve won a surprising number of games with it while even taking down some of the more notable decks at the moment. ![]() Nevertheless, I’m proud to have made a deck that has a clear focus and performs well. Odds are, this isn’t even the best possible form of this deck. This is by no means a meta-defining deck. Though it can be a real struggle to get the V-Union on the field, the army of 25 Pikachu spread out across four cards can electrify the battlefield in epic fashion! With the release of Pikachu V-Union, I have made a modified version of the deck to accommodate. After watching their videos, I cribbed a few ideas from them to make my deck even better. While I highly doubt that I’m truly the pioneer of the idea, it was great to know that I was onto something by virtue of them following my “lead”. Coincidentally (?), other major Pokemon TCG content creators started making videos about Pikachu VMAX after I made the deck and streamed it. Simply repeat this process until I shock my opponent into submission!Įarly versions of this deck included Memory Capsules and Boltund V. Then, using balloons and switches, the charged Pikachu is then moved into the active to strike again. On the next turn, Flaaffy attaches the discarded energy to a benched Pikachu. Starting with one in the active space and one on the bench, the active Pikachu unleashes a devastating Volt Tackle. The general concept of the deck is to have a Pikachu VMAX always ready to hit for 270. However, I didn’t have the luxury of possessing four Rayquaza V and four Rayquaza VMAX at the time. It makes perfect sense, as Flaaffy can attach all of the energy dropped by the active Pokemon onto a Rayquaza on the bench. If you have multiple Flaaffy, you get multiple attachments.Īs it stands, most of the conversation revolves around pairing Flaaffy with Rayquaza. Its Dynamotor ability allows it to attach an energy from the discard pile to any Pokemon on the bench. While many are fawning over the inclusion of Rayquaza and the Eeveeloutions, Flaaffy might actually be the most meta-relevant Pokemon of the set. Then the latest set – Evolving Skies – hit the scene. Having to reload after each move made Pikachu V and VMAX a non-starter for me. Both versions of Pikachu can hit for incredibly-high damage at the cost of unloading all of its energy. Over the past few months, I have cobbled together a full play set of Pikachu V cards and a pair of Pikachu VMAX. My earliest decks were stacked with V and VMAX cards and yet I’d still get destroyed because my decks didn’t have a clear game plan to follow.Īfter months of fumbling my way through the process, I may have finally turned a corner. Part of that came from me not having the best cards, but most of my early failures stemmed from not knowing how to truly build a cohesive deck rather than just a collection of cards. Most of my earlier efforts to create a deck were trainwrecks. Nevertheless, the itch to create my own deck grew as I got more comfortable with the game. If it works for the pros who have done all the legwork, it should work for you too, right? Once they get familiar with the game, it’s usually best to simply use resources like Limitless TCG and build copies of decks that have performed well in tournaments. Newcomers are usually guided through the early stages of their careers with pre-made decks from The Pokemon Company. For the most part, you can skip this step entirely. Building a deck from scratch is the most difficult task that any player of the Pokemon Trading Card Game will face. |
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