Then there was time for a quick interpreted chat about what I was doing in India and where I lived, before a sweet was pressed into my hands and holy ash dispensed to me.

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Those with an artistic bent have been making color-isolated photos in Photoshop for years, but a recent crop of quick and easy tools for doing just that has allowed novices (like me) to create some of the same beautiful photos in a fraction of the time.

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But a quick tour through Google will show you the difficulty of doing that process, called "bonding, " at home.

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Most of the quests in FGO can be completed in under 15 minutes (and sometimes less), and the game actually plays better this way: Extended sessions underline the repetitive nature of much of the gameplay, while a quick stint is a nice break from whatever else you were doing.

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No longer a quick sure-shot path to IPO riches, several companies are doing well in the field, just growing a lot more slowly (and more thoughtfully) than Solyndra.

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In doing that, he does have a tendency, like with this comment, to be too quick to reply.

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