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Thats why I made hydreigon uncontrollable. But now I have to go to school. So ill edit it later, in like, 3h.
Thats why I made hydreigon uncontrollable. But now I have to go to school. So ill edit it later, in like, 3h.
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Name: Rose Flores
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Player Type: Pokémon Trainer
Appearance: Rose is a cute girl with long black hair, with a streak of blond going down on one of the sides. She enjoys wearing red clothes, including shoes, shirt, and skirt. While her skirt is simple, the others are not. In other words, her shirt is a T-shirt of obvious color that has a white heart on the center, and her shoes... okay, so the shoes are simple too. However, the laces are white, and there are white socks folded out that are part of the shoe. While her height is average, boys still see her as pretty charming.
Personality: Rose is a kind, caring girl who thinks before she acts, unlike her older brother. She looks up to her brother, who both care for her deeply. Sometimes, he is even overprotective, which annoys her time to time. The sentence that she dreads is I will never allow it!!!, which she has not heard before, but she knows she will because of Kenshin.
Rose is one of those completely girly girls. She is very sensitive about her hair and how she looks, and freaks out when she does not have the right clothes. Also, she is extremely scared of bug-type pokemon. This girl never did understand her brothers obsession of nature, but because of Kenshin always going out for his nature walks, she tries to understand it. She is almost the opposite of her brother, especially since she does not play any instruments, she dances. Still, she enjoys singing, and her brother (Kenshin) made her a few songs for her to sing. Her ideas of her family are like the following. Kenshin is nice. Protective, maybe, but nice. Frankie is also the same as Kenshin, but since he is never around, Rose likes him a little bit less. As for her parents, father likes to give her lectures about safety while she is outside the forest, while her mother tries to keep her father calm, so Rose likes her mother better than her father.
Her reaction to bug pokemon... you don't exactly want to see it. She completely freaks out, and starts to run away, usually ending with her getting too tired to run away, or her pokemon scaring them away.
Sadly, she isn't creative with her pokemon names, so... yeah.
History:Rose, being the daughter of pokemon breeders, lived in a forest most of her life with her parents and brother, for her parents wanted to learn more about pokemon than they could by studying in libraries and such. However, unlike her brother, Rose constantly went out of the forest, because she is tired of being in a forest. Of course, this always worried Kenshin and Frankie, yet also gave them a chance to surprise her with a present. On Roses twelfth birthday, which was after Frankie left on his journey, Kenshin got her a heart-shaped necklace, made of silver. Although the necklace could have been sold for a lot, Kenshin, almost never going out of the forest, did not get her a decent birthday present. It turned out that a merchant who got lost in the forest, who was helped outside by Kenshin traded it to him in exchange for a bunch of the money Kenshin got from helping the people in the forest get out. This caused Roses great respect for her brother.
Since she still loves pokemon despite disliking living in the forest, Rose has fond memories with Wings and Sneasel. Once, while taking a walk with Sneasel, the two got lost, due to Sneasel's bad sense of direction. Of course, it was the bird pokemon's job to find where the two were. Because of this, Rose had always liked Wings slightly more. That, and that birds eat bugs.
One day, when she was coming back from a friends house, Rose found her brother, Kenshin, in bed, with broken bones. Although he tried to hide it, Kenshin could not hide the truth from Rose. When she found out a few days after Kenshin healed that Beedrills were the cause for her brothers wound, she was horrified. Rose already had a fear of bug-type pokemon, but now it made it worse. By then, Rose was the only one without a pokemon, so she asked her parents for one. They agreed, and gave her a pokemon egg, which soon hatched into a female Ralts. Rose named her Raki, as in the beginnings of Ralts and Kirlia, and asked her brother for a battle. Kenshin practiced battling with his pokemon friends, but Rose never tried. So, Kenshin beat her pretty easily.
However, Kenshin knowing what his sister wants left her a flyer for a camp that teaches how to use pokemon efficiently. Although this was similar to the Pokemon School, the camp was rather more suited for beginners. Roses parents agreed to send her to the camp, but they later decided to send her with Kenshin on a journey. However, being the same family as Kenshin, the all-forgetful one, they all forgot to tell him.
When she left, she was almost right away in trouble. A group of pokemon thieves found her, and tried to take Raki... when she was saved by someone near her age, who had white hair but hid his looks with a cloak. Ever since then, she had great respect for the boy, and tried to follow him, although he teleported away, showing that he had something small and teleportable, like a Ralts or Abra.
Since then, she has many times over been saved by the boy, and for a while, she thought he was stalking him, until she tried talking to him. The boy was confused, was even frustrated, thinking that ROSE was stalking HIM. When they got it cleared up that it was a coincidence, the boy STILL refused to take off even his hood, but she did meet Eve the Eevee, who was hiding inside the hood for a while.
Name: Raki
Species: Gardevoir (Female)
Appearance: Not much different
Personality: Very kind and caring... thinks about others more than about herself. However, she is kind of shy, and does not like flirts, whether they are flirting with her or someone else. While the entire team works with eachother, Raki is the obvious leader of the team, not counting Rose herself.
Name: Ember
Species: Charizard (shiny female)
Appearance: well, coloring is black, since she's shiny...
Personality: Surprisingly loyal, she is strangely the opposite of Rose in the case of bug pokemon... somewhat. Ember just likes burning them like heck. She will only listen to Rose's commands, as well as Musica's, but only because Rose told her to do so basically every time the three were getting attacked.
Name: Bunny
Species: Lopunny (female)
Appearance: looks more feminine than the average Lopunny.
Personality: Loyal, but is Raki's least favorite of the group, due to her flirty personality. She flirts a LOT, even with Musica, which always confused Rose, since as far as Rose knows, Musica is a human... Well, Bunny knows better. Other than this, Bunny is the same as the others in likability. Even with her rivalry with the Gardevoir, Bunny is a reliable member of the team, and is a master of the move Attract.
Alright, that looks good. Just watch your grammar in those long paragraphs. For example, "she thought he was stalking him" and her brother "did not get her a decent present".
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Lilith Czernobori
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Player Type: Pokémon Trainer
Appearance: Lilith is average height, around 5'5", and has short, cropped, blonde hair. Her only makeup is heavily kohled eyes with deep purple highlights. She has black crystals inset into her canine teeth. She is often smiling, but rarely due to joy. She smiles to unnerve people, showing off the black insets.
She usually wears a torn white jacket with reflective strips of yellow, blue, or rainbow, depending on her mood. She wears the jacket over what appears to be a plain black T-shirt, but under black light, the Anarchy "A" is visible. She always wears Rave pants, slimmed down to be more efficient for daily wear. Her favorite design matches her Umbreon, with blue rings.
Lilith wears white denim gloves with selective fingers cut off. Her right hand glove has all the fingers cut off, and her left hand glove has only the thumb, the middle finger, and the ring finger cut off. On her left middle finger, she wears a thin gold band.
She has a stylized tattoo of Giratina Origin Forme on her lower back.
Personality/History: Lilith, born Zoe Czernobori, changed her name to Lilith when she was thirteen. She genuinely hates stereotypes and hates being forced to conform. Lilith is confrontational and despises "girly-girls". She is proud that she can own her older brother at Call of Duty, and knows how to win a fistfight. She drives a motorcycle, rather than the nice sky-blue car that her father would have chosen for her. Lilith refuses even to conform to separatist groups, leaving hair its natural blonde color, shunning the Goth and Emo community, who she views as weirdoes. (No offense to them.) Her parents are completely bewildered at how to deal with such a… different child. They have long since given up at trying to get her to change her ways. Personal
strength and superiority is what she values most.
However, Lilith has a slight inferiority complex. She has two older brothers, and one older sister. They have grown up to become surgeons, lawyers, and astrophysicists, in that order. Her parents had great expectations of her, expectations that she was unable to meet. She couldn't reach the bar, so her decision was to ignore the bar completely and go play on the slide, figuratively. She hides her feelings of inferiority under a brash, disrespectful mask.
Even from a young age, when the other girls her age were getting their parents to buy them Lillipups and Budew, she caught a Spinarak in a jar. Her Eevee was evolved into an Umbreon. She bought an Old Keystone from the museum. Or at least, her parents bought it to placate her. The sad solution to everything for rich people. Throw money at it, and maybe that'll fix it. Her parents couldn't fix her, so they gave up, letting Lilith become whoever she wanted to be. She'll never admit it, but she is thankful towards her parents for that, and loves them.
When she heard Gin's story, her reaction was, of course, "You want me to kick a God's a**...? Hell yes!"
Name: Hollow
Gender: Male
Species: Umbreon
Appearance: Hollow is shiny, and her rings are a bright blue.
Personality: Hollow loves to party. Life is short! Enjoy every minute of it. He is always active and energized, ready for whatever's to come. A bit of a glutton, Hollow will devour anything, as long as it isn't green and leafy.
Name: Kumo
Gender: Female
Species: Ariados
Appearance: Normal
Personality: Kumo takes life at her own pace. Nothing can rush her through anything. She can be completely still for hours on end, without a single movement. Despite this, when she feels the need, she can move lightning quick. She prefers to laze on a web in the shade, and will only take action when she feels it necessary.
Name: Centuit
Gender: Unknown
Species: Spiritomb
Appearance: Normal
Personality: Centuit, a shortened form of cent-huit, French for 108, was made from the souls of one hundred and eight people from the Parisian Catacombs. They are all souls of the French Resistance that used the tunnel system during World War II. As such, they can (only) speak French, and despise dictators.
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Hmm... I'll wait for a few more people. I think it'll start sometime this week, or maybe the weekend. I might start it early for the already accepted people, since the beginning will probably just you guys getting to the Entralink.
I also need to get a Discussion Thread up. A lot of this RP kinda hinges on that. Can Psychic give permission for that? If so, I'd better compose a PM... for when the main thread is up of course.
I'll probably start it really soon. I'm way too impatient to wait for too long. I just want some more reserves filled out.
Last edited by Niihyl; 10th May 2011 at 3:48 AM.
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lxdarknessxl, asking when an RP is going to start is against the rules rules, especially if it's just SPAMing up a thread like here. Plus it comes off as impatient and somewhat rude. Please don't do it again. And seriously, the thread's been up for 24 hours, have some patience. :/
Niihyl, you can request a Discussion Thread over PM no prob, just make sure you clearly explain why you want one.
Anyhow, here's my SU. This character's been floating around my head for awhile, so I'd love to finally be able to use her. :>
Player Type: Wild Pokémon
Name: Ironbeak Swiftclaw, once known as the Shearer of the Skies
Species: Skarmory
Age: 60, just past the prime of a Skarmory life span
Gender: Female
Appearance: Ironbeaks metal coat is anything but shiny and smooth. Its dirty and bent out of shape from a lifetime of fierce battles, but even in her old age it seems to hold a dull, unnatural glint to it. Her one great scar, however, is a stark white claw mark running down her flank, seared there by the white-how claws of a Fire Pokémon long ago.
Personality: Cruel, sharp and sly are the best words to describe this fearsome bird. She will do whatever it takes to survive and get her way, no matter what it means for anyone else. Cunning and intelligent, Ironbeak is independent and fierce, with a persuasive and conniving tongue. She is not against devising schemes that betray her allies so long as there is a chance of her gaining something. She does not care about others in the least; she is only out for personal gain and is not afraid to do whatever need be to get what she wants. Ironbeak has little respect for anyone other than herself, but if she finds one who is stronger than she, she will do whatever she can to get on their good side and side with them if there is a chance of getting something back in return. Caring only about achieving her own personal goals, she always wants to be on the winning team, and if its clear she might lose, shell quickly withdraw. While being a somewhat petty bird, however, she will not back down from a fight.
Although she will not admit it, Ironbeak is also nostalgic and does miss the good old days back when she had a handful of minions who always did her bidding.
History: A long time ago, Ironbeak managed to make quite the name for herself. Incredibly intelligent and persuasive, she convinced a couple dozen other bird Pokémon to join her in a quest for greatness as she had called it, but in truth had been more of a quest for power. The Skarmorys intention was to build a great flock, an army of followers and gain control of the skies. Thinking that Ironbeak would lead them to victory and bring them wealth, many followed her and did her bidding. Soon enough she had amassed a huge flock, a threat to any passing Pokémon. Her followers were rewarded with the riches they had reaped from the innocent. They were feared and hated. Their ranks continued swelling as eager, greedy birds heard of the shearer of the skies and wanted a piece of the rewards. She was known as Ironbeak Swiftclaw because it was with a strong beak and swift claws that she brought victory to her minions.
However, just as she gained followers she also gained an opposition of those who refused to succumb to her might. An army that easily rivalled her own was formed by Fire Pokémon and the Flying Pokémon who refused to join her. They stood their ground and a great battle between the two sides ensued, raging for many weeks. The battle ended when the leader of the opposing army, a Charizard of great strength, duelled with Ironbeak high in the air. He landed the winning blow by breathing fire onto his claws and digging them into the Skarmorys metal hide, badly wounding her and forcing her to admit defeat.
Her army was scattered and Ironbeak herself was given two options: never attempt anything like this ever again and refrain from contact with other Pokémon, or die. Needless to say she took the former, and so was forced into exile.
Since then, she has kept her word, though it bores her terribly. She came to pass the time by observing humans, who had no part in her war and from whom she was not banned from being near. She eventually came to understand their language and even speak it in her raspy, clanking voice, sometimes using it to play nasty jokes on unwary travellers. Her nest is far from any other, and will never hear the chirping of chicks. She lives by herself for herself, and has been doing so for a long, long time, often reminiscing about her time as the powerful, feared Skarmory overlord.
Other: Also in her boredom and frustration for the past, Ironbeak attempted to train herself to have a higher tolerance for fire attacks. She wasnt entirely successful (local Fire types just dont seem to cooperate), but she can tolerate more than the average Steel Pokémon.
On another note, I hope we have enough starter evolutions, Eeveelutions and Gardevoir evolutions. Sheesh. :P
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Wow, nice sign-up. I always liked Skarmory.
Ha,the character reminds me of a Dragon. The minions, the nest, the cunning. Old vengeance...
And yeah, Eeveelutions are pretty popular. So are Gallade and Gardevoir. Sigh... better brush off my French skills for Spiritomb...
Last edited by Niihyl; 10th May 2011 at 4:51 AM.
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Yeah, well, I decided to to replace my Feraligatr and Gardevoir with Gastrodon and Flygon. Just so there is a little more diversity to this thing.
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Hooray for variety. Gastrodon. I love that little slug. Is it the pink kind or the blue kind? I love his personality though.
Okay, seven accepted players and counting. I want at least ten or so, but if that's unlikely, seven is alright. I want an odd number... (hehe...)
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I should probably specify that, shouldn't I? It's a blue one. I'll go and edit my post again to include that.
Last edited by Guywhoiam; 10th May 2011 at 5:36 AM.
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May I please reserve a spot as a trainer? Thank you! Oh and will you count Phione as a small legendary?
If December 21 is the end of the world, it has been an honor RPing with y'all!
Alright, you have a reservation. (Sigh, more rangers would be nice, but okay).
And yes, Phione is a small legendary. You need a good description of how you got it.
My description of legendary is just that, legendary. Not always by power, but by rarity or supposed mythical-ness.
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I edited my post.
<<< Yea I kick butt. Care to battle me? JOIN FIRST.
Credits to Nakashima.
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Alright, it's a little better. I'll accept you now, just be sure to do your absolute best.
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And done, I hope you like him.
Name: Tensei Hikarizuisho
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Player Type: Pokémon Trainer
Appearance: Tensei stands at a medium-tall height. His build is slender and slightly athletic. His limbs are rather scrawny, but not to the point that people would mistake him for malnourished if they saw him. His torso has a tiny bit more definition. Most would equate his build to that of most J-rock or J-pop stars. He has a moderate tan with no visible blemishes. Tenseis pin-straight hair is a glowing ash-blonde and falls to just above his shoulders. His face is moderately long, yet a little rounded with high cheekbones and smooth cheeks. His eyebrows are fairly thin when compared to his peers. The expression that is usually adorning his face is shy in nature. His shimmering celadon eyes bear a look of serene gentility; that is if they are not obscured by the lenses of his goggles.
Tenseis current outfit is a white v-neck with a navy sailor collar. The shirt itself has an elbow length sleeve on its right side, but lacks a left sleeve. His left hand is covered by a white, fingerless glove with a golden wrist. Further up on the arm, over the middle of his bicep, is a blue arm band with a single white racing stripe running across the center. On his right wrist is a white cord bracelet with a gold, crescent shaped charm. He wears a pair of navy blue cargo shorts and matching air skates. Wrapped around his head is a bright scarlet headband with a Celtic knot-work pattern that resembles an upturned crescent moon. Over his eyes is a pair of scarlet goggles with silvery, mirrored lenses.
Personality: Tensei is innocent like a child and occasionally gullible. He cares about all life, and will often put someone elses safety before his. His most obvious quality is his purity of heart; he is always kind and caring. He tends to be calm with a very level head. Tensei is fairly curious and willing to try new things at least once. It is this curiosity that often gets him into sticky situations; luckily he usually has his friends there to bail him out.
Tenseis general demeanor, once he feels comfortable with a group, is fairly kind and outgoing. He still remains quiet and serious, but he is much more outgoing and willing to put his two cents in. The two constant traits he has is his ease of scaring and startling; especially by thugs, gang members and thunder. His typical reaction when presented with any of these is to duck behind one of his tougher-looking friends for protection or in the case of the latter- duck under the covers. Even though he is easily frightened, ghost stories and haunted houses dont really scare him that much due to their predictability -and the horror movies he and his mom would watch every Friday night. They may, however, get a scream of surprise -especially if the source is behind him- and an occasional jump behind his closest -physically speaking- friend for cover.
Tensei is generally sweet and gentle around others; often to a fault. Overall he is very weak emotionally; it takes very little for him to burs into tears. In contrast, however, he is actually quite intelligent when compared to most of his peers. Despite his intelligence he is not pompous or aloof, but rather humble and down-to-earth. He tends to be very formal and well mannered. Tensei has one major vice: sweets. His favorite happens to be chocolate. One thing Tensei hates to do is make waves; he would even say something that completely goes against his personality just so that everyone else will get along. Another of Tenseis quirks is that he has been starting to help the police under the alias Trainer V and tends to refer to himself as the hero of love and beauty.
History: Tensei was born on Five Island of the Sevii Islands as the son of a semi-prominent paleontologist. Most of his early childhood was fairly average with him receiving his Igglybuff, Chatta, at the age of seven. When he turned eight his fathers work forced the family to pack everything up and move to the Orre region. It was then that Tensei learned about Shadow pokemon as well as his abilities as a seer. He was initially surprised at his powers, but soon found out that his mother and her father both had similar abilities as well. Unfortunately for him most citizens were prejudiced against those whom had the ability to see a pokemons aura and shunned the boy at first.
After seeing the lawlessness and injustice of the area he decided to use his abilities to help the police. One assignment he received had him investigate claims that a coliseum deep in the under was handing out incredibly rare shadow pokemon. He was to win the next tournament and, if the rumors were true to any degree, help his prize to open its heart. With the help of Chatta, as well as Gol, his Goldeen, and his Gyardos, Hunni, he fought his way through the coliseums trainers and eventually emerged victorious. After his victory he met with the head of the coliseum and was given his prize in the form of a shadow Phione. Since then he has been on several other assignments. One of his most recent was to investigate suspicious activity in the vicinity of Realgam Tower. It was on this mission that he encountered an old man, who he would later learn was known as Gin, who told him the tale of Arceus in a rather odd fashion. He then gave Tensei a slip of paper with a note telling him of a meeting on Extralink Island in the Unova region. With that he reported back stating that it was simply a rumor, but he found a possible new case and would be investigating further. With that he, with Chatta, Phione, and Venus by his side, set out for Extralink Island. Now he finds himself in a Sinnoh village almost half of a century in the past surrounded by strangers with a common goal: retrieve the Azure Flute and stop Arceus from destroying the world.
Special: Tensei has the ability to see a pokemons aura; he also is capable conjuring barriers to defend others. Some compare his barriers to using Reflect and Light Screen at once, but he says that his barriers are much weaker than either of the moves. In addition he has another weakness; if a barrier of his gets destroyed it causes him a great deal of agony, enough to debilitate him for a short while. It should also be noted that he has a great deal of skill with ballet, gymnastics, and Muay Thai; however he has a great deal to go before he could be considered a master of the latter of the three.
Name: Chatta
Species: igglybuff
Appearance: Chatta has very little that differentiates herself from an ordinary igglybuff. The only difference is the spiral pattern on her forehead, it looks more like a diamond than a circle.
Personality: One word that could accurately explain Chatta is talkative; however one word alone wouldnt work for a personality section. Chatta is a bubbly, effervescent girl who could spend days talking until all those around her go completely mad. This is not to say she doesnt know how or when to be silent; she actually has been known to be quiet if the situation requires it. Chatta doesnt hate Phione, rather she pities him and tries to do what she can to help him reopen his heart.
Special: Chatta has trained herself to effectively speak with humans; however it has cost her the capability to evolve. Due to her father being a Pikachu she knows the move thunder punch.
Species: Phione
Appearance: Phione looks like a typical Phione with barely any deviations from the norm. There is one, major deviation, however, while most phione have circular markings above their eyes, his seem to be shaped more like five-pointed-stars. In addition the gem on his chest is a bright pink rather than the typical red.
Personality: To be blunt Phione is cold, calculating, and incredibly stoic. Despite this he is also known to be fiercely loyal to Tensei, and will only disobey orders if he perceives an alternative to be much more efficient. In addition to this he is quite aloof and arrogant towards others to the point that the only one he shows any sign of respect to is Tensei, whom he still regards as an idiot, space cadet, or dreamer most of the time.
Special: Though his heart is close to opening, Phione is still a shadow pokemon and knows the shadow moves Shadow Storm and Shadow Rush.
Name: Venus
Species: Beautifly
Appearance: Venus has the appearance of a typical Beautifly with the sole difference of her wings being larger than average.
Personality: Venus is a calm and elegant pokemon with a warm and cheerful disposition. Most who meet her regard her as a team mom of sorts due to her caring and nurturing personality. She tends to take Phiones harsh criticisms in stride because she knows he is only acting like that because of the horrors he was forced to endure which closed off his heart.
Special: None
If December 21 is the end of the world, it has been an honor RPing with y'all!
looks like a nice Rp, i would like a reservation for a Pokemon Ranger. i might have time to work on it today, but the latest it will be up is friday. Sorry, i am trying to focus more on my school work.
Current Fan fiction projects:
The Heart of the Hunters a monster hunter fan fiction with with other ideas thrown in here and there.
Future Projects:
A MLP fan fiction in the works
A God Eater Burst fan fiction still in planning
Ok, you said rangers could have a little legendary like Shaymin or Manaphy..... I hope I have a good enough app to be allowed my Manaphy. I WUV MANAPHY.
Name: Alisa Ashmina Jamieson
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Player Type: Pokemon Ranger
Appearance: Alisa is a slim, slight girl, standing at a mere 5'2. Her complexion is a pale, standing at borderline white. She has a couple of freckles, mainly the dusting around her nose. She has a scar reching from a centimetre from her eyebrow, to the left, and reaching down to near her chin.
Her hair is a dark blue, almost black, and reaches down to her waist in a wave of curls. More often than not she ties it up in a high ponytail, with a red ribbon for an added touch.
Her outfit is simple and the complete opposite of garish and tacky. It consists of a simple white t-shirt, with short sleeves. Over that she wears a simple red jacket, with a yellow collar.
Around her waist is a simple black belt, with a silver buckle. The belt alos has some small pockets, similiar to a tool belt.
On her legs she wears a pair of black pants, which reach down to her ankles. Down the outer sides is a white line.
On her feet she wears simple white sneakers, with some blue as well.
Personality: Alisa is a young lady oftenly descirbed as "two-sided"
Her first side is her major one, and is one of happiness and cheer. On this side she is sweet and caring, and will always help a comrade, friend or Pokemon. She fights for what she thinks is right, and is a careful planner, using her knowledge to gain an upper hand in many situations. She is, however, loud and cheerful, often trying to see the best in any situation, and making ehr friends see the same happy side.
Her second side is that of grumpiness and anger. On this side she is silent, the opposite of her loud and boisterious cheer. She simply sits on the sidelines and grumbles to herself, and will often yell at a fellow for approaching her. She is sensitive and just a little bit dim, her anger, grumpiness or sadness clouding the smart part of her mind. She is slightly unco-ordinated, and will often yell if she knocks soemthing other. There's so such thing as "careful, cautious" in this sides vocabulary.
Luckily for most, she is usually on side one.
History: Alisa was born in the seaside town of Undella Town, living in a rented villa. Her parents, almost broke, had bought the house mere days before she was born. After she was born, the life of her parents became much better, especially after they won a prize for a lot of money. Alisa was pampered, and her parents proclaimed her a good luck charm, and wanted to keep her sae, lest their good fortune run out. At school, she wasn't allowed to run, had to always walk, and was never allowed to participate in spoting events. Not even a dancing class or two. She was to be kept safe at all times.
After years of this pampered, sheltered life Alisa ran from home, and caught a ferry from Castelia Town to another region. One of the few known as "Ranger Regions".
Once their, she applied to be a Ranger, and was accepted. After that, she experienced the world to the fullest, saving Pokemon and stopping bad guys.
A few years into her new Ranger lifestyle she was given a mission of protecting a small water tyep colony. After arriving, she discovered the cause of the water colonies need for protection.
An egg was being kept safe.
She convinced locals not to harm them, and also convinced the small colony that the egg would be in good hands with her. After taking the egg from it's make-shift nest, it hatched, revealing, to Alisa's great surprise, a Manaphy.
Being the first thing the Manaphy saw, it assumed that Alisa was it's mother, and refused to leave her side. Which meant it was forced to stay on land. This made the poor Manaphy sick, and Alisa took it back to the ocean, convincing it that it would be fine without her.
A mere week later Manaphy was back, and healthy as could be. After some heavy consideration, Alisa accepted Manaphy as a partner Pokemon, for it would never leave her side. And a loyal Pokemon is a trusted friend.
After a journey to Sinnoh on another mission, Alisa was advanced by Gin, who told her to go to the Entralink. Making the excuse that she was visiting her parents, she went back to Unova, and visited the Entralink, where she and Skye, as she had come to call Manaphy, were sent back half a century with a simple mission. Retrieve the Azure Flute.
Name: Skye
Species: Manaphy
Appearance: Skye's jewel on her chest is purple rather than red, and what is yellow on a Manaphy is instead red. Her eyes are also green.
Personality: Skye is a relatively shy Pokemon. Most of the time, she is content to hide behind Alisa's leg, whimpering. In battles or other situations, however, Skye gains the courage to leap out and fight/defend as best she can. If you get to know her, she is a cheerful and happy companion, and she tries her best in everything. Except maybe meeting new people. Like I said, Skye is shy.
Special: Skye can speak some broken English, like Manaphy is movie 9.
Hope this is good enough! ^^
Oh, and just a note, I refer to Skye as a girl. Because calling Pokemon an "it" is wrong.
@Manaphy Mare & Aslynn (I can't type hearts)
Heh, Phione and Manaphy. At least they're not both the same... Oh well, Accepted, both of you.
Welcome aboard. Reserve noted.
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cool, and one thing, can my pokemon partner have a musical instrument?
Current Fan fiction projects:
The Heart of the Hunters a monster hunter fan fiction with with other ideas thrown in here and there.
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A MLP fan fiction in the works
A God Eater Burst fan fiction still in planning
Sure, that's fine. Ukelele Pichu style?
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Well, seeing as how Musica has a guitar, it's only fair...
Electric+Ukelele= electric music notes
Psychic+Guitar= ???
LOL!!! I looked over your pokemon, and your "Hollow" is very similar to "Gluttony", one of the characters in my fanfic!!! they're even both Umbreon! XD
also, as for Centruit, does France even exist in the Pokemon world? cuz if so, Musica's Korean. ASIAN PRIDE.
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Meh, we can bend canon a little bit. I mean, Unova is based on like, New York City, and Kanto/Johto/Sinnoh are based on places in Japan, so... there could be a france-like region.
Korean? I'm Korean too actually... Okay, we have 9 (or 11, including people who've doubled up) players right now. I figure the RPG is going to start later this week.
People who haven't signed up yet can still sign-up late. I'll figure out a way to fit you in. Or just retcon it and say you've been there from the start.
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Even at the inaugural meeting of the newly created University of Virginia Staff Senate, the 80 members rolled up their sleeves and broke into work groups before celebrating the launch of the organization with a sparkling cider toast and buffet luncheon.
"Getting stuff done. That's what we do. We're U.Va. staff," said Eric Newsome, webmaster and outreach coordinator in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, who is one of eight Staff Senate officers. The group, which comprises the three Employee Communication Councils representing the Academic Division, held its first meeting Thursday. It got some work done and listened to remarks from U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan.
Meeting in the Harrison-Small Auditorium, representatives from the employee councils reviewed the main reasons for merging their three groups, received a copy of the bylaws and met the nine officers who will lead them in the transition year. They also watched a recent Human Resources video that highlights working at U.Va.
Previously, employee councils were organized based on vice presidential units – under the executive vice president and provost, the executive vice president and chief operating officer and the Health System's academic and research areas. A fourth council, at the Medical Center, will continue separately. The provost's and medical and nursing councils represented about 1,200 employees each, and the COO council represented more than 2,700 employees.
In the new organization, one member and an alternate will be elected to represent up to 200 employees. A school or business unit with 400 employees, for example, would have two members.
During a transition period, current employee council representatives will serve in the Staff Senate. Elections are expected to be held in June, when the membership will shift from approximately 83 representatives with alternates to 78 representatives with alternates.
With the three separate councils, "the staff didn't have a cogent, inclusive voice like the Faculty Senate," Newsome said. A consolidation committee looked at best practices, structure, bylaws and feedback of employee councils at more than 50 peer institutions, plus those of the U.Va. Faculty Senate and the councils.
All three employee councils voted to merge into one group. In addition to strengthening a "representative and deliberative voice for staff in matters relating to the University," as its mission states, the unified group will allow for streamlining procedures and reducing time spent in meetings, freeing up time for more effective activities. Staff Senate information will be consolidated on one website in the near future.
Some recent accomplishments of the employee councils include reviewing educational benefits practices; exploring the idea of employee mentoring programs; scheduling a self-defense class and safety awareness for employees; increasing staff representation on University Committees and task forces; and holding a successful drive to benefit the Blue Ridge Food Bank.
In small groups, the Staff Senate members brainstormed goals to work on in the coming year and then shared their ideas. They ranged from making a list of what University Committees staff should be represented on, to improving the Reward and Recognition program, to building an interactive section into the new website where employees can post comments or questions and receive a prompt response.
Sullivan applauded the decision to form one unified organization, saying it should have greater impact at a time when shared governance is more important than ever as the University implements the strategic Cornerstone Plan. Organizational excellence, one of the plan's initiatives, includes enhancing the stewardship of U.Va.'s resources, she pointed out.
"Our most important resource is people," Sullivan told the group. "We want to build a culture of continuous improvement. You'll benefit from sharing your perspectives and working together.
"We talk a lot about the student experience related to faculty, but staff are also essential to that experience," she said. "You are the face of U.Va. I see the value of your work every day. Thank you."
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How Carpets Can Save a Community
How can carpet save a community? Lindsey Ritchie can tell you how.
In Cambodia, financially disadvantage mothers' children are at risk of being pulled into child labor or human trafficking. Lindsey, CEO of Carpets for Communities, manages a social enterprise that found a way to empower these women by means of carpet weaving.
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The old adage says, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Likewise, the women in Cambodia are taught the skill of carpet weaving, so their families can become financially stable and the children can return to school. In Ritchie's words, "I strongly believe that education is the key to ensuring significant and sustainable change in developing communities."
The company, based in Australia, uses a two-stage approach. First, the women are trained to make handmade carpets from t-shirts and recycled hessian bags. This then produces enough income, so mothers can start a maintainable micro-business. Meanwhile, Carpets for Communities provides the proper training and guidance to encourage a smooth transition.
Almost immediately, within 48 hours, children return to school after the women enter the program. Ritchie says this is done in order to "ensure immediate intervention, and to avoid creating dependency." The intent is to empower the women, so they can in the end independently provide for their family, to permanently end the cycle of poverty for them and their children.
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In the morning, visit the impressive medieval castle of Suze la Rousse from the XIIth century which today houses the internationally recognized University of Wine.
Then, take a picturesque road through lavender fields & make several stops for nice photos! Meet a lavender producer and learn how to cultivate and harvest this aromatic plant which enters in so many perfumes, soaps and beauty care products.
At lunch, savour a typical Provence meal in La Garde Adhemar listed as one of the most beautiful village in France. Lunch not included.
In the afternoon, enjoy a stunning view of the majestic Château de Grignan Renaissance style surrounded by lavender fields. Stroll through this enchanting village famous for the Marquise de Sauvigné letters who described the Versailles life under Louis XIV's reign.
Complete this journey at a small family winery; learn about vine-growing and the wine-making process before tasting several Cotes du Rhone wines in a friendly atmosphere.
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Thomas Friedman, author of the famous book "The world is flat" once said ""It (The internet) created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world." He is right. The internet has created a global platform that somehow makes the playing field in terms of income opportunities between people living in rich countries and poor countries. The world is indeed flat and making cash online has never been easier.
While blogging may not be all about money, it cannot be denied that one could make a real living out of blogging. Almost all bloggers who are monetizing their sites have a list of "recommended money makers." So I am writing here about my recommended money makers. Take note that this is not an experimental thing. I am making real cash online through these ad networks. Click on the links below to sign up for free.
But before you sign up, it is best that you have a Paypal. Paypal is the "defacto" payment processor for e-commerce transactions. Most ad networks give you the option to send money to your Paypal account. This makes transferring the money to you much faster. To sign up for Paypal click here.
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1.) Payu2blog – They pay you to include their keyword in any of your post. No need for a high conversion rate optimization ! What I love about them is that almost all assignments have a minimum of only 60 words and each post is about $5.00 each. You do not have to compete for assignments and you are given an average of 3 to 4 assignments a week.
2.) Google Adsense – Probably the most famous ad network among bloggers. Everytime people click the google ads in your site, you get paid. It's that simple. You can see them all over my blog.
3.) Project Wonderful – A truly wonderful ad network where advertisers bid on an ad placement. You can see them in my right side bar. No clicks are necessary. You get paid every time an ad is displayed on your site.
4.) Kontera – If you see a double underline word in my blog that's an ad from Kontera. They also operate on a pay per click basis.
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Thanks for checking out Suso's Fork! Suso was my mischievous pet monkey when I was growing up in Miami Florida, and now he's my mascot. He survived to a merry old age because I believe he knew the secret to happiness: curiosity, a sense of humor, and a healthy appetite for life's tasty pleasures.
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Danny Tomb of 4ARM
by Cameron Edney
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4ARM's Danny Tomb Talks about the new album, touring and much more.
Australian thrash metallers 4ARM have certainly done the hard yards to get to the point they're at today! Based in Melbourne the band formed almost seven years ago and built up a strong following on Australia's East Coast. During the past couple of years news and interest in 4ARM spread to all Australian states and people overseas started to sit up and take notice of this new breed of Australian Thrash Metal that had no intentions of sitting quietly in the background. Since forming 4ARM have released three studio albums and have had the pleasure of touring with some of heavy metal's finest artists including Testament and Destruction.
The band who are shaping up to have a very busy year recently announced that they were signing to Rising Records for overseas distribution of their killer new album and are currently putting touring plans together for fans both in Australia and abroad. 4ARM's new album 'Submission for Liberty' is the bands finest and heaviest work to date filled with blistering guitar riffs smashing drums and the amazing vocal abilities of front-man Danny Tomb. The new album was mixed by Matt Hyde and mastered by Ted Jensen who has done amazing work with heavy metal greats such as Slipknot, Machine head and Metallica. The bands amazing new artwork was designed by Brent Elliott White who has done some fantastic work with both Megadeth and Arch Enemy, so it seems that 4ARM are in very good company and on their way to bigger and better things!
I recently caught up with 4ARM's vocalist and rhythm guitarist Danny Tomb to discuss the band's new album, life on the road, future plans and much more! Here's what Danny had to say…
Hardrock Haven: Hey Danny, thanks for putting some time aside to speak with us today, how's everything going?
Danny Tomb: Hey Cameron; absolute pleasure, mate! Things are going well, I'm doing great. The boys and I are excited about the future at the moment!
Hardrock Haven: Great to hear man, let's talk firstly about the new album Submission for Liberty; it's set to be released this month and its unreal! You guys must be really happy with the outcome!
Danny Tomb: We are very pleased with this album. A lot of hard work went into these songs and creating an album we could be very proud and confident in. Mick and I spent nearly every day together for the better part of twelve months, bouncing ideas back and forth… if we both smiled then it was kept and we'd move on to the next section. One smile and one frown meant more work. We work very well together and have a kind of connection where we know exactly what each other is thinking and going to say, so much so that sometimes it can be a bit scary [laughs]!
Hardrock Haven: I remember back in August last year news of this album grabbed my attention, what do you hope metal fans will get out of the new album once listening to it?
Danny Tomb: I hope they get a sore neck! I hope they feel it the way we feel it. That they get inside our heads a little. I know they'll relate but I hope it allows people to dare to think for themselves. Most of all I hope that it encourages us all to unite as a people, one big Metal family to tear down those who place themselves above others!
Hardrock Haven: This is album number three for 4ARM, how does 'Submission for Liberty' differ from previous releases?
Danny Tomb: Submission is a very direct album, down-right relentless and very aggressive. We achieved what we set out to achieve as far as writing is concerned. We've grown so much over the years and learned a lot about how to crescendo music… how to drive things and push things, what works and doesn't work. There is an art to writing music -it's almost a science, it takes a while till you get it right…
Hardrock Haven: Let's talk a little about the songwriting; some of the tracks on the new album include 'Raise a Fist', 'Taken Down' and 'The Warning'… where did you draw inspiration from when it came time to write?
Danny Tomb: 'Taken Down' was written about that sick piece of shit that threw his daughter off the Westgate Bridge in Melbourne a few years ago, I won't mention his name only because it shouldn't even be remembered, he then tried to plead insanity for his crime, but it was found that he did it because of a custody battle with his ex wife, his other two children were in the car watching him while he did this, when he returned his eldest son said "Dad you have to go back and get her…. She can't swim". I looked at what was around me and how sickened I was, and am by the shit we are fed by our governments and media -the "correct" way to live our lives, the things we can and can't say or do, the cost of trying to live the way they say is the ideal way and everything in between. It's ridiculous and absolutely pathetic. We really are as free as they will allow us to be… we can't think for ourselves, even though people will tell you they can. Most people will babble shit that they have been fed or heard, or whatever is the mainstream thing at the time. Meanwhile the fat prick in the suit or in our case the bitch who has the personality of a stone sits back smiling at what they have achieved on our backs and how much they get you to spend, how much more you will work only to pay more tax and how 99% of us will waste away doing shit we hate to make somebody else rich just so we can try and keep a roof over heads -which is something that a lot of young families are having A LOT of trouble doing. All this to one day die of some shit disease that they themselves have antagonized with the results of mass produced foods and all the rest of it… There's plenty of inspiration right in our living rooms…Or as soon as we open our doors.
Hardrock Haven: Danny congratulations are in order also having recently signed to Rising Records for the overseas releases. That's fantastic news mate, what's this mean now for 4ARM… one step closer to taking over the world?
Danny Tomb: Thanks mate! We're very pleased about the signing. It certainly feels good to have a label understand or 'get' what it is you're trying to do. To have someone else believe in you and what you do is a very satisfying feeling. Though it also means that we've jumped out of a river of unsigned bands, into an ocean of signed bands! It means a hell of a lot of hard work, dedication and a 'never take no for an answer' attitude… Anything is possible isn't it? [Laughs] We're not afraid of hard work mate; anyone that knows us well will tell you that!
Hardrock Haven: Over the past twelve months or so the band name has been circulated quite a lot but you're certainly no new band on the scene, having started almost seven years ago, in your opinion how has the Australian metal scene changed since the band first formed?
Danny Tomb: To be honest mate I think if anything it has gotten a little stronger. I think mainly due to just more people doing things out there and really trying to do things for the scene. We're not the most populated nation in the world so you would assume naturally that the scene would struggle a little but over the past few years people are becoming passionate about metal again and that's just awesome! And the amount of bands out there at the moment is phenomenal …that adds to the scene in a big way.
Hardrock Haven: Tell us about the band name, where did that come from and what other names were you considering?
Danny Tomb: [Laughs] Actually the name really started out as a tongue-in-cheek kinda thing that ended up sticking really. When we first got together we always played everything so much faster than any of our recordings and without realizing it, our forearms would be so built up with lactic acid that we could barley move em by the end of a set. I remember it was thrown around 'we should call the band Forearm Dismobilizer.' We could never really work out what we wanted the band name to be, we just knew we wanted to play. Eventually 4ARM stuck but only after we found that it actually means to 'be prepared for war' …to for-arm yourself before battle…
Hardrock Haven: You put on a fantastic performance, for those metal fans that haven't had a chance to see you live yet, how would you best describe the band live?
Danny Tomb: Our music is very energetic, aggressive and fast paced. Our live performance really is the visual aspect of that. We basically feed off the music and let out what it makes us feel… we are all about impact and energy, we thrive on what we do and nothing will stand in our way while we are up there doing what we do, you're either with us or against us!
Hardrock Haven: With the new album hitting shelves in a few weeks, do you have any new dates locked in that you can share with us?
Danny Tomb: Dates are being locked in as we speak but I can't give any out just yet. I can tell you we are doing our very best to get to as many places as we can!
Hardrock Haven: Having been around for so many years now, whilst touring who's given you the best advice and what was it?
Danny Tomb: To be honest, we've never really been given any sound advice, aside from "never give up, keep pushing and work hard" etc. But pretty much everything up to this point has been trial and error for us…
Hardrock Haven: Mate we've hit the part of the interview where our readers find out more about the real you… what was the first concert you attended and how much of an impact did that have on you musically?
Danny Tomb: The Motley Crüe Dr. Feelgood tour was my first ever concert. I remember Metallica were touring with the Justice album at that time and I so wanted to go but wasn't allowed. My parents said "heck NO" to Metallica but yes to Motley… I'm sure it made sense to them in some way [Laughs]. I loved everything about that concert as far as an aspiring musician was concerned -the atmosphere, the crowd, the stage, hearing the first notes or beats, the whole thing was a rush and it was something that I just had to have for myself. Music is a long hard road of one-step-forward and ten-steps-back, but when the reward for your efforts comes in -whether it be someone who really appreciates what you do or a record deal or touring with a band you have loved your whole life, the satisfaction you get from that fuels the hunger and fire to do more. You know what they say, when you love something, there ain't much you wouldn't do for it…
Hardrock Haven: Growing up did you always want to be in a band or were your goals different?
Danny Tomb: Growing up ah the memories! I always wanted to play music; it was the only thing that I could find solace in and the only thing that made sense to me. I remember when I first started playing guitar, my parents both worked at that stage so during the day I would ditch school and go home and play for hours I think it was about six months before the school felt they should call my parents in for a meeting to see what was going on. I had a few other talents that I could have pursued and possibly become successful with but I always saw them as hobbies and just things that I could do well. Even though I was heavily encouraged to pursue them as a career and to not rely just on music, I just didn't listen …and still don't!
Hardrock Haven: Do you come from a musical family?
Danny Tomb: Actually my father was a great saxophone and clarinet player who did some really cool things back in the day. One of my sisters plays the violin, and my brother plays guitar, piano and is also a vocalist we actually used to play in a band together many years ago called 'Iniquity'. Mick [4ARM Drummer] was also in the band for a while. We released an album and an EP but it never really took off. I still enjoy some of the songs though, brings back good memories.
Hardrock Haven: Having been in the business for a few years now, there's no doubt you're always learning whether in the studio or on tour or learning the all important business side of the industry. What do you feel has been the most important lesson you've learned to date?
Danny Tomb: In this industry you never stop learning, there are a hell of a lot of sharks and liars -people who will piss in your pocket for God knows what reason. Believe me; some of the bullshit I have heard is just ridiculous. The most important lesson I've learnt thus far would be learning how to read people. It doesn't take long to figure out who is the real deal and who isn't. There's the 'hangers-on', I call them vultures, they're the type of people that only talk to you and pretend to want to know you because they think they can get something out of you. Then you have the industry wannabe's… these are the guys that promise you the world and deliver nothing but shit, just washed up has-beens trying to palm themselves off as the greatest and most powerful people in the industry. A lot of hard work goes into running a business and to really know who you're dealing with is a good lesson to learn and can save you a lot of time and effort with unnecessary shit.
Hardrock Haven: Just before we wrap it up as we mentioned the new album is out soon! What other immediate plans are in place for yourself and the band?
Danny Tomb: At this stage we are getting all our touring organized and locked in. We've a lot of dates coming both nationally and internationally.
Hardrock Haven: Mate, thanks again for your time and best of luck with the new album… do you have any last words for our readers?
Danny Tomb: Thank you to everyone out there that has ever taken the time to listen to our music we appreciate you all …see you all on the road soon!


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The moment we'll all been waiting for… (well, me anyway) … after being fed inaccurate information last week (damn kids can't get anything right!) and sitting in front of the TV… only to watch a half hour on ice crash racing and other topics… none of which included the winners of the Spread the Net challenge… the Rick Mercer Report that I've been holding my breath for (not literally) finally aired last night!
How's that for a massive run-on sentence?
My kids were pretty excited to watch the episode! You can spot my daughter pretty easily with her painted face. I'm told that my son is also briefly visible, but I still have not been able to spot him. I'll have to get him to show me when he's over here next. They're TV stars!
On a more serious note, those kids at Lakefield Elementary School raised a whopping $15000+ to buy anti-malaria nets for children in Africa who desperately need them. That's amazing! They should be very proud of themselves!
This is a segment from the RMR episode. It starts off with Rick visiting McGill University, and then Lakefield Elementary School. Looks like so much fun! I wish that I could have been there.


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Updated 5:29 pm, Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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TROY — The city's Fire Department promoted 13 firefighters Tuesday.
In addition, firefighters involved in the Sept. 20 rescue of three people from a Watervliet apartment fire were honored at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Promoted from lieutenant to captain were:
Matthew Dudek, Frank Shoemaker, John Halpin, Matthew Ciprioni and Michael Bayly.
Promoted from firefighter to lieutenant were:
David Wheeler, Kevin Kilgallon, Patrick Shaw, Matthew Dwon, Brian Mahar, Corey Christensen, Jeffrey Ward, Brian Straight, Ryan Handerhan, Scott McNeff and David Bader.


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#include <hallo.h> * Joey Hess [Tue, Mar 25 2003, 12:59:14PM]: > David Z Maze wrote: > > I'm actually somewhat curious to hear how apt-src changes the world in > > this case. My impression when it first came up was that it was > > intended to people who run "stable with one unstable package" to track > > the source for that package without having sid in their APT sources. > > Would you use apt-src to get source for all of the kernel modules you > > care about under $MODULE_LOC, and then use kernel-package as normal? > > You can do that, or you can tell apt-src where your kernel source is and > if the module package supports apt-src natively (ie, linux-wlan-ng), you > can use apt-src -b upgrade to rebuild debs of the modules anytime a new > version is released. Or you can do some mixture of both. Yes, _you_ can. I am talking about facts, about how the things have been done till now. It was pretty consistently for make-kpkg and dozens of documentation around the net, people got used to it, and the method did what it was supposed too: pull the source which is often rebuilt on user machines together with the main distribution files (as said, most CD vendors do not sell source CDs in the cheap versions). And now you tell linux-wlan-ng users to use apt-src (which is not better at all than "apt-get source" for this purpose). If you wish to experiment a bit and create the infrastructure for _this_ purpose, use "experimental". Do not force a half-cooked solution at any price. > > Also, does approach make it easier or harder to come up with binary > > modules for all of the Debian stock kernels? > > Unfortunatly it doesn't really help. Well, no offending comment from me here. It is worse enough that you are playing prima donna on -devel. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Mutter: "Fritzchen, was hat da eben so gekracht?" Fritzchen: "Da wollte ein Auto in eine Seitenstraße abbiegen." Mutter: "Aber das macht doch nicht so einen Krach!" Fritzchen: "Da war ja auch keine Seitenstraße!"
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12 May 2013
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After a successful year catering to auto enthusiasts and the industry, we're thrilled to take Top Auto to the next level - online!
From reviewing the newest cars to revealing the latest industry news, from reporting the thrills of motorsport to checking out the hottest tech, we still give you the same delectable content - now in a globally accessible and bang up-to-the-minute medium.
Consumers and enthusiasts increasingly prefer browsing through news and automotive reviews from the comfort of their home or office - it's fast, you have access to archived articles and, most importantly, it's free. An additional benefit is that, by going paperless, we feel all warm and glowy doing our bit to save the trees and the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
As always, in a market bristling with automotive titles that possess little local flavour, our strength lies in our grasp of the Middle East market and the focus on relevant, regional content. Packing objective analysis and crisp writing, Top Auto appeals to the well-informed reader interested in what is happening in the Middle East, of course with a generous helping of global coverage. Top Performance magazine's DNA keeps us strongly inclined towards the performance and technical slant of things, yet keeping it simple, unbiased and punchy enough for you to enjoy.
With the automotive market in the Middle East booming, an increasing number of buyers look to us to keep them updated and informed, and ultimately make an informed decision.


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What's A Customer Worth?
If you are going to spend money to get new customers, it's pretty important that you know what they are worth to you.
Do you know what a customer is worth to you?
There is a calculation called "lifetime value of a customer" that I've used extensively with consulting clients and in my own businesses to find this out.
Lifetime value of a customer tells you how much profit you earn from an average customer over their lifetime as a customer of your business.
This number is crucial in the direct marketing industry as it is extremely rare to acquire new customers at a profit or even breakeven – so we need to know what we can afford to pay to get a new customer.
If your average lifetime value of a customer was $3,000, it would make sense to "buy" as many customers as you could if you could get them for $300 wouldn't it?
Well, this is how the direct marketing industry works, but it makes sense for every other industry too. Without this information you could be making some big mistakes.
Let's say you ran a marketing campaign to get new customers and you made $10,000 in sales but the campaign cost you $15,000. You probably wouldn't do it again because you'd consider this to be a failure, wouldn't you?
But, what if that $10,000 in sales came from 20 new customers? And, if your lifetime value of a customer was $3,000, those 20 customers are worth $60,000 to you in
profit and only cost you $5,000 ($250 each) to get!
That's a huge success, not a failure!
You can see that not knowing this number for your business could cost you thousands of dollars of lost profits and cause you to make the wrong decision about your marketing and advertising programs.
I've had clients who stopped programs that were extremely profitable because they didn't understand how to interpret the results. (the example just mentioned is one example)
Here's how to calculate this important number for your company:
1. Divide your annual sales by your number of customers to get the average annual sales/customer
2. Multiply this by your average gross profit percentage to get the average annual gross profit/customer
3. Estimate how many years you retain an average customer. (You can calculate this if you know how many accounts you lose each year – divide that number into your total number of customers to get the number of years an average customer stays with you)
4. Multiply the profit in step 2 by the number of years in step 3 to get your estimated lifetime value of a customer.
If you have multiple product lines or services, you should have a different LVC for each. Some of your product lines or types of customers might be much more valuable than others and it pays to know.


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An Apocalypse Replaces Resistance 3 In 3DTV Bundle
Of course, the first question everyone is going to have is, "why?"
And unfortunately, we don't have the answer. Initially, it was revealed that Sony would launch a sweet 3DTV bundle, which would include a 24" 3D HDTV, a set of 3D glasses, and a copy of Insomniac's upcoming shooter, Resistance 3. But then, that bundle sorta changed out of the blue; Amazon now lists it with MotorStorm: Apocalypse rather than the third Resistance installment. What's going on?
We don't know why Sony changed the attractive bundle, but a reader tells us R3 developer Insomniac Games has confirmed the change at their Twitter page:
"For those asking about the 3DTV bundle:http://t.co/y0o9u4F — Motorstorm: Apocolypse replaced Resistance 3. Sorry for any inconvenience."
They went on to say that no 3DTV bundle will feature Resistance 3 and that "Sony makes the decision on that front." So of course, all this begs the question above: "why the switch?" Wouldn't it make more sense for a newer - and bigger - title to be included in such a bundle? It's set for release this fall and Apocalypse has been out for a while, so...
Any ideas?
Related Game(s): MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Resistance 3
Tags: motorstorm apocalypse, resistance 3, 3dtv bundle
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 10:54:32 AM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 11:00:15 AM
My guess is that it's either a /major/ delay ahead, or Sony is very unhappy with the game at current stage.
Or both.
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 12:10:59 PM
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 12:41:12 PM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 12:56:07 PM
another possibility is insomiac is mutiplatform right now. maybe they could not work out a deal for compensation. who knows? this is a strange move.
we know r3 went gold so it's ready. so what is the problem? why would they yank it from a highly touted bundle? somebody should ask sony directly. this is just something that adds some negativity to game that has plenty of that already. odd to be sure.
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 2:11:58 PM
@Excels: "another possibility is insomiac is mutiplatform right now" -> Ooooh, never thought of that alternative. But how likely is it that they decide to go multiplat this short before release, and even so, why does it matter to Sony if they did?
But think about it people, this bundle has gone from being bundled with an anticipated upcoming title to being bundled with a mediocre bargain bin title. That is a *strange* choice!
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 9:02:06 PM
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 11:19:39 AM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 12:32:00 PM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 5:38:19 PM
I've ran into this when the PS3 first launched with R:FoM. A mom asked me what games she should get her kid. I pointed out Resistance well honestly because i wasn't thinking for a 10 year old and it was about the best te PS3 had to offer at the time. But she said no because of the rating. So this actually could have a lot to do with it. I highly doubt it's anything that has to do with the development of the game.
Saturday, August 06, 2011 @ 6:23:33 AM
We are not talking about a product launch "sometime next year" with a title that are scheduled around that time, we talk about a product that's just around the corner in a bundle that were *confirmed* by Sony in public in front of the entire world press just a handful of weeks ago!
If this was just a case of change of marketing strategy then they could just *add* a second bundle with Motorstorm? But no, they *removed* one product entirely and rebundled the TV with an old title. That is quite the dramatic action now right before launch!
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Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 1:17:44 PM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 6:37:18 PM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 10:41:53 PM
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 6:51:14 PM
Now reading all the stuff here, I am really starting to think maybe there is an issue and they are delaying it. It is really odd that they change a bundle like that whithout giving any reasons. If it was something positive I guess they wouldn't mind telling us.
Friday, August 05, 2011 @ 9:00:07 PM
Personally I think that Insomniac would be insane to deliver R3 in a lack luster shape, they have been PS exclusive, and that's where their audience is. If that audience begins to perceive a problem, Insomniac is in for a world of hurt.
On the flipside MotorStorm games are always excellent graphically, and this may work really well for the 3D TV as well.
That said, the itch at the back of my head says that MotorStorm is a first party game, and Resistance 3 is not. With Insomniac going multi-platform, Sony may simply have preferred to keep it all as close to in-house as possible.
Saturday, August 06, 2011 @ 1:15:00 AM
Who would want to wait almost 2 more months to get their hands on R3? It's a day one purchase for me.
Saturday, August 06, 2011 @ 3:57:35 AM
in fact the manager at my EB store got a preview of it a while ago and she said it was the worst she has ever seen!
not to mention, well the beta is out now, the games due out in less then a month, and no 3D or move capability!
what the?
how can you have a beta so close to launch and not offer the 2 biggest features of the game!?
come on, even KZ3 a good 4 months before release offered 3D support!
or uncharted 3 last month a good 4 months before release had 3D support!
so that, then this.
looks like my worries of resistance 3 being a total rush job were justified.
i always said insomniac does not know how to make a bad game.
though looks like they will prove me wrong very soon!
oh well, at least i can now say i told you so!
Saturday, August 06, 2011 @ 7:00:48 AM
Maybe R3 can't currently utilize the new overlaid split-screen feature and MS can.
I think they should have dropped the game entirely and added a second pair of glasses, so you could enjoy the aforementioned feature.
We can pick our own games.
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"Government debt has increased 64 percent since 2009, from $10.6 trillion to $17.4 trillion," Sessions said in response to the latest job report, which showed that the unemployment has risen to 6.7 percent. "Yet median household income has decreased 4.5 percent over that same time — that's $2,268 per household, or $278 billion in total lost income. Not only did this unprecedented accumulation of debt drain the nation of its wealth, but it failed to provide even the temporary benefit promised."
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I have no insight to add to the question of who will win tomorrow, especially given the presence around here of some genuine mavens in all things electoral. But I do have a thought about who deserves to win and why.
Deserving to win is not just a matter of being better than the other guy. Obviously, I vastly prefer Mitt Romney's vision of government and American life to Barack Obama's, and I think Obama has been a terrible president. But I also think Romney deserves to win because he could be a genuinely good president. I think that because Romney has shown himself in this campaign (let alone in his career before this campaign) to possess a crucial and rare ingredient in making a good president.
In 2006, while working as a White House staffer, I found myself seated next to the president's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, at an event. He asked me about some things he knew I was working on, and then he asked how I thought things were going in general. I answered (in retrospect quite inappropriately) that I frankly thought some important things that deserved the president's attention didn't seem to be getting it, and of course those just happened to be matters in my own policy bailiwick. Without a hint of the condescension that he could easily have offered (and that my statement clearly deserved), Bolten smiled and said that the hardest thing about the president's job was prioritizing—telling the most important things on his plate apart from the somewhat less important. His answer was characteristically diplomatic, but also characteristically wise, and I've thought about it often in the course of this year's presidential campaign.
There has been much to criticize about the Romney campaign this year, as there always is about any presidential campaign. But looking back on an almost completed election, I'm struck by how Romney has gotten some of the biggest things right.
Many (including myself) have been critical of the Romney campaign for not being aggressive enough in laying out a domestic policy vision and an agenda for getting us beyond the collapsing liberal welfare state. But the most important plank of such an agenda—the domestic policy challenge that matters most if we are to avert a fiscal catastrophe and replace liberal statism with conservative dynamism—is the challenge of Medicare reform. And on that front, Romney has shown more courage than any Republican presidential nominee in the history of the liberal welfare state—not only proposing a significant reform, but proposing just the right reform, and doing so despite countless warnings about the political risk. And he didn't just propose it, but he pressed the Medicare issue when it mattered, and seems to have essentially defused the political risk while helping make a market-based reform of Medicare the consensus Republican position. This has been, to put it mildly, no small feat.
Of course, Romney hasn't achieved that by himself. The effort was launched and perhaps chiefly advanced by Paul Ryan. And here we get to the second good sign about Romney the prioritizer. Personnel is policy, and it is more than policy: Staffing the government with the right people is perhaps the most important thing any president does, precisely because he has to prioritize and can't handle every issue himself. And when it came to the most important personnel decision of the campaign—choosing his running mate—Romney made a choice that showed he understands just how important personnel can be in politics, and how important the policy challenges of this moment are. He chose the most impressive congressional Republican, and the one who has made his name by being substantive and serious and has advanced an agenda that has become the conservative policy agenda of our time. When it mattered, Romney showed he has the right priorities.
And when it mattered most, he also showed he can step up and make his case to the public. When, following a lackluster convention, Romney's advisors said they would turn the campaign around in the debates, that notion seemed like implausible grasping by a losing campaign. And perhaps it was. But Romney did it. In the only true one-on-one matchups of the presidential election—the only time when the candidates themselves, each shorn of his vast apparatus of aides, stand before one another and the public expressly—Romney not only won the day, he undid months of negative advertising and completely transformed the race. He knew what moments mattered most, and in those moments he was ready.
When it has come to policy, personnel, and performance, Romney has shown an ability to distinguish the most important from less important matters and moments and to get the big things right. This amounts, of course, to a very specific kind of praise. It doesn't suggest that Romney would be a visionary leader or a man of big ideas. Indeed, even his greatest admirers do not suggest this about Mitt Romney. If he wins, he would enter the presidency having created the most restrained and limited expectations of any president in recent memory, which to my mind is a very good thing. He promises to help fix some particular problems. This is a stark contrast to Barack Obama's promise to turn back the seas and transform America. And it would be a much needed contrast, because Obama's grandiosity has been at the core of his failures as president, and as a candidate for re-election.
Many people have wondered this year at Obama's smallness—at the contrast between the man of large vision who ran in 2008 and the man of nasty pettiness who has run this year. But those are just two sides of the same coin. Naiveté and cynicism—the two modes of Obama and his supporters—are not opposites. They are both functions of the same lack of proportion. Their opposite is, roughly, prudence: a sense of proportion, which is very much connected to the ability to prioritize. Such prudence is the essence of executive prowess.
It is of course a very good thing when such prudence is married to visionary, principled leadership and insight. But it is also a very rare thing. Executive prudence of a more conventional sort is perhaps less dazzling but it is still rare enough in politicians. And as it has expressed itself in this campaign (and in his career), it suggests that Mitt Romney would be good at some of the most important things about the presidency—at distinguishing the crucial from the less important of his many tasks, at choosing the right people, and at stepping up to the big moments. Barack Obama has plainly failed on each of those fronts.
That's why, whoever wins tomorrow, Mitt Romney has shown that he deserves to win this election. He deserves to win not just for being a better choice than his opponent, but also for giving us some reason to believe that he may really be up to some of the daunting challenges confronting whoever will be president in the coming years. No leader can do everything he should, and no presidency can be devoid of countless failures, embarrassments, and missed opportunities. The question is whether a leader is basically focused on the right priorities, and whether a president gets the big things right. The Romney campaign has suggested that Mitt Romney could well be up to doing that. And in the process of running a campaign that suggests this, he has also shown himself to be a decent, serious person with a high-minded sense of what it is to run for office. His opponent has not. No one could mistake him for the messiah, but Romney could be a pretty good chief executive for the federal government. And that's saying a lot.
He deserves to win. That doesn't mean he will win, of course. But for what it's worth, I think he will.


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A week ago, 13-year-old Jack McKinley was a normal kid leading a normal life - totally unaware that he was about to die. He's cursed with a genetic abnormality that's giving him amazing powers too quickly for his body to handle. Jack's only hope: Find the seven lost Loculi that were hidden in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by the last prince of Atlantis. Only they contain the magic to save him - and the world.
After unearthing the first Loculus and defeating the Colossus of Rhodes, Jack and his friends are in worse shape than when they first set out. Marco has disappeared without a trace, along with the first Loculus. With no time to spare and no one else to turn to, Jack and the gang have no choice but to follow the only clues they have and to head off on the next leg of their epic quest - to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
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