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While this game is a little hard to understand at first, I think it's one of the best games I've played yet. Basically, it's a cross between Risk and Civilization. You have a home base, and you gain geos to fund your armies to occupy and take over citie
Have you ever wondered which fonts are likely to be available on the web? Did you ever want to compare them side by side to see the differences? Well, this website allows you to do all of this and more. In additon to allowing you to choose a number of different fonts (conveniently grouped by the platform they are available on), this tool lets you test out a number of CSS settings, including alignment, word space, tracking, color, and background. It's also very handy for comparing differences side-by-side, instead of relying on memory.
If you have ancestors from Scotland, you should definitely check out the Scotlands People website at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/.
The website has almost 50 million records and charges reasonable fees for accessing information. In addition, they have the Scottish census for the years 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901. Beyond census records, the site offers birth registers (1855-1905), marriage registers (1855-1930), death registers (1855-1955), parish registers for births and baptisms and marriages and banns (1553-1854), and wills and testaments (1513-1901).
